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except the pr4hAbility ‘f the orent. The Russian and Austrian Ministers have been ordered away from Carlarnhe, and the particular road has been ',Anted out to th,•rn, which they must travel. Th• Diplomatic Perko:is arrested at Stotgard, hsve applied for pa .sports to enable them to return home, and have received a favourable answer. The Hamborgh Papers contain a circum stantial account of the passage iif the French and Bavarians through the Prussian territories, but afford no new Worm/don respening the impression nude ty? , :t the Cabinet of Berlin, ►.y that event. We have also received )utch Journals to the :4 . 7ih instant. They notic4 briefly the battle of the 7th. They contain little else of any importance. Car)!Ain Mtwoe s of ele Lee A'ent4e frigate, at ten.ft veverday .41 the A :rtnta!ty. Comte SCH ft GOTCH, CharnherNin to the K.•) t . ! l'a lASI A. attended yesterday at Lord Mu... GrAves L‘tiicv. Yesterday, a Court of D;redlors wig held at ttas Fast-ladia House, when Cain. Wict.ra m Ciro, al.ns Human was swurn into the command of the ship Lard Natty, consigned to St. Helena and Bengal. The Court adjourned at five o'clock, tiil this Jay. Dispare-s were yesterday received from General For, et Gibraltar; from Admiral Nacsom, off Cadiz; and also from Admiral CoishWaLl is; brim& to Plymouth by the imble cutter, of 14 guns. The expedition in the Downs, which is strposed to have an objea different from that in whir., the German Legion is employed, is in consider afile for wardness. A great number of flat-birtomed boa's have been provided for it. They are to carry kitt y men each, and are furnished wids a piece ot heavy ordnance on a platform in their bow. Should .t descent on the enemy's coast he the nhje.ll, these vessels arc so construited, that they will he capable of furmin i f a hetery to cover the landing of the men. It is said, that General Moults is tolhave the cotnmand by laud, and Sir SY onLY 8011T11 by AM_ The Efiyptian Brigade of Guards, comprising the first hatulion of the C ldstream, and the first bat talion of the Third Regiment of Guard% will vu bark this day, at Deal, under she command of Gc arra] Ftacn. Tile l'Avbitrite frigate, captured by the Deamegai of 52 guns, is ordered to be surveyed and repaired. Her cabin is considered as a most curious piece of workmanship, being fitted up for the accommnia lion of some of the Royal Family of Spain, to sake an excursion at sea, for the benefit of their health. A vessel from Memel, another from Archangel, and a third from Hig4, have Arrived At Yartwitith They left Elsinenr or. the 12th inst. with ish.,ut 140 sail, under convoy of the Aimee , . armed ship, mid left them on Friday Last, off HAsborough, steering for the Nore. Extrad of a Letter from an Officer of the 2.5• h re ginient.tn his Friend in Droghzda, dated Malta, 10th Aug. 1805 In my last letter to you, I mention ed my expeßation of our Regiment being sent to Gihraltar, to join the Expedition ; the arrival, how ever, of Sir J A Mel; CIL ASo here, on the Idth of last month, prevented it. He immediately proceeded to review the whole of the troops in the island, at the same time disembarking the regiments wt l ich he brought from England (Artillery and Dragonns excepted); after which, he had fixed upon the fol lowing regiments to compo<e the Expedition 27th, 3' h, 61st, and 55th ; the last is the only regiment htt takes in the line, of those which he brought from England. The foreign regiments tstliich accompany us, are Watteville's and the Corsican light corps, the whole composing about 7,500 men. Ihe sixth part of each battalon com pany is now training daily to the light infantry ex erase, and, except that, and charging with the hay. "met, hardly praftiaes any thing else. Colonel Swill' has just arrived here from !siapios ; and the Officer who was dispatched to the Russians, at Crain, on Sir JAMES'S arrival. is returned. so that we are in daily hopes of embarking; and on what ever service we are going, onr army, though small, has the advantage of beidg hs most exceilent order, in every point. Sir JOHN STrWART it to :Milt the Commander-in. Chief in ali movements of the army, and the whole is formed in the following brigades : First brigade, the 20th, and tilt Regiments, General Acct.** ts. Second brigade. 27th Regi ment, WATTrifill.el: and 58til Reriment, Gene ral Col.*. Reserve, flank companie. nt the army, 10th Light Dr igoona, and Ro)al Coraicap Light Troops. General Baonanica." • • •, • • • 4/1. * "INN 11 . , 2.1.• P. 4 RIS 14 111 FeIS if lONS. The entimes of a Perit7;77 "-- Zri. aot only according to chronology, geography, and history, but allegory is also he. queet'y called in to moist at her toilet Thus, when a woman of fashion ki tired of the Grecian, Etruscan, and Roman stele, of the Mrdicis, the Sevigne, itc. she UMWs a dress corn. pletely French, but which the genies of the Artist mortifies 'counting to the sentiments, the taste, of the wanb,of her who govern.; the empire of (million. When she would be melee. eholy, he weaves through her hair a branch of cypress. He leaves tee or three tremes floating in I of acacia. tier hat is adorned with poppies, aid the bottom of her robe is em• broidered with bunches of weeping willow White hats of satin ribbon, with a coleureJ chant along each seam, constitute the newest ornament of the head in haltdress. Wreaths of roses, without a mixture of tome, are revived on head•dresses of Oracle hair. Nothing is mew fashionable than gloves, dip- pen, stockings, robe, in short, a emaciate white drew, and over it an mange shawl, forming a strong contrast with the rent of the dress, even thoell A h it should not be Caehemire, nor cloth et Pintique. The hat, coat, vest, pantaloons, arid hoot., of an iareyable, are all bordered ; bad, hitherto, the border is u it very rich. Perhaps we shall we she Oil late restored. Yesterday morning, His MAI ',ivy, the Duke of K cur, and Princesses AUOUST A. Bovril*, and AME LIA, took air airing, on hnrsehack, on the Uxbridge hired. l ler M J AVIV And Princess ELIZABETH followed in an open carriage. - It is reported the RoYAL FAMILY will be in sown to-day. Hi. Royal Highness the Duke of CLAREmcz will be in town, this day, from Bushy-park. llursday List, at Powderham Castle, Devon shire., the seat nl Viscount COVRTINAY, the Right H-1. Lord Kow ASD SO M a SLT, brother to the Duke of BAAvrortv, was married to the Hon. Miss Locis• CousysisAv, sister to the Noble Viscount The last Arrivals at Cheltenham are, The L ird B shoo of St. David's and I..Av ; Counties of St Vincent ' • Lord A folk; Lad. a. d Min Pescott; Cream., J Dillon; Motor W. Maude; Car t. Vyle; Mr and Mrs. Pick- wick, Vat:ours, Artier. arid Johint•in; Messrs Haan', J. Audrey., R. T. Dimsdele, C saber. Ryles, Bowles, Wil. Its ns, Harris, White, Sikoy, Clark, Lucky, Freer, and Aitken Departures yesterday from KIRKMAN'S Hotel: %Ituinior, for Derbyshire . ) Sr . Wm. and Lady ASH URST, and Sir Wr LLI Ael GA1(01411, for Oxford shire. Mr. and Mrs. HOTCHKIS arrived at BATT'S Ho tel, vest rday. Arrivals at Nettor's Hotel. yesterday :—Baron Wi..s.its, General Liteste. belonging to the Ger man Legion, from Weymouth; and Jolla Parse, L•S. Mr. PITT dined yesterday with Lred Vim array', at his house at Fulham. with Lord Ilan vow ay and Lord Casrcantiaors. Mrs ()wee Osim,DY and daughters, left thrit house, Stanhope -street, yesterday, for their seat, Po►kioroi, Shropshire. The Countess of STADION, Lady of the AWS.• TNIAN AYAASSADOI a: St. Petershurgh,receivtd at her departure from that city a present valued at 10,00* r , ,iibles, from the two Empresses. The Duke and Ducn-ss of Maateormonn, and Lord and Lady NIR A•CIS SPENCIA, Will leave to*ii, in a few days, for Lady Huntingfield will leave town, this day. for her seat, Havesing-hall, near Ito:ford, Suffolk. The Duchess e# Dettoruihire came to town, yes• terdsy, from Chiswick, CHARLES WILSON. Esq. leaves town, this day, for Nrivenarket. 'Die Marchioness,/ D kit AMoroao, at four o'clock, yesterday, arrived at DUKANTIS Hotel. Albemarle street, from White Knights. The Duchess of Sr A twas's is expelled in town. this day, from Ramsgate. Chepstow Hum was very numerously attended cif Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday last.—Lord AR town Someissr was admitted a member, and, at the same tune, chosen Comptroller of the neat meeting. Madame Clients! is returned from the Musical Festival, at Winchester, where she charmed the Yesterday, the Doke of Yost entertained the Offi,:ers of the Ist Regiment of Fo it Galardi, with a iumpauoes dinner, at Wt t. is's Roams, for the first time since he came to the command of the regiment. The band of the regiment came from Chatham, to play upon the occasion. Mr Weir has, in the handsomest manner, pro posed to lend to the British Instinnion some of his largest and most approved pitTures, to ornament the wails of their paler) , for the eznibition of the Fine Arts. His highness the Reigning Duke of Bitunswice General of Infantry in the P•ussian service, and liCavght of the Oder of the Black Eagle. Re. Ste. died on the Bth init. Fie was on a visit to the Ducal Court of Weimar, and *as carried off by an hemorrhoidal attack, aged tiS years By his decease, the sovaeignty of the Pail .iptlity of o,als devolves to Pri ace 4Vti.LIAM of Baueswica. The Countess Dowager of lia.sit.v a has appointed the Rev. C. WIWI' t, Vicar of Mickietcm, Gaon cesterihire, to be one of her Ladysfoop's Domestic Chaplains. Nearly the whole of the ("neer. of the Ist Regi ment of Galardi left Chatham, on Monday, to dine yesterday with His Royal tl,ghness the Duke of YORK; U.; Royal flights's • . 111 Conuluenc. of im portant official business, not being aole to come down to Rochester. as be proposed to do, to dine with his Offi:ets. On NI in, lay afternoon. Mr. IC s o. the Under Se cretary of State, Sir Ryas Narsaw, Dr Moss, and sit other. Dentlemen, invaded Sir kis:HAIM Folio, at the Public Office, Sow-street, when Sir KOCH AID explained to them the whole process of conduaiii highness at the thrice. and the otoJe of confining the prisoners at the Brown Bear public-house. After wards, Sir RICKS/RD entertained his party with a friendly dinner at the house ; and. ro make it a com plete Peleea tadertaiwersi. the private r where they dined, was bang with srop, which are pit upon prisons:elf., NA blindest,. THEATRES. DIRCRV-T ANL. Lae night Mr. Eta icrom again cane fwward in the part of Sir glar , y WI in tLeConwdy of The Coripir: it was his third appearance in that charader, and he received much aid deserved ap plau.e. Mrs Jonosu piayed Reza/aim, iii the en tertainment of The Sodlot,. There is a ` . rankr.ess, in genuousness, and vivacity, in the part, as drawn by the author, so congenial to that L idy's natural dis position, as to make Roxrdana one of her happiest efforts. Her dress was superb. She was in high spirits, and received unbounded applause from an elegant audience. All the private boxes were filled with company. CnVFNT-GAIMEN. Last night, Mrs. Sinn°Ns appeared in her fa vourite charaEler of Cohen, in the tragedy of The Fair Pesitees ; a play so dull and heavy, that bothing but such a combination of talent Al was last night presented, could reconcile an audi ence to so sombre a representation. The stern Scialto was ably supported by Mr. Coots, and the moralising Meath) has loin owed his in terest to Mr. Kam DLit. 'I he proud Caintd WAS given with uncommon energy by Mrs. SIDIAOUS. la the scene with Hereto, where she tears the letter, her looks spoke ten thousand words, and her aetion displayed uncommon beauties. Laheria was not one of Mr. C. Kew st.e's happiest attempts. However, the Play was very well received, by a crowded audience. In the Aldo-Drama, much disapprobation was shewn to the very ridicu lous part allotted to that excellent Comedian, Mr. LIITON. In the Conspirators' scene, Mr. 14 JOHMTON had parted with too much 4a /lest, and amused the audience with a SW/W:4. :. * e• ti. .• ' I ,rc sa :4 an Mtvrit onlita mY, Arm. Nes COT howev..r, is pr .1) 4a! over-rated ; btu. sup p I.; 1g it only 41,30), its i s .s,age of the Danube, a rn;,;nt have proved fa! .1 to Austria I t would have turned the :iglu wing of her army and prevented its kinairot with die Italians Th, m ilt, therefore, of the ahem of the 7th, from whici. it appears that the French were balk.i. and the Austrians preserved their position, is s circumstance of peat itnportance. The num see of killed and wounded is an objeCt of little moment, compared with the repalse of the French, cad the maintenance 01 t h e vsition. It is stated, however, to have been the intention of the latter to attempt the passage of the 'Jambe at seven! points, and that a general snlagement was expected between the I tth and 14th. As the first division of the Russians, amounting to 56,000, were expeCted to join in a few days, BONA PARTE would, no doubt, strain every serve to force a battle, sin.:lesbasJed, with Austria, before their arrival. It was, indeed, reported yesterday, upon rie alleged authority of letters of the 111,11, from t lollansl, that a battle wan foulest on the banks of the Dannbt. nu the 10.. h, in which the Austrians were defeated, but, we believe. it had no foundation, POWDERHAM CASTLE THEATRICALS. A most superb Theatre has been fitted up at Powderham Castle in Devonshtre, the seat of Li rd Viscount Cove TIN A v, where, for these three week, a dramatic company has been pertormine. Oc Wednesday last, the comedy of the Provoked Ilme band was represented. in which Mr. and Mrs. C , late of the Exeter Theatre, fillei the parts of Lord and 1,010 Tsivaii, with great ability. A Redtel Dance, called Laura and Gras.; followed; the principal charaders were sustained by Lord Coca- TEMAY, Lord EDWARD SOMERSET ' the Hon. Miss COUITILMA V" Miss LOUISA Coo . v (now Lady EDWARD SOMERSET ' ) Miss B•MIT urn. Mass Hourywoo., and a number of other fashionahles. The scenery is beautiful in the exueme, and tl.e dresses and decorations are such as the well-known taste and magnificence of the Viscount and the la dies might be expeled to &elate. Powderham Castle has lone been the seat of the moit refined and elegant manners. RicHm(nvi) THEATRE. On Monday night last, all the 11.1iility and fashion, in the vicinity of Richmond, asst.:T: l ,4.d at the I heatre, when Mrs. Joe-an Hp' i lent her talents to tie cause of hen. v, knee hnrnaui:y. The parts chosen by this favourite child nt Na.u:e u t - re , Leiria Horde, in Mrs. Cowt.tv's ellont ortedy of The Br.le't Strotarem; and Roxaboa, in the kirce of The Skltlir. Fier s,tre was announced by thunders of applause. Her song, Where arc ,e,,u "wog xis prey, Maid P was rapturolsly eiroreft. and honoured with three d',tin& rounds of plaudits Her Rozelame was not less admired than h. r Le'i'io Hardy. The play did not commence until se ven o'clock, to allow the company time to assem ble. "Ilie band of the 14th Regiment, in full uni form, was placed on the stage, and played some of the most favourite airs, for an hour before the play began. It was half-past eleven o'clock when the performances were over. They concluded with G. 4 Niece the Katz, executed by the tull band, and re ceived with enthusiasm by the audience. Mr. Lacy, the Manager, did every thing in leis power to add to the lustre, and weld the accom modations of the night. Two temporary boxes were eresfted on the stage ; in one of them sat tl.e Earl of ATI/LONE, and his daughter, Lady Cti 'IS TIANA RAMP.% GINLILI, and the two Masters and two Misses Ftyz-ct•ittscx. 'the house was a blase of fashion and beauty, as the following list will shew The Coutite, of Cardigan, and her yew, ; TAM and Lade Soynniur ; haroite-s Hoare ; Lady Catharine Marley, skier to the Earl of Laneatint,ugh ; the Ltrty Towevietok, and Stri. ; Lady Abereronilam; I.aJy Prlce ; Glvernos Perin, and h's Para! ; Mr and `.!rs. Devayilea, and their lovely fa rely, Caine in their coach aial four, re.m Putney ; Re.. bat Darell, Faq. and hie party ; Mr. and Mrs. Forbes, aid family, from Haus; Doctor Patter.on, and a v arty ; 11.serar Ihrkson, and a party ; Cst.uoel and Mrs. Smith; and several Office►. oft'', 141., Regiment, in uniform. Hay of the receipts of the night, after cieduamg 51. tor the Manairrs, were appropriated for the benefit of some indigent families in the vicinity of Richmond. womaisrmivenr The earreat Newcastle-upon- Fyne will open this night with The First Part at ; STRPN LN Ktvu i., of course, is to be the Vletaf. Mr. FAULICNCII, who is an &dor of much pravinctal ce. lebrity, and t"e chief Performer of the Company, is to be the Hwipar. The Cleave at Town Mailing, in Kent, will open to-morrow night, under the management of Mr. TOOT 'fru vrith the performances of The Ponta Moog. And -faunal Mailattow the Duke and jahuise by Mr. and Mrs. TROTTER; and, on Saturday, the co medy of The Heir a Les. The Theatre is ele gantly fitted up. An event, without example in the dramatic an nals, lately happened at a 'theatre in a little t svn in Franconia Aetor, playing the part of Pa. row . , in the tragedy of A dellina, worked himself up into such a frenzy, that, fancying himself the real personage whom he represented, he plunged a knife into his breast. Before he expired, he explained to his companions the cause of his delirium. An optician, named Mowa, at Berlin, pretends to have discovered the secret of indelible painting upon glass. The celebrated chymist, Kt. A r itor PI has declared, that the work cannot be defaced with. out destroying the glass. The Rev. Jonw Coocs, of Birmingham, has lately been instituted and induced to the Re tory of Bryngwyn, in the county of Monmouth, and dio cese of Llanclaff, on the presentation of the Right Hee. the lad of Asses eves t T . TILE RI I) BOOK. • A cril4 ,, is circu5t........• sat-rimed et tie Eseikquer Office. The le.sl B sweat ing in all the great in.-. and in wines it"e•• circumstances are r-gister-d, is I scar. h his been mile tor it Oleg.. thte^ et%s past, but All in rain trent: is irr rho eM • 'T of three persons. One of t'a-tn, who is v ry h gi4 in office, was in the c.mntry at r.e tints w disappeared. The mist. Its ACCl , tiat. ed for Isy the TefTl4l in;.: two. tr is .motion.-4 as a curious faft, that the e,try or the cyrnmerre ment of Mr. PITT'S p-ca,nt C•anceilorst.;p, iti Red Rook. was not I , r:rill oily C•/rit 3 / 4 4. there heitur an error of a day in th., de. 1,. i't re bad t-k the oath before the err-- was .ti , covere 1. the error has been since reelified. l'he Lisrl) MA1194 a London is always s..vorn tits bu .k. INQULS The followinv Inquevs bare heel within the list week, by W. Ts Ilia, Ger , . C r • er : - At Minchinhamnion, •iem .4 the body of Sarah Shurn•ir, w'lr) 111 tIPI.I I 1 a privy ; she had rec-iv••,l a ♦'•,lent rontosrin temple and lip, by fill.ng door, whiA, no chubt, acceleratzd h r Jeath. --beide* Deoth. At Lypiat. near Bislriy, on view rat the hi - dv of Mr. Edward I Int...nod, who, a. he %V as n u iiiig at night from Risley to Lynitat,thr.iiigf. the e.stk of P. Watlien. Esq. (his usual roa I) eras attacked ray a stag, which he had %wen recently , desired to avoid ; the stag, wounded him wi:h his antlers, in various parts of his body, particularly nn the chest, where 4 pun lure reached the pericardium. through the ribs and pectoral MVSCIP, winch terminaied fatrily. lie surviving only about thirty-six hours. His deatll s from hi: integrity And Rend concs& dining his life. will long be rememb-red by his acqnaint-ince with sincere regret —e'er;iift —At-filth/el De ,lb. At Painswick, on view of th- body of Rim/laud White, barber, who fell down dead. whilst iii the aft of reading an advertisement. This man wis much respell-d, and, highly 40 his credit. thonA considerably advanced in pirrat-iieJ a in in. ',mance for his son's wife and three snaill chit , en, who were to:ally dependant 611 him. how o , me an, the f +cher (;.f the hi:dren volute...vied i,tr the Army rat ai:d is now servieg iu lieland. Veit:lift—boa/ be Mr of (rod. I.Ve sin cerelv hope, that an ar.lication for hi. rsisrbarge will he attended with succiss, for the tutu,. beet& of his A person of the name of !Meredith Ar•hur. who resided ni ar Brecon. and who, by his penurious mode of living, had acquired a mall property. Attended the sale of some estates at the Lion ion, Brecon, on Satardly last; he hsi purchased ere lot. but, having drank .on freely, and his toad hoine being by a cat..4l, he fzll into it, and ss as drowned. IVh:st is a hair extrAordinlry, whe t was first discovered. he was hound standing neatly upright iii the wat-r, with his hat nn hia iteld and ! ,, sst.af in hi.h Ind Art inqu:it was nod on the bo y on M edgy, ayd the Jury Tetuaus.4-rvinild 01—.1trarmial De.M. Yesterday His Royal Hi g hness the Duke of Yuen. as Commander in Chief. held a public dey ac his Office in the hiorse Guards, for the oterni nfseeing Nlitihary either in 3r -ot. His Royal Highness saw upwards of thi• ie °dicers, between Or hors of two an: five o'clock. 1- - 1 trans :s les! business with them. They were admit: -.1 ii.to his preitence in the most regular manner, by a iss- of their names delivered to His Ito•Ai. Haan sass, and they were called i.i, according to the order they narl given in their n imes. Yesterday. in consecoence of a suffienen. number of Aisietmen not attending at the Court at hell, no business could be transatied. The Lotto MA vox. on examining the returns of the Meal weigher.. ordered the price of Bread to be continued the same as last week, viz. Is. o,d, the Quartern Loaf, Wheaten, And lld Househni.t. A Court of Comm , m Council will be held on Fri lay next, to settle the Watch Rate, tot the year ensuing. and on other business. The straw:re An 3 an 'melons state of the great bottle or the Irish Peerage, not among the nuovier of wl. is called 1. Representative Peers" is, we made-stand, likely to produce a very interesting application to His Nlajesty's most gracious consideration. The Rev. lA's t. Liam \images, ti 0. Flow of St. John's College, has been presented, by ths chop of Et v, to the Vicarage of Madincli-y, in Cainhr.igeshire, vacated by the death of the Rev. UAM4I:I. BAYLEY, 13.1). On Wednesday, Cel fetes Peri.Lorr. Esq. was sworn in Mayor of Bath, and afterwards gar.. as elegant and plentiful dinner, at the banqueting-r .otn. to the members of the Corporation, and about 300 of the Genilemen and principal tradesmen o the city and neighhonrhood. There is now living at Nantallan, near Bitdmin, ELIZA {Lilt WOOLCOCK. aged 105 years. This we nerahle old lady still possesses the entire use of all tee faculties ; and. on Sunday last, she rode. single, to Badmin hnrch, a distance of three miles. and back again, to dinner. On rhurs•'ay, as Mr. PHI L Vri, of Flarilip. Ke•:t, was gathering apples, the ladder on which he was standing, broke in two, and he was precipitated to the ground; the shock was so extremely violent, and he received such considerahle injury by the fall. that he was instantly deprived of speech, and ex pirel on Friday evening. Monday morning. as a gentleman's groom was riding an high-spirited hone, from his master's, at Bayswater, the animal ran away with him, down Oxford -street. where ht. met the Oxford stag coach, which he attempted to ton between and the stand of hackney cotches; but ran against the stige, broke his leg, and, by falling on the groom, broke has leg also, in a shocking manner ; the home was diately killed. TwenTv TWOUSAND POIJISOS.—The First Draw* Ticket on Saturday next will receive Twenty l'hou sand Pounds. There are five days of the present Lottery to draw, and the following Capitals are vet in the Wheel : three of Twenty Thousand Pounds. one of Ten Thousand Pounds, one o' Five Thoth -6 sand Pounds, three of Two Thousand Pounds. kc.