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I sold proviwons to the tnglash cruisers in the Medi- terranean, has, tot a third tima, been carried be- fore a third Military Commission, assembled accord ing to the orders of the French Commander, which Again declared its incompetency to decide in this affair. after most riolent debates for fourteen hours. It is flow reported, that Pensa, and six other mer chants, arrested for the same crime'', will be carried -.0 the Itnlran Republic, there to be tried, as soon as the determination of the Emperor of the French s known.—(/d.) Percier, the Emperor's architect, has designed :he plan of the Emperor's coronation carriage, and ‘s is made under the daily dire6ion and inspeflion of his Majesty's Grand Master of tire Horse, Ge serAl Cauliocourt, who employs daily forty-tour ditferznt workmen► as coachmakers, painters, gil der', !cc. at. Fc • The Society of Sciences and Arts at Grenoble has offered a reward for finding out the body of Chevalier Bayard, called the CI eratier sass peur et , . 1, . sou repr•e4e. It is intended to ere Et a beautiful mo I allnltat i.l that town to the memory of this hero. ~. I The Emperor and the Empress, during their I • 4.lllllintey in the conquered departments, make use of -Alt OM bedstead but one of iron, carried with dna s of the invention of M. Sanecy, in the Rue Bt. Antoine. In two minutes this bed may be set up .. : ;ad taken down, -and its whole weight is only seven rounds. His Imperial Highness Prince Lou,:‘ at his head-quarters, in the camp by Boulogne, sleeps in a bed of the same manufaltory. Their media . pips is so ingenious, that they may easily be taken iipietes in five minutes, and require no more space than an usual travelling trunk to cintain them. Five minutes are afterwards sufficient to pat the pieces together again. The Emperor has appointed )if. Sanecy a Member of the Legion of honour. The Jews in several parts in Germany, when travelling, paid, until lately, the same duty as was charged for pig:. Most, if not all of the German So. vereigns, have now abolished this duty, the re mains of antient fanaticism and barbarity. The 1 !tee Imperial city of Frankfort has followed the erarnple of the neighbouring states, and ord e ied thi s a per , onal tax on the Jaws to cease. They are, how ever, not yet pent tted to reside but in certain streets of this city, where they are shut up every night as soon as it is dark. During the residence of the Emperor and Em press at Aixla-Chapelle, Prince William of 'lava lie had the honour of dining with their Majesties se . veral times. This is, no doubt, the cause of the tu gboat., that t h e young General, Beauharnois, is to I be married to a Pavarian Princess. Son of an hol low, and son-in-law to an Emperor, such a tTI4I . Air would confer, rather than obtain, honour, from ' the first and oldest Imperial, Royal, or Princely Houses in Europe. Napoleon is not an Emperor of antient date, but he is the ti:.t Enveror, not only of the French, but of the world. —l.lurrral 51, , Sp. Melee ) We are sorry to announce, that the last letters from Italy inform us of the death of young Der mide Le Clet c. son of the late General of that name, and of her Imperial Highness Princess Pauline Borghese, otherwise Bonaparte. T.te Courts of Rome and Florence have pot on mourning for a week on this occasion ; and, it is supposed, that the Court of France will do the same, as son as the Imperial Family return to this capital, from their journey in the departments.—(l4.) The Emperor has nominated M Dessolles, Bh shop of Digde, and uncle to General Dessolles, a ' Member of the Conseil vativc Senate, with permis sion to continue to occupy his former Episcopal See. A recent letter received at Bourdeans, en the Loth inst. with the American ship, Bee% from St. Jag,. de Cuba, dated August 2, gives the most satisfac tory account of the good health of the French col°. nists from St. Domingo, who have saved themsalves :her.; thouglf, at the sar. ie time, it relates, in pathetic terms, their great misery and wants, having arrived not only without money, hut many without cover nig. With an ini„ennity and industry usual to out countrymen, they have attempted various ways to forget, lessen, or remedy their sufferings. Some hare set up cook-shops, some coffee-bonses some bitliard-tahles ; others have become fencing, danc ing, or drawing masters; twenty have united, and give, in a tent, theatrical representations, and these are not the worst off, as the Dons, notwithsiandilig their usual gravity, are sometimes fond of laughing, and have paid so liberally to those, who have pro cured them this pleasure, that they are now ereeting a wooden theatre at their own elpcnce. The Chief f of Brigade, Bavanois, has hired a small garden, l iwhich he has named Frescati, where t: - .e fashionable 1 meet after dark, to drink lemonade, wires, and liqueur.; to walk, and sometimes to dance. The Chief of Battalion, Rovere, keeps in the same garden 1 a Pharaoh bank, and a Lank of rouge and ear, be sides a birribi and a road, which often lighten the pockets of the Spanish 4.-aus and Leller, in the man '. riser our batiks du at Paris, ac. —(1 e::itit Nanivist ) Aft.— LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBIBR 5. • Our squadron from Dungenness stood over for the French Coast on Saturday and Sunday, and were joined off Boulogne, by Lord KEIT H, who sailed from the Downs,in the Mmerch, on Satur day evening. ?heir objed was, we understandi . to make an attack by night upon the French Flotilla, under the idea that it could be attempted with more advantage than by day. Lord MELVILLE sailed in the Antrable on Tuesday evening to witness the operation,which took place that night at ten o'clock, and lasted until one o'clock the next morning All the letters from Deal, Dover, and Hy the, of which we have inserted two or three, represent the attack as most tremendous. The noise differed from the usual roaring of cannon, and was more like the ex plosion and blowing np of a vessel. Fr. - In thence it has been supposed, that an attempt was made to burn and destroy the enemy's flotilla by means of fireships, Sec. upon a new plan. The result, we understand, was successful ; but, had it been so to any great ex tent, we should have expelled that it would have been announced last night in an extraordinary Ga:e:tr. Government received dispatches from the Admiral yesterday morning; and if they had been of im fort:ince, there was time enough to publish them. The loss of the enemy in vessels i, variously estimated, from 48 to LI); while some reports ,ay, that we had only two men wounded ; others, none. Oar squadron have left the French coast, and returned to time Downs on Wednesday.— So many attempts have been lately made to deceive the vublic by false or exaggerated re ports from Dover, we are, perhaps, become over cautious and circumspea. We cannot, however, withhold from public curiosity the following extract of a letter upon this subjeCt, from the same hand, ant the same fruitful source of wonders : Deal, Weinc4ii Night. tt Saoerol ships of war from the Boulogne station have just arrived is the Downs, and by them we are happy to team that the Expedition a:Aimee the French gun boats has complecly succeeded. There were about 100 ountd,• of laiwiLogne. The night was very dark, and every thing favourable. A new invent ...ll machine floated under water, conducted by a small boat on .urf ice, the ina-hine. containing fur tuns of stones aml.e. acrid barrels of gunpowder, was carried, one to one end of the F.eiteli squadron and the other in the other. These rxxehilies expinde I after a given time, threw up the stones, destroyed iny of the French islets, and threw the rest into ectufusion. S•tme lwe•shtps were then sent an anthem. The land batteries, Ar be. fired bri‘kle, but without effect, as the night was dark. The French sent out boats full of men ; but a dreadful havoc w a made among them all. It is slid that upwind* of ISO ~f the enemy's vessels were destroyed, and that acme of out men were killed, a few ono wounded." We have received a letter from our correspond ent at Paris, of which the following is an extra& : " While you are busy in England, speculating upon the destination of our expeditions and armaments f r om Brest, Rochefort, and Toulon ; while you are sending them sometimes to Sicily and Sardinia, and sometimes to Ireland or Egypt ; the general opinion in our political Circles is, that of the three of these squadrons that have land troops on board, two are destined for the Brazils, one ditealy, and the other after it has, on its passage, placed a gar rison in the Island of Madeira. Everyone, who pretends to any knowledge of what is passing in the political world, asserts as certain, that the Courts of St. Cloud, Madrid, and Lisbon, perfelly under stand each other, and that before L AS Es left Por tugal, and Bouanonvotta gritted Spain, every thing was settled between these three powers, with regard to naval and military succours ; pecuniary contributions, or territorial occupations. Be!ore BONAPIRTE quitted Aix-la-Chapelle, he held a Council of Military Officers, and dispatched orders to Boulogne, Brest, and Toulon, to hasten, as is supposed, the execution of his meditated plan of inva ion. Letters recently received from the western and southern coasts, do not mention any extraordi nary acclivity in these several ports ; nor contain any account of the sailing of any fleet or flotilla. That every preparation, however, is made for the pur pose, is evident, as even the heavy artillery from Besancon, Metz, and Lnxembourg, has been sent with extraordinary expedition to the camps upon the coast; and, within these t'-n days, upwards of 1,600 Ammunition waggons and caissons have pass ed through this capital for the same destination. —Yesterday, General Muit r, the Governor of Paris, published, by beat of 'drum, an order to all Officers belonging to the Regiments of the Ar my of England, now absent upon leave, to join their respthive corps, before the 4th Vendemaire, year 1.2 (the 2t.ith instant), under pain of being panislicd as Deserters. Even Officers, who are Members of the Legislative Body, and of the Tri bunate, are not excepted from the operation of this Order. Many here are weak enough to believe, that BON %PARTE relies more upon his secret ad herents in England, than upon his army and arma da from France; although every public and private information from England, shews the fallacy of such an expedation." Letters from our cruisers on the coast of Holland state, that last Friday, notwithstanding the notice which they have received, not to go to sea, without exposing themselves to be captured, several Dutch fishing-smacks left Scheveningen, but were soon per ceived and chased by one of our frigates. Keeping, however, too close to the shore for the frigate to fol low them, two of its boats were manned to pursue them, which obliged them to run for Katwyck ; but before they could reach that port, our boats were near enough to fire at them ; and three were run ashore and deserted by their crews. It being low water, our sailors could not carry them away, and the Dutchmen having given the alarm, several com panies of flying artillery arrived, and prevented them from bring captured. A smart firing took place between our boats and the French artillery for near an hour, before they could get out of the reach of the enemy, the wind havinct veered and become contrary ; fortunately, none of out men were either wounded or killed, though several shot passed over or near the boats. Nothing further has transpired relative to the dispute with the Spanish Government. The Spar.- ish Ambassador has caused it to be notified to the English merchants trading to that country, that he will grant the same proteCtion to ships laden with fish, as have been granted to those with corn for the ports of Spain. At the close of the Poll, yesterday, for the Elec tion of a Lord Mayor, the numbers were as follow Fur Mr. Aldwrmim Perchasd . . . . 1)9! Mr. Alderman Shaw Mr. Alderman Flower The Poll again commences at nine o'clock this Day. It is said that Sir THOMAS THICGE, from Gib raltar, and General BERNARD, from Malta, are come home in the Krat, of 74 guns, one of Lord hitt soti's fleet, which arrived on Wednesday at Portsmouth, from the Mediterranean. The kart left the fleet on the 18th, at which time it consisted of eight sail of the line, and seven fi mates ; all the crews in good heal , h, and in the highest state of discipline. The enemy had an equal force fit fir sea in Toulon ; hut they 1,. ver ventured to send a ship beynud the harbour's mouth. The R.r/oird, BsocKt.sov, and the Good latent, &Nifty, for London, sailed from Cadiz on the .sth of September, under convoy of the Kent, Tall of war, arrived at Portsmouth, parted on the night of the '.2Bth, 25 leagues S.W. of Scilly. The Saphie sailed from Gibraltar on the 2.5 th of August. with General OAK rs on board, f rom M a l ta , on his way to England. A letter from Cadiz, of the 24th August, says, " The Amphitrite; arrived here a few days ago from Vera Cruz, having on board three niiihons it otn huts deed thousand dollars in specie, on account of our Go-- vrrnment, besides large sums for individuals. Two other frigates, with three millions each, were to sail for this place in the course of two months after the Amphstrae. A large proportion of the specie brought in the Ampherit, will be sent to England in the nest Brdisb torn l ean , ' that call here, to be remitted f.om England to LONAPARTL, by way of Ham. burgh. You may depend upon this fad, and that all the remittances in silver from this Government to BoNAPA are are sent in British men of war, as being the quickest, the seed, and the N.art adonntogrout way of sending money from this country to France." On Monday a detachment of the enem7's flotilla, consisting of fourteen schooners and eighteen schuyts, was discovered in Dunkirk Roads by a divi sion of our channel squadron, consisting only of the Jackal. Tiltreal, and Starling gun brigs. The people on board our vessels could likewise count forty sail of gun boats in the harbour of Dunkirk ready to come out. The intention of thoscin the road, arid, nodoubt, in the harbour too, was to make their way along shore to join the flotilla at Boulogne. As our squa dron was too small to oppose sufficient resistance to the enemy's division, intelligence WAS immediately sent of to Lord R ei TH to give the information, and probably to ask reinforcements. But it is probable that the enemy would keep too near the shore to be attacked with effee, even if reinforcements arrived in time to intercept them. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tontio*T, Oct. ♦. At two o'clock the LORD CHANChLLOR came down to the House, and, shortly after, Lords HAMILLIOURT and EL semsoaouna attended.— Their Lordships then took their seats in their robes as His NIAJEITY'S Commissioners, on the Bench in front of the 'throne; and Mr. QUARME, Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, was sent to order the at tendance of the Commons. who (represented on this occasion by Mr. Desna and the principal Clerks and Officers of the Housc) forthwith appeared at the Bar. His MAJESTY'S Commission, authorising the Peers therein meutio .ed, or any three of them, to declare and notify his Royal Assent, respeaing the farther Prorogation an I Meeting of Parliament, was then read by Mr. Rose. After which, the lo RD CHAN. CELLO& addressed the Assembly as follows : " Mlr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, . . " Hv virtue of His MAJ EST v's Commission under the Great Seal, to us and other Lords direfted, and now read: We do, in obedience to His MAJESTY'S commands, hereby declare and notify His MA.. JES I 'S royal will and pleasure, that this Parliament be further prorogued until Tuesday the 27th day of November next, to be then here rior.osw and sir; and this Parliamelt accordinlrly stands prorogued until the said 27th day of November." . 1 he Commons then withdrew, and their Lord ships retired. The ceremony toak place, as on the last occasion, in the Prince's, or Robing Chamber, whither the Royal Throne, &C. were removed, the repairs of the Great Chamber,' or " House," not being yet com pleted. TILE BRITISH PIiESS. ROY.II. FAMILY. WEYMOUTH. OCT. S. The Ro sr AL FA 41 LT Were considerably later yes. tardily in returning from their aquatic excursio n than usual. They had but just time to dress for the Theatre, where they wen• received with every pos sible demonstration of joy by a loyal audience. Th e play of The Wunder ! with Rat,ln g the were well performed, and seemed to contribute highly to Their MAJESTIts entertainment. This mot ning His MAJEST Y was on horseback by seven o'clock. and tock a ride on the road toward s Dorchester, where he inspaled the German Legion, who had a field day. After breakfast the RorAL Fa r v prepared for His MAJES tv's favourite amusement of satling;and about eleven o'clock, Their M afLiT les and all the PftiNcEssts; Ladies I LEHESTER, BUCh:LEY, GIAEIS; Mrs. DRAX, Mrs. DaESX GItOSTENOR, &c. Ea]. ROSSLYN, POULETTXSIBEIDGI, and Rtvests; Lo r d WA LSINGHANI ; Generals GARTH, MANNERS, M AL . aINGHAM, and the Aid-du-Camp, went on board the Royal Yachts, and were followed by nearly all the beauty and fashion of Weymouth. A royal Salute was fired AS usual. ARRIVED AT LT.CIE ' S HOTEL Capt. Vlore, '1 Atcheso Eq. Wekt., Esq. B?rryntatt, Robt:t Biker, Ducted Coleman, Esq. FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES FROM TOWN.. General Fox, to take leave of His hinjecty at Wilmotat. Lord Chief J u,tn.e Down; from Batt's How, toCneltc m. ham, on his way to Ireland. The Earl of Romney and Lord Marsham for Mote mew Maid.tene. Mrs. General Fox, and two daughters, fin Upper Ride's tho Isle of Wight.. Mr and Mrs. Duff for Edinhurgh. Lord and Lady Villiers for o,terley Park. Mr. Butler, from Blake's Hotel, to his seat in Suomi. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS IN TOWN. - Hon. General Keppel, from his seat in Wales, at St. Janes•:-square. Col. Grcrille, from his seat in Sussex. The Earl of Albemarle, front Cheltenham, to his mother's house, in Berkeley-square Admiral Puk, at Berkeley-square. The Hun. William Hill, brother to Lord Berwick, la* escaper' front France, at Warren's Hotel. The last arrivals at Bath are, Marqui. of Lai - tacky n, t.ai I of l',:terbonaugh, Lady E. Dmia• mond, Lady DJy, Lady Fiiswilliam, Lady Ml!man, Lady And Smith, Hon. George Davy, Hun. Alit. and ? Mi.i.ea Mac. kay, Sir Hugh 0.11,11 y, Sir Francis airing, Col. Pa 'le, Rev. Dr. Web.ter, Di Wilton, Dr. Prattingvni, Itcv.. Mr. Bust, Capt. and Mr,. Ha,ell. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gtoceasett, and his son, Prince Wit tram Fai.nr.aree, arrived at the King's Arms, Lancaster, on Tuesday even ing, a littl_• before seven o'clock. They were re ceived with military bosoms by the grenadier com pany of the Lancaster Volunteers, who mounted guard. The union-flag, &c. was hoisted on the church-steeple, the bells were tnnz, aed every pub lic mark of resped was thews on the occasion. At ten o'clock the next morning, the Lancaster Volunteers were reviewed by His Roe AL I,IIOhINIA in Dalton-square. About de ren o'clock, the M s Yol and Corporation presented an Address, which His Roy Al. HIGI4HEIS was graciously pleased to re ceive, and to accept the freedom cf the borough. The Deputy-Lieutenants and Magistrates were next introduced to His ROYAL HlGHliss, and ac ccmpaniel him to the Castle and the Church ; in the former of which he ascended the square tower, and took a view of the country from . 7.dse of Carat's Chair. About one o'clock, His ROYAL HIGHNESS and the Pa I o. r. set off for Walton Hall, near Prestos, the seat of Sir H. HOOHTOH, Bart. where they were to eine ; from thence they purposed proceed ing to Manchester. the Pres:on Volunteers were reviewed by the ROYAL PARTY, on Tuesday, previous to their visit ing Lancaster. The Duke of Ctaaamec does not leave the Pavi lion, at Brighton, for Bushy Park, until Sunday next. Sir GNEHORY PAWS TURNER is perfenly reco vered from his late indisposition. Mist Durse•ps is said to be the best prototype 01 Miss FARREN that has ever appealed. The Duchess of BOLTON wilt remain another mon.h at Southampton. General Sr. JOHN has taken Drswagcr Lady HAI ' ROW y's house in Park-street. The Hon. and Rev. Lord ROBERT Lorry', the new Bishop of thaine and Connor, will be the junior of the bench in every sense of the word. His Lordship is just thirty-one >ears old. Of all articles of French mlnufacsor a Nit , " D' Alder°. is the most prominent in the isaia.e o: a Parisian Eicgahlr. The cloths of Gbe are once more considered the Lest in France. Pi:arru, and 7A: Dry, were pmforelled last night at llntry Lane. Mr. Ris silos. sustain ed the part of Ruh'', with success. Mrs. Joauss's Lades Contest, in the Afterpiece, as usual, enraptured the audience.---I-ler song was given with the most exquisite sweetness and delicacy. :'he light tresses or curls that float upon the fore head of a Parisian belle are called SC 411114011, Or Susatoiirs JOHN Taxman, F.sq is on a visit to his const; • wants at Bath, where, it is s a id,ihe will continue till the meeting of Parliament. We hear that Brigadier General Olin is expelled at Whiti•haven in a few days, to review the White haven Volunteers, and the others in that Distfe. Coiling House, near Plymouth, so beautolully situated on the banks of the Tamar, is at present unoccupied, for the first time since it was built: this in ail probability will not be long the case. The beautiful Mr.. o , Barsys gave a grand ama teur concert on M•nday last, at her house in Rams gate, to a party of fashionables. Lady FIZAT.ICOTE paid a visit on Saturday last to Margate. Her Ladyship arrived in great style in a chariot and four with out riders. A public breakfast, upon a very extensive scale, the party to consist of 400 pet Sons, is to take place in a few days as the Assembly Rooms. Margate, und:r the dire Lion of Colonel Guy:Lit and Mr. J. Maaaocss. ETRE tITIU We a suit of certain,' the Ca , for ve: which u shor) a be and !I of an nn fast irea describe for born the Th.! Is ing durii ,ter-g reires, tremend cf light vessels b fire. as d Ere-wort A cutt for the o'clock, dins!, he flAg flyir steering It is re man just sera! Ina, sh:p then from Hsu by the bl smack, •w , o , g, also st, by the Lord cert.si ac is seed th of tie pro I.4>t nigh 11),Avi is , Lord Kei