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l • FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PONTAiNIII.V.A . U, SOT. 1; It silvers that the Court will yet remain" a saetith at Foutainiallean. Yesterday His Majesty hunted in the forest. The stag was forced near the village of Bourron. Cardinal Fetich is arrived at Foutaiubleau. Their Majesties, Madame Mere, the Queen of Holland, and the Princess Burghese, this day at tended high mass in the Imperial Chapel. For some fla _ys past the !Mintier of strayers has been dituiMshing ; but it is said that a great num- . bei of pribUllAgt4 %VIM have Leen appointed for the I,ieritry will s..on arrive. PARIII, NOV. 3. For these two days past, workmen have been eta -1d0,..1 in the Ulterior of Hotel de Ville, in erecting a %leir..r l / saloon, for the reception of His Majesty, who is to aloe in the city on the day of his enhance into lit, capital. • It is 'laid, that the distribution of decennia prizes will take place on the 9th of this mouth, and taws grand solemnity will derive a live echo front the ,prewuce of His Alajerty, the Emperor and King. • . _ . The English. under the superintend:ince of the . military authority at Ikw.s+•l., h a y, I, eeti ,to r e a eL t theut.elves to the Staid of the •241C.1 o:vi vito', on the 3d of the preatut month. N uv. Thu Minister:of the 51arit,e in expected at Faii timid. au. Wm Excellency ha, la. ii making a tater *rough the island of Smith Beveleal, and in the grrottat detail, the formidable siNailriat t.t:ila which are eutlected iu the Selick:t waterd. GOTTENBURGEI GoTrEsucitGU, nov. 6. Coutit Rosen, the Governor of this place, re ceived, uo Saturday last, the official instructions respecting the . shuttitig of the ports, and yesterday, Suoday, it was publicly notified in the churches, ap tent the thanksgiving for the conclusion of pewe and the re Dena were sung, • An simistiee between Sweden and Denmark has bee. concluded, to comnseace ou Saturday neat, the 11th. Sir S. Sausuarez, in His Majesty's ship Victory, has left Carl4crona, and is hourly expected in Hawk Roads. NOT. 10. 'The two sailors, who were cutler sentence to be iseheaded on the Sail inst. for the murder of the an.ite of an American veasei in the river. made their ~cape in the itig'at of Monday last, and huve hut Lean beard of since. General trAdlerspurre is expected from Men beton. *here he has !teen to inspect the fortifications, and order owls works to be erected. Sir J. Sauosarea, in the Nlsjest)% ship fivory, *wired ash, Wong& on Saturday last, and the fol lowing Wedne.iday came into Ilarok-roads, whirr be remains with the Implacable, Ibusger,Tateraire, mild Tribune. awocatiotat, now, 7. Oft account of the peace concluded between , Swede') and Russia, sod ratified by the-two High. , Contracting Parties, last Sunday Ts Dans was sung iis all the churches of this city. COPT NHAGEN. OCT. 17. ♦ccording to the last accounts from Iceland, by the. way Of Norway, it appears, that, on the i t3th al Sinnary of this year, an 'English ship of war arrived in Eltenefer , l. the Comm•tuder of which compelled the Magistrates to give the English full liberty of trade, whi,d) they accordingly improved, instil the Antk of March, when they took their departure.— On board of that thip was the noted Jurgenson, who acted as interpreter; hi: sono after returner', and *nosed the poclamationi. in favour of the Eng lish, which were addressed to the Icelanders, in order to seduce them from their attachment to the mother country. It is a well known fact, that, in ancient times, the English carried no all imported trade with Iceland ; but, since the beginning of the )7th century, .they discoati tttt ed their iatercuursr with that country.—(fhe raw Paper.) Tll4 BRITISH FR ES'S. LONDON. MONDAY. Norviless 20. REPORTED NAVAL ACTION. We have not the pleasure of communicating that Lord COLI.tIIGwMOD has Idle* ix wish the Toulon fictt (which is become a term almost synonunniis to a victory), but we have received a variety grin• formaivon„ which corrob o rates the report, Ciat such event has actually taken place, and that a very short time will enable us to communicate the re out!. A telegraphic dispatch was received yesterday at the Admiralty from Plymouth, stating the arriv eta voila ihrre, which reports. that an action had taken place on the Vivh, in the Alediterranean, in which tie French s►i-taiued n complete defeat. This news We circulated 4 I • est%tioet (Mt uot hoing authentic or official, it can only be considered as strengthening the previous rumours to the galas effect. The latest intelligence from Lord Cot.- Ltainwoos. in their ponsemino, which minks relied ise, we understand. left his Lordship; with•his fleet en well, e@• Cape St. Sebastian, which lb es the mat of bitalonia, in the direct line between ; Tou• lottautl Illarcelona. Should the French fleet hare prokaieded to relieve that city, his Lordship moot have fallen in with the enemy.: lt is the opinion at the Admiralty, that some positive intelligence on thit interesting subject may be expected in the course of three days. Tile Va. frigate arrived on Sa turday, at Portsmouth, from the Mediterraneau. She was formerly a French frigate (the ship taken some time since by His MaJesry's ship belle Poale): she sailed frown Maltanit the istof Ch :tuber, and from Gibraltar on the 29th, with His MA.teery ship Formidable, and about 40 tail of transports and merchantmen, far Engla•nl, but -parted compuny the same day, and hair nut since seen them. She is at present commanded by Lieutenant- H. LI. SMITH, of the Formidable, and manned by that ship, to bring her to England. Lieutenant SMITH was informed at Gibraltar, that the Toulon fleet had put to sea, on or about Ma 20th of October, but he hid not heard of an actiou having been fought. It as reported at Gibraltar that Lord CoLbssie woon7s fleet had been much dispersed in a gale of wind, and that the Ville de Paris, with se veral others, hail put into Mininea.—The Triumph and Zealous sailed to jOill Lord Co L td Ni.WOOl3 the day before the Far sailed from Gib rultar.—thi the ;th inst. she spoke His M 43 1 2 146 Crataur and IVarspite, in let. 41. 0. and lone. 1 I. W. all well, and informed Sir S. !loon of tiie rrpoi t that prevailed at Gibraltar, of the . 'Fenton fleet having put to sea. The only ship left at Gibraltar was the Cephalus. The Victorious, 74, Capt. TALBOT; and the Re puL'e„ 74, Capt. HALLIDAY, will sail from Ports mouth, the moment the wind is fair, to join Lord COW:El:ROOD. La Loire, 44, Capt. Simonet:au, will also sail with eight sail of transports, which have the al battalion of the tioth regiment on board, for llarbedoes.—lt is expected that they are going out to be employed in attempting the reduction of Cue daloupe.—The transports are under the orders of Lieut. PYE.—The Hyperion, Capt. BRODIE ; Pe rtiriau, Capt. F. DOVOL Al, and Cormorant store ship, rennin at Spithead with the West ludic con voy. The report that an engagement has taken place; is corroborated by letters from various parts of Hol land, as well as by the reports of a Gentleman who left Rotterdam en the toth, and wlso obtained his .information from one of the moot respectable houses iii that city. He states, t‘ that previous to his de parture he had been favoiarert with the perusal of a letter from Cette to a Merchant iii Rotterdam, communicating intelligence of the Toulon Meet having been chased and overtaken by the Euglisli ; that two French ships of the line had run ashore, and were burnt by their crews to avoid being taken ; that five ships of the line, three frigates, and several smaller ships of war, and a considerabhi number of transports, it was supposed, had been taken by that division of the English fleet that was left in pursuit of them." These particulars, the writer states, he receive:: from thi. Captain of a frigate which made her escape into Cette. Cant is a sea port in the Mediterranean, in the district of Montpelier, and the (Miner part of this account agrees with the letter from Nismes, iu the same quarter, which stated, that two dreadful ex plosions, had been heard us the coast, on the lath. We understand that a latter, dated the 11th of Oc tober, had been received from Lord Cut.t.tx (moon, which adds to the pr 'liability of imengagement, by the information it conveys respecting the movements and intention of the enemy in Toulon. His Lord ship had learned that the enemy had intended to sail in two divisions, one of ten, and another of seven wail of the line. The first, he had yea sou to suppose, was destined for Naples, to protect an expedition against Sicily that was pre pared there.—The enemy expected to make them selves masters of that ialabil by aow de main, in the supposed absence of Sir Jvim STUART. with the greater part of the British unny, of the Railing of the advanced guard of which they had obtained information. Lord C 01.1.1,1 cwoqo dispatched a fast-sailing vessel with this intelligence to Sicily; in consequence of which, the expedition was coun termanded, almost at the very moment that it was ahout to sail. His Lordship, however, was not in duced by the knowledge he hail obtained of the de signs of the enemy, to quit Isis station, but still continued to keep a look nit toward* Barcelona ; knowing how important the possession of that for tress was to the Freni4i, how much it was distressed for provisions, and • the probability of a bold and immediate attempt to succour it. The event, we trust. will do credit to the sagacity of this excellent office, and show that lie completely anticipated the designs of the enemy. • His Lorlihip, we understand, sent a frigate to look into Toulon, on the lath of October. She stood near enough in to ascertain that the whole of the Beet was in readiness to put to sea, and that the ships most advanced appeared to be on the point of sailing. Sl.e was chased a few leagues from the land by a line of battle-ship and fti,:ate, who, as soon as they had discontinued the pursuit, appeared to steer for the there, Islands;. probably for the purpose of demising her with respect to Barcelona being the destination away part of the fleet. These islands would amorally be the rendaavous, supposing Naples anti Sicily to be its object. A letter from Giturriltar, dated the 27th last. I • i . brought by the Woo/with recently orrivtd mouth, leaves no doubt of it>ti being the intention of the enemy to put to sea. 'lt is written by Mn ()Aker who, frog) his politic situ4tion, toast be the best itifurtued upon this subject. It is as follows: " Gibraltar, Oct. 27, 1809. " Lord Collingwoo4 . expects the Frestvh fleet out every moment. Barcelona is sold to be in great waut of provi sions, and large colivoys are collected at Toulon, Corfu, Marseilles, Burgue, all destined fur that port, and it is ex pelled they will take adeautage of the first strung N. W. plc. fifteen sad of the line, Froelich, nod tone Ittiounati, arc in the outer road q and it is supposed to be the best mauued Beet France ever seat to sea. Lord Culliogwoutl has with draw's his line.of.hattle shops train the Adriatic and Sicily, and every thing he coo collect Leis getting with him. That there mitt be all aeti , rs 1 Aare an doubt, provided our fleet cuu keep their station." Dispatches were received yesterday at the Admi ralty, Iron) the Casa,- (flag-ship), of *so guns, oil Flushing, contai JJ iii uu account of the procoedings of the Uritish iurce in Walcheren and the Scheldt. Two Gottenburgh Moils arrived last night. The letters and 'Japers, which are to the 11th inst. state, that an armistice had beat concluded between Swe den and Denmark, which sat to have commenced en Saturday, the 1 Ith instant. The.stmadron of Sir JAMIa SAuuLeaz has left Carlscrona, and put into Ilarok-lioads. The Governor of Gottenburgh received final instructions, on the 511), for the shutting of the Swedish I'orta ugainst the English. .They were notified to the public on the Stit, in the churches. We have received a series of the Monitestr. and some other Pais Papers, to the .sth instant. Bo- NAPASTE had not, at that date, visited Paris, since his return from Germany. This circumstance ap pears to have given rise to the report ofjus illness, but it dues not seem to justify that inference.— lie seems rather to have deferred his (titre into that capital, with a• view to mark it by some circuin !tan& of extraordinary eclat. Some think he means to have • himself proclaimed Emperor of Ilermapy; others, that he is to repudiate Jost itimitiand take a new wife. liis family are crowd lug round him. The King of Sazusv, ati.l many other distinguished fortiguers, are assembled at Peataiableau ; and great preparations were making for his entrance into hiscapital, which was expected shortly to take glace. HIS MAJESTIC has been grac.ou.ly pleated to op. point the ltit;l,t lion. Col. CIIAILLiS VootitElt. M. P. t be Conitable of the fort and gnirition of the city of Utsirrick, in the room of the Hun. Wm. COCILATNE, arerabed. . • . - Government yesterday reckired dispatches from Duldin Cootie. The Tharae.r frigate, Hon. Copt.INA LORG RAZE, iY Ordered to take Chevalier Dun Aaticue, 'from l'aitsmoutli to Cadiz. 'Chi* viitlesitaii was the Alinister of FERDI NA D, at the Court id Locts, in holland, front whence lie escaped with souie diffi culty, attended by the Spain-li Consul. Soon after he arrived, he received instructions from the Supreme Junta,. to remain in London. Ile is now murdered, by the same authority, to proceed to Seville : and it is expected that lie will occupy a situation of high rauk and responsibihty in the GO verniueut. The present High Sheriffs of the city of' Dublin, Sir EDWARD STANLEY, and Sir JAN:ES RIDDELL,• have summoned, on the pres.ent City Term (Irsed Jury, • nomber of respectable Boman Cathoiich. We are happy to state the urr;vsl of some more of onr brave fellows hum flu farad ; they were landed at Portsmouth, Dover, and flarwich. Two of those gallant regiment* (the Itoyak nod 8 Ist,) were sent its waggons to Colchester: tut ';btil, oath, dud King's. German Legion, to Ipswich. A new regulation has just taken phlze with rea. pert to Coavittatidera of prison slops; those ships are in future td be commanded ls:: Lieutenants, who will receive their appointments flout the Trams port Ihesril, and, coming through such channel, they do not authorise theta to punish any military person that may be on board the ships a Inc:i thty costubiud.—This regulation will prevent any olds. underatantling (similar to Lf.rt which lately ascent rid at Plymouth) 44 to the authority of the Com manders of prison ships to inflict ptinistoueot on the militia who may be doing duty on beard their ships. " Captain H Its [AID tir is ripponts.:l to the Repulses in the romn•of the Hon. Caitaiu who, we are sorry to state, is very ill, from the effectrof a fever, which he caught at Flushing. It was reported yesterday that Mr. CANNING'S statement, in reply to Loral CASTLEREAGH Mid the Earl of CAIt&ILS, will be submitted to the public this day. We uuderstand that the Artoansv-tlatstass, will this day move, its the Court of Kin g'• ,Teich. for Criminal informations alpinist Mr. CLissono. the Barrister, and three other 'persons, fur exciting riot and disturbance in Coveut-Garden Theatre. At two o'clock, yesterday, a vestel arrived its the Thames, off the Tower, under the orders of Admis rat Mutat, containisic the whole of the property belonging to the Duchess of Bottom/Ica. borne. shately on her arrival, two officers of the ship pro— ceeded to Count Warmer, in fialfinoon-street, • Piecaditly, where they received the necessity in structions for the landing of the property this day. It is said to be of fininense value. At the time the hot packet left Jainaica, con.- derable appreheasious were entertained for the safety of the Link Belt sloop of war, and a trans. pert under bar convoy. as they were spoken oft the east end of that island en the lab of Angus,. by the Garland frigate. the Lillis Belt baring Gera ral Monotone ea board. appointed Lieutenant-' o:merrier sod Commander of His MAJ WV, form in Jamaica: .and as bite as the 9th of September, when the Garland returned to Port Royil. they bad not been hmrd of.—. Hence it is feared they bate both foundered. . • ••• I POETRY. r.piGrucit ON TRI stw Liep AI. ♦Dist■tSTtAesibw. Cries AIITLF,T, sure, these Pe Unl%e lay horses are sat far ; For both, to hetter their euuditioatt, flare boldly overleapt Ike Bar. • Q. PARISIAN FASHIONS. The dotage in the weather had, a few days afro s boosigki the fashions back to what they were last sannser. 'Nothing was worn but white robes of cambric or .lasslin. white cloaks, nod midi,' handkerchiefs. Cloth riding 'habit; and wadded douillettes, the focuser trimmed with piste's; Lave began again to he iu semis. Merino palsatlacs,•biels had only appeared for an instant, have been also essumed. These palatines, trimmed wit► a grey pluck', is imitative of pastracao,•erc made_ round, like the cambric palarinea, and have a standing collar, all of plods.. They are scarlet, lunar/lath, and white. Upos a gives Adis( habit, the bands of pluche are generally white. White pipette is ales the sort used by the milliners iu lbw greatest quantity. Os hats it answers fur emb r oidery. At present, most of this hats are white, or pale rose. Besides the phoe►e, they ►ave recourse, for embellishing them, to pattes or Bap, whirls they twist ;tetOre they cross theta. Fur variety, the mil. hoer*, besides the white and rove bats, make some of pais blue, which they trim with a White 'lochs rolled. We see scarcely .soy Rowers. Black straw hats are stilt wars. A new ribbon, called ratatt-salin-doulklace, ar " doable. faced stabs ribbon," deserves parlieslar notice. Each aids of this raven has its colour distinct, sod quite different free the other, end the quality is also as good es the one Ake as the other. It is in great demand far salutes, and for bows for a Lat. For fancy heiutdresses they cite little capital of rose-coloured satin, the front of which is trimmed with ruse-coloured plueiie, and un which is displayed a sea handkerchief of ruse Olathe, as marmicar. Tkesemetresses continue to make cornett.s and mobs of cambric and talk. The Turkish robed. of chi rry-color or citron. glnied la white, ore indiscrimiwittely is dessuud for little Mimeo or superannuated Coquettes. A )611111 man wears his coat almost as short as his vest, with a spencer over it, still shorter. His dress, floating et the will of Ike wind, resembles the mantle of &spin ; and, if it were Carnival time, • young mut, who, seriously speaking. cOnsiders blameW welt-dreamt!. might be taken for • fowl lam log • wsampicit.isill, witis,fut having thrown oft Ws dis guise, and who wished to make flat passcagers laugh, by thm grutesmiesscss of his costume. T MARRIAGES IN MGM LIFE. On Saturday was married, at St. George's, Efa nnrer-square, Viscount Bernard, eldest son of the Earl of Darlingloss,to Lads Sophia Poelgtt, eldest chusghter of Eurl Porilett. 'The FAA of Darling ton, and Earl and‘Countess Youlett, were present- After the eeramorty,• the happy pair set off- for Twickenham, a here they propose to remain far a few days, and then to proceed to Northataptow. shire. _ _ Lord C, nville leveson Corner match with Harriet Cavehil Ibis heel' declared ; as at so hat Lurd I builhuti's (only pun of the Marquhi oP Ahercorn) with Miss Douglas, gland-daughter of Lord Harewood. Yesterday mor ii iii g, His MAJESTY, Printer'!" ALGUSTA mud SOPHIA, uerineipuniod by Generals SPENcER and FITZROY. Major Pruct, and Lady Boris - ode to St. George'a Chapel, and heard a Ser mon preached by the Rev. Dr. GOODALL, from Proverbs, chap. iii. part of 13th verse; afterwards return teethe Palace. His Mighneyr the Duke of Gr.oucifersa has been on a visit to Sir PETER W•anuarog, at Cheshire, %Inch place his High dm% left ow, Saturday. for the seat of Sir WAT DIN WILLIAM WEAN, at M'yuustay, De nbighw shire. The Duke and.Dischess of MONTLOSE are ex pected, thou clay, nt their house iu Grosvenor epiare, for the %raison. The splendid * publication of the Life of Lord Nst.sott is now about to appear, as is also Mr. fltvenan's Life of Mr. PITT ; both frog:• the prise. of Messrs. CADELL and DAVIES. Tune will be six assemblies this winter at the Crown Inn, at Portsmouth, snider the patronage of Admiral Sir Rocna et:Keil, Bart. Major-Ge neral WILETUANI, Lienteirant-General ELLIOTT, WILLIAM GARECTT, Esq. WILLIAM Murex, Esq. Gt:o"inti GRANT. E.ll. and F.DWAILD CAE TEIWEIVI. The first is arinwiniscd l'pr Thursday next. The Dm% arrivals last "reek wera—The Marquis of Casa. doom, Lord Eardtsy, Lord Siduey, Lord Ese.H„ A 71.- mer, Lady Elfin, Lady lived, Use Mr. Eartiloy, Hon. Mrs. Corghtort, Hon. Mrs. St. John, Sir HI Lippincott, Sir A. Johnston, Sir J. Trevelyate ' in J. C. Hirpislr% , Admire% Siiriticr cud family, MajorArsa. Puatos, Cyr Mallow, Ca. Didion. The new Farce of Nat at Home,. forthcoming. this night nt the Lyceiiin Thsatrr, is writhmby a gentleman of much literary celebrity. Grseci room relent •speaks in high terms of its merit. — Mr. MEAVIN and Mr. Mat HUM% have, we Milder stand, two escalleut ruts, well rulepteckto their respective talents. The indispoiritino of Mr. Youtio prevented the performance of Tire Erik, at CureutoGardeu Theatre, last week. Doncaster Theatre will close for the ewes on Wecluerelay next.. Mr. Et.s.tveon wee to perform flwlee &Annul, in the Comedy of llte H.meg Mont, at the Bath Theatre, ou Saturday Amt. . . understand all the late_Marquis of Laffi v *one's personal property and ausetßW estates are ' left to the Man - hrooass: 'llse title devolves open the Martinis's half-brother, Lord Negev Petrlr , who also succeeds fur his life to the hometteet.l!o - estates ; but ne hear, Mai, on chi NW* Of Lord linage Patty's male anuses di* a n i llis has strictly eatatled those adult.. arm the Earl air Witte I CMLLIIILA, and afterward% upon the Marchioness wee d ' . her second daughter. Mrs. lisaatne Viet otos We Niko understand that the Niorquis has "I'Llad hiszastleirrard other property, at Sourliain - nlonetli i " the 51archienese ,iu ber second daughter. SIR. wrlct vl.l b$ b' %Orli brat' ►an ant S el 11 • tl 7'