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•- ' Cain), LaCoste, Feb- 11, isiots snider toy emninand landed r on NloOday morning, the :luth r eppositi 111 l . I had previottsis di ll York ttatiger ,, , tALinnalided a, to land at Auer ml Arlet, to tithe mint Solomon, anti to possess hint s etimmanding Pigeon Island. Lotted we marched to the neigh s! Certin, and the folloCiiii t g Jay to 11'n halted fitr a stipple of toa st of the mouth ; nu ti m e 2,41 ~e e litviere Sallee to I.iiinantin; on idistin to Champiii and La Crois-, n-shot of the enemy's fort • Des-- AM:: covers the landing tatter at mot with on opposition. rk Rangers, under theptininand of ~tended the sathe day with the rest von anotlier .point ; and having r at Pula Sulniunn, iiiiirdied mid its.ultove Pigenii Island. lie \V:I4 it‘ii.lier-General Sir Charles Ship ig Engineer, and fhigutlief•-tjen. tolling the ,loyal Artillery, super nstruction of the I).itteries. ,e.• was lauded in 111•111i411 ('apt. Cockburn of ll.s Majesty's th the seamen, dot the mortars and hatt, ries by the greatest posaittle whim ; cxeeed what lilts Ikea r the great exertions of Camain Royal Navy. of the 4th the ishintl itorrevolere , l, ving done great execution among tight preervling. %taut my division marched f rom L a by Jirioliot, ties Fouriirau, Moitiqtte, to our present position 4 Point Negro, wind) completes in tite"iselt side. Caen to lie 1.11.10 y sitt.slied with th. • honour to coin:num] ; neither of savefailtrtl ill exertion. and in Iwir ,..tes of the march pith exemplary ogee the honour to be, &c. Fcco. 11AITLAND, Maj.-Grit. tk,elminandiu the Forces, &c. , ore Genet:yr or 13oirbon. omaded, sad missive; of the division na -1 of beaten:set-4 leneral Sir George Pee action or the tot February, tat.). Fere, int Batt—t Captaie, 9 rank and ' , deems, 1 dreamer, str rank sad and 6k, missing. eh Fuellecti, Ist Batt.-1 Seejeaut, Is Laid i 2 serj..auts 79 rink and Ale, east, c rank nial miariag. I Ist West India Regeocilt—i rrinloand Ammer, In rank and file, wounded; reek and file, kitten:: t Captain, ganb. t, 2 fine( s, 91. rant, and pk, sioundcil, sic. I reticent, 3% rank and file, killer, ; tealatherair, r. scrjesais, a drutuillfrs, Q task and file, stranded; 1 eialreltere, relit ant file, swish% inn , . Taylor, of the Royal rankers, !iiiirte-.l(aattir.Gastrral. Cassini Gledetande, of the ad Weit"l nty. le Alt 4411 ditto. uf the Stifle Cotapany anal IVert bills Iterweast Gilmour, of the nit West takes prisoner. ad) A. I.IGERT NOOD, sty Adjetant.flcneral to the Aare, under emend of Licut -flew. Sir George 'ciainkd, and missing in the first divititted the Heights of Surirey, rehruary lent); es' Ist Dentate's-1 silken*, on reek and id 016cer,2 Captains, 1 seijrant, droner I Ile, wenenkel ; 3 rank sail file, nutting. at, lit. Bail.-1 Field Meer, 4 rank and calk and file wounded. Fusgerrs, let Batt.—; isesiennt, 7 rank I sobaltern, I Staff, Hirai* file, wounded ; 'est India lit rank awl file, killed. 'I Captain, t rerteaat, la task and file. Nicer, 1 sulrelteru, 2 scrjestits, jti teak d. 1 Officer, 1 'tiptsin, a lerjeßnt., 42 rank 41; 2 Cield 14Aicen , o Captions, 9 stein! 3 serialists, I drummer, tali rank :tad I; I reticent, a rank and tile interior. Begt. Major Maxwell—Llght Batt. Cap. 11 Regituent. • Rr.,tt. Moo. LientenantaViilnnel Pek e Rowe •.1.1 Cho:wick-2nd ditto, Lient. 1.41 Poster-1.12kt Batt. Major t'aiiiph , 4l, it Inaba hangers; Lieutenant Hopwood, Captain Core, Aid.de.Calisp to Lietate- George PrrYttat, slightly . F.O. W R.-1%184V, Brie. and Adj. Gen. der of this (; , turrte,relatr., almost e•elu• re of the 'rupees Preach frigate, of ad eel for to.morrow. ate of lifeteketerrt, Cheepside, f.nii lon, cr, April 1, 13, and Nay t, :it *, rat try, Nit 1r :torte' A.lairiti, I nil 'FM ry. maw Of let4l of Great flaunt, Ilcris, rr, April 4, 11. and hfav 9, at ti n, at n. litortiev, Mr. Hunting, Prionote. tut re.t, Loudon. of ❑nterfordierat, isureer, to se:lender, eV C),st elrveu, a* It Tavern, toga. tit.rucys, Mr. .1.1 Us,. -11,41,411 Wart, sits. Morgaa nod I.:vett, ftre.t./1 itaffard, hanker, to serreilei, April 17, thorn at The Swan lan, Stellord. At trition ;ad Keens, Steil' net of it-pruorittor, to ~area;, ;, arid Nay 7, at ernes, at the Colikii Attottieffe, Mr. plea-,tliester ; Mirrira. r, Liverpool , and Mr. Huxley, I.l.Crpotti, ?nen 11.1nt, to yurrender, May t , at cleven. nt !total, I.i ye, Mr. IViatt, I. trrp,rol; and Mr. Wiii• rdfonl-row, London. inaaletif l'orentr). gt over, to anrrendar, in, as/ May 9, at eltren, at tit , %e'en Attionip, Mr l'otori, wart, Luoduu , and Mr. Jtito oflitoricttalitreet, Hackae%-rnail, Ape,l I, 11. at tra, and %las' 9, at 41, London,. Atinrary, Mr. Wutbnitigh, "Itritniiirpai street, lamdion. ad and I:li4.ilieth Lewis, of Nedles-streri, matinees, to aarriaider, April Alray at elcretl at Guildhall, lAcidria. P. Nunnery, .4Ciorluttia Weal, Strand, Midillmex, milliner, to aurrrnder, May 9, at twelve, at Guildhall,' London. Deviate-hill, Lamina. I Fiayaaar of thweelaittat, Lumina, Ono reroder. April I,at tan, ta, and May 9, at U. Atte:awn Ms. Allan, Ftcdrtilled- THE BRITISH PR - LONDON. WEDNESDAY, M. gj. Iterort of tht• Secret Coininittueof the House of Comitions, upon East India Patronage, so &oz. expvettil by the puidie, has made its appear- It is given ut length in oar preceding co lumns. A Flag of Truce, Erna Calais, arrived on Monday at Dover with ti Russian Ni,essenger, wit). dispatches. for oar Government. It is supposed that they re late to the reeeut deposition of the King of Swrima, and the Steps taken by the Regent, tho Duke of the re:oll,l,6oi' of ifeace. The curiosity, interest, and anxiety, excited by the investigation into the conduct of the late CONS ;IA N -CRIMP, have 5141011 subsided; and that event, followed by his Hoye' resigna tion, together with the appointment of Sir Davila DI , N DAS as his, eucceseor, are swept away by the vast tied awful struggle which appears to he about to comineuce MI the Coutineat. Vet war is not begun, though every indication autiotince• its near approach. The prime agent and mover of revolti tnne the great deem) er and renovator of Europe, lingers still in the vicinity of Paris, ostentibly oc cupied, not less iu diversions, or ameliorations of various ki n ds, MIA IlatlollBl 1111p1' 4 1V4:1111'11111, than i4t prep:troth - tits to crush the HMls,' of AUSTRIA, whose tival destioy is probably determined 81141 11%01. It is true, that, on the with of last mouth, the Corsi- can reviewed his Imperial (Mavis. and his new le ties, in the Square of the Titilleries, to the number o r trainio men ; hot we find !jilt, nevertheless, not touch more than a fortnight ego, repairing to Ram houillet, under the prettatse of limiting for a few days. This is o. n ' of the palaces which the tyrant affects to like with a distiognishing predilection ; prolaably from its privacy; which affords him the means of there converting, undisturbed, those plans which are to he felt on the Danube, anti on the Vistula. Itainbouillet is only uhout six leagues from St. Cloud, .mild has been rendered memorable, in French Ilistory, by the death of Fa a acts the First, a Prima: whom :Carat :I,C COtIIICNCVIIIIB tee regard as not tiuwortoy of his esteem, on sicemsut of his heroism and love of letters. Fur this fero elites usurper, amidst his crimes awl his conquests, stilt emulates ,the pun*: of the Menu t, and of Louts theFourteeuth, as an admirer and a patron of learnin g . „ While his invincible legions are assembling en every side ; while D'AvoesT is on his way towards Franconia; mud slide MASS6NA is about to assume the command in Lonsbanly ; BON APA NPR'S active mind is still directed to domestic objects of utility, or grandeur, or attack. At FOrient, from whence he has just contrived to slip out a squadron, of whose destination Lord NICIAIRAVE knows nothing, and whose operations may be felt where they are Last expected ; be is ulakiug new regulations.. highly btineficial to the naval udouittistratioa of that port. The works of the Harbour Napoleon, at Cherbourg, are carryieg on with redoubled activity, at the expense of the umfertunate King of Pacsit a, whose gold plate was inelttal duwu, and sent prin cipally to that port, in order to pay the numerous artists and workmen employed at Cherbourg.— Mut,octet is incessantly labourittg, at Antwerp, to equip, to fit out, mid to man, the shina of war eon strncted on the Scheldt. A formidable squa dron is already collected in that port anti river: while we observe, not without some surprise, as well as regret, that he has, it would seem, captured and carried into Toulon one of our frigates. We may not improbably bear next of him, either w tVirtemberg, or iu Bavaria ; at Stutganl, or sit At:Melt; as he has notified, it appears, to each or I hose dependent 11loaareli5. created by himself, and reluctiiiitly compelled to become Kings, that he shall shortly be their guest, as lie was in isoa, when lie mantled to Vienna. If this assertion, made in the latest letters from Dollaud, prove authentic, it aerials almost certain that be meaus to invade, and to penetrate into Austria, ty Bavaria and the course of the Daitubet, not Irons the side of Italy and t h e Tyrol. as had beet, prematurely believed. (tl tiny dcelaratiou'W war between the Emperor FRA NCI/ and NAPO. t.S.O N. or of the actual departure of the latter front Paris on the I tth instant, to join his armies, we have no certitude; but it is impossible that we : should bug reinsin in ignorance apes tither point. We understand Meanwhile that the Corsican, compelled by the urgency of his ',Taint, and oblig ed to make warms the soot moment in Spain, and iu Germany, has foetid it neceasery to let go his hold of the throat of Faxes:am the Vlth. Trust- Mg to the unappeasable enmity of that Prince to wards Great Britain, and to the national recollec- Coos of the expedition against Co,tenhagers, Bo- W APAITE has actually evaenated, in a considerable degree, all gee Danish dominions. ULasi amens, by ordere szsini his master, has not ouly withdrawn the French troops fro:n Zealand, awl from Facet', but likewise from Jutland, Sleawiek, and llolstein. Duntsor was marching smithwarol at their head ; as the strongest proof of the tyraut's confi- I derive iu . his Danish ally, he had proposed to Fie. . . *Sate to garriron the cities of Ilitioburgh, Lolrteks W - immar, and Itnstock. Such a deposit would not asSuiedly be entrusted to that Sovereign, if the Lust degree of necessity did nut dictate the measure; mid_ it strongly provi's haw hard he is pressed to aueu for subjecting Austria, while he must maintain Joshua at Madrid. Neither Louis. our appear to be altogether at their ease, 011 their I)uteli and IVestplinlian thrones. The former is, indeed, personally beloved for his mildness and dissimilarity of ehtuacter to NAYULLON but vie torier alone can sustain bits its his elevation. Ja rrow,: is endeavouring to attach to hilt) his subjects of Brunswick, by promisin4 to reside in that city, during four months of every year. If the ova/es of this worth) family diffuse blessings over Ger many and Spain, the/eau:l;s, it seems, are to dis pense similar felicity throughout Italy. Madame JOACHIM MURAT is Queen of Naples.. Madame Li CLkac, a/sits the Princess Boanitese. alias I Princess* of PIOIIDINO, is made (Irmo! Duchess of TUSCANY. The two other sisters, Mesdames BAC- EiIIOCCIII LASSES, are, it is said, to receive the. Ditelsies of URBINO and MONTSERRAT. It in than iliut an Italian adventurer &spasm of Europe, while .tustria orepares for a last effort at CUMI* 114.6011. , The itccest fri gide, Capt.:ll(sEol/DH, fmm Maks, arrived nu M lay at Portsmouth. Two King's . Messengers, from Trieste , with import a nt chapel fur Government, came in her. They arrived its tow • ' ye/stride) , nio ))) i ) ig. Yesterday mooting, hiss .iIA.I 61.3 rr. the 13mike of CsMualDei,aud l'illiecsa A uuus ra, areolumitutiotit by Lady Tiiv Lord thetas, Gen. 111 ARN eas e . d Count 51u alum, rode WI hnit/CINPA stir Pink s till hs.lf-post twelve o'cisick. The hid:op:J.lomi of the Queen and Prim-mOO% SOPHIA and ASti.t.lA tirtnii from a violent ./old, l'rints have stoutly denied that', Admiral Duciewoaro bad proceeded to Cadiz.—. *.Ve yesterday stated, that the //'orspire, one of his' squaiirou, was spoken with off Cape St. Vincent. The statement of his arrival at Colitis farther cow. firmed by the following extract of a letter, which we received yesterday from au officer on brand ano ther of his aqsiadrout Extract of a Letter fiom'an Officer on boors! the ChriAtioa ill. at sibgle anchor uhf Cadik, Mars It : “ 'rise Admiral i.e. loot itiodwhigNSl for on iniiiraiilwity of sending letters. We anchored bore this 111011 . 111u,e . shoat three ~iktck, it beilsot calm. Wo are lyios wills on, tap. sails aiteilisi 6.11 W. all ready to ositth with the first breeze. The Nome soul Compireor joined as this aionsine. The 7"atomr, sad Elisabeth, joined the fleet on the so that it mow consists of thirteen tail of the line.... The heirs, .hoonlasy, Leviotkois. osithielmohle, are lyin g its Cadiz. Admirol Cullitigirood is alarm at Malts ; and Ad miral Tbornborintali is with eleven sail at Minorca retittiog.' The letter :olds— " It is impossible to judge to what part of the world those Frauds ships (the L'Oritur mom/roma) have toles theist writes bat e• weave they will, we WAD follow them" It is thus mideut, that up to the Cnis instant, Sir J. I)vcewoarn had received uu intelligence of the course of the enemy. The of Ssenoco, after his arrest, was con veyed to the royal iwlace of Drottiugholtn.situated .lis a small -island, at the distance of about seven miles front Stockholm, where be still mamma coo- Buell. 'lime Supreme Junta has published a Proclama tion at Cadiz, its favour of the Marquis Da V ILLIM. asserting, that the suspicions of his loyalty, en tertained by the people of that city, were without foundation. The following' ships sailed from Madras the esth of October, has, under convoy of Ili* Majesty's ship elMion, viz. Pia nix, Lord helms, Preston, Ceylon, Experiment, raory, Asn, sod Liana. On the ::!Stli of November, in Lit. to S. long. 0'..) E. the fleet was separated its a violent gale of wind. On the nth of January the "wax, sold of" the 39th h is Maj-sty's ship Albion, with the Ceylon, Preston, Tgria, and Aut, arriveiiiit the Cape of Good Dope. His „Mai mersees ship AThions hail ' , off . ..iv(' severe ly, having lost her unsen-must, and thrown ov. r board 21$ a her Funs. No apprehensions were eutertained sit the Cape fur the safety of the other ships. The Surat Co(tle salted at the Cape of Good Hope the list of January ; sailed from Chios the 3ml of September, and left there the Worley, l:oyol George. and Gremeille. The flexor was spoken by the Leopard, at sea, the /701 December. The Wes ford was left at the Cape ; the Peru rsranee *hider sailed fr o m St. Ibis no for Englaud, the 12th December; and the Eliza whaler arrived at St. Delete* the 30th Deeernher. The Calcutta is captured Off (Is mij The Henry H'ellesley and Ganges are vapt tired. The Margaret plus been taken, and retaken by the Cry/ay. The Akranmkr and lluddart are arrived at Born bay, and the ekt f unite frigate at Bengal. The [towns, WILSON, from Surituan to London, oar captured and burnt, ldtb Nov. by a French brig of war. Last evening, Sir Davin Dttnoss left hill resi dence at Chelsea College, for Windsor, to ena b le him to attend Ilia MAJESTY early this morning, upon military business, previous to His MAJESTY taking his morning ride, as Ili, MAJESTY dory not come to town tisis day. Yesterday Sir DAVID DUNDA3 held a pnblic day at his office in the Horse Guards, and gave audi allietSlo about forty officers to pay their respects to him since his appointment to the office of Com ' (mender-hi-Chief, and upon military lousiness. Sir DAVID was dressed in full uniform to receive theta. The K tau has been pleased to grant time dignity or I Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great leitain and lerlatili, lento Sir DAVID BAIRD. Ent. Lieutenant-Gem-NI of Ilia Masesrv*s forces, and the heirs male of his body, boo folly be g ott en , with ‘remaitsder to Itoneity Haters. of Newhyth, in the minty of East Lothian, E.q. )brother to the raid Sir Davits BAIRD) and the heirs !sale of Isis bud), lawfully begotten. _ We • The for a i loud of Columns, tc. . • His Lordship held a Court of Aidsepteq.yro of dity at Guildhall, at which the price of 1/reyd.ye as ordered to be cautioned at ts, 4tl. the,qu4re esi , loaf. - Eleven t Weekend eight hued red poundi. tkrialisiw Stuck, was drawn out of the Wheel, i 0.14.„ 111101141. • fated, and the Chamberlain wui e directed Awgive bIX months' notice to the several porting. iiele f re a r t 4 to receive the seine, at his o ffi ce, et theotatsreekei . of six months. . • Several perwotts were swore brokers., Mr. Abraham Young was admitted and Sworn one of the fifteen eual,tuetera, in trust, for,the city, f ur four years, in the room of Mr. The tas Margery ? whose teem had expired. Stieral *Oakes cud hills, totady,ilki, were er. dered to be paid. The LAM Bishop of Hereford was requested to preeeir before the Court and the Governors of the several hospitals of the city, uu Alaudny, iu Eistiut week nest. Stephen Sileock was ado" i ited a )+e*ousa . ,,n2jet..thiS Poultry Compter. • • i ft AOl .-11 THE DUCHESS OF' CUMBER 445")). • 11 • :•:••••••• that • .41 Lady C'u mere., W —v, who had been role• veyed by her relations dowa to the eve of the htte Lord Cattouta, at Downhill:is, in Suffolk, we hear hag again escaped frees thence, and has rejaload her lortr We undersign d his Gr e• the Dalhe or nature SON has purchased, of 11r..1/tuoirat.s. a Heeler ',rough cult, out of his Spadifle Mire * rising one year old, for 23n guinea', sail 54/0 awe. vas. the colitingency of his .winning hie easarsoese ONO York. Eoglood, riefory, gad doe liOsoorial Mown of Rodney, Nelson, fte. /be eeer &eerie 12th of April is the anniversary of the It NETS victory over Count DE GII.ASSII, is she tali; Indies; and the next loth of April will 6 4= ous dry for the fortunate pumemor ofthe 6 Ticket, which entitlee the holder to Oak Whole Tickets, which may Rojo I value of the Ville de Pori:. of 110 igoottroi the gallaut Admiral it, the year 1782. An ancient soothsayer being once consulted to tell the inquirer "what would happen to him with in the .text month r—brde Ides " haste to the Temple of Fortune, and make ardent suit to the wealth presiding Goddess." This reply furiiiidws critical and wholesome whirr. at the pmeist mM went, when Fortunes I.uttery Temphe are open to suitors for a puricipatiou of the most opulent Scheme in the annals of her Allied; and snow ro near at issue us the Loh of nest unouth, wima times Whole Tickets will be given to the Fat Prise above .el 5. The Fore, by the latest letters received from Civita Vecchia, and from Leghorn, remained, on the Doh of Jaiontioy lust, at HOME, Wider eh:mein spection. scarcely ever going out of the house, and in even' sense a prisoner. Profound tranquillity reigned in Itome, where uo attempts whatever were made to oppose the French, or to liberate his Heti" , lino from captivity. AAAAA CT OE A LETTER remit CEYLON, DATER COLUMBO, Al 1: L 110, 15 1 .4. " F litre sot much lice. to tell you; the only thee is that Grugral Malcolm has heat teat us ma embassy is the Coen O lt enia, bet was reboil salm Whoa, he of the French littered past ailing Awe. A Fitentib le =7:: aian army, together ROI a Pansies mit,eettanlesd It' Fres& officers, is daily expected on Indium frentisse s sad the Cumniander•ia-Clilef bas 'left Calcutta liar the sprit pro vinces, with every poiverfal army, to intercept them, or to hare the brit dash, if they At...ablaut be prepared to receive mi. It is the prevailing opining, If we de Dal invite befses the coalesced posers, that the loss of India will ba this soss kmiosiee. I ilp out profcps to t,e cusp etelt to give a &vi site npinios, lust Ohl, from the eageatml.sf the Inge** powers, that such au event is nut itspossible, harem hahle. A. to Ceylon, -commerce is entirely dime up ; from a dispute between the (:overdue sod the Admiral, • ship of ear dare nut Tint us, a Bader moot; so that we ass one amulet as mach surmised at the approach of a vessel to our coast, as the Rattails of Marsies was oben Cialumbaa crest mods his appearance." MARRIAGE.: March IR, at St. Lawrence, RovantatE,lllr. O.A. ftspitreve the Hon. Visited East Jodie Compsey's flassece, tubing Wu hours, of Italusgatt. PRICE OF STOEILS YESTEJADAY. 3 pie Cent. Console ........ 673 s per east. Rory I iuperial 3 per .......... ••• • cal Ditto Annuities j • 9- thorns= lades bomb .4 pnin. . Evelommer BOW r • t•siolt, Ma- . • Carlo& Lottery Tickets ..... se.. Cmisola fur T. Bldg. Rtortilrikicee 4, Coridill, and to, Rishasaii.Erfasa. • m.• —•i; LONINKsii : Protuti 1) ilf WSW% N. mg, 041 Bosieelteloot, Carey-stn. s sad mililished at the ()li f e No. 11. Sark of It. CI. incites (hark, Strand, by J, ItHtTli t of mar 0 1 14 e. —Maks.. At. Sir GM-Pants. mat le tke usher ; :pest pal . „ will I.e duly attended to. • :~'~ l ~ ~ All . . . . Cha •‘r jell *44ll* 1 „ "1 , 4 . *41 0 /10 ......, ..... %41 ie Lord Motor ho oplliillilid4lllBleVerwitt,* Congsuutt kid, to comb* it tbriiim upvc e . IVardle. for his lateprareoliop half* Mower otomorts. Ike- _ _... We can assure the public. that no certais or au.- theistic accouuts, on whieb perfect reliance Can be placed, have been received of the death *Plow Ito)al Highness the Duchess of Custaaithaan ; though we believe that her, family here bevel/an oil mourning, as ttuarideriner her demise twobe int- dooljted. The phice lobes* she ,died , 14 even , quitter of un c ertainty ; Goods. illtaruirOs s oot fair,. from Trieste, is natned; but Sir Jens Sin. KEY, who. i i is pretended. had written orer aro im4truisist or it tqlord CHpl.ll.oii DF. LET, never hiOr pi esotiqueti p her natter in so y . of his letters fioni..Vnna, at. which city he resided six. seeks ago. It me curious li tt c to reflect that so ranch doubt should ei i l e reilistiva to the death of a pers o n, %sloe, Ref 'Dore t si tvsioty years ago, from her feaidcfeee in ail-, kl. , dee penned her smiles to the - most.pplea id env es, ontri, a cconstituteda central point of elegem* iond:ylearut to this metropolis, Such are this viciiptildes human. stars. '! Those who maintain that e, Duchess of CUMSEIMAXD is dead. add, that she has leh.scarcely any property bAind her, extseptler diamonds. Slur was in her sixty-third year, Her pension hf four thousand poihsdi,"revcits to the Civil List; siod her jointure, Is the widow of her, fled liusulyind, Mr. Jioarcitr, which onnoututeil to six kindred pounds per annum. of min& folio into that family.