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MAC LS. AQ iv an-•-t Dublin, IWaterfoni.. Duz—l t Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS • yrr i ts DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. 6%1 Ornniuin per Ct. dis. Consols THE SUN. SOLIM QUIS DICIME FALSUM AUDEAT ? L 0 N,D 0 iVi TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 180. FIRE IN CHATHAM DOCK-YARD. morning, at five o'clock, • a DragoOn arrived t Admiralty "from Chatham, -with an account Oat, a tiro had brOken out List night in the Dock= 1 1 :ar1, It, was rurnonied et first that the whole of tile iluil...lings , and stores were• destroyed, hut we are happy to . hav: it in our power to State', that , the clarnage.is vary incori uderibie": the fire broke out about, iuue o'el9ck, last night, in tin out,-bouse, but st;ee‘zlity.ekt ingbished, illci at twelvo Wdock, Alletlate r every .thing was perfeffly: safe. It was not known how the fire ori. ginared:' Vint - Vie uivlerstmid , the . re is•-‘no' , reason to . tuivOse thatll Was the:e,db . 4 cifdesign Since wiktipg the, above we iiavL heard, that the tire- ivas .occasioned by.sonio hemp being put'. to- tlior too'gretn, whion , heated end took tire.. This morning accounts were received at the Ad mirdty, of tine arrival of the Cal/Gordo Frigate from . St. Ilelena, at Plirnouth. She convoyed a Fleet of 11 or 12 Indiapen, 'from the East Inches to St. Tlelena; from-which they sailed for 'Europe on the •Q7th June (two 'days before the Concoide under convoy of the 4/itedope ; so that their °arrival in the Channel may be daily expected. ,We are extremely sorry to add, that one of the indiamen; the Gangi4,. went down off the Cape of `o , o'ud Elope foilunnteiy, hewever, no lives were 160". • ~ DUring her voyage home, the Conan* fell in with a Transport returning from La Plata ; the Cap. LOA Of which stated, that the Fleet and Troops umkr the cdatmatiti of Admiral MURRAY and Gen:ral CRAUFURD had arrived at Monte Video early in June. Preparations , had immediately Made for an attaA upon Buenos Ayres ; an4.l we have , .very little doabt that, before the cxpiraticin of the , present month, we shall re ceil hire h ice the recapture of that place. 1,1,1 night Nri.y ittct buicii Papers reached Town, tiro lormer to the 9; h, ant ttia latter' . -try - the 13th ;It is stated, with great confidence, that 80, , ,N,vaAa.rn intends to march an Army into Portugal, for the avowed.. purpose of excluding the English • .frOm the Ports : of, that King loin. A considerable • Its has been coliec:ted at Bayonne for that pur .. pese, of whirl, General Jo NOT, the Govenor of Pa ris 1- is to coMmAnd. - It is also stated that (Ivneral JingOr is to be invested with a D'plo matie Charaeter, from whenceit his ben supposed than BotaAPirtTe's•ohjea maybe attained by negotia tion, without having recourse to hostilities. There is .strong. reason to beiteVe th'at the. Em por ALEXANDZII has abandoned the interests of the King of NT . APLES, or as he is termed in the FicnehPapers„ the Ex King FORDINAND i for it :is stateci, that that unt4rtunate Prince has been advised by a great I', to withdraw into Minorca. We lciLw of fv.,lier.great Pdwer that could give such silwice except Russia ; and after the events which we h'av e witnessed within the last few weeks, we we no reason to doubt the truth of this statement. Bo seems to have stipulated that Russia snoWd abandon all her Ailibs. tia.ccounts were received this mornin:; from Stral !mod, titted the 4th instant, which state that the ,'ltch had not nude any impression upon the 'place. T..e Swedes bad made a successful sortie, and de str, ycd , one of theTtenelt works, N,%) further account reached Town this morning the F.,%pedition un(ler Admiral GAMBIER, bUt v. 0 !;:lie. hio doubt that in the course of the present k we , dloil I,:ceive the :mit important and gra trig itst ,, l;; , z ynce Irmo that (platter. evohing i:wre wai a vli , ry crowd,. , d genteel . t)'.l',;(:!.on Win.lsor- Terrace; amotight whQin ArChhishop of •CANTERButi family, E 1 , 1 D ..ItTMotvrft, ah:t Cot.roys. Their !NciAJ . 2.s ti Ah‘.l ViitNei , “?sES walked on the Terrace eight o'clock ; during the : time the trindi th, , Royal Guard“lllue) with their L:rkuni, at, I I;it.. klo4's Own lit'sginient, Staf playc,l tin Tiwir MAJLSTIKS retired. inovoinrf IIN.:MA.IE3I'Y, Princes,es So,. AU,,uiyA., and ANlV,l,tA,ACCOrtipallied h the Lou, Me. 6 EGERIioN, Gk.tneralt HAttconaT, FIT - Lo y, CAWfWitf4;llT, ittPi elinlit'MtiNSTEß, took an retl,rccd ,ht,A rive o t~iLit mitt Priucess ELIZABETII tOt)ic:. an 10 "' i l,lwto was no Court of Aldertnen held to-day, b the Leto , Aat IA you, ae•vr in.:.steting the Re turn!, 'ordered t. 1;:, Price of I.lread .611 td. per Pet,k . ; the Chtartern Lulu will then be • • The Hull Advertiser published' in a. Seeopd.Eclf tion, on Saturday, the telloWing intelligence, froth the Expeditions " After our Pape; went to press, the Wilberforce; HoRWooD, arrived here, which 'Vessel' left. the Sound on Wednesday sennight. From her we learn, that on Sunday the 2d instant, Admiral GAM BIER'SfIeet, consisting 011 , 1. Sail of the Line, and five or six Frigates, came in sight,of the Sound, and brought-to off the - Cole; next morning they arrived iu Roads, and drew up in Lineof Battle, in which position they were left 'when the Wilterfoiee came away. No hostile operationa whatever had taken place, not was there any likelihood of it.— On the first appearance of the Fleet in the Cattegat, instructions were aPplied for to the Conti Of Copen hagen, 'as to'the manner in which the Commander of the.DaniSh fortress was'. to.a6t ; and in return he was ordered not to attempt resisting their passing the Sound. The Pritice cf lYalcs, AdMiral GAN ziER's Flag-ship, saluted the battery as she. passed, Which.was returned by the Danes. The populace seemed to be favourably disposed' .towards our people. The mignitude of the force thus : sent into thelial(le, and the EXVedition with which it. has been prepared, created much astonishpnent. • • Admiral'Essmo'rox, with eight Sail of the Line and several Frigates, Sloops of War; Transports, was lying in the Belt.—The Crown Prince orDen-, niark was with the Army in Holstein and. the p 496 I:ve'rt wholly unprepged oil t :any resist ance: It , was generally. supposed that our troops would take poAsesaion of : the Island of 'Zealand ; :but Do steps towards such a measure had beeh Adopted when the'Vilbetforce came away. The If:We/free passed a Meet of 70 Sail of large transport's off the Anhait, froM the Channel; full of troops ; 'also abogt t;o Sail of Transports off the Lessee, under the protection of a 74 gun Ship, .the latter are supposed to be - that part of the Pawn! Legion that embarked at this., place ; likewise paised smile 'other:Ships of the Line, Fri gates,. and Transports, in theCattcgat and Sleeve." Extra& of a Private 'Letter from Gottenburgh, Aug. 10 : `.‘ Yesterday a report was in 'circulation that. the French had entered. Holstein in considerable force; but as nettling since has transpired to con firm it, little credit is given to it. The English Fleet still continues at anchor in the Sound, and all remains tranquil; a large fleet of 'transports pasted -Elsineur on the 7th." . • , t. Yesterday morning the 13th Light; Dragoons; having previously assembled at their several Canton ments, at Richmond, Putney, . Wandsworth, &c. marched to a spot of ground on Hounslow Heath, for the purpose °fp grand Review. On their hav ing fallen into line, they went through an inspection, when their arms,, accoutrements, horses, - and clo thing, 'were deemed to be in excellent order. A little after twelve, his Royal Highness the Duke of Yoax., as Field Marshal and Commander in Chief, with a numerous Staff of General and Field Ot&ers, accompanied by. the Dake,of domande, 'as . Ge neral of the Home 'District s and his Staff,' followed by the Dukes of CLARENCE, KENT, SUSSEX, CUM BERLAND, and GLOUCESTER, Caine on the ground. The:Duke took the command. First moving along the well-dressed and extknded line, he took his sta tion in front of tlie e'ilkitre of the regiment, the rear of the grand swims being next the Staines Road, the rear of the regiment on the valley, at the bottom of which is the Four Elms. "Ike Re view then commenced, the regiment having divided ililo four complete squadrons, forming 'one grand line. The other tv.i, troops were posted on the front, rear, and wings as Skirmishers . and coverers. Every' manoeuvre incidental to the discipline of a rziinent 'of Light Cavalry, was performed with an ,expertness and preeision 'seldom equalled. The charges, more particularly that of the grand line, were not only rapid, but correct. At the close, the thanks of the Commander in Chief were communi cated to the regiment,, who, after a gland salute, were dismissed to - their quaeters. The grotind, espe cially the grand station, was crowded with Ladies of the first.rank, beauty, and faShion. •A detachment oft he I,2th Light Dragoons kept the.ground well.. Some of the men fell on the grand charge, but :one only Met with a:. serious . injury. . The Officers inVited, the Real-Dukes, and. their General Staff, to, partake ;of an elegant dinner with them at the Castle at Richmcind, in' honour of the natal day of fheCom mander in Chief, They returned to their residenees to dress, and then honoured theOtficerS with th e ir 'company. • Letters have been received froth ,LiSbon, which state, .that intelligence had arrived there of the re capture of Buenos Ayres by our Troops. This event, it is 'aid, took place , on the 2gth of May. There was also a report of Lima:having been taken by a BridSh Force, but we believe that no Eiqledition has been sent against,,that Settlement. Lima was indeed the original objed Of General Ca Autruan'S Expedition, but its destination was changed to the Rivet Madrid Gazettes to the 2atir ult. reached town yek. terday, but they ' contained ..no • intelligence hum Spauisb America. We have received New York Papers to the 14th ult.and the following are the only articles of intel ligence they contain. The 'assertion respe&ing .easKucn we should regard ati , important, if the fre , (pent inacc'.tracies and misstatements of the Ameri can Press did not leave sonic doubt,of its truth. c 1102.1 THE WASHINGTON F4DEICALIST OF JULY 8. ,Mr, East( INE, the British Minister, has arrived, declares the late aggression unanthorised, and is about to forward'an immediate dispatch to the Bri tish OrTiCer commanding at Hampton. The President has required 'the Governors of - the di ll'crQnt States. to baie their respeelive quotas of Militia in readiness tif March at a 'moinent's warn -H nig. The whole number required is 100,000. The quota of this.distrid is said to be 3000. • " In the mime: of a very short time, bet Ween GO and 80,G,un-bilats,., fully equipped; will be stationed at the mostaxposed parts:of the United glaten, to re pel any aggression that may be oirered." Ship-lettpr was received yesterday from Memel, of a later date than any arrived by the way, of G2t 7 tenhargh or Tonningew• It state % that 2Ouo itch elan troops had 64,10 that, town: They sire pro• 4 31 4 pant of the-Orand . Army on their. way honie wards. It was by this ronte that the troops' from the Ru.4sian capital proceeded to the late theatre of war. NAVAL NEWS. PLY:KOUT% Atm 16.—Carne in the Isabella, HUTCHINSON, from Greenock; Orozenao, ALLAN, from New Bedford, detained by the Lord Cochrane Privateer; Provestein, ANDERSON, from Gotten burgh, detained by the Lion Privateer; Neptunus, NEYDEZ, from. Santa - Cruz, detained by the Betsey Privateer ; and the Twende, VANNER, from Stock holm, detained by the Mars Privateer. POOLE, Avg 17.—Passed.by His Majesty's Ship Rattler, with the convoy from Newfoundland; and the Arine Maria, BLOOMFIELD Master, from Lisbon for , London:S. DEAL, AUG. 17.—Sailed the Clyde, of 38 guns, Commodore OWEN, on a cruize off Boulogne and Calais ; the Explosion Bomb, Captain ELLIcorT, with about 30 Sail of Vessels, under convoy for Portsmouth. Ariived the _Cracker. ,Gun-brig, Lieut. LEACH, from off Fiavre'and Dieppe. In the Downs—Prince4s of Orange, Canada, Cracker Gun.hrig, Harmony Vidualler, and the Royal Escape Lighter,' i DISTRIUUTION OF PRIZE,MONEV, To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Her cule. for the Capture of the Spanish Ship La laseta, on the sth July, 1806, their respeelive Proportions of the Quick.: silver fakervin the said Ship, in company with His Majesty's Ships Fortutite, Echo, Surveillante, and Superieur,. every Tuesday and Friday for three monthi. ''To the Captain; dfficeri, and Company of His Majesty's Ship Surinam. for the Capture of the French Frigate Le Rhin, on the . 28 J uly, iBo6, will be paid on the tgth'inst. in Plymouth Sound ; and every Tuesday and ,Fritlay for three months, at Lyne's Counting-house, Plymouth. The St. Elizabeth,' LovistA., and the Union, . Gaintstn, from Jamaica, ere arrived at 'Bristol ; they parted from the Fleet on Friday last, ,at -five A.M. off the West Coast of Ireland. Extract of a' Letter, from an, Officer on board the Prince of Wales, dated Elsineur, Aug. o.—“ From the multiplicity and hurry of business, .I have scarce' a moment to addresS a feW lines to' ydu. TWo di ,visioncof Transports have arrived,_ containing about I 6,000 troops, and, I understand ! some others are gone to the.Grear Belt, to join Commodore KEATS, Who is gatiOnod there with several Sail - of the Line; and a great number of smaller, Vessels, to cut off any supplies of troops that may attempt to get into Zealand. I understand a vessel is ordered to Copen 'hagen tolake our Minister, hiXsuite, and baggagei to Metnel ; 'so that, unlesS the Danes' snlynit to such, terMs as will be offered to' them, hostilities- will commence immediately.. They,have a large fleet at Copenhagen ; which might be got ready for sea in a very short time. This is the . object ()lour jealousy, and no means will, be left untried to. get possession of it ; this once accomplished, nothing need be ap, prebendal from that quarter. There is not the smallest doubt but that the first object.of this . Expe dition. is to Secure the Danes ; • but whether, atter havina so done, it will meddle with the . French be fore Slralsund, you are a better judge than I am. I expect' the disembarkation of the troops will take place in two or three days, so that, in all probability, the next packet will Wing you something decisive." The Morva', capt.'sMlTH, arrived at Grange mouth, on Wednesday, ,from Memel, which port hatssh she leftb been a the d t o W en h r i i c o l l i i o t t i . m ß e riti n s o b o s r b d iv er s a . Five were loading when Capt. SMITH' came away, n on rec ti e l i d ;e 2 g t f il or but no other fbr that port bad passed Copenhagen when he came doWn. tie fell' in with Admiral GAMBIER'S Fleet, off the Schaw On the 2tl, and says, that they Would arrive at Elsinore on the 3d inst.-'7-t Lord HorettiNsoN, Lord L. GQWER; and Sir Re- BERT WILSONi .Ipit Memel 'for St. PelerSbUrgil,:ol) the 24th ult. and about 3.00 p-of the Russian troops, who had for some :time 'garrisoned Memel, had marched off for' Rttssim . Great -refleoions were thrown out against General B2NNIGSEN, the vneral belief being, that he was the cause of all the disas-' Levi that had happened. The folloWittg instance of daring gallantry in a British Serjeant of Marines may not pr, utlac,pt. able to our readers. The fats may be relied on, as they are certified by his commanding Officer, who was present, 'and an eye witness of them On the 14th of July, 1 806, the Barge belonging to his Majesty's Ship - Melpomene, dined a large French Settee off Genoa i ,until the Ship and other botitsavere out of sight. The Set tee. being armed four 6 pounders, 12 Mounted mnsketoOns, and 20, muskets, firel oti the barge as it approachtCd, and killed Lieutenant TfionsoN, die Conainanding Officer, and five sea men.. Others were also severely wounded, and seve ral more:slightly.. Serjeant MILLIGAN, being in the how of the Barge, , wasthe first man that boarded the. Settee ; and, on his leaping on the deck, six muskets were presented in his face, the fatal effects of which he avoided, by throwing himself at once into the midst of the Enemy'S Crew. Owing to the : number :of killed and ,vvdonded in‘ the barge, and the Settee continuing 'under sail, only five • men were able to fbilOW the Serjeatit, and, after .some resistance, the ,Enemy were obliged to re `treat and disperse, and six of them leaped into their own boat, carrying their arms and ammunition with then). Serjeayt MILLIGAN pursued; and fearing that they might do considerable mischief, •if they pulled away from ali:nigstde, with their muskets.with them, and knowiog that the bargecetild pot follow, he jumped down into the middle - 6f them. lle, was . , instantly' ensued and • thrown overboard ;_but, iii the struggle, grappled and carried one of theenetny... with him, whom he killed in the water with his cutlass. When opposition no longer appeared,' every .exertion was made from the Boats of the Melpomene to save Serjeant MILIAGANi who was seen swim, ming astern of the settee, apparently very faint, hay ing received: several wounds during the :Idiom, One: of the Lieutenants of the Ship seeing an oar close be hind him, Balled to MirlAtii4t./ to get 'hold of it, in: order to receive some, assistance till the Boat COlll4 get up to Revel wKieb afterwards picked hire up. On his, he.ing when safe an board, if he had g;tinedthe. ftliktallet: of the oar, he replied,' cx No, Sir ; X. did not know 11;111e-enemy 'had all surrendered ; and 1, • Out beat' tlae idea of turning .'my„ back t . au,art-. enemy's vessel," . ---The Patriotic rewardqd this . fello‘r with forty potind,t INDEtLidENC.Z. BORDERS OF THE MAINE, AITG. Peace is made between France and RUFSia, and be tween PrUssia and France, still there seams to be no end to the. march of troops to the diffeient French armies, which, to some politicians,', certainty ap pears rather singular... But theSe politicians should take . this consideration with them, that though there is an armistic'e between the 'Turks and the Rus sians, there is no peace ; that this. must be negoci ated under the mediation of France; and that it:.is still uncertain whether it will, come to a .peace or not. In the latter case (which may Heaven pre vent), it is probable that the French, as Allies of the Turksovilkake part, with thein ; and, ifTtus sia remains neutral, the war will take quite a new direaion. STOCKHOLM, JULY V. —TWO of our Ships, freighted with .salt; from . St. tlbe's, and under Eng lish convoy, having sailed for England, were declar. ed lawful prizes the moment after "their arrival, by the Conitnander of -the convoy, under the pretext , that the )14ing w a s, shipped for Prussian ports.--': No.idea can be.formed of the dikentent which this ati - itir has excited in the public mind in this city. • FRANKFORT, Ave. 3.-The King of Sweden, since his freitless attempt to obtain art armistice, is fully sensible of the dissatisfaaion which his con duct has occasioned among his Swedish as well as his Pomeranian Stilajeas ;• but having retired to Rugen, he is surrounded by the troops of the Eng. lish Expedition, and a number of Foreigners, whose interest it isao present him .from..bearing the voice of his people, and of'his - most' faithful servants. lit the mean time: it is observed, .that' the King is sensible 61 his error, :but: in consequence of a false shame, he wants the courage to exert any of the means that may be left to restore his charader. HAGUE, AUG. 9. 7 -The return .of his Majesty to this: Kingdom is expeaed. to be very near at hand. Some persons belonging to tits Court, and who had accompanied his Majesty to the Spanish frontier, have already returned here, ' Putts, AUG. 7.--Al. Le General JUNQX, it is said, will set out for, Bayonne on Monday next, to take the command of the army of Portugal ; that is to say, 'the army destined to shut the ports of that kingdom against the English. It is added, that. hiS Excellen? cy will, at the same time, diSplay the character of Ainbassador at the Court of Lisbon frOM his. Impe rial Majesty, which . indicates, that the Expedition will be conducted very quietly. • A frame of an immense magnitude is erated upon - the Pont de la Concorde, from whence some fire works are to be displayed 'on the 15th. The Russian Officers at Blois, and the others places in the interior, have st:rout for I.tineville, to orgai , nize the provisionary regiments, which -PM to Nl' , turn immediately to Russia. . We are assured that it is not M.D'Ounnit. wno 'nominated Russian Ambassador to Paris, but M. Ds RomaNzow, one of the greatest Lords father - commanded' the llusiian armies with great credit under CATHARINE 11. He was charged : with the conducting the siege of Colberg. His _grmiltailier was Ambassador under Louts X r IV. and uithin tile last twtrity years lie has himself executed sei•eral missions to Germany. Gentral CLARKE, GoVernor of Berlin, has obtall 1 " ed leave to accept of-the Bavarian Order of 4t, zERT. We are assured that the King and Queen of HoL4 LAND will be at the Fete of the 15th ; afterwards they are -to set out for 'title Hauge, where they Anat be expelled about the sail), his Majesty's Anuiver., sary. . . It is said, that the greatest part of the Sovereigns and Princes of the Confederation of the, Ithine will be present at the approaching Fetes ; apd it ito added, that on that occasion, the most importing interests of the Confederation will be detittitivel/ settled. The CounsellorsOf State, Si MEON' i BEUGNOT, aria , JOLIVEF, We appointed to orgatlize the kiligol.ll 9 f Westphalia. Apartments in the Palace of St. Cloud are Otting Up to receive the King of WESTPHALIA. The Military Commission. At. Taiin has dete6ted species of Crimps of a new description. They collected a nucutxr ofyoglig men, whom. theY ' ed at their own expence,r..so sell them at a mg" price to serve as-Conscripts for the department i o lti . 4 Po. The Cortunission has 'deClared, that any trattie in the human species is, scandalous, immoral, and 'contrary to all law, and condemned the Crialpi tcl one year's imprisonment, amid, the payment of Q 5OO francs -as - a tine. In all contracts of this kind, t.b i : lubstiture never receives butyl -small bounty. "t h ,! rd , the Agent or Crimp constantly obtains a -cosine. able one.; a pra, highly prejudicial to the Pe" FRONTIERS CI ITALY, JULY 23,--'rhere fa mour, that advice has been given, on thd Pall ; , 1 , great Power,-to the Ex. King fi linDi s it tiD, to v,v"" - draw to Minorca, with 'his family. a Al" • - . The English in Russia will now, it is said, be sob' jest to the following hardshipS : If they d o not choose to become •altogether Riissian subjects , they must become foreign guests, in which capacity thei are liable to. a heavy tax on capital ; they arc amenable to the town laws; they must co ntributls their quota of their expences and burdens of the town in which they reside; they must dispose . 01 particular at ticles-of commerce to particular guilds{ and they must, if required, submit their commercial Concerns' to the inspection of the Magistrat..* , they wish to. quit ,the country, they must pay a 11 •of ten per cent. on comptiited capital, instead of .three years dues ; and in_ addition to this, by an 01. -law of the country, which had become obsol:te, •but which is again to be enforced, the tow(' 1 1)3 ' gistracy has the power of levying a tax of tee per cent. on the amount of capital supposed to be taken out of the country, without any reference to thAc brought in,. which tax must be paid before they carl, be discharged from their burgnership. case °` _de44h, ten per cent. Is' deducted '.from the propertY bequeathed to any relation or friend resident in 01 1 i.e r countries, and various other vexatious tax es and on the property of persons dying intestate, .s. r a imposed. Whilst the Treaty of Commerce wo foree r the British Factory at St. Petersb ur g h had tOP •riviiege paying _Oll, duties on exports and iAt; p .ports; Russian coin : toey are by the P l '., .-obliged to pay in tix-dollars - of Holland, amounthl to to a differe.nce'of - from tai" to fifteen' Per ct lnt " their disadvantage.