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at .1 mortvnt. 111:e thz,. prz.:;cnt, there was no room to tp.mitate between the two Plans. or 4 SIDMQUTH, ill explaoatibii,•;ag,4in itl - the prhlciple he hticr - clowo wad, .thit the (ivatifa,..;es . gaineo by the Bill - wotird he more - that') coariterbalancea by the inconvenienc . ,:es that must arise. The Bill was then read a third time, and ordered to the Cuminorts. The itish Volunteer:Bal i and the British any; iris ilitittC,uc►ililetioo Bills, werethert §6'crally rao n third time, and 145 - 3/a§ also the Irish A o rtoi Bill, without cotito;:tit: or obwrvntion. . , On the question for the. third rending of the. Barrack Office Cotuntissioners' Bill, an Amendment %vas intro:hived on ttu suggestion of Lord Redesdale, the eifccA of which ,vcIS to rpttilt:!r those Gomniis siOners to,:the con trout olthe:Barons of the Eli chcquer, in like Manner as COrtirnlsliOners of Public Acct,utlis .ttid other Boards of Inquiry are liable. — The Bill was then read a third time and passed. ' The Tradtrs' Assets Bill Was, on the occasion of its third roading, also amended, on the Motion of the same Noble and Learned, Lord, who proposed the insertion, otter the words " being Traders,"--,- " at the time of their decease." 'file other Orders were disposed of; in the cootie (A .. .which 'proceeding, the Report of the Out-COM, mittee on the .Philattihr9pic, SozieV;s Bill was re° crived, 'and, as we could eolith, figreed'iO by the 'Rinse. Their Lord , ,hips' then 'adjourned till to morrow, when the Royal. Assent will be given by CoMmisSon to several Bills, MAILS. AR&iv 11/2,-I Waterford. Dog --t Gottenburgh, t Dublin, 2 ‘Vataforti. Consols' PRICE OF . STOCKS THIS DAY A I" TWELVE O'CLOCK. - - 63 Oirtniunl - THE SUN. .. t pr. .SOLAM QUI; DICERL At.noV. A ? L N D ,0 'N; TRURSDA_Y, AUGUST 13, (SW. The reports which were yesterday circulated with so much contideoce respeeting the.slirrender of the Danish Fleet, .appear have. been unfounded ; but intelligence of a very Interetaing nattit:o kopetting the ExileclitiOri has bech rece'ltd . C,4. Timor, ToN, of the Aciyal Vtragoii arrived in town list night .tram Stralsund ; ,he pissed, through the Ishind'of Zeiland. The first .Division, -of the Fieet„ ni:;#.l- the corormod of Admiral' GAMBIER, had: paii,;tid the Sout--1, and remained at anchor be fore copeillietgen ;. and 'Admiral ESSINGTON had arrived the . se'concl Division' in the Slieve, round silo Niue 7of :IN,orway. The ;repoo.s..pe the Sorrender' of . Stralsund to the French appear to be founclation, and. His 'SweLlish. I'vlajsty le.r)h,:d to dele.igl it to the last extremity., Although sd little is yet knoWn to the public of thc: N,31. oblea 4, the Expedition CO the Baltic, yet the leading Opposition Paper, has . already b'egun to censure it, by anticipation, and to lay the ground for future attack. WeilOnOt 'pretend to be inform-; ed of the precise objeaS of the Expedition; .but we have reason to believe that the orders given to our Co;nalanders are of a discretionary nature, as the . operations of the Expedition must, in,sonte degree, depend um contingencies. Upon one point,' how ever, there cannot; we think, be any difference 'of opinion, viz. that in the present 'state of the, North of Europe, it is of the utmost importance that we should have a very strong force/ in the Whether . eventi may "occur which may render it necessary to employ that force in.. taking Posses sion of the Island of Zealand and , of the Danish it i s impossible for us'to' foresee ; hilt if they •aLiould, ti, r lt,lve the strongest reho . ,'ll,ios4ieve that ourforce now in the 13,t1tic is amply' sufficient to übjeet, A.linost at the letters which have been received iforn' St. Peterslangh:Aince the :signature 'of the re.,ce with France was known in that City, Con c:tr ;n staling, that it created very generakiissatis- . tactioit.,.. For althotigh lltassia has not b> this e.r.,co any part of , her Territories— , on the. comriiry; has att c ;;onunted them ;" •yet she has given up all the objects tor which she entered, into the War Ite• has , obtained.no redress for all t ,injuries and insults of which she conipl'Ained ; ti:ic has,consented to arrangements,, by which law. it.' S'Overeig,ns are deposed to make way for the 'e ltions - of 13 PA tirE; and bY:Whichlhe power of Fradee over almost the whole .s;untinei(of Europe confirmed; -and finally, she has: nat.:only seen . her Ally stripped of a great 'part of hiS' dominions, at-113411y taken prt of the The.'dis eiatent whiclf-is felt in ltusiia is the greater, be e. a; se: ti eugh the - Russians were certainly -defeated w;th e a =si'4sral4,-i loss at Friedland, yet the reinforce- ,rrients wirich were ladvaticiag with. rapidity to jell, BENNIGSLN, would have very soar enabled i}:rp t 9 taLe the ifrench ' 7 l r e , t 3 clay II Ii .J E I\l..3l'i,Cittnt:, to t9wll, as usual, faati ' Willdvo, ;ma lieki , a PeiVate : i:evee at the Calcoli. Palace az .zwo o'clock, which Was m it tided I.Yy • • Archbi.chops of Canterbury and I)ttblin, the Bishop o r tile Laid c t.,4ot,.,ihtr, the Lord i't,;4v.'. -• of the Coon. . the I Ord Privy be:o, the SeireL:ri.ni of Sti,te for the I orvigh of the I,x• c i tia, the biLttitet.Uctia;d of the UrUnance, tbek, Lunt Chamberlain, the ludge •Advteate, Earl!: of Aylesford ird Maimsbury, Lord Fitaharris, Admiral Sir Roger Curti,, Sir 5. Cotterell, and Mr. Fordyce. • • .- . - The following. had :the Honour of being preiinted to His MAJESTY • Earl Maintsbuty, upon his tieing appointed Lord Lieute nant of Southampton. Lord Fitzharris, upon his being appointed Governor of the isle of. Wight. . The Honourable and Reverend lloaor PELHAn did homage before His M 44 esrv, upon is being' translated from the Bishoprick of Bristol toExeter. • The Archbishop Of DUMAN took leave. of His ..MAics'ii; previous to his leaving England for • • Admiral Sir ROGER Cuturfs. and Mr. FORDYCE laid before His MAJESTY the ten 'Reports of the Corrimissioners of Naval Inquiry. His MAJESTY gave private 'audiences tO,Earl CAthi- DEN, Lord HAWKESBURY, Mr. CANNING Mr. PER CEVAL, and Mr. BOND, who• laid before' His MA JLsTy the Proceedings of several CourtS-Martial. HIE MASESTY held a Privy Council; at which • Earl MAL:gum - 1r ,was'sworn into' the office of Lord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton. It was eipeeled His Majesty's Speech for . the prorogation of Parliament would have been agreed upon at the Council, but we understand it did not take place; but that His M/CJESTY will hold a Privy • 'Council-for•that purpose early , to+inorrow morning, 'at,Windsor . qastle. The QUEEN and five PRINCESSES last week visited • a School for Poor Children, established by Peneral -HARCOURT and his•Eady, at Clewer, within three , miles of Windsor. They remained in the School,' and subscribed liberally to the Institution. This School was organized by two of Joszrn LANcas ,TER'S young men. . Letters of a late date, we understand, , were. yes terday received from Buenos Ayres. The greatest apprehension's prevailed there that the place , would be shortly attacked by our forces. Most . of Mein habitants had retired into the country, few remain ing except such, as could assist. in defending the_ place. The Spaniards; it is said, were resolute in their determination to resist our troops to the last.. Yesterday a Court of DireCtors Was held at the East India House, when•tefollowing-CottiniatiOets took leave of the Court previous to, departing for their respeetive destinations, viz.. the, Northainpton,. Capt. T. SANDERS, Ann, JAMES MASSON, .Diana,- JOHN 'MARSHALL, for Madras and Bengal.. The ExpArinfeht,,JOHN' 'LoGAN; for. Madeira, Madras, and Bengal. The Sir William Pulteney, HENRY' CURISTOPLIER, for Bombay. The foll Owing is extra&ed froth The'lluit4et of .Tuesday, received yesterday ; we insert it: with 'out comment.—" The ExpeditioniwhiCh:"hiveileft our Ports, are now so far advanced in their vOYitge, ihat we consider ourselves no longer precluded' from cornmUnicating that intelligence of their destination which,we have received from Officers :arid others 'of the first rank and information, 211 d 'which, in our qty ti rnind; - anionnts tO pdziltive. and absolute cer tainty. We believe our nrinaineints to:be neither gone .to Bonlogne, not''' the Helder: - Boulogne is impregnable, without prodi gious risk and loss.; and:.Antwexp is 'surrounded by a most difficult country. The embarkations are not' calculated for what military men term a corn de-main: enormous mortars, anticannon.of the largest calibre, with immense stores for sieges, and near , toot) ar tilleryo len, are 'embarked. We know that. an Otheer • of Engineers of rank was sent for from Woolwich, and employed, merely from his , . local. knowledge of - the place of attack. The grand obje4 . of. our i2x 7 peditlon, and a glorious one it-is, we confidently pronounce, from information which, -has AltVef yet deceiVed us, is solely and entirely to take possession of the Island of Zealand,• of Cops.nhagen, :and. of the whole Danish fleet and possession' of Zealand, we have the key of the Baltic, so long as it remains unfrozen; in our uncontroulable posses sion ; and not a vessel can stir out or in Avithout our permission. Should BONAPARTE 'prevail upon the Emperor ALEXANDRR ,to act: hostilely - to Or 'maritime interests, with this Island in our .hands, we may bid defiance to all. the leagues and confede tacies of the Powers of the Baltic.' —Rua PciChet. Dispatches for Admiral GAMBIER were sent off last night ?ram the Secretary of ~State's Office and the Admiralty. Orders were on , Monday sentqlown to Sheerness. for the sailing of. the, transports, haying On board the. Royal Artillery, with their drivers y and,, horse; : they consist of about 20 sail. , • It is roported.at Plymouth, upon, what,authotity we kiww not,. that another trubago speedily im posed upon Britistl,au4 V o r e i gn shipping. Extra& of a Letter i , datedMaimar,:July , t2s : " After we had given over alb' hopesnf 'seeing the Emperor •NAeoLEOm again within • our Walls., our town partook of this feliciirtn:Lthe-:Hafternotin of the 23c1'r HisMajestrtraVelletcvjth snelk-rapidityfrcim Auerstadt, that our , preparations for his reet•ption were not completed.: Out-(e ride on higseback in bAstt, to meet him but .Pnperor declared „at once that he should wait'. fiefore the •I'ost-louse no: longer than, was I z:essary,.to elunt , e horses. In: this interval, which lasted the utmost an the Deptities t.crsity of Jena, ;Ind those of the town of Jena and Weirnar, bad the JeW(y of being-Presented to the Emperor. The, t perer dis 4 coursed with prepossession uid I , :iiidneSS with the Academical Deputies, put a variety of (itieStions to them, noted their answers with a ;black. lead' Pen.; eil, on the memorial presented M bun on the part of the University,. and. dismissed the Deputies with -the best hopes. '• " The Emperor supped at Gotha, ih:the Ducal Palate, which was magniti,:ently prepared his re ception. There were, of coure, iihtwin;lions, tiring of cannon, &c. The Ca:pik:., we are,tplo;\ , ,is ilia initiated with more than 50,000 6 1 111, played the French colours; and NA POLMIN kh Go tha, with marks of unusual ,satisfaaioli. tho table were only eight persons: the Einperor, p i nwe JEnomg,.the Grand Duke of -BERG, theb a k e a nd Duchess, of Go•ruA;her Mother (the. late.El e aress HESSE CASEL), and Prince FEantNoh, whom NAPOLEON had known in Gotha.'' Besides these, the Master of the Horse, CADLINCOURT, and Mar-' shat BESSIERES werein the suite of the Emeor. " TheDuke(if'AVßlMAß was, in the mean :while, • gone forward, in order to welcome theEmperor'agifin• in passing through Eisenach:", - '; ~ ~ ,NAVAL NEWS. ~ 'PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 12.- Arrived the Jane, Sc.otr, for Quebec, from the Downs.' • Sailed this day the Havoc Gun-brig for'the Downs, and Slteldiyike, Capt. THICKNESSE, for Guernsey. The 4nt Schooner was this day. appointed to con voy the Jane . , Soofr, and . Canadi4,, APPLEBY, to overtake . the Fleet udder convoy. of the Emulous sloop for Qtiebee,.. the latter -having lost 'fier convoy by being run on the Ly s mington Flats, while pro ceeding under the protecjion of the Emulous, but-on the returning flood was got off, and'returned to Yar- Mouth, and will Sail again to-night. Yesterday arrived the Havock Gun-brig, Lieute;• nant W.' It, BANIBER ) with a Convoy 1 . 1.0111 the Downs, among which are the following : Speedwell, Neel! ; Friendship, Carroll ; Providence, Warder; .Ceres, Richards ; Adventure, ,Parsons ; Provi. duce,: Eames ;•• Lark, Rossiter ; Cato,, Anderson ,; Betsey, Davidson ; and Recovery, Alexander for the Cape of Good Hope.)--And the following Ships from Riga: Pene lope, Lamb ; Atalanta, Foster ; Harbinger, Balker ;:itind Xantltuthifititchinson, with hemp ; the Agenorea, portgate. ; Silly, coolte ; Aid, Knee6haw ; Eagle,,Bradmln ; George, Coverdiis:;P `the Scott ; and Duke of Savoy, with timber; the Martha, Forster ; Hope, Halkett Susannah tampion, from St. Petersburgli.,—,Also the tial, lowing Vessels from Hull: Elkin, Proctor ;' Providence, Burns; Sarah, Aubone; Hop,. ,Bartlett ; Manique r Dring, tor Lisbon ; the Whim, Wilson; Margaret, Bruce ; and Lively, Gibson, for Oporto. To-day arrived the Sappho Brig; Cipt. LANG FORD, With a Convdy from the Downs ; the Linnet Brig, Lieut. JOHN • TREACY, from a crui2e off Havre-de-Grace ; the Borough, PATTISON, from, Now'castle; and Ceres, ANDERSON, from Dundje. Sailed last night the Emulous Stoop ot War, Cap Cain STOPART, with the following Ships under con.; vby . Two Sister s , Hul . lchan, for Newfoundland; Canacia,,Ali, pleby, 'and Equity, Pillar, fur Sjitebe; ilewbon, Hewson, and Heroine, Gray,,tor Halifax, and a low others. And to-day. the Raven Gun-brig, Capt. GRANT, with a Convoy for Lisbon, Oporto, and Gibraltar;: viz. . , • , o Providence, Burns, lane, Grahitin, Effort, PratOr, Sarah,. Aitbone, Hope, Bartlett, Mailique, I.)ring, for Lisbon; the Lively, Gibson, Whim, WilsOn, Margaret, Bruce,.Tra lialgar, Spence, Three Brothers, Patrick, and Allied, Rob. for Oporto; Lord Hood, Smith, and Campetdown, Lerk, for Gibraltar; Three 4isters, Thompson, and Eliza beth, Appleton, fin Malta. FALmouTn, AucusT 10.—Arrived the . Recruit Slooputyar, Own Portsfnontli, to collect thaw Ves- sob: lying here boand to the Weet Indies. . His Majesty's Ships Laurel and Otter appeared off this port day, with 'a Fleet under convoy tor the Cape of Good Hope and Monte Video, and were joined tram hence by , the Brig Faluidutli, Capt. NickELLs, for Monte Video. , P LY MOUTH, AUG IL—Arrived the Hound Sloop of War, Capt. LOCKYER, from a Cruize. . . . .Sailed the Plantagenet, of 74. guns, to join the Channel Fleet ; .and Pariah& dud ilkeste Frigates an a 'Cruize to the Westward, Arrived the Harpooner, HALL , and the Jean, Scort, both from Riga, with hemp and, timber tor the Dolc-y4r - d at this Port arrived also the kiperieuse Irrigate from aCruizt.:'•-- SEIEERt*iESS, AUQ. 12. —Arrived the Childers Sloop .of War, Capt. INNES, and came into Harbour With the Pandora. Sailed the Craizer, Capt. STODDART, with airge, Fleet of Merchantmen tinder convoy, for the lialtic. DE A 1.., AUG. ,12.—. Arrived His Majesty's Ship Pude, Commodore OWEN ; and Kungaroo Sloop; from cniize off the toast of France, Arrived the , Phosphorys Fire-brig, from punge nei,, and.sailed with the IThzer. Gun-brig, on,a • ctuize. RPe oin the Llowns•-The Princess of Orange, zpada t alai 'Mao ; IC,a,ngaroo, ' anti Pox (ward F nrkrai Gyil-trig; Harmony' Vidlualler; and about tbli:rteen Sallideftlerchant Vessels. The followingthlicial Notice waspublished at Ain tterdatu on theist ictst. Notice is *hereby given awthe part,ollhe Danish Consulate, to all persons nvged• in commerce and .navigation; that offiCial . adViices'-have been - received, which contain the satis .facloryi Assorancei that notwithstanding what has passed at Tonningen, and notwithstanding the de taining and carrying in of-several Danish Ships brit• thu-smallest disunion • exists • between the Courts of Chet 'Britain and' Denmark ; and nothing haidtap- , pened •Which 'can giv6 any well-founded - cause for alarm." •The'melancholy fate of Count PUCK taut,'of Gum -- Mel, a Nobleman who had tbrmerly been in the Pro,simi Service, .atid - combitied a sound understand. ,14with much information and epptgy, is calcul*e'd to excitesymixttliy. He wroe in the beginning of November to the King, and ptoposetl to hith 'to raise all the male populatichi of Silesia, capable of bearing arms, to incorporate with them the soldiers returning in thousands from thee - defeated 'army, and to put an able Commander at their head. Had the King followed this advice, and commissioned the Count hitnielf to execute this project, it would have . been done, He communicated the plan to the-Mi 'nister, HoYit i who was decidedlyagainst it. Puoc- LER, in despair at the retettion of his patriotic plan, shot and his wife soon followed him to the grave. STATE PAP R. [FROM THE GERMAN.] NOTE OF MR. CANNING, ENGLISH SECRETARY OP STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO THE PRINCE STAHREMBEEG, VIE AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR AT LONDON. " London, 25th dpril, 1807 . - " The:Undersigned, his Majesty's Principal Se. cretary.of:State-for,Foreign, Affairs, has laid before the King Note. delivered to hint by'.Prince STAHREMB'ERG, Ambassador Extraordinary and Mi nister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor Of AUSTRIA, King of HUNGARY and &TEMA, ILL which hisimperial Majesty offers himself as the Mediator of a General . Peace. ." The Undersigned,,has received it in command :faint the King his Sovereign, to communicate to Prince STAHREMBERG the inclosed official answer to the - Note of his Imperial Majesty. The King does complete. justice to the motives that have in. , diced his Imperial, Majesty to propose a mode of Negociatiou which, by embracin the interest of all parties, can alone lead to the restoration of a lasting' Peace, and the .permanent tranquillity of Europe; and his Majesty therefore accepts the offer of his, Imperial Majesty's mediation, .so far as be is con cerned-; but with this pioviso, that it shall .also be accepted by all the other. Powers involved in the present War. NOTE. " His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom.: of_Great Britain and Ireland .has received with due regard the communication •of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King 'Hungary and Bohemia, :and also justly appreciates tire motives which have upon this occasion • determined his Majesty to be coMe the Mediator of a General Peace. • • " - The King . , .who has never ,ceased to look to a secure and lasting PeaCe as the only objed of the War in - which he is engaged, and who has neverre fused to 'listen to any proposal which offered the least probability of attaining his proposed objet a, 'catiturt, for a moment, hesitate to give his full assent fti the declared opinion of his Majesty the Emperor 'and king; that such a Peace is only to be obtained by 'a general' Negoennion - on . the pftrt - of - all'the powers eng:'ige:d ui tne present War. ". the King have no difficulty in entering Upon. such a negoeiition, as soon as the consent of the,other Powers interested therein shall have been re ,Ceived, Alajesty will, without delay, wake the „necessary conimunications in this. resped to those' ,Powers yvith which he is more especially united by •the ties of friendship . and continency, in order to as certain their views, and in the event- of their being favourable to;the , proposition of his Imperial Ma jesty, ,to consult. with them as to the fuode ha which. the negocWions shailcommence, and, agreeably to his Majesty's proposition, to come to an on. derstanding as to the,priticiptes winch shodid equally „form the ground and basis of discussion and of a ge . neral arrangement. • "As to - what concerns the choice of a pil - ce to become tha seal' of negociatiou, any place will b e equally acceptable to his Majesty, provided (e2LO"7 sive of the indispensable condition which 14also pressed in .the Note of his Imperial Majesty, that shalt be free from all immediate' influence of the events of the war) that it atfor.ds to his Britannic Majesty, in the same degree as to. the other Powers,. the mearmof a speedy. 'and.uninterrnpied communi cation with the Plenipotentiaries whom his Majesty should send to this Congress." • REVIEW AT BLACKHZATIL .Yesterday morning, at an early hoar, the Ist bri gade Of. Volunteers wore mustered and inspeCted • .their several head-quarters. The Honourable Art a lery Company at their own ground ;\ the Ist Surrey in. St. John's-square; and the Lambeth and Christ church at West-square; .they then marched off t ° embark on' board the:boats of the River Fencibles' and preceded by the:b.ats in - which their field were plated.. went down to Greenwich; there their landing wa. disputed by the opposing brigade, LI! Deptford,. Lewisham, . and-G set t A ICO corp' 4 w ith the Loyal Greenwich Water Fencibles, at d their : twov six-pounders ; the latter v.ete armed wkes. Sevete skirm.shes to k place, but ;he heavY hring.of the artillery cleared . away - the -opl ) Enemy', and a lauding wa4 effeeted in g 0 .4 The ground was then disput , ..d M c :, by loci" 'r which the rifle c o rp s a tt ac h d (0 . t h e ,tirst Sur:ei. F, bo ar r t e y a to m ok ost up co t n h s e p ir x: and the Jagers rifle of the Artillery onipallY, follows: • - a g 9 roti P id r i t ti cli.\-);olse:lt?gtic.c"lht7tivril7al; . . First Brigade, Sir W. C ußT is.--Right. — On e field piece, ,R:fte Ist Artiller B?itt;i1;A), Lambeth, Company, Rt e Gorps , and a fiektrtke on the . Rank : t he Light CouiP 4 7 Ines wer e - On each Bank as 'slcirmi,hers •and vererS, supported by the field-pieces, and led by the ••• . • • SeCond Brigade.-- , -Right.—A field piece, Ili a° 'Corps; Loyal-Deptford, •Uwisham, Greenwich , al ' d another field', piece; the Loyal Greenwich 'YAW Fencibles' with' their pikes,covering on each flank. The Reyiew. Wait a most excellent one, and was tar Wirably' well concluded and executed.. Ac the eonclusiun the witble . for Med one Graf line.„; pear the wall of the Princess of WALNS'S and thtre fired first a grand 'volley, which was 1 0 ; lowed by afeu-de-joye, after which they separate" to . take refreshment. We are sarrY .to 'add, - that an' unpleasant accident, occurrecr;—A.Lady, in company with an Otficerl the Alltillery,„being_alartned, jumped out of 13 chaise broice her leg; indeed the hone vlo6 ;! vvel . .terally , haltered to pieces ; it was bound up as as circumstanCes would allow. in the .and was carried' with proper care to Woolwich. The'flegimetitS stationed at Portsmouth 110e0 / understand, been attacked 'in some degree .by4t.st Uptzalrnia: [lie disorder, it is said, appeared a t tb s o ee n , g us t . he in N a ot d t i i ii n .e g t h e T l i t l i l i t y ha* treateP '-L . i dangerous iiteim as by the innet . 4iiintilo t i:it T e d tto is st t i ( p )U p n o d se - . d to , be btyh.entS;ltilir,g,..e„(:ll) and easily retnova,,