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Pi:. e fr *4, r, to vi rie itn. :am.,, II try. p V.. lot h a hf a.. thAt Ty A It IS d by Trent meta I vA. e are small Aing in IX. deted C;y with k, be city. ante argil. aty of timz. coo to t:a , that or of o the ;city ; Mr. their *dice asp Y. It is ‘lll h P. LONDON, THURSDAY, M• ■CR 20. JtIGN. Pros state, it Ps. atICCI rent!' s these e Bth tport- Je tween how will c, so :wen 1 the need ache renc't Pre they owe. O tl. s Bo• I anti only )sa of and :wit; Table Dbt. From IS4Ve d the are at, it I up• sai6l. Lau. Pru•• tO Li THE BRITISH PRESS. At six o'clocit, yesterday morning, a Flag of Truce arrived, off Dover, from the French Coast. ;he wind being slack, a French naval officer, and t wo other gentlemen, quitted the Flag of Truce, and went on board an English frigate, which had just made her aprearance, The frigate car,ied them to the Admiral in the Downs. Expresses it ere immediately sent ctf from Dover to the Stock Exchange, to announce this event ; and the Fo leign Dispatches, we understand, were also received in the course of the day at Mr. Fox's Office. An of ficial notice had been received at the Stock Ex change in the morning, announcing that a letter might be expeeled, in the course of the evening, from the CHANCEL LOI of the EXCHEQUER, announc ing, that he will be ready to treat for the loan on Tuesday next. This communication was calculated to depress the funds, and they remained heavy in the ea, ly part of the day. The news of the arrival of the 11.. g of Truce seen counteraded this tendency of the filpds. A belief was generally entertained, that it brought a proposition from RONA? A RTC to our Government for a tieg , ciation for peace, and the 3 per Cent Consols, which were down to 594, instantly rose to fief for money. The two Ilarnhulgh M tils due on Sunday and yesterday, art ive.l last mornie.g. They state, that the prnv ices ceded by i'rus,ia to France, were to be taken pos,rission of by the latter, in the course of the Ares nt month ; that Wesel was to be giverr, up on the 13th, and Neuf.Chatel and Valen tin were to he surrendered wird n the same time. It is A:io Said that a convention has peen concluded between Prussia and France, stipulating that as snort as these cessions were carried into effed, the French troops should return to the Wane. It is added, indeed, that a body of French troops have taken possession of Nuremberg, by surprise ; but, with the exception of this single circumstance, the contents of the Flamburgii Papers would lead us to sn,cipose that everything is arranged between Prussia and France. A private lezter from Hamburgh, of the 14th, received with the is, how ever, in dired opposition to this presumption. It EVE'S. upon the authority of private advices from Paris, of the 6:h, and Berlin, of the Bth, that ear liecuren France and Pristfis is inesiicile ; that some Yilionaoltersaions had taken place, at Paris, br twven BON A P AR TA. and the Prussian Minister, Count Hatrowt tz, in consequence of which the latter was upon the eve of leaving that city ; and that a Prussian garrison will speedily occupy Hamburgh and the Duchy of Lalen'aerg. It was evidenr, that one objed of the continuance of the French armies in Germany, was to influence the cessions demanded from Prussia, and to carry these cessions into effed. It was also to be expelled, that France would rise in her demands with every new compliance. That some ditliculties should, thetetsre, occur in the progress of this exchange of territories, this s) s• tens of cessions, ought not to excite any sur psise. Prussia, after the part she acted in the Late war, could not hope for much kindness from 800 APa ITZ, and must have made up her mind to endure not a little insult and humiliation. We are, therefore, inclined to believe, that he has a'ussed Count lie truss-its, at Paris, and made claims from Prussia ; but, we do nut apprehend any strong probability of a rupture bet sezen these two powers. Indeed, the same letter, which states that war is inevitable, also mentions that the Duke of Batas vice has sregociated an alliance offensive and aiefensive between France and Prussia. 1101 land. it adds, is to be erected into a kingdom, far Loots Box and to be extended by eel & us' front Prussia, of Cleves, Embden, and the Prussian pan of Friezeland. The AUSTIIIAIS AMBASSADOR at Petershurgh has 6111 ordered to declare, that the Treaty of Pres le.rgh contains no secret articles. rye King of Swan en has been formally released, by Great Britain and Russia, from his engagements ta occupy the country of Laucnberg. A letter from Frankfort, of the gth, states, that the French Armies in Bavaria, and upon the Lech, br.cl broken up, and are upon their march for the Misr. We have received Paris Papers to the Mk, and Dutch to the 17th, which enahle u. to give the concluding part of the hxresit or T.ll SITU•TION O ?lig Faucet. Ea! ?fir. It is less interesting than w eesprßed. Prussia is no: mentioned; and the ea:ler independent powers of the Continent, it dis. raises with very slight notice. Ships, colonies, sad eentmerce, are now all that AAAAA a wants sad For their attainment, and to supply the loss at T - ..falgar. he is immediately to increase the French I. "Y . He els° tells Ruwia. that "her true glory con bats in the Llerfs, , a - at, and In her refusal to acknowledge the pti:rtiples which have roused the most insignitcant States to resistant e." This is a tolerably plain hint that hr is reit - shied to tesist those maritime tights for whi c h England braved the two great North: ris Confederacies, first in 1 7 1 '). and secondly in the late war. But that we may not mistal.e his meaning, he pc , ps , :s a " eloc/e.oe peace, in which he shall reente the ;ledge of no! being suddenly surprised and art scked under the most ft ivcdous and false pre!.--.:-." This is no. thing short of a disen demand upon us to cus mantle our navy. And wh.tt doe: Le offer in TP. turn for these sactiGcc ? for this surrender of our wooden walls and maritime rights, to which we owe our safety, our glory, and prosperity ? Why he will condescend to treat for as: surrender of Malta, for which we went to war ; he will pass over the partition of Poland, in which we had no share ; and he will not insist that we shall relingnish our conquests in India. But then, by this refcr , nce to the treaty of Amiens, he no doubt means to rein scat!. Naples,' Genoa, //answer, &c. and leave Europe just as it was at the date of the treaty of Ame:ns. Nothing can he mote foreign from Isis thong; t . For all the sacrifices demanded ef Eng land, he insists that all the new annexations, incor porations, and conquests, which constitute the new federative elemsnrs of the French empire, shall re main as they now are. They must be very acute observe!' who can discover any moderation or paci f.c temper in such declarations. Veyerclay,abnut twelve o'clock, I liS MA !EST Y ar rived at the Queen's Palace, from W;ndsor. In a aunt t;me after, His MAJESTY gave audiences to the Dukes of YORK and Ke.r. At half put two n'Llcck,Hls Majesty held a Pri vaie Levee, which was Attended by The Imni hmeel!ur, the S'cretanes ref Stln., the Fint I.• rd of the Adm.ralty, the Lord Organ Seal, de Margon of Itandm-d, ESC, Galloway, Winchel.ra,Chnde.,ll e , Harrinr toe, FitzwiNiaat, Spencer, and airtf flout h, Sad month, Look 41 , e,•.110 and Ca•hcarr, Messrs. IVindhatn and Gre% 'hie, and the Recorder of UN:4IUL The following presentations to his MAJESTY tonk place : . . Earl Char Orville. on hie promotion to the British Peerne, upon which occ I c had the honour to kiss His Majesty's The Marquis of Blatirlf 'el had the like honour, upon his creatiiin to the British Peerage, by the tiCe of . ii,ron Spencer, of Woriide l hi..,,. Earl I farrirtic.,n, os big rct•rin from Berlin After the Levee, His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, for the purpose of receiving the Ilttnen re's report of the sir convies, capitally convieed at the last Sessions in the Old Bailey. His M#stsv v was graciously pleased to respite them all during his plsasure. After the Council, His Mattsest gave an au dience to Mr. Fos, for a considerable tine. At four o'clock, His Masesr v set off for Wind sor. His MAJESTY will hold a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, at Windsor Castle, on Saturday, for the purpose of disposing at the two blue sihbuns, vacant by the death of the Marquis of LAIISDOWIS and Marquis CORNW A LEM The Mai quit of St • TTORD iS to have one; and, we under stand, the Duke of BEDFORD is to have the othrr. '1 he urgency of His Grace's presence in Ireland prevents his stopping to he present at the ceremony, it will therefore be performed by prosy; and we understand Sir Isaac Miser:. Garter King at Aims, will follow His Grace to Ireland, to invest him with the Noble Order. The Prince of %V • Les, and all the Royal Dukes, are txpetted to he present At the ceremony, at Windsor. All the Knights in England are invited. After the Chapter, fits MA .lts: Y will entertain the Knights with a grand din ner. A Court of arenors was held, yesterday, at the East India House, when the following Commanders took their final leave of the Court, previous to de. parting for their respeitive destinations, viz.-- Capiain W. DiPialdtion, Neptune; Captaio V. Wedder bunt, Araiaon ; Captain J Dalrymple, Mario a of Ely; and Ca, Lain H. flalkett, CirenceittrFur China direct. The following Captains were sworn into the com mand of their respeßive ships, viz.— Captain T. 111 . Tageart, Ocean, for St I Wens and Berl d. Captain H. Vaughan, Skilean Can'', tut 'lhe Court adjourned at six o'clock, till to-morrow. The Sarah, Isaacs. from Newtbutidland. for Exeter, was captured on the 29th of November last, and carried into Spain. The Stork, F.t.t4 es, from Lisbon, for Waterford, was captured, on the Ist inst. in let. 50. 10. long. 9. 30. by a French privateer, of 14 guns. The Swift, lisitswu.t., from Figuera, for Lon don, is captured on the coast of Portugal. Tuesday, Sisson Newton, Esq Captain in this 10th, or Prince of WALES'S Regiment tat Light Dui goons, had the honour of [wing introduced to a p,e •ate audience with His !Cow. Hutt/gess by Sir .lONS NswroNT, the Chancellor of the Irish Exche quer, his uncle. There have been new contests in Eypt, between the Beys and the Turkish troops sent against them by the Katmacan. A large body ufAllsanians, not having received any pay for some time, have also gtrae over to the Heys. Since the taking of Medina, the Wm habis have made further progress ; they excite alarm at Heeca, and have made themselves masters of Gedda. By the cession which Prussia has been compelled to make to accommodate the Emperor of the Faustu s she loses about 350,000 of t et 6, nier po. pulation, while in the poswssion of the El-etc/tau: ut Hanover, she acquires a million of sew surjects. In dependent of this very advantageous halaiii e in her favour, the commercial advantages which the c•im mand of the Elbe and the Weser give her, are, of themselves, almost a sufficient compensation for Cie surrender of provinces so remote as Anspach and Bayreuth, which must always have been exposed to insult and inconvenience, whenever the Preach and Austrian armies should meet its Bavaria. Last night, the seventh C -, ncert this season, was Riven at rite R:ioms, Han ,, ver-smtare. under the dirrilion of the Earl of ii\nr.inGE. The first aa commenced with a Cr.ind Overture, (' o dor F,dn. 2d.—Mrs. liirt.t.tisoroN was in rule voice; and in Berenice. owe se. Qua! Intthr2 wasraptitrously appla rl u..e... The . R .coms were eery brilliant. The Concert W4S attended by the follow ing Nobility : Ila Ru)al GiThnew the r•ince of Wales. Duchesaw—York and Lorre. Duke of Cambridge. Matchiuneis Thomond. Conntet , ee-- kthborriham, St. Vincent, and Wintertnn. Turk--.ll,bridge, binefurd, Marvinelri, and Poinfh.t. Larlie.--Dnwager Anitie.gt, Arlen, Meanie!, Cawe, El. 1004roolgb, Gltride, C. I lartia, Motion, Lucas, N.ave, Prnr.u , Dowager Reed, and Vernon. loirdr-;-Arden, De Drinthaneilic, Elletrbormigh, Macilon.dJ, Rear, Verron, Wentworth aad Wahitigharn. The Ilort. George 1(110Y. his Lady, and Mn.a Hume. * ANCIENT MUSIC. ACADEMICAL THEATRE. On Tuesday night, the comedy of Lovers' Vows was produced at this Th'iatie, to intrados* the infant ROSC i and /twit in new characters. They are wonderful children, and have pinfited much by tuition. Master BROWN, who sustained the part of Fr.drri , k, received mush and merited applawe ; Master W•Loacix, a beautiful boy, son of the Manager, was very impressive in the part of Adath: the Miss WALDRON'S are two very fine girls, and wintld be an ornament to any company. The fa vourite dance of Pr„r3's [Ace, was announced to follow the comedy ; but the infantine tallet danc•rs being obliged to attend the Opera s it was toned necessary to produce the h.d/et between the second and third afts. A storm, produced by this change, threatened to destroy all the sunshine of tiie even ing ; th: elegant little Adroit in vain solicited the indulgence of the andienre ; when Mr. WALDIIOd appeared, and his explanation restored harmony. The Marqtts of Dancing, Lade Ilawarden and parry, La•ey Crewe a , :d party, I,vlv Ucreafml, Mr F , taloarb.rt, Mrs. Wolf, Mr. T!10.0,t, MS. % kith, C..usittaa aid their respect:re parties, were resent. MRS. FRANKLIN'S CONCERT AND DALL Wasgiven last nigh: at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand ; there were above 500 per sons of the fist distinErion prese. t at eight o'clock. The Concert commenced sg ith a grand Overture, Mo NT ; and the second with a grand C woe, rto on the Violin, by Mr. Moo TAI N. who led the band. The most admired sr:cogs we:e, Mr. Moose's " 0 Leidy hy Mrs. FR ASK LIN s.nd Miss Tye ER, which WAS rapturously applauded ; " Deep is Rsv hs,ri," by Mrs. MOWN T AiN ; " SOA Kaddatte Al•Ceer," by Mr. DIONUM ; Mr. BItA• /I AM's favourite song in The T.at elle, s, by Mrs. FR ANKI ; and " When Wiliom Ti' ust doom' d to air," by Mr. Hi t r ; they were all earvn Mrs. MOLNI Air was in fine voice, and sang sei.h great taste and sweetness ; Mr. and Miss WEI- T ART, on the harp and piano -forte, were warmly applauded. All the prof irmers oisplayed uncom mon energy, to retder the entertainment worthy so elegant and numerous a company, who commenced dancing at twelve o'clock, with great spirit. - - THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF BEDF3RD. Their Graces will leave town this day for their seat at Woburn Abney, where they intend to sleep this night, and to-morrow morning, acco , rnpanied by their family, they will proceed on their journey to Holyhead, where the Darrel yacht waits to cci vey them to Ireland. The Woburn Yeomanry will muster, at an early hour, to escort their Noble and beloved Commander, his first stage ; after which they will take their leAve, and return to Woburn. The younger branches of the family left town for Wobnrn yesterday. A courier went off; on Monday, to prepare relays of horses on the road to Holyhead. The CountLts of RnrHrs will give a grand party to-morrow, at her house, Upper Brook -street. The Dowager Countess of Kiscarrom will give a grand rout, this d.ty week, at her house, Upper Seymour-street. 'llc Duke and Duchess of Batmen. the Ditches, of GOK nolo, Alarquis and Marchioness Co ILAWAL• Lis, and Lady CNAHLOtTZ Lestax, partook of a fare•.vell supper, last night, at Mr. Foaarc►'s, Whitihall. Mrs. Ila tentitst.tv will have a grand party, next Monday, at her houee in Pall-mall. Lady NE AVZ will give a grand rout, to-morrow evening, at her haute t•s Albemarle-street. The Marvis of Sat:sneer left Hatfield, last Tuesday, for Ipswich. • Lady Gt. van will have a grand cud party, next Thursday, at her house in Arlington -street. '!'here are five Can.lidat-s top/ the place of Sur geon to the Bristol Infirmary, which is not e. The Marchioness of Hui:I:INGHAM gave a grand rout, last night, at her house, in Pall-mall, which ins nutnetously attended. In the brilliant assemblage were, His Royal Ilighnett the Prince t.f . WALLS; the Duke of litor nen ; the DUCheitei Of CON pox, BRDIOND.DoItat r ,And Bo I. TON ; the lilarchionesses of SA Lt4sust v, 11k tnturt r, and Downtimes; the Marquisses of Anticosti, tiCaDroliT, and Dawe s. ; and all the Foreigo Ambassadors and Nu bility. The hall at the Mayoralty-house, on Easter Nion.lov, is expeaed to vie in splendour, taste, and magitifizence, with %.,y ever given there Mrs. Cuss YE, lady of Alderman Castor, sv!:o conferred sod; dignity nn the Civic Chair, will preside on the occasion. This lady is not more admired for an amiable disposition, than for the elegance of her adiress an.l manners. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of WALES, the Dnkes of —ENT, St asst, Ca m as snot, and CUIIIIRLAND, have signified their intention of being present. v.! - 91 - x. id* INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Llwe°LN'/ iftic, MAncm 19. Gent( D. lAiltssa and °Tints. The Loan Citatacesi.o.. , ii.ouneed his final judgment upon the ,ieniur:ei in this case. the particulars of which we have given in our papers yesterday and Monday. His Lordship said, that noon looking pleading-, he was more confimed in the observatai I he Lad made yestvrilay. The question was, cnui this demurrer be sustained ? wad was it preper'y made out ? The bill charged many various frauds and t: at sactions relative to wagers, horses, git , s, carriages, &c. not any of which were cons:. veil with the Defendant, Falkner, who was brong:u in merely as the son at:d heir of the pervin who was privy to these transactions. It was quite props/ to charge the Defendant, Calvert, with an impossitirn; but, in charging the Defendant, Falkner, ..4.04 of the cikrifederatts, the Plaintiff might as weil c!,arrst 100 different derivative purchasers with a knowledge of the equity of t h e rlaintiff'S' claim. tr.•.r. these reasons, therefore, his Lordship declared he bad ro doubt upun biS mind that the demurrer should be allowed. $ ves-2..mmont POL ICE. ROW•STRZET. Yesterderilahs Rich, Tr; Phithyrn, and Jaw* Monday, were brought before the Sortiono M A 61 , - 711ATVI, charged with stediog six e • :s or tama rinds. several hampers of wine, upwards of twenty dozen of old runt, in bottle, tie property of Thomas H. Barrett, Esq. of Ewell in Sorry. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Barrett. that the prisoner, Hicks, had been his footman. arid Phityhen his coachman, but that they had not been a long time in his service. Mr. Barrett never ins pecied the honesty of the prisoners, nor did he reise the property stolen, urtil he was informed of the whole business by a Mr. Wildman, with whom he WAS intimately conneled, and until the prisoners were in fad in custody. Mr. AVildman, a young gentleman in the °lke of his father, an eminent merchant. in Fen -court. Fenchurch.nreet, stved. that early yesterday morn ing, a country !oohing man came to his father's house, and put a letter into his hand, which he said might be of some service, and then wen: away. This letter had no signature ; but stated, that his friend, Mr. Barrett. had been plundered by his ser vants, and advised an immediate inquiry to be made. In conseqiience of this information, Mr. Wildman applied to Adkins, the Officer, who went with him to the lodgings of Hicks, in Prior-place, Walworth, where they f,eund two or three hampers of wine and rim, and four casks of temerity:. These were instantly seized, and from information received at this house, they proceeded to the home of the Pris'ner, Monday, a gardener, near worth Common He informed him, that the other Prisoners had left some goods there on the Monday night ; but that lie was not aware they were stolen. The Prisoners told him, that they were engaged in smuggling, and that they wished these goods to re main at his hose, only for a few dEys. When Hicks and Phithyen were apprehended, they ac knowledged that they had robbed the cellar, and described the manner in which they gin in. Adkins, the (Ricer, stated, that on examining that cellar of Mr. Barlett, he found that a hole, large enough to admit a man, was made in the wall which divided the cellar from the servants' hall. The bed of one of the prisoner's was placed against it ; but even if that had not been the case, it would have been almost impossible to discnver it, as it was newly papered, and white-washed over. Net also said, that on searching the coach-house, the key of which lie took from the pocket cf one of the prisoners, he found a considerable quantity of wine and turn, packed up in hampers, and ready to be carried away. Part of the property was produced, and Mr. Sir. nett deposed that be believed it to he his. The prisoners, flicks and Phithyen, acknow. hedged that they had committed the robbery ; but Monday alleged that he knew nothing of it. and that he was absent when the goods were left at his house, otherwise they should nut have been depo sited there. The MAGISTRATE remanded the prisoners until Saturday, and desired Monday to be ready with his witnesses, if he intended to produce any, on that duty. Yesterday, the sale of the late Marquis of Lens. down's pictures commenced at Lansdotittn-Hon.r. Berkeley-square, by Mr. ('ox. Every thing se.!sl remarkably high. The find let, a grand Leid scape-scene. the sun-setting in fervid heat by Eu bent, sold for 305 gui neas , w hi c h was th e: :Argcst aura any lot fetched. While the sale was going on. Earl Mountnorris, who was in a form on the first floor, viewing the property, observing a man put tn . .) images into his pocket, immediately went don stairs into the Library. where th:- auaioneer was selling, and gave information to Riven, the Buw-street officer, who was attending, tn prevent improper persons entering ; and who, in consequence, took the man into custody; and e n searching him, found two images in his right-Land coat pock.', which proved to he those stolen. In the evening, Rivett brought the man before Mr. CR•HAM, at the above Office, when the images proved to be mounted with gold, and of considera- Lle value. He was committed for further examination. HEATH is the name of the gentleman who's pnchst was picked at the net-Office, of a large sum in B ork-iiotes, as staved in our Paper of ses terdey ; of the two pickpockets who have boen charged with the Wiener. vas Tom Barn.ley and 8,/l Wide. alias Kael,i Beea. The latter had upon i inn , when Apprehend:Ll, ten 51. Isank-notes, tire nl. notes, and five 11. note , , a silver horning. watch, with a gold chain and gold seals. Upon his ex ant tinn at flnw.street, on Tuesday night, he said he keeps a ;leery stable in Charlotte.street, nervy square.. with a stud of three horses,twrs pot t-thaise., and two sieigle.liorse-chaises. 'the MAGISTRAT es observed, that the story., if cnrredt. was only for Cie purpose of deceiving the public. Torn Barnsley put on a very grave fare, and assured the Magni ea rre he had quite left off his had praCec,s, and that hr was now employed by Mr. Jones, in Charles-sirLst.