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as it will form part of that general system now adopted, which is to comprehend an inquiry into abuses in the public service, wherever they may have prevailed, or from whomsoever they may have received countenance and prate ion. This morning arrived a Mail froth Lisbon, brought to Fahnouth by the. Prince tf !Pales Packet, Capt. Tonn, in thirteen days passage. We are happy to announce the safe arrival, in the Downs, of the hOmeward-bound West India under the convoy of La Pique. The following Notice was yesterday posted at •Lloyd's Tortningem, 34y s. " The Order given by the English Consul, for all British Ships to leave this Port, is countermanded; there being no reason to apprehend any hostile measure in this quarter." A list of Officers and Men, survivors from the wreck of His Majesty's late. Sloop Nautilus, now in the Fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral CUTHBERT Lord COLLINGWOOD : Alex. Nesbitt; H. Chillingworth, Aaing Master; john Boone, Purser ; Charles Drummond, Gunner; Anth. Reed, ;Waster's Mate; T. Curson, and T. Glare, Midshipmen. Seamen George Smith, James Douglas, David Wilson, Alex. Pitrie, James Smith, George Ross, Thos. Colsson, Wm. IVeir, Wm. Webber, Francis M'Mahon, Dan. Hearty, Charles Walker,, Atith. Bowden, Richard Williams, Jacob Horsnn,' Wm. Eastaway, Cornelius Oates, Robert Carey, Geo. Wallace, Thonias Driver, Robert Murray,Wm. Crom bie, John Bulger, Jonathan Crobtroce, Wm. Williams, Robt. Wiggins, John Taylor, Satit. Wield, Henry Page, John An derson, Edward Graham, Richard Ball, John Elliott, John COmbes, Jos. Thomas, Thos. Middletnast, Robert Smith, Geo. Wilmot, James Wield, John Fitzpatrick, John Mac- Carty, John Nagle, Edward Not, Wm. Wilkinson, James Rourke, Thos. Colvin, Chas. Williams, Jaines Thompson, Wm. Smith, Robt. White, and Andrew Selhan. Marines—Joseph Saville, John Lugg, Ralph Waterhouse, John Taylor, and Thos. Needham. FRANKFORT, JULY I.—Tbe Gazette of Munich announces the:death of the• Prussian Minister Count HAUGWITZ. The . Aschaffenberg . G-iette contaitA the folloiing article :--L" It is stated in a public paper, under the head' Frankfort, June 14, that in consequence of a private Treaty, his Highness the Prince Primate bas ceded the city of Ratisbon to the King of Ravaria." It has been officially an , jounced that no such Treaty exists. An Ordonance has been published at Dusseldorf, forbidding all persons to lrmoke without haying covers to their pipes, and prohibiting the use of to bacco to youths under 16 years of age. The Committee appointed by the House of Coun t-ions to dtc;.l , .. in thc first instance on Mr. PALMER'S Ptlitioli, have l'cl)olted-that• Mr. Pis 'plan appeared to them to he most meritorious ;• that it was carried into oreet by the most strenuous exertion, accom panied by the s riciest economy ; that stands there -11..0:it-tied to a salary of 15001. per annum,. which NS' isfixed as a commutation for his percentage on the fir , t increase of the Post Office Revenue and also to a continuance of the'specified per Centage. They add, " that the remuneration proposed to be allowed to Wt. PALMER Will be but a small part ofthat revenue, which his a&ivity, integrity, and zeal; have created ; xeltisive of the numerous advantages accruing to the Public and to Commerce " On Saturday 'evening, betwixt the hours of nine andlen, a violent "storm of thunder, lightning, and rain took place at Hull, which continued for about ~an hour: the rain fell in such torrents that several of the streets were, for a short time, rendered irn 'passible, the water in some of them.being nearly a 'foot in depth. The lightning was almost incessant,. :the atmosphere appearing enveloped in one con tinued and vivid expanse of flame, which, with 'the 'occasional rushing of the wind, anthremendous roar Of the accompanying peals of thunder, formed a iVe6lacle at once sublime and awful. On Wednesday last Capt. JAMES FINDLAY, jun. • and Capt. Jones MAsow, jun. both employed itohe 'London trade from Hull, went down the Humber in a boat, a fishing, taking with theM three of their ap prentices. Having made one haul with their net, and caught several fish,' they were induced to try an- O ther, when all of them 'immediately left the boat, and got upon the Trinity Sand, for the purpose, of bailing the net along the edge of the water. They . had only been a short time upon the sand, before the flood tide comtnenced with such rapidity as to l sender their situation extremely dangerous ; which' Captain MASON pointed out to them, and requested they would accompany him to the boat ; but they refused, aucl desired him to run and fetch her near them as possible whilst they secured the net and fish : before he could reach the boat, the current took him off fusleet, but he luckily caught hold 'of the gunwale and got into her; he then immediately dirceed his attention to his companions, whom he saw stripping off their cloaths to endeavour to save themselves by swimming—when. finding he could not, by any exertions he was able to make, get the boat near them, be threw the oars into the water, which two of the boys, who could awina, caught hold of, add by that means reached the boat ; their united etThrts were then dire&ed to the preservation of Capt. FINDLAY and the other ho Y, but without effete; by the rapidity of the tide; unfortunately, they were swept off the sand, and precipitated into a watery and untimely grave. Cep tain FINDLAY was a young man much respeaeal ; he has left a widow (now with child) andsone itt• fant boy to regret that he did not attend to the earnest request of some of his friends, who pointed out to bun the hazard of this fishery to those unacquainted with the practice of it. Rugby School opens, under its new Head Master, on Saturday the 25th instant. SMItIIFIEL D MARKET, Tiny 17. ,This day's tnarket had but a short supply of dif ferent kieds of Cattle; Beef, Mutton, Veal, arid Lamb are cheaper than our last report ; Polk SUP' pt)rts last price, anal the trade tbr the must part W 39 not over bcisk.—The ',ales in the Haymarket "were not lively ; Str:lw and Ciuvei - have'druppecl 411%,11,!;:1 kvi. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, : JULY 15..--Arrived the St. George, of 98 guns, from the Channel Fleet ; the Lavinia, of 38 guns and Fortuntre, of 36 guns, from off Ferrol, at which Port they left.laying a French line of-battle Ship ready for sea. Sailed the Cockatrice Sloop of War, with a Con voy for the Downs ; and the Thirrior, •of 74 guns, for Portsmouth; to join the Squadron fitting for the North Sea. The Ville de Paris, of 100 guns, and Muros Sloop of War, went out of Harbour this morning. Arrived the Scorpion Sloop of War from a Cruize Westward. DOVER, JULY 16.—The homeward-bound Ja maica Fleet passed by this place this morning for the Downs. Passed by fbr London the Herkimer , HOWLAND, from Virginia. PORTiMOUTH, 'JULY 16.—Last night pissed by this Port the hoMeward-bound West India Fleet, consisting of about 100 Sail, under . convoy of La Pique Frigate, Capt. Ross, for the Downs. They -left Port Antonio the 16th May, under convoy of La Pique, and the Anson Frigate,Capt.l.vplAna, being then about 140 Sail, 40 of which parted company off the Land's End, to proceed for the Bristol Chan nel', under the protection of the Anson. No acci dent whatever has happened to any of the Fleet during their voyage. Sailed yesterday La IVyniplie Frigate, Leveret Sloop, and Safeguard Gun-brig, for the Downs ; and to -day the Hussar and Cumbrian Frigates, and Pi . u/o. Sloop of War for thd Downs . ; the Bee, Holm mt., from Guernsey, Deptford, LEE, . from Ply mouth, and Van Srabbett, PANS, for Longsound. Came into Harbour the Thalia Fi4g‘te, Norgiaiza Gun-brig, and George. Transport,- to be repaired. DEAL, Jut,y 6.—Arrived La Pique, with about 90 Sail of West-Ihdiameri under convoy, which have sailed, through to the :River ; La Aymphe Frigate froth , Fortsmouth; the Goshawk Sloop, from the Westward ; and the Musquito Sloop and Desperate GLin-brig ti-Om a cruize. the ,Atariner and Acute Can-brigs on a cad ze.- His Majesty's ,71as4rtito has detained and sent. Into the D,, , toe Brig Ttte . Broders, or Bre, wig, Norway, u,i a Cowes, bound to Longuard ; the Brig Aarora, .of Flensburgh, from Messina bound to Copenhagen and the Brig Pzlicein; of Arandall, Norway, from Bantry Bay in Ireland, in ballast. The Desperate has sent in the Brig Mathias, of Arandall, from Christiana, bound . to' EXeter.--; The iLlive Cutter has detained the Brig Sophia, of , Flensburgh, from Bourdeaux, bound to Copenha gen ; and the Brig Die Hoop, of linage' roe, from Bourdeaux, bound to Fredrickstadt. , DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. To the General and sutrofficers, the other Commissioned, Non-commissioned Officers, and Privates that termed the Army under the command of Majer-Gencral Sir Charles Green, Bart. on the sth of May, 1834, at the reduction of the. Colony of Surinam, will be pakten the tfitli , inst. their respective Portions, agreeable to Ris Majesty's Order in Council of the sorb flan. 1806, of 14,0001. as a Second Payment, on account of the Property talon at that Colony and condemned as Prize, at the Office of Mr. Thomas Goode, No. 6, Stanhope-street, Newcastle -street, Strand, where paythent will be continued agreeable to Act of Parli ment. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Sloop Avon, for the Capture 151 tne • Frisken, on the 7th of May, tlios, on Friday, the t;th inst. at No. 13, George-street, Westminster,. and tor three months at the same place. To the Officers and Ship's Company or His Majesty's Sloop Ploto,'fig the Capture of the Orlando, on the 13th of June, t233r, at the Office of Messrs. J. and W. Richardson, New-intt, no the I 6ch of(ply inst. awl every Saturday and Thursday at the same place. To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's G.un.brig Sharp-Shooter, fur the recapture of the Danish Brig Emanuel, on the Ifith April, 144, the salvage thereof, on the 16th inst. on board, or at No. 28, High-street, • Portsmouth and every . Tuesday and Thursday far three months, , , To the Officers and Ship's Company of His Majesty's Ship Cyclops, for the capture of Eetighton, and of six Tie baccelos, in August, 1803, a reserve on account of the former, and the proceeds of the latter, as remitted from Malta, on Friday the 17th inst. at the Griiiiii-iim, Vil liers-street, Strand, and every Wednesday and Friday, at No. 1, lames -street, Adelphi, for three years. To the Officers and Ship's Company of His Majesty's Ship Plurbe and lEtna Bomb, for the capture of the Misre. conlia, Formidable, Rosario, Concezziona, Virgin del Car mine, and a Vessel, name unknown, at the G rattan. inn, Vil hers-street, Strand, on the 17th inst. and every . Wednesday and Friday, at No. i, lames-street, Adelphi, for three months. • To the Officers and - Ship's, Company of His Majesty's Ship Africa, for the capture of .the Estrella, on the ,a6th April, and of the San Pablos, on the .27 t h of the same Month, on the ilith inst . . at No. 12, Upper Thames -street, sand every day for three months, at •the same place. To the Officers and Companies of His Majesty's Ships . Sheerness and Terpsichore, for the capture or. the French Ship Matte Francaise, on the 7th September, 1803, the pro ceeds of the hull, cargo, tackle and furniture ot' the said Vessel, on the 234 inst. at No. to, john-street, Adelphi, and every Tuesday and Thursday for three years. To the Officers and'Company of His Majesty's hired Cut ter Britannia, for the recapture of the Ship Patent, on the 31st December, 18e6, in 'company with the Sharp-slioater, the ffrit.umia's proportion of salvage, un hoard, on her art ival in port, and every Tuesday anti Friday afterwards for three months, at N0..18, Clement's-inn. To the Officers, and Company ot His Majesty's Ship Pro. serpme, for the capture ot the Patrioten, on the loth Au. gubt, 1798, in company with the Phoenix Lugger ; andlor the capture ot the Rmgende Jacob, on the 15th of the same month, by the Proserpine alone, the net proceeds, at No. 18, Clement's-inn, on the 17th inst. and every Tuesday iota Fri. day tor three years. Letters from Sir RICHARD STRACHAN'S Squadron, off Rochefort, dated on the Bth inst. were received in town on Thursday : they mention that the Enemy's Ships in that Harbour were apparently ready for sea. Sir RICHARD STRACH pi') force consisted of till Sail of the Line. THE THE.4TRE. Haymarket. A new Drama, in three Mils, entitled The Fortress, was brought forward last `night at this Theatre. DRAMATIS PERSONA. Count Everard - :. . .- M 4 r. YOUNG. Oliver Mr. DR CAMP. Major and Commandant of The FO:4 rya. L. RA PMAN. COMIC Adolphus . 4. - Mr. CARLES. Philip Vincent Thurnas Celestine . Alice Mrs. GIBBS. Paulina ' .Mrs. Ltsrom. The scene lies in Germany, on the banks-. of the Danube. The Hero of the Piece is Count 'Everard, an Austrian Nobleman, against whom his enemies have prejudiced' the EMperor Joseph: The Count is therefore confined in a Fortress, and under appre hension of being sentenced to death. his maid and only attendant; and. Oliver, who is the Lieutenant of the garrison, bad been promoted by his interest, and is his adopted son. Ceiestina, the daughter of Count Everard, hm;ing failed in her at) . - plications to the Emperor for the release of her father, conveys by stratagem notice into the Castle, that a Courier was on the way with an order for his execution, and urgei him to . escape; Alice acquaints Oliver of this circumstance, and he points out to her a private passage, which leads-to-the Danube. This information, however, is no 'sooner given than the , Mujor ewers, and states, that he is obliged to leave the garriSon for a short - while, and gives the command to Oliver, declaring, at the same time, that if the prisoner escapes, 'both .their 'lives must' be forfeited. There is then a struggle in the breist of Oliver' between his -sense of duty and his attachnient to Everard. He recollects, too,. that his friend the Major has a wife and children, and this thought induces him to alarm the guard,' who follow the Count, and siop'hith in his . flight.' He is then more closely imprisoned, but is re lieved in the second At by an ingenious device of his daughter, Celestina, which is executed by Alice. Oliver, who loves Alice, accuses hitnsellof having favoured the escape of the Count, in order to save his mistress from punishment. In this manner the interest is kept up to the very last, for Count Eve rard discovers himself 'to save the life of Oliver, and Count Adolphus, who has arrived yith the dispatch, supposed to contain the Order for Everard's execu tion, opens and reads ir. From the manner in which the first part is worded, it appears to be a sentence of death'; but, by reading it to an end, it is discovered to be the pardon of Everard, and his restoration to his Sovereign's favour This work is the avowed prodnetioti of Mr. THE. ODORE Hoots, the younger son of theveteran Corn poser whose talents have so long been known to the ppblic. The Fortress is, however, not an Original composition, btit a translation from the same French author who wrote Tekeli, which Mr. T: HOOK also translated, and which 'was very popular at Drury Lane Theatre. .4s a ,proof of the merit of The Fortress, .it should be observed, that though the tOwn.has now for some years been hackneyed in " hair-breadth escapes," and such perilous adventures, it takes strong hold of the feelings, but is certainly not remarkable for, the probability:. of :the (able altogether. The graver and more distressing parrs of the fitble are re lieved by comic situations, that do nut however weaken the interest.. A few puns, nut very season ably introduced, may well be spared, and will doubtles be omitted. The Piece was admirably supported throughout, but particularly by Mr. YOUNG and Mrs. GIBBS.— We should indeed have thought the cliara&er of Everard hardly worthy of Mr. Youso'a talents, if he had not rendered it so impressive. The Overture was composed by Mr. Hook, seen.; it is .bold, varied, and appropriate. The Music also which be desii ° med to ac co mp an y th e , dec./ie.:skew does credit to his ,talents; but we wish this latter Music had been omitted, for it renders the PieCe kind of Harleglinade, and divides the attention in stead of heightening the pathos. The Audiene re ceived the Piece with great applause, and, when Mr. YOUNG announced it for • repetition this evening, give a cordial assent. LINES, ON BPIEING THE BEAUTIFUL " Ont TO TILE POPPY," WRITTEN BY THE LATB uNAR.LorTg 041 Ar BUTED, IN A MORNING PAPKt, CO A MK. O'NEALS. And sh ) all the hapless' Muse, whose plaintive song Can touch the heart with Pity's softest pow'r, Lose the fair honours that so well belong To her sweet strains on Sorrow's fav'rite Flow'r ? No—Tt at* shall ne'er annul her rightful claim, Nor rob that Flow'r of its poetic bloom ; Secur'd from Spoilers, by protee.iinA FA:Az, It decks, in native beauty, C unit r cs tomb. Mrs. POWELL has been received w►th very great applause at Dublin, and has increased in favour every night. She made her first appearance ii licia, and has since performed other characters with such success as to promise a very powerful support on her benefit. CATALANI'S second benefit, last night, at the Ope. ra House, was attended ,by a very numerous au dience. Yesterday morning died, in Park-lane, 'Mrs. KNYVETT,• wife of Mr. KNYVETi!, whose talents have long been known in the musical world. Mrs. KNYVETT was highly esteemed .by a wide circle of friends for her domestic virtues, good sense, and un affeeteci .piety. She was) indeed, justly considered as an'elemplary charaCter through , life. On Tuesday evening GEORGE SAvtLLE CARRY, the well known Leaturer, died of a paralytic attack. He was announced -for an Exhibition on the same evening. • In the action tat the 14th ofJdne, Lord Htrycn- INsoN, who was ?tear General 1311tiNIGSEN, had a very narrow escape. His horse was killed under rhitu . hy burgtitsg of a shell. We are 'happy to add, that his Lordship w. 13 not dangerovaly wounded, theriali enn.i.dtbrAttr SPORTING INTELLIGEACE‘ NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, THURSDA . Y, „JULY f 6. Mr. Emden's Miss Prince beat Mr. Prince's f.'ltDelp 7 .ni, Sst. alb. each. Two.yr old Course, 25g5.-10 a. z .;st Miss Prince. Mr. Elwes's f. by Stamford, out of Sophia; Bst. beat Mr , Moseley's brother to Woodman, Bst. sib. A. M. ajgs. Even betting. . . Ld Grosvenor's Meteors, Sst. 91b. beat Ld find, 7st. 13lb. Two-y r old C. tocgs. —7 to 4on M41:•.0r.i. Sir J. Shetley's Fawn, 7st. 7th. beat Mr. Payne's Wo.)d Nymph, Bst. 71b. Two-yr old C. rigs. —s to ton Fawn.- Mr. Wyndham's c. by Ambrosio, Bst. 610. beat Mr. Wit. son's 1. by Stainflrd, 6st. 41b. Two-yr old C. - 25-4 s. —6 to 4 on the Ambrosio c. D. of Grafton's Barbarian, 7st. - 714 beat Mr. Lake's Ito. sabella, Sst.4lb. • Across the Flat, zsgs.-6 to 4 an Barbarian_ D. of Grafton's Vanity, Bst. tolb. beat Gen. GroSvenori Have.at.'ern, 7st.Blb. Bunburv's ittsogs.-4 t o ron Vanity. Mr. Arthur's Wormword, Bst. 71b beat Gen. Grosvenor's 'Superstition, 7st.. Last M. and a Distance of B. C. pgs. 4 to I WQMIWOOd. Sweepstakes of tons. each h. ft.—Two-yr Old Course. Ld F. G. Osborne's fil. by Trumpatot, out of a sister to Royalist, Bst. rte. it. Mr. Panton's br. C. by Worthy, out of Crane, gst. pd Gen. GrosyenorT c. by Asparagus, out of a , bay 'mare • bought at Mr. Butt's sale, S st . - pd Mr. Mellish's V. by Worthy o u t o f s i ster to, Chippert. ham, bst. 41b. roe. ft. from Duke of Gre'ton's Mushroom, Est. 41b. Two.yr old Course, 23egs, —Sop: tt. The following is a Letter from 'an Officer in the Army, at Alexandria, May 6, 1807-: Since bur return to Alexandria, so far frool.ex periencing a famine, wt hare found the market well supplied With sheep and some bial!ocks ; wheat .and . barley are brought in every day on camels ; some days, a hundred arrive, on others two hundred, and . one day tbur hundred came in. The troops and squadron have hitherto been supplied whit mtitton and beef daily, which, as you know, is not reckoned necessary, and is therefore an indication of plenty. The Army has soft bread every lay, and it is coati. dently said that the Commissary has wheat for a month's consumption. All this is independent of* the quantity of rice which is said to be in the. town, and which those who should be best infi)rmedon the subjeCi assure me is abundant. Besides all these stores, there is in the Merchant -Ships in the harbour a considerable quantity of pro visions, which we do not allow to be exported. If, however, the Turks and Albanians march forward, we may have to depend on our intercourse by . sea for support. In the mean while we have again opened the cut in the canal of Alexandria to fill the Lake Mariotis, which was drying up fast ; thi3 will contribute to the health of the garrison, and prevent 'the enemy's cavalry crossing over; and if they go round by the Desert and come in to the west war d, we shall be able to annoy 'them, and support our lines with Gun-boats, which we are fitting for that purpose." GmnnALL.---Yesterday an interesting examini-; thin took place before Alderman SHAW. Eliz.abeti Bennett was charged with stealiog a female infant, three Weeks old; from a poor woman of the name Badeker, who infdimed the Alderman that she laid in, about live. weeki since, in St. Andrew's Work house; that having come out, she was taken with a fit in the street. When she recovered she found her • infant gone and could hear nothing of is ; that "she went to the parish officers of St. Andrew's, and informed them of the loss of her child, wild ifynne di.ately ordered hand bills to b distributed, offering a reward for the diicovery of the thief, when the child was discovered to be under the care of a nurse in a court near London Wall. She described a mark on the child's nose, and the clothes that covered it, alewhieh exaaly corresponded. The PriSener, in her detence, insisted the child was her own, ptated that she had lain-in on the .t;oth June, , in Mary-le bone Workhouse, where she was f or a fortnight, and left it a Week sootier than usual, as she did not wish to swear the child, as she had lived with the father above a twelvemonth, who Was now a pd, soner is the King's Bench The nurse who had the child said the Prisoner brought to her about a fortnight since, the day after it was supposed to have been stolen, that she said it was her own, and had paid her for the nursing befOre hand. 114th the women claimed the child iu so positive a manner, that the Alder Man desired that the matrons and nurses of the Workhouse where the complainant had lain -t, should attend, and desired the Prisoner to haVe in attendance such of her female friends as could speak to her case. The latter Was remanded for further examination. Yesterday Mr. Shepherd, a corn-chandler, on Newington Causeway, made his appearance on a summons to spew cause why be should not pay the fine of 51. incurred by him under the statute for re fusing to furnish his horse and cart for the convey. ante of the baggage of the 16th Light Dragoons, on the march, when legally called upon by the con stable.—The Sitting Magistrates, Mr. HOLLAND and Mr. EVANCE, 'expressed their opinions, that it was species of of euce that ought to be checked at this time. When every heart and hand should go in union against the common enemy, are men to re fuse fur►►ishing the aid the law requires ? As it was his first offence, and might probably operate as a caution to others, be was fined in the mitigated pe nalty of forty shillings only, and cuts. , , MA, R 4130 R IYG HTSTR EET. --- Thursday 4p/in Lemon, a hackney cOachman, was charged by 'a Gentleman and Lady with abuse, and assaulting them.—i t peaied by the statement of the Prosecutor, that ait..-r calling the Defendant off the stand in the Strand., he was anxious to know whether he• Was going to the . Eastward'or the 'Westward. The Prosecutor refused ,to satisfy him until he got into the- coach, When .he ordered him. to drive to Westrninster, at which the Defendant, who had been drinking, grumbled said his road home was toward; the city„ and it being twelve-o'cloek at night, he did not care how soon he arrived there. The knight of the whip immedi ately drove 'otr towards the city, and the remit' strances on the part of the Prosecutor only served to induce. the coae;muin to drive faster, and after having done as he thought proper for about 20 minutes he set down his fare in the midst of the eity.----Th e fendant was fined 40 shillings, and costs. " an ill wind;' Saith-the Old proverb, that blows nobody good." 'Purchasers theretbre, 06 4 week, of Tickets and Shares in the present great Lottery Scheme, must clearly percei ve w h at an in. creased chance they have for Capital Prizes on Tues day nett;' front no Prize above tool. havinp: