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MAILS. / Aka ?yip..., Gottenhorgh, t Trmningen, t Lisbon, 2 Dub . Ito, 3 W4tertord. Uu a-- s' Lublin, t Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS " Tlll4 SA Y AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. CO/ISOIS • -•••-• 6zii Omni= • T E INV. . . par r- 410LILM AUDEAT? • setters have bowl received "km Admiral GAN- ISM, dated the gth, when the,whole of „his fleet, and the transports had joined.; we may therefore canfidently hope that in the course of a very few days We'rnast satiSTaaory.;:iteounts will tic received from our En . peditioo, which in every stage of its progress has been Marked with, a. degree of energy . _ unexampled in the history of Itipeditions. Admi , MINI GA .1.1:41,P,1t Tins not fewer than. 90 , pencLuits un dcr his comuntid, and *y accompanied by not much iewer than 30,000 tr00p;;.• . . - . , The not:fief ;vt. Sira.tdrow put to sea , on the ist of August, but were soon chaeed b*ck under the' bat teries cif I,le d'Aix by Sir. RioHNito STnacifil•G who, to we liis, : word or, a rt . ienforabje occasion,. was, th:lighted to:see theuvand . ivas'of course much mar,' titled, not bejng able t'o get at, them. 7 LAST al ight , a :Gotieitku.rgh and a , Tenningen Mail arrived, but - their contents are not so 'interesting as might have beeti:expeaecl. ' .letwrs front Copenhagen, dated the 4th :•in stant, Iti,nounce the arcival of the English Fleet off that- Capital : the faCt,'is 'mentioned', Without any . continent; but it does not appear that any appre hensions were. entertained there that any hoStile operatkns would take place. An .Estafette was, however,- •iinniediately sent to-the,pRIN6E , REGE . NT, at Keil, tOinf(nni him of the arrival 'of the Tie accounts 'from: we aresorry to say, -are. by no. means of a favourable nature.- The same ieflaenee Which induced 'the .Emperor ALEX. ANDEIi :0 con6lU4otbe Peace of Tilsit, w ill, we have no doubt, be exerted to the uttnest aglinst this Country. The. Ukase, or Decree, issued last Month at St. Petersburgh, respeaing 'English : Merchants residing- in Russia, otiords a strong .proof that the dis.; potition of the Russian Government 'at preseht is far frOm being favotitable to . English Commerce Every', 'ego' of French intrigue will doubtless be employed to produte a rupture between Great Britain and Russia, 'and the =St.' effe4tbal way to accomplish that ob , jeet be to .stirnulate ,Bussia to urge Pre tensions not only inconsistent with,-..but utterly Suh versive•of,,our maritime rights. ' Thesie rights .at time 'ought to be held sacred, bit 'Mare' especially at t4e prt i ieut nictnetit I;:lhedecided military su periority of lii ;ince has enabied,her to dictate to the Continent .) , and has given .her advantages which can only heyeountetbalanded by our Naval supeilarity. Every COLlCetibitln, therefore;' which tends in any de gree. to diminish that superiolity, must be resisted, not merely tot the protection of our commercial pro, sperity, but in order to',secure our independence as a 'Nation. The mission of Sir S. SilAttrz to St. Peters bbiglils-Obtiort'Sly conneadd with this subject, • and We 11 7 1 4 ,11 e will be successful I, but we confess our fears are stronger than our hopes, becauie the pro dominance of this French Party at St. Petersburgh is daily increasing, The, command of the Army is taken from General BANN WEIN, and given to Gene sal BtixaOVDEN; • whose misconduct at the -corn inencemen t of the last' cattiPitigii was publicly com plained of by General BetaNtosxtl, svh6 is Stated ht the St. Petersburgh Gazette to ;be dipnissiq the ser vice for the recovery of hiS health. The Rus sians are immediately to evacuate Cattaro, by which' the French will befome complete Masters of Dal matia. The new King of Westphalia, .Taaosta Smut/tit-1-c., was' to be crowned at Paris on Satur day last, and he is to commence his reign, on the Ist of ocxt month.. The Siege of, Stralsund has not yet forpmlly commenced : the inhabitants have petitioned his , Swedish Majesty to save them from the horrors of a bombardnient, by sur- T,lndering the town) but his Majesty answered, that he had applied to the" French General for an Armistice, which was refused, except on the Con dition' that the French here ,put in possession of Stralsund, which cantli . tion his Majesty said he could not comply with. . 'Yesterday the Duke of YOH& completed his 44th year ; the same wa celebrated on Saturday tit his Royal flightless's:seat with mucH splendour.; their IvlAJEsTies, the, PRINCESSES, and all the iI&Y/%1 1 FAMILY, except. the Duke of CUM6ERLAMD, were present. The same was likewise celebrated by their Royal Ilighttess's domestics, at York House, St, James's, who had a ball and sumptuous supper, with a proinsion of liquors, Pze, to entertain their friends wlt . h upon the occ:tsion. One of the principal injuries' which, the King of PtivsstA will sustain by the war, which has deprived him of so great a portion of his territories, is the loss of the S.ot Works in the Province of Magcle. buth, which formerly sypplied 'near the whole of his kin;doin with that nrcessary FORZIGY IiVT'ELLMEATE. TONAIINGEN MAIL. EXTRACT 9 . A PRIVATE LETTIR, PROM GOTTEN BURGH, AUG. 10. " Yesterday .a tepOrt :was in 4culation that,the French had entered ;-Tolstein in considerable force, bui.as -nothing• since has. transpired tu coOrmi!, little credit is given to it. ' ThO English Fleet st:11 continues at anchor in the 'Sound, and all remains tranquil. Alarge fleet of transports passed,Elsineur on thelth." . • BULLETIN . HEAD-QUARTERS, STRALSUND JULY 31 . "Tuesday the 28th instant; a ~Deputation, con sisting of the Magistrates and fifty Liverymen pf this city, was. admitted to his Majesty's presence, and presented' an humble Address, the prayer of which was, that his Majesty would' be graciously pleased 'to avert the dangers of war from the walls' of Stralsund, and restore to. •Pomerania the blessings of peace. . . " .1 - lis , Majesty ,answered, tint as the Magistrates and Citizens were undoubtedly convinced of his • gracious sentiments towards them, he on the other hand depended implicit:li" on their fidelity and at tachment to his Person . and - Government; that his Majesty would do every thing in his power to avert' from his' faithful SubjeEts'the perils of War, and had - for that purpose, an the 14th iostanl, proposed an Armistice to the'CoMmanding Ft-end) General in answer to which the French Commander had de "manded that Stralsund should be garrisoned by the gne,iny's troops a . dernana to which his Majesty would not agree, either on his own account; nor on ' • that •of his Loyal.-Pomeranian- stibjeCts : that while his Majesty assured them of his gracious protection, he must, on the other hand, request that they per- :formed their clutY'asfaithfut sUbjeC - is,With uilli ty and.resignation, ,• •. '" The Lich) of Battle Ship Gustavus arrived on the '2oth inst. at Perth, in Rugen, with detach /Dents of the Royal Regiments of Abolaas, 13iorn berg, and Ryland, under the command of Colonel PALMFELS, Chief ot - Brigadt. By his Majesty's most gracious command, our heavy ordnance began to' play upon the li,'nemy's works, from the entrench , - Ments, from a division of Gnn-boats,ana Dtinhoitn's 'Battery 'oti the beach. The King wa4 plea,ed to etpress his satisfaction' ,with the tuanti,n - in which the cannonade was conduAed;and that ing the night fluttered shots shonld be fired from the entrenchments and the, division of. Gun-bolts, in orlier to prevent the Ent.M.Y. from repairing the da mage done (twin the day."---(Gottenlurg4 Gawge, .). FnONTIERS ,OP POM Uit AN lA, AIM. I th . 2 8,111 of.: July his :Highness the Mipister of War, Pr rice NEUTCHATEL, passed through Demnin f(.4 . Swedish Pomerania., whence he returned on the . 3oth. Many of the most opulent inhabitants of Stralsund 1 , have withdrawn to Rugen and Sweden. The pre parations for the siege of that: fortress are now C)rridd • on with the utmost vigour, and a formidabl:f. Artil lery begins to be tneunted for the bdiribaratrieni at' the place. Another conference is said to have taken place between his . SWEDisir MAJAiTY and a French. Mi litary Gentleman of high rank.- 7 -(iiiigka Merairy,., Aug. 4.) ,• • The King of WI STPHALlA''solemnly rein on the Ist of Septeniher,',and is to he crowned at Paris on the 151 . 11.-=Counts, Ilunasecitand VELD and M. RECORDEII Caomp, have set 'out for PAris, to - .he. present at the Coron4tion, 7 —(ritiona ..111ercury, dug. 7.) Hanusnetst, Auo. 4.--4 n the i st of September he King of Westphalia will formally enter 'on his Government; till then, every thing will continue in a provisional situation. NO person has yet taken the oaths to His Majesty. According to report, Caleuberg, Grubenbagen, the •Hartze, and the Distri& of the Weser,. will be united with our Principality. FRANKFORT, AUG. I.—The Prince Primate, who on the 30th inst. left this city for Aschaffenbtirgh, on the bth will set out on laiti journey for Park. Hisimperial Highness the. Gnind Duke COW , STA.NTINR of Russia: is expeOed inTrankfort, on his way to Paris. • • ' The Duke of DANTZIC has set out from Mentz for Paris. HANOVER A AV?.. 3.-4lis flightless the Prince of PONTE Co.avo will-set out the day afterto7nior row for the waters at Rehbixtgb, and return hither the day followini • ' • To-day, at noon, a large train of Spanish artillery, drawn by mules, arrived here : it consistext of s ix howitzers and 18 cannons (if ditTerent calibres veral divisions of Spanish light infantry have li'fo w i se arrived. 1 ' AuousT 4. To-clay, at -noon, 1300 more troops, among which is the 2d tx4ttalion of thellegi- ; ment of Asturias, arrived here. Thh; City is now so filled with Spanisll troops, that wo scarcely CAI, at soy'time,mpre troops qusrtered . in it it is, bor. ever,..s4id that tbey,wirl soon march out,.and beldis trihuted in thecountry, which is indeed necessary , as a 'gin more numerous corps of troops is expected from Spain: 'ELSINEUR, AUG. 4.--An English Fleet of twelve Sail, of the Line, twelve irrigates, and some smaller Vegsais, arrived yeiterday in this Road, - frolit the North Sea. AvousT 3,.."•!The ,first „division ,of the. English Fleet, censisting of 26 Sail, came to an anchor . at one o'clock in the afternoon, off Cronburgh. One of them is rt three-decker, the Admiral's Ship, car rying a blue pendant ,from thethain-mast-head ; 12 are two-deckers,seven Cutters, and the rest smaller Vessels. The Vice-Admiral's Ship. carries a' red pendant frotn the - main-Mast-head, and the Rear±, Admiral's Ship. a blue pendant at the fore-mast head. • The Commanding Officer of a Cutter came on shore this . morning, to speak with the Com mandant of Cronburgh, but could not. return to the Fleet on account. of the wind coming foul ; was consequently 'obliged to come to an anchor, arid to .resart to a.telegraphic cotntnunication with, the Fleet. We understand it is to: proceed to-rnorrow to the Bahia. ' The second.diVision is expeaed im mediately to ,foilow' the first, and to have already arrived off Anholt. Some Ships are also said to have gone through the Great Belt. Last Sunday arrived in our. Roads an English. Frigate from the North .Seas.—(Copenhagot Ga zette; "lug. • Cori:w ^ i-tac Au e. first: dirviSion of the English Meet, .which arrived yesterday in the Road of ttsineur, is now in the vicinity of this capital, and the foremost Ships are this moment (seven o'clock) seen from our steeples. It .consists of 26,. sail, 12 of which are of the line. We discern ene.red and two blue pendants, consequently one , Admiral, one Vice:Admiral, and one . The sc - cond division Of the 'grand English Fleet, com manded by Admiral GA matia is said to be already Anhoit. Ye are curious to see the movements Of that llect, , • _ . • A repart states' thathis RoPal . Highness intends soon. to come to this capital; in order to review the troops in 7ealtinA. Mr. Got.t.t . cluh . who has hitherto resided here as English :Atnba'ssador, .has set out on a particular mission to Prussian Majesfy ; Mr. TAYLOR will in the mean 'dine perfOrlin hiS funtaions. An. Estatette has. been sent from here to"Keil, with the intelligence of the arival of the English Fleet. MMUS!, is to proceed. to Pomerania on board a Swedish' Cutter; byway of Copenhagen, AnDapi4w,shipoyilq, ut.Kpnigourgh , are not, .we understand, .to depart from .thence without its being ascertained 'that the cargoes are not English property,—(kamblirllt. Correspondenten of Avg. 8.) MILAN, JULY 22.--The intelligence of the con ehOon tit peace has spread here univefsal joy. We have ,learned at the "same, time that the Russian troops at Cataro have received. orders, to stirretider that place, as well as- Castel Nuovo, to the French trdops; andto:ctobavk : immediately, for ,RUoiia.- , -- (Ciatntuig7t., - Correspoudent, Aug. 8.) TON NlW(itiN Pl IG, ti-:—.lestettlay arrived here Mr. int t i Ainba.sador at the court ot. uti : Oriafit a Ship of.• War, from Yarmouth; ir► IRS 6uit VMS 'My. 'l . ''lCl-toLs, We' t....OE . ;l4;ll':Vice- Coniut zit Flatnbtigiti, ley inunQiateliiet out, , vie7tuidel:stalid, for §citlesi.Vick, on rtmission , to the Prince Royal'' of Den COrrespon. , . 21:; , - , Last Sundhy :Gen. SA.VARY, Vntileh: Atnba4sttildr, 'passed' thrOgli* this town ,on: liisjAri,49,` l %ll.fr,i4 l rgli. ',The : Faugli:sit..ambassador, I.;ortj ~(4 Q wtE a, dust Melt for. Ithetsertne plhce, arrived .soon wrie r, bllt, eta yet, - rch!.tins here.-:-(llamturg4 ioore'espthident;' lll r, l :g • • .- - G NI 11 „ , Srr: rig, Avis. I.—,We.•this moment learn that a ,r; . f.mr cannonade took place before •Stralsend on the 297th of lidy. The weeks;' tthinasked several 11:11ti.%ries:frnm their intrenched.camn and from the. Isle Ut Dunsholm, and rvlvanced ibt it Gun-boats itru thin arm of tile Sea on whist the intrenclments, of the i.siegers were summed.. They made a very .brisk. cross fire on the worktnen. General LotsoN; ,cornmanding the siege, ,who advanced to the point ' o l4ltt;iCk , A':is struck by a hall and throWn fioin his His wound' is slight, and will not impede' the continuation of the works. ~01Pii0 MONT- I:011T, ?ott.c.utO in command 'of the • engineers, had a horse killed under him by the same. ball which wounded, General LOlSON.—(L'Abcilk 4 Nord, 7th ' epf ..eitteptst.)' 4 - • • • ' • VZN ICH, jULYll3:r.lf . ;ve may credit several let- , tern from the - kingdom of Naples, a corps of French troops is preparing to attack Sicily.---(am4,) EAST JuLy 27.—Aceording' to the lateNt letters from .Memel, General 131/XIiOVDEN has taken the chief command of the linsiian army in the room of General .BENNIGS&W, a. column of which will octupy a Camp in :Lithuania. The' Prussian General ..11Arcugl. is gone to his estatea in . Pomerania. . . ' KONIGSBURGIT, JUI,Y '426.--;Ne.sterciay the ._last .French troops left this City in consequence of the Convention concluded . between Count KAcKaprrit and the Prince of NEINCHATE . L. 1114'''saille Any,' in the afternoon,, a regiment, of Infautry t qt . Prince HENttv, and a sgnadroh-Of Hussars, entered the City. • .I,Lttots. (47 VIA MAINE,- AUG. 1 .....PThe Journals state,. that still more to strengthen the iron,. tier of the French empire' on the siCte of and to secure and'ficintate, the coniniuniotion mom the two kingdoms, a Convention. has been concluded between the respeetive Governments, that all the strong plaCes on the Muse, till it falls into the sea„ shall De Ceded to., France ; .in mom pooce.for Holland is receiv e considerable augmentations on the'frontiers of NVestphalia. ........ (FROM THE COURT GAUTTIL3 12:-..The General „of ST.. PETSltliit,lll4ll;'6l/IN til(! Cavalry, Baron 13,ENNIG5EN, is clisnaksed troth thchs.ervice, fur the recovery of his health. Count BUXHOVORR, General of the Infantry, is appointed to the eo'hunand of the corps of the arpiy inVer the 1 4 ietttenant-Generals Tur iIiKONV, Prince uItTSCITAKOW, DOCTOROW, apd ToLiTO Y. gajprtgeneral 11,aritn, I . l . ‘awstio, U ecnsi..te:-attou of the severe wounds helms received in the service, is appointed Commandant of Pernau. Major General KNORRING, at. present with the army, is appointed to the command of the Imp-fiat regiment of Curassier Guards. Major-General SHILNISKX is appointed Corn mandant of the Livonian Dragoons. Colonel Prince Upucow is appointed to kle com• mand of thb Masqueteers of Milts. Colonel BAUMGARTEN, of iheNurvinihen Mu g; clueteers, is nominated C olonel of the Muiquteers tif the Krim. t, Prince Clio ivANsttot, Comniandant of the Mus queteers of Peruau, is appointed to the command of the Musqueteers of Diurgewo. . 1 The Lieutenants-Generals Count Alt AKTIcIT and . Prince LOBRANOW itosToliirar, hare • bufh been, promoted; the first is 'appOinted General' of .tbe Artillery, and the latter is made General of the ILl fan t ry. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses Ay • GUSTA, MARY, SOPHIA,. and AMELIA, accompanied by COPHtess RADNOR. and Lady Tutr.toit, rode to St. George's Cbapel ; they were saluted in the Ps lace-yard by the Royal Regiment of Horse Guar4 Blues, and the king's own Royal Statford 11 ilitiap. the bands of each Regiment playing " God save the King." 'His MAJESTY. and - I ) IttiICESSES Weia, attended to and from Church ,by Generals Cniti- WRIG4T and FITZROY ; the Sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr: LON G, , frorri St. Paul's Epistle - IQ the Hebrews, 12th chapter, and verse . 10. After . the service his MAJESTY gavt: audience to the bishop of CANTERBURY, in the Cbapter Room. for about a quarter df an • hour, after which his hi l t JF,STY aIId'PRINCESSES, rode to Froginore dinner; and returned to the Palace at three o'clock. . The Quzss and Princess EU? : Al3ETii had Di • . vine SerVice performed •in the Palace : afterwards went to F'rogmore, ready to receive his MAJASTY and the.other Pnisecgits, and returned to the P 4 -. lace soon after three o'clock. " The Duke of CUMBERLAND was present - at the' Privy , ,Council held at . Windsor, on`l4'ffday morning,' It was with great difficulty - . Ministers could procure • a:sufficient number .of Privy Counsellors to mike, a Council, 'which , requires six Ministers, as they were all present af , the. debate upon Mr. SHERt- DAN'S Motion upon the State 'of Treld4d, • EarL. 'CAMDEN, in consequence, prevailed upon Sir SEPH BANKS to attend. • . • A fresh einbarkatiOn IS - about to take place. at., Ramsgate, which, besides other regiments, comprise the sth battalion of the Goth; now at Bra bant-tie Lees. - This Expedition is undersfond to Les intendedfor a distant. quarter: There is, however, Pao fonhdation for the report of the embarkation Heavy Dragoons, ,and the five 'companies of !, ate light infantry battalion of' the German Legion, though these corps are ready for foreign service. The King of • SAxortir ,Is reported to ,have. an» bounced his- daughter's refusal to -marry JEttipts, when he -niett-NAroteos - at Dresden. - The Ifrita- ) tionof BeIt.:Ai'ARTE is said to have .been inconcelya . ble, and it operated so niuch . upon his spirits, 'that i he would partake of no recreation whatever &rill his stay. The Princess o,lllc - it:NE of WI:ITE% . " owners, the proposed consort of .jcsoMa, was pro. - posed to him by NAPOLBON; some tinae - .sinee, out ne tretned the - ort .. er with contempt; and •is said to , have matte pressing solicitations to t e. allowed to send for his Lady from ,Arnetiea, and retire ,to any small portiou of territory which the Emperor, his brother, might allot to him rail hia remonstrances Were, hoftver, ineffeaual., .By the 'death of the late Cardinal Yost, his' MAJESTY is relieved from- an annuity Of 40001.: which he. so benevolently allotted that.laFA roprecti• tative of the unfortunate House STUART, when he wasllespoiled .of most' of his' a property by tho ,French, when.they:made afraterinking visit to the Papal capital. The Cardinal paid great attention two of our Princes . when they . visited Rome, and when one gave a grandflae, lent him all his wag" nificent plate .tor the occasion. . Some of. the,fetters !Sven America state, .that ja the event of a war with thic.country, aid atolY,2 r , (100.0 men is to, be placed sander the command of r neral MOREAU, for the purpose of invadlnk Coma . The day after the Impertease arrived at Ply t noativ, a person offered to volunteer as a aeetron for that; Ship. On an examivation, to see whether the per son was fit for service, it was found that, this candim . date for navel honours was about 22 years: 'of age. She says she is a native of Atterde,en knowletiges., that she.has bad one child, been twelve months ,at. sea and wen t by TOM WALKER. - Mr. SLIERIDSX, it Seems, i s go i n g t o publish a The real friends to.thi:- peac e and copy of his recent Speech on the state of frehind.—: h a rmony' of both countries must -regret that he s hould have Ma de an y ' such speech in the present po s t ure o f. thp duty Of every true P a i r i u t to avo id alftopiCs that may in the slightest degsee, tend'to produte irrita tion in any part of hi s M a je s ty's Dominions, and t° endeavour as much as poi.ible to pioniote,a..;cot:dial unanimity, and a determination in all the inhabi tants of the British Empire, in order to support'the honoar and independence of their Country: . „' Mr. COATRir,' of . ,Clition, his daughter, andl.ser": vain, on, Wednesday arrived at.Dartmouth,itra tel, from Nlorlaix, having received .a , TALLEYRAND. t l hey had heett - atatoed four earB in Trance. .Theextraordinary match between Captain . BAR' 'Claleir and, thp ceicbratiA W9on; of bittica,shire , which has long agitated the sporting circle,, Was finally settled at. Brighton' dhring the late Races, which, from its.extraordinaryz nature,..caused betting to an immense amount. The parties are to undergo the prodigious f.tia•ue of going . on foot,tor loar and twentriticcessiVe flours I; an excition hitherto uril known.in the annals olpe,lestrian feat4'i and it i&, suppOsed, that at the rate of tiVe:miles.and a half =Fin hour, they must complete the distance of 130 mile s in that time It takes I,l,ict , at Newmarket on the • 12th Ooober next; for SUU guineas a side i and altholgh.Woon gives'Captain twenty miles; ho is s tit the favourite, .frot his astonishing svce'l• ithelY gone, with aplurent ease, forty in four hauls acid fifty seven ; -minutes. . . -Oh Monday night, at ,\`.9i i iinghaii,„ . 11 poor man of . thie - name Meats, wit.) liad been attend• ing tho celebration 9f hert,autzts weadit l / 4 ; 11 1 0' ' 11) ; .‘ -pcareal one of the hap; i;tt of the guests, flume at a late hour, anti hang, herself to toe hoti. e where ciao re .deci. I~ ,' • • • .1; 0 N. 'l\ll',l DAY, AUGUST ,17, .1807. , . : .