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f s‘ PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 24.—The Brig Afak . ii 47171; HARRISON, fiom Sunderland to Plygnrnwith coals, was, on Saturday morning last, captured by a French Lugger Privateer, who took out tlie s lWaster and Mate, and was yesterday morning re-captnrad'by the Falcon Revenue Cutter, 'of Chichester, Capt. New- . LIN, who sent her Into this Port. The people on board the Brig saw another. Privateer capture at the same time a large homeward-bound West Indiaman • :Arrived this day the Orient, Goonistrik, froM Sunderland; and Goodwood, Wtta.tiora, from Wool wich. Sailed the JOlin did dtny, DOVILON COATS ; Three Sisters, HEAR and Gato s ANDEIt-• JON, for SunderlancL DOVER, AUG. 24.—The East and West India Fleets are just in sight, with a fair wind to the West. Lady Nepean Packet, Capt. DEANE, arrived this morning from Tonningen, with Mes.sengers, Mails, and Passengers. • Dm A t., AUG. 24.--Arrived the Raleigh Sloop from the Nore ; and the Sarah Christiana, Glory, Sir tiailliam Palteney, and Northansplon extra India Ships front the River. The West India Fleet, and twelve Salt of East Indiatnen, are hourly expeaed in the'Downs. In,the Downs—Princess ot Orange, Canada, Raleigh Sloop, Sarah Christiana, Glory, Northampton, an►d Sir IVilliain Pulteney, and Tigr.ss extra East India Ships, for India, Harmony Victualler, and several Sail of Merchant Vessels. SHEERNESS, Atm 22.--Came down from' the Timer a Tender with volunteers and impressed men for the Fleet. • Sailed for the River, to be paid off, the s7ally'ftrm ed Ship. AUG. 24. The !'Monmouth, 64, Capt. KING was this day paid bounty and two month! wages in ad vance prior to her proceeding to sea. The following article from the New York Papers of the 27th seems, to relate to some operations of the British Fleets in the Indian Seas, butof whiCh we have not, as yet, any official intelligence. PORT OF NEW YORK, Jury Factraa of a Letterfrom Captain Smith, of the Ship Fanny, arrived at the Lazaretto, Nov York, from Canton. " As the Helvitus is arrived, anti sailed after me from Canton, there is nothing from that quarter which I can Comiuutticato worth attention. I sail. ecl from 'Macao February 14 ; and the following day having a hard gale from the eastward, cartied away the foremast. I n passing the Straights'ofSunda, was informed by the government boat; that the Iritish bad totally destroyed the fortifications and other buildings on Onrust, and there were four English Ships of War then there. " The Ships mentioned here passed. Anger at fol low : Orioa; of Philadelphia . , March 5, 115 days Fssage ; Ship Bayard, Wool), of Providence, R. I. eb. 13, 1158 days pas sage; Ship Frances Henrietta, New York, March 6,.142 days. On the igth of April, in 1at. , 99. 32. long. 38. 24. E. was boarded by his "Imperial Majesty , NAPOLFOIei Frigate . le •Piedniontesa : after two hours detention, permitted to proceed. On. the line, spoke the Ruby, of Charles ton, from the river Cour, with' slaves. When ahe left the river' the Hin ostan, o f Philadel phia, .was lying there . ; 014 had been there five weeks - outside of the river'3 . mouth ; could not get in 'or out on account of the strong . tresbes in the river." Saturday morning, a Court* Lartial was held at Portsmouth, on Mr. Robert Kidd, /Wing Master of.his Majesty's ship ROkr, for drunkenness, dis• obedience of orders, insolence, ansi contempt.;-• The charges were proved, and he was sentenced to 'be dismissed from the Battler, and-sent. to such ship as the o)th mancier in Chid shall dired. Mr. Stioria, late Purser of his Majesty's Sloop of ,War the Wiziai/us, which was wrecked on • a .desert island some months since in the Archipelago,' arrived at Plymouth lait . week. The Captain and greater part of the crew were . starved to death. The Saturn, of 74 snns, Lord A. BEAUCLURK, by standing too close into Cadiz, on the 21it nit., got aground, close under the .batteries ; fortunately, it Was in the night, and the enemy did not discover her, or she niust have been last, or taken. Sisw was on shore four bows, and sustained very considerable damage. Her rudder was beaten off which obliged her to go immediately to Gibraltar, where she is to be hove down,-and afterwards sent home for a t h o. rough repair. Rumours have reached us from various quarters of . . 1 the capture of Buenos Ayres, Which we are inclined to think true. One account says, that General OR AU tUnD received a Wound in the leg, and that another General was also slightly wounded.:. A, Gentleman who left Flushing a f ew days ago t states, that there are lying at that Port seven Ships , :1 of .the Line, whieh were lately launched at Ant. werp, where they are building seven others of a similar description ; and more are expel ed to be laid down, if men can be found to man them. „ i Letters from Holland were received yesterday, which state, that the Dutch Government has ; again been compelled, ,in consequence of Orders from. Pa . ris, to put in force the laws against English mer , 'ehandize and commerce. . . CATA LAN I has appeared in Dublin with su c h tn . umphant success as might be expeCted, considering i her great popularity in the metropolis of this Corm , try. The first Concert that introduced her to our „ ` Irish f e ll ow - s ubjetits took place on Tuesday last in the !I Rotunda. She sung three songs, and received in each the most rapturous applause. Kr4t.Y cOndu6terl the concert with great ability, and it went ctf in ip admirable style,.. The fair Syron ,was to exert her powers on Saturday last, and she is followed with such - enthusiasm, that she will probably bc -1 , teaTted to extend her engagement. FRENCH and DUTCH PAPERS( Plats, Attn: 1/I.—The . Prince Primate of Frank fort having arrived here, he ,was yesterday evening presented to his Majesty the Emperor with great' selemnity. On Sunday last the Consistory' of the Protestant Church', being edit:timed to an audience, their Presi dent, M. MARRON, addressed the Emperor in the . following. speech : " SIRE—You have exhausted surprise by the perforinance of new wonders. What bounds can be prescribed to our gra titude when the benefits you have recently bestowed arecon-, templated t In spite of yourself, Sire, the bate spirit of diS. cord involved you in a fresh contest ; but, coveted `with tau ' rels, how distinguished has been your .vielorious career, more honoured, if possible, by your moderation than by your sue. cess ; by the noble sacrifices you have made to humanity, than by all the brilliancy of your triumphs. Sire, with the return of peace France, and all. the Nations of Europe,-ex pea from you a reanimating prosperity—the happiness of the pro. Ric shall bless you—the approbation and the wishes of Mi.. gion will every where accompany you ! I t 'is religion, Sire,' which brings the Consistory of the Reformed Church of the Department of the Seine to the foot of your Majesty's throne. Vouchsafe graciously to accept their respectful homage. The more they are already indebted to your proteding goodness, the more from you they venture to holie. Sire, it has pleased' the King of Kings to shed 'in abundance his choicest blessings over you. The rools,ot our templet resound, and shall ever resoundovith those prayers and songs of praise which, dielat ed by sentiments equally . pure and unchangeable, we have consecrated- to your Imperial and Royal Majesty." - His Majesty answered this Address in the most gracious manner, and the following expressions in 'his reply. have been recolle6ted: . I accept th e blessing and the congratulation of the.eon siStory. You owe me no obligation : I wish not men to think themselves indebted to me, because I have been merely just. Conscience is not within the jurisditlion of human laws. I guarantee to you, for myself and my successors, not only the intendance, but also thy petted freedom and inviolability of your wOrship. The Protestants have always proved them selves to be good citizens, and faithful 'subjects of the law. Though I do not protess their-religion, tell them that 1 place. them in the circle of my best friends." CONSTANTI*NUPLE; JUNE 20...'--(From the Mani tertr) The Courier, who four months ago' was sent from this City to London, has returned with dis patches. The British Cabinet dkapproves of the con du& of its Ambassador ARBUTHxoT, and of Admiral DU'CKWOIITH, and mentions the appointment of a new Ambassador, Sir A. PAGET. TheSe dispatches, occasioned a ;steeling of the Divan, which took place at the Mufti's, and in which it was decided that the English Ambassador should not be received ; that proper persons should be sent to*meet him to prevent him from coming to Constantinople s • and that no proposition whatever from him should- be listened to until Egypt tie evacuated, and the English Cruizers called back to the other side of Malta. TCI-lELEEI,% Pacha. of the Dardanelles (and not MUSTAPHA BAY RAKTER, as was 'reported), is appointed Grand Vi zier.' He stands high in favour of the Janissaries. Immediately after his appointMent he prOceeded,to the army. CILEST.ER, AUG. 21. • Though we are remote freq . ' the MetropoPs, we are not without our share of public auntie meats.. W.stataa, the younger, has been delivering his Astronomical Leaures on his Eidouranion, at our ' Th eatre Royal, with great success. H e had a large and respeaable concourse of visitors every night, and 'aftbrded great instruaion. He was suc ceeded by entertainments of a different kind, but very well in their way, and such indeed as illustrated the doarines. previously - inculcated, in sheaving the wonderful diversity of nature in her produaions.— This may appear a potbpous remark; we mean only to say, that Itict.anom followed the Astronomer, with a medley of recitations and music, entitled A Voyage to Lydia; the singing of course by himself, and the recitations by BARTLUY, of Drury Lane Theatre. This entertainment immediately succeed, lag the solid information and awful truths 'of the preceding leaures, constituted an agreeablevariety, and was also very much followed.' • AUSTIN, who is now one of the very few surviv.• ing performers mentioned in the inimitable Resciad Of CHURCHILL, iS still capable of thearrical enter. prizes, and has, it is said, resolved to try an. . experi• meat of this kind iu the metropolis early in next year,, unless fate should, in the mean time, unkindly drop the curtuin. CHZLTENHAM, AuCeUST e 4. We are all alive at this place, as the Prince of Wmeas.arrived here late on Saturday night. As soon as the arrival of his Royal Highness was known, the bells set up a merry peal, and the whole town was in a bustle.—There was a general wish , for an. illumination, but thin testimony of welcome was omitted by desire of the Prince himself.—. The Prince occupies Falconberg House, in the vicinity ,of this place. We are full of visitors, and are in ap prehension of more, for the improvementi in the town and neighbourhood seem likely to render it the favourite haunt of Fashion in 4te-suturner.—Mrs. Briuswotir.is here, but we hire, no hope that she will warble in public.—Mrs. SWOONS is gone, and the certainty that she this season takes leave of alt Provincial Stages, gave an increased interest to liar performances, though it could not add to the attrac tion of her great talents. She is succeeded by her ~ brother STEPHEN 11.1M1111.43, and that , interesting .adress, his wife. They commence their operations to-morrow in The Merchant Voice, and are an nounced for late and Yarico, Henry the Fourth, and The Weathercock. We, wipe& to have all the fashionable people within many miles round to visit us while our fortunate spot is honoured by the smile , of Royalty. 'Friday evening the Doke of GLOUCRIPPER arrived. at York-house, Bath, being the first visit which His Highness has paid to that City since his most youth ful days, , On Saturday morning the Mayor, and' part of the Body Corporate, waited on the Duke, when his Worship concisely addressed him in nearly the following words':— .• we, th e Al.iror, Aldermen, and Common Council of Bath, are happy to wait on your Highness, and to welcome . your arrival in this City. Humbly and loyally attached to, our gracious and Tenecrble Sovereign, it is with the sincerest' feelings of pleasure that we thus have the honour to coogta.l tulate a personage so nearly allied to his august lameiy.' His Highness received the - Gentlemen of the liody with the greatest affability, and thanked the 1114tior lbr his expreisions'of attachment to the lloy.At, 'I4IIT, and particularly those to His MAJESTY. Died, du Sunday morning, after a short, but se vere illness, which the bore with Chrktiap tilde, Mrs. 1-lAussoNp, of Young -street, Kenstng trin, in the 66th year of her age, much eh,teetned and lamented by all beer • 11?1S11 C.,4THO LICS, • The following is an accurate Copy of the Petition finally agreed to by the Catholics of Ireland, and in tended to be presented to Parliament next Session r PtTITION. TO THE RIGHT IlpH. AND HON. THE COMMONS OF THE. UNITED KINGDOSI- OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. The humble Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, Whose N4MC4 are hereunto sub,icribed, on behalf of diem• selves, and of others,'His - Majesty's Subjedis professing the Roman Cat holic STIEWETH, That your PetitionerS; asis set forth in their burn ble Petition presented to thii Honourable House, on the 25th of' March, 1805, • are by, divers Statutes, still of force within this realm, rendered liable to many 'incapacities and . restrie - tions not imposed upon wi l y other description of his Majesty's Subjec - ts ' That your Petitioners with confidence assert, and they aresupported by the testimony of ,manyof the ablest Senators and. wisest Statesmen Which . the Em pire could ever boast, that there is nothing in their, condud as. Subjects, or tenets as Christians, which ought to disqualify - them from enjoying equal privi leges with bii .Majesty's Other Subjects; • and they beg leave to state, that they do not yield to any class 'of perscips in 'affectionate attachment to his sacred person and family, in due obedience to the laws, and just predilection for the British Constitution. That at the present period, which requires all the energies of the State, and the exertions of an united people, your Petitioners conceive that they . cannot offer a stronger proof of their loyalty, thatrby hurn_ bly representing to this iHoneurable House their ear nest wish to ho altogether committed With their Ountry, and reinstated in a lull and complete en-, joyment of the English Government and laws. • Your Petitioners beg leave respectfully to sUbmit• to this Hon. House, - that the Constitution of Eng land is the great charter of this Land, and the in heritance of the dutiful and faithful Subjects of His Majesty ; the condition which the ancestors of some ' of us 'accepted, when they submitted to the Crown, and on the faith of which, the ancestors of others passed over and effeded their settlement in Ireland— • was, that they should participate in the laws ind li berties of England many concessions of His Majes ty's Royal Progenitors, and repeated Mis of Parlia ment, confirmed the 'invaluable blessing; it. has had thesanaion of an establishment of six hundred years; • whilst- the privations, of which we complain, are but the innovation of a century ; from that in ••nOvation 'we appeal in this enlightened .age, to the wisdom and justice of those august bodies, in whose hands are the fate and f)rtunes of the .Empire; we. appeal against li&s, repugnant: to the sense and habits of Englishmen, and to thegenius of the English Constitution; against precedents not entitled from the circumstances in which they were fcirnaed, to be immortal. We were excluded from our franchises, . when the tumult of civil wars had scarcely been ap peased ; whilst the animosities they produced were recent ; and at the close of the convulsion incidental to a widely extended revolution of property, We were excluded at a moment . , when the settlement was precarious and new, upOn which time and ha bit, the extinClion of all other claims, common prin ciples of obedience, and common interests,havz now conferred all the solidity of unquestioned and immu table establisluoent. Your Petitioners further beg leave to recall to the attention of thiS 'Honourable House, that we do not pay the penalty, neither is 'the blame imputed td us, of au innovating or capricious temper. We have not revolted from any institutions Which challenged our obedienee. We have adhered to the tradition of our • Fathers, the immemorial usage of the land. We profess 'a religion compatible with the forth of I Guverne,ient under which we . are placed ; accom modated to the spirit; and dear to the feelings of the great and growing majority of our Country; a religion which the existing Incapacities do not" seem Oflculated,' and aro piobably not expaEt.eo, tp sup 7 'egs fbr it has been deemed, in a considerable.* gtti , , , to inerit'Phblie 'encokiragerneut and proteetion. Your Petitioners do then most humbly state, that thi,ty are excluded from many of the most itnpori , anCoffices of trust, poWer, and emolument in their country ; Whereby they area degraded- below the condition of their fellow-subje&s, .even of the meati est class, and stigmatised . as aliens •and strangers in theit native land. . • Tha t in the immediate - efts of this exclusion, nOless time foUr-lifilta of the Inhabitants of Ireland and involved, formed into adistincit people, and de pressed in all their classes and gradations of rank, of . opulence, and industry ; in every situation of life , does this depuliog interiority exist, and its influence 'reaching to every; profosion, to even the peaceable points ef industry and commerce. • That the remote but nut less Sensible Consequences extend to the remaining population of the land, dis-. trgting his Majesty's people with disquietude and jealousy; and substituting an insidious system of ' tappet)* on the Otin hand, and privation nn the other, for the tried and established orders of society, and for the salutary practice and sound principles of the English Constitution. And your Petitioners further humbly s u b m it, t h at from, the prejudice generated and 'fostered • by this diseriennatiug System, the Spirit of the Laws out- stripping the Letter, no degree of rank, virtue or merit, can exempt an Irish Catholic froth' being con sidered'an object Of Suspicion :and several of the most estimable privileges and advantages, of a free Grovernment;• to which they ought to consider themselves entitled, are rendered, with 'reipeet to , tnem, inoperative. iu calling your attention to' their situation, your Petitioners beg leave to • assure this Hon, House, that they are actuated more as Irishmen than as Catholics; and less influenced by a partial 'interest, as'a religious description, than by ae interest truly; public Alia national, intimately connected' with . , the welfare or this Country, and . the pr os p er it y n t the whole Empire; your PetitiOners being fully con vinCed, both from history and experience, that how ever religions distinelions may have supplied a pre ' text; a, spirit of political mOnopoly has been the aatustitig principle of civil disiention, and 'of that unhappy national misuaderstanding which has so lexig injured the charaCter and lessened the value of this 151 and. - For your Petitioners aro strongly impressvd with the eonvittion, that did chntihuance of the clisquali flingl4wl IS not ,only incompatible with the free. Alcrit and happiness of the great body of the trioh, People, and detrimental to the resources of tha elate ; 'but ; as it is calculated to damp the ardour pied divert the attention of the nation to partial interests and patty ilissenoOns, from measures of genefai seeuriiy, Arlay eventually 'mho injurious to the strength and stability of the Empire., Your Petitioners, with a deep sense of g raton cle, aciinowledge that they are . indebted to the wisdom and liberality of the Parliament of Ireland, and to the psifernaLinterposition. of his Majesty, for the re moval of many of the disabilities and ineapacities tinder Which they laboured ; and they refer with confidence, in the justice of their cause, to the so lemn and memorable declaration of the. Irish j,,c -gislature--" That from the uniform and_ pcace.olo . , behaviour of the Roman Catholics of Irelattd fora long series, of years, it appeared reasonable and ex pedient to relax the disabilities and incapacities der which _they labour; and that, it c must tend not' only to the cultivation and improven)ept of this. Kingdom, .but to the prosperity 'and strength qf, all his Majesty's dominions, that. his Majesty' ,4phjeas,: of. all denominations should enjoy the blessings of sk, free Constitution, and should be bound tp each other. ; by mutual interest and mutual affeeition.' And your Petitioners MOO soleinnly declare, that they do not seek sot- wish in tiny wayto iejntreor eta' croach von - the rights, privileges, posleiliorii, or r,•- venues, appertaining to . the Bishops and Clergly;of tilor Protestant Religion as by litW established, Ithe Churches'committed to • their . charge, or to any4fL them ; the extent of their hnmbleApplicatititi,beinge, that they may be governed by the same lOW an& rendered capable of the same civil °tikes,' franchises 4; and honours, as their fellow-subje4i of every other religious denomination:. May it therefore please this Hotwatable House to: take into its consideration the Statutes, penal and re , ' stri6iYe, now attlAing the Catholics Of Ireland, and to admit them to the full enjoyment of those - privie loges which every Briton regards as his best inner i 6: taut*; and which your Petitioners mci , .t humbly presume to seek, as the brethren of Englishmen, and . co-heirs of the Constitution. - • And your Petitioners yin ever pray, &c. EXTRACT OF A. LETTER. 11E614 CAITUIPta. The trial of the soldiers of the company of the Royal Longford ,Regimenti of Militia, Conmandeir by the Earl of GRANARD, has i , :rminated as justieta' had a right to eiped, iti spite of the 'partiality' rind malevolence which had •misrepresented this unlueittl affair to the Publics; " It appeared in evidence, that the nineteen . tri . e . U i Of that regiment w h o h a d b een charged with` the riot' at liallinrobe, and committed for tiltl to'prison, received every insult' and prOVoeation from the party , of the sth Dragoon Guard, and 'particularly from , the two who. were unfortunately killed in the arfray., and from, the many 'favourable Cire urt i stat i ces th at: Nipeared in the testirnoity of theWitneSSei for' fli4, prosecution (particularly an Officer of the Sth Dra- 4 . goon Guards), of the outrageous' and ungovernable, disposition of the other party, the Prisoners found it unnecessary to enter into any vindication 'of them ' selVes,. and' the Jury therefore very ioan.biought ~ their verdi6l- - --" Fifteen guilty (y . mtowaughter in : thefr own djimce, and the.,ientain4lg four w(irear'-- qui‘ted." . . . . . " Thus, though we were told its several. papers of both Kingdoms, that the two rogiment.in question had a battle royal on some national dispute, and,that.many liven were 19st on each side, it has,. however, now appeared, that but one celnpanz the Royal. Longford Regiment hiippened to be qua.. tera at, the,place where the riot occurred,. and. wasp it was no .deliberate anithosicy between the, two, corps, but. an accidental quarrel, whieh occasioned the death of the two men who unluckily fell vie. Lima to their ()WA imprudence, and, that of their comrades: , . • . CottoNatt's lisonavis.--Yesterday at two o'clock, an inquest was !held at 'the house of W. Wells, tLe Feathers,. iti Ctiarles- , :lourt, in the Strand, 01) th:.: body of Catherine, the wrfo of ,Solomon ey, coal-heaver, who Was: -found on Sunday Afterpoor4 hanging to her baditead in that court. It .appeared in avidence,that the. man' ‘iitl% extremely industrious, but that the greater4part, of his earnings 'wart t 2.). pended in the purchase of gin for, the,,tuifortunate ,Woman who' was then dead. There was not any canie whateVer to he found as the probable motive 'for the ceiurnission of such an ad of rashness ; it Was oply supposed that drunkenness had distraEted the poor woman's brain. The verdi4 was copse tit-1410 y Luoacaj, Another Inquest was held at half eller three.; At the house of J. Davis, the Black ..Swan, his Ryder's court, Leicester-fields, before the ,tiatne Coroner, oil the body of Joseph .Itead, son of J, Read, clicker at Mr. Bagoos, the shoemaker, who lost his life on S a _ turday last by a coach driving over.MM in Leicester.- field. The substance of the evidence is as tbilows Between tweh'e and one on Saturday' the coach hts, longing to a titled family (not the-Countetts court hat been erroneously stated) tutnedionnd from Leicester-street Leicester-fields.. There happened, to be a heap of rubbish anda cart at one side of the way, arida barrow with fruit at the other. The coachman, anxious to pass steadily throogh this streight, had his attention turned t 6 what was 'on either, side. of him; .the deceased, a boy about seven years old, attempted to run at that meamia fromfeot pavement opposuu- the shop of Mr. Gedge, the linen-draper, to the heap of rnbbish. -where there were other boys 'at ,play ; the 'horses knocked himrdewn and the coach drove over him before the accident wax .known. He was the„ taken to Surgeon Thomas's, .but it Was impoothi e . 10 bleed him, and he died in about five initiates. after the accident. All the Wittl!iiteri. burs testinton vto the good condu6t of the coachman, who was driv ing, it appeared, very gently at the time, and.theY verily believed could not in .thelituation in which he was placed have observed the sudden dart of the boy across the street. The Lady who was in the carriage was overcome at the Moe with 'the shock of the ,accident, and has since that endeavoured to assuage the grief of the parents both by perional attention and by peciinFary assistance.-The vordiCt was. deciden Pal Depth—but a deadamf was levied for the wheel that ran over the body of the boy.