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Y'RIPATr. CORREsPoNbzuci. EXTRAC T OP A PRIVATE LETTER 'PROM ILL. LAND, DATED 2IST I !!ST.-41 The greatest diffi. culties are thrown in the way of Vessels coming from all the Dutch Ports by the French Officers at thole Ports. Very lately attached to the Imperial ENthassy at M this . Court PICARD, , arrived at Rotterdam on his way to England, at the same time that the Countess De StAnx smszac arrived there with her two children and suite from England, on her way to Vienna. M. PICARD was, among "anY Letters from Vienna, charged with others by Me Countess to Count De STAHREMBERG, an. 4uncing her safe arrival ; whotti he was coming away, the Vessel was stopped by the French °fa. tertilvho examined the PJssengers and Vessel with ttaPrecedented severity, particularly M. PICARD, Making him pull off his boots, his neck-handkerchief, h&e, and took from him all the Letters with which e ars entrusted ; nor did his remonstrances, that Y were for the Ambassador of his IMPERIAL 14431 TY, at Cavell. The same severity continues tt)llt Pradised, an d a Veisel coming out of the " 4Pril With Passe ngers last Sunday was detained. ,„ I? °‘ VC aware that SimoraysLut has quitted olll 'lds and a Secretary of his, M. Mott v z Au, ;1146'91414 as Charge des Maim, hut in Get in t laVrcitotative of General MARMONT, who is It utit the French Minister in Holland. This Genet "fidnfli himself not by an rules of di. i-t/Ik te y r.P• trot as it General commanding over a eleeeede 6 untry t —to him all t h e sever i t i es l ate . Pedited are to be attributed. II at pr esent at S This General cutum Leen. sritlvic Amste r d am ; la At Brussels t th ese two arc to meet on Pll deY next at the Hague, where the latter is to !lye a grand lite. SCIIIMMELPE?7NINCK is COnsi. ' l eft(' in H o lland as a very able and a very honest In es; it is the astonishment of many, that he Would' ander the restrictions he is to labour, ac. ce n t the Chi e f Mstgistracy of Holland. Yet the People of that Country wish for any change, con. eti eittg drat none can b e for the worse. The Met -641111 of Holland, tired of th e difficulties they en. t/h 4111144 se sulye to re st , as to commerce, inanimate, t tl sense change, whi c h s h a ll put t h em on a more "re fftting, S h all be brought about. There can ter eain nn wonder at the universal dissatisfaelion * . hich Prtvails there, w h en t h e o b stru c t i ons and Pileeder which the C ommerce has been subjectedto ,Ic°lleidered, and i t i s k nown that, independen t o f it'diltft Taxes, which are considerable, every 11 : h " paid 15 per Cent, on his property. At Nirneguen and at Utrech t , t h ey are f u ll o f tho t ettetOr t oops t--This is owi ng to t h e P eop l e o f it places having manifehted some dislike to their 14P A hirs Polic t In Amsterdam and Rotterdam D utc h y has obtained the vittory over Dutch resent. Otte end they have b ut f ew F rench Military 10. PleYing up on them, but pl ent y of those taught Int lehtaol of F,JUCH 9 and th ese a b oun d t h roug h . 0 et that devoted Country," NA PAL ABUSES: ....., . \V R owe of room prevents us from laying before P cur l ectders, this day, the Narrative of some farmer ro c .. a . 'wings respe 1 411 than Cting th e Impress Service. We sulhni t t() publi c c•inst e i t . . , 'd ration this un. 1 Ptee edented Narrative, with the inconirrverti6lt 4v,,,„ oui1—"" °Pon which it rests. A charge more serious r apottant, h as never been brou gh rhin t forward since , . --Jurea Ancestors abolished the STAR CII AM II ER. ...... trior ,W :i!art recollett not hi ng in .the reign of the ...—. JAmes THE SECOND . that equals the contluti • to whi c h it i t w e refer. D espot i sm o f hi s time had,3 " , a umblance of L aw , or C oest i tur i ena l atith . ° "tY ; of these, in the instance we allude to t not the slightest trace can be discerned. But haws_ --,, ver w • 1 e m i g ht be justi • lied by late examples, w e ~,. ~ " 1 1l be just in our judgments, and will set our 1-111),P_°,11"3 ban example of candour, which we fear ) Will little inclined to follow. , ~,,_ Seat ........—___ vibinie at th e Ba at d o f Commissioners, to t ub " Lord isalLvtuAt's Private Secretary, r. , t I: ) 3 Ni t " ' Was appointed just before his 1,01(0.1' 1 1 f 0 4 146 ", Was Intended for Mr. Au a IN, the con tat NI Secretary of that great and gallant Adult._ av cr th ,e late Earl Ilowa, whose set vices will ofd lye remeinheted by a grateful Country.— )14110'41.May, un his smitten resignation, kit poinittf under the neces s ity of bestowing the ap. t , Mint on Mr. Boo Ge , b e i ng t h e o n ly seat then ,t e , nt. ike ' v li t , l i e nt has been another source of vexation at the 14,-1 Academy, relative to a pidttne painted by Pertt,;:„ikliwex• :This pidlure, it seems, is a Th e - "'l't a Lady who resides near Stanmom.— . ptr%bl'eaken tut whom the pidturi WAS painted, .a laid n t ,, n i f some consequence in the world, had, it is th e lit'vert the Arti,l permission to exhibit it at % tee (141 Acade my ; but as the work is admirably . a,ibel'elt he conceived that many inquiries would toter; " to the fair original, art 4 pAsihty that Mich L e t r i ! i 'll Of even scandal, might Ise the result ; b e t4r,tilUte determined that the portrait should not I ' l4 d Atli: greatly to t h e di sappo i ntment of the " h iitte.l and of all who h ave seen i t, as i t is ad. prwucou, be the very b t u eirast Isis pencil ever .ri)VbSOR, ArRIL 24. MAJCITY, notwithstanding the great leng►h end the necessary fatignei of the Ceremony and` Entertainments at the Chapel and Castle yesterday, was up at seven o'clock this morning, and walking in the Upper Castle Yard. About ten, the Foot Guards now at Windsor, to the number of t 150 , of the Ist and 2d Regiments, with the B►nds of the respective Regiments, and a Company of Horse Artillery, were reviewed in the Little Park, oppo site the Eastern Terrace, and commanded by Gen. LtsLi a. The beauty of the morning drew out vast numbers of the splendid assemblage of Nobility and Gentry who had been partakers of the pomp and festivities of yesterday from the arms of sleep, and crowded the Terrace with rank and fashion. In the Park olso there was a great concourse of persons of all ranks. HIS MAJESTY was mounted on his favourite Hanovetian dark chesnut Charger, elegantly capa. risoned. He was attended by their Royal High. nesses the ,DIMES Of YORK, KENT, CAMBRIDGE, and GLOUCESTER, PRINCE WILLIAM of GLOU. CESTER ' Earl of HARRINGTON, Generals WYN. YARD, GWYNNE, BROWNRICG, CARTWRIGHT, FITZROY, MANNERS, and a number of other Ge. neral Officers, Adjutants, and Royal Aides.de. Camp, Several Noblemen and Gentlemen, and Military Officers, were also in the Park mounted, in the Windsor Uniform, or in their respective Regi. mental:. Some Foreigners of distinltion were also present, in splendid Hussar habits ; and though the company were in morning dresses, the brilliancy of the Royal Retinue, and the excellent appearance of the Troops and their Bands, all newly clothed, aided by the pitturesque situation of the ground, formed a very grand speElacle: The PetticEsses ELIZABETH, Amat, ta, and MARY, and tee PRINCessS:;PbIIA of GLOUCESTE Koccompanied by Lady M AT t I.DAWYN. YARD, Lady GEORGINA BULKELEY, and several other Ladies of the Court, appeared several times on the Eastern Balcony, and conversed with some of the Castle Guests on the Terrace. The ground was kept by a detachment of the Royal H use Guards (Blue). About half past twelve Hts MA. JESTY returned to the Castle, attended,to the grand entrance by the Princes, the Staff, aral the Royal Retinue. Ht s MAJEsTY dismounted during the Review, and remained some time on foot in conversation with the Princes and General Officers, and some of the Ladies, particularly the Duictiess of GORDON. Among the other Comi , any on the Terrace, or in the Park, were his Royal Highness the - aims of CUMBERLAND, the Duke of BEAUFORT, the Mar. crosses of SALISBU ay and STArvoa Lords Clits'. TERFIELD, PAULETT, UXBRIDGE, \INCHELsEA, PEMBRoI:E, VILLIER, MORTON, RIYERs, So. MERYILLE, FoRTESCUE, ST.PFORD, CHATHAM, HoB ART, the Hanoverian Minister, Sir A. DOUGLAS, Sir T. TRIGGE, .Sir SIDNF.Y SMITH, Sir \V. W. WYNNE, Sir RICHARD ONSLOW, Sir JOSEPH BANKS, Lord CHARLES SOMERSET, Sit JO. 5F.1 , 14 YORKE, Col. SToproß D, the Hon, Mr. But,. KELEY, Sir STEPHEN CorritalLL, Mr. WINDHAM, Mr. ABRAHAM GOLD,MID and Namily , &c. &c. Among the Lirlies were, the Dutchess Of LEEDS, Ladies CHESTERFIELD, VILLIERS, FORTESCUE, YORKE, the Hon. Miss EDENS, &c. &c. Some SO. perk equipozes went our Of town this morning ; the Dutchess of NoRTHUMB ERLAND and Ladies PERCY, in a coach an:l six, attended by four out..iders ; the Ladies FITZRoY, Daughters of the Dutchess of GRAFTON, in a coach and four; and several other of the chief Nobility. Great efforts have been made at Frogmore, anti the preparations are of the most varied and enchant. ing description. Here the liberality of HIM MA. JESTY, and the acknowledged taste of the PRIN. C ESSEs, will shine conspicuously in the Rif of to. morrow. Our streets present the busiest scene ima. ginable,being filled with the carriages and equipages of the ROYAL FAMILY, and the Ladies visiting the Castle, and with Pedestrians of the highest rank. The conversation turns entirely upon the various sights of yesterday ; and the dignified and majestic demeanour of the KING, during the ceremony of the Installation, especially at the time of making thee offering, is the theMe of general admiration among the higher circles, and all the spettatrirs in the Chapel. A public Ball is to be given to-night at the Town. Hall, in honour of the Installation. The new Farce of The Soldier's Retstra im proved in public opinion upon repetition last night. ".1' he music is really very creditable to the taste and genius of the veteran Hoox a, and the Performers in general exert themselves with so much spirit as to render the piece very entertaining. COLMAN'S new Comedy promises to exempt the Proprietors of Covent Garden *theatre from all danger of kLaarting a guinea themselves, and we trust will also tend to afford an equal security to the ingenious Author. INntA.llousE.—Yesterday 11Court of Diredors was helol, when the following Captains were sworn int►► the command of their respedive Ships, viz. Capt. john Eckford, of the Diana, for Madras and Bengal. Captain Henry Christopher, of the Sir William Pultei►ey, fur Bombay and Bengal. The Court of Diredors of the East.lndia Com. pany have chosen Enwmto PARRY, Es q. a Mom. her of the Court, a thredor of ►he 14,ast.India Duck Co►npany, in the room of STEPURN WILLIAMS, Esq. deceased. Mr. WALLER, formerly Member for the. Court ty of Limerick, now a prisoner at Verdun, was lately,. through the interference of ARTHUR O'CuN• WWI, with whom he had been at College, offered a passport to return to England, by order of BONA. PARTE. Mr. WALLER having obtained spermis, sion to return a written answer, is said to have declared, that although he was extremely anxious, for many reasons, to return to his native country, he never could condescend to owe that privilege to a confessed and self.cotivided traitor. It affords us extreme sansfadion to be able to tsontradid the report lately circulated, respeding the capta►e and subsequent death of Captain GOODALL, of the Wertmeriamai Letter of Marque, in the West Indies ; no - such action, we arc assured, having taken place, EXTR ACT • PrtoM THE PAPqst,ALD ntroßtt ?Tit HOUSE 'or itllfirtCTlNG SIR HOME POPHAM. (Cowin:ie./iron cur Pater of neatly.), Copy of a Letter from Sir H. POPHAM to the Navy 'Lard.. ll.atea 3d Aug. 1803. To the Principal ()firers end Commit. of Hit Majesty's Navy, Loudon. GENTLEMEN, As I lave reason to suppose the copy of my letter to the Lott& Commissioners of the Admiralty, tinier dint the 26th ult. has been transmitted to y -►u, requesting that Mr. Spearman's accounts, who aced as Naval Ofiker in the Red Sea for tke Stria. ►iron I commanded, under the precedent established by the late Admiral Blankett, as well as any ac. counts that can be considered as relating to me, troy be taken into immediate consideration ; anti as I am anxious for the acceierati ►n of your. Report, I think ir t ni t y - not altogether be supererogating on my part to transmit some documents which m satisfy your minds that I took even more than common precautions to guard the.public Interest. The particular examination at Chatham of some Officers and pe►►ple chosen for that purpose from the Romney, the difficulty I had in obtaining permission to be present, the objelion to put one question fr o m me, ( 4 To know whether, if the repairs, which were done, had not been done, and recolieaing the weather we had experienced afterwards, the Romney would not have foundered i' have induced me, as the Court was formed by your order, and composed of Members of your Board, to trouble you on this occasion. The result of the examination while I was pre. sent, went, in a few words, to these points, " That the repairs which were done to the Romney were absolutely necessary, and none were done but what were so ; that I took every care of the King's Stores, and never made any wanton expence of them," That I consider to be eoncluiive in regard to the Romney, and have some satistaCtion iir knowing, that no ship under suclycircumstances ever had so little repair ; and if it was necessary to make refer.. ences, it would he found that cne repairs of other ships were nearly double, and the justice that witi done the Romney in such repairs has been publicly evinced, by her having been re.cdtomis.sioned within a few (Lys after my pendant was ordered to bo hauled down, and I am not aware that a precedent of such a circumstance exists. My care in regard to the Excicinge is manifested by the BM' drawn when I was sti Calcutta, which never exeeedea 61. The sairFie restri,!tion nhserved in the Red Sea, which was nor the case before, The Naval Officer's Letter (No. I.) will prove this assertion, and when there was a demur about granting more money from the Treasury, I abso. lutely ►old the Vice-President that the Romney might swamp at her moorings, and the Ctimpany's interest go unprotetled, if it was not issued at 25. 6d. for her repairs. The Letter (No. II.) will chew, that I did not omit reproving Mr. Louis when it was necessary. The order to Capt. Saute (No. III.) must be sa. tisfattury as to the precautions I took with regard to the Sensible before I sailed from Calcutta. I believe no 13111 i were drawn by me after Nov. !Sot, which can he ascertained by reference, and a comparative statement made between the Exchange of the Bills drawn under my approbation in the Red Sea, and chose of other Oftieer, I have the Honour to he, Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble Servant, iloms PoPttAht. York Platt, August 3, 1803. No. I.—Copy of a Letter from MATTHEW Louts, Eq. Deputy Naval °facer at Calcutta, to Sir HOMe POPHAM, K. NI, dated Oct. 29, xSor. BIR. Not having been able to obtain cash for Bills on the Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy, on the terms offered to the foblic, and as you have posi. avely direeted that I should not deviate from those proposed by the Hon. Company, under a cont•iEtion of its being attended with consequences equally in. jurious to both Governments, I request you will he pleased to apply to the Hon. the Vire.l'resident in Council, for an advance of a .I.ack of Rupees i n Treasury Bills for His Majesty's Naval Service at this port, viz. Fifty Thomand towards providing the stores anti supplies ordered for the use Of fits Majesty's ships Sheerness, Wilhelmina, and Vitfior, in the Red Sea, and Fifty Thousand moir on ac. count of His 'Majesty's ships "golfing and refitting at this Purr. 1 have the honour to be, (Signed) MATTHEW Louis, Pep. Naval Officer. No. 11,—From MATTHPW Louis, Egg. Sce. to Sir Home POPHAM, k. 2vl, datctt 20111 NuYCM. ber, 1801. I conclude my reply to the Letter I had the ho. !nit 10 receive of the 17th itl3olllt, could not have reached you when you left town, and therefore em br ac e t he opportunity your arrival now affotds me of replying to it, with a view to !move those intl►ressions which the representai hint mentioned in your Letter appear to have excited so much to my di,advantage. I am not aware that Hui Majesty's service has suircred the snilliest disgrace from my conduct, in the discl,arge ut my duty as the Naval Officer a the port of Calcutta ; on the contrary, I am conscious of having exercised every exertion in my power for the good of the service. No demand, were.ever brought me, bearing your signature, tlia 1 did nut directly accept for payment ; and in the particular instance to which your Letter immediately applies, the required advance for the tow.boats lot His Ma. jetty's ship Romney was made many days before she left Mayapour. The day I left town Mr, Shore informed me a further advance was necessary, and told him the money should be paid the moment a receipt was tent fur the required amount ; but no such receipt bad been sent when I left town ; print to which I had accepted all the bills fot pilotage, assuring Mr. Law they shoul.l be discharged on th e dispatch of the ship, until when his bills had rievsf been discharged by me on any former occasion', and which assurance he was pettedly satisfied with. „ , I trust, therefore, you will do me the justice to make me acquainted with the name of the 4 u t h or , o 'f this malicious representation, as well as with th r ak names of those variety of other complain.ints writs have caused this general impression ,gain:r me i n your opinion, that I myy be enal led to remove it ays tUlly to your satisfaCtion as I fed myself 6,144 t oo do, in support.of the situation I have the honour,t9 fill, and in justification of my own innocence. And I beg you to be' pettedly assured, Sir, that His Ma . .. jesty's Service shall never incur the least impedi. anent or disgrace by any tardineia whatever on my parr, in satisfying the just claims of indiVidcals in toy province to discharge by your order. I have the hemour t' be, cgtc. (Signed) MATTH F. it Lot T 11. Deputy Naval, (Aker.. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. GENOA, MARen 26.—A Corvette has been go, in readines here; and exertions are using to enlist sailors for the French service in pursuance of the Convention recently concluded. This enlistment has been the cause of a trifling tumult in a village, not far from hence ; as the rebellious, however; merely consisted of the fair sex, who, on these sc. capons, are not much to be feared, peace and trans. qttillity were soon• restored. Notwithstanding the allowance to be made for the feelings 'of :women, about to lose their husbands, it has been deemed expedient to fine the village as,ooo litres, and to sand 200 men there to guard against similar irre. golarities. BERLIN, APRIL 9. —At the Audience held at Potsdam on the 6 n inst. the ?ranch Arnbassad9t, M. LAFOR EST, delivered the seven grand Badges' of the Legion of Honour, one of winch was des'. tined fur His Majesty the King of PRVsSI A. Ths distribution of tile Qtliers was left to the Ambassa. dor by the king they were for his Royal High. neat Prii.ce FERDINAND, the reigning Duke of BRUNSWICK, Field Nlarshal MOLLENID9O.P, ant the Cabinet Minister Count VoN 36HULENBURa KEHN,RT, Biros HARDENE ERG, ;lIIICI COLIIII HAUG« w ITZ., Prince FEID t NAND, on the receipt of his, presented the French Ainoassador with a valuable snufFb,,x, The Badge destined for the Duke of BituNswlcr; Was confided to the C:ife Of M. SAIL;. TON, the Duke's Minister, to be by him transmitted to Brunswick, PARIS, Are IL 4.--While the Emperor was walking through the Park at Brienne, he heard that an old woman still lived, who inhabited a small cottage in the middle of the wood, and whither he had frequently repaired, while at the Military School at Brienne, to drink milk. His Majesty bent his way thitherwards ; asked the old woman if she' recolletfted BONAPARTE ?-0n hearing the name, the poor woman tell at the Emperor's feet; he raised her up, asked her if she had nothing to offer him ?---" Milk and eggs," answered she to the Emperor; he took two • eggs, gave the old wo'.. man assurances of his favour, and left her a purse of gold. VRRVAY, IN HELVETIA, "ietti. 3.—Yestarday a dreadful conflagration destroyed the charming vit. lage of Bulle, in the Canton of Friburg, four houses only excepted. The inhabitants are thus reduced ter misery 'and despair. The tire broke out in the day time, ih a wash.house. The trade of this place hae suffered considerably in consequence. . . Sittings appointed in, Middles e x an d London before the Right Hon. Envy ARD Lord ELLENBOROUGii, Lord Clkiefiuttice„ &c. in and after Easter Term, tbos. . IN TERM, MIDDLILSLx.. May 6 Monthly - Monday - - 1 3 MOMI.II - - 2o 21 Thursday - - LONDON. Wednesday - - May Wednesday Is Wednesday - 23 Saturday - 25 TERM. Thursday - 32 j W4.:(lncday The Coroner's Inquest was yesterday held on am body of Mr. StAtPKIN, late Master of the Crown and Anchor tavern, in the Strand. Two of the Waiter; stated, that as the deceased, between eleven and twelve o'clock on Monday night, was coming down the last flight of stairs, he lost his hold of the ban. nisters, and pitching over, fell upon his' stomach, first on the lower bannisters, and then upon his head in the stone hall. He remained issensible„ and did not utter a word before his death, which took place in about four hours. ' The Verdict was—AccidiNtal Death. Mr. Strarx ti was an amiable, rustiest, and worthy man. . . It i; said, but we hope without foundation, that R iawere dancing at the C rown ' an d A nc h or whenrMr. Simmurt met with the fatal accident which put a period to hia lifo ; and, though they were,told of the melancholy event, and the shuck. ink; situation of Mr. Sit.txtx, they relibed to rain.. quish their tarmac:Tient, which they continued till after hia death, totally regardless of the oonsterna. tin which prevailed over the house, and the de. plorable state of the. family. A post.chaise set oil on Sunday, from the King's Arms, Plyin,,wh, for TavistuCk, with a Chest, con:. mining 1000 pillar+, as a present from Lord Corti.. kANt, and the Officers and CieW of flis Majesty's Ship Pajla to the Spanish Officers who belonged to three of her Prizes. On Tuesday last John liopkins, of Shasta:l, untntunately tell into a vat of boiling wort, at the Rose and Crown Inn.; he languished in great avnics till the licit day, when he expired. Yesterday died suddenly, at his scat in the emir. try, JO/01 Ct.rmarcrsorr, Esq. late Deputy Ser. jeant at Arms to the House of Commons, This Gentleman discharged his (Ake with firmness, OM. Bence, and fidelity, tor many years, and lately re. signed it, and it was then given 10 Isis SON HI was a very amiable and respectable charatler in pri. vate life. Died, on Saturday the loth inst. at Clifio r ,, wh ere he went for the recuvery of his hooltti, IVltettAar. WOOD, Esq. of Cork, deservedly mewed by his num-roux frit:nth he was t . en.tet husband, an alfcaionate parcnr, anti a sincere frien.l.