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teside, we believe to be perfeelly true, but can ally man soberly anticipate Peace as the issue of these communications P It is a thing that ought not to be thought of. If BONAPARTE shall set that these communications of the Russian Ministers have the effect of damping our exertions, he will probably have them carried on during the summer, or until be is prepared to strike his blow of Invasion ; and if we are not duly prepared, what may not be the consequence ? Let us be armed against the ut. most daring of the Enemy, and then look around us in the midst of our security ; but let it be remembered, it is only by timely and vigorous preparation that we can be secure. The Mediation of Russia is certainly not an unimportant objeel ; but our first considera:ion ought to be to preserve our Country, and when we have convinced our Enemy that we arc not only invulnerable to his at. tempts, but are perhaps able successfully to assail him in our turn, then, and not till then, shall we obtain a Peace worth having—an honourable, secure, anti permanent Peace. *zesterday morning at eight o'clock 1-Its MA. Jttry and the PRINCESSES attended Divine Service at the Chapel Royal, Windsor. After breakfast fits MAJESTY and the DuKs of CAMBRIDGE, the PIUNCESSES SOPHIA and Ame. LTA, attended by General GARTH, Colonels F/Tz koy and SPENCER, Major Debi)Row and Lady Ptir j wok an airing on horseback in Windsor treat Park, and inspected the Farms and returned to the Queen's. Lodge about two o'clock. }ha MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES AUGUSTA and ELIZABETH cook an airing to Frogmore and walked in► the Gardens till about one o'clock. -- --- A Cabinet Council was yesterday held at Lord PAwitEutritY's Office, after which Dispatches . Were made up for St. Petershurgh. Count LAAIOLOY, the Russian Nobleman who arrived lust week with a Dispatch for Count WokoNzow, Ifft• town last alight, on his return to St. Petersbnrgh. Mr. Ross the Messenger was two days ago 'lisp:itched to Paris. The Itsv. Dr. FisH E R, one of the Canons of Windsor, io promoted to the Bishopric of Exeter : the successor to the vacant stall at Windsor is not yet declared. We are happy to announce the receipt of Letters front Gibraltar to the 19th of May, which are en tirely silent rtspeaing any thing like the accounts brought through.the medium of the French Papers. 'Ute Gartison continued healthy. The following is a List of the Peers who voted at the late Elettion at Etlinbuigh FOk Loan Prince of Wa les.""'" Dukes Hamilton, Lenox, Gordon, Athol!, and Montrose.-- tarls Crawford, Errol, Eglintoun, Cassillis, Home, A her- COM, Koine, Gallow;:y, Lautte.rdale, Dalhousie, ' Dysart, Dundonald, Kintore, lireaclalbane, Dunmore, Hyndtbrd, stair, Roscherry, Portmore, and Bute.—Lords Cathcart, Sempill, Somerville, Torpichen, Reay, Bel baven, Rollo, and Kinnaird. Fon EARL Kr.1.1.1L. —Dukes Buccleugh ' Queensberry, nd Roxburgh,--Earls Caithness, Morton, Moray, Strath more, I ladditigton, Leven, Northesk, Balcarres,Aboyne, G las ray, Hopetoun, Delorante, and Fa lk lancl.—Viscount At- Etalmot.—Lords Elphinstone, Napier, Rircuclbright, and iibank One of the Pinburgli Papers of last Week says On Saturday afternoon, the five Smacks with the 92(1 Regiment, sailed from Leith Roads for tlarwich, ,under convoy of a Stoop of War.' From iinrwich the Smacks go-to-Fort George to embark the 26th Regiment, and return with them to Har, wiche The 26th, .tzd, arid 9211 forma Brigade It Colchester, under Major-General Butt:. 4.2(1 Regiment Matched into Colchester last Thurs. day : " A Letter front Edittbt►rgh says, Generals VYSE end DON, with their suite, have been at Dunbar on a sovey of the cow. They olsoinspetted the rove walks on *Web, it is said, barracks far cavalry, to *anti& moo horses, and an ordnance dept, are to be built, A large barrack for infantry is to be construed an the Gallow Green, west side of that town, the two to, contain 3000 men. The garrison of Ipswich now contains 7006 d fenive men. _ _ :Some time ago a Commission ryas appointed'by a certain Board, to inquire into abuses which were supposed to . exist at three Head-Quartets of the Royal Marinei,. and a Letter was sent from that Boatd - tO the-Commanding Officers of each of the three Divisions, beginning thus :—.4 1 Whereas he. *Outs and flagitious praftiCes have been carried oh under your cunimand, &c, &c. &c." Thus old and tespeBable and' honourable Officers Were stigma. tined as Robbers and Plunderers, without examin. ation or defenCe, and it clearly appeared to be with. out a shadow of reason, fur after a minute exituina. tion by the Committee into the alledged abuses, mot one meal found to eisiit It is thus the Public Ser. vice is now carried on. It k t curious fast s that though the Marines' constitute a fifth pan of the men voted for the Navyi a %linty of Three Guiiieo is all' that is at present allowed for men enteriniL ix* that service, though every other corps is. "il Mi. The consequence of .this is ? that the Marines get no men. From one division only there, are 5 captains, t;¢ subalterns, det serjeants, as: ler porak, eodrumnieis, and 106 privates, making an oggregate of 242, out upon the recruiting.service and the return from all these for one week was right 12erP144,1 Ile Royal Marines ate a Corps which used io have a decided preference but where the bounty money is so great in other corps, they can. noit reasonably exped to ge t _ recruits at 3 guin e a s . Yesterday, the Loan MAYOR ordered. Aread to continue at.9id. the Quartern Loaf, Wheatells.and tiousehold, at Bi(L • Tu-tnotrow a Court of Common Counc wi be held at Guildhall, for the clettion by ballot of a junior Clerk of the Court of Requests ; and on an especial Court of Aldermen, to swear into lake Sir IP,.trrit4w BLOXAM, Krit. Alderirt3nCif the ‘c•t4rd of bridge Within, in the room aqui'. 11 ,,1 113 tar Esquire,gately res igned ; and afterwa.ds a Lclllinon H u ll f or t h e e l e dion of Sheriffs and other City Officers, ar.:-.uslly chosen on MidialornerdaY. NA VA L i'4l PLYMOUTH, June to.—Arrived the French Ship La Belle Sophie, laden with sugar, &c. and a large quantity of specie, from Port,au-Princf,..captured by His Majesty's Ship Thuneferer, last from Torbay. Arrived the Brig Supply, Capt. JQHNSON, laden with hides, furs, &c. from Pensacola, bound to London, put in to wait Convoy. Arrived the French National Brig La Celombe, mounting to guns, captured on her passage from Mdrtinique, by His Majesty's Ships Dragon and, Endytnion. Sailed the Conqueror, of 74 guns, to join the Channel Fleet. Arrived the Sceptre, of 74 guns, from the Fleet. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 22. E--This morning, in con. sequence of an Express from the Admiralty, the Orpheus, lij'dra, Cerbtrus, and two other Frigates, sailed fur Guernsey and Jersey, and others are ex peeled hourly to sail, it being reported that the French meditate the invasion of those Islands. Arrived the Ganges Man of War from Jamaica. The Blanche and Lapwing Frigates ate coming in from the Eastward. Arrived at the Mothetbank, and put under qua rantine, the William, BO XriE L D, from Venice and Zante, bound to London, with currants, silk, and other goods. Sailed from Zante the 28t11 April. Left at Venice the Brig Jarvis, WOOLLY mas. ter, for London, and Liberly, MILLER, for Am. steraam. The William was spoke the ist inst. off Cadiz, by a French Frigate, who inquired whe ther it was War between England and Trance, and was answered of course in the negative. DEAL, juin ye—Sailed His Majesty's Sloops Antiinm and Lynx, to the Westward. Arrived Commodore Sir WILLIAM SIDNEY SMITH, Bart. in His Majesty's Ship Antelope, from a Cruize, and the Basilisk, from the Northward. Sailed fast night, the Honourable E:ist India Com. pany's Ships Earl Splicer and Tigris, with the whole of the outward.bound to the Westward. • GALLANTExrI.O Blanche Frigate, Corn. minded by Capt. Monne, being upon the Coast of France, took a small fishing-boat :it imtnediately occurred to the First Lieutenant, Mr. FaoMow, that something might be done to annoy the enemy even with this; and he not only proposed to fit her up as a gun-boat, with a t ZUL carronade, but also volunteered to take the command of her himself. Four seamen, four marines, Mr. Locer sa, Master's Mate; and Mr. Berrswoittx, Midshipman, made up the crew. • Being thus provided, they immediately sailed into the hatbour of Havre, and came to an anchor about five • in the morning, determined to brave every event fortune might expose them to. They had not been long in this situation before they.: saw a sloop, deeply laden, about •to come into the harbour. They determined ,to attack her, did so, and lime diately carried her. Mr. B. with two mcn, was placed aboard her, and &retied to proceed to the frigate, which was at a distance in the oiling. This transamtion being perceived by the people of Havre, a brig, mounting 16 guns, which lay in the harbour, was ordered to slip anti chace the boat : she did so, and coming within pistol shot, opened a heavy fire of grape shot upon the boat ; her sails were torn, and her hull was shattered ; but fortune, which always favours the brave, preserved the lives of the gallant men who were on board of her; Not at all discouraged by the inequality of the contest, they kept up a brisk and determined fire with their car. ronade upon the Brig, beat in her quarter, and us she was crow d e d w ith m en who volunteered for the occa. sion, such a well.diretted fire must have had consider. able effea. This action continued with equal ardour on both sides, till the Frigate, having heard the can nonade, and Made sail towards the harbour, checked the impetuosity of the Frenchmen; who, consulting their own safety, left the boat with her prize, and made the best of her way into Havre. When the Frigate came up to the boar, her gallant crew left her, and immediately returned her to the poor fish. ermen from whom they had taken her. the following Appointments have taken place; Capt. Noa tv tothe Tromps, or 54 guns. Capt. W. G. RerrnLaroßn to the Decade, of 38 suns, at Portvinouth. Capt,,GROJSTT to the Trent, of 3 guns. Capt. COL. QV irr to the Princ.essof 22 guns. Capt. W. FOOTZ to the Tisipane, of 12 glans, at Plymouth. lieutenants Mit:ARLAND and La GROS are appointed to the rank of Commanders. Capt. PRS33I. AND is appointed Agent for Prisoners of War at Llveriwl. Capt. 'Fuss t oak. Arent tbr Prisoners at Portsmouth. L Capt. Pounat4, um • (140 Liverpool. Capt. STIRLING 15 appointed to go but Commis. sioner to J.tniiica, and Capt. C. It LANG 10 An. tigna. Accounts have been: received •at the - Admiralty, of a French 84 gun ship and. cutter, being seen di - tiiiing in the North Sea ) information - of which has been sent to our ships on that station, . who, it thought,• will not fail of falling in with them, The. Scrutiny for the Borough Eliffinn was not entered into yesterday, as was expetted. The Counsel op both sides met at the Town Hall, ac. cording ic k appointment. when a request was made in behalf of bir THOMAS Micron, to put the busi„ nes, off until Thursday next, its consequence of the Baronet hav ing suffered , a loss in his f4mily (the death of a daughter)., Mr. TisiueY complied. The Counsel for Sir TitoitAs wished to ma ke an arrangement with the other side, to scru tinize one parish before they entered into another, which was obit 61ed to. The e orsons will therefore b e taken todivtilually as they polled. His IVlaystr s ship IN Rmyhrr, with the 87th Regiment on board, ar r i ve d at Antigua the beginning of m ay, !pa) Inuctica, in a very leaky condition, 'PLAN OF' DE .PENCE POR OUR COASTING TRADE: Duottila the late as well as former War, tiltnik instances occurred of Vessels being captured by small . French Privateers, close in with out own Shore, for want of a Gun or small Battery to afford them shelter and proteftion. These small Priva teers make ,a pradice of stretching across Channel in . the night, and, being under our Coast at day light, are ready to pounce upon any Merchant Vessel or Trader, that .may happen to he within their reach. These Vessels so situated have no chance of escape, as though they may be near the Shore, they . may be at a great distance from any Battery or protected Anchorage. In order to defeat such a_ Plan on the parr of the Enemy, it is recommended to place, at proper distances along the. Coast, on head-lands command. ing Bays, a Ghot, or in some places two, 18 Pounders, to be distinguished at Sea by a Flag being displayed. These Guns to be mounted on the late improved carriages, which are so easily worked... A little parapet • or 'breast-work may be thrown up to cover the ..men stationed at the Gun, and the distance ' sand situation of these little Bat teries to be determined . by circumstances, by the nature of. the Coast, and the frequency of Vessels passing. It is calculated that two men would,he sufficient to work an i 8 Pounder upon the ne w ly, constructed carriage, and for their accommodation a small hut or cabin might be erected at a very trifling expense. The men employed on this ser_ vice may be Invalids, taken from Greenwich or Chelaea Hospitals. The expende attending such ao EsraWishment as this would lie very trifling, and would soon be saved to the Nation, by the protec. tion afforded to our Coasting Trade. These hints are*suggekted by an Officer skho had opportunities of seeing -during the last War, and more particularly in the West Indies, the benefits resulting from a similar plan adopted by the French, where they had scarcely a Ship of War to proted their Coasts : Yet their small craft, and numerous little Privateers, to the great • annoyance of our Trade, had easy ingress and egress so and from their Ports, from the aid that such Guns and Bat teries, judiciously placed, aiforded them, though they were frequently only manned by a few negroes. For, except the °bled he deemed worth risking men's lives, and hazarding the loss of masts, &c. it is hardly prudent to attempt silencing such Bat. terics, for the. purpose of cutting out Vessels, the value and importance of which arc not ascertained. If this consideration holds good respeEting regular Ships of War, it operates snore powerfully on Pri. vateets, whose interest it is to avoid serious danger and contest, excepting with the evident prosped of facility and advantage. Should the principle of this system of auxiliary Wlnitime Defence be deemed eligible, it might be extended to the whole of our Coast, expoied to the incursions of petty Privateers, anti conneded with the Signal Posts of communication, where the Vo lunteers,Sea Feneibles, and others, would occasio,i ally be-at hand to assist in working. the Guns, and affording protedion to the • Shipping that would naturally close the Shore for the purpose, in case of danger. THI MBA3'Rl3.—Aftet g.; the Comedy of Mayer and Maas, *title Haym arket Theatre last night, the whimsical Farce of Fortune's Frolic introduced a new Performer to the Audience in the part of Robin Rough.bead. • This Performer, whose yam is Gtwva, is a Gentleman who, we understand, has often exerted his talents in Private Theatres, which are very properly transferred to the Pub. lie Boards. He seems to have a just conception of the rustic chart ter. He - gave the manners as well as the dialed-of the part, with spirit and pre. cision. His humour was simple without coarseness, and the warm reception he experienced from a nu merous Audience, was a due tribute to the quaffed. ed merits of his performance. The M A KOIt.AVINE OfANSPACH gratified a large party of her friends on Monday at Brandenburgh. I louse, with a repetition of her dramatic Perfotm. ances, which consisted of the French Piece translated by herself, and a Pantomime derived from a story in The Aeatillu Nights' Entertaiulteuts., Between the Ads Mr. ANosLo highly diverted the Aedience with his ludicrous Duet of the Streekilallad-Singets. The supper was pertieularly sumptnnus, elegant, and abundant. Indeed the splendour which attended this delicious repast, reulized those scenes. of fabled magnificence froth which a part of the Dratria tic Entertainment was taken. The company, which were mostly of the higher orders, were so much de. lighted With the' variety of plea'ure afforded by their hospitable host and hostess, that 'the meeting did not break' up till five in the morning. The Marquis of HIMTLY, it is said, will shortly lead to the Altar of Hymen the beautiful, and ac complished Lady SARAH FAN E{ Caps.GOOIiALL, husband to Mrs. GOODALL 4,he athess, has.. been Commander of a privateer lately, and has taken a Dutch East Indianian worth -Bo,cool. ATT&MPT Stile t ra.--Nesterday morning be tween four and five o'clock, Mr. B-, a gentleman of respeEtability, attempted' to put a period to his existence, et his residence, near the Jew's Harp Houses. Nil Road, Martele.bone. He rose from bed between four tied five in the morning, and owee of his ntintoan dausie adjoining itt room, where a young Indy, n was a sleep; he awoke Wer, and said, if My dear, Gad bless • yon, you shall never see me more." He then left the room, anti went down stairs into the kitchen. The daughter in an instant arose, aod apprised her mother of the circumstance. They instantly went in pursuit of him ; but before they r could 'reach the kitchen, he had cut his throat. With 3 knife, hut did not .penetrate the, wind-pipe. An immediate alarm was given, and medical assistance was procured. It appears That. Mr. had beets principal managing clerk for near so years in a banking.house which lately failed in ,Bond.sneet, and continued in it till the failure. The r e is no rarticular cattle aseigned for this rash and melancholy aft, We are happy to add• that the physicians had last :night every bore of his recovery. COPIEA7II CA#P, Stint id, Tke weather has been extremely UnfaVattrai the Encampment ' as it has rained every da y sinctt the ramps 'took the' IFettl The Soldier/ all .sertri in good spiritY, It is gencralli i eupposed that the Camp will be 'Very strongt Maid/tone Fair commenced this tirt , there wns a great show of good horses, but few buyers, in consequence of the exorbitant 'price that. uvas asked. - The hat Middlesex Regiment marches from Chatham on Friday next, w encarrlp helve SHEERNESS, Jur n 18. GENE kAL Sir DAVID MIND AS yesterday;, tended by Major-General Ross and Colonel Nta P riot, Chief Engineer of the Chatham 15istr:a, ar, rived at Sheerness, where they minutely examined that Fortress and its out.wotk, ; andpointed out to the Resident Engineer (Captain HANDF r r LA*, some improvements at this moment highly judicious anti necessary. Amongst many others, they direfted :that especial attention should be 1)41 to the. fo ss surrounding the Magazine * and that all the bastions, without the smallest delay, should be put into the most petfea state, and kept so for service.• On the Ordnance and Gun Wharf arc imtnediatOly to be crated, a new smithy and gun-carriage store.% house, both of which were much wanted. They inspeded with minute attention' all the casemates, and bomb proof Magazine, the ovens and furnaces for heating shut, and the ..water-works, tanks, cisterns, &c.. and made themselves fully masters every point about this very important pnst. General DurroAs reviewed part 'of' four Com." Tallies of the 7th Royal Garrkon Battalion, tinder the Command of Major Lna4,the only Troops in the place, who went through their evuluiions and manoeuvres with the firm steadiness 1 veterans, highly to the General's.satisfaelion and their own credit, The 'Troop being deemed innflicient, the q; , .. nerd will cause them to be withvot loss of Litn:kre. inforced. In their return to and from the Ordnance Store;, which are in' the Docklard, they examined it, with a view to the most effeetual plan of defending it : while they were in the Dockyard, tilt Docks still under repair ; and Which now.. 'goes on rapidly since thn diseharged artificers have been et.entifed,• were attentively looked,at. After a fatiguing day of real and•rniiinte inspect. don, and after paying ,iheir compliments to Lord KEITH, our aeltVe and much esteemed Commander in Chief, they u.olt some refreshinent in Sir jititir.r. M'Atcot.m's Barrack, and returned to ChAinain,' the General's Iledd,Quarters. Lord Ku MI, Admirals Itowt.eX.••and Ttiottft. BOROUGH, now at Shoetness, by their conciliating' • condui, strong exertions. and example, are . eallint forth:the•adive energies of all s deseriptko of per:. soni, and in the most happy and•cfreetuto manoer arc rousing them to a due tense of the danger with • which thCouiltry is tlitateued. Lord KJ: tTri had• three Batavia') Ves,els, cepttned and tent into the Nore examined very particularly as to their draft of 'water, ,which is ,very shallow, and in all other respeos, in order to render them useful in the de_ Fens; of our Shores, they being very strong and capacious good Vessels, and wellconstruded to pass over shoals, sands,' and . thrOrfgh ba dhow wateitt;--- By his Lordahip's activity, Most of the BloCk'Shipt are moved from the Great Nore to their destina, tions ; and with a like praiseworthy industry and zeal, in person his Lordship has viewud anti cx. .amined, attended by some- experienced Officers, with scrupulous altention, every eminende and height that can be turned to any good account, as a Signal Post, Telegraph, or otherwise, for a great distance on the Kentish and Essex sides of the MEd_ way and Thames.—His Lordship has got the De.. fence, Captain Geo acs FloFa, down from Chat hatn to Longreach, where she only waits for ,men.--The Monarch is in great forWardnesi, and will join her from the same place in a very few days. •, Captain CutftattiGHANt (ot the C6,le in . the War) tas commissioned the Peinersi of °rang', of 74. guns, at Chatham. SUNDAY, itINE 19.—At two o'clock Admiral Tttoaxao OUG It embarked On board the- tedi Frigate, Captain HotVyt , amt, and sailed immediate!! on some secret service. MOM' of the Transports assembled at the ,Nore were yesterday discharged the service with two months pay, by captain' )(nu N 9, 'who was at Sheer» ness for that purpose such as were eoppered and well armed are only retained,' and thy are sent roundlo the Western Ports. to be - ernployed as Con_ voya all the discharged Ships are gone up the Thames. CORN EXCH4A 7 GE, juNt CRAIN CORIititICS to ntriVe in good qoantity Wheat to-day goes riff' heavily at a trifle Barley and Malt are in the late state, scarce. Ally thing doing; in l'eae or Beam there App ,rs v atiaijon ; although we have plenty of Oats, the great demaril creates an advance of about rg. Isl. qvattcr; Flour plentiful, and 2S. loves Irian last ,Arek. :Wheat 474 a 56i a 6 , 3 i od. ditto - b.i a 65i Oil Rye 34s a 356 ad loy A.. 208 4 115 i od Matt - :404 a 454 od Whiia Pmts; ay a 4i3az od Gray ditto » 2ra a3ss od Beans it; 345 Cd Tick l l) , :ans - 27, a 30% fd 005 :'.'it) POlantlttittO 28, 0,1 Rape Scot 3sl u 395, Titre Plow - it 53s 011 .Sttooilds 4S a sou Philadelphia anti New-York Papers, '.to the rfith of Ait' ay, are _received.. The Spaniards, in coniplet. , ing the cession of Louisiana to France, signified, that they had provided for the preservation of all the rights'of the Americans to the free navigation of >the Mississippi, and. the use, of New Or , !eans its a:- freeport. A Vreneli Pram had arrived..at New The• American not yetinform— ed of Bol4ArAßTP. P .'ctittsion. of Lnuisiana- to the ttnitedStates. .Those Papers brought no interest. log news. , • On Monday next the 101 tiAttalion of the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards wiil march from Lontinrs to Chatham,• commenden by General- WYNVARD ; those of. the Coldstream .arid of Oft 3a io eltei.n4.> Lord, under the command of £YL