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.1V - A 1; AL AT t 117.„,.. ;irs'rbtiTti; JtJLY -t 7.-=-Arrived the 21drian hited ArmM . Cutter, Uetit. CARTER; from a Cruize ofl 4 'Rochefort ; sailed tlymce, the. 4th instant ; left the British Fleet, consisting of six Sail of the Line, all welt. 'The Eneaiy's Fleet, in, the Harbour of ,llochefort, - .Consisted'of. five Sail of the Line, five Frigates, and three Brigs, together with.a new Ship. of 80 guns, lately launched, and fitting for sea with all expedition. Arrived the Revolutionaire Frigate from a Cruize; and the Brisk Sloop of War from the Irish Channel. The Latona Frigate went out of Harbour this morning, and anchored in the Sound. Sailed the Badieur, of 98 guns, to join the Chan nel Fleet. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 1 8 .—Arrived the Redbreast Gun-brig, Lieut. J. B. HARRISON, from a Cruize and the Borough, PATTISON, from Sunderland. The Orpheus Frigate, with the Mediterranean and West India Convoys, remlin,at* St. Helen's, wind bound. Arrived the Atlas Transport, Captain FxLmoRB, from the Westward,- under convoy of a Gun-brig. This morning the Doncaster Transport, Captain WlL'uAms, caught fire, but 'with proper assistance the fianies were. soon extinguished; and po lives inst. SHEERNESS, JULY 17.—Arrived the Astrea Fri gate, of 32 'guns, Capt: DUNBAR. Came down from the River, and sailed again im mediately, the Deptfivd Tender, 'Lieut. :.A.NTRAm, having Volunteers, &c. for' the Fleet, and several French Prisoners from the Elcario, at Gravesend, to be setit to the Prison-ships at Gillingham. Sailed for the River to be paid off, the Amelia Frigate, Captain 14ARDIMAN. The Naiad Frigate has just come out of Dock. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Theseus, of 74 guns, captain HOPE, for Portsmouth. , bovER, JULY M . —A Fleet of eleven Sail of homeward-bound East Indiarnen has just arrived off rcilkstone, under- Convoy of Hii Majesty's Ships Tremendous and Pitt. JULY 18.--Sailed the Piper and Ea tier Excise Cutters on a Cruize to the Northward; and remain the Charger, Earnest, Centenel„ and Aggress& Gun-brigs. DEAL, JULY 18.—Sailed the Pomona Frigate on a Crui ze, Passed by for the Downs, His Majesty's Ship Tremendous, with a Fleet of Ships under convoy, from the East Indies: We are happy to announce. the safe arrival in. the Downs of the following - Ships from the East Indies ) under Convoy of the Tremendous, of 74 gun, and the Hindostan; of bo guns : - - From Bengal—z The Surrey, Lord Duncan ; Lady Castlereagh,. and Walpole. From Madras----The Chdrlton, Admiral Gardner, Metcalf ; and Devonshire. Froin Bombay- , -:The Earl Camden, City of Lon don, and Ceylon. The above Ships left Point de Galle on the 16th of March, arrived at - St. Helena on the 15th of May, and sailed from thence on the 24th'; spoke , the outward-bound China *Fleet on the] l th of June (Neptune, Anniston, Marquis of Ely, Cirencester, Marquis Wellesley, Marchioness of Exeter, Glat ton, Thames and Royal Charlotte), in lat. 8. 30. N, long. 23. 30. W. under-convoy of the Lion and Medusa, all well. • The Ships from Bengal sailed from thence on the 22d of February. • On the 15th of March a Fleet of Ships•from Bom bay passed Point de Galle ; amongst which were the Preston and Phcinix Ind amen, on their return to Bengal. The Thalia Frigate, with the Allion and Diana, arrived at Madras on the 9th of February I and the Tigris and Ann on the 3d of March. Passcrlcsas rss Straitt:tr—Lieutenant-Colonels I. 0. Vandeleur, Fraser, ar.d Baker ; .M :jots Dovetorrand Harriott ; Captains Mansergh and M`Gregor ; Lieutenants Bright and 1'ul1y; Messrs. Hopkins, "Young, Harrington, Wordsworth, KnOx, and Coles ; Mistresses F razor, • Wordsworth, Cum_ berlege, and Lambert; five Misses Frazer, two Misses Bar. low, Misses Curnberlege, Robinson, and G. Kyan; three Masters Frazer, Masters Barlow, Cuinberlege, Harrington, Hickman, Kyani Lambert, and M'Gregor. From St. He lena—Master W. Doveton. The Perseverance outward hound, arrived at St. Helena, about the Igth of May, with stores for that Island. WILLIAM FULLER, Esq. Surgeon of the Ceres, is removed to the Bristol . Prison-ship at Gillingham ; and S. EDEN, Esq. from Half-pay, is appointed to the Ceres at the Nore. We learn from Newry,under date the 7th instant, that the .Wickham Cruizer, Capt. ions FULLAR- Tori, which had 'been ordered out to cruize for an American Ship that was to attempt to' carry off Passengers from that Country to America, without licence, and , contrary to Mt of Parliamew, had the good fortune to fall in with her, in company with the Ross,. and had.carried her safe into Newry, the night before the date of our letter. She is a fine Ship, of nearly 400 tons hurthen, and will be a good prize ; as, it issaid, Government are determined .to put the law in force agziinst' her. She. had on hoard 118 persons. • On Monday evening as Mr. S. SIMsON was riding to Chathani he was stopped by two men,. near the Star public-house, on Chatham-hill,, who robbed ittn of a silver hunting‘wateh, a half-guinea, a seven shilling piece, and Wine silver, with which they rude off: • TO THE EDITOR or THE SUN. SIR, A The Author of a'Pamplet en t iced Dianiozd Gut Diathond, haVing stated in an editi'On publi.shed yes terday, that I have been guilty of ' act§ which - true) would subject me to the merited contempt el society, and the etfeas of a criminal prosecution, I cannot.but feel the extreme necessity of an immediate contradaion of them, and accordingly request of you '4k:favour of an insertion of this L.etter in your Faperf In the Pamphlet alluded to it is stated, that I tained , from the Duke of N.,— and the Earl of ,M--, twenty pounds each, upon the pretence of .raising a subscription for the relief of a distressed Gen tleman in the Fleet Prison, and that, with the ex ception of five pounds, I kept the remainder for my : own use, thereby defrauding the Noblemen from whom the money was obtained, as 'well as the distressed obje& for whose relief it was ad vanced. This statement is a most infamous false hood, as no such circumstance ever occurred, fOr I never applied to any Duke of N--L- or Earl of M--- 7 upon such an occasion, and never received. at any time, the subscriptions alluded to ; and if what I assert should be at all doubted, let this Duke of and Earl of M— prove the fad, or, at any_ rate, let my accusers say who they are, and who is the distressed Gentleman. .It is also stated in the same Publication dual re ceived from some school-bOys a payment in advance of 120 guineas, which they had subscribed for the purpose of presenting their Tutor with a piece" of Plate—that I kept the money for my own use, and did not perform the contra&. This is another infa mous falSehood, as I never, in the course of my life, received any such order for a piece' of plate, nor ever received any such payment.—ff what I say is not believed; let the name of the school -master, or any of his boys, be mentioned, ,with (heir residence, that the Ida maybe, if true, established. I will not tresspass longer upon the confined li mits of a Newspaper, more than • . to :ask of the Public, what credit, in their opinion, ought to be given to any of the assertions in such a Pamphlet ? I am, Sir, your Obedient Servant, N. JEFFERYS. Pall Mall, July 18, 1806. Ati accidental meeting on Thursday, in Pall- Mall, between the PRINCE of WALES and his Daughter, the Princess CHARLOTTE, has given such scope to Newspaper decoration, that it appears like an Arcadian Tale. Mr. MORTON, the Dramatic Writer, has been se *rely bruised, in consequence of a recent fall from his horse, but is much recovered. LEWIS has not clOsed his engagement at Dublin ; where he is so great a favourite it will probably be extended.. COOKE has come to light at last, and was to ap pear in Richard the . Third, on Monday, on the Dub lin Stage. GRASSINI does . not return - to the Opera House next season,, but it is probable that she,will be re engaged for the following year. Mrs. BILLINGTON is expe&ed to resume her post next ,season, as the Continent cannot supply any Performer with a tythe of her merit. Miss BETTESWORTH, the daughter of Mrs. JOR , DAN, who gave the rural fête on Monday last at Twickenham, has assumed that name on account of considerable property which was bequeathed to her upon that condition. She 'is a very amiable and accomplished young Lady. One of the beSt Works of Mr. BARRY, the Artist, is in the possession of Mr. Oztas HUMPHREY, a Gentleman well knoWn in the painting world. The subje& is Chiron instru&ing Achilles in the art of music. It is treated with great genious as well as learning, and doeS honour to the British School.' The letters A. E. I. 0.. U. were engraved upon the key 'ef the vault of the Emperor in Vienna.— They stood for these words: Austriacorum est inz- ' perare orbi universo. -" It is to those•of the House of Austria to command the world." BONAPARTE Ordered the inscription to be effaced: ' Copied from an Irish. Provincial Print.—" On Monday last a fire broke out in the house of Mr. J. Fleming, Of Arran. It was making its way to the cellar, but was prevailed upon to stop in its course, and. to: take, a copious draught of water, which not only allayed its thirst, but cooled its courage, OF. which it went quietly to rest." At the Kent Sessions, yeSterday, which Were held at ,Maidstone,. Clarke and Jackson, two cele brated informers against the Bakers, fortsing and bilking light bread, were, c9nvided of corn pounding a penal offence, contrary to the Statute of the 18th Of Elizabeth, which suhje&s theni to the punishment of the pillory: But the Court declined giving judgment, not feeling itself competent to de cide some obje6tions in point of law, which 'were urged by the . Defendants' Counsel, and upon which the Chairman said he should consult the Judges of Assize. The Counsel, for ,the Prosecution were -.- Messrs. GURNEY,' PITCAIRN, and 'ANDREWS; and for the Defendants, Messrs. CURWOOD, BEVANS, and BOLLAND. Acow, the Chinese Sailor, who was conviEled - at the last Admiralty Sessions of the murder of Anguin, his countryman and shipmate, was yesterday hanged at Execution Dock pursuant to his sentence. He wore a blue jacket and red night tap, as is generally the custom of those men when in this Country. He was extremely dejeaed, and almost . lifeless before be was turned off fOr execution. Yesterday moniing a Gentleman going along near Aldgate Church, at the time that Acorn was led to execution, had his pocket picked of a book containing notes and cash to the amount of upwards of 701, On Monday Morning, about five o'clock, the foul air of a coal pit, at Dalziel, pear Hamilton, became inflammable, and went off with such violence as to make part of the roof of the pit fall in, by which three men were tilled; they have all left numerous families.—A ladder was thrown nearly half a mile froth the mouth of the pit. On Sunday last a melancholy accident occurred at Broughty Ferry,' near Dundee : A young man bath ing, went upon the rock near the Castle, in order to dive, in doing which be dislocated his shoulder, by hitting against a sunk part of the rock. In attempt ing to scramble up the rock, the anguish of the wound made him let go his hold, and the uftfortunate man went down to rise uo more. _ . , • , -The follow Decrees; beCreeS; Which the Cantonal A& Ministrations of Switzerland have been compelled to adopt,. for 'the 'total Prohibition of English Goods, in that country, have been received by its with some of the last French Papers: They are, as will ap: pear, some months in force, and it is thus that in SwitZerland, a country at, least at peace with us; this prohibition, emanating from bur rancorous enemy, is made in most instances tb extend as well to the impertation of our industrial produras for the purposes of consumptidn as of trahsit. We deem these documents, which have not yet been laid be'- fore the British Public, of too interesting a nature to our Commercial Readers to delay any longer their insertion : FRIBURGH, MARCH 17.—The first in order, an. Edi& of the Chairman and Petty Chuncil of the Can ton of Friburgh, dated March 17, 1306, forbids; under the severest penalties, all and every the' Inha bitants of that Canton from attempting in any shape to introduce into the Principality of Neufchatel and Valengin, any merchandize of 'manufactured goods prohibited by the French Laws. 2. The Petty Council of the Canton of Vaud, " conformably to the Edi& of the sth of March, 1803, .against the introduction into France of goods really or reputed English," condemns all merchandize of that ctescription,which shall be entered at'any of the Custom-houses in the Canton,as intended for France ; to confiscation ; and forbids an j- goods of that kind to be collthed in any.warehouse or place within two leagues of the territory of the "- French Republic," excepting the Public Store-houses, or those of Mer- Chants who have during ten years 'carried , on the trade for the consumption of the Canton alone; and who shall have declared in form to the nearest Clerk of the Customs that they will " continue to, tarry on that trade for the interior of the Canton." The 3d Article obliges all Merchants who 'shall send such goods to any place within two leagues of the French Frontier to take out a permit, which is to be verified by the Clerk of the Customs Of the place, or in de fault of him, by the Syndic: 4. In case of contempt of the above articles, the said merchandize shall be considered' as intended fbr France, and confiscated accordingly. 5. Every Contra& of whatever nature it may be, Iniurance, Policy, or any other deed,. devised to fa vour the introdnaion of the above-mentioned prof hibited goods into France, ,shall be considered null in law, &c.. Lausanne, 27tli April, iB;6. _ :,‘ FRIBURGH, APRIL 29.—" We' the Chairman and Petty Council of tie Canton of Friburghmake known. " In compliance with the Circular Letters of the 26th inst. whereby the Landamman of Switierland calls 'the attention of the praise-worthy Confederated Cantons to the grievous inconvenience that may re sult to the trade of Switzerland, and - to other not less important .interests of our Country, from the traffic in English goocls, the continuance of their im yortation, and the contraband which tis carried on from Switzerland- to France, we have considered that in- faet the political and commercial interests of Switzerland, as well as the obligation implied by the alliance which binds it to the system of France, imperiously prescribe the necessity, on the one hand, of preventing all introdu6tion of goods of English manufa&ure into the Canton ; and, on the other, td take efficacious means to prevent any English goods already in the Canton from being forwarded into France by the arts of contraband-or fraud against the laws which regulate that Empire. " We are, at the same time, convinced,- that this latter end cannot be attained otherwise than by ob struLiting as much as possible the removal or circu lation of all goods of this kind already in Switzer land, and prohibiting their transit from one Canton to another, until the Diet shall have adopted general and uniform Measures on the subje&. " After these considerations, and in execution of the measures provisionally ordained by his Excel= lency the. Landamman ,of Switzerland, we have de creed, and do ordain, • ARTICLE 1. " From the date of the promulgation of these presents, the entry of goOds manufa6tured in England is totally and severely prohibited in our Canton. • 2. " It is enjoined to all Officer'of Police," &c. (Here follows the formula requiring the.most.rigor ous execution .of this 'Decree.) 3. " - Every merchant, faaor, custom-house officer, or other individual, with whom such merchandize is now deposited, shall declare upon oath the quantity and quality of the English goods .which he has, in store or deposit. The declaration shall b 0 made: in each place before Members of the local Magistracy, who shall be specially appointed for that purpose by the Lieutenant of Government, and they shall be required personally to go to the custom -houses,shops; warehouses, or other places of deposit, and take an exact inventory of the goods concerning which the declaration shall have been made." 4. Requires oath to be nude that none , of those goodsare intended to be sent into any part of France or its dependencies. _ 5. " To alteration in the state of the warehouse or places of deposit, no removal nor sale of those goods shall take place without a special permit from the Lieutenintof Government,'who shall not grant it until after having seen the authentic proof or de claration upon oath, taken before the Justice of Peace, that the goods 'of English manufaolure re quired to, Ile removed are destined neither direCtly nor indirealy for any place out of our Canton. 6. " Merchants or private individuals, who, in 'contempt of their duty, and in contradiction to the preceding articles, shall seek to 'introduce English mgnufaatured goods into the Canton, or to send out any part of those already in it, besides confiscation of the goods, shall be punished with six years en chainment in irons. The confiscated goods shall im mediately be sold, and the price divided between Government and the informer'. 7. " Magistrates, Fun&ionaries, or persons in public employ, conviEted of negligence or conni vance, shall be deprived of their places, and fined in the penalty of two thousand francs, half to the State and half to the informer. , e. " Any Clerks of Excise or Customs, who shall be convi&ed of want of vigilance, or of negle6ting the measures prescribed by the present Decree, shall be dismissed from their employ, and punished with one year of irons. In cases of conaivance, or where vll in iio t - ibery shall prolcu, th; du be to •sii( year.;,' &c. , . Thecls pi,e;ed in the Ooundl* of Sorcure, Berne, Waitland; Zurich; and 'resin, are the sank ih substancesas the foregoing. The Bailiff and Count:il Bert c;, riiade icc •s • an except_on berstdck_. to toe cotton 3 dm, a it' is the prime . ruateriJl 'of the manufailures of a part of our Country," and divides the Sale of ftscated property into three one.pf which'onl3 , goes to the Inforthei; Ove is received for GOvern-: merit, the other is to be forfeited to the poor of the place in whith the - seizure is nude. _ . The Btirgol\lister s of Zurich, - ." in the name of the Petty Council," enjoins the Judge Of - the pingo., without any respea for persons, to pnistithe fending parties ‘"vith confiseaMii - Of . goods, Or as the offence maybe, with Corp omi punishment, branding with a red-hot iron, Or even confiscation of tly* entire preperty:" The Regent. and Cantbri of Soletire - substitute nishnient for slavery in iron's. Dated 3oth April, and 17th Mak; aoti. • MORBID 111URDEii. (From a Calcima' paper, of De'teiribi.ii The two Militia-men who were . found "guilty, on Thursday last, of the murder of Capt. JAMES II N .:. SON, were executed in the Loll Baiar, on Saturday, pursuant to their sentences, and their bodies not hang in chains at a place called Melancholy - Point, below. Gordon Reach._ .. • . Of the , particulars of the-torrid mOrclor of which these wretched. men were most clearly conviaed, the following appeared in evidence on their trial : ' _ The Perseverance sailed from Penang, fo Pegu, in the month of April last. Nothing worthy of remark happened until the third night after they left Penang; when, between twel , :e and one o'clock, of that night, the. Witnesses (who were,an Arme nian passenger, the butler, Captain's cook,, and a Klashy) were alarmed with an unusual. noise upon deck; where they instantly proceeded, and found that the Chief Mate had been or severely wounded; and was then lying near the forecastle. — They direally- saw the Captain . coming out of't,hd cuddy door,. with ,a drawn sword ;. when he. ^d dressed the Gunner, and said; For God's 'sake; don't take my life, and. deliver up the ship to you." He was then between the wheel, and the cuddy door, when the Sensunhy, who suffered on 'Saturday, instantly plunged a crease into his heart ; 'he was then heard twexciairni " 0 Lord !" and, it seems, instantly died. He had wounded one of the Seacunme - s, but, being pent under the poop, he had not sufficient room to wield his sword in his fence. • - Having'kcomplished..their infernal design so ftir, they ordered the Captain's cook, who had hid him self in ihe long boat, to take the wh ee l, under the pain of death, if he refused.--The Armenian passen,• ger was then called; the gunner told.him they had killed the Captain, and said, " we will now- kid you." He begged hard to spare his life, and they did so. They then ordered the Serang.to lowet down the pinnace, and put into her a cask o f water , some big cuit,'.&c. and then ordered the butler to give them some gin and a chest of wine. They then took, all the dollars and articles of plate they could find, put them into a dirty clothes-bag, and sent them into boat, with three Seacunnies, a woman and a boy, the Serang and four - Liscars, the Armenian, butler, and cook. The gunner and three SeacunnieS•femained in the boat for some time -; during which they Were, plOyed in driving the Lascars into the hold, and bat tering down the hatches ; which being accomplish- - ed, they set fire to the Ship, by putting oakum; tar, and gunpowder upon the tarpaulines upon the hatches. They continued on board until the rigging was on fire, and beginning to tumble down ; they then went into the boarand _pushed off, leaving nd less than 42 or 43 Lascars to perish in the flames. They now proceeded towards the land, and kept strict watch over the Serang and Lascars, who were obliged to pull the boat three days and nights, until they reached an uninhabited island;supposed to have been one of the Arrows, where they landed. The butler, cook, Serang, and two or three Lascars; • being permitted to go to a spring of water, to wash themselves, found means of making their escape into the jungles, where they continued Wandering foi some days, until at length they saw a Malay prow, • which - took them on board, and carried them to another island, the 'Chief of •which sent. them 5 Penang. , We have not• heard how the Armenian made his escape. -It is supposed that they murdered the wo man, and also the other four associates; and we are led to believe that the witnesses, ,who'so fortunately and providentially made their escape, would bare shared the same, fate. A passenger, of the name of Palmer, is said to' have been also killed on board the On- Monday last the Funeral of the late Hon. MARY LEIGH, attended by a numerous and respea- . able tenantry, proceeded from Stoneleigh•Abbey for interment in the fathily vault in Stoneleigh Church, where an excellent and appropriate Sermon was de livered on the occasion by the Rev. Mr, ThomAs, Vicar of the Parish.—This Ladyi eminently distin •guished by her piety and extensive charities, was the last of that branch of the• Leigh Family which de scended from the second son of Sir THOMAS LEIGH, Lord Mayor of Loudon at the accession of Queen Elizabeth. She has by her last will (made in 1786, - after the death of her brother EDWARD, the last Lord LEIGH), settled all her estates upon that branch of the family which descended from Row- LAND, eldest son of Sir THOMAS LEIGH, in the fol lowing•order :—First, on tlyp Rev. THOMAS LEIGH, of Adlestrop, in the County of Gloucester; secondly, on JAMES PERROT, Esq. of Scarlet, in the County of Berks ; thirdly, ,on JAMES HENRY LEIGH, Esq. of Adlestrop, and his issue male, and'in the failure of such issue, on THOMAS CHARLES Lord Viscount TRACEY, Dr. JOHN TRACEY, and HENRY TRACEY, Esq. in tail male successively ; in failure of their issue male, on Sir JUSTINIAN ISHAM, Bart. and his issue male, and in failure thereof on his male heir for ever. A few days since a field preacher, who had seen a printer, observed, in his nasal harangue, " that youth might be compared to a comma ; rnAhood to a semicolon; old age to a colon: to which death puts a period.