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FAO: THZ MATH AND DUTCH P_.4.P.gitS. PARIS, JUNE 21...—P1111C.0 &MEWS, Viceroy and Commander in Chief of the Artny:of.lt?ly, writes that General LAURISTON, who arrived - at Ragusa on the 26th of May, was apprised that the Russians, in conjunaion . with the Montenegrins, headed by the Greek Bishops, were advancing to take posses sion of Old Ragusa. He dispatched Captain SER RANT, of the .sth Regiment of the Line, with two Companies and four pieces of cannon to'occupy that post. This Oificer took a position at Old Ragusa on the evening ,of the 29th of May., He found` the inhabitants in great consternation,the barba rians, who were destroying every thing . with fire and sword, being within half a day's march of them. The inhabitants, moreover, had but little confidence in they . French, whom they did not conceive by an means equal to mountain warfare. Captain Sea- RANT, imtnedidtely made a disposition of his force. The Enemy, to the number of about a thousand, appeared at day-break, and began the attack with hideous shouts. The French sustained it Calmly, with. artier, and silence, attd- returned it by a well; supported tire. The tiring continued for three hours. A Corporal, perceiving the enemy's colours, rushed forward, to seize them, and was killed by a musket shot. The barbarians fell upon him, and cut off his bead. The French became indignant at this 'fere cions a&—they charged the enemy from all sides, and drove them, at the point of the bayonet, to the confines of Cataro. The inhabitants could scarcely • recover from their astonishment when, they per ceived the French, with their knapsacks on their, backs, scramble up the rocks and mountains even better than the Montenegrins. These honest peo. pie did not know that no obsticles could arrest - the Conquerors of the Alps ! The Second in Command of the,MOutenegrins under the orders of the. Bi shop, was killed, and from two to three hundred of their followers remained upon the field of battle, after having been turned and driven up against some stupendous rocks. Gen. LAURISTON, in the mean lime, sent three more Companies to the assistance of Capt. SERRANT, which did riot arrive until after the engagement. _ _ On iite same day the Russian Frigates proceeded to attack Santa Croce, on the supposition that it had no Artillery-; but the a6tivity of Gen. I...kunisTort had pr,)v;cied for it. There were upwards of forty pieces ot cannon, and ati-pounders, well manned, and 'supplied., with ammunition. The Russians made atf as soon as they perceived the batteries un. masked. This event VZIM not only produah of joy but of a degree of.eothuslasm to Ragusa. The inttabi• tants, cOnvieed of the power and intrepidity of the Frenco, no langsr fear the Missions or their san guinary and-merciless neighbours. the Montenegrins. (Monsteur). STUZG4II DT JUN'S 4.r.-It has been currently re. ported ;tare for some days that these will 'be great changes the Government of his jiiigAnoss the Bledor of ULPPII. Margrave,lAM, has re- linquished ail his employments and twined. This circumstai,ce b 4.5 given the to a number of yague conjettures. According - to some of them the Blector is dispord to resign in favour of his grand son, the Elettorzd Prince, and talive retired, from public affairs at 44 .Pavaride and Rastadt., . is supposed Unit Matibeim.will be the Ele&oral resi. - deuce and the capital,. The Elettoral Prince, s it is thought, will retUra from Paris about the.end. of July. RAGIJZ, JUINTE 26:-.4otelligencq of an epidemic disorder having broke ow at Tunis being received, the necessary measures to prevent its introdudion here have already been tpiten. According to intelligence from Berlin, via France, dated June 12, that Court was in daily expectation of an answer from the English Government to- its last dispatch—and. this it seems is to be decisive of Peace or War. In case the English Ministry do not accede to the propositions of the King of Prus sia, the Garrisons of Berlin and Potsdam, and the Troops in the occupation of Hanover and Lauen burgh, are immediately to march for Swedish Pome rania, under the command of Prince FERDINAND of Prussia, in order to ad in concert with the Army of General Ii.ALKnEuTH. It is not however likely that England will reeide from its demands.; and, tiom the doubtful condo& of Russia, it is probable that - she leans to the English side. According to letters. from Naples', of the 6th inst. it was supposed that kGaeta, more and more in closed by the French Army, would soon be com pelled to surrender, or incur the danger of being stormed. They write from Rome, dated June 8, that Corps of French Troops was arrived there—pro bably, as some think, destined for Naples—but, as others cenjeaure, to remain in that City preparatory to some-political change- N AILBS, JUNE f 547-Xing Joszpir, anxious to tlimitiish the burthens, , which press upon the people, 1135 proposed to his ;Cos neil of State to abolish the duty, which, upon lis.Accession, he Was obliged to lay upon Stilt. This determination has diffused the liveliest joy throughout the City. During his voyage to Calabria the King received many strong memo rials against this tax, which was accordingly sub mitted to the deliberation of the Councitof State at its third Sitting. This measure has produced the most agreeable surprize; particularly when it was seen that his Majesty was desirous to diminish 'a burthen which pressed very heavily upon the poorer classes of Seeiety, notwithstanding he had to sup port an Army of t 00,030 men, to make new roads, and repair the former. On the 25th ult. all the. Authorities, Civil and 'Military, as well as the Clergy, took ,the Oath of Fidelity to the new Sovereign. Cardinal RUFFO, Archbish op of Naples, who re ceived the King upon his entrance into the Capi tal, and who, in an Address, recommended to the clergy and People to acknowledge the new So vereign, and swear obedience and submission to him, was the only person who refused to sub mit himself to this a& of duty. This Prelate, in consequence, received orders to quit the Kingdom without delay, and Soon afterwards set out for Rome. At the latter end of May an English Cartel with a few French Soldiers taken at Capri; entered the Port °Maples. _ _ _ rent:. 5 per Cents on the 23d ult. 64, 45. AGUE, JUNE .s.•,—Want of room yesterday WOU d not permit u. 5 to give a full detail of Vie ko iemnities ',WO distinguished their Majesties Entrance the day before. Dinners were given by the different Ministers, and French as well as Dutch Officers were entertained, partly in the Hall of the French Theatre, and partly ht the New Doelon. The healths of their Majesties were given, with va rious toasts. About nine in the evening a con;i derable Band of Music arrived before the Palace in the Wood, and played under the apartments where their Majesties were at' the time. About ten some expensive fire-works were displayed on the Parade. His Majesty appeared this day in a General's uni form, and with the ribband of the Legion of Honour. In the afternoon, in order to unite the Soldiers of both Nations; wine, bread, and cheese, and pipes and tobacco, were distributed among the Troops in the Malihan, and tranquillityand good order every where prevailed. The Illuminations, so far as the weather permitted, were very fine : the view of the different,Towers where the wind could not make any difference, the lights being enclosed in lanthorns, was peculiarly striking. The great triumphal arch in the Tournooi veld- was very handsomely lighted up, and . exhibited a very grand appearance. . All the public build ings were illuminated ; and notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the .number of the spectators iu the public streets was very consi derable, and though most of them remained out of doors all night, every thing pissed off without the' least disorder. • ' JUNE 26.---By a Royal Decree, dated June 25, 1806, it appears, that his Majesty, having observed that the affairs of - the Colonies and the Marine De partment have been hitheito managed in con-, junetion, and being convinced that this important Branch of the Administration of Public Affairs 'was An objettofhis solicitude, especially as the Ministry of the Marine embraced too many objects to remain any longer united with any other Department; and as.the Minister of the Interior was sufficiently occu pied with the superintendance of the public build ings,' &c.' it is decreed- - - " That ihere shall be three Dire&ors-General, in rank immediately next to the Ministers, viz. the Direttor-General of the War Departnicnt, the Di rector-General for India Affairs and Commerce, and the Dire4tor-General for the Affairs of Public Merit, and the Administration of Justice ; these Direaors are to have especial charge' oi every thing that re lates to. the security of the Kingdom, and shall enjoy the same honours and salaries, &c. as Mi nisters. Our Ministers are respectively, .and each for themselves, chated. with the execution of this Decree." Another Decree of the same date, haVing for its objett, as much as possible to confirm and promote the relationship between the King and his Subjeas, 'by putting them in a way to; inform him of their necessities and requests, orders the Ministers and Dire&orsGeueral to give a public audience once every week, the day and hour to be by then op.- pOinted ; when the Ministers and Direa o r s - are bound j to attend in person; and not to a& by their Deputies; excepting in cases of sickness and unavoid-' able absence. In consequence of this Decree, a Minister, or Director-General, is to hold a second Port-folio, provisionally-:—this Minister is to give two public audiences in the course of the week, On the Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays of each week, in. Officer is to attend at the Royal Palace, from nine in the morning till two in the afternoon, there to receive, in his Majesty's name, all such requests, petitions, 'and claims, as may be. presented. A list of the same is to be made out by the same Officer, and presented to his Msjesty at the Levee on the following day. A third Decree, relative to the Public Funds, orders the Minister of Finances tp furnish his Ma jesty with an account of the affairs of his Depart ment, and the state of the Public Treasury, once in . the year, • The Minister of the • Finances, provisionally charged' with the Port-folio of the Interior, has presented to his Majesty a number of Deputations' from the Ecclesiastical, and - other Public Bodies ; and among them the Superiors of the Portuguese Jews, and •Mr, RICHARD WILDING, ,the Engliah Pastor at the Hague. PARIS, JUNE 26.—Never were there more false reports in circulation than at this moment; the Ger man Journals are full of theiri, and they are very in discreetly repeated in ow Papers, which conceive themselves authorised to do so the moment they find them buried in some very obseure and very ignorant Paper. Is it otherwise possible that one of them should not have perceived the impropriety of copy ing from a German Paper the intelligence' that the Elo6or of BADEN was upon the point of resigning the GovenPuent of 'his Country, and retiring to his estates ? The Zleetor of BADHN will no longer govern his pelvic than it is to be wished for' their. happiness. To govern is not a mechanical art, for which, ardentyouth is_better qualified than advanced age; and it rs well known there exists no Prince who, in the course of a, long reign, has occupied himself More constantly, and who continues to do so, for the happiness 'of his Subjects.' Such an article should not, under the 'pre6ent circumstances, have been adopted by a French Journal. The Editor of ano ther Paper having read in a Neapolitan journal that the 'Kingof Naples had made some regulations in the salt duty, for the purpose of rendering the collec tion of it inure equal, immediately annonoced. that the tax was to be abolished. An Augsburgh Paper says, that the POPE was going to Avignon: It is vely natural 'that the Editor of a 'German Journal should' be ignorant that the POPE has, nothing to do with Avignon; but a French Journal should have known, that theterritory.Of Avignon is called at this day the Department of VanclUse. Their Majesties yesterday visited the park and castle of Marly.—(Moniteur, June 25 ) PARIS; JUNE 28:-According to report, His Ma jesty'the Emperor, will 'shortly. undertake a journey to - the Coast; and, in the' first place, to *here preparations for establishing his head-quarters have been making some time past.' PARIS, JUNE 2.9.- . —According to an .Imperial De cree, a Legion of foiir Battalions, under the name of the Royal D'alMatian Legion, is to be raised., In Istria also a battalion is to be raised,,:and , named ac cordingly. •The'Olicers.of both these Legion's are o consist of half natives' and half - Frenah." or ha . 13115. Were wq to notice the current iqorts of the day, , . mift P lattay a great deal relative to the general ex peaatioti of .a Peace with Russia, and of that conti nued correspondence between our Court and that of Berlin, whiCh ;some people connea with 't he existing ; but hitherto very slow rind tedious negotiations with England. Besides these, there are reports of the Em peror's intended journey to Rome, '&c. " We have received London Papets to the Bth of June. It is again rumoured at London that France has made new propositions of Pence.- It would seem that these reports flatter British Priee. One-would imagine that England is in no need of this Peace— that she is undet no :ipprehensions either for her commerce, her colonies, or herself; one would sup pose it were even disgraceful fur her Ministry,to put a stop to the evils of the present, or to provide against . the dangers of the future. In the midst of these rumours the Ministry,Continoe to aa an equi vocal part. The Public are now greatly at a loss what opinion to form of the sentiments, talents, or politi cal probity of Mr. Fox. The tumours of Peace, which were so joyfully circulated at his appoint ment to the Ministry, had a very natural cause his sentiments were bettet known at that period than they are at present. As he had given hopes of his effeaing a complete revolution in the political sys tem of the English Government, it became him to make propositions instead of. receiving .them. It belongs to the party ,that changes its 'principles to make itself known. Mr. Fox had at that mo ment an immense advantage : his popularity in England, the • friendly reception- he had met with in France, - the personal consideration he enjoyed, would have given great weight to-his advances. can . hardly be doubted, but that in theielative situation . of the two countries France would have willingly received propositions suitable to the glory of both.— Mr. Fox should hare marked the entrance'of his .career by a shining stroke which had placed him above all 'his predecessors,. He. had a. decided ad-, vantage in making use of. the general preposses sion in favour of his promotion. But instead of an nouncing himself with that dignity of chara6ter, he tampers and seems to imbibe by degrees.the spirit of the old Cabinet : he lets several months pass away, without any frank explanation, -and sets out by diplomatic Notes in the 'style of his predecessors. Thus he has evidently been wanting either in address or in good faith. Before a man purchases a house, he should know whether he means, to live in it such as it is, or to get reparations made in it :.be-' fore one launches into_a trade, one should have _cal culated 'his profits, and enabled-one's self to knoW on what side to turn one's speculations. ,Thus Mr. Fox was doubtlessly aware of 'the course he should . have to steer before he placed himself at the i fielm of the' State. After spending his whole life in-the study of political affairs—after so long combating the system* of Mr. PITT---4t was naturally to be pre sutned that he- came forward with a plan ;ready settled, with invariable resolutions. If, he fore saw what "he is now doing, he was of : if he has changed,hispriociples, he betrays a, ness Unworthy of his rank. People ,Wander ,how the present Ministry-. should have so many ene mies,' and that the latter 'should so bitter in the reproaches 'they make .them. It is, however, a very natural' vengeance ; they, have a pretty ex tensive field to combat them in, or' to abandon theni- to ridicule. following' -the 'road of the former Minktry, , they do not preserve. tbe sam,e 4d vantages ; in. pu,•saing their. chimera, :they reduce. themselves to , take more disastrous Means. Those. -who lately Complained of the inordinate - extent of the power of England, wish to augment - the load which weighs on:her population ;. her military es tablishment and the number of her taxes, if, that can be 'called nUmber.which .is already innumer able. They make a great, hubbub'. about pecula tors ; but never -were peculators and other State de, linquents more shamefully spared. • Lord WELLES-. 'LEY, Who .would probably have, been impeached had the late Ministry. not been - remOved,now comes off, not only clear, but evem loaded with enco -miums by the orators of both patties. Lord MEL.. VILLE, whom . .tire late Opposition had the credit of bringing 'to trial, will perhaps be acquitted by- the influence of that same Oppdsit;on become Ministers. This contrast is no less singular than it is opprobri ous. In fine, under whatever point of view one con siders it, one loses the esteem •one had conceived for that Administration so much desired for the safety of England and the repose of the world. They had great things to do and a most precious opportunity of doing them ; but if they have not the resolution to place themselves above the . Administration they have superseded, they condemn themselves to remain for ever below them."—Argys, • ____ TRIESTE, JUNE 7.--=General BELLEGARDE rived here. Three thousand Austrians are embark ing for the Mouths of the Cataro, to,deliver up the, 'Forts to the French, with the artillery . which were there at the moment it, was occupied by the Russians. RAGU,SA, JUNE 9.-- 7 -Four thousand Montenegrins, supported by a -Corps of Russian Troops, entered the territory. of Ragusa. They destroyed every thing in the plain. of Cagnioli with fire and sword: it is dif ficult to form an idea of their barbarity. Four hun dred French, who were sent forward to reconnoitre, compelled theM to halt. General I,AuaisTox, in formed of . their number, ordeied* Colonel TESTE,., with 1500 men, to advance. A battle took , place, and the *Barbarians were driven at the .point of the bayonet to their mountains.---(2ll(yziteur, June 27) MILAN,'JUNE U.—the Russian Ssuadron having attempted an -attack.on the night of - the . 3d inst. in the neighbourhood of Capo-d'lstria, was completely repulsed. The inhabitants of Muja, who took up' arms against the Enemy, contributed much to make them retreat, by keeping up an incessant and well , direeted fire against them. Gen. SERAS Made a re port of this affair to his Imperial Highness the Viceroy of Italy, who has . ordered the Prefe& of the Department of Istria to express to the lziraVe inhabi tants of Muja his satisfaaion in .their zeal and bra . Very uPon this occasion. ' FRANKFORT, JUNE 23.—Letters from Munich, mention, that I , ll!'conneaiun between "Austria and Bavaria becomes itior'e intimate every'day. .The two Courts have come to the re.olution of sending Mi nisters Plenipotentiary to eitch Baron RECII , BERG, it is supposed, will be the Ainhas-iaclUr of the King of Bavaria to the Court of Vienna. ' On'the 170 irtst. the third and last column .of 1400 prisoner's,' who have been qu cterc.: i ;,e,i two months at Laud berg, on the, Lt.cti, p. rpow of b. iiig'embarked at Guntiburgh, os the .1.)..6441.)0, urt iis rcturii th Austria. FOANKFORT, JUNE length--the Frenci: Troops are to leave Germany : the French Emperor, faithful to his engagements, gave orders for their de parture as soon' as he bad certain information that Austria Lad fulfilled her part of the Treaty of Pres burgh. We now receive information , from every quarter, that the, Divisions of the Grand Army ara 'in motion for their retreat. General VANoAz.i:ln o who has been some months at Landshut, march for Nieubtirgh on the i 7th, and will proceed from thence througts Nordlingen to Strasbur-,-i- General SoULT will also .leave his Bead-quarters'at Passau in the course of a few days. The few French sick on the other side of the Ithtne will also be:6n veyed Strasburgh; where a park of artillery from Gunt rgh arrived some days ago. The return of the Austrian prisoners now goes on without nil . v2r - - ruption. The last'Column of these Troops readied Guntzburgh on the 16th, where they embarked on the 'Danube,. ANTICIPATION OF THE HAMBURGH MAIL. ROBIE, MAY 17.—The Prince of HESSE Ors- THAL has aelually receiVed a reinforcement of Eng,- lish, though their number is not known. Yester day he made - a.sortie with three columns ; the first, consisting of five hundred English and Napolitans, went by water to a distance of six miles from the place.—The greatest part •of them took possession .of the little Fort of St. Andrew, i a p on t h e hi g h road to Naples, where they killed a number of French belonging to the Garrison, and spiked the cannon ; bat being soon after attacked by a superior number of French, twenty .English and eighty Neapoli tans were made prisoners, one Of whom was hang ed immediately upon an o li ve t ree b y t h e road side. The rest of the column retreated to the mountains, and it is probable that their retreat to Gaeta is cut off.. The other two columns, with the Prince at their head, made an attack upon the French works ; but.after a little skirn,iishiner they returned to the Fortress. In the . mean while the English kept up a brisk. cannonade from the sea, and did , some da mage to the French. Sicily has an army of 30,600 men on foot for its defence, but most of the Officers are natives. Sir SIDNEY SrIITH is cruizing off Gaeta. TRIESTE, JUNE G.—Notwithstanding the late Manifesto the Russian Squadron has not yet left this Pert. On the 4th two Ships of the Line stretched towards Istria, ~where they were attacked by a swarm of Italian Gun-boats, but without effea.— The Russian Ships that remain here are out of the reach of the batteries. VIENNA, JUNE ,- 18.--The report that Ragus-a is blockaded by RuSsian and British Ships of War wants confirmation. Last, 'Saturday our garrison manoeuvred upon the glacis, and performed several evolntions in the French manner. COZaT . ANTINOPLE, MAY 28.—The last letters from Arabia bring very unpleasant accounts Of the progre s s of the Wechabites. They have lately stopped the caravan with the Pilgrims going to Mecca, shot the Pacha who conducted 'them, and killed a number of his pleople., 'These rebels are already augmented to a formidable army, and their numbers daily increase, which occasions much un easiness in the•bivan. 7 SPORTING INTELLIGANCE. STAMFORD RAC ES (contihued). THURSDAY, JULY 3. . Hunters' Sweepstakes (seven Subscribers). Lord r owther's ch. g. by Cavendish - Mr.' W . liayly'S br. h. by Oberon - • Lord Ilat.borough's gr. g. Tally Ho Mr. Andrews's ch. g.. Garland - • Plate of . Fifty Pounds. Mr. Andrews's b. c. fathom, 4 yrs old - Mr. Fisher's Sorrell. 5 yrs old - Mr. Butterfield's Chicken, 3 yrs old 7 1 • 4 2 - 2 3 - 3 ar - T f z dr - dis The SPEAKER attended at 4 o'clock in the House of Commons, on Saturday, and counted the House, when 24 Members only being present, an adjourn ment immediately took place. , In consequence of J. WOODBRIDGE, Esq. who was chosen Sheriff on Friday last, having paid his tine to be excused serving, a Common Hall will be held to-morrow for the ereetion of another. HOLKAR, luring the late Treaty, was obliged by Lord LAKE to surrender the chief part of hiS artillery, as a security for the fulfilment of his engagements. A Court of areetors is to be held at the India House ou ,Wednesday, for the purpose of swearing Lord MI'N TO into the GoVernment of India ; and a Frigate is ordered to be prepared at Portsmouth for his Lordship's conveyance.. He is expeEted to sail in about a fortnight. The body of the other - Allis ASTON' has been found just where the fatal accident happened, and on Sa turday the two young Ladies were interred at Chel sea. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Day 7. This'day's market was tolerably well supplied with prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle for the most part was pretty good ; \ Beef and Mutton sold ,at last prices ; Veal and Fork are rather cheaper ; Lamb is dearer, and the trade was soinewhat lively.—The Sales in the Haymarket were cOnsiderable; Hay has fallen in price since our last report ; Straw and Clo ver fetched last price. ----The ,uuder-mentioned.prices and numbers is an acc ura t e s t atemen t : • To sink - the Of per stone of 81b. - Beef 4s. 6d. to ss. od.—Mutton 4s. 6d. to ss. od.—Veal 6s. od. to 6s. 6d.—Lamb 6s. od. to 7s. od.—Pork 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d: Beasts, 1740. Sheep and Lambs, 16640.—Calves, Pig's 404. SMITHFIELD HAV'MAREET. Hay 2t. tss. to 41. iss.—Ciover 4► 4s to Si. 55.---Straw, , 41. 16s. to 2,1, as. . CORN,-EXCH ANG • ,E , JULY . 7.—Wheat for this day's market is arrived in rather short guppi:es, and gene ral sales .for that of good quality are aloe at ttie advance in price of, 4s. and ss. per quar ter ; ' Barley and Malt .are in: middling supply, at little.ditference ; Pease are dearer ; Beaus, of both sorts cheaper, and in plenty; not many fresh arrivals of Oats, but good supplies on han..l at' small varia tion,; Flour has advanced 53. per sack. :I: 4 lleat S'OS a 7. s a 8 4 ., 0,1 tit. :• , • Fine•ditto., - 265 ; A 91c 0,, l ..Cr? tie,ll Rye - -38 s a 42s cd i cats 13, !ey - - 315 al.::: o.t •Potasid ditto '.alt cot . . 66s a 12. s cd. I(a,,e Seed White Pease 6os a 6is e d Fine r tour Grey dittO . 425 a 405 od Seconus 43' . 49. oct 3b , a 4 24 od 22a ,a ?.7 a 34 cd 33 3 a 34s 6(. —1 - 70S a od 65'3 4 7os od /1 ) 1.11)