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f T'ois Day was published, Elegantly printed in Thr.:e.large Voluines OaaVo, and trated-ny Six. Portraits from original Pidures, price al. as. 'On Rcydi Paper, or ti. us. 6d. on Demy Paper, a new I I Eniti;.r. of EISTOLtY of ENGLAND, from the ' Accession of King George toe Third , to the Cono.- T d sioti tif the Peace in the. Year 1783. 1014N-ADOLPHUS, Esq. F.S.A. Printed for I'. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand. This new Edition is printed on Royal Paper, and on Demy raper uniformly with the last Editions of Mr. Hume's and Dr. Salollett's Histories, and with those Works torms a complete Series from the earliest Accounts to the Year 1783. ' As above May also be had, tsy the same Author, Biographi cal Memoirs oldie French Revolution, a vols. Bvo. 16s. in boards. Interesting int* Imation, chiefly relating to Living Charaler s and the Present State of Affairs upon the Continent. This Day was published, in Three Vols. unto. price ;Ss. in boards, rr a FIE SECRET HISTORY of the COURT and A. CABINET of ST. CLOUD. In a Series of .Letters from a Gentleman,at Paris to a Nobleman in Londcin ; 'writ. ten during the Months of August, September, and 061ober, iBos ; containing, With numerous Anecdotes, upwards of One Hundred Original Portraits of _Prini:es, Princesses, Mini sters, Ambassadors, Intriguers, Generals, and Favourites, Bow figuring at Courts, in Camps, and in Cabinets, upon the Continent. Printed for Murray, No. 32, Fleet-street. This Day was published, In Crown Coelavo, price v:s. 6d. in boards, and in Royal Octavo, with l'roof Impressions of theTlates, price 18s. 'containing Shakspeare's Merchant of Venice, All's AVeit. that Ends Well, and Much Ado About Nothing ; embel lished with Engravings by Crontek and Mitan, designed by Thompson, Stothard,•ana Srairke, Volume I V. of ?VHF, ENGLISH DRAMA or a collection of Plays of the most celebrated Authors: with Critical and Biographical Essays,. and an . Historical Inquiry into the Drama and the Stage: London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-tow ' • William Miller, Albemarle-street; and A. Constable and Co. Edinburgh. - • • MAILS. Duz-4 fLunburgl, 4 cottenburgh, t Lisbon, s Dublin, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS ruts DAY AT TWILVE O'CLOCK. Consols THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS,DIOERE FALs,UM AUDEAT ? LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1806. Tins morning we received New-York Papers to the 7th ult. Congress had assembled, and the Pre sident's Message was to be laid before that Body on the 3d.. General SAI4VEL SMITH had been ap pointed Temporary President' of the Senate, and NATHANIEL MAcoN eleEted Speaker of the House of Representatives. WE are . sorry to learn, by,our Peal Letter, that the Helder Transport, which sailed from the Downs with the last Expedition with Troops on board, has been wrecked on the Coast of Holland. We have not yet learnt the particulars. WE are still unable to lay before our Readers either an- authentic contradiEtion or confirmation of the in telligence contained in the last French Papers.— We understand, however, that a Neutral Vessel has arrived at Ramsgate from Havre, the. Captain of which states, that there were great rejoicings along the Frenth Coast in consequence of a Peace between Austria, Russia, and trance. 'Whatever Treaty may have taken place between France and Austria, it is extremely improbable that Russia . has become a party to it ; but it is useless to enter into any speculations upon this subjeet, until we are in . possession of some authentic information. ' A Prussian Vessel hai arrived in the River from Embdcn, whfch place she left on the t4th ult." and at that time no intelligence had been received there of the conclusion of an Armistice between the Bel- ligeren t Powers. Yesterday morning TFIEIR MAJESTIES, PRIN CESSES,.ELIZABETII, Marc, and SOPIIIA took an airing to Frogmore. - Yeterday being New Year's Day, the ROYAL Dqii.Es and DuicHEsS of YORK dined withTnEri MAJEsTitis, at Windsor Castle. In the evening THEIR :MAJESTIES 110 a seled party. The DUKE Of.- KENT, -With the .PRINCESSES AUGUSTA and AMELIA, attended by Col. TAYLOR, took an airing on horseback, in Windsor Park; The Hon. Miss EGERTON accompanied the PRINCESSES in a chaise and pair. His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES will leave Brighton on Tuesday next for the winter ; on which day he will arrive at Carleton-house, to by present at the celebration of the PRINCESS CHAR LOTT t's Birth-day, who then enters into her eleVenth year. By a letter from Calcutta, of the 14th of April, we learn that the Thetis, Capt. RICHARDSON, was on the eve of sailing for the Isle of France, as a Car- lel, with the gallant Capt. BERGERET, late of La Psyche, 35 Officers, and 150 other French Prisoners, to be exchanged for an equal number of our unfot tunate countrymen, now in close confinement there, to whotn the unexpected arrival of a Cartel will, no doubt, prove a most gratifying event. Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, dated De cember 30, 1805 : JOI-INWARIMI is embarked, and as soon as the wind northerns, and we can make a tolerable slant down Channel, I conclude we shalt he off. Our destination is a secret, but I Have little doubt we are' going in pursuit of a Squadron suppOsed to escaped from Brest, under :ERONE 3ONAPARTE, -ot improbably bound to the East or 'West In - - Oux Squadron consists of the Foudroyant, . Hero, illustrious,•' wrage _ ux, 'Canada, Anazon, Saracen Brio ±er Frigate expaed to j6in.'l . NAVAL, NE WS. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 3 1. , La Libre, of 44 guns, which was captured by L'Eeptienne, 40, and La Loire, 48, was the consort of La Furieuse, 48, and they were going north about, but parted company in a gale of wind on the North Coast of Ireland.- - La Loire got intelligence from A Swede that the' Enemy's Squadron from Brest was 14 Sail of the . Line and 7 Frigates, but separated in two divisions, that if one did not reach its destination another might. • • Came in a 'Cartel from St. Lucar, whither she had carried Spanish prisoners from this port; she had a tempestuous passage of three weeks, and on her passage fell in with and was spoke .by a French Squadron of 7 Sail of the Line and 4 Frigates, in lat. -48. steering-W.S. W. ; she passed on and fell in with - a Transport, marked No. 7 on her quart i ers, full of Troops, supposed from Gibiaitar, but the sea ran so high could_ not speak her. In lat. 46. she saw to windard a single Line-of-battle Ship, bearing up for RoCbefort, itjs supposed, steering E.S.E. ; if she is oiie of the Brest. Squadron, she must have been dis. aoled by the late heavy gales,and had separated from her Squadron. Came. in the Hazard, .1 8 guns, Capt. - NEvn, from a 'Cruise; and 5 F. M. just came to in the Sound, .a large Trp]sport full of Troops. flay' peat Fiue.,---A large Frigate and Cutter are now working intb the Sound. DEAL, JAN. I.—Acniral liol,LowAy's Flag was re-hoisted this morning at day-light all board the Utrecht. The Helder Transport is, it is feared, wrecked on the Coast of Holland, which Ship had on-board some Soldiers of the sth Regiment. Sailed this morning the Resistance Frigate, with a Fleet of outward-bound Vessels, Coasters, and Col liers, under convoy to the Westward. Sailed for Stangate Creek the Griffin Cutter, Capt• ITAYWARD, from IVlogadore. Remain in the Downs the rest of the Ships as per last. ANOTHFI , t " I am sorry to inform you of advice being tist night received here, that the fielder Transpan, which, sailed from the Downs with the last Expedi,. tiou, and having several hundred soldiers op board, has been wrecked on the Coast of. Holland, hut that the crew are saved and made prisoners. " No particulars accompany the. Letter that has been received, but the fat itself is certain. •‘ A Fleet of light Transports has sailed from the Downs, under convoy of the Adamant, supposed to bring back the Troops under general DON, in con sequence of the disastrous events that have taken place on the Continent. " Admiral HOLLOWA is returned to his com mand in the Downs, whence he has been some time absent on the trial of Sir ROBERT CALDDR." PORTSMOUTH,' JAN. t.—Arrived the Montague, of 74 guns, from the Channel Fleet ; also the Alarm ; Coan,Ex, from London. Sailed the Neptunus, Joßur, for London ; and the R:ichmond; BURNS,. for Newfoundland. • , Arrived the Chance Cutter from Guermey, His Majesty's Ships Mediator and Squirrel are hourly expe6ted to sail for Cork. The . wind came round to the northwest this morning; and continued there above an hour, during -which time Sir J. B.WAIMEN'S Squadron, uninoored; but it shifted again to the S. W. soon . afterwards, 'and they anchored again: it has the appearance of coming round, and I have no. doubt but the Squadron will sail to-morrow ; the West Indie's is supposed to be. their destination. The Squadron consists of Nine Sail .of the. Line, a Frigate and a Sloop, though it is said that Sir Joicc is to have Twelve Sail of the LMe with him The Mediator and Sq:drrcl, for Cork, also uninoored : they take a Convoy to the 'West Indies ; the Squirtrl only accompanies the Convoy to a certain latitude, and afterwards goes to the Halifax station. Arrived the Chance Cutter, Lieut. BREM An, from guernsey. TORBAY, DEC. 3 1 .—The remainder of the Chan nel Fleet, under the command of Admiral CORN.- w4Ll.is,, are coming into Torbay ; hut it blows such a heavy gale of wind, the boats cannot touch the shore yet. COWES, JAN. 1.- 7 -Yesterday morning was strand ed near Asherfield rocks, on the South part of the Isle of Wight, the Swedish Brig De Hoop, Captain GU STAF BECKER, on her voyage from Teneriffe, bound to Tonningen, laden with wine and barilla— Crew saved—Ship and Cargo will be lost. This morning was stranded near the same spot, the Danish Brig De Fozze, *Captain Turv,vicK, from Bayonne, in Prance, in ballast----Crew fiat/ d. The ACiive,l' f liss ; ClareLtlon, ORICIE ; I?4'bccra,, 1 7 tiCmrs,oN, ; and. lf zlaarz, (AIRISTIE, Nyere captnteci oft - Conko River, on the ist Sept, by a French Pri vateer of ;;2 Dins and 356 tun, end :sent for the River Plate.--The I)iyati9r first Led the Ship olaive, being theweathermost Ship ; laid the Aelive on board, and after a gallant contlia of two hours, obliged 'her to strike, having contended with the Enemy, sword in hand, on the poop ; the..eiaive had six men killed and $2 wounded. The Priva teer next attacked and captured the Brig William. The Ship Rebecca slipped, and put to sea. She then attacked_the Clarendon, and opened a fire upon her from the Aaive and Erig William, and atter an adion of two hours, captured her. The Privateer immediately made sail after the Rebecca, overtook her, and after an adtion or running fight of two hours, she struck. . . . We have great pleasure in laying before our Readers the following Copy of a Letter from the Master of the Snipe Gun-brig to Lieut. CHANIFIOI4, the Commander-of that Vessel, by whoa: he had been sent' as Prize-Master of a Dutch Sloop; of about ninety tons, captured by the Censor and the Snipe: ' SIR, " Yarmouth Roads, Dec. 29, ISOS. , f In obedience to your orders, received on the 22d instant, to.proceed with the' prize, Neutralite, to Yarmouth, I accordingly did so, till aliout seven o'clock in the morning of the 23d, when the Crew of the above vessel rose upon us; and disarmed the two sentinels upon the deck, immediately barring the remaining three of us down in the'great cabin. They then made all the sail they , could to the S. S. E. I called . to 'them to know where they were . going. They first - answered, to Embden. I told them, if they meant to go-to Embden; they would steer more to . the Eastward (having a compass be low, enabled me to know the course they steered).' They then said they were going to take us to Rotter dam. We then -endeavoured to break the hatch open, but were not able to, et e& it. ..'On the morn ing of the- 24th, they Caine to anchor, being very foggy, off Gravesand, in seven fathom water, ready for going into the Maese. At eight A. M. we call ed to them to know if they would.let us came upon deck. They answered, " No : as soon as you. of fer to come up, we will kill you all." We then began to break open the hatch; they defended it With, two. .cutlasses, and 'some large iron bolts:, They were six in number, and we five. Having at length got the hatch broken partly in pieces, DAVIS, the Marine, fired'a pistol up the hatchway, and wounded one of them in the side, so as to disable him,- another im mediately ran clown the cable tier; and the rest then began to call for quarter, which was granted. About teri o'clnek we got possession of her, when we im mediately .weighed, and. tuacie sail for Yarmouth, where I arrived, without any thing more material occurring. I am, Sze. N . SELBY + Master of the Snipe." " To Lieut. Champion, - commanding tiis Majesty's 'Gun-brig Snipe." TO THE EDITOR OF 771E-$1.72V; SIR, I read with the utmost astonishment in several Papers. of this morning, an Affidavit said to have been made by Captain NtcoLsog, in which he swears to 4 conversation between hifnself and me, atVice-Admiral Sir ROBERT CALDER'S lodgings at Portsmouth, on the 22d ult. the day previous to the Admiral's Trial, which I think it inannbent on me to take the earliest opportunity of contradiaing declaring upon my Honour, that, to my knowledge, I never had - any conversation with Capt. NicoLsoN in my life, and am a total stranger even to his per son j- that I was not at the Admiral's lodgings (and dO not know where they avert) during my stay at Portsmouth, and never sawshitn but on. board the Pi - ince of 'Pales ; and that Ca-et. Nicol. sox's. name was never - mentioned by the Admiral to nie; or by Me to hirn. • I nrn, Sir, yotr most obedient humble Servant, CHA.• BICKNELL. Spring Garden Terrace, Jan. f, tBO6. Temple_ Bar- Gates are repairing previous to. the 'Funeral of Lord NELSON, - as, the ceremony of shut ting and opening the gates will take place, as on all occasions where the LORD MAYOR and Livery of London are • concerned.- The LORD MAYOR and Court of Aldermen will join.the ProcessiOn at Tem ple Bar precisely. at twelve o'clock. Tuesday morning arrived at the. Royal Dock Yard at Chatham, Commissioner GRAY'S elegant yacht, for the purpose of taking on board a number of No blemen and Gentlemen with their Ladies, who pro posed visiting the Vieiory, lying about 8 miles from chathain— At 10 o'clock a signal was hoisted, when the whole embarked at the Royal Stairs, and pro deeded on 'board. . Among the company we noticed Lord F. 13ENTINCK, Lori, TYRCONNEL, Hon. Mr. Baomixv-; Captains CONEY, Fescii, and TAYLOR, of the Guards, (attended by a numerous - band); La dies Ta.v4oa, Hon. Miss Moymouv., Se. - c. likewise, as we were itifortned, several Gentlemen of the Cor poration of London; viz. Mr. BIRCH, Mr. Deputy WAD.o . ; M. Deputy GOODBEFIERE, SirW.RmvuNs, Mr.J4MEs DIXON, anctMr. Deputy Ntcota.s. The Tatte:i party, the Committee of the Corporation of London, we understood, 'were on a visit to Captain HARDY, to arrange the funeral procession of Lord Nei,SON; The illant Captain and the whole of his Officers received their guests with the utmost atten tion and, politeness. At half past 4 o'clock the whole re-landed -at the Commissioner's house, under a grand saltite, and immediately left that place for town. The weather was exceedingly teMpestuous during the whole clay. A letter,received at Hull from Amsterdam, dated the f26th ult. says—" We are entirely surrounded by ' armies, Which may be daily ,expected to aCt in open warfare. In Prussia, Hanover, &c. immense bodies of Russians, &c. are colleaing ; and the last Mail brought advices of the arrival of 135 sail of British transports in. the Elbd, The French seem to suspe& that the report of Prossia joining the Coalition - , will prove true. At first only -25,000 men were destined for the defence of this country; it was last week said, that an army of 60,000 - French is collecting on the Frontiers, under the command of Gen. BEItTHIER3 and this number is now; augmented to 1413,000, with I. Prince Locus as the Chief in COMmand. BONA PARTE Seems to have serious apprehensions, having drained France of troops, even to the Paris garrison, u e,rder to complete this force.". It now appears that General Dort, prc?yion , ; to. his marching - far Hanoyer, took,the precautio4 to detain the Tran,ipoi - Win the Elbe and Weser, until further Orders for their departure should be issued by hitn, ST,INMORE PRIORY. The Tragedy of Oroonol.o was represented by the Amateur Performers on Monday last, at this hospi table and splendid' Mansion. The Sable Hero was well performed by the Earl of ABERDEEN, and Mrs. HESELTINE gave him such an interesting Imoinda, as fully justified all his supposed affe&ion. Aboon.- and Jack Stanmore gave full scope to the respe&ive talents of Mr. LAWRENCE and Mr. T. SHERIDAN. There was a good display of simple humour in Mr:- G. LAMB'S Daniel. The melancholy of this very affecting'Drarna was well relieved by the whimsical Farce,of All the World's a Stage, in which Messrs. LAMB, MADDOCKS, DAWKINS, and SHERIDAN, as well• as Lady C. LINDSAY and Miss ButLaa, exhi bited a!tonsiderable share of comic ability. A good repast, dancing and revelry, filled up the remainder of the night, and far advanced into the hours of morning, when the • Company Went to repose, after the fatigue of varied pleasure. The DUKE of Cum...' BERLAND, the Duchess of DEVONSHIRE, 'Lord and Lady Ess4x, Lady JERSEY, Lord and Lady Dux- CANNON, and a numerous train of the higher were preA6nt. THE THEATRE.--Miss SMITH added considerably to her reputation last night at Covent-Garden. Thea-. tre, by her, performance of Jane Shore. The ten derness and melancholy of thepart were well sustained throughout, and the burst of generous anxiety for • the fate of the Princess was . very impressive and inte resting.---KEMBLE, as .we hae before observed, gives quite a new colouring to the part of Gloucester, arid by the admirable skill of his 2.6 ting,, plates it - upon a level with most of the charaaers Which bald a: prominent distinction in the Drama.--CHnimss KEMBLE'improves every time he performs Hcistings, and supports it with critical truth as well as energy. COOKE did nut render Dumont so prominent as wat expeaed : ; The truth is, that tenderneSS - does not sit well upon him. He was most successful in the scene with Hustings.—Mrs. LITCHEIELD always gives a forcible etre6t to the part of THE AitTS.—We mentioned with pleasure that Mr..Devis, an Artist of high distinCtion, . had been on beard ike•Vitiory, where he remained several. days, in order to colle& all requisite materials for a Representation of the Death of the Illustrious NaLsoisr.—The Piaure is in . great forwardness, and is sketched with the promptitude and vigour of genius. All.the chief Personages concerned in the memorable event have sat to the Artist, and have given him every possible information on the subject. The maritime experience of Mr. Davis, indeed, pe culiarly qualify him for a subje& of this kind ; and the great ability which he has shown in his cele brated PiCture of " Lord CoitziwAws receiving the Sons of TzProo as ,Hostages," may well excite an expeetation of historical dignity a:ld force of etre& in the representation of the last moments o f • Brita in'* great 'Naval Hero. The trial of Andrew Belch, late Banker in Glasq gow, accused of the crime of forgery. GAMIC on bef4o the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on Mon.' day. The relevancy of the libel was obje&ed to; and, after a long debate, memorials were ordered,' and the trick postponed till .3d of January. A letter received at Hull,. by the last Mail from: St. Petersbnrgh, states, that a levy of 110,000 inert had been ordered to be made -early in the spring.---4 St. Petersburgh appeared deserted; all the ()dicers and 'Nobility having left it. , Married, at St. James's church, yesterday, by. the Rev. Dr. EnwARD Dalitzt. CLARKE, Fellow of. Jesus College, Cambridge, JOHN MARTEN Cetr , Ps,' Esq. - of Stantons, in Sussex, to Miss itusii, daugh ter of Sir:Wu...Lisa; B.EA.7,.*Nt4tutiCE Rostt, of Witu. bledon-House, Surrey. • Mr. Wild, a baker, at Bankside, in the Borough, called on his brother at the Royal Tent, in Kent street, on Tuesday evening; about eight o'clock, iii al.parent, health. He. conversed for a few minutes very socially, when be suddenly dropped down, and expired-without* gr, body remains for the Corotteep Inquest, - artyyesterdaymorningthe stables of G.Colling- Esq.: - King's ;Vievia, King's. Road, Gray's-iting lane, were broke open, and robbed of several saddles, bridles, and other articles, Monday se'nnight two boys were deteCied in the a& of stealing bank-notes out of a till in a shop in John-street, Limerick, by means of bird-lime stuck to the end gia small rod. They confessed they had been Nery..'successful .at twa or three shops during the evenin g . While one of the young thieves en gaged the shopkeeper, the other applied the instrav inept to .the till-hole, but at the above shop too many notes happened to stick to their rod, which caused the discovery. On Thursday noon John Blackburn, a bricklayer, at Hunslet, .near Leeds, was unfortunately drowned in the River Aire, a little above the bridge : e was washing his hands, and by a sudden slip. fell head; long into_a rapid part of the River:—&overal-people saw him, and. immediately went to his assistance, throwing out a long pole, which he caught hold of, but not being able to support himself, he sunk, and his body has not yet been found. On Friday se'nnight an ewe belonging to Mr, Thomas Paul, on his farm, at Saltney, near Chester, yeaned three lambs ; an in'stance of fecundity very rare at this season of the year. A man of the name of Baxter, who formerly was a respectable farmer at Buckenham, took the rash resolution of refusing any kind of sustenance, which he has maintained for 32 days, at the White Horse at Keninghall, and survived on Saturday last. He has given no reason for this strange condu6l.—(Bary Post.) One day last week a poor man of the name 'of Algar was found dead in a ditch, in the parish of He►npnall, Suffolk, into which he is supposed to have accidentally fallen, as he was carrying home a loaf of bread, which was found under his' arm, and a crust,i❑ his mouth. On Wednesday last a soldier's wife of the Hertford Militia, accidentally set fire to her clothes in the Ro tUnda, Ipswich, and ran into the street ; fortunately thereheing a quantity of wet straw at hand, she was rolled upon it and the fire extinguished, but not be fore she had bepn dreadfully scorched :—some Of ficer& of the Shropshire witnessing the accident, im mediately sent fOr surgical assistance, and very hand somely entered into a subscription for the poor wo man,