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'tavia had sitcceedg: 6uliutewns - imptavink-tbebth under Standing subsisted among the Colonies, the Princes, and the People of Java. The plantations of Banda prosperthe hart gists of 1805 have been brought into the magazines of Batavia. Accord ing ,to the last accounts -the - Islands of Amboyna and Ternate, and the Establishments in the Islands of Celebes and Borneo, were in the best condition. euraaoa is in the best state of defence—:the Dist' accounts from that Island and the neighbouring'Es jablishments, and, from the Cdast of Guinea, are satisfaelory. We shall say nothing of the Colonies occupied by the Enemy. We have no. recent intel ligence from Ceylon, the Coast of Coromandel, Co chin, or Surat. " We have received advice from 'Malacca, that the Englisliintend to abandon that Establishment, after having. ruined it. We shall say - little of the taking of the Cape of Good Hope, on the 18th of 'January of the present year. - This important' post was attacked by a very considerable force, and the troops charged with its defence did not behave equal- ' .ly well. The Governor did'his duty. , " From this state of things, Gentlemen, it pain rally results, that we ought to make the greatest ef forts to support our armaments by land and sea, upon the same footing as they have hitherto been= that we must augment them as much as possi ble—that the War and Marine Departments, as well as every oth'r branch of the Administration, stand in need of a solid and well-defined Constitution ; and of institutions capable of rendering our Armies' formidable by land and sea; and of giving them the lustre they formerly enjoyed, which they may ea sily acquire. They may, ameliorate and reform during the war. As to the other branches of the Public Administration; all our ellOrts will be di reeled to their improvement. But we must not flatter ourselves with any remarkable change before the Maritime Peace : theft, Gentlemen, every thing will take a new course—then only shall we be able to hope for indemnity, reparation', and satisfaetion, for the many evils we have sustained. . tt- Holland has been in danger of losing both der politieil and physical existence. The coura . geous perseverance of the inhabitants, in affording a daily remedy against the breaches made ,by the 'elements, has prolonged its - duration; bui we can - 'not 'conceal the truth, that we shall never be re-. lieved from the present state of things, till we 'adopt a broad system of amelioration, which, having undertaken, we must pursue with calmness and per severance. " In this view, and according to these principles, the different projets of laws will be laid before you. You will remark, among other things, besides the Budget, and the laws relative to the Finances; a. pro 7 jet of a law for creating a Grand Order grUnion, 'and an Order of Merit. " We have told you, Gentlemen, that we deem it essentially necessary, not only for the prospe rity, but to the existence of this country, that 'every degree of local prejudice and party should disappear. c ! Among our subjeEts, you should be the first to give the example of a return to monarchical ideas. It is necessary that every thing in this country should.be carried on with' uniformity, and with a 'vigilance indispensibly necessary 'to the Adtninistra thin ; that the public spirit should be renewed ; that the people should glory ?1.1 being Hollanders ; iand that they should confide implicitly in us for ,the public good. `.! Let our people know, that as long as we shall remain 'in the state in which Divine Providence has placed us, neither our precarious state of health, nor any other consideration, shall prevent us from con -- 'mainly watching over the interests and the good of the country, as long as We are able. '" We, therefore, pray God to take you into his Loly Aitaxvzu-1 Dublin, 2 Waterford. D E Gottenburgli, i Dublin. PRICE OF STOCKS TltS DAY Ai' TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - -60 ii I Red. Ann. 59ji OnThiufl - THE SUn BOLL! QUIS DICER FACSUM AUDEAt ? L 0 N D 0 N, SATURDAY, DECEM2ER IG, MG: IT will appear from the Extra&s which wehave inade from some Foreign Journals which arrived last night, that the Russian Troops have aaually entered Poland, and, as they were advancing with rapidity, it is highly ptobable that au aaion may have taken place. A Letter from Berlin, dated the . 28th ult. states, that' on the 11th a Regiment of Russian . Hussars crossed the Vistula and entered Warsaw, and that oil the 13th 4000 Infantry arrived at Praga, which is immediately,opposite to Warsaw, On the other side of the Vistula. On the lath, DAVOUST'S. Corps, which was / at Posen, began its march for Warsaw. The Russian Corps which entered Praga was theAdvaticed Guard Jot . : the Column under the command of Gelieral BEN NINGSEIST.. Three other Columns, under the com mand of Prince GALITZEN and Generdis TOLsToy . and SEMBORASKY, were also advancing with all pr,iaicable speed. Some private Letters were . yesterday received by a Vessel which arrived in the • lliVer from Ho)land, which state, that the niAtuber of Russian Troops that have entered Poland ,amotlnt . to 150,000 men, and that they had been joined by 20 or 30,000 Prussians. From the. rapid man ner in which the Ruisians are advancing, we fear that it is intended to risk another general Aaion with the French. The obvious policy, we should suppose, of the Allies, would be, to harass the French by a Winter Campaign, at such an im,, mense . distance from their sup , ,-,lies and rein farcemcnts, instead of trusting every thing to the 0' .. . . . . result of a Battle, 'titile'ss it 'can be . fdtight tinde.“r 'circtiinStances that almpzt insure success. It d6e not appear , that the remonstratices, or even the 'threats , of BONAPARTE, have yet induced Austr ~,,,, to EemOre. her Troops from the, menacing pa. .71t _s*. ion which they now hold. We cannot but infer from this that Austria is disposed. to take a part against France in this contest, beQuse otherwise her condu& would be most impolitic indeed. She has I done enough to excite the iinplacable.enmity of Bo- N APARTE, and if be should ultimately succeed agitillst Russia and Prussia, the fate of AuStria may be easily, predi&ed. . The Message of Louis BONAPARTE to their High Mightinesses, on the opening of their Session, is,a Culions and interesting document. The descrip • tion he gives of the state of Holland is truly de plorable. It appears that, in addition to the other calamities, the Dikes, either from the negligence .or : Ale :poverty of the Government, are so much out of repair as aelually to endanger the existence of a considerable portion of the population of that, unhappy Country. MAJESTY'S Speech to both Houses of .Parlia ment will not be delivered till Friday next. The early part of the week will be occupied in swearing in the Members of both Houses, and in the choice of the )Speaker of the House of" Commons•. • THE follpwing intelligence was this morning re ceived at LLOYD'S. It was brought to Liverpool by the Irlain, Captain KEYSER : " BARBADOES, Nov. 7.—The Enenly have a number of Privateers cruiz-ing to windward ; they have from 70 to 100 men each, and are very fast sailers. We have but few Ships of War-to cruize against them, so that we may expeEt many cap- , tures. His Majesty's Ships Merlin and Lit Seine sailed from hence on the 'sth inst. having under con voy the Hopewell and the Sir Sidney Smith, for London ; a Vessel for Cork, and one for Dublin.". TIIOUGH our'Readers have not yet had an oppor tunity of peruSing the Whole of the Papers pUblisbed by France relative to its late Negotiation with thii Country, yet they will find enough to convince them that our Enemy was by no ineans , sincere in his de- sire of Peace, notwithstanding all his declarations and professions. But there is great reason to, believe that the French Government have published these in teresting and important Documents in a garbled shape, with a view to get the start of our Ministers, and, if possible, deceive Europe into a belief that the Blessings of Peace have been delayed by the fink of the latter. It is, hOwever, fully manifest by the Papers, in their present state, that France was per petually attempting to wary the principles of the Ne gotiation, even after it had positively recognised.the Possicktis as the basis of the proceedings. As to the question ,which Country made the first Over ture for Negotiation, that is but a, minor con-:! sideration. The chief points are, the sincerity of the respe6tive Parties, and the pi inciples upon which the Negotiations were to be conduced. We shall not, howeVer, enter more particularly into a consideration of there Papers at present, because, as we hAve served, 'we have strong reasons to doubt their ac-, curacy, and know we can confidently depend Upon' the corredness and authenticity of those which the British Government will soon present to Parliament. Yesterday a Cabinet Council assembled at the Fo , : reign Oilice, at two, which did ,not break up until , . near five. o'clock. The Members . present were, Lord Howici, Lord SPENCER, Mr. WiNnuAm,,' Lord HENRY PETTY,, 'the Earl: of MOIRA, Lord HOLLAND, and Lor 1 SIDMOUTH. THE ROYAL ACADEMY.--'The annual' Eleaion of the President and Ptlm Offi6rs of- this Institution took place .on s"Wednesday laq, at Somerset House: Mr. WytiTr, a few d.iys before ; signified to the Academiciat, that it was 'not his•wi;ili to resume the office of I resident in case it -should be 'their in tention to re-elett him. , The Members in general, thereibre, eoneeisved that the best mode that could be adopted, in order to obviate ail diisentions, was to re-elea 'their former President, Mr. WEST, who \t as eopsevenay chosen a circumstance,.very ho nourable to that Gentle Man, as well as to the :ICa demy. . Mr. WEST has signified his readiness to resume the office, if the choice of the, Academy should be confirmed by the approbation of HIS MAJESTY. It is with much satisfaainn that we state this event, as it' may be considered as a symp tom of returning peace in the Academy ; and we sincbiely hope that all future, competitions among the Members will arise from a 'addable spirit of emulation to do honour to themselves, and to pro:P , mote the purposes of the Institution in . the advance ment of the Liberal ( Arts. 'Mr. WYATT deserves much' approbation for having consented to become President at a period when the spirit of party was too prevalent in the Academy, as his resignation of, the office shews that no motives of a per sona l ki n d had any influence upon the occasion. Previous to, the Election, Mr. OWENr, one of the Most distin guished of our Artists, who was le6l.ed a Royal Academician in February last, obtained his diploma, signed by I-Irs MAIEstY, by which means he was able to assume the situation of one of the Visitors for the ensuing year. The following is a list of the rest of the Officers chosen on Wednesday Richard Westall, 1. F. Rigaud, lames Wyatt,, it is Cosway, Edmund Garvey, lames Nurthcote, Paul Sandby, and William Owen, Esqrs. Council. Henry 'l'resh.nn, F. F. Rigaud, P.' 1. De Loutherbourgh, I. Copley, Sir Williawt 13eechy. Henry Foscii, Flaxman, Tni,nuis Stothard, and Witham, Owen, Esqrs. Visitors. And G;.:tr i ;e. bance,, and Joseph Ferinoi, Esqrs. Auditors-----Loon Richards, R. A._Sec. • NA PAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, I)%C. 11.-- - 7-Arrived 'the hf and ladtfatil,Tatle Frigcite, from Ports mouth.. Sailed the Narcisvis Frigate and Rosario Slbop of War,-on a cruize to the Wesfward. Mt- Formidable and 'Glory, of 98 guns each, Coara,l,!eux; and Terrible, of 74 guhs each, are under ,orders for thq Mediterranean, and are hourly expeaed to sail. The haVaiikratte is also expe&ed to sail this eves iug the Westward. A French Lugger Privateer was yesterday disco vered off the Start in puniuit of an English Collier Brig, but the latter escaped. She .is the same Pri vateer that captured a Brig off this Port about three weeks ago, and which was re-taken by the Hart Revenue Cutter. FALMOUTH, DEC. I(),,—.Arrived yesterday His Majesty's Armed Brig, Endeavour, from Plymouth, with about 20 Sail of small CoasterS, for Swansea, Bristol, Liverpool, and Neath.; His Majesty's Ships Savage and Cockatrice, with two Transports, having stores on board, from Plymouth ; Ship John, MON DAY, from Milford, for St. Thomas's ; •and this day Illantara, DENNIS, from BriStol 1,. Wilson, DAVlD soisr,- from Swansea ; Star, - BUNDLE,. from Dart- Mouth ; Liberty, PETERS, from Bristol; Goodson . , BLACEMORE, from Neath -; Eliza and Cecilia, from Plymouth, bound to Cork ;and )ane, STERRY, from London. . P. S: We are happy to state that, by the great aftention of Dr. BAIRD, the, fever which so violently raged on board His Majesty's Ship Blonde is at length (tot over, and that Ship will sail, the first fa- Vo: - irable wind, for the West,.indies. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Arrived 'the Magnificent, of 74 guns, Capt. lf,yRE, from the Eastward ; the Centaur, 74, Capt. Sir SAMUEL 1100 D, Narcissus, Capt. C. NIALcoLm., and (;onus Frigates ; . ,Dapper, Lieut. J. PRICE, Forward, Lieut. D. SHIELDS, and Sprightly Gun-brigs, Lieut. S. GOADON, drove back iron), the Westward, • • SiItERNESS, DEsC. 11.- , ;:-Carne .odt rof dock the Seahorse Frigate. • Came into Harbour the Resolution, of 74 guns, Capt. BURLTON. • • • • The Falcon _Sloop of War continues the Signal for Convoy to Tonningen, but not for the purpose of fxoing'there, but to warn any VesSels bound to. that 'Port that it is not sale to proceed. DEC. I2.—The Hyacynth Sloop of War was paid bounty, and two months wages in advance. Came into Harbour, to be paid off, the Vesuvius. • • Twelve Sail of Transports will ,sail to-morrow for Deal. DEAL, DEC. 12.—Arrived His Majesty's Ships Fame and Pheebe from a cruize, and remain in the Downs with the Ships as per last ; and several Sail of outward-bound Vessels put back from the West ward. • • . The KINO'S Speech was finally settled, and read to His MAJESTY by Lord GRENVILLE, On WedlleS day-last : it is expe6ted to be issued on Friday. next. The capture of Monte Video, by the troops under General 13EREsFoRii and the Squadron under Sir.HomE POPIIAM, is confidently mentioned by the Captain of the Spanish Privateer taken by the Flora, and arrived ‘at Plymouth. The Privateer left a Spanish Port only three weeks ago—the account of the capture of Monte Video had been received before her departure. . A Frenchman is in custody, and has been under 'examination for several days past, at the Aiien Oiiice, in Crown-street, Westminster. The parti culais of the charge against : him have not trans pired. , SirItmESCOCkBURN is appointed Joint-Secretary with Sir G. SIIEE to Mr. WINDHAM. The new Farce of Arbitration wa s repeated with success last Eight at Covent Garden Theatre. hAun.INI resumes his Annual Concert this sea son at-Baila,--BnAnAm and STORACE are to assist .the Musical Veteran in the Christmas week. Two large superb elegant Cups, as a tribute Of gra . itude, respect, and esteem, to the memory of the late' RICHARD ROUTH; 'Esq. Chief Justice and C.)lleeior of His *Majesty's Customs of the Island of St. -John's, Newfoundland, are presented to leis Wi dow by the underwritten Subscribers, in testimony of his upright, horlourable, and meritorious conduCt in the discharge uf'his duty in those high and, digni fied Offices : Vice-Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower, Governor of Newfoundland. • John Jeffry, Esq. M. P. George•Garland,l:sq. M. P. John ileeves; Foci. • • - William Spurrier, 'Esq. • Messrs. James Hunter and Co. Messrs. Hart, Epees, and Gaden. Messrs. Cunningham, Stevenson, and Co- Messrs. John eawford and 'Co. Messrs. Stuart and Rannie. Alessi's. Still, May, and Co. 111e•srs. David Saunders and Pierce Sweetrnan. The literary merits and embellishments of the two 'first Numbers of La BEAU MONDE ; or, Literary and Fashionable' Magazine, • are saperior to those of any Work yet produced ; the tinbellishments consist of. admirable Portraits of His Majesty and the Prince of Wales, beautifully coloured FaShions for Gentle men, and prawings of Carriages.—The third Num ber, whiCh will be published on JanuarY 1, 1807, will be a brilliant Work of Art; the Proprietors, therefore, invite the Lsdies and the Public to be early in their applications, for the Impressions will be valuable acquisitions ; the Portraits alone of this Work would not be sold for less than 7s. each at any of the Printsellers.—Printed and published for J. B. BELL, No. 254, High Holborn, and•may be had of every Bookseller and Newsman throughout the United Kingdom. Such an impregnable bulwark of security are the Wooden walls of Old*England deemed by foreigners, that it is'not surprising such an influx of money has pOured into our Funds from various parts of the Co ntinent since its late disasters., But not only Britain's Modes Walls, but the' 11 ooclen Wheels of her Bonne Foriine, are at this moment great obje6ts of atten tion to foreigners. • The latter indeed may be justly stiled bulwarks of opulence : if any doubt it, lc: th e m %.iew the present noble Lottery Scheme, headed by the two inurnse Prizes.of 30,0001. each. SPEC /IL COMAIISSIJN AT SLIGO, FOR TUE TRIAL OF INSURGLNTS. ‘ ON Wednesday the 3d instant the Judges (Right Hon. Chief Justice DOWNES and the Hon. Baron GEORGE) arrived at Sligo. 'On Friday morning, at ten o'clock, the Court met ptirsuant to adjournment, when John 'Do-1 nough and !Vilna' nt Carney were •put" upon their trials. There were four indite mmtsi the hr: t for bur= glary in, the dwelling-house of Peter O'Neil, on the night of the 2d of September la.t, at the Windy-gap, near the town of Sligo . ; the second indie - trn - eni was for robbing O'Neil in his Etweltin , , , -- home ; the tnird indi&unent was - founde.:l on this White Boy Aft, for breaking into the Prosecutor's house, between sutset and sun-rise, iissaulting and injuring- the .hoase; forcibly' taking _money and causing it to-be delivered to them by threats—the fourth indiament was (founded on the Riot. A& of the 27th of His - present Majesty's reigii) for providing 'an instrument- of torture; and therewith infli&ing torture on the Prosecutor, to induce hird to join the unlawfhl confederacy of « Thrashem" These'indiamerits Were opened by the ATTORNEY GENERAL. Peter O'Neill was then sworn—he said, that on the night laid in the indiaments, between one and two o'clock, his house was attacked by a riotous party, consisting of about 26 or 27 ; that two of diem came' to - his door and broke it in,- forced him naked out of his bed, and demanded money from him ; that he having ;cur a tenpenny'piece, and his wife another, they forced" him naked out . • of his house, where the whole .party .got round him, carried him some distance from the house, .and having made him promiie•to• send mOney next day to an house they namc-.1, they then carded his naked back' with a' wnol-card, and lacerated his back in a barbarous and inhuman Manner that one of them struck him with the butt of `a gun on the small of the back; and broke one olhis l4hort ribs ; .that the party then Went away, and the Pro- secutor returned immediately to his house, put on his clothes, and, followed the party ; after tracing them 'from house to house he returned to his own. [He here identified the two Prisoners as those who entered his house.] Ori hii Cross-examination (by Mr. BAITER, Coun sel for the Prisoners), it was 'endeavoured to bo shewn that rewards' had been offered by the. fi\lagi strates of the County forintbrmation against and'tbr the apprehension of insurgems of this description, and that such rewards had influenced the present Prosecution. Mary O'Neill, the wife, and James ,O'Neill, the son of the Prosecutor, were also produced and sworn, and - they - fully corroborated the'Prosectuor Peter lu every particular and material , fat% and severally identified the Prisoners, as having seen them .at the house.. On The part of the Prosecutio:), - Thomas Soden, Esq. Sovereign of Sligo, proved, that having . heard of the attack on the Prosecutor, and that the Prosecutor was in ,the-town of 'Sligo, he called on him, and required him to give informa tion on oath as to' the transaaion in ilucstinn. At first-the Prosecutor hesitated ,as •to giving informa- tion ; but 'Air . . Soden' hiving insisted that the Prose ,cutor should give evidence. on oath, and Mr. S. having prepared a summons to compel the Prose cutor to.do so, he at length submitted and gave in formation on oath ;:iinst the Prisoners andothers, in. consequence which the Prisoners were,appre hended.—Mr. Soden arso proved that no reWards were offered till long after the infoimations were , given ; and this fad was , Confirmed by John Irwin, Esq.',another Magistrate, vho. swore that the re wards were not ()tiered till the th or (26th of Sep,, tember ; _and. Upon inspetaidn . Of the informations, it, appeared that they'Were sworn on the sth Sept. On the Defence, both Prisoners produced four Witnesses, who proved that. their houses were visit( d on the same ny , ht as O'Neill's:, by pales of 6 Thrashers, .with white shirts on their bCA iii, aiki white bands on their . hat's ; that ' money- was de manded at each house, ,and the ' assailing parties consisted of between (..'ci and 30 ; and the Witnesses all concurred in' swearing that they did :ot see the Prisoners among the mob. On. the cross-examina tion, they.admitted that they had not Seen the faces Of all the insurgents assembled ;. and two of them mentioned having.. seen the Prisoner, WPonough, armed with a gun, on the evening in question, on the road near the Prosecutor's honse. Tliere was then produced .for M‘Donough, his brother-in- ' law, of the name of Gilmore, who swore that the . . Prisoner, M'Donough, reinliined in,-his horse the wbble night in question ; and that he, the Witness, being ill on that night, removed into the Prisoner's bed—but did not sleep .Ilie whole night, and that Was the only night he had ever slept with the Pri soner. [This Witness appeared much embarrassed, o and was obliged to have water .brought for his re freshment before he could proceed in his evidence.] . Two Witnesses were tht4; produced on b&lalf of • 'the Prisoner gamey, to prove an 'alibi. The first witness, Mary Maims, swore that she was A setup stress, employed in the Prisoner's house at that time; that im the day, in queStion Prisoner's child ryas sick, and she attended it, and was kept awake all night, and that in tonsequence she 'knew and could swear that Prisoner never left his house on that night.— Winifre . ti Magary, the second• witness, swore, that on the night in question she and her husband quar relled (as they had often done before), and for :ear of a flogging she quitted her house and went to the Prisoner's, where she reinained all night ; and she swore that the Prisoner never left his house that night.—On her cross - -eutnination she-stated, that she had never slept in Prisoner's house on any other occasion. . • Here the loRD CHIEF JUSTICE recapitulated the evidence, observing (as 'he proceeded) on the filets, • and pointing out, with precision and clearness, , the* contradiaions and inconsistencies in the transac tion ; and, upon ttie whole, his Lordship told the Jury, if they had any rational doubt on. the trans action, • they should acquit—but if they were sa tisfied .of the guilt of the PriSoners, ' they should conviet.—The Jiiry having . retired for about au hour, 'returned and, asked the Judges if they courd acquit one prisoner and find the other guilty ? and Mr. Baron GEORGE having told them that there was no law 'to prevent, them from acquitting either bi both of the Prisoners, or finding either or both of them guilty ; and that, in fact, the whole Lase Was within the discretion of the Jury - the Jury retired for a few minutes,' and rvtiarned with a veraiiit ot,=-. dricyuittal as tc, .oth,' . .