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MAILS, Ai niv&D .L.- / Waterford. Dui —z Hamburgh, r Cotten burgh, z Dublin, '2 Waterford, Consols PRICE OF S'T'OCKS DAX TWELVE O'CLOCK. 61 1 Oinniuin THE SUN. +:0;.4:4 Quis DICERS IFALEUM AUDEA.TI L 0 ND ON, FRIDAY, AUGUST p.c>, 1806. s OUR Letter from Dover this morning states, that Mr..BASICICO, the Messenger, landed at Deal yes terday afternoon. It further adds, that it was be &wed that he brought over intelligence of a very pacific nature, as on Order was sent off to :;top the further -sailing of the Transports with Troops. The latter part Of the Letter, it is obvious, cannot be true/ and we are very much inclined to doubt the former part cf it, 'for otlr Letter from Deal is rrfe6tly silent' upon the subje& ; and we Nye not ?heard of his' having reached Town, which he must have done if he had arrived at Deal yesterday after , noon. WE have this day made some furtber extraCts from the French Papers. _Among other articles will be found a Proclamation from General LAURISTQN to the People _of Ragusa. It is rettete,x4l34l34.oJost violent inveaives against the Russians, and Vt l 6 are rather surprised that it should have been inserted in the French Papers after the signature of the Treaty of Peace. . . THE attempts made in the French Papers to at tribute the failure of the Negotiation solely to the indisposition of Mr. Fox, cannot makp. any impres sion on this . Conntry, though it may-produce_.some ettei tipon the peOple. of France, - 10 - 6 are arrndst proverbially ignorant with respe6t.to the 1,41. - Vi and ccinstittition of this Country. If they w e re no t, they never could be induced to believe, that because the. Correspondence relative to the Negotiation* passes -.of cot - ft-se through. the Office of Secretary of Suite for Foreign Affairs, that therefore Mr. Fox, "v.-hen be, was in health, bad the sole management of the Negotiationi and that it was only in con s-ru4nce of that flight Honourable; Gentleman's idisposit igh that tOrd PitENVILLE, Who • is at_the -bead of the .4lministration, had an • opportunity of interfering, and taking a part in the discvssions. It v. , 31i1d be a waste of time seriously to comment upon 52uch gross absurdity; but BOA APARTE did not choose to let - his subjetas know that their hopes of Peace had been frustrated by his extravagant' pretensions and unreasonable demands ; he, therefore,' hit Upon the notable expedient ofgttributing the continuance War to Mr.' Fox's 'illness. ON Wednesday evening Admiral STERLING sailed from Plymouth, with the Sampson, of 64 guns, the L'rcvoyante, of 38 guns, the Sir Stephen LushingtOn and Earl * Spencer East 4tdiamen, at,(Pf+r Sore &tips, laden with Supplies, for the 'di e. of Good Hope. General GAEL, who is to command.at the Cape, sailed in the Sarapson. The account of Mr. Fox to-day is still favourable, and there is a full - expeaation, on the part of his o,iendS, that more: dependence can= now be placed on change of air. than on an y thing; that . medicine can do in" the present iinprovei.l state elhis•health. The'DtikE of CLARENCE'S hirth-DRy was cele brated in town yesterday with every demonstration The, Theatres, and Ail His Royal High ness's . Tradesmen, hid their houses brilliantly illu minated in- the evening. The PRINCE of WA,LES, DUKES of YORK, CAMBRIDGE, and SUSSEX ) , event 0 pass the day , with their Royal llrothr . r . at Bushy - -ark, - and to congratidate bins on the happy OC4I • . . A ,Letter from an Officer of rank. in ourAept Off the Dutch Coast, • dated the ibth inst. states, that there are•five, Sail of the Line; one Ffigate, and two Armed Brigs ready for sea in the Maars Diep, and twoSail•of the •Line• fitting 'out in the New Thep. The writer adda, ." - From every information that has reached me, it 'appears that; upon the first intern gent:e of a change in the G-overnment, such - symp , - totns of a-disposition to mutiny were. 'manifested_ among the Seamen,, that it was deeined.expedient to: pay • ttern Off, and 'they 'are now re-entering. This:expedient was °of Course resorted to with a view; to exclude the discontented, and to soled the pliant. - Admiral . DE WINTER is come down as Ad miral and InspeCting General. He haS heisted his ,Flag, on board the Brutus, an 80-gun Ship. lam of opinion that . these Ships have no notion of corning put, and thattbeir only objet is to shew these. ap pearances which may suggest to ussthe, neoeviikr,:of keeping a Fleet cif t!ie Coast, and thusyr-eygnt us fratp employing it in any otherquarter.7: : Frorn some further observation:;which Ippear in this. Officer's ..otter, it seems: pretty evident that the' cOndua of ihe Dutch Seatneti; when informed of the-total sub ye(sion of their 'Republid, amounted to.e.bsolute.mu tiny. Several of these Seamen are stated to have been committed to Prison.' • The'Ffench Papers hove given Mr. SttERIDANa seat in the Cabinet .with as much cam as , their-Im perial Editor has bestowed liingdoms and Principa lities to _lds Slavish Allies a:id military myrmidons. If, however, Mr. SHERIDA shoUld obtain such - an honourable distimaion, he would hold it ,Upo a inuCh Strongerlenure than .10N11PARTE'S new raised .Pat - ntates,' whose authOrity and existence' would' inosCprobably terminate when that event.takes place. \Al'ilich mankind' in general; 4nd Fret chman. tictilar, * 6'otwithstandinv their .abjea, homage rtvOuld . ear. 24/ t i PAL NEWS. Dovzß, Au0.21.-24r. BAstLico, .thed‘fessen ger-, landed a: Deat-this afternoon from Fran Ce; and brings Dispatches said to be of the utmost impor.- tance, as an Order, was sent o ff t o stop the further sailihg of the Transports with Troops; From this, it, is conjeemred by many-people that he has brought over Preliminaries of Peace : the channel. of commu nication being entirely between Boulogne and Deal, we cannot come at the immediate fa&, though we always,reteive 44',xpresses of the arrival acid sailing of Messengers. PORTSMOUTIT 3 AUG. 2 1.— , -Arrived 'the Pluto Sloop of War, C,zIPt..III.I;eVERIN, from a Cruize in the Channel ; Steady and Clinker Gun-vessels, from Guernsey; and the Three Sisters Transport, having on board the 12d Rattalion of the 3d Regiment of Buffs, also from Guernsey ; Neptunus, Rd - S, ;from Leban, bound to Lisbon, laden with flax and iron, detained by the Pluto Sloop of War. - .Sailed the Dolphin Store-ship fdr Deptford. PLYMOUTH, AUG.. 20.—Arrived the Portuguese Brig Lifer°, JOZE,ST.-KITTU Master, from Bayonne, bound to Tonningen, detained by the Hero PriVa teer.;_ and the aldenburgh Galliot Liar Hendricia, METTING i'vlaster, from Oleroo, fora market with salt, detained by the Queentorough Privateer. Caine in the PUry Bomb, with three Transports with Troops from the,Downs ; and Frances and Har riet, HUNTER, from Riga, with masts for die Dock. Sailed the Lady IParren Armed Ship with the Trade for the Downs ; and the Harlequin Armed • Ship to the Westward. Majesty's Ship Canopus was pail yesterday in Cawsand Bay. , Arriyed the Lind Revenue Cutter, ALLEN, from a Cruize. . . Sailed this evening the Sampson,'of 64 guns, Rear- , Admiral STIRUNG,'WitiI the Prevoyante Store-ship, of 38 guns ; 'Sir 'Stephen Lushington and Earl Spen cer. East India Ships, and four Store-ships laden with Supplies for the Cape of G9od Hope.. General , GREY, who is to•conirnand at the Cape, sailed in the inpson, The Transports with the Troops on board, still remain here, xiraiting the arrival of the Eastern Divi sion, which have not yet appeared in sight. ." Several Vessels are now going by to the Westward. SHEERNESS, AUG. 20.--Arrived the Rapid Ten der, from Hull, with volunteers and impressed tilen for the Fleet, and several Recruits for the Royal Marines; also the, Goshawk, a new Sloop of War; from the River. Sailed for the River, to be paid off, the Carysfort Frigate. AUG. 2 I .—Sailed the Seagull Sloop of War, Capt. CATHCART, for the Downs. Arri'ved the Quail Advice-boat, Lieut. Low, from the Dovtms. DEAL, AUG. 21.—Sailed the Beltette Sloop of War on a cruize. ' Arrived the Valorous Praam from a ernize ; and L'Espiegle Sloop of War from Cork, with a convoy, which are sailed for the River. RAMSGATJ, AUG. 20. I A Considerable number of the Trustees of our , Harbour asSembled yegerday, to witness the et e& of the sluices from the reservoir in cleansing And deepbning, the outer Bason,..in which a great quan tity of J - riud 114c1 been deposited by the late spring tides: At full tide, When. the water in the outer and inner Harbours was on a level, the passages ihiongh Which it was admitted into the latter were instantly closed by the machinery constrUCted in the partition dam for that purpose, and in consequence of which it, remained brim full till low water, wheh the sluices were thrown open, anti the water rushed through as many oantielwithati impetuosity which soon scoured and deepened them to the chalky bot tom. Each of the four channels, namely, two in 'the ' . .centre, and One running close by each side of the, Pier, in about half an hour exhibited' the appear-. anCe. Of gullies, Or ruts formed by :mountain floods, With . beds of mud •betweeri them; the latter were left on purpose for Vessels to-run on in stormy wea ther, when obliged to run in for shelter, otherwise the Vessels would run the risk of beitig; dashed against the sides of the Pier, .or of running foul of one another. 'The desirect effea .being prodUced, : the Trustees then dined 'together. The Pier mid Cliffs were crowded vt ith speelators whilst the water " Works were playing oti. • TJpon the.arrival of the Margate Hoy at the Pier, about two o'elo'ek on Sunday morning, Miss , G4N, of the Piazza,Cotree-house, in endeavouring to step from one -vessel to" another, fell into the water, where she remained for some time, but froM which she . was rescued by-'ll4r. Davis of the Plunnix Office., and Mr. SIMPSON, who jumped - after her. According to the statement of a' Merchant who arrived."yeszterday iu a'Neutral froni . Rotterdarn, ca ft..e was. selling so low .as tad. a pound, and st . : , :ar. proportionably cheap. Those articles ,had been iin ported ii: large Tiantities, within the laot fortnight, l bye American traders. This Merchant a,:dq, that the geperal opinion throughout Holland.was in favour'of 'PCJC6, dr rather, indeed;' that tie Dutch Politicians ;rofec,..'<•ed dOubt';apon the suhjeaf: FOREIGN IN7'ELLIGENC.E. MILAN, JULY Letter fromsAncona,of the 20tht inst.-communicates to us the following .Pro clamation, which was brought - from' Ragusa, ;141 ,1 was published on the. Bth inst. by General - RISTON RAGUSAN " Your troubles are ended. General MoLiToR„ at the head of his b rave Division, has arrived in ti.ri?e to deliver you from the Russians, who destroyed your ,property. The perseverance, the resignation, and the courage, which you have displayed during o. days of siege, secures to you the prote4tion of the .Emperdr of the French, as well as the esteem and attachment of all Frenchmen. You have suf fered-much. Ishall fulfil a duty the most dear to my heart in placing under the eyes of Majesty the losses you have sustained : his paternal heart will bleed'; but be will 'know how to dry up your tears. History presents few examples of the lion: rors arid barbarities which the Enemy 'have per petrated, and of which you . haVe been the viEtirris. Overpowered by numbers, though not vanquished, the French were for once forced to yield,—and to retire into the City of Ragusa, where they' deter mined to defend themselves to the last drop of their blood, rather than abandon you to - your enemies. The Russians, Oter having exhausted your re sources, wished to obtain possession even of your Country. Furious at being prevented by the French, who marched towards the Mouths of the CatarO, and not daring to make war as honourable Enemies, they resolved' to ekcite the Greeks, to whom They - described the French, of whom they were ignorant, -as the enemies of their Religion, who werecome with a desig - ri of taking - possession of their' property, though the whole world knows ,that ~ the French respeft the Religion of every people ;but in order to excite these Greeks in multitudes, they: promised them the pillage of your property, -assert ing that you had invited the French. A consi derable number oftroops are already arrived ; others are on their march : they, render our forces for midable to such a degree as to make those of the Russians tremble They have disobeyed thei4-26wn Einperot, who commanded them to iurrendei the Mouths of the Citaio : they have armed.agairtst the French a people, who, by the Treaty of. Presburgth, - have become the subjects of the Emperor of The French, to abandon them afterwards, as they have abandoned the GreekS in the Morea. Ragusans let order and - tranquillity return. Return to your occupations—reckon upon the' French as always your friends, and that the Emperor NAPOLEON will - ; approve himself your father. , (Signed): " ALEXANIiER 'LAURISTON." " Ragusa, July 3,180." PARIS, AUG. 12.—1 t is .pretty generally in Europe that there exists only one man ) of:NA:M.IW _ it may be said that the destiny of Nations depdlids'• upon him.: The J0i,0714/ ',Cle Paris . is not at zrlVOf the same opinion ; , or, atJeast, it this day, designates`_ another personage,, on whom it confers this bahoneit that personage is ,Mr: Fox. It does not hesitate, to affirm, that upon, the state of health cr disease of that Minister depends Peace Or War; and that, if he shOuld die,, we. must expe& to see that last scourge fall heavy upon two Nations for some years longer. ' ~ ~., . .. -. • - - This asSertiba.is so much-the more gloomy in its first . asped, . because- Mr. Fox is dangerously ill,' and he was. lately said to be dead, in the same Journal. Fortunately,, in refleelina •on the subject, we •May take a. little comfort ; and xv ,- , •.re among' ' the number of those who do not thin!: that the con- .elusion of peace, or •the continuation of war, is es.., sentially conneeted - , with the existence of Mr, F04.,.1 Those persons .ill know • the chargter and spirit f e f the English people, who imagine that they demand, either peace or war from complaisance to an/Miiii,- ster; ' If peace was not conformable to the wish of the nation, if the nation did not feel the want or it, neither Mr. Fox_ nor any other Minister would labour to re-establish it; he would not even dare to speak of it'. Thus, it is not at alln favour which Mr. Fox has conferred upon France, in entering. ! into a negotiation with her to terminate the war. He has been led to it; as'any other wise man who fills his office would have been led to it, by the' force of circumstances, by the influence 'of events, by the necessities of his nation ; aboveall..by the extraordinary fortime of France, . and by the enor- • 1 mous preponderance which she has acquired 'in t et last war--a preponderance which has become irr --:- sistible and discouraging to her enemies. • ' ,: . '-: Mpr r: Fox, snore enlightened perhaps than his •- 7 . decessors.'or at:least, enlightened by events which. have deceived all the calculations . - of England, has felt the . necessity of termittating,a struggle which became more and more ,unequal, and winch only presented to his ' nation dangers without advan tage. He has perceived; that Great Britain hav7 ing prospered very ill during a war. wlin she had for Allies two Powers .more forrnidahle than filer= self, would not probably support it with more success when single.' This refleclion, which strikes every one, could no longer escape o man of sense' and whoever may !)e the successor of Mr: Fox; if that, Minister should sink under his diSeaSe, will doubtless feel, that - the negotiations • begun by that Minister were'. founded on too good ' tea `sons for it ,to be, the interest of England • to break, them off. We'are Very far from desiring the death of a Statesman so distinguished as Mr. Fox.: we only wish to shew, that we have no reason to dread that event ; and that the only occasion we should have to regret a similar )oss.would be the interest which it would inspire in the rest of Enrope._ O.I)SSA, JULY fo.—The new. Russian Colonies in the Southern part of the Empire, and on the borders of the Black. Sea, are increasing with the greatest rapidity. All the colignists have good houses, commodiously armnged, 4 and they enter well-founded hope . of deriving frem'the lands whith have been granted to them the most solid riches. ln the course of the present year about 250 new families have settled in the envirotO'of this city. The Duc De RictlEiaut.7, Governor Cenetal, who is lately returned from a tour which he Made through his Province, grants special proteEtio4 to new colo nists. FRANikEVET, AUG. 4.—A1l the Princes of the Confederation of the Rhine have declared their ad . here:ice to France. Onc ; .s.knows tlot", therefore, the meiinin;-'of a DeCintk'n deliveri:d to the Diet, of .~ :-. Itatisbon, by- Baron rAtINPNBEFIG, . the Anoriati Envoy, .on the occasion of th© nottination of his Eminence Cardinal PESCH to be Coadjutor of the Arch-Chancellor. The Elector having no longer any kind.of connexion with -the Emperor of Austria, had D nik j ;need of his sanaion. Neither can we compre hehhhe Declaration made by that Minister, .that time Pop ;has refused to contirm the eleBion of his Emi nence; but that he may grant. a.Bull of Eligibility; When he shall have ;pronounced on the question of big being .a native of the. Empire, &c. Yesterday .the Royal. 'Garrison Battalion, doing duty at the Tower;, Were revieNized at'their ground near the Trinity .House, when this fine Coil's of Veterans • went • thrOugh the different evolutions in a manner highly gratifying to the admirers of mili tary discipline. The word was given by Lieutenant- Colonel Coo 4, and after firing in platoons and vollies, they were disniissed. Yesterday the tst Surrey Regiment of Volunteers had a,field-day at Montpelier Gardens. The West minster Volunteers also marched to Hyde Park, and underwent inspeEtion, &c. Various other Corps in the. •vicinity (of London were also out, in order to comply as early as possible with the. Training,A&, v. Bich requires attendance at a certain number of drills during the year, before the Volunteer can . claim exemption. Besides the 40th, 54th, and nth Regiments, it i's now reported th a t t he ad (or Buffs), Bth Or King's) Regiment,, comma:vied by the gallant Col: HOUGH'. TON, and the 36th, a very tine regiment, will be sent to the M•xliterranean ; the three first are all of them -distinguished Regitnents, all Egyptians, The German Artillery 410 received orders to era ' bark for Sicily. We have just heard that another Regiment of Heavy Cavalry will be wanted for foreign service, . and that that long-distinguished corps the Scots Greys, are mentioned' as the one pitched on. A respeftable force will soon be sent to prote& our Trade on the Coast of Africa. Lord Howrcx gave me assurance to this &I:ft ,to a Committee of Mer f tents engaged in that trade. Orders have been i.c...lued by the Lords Lieutenant Tor - returning lists of men. liable to serve in the. Mi— litia', preparatory t o the-execution of the Training Aid.--Articled Clerks and Apprentices, although • exempt from the Militia, are both to be ballotted Under this Aft. • The fine to••entitie a person to hi* discharge from the ballot is Zol. unless - it shill ap pear that he is dot possesSed of any income whatever of the yearly .value- o f t ool . i n w hi c h .case i , t is to-be 51. but the payment thereof will "only exempt hint from the training-_ exercise for one year. Persons enrolled in Yeomanry and. Volunteer corp, and claiMing exempti on on t h at a ccount, must produce 'eerfjficates from their Commanding "Officers of their 15eing r effeftive Members of -such Corp., or will Offierise become snbjed to a fine oft al. ~7The?reinforcement for the British Settlements on • i 3 ;glmCoast .of Africa, which have, now sailed 'are of . ! a 'pagnitude which p rom i se important advantage to the Country. New lights have been thrown on the use that 'may be made of those extensive distrida, a market for our conini'odities, and As a. fishery, which may be carried to almost any extent. It i 4 certain, also, that Goree is found to be bealOy, and that great use may be made of it, both in peace and war. ..We 'sincerely hope that Ministers may also have turned their attention 'to the Canary: Islands. As a ma r itim e station, TeneritFe would be invaluable; and it is by no means of strength suffi cient to resist a well combined attack, if made by a person acquainted with its approaches. It is a •tiftious faEt, which we know to be true,—that flip - r • gallant l and illustrious Lord' NELSON had positively gainddllie Island, unknown to himself, when he began his retreat. Major-General COC/tBURNX 'has left Hull for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, being appointed to the CM:IL % inand of that distrid. 'He is succeeded in the com mand at Hull, for the present, by Major-General HEwoR.L. It is Humty Bnouqzt.tat, Esq. F.R.S. (not BRA-. trAm), who is appointed Envoy to the Court of Lis bon. He is esteemed a young man of considerable abilities, and Author of a. Work of great tnerit,en titled, • " An Inquiry into the Colonial Policy of the .European Powers." • Report bas given him as the :Viuthor' . of the Pamphlet of " 4 n I nqu i ry i nto t h e S,tat;.; Cif the Nation." ' ,• • .I\-i:CitittßOSE, AUG. 17. c GEORGE QTACKPOOL., Of G,rcsteiliciir-place, Esq. who had before ce l e b ra t e d t h e I.Arth-day of Hii Royal Highness the PRINCE of bA14.0425, 'yesterday,' in honour of the Birth-day of. t His- Royal Highness the Dt.rx.4 of YORK, gave a grand Dinner and Sripper,•at Hunter's Ins, to Provost • • OLEG 6 and Family, and a large company of otheE Ladies, and Gentiernen, • Gen: Ju sot has been recently a ppcinted Governor of .Paris by the 'Emperor NA.P.oLcoN. , This re doubtable Officer is very 'well gua'ntied for suCli a situation, having bad some praClice in his master's line; both in the Senate and in .the Field. Should be be reqUired to dissolve the Tribunate or Legisla ; ture at Paris, .no fitter person could be chosen. It was he who on Easter Sunday, in defiance of the ce remonies of that people,' insisted on' en tering the Se nate, of' Venice then in full. Council, flung . himself ~,ip,tßAixhair, threw' his hat on' the . floor, and then, ..54rtio&M . p., read an extravagant and itisulting, letter the:4)l44e and Senate from BONAi'ARTE, charging Ahem withiiheenormous crime of arousing the people to.take atins against the French ! ,On Sunday evening last, as Mr. BICKERTON, jun. of Giltspur-street, Smithfield, was returning to town from Woodford, with another Gentleman, in a chaise, a hackney-coach drove furiously against the chaise, by which means both the Gentlemen were thrown out, and the carriage.broke entirely to pieces. Fortunately Mr. BICKERTON sustained no material injury, except that, of being cut in the face, and slightly bruised. The other Gentleman escaped wholly unhurt. On Wednesday evening, 'Mout nine o'clock, one of theDuKE of, SU§SEX.'S horses ran away from the stables at Kensington, down the road towards Ham mersmith, and came in copta6t with the PokE of \D barou4e and ii4r; whiclt: was re 'tnrning to to' ii froth J(ew, and broke the leg of onc•WC.,lii.dlorses, and - dislocated his own . s h ou ld er; thr,Y`4r i rner was 0r4er6.1 to be shot.‘ His Royal . •.•.• • liighness• received rie injury..