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have been held imprudent' here, even for strangers 1 to nave entrusted themselves in such hands ; as-no. Venetian in a public charaaer, chuses to sleep out of the fort, or to expose himself to the enmity of these metintaineefS: On our 'passing the draw-bridge, we were presently surrounded by a, crowd, who observ ed, • by'our . rnir.faches and habits,' that we were fo , reigners. When they understood that. we were English, their satisfaction - encreased ; an one or trx o whpspekeltalian, told ;its, that they had. gone to- Engl:4o during the last War. in a Venetian frigate, . Where they:Served as Marines. When I looked around me, I fancied myself Once more among my Arabian acquaintance. Their Mein, their dress, their arms, their manners; were nearly the same ; and I cou7l. not condemn the caution of .the State, which suffer no men with such art - Us, and such inefinations, to, ent'c.r Ofeie walls. And. Yet, we'hactso . little appre hersian of danger from them, that We'should have eagerly followed the suggestions' of curiosity, and closed with their pryposal, of . visiting their country for a le‘ %. days, had our situation admitted of it„ But • the difference 'was wide between the Venetians and us. We. had never offended them ; nor were we the obje& of their jealousies or apprehensions ; , and bad We'travelled in their domain, divested of finery or money to tempt injustice, there would have been no chance of meeting it, unprovoked, either in the: deserts of Arabia . , or the Mountains.of Greece ! On.. our return to the fort, we met the females of this tribe, .who, ,either (roar hard labour---which from their subserviency to their husbands' fall all to their share—or from other causes, are uncommonly hide ons,an.ldisagreeable.' Their lot, indeed, appears an hard one. Even . gallantry, with respect to the,sex iu other places, is reversed .here ; and the wife sa lutes her husband by kisSing his hand ; of which I was an eye-witness. We heard several anecdotes, that mark the genius of this extraordinary people; but the neconnt of one which was related at the Governor's fable will serve as. aspecityien- of the rest. 'The present Chief of the Non tagnegrines having lately learnt that his sister was ei?gaged in an intrigue during her husband's absence; liesitated . not , a moment on the part he was to take.' lle went direct to the house of the unfortunate,cul , prit ; . and, -without betraying the least sign,of - re-‘ morse, after assuring himself of the fa&, severed her • had from her body with one stroke of his sword.-- Tlie sentence, it is true, for such a trespass, was only anticipated ; as the unrelenting husband would have ec<l:-.ted her head at his return : but the cool; though cruel behaviour of this Chief, who, though unstimu lated by •jedloniy, and aauated by no other motives th in the honour of 'his family and the rights of so .ciety, could perpetrate'sncli a deed, fills the mind with mixtureof horrorr - and - adriiiratiOn ! We were slrewn rnere.than one-of this tribe,. who was known to .lave killed a dozen men with his own hand ; . as thcir.hves were supposed to have been forfeited try offekes, or taken in fair fight; it did not derogate Evan the charaaer of the warrior." MAILS. ARRIVED—.I Dublin, z Waterford. Dirt—t Hamburgh, •i Gottenburgh, i Dublin. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Cons. 63Z 64i 64 Red. Ann', •64tai I OinniUm 9ii T II E S UST. BOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM.ikunEAT? L 0 ND 0 N, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1806. THE Wals' ingham•Packet, with a Mail from Lis . bon,is arrived at Falmouth. She sailed on the 19th ult. The Letters will be deliVered to-morrow. The Prin cuss Elizabeth Ricker, from Falmouth, arrived at Lisbon on the iath.ul,t. LAST night we received Paris Papers of one day later date tha❑ those which we laid before our Readers yesterday. They contain nothing of importance. .Adverting to - the subje& of the pendingNegotia- Cons with France, a respe&able Morning Print ob s.rve4, that " should-Mr. Fox unfortunately drop °Tat the present moment, withhim, most assured ly; would sink almosl every probable hope of an i;Ozediate Peace."—What hope there may be of ,an immediate Peace'we do not presume to say, ,or even conjeaure,' as 'Government have uniformly main tained such impenetrable 'secrecy. as to the progress of the iNegotiatlop ; but we cannot agree with the Morning Print in supposing, that ; the whole of the ant• business, ilow in .agitatiOn, would drOp wit h Mi: Fox. Th.tt his colleagues would exPerience a great loss if such an event were to take place, can not.tbe doubted, but twit hercan it be doubted that Mi ntry in general have taken an 'efficient part in all the mea,sures tend;ng to such an important result. The critical situation'of Mr. Fox's health has obliged ihem indeed to enter more particularly into the pro gress of the Negotiations than they might Other Wise have' done, from motives of respea for the bigh.tar tents and charaMer Of suds a distinguished States- man, but it is iMposSible to suppose that matters would have been brought • to , a definitive issue without their entire participation and concurrence. If, therefore, the illness of Mr. Fox should have a fatal termination, their private regret would not in terfere with their public duty ; and as they must be fully aware of all his sentiments and designs upon the great business in view, the result would pro bably be such as he mast have had in contempla tion. , Lord GRENVILLE, we are assured, has been peculiarly attentive to the whole of . this weighty concern, and his zeal has been greater in conse quence,of those variations in the health of Mr. Fox, which Occasionally rendered that Gentleman less 'tit to ta:,e v.ilt in the discussions and measures relative i to such an arduous, complicated, and momentous transgetion. THE folldWing article is-extraaedirom tbeArgus, which may 'be considered, particularly upon sub ,jeas relative to this Country, as a demi-official Jour nal. It is by no means improbable that the propo sitions which ihe,Wfqer in the...Argus-labours to establish may have occasioned.cOnsi'deralle difficulty in. the Negotiation ; but -unles4 I'ALLEYEA-ND , can assign more satisfactory reasons to induce the British • Ministers to give up Sicily to King JosEnt, than those assigned in, the Argus, we do not think they will be induced to make - that concession. The. article states, .that, " It is necessary that Sicily .should be united to the Kingdom of Italy. The • two countries cannot exist separate."_; It, also ob serves, that in the .hands of King FERDINAND, "" he can only be a vassal of England." And what would any other King of Sicily .be but a vassal of • France ? What is the whole kingdom of Italy but_ a Dependency of France ? Considering how many vassal states are subservient to 'France, that country could have no reason to complain if, ,to use the lan guage of The Argus, Sicily 'were. 'to become " , an English. Colony." It is worthy of notice, that, in speaking of-Malta, the Writer seems to consider it as a settled point Great Britain should retain' possession of it.. - . " We have received the English Papers to the•t3th of I ulp.; These loprnals give some new details respedini the dition which is said to be.destined for Sicily. IBut it is well known that these succours do not always arrive so rapidly as they return. As England cannot make sacrifices stun ciently considerable to give effedual protetaion to her Con'. tinentaL Allies, she only increases their misfortunes 'by prolonging a hopeless and disastrous resistance. All the fruits which King FERpINAND will derive from these, will be to see his People's, blood uselessly sacrificed.— In the present situation of ,Italy, it is necessary that Sicily should be united to the Kingdom . 01 ltaly. The two Countries cannot exist separate. Their safety would be compromised,. their relations - would be Interrupted on the least subjedt of alarm, if they belonged to two Sovereigns. If England, attach so much importance to the defence of Sicily, it is les s to preserve it to King FEK . DINAND than to make an English Colony of it.. In the state of weakness in which he is, he can only be a vassal of England. Those who'think that that Power would sacrifice every thing to preserve Sicily, foucd their opinion upon the island being the granary of Malta. But it is . first necessary to know whether England is to retain Malta. Even in that supposition,' Malta, in time of Peace, would still continue its intercourse and relations with Sicily ; and in time of War,„ Malta would draw provisions' from, the Coast of Africa. Obvious and certain it is, that •itis of infinite importance to Sicily, to Italy, and the whole of the Con - anent, that that Island should not be detached frOm the Kingdorh of which it has always formeci a past. England should remain satisfied' with the Empire of India anti of the' Ocean; if she attempts to maintain an influence in the Me diterranean, it is not so much for the interests of her Cont.: merce, as from a wish to exclude from the 'Levant thOSe Countries which inhabit the Coasts of that Sea, or,tbe Shores of the Adriatic. Italy, placed under the proteaion of France, and constituting a, part of her Federal System, should :nOt suffer at he? door an Enemy ever ready , to disturb her flan, quality, and place obstacles to her expee - ted prosperity." Mr. Fox, we understand, is - o-day much the saline as he was yesterday. A meeting of the Cabinet Ministers in town was held yeterday at Lord ,Bowicx's house,. in the Ad thiralty. The Earl of MOIRA, Lord GRENVILLE, Lord a PETTY, and Mr. WINDlistM, were. pre sent. On Wednesday HER MAJESTY and PRINCESSES dined at Frogmore., Yesterday Fits MAJESTY did not ride, the morn ing spewing for rain. •PRINCESSES AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, AMELIA, and the DUKE of KENT, rode out in Windsor Gfeat Park, &c. attended by Lady DORMER, General CARTWRIGHT, Cblonels DESBROW and, TAYLOR, and returned about one. HER MAJESTY, PRINCESSES ELIZABETH and MARY, and Lady MARY BOOTHISY, rode'ont in her barouche,. in Windsor Great Park, Winkfield Plain, &c. and back [(milliner. The PRINCE of WALES left town yesterday morn ing, at an. early hour, for 'Brighton, in order to -be present at Lewes' Races. In passing through Rye. gate, His Royal Highness's carriage Unfortunately fell doWn, which caused about half an hour's delay. They secured the broken part with cords, and then proceeded on the journey.. His Royal Highness. luckily met with no injury. The buxa of CUrIBERLAND gave yesterday-.a grand dihner and entertainment, at his house in the •§table yard. During the whole of the evening hi s Royal Highness's band performed in the t rosin. Among the company were—Prince AUGusTE DE , HOLSTEIN, Prince GEOEGE DE HOLSTEIN ; COMES STRAGANO IT and HOLMEZ.; Baron litiDEN; Gene-. rals VYSE and WHITHAM ; Colonels HEWETT and DACON ; with' his Royal Highness's Staff and Aids de-Camp. On 'Wednesday the Court of Direaors gave r a ,splendid entertainment, at the London Tavern, to Mr. FARQUHAR, late Governor of Prince of Wales's _Gland, on his return to this Country. MIRANDA.—III , a letter from Barbadoes, .of the pgith ult. it is stated, that “. MIRANDA had a6tually proceeded to the Spanish Main with a fresh rein-. 'fbrcement of (native) volunteers ;' and that. he had been assisted by Admiral COCHRANE with some Ships of War."—lf will afford us the most sincere satiSfaaion to hear that this intelligence is confirmed. Nothingis more essential to him than the show of proteaion in the first instance. We understand the King's Advocate, and other Officers, have settled . the Prize-money, &c. of the Prizes taken at the celebrated battle off Trafalgar, and that it has received the sanction of the Privy Council. The widow of the late gallant Admiral Lord NELSOY, and all his relatives,• are' excluded, it being the opinion of Government that sufficient has been done for the family. Lord CDLLINGWOOD is to have the distribution. • i. NAVAL NEWS. • PLYMOUTH, JULY 30.—ArxiNied the 1 7 00,7 4 y, of, and froth Jersey to•this Port, with cows; the Danish Galliot Patriot, V. JdHANSE Master, from "Cette, laden with wine and brandy, for Husum, detained by the Lion Privateer of this Port ; the Danish Ship Rau lifaren, LOUNTZEN; of, and from Dram, ,and the Danish Barque Ankers Hope, C. EVERSENT Mas ter, from Dram, both with timber and deals for this Port. Arrived the Diamond. Frigate from the Channel Fleet. The Santa Margarita' Frigate i 3 come into Har bour to refit. Sailed the Lavinid Frigate for the Chamiel Fleet. PORTSM OUTH, JULY 31.—Yesterday dropped down to St. Helen's La Prevoyante Store-ship, DANIEL M'CL 0 Y Master; and the Resistance Frigate, Capt. ADAMS. Sailed the Fortuna, EDDING, for Hamburgh; and to-day the Excellent, of 74 guns, Capt. SorgE4orr, with a Convoy for the Downs. This afternoon the Boadicea Frigate, Capt. MATT LAND, came into Harbour. FALMOUTH, JULY 29.--=Passed this Port to-day His Majesty's Ship Orpheus, of 32 guns, Captain T. BRIGGS, with about 10 Sail of Vessels , under Convoy for the West Indies ---joined from this Port by the George, PRICE, for Ma } deira. • Arrived the Favourite, FALL, and Ann and Mary, MARTIE, from Jersey . Queen, CLEMENTS, from Shields; and Padgey, PHILLIPS, from Swansea. Sailed the Britannia,Cutter, JOHEM, for Guern- sey. SHEERNESS, JULY 31.--Yesterday a Court Mar tial was held on board the .1111Zgnanime, hi the Har bour, on a Lieutenant of the zlstrea, for incompe• tence and negleta. of his duty,- when the charges being -,in part proved, he was dismissed his Ship with a reprimand. - • Sailed for Chatham the Guerriere French Frigate, prize to the Blanche; also . the ititrea, of 32 guns, Capt. DUNBAR, for the Downs.' DEAL, JULY 31.- Arrived in the Downs the Chapman Armed Ahip, with 400 of the Rifle Corps on board from the River ; also a Fleet of Transports from , Ramsgate, having on board 2800 of the, First, Regiment .of Guards ; Argo Sloop of War from Sheerness.; Meteor Bomb, Arrow Schooner; and the Monkey Gun:brig, from a Cruize. The Devastation Bomb has a Signal flying for a Convoy to the. Westward. Arrived and sailed for the River the Galen, SZED . M AR, from Boston ; Success, ---, from Liverpool; and the Diligence, -, from Chester. ' YARMOUTH, JULY 31 .—Sailed the-Emerald and Flora Frigates, and Ferreter Sloop of War. Arrived the Crescent Frigate, Imogine - Sloop, and Snipe Gun-brig, from a Crulae. STATEMENT OF THE DISTRI TISH NAVAL -FORCE Line In Port and fitting - as In the English and Irish 25 Ca-nnels - S The Downs and North Sel 7 Portugal.abca GiOr4ltar iz Niaiiterrane.in and 1' it4J age 5 Coat of A.rica Wet I and P.os,ige 4 jamaik:a Station , 2 Arricrican: Newfoundland o. Cape or ~;ios.l Ho :e 3 East lii oes.and P.isage - 8 In pursuit of a Freazli Squad. 2 Guard- Shi ps - - 5 Hospital and Prison Ships 'o Total in Commission 132 Receiving Ships - 7 . ervicealtle awl repairing IS In ordinary - - 25. Building - - • 21 Total 2 i 1 &TAT& 07 THE ORDINAR , • Line. Portsmouth - - 12 Clytnouth • • - - 20 Chatham • - • - 12 Sheerness - - 2 River - - 3 Extraneous - - I • I, _ . 5 0 '$ 3 Al 50'S 1 41 I 0 I Tot. too )6 . 1 511 I 166 2 4_ S 21 24 Z 2 1341 g 6 3 8i I 2762 I Tto ok T. 1 34 'ACH Fri. Sps. Tot. 9 3 8 6 44 I 91 1 3 7 21 I o; 2 Total so 16 1 46 I 36 1 148 Extra& of a Letter from Lieutenant DAVIES, of the Blanche Frigate, to his Aunt, resident in. Bath, dated La Guemere, July 25.—" In the beginning of this month we were dispatched from the Downs, in a great hurry, to join two Frigates off Shetland,„ and to cruize with them after three Frenchmen, said .to be in those seas. Our own ships we luckily (for us) never saw ; but we had nor been more than three days on the appointed station before we re, ceived information of a large French Frigate cruizing alone,. that had done much mischief to our Greenland ,trade,. having burnt nine or ten of the homeward "bound Ships, besides making other captures. We did not - hesitate to follow the track pointed out as ;:most likely to fall in with her, and on the t Bth got sight-of our prey standing towards us. As soon as be discovered what we were, he turned tail and would thin have made off with all the ,sail he could set,;, but that would not do. The Blanche's su- periority in sailing soon assured us, that in the course of a few hours 1)e would be our own. Owing to the wind being light and variable,. the chace was tediously lengthened to 14 hours, the. Frenchman , trying• all sorts ' of matruvres to get off. However, about half an hour after midnight we got up within pistpl-shot of him 5 and by that titnt; our patience am; so eomple!el7 exhaustei that we could not wait to get nearer, but opened upon'him with a thunder ing broadside double' shotted, though still nearing him till within half pistol-shot.—How long the ac tion lasted I really cannot tell, but if it exceeded half an hour, the time certainly passed very quick.- Our fellows fought nobly, and with such determin ed courage, that had she been double our force, I am sure we must have taken- her.' Immediately on ' their striking, was sent `to 'take:possession, and found her to be the . Ship we *ere in search of, La Guerriere, mounting 50 guns. As First Lieu- 7 tenant, she, of course, has been, in my charge ever since,. and we are now in ,coMpany with our own Ship, ..just going into Yarmouth. Throughout the Whole of the business we have been most fortu .nate : we have been satisfied in our Most sanguine wishes. The winds.lhoth before and since the ac• tion appear to .have blown .on purpose for us, and .the Weather,has been..finerthan we had any right to expe& for a continuance so far North. In faCt, every thinkseems to have conspired in our favour ; and 'one cannot :help being possessed with the idea that Providence-had' pre-ordered us this: piece of good fortune: We had oot,a titan killed; and only four wounded, one of whom..was the Second Lieutenant. The Guerriere 'spffered considerably. When 1 first came on board she *as- in a wretched state ; seve-. ral of, the guns dismounted, and mangled carcases lying in all directions. ~ Our 'men 'have fourteen bo- dieS.overboard, besides what :they had thrown over themselves' in' the action. Thirty remained-on board after the exchange badly wounded, some of whom .have been, dying. every day. In short, she has got most complete mauling ;. and , it is almost incredi ble that. so much mischief could be done in so short a time on our side, and so little on their's. It'is not yet six months since the Blanche first began to fit, and the ShiO's'coMpany have not been four months together. These things considered, I do say, though I ought not, that it is as meritorious an aetion as has been tought by any single Ship this war." A Gentleman, just : arrived from Vienna, states, that an' account had been received in that city of the defeat of the French Army before Gaeta. Mar shal .MASsNA - ,l•he stys, - - despairing of carrying the place by force; tried to corrupt the Prince of HESSE, by offering him„ in the. name of -BONAPARTE, a Principality in Germany, as a reward for his sur render of the fortress to the French arms.. The insulting proposition -was reje6ted 'with becoming indignation; by -that brave and loyal Commander, whO returoed . for answer, that in the event of a repetition 'of such a proposal, he should instantly hang the, messenger. 'Fincling fraud and corrup tion of no avail; MASSENA prepared to carry the place by storm ; but, we. are happy to say, he failed in the attempt. The assault was made on the 3d ult. and was cornmenced by several thousand -Nea. , politans, whom M'AssEisri'. had honoured with this dangerous - precedence; but 'finding thein not over zealous in the -service; several French Battalions were placed in the rear, to stimulate their cou rage .With the point of the bayonet at their back.--- At - - this critical . moment, the garris o n ma d e a sortie, with the Prince of HESSE, in person, at its head, and aided by our brave tountryinan, Sir SIDNEY SMITH. The Neapolitans seeing- them selves placed ,between two fires, and indignant at the condrief of MASSSICTA, in forcing them on the attack, inlinexliately joined in theThirtie from the Garrison. The •French, thus deserted, were, to tally routed, .with • great slaughter, and MASSENA was obliged to raise the siege, and fly to Capua, leaving the loyal and gallant Pri:ice of FILssE crowned with complete success. The Gentleman whO has brought this adtount is of the. first. respec tability. • • '• . Extra& of a Letter, *dated Camp at Malazzo, Sicily, May 29.- 7 -=‘ We Bove at ,pres e nt. n i ne R eg i 7 ments of infantry and four troops of dragoons; so that Monsieur is in 'a - -fair way of getting a worth re ception should they .attempt . to visit this Island. We yeterday heard that 81117i# has taken the Island of Caprae„ - which lieq at the.ttiouth'of 'the harbour of Naples, so that the trade of that unforth nate city will'be entirely ruined. One of our`-14i gates likewise took six gun -boots, .going with •suP plies to the army on the opposite side, who are in:a terrible state of s:arvation ; they get little or nothing but what they plunder; and consequently the Cala, briars shoot them whenever they find them in small parties." " • ELOPEMENT.—A Lady of some distinetion in the fashionable circles, of beautiful person, and hitherto of unimpeached chara&er, a few.dvs since, accord in g to report, quitted the house of an atie-tionate husband, and eloped, with an Officer in the Army. The family seat is in Sussex. The Lady, was also distinguished for amiable manners; as well as for other endearing qualities; yet, as "womankind in ills are ever bold," she went off with her lover in the new family chariot. The fugitives were traced to an, inn, and from thence to an hotel in town, wherein, it is said, they now.reside. The injured husband .has, we hear, already taken the necessary preliminary steps to procure legal redress. The par ties have . been ;harried about six years, b ut .have had no children. The seducer is a young man, nearly allied to the first rank and fortune in the kingdom, and. is not without ,great expeaations. He has long been considered an•Adofii:s; is the p fished friend of the ,Duke of - A—, the . Earl of J-----;•y, and the Hom A—v-;•x, and has been ho noured with the confidence of the . Pritice of WALES. We do not pretend, to vouch- for truth of this tratisaEtion, apd , shall ..be glad to find that' it has more of romance in the Story- than of dishonourable truth. The Trustees of the -British Museum have been unjustly censured for, not prosecuking iheperson who lately stole some, very valrlabie 'prints frotu..that place. The truth, we.un,icrstatid, is, th it it would be. difficult to ioentify the propertj in such a man,. ner as to produce satistat.tbry' evidence in a Court of Justice. But as several persons have be'..ll suspe6ted of having been,-guilty of this - despicable theft, it. would be proper to expose thename of the real cul prit to the world at large, particularly as hi: abuse of, the confidence of friendship haS brought a severe in jury, on the family of a-Gentleman - of well-known talents and literature. It is'rum.oured that five CandidateS intend to start for the County of Middlesex at Liu next General. Election, namely, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, GEORGE Br/G, Esq. Colonel WOOD, Mr. MAINWAIIING the elder, and the eldest son of Sir WM. CURTIS. UTIOW OF . THE BRI 'O THIS DAY. a 1.