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MAILS. AaaivED—l Dublin, r Waterford Dot---. 1 Hamburg'', z Gottenburglr, i Lisbon, i Publin, - 2 Wateaor4- It.ICE OF stooss I.l.llsuAy AT TWILVE o'c!„oprc. Consols for Opoing 6ii Rea. Ann. - - 59 ii THE SUN, SOLEM' QVIS DICSRE .sLsl.rm. AUDEAT ? LONDON, ,FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1806. WE received last night Paris Papers to the ,t 9th iost. from which we have 'made some Extraels, but 'they are not very interesting. The Morziteur of the 17th contains a Letter from Vienna, dated the sth inst. which states, that the differences which had oc curred between France and Austria, relative to the ocr cupation of the• Mouths of the Cataro, were remov ,e44, the EMPEROR of itilSj,llA having given ord,ers that this Possession should be given up to the French, ip conformity with the Treaty of F'resburgh.-- This statement in the , Moniteur is, certainly not given in. an- official shape, but as it is strength tined, by so . many concurrent accounts from different quarters, We think it is now hardly .possible to entertain any doubt upon the subjea, -But it is not only Dalmatia (according to the accounts in these Papeis) of which the French are going to obtain Pee)ession ; it is stated that the Porte has, in compliance with the demands of EONA.PARTE, agreed to cede'to France all the Ter ritories which the Republic of Venice formerly pos sessed in Dalmatia and Turkish Albania. Whether the Porte May .or may not be 'ultimately compelled to subMit to these unprecedented demands of Bo- NAPARTE, we cannot pretend -to determine ; but it seems very improbable s that- the Turkish Govern ment should have so suddenly resolved to make such important -Cessions and, in faa, to place all the EurOpean Possessions of Turkey entirely at the m?rcy of France.. It is natural to suppose that the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh would have been pre viously, consulted upon a point in which the in, prests of BUssia are go deeply • involved ; and that Cabinet certainly never could have consented to a measure which in it is consequences would lead • to the eNclusion ',of the . Russians from the Mediter- If the French are masters of Dalmatia, Al- rinban., bania,' and all the ancient POssessions of Venice . , the wholq, power of the Turkish Empire cannot prevent - them from ativancing to Constantinopte if they please. -• We are therefore inclined to thick that Ilugia will, oppose, with all her force,_ this dismemberment of Turkey, and though by giving up Cataro she. loses an important position, she may still effe4ually coun teraa the "plans which BONAPARTE' has obviously formed against the most valuable "of the Turkish European Possessions. The Siege of Gaeta still continues ; and the French having hitherto been defeated in all their attempts,upon that insignificant Fortress, seem IIQW to place their only hopes of success Upon their bp ing able to undermine its fortifications. These Pa pers do not contain . any intelligence wh4tever frorn'the North of Europia. THE Pallas Frigate, Captain Lord COCHRANE, lately made an attack upon a French Frigate and two Brigs which were, at anchor in the Road of Isle de Bas. The French Frigate was considerably da. waged, but being under the protect on of the Bat teries, his Lordship could not succeed in capturing On Wednesday HER MAJ'ESTY:Ind the P,RTNcESsEs diked at . Frogincre. Ms MAJESTY, after his return from town, walked on the Terrace'with the PRIN - • p,ssES. Yesterday porning the Dukes of You and CAM arrived at 'Windsor the Duke of CAMBRIDGE rode on horseback with - the-PaiticEsSgs ; the Duke ; of FM remained iliK , . Yesterday Lord SIDMOUTH transaled -business -with Lord GRENVILLF.,froIII two till three o'cloCk; Sir E. transaded business yesterday at Mr: Foles (Mice. A private letter from the Hague, dated the 22d instant, mentions toe receipt of letters from. Phis, stating, that the elevation of Louts BomApARTE to the Regal Dignity, by the style and title of " LOUIS NAPOLEON the First, Xing Of Holland;" was pub licly- announced.at Paris; and that his new Majesty 'l,vould shortly be proclaimed at the Hague: It is added, that among the first at of his Reign, would . _ _ be an order of his - Dutch Majesty, ro open the Dutch Ports to' British Ship's, freighted with colonial pro ' duce, antrprohibitinir only manufaCtUres. We are happy to find that it is the intention of the Present MinistFy to cause an inquiry to be Made into the expenditure, of every Public Office, and of the ap plication of all sums of money issued to them. It is a well known Tad; that in,manv . departments of office, the .p&sons to whoto money is issued having a con trout over those- to whom it is to be paid, withhold it for a Considerable time, or perhaps in some { instances never payll. This'is a pradtice which the MiniStry are determined effectually to .check, and to punish severely the tr,lnsgressors; All accounts; Oracularly' of thqse , 2.kpenco that have occurred during the. pre . Smt and last war, are to undergo'an immediate exa r ( mination; which .is' to, extend to the issues. that have b; - 2n made, of every descriptiOn Whatcver Lady MARY OallghtV of the Marquis of , BATH, according id report in the faShionable 'Circles, is about to give her hand to Mr. OsiloaNE \IARKHAY. NAVAL NEWS. Pt' MOTS, MAY '2 8,;--The Pallas Frigate a , Capt. Lord COCHRAWE, which arrived here yesterdays lately made an attack on a Frigate and two Brig Cnivettes, at anchor in the' Road of Isle de Bas, which ' she engaged some time, considerably damaged the Frigate, but did not captme either of the Vessels ; the' Pallas bad three men killed and • several wounded. Arrived the Warrior, of 74 guns, Captain SEY frotn a Cruize off Rochefort. PORTSMOUTH, NIXY 2g.—Sailed the Britannia,. of 100 guns, for Plymouth; and the 'int Schooner and Locust Gun-brig, with Convoy to the Downs; Milan Frigate for Lymington, to wait the arrival of Admiral BERKELEY ; and the Ann Armed Brig on a Cruize. , The Charwell Sloop of War went this afternoon out of Harbour. SHEERNESS, 111.4y-29. —Sailed this morning His Majesty's, Ship Falcon, Capt. SAUNDERS, with Con 'voy for l'onningen ; also, this afternoon, His 'Ma jesty's Sloop Diligence,.Capt. TIDY, for the North ward, with Convoy. for Grimsby Itoads--all from the Great Note. DEAI, MAY 29,-I—Sailed . the . Fury Bomb, with the outward-bound. under convoy, for Portsmouth ; the Rosario Sloop of . War, and several-Gun-brigs, on a Cruize off the French Coast. Arrited the Speedwell Brio' of War from a cruize ; and the Sir J. B. Warren Cartel, Capt. SizszrsoN, from the Cape of Good Hope, with Dutch Prisoners for Holland. Came down from Sheerness the Flamer Gun-brig, and the Dauntless, BirowN, , and remain in the Downs with the Ships as per last. .It is ..natural for BONAPARTE to 'wish to fot -tify the situation of his family by matrimonial alliances in case of his death, an event that he has reason to believe is every day likely to happen, but it Is not equally consistent 'with - the policy of his chara&er to force .such a form of Go vernment upon a People as they never knew, and have always beheld with dislike. It seems indeed that he has relaxed in 'his views of converting Holland into a Monarchy in consequence of the general remon strances of the people, yet it is suSpeaed that he has . not relinquished his purpose, but will endeavour to accomplish it at a more seasonable period. What must be the consequence ? The King -9f Holland will - certainly lose his authority, if not his life, the moment the Emperor of France is no more. As to the conjugal alliances by which he has attempted to. secure his family in power after his - own demise,• little dependence can be placed on them. The ancient families with which they are connected must consider them as a race of upstarts, with whom they have been induced to unite from fear of ruin?, 'and as soon as the death of BONAPARTE takes place, an event that must be desirable to all but the minions of his power, and the panders of his will, all those ancient fainilies will of course be gin to feel the pride of birth, acid long to get rid of .their Corsican exciessencies. If BoNTArAkTE - should take his Imperial 'Dame with him on his intended visit to Brussells, it may be well for BARRAS to retire from that spot, consi dering His f(,:rener Conneelion with the' Lady, lest her husband should cast " an eye of ,jealousy" on him, which would most probably be " an eye of death." The Russians . make great and frequent-move ments on the , frontiers of Moldavia and Wallachia. A plan .of the grounds. belonging to His MAJESTY at Tynemouth Castle, Spanish Battery, &c. and of the work . raised for the defence of the C a stl e against the Parliament's Army, in the Reign of KLNG CF,. ELES I. has-been taken, by order of Govern meat. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, be fore the Right Flon. Sir JAii ES MAN SFIELD , K n i g h t , Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of Com mon Pleas, at Westminster, in and after Trinity Term, stgi , • . . IN TERM. MIDDLESEX. . .. LONDON. Saturday, , - Jun e 7 Monday, - rune g .Thursday;, . ~'. 1 z Friday, - ,- .1,1 TilurbdAy, . - i 9 Friday, - - .2o AFTER TERM. Thursday, . tune 26 Friday, June 27 tIIAELES KEMBI.P. has not suffered the involun tary' leisure . arisint from , indisposition to iia , 4s away in indolence; but has been preparing a new comedy for the tfiyM4rket Theatre, . FAWCETT is to be the Comic Hero of the Hay market in the ensuing. Season. The Management is to .be exercised by Mr. WINSTONE, one of the Proprietors of the. Theatre. STEPHEN KEAIBLE' has relinquished his theatrical circuit in the Nord), and means soon to resign the management of the Newcastle Theatre also, having at length placed himself above the toil and anxiety 'of his' profesSion. It hat,— been said,;that the increasing rage for foot-:races . qmong our young men of fashion, has ex cited same alarm among the Bailiffs, lest their ex peCect prey should prove, too fleet for them. The Bailiff's may well feel soa - aprirehension on this subjett,' as notorious that most of %the persons . who engage in these P e d es t r i an C ontests have long out-ran the ConstaNe." The women say they *lll be obliged to trench on the tailoring trade as long as their o*n sex gopaked. . . . . • There are two articles of British Manufacture that the Freud" cannot shut their ports against—jib:vier arid . ball. • An eminent Divine used to say, that, ity . ,se.rmous ought only to be written and. preaOheu by \\'', , :ch Curate,A. FROM TILL FRENCH PAPERS. (FROII THE MONITEUR.) ViENI.4A, Nts4 the !difficulties which had occurred between France and Austria, relative to the Qccupation of the Boccha di Cataro, are now removed ; the Court of St. Petersburgh having order ed-that it should be given up to the French Army, conformably to the Treaty of Presburgh. VICNNA, MAY 7.—The'Ambassador from the Su blime Porte to the Emperor NAPOLEON, arrived .yes terday,in our Capital, and will resume his journey for Paris on the gth inst. RAGUSA, !APRIL 13. The Russian General SINIAVIN, during his stay at Cataro,• solicited the inhabitar_ts to certify in writing, that it was them selves who had invited the Russians ; the Greeks, as might be expe6ted, complied, but the Catholics re . - fused. From the condut of this. General, we might be led to imagine, that what is done in the Black Sea, aid the Adriatic, is dOne without the knowledge of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, and that it is a measure of' the Russian Agents themselves, who, as well in negotiation as in military enterprizes, take advantage of the distance they may be from the seat of government to ad according to their caprice. (VRONI THE JOURNAL DE L'EMPIRE, MAY 18.) CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 7.—lt ik reported, that in consequence of a Note transmitted to the REIs EFFENDI by the French charge' d'Affaires, the Ot toman Porte will 'formally concede all the posses sions, heretofore Dependencies of the Republic of Venice, situated' in Dalmatia and Turkish Albania, as forming an integral part of the French EMpire. NAPLES, APRIL Temple of Glory has been erected fronting the Royal Palace, to celebrate the happy return to Naples of His Majesty King SEPH NAPOLEON ; a Guard of Honour, • the Civil and Military-Authorities, and the Clergy, will meet His Majesty at the Pont de la Madeline. • The King will make his solemn entry in that quality on tlae loth of May. • This morning:goo° French set out for Gaeta ;• the Corps of miners (n4res) is arrived under ,the walls of that place, whose reduetion it is expeeted will soon follow. Several military Corps have been or ganized here, both Infantry and Cavalry. The Corps of Gendarmerie is almost complete. 131tUStELS, MAY, 15.-It is asserted, in a manner ' which appears certain, that his Majesty the Emperor and King will come immediately to pass some days at the Imperial Palace of Laeken, where every pre paration is making for his reception. It is added, that the Empress and Prince Lotus will accompany his Majesty. EXTRACT OF A LETTER .FROM HAMEURGA, MAY 20. " We all admire here Mr.- 'Ewes • speech respea , ing Prussia ; it is full' of . energy : all half Measures. are good for nothing, and the only good efrea to be, produced must be produced by vigorous measures. You have no idea of the consternation that reigns in Prussia. It is said at .present, that Hanover will be evacuated in a few weeks, and that :BERNADOTTE will Again occupy it ;. but this I do not - believe.— The King of Sweden a&s with great consistency. . The King of Prussia lately sent Major BRONEKowsKI, -his Aid-de-Camp,-with a letter to the King of SWer den, assuring him that he had noshostile intention against Sweden ; adding, that 'be expe&ed hostile measures would no longer 'be put in force against the .Prussian commerce. His Swedish Majesty re plied the same day, that as . soon as Hanover was evacuated, and the ports open, - to British commerce, he would put a stop •to those measures. It seems you are extremely anxious about the King of Swe den—Prussia cannot attack him without losing Bay- , reutli; for 'ars soon as the Prussians march :to Stral- - sunk the French will' take possession of Bayreuth :. and as it is not easy to take Stralsund, the King of Prussia will not venture it. HoWever, Prussia is not content with the answer of the king of -Sweden.— I cannot think that Russia will sacrifice Sweden; but if she does, I hope Old England will support the brave Monarch with all her power. —Denmark will maintain her neutrality." The following faca May be implicitly relied Upon, and can be attested by every Officer on board Sir JOHN WARREN'S Squadron :--When the English force under that gallant Officer had put into St. Jago, 'after the capture of the Marengq and the Belle Patric, Admiral LINOIS requested Sir JOHN'S permission to assemble the French Officers, for the purpose Of reading to. them. an Imperial Edict, which he had by !nth for some time, and which materially affeEted his and their interests. The English Admiral having accordingly assented to this demand, with all that urbanity andpolitenesS which distingukh him, the French Officers were got to , gether, to the amount' of nearly 70, when the in strument in question' was read to them ,by Admiral limo's. It began by reciting - , that flis Imperial Majesty, BONAPARTE, having had serious cause of chagrin and displeasure at the repeated checks and disasters his Naval Force, had hitherto experienced in his contest with England, was determined that it should undergo a thorough reform. Then, lifter many regulations for the better ordering and con cluding. his Navy in time of hostility with other PowerS, and for the excitement of his Sailors to heroic deeds, it concluded by stating,, that in fu ture all Officers of his ,Navy, whci were captured by the Enemy, should be from that moment re duced to one-fourth of. their aCtual pay. " And .you, GentleMen,...therefore," continued LINO'S, with myself, are hereby so reduced; and must shift as well as we can with the little that remains !" It is not in words to describe the . agitation And murmurs which succeeded this communication. - Execra tions, " deep not loud," were poured out against the unfeeling Tyrant who could liais coolly resolve on embittering the flouts of captivity, by reducing at a stroke nearly two-thirds of their' whole number to less than nine-pence a day, and who must heneefor ward depend Upon the charity of an enemy for bare subsistence ! Will this abominable proceeding, when it shall he knOwn in France, be tolerated ? Will any gallant spirit. again fight under the tlag - 'of such a cold-blOodect econotnist? All further comment is unnecessary. The - fad, we repeat, is Strialy true; and we shall only add, what we can say with pride; that English generosity has already been applied tp alleviate the Calamity of these unfortunate Gentle: men,. not brought upon them for a dereliction of dlitY •or principle, but" for bravely fighting 'in ;be c:qic of a Despot ! ! ! GRAND ,BRETYHOUSE, DINNER. The two Entertainments given last year by Alder . man' COM BE, at his :BrewhouSe; the, one to the PRINCE of WALEs„ aid the other to the DUKE and 'DuTcnEss of YORK, gave great satisfaction to their .Royal -lighnesses. 'With excellent and - snbstantial fare,.they comoined the attraction that •to he derised from variety and contrast with the, reine ment of 'high life, and were rendered furtherinterest ing by the revival of the custom of English Hospitality in those good old times when the eminent Porter Brewers were used to entertain their Sovereign upon the Thtohe in their Brewhouses when Sir John Bar leycorn's. pure, and generous spirit presided at the festive board of. Princes, and afforded a 'richer be verage ,than the finest wines of France or Portugal-. The worthy Alderman, encouraged by the success of his Entertainments of last year, invited Isis -Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES to partake of a similar feast this season--to which his Royal Highness readily assented: Yesterday was the day appointed tor the purpose ;- and a numerous party of- the PRINCE'S friends were invited to meet his Royal Highness., The Entertainment took place • in Aldei-dian Co MBE'S BreWhouse, commonly called - Gy FIORD'S ,Brew house, in Castle-street, Long- Acre. About half past 'four o'clock the Alder man, accompanied by his son, Mr. HARVEY COMBE, and- Mr. SIIUM; attended at the -Brew house to receive the coMpany. . Sir Gt4BEir HEATH COTE was the first. His Royal - High ness the PRINCE. of WALES arrived a few mi nutes after. He was received by the Alderman, Mr. H. COMBS, and Mr. Strum, who concluded his Royal Highness into the'Brewhonse.—The work men being at the time in full adivity brewing por ter, and mashing malt, his Royal • Highness mi nutely inspeded the operations, with which he was extremely 'entertained, and made several inquiries: into the process and the manufadure. In a short time he was joined by the following distinguished Personages :—The Duke of NORFOLK, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of LAUDERDALE, Viscount HOWICK, Lord ROBERT SPENCER, Lord TOWNSREND, Mr.TIERNEY, &c: and a few minutes before six o'clock the Company sat down to dinner. The table wash) the figure of a triangle, and was laid close to the place where the workmen were mashing the malt. Hop-sacks constituted the ta ble-cloth, 'and before each guest was laid a wooden trencher, with. common knives and forks. Five fine rumps of beef were provided, and a butcher Was employed to cut the steaks from the steaks were then taken by the stoker, the man whose employ pent it is to attend - the fire in the Brewery, and who perfOrined the fundions of cook upon the oc casion:- The iron fire-shovel being made bright and clean,, was 'placed upon the brewhouse fire, and thg stoker laid the steaks upon it. He turned them with a small piece Of iron in the shape of a horse-shoe, and When they were sufficiently broiled they were taken off,and put upon a wooden shovel about a' foot and a half square, which is 'used in turning or removing of the malt, and in that 'state carried to the tatiple.-- His Royal Highness the PRINCE Of WALE.S waA the first helped, and was waited opun by r worthy host, who cut the centre piece out of one of the steaks, and placing it upon a • trencher, the Alder man's,Gentleman laid ,it before His Royal High ness. The clerks and other -persons employed in the brewhouse, dressed in white aprons, waited upon the rest of the Company, whom they helped in the same manner, as no livery-servants were admitted. The table was also furnished with abundance of lettuces, sliced cucumbers, and a variety of pickles, in wooden 'bowls. " Porter, served in pewter pots., was the only beverage. His Royal Highness was in high spirits, and declared he never was more pleased with a dinner. The Dinner being over, at about seven .o'clock the. worthy Alderman retired unnoticed, and basing mounted his horse, rode off at full speed to his - house in. Riassel-street, BlOomsbury, to be in readiness to receive the PRINCE and the rest of the company upon their arrival there, to close the entertainment of the day. Just as they were about to leave the Bre‘Vhouse, Mr. SHERIDAN arrived in his carriage, and afforded them a hearty laugh at his disappoint ment.—UpOn their arrival a; Aussel-street, they sat down to a most sumptuous second course. table exhibited many lmoutiful decorations, includ ing two curious. vases, ornamented with festoons ct roses and other flowers, .and a beautiful piateuu in the middle with a groupe of Chinese figures. The viands consisted of Guinea fowls, Turkey pouts, green geese, ducklings, peas, and French beans. The dessert consisted of tt e most delicious fruits, grapes, strawberries, &c. and Burgundy, Champagne, claret, Hock, and Port, of the finest growth auu flavour, sparkled upon the festive board.:--His Royal High ness withdrew-between nine and ten, and went to visit Lord GRENVII:LE. His Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE. was invited, but was absent: from indisposition. Mr. Fox and General FITZ.* PATRICK were prevented from attending by official engagements. Return of the number cif Et - fee: live Men in thei BritishArmv, from the Ist of January, 1775, t 9 the Ist of January, 1783, distinguishing each year : as far as can be made up from the documents in the War-Office, 2 2d of May, iso6 . _ - , t Cavalry. I' t; Guards. Inf an t r y.' Total. Ist ' an. 1775 3598 r 3088 ' 26,204 33, 1 90 ........".. 1 77 6 4,e0 3Q50 • 26,767 13, 3 91 17 77 545 0 290 t odot 4 3,2 4 2 1778 5 2 44 '3 0 34 45. 02 4 .0.3 02 ----":" 1779 61 55 4 213 70,713 - $1.0.4, /780 , 7132 4575 76,327 ;8034 1 7 8 1 '7 0 89 4593 79, 18 5 , 90,867, 178 z 68.6 ' 4576 77.9 1 5 "$9,336' --.. 1783 7463 4081 * . 78,83 1 9 0 ,395 Return of the Number of Effective Men in the British Army,rfrorn the ist of January, 1792 i, to the • Ist of January, 180 r ; distinguishing each.:year, as far as the same can be made. up from , Docu4 - nents ill the Adjutant-General's Office, 17111, of ALiy, 1806 :. Cavalry. Ft. Guards. Intantry .. Total: ISt lan. 1793 4681 2885 3 1 ,371 - 38,94; • 17 9 4 • 44 , 527 ,61o; 64 , 4 6 7 ' ' 3 5, 0 57 . 1795 23d5t0 6k31 - 94.37 1 ) 124,262 - 1794 1 0,399 539 0 - 86, 701 e 111 , 99 6 1797 21,60 t 5450 77.7 6 i 104,862 -- - - 1798 2 3, 2 36 ' c 797 73.510 t 02,561 1 7, 9 26,14 8307 80,8 !.o . 1 ts,z3t - 1800 ' . 29.581 7927 103,283 • 140 , 79 4 1801 - 23,478 1,734 11 7 , 953 149,86 . - The numbers on the Ist of Janu?xy, 1794 a n d 1795, include the Foreign Corps in . I4ritish Service, which 'were serving .on the - Continnt timid His Royal Highness the DUFE of YORK, amounting to upwards of 2t),000 men ; at both perAocls,