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.Jut,Y Pomona Prigate, 'sill• a Convoy from tisbOn,,in twenty days paSsage, whi h are sailed forth River. Also arrived several Gut -brigs from a Cruize, .and-remain in the Downs with the rest of the Ships as per last. Early this morning the Brig Firm,. of and froth Oporto, laden with wine and sugar, bound to St. Petersburgh, ran on shore on the Goodwin Sands, and was deserted by the crew ; is since got off by the Deal Boats, and carried into Ramsgate Harbour. DISTRIBUTION OF,PRIZE MONEY. To the Officers and Comnany of His Majesty's Ship Tar tar, for the Captures of La Decouverte, La Corinde, La Sur. ve.llante, La Vertu, and Le Cerf, between the zoth Novem ver and 4th December, 1803, their proportions of head-money, on the t6th luly inst: at No. 13, Clement's Inn ; and every Monday and Thursday for three )ears. To the Officers and Seamen of His Majesty's Ships Vic tory, Kent, Renown Belleisle, Triumph. and Stately, for the Capture of the Renown, Brig Titus, and of the Ragusan Br . g hinn odea dcl Rosario, in the Mediterranean, on the Bth July, 1804, their respedive share of Prize-money on the 3oth and every Tuesday-and Friday, for three years, at No. 43, Norfolk -street, Strand. The Isles 'of Prance and Bourbon were visited by violent storms on the 20th February and 10th March. The Plantations suffered considerably, and six Frendh Vessels, with several Americans, were - lost. Two French Frigates arrived at the Isle of 1 France in March with the advice of the . battle of. Austerlitz. One of them got into Port, under jury -masts:, although a British 74 gun-ship was cruizing off it. Two English Privateers have created great alarm 'and made considerable booty on the western coast -a Spanish America. In October last they attack ed a Sp:•nisb Frigate in the Port of Pata, on the 'coast of Peril, and would have taken her had she not been towed, during the a&ion, under the bat :teriet of the town. Two American vessels (the Walker , COLEUADT, and the Harlequin, Sr'Attauck), .which were there at the time, being suspee - ted of an 'understanding with the English Commanders, were aeizeif ihtLdetainecttill the 13th January. ae of the .French Frigates belonging to the t'Or,Liat Squadron was severely handled by the Mary, of London, one of the Ships taken by the Enemy off the coast.of Africa. After an' anion of - needy half an hour, Capt. ADAYLS formed the de termination to board the Enemy, and arming 250 IlTegroes with knives, pikes, swords, &c. he rushed with thein on the Frigate's deck, and, after shock ing carnage, swept the Frenchmen from it. At this 'moment Capt. ADAMS was killed by a shot from the rigging ; the Negroes became alarmed and 'con fused by the loss of their leader, and the French ral lying, drove them down, retook the Frigate, and 'Captured the Mary. On Saturday morning His MAJESTY', the DUKES 6f CiTMBERLAND and KENT, PRINCESSES AMELIA ) ZonirA, and AuotisTA,,accornpanied by Lord WIN OTELSEA, Generals DE BIJDE, CARTWRIGHT,' and FrmaoY, rode in Windsor Great Park until one O'clock. His MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES walked on the Terrace in the evening, after 'which they had a concert. Yesterday morning the Duke of Yoaic arrived At Windsor, and transa&ed business with His MA". 3ESTY. afterwards he attended the parade, in the Court-yard',.of the Blues, and the Stafford Regi- Tnenfr, with His MAJESTY, accompanied by Gene rals CARTWR/GITT, Da BODE, and FITZROY, and Colonel • TAYLOR. After which, His MAJESTY, Princesses AUGLYSTA and AMELIA, walked to Church, accompanied by the Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE, who returned to the Palace, attended by Lord *INCHELSEA, Lady ALBINA CUMBER , LAND, Generals Ds BUDE and GARTH, and Colo nel TAYLOR, where a Sermon was preached by Dr. CHAMPNEYS. After the service the Archbishop of CANTERBURY (who arrived yesterday morning) waited in the church, and held some conversation -with His MAJESTY. His MAJcsTY and the PRIN CESSES went in a carriage to Frogmore, where the CtusEN and the other PIINCESSFS went scme time before. They returned to the Palace about two o'clock. Yesterday afternoon a Cabinet Council was held . from two till past five, at Lord HENRY PETTY'S house,' in Downing-street, at which were present the LORD CHANCELLOR ERSKINE, Earl SPENCER, Lord GRENVILLE, Lord SIDMOUTH, Lord HOWICK, and Mr. WINDHAM. Another body, amounting to nearly 500, belong , ing to the second Battalion of the first Regiment of Guards, volunteered on Saturday to join the first and third Battalions, which are under orders for foreign service. The transports 'intended for the conveyance of the Expedition to the Mediterranean are assembling at Ramsgate, where the Guards, and some other Bat talions, are to embark. Some of the Papers state, that General WYNYARD is to command the Expedition to the Mediterranean. . We believe, however, that he is merely to command the Brigade of Guards. Mr. Fox remains much in the same state, but rather improving. He is more cheerful in spirit than he was, and, of course, the hopes of his friends rise in a similar proportion. The following article is taken from a respe&able raper of yesterday An extraordinary report pre vailed yesterday, of a Lady of distinguished consi deration having within a few days abjured, before the Bishop of London, the tenets of the Rornish Church, to which it has hitherto been supposed she was zealously attached." On the Banks of the Rio Grande, in Africa, a salt' is produced which is proved to be an instantaneous and infallible antidote against poison. The manner in which it was discovered is curious. It appears to have been owing to an elephant which, thdugh 'wounded by a poisoned arrow, a weapon with which the Negroes destroy those animals for the sake of their teeth, continued, to ,the astonisllinent of the hunters, to walk and graze - without Shelving any sign of pain. One of the Negroes recolleaad that the elephant had gone, on being struck by the arrow, to the bank of a stream, and had cony eyed some sand to its mouth by means of its trunk but, on looking at what they conceived to be sand, they found it was a- whitish salt, having a slight taste of alum. To effe& a radical cure of any poison that may have been absorbed, it is only necessary to drink a drachm of this fralt dissolvedira water. / n.? 11 From the FRENCH itha DUTCH • PARIS,..TULY, D'Olf131: tt_ arrived at 'Sfras burgh on 'the 29th of June. We_ have no doubt this Minister left Vienna with the celtainty that the Mouths ,of the Cataro had been, surrendered, and that the difficulties which so long delayed the return of the Grand Army are at length .removecl,, It is not ascertained whether 'M. D'plustut. will immediately conic to Paris, or whether he will re main for same time at Strasburgh. An occurrence has taken place at Verdun which does too much honour to the person concerned in it, not to find a place in our paper : Mr. BARKER, a Lieutenant in the English Navy; and prisoner at Verdun, lodged in apartments over looking the Meuse, where he had. been for some time ill of a tertian ague. While he was suffering under a ,violent fit a few days ago, he perceived a child of eight or ten years old, who, carried by the current from the bathing place to the deep part of the river, was on the point of being drowned: Mr. BARKER, forgetting his own critical situation,'r'ashed out, jumped into the river with his clothes on, and was lucky enough to save the child and restore him to his parents. After this affe&ing incident, the disorder of the stranger increased,' but the strength of his constitution and his youth enabled him to over, Come it." [Mr. BARKER,, We believe; was the First Lieu tenant to Captain WRIGHT.] BANKS OF THE RHINE, JULY whose arrival at Vienna has engaged much of the public attention, and whom report sent many weeks ago to France, has arrived at Strasburgh, from whence he will- immediately continue his journey to Paris. The German Papers, which have already announced this journey, say that its principal °hied is to con crude some arrangement for the exchange of pri soners of war. But as M. D'OUBRIL was the last Russian Charge d'4/wires at Paris ; as he enjoys the complete confidence of his Sovereign ; as it is notorious he was first sent to Vienna , : to remove all difficulties subsisting between Austria' and Russia; and that he settled with Count STADION, the Mi nister forforeign Affairs, every thing respeding'the evacuation of, Cataro by the : RusSian troops, we are naturally Inclined to belieVe that his journey ,to Paris, under the existing circumstances, has for its object something more important than %a mere ex change of prisoners; we flatter ourselves that the good understanding between the Cabinets of the Thuilleries and St. Petersburgh flay possibly be sqon restored. PARIS; JULY s.—Letters from Strasburgh men . - tion, that all the . Pontons have been carried to the Rhine for the purpose of establishing three Bridges, besides the Bridge at Kehl, for the passage of the Grand Army on its return to France. All the Ar tillery taken from:the Russians and Austrians in the last Campaign has been concluded between the two Bridges of the Rhine near the Monument of the brave DESSAIK. . The Army will defile before this Monument, 'and will 'be inspected by Prince -BEK• Minister of War. ' _ Two Frigates and fourteen English' Transports continued in sight of Olonne . during the whole of the 27th ult. Their appearance did not create the least alarm. BANKS OF THE MAIN, JULY L.—The Emperor of the French has given the Great Ribbon of the Legion. of Honour to the Margrave Louts of Baden. On the 22d ult. the French Troops under the orders of General ST. HILAIRE were still at Bran nan.' There were some Austrian, Troops in the neighbOurhood of the Inn, part of whom were in-, tended to form the Garrison of Brannau. Letters from Venice mention, that a Squadron has sailed from thence to prote& the Navigation of the Adriatic Gulph. The Russian Ships are about to return to Corfu, there to wait for further orders. The independence of the three • Imperial Cities, Hamburgli, Bremen, and Lubeck, appear to be de finitively assured. VIENNA, JUNE 23.. —Every wish and every hope here centre in the desire for the preservation of the . Peace of the Continent. The financial plans with which the Government is at present engaged can only succeed upon the foundation of a general con fidence;; and the Court neglects nothing that can ensure this objeEt. All - our military movements announce the duration of Peace. A part of the Army is now on its march for the Eastern Pro vinces of the Monarchy. Several Regiments have left Vienna and its Environs for Hungary, while others stationed there are on • their march for Transylvania and the Two Gallicias. That of Count JELLACHICII, which has been 'at Cra-; covia eighteen months, has left that city for Pizchmisle. One company of KENMAYnR' s Hus sars now form that Garrison. The Infantry regi meats of DAVIDOV/ en and D'ArviNZY have marched into Croatia to occupy Warasdin and Agram. Gen. G/ULAY is expelled at the latter place, he being ap pointed Commtedant in Chief of Croatia. Baron ALVINZY retains the command in chief in Hun gary. A grand review took place at Pest, on the Bth instanto,when General ALVINZY bestowed the Cross of Theresa upon Prince VICTOR ROHAN. VIENNA, JUNE 25.—The Russian Chancellor of State, M. D'Ousam, having received fresh instruc tions from St. Petersburgh, has at length set out for Paris. He left this city on the 23d, and is to pass through Munich, Stutgardt, and Carlsruhe, in his way to the French capital. BERLIN, JULY 4.—Preparations for war are not entirely at an end, even in the midst of negotia tions. We are extremely busy in the arterial, and the movements of the troops continue without in termission. The ,day before yesterday the Kein heim Regiment of Infantry marched to Pruissen, there to replace that of Arnim, which has marched to Pomerania. On the other hand, we expe& the regiment of .the Prince of Orange in this capital.— The Prince, their Colonel, has lately arrived here, with several of his suite. • MADRID, JUNE 12.—A1l the Foreign Envoys have been informed that his Majesty has judged proper to , shut the Ports of his States against all Swedish Ves sels, Merchants, and Ships of War. VIENNA, JUNE 22.—The French General AN , Daxossy is'now in Hungary, where hens aiStually employed in procuring prov Wons fbr the French Troops in Dalmatia. By letters from Trieste, of the 17th, we learn that the Austrian Troops, under General BELLEGAIIDEA were offal) waiting Tot - 'n fair Wirfd to'pro,t'ded to the • ' . Ca;ato, , The way from Trieste AO that'filace, - thro' Palthatia, is GO •Germaiviniles - ; , the 'roads bad 'and the cotlntry mountainous'; and, as the'obtaining of provisions was.ditlicult, it was thought most eligible to convey the Austrian Troops by sea: ' The FrenCh General LAURISON is at Ragus'a s . kith 8000 men,- waiting Tor 'the evacuation of the Cataro by the Russians. A great number of French Troops remain in Is ' aria, 'Dalmatia, and in the Venetian territory, and observe a very stria discipline. ' . . PARTS, JULY 3.—An English Cabinet Courier Ar rived here on Saturday evening, and returned again t.tith dispatches on the evening Of the Ist. Since his a rumour has been circulated, that he is the bearer of Passports from the Government for aft English Envoy. This, also, was the objea of the first conference in which Lord YARMOUTH has been en2aged., Some American Vessels have brought intelligence that Admiral Guita.num Ez, with JEROME BONA rARTE on, board, has got into Guadaloupe. The Generals LEUM-IEI4IIN and FREGEVILLE have been dispatched, with a sufficient. number of troops, to take possession of the Principality of ,Be nevento and Ponto Corvo ; the former in the nacre Of the Prince and Duke M. TALLEY-HAND ; the lat ter in that of the Prince and Duke BEUNADOTTE. The French Army, under Gen. MARMONT, still remains encamped in the ci4tuant Venetian Frioul. It has been joined by the French Troops which left Holland in March. ' The advantageous dispositions lately made by the Turkish Conrt,.and the movements of the Paellas of Scutari and Bosnia, together with the apprehension of some attempts against Corfu, seem to have in duced the Russians to leaVe the Italian Islands.— None of their vessels have lately been seen in the waters of . CUrzola. It has been said, their objets is to make some attempt in the Warensa, • in order to penetrate into Dalmatia, while the Ships renew the flunk upon the Italian Islands, : r Such purposes, however, are no longer dangerohs, being known. The English Vessels continue to , crui*ze on our coasts, but their military exploits are scarcely worth their pains. On the .15th 'inst. they.attempted to burn a small coasting vessel that had taken refuge under the- batteries of Trouville, near Caen ; but they drew off : when a discharge of musketry was made upon them. On the 17th inst they played that IoW comedy of stopping.aud visiting one of their own vessels, merely to draw out some Pilot-boat.; . 'this trick suceeded as well- as it did before Cherbourg ; two poor seamen were the victims of this delusion. FRANKFORT, JUNE 29.—The agreeable intelli r gence of the departure of the French, troops froth Germany is more and more confirmed. Two Regi ments belonging to General OuniNdi'left the dis trid of Heilbron on the 24th, and preparations are making at Geislingen for the reception of Marshal SouLT'S.Corps. THE OPERA.—Mrs. BILLINGTON and GRASSINI combined their powers on Saturday, for the last time this season, in the Serious Opera of R Rd!to di Proserpina,. The great vocal *tits Odle one; and impressive a&ing of the other, were highly admired and loudly applauded, by a very-elegant and nume. , rous audience. At a Provincial Theatre, some • few nights since, the - locum to lens of the' principal prforrner, 0 was too ill to play, bit being much hissA, a .drccuyi stance that .array's attended '.his getting into a goo d 6 part;addressed the -houses in the following whimsi cal style : " Ladies and Gentlemen, as it is only when I appear be fore you in a principal charatier that you give me goose (al though passionately fond Of the 'dish, 1 don't like it cooked by you), I really don't understand you ; but I have too great Sri opinion of your. good sense to imagine you exped as fine a voice ati4 person in me, I . vlto receive only iss,.per week,- as from our principal pertOrmers who get twice as much." The French say they will be very well satisfied if JEROME BONAPAR rE can escape Nvithflying colours. Slimmer Amusement.—On one of the warmest afternoons which has been experienced this season, two persons in the neighbourhood of Whitehaten agreed to run their ponies for a guinea. One of them lost of course.;, and being (as it sometimes happens in such cases) dissatisfied with what had passed, he proposed to wrestle with the- winner for the same sum. This was consented to, and he lost More dissatisfied than ever, he challenged his com petitor to fight him !—This proposition was likewise accepted ; and, after a tolerable good beating, he de clared himself—perfca/y satbifled. Acci 'DEN-F.—An Officer of Dragoons, who served in Egypt, was yesterday riding in Hyde-Park, and by some unlucky event was . thrown from his horse. Some Gentlemen immediately hastened to assist him, and one with great anxiety observed, that the Officer had broken his leg. " That is - very unfortu nate indeed," said the latter, " because I have left my'other in Yorkshire. - --i The Officer, it seems, had lost a leg in Egypt, and his servant thought that in 'town his master would only require one cork sub stitute. The MeMoirs of a Traveller now in retirement are understood to, be the produelion of the .venerable Mr. DUTENS, the same Gentleman whose name fre quently occurred 'in the Correspondence between VOLTAIRE and the King of PRUSSIA forty years ago : the' is the Author of the well-known work on the Ancients and Moderns, and the Editor of the works of Leibnitz, published at Geneva so long, since as the year 17G2. Saturday morning a young man, named "Batson, undertook, for a wager of ten guineas, to walk from the Standard, in Corohill, to the West India Dock, at Blackwall, and back, the distance being exaaly six miles, in the space of one hour, which he com pleted in seven, minutes less than the given time. Saturday two women were charged at . the Hat ton-Garden Office, with assaulting a Gentleman in Copenhagen-fields, on Thursday evening, and rob bing him. of a gold watch and seals. They were com- • mitted for re-examination., There was another wo man in company, who has not yet been taken. On Tuesday, at Shavvfield, near Dumfries, two hives of bees swarmed at one time, and lighted on,a tree, where they cordially remained several, hours, and then went off together for about the distance of a.mile, and being followed, were found on an old hive, sitting on opposite ,sides, in separate , commu nities., They wele' then put into two hives, but - not seeming to like the separation, they again joined, and now live together in one hive in great harmony. wzsrr ,Docics, trany — thitrg'ean lie . cal - CUlatel Co reconcile a Na' , Lion `to the'inconveniet;cies of a,staie of Nyartare with an iMplacable . anq ferocious &witty, it is the reflect, Lion that its mercantile prosperity increasesin a pro portion correspondent. to its Military and Naval glory. England,,,' with mfeitnce to_ this theme, has ample cause for extiltatidn; for it has been:durink the lagt six years of an arduous and perilous„con 7 ' stest,in ivliiCh the very existence 9fthe - country was supposed'to, have been at stake; that commercial speculations have been' carried to an extent' un paralleled in the history of any Maritime Nation. Of the success of those speculations beyond even the most sanguine expeEtation, the various newly formed Docks on the Banks of the Thames, for the reception Of the valuable Fleets Wafted :from-every quay er of the Globe, are the most incontestible proofs. Frequently during the present War, which has confirmed the 6ovet - eigety ,of Great Britain to the dominion of the Ocean, have ‘e bad occasion to describe those stupendous monum'm-Is of corn= mercial adventure and industry: They' have 'at length 'arrived at nearly the utmost pitch of perfec : - tion. The grand. ceremony which 'took • place, on Saturday last appears to have terrniated .the triotia labours of - these' who have planned the work. We now proceed to give an eccount. of the opem. , ing of the Qatward-bound West .India- Dock at - Blackwall.--This Dock, destined fm• the reception of Ships after they have discharged their Cargoes; ' has been but lately cor4leted. It is of an extent so' capacious, that it seems capable of containing the whole Navy of any country but our own. As an Emporium: for Mgrchant' Ship it is. complete every respea : there they -May,. 'ride unassailable even by the titmost fury. •of the elements.. Soon , after. twelve o'clock , the Coinpariy invited 'by. 'the DiteetOrs, began to assemble in the Dock-yard but it was near two before' any of the Nliniqers of State arrived.' The'Ship seleCted for the licaionr of first entering the Nei' Dock was a largel - WeSt man, called the Phcenix,.cepper-bottomed,. carrying gune;'end of .6,t 5 tons buithen : she was com manded by Capt. -Do - trouts she lay alongside the Inner Dock opposite the_Warehouses, and was most , beautifully arrayed in the colours .of. all Nations. The fineness of the day added .considerably to her splendid appearance. The tight. breeze was just sufficient to keep the variegated streamer's extended, and the refleftion of the sun rendered their -gaudy tints still more brilliant. The deck s aver which. there was an awning formed of dilferentnatiorial ensigns, was crowded 'with beautiful and elegant Ladies-ofthe first fashion and distinftion, and below a table was spread, nearly the whole of the ship's length, with a cold Collation, for the refreshment of the Noble and Honourable Visitants. About two o'clock Lord .1-Towicx, Lord HENRY PETTY, .Lord TEMPLE, General FITZPATRICK, and several other Members of both Houses, entered the Dock-yard, and were received, by ,the DireCtors with the honours due tolheir rank.. it was expetted that the PRINCE of WALES and theROYAL DUKES would have been Present, but they did not appear. Mili tary Bands of music played on, board the Ship, and Were also stationed ott the wharf. At half-past two the signal gun was tired. The, Ministers of State and friends of the Direaors \vent on board; and the Ladies.came on shore. The Vessel wai-then unmoor ed and she was towed along. and warped, round into a. Dock immediatelyconneacd With the innerone. The swinging bridges were removed to -admit her, with :111 the ..spec ators upon them. She moved. majeAieitly slow. When-she got into the second Dock, she was towed stern foremost towards the new Outward bound Deck. Thousands of people were upon the wharfs to weledme her e: t; auce. The instant she cleared thp tiarroW inlet, which was just wide 'enough to admither, and she was fairly in the Dock appointed for her, the hands of music struck Up Rule Britannia," and' continued alternately play ing that popular air; " Britons 'strike home," " Hearts of Oak," and " God save the King." The ' Noble Lords, and all who were on board, took off their hats, waved them in the air, and gave three cheers. Their example was followed on shore . ? and , innumerable voices were raised to celebrate this new triumph of commerce. A discharge of cannon an nounced the auspicious event.. The Direalors, with • their Noble visitors, and the rest of the company, came ashore, and the ceremony concluded.----A sumptuous entertainment, to which, his `Majesty's Ministers and the ; Friends of the Direelors were in vited, terminated 'the day. CORN , -EXCIIANGE; JULY 14.—The fresh hrrival4 of Wheat to-day are but few, early in this day some of the best" quality fetched a small advance, but the trade was heavy afterwards ; Barley in short supply, t►:e the few prime samples are dearer, Malt likewise; very few White or Grey Pease, the latter at higher price; Beans support their . prices ; Oats are in good, sup ply, and last prices are hardly. supported; and in Flour but little variation. Beans -44 s a sas od Tick Beans 34, a 4:.) od Oats 23s a'2,B, a 323 od Poland ditto 33s a 34s od Rape Seed - —1 - Fine flout • 7os a 753 od Seconds • - 6ss a des 04 W heat _ Fine ditto - 58s a s a 86s at 83i a 9ts Rye . 4os a 44s et! Barley - . 33$ a 38s od Malt . 67$ a 73$ cd White Pease 58s a 6p od Grey - ditto 44$ a 485 oft SMITHFIELD MARKET, TUL'Ir 14. This day's market was well. supplied -with prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in general was very good ; Beef, Mutton,. and Lamb, support last prices ; Veal is rather cheaper; pork is something dearer, and the trade for the, most part was pretty brisk. The sales in the Hay-market were tolerably, lively • Hay obtained last price ; Straw and Clover 'have /alien in price since Friday's market —We msub join an accurate statement of the prices and num bers : To'sink the Offal per stone of Sib. Beef 4s. od. to ss od.—Nluiton ss. od. to Os. od.—Veal ss. od. to 6s. t d.—Lamb L. od. to 7s. od.—Pork ss. od. to 6s. od. Beasts, 2a40. Sheep and Lambs, 1675o.—Calves, Pigs 470. . A few days ago was slaughtered at Sir John Law son's, Brough-hall, Richmond, Yorkshire, an extra ordinary fat ox,-of the improved short-horned breed. He was\ rising seven years old, and though lame for some months pre.vious to being killed, which is sup posed to have reduced Mm considerably, his fear quarter 3 weighed i 68 stone 121 h.