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Hamtwhoh, Sept. 26.
The garrison of this citv, composed
pi incipallv o f Spaniards, lias been rein
forced lately by French troops, among
v loin are some of the regiments of the
Pans guard®. They consist of 40,000
men, the number of French troops a
lo the frontiers of the duchv of ilol
stehi. .
Another body of French troops,of a
bou 30,000 men, is marching towards
Lower Saxony.
Falmouth, Oct. 14th.
Arrived American brig JVIary, capt.
Bio , 9 days from Oporto, v» itb wines.
1 he greatest bustle prevailed there in
ship!>ing off the British property, he. in
cor sequence of orders from the Portu
guese government to shut the ports a
gain ;t the h; glish,nvhich was expected
to take place about the 15th hist.—In
expectation of the convoy from Oporto,
20 gun boats See. sailed from Vigo to in
ter; pt them; 10 ol the gun boats were
suns, and 4 driven on shore and de
stroyed by the English frigate and brig,
the remaining 6 got back to Vigo. No
accounts had been received at Oporto
of any French troops being on their
march for Portugal. Also arrived A
n rican ship Cabinet, Beaston, from
X >rfolk, 29 days passage, with tobacco,
for orders.
Cowks, Oct. 16.
Mr. Bullus, surgeon of the Chesa
peake, arrived here yesterday morning
express irom London, and immediately
nroci.c led on board the Revenge Ame
rican schooner, Capt. Reed, which ves
sel lias been lying here sometime, wait
ing for his return. The Revenge sail
ed this morning on her return to Ame
rica.
London, Oct. 17,
There is reason to believe, that all
the British ships in the ports of Russia
are actually under embargo at this mo
ment. The latest arrival" from St Pe
tersburg}! is that of the American ves
1 Pigou, which sailed from thence on
the 26th ult. On the preceding dav,
information was received from the Bri
tish Ambassador, that it was probable
an embargo would he laid on all British
shipping immediately, and he therefore
recommend d that they should proceed
to sea with all possible expedition....
In conseq u*ncabout 15 vessels, a
mong which w is the Pigou,came out of
L’ronstctdt. The latter is the only ship :
of the fleet yet arrived, but the remain
der may be hourly expected.— t here
was not, we understand, more than 8 or
0 British v ssels at Cronstadt or St.
Petersburgh when the Pigou sailed.
October 24.
A. letter from Gottenburgh of the 8tli,
which re a chi us on Saturday, states,
that the Danish < vornment had issued
letters of marque and reprisal against
the ships ol this country ; and that a
considi ruble number of privateers were
fi’ting out at Holstein, Sleswick, fkc.
It is added that 14 privateers would be
ready to sail from Bergen (Norway)
during the present month.
Ihe Ci zctte of Venice of the 1st of
Oct. contains, under the head Corfu,
Si pi. 1, a decree of Napoleon for the
provision organization of the govern
ment oith 7 Islands. The Septinsular
Republick is to make part of the French
empire ; the inhabitants are subjects of
me emperor of France ; the arms and
standards of the empire to be allowed,
and the Greek religion is to be the esta
blished one. The tribunals of justice,
and the functions of the senate are to
continue as before ; but the decrees of
the laiter in order, to be valid, must be
sanctioned by the governor general in
the name of the emperor.
Sir John Borlase Warren lias received
his final instructions for his conduct ns
successor to admiral Berkley, and will
leave England immediately, to assume
the command of the North America
station.
I he Dutch papers arrived, were ac
companied hy private advices, contain
ing a circular letter addressed by the A
merican Consulate at Amsterdam, to the
merchants ol that city, of which die fol
lowing is a copy :
“ I have to request, that you would
hasten the departure of any American
vessels that may be to your address,with
ail expedition.
(Signed) “ S.tVr»nRNE,
“ American • .sulatc.
“Amsterdam, loth Oc*. 1*07.”
I he instructions upon which the Con
sulate acted, were transmitted hv Gen.
Armstrong, the American Ambassador
at Paris. The avowed reason for the
measure is, that the Kmperor of the
I'rench is determined to act upon the
decree of the -1st Nov. with the utmost
rigour, and it may naturally be expected
that the British nili retaliate, and order
the capture oi al1 American vessels com
ing from or going to ports under the in
fluence of the French. Although this
is the avowed cause, the more probable
one is generally understood to be, an
apprehension of the French. Bonaparte,
it is stated, had laboured to promote a
rupture between the British and Ame
rican governments, and failing in that,
he has threatened America with hostili
ties.
October 31.
A Gottenburgh mail arrived on Sa
turday. The accounts from Russia
would induce us to believe that she is
making every effort to increase the num
ber ol her troops. Upwards of seventy
thousand of the Russian militia have
been incorporated with the regulars
so that the whole of the army, at pre
sent, falls little, if at all, short of two
hundred thousand effective men.
Admiral Gambier, with 14 sail of the
line, arrived yesterday at Yarmouth.——
All the troops, ships, and stores, we be
lieve, are also arrived.
November 2.
v\ e understand that the report of a
Treaty of Offensive and Defensive
Alliance having been entered into be
tween France and Denmark, is well
founded. The Danish Ambassador has
been recalled from our court, and let
ters of marque h .ve been issued by the
Danish government against this coun
try. Letters of marque will of course
be issued by our government.
November 3.
We have heard it rumoured, that go
vernment are about to declare war not
only against the Danes, but also against
Tuscany, Ragusa, Naples, 7 Islands,
and all other states and ports in posses
sion of France or her allies, in the A
driatic and Mediterranean Seas.
We are apprehensive, that several of
the ships and transports, belonging to
the Bultick Expedition, have received
1 considerable damage. Two ships, we
are sorry to state, are known to have
been lost. The loss of one of them (the
Endeavour transport) we stated vester«
day ; the name of the other we have not
learnt ; but it was a staff ship of the i>d
light battalion of the King’s German le
gion. Several meritorious officers have
been lost, and with them Capt. Inglis,
the paymaster, an officer of great pro
mise, anob much 'esteemed bv his com
panions in arms. It appears by our Yar
mouth letters received this morning,
that pieces of wreck and dead bodies
are floating about on that part of the
coast. A cccunts have been received in