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London, England, 1804-05-12 00:00:00

MARINE DEPARTMENT.

Cnmrnissiri Grmr..l ,H*Cisinnlereisl Rt.:A*lOW of the
Fr •n RepoYlic, at ttie Minister et the NLit.tie
la I Colonies.

US,'" 19th Ape, 12th year o: the nepahl:c.
C1T177.14 ZIiNISTLP,
I have the honour to inform you, that, in the
ght of the I Ith inct. sevrnty ships belon,:ing to an
nglic:t eort•:,:y, were wrecked nn the coast of Pot-

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µgal, near to Figuera ; n. 5 tnerc;..ritt ships, ar•.d the
fpo'ln frigate, of 36 gents (which convoyed the
eet), are lost, pith more than 400 persons, seamen
1 passengcrs. This fleet was bout.d to Jamaica ;
d, it k said, was richly laden. The seamen saved
.-om the ship-wreck attribut: this event t: the
';aptain of the frigate ; who, although warned by
Ise merchant-vessels that he was too near the shore,
r.swered, that he would sink the first ►essel that at-
-raptcd to leave Ils course. I have not learned
;hat is become of &e rest of the convoy.
i
' have the hx-,.:ur to ...lute you,

Szavaiss.

TIIE BRITISII PRESS.

LONDON,
SATURDAY, MAY 12.

Yesterday morning we received by the liatnburgb
Mail, German Papers to the sth inst. and Itiong:tur,
to the V.9th ult. We learn by the former that Mr
DRAKE has returned to a post which it was his duty
not -to desert, and is now at Munich waiting for
new instructions from his Court The Papers do
not mention whether he continues to reside there in
hi. public or private capacity. A defensive treaty
Las been concluded between Deumark and Russia.
no doubt for the pitncaion of their states from
French violence and a,tgtev.sions. The Frankfor:
Gazette states, that the Freo, II Ministers at Munici
and Stinguai I have patented notes against the
future residence of English Ministers at these Courts.
We may soon expA to hear that the Courts of
Lisbon, Naples, and Madrid, have received simi-
;at admonitions. Not content with insuking a
brave, generous, and free 'nation, by such extra-
vagant proceedings, every crime that the fruitful
fancy of the Corsican Tyrant a... 1 his slaves can
conceive, Is imputed to Grlat Britain.

We also received t' > tol:owing inter?tli-4{ letter
from our private correspondew. d titd Berlin. April
30 :

A letter from St. Peter,burgh, of the Irt
says, " That on the 15th preceding, a courier :
the Russian Charge d'Affaires at Paris, broug:.;
news of the arrest and murder of the Duke of Eng-
hien, 'which excited such a general indignation, not
only in the court circle, but among the pc,,:sle, that
wherever the French Ambassador appeared, he was
either hooted or shunned. Ile presented himself,
as usual, at the Emperor's Levee, but neither the
Russian Sovereign, nor any person present, spoke to
him. He gave nut in the evening, that the rumour
of the Duke's execution was unfounded, but the n, xt
day a courier from the King of Sweden at Carlsruhe
brought a confirmation of this atrocious crime. It

now uicl, that Iledouville is packing up, and in-
tends t•, set out in a day or two,whether from resent-
meut fo: the vrell-deservesl treatment he has met
with, or by orders of the Emperor, is not knows.
" To these particulars from Russia, I can add the
following :—Louis XVIII. has received a letter of
• condolence from the Ruisi.tn Emperor, expressing,
in the strangest terms, his surprise at such a crime in
the prt seat civilised state of Europe, adding, that
the cause of Louis XVIII. will hereafter be re-
garded as the cause of all lawful princes. Such at
least are the wards I have read in a copy of
Alexander's letter, handed about at the Cassino here.

'I•l:e Rus:lan Minister •lias daily conferences, not
only with our Minister s, but with our King at Pots-
dam, wLere he has beam for these last 48 hours,
wi.hout e,,ming to town. The cause . f the disgrace
of limp...its is;nlw known to be his advice to cur
King to sac r•. XVIII. • r • •o
7., ...• I• it:, A carrying sum oil .•; the
agent of his 6s:re police. It is said that Madame

De B—, who often viiits the Queen, discovered
and prevented this plot aglinst the life of another
Bourbon."

That another independent Sovereign, participat-
ing in the feelings and following the example of the
King of SWEDEN, should resent the foul mur-
der of the Duke of ENGHIEN, is not surprising.
ALEXANDER, as a man, must shudder at this
horrid crime against human nature. As a Prince,
he must feel indignation against this outrage
upon princely birth. As a father and a bro-
ther, he must tear that the crime perpetrated
by a barbarous usurper upon the grandson of a
Cowrie, if it is to go unpunished, may occur, at
some future day, in the murder of a Grand Duke of
usira, or of a Duke of Hotsr cis. if these be
not motives sufficiently strong to cmcite the al-hor-
re.r're of the virtuous ALEXANDER, he may find
s .me farther provocation in the mode and manner
of the crime. lie is married to the grand-daughter
of the Elector of BADEN ; of that Prince, whom
BONAPARTE has falsely represented to the world as
an acco:aplice in his guilt, at the very moment he
was violating his territory, and striking a blow which
he knew would bring down his grey hairs with sor-
row to the grave. Insults like these, offered to the
Emperor of R ussi A, as a man, a relative, and a
Prince, call loud!y for revenge. In what cause
kill he draw his sword, if he keeps it in the
sheath and stands qiiierly by. while rank is insulted,
kindred outraged, monarchy degraded, and the
rights of neutrality are trampled under foot ? But
the insoltnce with which the tyrant aggravates his
guilt, would be sufficient to sting every generous
mind to madness. While his hands are reeking
with the blond of a brave, virtuous, and innocent
Prince, instead of deprecating the vengeance of
Kings and appeasing their wrath, he claims an
imperial diadem as a reward, and regards his gu:lt
its his title of admission into the sacred communion
of legitimate Sovereigns. He would establish an
imperial throne upon the bleeding corpse of a legi
timate Prince, and flatter himself, that the imperial
pnrple must acquire a richer and more brilliant dye
by being steeped in the blood of innocence.
that nothing may be wanting to prove his Intel
contemrt of all independent powers ; his never
ceasing anxiety to insult and degrade them, at th•
very moment when the Court of Vienna is gni:,?
into mourning for the death of a royal viEtint,
whom hi. f•rocious and cowardly soul consigned to
an untin.ely grave, he gives orders for the embroidery
of his co-anation robes. He calls upon Prussia
to acknoss ledge his claim to an imperial diadem
at tu• moment he proves himself only worthy
of asceuding a scaffold, :tad knows that hi,
crime is reprobated in Prussia; that the old
Field-Marshal Mc) aLLanoar. and the other ve-
teran officers of Prussia, carry about their moor- -
ing insignia : and that their Prince participates
in their sorrow and mourns in bis heart; while
policy alone prevents him from expressing his p,rit.f
in his external appearance. Private letters from

Pans say, that before this fell tyrant vats him

self neon the Impnrial throne, and assunses the
kingly crown of Lombardy, he will undertake the
conquest of the British Isles, and add the title of
E itanniru% to that of /f,./imr. We hope and trust
he will make the trial. England will then have the
nverit of sweeping from the face of the earth the
greatest monster of modern times.

Plans of the New Ministry are published in all
the Print Shops, Newspaper Offices, and Carica-
ture Shops in town. The fulbwing is perhaps one
of the best :
Lord F.Loos continues Chancellor.
Duke of PORTLAND remains President of the
Council.