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LON DON,
THURSDAY. Avo,:sr 15.

tkAtitiO, :rt.? 9.

On account of the 'set expenees ineurrel',hy the
war with England, His Majesty has found
tinder the necessity of opening a loan for /00 millions
of real% (upwards of two millions sterling). which is
divided into 50,010 shares, of 2.000 reals each. The
capital is to be paid otelteeight years. The holders
if shares Will recnive interest at the rate of 51, per
cent. and every share will besides he entitlel to a
preminm. Every year 121 millions of the capital,
or 6,250 shares, will be paid. The premiums to be
decided by the dr.awingof the shares, are one of
ea0,0,)0 rcals, one of 100,000, one of 50.000, two of
30,000, five of 2),000, &c. so chit to the 6,250
glares, to be drawn annually by list, will be attached
premiums, to amount of 1,650,000 seals. The
lowest premium to which every share is entitled is
50 mils. The Chamhet of Cornrnet ce, at Cadiz, is
dirthed by Hit Majesty to pay these premiums, as
well as the interest of the loan. The fund for this
purpose is to be supplied by the so called axiom ien,
or certain imposts collected in Spain and America.
an! these are to be paid immediately into the Exche-
quer of the Chamba of Comote:ee at Cadiz. Should
these, in tie seiviel.f,e found insufficient. the sums re.
quilted for the payment (tithe principal, interest, and
premiums, are to be furnisbrai by the Consolidated
Exchequer of Vales. B.:sides the above-mentioned
premiums; six extraordin try pi ire, will he assigned
to tb? five fist and to thr lac.,!t awn ticket, of from
15,000 so 5,00 n reals. The Chamber of Commerce
it dire/led to open sukeriplions for this loan in all
the town, of the kingdom. This -subscription sriU
be close! in Vireo days. Foreigners, as well as
ratites, are I:ermitted to share in all The advantages
cfrer-d toy this ; and His Majesty reeonn el, fur
Lim elf and his oiccessors, all claim to sums so leal.
under the pi etett of embargo or reprisal,. The
order far this loan was dated the Ilz)th of Jour, at
Aranjuez, and it was published on the 6th of July.
()n the 21 inst. His Majesty, for the purposes of
defraying the exp.sces of the war, likewise laid a
tax on wine, which is to be taken of immediately
afl:r the restoration of Raace. It amounts to four
teals per arrobr.

DIMAS, JULY 6.

According to a decree published here, the stu-
dents of the universities of Bologna and Pavia ate
to film themselves into a battalion. None but
*ripples, and such as are under 4 feet 11 inches,
are excluded. They are to he exercised for two
hours twice a week, and are not permitted to appear
in the buildings belonging to the University, except-
ing in uniform. Al. natives are forbidden to pro-
secute their studies in foreign countries, upon p.sin
of paying 600 lire (nearly 301. sterling) to the Ex-
quer of the State. The students are direled to
exercise themselves in the use of arms, that when
the lot fails upon them for the conscription, they
may be acquainted with the use of them.

The two newspapers of Bourdeaux have been snp-
pressed, on account of certain inadvertent ob..erva.
lions relative to the Combined Fleets.

WLTZL•III, JULY !O.
The era minations of the State Prisoners at Scutt-
gard have terminated. One of the Pr;rnets, M.
You Sinclair, was, on the ltith, deliv,zred up to nit
Sovereign at H unhurg, whzre he now remains.--
M. Von Seckenclorf is at Asperg, and Von Wetzlar
Ikenstein remains in coufinlment on other
charges.
The cavalry in Lorrain, an.l in the depArtmeits
of the Moselle and Mount Tunairre, are clainig off
togvaiis Belgium.

,THE BRITISH PRESS.

Wo have made some further extracts from
the Foreign PAlert, which we have received InCLU-
sivrt.v. ose of them is very -nolrtant. It is an
article under the hea I of M r3r d, containing a
scheme fir raising a Irian of 2,000,0(101. in Spain.—
l'!•,e term, npnn which the Spanich Government
pr ,pnaes to rake thiii sum, a'.ew, in the strongest
light, the miserable sate of in fi tanca. In 7dilition
to an iatereQ of live nn,l a ha:f per ccut. the
bnld-rs are to he i i to the'r c': mace of a e^rtilin
strris)er of prie-s, in the whole t i about
ono eighth of the aii. All the of
a Lsttery is thus siyerin tip'm a large interest.
Stith are rifio fruits of Fiend' frate,nity and alliance.
.--In vain will Spain pl-ail an esipty Treasury, in

sonseqwence of :he cartre of her g illeony 'he fal-
ure of her remittances from S3uth A m?ricA, and the
st tzn.t:ion of her corn.n-rco. \ln t-rung u?o3 which

she can borrow money be consiJereJ esor-
bits It Of oisairantagTo.it, nrovi3ei it be expenJed

-lu the raising of Armin And building ri ships, to pro-
mote the arraiiii ns view:, of 13ors r Ilse. Even
parr of the v,!ry bin thus propos-d to be raised,

• will orone..sly pass direittoy into ►is exhausted
coSers.--o. rti. seiteruus ti AAAAA ITS -neither can

nor will stths:die an all y. —Th tt is a crime o
the selfish Government of England aloe
414ilty, and will never he imputed Witte rev
()nary" "oven nment of France. The evindfournal
of Bourdeaux have been suppressed fore t
notice the Combined Fleets, and the pooticitizect,t
of that place are thus left without even the fame
of a newspaper.

Nineteen days have 'laps :4 since any intelligence
was received of the Combined Fleets, and we ar
sixteen days without any account of Lord NELSON.
l'he absence of real infarmation has, however,
been amply supplied by rumour, and seldom has
it been known more busy than yesterday. Some
reports stated that the Combined Fleet had put inn:
Lagos Bay ; others that they had gone to Tenerife ;
othersthat they halcorne down upon our Channel flee.
and defeated it, the Brest Fleet having come out of
that harbour, and joined in the anion. In support
of this last statement, a letter received list evening
from NVeyrnouth was cited, which asa•rts that the
Captain of the Gr-yiossata cutter hal declared there
on Tuesday morning, that the Captain of a vessel,
had ma le oath before the Mayor of Exeter, he saw
the English and Combined Fleets aduallyengaged.
CO NWA L LIS sent a (OM, in pursuit of
the squal-on that has been cruising for some time
off Cape Fiaisterre, an anion may have taken place
between them. This appears the most rational of
ail the conjelures that have heels formed upon the
; but we are confident the result would be
in our favour. Rumour, however, stated that we
hal last two ship; of the line. Among the various
destinations assigned to Lon! Net.soss, Bantry Bay
has received honourable mention. This, like all the
other rumours which we have noticed, is without
foundation. No account of his Lordship, nor of
the Combihed Fleet, was received when this Paper
was pot to press.

The eipeltations generally entertained of the cap-
tor, of some of the en.ony's flotilla, in the late en-
gagement off Boulogne, have not been gratified.
rxe Afookey gun-brig, an f the Utile sloop of war,
tetoroed on ruesday to the D.oviss, with an account
that the mosquito t kept too close under the bat-
teries upon the olio, out of the reach of our cruise's.
We have the se' isfaetion, however, of stating, that
during the tremendous cannonading that took place,
our fleet sustained no loss either in killed or wound-
ed. It appears tilt nearly 300 of the enemy's
smaller craft came out of the harbour, and a: cnored
in an extensive line alottg the coast. but very do e
in shore. About twenty, however, the pia
and larger vessels stOod nut a little fur:},e,, thtn
droppetlanehor. and began to fire at our 89 TA' Ir ii;N
the same time a heavy fire was opened by the nume-
rous batteries that line the coast. Afw or our gu
and other vessels of little draught of water, 5t0.,1
towards them. and returned their s.ll,ite. bit were
s9on called off by signals from the Leopard, as they
got within the range of the enemy's ba.reries. Our
frigates and two-deckers did not tire a single gun.

An American brig, brought into Plymouth by
the Triimp, was, it seems, oue of the small Fleet of
Vietualicr: from Bourleaux to Cadiz, laien with
n,,nr and biscuit for Admiral Vit., ratuvs's
dron. It is clear, th.refore, that the Enemy's Fleet
was experlted to reach the Coast of Spain.
The state of Vie M elle, arrived at Plymouth,
from Admiral CA Losa's Fleet, r. futes the report in
some of the Papers that the enemy fired almost ex-
clusively at our rigging i her principal damage is
from shots betwf.cn wind and water.

The Margaret, Ilowasii. from Africa sad New
Providence. is arrived at SAvannah, after beating off
two French privateers, with the loss of two men
killed, and ten wounded.

Alvin SOO Spanish prisoners, with their baggage,
have embarked at Plymouth for Corutina they
will join those from Portsmouth in Cawsand Bay,
and wait there for further orders.

Lord D. BIAQUILIM has arrived in Dublin,
where he intends, according to promise, to reside
during the Parliamentary vacation.
In consequence of the idea of the approaching
Invasion, an embargo on all vessels, of every na-
tion, is hourly espetied in the southern and m.uth-
eastern ports. _ _

In consequence of the expeeted co-operation e•f
Russia with this country, Goretnment are now tak-
ing up in the River a great number of ships, to he
employed as transports fur the conveyance of Rus-
sian troops. _

Letters were on Tuesday and yesterday received
from the West Indies, dated St. Croix, 10th July.
brought to England by a Dan.sh frigate. These
letters were landed in the Downs. They state that
the Illestneets and Ramifies, the two men of war de-
tached from Admiral COLLINOWOOD'S squadron,
arrived at Barbadoes on tile preceding Wednesday.
On Saturday night the regiment stationed at
Ramsgate was furnished with the ammunition ne-
cessary in cue of an attack ; and the orders issued
by the General at tFe Distriet, to the Officers of
the several detachments, intim ited, that it was un-
derstood that a desperate effort would be made to
land on our coast without loss of time.

A letter feceived -from an Officer on board the
Mr/ferric, Admiral Russett's flag ship, off the
Tete!, dated the 10th instant, states, that the fleet
had been reinforced by the Rtrhys and the Pilittcll
if Oracle, of t 4 guns each, and that .fri•m every
information that could'he colleSed, there it not the
smallest doubt that the enemy will endeavour to pro-
eyed to lea, every thing being ready for tbat pur-
pose.

mote the am.ini ns view, of 13os As A ass. Even .j Orange, of 64 Runs each. and that mer
parr ref the
information that could he colleSed, there 111 not
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wvy bin thus propos-d en be raised.
smallest doubt that the enemy will endeavour to
• will proo.e3ty pass direitly onto his exhausted cced to am every thing being ready for tbat
coSer4.— fbe generous lionatasts neither can pee, • •
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