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The hostile behaviour of Fraticeagsdost the United Statc•
of Americo, and the stirure of the property of their citizens,
CJlnpletcly destroyed all the hopes of the commercial
men of Boswell soil Ilainliiir4h. It is a matter of surprise
even to the Daces, tlvir the trade of Lubeck should still be
unimpeded by F.oglaail, as the French and Danes alone are
twee;a:c.l by this forbearance, of which they avuil thcetselres,
to tin L, u irocut of Crest Drilain, hut particularly of Ss cdca,
e.cains. .vhitit country they are preparin; embarkations at
rage,. Restock, Wismar, Lubeck, mud in must other parts
sot' the Italtie.

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THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
THURSDAY. Just e.

It appears to be generally understood, that the
intimacy bus not subsisted, for a considerable
tic:e, between His Royal Highness the Prince of
IVArts and His Royal Highness the Duke of
CCnBraLAND, as between the Prince and the
*theft Royal Dukes. The difference, however, we
believe, was only of a Political nature, the Duke
of Cemar.llLAND hating taken, on that ground, a
course different from that of his Royal Brothers.
The coolness, which *as the consequence, has, we
rindet'strrnik -versed—to exist. On Monday the
Duke of CUMBERLAND had a private interview
with the Paine*, at. Carleton I louse ; and yesterday
thePriaceand all the other Royal Dukesdined with
the Duke of CUMBERLAND, at his apartments in
the Palace. The servants of the Royal Hurt had
all now state liveries, his band attended at and
after cleaner, and the most tiplei.d;tl preparations
were ID.UIe DI honour of the occasion.

We have received Hamburgls and Alt ona Papers
ftqln the 4th to the 18th, and Paris Journals to the
:nth of May. They contain intell;zence of im-
portance. The King of SPAIN has renounced his
Throne iri favour of BONAPARTE. and the act of
renunciation is subscribed and confirmed by all the
Members of the Itorsts FAVILY, who are to be
sent it,to the interior of France, where—
Thy weed forgetting, by the world forgot,"—
these weak and feeble branches of the blouse of
Pssavaticitt are doomed to wither and decay in soli-
tude nod sorrow. The ,ilotaitcur states, that all
the official papers connected with this transaction
hare been trnnsuaitted to the Conservative Senate
at Paris; and that a general assembly will be held
at [layouts.: to arrange definitively the affairs of this
newly-acquired kingdom. - It will then be rola-
[Ay annexed, like. Italy. to the Imperial Crown of
• Emoce, ass.l our looth-r-in-law, Muaar, now at
the Iseai of the army iis Spain, be appointed Vice-
soy. It is of little smucqueasee whether these con-
cc.-ions were to.nwtary or riot. Ilosaraars hay-

iu. got the i:ot,n3lni, iutu !..s IPOWer. reason must
presume that they were extorted. A private kali-
vidual could not make out a valid title to a private
estate under such circumstances. It is the con-
tract that passes between the Vulture and
the Lamb, when the latter y its life to the
talons of the enemy, who covi rs and devours
B3NAPART6 Will now address the Spaniards us his
lawful subjects; he will hold himself forth as their
lawful sov,reign ; and those wlio resist Lis autho-
rity he will punish as traitor* and rebels. In this
Mutter has already addressed the loyal
ialribitants of Madrid, who remained true to
their and Country, but with this exception,
stud° not see any great advantaze to be derived
from so bad a title. The weak and jareing Glen).
hers of the Royal Family of Spain are on:winged
to place themaulves iu his power, rind suh.ait their

kilns to Ilia. deeisiou ; earl what Is the result
The discord is all of his own oration.—His
prefrered justice is the cover of a vile fraud,
and the Judge appears an executioner in disguise.
The Conqueror of Austria aid Prussia is here de-
graded into a cowardly poltroon, watching in covert
for the prey which 'ale dare not openly seize. It
may be also a question, how far the lofty spirit of
the Spanish nation will brook to be thus transferred,
like a phuitation of negroes, to a new toaster ? The
romantic and chivalrous sentimeut of the country
would respect a Conqueror, but this gross perfidy
must excite its hatred and disgust. We fear mach
that our Ministers have not foroseen this
mutt, or, foreseeing, that they have act pre-
pared the menus of turning it to our advan-
tage. The last public Act of the King of
SPAIN appears to have been a Proclamation to the
peon le, urging tbein "to beware of the English,
who are carrying ON their iatrives, which would
involve Spain in years of trouble, or produce the
lies of her colonies, and the separatism of her pro-
vinces." But this is a common and vulgar charge-
resorted to by the enemies of England upon all oc-.
casions. The Minister ought not to have been
content with intriguing in Spain. We ought to
have a force on the Spanish coast competent to
effect at least a temporary descent; a force not
merely to avail itself of a party in Spain to sur-
render the Cadiz and Carthageua fleets to
England, but sufficient to encourage the ris-
ing spirit of the country against the insidious
foe. Sweden might have contrived to make her
peace with her neighbours, and the auxiliary force
now employed in her defence might have been
bettor employed ou the coast of Spain. Where
Boa APAtere is, there is our danger; but when he
isin the South, the British Minister looks to the
North. It is possible, and we hope not improbable,

that something may be effected at Cadiz, but we
hare no reason to expect more, unless it be to faci-
litate the escape of a few Spanish loyalists and

patriots. The French army in Spain is from 60
to 80,000 men, and reinforcements are pouring in
from all quarters. Fifty thousand French troops
arc ordered from the kingdom of Italy, and there
is not left in Belgium a force more than sufficient
for the protection of the coast. But it is not
Spain alone that is in the, last extremity. The
whole South of Europe is going with a single crash.
Hostilities have been renewed between Turkey and
Itusssia, and the Jannissaries in Constantinople
have declared in favour of England, an event which
must increase the distraction of the Turkish Go-
vernment. Itome, long declining, appears at
length on the eve of dissolution. In the month of
March, the French General in that city lotted an
order, requiring all the Members of the sacred Col-
' loge to quit that city in three days. The POPE
had spirit enough to protest against this proceed-
ing ; but, as might be expected, without effect.
A letter from Milan, of the 20th of April, says :

" The departure of sercral eminent Cardinals from Rowe,
the regulations making by General Micah', the incorporation
of the Rowan soldiers with the french troops, and vai ions
other circumstances, all concur to prove that the temporal

it of the court of Rome approaches its cod. It is
said that the Pt °eject, of AIM)Ili will be tocorpursted with
the hi/I:dont of Italy."
Such is the treatment His Holiness has received
from BONAPARTE ; and yet the "No Popery"

Politicians are afraid that the Irish Catholics, from
their attachment to the Pops, must be well dis-
posed towards BON APARTF.

The Minister, last night, stated the Ways and
Steens for the year, as will be seen in our report of
the proceedings in the House of Connnona. lie
stated the supplies, exclusive of lrelausl, at up-
wards of 49 millions.

The Frenchoquadron in Flushing is represented
in a formidable state of preparstion, and it is said
that the Danish Officers and seamiest are repairing
to that and other ports for the purpose of carrying
troops to aid in the invasion of Sweden.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when the ships Asia and Wal-
donating were taken up fur India this season, to be
afloat the 24th of June, sail to Gravesend the 7th'
of July, stay there thirty days, and be in the
Downs the 13th of August.
The ships Sir Stephas Lushington, Ocean, M-
egrims, General Stewart, Tottenham, and Union,
were ordered to be afloat on the 7th of July, and
sail from Gravesend on the 7th of August.

The ship. building in the room of the Warren
Hasliasts. Captain Laaatits, was ordered to he
ready Is pitseeeJ with the Boiubay and China ships
of next season.

Captain M.Tsoosat was sworn into the com-
mand of the ship Ocean, consigned to IVlailtira,
Madras and Bengal.
The Court adjourned at six o'clock till Wednes-
day next.

"Fhelitegeraree, French privateer. of 18 guns and
leo men, is souk by a British frigate, and all the
crew drowned. _ .

According to information contained in private
Irtters from the Continent, the Grand Duke Cox-
!MARTINE is expected at Bavonoe, where also a
Turkish Envoy, and other diplomatic characters,
are to join the French Court.
Orders hare been aent for the embarkation of
Rona men at Cork, with directions for their imme-
diate sailing. Their destination is obviously for the
tinanish coast, and we believe not as enemies, but

POETRY.

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