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THE BRITISH PRESS.

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LONDON,
TUESDAY, MAY 20.
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Lord Hrsev PETTY, last night, proposed a tax
upon private brewing, as a substitute for the in-
tended tax upon iron, which is given up. It will
not affect the lower classes. The particular are
given in our Parliamentary Report.

Capt. PARRY, of the Lady Shaw Stewart transport,
taken and burnt by the French squadron under
the command of Admiral Vitt IA MIZ, and JEIOSIE
BONAIIAIT El consisting of the Veteran, Fourtroyant,
Sole, Castor, Impanels', and Patriot men of war ;
Vatereax and Volentaars frigates, is arrived in Lon-
don ; he was put on board the Union cartel, arrived
in the Downs from the Cape of Good !lope, from
the Poudroyant man of war, on the 20th of March,
in lat. 16. 45 south long. 7. west. He had been
on board 15 weeks, doting which time the squa-
dron had captured sir sail of vessels viz. the
ASive transport, Capt. Hot.t.aar, from Gibraltar ;
Ssieisanah of Liverpool, bound to Fayall ; two New-
foundland vessels; a privateer; a privateer, prize to
the Narcissus ; and the Lady Skew Stewart ; one of
the Newfoundland vessels was given up to the
people, the rest were destroyed. The squadron,
during its course, has been to lat. $3. Ski. S. long
14. 30. E. On the 20th of March, it had only five
weeks water, and four months provisions on boat d.
It is supposed the squadron would proceed to the
Brazils for water, and from thence to the West
Indies. On the 29th of February, an American
arrived at the Cape, which had a few days before
Fallen in with the &galas, of 80 guns; President,
and Sylisile, of 40 guns each ; and Surreillante, of
le guns, on their way to the Isles of France.

We have received Dutch Pipers to the 17th,
French to the 114 and Hamburgh to the 10th
instant. The Leldea Gan.lte of the 16th has pub-
lished the note of the Hanoverian Minister at the
Court of Berlin, demanding his passports. It is in
the sante style with Mr. Fox's letter to the Prussian
Minister, mad His NUJ CST v's declaration laid before
Parliament, and concludes by protesting, in the
most formal manner, against the taking possessi, n
of Hanover, and by declaring, that neither His
BRtTASIRIC Miussr tr, nor any Prince of his
house, will ever consent to the cession of the terri-
tories which it has possessed for centuries.
Baron Oster en A has retired to Dresden, where be
has been well received, and acknowledged by the
rideilor of Saxony, as the Minister of ilia BRI•
TANNIC MAJZSTY, in his quality of Elenor cf Ha-

RIOTER.
The Neapolitan army, which made its cs-ape to
Sicily, is said not to have exceeded 2000 men ; but
the number is evidently under-rated, as it is allowed
that they embarked on board 50 transport-, and slid
not carry off their arms and ammunition.
Bow APAILTIL is waging furious war against
English manufaftures in Switzerland. Several
Swiss merchants have been arrested for daring to
petition His CORSICAN MAJESTY for the release of
their goods, sequesteted as English, but the greater
part of which they undertook to prove were of Swiss
growth and manufaiture. Disgrace, corporal pu-
nishment, and death, in some cases, are to he infliCled
upon those who shall deal in English goods.
Letters from Vienna contradin the report that
the Russians were withdrawing themselves from the
South of Europe, and state that they are gradually
occupying the Islands on the coast of Dalmatia.
and are approaching Zara, the Capital-
The intelligence from Berlin, of the Gth instant,
mentions, " that the F.nvoy of a great Power was
on the point of quitting that capital." 1 his allu-
sion we can consider as only applicable to the Rus-
sian Ambassador, for the English Miiiister had left
it some time before.
The Timis Papers announce the arrival of the To-
pare frigate, on the stl. at Brest. We mentioned, in
A former paper, that she WAS chaced in by an
English frigate.

lluting the administration of Mr. Aormsoros,
at a time, when, in consequence of the secession of
Mr. Fox, Parliamentary debate was almost reduced
to nothing►, and had lost its interest with the
public, some of the opposition writers began to
consider how they might supply the deficiency.
The grand matches between Mr. Purr and Mr.
Fox having been broken off, a poney race. or
some other inferior sport must be substituted in
their room, to gratify the public curiosity. Its
this extremity, the oppootwn writers ruches:
themselves to Mr. Ili:smote, clapped him upon
the back, and persuaded him that he was a
marvellous proper roan to badger 4 Minister. They
crammed his poeke• s with squibs, and crackers. and
charges; and sent L i at darn, tu the Heusi a Commas

o rr, tke cpArt, by cnritant atticks upon Mr. A.

ovorul. Sometimes, these squibs being fired off
unskilfully, burned his fingers, rw singed the wig of
JOHNNY /slicsocs, a staunch friend and supporter.
Sometimes chance dire&ed one to the Ministerial

Bench, where it exploded among the Ministers,
without doing any serious mischief. This was all that
the Opposition wanted. They enjoyed the joke, and
laughed heartily at Mr. Ronson; while in their Pa•
pers, his attacks upon the ADDIN-.Toss were repre-
sented as most formidable, and furious; and the in-
coherent words which he uttered in the House, were
dressed up and reported in the Newspapers as most
tdaborate and eloquent pieces of composition. Mr.
ADDINGTON, and other Members of the Admini-
stration of the day, by the serious attention which
they paid to Mr. Itosson, contributed also to give
him an importance with the public, which he did
not deserve. The very same writers have caught
hold of the verb same man, and are now playing the '
very same game with him against Lord Liss Y PST..
Ty, which they pradised against Mr. ADDINGTON.
The Roses, the CASTI.LREacw, and the CANNINQS
are withdrawn from the colamnf of The Cow- er, and
Mr. Rossou is brought forward and pitted against
the Minister.—." We have rreeived several articles
upon Mr. Roasom's resolutions"—"Lord H. Pt T r
was distressed and confounded by them beyond
measure"—" liatil Mr. liossors's resolutions are
disposed of, we 51,311 only observe"—ss The follow-
ing are Mr. koesotes resolutions."—Such is every
second line in an article in 7 he Costlier of last night,
which is part of a system for reviving the old co-
medy, in which Mr korisou alted a first-rate p..rt.
and The Cour er led first 6 ,dlr.

Sir H. B. NE•LE is 3bOilt to resign tl-,e Leaden,
of yo guns, for a seat at the Admiralty Board, but
retains his yacht.
Yesterday morning i4e 4)nko or CAM IR ?DOS in-
spected the Stafford, or King's Own Militia, in
Windsor Little Park.
It appears from an account laid before the House
of Commons, that the total quantity of spirits,
distilled in Ireland. imported into Great lit itAii in

the years 1801. ISO 2 1803, 1804, AO 1805, so
far as relates to England. was 3,375.293 i gallons.
and that the amount of the duty thereon. was
1043,2731. 15s. 11d.
The Drvad frigate arrived at Madeira on the 17th
April. On the lOth, in lat. 31. N. long. 14 2. W.
saw a fleet of 13 sail. 10 of which appeared to be
of the line The Dread made signals, which they
did not answer; in consequence of which Captain
Dteststotan dispatched the Zara frigate to Lord
CoLLieowooto, and a Guernsey cutter, that was at
Madeira. to the Cape of Good Hope. 'floe Meet
seen by the Dryad is supposed to be the outward•
honed EAST India 11.-et, vo Inch sailed from Ports-
moath on the 30th of Match. - -
The B4rien is arrived at Liverpool (rum B4ThA•
&WS j she saile.l, ia company with the Jame, Jump,
(which is supposed to be off Liverpool) on the Zai
of April, and brings an Acrount of the arrival there
of the Galindo. with the flea under her convoy,
which sailed from Portsmouth on the 28th January
last. Part of those for Jamaica were to proceed
on their voyage, under convey, previous to the 28th
March.
A French corvette, of 22 guns, with a Mail from
France, in 30 days passage, is captured and sent into
Barbadnes.
Accounts from Jamaica, by the Prioress Amelia
packet state, that a number of enemy's privateers
were on the coast; that the tl. t W..% to call from
Port Royal on the id of April, and from the Piave
of rendezvous, on tie Bth of April, for Eagland.
Ihe fte,itordslncp of war was to be part f the convoy.
Sir John Warren's squadron spoke the cartel Cam
the Cape of Good Hope, which Jerome Bonapatte's
squadron detained off St. Wen's; it WAS the first
time Sir John had heard of Jerome's sqeadron.—
Admiral Villiamez, (Jerome only commands one of
the ships) informed the master of the Cartel, that he
was chased on Christmas Day. oldie Canaries, and
that Jerorne's ship WAS the one astern. The French
squadron had thee only six weeks water on :ward ;
they thought LC putting back to St. fialvador, ar
Rio Janie)°, to water, The squadron were vic-
tualled and stored for seven months. It was not
evident to the Master of the Cartel, that they were
going on to the East Indies ; the difficulty . of pro-
curing supplies in the East, for so large a squadron,
is very great to the French. The Master thinks,
they would not have been cruising in tLe manner
they were, if they have any fixed objed.
Lord Collingwood was cruising off Cadiz on the
Ist instant, with the a-een 111ag ship) Quern, Nep-
tune, Pricer, Standard, Saturn, Acosta, and several
frigates. Admiral Rossali, with eight sail of the
nue, had lately moved into the outer harbour.
The Spreastioa, --, fr. m Cadiz for London,
is detained and sent into Milford.
Ihe Centerion, —, from Smyrna for is
detained and sent into Cowes.
Lieutenant-General Sir J au zs CRAIG, and Doc-
tor Sousssaviu.t, InspeAor of Hospitals. arrived
at the White Hart Inn, Salisbury, on the evening
of the 15th. We are concerned to state, that the
General is still in a very bad way.
Should Str JAMES Casio sufficiently recover hill
health. it is said that he will be the successor of Ge-
neral Lord L s az, as Commander in Chief in India.
Admiral Limn, M. BRUILLAC, late Captain of
the Belk Nat, sad several other French cfEeers,
landed on Friday at Gosp rt. anJ the next morning
set off for Bishop's Waltham.' The wound in
Admiral LINGIS'S leg prevents him from walking ;
a splinter tote off a piece of the calf; it was hound
to the port 'gain, and is healing. KAMM. a Lieu-
tenant on board the ihrrvezo, bat lost part of his
tongue, and his fo'eteeth, by a musket ball which
entered at the side of his head. He was standing
in the fore-castle. when every man IC As titled or
wounded, at the first broadsiis foam the Luetiiie.
Caps. Vaisusatoor of the skiesseav, has los; ha'
tight arm.

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MRS. FOILS GB/PM BALL AN!)
~UPPER.
This lady gave her first grand party this season,
• her '•--- •-• Stabl James's, last even-

gra.
at ... house jn -lc-yard:7;SL .. _'s, ia,..-.
ing. The preparations ueie in the must splendid
sts le ; the second ball and staircase were most
brilliantly lighted. and decorated with t'ie finest
and most fragrant flowers ; the grand ball room
was lighted by two superb lustre,. of immense
size; the &apt was beautifully chalked in various
devices; at the top of the 1,30121 were the iritials
C. R. encircled with lautels, and in the centre of
the room was Mr. Fox's crest, and at the bottom a
large figure holding a laurel branch. The most
beautiful flowers were dispersed through the
rnom ; three rooms were laid out for supper,
with great taste ; the tables wete covered
i with every delicacy the season could produce.—
' A band of mush: was placed in the hall ; the
, garden was lighted with variegated lamps, and in
) the centre a marquee war placed. which contained
i tefreshreents of various kiuls. This enteltaiument
was given in hnnotar of Her MAJLSTY'I birth-day.
• C. R. Her Mai•siv's initials, were of course con- 1
soicuou, in many laces. W e regret that the
; lateness pf site hour ill not permit. lla WI (IQ ills
1 tier to such art entertaimnent.
In this elegant asseMielage were,
ftt
Fit. R•ryal Filalitiette the e of Wags; the Thrhewe of
Leinmer andGerri..o; Weint . of Staffed and I.ana4.nan ;
Merqto.sell 4 Doing aes Staff, ,at-tdown, and I..nne ; Earl.
Moira. Mel. Anerdeen, Ria. '. Rip4l. n, •f Es-ex,
and 4 llotmervle4r, ; Counte•etes 01Deroe, F.,..ei, Choi tu-ndt,
1, v, NridtarAter, Te nide, Iltertngt.ev. Olatt..w, and D.:maim
Fosea ; the Lord Cnancellor • Lord Matte de ; Louis W. Kuv-
s-11 Stodgy. P .tia,nittv, A. liamtiton, flolls..d, at:d theultt.tn ;
S ~, jo.na N-Atirot ant W. W. Wimar ; Ladies ronsonbe,
?...w. ert Atadvi.o.,a Pal tiler, W Itte.,el. NI Stanhope, St.n
Ir., C Fen •r
-.id. HJoanis, ma 1-1,.11.t0ni i Count De &Al,
11,,,,. ~.1, p,..1,,,,bv, Mr. S terul.n. Mi. and Mrs. Atlanlv,
ii,nt ?vir. W 4.., and above 600 Noh.t,ty.

Their MAJTSTIRSz Ditc.bess of Yrs, it, Princesess
AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, MARY. and AMELIA, ItCCOM.
panied by Generals Gwvwma and F.Tzstoy. Col.
Dt ink 0 wi exc. walked on Windsor Terrace, on Sun-
day, tor tl.e first night this season ; it was extreme-
ly full of Nobility and persons of distinfti,:n. The
I)iike of Svsstx atrived 4t Windsur,on Sunday
night, it nine o'clock, from town.
The liitke of YOEIC arrived at Windsor, yester-
day mcming, from town.
The Prince and Pthicess CHARLOTTE of WALIT
arrived. at tqe o'clock yesterday mottling, at Wind-
sor, from town.

His !fit Al EST T. the Dukes of Yost( and Celli sue-
LAND, the Prince ises Asnust a, SOPH I • and Aire-
' sA, accompanied by Count NI ensure. Loral CA Ell-
C RT. and General: GwYNNG and El rznov, die.
took an airing on horseback by Cranhonrn.
Yesterday morning, flrr M ayssr v • the Duchess
of Yaffe, Princesses Etszaits-ru and Maas', tus-k
an airing to Frogniore.
His Mita LETT 101101ECI them soon after, and dined
there.
Yesterd iy afterroon the Duke of Kafir arrived
at wlid,oe, to j.iio his Royal Brothers, in the cele-
isration of I ler MA i ENT I 's ISOM-Day.
Lord GRENVILLE has been tor some days con-
fined to his n.e by a sprained ancle.
Col. and Mrs. &Altoona- will give a grand d;;.•'
nor to-morrow, at their house, in Portman-square.
The Countess SPENCER ai rived yesterday at
her firms in St. James's-place, from her seat, at
WimbletiOn.
Mrs. MeTnues will give a grant' rout next
Monday, at her house, in Lower Grosvenor-street.
The Hon. HUGH Piracy, third son of the Rail
of ELVER LIT, was married yesterday morning, by-
special licence. at Lambeth Palace, to Miss M A N..
eits SUTTON. eldest daughter of his Grace the
Archbishop of CAN r 11111:11 Y.
Lord and Lady Petite have a grand dinner,
yesterday, at their house in Grosvenor-square, to
Earls SPENCER and Deasy, Loyd STANLEY. and
several other Nobility.
Colonel and Mrs. Brat:stony gave a grand din-
ner. yesterday, lit their house in Portman-square,
to Lord Asaxatint* Goecrs, Lord Jaws MLR.
RAY, Lady NI say Pm, Col. and Lady CA 11{01.1NE
WATLEY, Mr. and Mrs. M•COUNALD, VILES.W•
Miss Caratzess, and Miss Mutest Esems-
STOP:L.
Lady Native will have a card party, nest Thurs-
day, at her home, in Albemarle-street.
His Royal High.ue.s the Duke of Yorke, Earl
Moran, and Sir Jo lIN NEweosr, dined last Sunday
with Earl SPENCER, at his house in St. James's-
place.
'llse Duchess of CORDON hid a selai card-party,
last evening, at her house in St. James'a.square.
Sir JOHN Hewora:coi, Bart. has talt.in an elegant
house in Northumherland.place, New Road, and
bas left his house in Wimpole-street.
The Duchess of GOADON will give a grand din-
ner. to-morrow, at her house in St. James's-sq'n ire,
to their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Casa tno
and Sussex.
Sir H. and Lady D. Ha ta tarosi sill leave town,
next Saturday, for their seat, 'Surgery, Arshile,
North Britain.
Sir Timm as and Lady Ltnnse, will give a grand
dinner, neat Monday, at their house in Wimpole-
street.
'lle Duke and Duchess of Liens are arrived at
Hornsby' Castle, their summer residence, in the
North-Riding of Yorkshire.
We understand that Mr. R tr. the gentleman
whom we announced as having psrforrned with
considerable ince, ss lately at Bath, is a pferege of
Mr. CI-massy, and is engaged to succeed to Mr
Est line, at the Haymarket Theatre, the en-
suing season.
Enema Lee, Esq. M.P. for Waterford, left
LIAM ass' 'iota. last eveoingi for Ireland.
A very singular swan was slot, last week, by
JMty Kiecur. groom to Sir Wisr•en LAWSON,
Kart. of Brayton House, which w§.ighed Isllb. Is
mr., tared aciass the wings C feet V inches, and m
heighr, 6 f.-et 1 inch. It is of a very remarkable
colour, and is supposed to he the largest ever seen
iz Lanth:rtancl.

LAW INTEL LIG rivcE.
COURT OF KiNG's BENCH—Vitairrwipiatca, Mar 19.
B,Zeet Baker, an impressed man, was brought
up by firshees. Copier, at the suit of his wastes, lQ ,
be discharged. He hat been impressed and take 3
on hoards His Majesty's snip, the Plata, the Cons-
wander of which vtlsel answered in return of the
Witt, that being aathtiriell by• Nos e.rdit of.thif
Privy Council, te inApresred this mar!, who *fist's,
wards volts/lit-aril?. *littered as a ar.alkaas beirci
that ship.
Mr. Eseistassitscontendedr that hy a cst-,e tha.
Term keports. the.master had a right to vie yet tt
1 obees Cep,
:toss to recover hi,s apprentice unoer such
circumstances ; but the Court considering, that by
the Starute of Harry the OM, the regalar way ww*
pointed nut, •for the master to applrto the Chef
Justice of the King's B.nth, who had the power of
bringing up •the body; the present Witt, therefore,
was irregular. Toe rule was diselatgedo and t,nn
span ordered m b • remanded. .
TUE KING V. poveasoß TICTOg. • I
The Ririe too sh• woof! cause why titer, shr..4ld not 11
be a sew trial in this csse, was enk4rgiel stool oat
Term.
The ATTORNEY-G[l Ell•L, in person., roade the ,
usual motion at the close of the , Coat the tee
coenisances ti toe seers Ii persom bound to 4pcar
beture the Court, should b. codtioned . •
T'ets being the last day of Perin, the Coast sat
01 a lace hour, and a great variety of inotrens trete
oisposed of s but in casiistquer.ce of th • absence of
Mr. Garotte. who was confined by a tail hoot W.&
horse, some motions of impoi wade were pvit ,•••
paned.
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CoMmoN PL.P.Asodas 19.
This morning Colonel Ciro's:Tors addre'sed ha
Court tor about. 20 minutes, in aiiswor to iiic affi lay
vits of T C. Bormq, Esq. upon which a Rule
~ts id ;
been Lately obtained by Stojeant Cockel. ,e Co.•
lobel's address wasdrh,vesei in a temperate manner, •
and lie received great attclition from the Court.
His cblea Moroding hicoself upon the notice or
their Lordships, he said, was. that the irrput
of dishonourable conduct, which had Oren cast upo
hint, might be removed, by a fall investigation by
the Cooit, of the transattions which Mr. Burton ,
had thought FrLper to curnplasn of, and pl,ca in hip
light he end done. So far from any chicaliery hay.
ing been practised by the Colonel, to inciocit that
gentleman to become the purchaser of the pictures,
dogs, deer, horses, Ecc. which he lila ennoteratert '
in his affidavits, it was only at his esti, roe sabot*.
don, that he (Colonel Thoracic) disposed of them;
and the sale was not secretly or cloidestioair ma.
na,,,,cd, as had bean charged, but .was made in the
presence rt several gentlemen, who were now read,
to give evidence on the sultet,, and to expose the
calumny of the accusation. Fir tae attic*-s who Is
were disoscd of to Mr. %non, the s:olortri .1,41
been repeatedly offered much more cons d relate
suros than he had c arged ; ano, upon the Odin
granting the inves•ig itioa he now soli, tied, it wield
be seen hose widely differed the unto et title case
Was to the StAteltlet.E Windt hail been yrelerted
Vie affidavits, and wird the really a: jured party
was.
'Om Gaut mitred. that the case Artild lle 1-a-
lerted to the lr`rothronotary to .nveslig Ste and Esliol
Napoli. Colonel luorntou thanked taws:- Lirsisisips,
arid retired.

SIR MICHAEL LE FLEMING,
Sir , 4.
MICHAIL L or.° uroppel down 3.4
suddenly yestrrday. between twelve and one
o'clock, at Viscount Howrc's Office. in tt e tV:I.
miralty, where be was upon busine.s. B% d.. toilh
Of the worthy Baronet, a vacancy is 0c,:a.4030
in the representation of the Conrt of W. stasove-
land. Sir Moss q..s stsccee his fathet.
WkLLIAL and married Ul All A, en'y chnd jtf
THOMAS Hoiv• so. late k:arl, of Sof9k and
shire, by whim be had one daughter. Atlas, Vaa.
okatca E 1.123.114711, &c. born in 178 .
Poi ICE,

IC lorries, sow.rearrs. 4
Yesterday Ned Leerten, Tge,•• ft 4ifift
Joan Cleene"tr. three two:winos h•-ts-ehrealu4s, ch..rg-
ed with attempting to break open tt•e shop of Mr.
Priestman, silversmtli. in Pr races-•'reet, SoSci,
were re.eaamined. lii,theng farther 041004
against them yesterday on the charge of this mist, .
derneannur.
Mr. Carckhart. of Langley.rre. t, Lnng Ar-e,
whose house was broken open on the evemiiig pt
16th of March List, and a variety of articles of plover
and wearing apparel stolen therein. attended. and •
nu e se mining the Prisnners, he identified the breechee
which the Prisoner, Clements, had on, to he his pro-
perty, :sod ar hive been stolen at Ole time of the
burlealy. In consequehce of which he was com-
mitted to take his trial for the r fFence. Eger,

ton and WltittieLl %era euttupiLtei for the

meanocr.

The I..nndon Sessions commenctd leen 'er g j
no trial of public interest no tiered.
A few mornings sine.. a oilman, a P isont-t in the
House of Cotreaton at Piestne, *a. ftund opati in
her cell ; likew se her new-horn infant of w 1 cb
she had delivered herself dining the night.
Sunday morning, about ten n cli-ek. a hov, of the)
name tti Flt 4 tocis, in the employ il, Z. Row*
Basivos. of Breritord, ItghtTtman.' wits mittens
nately drowned nil Strand-lane. tie was c:earsni
the top of the cabin of a hAr*e. and fit twee-tr:lrd,,
.He rose once in the sight of Ills hrtaher, and s• rens
other persons but they nit.' is vain t , reu.ter hi..
any assistance, as he was sucked tsa.irr a barge
The body was not toand yesterday.
It is a striking Li comstabee in the L .Itory_ an-
nals, that the a zt four days' drawn:a w.li per en
prrs firm the fit st-drawn numbers. wnieh are rt
spyctively suitably to the sevrral centditio: s of Ad
yrntuntrs in Lila Thr five of 10001. each t”-o-co
row morning, are ad tn.. d to 0e indlistii"iii. i
various sla‘ions. Ihr I O,GOOI. rip, ( p 0e 4t
"1:', will, suit any Aa:venturer is) the rtios4isi i
ra.:Ls of We On the ,-,t 't
_ day. the 6IP efAUtir
er.oool. is an 04Nect of iiiter..st us a Las d 4 bit the
of ts.nool. on the sixth day, may he prv+.o,ance
to be worthy the Stmt. un ot any I since to ciSi...ga "
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
waosa THE TRENCH, DOTett, AND lIANI6UR(34
PAPEitS.
emits, MAY 1/1.
It is said that General Sebastian' is appointed
Ambassador to the Otte man Porte. M. Blanche.
Lit a secretary to the Legauon at Vienna, is to attend
Pim.
MAY li.
The French frigate 1,4 Topes., which was at Lis-
bon, and escaped the vigilance of two English fri-
gates, which watched her there, arrived, on the.3d
I instant, at Brest. In the course of her voyage, slit
took and burned three English vessels; 113 pri-
I seam awe the fruit of this capture.
MUSICH, MAY 1.
The final decision of the Court of Vienna is ex-
, petted at the French War-Offiee, in this city, in,the
eourse of eight days. Upon this determination, the
twee or the retreat of the French troops, still in
t Dtvaria, will solely depend. People at present have
more hope than ever of seeing an end to the burdens
' they have experieseed, by the quartering of so
Many soldiers. E'en the French Minister himself
agars testimony, that Bavaria has done her part.
Ultn, it is said, is to be a place of arms, and a dep6,
for magazines. The journey of our Sovereign to
Italy and Paris is no longer talked of ; but he is
,Ding for a short time to Augsburgh, to visit the
Eleaor of 'reeves.
STOCKHOLM, APRIL 29.
The King has suspended the Placard of 1724, and
the Order of July 27, 1731 ; according to the pre-
sent regulation. the difference between vessels wholly,
and only halt free, will nn Linger subsist. This mea-
spro being only ralculated to operate against France,
will he subjea to considerable modikatious, in all
parts, excepting those of the Not tit Sea.
BASLE. APRIL rm.
. On the same day that the eomplaint appeared in
the Aferierssr, relative to the introduaion of English
goods into Switzerland, M. falleyrapd transmitted
a note to M. Mrill.rdoz, our Envoy at Paris. in
which the same prohibition was strenuously insisted
epos. This now induced the Lander's:nits to issue
• second circular, on the tSth, in which he advised
the farads of the Cantons got to wait the meeting
of the General Assembly, hot to take measures,
without delay, for obtaining the desired object. A:IJ
to require the Melchior' to certify on oath, that the
English gc..nds, then in their magazines, were not
intended to be set, directly an indirectly, to France.
While the letter was sending round to the Cantons,
Pinch severer measures were actually put in
('tree here. On the 26th, lii. Royer, the French
Ckargi d' Afaires came here, and, upon h;s demand.
the Government of the Canton arrested eleven of
the principal Merchants; which circumstance gasp,
e•asin to apprehend. that troops might next kie
sent to make domiciliary visits.
M•Y 4. '
The merchants of Basle, who have goods segues-
&red at Neufchatel, assembled immediately after
this sequestration. and appointed a Cammittee, who
prepared a petition, which was signed by the Lan-
and sent to M. de Maillardoz, the 11:11117:n rof the Cantons at Paris, to be plumed
to the Emperor. It solicited that the sequestration
should Or taken off the goods, the greaser part of
which the petitioners declared, were of Swiss
growth and manefaßure. The petition met a had
• reception. Y.. Secharner, Secretary to the. Em-
bassy, arrived as a courier from Paris at Basle, on
the 231 of April and an extranrdinary courier
arrived shortly after with fetters iron: M. Talley.
land. Toe contents of these letterthate riot been
yet officially communicated, but it is known, that
they contained a demand for the attest and punish-
ment of the petitioners. The decree of arrest was
immediately prepared. It comprehended M. M
Christophe Bourcard of Fosse ; Bourcard of See-
girhoff ; the cousins Merian ; Sehontner, -Battier,
Iselin and Ryhiner ; Ryhiaer-klofmao of Saint Al-
ban; Big' huff Buriaarf and the Jew, Roof. They
were immediately arrested and efamined, and con-
6nasd to their own houses.

According to a circular later of the Landamman
, to the Cantons. the Helvetic Diet is to be occupied,
on the next sessiiin, with a general measure con' eta-
ing the absolute prohibition of English metchan-
dice in all Switzerland. They have been already
prohibited in the:Cantons of Zurich and Vaud. by
the respedive gJvernmer.ts of these Cantons.
SZKLIN, MAY 6.

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The command of the army on the frontier of Po.
merania is given to I.ieut.-General Ruche!, in con-
serinence of the illness of Goners) KAl'Entail. A
second corps of the army is to be commanded by
Lienteriant-General Schmettau. Ilse regiment of
}'rinse Will;ant of Brunswick Oels has also broke
up its qoarters to ye to Pomerania.
It is -Aid here, that the Envoy of a great Power
r Obea'ued lk.ite of ets.mto fee h shoft time ; and
th.,t, during that pennd, the business will be con•
ducted by a Cieige Aleires .
111AN114110H, MAY 9.
Mande ;11e. Private Secretary to Sir Attlrir
Paget, the Pritish EL,tr,,y at Vienna, has arrived
sith very impertantdispat:hes ftcfn the East Indies.
virlith haring keen transramed to L.ondoe. M. Man-
deville has retiinwil to Vienna. It is al?nfirme.l,
that the navigation of the. Jade remains anmolered
*viIRKA, ',rut. JO
7he Tritirr;al General Brady, Comm indant in
Dalmatia. has arrived here. Since the arrival of a
Cramer frnm Paris, M. Hnclicfnitcault has had a
Prig temkrence with Count Stadion. The k rench
General Andreosey has returned from Hungary,
and will pet out fix Pais on the 6th of May. Let-
rei• irom ilSsltnatia say, the Russians have taken
p •rsi• ova of three surill islands on the coast. Se-
veral more sips from Corfu, /idea with military
r-ues. have arrived at the Months of the CAIATTO,
4e •••• hich the Rummel still remain in poswisioa.
1 I tu. th•rhduke Jehn, accordiag to she last ac-
enmsts, sew, at Lewin'', ....pen his nstlitary tour. It
141 amid, tl.at the Easr.eror will maker jnurney
A ..P.:•1:!. I:fief-mark, And Siliaburg, accompanied
Iv the Archduke Charles.
searma, MAY 1.
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The Arci -Treavorp Lehttan has been reeslled In
Lst
Pots. Sinfr'4; Nespoluen state 'rummers to the
urewr of twenty-three, a:rived tut the 26t11. last at
lotto, nod contsuasJ :Len route for :lea destine-