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may elapse without farther dispatches from Mani.
ral Carona. In this absence of new and offi.ial
intelligence, we have copied some *rate letters re.
mired from officers in the Expedition, which, thougt
not of a later date than the accounts in Tee Goa e.te
of Saturday, contain some interesting !.eels. It i
said, indeed, that a letter has been reseived, dare.;
the 24th, which is one day later than any that we
have seen, which states, that on that day every
thing remained quiet ; but that they were appre.
bemire the Danes were by no mein' idle in their
preparations for a defence. which there was reason
to tear would be strenuous and bloody, owing to
the Iling time that had been allowed to elapse be.
fore the attack. It thus appears, that another day
had passed wiThout producing any occurrence of
moment.

We mentioned, in a former paper, that Govern-
ment had ordered a supply of ordnance stores equal
to that seat with the force to the Baltic. A great
number of transports are also fitting out at the sea
ports for an expedition, said to be in the contempla-
tion of Government. Three fine vessels of this de.
scription sailed on Saturday from Plymouth for Put
mouth.

The Savnge sloop of war. with the fleet for the
West India, sailed from Cork on the 30th ult.

Orders have been issued to fit out the Namur, of
74 gOO% at Cha.liam, with all possible dispatch, to
relieve the Zal/206", at the Nor.; the latter, it is
supposeJ, will be immediately fitted out for a prison
ship.

the Earl of CUATH•III left town. on Sunday
night, for Colchester, to take the command of the
troops stationed in that place, and within the sur-
rounding dish id.
Yesterday the packets by the as India fleet
were opened at the East India House, by which we
have received the following shipping intelligence:
The U'eioe, Captain MACIN SUM. and the Ma-
tilda, country ship, arrived at Madras the 11th
March.
The following ships, outwar 1-bound. had arrived,
on the 22d March, in lat. 16 N. long. ti 7 W.
Qat* Eden, Captain Calomel.; Cumberland, Ferret; TV le
Briton, Mike; Scaleby Castle, Loch; Nottingham. CAM*
bell; 'animal], Is, eh; Ile ~y Addington, Kirkpatrick
emus, We!beilit ; and Admiral Gaidner, Easttild.
The Lord Dwiraa, BE ADVORIS ; Ca, If Leads,
YATES; Metcalfe, Isacza ; and Bering. CASIGIGIE,
outward-bound, were spoke with the 21st May, off
the Cape of Good Hope—all well.
The Plarthwalieflaad, Raiscoca, arrived at the
Cape of Gond Hope the I.t of June, and was to
sail for St. Helena the 10th.
When the last accounts came away from the Caps
of Good Hope. the garrison was in perleft health.
Lord Mimeo had arrived there on his way to India.
Lord Letts is arrived in town from India.
The East-India Fleet have brought home the crew
of the Honourable Company's fate ship Gmezes.
which Lately foundered at sea on her passage to ku.
rope.
A letter from Cork, dated August 31.
" Two Danish and one Russian ship have arrived
in this harbour from the Baltic. They report. that
strong preparations for determined resistance were
making at Copenhagen. and that the Russian Fleet,
at Cronstadt. were equipping with the utmost expe-
dition. Orders have been issued by Admiral
Wet mato to stop all Danish vessels ; the above
ships have been seized its consequence of this
order."

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The General ltleblenjfle, imitation, from St.
Croix, for Copenhagen, is put into Bermuda leaky,
having been on shore.
The Ohl, Breach, Stocks, from New Provi-
deoce, for St. Domingo, is captured and carried
into Bartaeoa.
A letter from Greenock says, " On the 2d inst.
the ship Ha•a►sne, Captain Ssi iris. (late Art Lace).
arrived in this port from the South Seas, last from
Rio de Janeiro, which port she left the 30th of June
last. This ship belongs to Messrs. W*LTaa RIT.
cam and Sons, of this town, whose enterprise is
highly commendable, as we believe she is the
first ship that went from Szotland on this distant
voyage; and it is remarkable, though her crew con-
sisted of above eighty, and that she was ont nearly
two years, she did not lose any of them by sickness.
While the Harmony lay at Rio de Janeiro. His MA.
J esr v's ship Beale, Captain Houston, arrived
there for refreshments, on her way from New South
Wales to England. Glvernor SINo and suite were
on board the firsti:de, which would sail fur England
in a month alter the Harmony."
Mjor.General the Marquis of HUNT r.EY goes out
to Sicily in the bapc,ieferc frigate, C,ptain Lord
Conn a *He, under orders for the Mediterranean.
General WILLIAM ItOWI ty, Colonel ot a batta-
lion of the tiOth ReOment, and youngest soli of the
Ire Sir WILLIAM ItOWLev, died lately at his house,
On Saturday the Right Hon. Earl Firzwr t %JAM
arrived at Hull to join his regiment, the First W.,.
York Militia, of which his Lordship is Colonel.
On Monday 11;s Lordship inspeeted the regiment, in
French's Gardens; and afterwards addressed Oem
in a short speech, in %shish he alluded to the recent
Ad of Parliament for allowing the Mlli‘ia to v,,iun-
tear into the line. He complimented them as being
one of the first corps of that species of Circe in the
kingdom, a:id expressed the regret lie should feel
at parting with any man among them ; but that in
case any of them wished to volunteer, he should be
sorry to throw any impediment in their way, or to
interfere with the operations of an at of the Legir-
latule. After his Lordship had concluslad, he or.
dered the men sixpence each to drink.
It is selsd,m th..t a subjea of novelty ever excites
so great an attention, or becomes so rapidly a theme
of general conversation, as that of the recently.
announced New Lottery Plan. What is more to
its credit, it will richly bear to be talked of s pre-
seining a double interest, from two Schemes, for
one And the same Adeenture, is undoubtedly an im-
provement of a very attraaive and striking deserip-
ticru.