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LONDON,
THURSDAY, OCTOS:It t.

The.,Gotteoburgh Mail, of the 19th inct. arrived
yesterday. It confirms the report of the surrender of
the isle of Rugen to the French.

Upon a perusal of the foreign papers, the con-
tents of which were given in this paper yesterday,
it appeared to us, that the visit of Louts XVIII.
King of FRAMCL, ani of the Duke of Ancsout.sue,
to the King of Swaoso, at Carlscrona, wu not
a mere formal and friendly visit. This opinion was
principally grounded upon a passage in the same
papers, which says, " It is reported, that in conse-
quence of some new measures taken by the Court of
St. Petersburgh, Louis XVIII will return to Mit-
tau immediately, and this report has given rise to a
variety of conjeCtures, some of which are, that Rus-
sia is again about to commence hostilities against
France." Here the return of the King of Faure*
to Mittau is made to depend upon an important
change, in the political synern and councils of Rus-
sia, which took place since the departure of that
illustrious esile ; from whence it follows, that at the
time he left !gigots, he had no idea or cape/lotion
of returning. In the present state of the North of
Europe, this is not the moment when the King of
FRANC& would be likely to •oluntarily forsake the
asylum which he has so long fornd at Mittau, and
seek a new refuge in Sweden. Aware then of there.
lentless hatred with which Bost Aram persecutes the
Bout moos, and recolleCti3g the complaints which he
made to the Kith!) Government on account of the
hospitality afforded them in this country, we con-
cluded that Acta s soca had condescended to gra-
tify the Despot, by refusing to the unfortunate King
of Fa Ames an asylum any longer in his dominions.
Another supposition is, that Louts XVIII. not
consider himself quite safe at Mittan since the re-
torts of the French to Koningsburg. Previous to
the evacuation of that city, by the French, a very
heavy contribution was imposed upon it, part of
which was pail, and the remainder was to be dis-
charged within a limited time; the inhabitants,
however, had been previously so pillaged, they
were unable to pay the instalmeut when it became
due; in consequence of which a body of French
truops inam-diately began their march for that city.
and are now aAually in potseuicro of it. Mittau is
about 1 ;0 miles N.E. of Koningsburg, and ger-
taitly a French banditti, by a rapid movement,
might be able to surpris: him, and carry him off
from Mittau, regardless of the resentment of Russia.
Auden may prove cured, because
womise the generosity of As.usta•
01l incline to our former opinion.
were in danger at Minas, from
the French, the 'brim coarse

was to remove towards St. Petersburgh, er some
mare distant point. It could be no reason for their
total abandnnmrnt of Russia. and withdrawing
from the prntedion of that great pqwrr, for the pur-
pose of seeking a safer asylum in Sweden.

By Private Letters front Halifax, we learn. that
Sir A. Coco eASe was President of the Court Mar-
tial which tried the seaman taken out of the Chua-
pra6r American frigate. The unfortunate man, it
is said, was found guilty. upon the clearest evi-
dence, of mutiny, contempt, and desertion, and was
executed on the 31st August, on board the Haifa:
sloop of war. The proceedings of the Court-
Martial were to be puhlised at Halifax. but
had not come out when the packet sailed.—
fhe Ministerial Papers state, that these proceedings
will clearly prove the infamous arts pra.lised by the
Americans, to entice our seamen into their service.
We feel the same confidence, but we own our re-
gret that the man has been executed. The Presi-
dent of the United States positively affirmed, in his
Proclamation, that the seamen, taken out of the
Chrsapra4r, were native-born citizens of America.
An official Report wasafterwards published, in which
they ate accurately described, and distinlly stated
to be native-born Americans. In the opinion of the
world at large, we fear, the veriii& of the Court
Martial will not be held sufficient to overturn these
statements. Tie Americans will naturally believe
that their own Government speaks the truth ; but
had the offender been suffered to live, be might
have assisted in correfting their error. The removal
of the man from human eyes has not facilitated the
proofs of his identity.

We have received N..ev-York Pape-% to the
16th of August. A report prevailed, that the yell rw
fever had made i:s appearance in th at city ; but the
New. York Papers assert, that, with the exception of
a slight disorder called an bytienza, it was Wirer
more Itealti.y. Our private letters are to the same
eleft ; one of them, dated the 15th, says. " Our
city, as yet, remains very healthy. We have not
a semblance of yellow fever. The infirense
has been very prevalent, but is not confined
to the city. It is equally bad in Philadelphia,
and indeed throughout the country:"—The trial
of Mr. BURR commenced at Richmond, on the
3.1 of August, before Judge Mauna to, the Chief
Justice of the United States. The two succeeding
days were occupied with calling over the Jury, and
other business preparatory to the going into the
case,and the Court adjourned until Monday the 10th.
Mr. Buaa was al:owed to remain in the mean time
at his private lodgings.—The hostility of Donn.
pursues our commerce to every part of the
world within his inluence. The importation of all
articles of English manufacture is striftly prohi-
bited at the Hevannah. and the same measure will,
no doubt, be extended to all the Spanish settlements.
The rage of the American populace against this
Country hats very much abated. It appears that
they would now be satisfied with the punishment of
Admiral Rammer, and the freedom of their ships
of war from search of every description. These
Papers represent the English afraid of an attack
upon Canada, in case of a rupture with America.—
Preparations were making to put Quebec in the best
possible state of defence.

We have received some Paris Papers, but none of
a later date than those received last week. The
Legislative Body has been entirely occupied with
the new Commercial Code. 800 AAAAAA 's Orators
do not hesitate to say, that it is to be the Commer-
cial Code, not only of France, but of all Europe.

The ship ChUsvich is arrived at Liverpool from
Barbadoes, from whence she sailed on the 21st of
August. She brings accounts that the Blonde fri-
gate has captured the French schooner privateers,
Dam: Vi!lard, of 7 guns and (9 men, and the Hor.
tow, of 8 guns and 92 men, to windward of Bar-
badoes ; the former on the 15th August. after a
chase of 14 hours, and the latter on the 16th, and
sent them into BArbadoes.

The Malicheattr and Marldro' packets, with Mails
from Falmouth, had art ived at Barbadoes ; the for-
mer on the I Sth, and the latter on the 21st August.

It is stated upon the authority of private letters
from India, that disaffettion had not subsided among
the native troops. when the last dhpatches left Ma-
dras ; at afire given at that place by Sir Joists Ciao-
soca, it is said. the Stapp intended to murder the
company, but that the plot was disccvered by acme
persons who beard the wives of the Seapoys entreating
their husbands to desist from their horrible design. its
consequence of which the ringleaders were taken
into custody. We are not competent to estimate
the degree of credit due to these accounts.
The Doicheg sf Iticlimon4 SCOTT, from Dublin
for Quebec. was taken the I tls inn. off the North
West Coast of Ireland, by a Spanish privateer.
The beisita, Nye, from Norfolk; and the
Nasty, WAIRIIIN, from Newfoundland. for Barba-
does. is captured and carried into Guadeloupe.
The Averiek. Da Cara, from Virginia, boa
short on the Note Sand, with seven fess watts ia
the bold.

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