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London, England, 1808-10-04 00:00:00

I.ON lON,
TUESDAY, OcToseit 4.

The under-tsentionvi ships, outward.bound,
arrived at Si 111 l bo's Cape of flood (lupe, the
21st May, under convoy of His Ma'ravels blip
Linn, and sailed from thence the 16th June, via.
Calcutta, Captain Maxwell; Hugh Inglis, Fairfax; Hur-
ter, Meriton;•Ccres, Demetird; Preston, Sturrock ; Dor-
erg shirr, Brown ; Ocean, Williamson ; Lord :Selma, Hol-
ton; mil Canton, Lochner.

The Plvortie, HAMDEN ; and MAW, Cwt/e,
DODD% from St. Helen, arrived at Simon's liar
the 31st May. The former sailed win the fleet,
under convoy of the Lice, and the latter proceeded
on her voyatte to Bencoolen the 9th June.
The Deeid Scott, Loam ; and Alittniek Castle,
Paescort, parted from the fleet, under Lion,
on the elth of March, in let. 25, 59, N. long. 10.
41, W.

The Alury Ann, British lugger, spoke the ships
Alexander, llama; and Northunsberland, FIANCK-
LIN, outward-bound, in tat. 23, S. long 32, 55, W.

According to letters from Bergen, dated the 20th
ult. advice has been received there of the capture
of three richly laden Chinamen, by a French ship
of the line, in the East Indie►.

We have received letters aed papers from Bar-
bodoes, to the 14th of August, from which we have
made some extracts.

Every piece of intelligence, and every event
which is transinitted from the Continent, however
defaced or altered it may be, by the channels
through which it passes, manifests. nevertheless, the
increasing perturbation, and aceu:nulating ember-
rasnalents of N•POLEON. It is vain that he would
conceal it by steel of apparent gaiety, or of amuse-
ment, foreign to his gloomy nature. The agitation

of his irritated mind, and his infuriated temper, '
burst perpetually through all the restraints of po-
licy, or of state dissimulation. Even the language
in which lie addresses his soldier*. how changed is
it since April ! He can no longer disguise from
them that secret, winch begins, in defiance of all
his precautions, or his punishments, to be known
front one extremity of Emma! to the other—that
victory hue fonisken him. He menaces, it is true,
$ lay Spain► and Portuend waste, and to involve the
English iu their destruction. But, while his legions
intersect France in every direction, and bead
their course towards the Ebro, he himself, his
e)•e constantly fixed on the Danube, parts in an
Opposite direction, for Thoringia, there to meet the
unfortunate and misguided ALEXANDER. The
result of such an interview, if, after all, it shall
ever take place, may be easily and certainly unti-
ciliated. It most terminate in the further exten-
sion and co•apletiou of all which the Treaty of
Tilsit left unaccomillislied. That the Corsican ,
considers leis Muscovite Ally's arrival as certain, we
cannot doubt, ►ince lie has already set out to nisei
him. Still Ole subservience and übmiseion of the
CZAR imust probably have some limits, either spon-
taneous or eampalsory. Such, we are assured,
have already brill' imposed on his dcoarture for
Erfurt. Without, however, assuming or asserting
that tact, it is only necessary to cast a glance over
the actual condition of the Russian empire, its po-
litical eonsidemtiou, its marine, its armies, and its
commerce, in order to see that ALEXANDER will
probably Mein. greuter Ileuml of deposition, by
currying his obedience to BONAPARTE. farther, than
by ass,•rtuag his independence. If ever a ininnent
Was peculiarly Ili for such no *Aim at
eniatwipatiogi, it is the present. A few days may
decide whether Russia is to be considered only as
an en4ine of France, or whether she has arrived at
the point beyond winch site will not advance. Any
radical change in ALEXANDER'S line of policy, at
au instant such as this, would uoquestionubly
Weave the power, and derange the projects of Bo-
NAPARTE, beyond say other event. For • rupture
with Austria he is prepared. Neetvey Denmark
nor Prussia poetess the faculties of resistance. Bs:
ou the co-operation of Russia he calculates, and
any disapiminteneut there, while it covered him
with personal hniniliation, would expose Inns to in-
calvolabie !wards.
lf, 011 the side of Gernessay, Ins affairs are thus
critically situated, in Spain they draw to a ►till
snore decisive poi,.t. tt is obvious, that he must,
and that he will, either subjugate by superior
forte and superior tactics, the Spaniels Monarchy ;
or that In must there sustain a complete arnd signal
defeat. Those who, contemplating his ro.tonishing
talents, his elevation, his victories, and his nie-
ces'', from 1749 down to the present year, consider
him us combining amid propelling a machinery,
against which neither Kings, Goveraments, nor
people, can effectually contend; and many such
persosis there ere, of seqwrior jiidgrnent, who confi-
dently believe and predict hi,. success beyond the
Pyrenees. These, on the other hand, who, having
'narked his rise, think that he wanted either ink
inent to know w'sere he ought to have stopped, or,
which is wore probable, moderation to restiaia his
thirst of empire ; and who conceive th,t since the
mouth of May he has been tending rapidly down-
wards ; are pervaded, that, though he may main-
tain himself in his actual sitnation, at least for a
length of thee, yet that he will be no longer pro-
gressive. Cigna this question, the almost serious
which CUR Is• agitated by the human mind, mid
which may be said to include the destiny of Eu-
rope, even the short remainder of the present year
may throw a prodigious light. Whatever is the
result of Boa asume's journey into Germany,
whether the expected confer-rime at Eden prove
more or less satisfactory to hive in its results; Spain
is adroit to exhibit a aerie either of victors-, or of
defeat. JOSEPS will either transfer his residence
from Miranda to Madrid, or he asp be driven be-
yond the Ebro, into Navarre, or Biscay ; perhaps
back to Bayonne. We confeas that we dread more
the perfidious arts, the corrugtion, and the seduc-
tions of BoxAPARTR. even thkn his armies. CAS,.
TANOS and Patseire have hitherto not only re-
sisted, bat they hare muted and put to flight
his veteran troops. Against his secret machinations,
his profon Wand Mlbt Le attacks oil the loyalty or the
patriotism of the Spaniards ; attacks which are al-
ways masked under this veil of religion, or morality,
or virtue; what security can be advised? It is'not
without concern, we observe that 'symptoms of
those arts, amid of their baneful effect,, are to be
found in the recitals transmitted us of the late
events that have taken place at Bilboa, in Outdo-
nia, and in the Balearic Island'. While Beeeteees
prepares to commence hostilities in Arrugon,

or in Old Castile, IVIIMAREIPO, a traitor to his So-
vereign and $o his country, labour* not less sedu-
lously, or lees successfsilly, to gain the affections
and to seduce the allegiance of the Biscayans. In
a mock Junta, held amidst the ruins of Bilhos, he
by turns employs menaces and promises, clemency
and denunciations of vengeance, in order to sup-
'tort the tottering power of „losers,. The Clergy,
as one of the most powerful agents over the minds
of the people, are peculiarly objects of his consi-
deration. Our next advice' from that quarter ait
be most interestin.g. After the late humiliation and
disappointment which we have experienced is l'or-

ttigal, we would hope that ',righter u•,.,.
other Convention• tha i tho,e of t: t
to take place at the other extretwit; I
peninaula.

Private letters hunt Hutland stab.,
leged authority of accounts
that a revolution has taken plat e
The Emperor AII.IiXANDLA iv *mid tip
arrested; and it is also added, tint
NICKS DuwAnaa is at the head ut tit,
No glacial intelligence has been recei,
event, but we think it highly prowl.
have reason to know that it was the *),:h
considerable party in Roar', that the
I)uw*uva should be placed at the '
Government.

The Princess Eliz.abcat picket, Captain
with innit4 from Malta, &e. arrived on 1.;•
ing ut Falmouth. She sailed from Malta
His MaJastit's ship Themes, ati gobs,
thence alb- the 341, a itli a convoy of 50 sal
land. On the 15th spoke Ili* M sir
Pylades, la guns, on 16 cruse elf Cape
the ;Nth ult. off Cape rle Gatte. spoke
.ms•rt's ship l'uname, 3S guns, Captsi
with 17 sad nudes cowl/, hound*:
the 31st, Cave tie Gatte bearing N.N,
spoke ills 31 J Shl pS
Terrible, anti Lecellenc;-, from (fibrillar
Ar• iced at ichbratltirr on the 3d instant,
His Mt,' tstrt's ships Atlas. oalmark, _
pulse, Volunteer, and Alacrity. His Mastlrrt
Cesar and Malta, au guns, arrived
day, and again fur England alit
The Scent and Gra..happr arsived at
oil the atk with transport:4, laariug oa
taboos of the Royal Veteran corps from
they had been at anchor fie three weeks
The Princess Elizabeth packet !waled
raltar on the 6th, and on the I;
I. 25. spoke brig Awn, from .
to London, on the 2.stii instant,
19. 25. spoke ship Lion, Capt. Dawson,
Waterford bound to ()ibraltars with loss
and

_—..-iopiriasts. The SeaAurae was
at Malta. The following is the dimensions
Turkish frigate Boddie Zaffter, taken
the entrance of tht Gulf of %atonic+ :
Leuitis.of pa-deck, ititift. qiw
flart ere brcadtb.... 41 ft. tit 111.
had 11`101/1111.11. w• en taken, 5•: pieces of
11011. 40111 C Or thew of very large calibre
the crew were killed, an u great numl
und the hull shot through like a hone

The report gain' grnntsd is the w..st
town. that his !tops' ilixhitess the Duke
is to assume the commituil of the British
Sprats and florins:al.
Oa Saturday Counsel liamti.coa arras
mouth. with dispatcher of peat impqrtai
Gijon. Colonel Flummox ais to sail in
ly m any of nil MAJCSTIen light vessels
ready at that port.
The Morgan; de Rost tx• left town
proceed to (iikur ith a 1 possible rhspa,
The Speruletur is arrived in the Duo,
parting from her convoy of traarpow
Spanish troop. nu hoard, so lat. Akt. 31. '
W. with a fair a Mil for Spate.
Eight ti sand five hundred and
weight of Peruvian hark, wen. on Friday
thr:Cnstom-house, h)• Sir rose, fur hull
ther with various druto to a consinerald
DiNnatehes have been received at the
from the Harlon-rah, brought by
a Inch state. that the Stoutish ( loseromen,
declared for Ft:RD./SAND the V I Ith ; th
proclaimed war against the 1. rends, and I
French residents were spotting the island
viva. Lo•filetowilt i 11.1.1. kit the Hal 10
tlith of Astrust, and on that day tiler, air
a vessel from Vera Crust, with accounts
Governor had also declared agaits-t the'
A Dassi.h privateer ha. captured
laden with 77si6ar and coffee, and carried
Skragene.

The Philip,' and another .
hen e arrived out Gottenburgh ft um Re.,
permitted to had.
Tie .Ibuche privateer, of one gee.
1.0 Resiemnier piiriarer, of one gun, and
and birgrite pnvntee►, of one gull,
were to sail from Guaduloupe on tuth
former to eruive off Tullogo mod Grenada., .
latter oil liorbadoes, on tile resat of Surinam.

A letter of marque ship, said to be
Qurl.ll4, Irmo London, for St. Kitea• •
posed to be the Tartar. of and for Bsbadoes,
the Cane Jr Verds, and a three-asaists(
from Halifax, laden with 700 barrels
were carried into Marti:l'9'le. uu Sth of
The slitter belonging to the Bombay.
Deal, being sent ashore to the Nava!-sae
with whit. li she was deeply laden, tinfoil in...
set on her return late on Saturday e‘ening •
we are sorry to state, that out of fourteen men 01.
tour were wired, who were pros identially
up In a boat coining from the Leviathan. A
theme unif'ortanote men, it is learnt, were one .
tenant, one Modehipenaii. the Mester', Mate,
the isome say the Canner, the Jamie,
whom we have not beard.

The report of the rapture of three resod% off
AVight, Fort of a convoy under Hi• MAE
brig Brazen, is unfounded. The ttert, cons:
of thirty-seven soil, arrived .4 the Lizard, all
strong gale, at N. E. separated them. The Bo
waited off Falmouth too data to collect thc.l
only twenty-three joined ; twenty of them
in Yarmouth Hnath. Isle of Wight, on Wodo(
evening. On Thinvirity morning tisiennl was
for an enemy's privateer. off St. Allion's Hired ;
Brazen immediately arighed, :nnJ stood to
Viestward. but saw notbrc, ;:t.d Krt." ed it
head ou Friday ruoruitvz.

Tighter • and
te of C. t a,,
streirrit; .•f the 1
,•
(Aloud state, 0, tie
4ts from Arming.
.en plat e In Ito„i
a is said to have ,
added, Stint the
head of do motile •
a barn tvcroy el of
ightY Prol,al.le, led
was the wish of ,
asks, that the EMI
wed at the heal of
Prcket. Captain hi,
arrived ott Friday er
led from Malta Sth A
or, ati guns, ssikd f;
anroy of 50 nil I,r F.,
,e Ilis tiesTY'S
'Woe off Cape Ban,
Gatse, spoke tin 11
guns, Captain Bus
bound ter Mats,
bearing N.N.E. 6 tai .
()cram, ll oat lambert.,
'one ( fibrillar bound
t. 3d instant, found th
r. Baiwark, Sate,
lg. Ilia MA.lttres.•
los, arrived theta a.
England ,on tl,e Sth
r ars ire.) at Gihr
haviug Oa battles°.
As corps from off Lis,.
three week:Rif the T • .
acket whorl roma
the 14th, in lat. 3k„ .
m, from Madeira, ;
instant, 411. 1.
, (opt. I)Awsoi,
altar, with loss of
Sealsoree was refitti.
is the dimensions of
!fee. taken by her a.
ek, ititift. pia
41 it. ti is.
5'2 pieces of bons
!ey large calibre; 170
great number wound
like a hones -tomb.
semssat
the w...st end of th
sites, the Duke of Von
of the British forces i
Alttl.TON arrivcd at IPls
prat smpqrtaare, fro
is a is to sail inanediatt
Cs light vessels thst as
• left town yesterday t
immittle 41119,a,c10.
eel in the Downs ah
of transport', soh t
a hit. 44).31. long. 4.
Aldred and fifty you •
Fern oil Friday enterol
ice, fur flulland ; in;
eonsitteralile amoini4
mined at the .Ishinialt,
the by 'Lieut.:mutt 11l t
sh (inv.-room-in tl..,rs•it
as V Ileh; th•it tiwy
and Ihat.ellll
wig the island for Ault
,•It the I invaiinah ou
et slay there arrived Oa
with aernuots that t •
I against lbw French.
to
captared two tet,e
e, sod carried theta ill
another America!! Ai,
ill (rola Revel, not bale
of on gas, and 6,5 mm
C one gnu, and tot, mei;
one gun, and io
Ilse on loth August;
o and Grenada, the is
ise roast of Surinam.
1, sant to be the Bodge
it St. hiteo• a brig, so.
and for Bs;badoes, fro•
a three-asastvd almoner
s 700 barrels of flour
ie. uu Sth of August las
o the Bowling. of 74,
the Naval-yard for s •
laden. unfortanately a•
Saturday evening in'
at* of foorteen men onl
re pros identially picks,
the .Letiathan. Amno,,
is irartilt, were one Lie
the Master's Mate, au
lie Canner, this iiatioes
re of three vessels, ofr
under His NI ssi•srr.
i. The tteet. consistin
I off the Lizard, when
ated 11a.m. The Bre-
t slays to collect tt.trn
twenty of them anisef
ig-Ist, au VVedrit
prising Waist...l was ma
St. Albsin's Head ; tl
heti, rind ataxia to tl
-C. L:tal ed at ~lei
mommimi