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has nail:eta another flower to es,.
Lbw!. the American flag From its ports, and hay
lined u very rigorous tirtnun itgaiion the .Enilistt
trade, on all occasions where attempts were made
to introduce Engl.:hi' goods. 411 w new Ministers
adhere to the system tv:tich hat been adopted by
the whole Continent against England.

COPENHAGEN, SEPT: 20.
Atieonling to Intelligence received front General
Kritgh, Commander in Chief of the Bishop.,
of Drontheirn, dnte►t the of lust mouth,

tow diviiiuda of slur troops are wine on nil expeili-
titin against the two Swe.liidi provinces of Fennylund
land Herjechilett ; and but little doubt it entertained
of their rendering themgeliree masters theretif,

FROM THE GOTtENBURGH MAILS.

STOEI[IIOI.II. SEPTA .5
His Royal Majesty, attended by his general
Ault oral all other persons belonging to the head-
eptarters, *ill etahark to-inorrint on board the
al yacht Aatadis. for Granhoda.
I,ititler dote of the lath inst. His Majesty has re-
ealied his Envoy FAtraordinary at the British
Coati, Baron Adlerberg, and appointed in his
c..a.1 Baron Brinkman, His Majesty's Lite Envoy
I:\traordivary to the Royal Prussian Court.
(Stockholta Gazette.) SUPT. 30.

His Ro)si Nfojewty's .•lit nia.b s, at suction
• off(ratibtida, Sept. .25.
His Royal !Majesty ...ailed yesterday from Gral4l.
it two o'clock in the afternoon. wool arrived wt five
(!'clock in Gronlnits. At half-inot five o'clock
this morning, IThijcs:y wiled again fur Little
Sottausay.—.(ide
. _

tkud-quarterA, Cralsby, Sept. el.
Maje%ty fret ived the following,
deport from lbijor-Genural Count Lantingliauzen,
doled the l!itl.
" ty 14.1 rep .rt, of the 17t1. ihst!et, I I:u•nhy ht.
*wooed your Nlap sly, 'but the corr. muter my COMltia.lll
were ready to dlst whatk. The bat ta.sou ut gu.:ols, and tbe

charms o, the mimeot of auotorg, imsbeil on as far as
the chapel of Lakolse, and formed there the admired posts.
istollirner ran soul after reveited, that the enmity had
zascalitta in eonswlr:••hie steragth in the s icinity of
Pio& and that his noloaace aroottertet4 to shoot to piece. of
cartoon. At six o'clock oar tutiaoced posts war attoeleJ
near Inkulux They eonsitod of :on/ elimemoirs, ems-
otanded int Captain Earle) Lagertzu:..e, of your
Eft-pools, mini Captain &Aback, of tlw rod/neat of Krone-
berg. The evenly was from t to sco mem strong, sod had ton
`pit toe of commis sect nee howitzer. The action taste.: ontti

eight o'clock, when the fall of the night pat aa rod to it,
the when, posts retuning their position. The battalion
of guards, and thr regiment of Kronalizrg, with the rigeadroo
of hone, rewired orders to advauce to [akahut. The pis.
moms or Wank were ordered to repair the road hetwees
the plat at 41hieraturkatiou sad Lakoks, which was in a
very hod esimilOse ; it was, however, so speedily put into a
taigaillia stalk that early la the miortsiag of the tell, Isor
16plieritee ladved he Lai&
or Wen thearieweit wee ordered to take post err the
weft alinit 4i.llll•Ahe, WyeatA. sad Hering. The whole
iliglikillaarierfiltilit \sad Nelda" at his batteries, sad at
ens Vele& b She aiming eav advanced pots were attariwid.
The ersaty.eimett Use la ateedier, with tin pier,' of ruinon
sod two bawltzers, eadvereaved to tan our right flank, midi
by wan of his numerous eriillery, favoured by thr uetsre
oi. t,,e ground, no-ceded io leveldag try lire, hat he was
ancralwkwi npale4 by the sapariar gallantry of the troops
sear ariermanri. A. LANTIIVGHAKSEN,

teral-in-Chicf of tbc Second Divtinoi
of the Sotsttns-s Fianna Army."

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON LAIN,
FRIDAY. Ocriluma 14. •

Two Cutteulnugh wails arrived lost ni,4lit, with
letters and papers to the Ist instant, from which we
have ;wide extracts. They have greatly
pointed our expectations. IVe do nut find in
the slightest allusion to the Russian isjultdrun, in
Port Baltic.
Baron A 011.ERCMG, the Swedish Minister at our
Court, is recalled, nod Baron BKINRMAN,IIIte Sae-
dish Envoy to the Prns.i.tii Court, is appointed in
his place.
The litt'.• ivarfurc still rages in Finland, without
any event of inipo...sniee on either sod'•.

We ibis chs:.• resume our or open the
Answer to the Andress of the City of London to
His IIAJESrv. praying au impair", into the causes
that led to thr late Convention iv Porto;;.,:. It is a
fruitful field (Ur coin:rent, and the conduct of the
Ministerial Prints is not calculated to render it
less proihutive. (Jae of the most devoted of this
class, in its rusialil.: of yesterdly, after expressing
its approisition of the firrawand diguoVed An-
swer" to the Address. H 4,1, 1:1 a tone of exiilta-
thin, "iris :14 Li care has indeed read to the Gentle-
men of the Common (.*otincil a lesson on the nature
oeitapartial.tirsfire, which we trust they will neicr
forget renal, having assured its reader., that Millis-
are eager fur inquiry, informs theta in a subse-
gond paragraph That ti.r ARTlltla WET T.F.‘I,I:Y
will leave tos I in a few days for Ireland, to re-
turn to his ministerial fatictions in that country ;
mad that attar liming *Mange(' dm business
of his office, he will proceed to SpaiA in his mili-
tary cal. icity." A liiiigvending u lectnre to the
first city in his dominions doe•• not present a very
dignified idea of Majesty ; and wr tire mirry b, Gad
our venrra hie taxi august Sovereign thus represemed
by the eetoiners of Ministers. As little consistent)
do we pLiveive in the announcement of !jir .I.IVEL-
LeStElf's return to Spain in his military capacity,
coupled with the ati,llr3Vre of an eager deo' a mid
firm ou the part of 3.linistea, to in-

ilptuie an inquiry into the coniud attic authors of
,t)Ae late Convention in Purtu.4at." The mans ittre-•
lyi who laid the basis of the Convention; .a basis
mitch more vicious awl disgraceful than the isui,er-
structhre, urty he fairly considered one of the
authors of that measure ; yet, at the moment
the country is promised inquiry into the offence,
and the punishment of the guilty, one of the pi in-
ei pals among the accused and suspected, is prejud
ed, and honourably acquitted, without .bial ! it is
impossible to reconcile these contradictions. We
miscalculate, however, the spirit of the City very
much, if it remain satisfied with such a lesson.

The more frequently we peruse the auswer given,
in Ilia MAJESTY'. name, to the Address and Peti-
tion carried up on IVednesilay to the foot of the
Throne, the more deeply dues it inspire sentimente of
concern, disappointment, and surprise. We believe
that %itch will be the emotions excited by it, not
only throughout every part of the British empire,
but equally so beyond its limits. in Spain and in
Portugal. Never, since the resignation of Lord
NORTII. in 17 q 4, has language, so little congenial
to the common feelings of his people, so ungra-
cious and repulsive, been pin into the mouth of a
Prince, justly venerated by his subjects; the mo-
del, in his private life, of every private virtue ; and
between whose aged knees, as between those or hie
Royal grandfather, near half a century-ago, Vic-
tory may be said to have erected her Altar ! Well
may Ministers shrink from the cotisequences of
such a measure, equally unwise, as it is little ails-
lo;,,sous to the principles of the English Constitu-
tion! Well del they select, as the organ of such
al answer, the Secretary of*State for the House
Department, son of that man whose name is always
connected with the most mincipular acts of the pre-
reigu; the very penioual representative of se-
cret influence ; and whose elevation to an Earldom,
whatever ma • have been his abilities or application,
will never io honour to the memory of Mr.
Pt ! It was, indeed, in Lord FIEWEE.IIIII2IIY, an
appropriate reply ; 'bin we venture to believe that it
was as repuguaat to the opinions of the Sovereign
for whom it was comixe•eil, as it most assuredly is
to those of the city of Leildnie The asperity of I
that unqualified condemnation, wl.ich it does not
mer. imply, but which it plaiuly expresses, for
the ground and principle on which the Address is
framed, appears to be peculiarly erroneous and
misplaced. • How has the City of London merited
the reproach of" having pronounced judgment with-
oat previous investigation ?" On whom does the
Address pass sentence without hearing the merits
of the ease?—On Sir HEW DALnYoott.E ? Cer-
tainly nut. As little does it accuse Sir ARTIDIR
WELLENLEY. On that " ignominious Conven-
tion," by which, " besides the restitution of the
Russian fleet, and the sending hack to their coun-
try, without exchange, sn large a number of Rus-
sian sailors ; British fleets are to convey to France
the French army aid its plunder:" it certninly
does pronounce the public opinion. On
decency and incongruity of making " the full re-
cognition of the title and dignity of Emperor of
France," in the person of a mum, whom Ilia MA-
JESTY:3 own Secretary for Foreign Affairs denomi-
nated, only right weeks ago, in a public document,
" the atrocious Usurper of France," the address
undoubtedly does likewise state the seutirnents of
the city of London. Was Mr. CANNIN.:, we
would wish to ask, behind Hi/ MAJESTY'S choir,
when his colleague delivered this most cousisteut
reply ? (lad he, we will not say, any participation
in composing it; for we will not suppose that he
would submit thus to censure and condemn his
own minieteriel acts; but had he any knowledge of
its 11:01111' and contents? If he had not, lie is only
a nominal not aim effective member of
the Cabinet : and if he had, we congratulate him
on his snbserviente and sithmiesion. Those con-
veoient qualities, though they will not elevate him,
in a moral point of view, may raise him in a Conn.
But it a the conchision of the Address, mere
than any other part, which seems to have awitheued
time ministeriul indignation, and against which the
auswer Is obviously pointed with more than common
acrimony. It is " such an inquiry into this dis-
lirinoura'ole awl unprecedented transaction, as will
lead to the discovery and punishment of those, by
whose misconduct and incapacity the cause of the
country and its allies has been so ehansefully sacri-
ficed:" this is the improper demand which is so
severely stigmatised, and to produce which, "
interposition of the City of London could not be
necessary." In confirmation of " the readiness to
institute inquiries," allusion is made to the trials of
Sir ROBERT CALDER, and of General Wirt c-
Lots e. Rut are those the only "occurrences" where
inquiry was loudly demanded, and either refused or
evade.' .? Were the calamitous and disgraceful cam-
paigns nt 1793 and 1794, ever made subjects of fir
vestigation ? Was not the same Co 11111 l ander again
selected in 1799, to consummate our military and
notional humiliation at the Redder P And would
not Nlmisters, at this hour, if they dared, repeat the
same experiment in Spain, which succeeded so ill
in Flanders and in Hulhu,d ? ‘Vns the present
SECRETART at WAR ever celled to rieeount for his
exploits before Ferrel?—we mean by a Military
Tribunal. This extreme irrilahi:itv, this soreness'
at the bare idea of a reluctance to anon " due in-
spiny," leeks, it most be owned, exceedingly sus-
pickles. That Ministers will not venture openly j

refase, or to deny it, cac am thorotighly l'erstiaci-
ed. But that th.'v will endeavour to shirt at
blame of the'Conventiou from their own shdulders
to those of Sir hate, we,strangly suspect. If he is
restrained from- producing his instructions—.if, tin'
der the idle pretence of disclosing secrets of State,
lie i denied the right to clear his own character, no
man will he at a loss to distinguish the real cul-
prits. In the selection of such an Officer, to sit-
pereede a successful and an enterprickg qetieral,
Miaistcrs have given ►ufficient proof of incapacity,
and total want of jadgment. But if their instruc-
tions were of a nature to have disarmed and incapa-
citated even Sir ARTHUR NVELLESLEY himself fittest
completiug his own work, so well begun ; then, to
what subterfuge or evas.ort will they have recourse
for shelter against the national resentment? This
is the secret which the inquiry will elucidate, iii
defiance of any efforts, on their part, to confound,
or to conemil it. We shall return to this subject
l'ogruteful us it is, the public atteution will
be fixed upon it.

We have received Dutch papers to the ;tli, con-
teiniog the Paris urea to the ad inataut. All the
French troops, beyond the Rhine, and all these
which NAPOLEON can influence, from the confines
of Austria to the shores of the Baltic, are in actual
motion, or preparing to march. Three distinct ob-
jects present themselves within the range of specu-
lation, fur the application of this i tttt &tense Grace
we mean Turkey, Austria, and Stavin. Of theme
three, the last tqwears to 03 the moat probable—
Austria *wins oily secondary, and to force that
power into a participation of his views, or to place
her in a situatioi in which she *ill not be able to
obstruct them, we have more than once stated as
an tinportunt part of the business to be settled
in the meeting at Firforth.—No fivsh French
troops had tittered Spain so late as the
,24th of last month. The troops that were
encamped on the glucis of Bayonne, only began
their march conduit day. \ev commands the army
in Spain. and MONCEV is under him. &sorties is
said to have removed his heed-quarters to Burgos.
The Spanish troops :it Billion, :and those advanci..g
to St. Sebastian, would be thus in the rear of the
French, and the movement to Burtos might be
pmhably made in prosecution of a plan to cut the
Spanish division al. If the operations of the several
Spanish divisions, which were pressing round the
French, have been well combined, this movement
would probably bring on a ;•.:eneral engagement.
The Expedition which sailed. on Sunday, from
Falmouth is very dedcient in cavalry, but it is said
that as adequate proportion of that species of
force is is follow. After our recent dear-bought
experience iii Portugal, Ministers would be with-
out excuse or justification if they were to err
again upon this subject. We know from Sir Aa-
rnea WELLESLEY himself, that his army was ex-
tremely deficient in cavalry ; that it was the want
of this species of force which prevented the victory
of the 21st from being so decisive as it would
otherwise have been; and it has been said, that
even the small hotly of horse attic!' he had with him,
he bad embarked ut his own discretion, after his
ap-
plication for cavalry had met with repeated refusals
front Ministers. It is also said that our army was
not sufficiently provided with heavy ordnance—and
this we notice, because we have heard that it was
impossible to besiege the fortresses, from the cir-
i
etiontaikee of the army having nothing but field-
pieces.

A deputation of Spanish and Portuguese Mer-
chants had, on IVednesday, an interview with Lord
BATHURST. upon commercial business; when the
following important communicatiou was made to
them, viz.—" that all articles, the growth, produce
or manufacture of such countries and their eq.
lonies as are in amity with Great Britain, may be
imported either in British ships or in ship. belong.
iiig to those countries, and re-exported either
directly to countries io amity with us, or through
the medium of free porta, without payment of
the daty imposcd by the Order in Council Act.
This order i. to be retrospective, so fir as extends
blo the time at which the countries alluded to have
been declared in a state of amity." It is expected,
that the substance of this communication, winch is
regarded by the mercantile world as completely
official, will appear in The Gazette to-morrow.

The Ministerial Journals of Wednesday contained
.e paragraph to the following tenor:—" It having
been us.etted iu one of t'ae Papers, that the fleet
which brought the Russian Squadron from the
Tagus. dill nut display the British ensign. in conse-
quence of express orders to that of eru—we have
authority to state that no such orders were given
from the Admintlity." Now we do not believe that
any paper, morning or evening. contained the as-
sertion stated by the Ministerial Journals. But
this is not the tirst instance in which they have
talc•it the trouble of contradicting statements
that welt- iteter made. We stated. on Mon-
day, that the itii.sian Admiral continued to wear
his voices at St. Helen's, until sunset, when
lie sti tool them, and was informed, that he
not hoist them again. Ilt•re is the point
velure we are hurt. 'lloilo is the gi ievance of which
we complain. An hostile flog has been seen flying
in the principal naval atia.o:. of Great Britain,
in thy face of a British Admiral., in the presence of

a Uritirli deet, within the teach of our gum andfortresses,. wit hin hearing of the lamelitstions
our soldiers aml sailor'', at bring doomed to witness
such degradation, tool within roll view of the in-
dignant iriliabitunts of Portsmouth, whose
were never tr:frre o.leroled by such a apeehoe:"
As soon us Ili:listen. 'ranted the fret of the Romig
Hag beiwg kept they sent down orders for tie
.li.,onitinuaitee of it : These are the orders to whirl;
we alluded on Moiolay ; the substance of which se
may not brae ectireetly stated ; hilt that they isete
rleiieute to consilutory too ards the riltis.iao.,abd
that, nu tar, ue did tint tuisrepreseut their
meter, we hove no •reason to apprehend!
Why was the anotneut of Nightfall chosen for sr•
*tog the flag ? I.Vs-herwomen, we know, are:
looted to take in their linen at night from
hedges. Were the Admiralty afraid that
thief might emsi over ut night from

and ateal the Itti,,ian colour:, Or it
usual, we suppose, to strike the Mo.: at h.*.
the Russian ailp: %HS of courac aittf,Thl to cis.
time the whole of the clay on which the Wen,
arrived; and it w. v only hinted to those aho hod
sailed under it, that it should not he hu:4.
ed again next ntaraing.

The Martha Brae, Cote ; Diana, 140114 c;
Ann, J as ; mid the Elites, ; part of
Bert front Jamaica, are arrived at Bristol.
His aiEsTv 's //,‘4lra, at Portsmouth, u
appoitittsl convoy fur the Mediterranean; the
Dra:rit ib to accompany her to a certain latitude,
and then prock•ill for Catlit, a 'al,. btxh yeiyels a
are hound to thut port.
The befionce, PACE, from Londonderry; the
Princess Litio is ; and the &poised,
frotn Belfast. for Chester; Bee, Ttniersus,
for Plymouth ; Set/stuns, Moat; t t ; king Ceor:,-c,
M'CAitTilY ; and the Ardioiti,lllmw IN, Imien
coals, for Ireland, were driven on bhOre, Ilea
gate, during the late gales.
Lord ButtntlEasH arrived in town, from Porttio!,
yesterday, but us his Lordship left the Tapis itt
the same tune with Sir AnTlitta WELLESLEY, I
has brought no fresh intelligence.
Letters from Iladeira were received in town
terday, dated the 30th of August. On the :
August the 3d regiment of Buffs sailed from ,
island for Portugal, with Major-Genet-411km*
FoRD, on hoard the Lierkimated frigate, Caplan!
M A LIN G. The uI t'a regiment were expected CAJJ4
to follow ; and the garrison and forts at Madeira
were to be oerttnied by veteran!, from Gihralt.r.—
The outward-boun I Afriea. Brazils. 11114 -
India convoys, had touched at the island, •
for their destination.

The Emperor A LEK/AMER we find, On I.
sage through Koningsberg, condescended to
notice of flis Prussian MAJESTY, the
and abandoned FREDERICK WILLIAM.
The licaryi Captain FRANKLIN, is arrived .
Halifax, ufter u pine-ige of twenty-eight dins.
the Captain, and two intelligent passeiners,
are arrived in town, we learn, that three Briti h Re-
giments were then at 111,114*ex; two of wheil, consig-
ing of about 3000 'nen, had been o..dercii for eta.
isarkation, and transports were its readiness ias cor.
vey them to Bermuda, where they were to be
by others. They had taken on board provisions he
eight mouths, but their destination was unknown.
Boston Nei‘spupers had been received it Hali-
fax. down to the ed of September. They state, tilt
all the sea-port towns it, America were foilosing
the example of Ilosto:i, and were all holding
for preparing and presenting Petitions to the
FRESIDLIST, for the removal of the embargo.
A requisition for (-ailing a meeting of the city if
Westminster, to consider of au Address to His M...-
JESTY, praying an inquiry into the causes that WI&
the late disgraceful Convention in Port ligul lis, Ls es
proposed and sanctioned by a great number of
signatures. The abseuce of the eligh Bailiff, at
Cheltenham, is the only cause of delay to itsexe-
cution.

Government has received dispatches from Mr.
DUFF, dated the ifith Sept. by which we are hap-
py to learn, that a wide and most extensive oast-
ket is opened for the inatinfacture4 of this coantni,
which were formerly coat-al-anti, is Spain. The
Junta of Seville have counnunicated their mole•
thin upon die (angrier of several gritimili ships which
have entered the bay of Cadiz siiire the peace
betwixt this country and Spain ; awl they line
permitted all British goods on board these r
sea, that were formerly prohibited, to be imported
upon paying l 3 per rent. ditty, and farther 5 per
cent. if for internal consul:opt:on : those goods are
then to be regarded as Spanish goods, and mac ba
exported to all their Colonies upon paying 1
cent. royal duties, and such other imposts as igiin•
ler foreign icoods pay ; and it is stated, that there
is no doubt but all other cargoes nig be received
with similar indulgence. The Governor of Cailit
received this communication from the Junta of
Seville, and by him it was transmitted to Mi. Dun
Major, now Sir Gone: °MIST, is the sewed
son of the late much respected Rafru Marv,
Esti. of Limerick, and, we imtlerstand, that 03
ma: it of distinction from his Sovereign has beta
granted in consideration and apprOnition o: bis run-
(lntl iii India, during a residence ofseventeen yea,
the latter port of which he served as Aid-ti t)
and Confidential Secretary to his Highness the N A.•
Boa Vizi ea, Hereditary Prince of 0u.1,, at Lac-
slow, wirli the countehance, approbation, 'ad
esteein of the Governor-General of lodia, the
Noble the Marquis Wtttzst EV.
On Sallaglay last, at llerwitl, there Was
heavy gale of wind, which did conqiiberalile dat

to mans honors, by stripping the tiles froau
roofs and breaking clown chiannies. The on
riot's iniNfoituite occiarre4 in Church street? '

u stuck of chiinniesfell on ►►nd broke in th•

and buried a woman (the wife of 317. HALT,
binder), in the ruins. She was afterward.' ro
hut so ninth brui.ed, and with one ieg beak
two plates, that she is deemed to be in great
gee of her life. A schooner, laden with hale,
Sninierlatid, was driven on ;bore ',ear Scram
mill, and soon went to pieces; forth' ..tely th,
were cited. All the new lainps on the bi.dgf

curried off !,y the vicltnce of the gale.

or gnus tort
teatatioos of
ed to wittiest
w of the in,
whahe eve,
rtht Ituataa
)tdett for tit
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of whith tr J?ir
yet
At they 'tete Lafi
listssidi,s,aod
I their clot. hap
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fort
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from off toy shit
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in town yes.
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n the 17th of
ed from that Ca
torrid Mitt i• Ti
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xpected Roos
ar Madeira
Gihraltdr.—
ant! Welk.
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ler
on his pas-
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unfortunate ut
arrived from
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seuxers, who DI
lint) h
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