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London, England, 1807-12-03 00:00:00

Stanhope-street. December 2.

My Loan,
4,- I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship,
, that Dispatches have been received, this morning,
from His Majesty's Ambassador at the Court Of
St. retersbnrgh, by which it appears, that the Em-
pew of Russia having published a Declaration,
in which his Imperial MAjesty announces his deter-
mination to break off all communication with Eng-
land—to recall his Minister from this Court—and
not to permit tie continuance of a British mission
at that of At. Petersburgh—His .Majesty's Arnbas-
ir.dor has dianaltded his passports, and is now on
his way home.

have lost no time in communicating this intel-
ligence to your Lordship, in order that it may be
made as public as possible, without delay.
I have the hunout to be, & z.
(S,gned) G. Casctatr:o.
To t4+e RIM N•m the Lord 1114yor.
AL the Admitalty Measengers were sent off, at a
meirneiles notice. to the different out-ports. with
dispatches, announcing this important intelligence,
and instruitions to prepare to meet this event.—
The dispatches brought by Sir Router WILSON,
are from Lord G. L. Gowaa, oar Ambassador at
St. Pet:rsbnrgh, and are dated the 9th last. On the
i.. 01 rang art that day, however. no embargo had
been laid upon the British shipping is the ports of
Russia. It appears that about Su sail of vessel,
(British) remained at Cronstadt, must of sehtch
were l'ideJ. On the 31st o.2ober, there were
about 52 British ships at Riga ; and on the vi I
o:tober. the River at Archangel was frozen over,
and no British vessels ternined there.
We did not hesitate yesterday to contradi!t a
paragraph in the mcst respettable and best intottned
tit ih • Ministerial Prints, in which it sought to ins-

press puo,ic mind with an idea of the pacific
vi'mperird citspos:tion of Russia, with reapre
c coat& of the squadrun ham the Mccitter-

I .titan, PII. lei i has made ita escape tnto the T.igus
A rio V We we ills first to monotone, that it violated
.at bi u 1 Venice, otter liavilL been laostaely
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ens** to conveying French troops to the Se-
ven Islands. Its demand of pilots for the English
Channel. at Gibraltar, which all the other
prints assumed as a proof of the :OW intention
' of the Russian Admiral to winter in an English
port, we have uniformly treated es a mere rase de
ms. We have stated, that the arsenals of Lisbon
ermodostitute of naval stores, and that it could not
have put into the Tagus to refit ; that in its passage
to that river it must, from the length of the voyage,
'have taken a circuitous course, for the purpose of
Avoiding our blockading squadron oW Cadis ; and
that the fitting out of Admiral Kt A T es's squadron,
at Portsmouth, to watch its motions upon its ex-
Wed entrance of the Channel, was evidence
sufficient to prove that it was an objea of
jealousy and suspicion to Government, and tl.at
they did not place implicit reliance upon the
professions of the Russian Admiral, or those which
Ministers may have received from the Russian
Court.

We have received New York Papers to the 27th
Gibber; the only intelligence of importance which
they contain is, that two British ftigates had cot
out all the vessels from the Island of St. Croix, and
were blockading it. Two of the mutineers of the
Jaws were executed at Halifax on the 12th of
OEtober.
The following is an extra& from a private
letter, dated the 2dLd ..44 We are at present in a
state of perfeet quietness. lioking anxiously to the
Meeting of Congress, on the 26th instant, when our
fate, as it respeifts peace or war, will be made
known. From your side of the water all accounts
bear a pacific aspen; here, whatever comes to us
through a Ministerial channel, is war ! war ! sat
Yet we are not willing to think it will be the ease,
and rely as much on the PRESIDENT'S love of peace,
as on the disposition to be just, which has ever cha-
racterised the conduft of Great Britain, for a longer
continuance of its inestimable blessings."

General Sr emcee, accompanied by Brigadier.
General M•FAeLatE, left town, yesterday. for
Portsmouth, to assume the command of the military
part of the Expedition preparing at that port.—
Sicily, we understand, is the destination of this
force. The statement in a late Meaiker, which
asserted that General Mooas had been forced to
evacuate the Island, is suspe&eJ to be merely a
nue de :wee, to prevent the sending of supplies for
its proteeiou. The greatest exertions are making
to forward the Expedition. Soma of the troops
destined for Cork have been disembarked, to obtain
transports for the troops bound to Sicily.

Orders have been received at Portsmouth to vio-
tual, without delay, the part of Admiral KEATS'S
squadron, which removed from St. Helen's to Spit-
head. Lisbon is supposed to be their destination,
being probably intended to reinforce Sir SIDNEY
SMITH. Admiral KEATS remains with the Expe-
dition. which we stated in a former Paper, is fitting
out at Portsmouth. Fresh orders have bees re-
' ceived respelling the transports. Those with cop-
per bottoms are to have the prefcrence.—From this
circumstance it is inferred, that the objet of the
Expedition is remote.

Sir &sprat. Hoop's squadron sailed. on Mon-
day. from Plymouth. with a fair wind. It. desti-
nation. as already stated, is supposed to be Madeira.
The 11th Regiment went with it.

The Rreorrry, one of the Newfoundland fleet,
is arrived at Cork. She sailed in company with
about thirty other ships, from Newfoundland, under
convoy of the bit.

The Flag of Truce which sailed from Dover for
Calais. on Sunday, with Mr. Ma vsrz. the Aus-
trian Messenger. and was obliged, by adverse wea-
ther, to return on Monday, sailed again on Tues.
day, with a fine breeze from the westward, and it
was expelled would reach Calais before night.
Yesterday, a Court of Direflora was held at the
East India House, when Captain SIVIIIIOCIC was
sworn into the command of the ship Presto*, con•
signed to Madras and Bengal. The Court adjourn-
ed at six o'clock, till Wednesday next.
The ships Tigris, Macnouo att., and Experiment,
NORMAND, had arrived at Madeira, and were to
sad from thence the 9th ()Sober last, for Madras
And Bengal.
The Nasty, CHAPMAN. from Cork, bound to
Gottersharg, was lost, on the 19th instant, near
Dungarvan.
line destination of Sir &ism SMITH for this
port, says The Cori .kirrrixeile Omani, le, of the 27th
Nov. has been discredited by his not arriving here
long before this time, with the favourable wind he
had. The only accurate information hitherto
known of the gallant Admiral, is what follows,
which has just reached us :—The Staaawsli, from
Lisbon, which arrived in this port, yesterday, fell
in with Sir &wire SMITH'S squadron on the 13th
inst. consisting or five sail of the lire, then within
Allow two days sad of the Tagus. OA the.l4th, iu
lat. 47. 30 long. $, 35 W. she met the Aisle frigate,
which stated, that the squadron she had seen the
prec •sfin day was that commanded by Sir Stoney
!NMI rm. and that lie was proceeding to Lisbon.
Th. Sersaaaa* sailed from Lisboa on the 17th of
o.' her. and made one of a Arct of 6.5 sail. uuder
%convoy 01 the Ltatior Itigate.
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The Young Gentlemen of Westminster School,
last night, performed, for the first time. Taarmes'.
Comedy of Esraerhas, the several charaaers of
which were thus supported :
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The performance went of very well.

CIIIII3T.V.iS fEbTIPATIES.

General TAP L CTON —llree-flagered Ja:4 and F!o-
-riii,l and Perd,ta.
Earl of Morita—Fear( Times and The
Viscount Sinmouris—The Cabinet, and it Peep
behind the Curtain.
The Pa INCE RIGEAT Of PORTUG A L —The
Doahle Deal.r, The Yearpest, and lbs. Cba?'er
Lord Ce,italcit—Hamkt the Dane, and T:c
Vrt•raa Tar.
The blAichioness of Dowasurat —The t urnas
rag, and The Rive Candielarei.
Lord ELLISIBOAOLGH—Cato and The Land we
five in.
Lord SUIFFUL D Marriage Pnibise, First
Lace, and Harvest Rose
Mr. GeosGa Ross—The Rat.trap, The Purse,
The Prise. and 14e Recruiting Se►leant.
• Colonel WHITILOCEL—)prigs of Laurel, and Free
Miles cr
The Duchess of Gonave—Ma►y Queen of Seats,
and The Laughing Philosepher.
Lady AUGUSTA Da AWOL APM—Tbe Mysterious
Hushand, and The Winter', This.
Mr. Placa,/ Capothin, and Tbc Village
Lawyer.
The Marquisof EL•—The Chances, The Wheel of
Fortune, and Appersaces are against Them.
Mr. A Gor.ossaio-7 he Benevolent Jew,
and Who wants a Crimea?
Mr. C.ossnoo—The Cossfeskraey, Cross Parposer.
and The Devil to pay.

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