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BOMBAY COURIVH, .Ic:we 28, 1806.

On Tuesday arrived in the harbour His Majesty's
ship Coreuiel., Capzaio C. J Johnson, from a
cruise riff the Isle of France. The Cori albs left
(hat station on the 7th inst at which period she left
ctuisirg off the Nand His Majesty's ships ifilriea,
Captain eerier; Par, Captain Bathurst; and Drake,
Captain Pcliete, It appears that three frigates had
arrived at the from Europe, two of them had
sailed on a cruise : sq.r had esperitsraced
very severe lilo..eing .earh, r, on their cruising
ground, being nr,,•ty under red topsails and
foresails ; they ru t.le r.o capi;:rvi during their
cruise.

By letters from Men, the 201 h of May last, we
learn that sevelity men helnaging to the Gerdtdrir,
a ship the pt ()petty of the Nabob of Surat, bad, on
that day, 'etched Aden in an open boat. 'file
CardeLrtx had bt.ea captured four days before, near
• Capt.! St. Anthony, by a French privateer, and sent
to the blaurittus.

The Ciel k of the Cerdrh, ic. who is among dose
sent on shore. reports that there were several Arab
seamen on board the private:T. They said that
four other French ships were cruising off Babel.
mandel and in the fled Ses. Their rendezvous is
ssid to be Cameron Island ; lately purchased by
Syed Mahomed Mal, for 16000 dollars. The Syed
is said to have fortified the Island, which is very
well fitted to become a station for privateers. The
a:P.M.-toes cargo of piece gg o.ls. on freight for the
Red Sea Mal ket, was valued at upwards of two
lacks of rupees.
A report prevails, that some small vessels, with
Mahometan Pilgrims for Mecca, from this coast,
had been seized by the French privateers. •

FOREIGN IN IZLLIGENCE.

FROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS.

ST. PIERRL. ISLE OW 0111110 N, SI ARCH 7.
The English ship of 216 tons burden and
45 men, Captain H. Higginson, was wrecked on the
sth inst. on the eastern part of this island. The
vessel went to pieces ; the crew were saved. The
Captain declared that his orders were to look into
the road, and that through the ignorance of the pi-
lot the vessel went ashore. A boat belonging to one
of the enemy's cruizers, which approached for the
purpose of taking the men off the wreck, upset, and
every uue in her was drowned.

ADVD. MARCH 4.
The following Proclamation has been publisl.ed
by order of His Highnes the Prince of Peace.
Grand Admiral and Generalissimo of His Majesty's
orces by land and sea :

" From the moment that F:ngland committed the atrocious
rime of intereedteig the Royal frigates, and violated the
el ~c 1 faith by which peace assures private property and the
1.'.: nations, His Majesty considered himself as at war
erth that Power. Hu Royal dignity, however, induced hiss
ts suspend the publication of a Manifesto, until it was
demonstrated that the atrocity exercised upon his seamen
.s.is authorised arid supported by the English Government.
Hu Majesty thee. declared to his subjects the nature of the war
which suosisted between Spain and England, but without ex-
p'aining to them the extent of Ike reprisals which they were
to make upon as weary, who had so openly v elated the
sacred laws of property :rid the riVits of 111/.0115. In such a
sduation, all kind of commercial connee:Oin be.arsie saturally
suspended, arid the principles of Ironton, alone were sufficient to
cantilever, tort et comrau t. lemon, even the most i nth rect, ts be
rejected. Even avarice itself would not countenance any con.
riction so repugnant to honourable [echoes His Majesty,
convinced of the I,2ll6:netts of honour and fidelity, by which
all classes of his subjects are animated, feeis it incumbent upon
him still to remove every pretext of ignorance, with regard to
l.is express intentions in the respect, the execution of which
will be strictly caromed, to declare, that all English property,
artier whatever Rag it shed be found, seen that of neutral
Interns, shall be rigoroudy wised, if consigned to Spanish
merchants. In the same mariner, all merchandise intended
for Gout :Minn, or her C.dorries, though freighted in neu-
trals shall be seised. In short, Ilia Majesty intends, by the
present Decree, to conform himself tally to the spirit of
that Declaration, whit:, his Ally, the Emperor of the French.
has, on principles of retaliation, and for the honour of
his Crown, found himself obliged to publish on the 21st of
November, 180 G. Thp execution of the present Order is
committed to thc Governors of Provinces and the principal
Officers in the different departments and ports. In trans
milting it to them, in the name of His Majesty, 1 rely upon
their seal to enforce it."
" Araisjues, February 19, 1507."

HUSUM MAIL.

WARSAW, MARCH iO.

His Majesty the Emperor was espefted here on
the Sth. and the city was illuminated on tliat ac-
count; althongh His Majesty did not arrive on that
day, we still flatter ourselves that we shall linve the
happiness of possessing him shortly within nur wnll..
Marshal Massena set out yesterday to visit his
cantonments at Pultusk.

•LTOma, m•acts 24.

On the 19th inst. the French tolfship, 'tato' ned
at Stade, carrying IV guns, and 73 men, soldiers
and seamen, was boarded by two boats, bel.mging
to the Britibli frigate, stationed at the mouth of the
Elbe, and carried without the loss of a man on the
part of the British.

BANKS 01 Tilt Ella, YAaeH 23.
A Frankfort Paper says that besides the rigEsh
General Hutchinson, Cee;teral Dumouriez is also
with the Russian army.

EAST PRUSSIA, MAS=H 16.
The Imperial French head-quarters were still at
Osterode yesterday. The corps of Marshal Massena
is in motion, and important operations are expected.
YiENSA, MARCH 11.
The Court Gazette, of this day, contains the fol-
lowing article, under the head Turkey :
64 The English Ambassador, who has left Con-
stantinople on board the frigate .haslyeriat, sent jor
him by Admiral Louis, still continues of Teondos
whence he carries on diplomatic connunientloa;
with the Capitan Fiche."

CONITAMTINOPLT, 111. IS.
On the 7th inst. several persons, belonging to
the Diplomatic Carps, received letter: from Mr.
Arbuthnot, dated from on board the Admiral's ship
Carsrit, off Tenedos, in which he assigned the
reasons already alleged for his tnlden departure;
and declared, that he had no other motive for it
than to place himself in a situation, in which he
could carry on his negotiations with security.
These are, in fas, still continued, by the intervention
of the (:apitan Paclia.
In the mean time, a circular note, which has been
published, alirds little hope that the Ott,msn


THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL I.

A Danish Mail arrived, yesterday, with Papers
from Hambnrgh and Altona to the 2fith last. An
article, dated Banks of the Elbe, March 23, states,
that since the battle of Eylau there have been two
reports of peace, and it was said at that moment,
that Boss •P SATZ'S Marshal of the Palace, Duaoc,
was gone to St. Petersbnrgh upon a pacific mission.
This latter report is also announced as a positive
and certain fad, in a private letter (tom Hamhurgh
of the 24th. Indeed, we have stated more than
once, that BONAPANTS was straining every nerve
to bring about a peace with Russia and Prussia.—
fie could not employ a more able agent than Du-
ftoc for this purpose. Durtoc is a man of address,
and was formerly a great favourite at the Court of
Berlin. If there be any thing wavering or uncer-
tain in the policy of these two Powers, it is much to
be feared, that the recent change of Ministry in this
country, may come in aid of French intrigue and
artifice, to fix them. There is scarcely any thing
else in these Papers of any interest. The French
head-quarters were, on the 17th, still at Osterode.
The Russians occupied the line of the Passarge and
the Omulcio, and important operations were ext.
peaed to take place immediately. Jeanta I Bom A•
PARTS does not appear to have lately made any
progress in reducing the fortresses of Silesia. The
British Minister, Mr. ARV.ITH,V,T, in a letter to
the PORT e states, that he left Constantinople mere-
ly for the purpcse of carrying on the negotiation
in security.

Some Paris Papers have Arrived to the 23d, and
Dutch to the 2;th ; they have brought an important
Proclamation of the Prince of the Pear.. r., dated the
19th of the last month, by which the Decree of
DO►:A►AWTC against the trade of this country has
been adopted, in its full estent and rigour, through-
out Spain. All British merchandise cr produce,
intended for Spanish ports, un'er whatever lag it
may be, is ordered to be seized. The cargoes of
neutral ships bound to this country, or any of its
colonies, are also made subject to seizure.

The Papers and letters brought by the Lisbon
Mail, the arriv4l of which we announced yesterday,
were delivered out in the course of the day. The
following is an extra& from a letter from that city,
dated the 18th instant :

" We are all quiet here, awl, accnrcling to appearances,
likely to remain in ; for the French Government, instead urines-
sing Spain to march troops against Poring.l, is requiring most
urgently that she will send a reinfaaem•nt to France. You
mar soon expect to hear of some naval haws f rum Carta. The
enemy is qu.te ready tot sea, and will certainly ruaku an attempt
to sa.l."

The greatest exped.tion is to be usel ir. sending
troops to India. Instead of three or tv•ur months.
the Captains of th. 7 rutward-bound E t%t Indiamen
are only allowed twenty days to talc,- in cargo,

etet•.a ace. and be at Spit Lead, as they are to C 2,
as many troops as possible. They will be escort
by three sail of the line full of troops• Ihehni
.1 50 gun ship, which has been appointed cal.viiv
Cie Cape of Good Hope, will sail on Mend, Le
with All the Indiarnen and trenp; now ready.
Besides the ed battalion of the Ist cr
a's, and the 2d battalion of the 56th, the Ztlb;
talians of the 18th and 101st regiments have be
ordered iinmediately to I:air-tooth. tL w
intended to join the Ist Litialiati in .lAnuic,,
the lutst to proc?ed to Hali List, but it is Int m
ptobah!e that their destination may be altered.
Snould these four regimvins En along with
tethments, it will make a fu:ce of ,Soeo men
India ; and this number of Europeans W;l1,
thought, be fully sufficient to atuiet the disturbar.o,
which have so unhappily arisen there.

Thy Ist battalion of the Scots Royals is in thi
We't ladies, and the Scl and 4th battalions of
regitnnit, the oldest in the British service, we.*
in Sussex.

The 2:1 battalion of the 18:h, or Royal Regi.
meat of Itcland, is likewise upwards of 1 moat;
they expected their Colonel, Sir JA2EI PlLtt•
NEY, to see them before they sided; but as Le is
now busily occupied with his official duties, a, Se.
cretary at War, he will probably find it steces.suy
to deny himself that pleasure.

The Gezette of last night announces further Re.
grees in the new Ministerial Arrangements, which
will probably be complete.; tomorrow. They
stand before the public eye, as the men who al•„ii.
cated on the death of that great and illustti ~
charafter, the late Mr. PITT. By their co:..itft c
that occasion, they are charged with procl,ittice
their own incapacity ; and they are asked by thte
adversaries, upon what ground they have 2355 pee.
sumed to aspire to that station, which so lately they
had not courage to maintain ? Of the fad there can
be no doubt. It is fresh in the recolledion of eretr
man who has turned his attention to political aCairs.
It is well known that Lord lisseiseseuar, on the
death of Mr. PITT, was consulted about a new Car
binet ; but Mr. Pe RCI. VA I. was not then theug!-!!
able to bend the bow of ULYSSES, and his Lords: Jo
was happy to make a safe retreat into the snug elk:
of Warden of the Cinque Ports. There are initances
of barren spots suddenly becoming fruitful, and of
sudden revolutions in the human, as well as in the
political body. We remember a well•aufheLtit.atril

story, of a roan of weak intelleet, who suffered a
concussion of the brain, in a fall from a horse, rel
afterwards displayed extraordinary genius. NJW, it
is not pretended. that any revolutions, or miracles,
have been wrought among the present Ministry;
but th r .hs y are, in talent, aCtivity, and experience,
precisely the men who fell to the grnund the morneat
they lost the support of the superior and comma:net
powers of Mr. PIT r. That men should now coast
situations, to which they see lately confessed th.-rn•
selves unequal, has, indeed, excited surprise ; but,
we contend, that they are not therefore guilty of
overweening vanity and presumption, as they see
accused by the Prints adverse to their interest:
This may appear, at first blush, somewhat par:•
doxical ; but no position can be more fair and cal.
sistent, when the condua of the New Mini.nets
is adopted for its explanation. Whoever has real
the Parliamentary Debates for the last 12 month,
will admit, that the PLItCLVA LS, the CAKNIN
and the CAST I. CREAGHS, has, never ceased to re-
proach their predecessors in office. as the weakest
ar.d most imbecile Ministry the country ever pro•
duced. " What have all the talents done ?—lhey
have dcne nothing, or worse than nothing," 1-as
been the cry of these Gentlemen. and t!t..o-
brawlers out of doors, from the very mn-
ment they came into cmce. Tile human mad
is naturally • disposed to believe that which it
wishes to be true. There are also instanc:s of
men, who, by indulging in a long and frequent re•
petition of the same story, leave become at last
convinced of it as a fait, though it did riot contain
a particle of truth. Is it then surprising, that seen
who se ardently wish what they say to be trui,
that men who Lave, night after night, for a course
of two Seasons of Parliament, in the most solerr
manner, deilared the lase M:nistry totally deciat
of talent or alt.viry. should have at length arga
themselves into a belief of that which they Lace
so repeatedly declared with so much vehemence
Giving them then only credit for speaking as they
think, and far be it from us to doubt the ea:nicer
and sincerity of such honourable men, we must et
necessity acquit them of any presumption in eous;•
during themselves fit for office. If a Minisuy
which has done nothieg at all, which has proved
itself imbecile and incapable, can have acquired tile
confidence of the country and of foreign natisns ;
surely, any set of men, may, without vanity, hope
to discharge the same funaions in a respeaable
style. Lord Cast. LUCA Las &dared a place re.
the Treasary Bench, :cd cf rotes," a situation r
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