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1 - irs-latt3s, woe. 16.
i its English Minister, riaorepoiat. hat tak?n his
ei••prtuie horn Helsingborg,.. and the English C•m-
rut; Fenvich, who resioed in this place, is on the
point of following him to England.
CM the 151. inst. a heavy cannonade to( k place
sear Kaliebostrand. Two English brigs made an
attempt to cut nut two privet, which weie lying in
the harbour, bat were repulloch with considerable
Wis.—tapes/airs Gestate el AVet.l7

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VILNNA, NO,. 7.
71, Cowl Gezetts of this day contains the far.
lowing intelligence frora Turkey:—
The held-quarters of F.eld Marshal Prince ffn.
sor.swsky have been transferred to Jasss whither,
the whole Staff and etc Counsellor of Sunni Rodl-
Eakin, have proceeded General Snit boacwrif
has also arf..ed there from Raelschek. No kind
of movement is at present observed, which indi-
cates aninterition to evacutte the two principal'.
ties —(Abeille d. Nemt, Nov. 17.)

MADRID, OC r... 17.

Although the Proclamation, which the Prince
Regent of Portugal has ordered to be published,
v;11 affords some hopes of peace, yet every thing
rimes a warlike aspe& in this country. The
ench and Spanish Ambassadors, who left Lisbon,
are not artived here, but reside at Badajor,
when?, it seems, they continue tne Negotiations
with the Court of Lisbon.—/Abtills dig Nord of
17.)

OCT. 4'2.

It appears that the French troops who march
into Portugal, are to occupy the North, and the
-Spanish troops the South, of that kingdom. An Sr.
any of 10,000 men v.al be assembled near &dept.
the Spanish army was never so strong as it is at
present, aiid the Pi ince of the Peace pays the ut-
most astention to the bast possible organization of
the troops; nor is t!:e Marine department any ways
neglvEled ; and w- fluter ourselves, that the Spa-
nish ravy, shall, ere Ling, have repaired the losses
which it has su...ined.

The Curt will reward, in the most distinguished
stunner, the eminent services which General Liniers
bar rendered t 3 Spain.— J
HAGUE, NOV. 7.

The French privateer Le &demos, s>F Calais, has
captured and carried into Ostend, an English trans.
port, laden with timber, bound from Copenhagen
to London. The isme privateer took an English
ship, bound from Petersburgh, to the same place,
laden with tallow, pot-ash, and linseed ; but an
English cutter heaving in sight, the privateer ran
for shelter into the road of Brouvershacen, but
struck aground at the entrance of the road, and a
storm coming on she was dashed to pieces. Two
pilots, 10 Frenchmen, 10 Englishmen, and 3 pas-
sengers, were lost on this melancholy occasion.—
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VITR ACT Of A TATTER 710 M 'HOLSTEIN, Nov: 13.

Major Gesakka, late Governor of Heligoland,
h Leen honourab!y acquitted of the charges pre-
fe:red ag.inst him, before the Council of War."—
(1.:../4.)

TtIUT, OCT. 28.

?ht French troops who were hitherto stationed in
Iltt'a, and the whole country of Venice, are nearly
all is motion to proceed to Dalmatia by forced
marches.—(ldew.)

BASKS Olr TM, manor, NOV 7.

Letter from Petershurgb advise, that the Grand
Duke Constsotine intends to at out for Paris at the
invitat;oo of the French Emperor.

They write from Vienna that a convention has
bees concluded between the Imperial Court of
Trance and curs; according to which Austria cedes
the territory of Gott: sod Gradisea, as far u the
Lanz, to the kingdom of Italy, and keeps, on the
other hand, the fomear•ef Storman.; thirlittb,of
November is fixed upon for tbe ratification of the
above corventiou. —( Idea.)

ocr. 1.

The English feet has now lett the Archipelago,
probably with a view of observing the ilusaian
tir.der the orders of Admiral Siniavin, is the

waters of Coi fu. A small squadron only is left of
tie Dardanelles, which cute of all communication
between this place and Constentinopie. Frnns went
of exportation, all our warehoeSes au filled with
cotton and other produce of the Levant, anal spice
is extremely scarce.—( flamberg4 Correspondent( n,
INIM ter 17.)
MANIC/ o► Tlllll nation, Nov. 11.
Count Orlow, Admir-t1 in the imperial Russian
',Tv ice, passed on the eth inst. through Augsburg,
;to hot wap to Paris.
rhipTen Geseote contains the followia at.
negociationst between France and
Au.ti ia were brought to a conclusion at Fontaiu.
bleau oa the 3th 03ober, all matters in dis-
pute are completely settled between the two Courts;
and couriers are said to have been sent both to
Etat:tow and Silesia. with orders for the stench
ta Latagur France."—(ll4.)


THE BRITISH PRE S

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MONDAY, Dactem nu 7.

The Russian Declaration ag.tiost this country has
been followed up by an Embargo upon all the
sltiti,h shipping in the Russian ports. Intelligence
to this ea'-ft has been commo/icated in a letter
from Riga, dated the t2th o 1 Novrinber, from
which the following is an meat We have only
time to say, that yesterday an corder came from St.
Petersburgh, that all merchant ships, of whatever
nation, that should not sail in five days, Nould nut
be permitted to depart. Both Captains Persson
and SA L mon would not wait for more, and are now
cleared out!' The letter alluded to, was brought
to Dundee, by the Nymph, arrived there on the Ist
instant. Shp sailed, in . consequence of the order,
from Riga, on the lith .ftons the Sound, with con-
voy, on the 23d; and parted same day in a gale of
wind in the Cattegat. The fleet from which the
Xvisepb parted, consisted of the following ships:—
Baltic, LAIRD, from St. Petersburgh, with five or
six more Dundee vesuls ; CA VELL, from
St. Petersburgh to London; Nputpi, RAITT ; Nor.
folk, Cu DELL; Antelope, JACK; MILLER,
Hope, —; and Venture, MARTIN. The It
PATRICK, was taken by the Danea, off the Wan
Island, the 22d ult.

We have been favoured with a list of Captains
detained at Koningsbe'rg, in Norway.
James Ogilvie, of the Olive Branch. of Kincardine; Robert
Moor, Hope, of Ayr; Ilugh M'Evren, Friend, ditto; 'Wil-
liam Campbel, John and Robert, of Aberdeen ; John John-
stem, Crown, of Bridlington; John Wrighton, Isabelle, of
Nowbrargb ; John Bruen, Mcmtgomery, of brio.; Wi'diain
Stafford, Martha, South Shield:; William Stalker, Elisa►eth,
of Crail ; B. MatalOASie, London, of Ulapory ;William Brown,
Countess of Kintyre, of Fresersburgh ; Samuel Moodie, Apol-
lo, of Alemoushi William Brodie, Joan, of Newburgh; John
Penton, Lir. of Blakeney ; David Weled, Jeara, of Sionechurch ;
Wiliam Brack, Hound. of Liverpool; John tio.loon, Ro•
bort, of Maryport ; Thomas Morgan, of Chepuow
Denial Wets, Friends, of Montrose; Robert Elliott, Frier/11S.
of Shields; Joltu Blues, Active, of Montrose; Thomas Stock.
ell, Hassid, of Hull; Thoina. —, of ditto; John
Fearvon, of ditto; John Hodgson, 'finitude', of Soo-
derlasd; Jonn Cornford, siding; John Cramer, Dol•
;Min, of Burlington.

The fleet fur London, Hull, and Leith, sailed
from the Sound on the 20th ult. and, on the ?Act,
about thirty sail put into Gottenburgh. Oa the
24th, about fifty sail more were seen going into
Gotteaburgh.

Acceunts have been receive.' from Madeira.
dated the 4th last, announcing that every exertion
was making there by the new Governor to place the
island in a respedable state of defence, which he
found extremely dificul:. from the ruinous state of
the works. At the date of these advices, it was
apprehended by the Government, that an English
squadron would soon arrive to attack the island.
On the other band, it war earnestly hoped, by the
people at large, that a British force would make its
appearance, for to this nation only they looked for
security and protellion. At the time, no doubt,
that the Portuguese packet sailed with the new Go-
-1 vernor from Lisbon, it was the intention of the Go-
vernment to attempt a reconciliation with France.
by laying an embargo upon British vessels, and
seizing their property ; but since it has appeared
that Boost ease will not relax from his determina-
tion* that the Patwcc lt.ocr.v loses his throne,"
there is hardly a doubt that he will unite with the
people in placing Madeira in the hands of F.agland.
—Whatever may be the conduCt of the Portuguese
Government, in the present critical conjuncture of
affairs, it is probable Sir Joule Moose, with a con-
siderable military force. has reached the Tagus.
Orders. we understand, were sent to this General,
that on the arrival of the troops from Alexandria.
he shoold proceed wish owe half of the &iti.h army
in Sicily to Gibraltar, where he would receive far-
ther instruaions. Now, as that garrison stands i■
aced of no reinforcements, it is inferred that he has
been called from the Mediterranean, to protedl the
Government of Portugal, an enterprise, we fear,
now too late.

Two Gottenburgh Mails arrived on Saturday,
with Letters and Papers from Gottcnburgh, to the
24th, and Copenhagen to the 18th last; from Ma-
drid to tie 23d
,of Ofloher, and from Thew to
the eget. The intelligence from the North of
V.nrope affords fresh pooh of the hatred and hos-
tility of the Danes towards this country. The Eng-
lish Commissioners, who were left to liquidnte the
debts eentraeted by our Expedition, have been or-
dered away from Copenhagen. This is carrying
hostility to a whimsical length indeed. The refusal
of the Caows Patrice to ratify the C,oaveation, by
which oar forces obliged themselves to evacuate Zea-
land, admitted of some justification, under all the
d :urns:at:lces of the CAM Sufficient time had not
then elapsed for the resentment of the Danes to cool.
i.e that eatuse cannot be pleaded now; and

th:rogh the State, like a Corpo,atina, migl,t have a
head, but no heart, and refused to ratify the Con-
vention, yet some compassion was due to the dis-
tressed individuals who had dales' upon the British
Government ; and it is a cruel exercise of- power,
to prevent such persons from receiving the sums due
to them by an enemy generous enough to pay them.
The Swedish Consul at Copenhagen has been arrested
upon a charge of carrying on a correspondence with
an English Captain ; and the King of Swiss. has
ordered the Danish Consul at Malmoe to be
arrested in retaliation. This spirited coodtta
of that gallant Prince is worthy of his charader.
It is greatly to be regretted, indeed, fur the sake of
Europe, that his means are not commensurate with
his inclination. The boldness evinced upon the m-
erit occasion is the more surprising, as the King of
SwEnzrecould not be ignorant of the temper and
disposition of Russia. It was reported at Gotten-
burgh, on the 23d, that an Embargo was laid upon
English vessels in the Russian ports, and that Rus-
sia had declared war against England.
The accounts from Madrid state, that the French
troops, which are marching into Portugal, will oc-
cupy the North, and the Spaniards the South, of
that kingdom. An army of 30,000 will be assem-
bled at Badajoz, at which place the French and
Spanish Ambassadors, who withdrew from Lisbon,
remained on the 76 Odotetr. The negotiations
between them and the Court of Lisbon had not been
broken off at that date.

The convention, settling all differences between
France and Austria, was concluded at Font:tintsleast,
on the 13th OCtober. The French troops that had
been stationed in Istti s and Venice, have since brokea
up, and are proceeding by forced marches to Dal-
matia; and the garrison of Braunav, and other
French troops in the Austrian territory, have re-
ceived orders to return to France.

Among other proofs of the violent enmity of the
Danes towards England, the old Ordinance, by
which all foreign privateers are prohibited to carry
prises into the Danish ports, has been repealed,
with regard to those taken from the English.

The sqradron under sailing orders at Ports-
mouth dropped down on Saturday to St. Helen's.

A very gallant exploit bas been performed by
Captain Geosos HARRIS. of the Daracouto sloop.
This vessel had lately charge of a convoy in the
North Sea, when a large privateer, of greatly supe-
rior force, attempted to cut off one of the ships.—
The Boroosette instantly made sail, and Capt. H• a-
aas ordered the Master to run astir to the pri-
vateer. This order being obeyed, the Barocco,:
poured a broadside into the privateer, which was so
admirably dire led, the enemy went to the bottom.
Tit Kentish Chronicle' of Friday, contains the fol-
lowing paragraph :—•• We hear, from high authori-
ty, that BoWAIAars has made overtures ut Peace to
this country ; and if confidence can be placed in his
professions, a communication will soon be opened
between the two Governments, for the attainment of
this important objet."
Admiral Sir CH•a LES COTTON set out from his
seat in Cambridgeshire, on Thursday moinirg, in
consequence of an Express. ordering his immediate
attendance at the Admiralty.
A very strong detachment of the Duke of Ga.on-
ccseca's Loyal Volunteers, commanded by Vis-
count Cnarwvors, attcaded in Berkeley-square. on
the first alarm of tire at the Countess of CLas-
, roomy's, and used their utmost exertions to keep
order. and accelerate the removal, of property.
Detachments from the St. George's, St. James's,
the Royal York Mary-la-bonne, and from several
other Corr. attended.
Saturday's Gazette contains an Order in Council,
prohibiting, for a furthur space of six months, the
exportation of gun-powder, saltpetre, or any sort of
Was or ammunition. _ _ _

Vast numbers of pri►ateers are fitting out in the
Ri►er, at Li►erpool, Hull, kc. At Bristol a10..e,
se►enteen are nearly ready for sea.
The Princ• Royal of BA VA %IA is, according to the
Altona Paper, shortly to be united to the daughter
of the King of SazoN►.
Direitiont are about to be issued for a ►igorous
impress of seams and landmel at every port Along
the coast.

The Russian frigate, detained at Portsmouth, has
specie on board to the amount of 300,0001.
Nothing further has occurred in regard to Por-
tugal. It is generally understood, that there are at
present twelve British sail of the line in the Tagus,
and if such be the fad, we may rest satisfied as to
the fate of the Portuguese navy. We are, however,
informed by persons conversant with the navigation
of the Tagus, the works which command it, &c.
that if the entrance of our Beet be opposed, it will
be madneu to attempt it without troops.
A report was ourcut, on Saturday, that Sir
Sumer SPITS bad attacked the Russian squadron
in the Tagus, aad captured four of their ships.—
The rumour Imbed the Admiralty, but was wholly
discredited there.

At a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of St.
Andrew's, Holborn, at their Precinel Meeting, Sir
JAwas BILANICONS and Mr. W. J. Heaves were
unanimously returned to the Wardmote, as Com-
mon Councilmen for the year sawing.
CITY Loresav—to hr drawn in Guildhall. on
April 26, 1008, containing Capital Prizes, amount-
Mg to 104,0001. The Grand Prize 25,0001. one of
7,0001. four of 6,0001. seven of 4,0001. six of 3,0001.
and 2,0001. the lowest prise. Tickets only 71 leis.
halves 4L quarters 21. Is. eighths 11. Is. sixteenths
10s. 6.1. are selling at Heal's. v and Co.'s, 26,
Gernhill, 51, Charing-cross. and St. Margaret's-
hill, Borough t where No. 2,279, a prise 011110.0081.
and Nn. 10,873, 1,0001. were 'shared and sold in tlie
late Supplementary Lottery.

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THEATRES.

DIVIT•L ANL
Signora STORACIt resumed her favou,ite pair nt
Feriala, in the Opera of 7hr Caiiirt, on Saturday
night, and displayed all her usual wiierse and
city, as the arch chambermaid. Mr. BRAN ant was
truly the Prince, and sang in his very best stile ;
he recei►ed the most rapturous applause from a
crowded and brilliant audience. His Beartifill
Mail, !Vivra, and Duel, with SroaACS, were m-
oored. The new Melo-Drama of Elia lirrentirg
followed, with all its attraftions.

COVINT.GARDER.
The new Opera of TWO Faces unileP a flood, was
again performed, on Saturday aught, and the beau.
idol music of Mr. &stasis, with the good alting
and charming singing of the several petformet.,
was received with unbounded applause. The new
Melo•Drama of The Blind Boy followed, and the
sweetness of the music, simplicity of the story, and
beauty of the scenery, appeared to give univcreal
satisfaasun to a very genteel audiencr.