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London, England, 1804-10-20 00:00:00

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COPENHAGEIC, SIFT. 25.

The Russian squadron of three ships of the line,
and two frigates, which has been cruising for some
weeks in the North Sea. anchored in our road tester.
day. It has suffered some damage from storms.
The Russian fleet, which has returned to Cronstadt,
from a cruise in the Baltic, consisted of seven ships
of the line, with several frigates.

Baron Biome, who has been apisointel our Irn-
bassai-r to the Court of St. Petersburgh, is expeael
here, in way to Russia, through Sweden.
The P're:.ch Minister, D'Aquesseau, to our Court,
is to suit this country for six months, upon leave of
absence.

A Russian ship of t!:e line, from Archarge!, l!as
passed through the Sound.

St•DRID, SEPT. 4.
Atrut I..ng-capeael frigate, Rd,Zu, is Jr.
rived at Cadiz, laien with 511 millions cf dollars.
Within the Last six days, several other ships have
brought there eight millions of dollars from Vera
Crux and the Havannah.

By the earthquake of tho ';'.itht•lt. three churches
and several houses fell in. At Cal thagena and I la-
v.lnnah it was more severely felt.

The Consuls from Genoa and Portugal have be,
come 'cairns of the fever at Malaga.

MENTZ, ',PT. 15.

At the audience of the Diplomatic Corps, the
day before yesterday, the Emperor used several
important expressions. To the Minister of Wirt- m-
berg, His Majesty spoke severely about the difrer.
eaces subsisting between the El,Etor, on the one
sick, and the Fleaoral Prince and the States, on the
other. The Frankfort Deputies were reprimanded
for the admi sion of English goods, &c.

The EleEtor Arch-Chancellor was particularly
distinguished by the Emperor, who condescended
to speak with him in the window for nearly lulf an
hour. According to report, his Highness hts been
invited, as well as the Pope, to be prevant at the
Emperor's Coroa.stion.

Couriers arrive Lily from Boulogne and ot'.er

parts of the coast.

The Russian Charge drkftires will now soon quit
the French territory. as ial rmation has been re-
ceived of the French dgAtion. At St. Pete, sburly,h,
leaving the Russian territory on the goth
Tickets of admission were sent to M. d'Ouhril And
his suite, to see the representation of At:bridal&
It is not known whether they were that oiglit at
the Theatre.

sets•tLa, str r. 95.

•
When the Emperor entered (;oeldern, the Sub-.
Prefeft of Cleves addressed Its Maje,..y., among
other exptessions, with the following words
Sire'—What a brilliant destiny is retorted f r t hi- protiii^e,
after your Majesty has blessed it with your august presence !
After being governed by Frederick the Great, it has now Uwe
happiness to be rul-r1 by Napoleon, who is still greater' Its
fortunate inhatet-ints, after admiring • great king, ate now
permitted to adore a soak minded Eppernr,

VIINNA, Ult.=
The Sa-e.lish Ciarge drains. Reuteraword• has
presenteil. in the name of his Sovereign. a note,
concein.ng the n•w hereditary Imperial dignity of
our Sovereign, couched nearly in the same wurdsAii

that 7rNente I to the Diced Ratisbon. by the Swe-
aisi. Minister there.

STOCKhOLM. iterT. 2 1 .

The Cant:. of Calmar is now r.ady for the recep-
tion iit the ling of France. Licsi,l.•;
and Ninnsietir, the I3uk• if Orleans, jad the Prince
of Conde, are expedeLl there.

A MSTERT) A 14, ErPT • 25.

The new projen fora chAnge in our Constitution

will more concentrate our political ma•:hine. It is
said, that a perstiu, with the title of a Procurettr-
General of the State, will h. the Chief of our
Government, who, notwithstanding the simpli-
city of the title, will have .t very extensive power.

It is even said, that the Isrmer States-General will
be restores'. Schiminelpenninck, it is supposed by
Many. will be our future chief magistrate.

TILE Bairi:it PRESS.

LOS DON,
SATURDAY, OcrosLit W.

Whatseer may be the result of the recent engage•

swat a Cape St. Nlary, the Spanish Government
meet complain that it was taken by surmise. It
has beat long pressed for a satisfaClory explanation
spout the subje& of the armaments fittirg out in
tie posts of Spain, and other points in the conduit
of that country. which have been :Wowed to be just
cease of jealousy by all, and urged by some, as even
millicient ground for hostilities. No satisfaCtory
stsplanation, however, has been granted ; but, on
Illse contrary. the Court of Madrid has pursued
a mama of evasion and delay. Meanwhile. the
treasures of the new world were pouring into

Spain, and thence conveyed into the coffers of

los*►Aare, their final destination. It was the
obvious polity of Spain to avoid extremities until
die whole of the expected treasure had arrived, and
we have reason to believe, that orders were dis-
patched to accelerate tat event. Exclusive of the
squadron attacked of tape St. Mary, we find, from

the Hauthargh Mail el yesterday, that the frigate

Amara arrived list month as Cadiz, with three mil•
Sam and a half of dollars on board ; and that se•

viral other vessels had arrived in the course of the
same week at the wane port, from South America,
with not less than eight millions. This afforded our
00,911111DtGt the opportunity and the means to ((wee
aria to that explanation which she had so long

avoided. and sought to defer. She WAS
informed,
tbat until a satisf.ictoi y answer should he given upon

the important points in dispute betweeu the tiro
Gowsrunients, no ships of war, particularly
tbose freighted with treasute, would be pterniaed
to niter the ports of Spain. To this sutement,
both the Ministerial and Opposition writer+ •ototrr
but, both, hurried away by party spirit, iN an.ki
the most absurd observations, and conclusions
ognally false, and without foundatio.:. Orp.,si-

• Lion writers say, that the attack upon the Sp.i.tish
Squadron is, on oar part, a breach of faith, and that
it is an Math to continue negotiating with Spain,
after orders avers given to detain her snips of war.
If. glars negotiation was brought to such a point, that
Spain was apprised, if she did not give her at:ma'am
within a given time, such would be the result, he
must be a skilful casuist indeed, who can discover
surprise, fraud, or breach of faith, in the proceeding.
The conduS of the Ministerial hints is still more ex-
travagant. Oneot them had the effrontery to declare
on Itursday, it was authorised to state that the
orders issued to the Commander of the British
Squadron were merely "poreeerowy." The absur-
dity of the expression betrayed the imposture, and
yesterday, by way of mending the matter, it
says—" We again assert what we had authority
to assert yesterday, that the detention of these
ships does not imply the ascrtenr, of a ever."—
When a man gets into the mud, the more he
Bornees, the deeper ho sinks, and so with the print
in question. This second declaration is, if possible,
more absurd than the that When Government

ordered its officer to detain the Spanish vessels, it
uthori.ed 'rim to use force in case of refir,al, else
• the order would have been nugatory. The whole
result, even to the unfortunate blowing up of the
frigate, must, therefore, as a probable consequence
of resistance, have been in its contemplation. Atter
such an event, to talk of " an authority, to say that
it does not imply a .v.s.r.ao of a war," is arrant non-
' mese. Most indubitably, if the Spaniards shall not
think fit to retaliate, they will not be at war with
tu. Or, it will be that sort of war which Jr. v teat
describes--

VA. fa tabu ege vapolo tant.ls;
where one rsity strikes, and the other bean all the
blows. But to talk of this as only a pronsaaionary

rocessrc. is ttuly ridiculous. The fair view of the

e.r.e. freed from all misrepresentation, appears to be
simply this: the English Government, after long
patience and forbearance, has said to the Court of
Spain. se Until you give me a satisfaaory answer to
terra's questions. I shall detain your ships of War,

and resort to force in case of resistance." This was
originally a conditional declaration cf war, and,
the condition not being complied with, it is
no an absolute one. We, therefore, have done
every thing on oar part to commit ourselves in
war with Spain, and what condo& Spain may
think fit to pursue cannot alter the case. In
fa;ct, those who talk of fornial notice of war, and
proclamations of war, speak and think in ignorance.
The pra&ice of the country acknowledges no such
procedure. The mere issuing of letters of marque
and reprisals is, in any case, the most ample notice
of war, that we can be expected to give.
It was reported last night that the SPANISH A re-
111ASIAD011 had left town on his return Madrid.

The arrival of Dublin Papers and letters of the
lath, enuble us to contradia, with increased con-
fidence, the fabrication in The Courier of Thurs-
day. About a month ago, C 9 pikes were found in
a plantation of osiers. near Leighlin Bridge; and
this circumstance, the Baron Manchouseu, who
writes in The Courier, has magnified into a recent
assemblage of 30,000 armed rebels. The same Paper,
last night, unable to maintain its original story,
attempts to break its fall from all truth and consist-
ency by the frightful and alarming assurance, that
bars iers are fixed 2U round Dublin, and almost
all the principal streets, consisting of very strong
pailisadoes, so close, as barely to leave room for
musketry to fire through ; with a gate in the centre,
and a port-hole at each side for cannon." One hun-
dred respectable citizens of Dublin, now in London,
can testify that these, which are stated in The Conner
as recent measures of precaution, have been adopted
ever since the 23d July, R SOS, the horrible day of the
murder of the good and great Lord Kt LW A IDES !!
Mr. Buses took a fair view of their principles and
charater, when he spoke of istrorrigi6le Jacobins.
The Cetwier. whether in .the service 'of the Corre-
sponding Society, or the hireling of a Minister, can
never cease to be a Jack* Print.

A Letter from our Correspondent at Hamburgh,
received by the Mail of yesterday, states, that it is
now certain that Scutum 'tryout:4ra will be ap-
pointed the new Chief Magistrate in Holland, and
that he will enter into office on the 20th inst. His
power and authority will be more extensive than that
of Bow 44444 n's Landamman in Switzerland. He
is to pay to the Bomaraara Etallll' fifty millions
of florins, in ten years, for this sovereignty, besides
annuities to TALLITIAND and Co. A new military
capitulation and new political, commercial, and sub-
sidiary treaties with France, are expeaed to be
among the first atls of his Government.

A letter from our correspondent at the Hague,
d ired the eth instant, contains the following p ,r-
-ticulars : Although TA LLSV RAND, by the con-
tributions he has extorted from most of the uati-
nzntal states, has become one of the richest indivi-
du.ds of Europe; his avarice and cupidity are as
nnblunded a. his immorality and duplicity. At
every change of our government, since he became
a revolutionary minister, he has required some sums
of money from those persons whom his intrigues and
influence have given us as chiefs; and, afterwards
forced them, once in the year, regularly, to make
him patriotic donations for leave to continue in
place. Our rulers, as well as those of Italy and
Switzerland, and the ministers of Spain, Portugal,
Austria, Prussia, and Bavaria, who all owe to him,
more or less, their appointments, are, therefore, not
only his tools, but his tributaries. This organised plun-
der, one should think, wouldbe 'efficient for a man of
decayed constitution, without a family, and with
wealth, the amount of which he dares not avow ;
be takes, however, care to let no opportunity escape
of accumulating new treasures, even though the
consequence is the total ruin of those people and
states, already beggared by him. This has lad}
been the case in our unfortunate country, where a
most shameful attempt has been discovered to plun-
der us of six malions of florins, and to augment a
bat den, we already are unable to bear, w ith this
great sum, for a wretched nation of hardly two
millions of people, exposed for near ten years to
the all-devouring French voracity, and to the all-de-
stroying Gallic fraternity. As the miscarriage of
this financial plot is the principal reason, why
TA L I. RAND has persuaded Bog AAAalx to order
another political revolution in our government and
constitution; I shall relate to you all the circum-
stances which have come to my knowledge.
'6 By the peace of Amiens, it was agreed between
France and Holland, that the Prince of Os snot
should receive no indemnity for his losses from the
Bauvian Republic, and England has since, by a
sum of. ready money, and by as annuity of 16,0001.
rewarded this Prince for his adherence to the British
cause, so nearly cone, ted with his own rank and in-
terest. In the treaty of cession and indemnity be-
tween France and Prussia, concluded on the 23d of
May,lBo2. it was mentioned, that, at a future period,
the demands of the Prince of Oconee in Holland
should be liquidated. No sooner bad England anted

in the above-mentioned liberal manner. and, of
course, nothing more could be expelled from that
quarter, than *Fe LEL,/ a AND, who, by another treaty
of Ratisbon, had indemnified the House of Otange
for all its claims with Fulda, &c. hinted, us sorrw
person about him, that by some arrangement with
him, the Prince of ORANGE may still obtain another
pecuniary indemnity from this country. Holland, as
well as France, has its unptincipled intriguers. I'AL-
LEYRAVD'S proposal was therefore listened 'o, and
every thing settled between the marauding parties, al-
most without the consent of the Pat Nc e, at least with-
out his privacy, as to thedistributien of the spils, be-
cause he and his agents afted ‘intet,ifde ; whilst those
who supported his demands, meditated, and had
already agreed on the manner in which they in
tended to divide and pocket the money allowed him
by the Batavian Republic, for which TA LLry a AND
was in return to secularise some German Abbeys in
favour of the house of Orange. The French Am-
bassador, DE SIMONVILLE, at this place, was,
therefore, let into the secret, and supported, in the
name of his Eta PEIOII, the payment of the sums re-
quired for the Prince of Oa ANGE; and several con-
ferences were held on the part of our government,
between our Secretary of State, HOLTMAN, and
our General Treasurer, Ds VAS VAN STEENNY IC,
on one part; and Messrs. R. VON OLDEN, J. P.
FERRAN°, and P. DAMEN, on the part of the Prince
of ORANGE. Between these respeSive Commis-
saries, the treaty was soon agreed to ; and, after
being approved by our Diredory, the mere formality
of the ratification of the Legislative Body was want-
ing to carry it into execution.

.4 From former transaßions between him and
Scat tNtEL P CS )(INC TAILLIYRAND was acquainted
with the duiiiierestancts of this revolutionary knight,
and, therefore, desired to carry this point without
his interference. By some manner or other, he ob-
Wiled, however, information of all the particulars
of thisfinunrial affair; and by his influence, and by
that of his friends, all equally disappointed in not
being of the pillaging party, the Legislative Body
refused its ratification, notwithstanding the threats
of Admiral VLIHeUL, who arrived on purpose
from France to back TALLLY RA MD, Stsromvi
and Co. for which he w•as to have his due. When
the determination of the Batavian Legislators was
known to TA LUCY RAND, SP4O74VILLE received in.
struetions, in the name of his Sovereign, to deliver
to the Direttory a severe Philippic, announcing both
their own and the Legislators destruction; Boma-
Aire having determined upon a government more
firms and cshgental to the circumstances of the times
The Directors, who owed their disgrace to the
patei(viim of Scut ssueLscrosince, chorwd, there-
for., him to wait on BON aP ART I at
Ais-la-Cha-
pelle, where he was graciously received ; whilst, on
the other hand, TaLteraosin and SimoriviLLE
more than ever convinced the revolutionary
?coos of the necessity of another revolution in (Jut-
land. It is now said that EI.I.LtYItAIID'S agents
have informed all ambitious amateurs, or putitizal
pretenders, that he has to dispose of, and will dis-
pose of, the Sovereignty of the Batavian Republic
to the highest bidder. A number of candidates
have, there•or:, already presented themselves; but
hitherto no one is chosen, its Me price is too high. In
the mean time, it is said, that a subscription has
bi,en opened among our leading men to buy off, if
possible, T LLLLL !AND'S anger. •
.4 It is reported bere, that of the sit millions de-
manded for the late STADTHOLDEII, sr
A LLIIi 'USD
Was to have fair, and the other two were to be di-
vided between grolomvita.e, \run:tug
Rive, two other Freachmen, and two Rotarian
public luniionaries. This infamous business is now
the ei'mmon topic of conversation, not only here,
but ever y where else upon the continent."

We received yesterday, one of the four Ilam.
burgh Mails due. Its conter.t4 have been in a
great measure anticipated by the French and
Dutch Papers, which we received last
IVedoesday. Every thing new that it contains worth
notice will be found in a precelog column.

Yesterday. a Court of Dire:tors was held at the
East 1:1,11 t !louse. which adj niriseci, at six o'clock,
till Wednesd A• next. ,

Yes:erJay, a bag of ship le-ters was male up at
the (;eneral Post Office, for ILAland.

The Spanish brig St. jereph, laden with linen and
wheat, and the Spanish ship Ettrranss, in ballast.
were taken possession of at Cowei, yesterday, by
order of Admiral Moirrastrt.

The Neptune, Cr !erns (of Larg..), was stran.lea
On the 43d tdt. in entering the port of PilLtu.
Crew saved.

A letter from an Officer cf the Leander. one of the
frigates employed to watch the two French frigates
at New York, states, that that frigate has inter-
cepted, off New York, knees tic= llaciaci, the
Minister at Paris, to the French Minister at New
York, direAing him to stop the allowance made to
804 e, and ordering him to be trot
40eie by the first frigate that touched on the coast,
but by no means to permit his wife to embark with
hirn—and another letter to J stoma himself, order-
ing him to return, and assuring him of the Empe-
ror's inikstble doterminatims erne, to coNpet.llllllPC the
skean gad de:radios alholee 4, I;4d formed.

Entit.

Y outs. o cr. 18.
Ye,erday, Their MAJESTIES and the PRI a CESSZI
were accompanied in their aquatic excursion, tw
Ladies CORGIS& BC LEELEY, WIN% ARO, t.
1 HYNNP., Lord PAULET, Generals Massoccas, MAN.
%INGHAM, GAIITII, and Colonel D Tom The
weather was extremely stormy during their voyage.
Las,: night, Their MAJESTIES, the Pa iNCESsts,
and Diake of titmuessv ea, honoured Mr. and Mrs.
Nes-Lyles Benefit with their presence. The pia,
was MORTON'S excellent Comedy of The iva tore
Married. Toby Mr. NESLEA, .114:
Mrs. NEV Lea. In the Farce of The Agreeable Sur.
price, Mr. NETLER played Lasso in a capital stile,
and kept the house in a roar. He introduced a nrr
Comic Song, written by .1. ASHLEY, called, no.
Wanderi ! His b 1 AJ EAT y• laughed very heartily at
it, and desired a repetition of it. The house Wd;
completely flied, by seven o'clock, with beair
fashion. Among the company we observe,: •
PAC LLT, HINT ON, DEilloauLGH, &c. w• •-.
PIT I'; Countesses licaLsy CR, P•ta. ar, lip s•
Sc.:. Ste. The night's performance a.hi.
sustained ; and Their M AJES r lES departed at
much pleased with the entertainments oldie inglit
His MAJ T,,TT rode out early this morning, a-. 1
returned about nine o'clock. Soon after break-far.,
His M sJzsr v and Princess AMELIA, and Lady
ELiziktlETH Tit YNINE, took an airing on the Dorset-
shire road, and inspeCted the artillery, and a carriage
on a new construaion, with which His M &furl:
was much pleased. It carries the men, ammunition,
and all apparatus. and it is considered a most excel.
lent plan for the field. They load and fire the
quickest of any yet invented.
Yesterday, Mr. P: rr left this place for London.
Lord Pa t;,,LT gives a grand Hall this evening 4
the Royal Hotel, to the ROY AL FA MtLY and friend,.
Arrivals at the King's Head :
Mr. D,wes, Mr Catcet, Her. Mr. Thorivion and
sad T. Sao: knizy Eoq