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LONDON,
BATURDAt. M 3.

We have received Riris Papers to the 24th, and

Dutch to the 28th last. The former contsin an of.
Sci. 3 correspondence upt,r. tlee subject of the suit-en-
der of *the Muuths of the C.:t:are, to the Russians,
which is in Substance as folic ws
The M 4111115 de GttattLtEkr, being one of the
Antirian Cevornissaries ft Leering up Delm.tia,
vei:h its appen,"ages, to the French Commi.saries,
tht Generals !slc.t.; oa and DANA', after having,
a zreeably to his commission, put the French
of Da!mxia, had, either conformably or con.
,trary to his instructions, orJered General BRADY,
the AustriapCtanmandant of the Province. of Dal-
matia and Albania, to surrender the Months of

the Cattaro. which are separated from the former
Piorince by the Republic of Ragusa. to a Rus►ian

summons. Before the French could arrive there to
take possession of the fortress, General BRAD v, in
tonsectuence of these orders, surrendered the place
co Admiral/3411.0 Ir, though the Regiment of Thurn,
consisting of two battalions of 1500 man, was there
in garrison; and much more than equal to resist the
force of TOO Rus.ians, and 1500 Montenegrins,
which threatened to assail him, and notwithstand-

ing the remonstrances of the Officers of the
Garrison, who considered their honour as com-
promised by the ad of cessicn.

To confirm this representation of the transaction,
the Meti;testr publishes two Letters from the Mar-
quis de Carious RI, the one of which was en appease
true irtitation occasioned by his condua on the
iMods of the Officers of the Garrison, and the
,other to the French Commander, in which he
cute' himself to have been actuated by a desire to
delver op the Province, with its appendages, to the
Fa Laois Ernestine, to whom they of right be-
longed, in a prosperous and flourishing state ;
ahich he could not have done, had he not, in the
first instance, surrendered to the Russian summcnsi
tecause the Montenegrins, whom he considered as
enemies, threatened to seize upon the post by
force, which, from their numbers, they might have
accomplished. He thought it be:ter, therefore, to
give it up to the Russians, the all:es of his Master,
than to a set of Barbarians, equally the enemies of
Austria and of France.

General Lauar.ross was r^t satisEce tr•th this
explanation ; and his letter next appear., requiring
a more explicit declaration from M. Gistittatai,
whether cr not he had ailltd in obedience to the or-
ders of l.is Court ? A mioeprciem:ition of the bu-
siness, in a Manheim Paper, i. tlle cause alleged
in the .11anttekr for the publication of these letters,
wills some observations upon them, given in our
last page.—ln them it is asserted, that " thr M1w4644
w4644 Previewer ma de delmered 19 to the French
13 tier Asistrica ; end the Fiend wia not rt.,.rr thew

Pap ;my ether lavas." He is already its possession
of part of Dalmatia, and the cause of complaint is
cut down to the Mouths of the Cattaro. Mills the
sole pretence or shadow of cause for quarrel with
Austria, and BONAPARTE appears determined to
improve it.—Our limits, however, will not permit
as to indulge in any observations upon this hit,-
' resting subjeft.

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We have received Jamaica papers to the 12th of
March. '1 he return of Admiral Di.:cxwoarif's
squadron we consider as almost decisive evi-
dence of the fallazy of the report, which assert-
ed the Presence of a second French squadron
in the West Indies. One dividon of the eighteen
sail of the line, which escap•d from Brest, on the
14th of December, is, however, still unaccounted
for upon auy other ground, and we are unable to
reconcile the following extra is hum the Jamaica
Papers, without presuming, that a French squadron
has been playing at hide and seek in the West
Indies, and is aEluallynow in that quarter
" Ths Gracieetre schooner. of IQ guns, arrived at
Jamaica onthe :15th of February, from a enlist ; on
the 16th, between Cape Blanca and LaCuira, she
was chased by two line of battle ships, two fri-
gates, and a schooner, supposed to be enemies, as
they did not answer any signals.
" The Resolaion, BEI-NES, from Newburn, arrived
at Jamaica on the 25th of February. On the 11th
she spoke an American vessel from St. Croix,
who stated, that four French ships of the line and
five frigates had arrived at Martinique.
" 1 he Nesana schooner, arrived at Jamaica on the
.sth March, from Nassau, on the 3d, off (*ape Maize,
saw five sail of large ships standing due North,
and afterwards three more were perceived pursuing
the same course, and appeared to be of the line."

A Lishon Mail arrived, yesterday, in fourteen
days.—lt does not bring any news in confirmation
of the report from G.braltar, of a French army of
50.000 bring u on its march aga'ast Portugal. The
report has in consecut •nce would.

Sp.-4,e,, one IF Admiral DUCKNVOrter it's
sqsadr n, ott l'harsd y at Portsmouth. The
Canupsi,, R.-4r Admiral Lowy, tent'er of the rpm.
&on, arise:l at Plyrwuth on Wednesday. The
Airiander, the remaining French prize, takea by
Admiral PL:CKWORTiI. is hourly expected At Ports.
mouth. Our Plymouth letter states, that she passed
that port on Wednesday, in company with the
SprAICAP and ..b.piterr.
Yesterday a Court of Direeors was held at the
East India House, when the ships tir Shplan Lori-
iuTioft and k,,,r1 SpCMCer were statithied tur Bombay
dove. CApl. GEORGE GRAY WAS SWIIIII into '.llr
command of the enis Sir Step6r., 1 ,m.--The
Court adjourned, at six o'clock, till Tuesday next.
Tile Lotto MAYOR held A Court of Common
Council yesterday, at Guildhall, which was numer-

only attended.
The Coot', by chew of hinds, determined upon
one of the five models reported by the Committee
to he adopted for a monument to thelsit:
N Et SON
The thanks of the Court were unanimously voted
to the Loen MAYOR'S CHAIRLAIN, for his sermets
on the first Sunday in term, and lie was requested
to print the same
The Property Tax Bill, as amended upon recom-
mitment in the House of Commons, has peen
pr-nted, and was yesterday delivered to the \lem-
ben. We lately gave a complete abstraft of the
Bill, as it then stood, and now subjoin all the
amendments of any consequence which have been
I made in it.
The Governors and Directors of the Bank, the I
Directors of the East Irdia and South Sea Com-
panies, are appointed Commissioners for charging
the Duty on all Annuities, Ste payable out of the
Revenue rf England, Ireland, and all foreign
States, entrusted to the said Companies, for pay-
ment to any persons, corporations, icc. ; and shall
retain the Duty on the same, from the Proprietor
of the Annuities, &c. and pay it into the Bank.—
Other persons entrusted with the payment of Irish
or foreign Annuities, are to deliver the amounts
thereof, within one month after notice in The Lon-
don Gazette. to the Commissioners for the affairs of
Taxes at Somerset-house.
Where the income of any person shall arise wholly
from labour, at daily, or weekly wages, and the
amount of the wages shall nct have exceeded, in
any one week in the preceding year. or in any sub-
sequent week previous to the assessment. the sum of
thirty shillings, nor in any one day during that pe-
' riud. the sum of five shillings, and the same shall
be proved, by affidavit, on the oath of the party,
and by the certificate of the persons by whom such
wages have been paid ; and in case it shall appear,
that such party shall not be in the receipt of any
sum of money arising from any other source, the
Commissioners may adjudge the income so arising,
as not amounti ig to fitly pounds, and grant
an exemption from the duty accordingly. The
abatements are not altered, consequently none are
allowed for children. Anew scale of abatement k made
for all incomes between 501. and 1301. at which last
mentioned sum the full tax of 10 per cent.commences.
According to the new scale, a deduelion of Is. is
to be allowed for every pound between the amount of
the income, and the sum of 1301. ; thus upon an
income of 601. a year, 90s. or 41. 10s. is to be al-
lowed, which, dedulted from 61. leaves the duty
payable on an income of 601. a year 11. 10s. ; upon an
income of 701., 60s. is to be allowed, which re-
duces the daty to 31. and so in gradation up to
1301. This is muc4l more favourable to small ia-
Comes, than the original scale, by which the full tax
commenced so low as 1031. a year ; and incomes of
631. and 701. would have had to pay 21. and 41.
respeaively, ins:e id of 11. IN. and 31. as we have
stated.

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MRS. HUME'S GRAND CONCERT.

Mrs. H cttr. gave a iti.cid musical party at her
house in Grosvennr•stivet, last night, which was
attended by a number of the first Nobility. The
music was under the dire Rion of Mr. MORIELLARI.
The beautiful air A qtdr!le j apillr lenere, was sung by
Mr. MORT LL LARI, Jun. who is just arrived from
Italy, with great taste and judgment. A beau•
tiful Italian air was charmingly executed by Miss
MONTELLARt, and some beautiful duets were given
with great taste, sweetness, arid delicacy, by Mrs.
ma. and Miss Hum e. Several other amateurs
contributed their sweet sounds to this elegant party.
The stair-case and music-room were lined with
the most odoriferous shrubs and }lovers, and lighted
with Grecian lamps, and or-reels b anches,supporting
waz tapers. At half past twelve the company sat
down to supper. A table was laid for the Royal
Dukes, in the centre of which was a beautiful silver
urn, filled with the most fragrant flowers, and co-
vered with every d-licacy of the season ; hot soups,
wad a profusion of strawberries, ices. &c. covered the
festive hoard. In the brilliant assemblage were—
Their Royal Highnedes the Dukes of Cambridge and aoti-
cest.g ; the Duchess of Leeds; the Marchioness of Thomond ;
Lad Moira; the Countews Muuntre rrr ir , Manvers, Lonsdale,
and Newington ; Vio-nunt and Viscountess Newark ;
Mtedsonaid,, Hotgisinson, adlEardley ; Ladies
Saw and Sele, Hl..Dawson, Itts‘h, 1, Stewart, and S. Stewart;
General Irving; Colonels Smyth, Vaughan, and M'Malaian ;
Meyers Jackson and Guthrie; Captains Higgips. D'Arcr.
and DI4111; Hon. Messrs. 0, Knox., W. -J. !..kelSagtota,
Fgagerald, Flutchingen, Macdonald, and Quin; HUD. Mrs.
G. Knox; Messrs. Aot,n, 132'dw in, Conte, Cannon, Oil)"
Cviayer, Clarke, tc. &c.

MR. HARRI.SON'S CONCERT.
This Gentleman's Annual Concert was held last
right at the King's Theatre, and honoured by the
presence of 1000 Nobility ; the wleetion was ex-
cellent. The favourite glee of Dovel4l was given
by MISS PARKE, Messrs. W. Kw VETT, HA I RISON,
and BARTLEXAN, in the finest style, and was rap-
turously received. A beatriful Duet for. the harp
and piano-forte, by Miss Hain:sole, and Miss
Lao:A HaFtaisoN had a file effeFt. The far
daUghters of Mr. HARRISON displayed great taste
and execution, and ware honoured n•i'h reiterated
plaudits ; these young ladies also accompanied the
chat ming glee of
Came unto these ye!lew sand,,
on the harp and piano-forte. Mr. BARTLEY A N
sang
On Trafalgar's b.dd Cape, exulting Fame
Frnc the claw,' ..f thAt •••eottf ul day,
in his happiest style, and was in fiae voice. In the
favourite Cantata,
" Sze! from the iilent rave, Alexi. {llea:.
Mr. HARR isos displayed his usu,ll etc•ilence, and
was rapturously applauded. In this splendid as-
semblage were—.
11.1 Royal IT,ghnees the Prinee of We'e•; the Pekoe of
Cti,&serland and C....1AA Ile : the Duct.e.tes Northu ;ewer
last I, Gutd.hs, St. /Veen's, Walton, mid Montrose; the %tar-
chiunesse. of S.,lts*tury, And 'lhomoud Conntrises
Allsmnle, Aberdeen, anl F•locon ; C..eil, ht.
Tavlor, and Ferry.; Mr. St. Gemge Caolfield, and Captain

°Aim
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Duchess of Qoairov, Mrs. Kasaine, and
the beautitul Lady MO:41. our, were in the Duke of
Yoac's box, at Drury•lane Theatre, last night.
Lord KINN AI lip, it is said, tvill very shortly lead
the beautiful Lady OLIVIA rITZCIIL/i LD, sister to
the Duke of Lettorss. to the altar of Hymen.
Lsdy L•tsneGt's grai.d ball and supper WA, most
numerously attended at her huuse, in Upper Wim-
pole-street, last night.
The 4amr•re• pocket is all the rage among our
dashing de/awes; it opens upon the small GI the
back. •

Mrs. JORDAN has issued cards for 200, for a
party and slipper, on Friday next. The company
are of the first class, and the entertainment will be
in the most splendid style.
Lord Kim ewe cs had a grand rout at his house in
Grosvenor-street, last night.
Mrs. J.-MONTAGUE will give a grand dinner, next
Tuesday, to the Duchess of GORDON, and a large
party rd. Nobility, at her house, Portman.square.
Great preparations are making at Mr. Fox's
house, Stable-Yard, for a grand hall and supper,
which will be attended by nearly all the Nobility in
sown.

Lord and Lady Morivoosteav, and a large party
of Nobility, dined, on Thursday, with the EAT! and
Con• tess of W err roe camp, at their House, Gros-
venor-street.
Madame Ga ASSIm t's Benefit on Thursday nieat,
was one of the most brilliant scenes of the season.
Madame Geassiaz brought out a New Opera
founded on the Soaleraine, and composed by Fin RA-
Wirt. It is serio-comic, and gave admirable
scope for her fine aaing. It was received with the
warmest acclamations. There were present :
His Royal Highness the Pr: :ice of Wales, and several of his
Renal arirhert• the Docheeies of Gordon Northumberland,
Beaufort, LeedsSt Albans, Dors.t, and Montrose ' • the Mir-
chienesse. of Sali.bery, Neutron, Doenshire, Waled., Star
ford, and Donegal ; the Counte.ses Sefton E•seit, Clare, Bair,-
nom, Temple, Albemarle, Spencer and lierlar ; Visceontews
Hilichinhrnnlce, Castlereagh, Sidniouth, and en-mouse: Lashes
Havrarden, Grenville, Penh, Hamilton, ELut, Deere, and
Huitleke.
The Duchess of r..;,i own had a grand assem-
blage of Nobility, last Wednesday evening, at her
house, St. James's-square; amongst the company
were—
Their Reril ITlghneeses the Mikan( Susan and Gleueester ;
the Dukes of Rutland and De Reiri ; the Ouches. of Lewis
the Memo's of Abercorn ,• the Countess Manse.,;
tams flinchinbreake and Cutiereagh; Count Palle • Lordai d
Lady hU.ntgoinery, Lard and lzdy F.linti Sire Jahn Shelly,
1r Swot sh, Abda, and H. D. tjaaailton • and the
M.sa C.:anywise entertaiMed the compamy 'eta sewed &saints
ors
At twelve o'clock nearly the whole of this elegant
assembly went to M. P. As tows's Baii and Sup-
per, from which they did not separate till five the
nest morning.
The ?retakes, last night, drew an elegant and
crowded audience to Drury-lane Theatre. Mr.
Be asi•se was so extremely ill with a cold, he could
not comply with the wishes of the audience in re-
pea ing one of his much-admired airs Mr. Barr-
ri tures sadrpirabie performance. in The Iferi*iidh firr4
as on the ant light, called forth repeated plaudits.

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HIGH COURT OP PARLIAMENT.

TR:AL OF VISCOUNT MIELVV.LE.
FJURTH DAY.
About eleven o'clock in the forenoon of yester-
day, the Cow t assembled with the usual form.lities.
There was a very toil attendance of Peers, and
early in the morning ; among whom were the
Prince of \Vat. LS, a'nd ail the boyal Dukes, except
his Royal Plii,:haess the Duke of` Sossi.x. who dad
not arrive until tile middle of the day. Their
Graces, the Archbis.:ops of CANTLIIIIUNY and :
Yogis, who were both absent on Thursday, at-
tended
the whole of the day. The Poetesses, •
with their daughters, were much more runseroue. •
and, it pnssible, more splendid, than on the twripre-
cediog days. Am-.cg them we observed the
Duchess of Guano., Lady FAL csisoitecou, Vis'. -ri
countess CAsTititt A C.ti, dtc.dsc. The other parts r
of the Court were filled at an early hour; and from
the brightness of the day, the elegance of the
dresses, and the uperior grandeer of the Hall itsel'.
the neje d'wed was most strikingly beautiful.
The attendance of the House of Commons•was
tut thin at the sitting of the Court. but they in-
creased to about two hundre,l before three o'clock,
at which hour Mr. Fox ari'ved, ;and joined the Ma-
nagers, for a short time. in their box.
fhe Managers were, Mr. Wurrsesaps Mr.
Cocas, Sir S. ROSILLY, Mr. itICVL, Mr. Runs.
Mr. MORRIS. Serif tilt Bust, Donor Ltuasmcs.
acc. &c. Neither Lo d ligrfitir Patty. Lead
Holism nor the AA rum ad t welt Al, !I't•=nded.
The bueiness of the •ay WAS chiefly consluaed by
Mr. Willi Sae LAD and Mr. Giles, assisted by Sir
S. .R 01411.1.1. and S.-rjeant BesT, upon some points
of law which arose in the course of the proceed.
ings.
The principal Speakers among the Peers were,
the M.vciuis of STAFI•IRD. Lord HOLLAND, Lord
At:el:Las°, Lord i•itILUKAvE, Lord Lcoon, and
the Bishop of ST. ASAIPH.
At the usual hour, the Court adjourned till this
day, at eleven o'clock.
An addition of about ten feet in height, of
crimson cloth, has been made a: the ea.-tern end of
the Court. It extends entirely across the Court,
and is a very con- iderable improvement, as it shuts
nut much of the noise from the entrance in Old
Palacoyard, and prevents a most disagreeable
thorough air, which had been a great annoyance to
tr.e spetrors in the tipper galleries of the Cotsrt.
From the complexion of the proceedings of this.
and the former days, there is a strong probability
that the evidence for the prosecution will occupy
ten days, from the present time.

LAW INTELLIGENCE. "'icy
• -kt iPsct

couaT OF KING', BENCH, May 3.
This morning, Catherine Duff was brought up
for judgment, being convicted before Lord ht. Ft.h
ingot:on on an indiam-nt for an a,.soult on her
niece, Anna Maria Conde a girl of about twelve
years cf age. Ilia Lordship shortly read from his
notes, that the girl was going past her aunt's door,
on the 23d of October last, when she came oat with
a pail of water, and threw it entirely on the chad's
head, without any previous provescatio..
• Mr. Mi IttOt r. on the part cf the Ds.
szid, he had an affidavit, which he hoped might be
read, in mitigation of punishment, though it could
net be allowed as evidence on the viol.
The of was then put in, and read by the
Officer ; it stated, that the father and mother of
Anna Maria Good, who were in better circuses
EA aces than the Defendant and her husba.id,
had, for some time subsequent to a family quar-
rel, encouraged their servants and children to take
every opportunity to insult them. Stoner. ;pa
dirt were frequently thrown in at the Defendant's
witidnve, and on the table, while she sat at dinnei,
by this girl, who, atter doing the m'scsief, would
instantly run off. A fear days previ us to the
throwing of the water, the gill came to the door of
her house, and having posted a sheet of paper
Agemst it, held a candle to it, and called the panto..
gen to read. The libellous contents of this paper
were as follows
C. Duff has jest returner! horn Windior, from a recervil
rscreatto.l Is .0% an old Bootselle.. It t, to be honed she VI riot
so towxlei as fousarr'y It would he ungenerous in her to
vo (.net the pah,r 11. Euraign wimps and various/
lusuor,void he.e."
Mr. Montorr hoped the Coon would take
these circumstances, and the indigence of the De-
lenient, into consideration, its pronouncing judg-
ment.

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Lord ELLE/1101000U said, the whole business
seemed to have originated in a family feud, and lhe
Court sentenrei the Defendant to be fined 6s. Sd.
and discharged.

The East India Company have, during a few
:ninths, made a saving of 7,0001. per AUIII.IIII, ley
the death of the following persons :
When tra..ted.
1762. J F Erskine, foe divinioiotm-nt of
March 11. CJlllpany'4 rant, ssoccte4 tar his
Hawing pv,ett.ielt to Samsetiond, to
Nita a iaci•nent for Cairipan)'s sir
vice L. 51,0
1791, Manion Corns/Any for his services
unat 22. in 1.411.,„5s 6.,weroeinaleneral
17?6, Earl It4a,•ttorv, fur bit am cat, a;
Apra 12 Goircrunr ut Madras 1,5e0
L. 7,0t.0
The Herefordshire Militia passed darotlsh Eba,-
ham on Wednesday and Tiiuisday, on their way
to Chelmsford.
Letters Patent have been passed under tae Or, "at
Seal of Ireland, Appointing Jona Baas., Esq. Hie
NIAJESTv's Second Serjeatit-at-Law, in.tbe SIMS of
Sir J %ICS CH ATTILITOtt, Batt. deceased.
Letters Patent have also been passed under the
Great Seal of Ireland, appointing Wit. M.:`.l A 110 ti
Esq. His MaJZSTY'S T rirJ Seijeant at Law, in t. tt
roost of CH at. Katiciet. BUSIIS,
His MAJZSTY'S
Sir J. LiawroeT, we unsanstand, means to trirq
in a Bill for tile purpose of consolidating the l'a,rr
Dtry in Ireland, and making is pay the same as in
England; and to enable the mantuaeureis ot' hat:i
countries to ship paper without takiag off the 4.i:y
by the Excise nn one s;de of the water, and plitoisg
it on upon the ocher, which is the prw.lice at pers‘,..A

FOREIGN MITELLIGENCE.

(Frame lbc Muftitele )
" PARIS, Apati. n.
"The Aleashdo Cowan:. and some other Papers in
'Ale North, already teem with false reports, and
selins to rejoice in the apprehension of a new op-
portunity to mislead Europe with false and ridi-
culous misrepresentations of the gigantic power
of Russia. They, of course, would make it ap-
pear, that Dalmatia is inundated with Russian
troops. and that a very respedablz army is collet:fed
near the Mouths of the Cattaro. At St. Peters-
burgh, probably, they would form better plans for
a campaign than these. If it were not that France
insisted upon the fulfilment of the late treaty with
Austria,anduponreceiving the Mouths of the Cattaro
from the hands of Austria, the Russians would have
been 'jetted ere now, the Montenegrins brought to
tempo% and tranquillity restored; but the DALMA.

Tit AS PROVIIICILS MUST It DILIVIRSD UP TO THE
FAZING!, BY TIM AUSTRIANS; AND THIS FRINCH
%VIAL UST IRCRIVE THCM FROM ANY OTHER
Kamm. The Mouths of the Cattaro are separated
from Dalmatia by the State of Ragusa, to the ex-
tent of about thirty miles, so that the possession of
Cattaro is quite unconnelled with that of Dalmatia.
The ?rends are masters of the whole of Dalmatia
sad Istria, where they have upwards of thirty thou-
sand Mee t the Russians, at this moment, have no
more tbaa three battalions at Cattaro, making, in
the whole, about fifteen hundred men, and not one
-soldier beyond that number. When General Brady
surrendered the forts to the Ruvians, by an aft of
bate treason, he found the regiment of Thurn in the
sixteen hundred strong, and this General de-
Titled the forts up to three hundred Russians, who
were landed from two frigates. The indignation of
sons, of the Officers of that regiment was then at
the highest pitch. and M. Ghisilieri was so base as to
write to these Officers, for the purpose of allaying
their resentment, and reconciling them to the sur-
render as( the forts. These Officers, reckoning upon
the esteem of the French soldiers, afterwards pub-
lished the Marquis's letter, adding the assertion,
thlat the posts above-mentioned were field by the
Merton cad General Brady.
a On the same day that the Marquis wrote the
sfinneesisi letter to the Austrian Officers, he wrote
saathar us General Monitor. M. Ghi ilieri, and

1 eines who bad limn him orders, sold their master
1 and tine country in the same manner as when the
ascend enalitim was formed. One mould /bilk it was
Awe to ad•pl bins kind of eon dare that could ensure
pores anal est require to sr.-11.4r motives ~i eternal 114-
**,4 ia rowierptAtie subterfuges. We by no means
doubt, but when these letters come to the knowledge
of the War Department at Vienna. proper punish.
ment will be infimged upon those who have been ca-
pable of such perfidious conduit."
The foil acing observations appear io a Note upon
the foregoing article:—
NOTE.
" An account of the circumstances that attended
the surrender of the Mouths of the Cattaro to the
Russians, adds, to several particulars already known,
that neither the Marquis Ghisilieri, nor the Austrian
Command..nt, protested agninst the entrance of a
Russian squadron into the port, though, at the same
time, they were waiting in expectation of the
French ; and though. in consequence of this con-
-11 doit, they also reposed the French, who were on
their way thither, to the danger of falling into the
bands of their enemies, whim they might have
supposed they were entering a friendly port.—
The said Gentlemen also had taken no measures
for repelling the ouacks of the Montenegrins. It
is likewise repeated. that the Austrian Officers
had protested against the conduit of their Com-
mandant ; that snme of them were put under
an arrest on this account, but were liberated, in con-
sequence of the remonsuances of their brother (A-
. ems; that the Marquis Ginsilieri, seeing the 01fi-
ems were determined to resist any attack on the part
' of the Russians. said, that he had orders from his su-
periors for surrendertag the forts of Cattaro to the
Russians ; and that the Russians were even invited
by the Austrian Commandant to take possession of
Cattaro, for which they had no orders from their
own Court, and which could only be approached by
• t .e Russian squadron, under command of Henry
• liayle, an Englishman; and, lastly, that the Rus-
I aim Commandant at Cot In being applied to for his
assistance in this affair, refused it. being unwilling
to ad without orders from his Court.
" In the letter wrtten by the !tiepin to the Aus.
trim Officers, he says, the place is not considered
AS being sumasoned by a hostile Power. and much
less by the Montenegrins, but by t' !e repeated claims
•st a Russian Command:lli; that he had chosen for
himself the part of ceasing His Majesty's troops to
withdraw firm Cattaro; asst this, is consequence of
its betog the desire of a Court in friends: up and al-
liance with the House of Austria, rela•ive to which,
be nod express orders. from high author ity,svnich en-
joined hint to take no other steps than those of pro-
tests and declarations : that he had entered into no
1 tams of capitulation with the Rusin Commandant.
Mein? bound himself to nothing more than the nes
: eessory proems and declarations, for the purpose of
r justifying the Court of Austria against any tom
plaint on the part of the French; that the affair
cook' net posaihls be +net:disci with an; disagree.,4le
conseepttnces to himself, nor be any meats tend to
impeach the braver7y of the Officers, Ste.
" Ilse letter art the Monist's Ghudiert to General
Multiuse, in *lnch he magnifies the f,ser: i t the
Rumens and Montenegrins. assent. that they ssere
approaching the Austi ion garrisons on or. sines,
• threatening the whole province with death and de-
struction if any resistance thoisid he made; he then
adds. that. finding all his piotestotinus fruitless in
▪ convincing them of the impropriety of their conduit.
I he was compelled to yield to imperious circum-
stances. thanes. with hi master's ims.ve troops. he
hoped to have been aisle to preserve the province of
lonCattaro, in its rostra [nu condiC
, for the Lape-
far of the French, Ste.
" A Note was presented, on the t!S-sh of March,
' by General laurston. Commissioner in Dalmatia,
to the hf.u•sui; Ghia:her,. who was charge.: with the
cession of 1' eretiaa Dainiatio. In this Note, Gene-
ral Lauriston asserts. that the regiment of Thiern
‘ woplJ rd. ingly have defended the place, and had
• - isbokirdnydrebyreluetance In quittirg ir. The General
~..s.
:i;. ins to the Marquis, whether he
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atter° from his own motives, or

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whether he but ailed wording to superior orders
as it was of moth importance to the General to in-
form his Government of the fad. He further asked,
why Cattaro was surrendered to the Russians? and
remarks ups► the absurdity of pretending to pre-
serve Cattaro in a flourishing state, as the Monte-
negrins had scarcely been two days in the place,
before they began to murder and plunder the inha-
bitants, who had armed themselves, and come to
blows with these strangers."

NAVAL INTICLLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH. V I.
Arrived this afternoon the Sjefuvr, of 74 guns,
Hon. Capt. Stopford, from Jamaica. It was ex-
pzfted, that L'Werandre, of d 1 guns, the last of
Sir John Duckwotth's prizes, to arrive, would hive
come in with her. All the ships which sailed from
Jamaica together, parted company in the Western
Ocean. Le Japers, which arrived last night, has
a number of prisoners on board ; also arrived, the
Alerandria frigate, Han. Capt. King, from a cruise;
a galliot laden with empty casks, detained by the
Tonrkreile; a brig, in ballast, detained by the
Ale:warm ; the sloop Dremmaseetia, iram Savannah,
for Bremen, detained by the Arenger sloop of war ;
and the V,sw Anne, —, from Bordeaux, for Elsi-
neur, detained by the Thigh: frigate.

PLYMOUTH, •PRIL 30.
Arrived last evening, His Majesty's sloop Ara/ante,
Captain Mase6eld, with a number of vinuallers,
from the fleet off Rochefort.
This morning, arrived from the West Indies,
His Majesty's ship Canopus, of SO guns. Rear-Ad-
miral Louis ; and a few hours atter her arrival, was
put under quarantine. Admiral Sir .1. Duckworth
bad sailed for the Mediterranean, in the death; fri-
gate, with the Superb man of war.
The Canopus parted company with the Don,go!,
&c. on the Bth inst. when they experienced a heavy
gale of wind, and lost the use of her rudder. The
7upitre, likewise suffered much by the sea breaking
in her stein gallery, windows, &c. whil going be-
fore the wind twelve knots an hour Each ship
has brought home about I.'oo prisoners, the re-
mainder were left at Jamaica.
Admiral Sir .1. l)uckworth had received intelli-
gence of a French squadron lying at Guayra, and
took the men from the prises to go in quest of them;
but, on their arrival, they were told that the Dane's
intelligence was incorrea, no such force had ap-
peared.
Passed by this port, His Majesty's ship Donegal,
of 7 4 guns, Captain Malcolm; and Nutsicer, 74,
Hon. Captain Stopford ; with the Alesandre and
Jrprtre. General Nugent came passenger in use
Cossopus, and landed this morning at Mutton Cove.
Arrived also the Lady Warren hired armed ship;
and Staunch gun-brig.
Came in the Thomas Gordon, Place, from Ma.
deira ; the Prussian galliots, Jane Brecer, Abra-
hams ; and the Jesine Spel,oan, from Bor-
deaux, both detained by L'ikie frigate ; and the
Prussian brig Harm, Zenustusk, from Bordeaux,
detained by the Astaire'.
Sailed the Marti* sloop of war, for Falmouth,
from whence she is to take convoy to the river St.
Laurence, &c. also the ;Vireos/ cutter, on a cruise;
aad the Ceafteece sloop of war, Capt. Yeo.
VALPAOLTR, APRIL 29.
Arrived the Prioress Lisioossk packet, Capt.
Kidd, with a Mail from Lisbon. in fourresm days
passage ; Newest galliot. Bremex slay, Framlynn,
from Bordeaux, detained by the Marry.: priva-
teer ; Danish ship Lotus. Capt. Patterson, from St.
Thomas's, for Hamburgb, detained by the Miranda
privateer; and the Lubec brig, Adelstsie, from Bor-
deaux. for Lubec, detained by the Hero privateer.
De•L, MAY I.
Sailed yesterday evening the Reis!! Clam-love, Abe-
qua of Psfsaeskv, Hope, Tisouper, and the Huddart,
East lndiamen ; and the (+ripsaw's East India
packet.
Sailed this morning the rt,llll frigate, with a fleet
of Swedish vessels, under convoy for Sheerness, to
wait convoy.
Arrived, and sailed for the river, the Lord Prams,
Captain Adams, from Surinam, in forty days pas-
sage; the passengers are, Lieut.-Col. Dalrynepte.
and Mr. Wood.—Wind S.
CIII•TRAIR. at•sr 2.
The Rorer gun-vessel has been found unfit for
further service, and has been paid off at Sheerness.
The Utrecht was paid off on Wednesday, and her
crew turned over to she Welton.
Yesterday, the And sloop, of 20 Runs, arrived
from Yarmouth, and is to be immediately Sued for
I sea.
The Via..., is etpeZled out of Dock by Monday.