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cession and declaration, together with the relative
documents, be registered in his College of Arms.
Irhit,hal4 Oatakr 16,1804.
The King iias been pieased to order a writ to be
issued wider the Great Seal of the United K ngdom
of Great Britain and lreland,for summoning Georg,
Ashburnhant, Esq. (enmnionly called Viii mint St.
A‘tph), up to the House of Peers by the Stile and
Title of Balm Ashbqrnham, of Ashburnham, in
the County of Sussex.
The King has been pleased to grant unto Frederic
Thomas %Valiant Vernon, of Wentworth Castle, in
the county of York, second son of Henry Vernon, of
Hilton Park, in the county of Stafford, Esq. (ma-
ternal grautisim of the flight Hon. Thomas Went-
worth Lord Rah%, is ho was created Earl of Straf-
ford, &c. in 1711), his royal licence and authority,
that he the said Fre-leTic Thomas William Vernon
may assume and take the surname of Wentworth
and bear and use the arms of Wentworth and Ver-

non quarterly, in conformity to the injunction of the
last will and testament of his kinswoman Augusta
Anne Hatfield KAN e. late of Wentworth Castle afore-
said, deceased (who was the last surviving siner and
sole heir of the Right I lon. F rederic Thomas Went-
worth, late Earl ot !,trafFord, deceased, and wife of
_ . _ _

the late John I Infield Kaye, of Hattield-house, in
the said county of York, Ecq. also deceased) ; pro-
vided that this Fits Majesty's royal concession and
declar7tion be registered in his College of Arms,
otherwise to be void and of none effe&

FOREIGN' INTELLIGENCE.

FROM TM. nu rcti PAPERS.

HAGVF, ner. (;.
We have received information that Admiral
Dekker is arrived safe in sornz Portuguese hat hour,
from the Cape of Good Hope.
According w letters from Flanders, extensive
magazines are formed for the French troops en-
camped on the coast.
Our minister to the Court of France, Shimmel-
pennick, is expetled here this day, from his coins-
try house in Gualdern.
Citizen Olivier is appointed President of the Ma-
rine Council of the Batavian republic.
The last Brabant letters contain no other new:,
than tha: the Emperor and Empress, on their retuiii
from Mentz, will stop at Luxembourg, where the
whole imperial court is expelled.
The day of the departure of the Fmperor from
Mentz is not vet fixed.
M. D'Arberg is arrived at Brussels from Berlin,
and intends to set out for Mentz to join the Em-
peror, and to give an account of his mission to the
King of Prussia. The Emperor has appointed M.
D'Arberg his Chamberlain.—(Hagew Courast, Or-
toder 6.)

VENICE, SEPT. 19.

The Venetian ship under the command of Capt.
Viannelio, arrived here on the 16th inst. from Cor.
fou. Private letters frorn that island mention, that,
besides ae Russian squadron, thee Turkish men of
war %%err cruising in its vicinity. It is beiieved, that
the number of Russian troops at Ccrion alone
amounts to thirteen thousand men. ..nd t!..it
thou•and more were expaled to be lauded at Zai.te,
at Cephalonia, and St. hlaura. At Lorfou, the
Episcopal Pa;ace was repairing, for the reception
of the King of Sardinia, v.h w orpeEted there.
The Prince Dolgorucki is still at Corfu. Th.:
Captain Bev has sa,led tr •m Gomenxza towards the
Levant. Ali l'acha of .14:.ina has rec..ived .t Fir-
man from the Saltan, cA:rmg him to evacuate
Prevera, X onizra, and B•strintum.
Letters from the ill ark sea mention th it a Km.
sian army of hO,OOO men is deiriur.l to undertake
a great expedition.
The brig, which had on bon-d Genera! Spreng-
porters. has arrived at Corfu ; it carried also a con-
siderable sum of ready money.

AN %WU'. `JP'S% 2R.

Great setivity prevails among the ti calls of the
3th and 2bth mint at r do kisiii„ who have ►een
been ordered by forced man hes to proceed to-
wards Mentz, And to form a c imp the,— in its
neighbourhood, whore they are to manoeuvre before
the Emperor. PAT t ofthe garrisons cl Niemand Lux-
embourg have Already A: rive.' there with a park of
artiilery. In case of A continental WAT, these troops,
with others, will be sent to Hanover. The political
conferences at Mentz w probably decide the
question of peace or of War.
A report *as iirevalant here yesterday, that the
Emperor had returned to the coast, and would pro•
bably visit this city; but the letters from R ulogne,
received this morning, arc entirely silent upon this
subjed.

GHtNT, uc r. 1.

The hfarquis de Gallo, Amlia,,Ad ir from the
King of N4p.,es to the Court of r ranee, on his re-
turn from Aix.la-Chapelle. visited the new naval
establishment at Antwerp, And afterwards took the
road round the Flemish coast, and viewed all the
camps, from Os:end to Boulogne.
His Excelltmcy, the Austrian Ambassador, Count
Cobentzel, has taken the same road. Both these
Ambassadors had been favoured with the Emperor's
particular permission to visit not only the camps on
the coast, but the flotillas intended for the invasion
of England.

We are ass:lre4.l that the French Government

tend to send the Hanoverian Leg on to Italy, after
it has first passed some time at Lyons.

On the other hand, a ❑umber of French troops
will, in a short time, march towards Hanover, as a
war with the Northern Powers is not improbable.
It is even said, that sever tl regiments of cavalry,
chasseurs, hussars, and some picked battalions of
infantry, to the number of 23,000, have already re-
ceives& orders to march to Hanover, and to aug-
ment the army under General Bernadotte. Rein-
forcements have been, at the same time, sent to the
armies in Italy, which are to take a new position.
The troops on the coast, encamped behind the
Downs, have Mt the effelts of :he changeable weather
of this season. There are many sick in the military
hospitals here, at Ostend, Nieuport, and Bruges.
According to letters from the coast, the Emperor
was not expeacd there sooner than between the 15th
and 20th inst. though his arrival there had been
every day repatt.t 1. His M tjesty intends to review
again all the encampments, beginning with those
above and below Ostend, and extending as far as
Boulogne. The naval armaments will be inspected
at the same time. 'The common opinion is, that the
expedition will set sail for England. In the mean
time, the plan to concentrate all the naval forces in
the harbour at Boulogne, continues without inter-
ruptam. A strong division, which yesterday sailed
front Ostend, has fortunately reached that destina-
tion. 'the Batavian gun-boats arrived from Flush-
ing will soon steer the same course. The English
are prevented, by the batteries on the coast, and by
the flying artillery, from obstructing this junaion.

PRCSSELS, SrPT. 30.

The Belgians seen not so much inclined to obey
the laws of conscription as the young men of the
other old departments in France. The Mayor here
has, in vain, addressed to the conscripts of the year
XIII. a second notice, informing them, that the re-
gisters will not continue open any longer than to-
morrow, and desiring them to inscribe their names,
according to the formula ordered by the Emperor.
Few, if any, have obeyed ; though neither want of
size, or corporal deleas, are an excuse for not ob-
serving this inscription. The most severe measures
srill be the consequence, particularly with those con-
scripts destined for the sea service, and for the
marines.

Last Sunday, the commander of the 9.ith Mili-
tary Division, General Belliaid, distributed, on the
part of the Emperor, the crosses of the Legion of
Honour, to forty Knights, in the church of Sc. Ge-
Jule. The Archbishop of Malines officiated on
that occasion.

P ‘RIC, act. I.

On the 25:h ult. an EngUsh cutter of the squad-
ron before Havre, in chasing a French coaster, was
stranded near Vinery'lle. The English Officers and
sailors, after in vain trying to get it off, took to
their boats, and set fire to the cotter, which, in two
hours time, bleu• up. It is slid, that several of our
sailors, in attempting to estingii6ll the fire, sustained
bodily injury.
The Council of State is nisi- deliberating upon a
plan for the conwo iption of the year 13, which, in
.one part.. differs from those of former years.

The Pope, whole Erival.is no lor.ger doubted,
will pass the whole winter here.
The severe proclamation of General Menou, as
Governor and Administrator of the 27th Military
Division, or Piedmont, has caused sev.eral disturb-
ances and disagreeable scenes at the Titer( Ca-
ripan, at Turin. This Theatre is ordered to be
shut up until further notice.
Notwithstanding the assertion in our papers, that
the Ottoman Porte would follow the example of
England and Russia, in acknowledging Napoleon I.
an Emperor of the French, an official letter from
Constantinople, of August t', states, that the Reis
Effendi, as soon as the Turkish Government WAS in-
formed of the change in the tide of the Chief of
the French Nation, sent for General Brune, and
told him, on the part of the Grand Signior, that hz
was ordered to compliment his Excellency in these
words : That the Divan, but particnLsrly Sultan
Sehm, was much interested in every thing that con-
cerned his Imperial Majesty, and which cosd con-
firm the friendship so happily sabli.ting between
France and Turkey; and that, particularly since
the journey of Monsieur Jonbert, the former confi-
dence and harmony between the two empires were
fully restored."
On the 23.1 of September, the day of the Diplo-
matic audience at Mentz, Baron Von Gagern was
presented as Minister from the Prince of Nassau.
The report in the papers of this Prince being in per-
son in that city is without foundation.
According to a decree of the Emperor, Lille con-
tinues, from the Ist of Vendemaire, to be the chief
town of the department of the North, instead of
Douai.

The popular play of L 4 Par'ie di Chaise de
liptry IV. was lately represented at the Nantz thea-
tre. It was received with enthusiastic applau e.
Letters from tiew York nsent..,n, t!..; Dessa-

THE_ BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER t 7.

Last night we received Dutch Papers to the fith
inst. Their contents will be found in the prec -ding
columns. Although the rumour of Bur; APARTE'S
return to the coast has been common in Brabant
and Flanders, it not yet certain when he will leave
Mentz. An article from Ghent states, that he we old
join the army between the I.ltls and enth, about
which time it was expelled the grand expedition
would sail, and make the attempt upon this country.
The troops in the neighbourhood of Ostend are
very sickly, and the establishment of magazines
would induce an opinion, that these harrassed mea
will spend another winter in their encampments.
The French armies in Italy and I lanover daily re-
ceive reinforcements, and a Continental war is
spoken of as probable. The name of the Russian
Mare,. dor D'Ocies ix, does not appear in
the number of the diplomatic Agents presented to
BONAPARTE at Mentz. It is probable, therefore,
that he is retained there as an hostage or a prisoner.
In grateful return to the German Princes who degrad-
ed themselves by the r complaisant attendance at
Nlents, the Usurper entert tins them with a militai y
display of those very troops that, only six months
ago, violated the German territory by the invasion
of Baden; and are destined for new aggressions in
Hanover, another independent province of the
German empire. No mention is made of Sweden,
nor is there a single paragraph relating to Rauia,
except an exaggerated account of the Russian troops
in the Seven Islands.

ibniteurj to the 7th have been also received in
town, and they too are barren of intelligence
They take no notice of the late experiment made
by our squadron at Boulogne; but they con-
uin a full account of Rear Admiral ',mots's
engagement with the China fleet, written in the
usual style of French bombast, and representing the
English as greatly superior in force. Foreign in-
telligence having been much in :areal., the public
looked forward with cJnsiderable Anxiety and ex-
p-aation to the first arrivals from the Continent.
They will of course feel much di: ippointusent on
finding them so uncommonly destitute of informa-
tion. From the silence of the Illoairessr upon the
subjea of the business at Boulogne, some may be
inclined to infer that it was in a great degree divas-
trous to the French. We feel no wish to under-
rate the hiss of the enemy ; but, with every dis-
position to estimate the experiment at its highest
valne, we do not think the silence of the Mutt,
tete warrants that conclusion. When did the
French pipers ever suffer a defeat so decisive that
they had not impudence And ingenuity to pAiiiate or
publish to the world as a PiaOry ? Their defeat by
Lord Howe, on the Ist of June, was. according to
the Paris editors, a glorious triumph ; and now we
find, that when the squadron of Rear Admiral Li-
sois fled from our rwrchantnsen, that gallant Ad-
miral only yielded to a great superiority of force.
Our contemporaries have, for some days put, en-
deavoured to account for the non-arrival of Dutch
papers, by supposing an errilaugo to have taken place
in the ports of Holland; but this speculation must
now fall to the ground.

According to letters from our &et off &cu. not-
withstanding the very heavy yaks In the beginning
of the present nr-nth, sir of our ships of the line.
and five of our frigates, remained upon their station,
so as to keep is awe GAI,THI•I:HL. his fourteen

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ships of the line, and ten frigates. Some mese-
ments were, however, made by this Revolutionary
Knight of French 1/uneer, as if he intended to put
to sea with his squadron ; but our ships presenting
themselves in line of battle, he declined the contra,
by bravely remaining ix state gee. If the report of
an American Captain, who sailed from L'Orient on
the Gdi inst. can be relied on, General AUGIREAC
and Gs:s Tiresome are not upon the best terms ;
the former accusing the latter of cowardice. To
reconcile these two Commanders, BonAAAAAt had
sent 14s Aid.de-Camp, Gen.S. AVAILS' Ea area. When
he still menained on the 3d, with AllTimft O'Coxxot,,
&Nett., and several other Irish officers in the French
service, all dissatisfied with the manner in which
they are treatzd by Boxarmtee and his C 0...
menders. The corps of Irish guides encamp 23 ra•
Brest, according to the report of the American C
Lain, consisted of 110 men, many of whom desired
the American to procure them an opportnaity to
make their escape, as they were baliy paid and is
used ; and beside., if any attempt was to be med.
on England or Ireland, they knew that they
were to be employed as the forlorn hope, as
persons whom BowAAAats wished to get rid oE
The division under Aural:ft O.CONNoft'% command
consisted of some Irish. Brabanter s, Flemings, and
Germans, from the conquered depai tments, amount.
ing to 4,000 men, all desperadoes, who were is.
tended to form the advanced guard, in any despe-
rate undertaking. Ten thousand land troops were
on board G•NTH EA %fel squadron; but none of
these were in the number, which led to a belief,
that neither England nor Ireland was his destinatAL

The Grzette of last night, which will be found is
the first page, contains, arricng ocher intererg
news, a letter fr..m Commod‘.re the Duke cc
BOUILLON, giving an account of hi. having dries
five French gun vessels uron the rocks off Grnstuw,
on the Alt instant.

Letters dated Rio de Janeiro, the 24th Augye,
were yesterday received from the outward-boand
China fleet, which sailed from England on the 9:.%
June, under convoy of His NfAjesty's ship 4l4emirme:.
The Ike:, consisting of the following ships, arrived a:
Rio ite Janeiro, all well on the 17th August, anl
were expedled to proceed on their voyage the cal
that month, viz.

Taunton Ca-tie, Capt J. B. Fatten; Cents, Capt. Dom-
ford ; Alnarick Castle; Capt. Glednanes; Cu :tens, Cr:.
tlalkett ; Amnon, Capt. Jameson ; Neptune, Capt. Dynall
ton ; Royal Charlotte, Capt. Franklin ; Penetentoot. Capt.
l'eeedale ; Try- Briton, Capt. Hughes.

The Amby country ship. outward bo•:nd. was
also at Rio de Janeiro, ani expe.flesl to ►ail the 1:51

August.

Letters have Also been received from tlx Rrunrwiel.
lord, Jane Dandaq, And t: outward hound,
dated at sea, the 6th June last, All well, in Lt. 35.
20. South. long. C 7. 10. Lut. These ships sailed
from Englan4 the COth March.

Private letters, upon which ae c.in rely, state that
the greatest apprehensions of a famine are felt in
Spun. The disorder a: Malaga reigns with un-
abated violence, and a fever has appeared at Cadiz,
which is supposed to be of the same nature as the
disorder at Malaga. The insurretions in the North-
ern Provinces are fomented by French agents,
and war between Spain and America is considered
as an event likely to take place.
The concurrent testimony of all ruhlic and pri-
vate accounts from Sweden clearly proves thst
BON AP ARTS has laid Lilo. foundation of a revolutioa
in that country. We entertain the most sanguisse
hopes th it the loyalty of the Swedes. aid the valour
of their King, will j:feat the consist:6m of the in-
triguzs and machivations of the Co, titan.
Much mare pains than he is worth have been ta-
ken to intercept Jests) a llosaraars and his wile,
upon their return to Fr ince, to which he has bell
endeavouring to make his evape. for •i•i•n
past, from America. In the lAttrr end .k •-• t •
emharked at New York on board the F.-, Ai
Dodo, but die Camirise frigate made A,pe..r-
ance• and the young Gentleman and welt
obliged to debark. He pretended that then
went on board upon a party'of pleasure, and that
they have no idea of pang to Eurape.
A neat-al vessei, arrirvd in the River. =Pr rl•
tha: four French gun-ressels ware dcs!rov., 1.1
laze etplosion. which took j•lace in Biqa • " •
the greater part of the crews of wht, is et,. • .•

Oueut. the cotters burst at the m -nen. t ct t;

taken posse,sifm of by the enemy, „inJ s;,i,l.

boats full of men, n 134 of whom, luarterc:, •-•e
picked upsanhun.
The gallant Admiral COUNWA L LIS has been s'
forced to return to port. Onr c arrit•pmaJent 3; I
bay, in his letter, written on Sunday, says/ " N•l'
withstanding the indefatigable idmir al Cur a-
us seems ?etermined to return to his stati.na off Itre,t.
yet the elements fight against him. It is cmunt
onto blow .a whole gale again at S.S.W. accorup •-
nied with thick rain The fievt are in sight of To
baa , ref arning; but, being a., tar to leeward, 6ty
cannot work up before thr post departs. One shin.
the sreathermost, is now a malong in. 'lle zest al
follow before tho moriain-.t."
A letter from Ceylon, dated oa. 10, 130'.
" In my last i mentioned the daaturba:ace before'
the Cansiarn and ourselves. The massacre At CAI,O
WAS much greater than was suspected; but erl'Y
thing on that bead is kept so watt, it is Almost ix
possible to roust. at the particulars. All the troop'
that escaped the massacre, or the jungle fever, h
returned to their stations on the cant I be-
lieve, they will not, for the present, attempt another
brush with them."

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