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stay, and who had made great preparations an 1
expences. When the Emperor was gone, Talky-
rand sent his sect etary Durand to inform the Elec-
tors and Princes, &c. who had already sat down,
" that he did not think it would be agreeable to the
Emperor, were they to partake of a repast prepared
for his Majesty, without his presence." They of
course left the room, and the separate Imperial table
was not served. The next day Duroc informed the
Elector Arch-Chancellor, "that the further resi-
dence of his nephew on the left bank of the Rhine
could be dispensed with " hough the charaaer
and manners of Madame Bonaparte are more agree-
able than those of her husband, through fear of
displeasing him, she offended those who paid their
respects to her by an affectation of hauteur and
dignity unnatural, unbecoming, and awkward. She
almost weighed every word she said, and, under
apprehension of not conversing as a great Empress,
she spoke nonsense, or used impertinent expres-
sions. When the Princess of Hesse-Hombitrgh
was presented to her, she said, "Madame Hesse-
liomburgh, have you any family ?" Upon being
answered in the negative, she said, " it is very for-
tunate indeed for the younger branch of your house.
At your period of life you could hardly hope for
any." 'This Princess is younger than Madame Bo-
naparte, and has seen the Courts of VersailLs, of
St. James, of Vienna, and of Berlin! Another
time she asked she Prince of Ysenhtirgh, " Mon-
sieur d'Ysenburgh, how numerous are your sub-
jeds ?" After receiving a satisfactory answer, she
said, c'eat Lien pea : few indeed. The territory of
this Prince is one of the smallest of all those of the
numerous petty Princes in Germany.
It is said that Talleyrand, during his negotiations
with the different German Princes and Nobles, has
swindled more money than the German Empire is
worth, promising every one, taking money from
every one, and patting off every one, to obtain his
desires, to some future period. His assistants, Hau-
terive, Massias, Matthieu, Durand, and Servin, are
said to have pocketed each their 100,000 livres,
(4,0001.) not to speak of the bribes given to his
twenty tracclling clerks. But this plunder, which
the German visitors so well deserved to submit to,
was not enough, nor what they were forced to be-
stow in presents on the courtiers of the Corsican
and his wife ; because the police minister, Fondle,
sent to Mentz fifty of his most experienced Parisian
gamesters, who took care to empty the pockets of
the German Princes and Nobles of the remnants
left by Talleyrand, Duroc, &c. The consequence
was, when the last leters left Frankfort, thirty-two
loans were negotiating in that city upon the security
of' German principalities, counties, &c. This visit to
Mentz has however been so far useful, that the Ger-
mans are now as fully acquainted with Bonaparte's
induct as the French and Italians ! ! !

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
TUESDAY. (krona U.

On Friday night part of the inshore blockading
squadron off Brest. under the command of Sir
T noitas Ga A VAS, consisting of the Inopearere, De-
fa•nce, Golian, Terra'', and L'.l,g/e, came into
Torbay. Two large ships more, supposed to be
part of the same squadron, made their appearance
in the Offing, but were ordered by signal to re-
assume their station off Brest. At five o'clock on
Saturday evening, the wind blowing N. E. by E.
the whole fleet of Admiral CORNWALLIS got under
weigh. It consisted of the Pile dr Pane'', rtmeraire,
Prince, Prince Georg", San joirf, Glory, Windsor
Castle, Princess Itnyal, Plantagenet, Mfrs, and Dot.
Ora, and the squadron of Admiral Sir THOMAS
GA A V F.S. which arrived on the preceding evening.—
It k, therefore, probable that they are now off
Brest.

The Fair Spanish frigate, laden with treasure
and valuable merchandise, were stopped by order
of our Government, in consequence of the dispatches
brought home trim Itcar-Admiral Coemitatca, env
the 15th ult. by the Nur sd, 33, Capt. WA LLIS. and
forwarded by express to the Admiralty. In four
days after the arrival of the express in London, dis.
patches were received at Plymouth, and were im-
mediately put on board the Indefistizelde, 44, Capt.
G. Monet, who sailed direelly for the Channel
fleet with dispatches for the Hon. Admiral Cr.sx.
W It'll. From Admiral COSNWALLIS the Inde.
I;eigoble proceeded with the Lively, 36, Capt. HA SI•
Al 0 N ca, and off the coast off Spain, fell in with the
theca, 50, Capt. Coax, and AreapAi.m, 40, Capt So-
rrow. It ass upon the sth instant these four fiigatcs
fell in with the Spanish squadron off Cape St. Mary,
within four hours sail of Cadiz. A rumour pre-
vailed yesterday, in some well-informed circles, that
the dispatches sent home by Admiral Coen itANc
contained an account of new sy.nptorns of an hostile
i mention on the part of Spain. Indeed, it was even
said that Govan.= bad rcceived irtformation

that the Triumpi man of war, and several Englie
vessels from the blediterraaean, of great value,
were detained in Cadiz, and other ports of Spain ;
and that the detention of the Spani,h squadron was
only an aa in ret..liation. Should this report prove
even partly foundei in Ltd, the panty writers, who
confound them:elves and their readers with their
learned arguments ‘lrawn from the law of nations ;
frum Gratiuv, P tilfindoPi. and Barbine/ui, have
been labouring to little purpose, and fighting only
a shadow.

We have heard that it is reported in our Minis-
terial circles, a small squadron, with three thou-
sand land troops, will immediately sail upon a secret
expedition. Its destination cannot be exadly known,
but the common opinion is, that it has the occupa-
tion of the Island of Madeira for its objeet. Should
this be the case, little doubts remain of the certainty
of a war with Spain, and that BONAPARTE will
force Portugal to shut her harbours against us. Dur-
ing the two years which preceled the peaceof Amiens,
the island of Madeira was in our possession, because
Government had then received information of BO-
N APA E'S attempt to sever this island from the
Crown of Portugal, and that, without waiting fur the
consent of the PRINCE lixoEux, the Usurper had an
expedition ready to sail and to make that conquest ;
a point always regarded by TALLCYRAND as highly
advantageous, not only as depriving us of an usual
place of relay fur our fleets, but from which, on ac-
count of it situation, French privateers may. with
great ease and certainty injure our trade. We were
then beforehand with BONAPARTE, and we hope that
we may be the same still, though recent letters from
France state, that some of the ships and troops under
GANT NE•UML are intended to add Madeira to the
other acquirements of France. At the late peace, by
restoring to Portugal this valuable island, we proved
to all Europe, that we only occupied it to preserve
it for the lawful owner; had it been in the posses-
sionof DUNA? arc's satellites, it mighthaveremained
so yet, or Portugal would have been obliged to pur
chase it back again, either by new territorial indem-
nities from Br azil, or by some great pezuniary sacri-
fices to augment the resources of the Usurper, or to
enrich his relatives.

A Gottenburgh Mail arrived yesterday ; but
being of a late date, its contents have chiefly been
anticipated by the recent information, which we ob-
tained by the Damburgli Mails of last Saturday.
It confirms, however, that orders have been given
by the King of SSA EDEN, for the two regiments of
infantry, of Cronenberg and Calmar, together with
the dragoons of South Scania, to embark for Stral-
sund. When these troops shall have arrived at
their destination, the following will be the strength
of the forces in Swedish Pomerania
German Regiment of the Queen Dowager, 1,200
men, infantry; the German Regiment of Essen,
I. men, infantry. The Regiments of Cronen-
berg and Calmar 1,000 men each ; 500 men dra-
goons of South Scania, and two companies of ar-
tillery 100 men each, making in the whole 5, Ioa men,
most of whom are necessary to garrison the city of
Stralsund, of which the fortifications are very exten-
sive. Twelve Swedish gun-boats, having 300 men
on board, are at anchor mar Stralsund, or by the
island of Rugen, lor the defence of the coast of
Swedish Pomerania.

Letters were received yesterday from His Royal
Highness Nlonstaua, dated Gottcnburgh, the 3d
inst. Alter a very boisterous passage of nine days,
this Prince landed there on the 2d, and was shewn
all the honours usual in Sweden to the Princes of
the blood. Letters were waiting for him there from
his brother the King of FRANCE, who invited him
to hasten to Calmar, for which city he was to set
out on the kh.

The English Minister to the Court of Stockb.,lrn
attends at present the King of Svrzots. at Stral-
sund, where he has been honoured with daily invi-
tation to His fitlaJ EST v's table.

Eight frigates with specie from Lima are daily
expetted to arrive in the ports of Spain, for which,
no doubt, our cruisers will keep a good look out.

The Wasp aim, of war, with a convoy from
Lisbon, consisting of twenty sail, has arrived in the
Downs. They sailed from Lisbon on the 2.nit
The 11, tse,,,Qoustori, and Rise: Packet, being the
only ships bound to London, are arrived in the
River. The remainder of the convoy parted on
the I tith inn. hound up the Channel.

The French Papers give an account of an attempt
made by two English frigates and sloops to capture
A corvette, and a gun-boat, going from St. MAIN
but which nut-sailed the English vessels, and after-
war:hi got under the prates tion of the battery of K..
rotrec, which tired grape-shot on our ships.
The Leyden Ga fur, which is now again prohi-
bited, was stopped once before in aqoher 1797,
after the revolution of the lath Ft itaidor, or 4.1 i
September preceding, and obliged to change its
name from the Leurien Gazette, to lot ,von t diet
Palitgres. Though the name of its h.rmer able
ed.tor, Professor LUZAC. did nut ap,aear under this
last publication, he continued always t condo&
it with his usual judgment, and it was con.itit•red
one of the best written Newspapers upon the Conti-
nent. The last prohibition took place in conse-
quence of the special demand of 80., AP Aof I's
committee for the liierty of the press, of which the
Police Ministcr, Serlatal FOUCIIII/2 was Pleaiiknt.