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ADDRESS OF THE Ltaist.ATivr. W)DY.

4. Sias—Your ver► faithful subjeAts, the Members of the
Legislative Body, carry to the foot of theThrione the Address
of thanks and cortgratulat:ols which they hare cold for the
sentiments contained in the Speech of your Majesty.
" The opening of tin. Ses.iors soil be a memorable era of
our history. Never did the Throne and tha notion give, the
stile to the ether, so much spleodroir and JiiIIIICIf t.
" Thu right.' of the head of the Stat.. have acerrird from till
the interest which he has sheen for those of the French
People.
" We already taste the good which the force of supreme
power usurer ; aria, thanks to your car-s, we will be ',cured
Gum the evils slick its exee,s might bring with it.
" The national resources dev:do,:e themselves with sn much
the more energy*. your Majesty promises to manage them
with the more vigilance.
" You do not propose new suhsidiea, notwithstanding the
nmense military preparations. Yea deserve, Sire, that the
French should never reckon their sources, SOICC yen so well
reckon th-it wants.

get people, allorzt of greet men, always nrecipi-
tates itself is, suit, ; 2RJ Wilell likl•l114 IS ciii. F. I it to
battle, it 1e cu le. more necessary to ;chum its COIF 4: than its
excite it. Filititful to your great detiana, it •wlll pi.itect !bit
States which you have crested, and the existence of which it
becomes a wise policy to oscura..
" But if, like yo,i, this generous people are prepared for
war, like you they desire only ; soil, too wise to give up
their legitimate rigt)t, they are too strong to overrate their
pretensions

" Your Mine:trimtares, that you do not wish to extend the
territory of Franey, hut to mainta it its integrity. These wools
mint deprive our 11111elltits of every pretext. In fact, Sire, sou
have tee need of any farth'r glory troin comluels. You will be
etre it in the details of the intrnial Ni I 4tivis, as upon
the field of batii,.. Tha wort I will speak a, much e 4 your in-
kit utions, ito, of our %tansies.

" A lime time is before you. Every thing which your
Majest► meditates, f his happiness of F. Amu, will be cirri.
into %died. The destiny will nut interrupted i and,
besides, it is a kind of g ory that never dies.
" Treaties may be abolished by new treaties. The fruit of
victories is sometimes lost ; the greatness itself of Emit rev im-
pairs their duration. But lose and admiration perpetuate the
examples of those who have founded or re.establahcd suchty
upon the triple basis of laws, morals, and religion. The
work of ihe,e great men Lists ler a long tune, and their spirit
governs posterity.
" This glory, Sire, will one day bs yours, and your actions „
a. yon r words give us assurance of it.
" This day the voice of all the departnnsits is hear I by you,
Majesty. They are t temblesl, in a manner, around rs.i in the
persin of their deputies. Each of is has berm able only to
con:ur by his individual opinion to this great act, which has
g.ven you the Crown. We new manifest the same wish ill
A ►udy. The people arid their deputies will nsver repent of
haying formed it. They will serve with the same zeal a power
of which your genius proves more and more the advantages,
and of which your wisdom has dlicerned all the :hu,ti."

His Imperial Majesty, in his reply to this Ad-
dress, expressed himself nearly in these words : He
Lad he acquiesced in the sentiments of the Legisl4-
1 tire Body ; that these sentiments would save as a

guide fn' the sFictiss:sios and der02i.,:t7,4),-,s of that
body, in the same manner as those which he 1,4,1
expressed, when he ope:,ed the Sessicn, should
the rule of his Government.
ADDRESS OF THE TRIBUNATE.
" Stu... Your very faithful snbjects. the Members of
Tribunate, hare hsurd with emotion the speech which your
Majesty has pronounced at the o;saning of tn.: Session of the
Legislative Wyly. It has been much affected by tl, clispoi,.
timis which you have manifested ti maintain the honour and
Flory of the French nation abroad, and to secure WS Itappale.;
and tranquillity at home
" You lure declared, Sire, that you win rneserve the
tegrity of the Empire, but that you du nut wish to rites:, I‘
Territory. Tins solemn declaratiun will he to Euriiett the at
sonwl pledge of the sentiments of moderation and lilac, which
have consjantly winute.l you.

. .
" Your 161.U,sty 116 i also ,1-dare I, that you undid
fee its right:, tow the bowls winch cutoted t wlto tut St..p
which you hays created.

" Sne, the glory of the throne upon which you
seated, the honour of the French people, their rah intera,t;,
thosc even of all Europe, require that you shall nevar renoun,e
our interest, which is the guaranty dale C.mtetiantal
" You have farther antsouit,:eil, that tnnt wer: s i w.

the prmipernut state of the C0t0..., a, and that no
would be demanded of the nation.

" Sire, in doing homage to the vigilant and wise ad.
nisi-ation which has prat/treed this happy result, the'frihmr,
thinks did( cowetent to assure your Majesty, that you sn
always find in the devotion of the nation the resource-, nee
sary to disconcert ambitious views, awl repel uninst agerrn
" Your Majesty has claimed tout the Tribunate the sa.
assistance, and the same zeal when you have experienced on
preceding Sessions. Sir.% in seconding vs r Majesty, wad.
its mean, and all its influence, Or: Tribunate will only oa.,
the sentiment of its dutiei, the wish of tha French pau,.le,
and the affections which connect it irrevocably with your sacred
person, and your august family."

The following passages were in the reply of tlo
Emperor : His Majest recolle6ling the proofs
devotion given by the Tribunate to the country, an,
his person, upon the most impoi taut occasions, An,
a long time acquainted with the sentiments of that
body, said. that he could add. nothing to the senti
meats which he had manifested at the opening of the
Session, if it were not the expression of his panics
lar regard for each of the Members of the Tribis•
nate.

YZILSAILLES, JAM. 23.

This day, at eleven o'clock, the Hely Father ats
rived at Versailles: he immediately repaired to ;11(
Catholic Church, where he was received and corn.
plimented by the Bishop. His f loliness offered in-
cense to the sacrament, and die Bishop performed
the salute. The church being too small to contain
the population of this city, all of whom endeavoured
to gain admittance ; the Bishop requested his Ha
ness to confer his apostolic benediction from one
the balconies of the gallery of the chateau, and de-
sired the people to repair to the terrace. Nothing
could be more imposing than that ceremony. The
Pope appeared, preceded by his cross, in his pon-
tifical robes. and with Lis mitre on his head. On
his appearance, the people, when receiving the bene-
diftion of his Holiness, gave every testins ,ny of
faith and christian piety, and immediately m tnitest-
ed their joy by exclamations of " Long live are
farther

The Holy Father appeared ertoemely gratified
with the testimonies of religion in the inhabitants or
Versailles ; and, the paternal goodness of his Holi-
ness, the divine chai ity which shines in all his a.r.tions.
penetrated them with veneration.

The Pope dined with the Bishop at a table to
himself, according to custom. The Bishop after•
wards gave a dinner to all the attendants of the lic; r
Father, and the Principal Authorities of the City zi.ti
of the Department.
His Ilolmess left Versailles at four o'clock. The
Mayor, who complimented him on his entrance into
the city, saluted him again on his departure front
the barriers, whither he repaired with the Municipal
Body and tle national guard. The Pope Ve as in .
coach drawn by eight horses, followed by two other
coot t carriages, drawn by five horses. A nunserut.
corps of cuirassiers and dragoons, of a fine appear•
since, accompanistsi him to ti.e bottom Of Seer
and a picquet of the guides of the imperial gnat,
escorted him to Paris.

The Prefea of the Stine and Oise this morning
complimented the Holy Father at Scves, during tha
relay, and accompanied him all the time that he re-
mained in his department.

CADIZ, DCCEMDCII_ 16.

The decision of the Court relative to the im-
portant object which kept the minds of all in sus.
pease, is at length known : war is declared. 114
intelligence. has occasioned no surprise in tis..
place. Had the intelligence been of a contrary
nature, it would have surprised every one, so PJ
tural does it seem t! at we should, at, last, ay.m)
ourselves of the infamous condo!!. of England '
wards us.

Undoubtedly tlr• English, before they lasultt
us with such extreme eliontery, had calcuLur

that, is surprising us between pesti!enc_ and law;
they would find us without re istance, and
duces!, by the very nature of of r siasat:oll. to c •
dute all the insults which they hose to heap up.,,t
us. But, perhaps, they did lOt s ifficiently tu:e•
we the slc4ree of cond•lence ail force which we
might obtain in the alliance and fiie.alshi? of
Fiance.

It is still thought that Gibraltar will soon be-
come the objet of a combined expedition. 'I lo:
possession of that fortress by England has long been
a kind of reproach to our weakness; and, should
the war which has just been declared, promise us
no other result than that of attaining so important
point, and which, in the present state of things,
resembles an amputated limb, we should still hasp
cause to rejoice in the event which has tales
place.
The Deputations from the Italian and Ligurian
Republics, and the Deputy from the Senate of 1.1,-
beck, had an audience of leave of the Emperor, on
the 30th oh.

Alter the celebration of High Mass, on the I t
ii;st. at die Thudlain. audience was given by the
Emperor to all the Foreign Ministers, .ii,d the
Ge.ind Constituted Authorities.— .Eitrset j,..an the
Journal de Corm rce).

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ernment, than he found it repugnant, as well to
;ifs, as to the first rules of military hierarchy,
to the regard due to his Excellency the General
Chief; and therefore demanded, through his Am-
dor at the Hague, as a proper satisfaction,
j. The rescinding of the decree.
jl. !'he dismission of Messrs. Spoors., Iltzier, By-
cid, and Gockings.
The decree which had been ;uspend.-d at the in-
no of the G.sneral in Chief himself, and which
preceded the official note, delivered by the Am_
'odor, has been definitely rescinded; and Messrs.
s, Byleveld, and Gockings, have retired from
e. Gt.verament, and thus completed the satistac-
a which the injury had rendered necessary.—
govary, Jan. 5.)

PARIS, DEC. 30.
In the night of the 3d, two English ships of war,
listakiiig the steeple of Wissant for a merchant
lip, JpproArhed too near and got aground. The
w of one of them succeeded in getting off, after
,•P 4 set the brig on fire ; but the other endea-
..e.. I to get afloat, though unsuccessfully, and
r ~, tw. consisting of 48 men, were compelled to
•:::-...ier, being fired on by the floating batteries
re. She proves to be the Maltaril, and carried
15-pounders. She has received but little da-
ge, and will be.got off.
M De Souse, who has resided here for several
vs in quality of Ambassador Extraordinary, and
.aster Plenipotentiary from the Prince Regent of
nigal, is by his Court appointed Ambassador to
Emperor of Russia. Ile is on the point of
ing oat for his nese place of destination, carry-
with bins the esteem of all %Om had the plea-
of his aequaintance.—(Sehadons Mercury,
~jt S.)

'HE BRITISH PREss:

• LONDON,
TUESDAY, JANUAIIY IS.

resterday we received a series of the Pu6liciNe,
m the .fish last to the sth instant nrcitenre, and
'cries of thrlimitere, from the Ist to the sth
• also; The Publicist, of the 29th contains
speech of Botaseses E upon the opening of the
ion of the Legislative Body upon the 27th. It
the.: a pacific spirit, and is expressed in terms of
erasion which we were not prepared to expel.
says, the revenues of the country are fully side-.
to to the expecces of the state, and that he wants
new subsidy from his people ; that he does not
i to extend the territory of the Republic, nor
e ambitious of any greater influence its Europe
n what be already possesses ; that peace would
erve
grateful to him; but that be is aware of the
cultic, which the political principles of his
mies, and their recent condat towards Spain,
ein its way. This maiden speech of Boaa,
re, since his elevation to the Imperial dig-
, and sport this important occasion, is not
gored by one coarse inveaive, one insolna
et, or insulting boast or menace. A tune,
, and lanetiage, so extraordinary, must Air-
all who know the man; and, it is not by any
improbable, but that they may have produced
ouraged the recent speculations upon peace,
the consequent rise in our funds. The stock-
s must, of course, hare been looking out for the
communication at the opening of tte Legisla-
Body, and a little ingenuity, and a good deal of
ce may have put them in posses:ion, long siace,
what passed in Paris on the `27rh, the day on
• h the speech was made. Bnt the conclusions
h the moderation of this speech might justify,
e mind of those who are sanguine for the at-
ment of peace, are completely overturned by
avid exposition of the state of the licoublic,
be:oie the Legislative Body and the Tiibunate,
he 7,:,t, and published in the Moaiteur of the
1.. taut, concluding with this remarkable pas-

%%Then Eniatal shall be cativiaeed of the vanity of her
•• to 4itate the Continent; %she.. she shall know that she
ii•allio.; but loqsssi to look to in 4 war without object and
out loot:yes; when she shall h: e:invincesl that France
newer accept any cantiaiens hat those of Amiens, and
weer eswiseat to gite tap an Iler the tight of breaking
ihes at pleasure, in aprolowtiag Malta :o herself ; England
then begat to eatertant pacific sentiments. Hatred and
last but fur a time."

lere then we have a distinft and broad avowal,
the Treaty of Arnica, and nothing but the
aty of Amiens will satisfy this moderate man,
sighs for peace, and that we must surrs.nder
'ta. These were the precise grounds upon
h we went to war with France, and BoNA-
ir daes not ripe& that we will now relinquish
, leaving !Um in possession of his undue in-
Ice over the Continent, which he declares his
rminatian to retain, witnaut the slightest dimi-
or. His professions of peace are, therefore, hol-
and delusive; but, for this affeeted tone of aro-
ion, the Exposition of the State of the Republic
loses a very sufficient cause. We have not heie,
n former occasions, * pompous exhibition of all
Contineatal Potentates, as the liverymen and
iites of the Corsican. Portugal. and Sweden
not mentioned—Turkey is admitted to be upon
ode.--liussia, it says, will cultivate the friend-
of France, if she knows 'her own interest.—
La is represented as exclusively intent upon

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the arts of peace ; and Prussia is merely glanced at
as a power that has been always friendly, although
it is well known, from the consequences of Sir
Geoß,.c Bassi noan's seizure, that she is not quite
pleased with her friend. BONAP AR TE used to paint
the Continent in very different colours, but, finding
the spirit which his climes, imults, and aggressions
base excited, lie now feels it prudent to affea a tone
of moderation, and to forswear all views of ambition
and territorial aggrandisement. This appears to
be the true secret of his pacific speech to the Legis-
Ltive Body. It was Is, felt yesterday in the city,
for the funds went back at the close of the market,
when the contents of the Muniteur became generally
known.

It was reported yesterday, that His MAJL4TY
will read his speech this day from a printed copy
prepared yesterday, and that it states the receipt of
pacific overtures from France, to which His MA•
lasTv answered, that he must consult his allies be-
fore he could entertain any proposition to that effeEt.

We are concerned t., state that the town of St.
Thomas's, in the Island of that name, has suffered
by conflagration.
The people of Falmouth were, on Friday, thrown
into confusion by a report of invasion; but it proved
a false alarm. The particulars will be found in our
Naval Column.

SIT EDWARD LITTLEHALES has resigned his situ-
stimi, as Under-Secretary for the Civil I hpartment
in Ireland, and sailed on the 10:h for England. He
will accompany Marquis CORNWALLIS to India.

Yesterday, about twin o'clock, Their M AJ IST I es
and the Pat PI( ewes arrived at the Quark's I louse,
from Windsor.

`oon after two o'clock, Hit MaJesra, gave au-
dienses to Lord ARDEN, the LARD CHANCELLOR,
and Lord MULOs AYR, who: delivered to His MA-
JEST v his resignation of the Chancellorship of the
Duchy of Lancaster, and the seals of office. The
Earl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (late Lord HORART)
had then an audience of His MaJESI v, whenlHis
Man:ivy was pleased to appoint the Nobie arl
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and deli-
vered to hint the Seals of Office.

At three o'clock, I-lis MAJESTY held a Privy
Council, which was attended by,

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The Lord Chant...ll°r.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Secretaries of Slate.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench.
The finite of the Adiniraly.
Tile Chancellor of the iluehy of Lancaster.
The Judee Marrhal and Advocate General.
The land CliambeeLsin.
Doke of Montrose.
Marquis of neared.
Earls-.-Weatinreland, Dartmouth, Camden, Chatham, and
Buckinghamshire.
Viscounts—Castlereagh and S:d mouth.
Lards— it,rl;m, lisyskesistiry, Eilenbur siigh, end Melr:ll*.
8,-ott and Morgan.
Sir •tiverssur Corvine, a, the Master of the
Ceremonies, introduced Mr. Fa ce t., brother of Mr.
B. FR F RE, now at Lisbon, to the Council. who
was sworn in a Member, and took his seat ac.
cordingly.
The Right Honourable Gentleman was then in-
troduced by Lord Haws: assult v. the Secretary of
State for the Home department, to His Al AJUTV.
on his return to this country horn his embassy to
the Court of Spain.
Sir STEPHEN COTTE•ELL then introduced Mesers.
SERGEANT, V kIISITTART, and CARLW, Ye o were
sworn in Members of His M AJISTv's most honoura-
ble Privy Oitancil, and took their seats accoraingly.
VISCOUAL SIDNIOUTH (late Mr. ADDINCITO ) pre-
sided for the first time at the Council its the room
of the Duke of PORTLAND, resigned.
We understand His Wisest v's speech to both
Houses of Parliament, which is to be delivered to
day by His MAJESTY, was taken into consideration.
After the Privy Council closed, His MAJESTY
held a Cabinet Council, and afterwards gave au-
diences to Mr. PITY, the Lotto CHA.CIILLOR, and
•
CtI•RLYS MORGAN.
We understand there are five vacant blue rib-
bons, and at the Chapter of the Order of the
Garter, to be held on Thursday, at St. James's
Palace, the following Noble Personages are to be
honoured with kir of them : the Marquis of A Bea-
con to I the Earls CitISTERFIELD, WINCHELSEA,
and DARTMOLTEI.

dAy, at two o'clock, I liS MAJEST• will VI
in State to the House of Peers, to open the Session
of Parliament.

Capt. PaTes Puocr holds himself in readiness
for his departure for France ; he expects to sail in the
course of fourteen days; his business is on the sub-
jea of an exchange of prisoners.
A material change is about to take place at the
Navy Board : we are in possession of the particu-
lars, but we forbear to mention them at present,
from their great delicacy.
The SPA/I'ISM AMBASSADOR received his pass•
port yesterday at Lord 144m.6a.tvt's Oak:, Down-
ing-street, and is expeißed to set off from London
on Saturday next.
Lord 1-lAwc espy lir gave, yesterday, a Cabinet
dinner, at his house in St. James's-square: among
the company, we noticed Earl of CHATHAM, Lord
EL LIN BOROUGH, Lord gILIOT, Lord CASTLE-
REAGH, Viscount SIDMOUTH, Lord MELON ATE,
Earl of BRISTOL, Lord GW Y DE R, Earl of BUCILI • G-
MAMSIIIRE, EATICAMEILN, Earlof WESTMORELAND,
Viscount MELVILLE, Mr. PITT, kc. ace.
The Watley, BERTRAM, from Labradore, for
Jersey, is captured by a French privateer.
Captain MA LION, of the Aurora frigate, just ar-
rived from the Newfoundland :ration, is appointed
to command the :.cw frigate, of 36 guns, building
at the King's Yard, Deptford, which is ciliated to
be launched this month.
The Dale of Kent arrived in the Number on the
12th inst. from Elsinore, in eighteen days ; the Re-
in. .e, BELL ; Reltrest, Ettstai.v ; and the Delia,
from Riga, for Hun, were with her.

TIIE.4TRE,

COV6): T-G• 'DEM .
Their Mcirsxtes and the four PetINCESSES ho-
noured thii Theatr: with their presence last night,
to See Mr. COL HA s'S Comedy of The Poo, Gra/E-
-tna". and the Neu, Pactomiste. They tv ere recei7ed
with the usual enthusiasm. " God Sarr 'Le K;ng"wr,
sang on their entrance. 'His MAJIIT V appeareA .
mach entertained with 011 ewers description of the
Review. Mr. Est Elt y's.-..oncluding speech :•." .Cl.f
'he King," and "1) 'ma r.b.f Bogor/s," :ailed losth co:ir
distina plaudits. Some allusions to the SpatsiarJs
were also received with-. fervour. At the conclusion
of the play, " Kole Drignmsia." was sung by Mr.
INcLeisom, kc.; and nn the departure of the Roe. I.
PANTY., a Gad Sc 4. Me Kitty," was again sung;
the whole house jo:n:og in chorus. His MaJesTY
looked extremely weli, and wore scarlet and gold.
HER MAJESTY—,Srure a helmet turban, covcr..%l with
diamond:, and a white SUit•lll feather in front; her robe was
nraw•eoloured, and g dd ti..ue; whip satin coat richly sm.
; A Plotitsiois of diaiiiiiiid• ; white muff and tippet.
PRINCESS AUGUSTA'. robe, the .211.10 as Her Allitlesty's.
whitesitin .I,eves, with dimitiond hiptd, ; ~n her heed, a
of diamonds, a large dainond nee io t• a front, and five very
fine white teoltent, white muff, tipper, and gloves, diamond
necklace and earrings.

PRINCESS ELIZABETH—A pure-coloured and gt•l4
timme wh to satin And (runts to her Mlle, very
richly sp.m,led; a t-yerh diainmal nock.i.rer, and ear.ri.iga.
On he. Iroad, a bend btiek vrlr••t bendeali, r.cidy eirstirmdererl
with gold ; a lareediam•urd cr.•+ceut, and a airy large iihune
of vulture fe.ith.ve c a dirk muff.
_ _ _

PRINCESS St)P111 A—The saw? dress as Princess Augusta.
but a Bird of Paradise plume, and a lace ruff; also a white
mull and twet
PRINCESS MARY—A dark rare, a diaconal cord con-
hued her halrasal three largo yelks, fathers, thaapeet nee:t-
ie, and ear lingo, and; %elute muff.

Pft INCES% ELIA—Was beautifully dress:Nl : white
raise, richly s;•angled, and tiiiiimed with amid, a laers
tucker, a white satin turban, richly sriancled, and .0 diamond
(ember in fruit, large plume of scaritt feattkiis, white mull
tippet, and gloves.
The house overflowed at an early hour.
In the brilliant circle were: the Royal Dukes of
Kerr and Sussex: the ;Jukes of MoSTROSI and
ATHOL; Ladies SUDLEY, CALTHORPt, SHUCK.
submit, and the Countess of Avtessuitv ; Major
General BLOOMfIELD, Colonel M'Kettzic, &c.

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NATAL INTELLTGENCI'L

?oarsstiacT:t, SIR. 13.
Arrived the Reiter sloop of war from a cruise ;
4i ,J, Simpson ; Etira," Tupper; and the
t, lie transport, with troops from Guernsey and Jer-
scy.—Wincl. Southerly.

PLY MOUTaII,./.11t4. )2. •
Arrived the Priner man of War from a cruise;
the iiiraNg, --, from Bourdeaux for Tonningemr•
in distress ; an.t the Spanish ship, di. An Leto, laden
with sugar, indigo, cochineal, and 100,060. d illars,
~,isptured by the Luce armed lugger on lie' 30t'i
" Sailed the Amphien frigate to the Northis'Ard.—
Wind, S.E.

raiosiorrn,J•s.
Sailed last evening, the Quern CiSar!du Packet,
Mudge, for New-York, aad the Cheep:Pk ptcitets
Blight. for J2Tll:liej, with the mails of the Sis inst.
Arrived the ship Hind, Capt. Miner, from Ssint
Thomas's, in 40 Jays; she beings an accotsat, that
three ,lays prior to her sailing from tlience,.,he
town had taken fire,. and, with several warel:„.),:set
adjoining, was totally consumed; a great gnaw...y
of coffee, cotton, &c. was also burned; the inbahit-
aets were in great distress, having no place tOt:oel-
ter themselves.

Arrived also th- ship Moe, Cap. Benno., fro; ';
Honduras in 9(-) days, for Hull ; tell in with 4 Vrcnca
schooner privateer, too days since, whirls came up .
with her very fast; hut on an English sloop of war
coming in sight, she gave up the pursuit.
Arrived the American brig Esira, Captain Brown,
from Norfolk, with tobate,..n, for orders.
Yesterday and this day this town was thrown into ,
great confusion by a report of the enemy's flotilla .
from t iarre, consisting of t... 1.10 soil, having made
their escape from our sip -.dein, and *rye Weft to Our
Westward of this, ste,ring a N N. 11". direetien ; in
consequence of this report, Ana being Made
from the signal post of a.l enemy's fl-et tieing iceu
to the Westward, the troops .tation.,l here were
ordered to hold themselves iu readiness to march at
an hour's notice.—Wind S. E. •

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71111.'20. JAN. 12.
The inhabitants of this and the western towns
were alarmed on Thursday WO terday, by a re-
port that the enemy's Reef were a: see, a.:113411f
in sight of our coast. Tne news was brought to
Falmouth on Thursday evening, by an express sent-
purposeiy to General Wilford, from tl.r officer rf
the signal-post on St. Antliony'c l:ead• (the south,
eastero extremity of Falotouur bout). The soh. •
diers and volunteers in i,.almoutli Lid notice to hold
themselves in readiness; and, during the whole of
yesterday, all was expectation an i ataiety. Con-
ceiving it to he our duty to ascertain the truth of a
report of so much importance. winch the signal-
posts, the mail, &c. have doubtless C.,61 lied to a civ,.
siderable extent, we yesterday sent exotesst s to rifif.
fere= quarter obtain all possible inf.serr.ation oft'
the subjefl ; and the result of our cape-les reduces it
to this: an express from the signal-post at the
end arrived at Penzance on Thur..day about two
o'clock, and informed that a lar?e lui:ger •
privateer was off the Land's end ; that she hf
cured a brig, and was in ehace of another. I.t the
mean time, the signalps,ts,enveyud the news to
each Other till it came to St. Anthuay's head. fry
this time, a single privateer (likr the story the
three black crows) wts magnitied into a flee- of men. •
of war; and, wh'n the rumour reaches Lund. a,
which it doubtless will do. it wit probably be
said, that fifty timecard Frenchmen h ivellatia-a in • -
Cornwall, and eaten up all the tin and c.lpzse. es --
&c. Arc.
We ltursw that Admiral Cornwallis was at his
post, off Brest, on the tith instant.

ARRITID
At C.,wfs—thePste, CiSo.n, from Ititttemap
A' P-,.le—the Le.ter, Walker, n ,at Need em...!..nd.
At t ~enth—Atte Dan, from c1,t,0
Tottny—,ll.• 86.4 ,w, (101E1
At Pen7lne. Dnke nP K.'nt, frovi
At Falmouth—? ' Ilrvte, Btr,t,t, from Madera; and OW
Hind, tenet St. TlineLeit.
At Lit •r;, ,o!—the 11-trottoi.ia, !wry. Eittra B,;,901
Dav, final Slaty44.l and the Pluto, Steven;, (toot
M Jtaehet-tt.
At tiorlak.....the Omni, WNieol, f on. New hrt.
At IA et•etord —the t:eres, 1181441 e, Soon Cedis ; Serhevs.
11,114101.3; Rang •r, Phelan i and the P. grf, Rut:dock, trial
teeefoulodland.

At three ti.'clock yesterday. as Inquest was hell
before AINTIIONY GE, t., Esq. Coroner for West-
minster, at the Bell public-douse. in Mount•stseer;
on the body of the young man who was drowned on
Banda), last lk Ihe Serpentioe River. It appealed
th it he RAS the son of a very respeEtalsle trld sman, •
a Mr. Odell, in Comroa-street, a youth jos: seem:-
teen years of age, of the best morals, and most •
amiable manners, and passionart ton,! rf t:.e rx-
erase of skaiting. On Sunday a ..4-notot. t •
left home, his parent: Mtleated i.:l • 1..1 •i
on the ice ; and, his Path-n- t):.t• ruitig • ,
h•m•to etie Park, and arrived at tie in :lot

the body stas take., out of the %%der. Tut July
r.rurned .t verdia—.feriffemitri bee,k.

T L•mu ws LINN IN," will evt-r prove a good
toast: and An effort to prosper in that lAA is equ-1-
ly good ant 1 mdable. %.'ide, it d•eat is the ficd
of happy t).,1 Ergland„ for the attainment of pro-
sperity. Yet, there is a farnous Tt,t. whose diloell-•
sions are but a few square yards, which is so 47,th...4
dandy rich and ft.rzitr. that it tall spcenily
a harvest, even in the depth of winter, worth oft
less a sum than Two Hundred and Fifty I•hottsatt4
Pounds. This precious •pot is-Coopers' Hall--
where a very considerable number of those, who
are so wise as to become the reapers of its golden-
harvest (that commences the ‘2Bll Jannat r), will
have to bless the le:a of the New Ycat's Lottery of
1805.

There never was any period wherein a !venturers
pursued Dame Fortuna with greater avidity than us
the enacting Lottery ; under inch citeurnatsmeess
Steens J. Jotesso% and CO. No. 3, Pope',-head
l.nntic,rt, take this opportuuiry to
request of their numerous friet.ds ilted the public,
who have not yet purchased, to ln-e no time, as,
from the very great demand foe tickets and Shares.
they have every reason to teuppose there-will be ,lut
few left (and thine soLl :•t a much higher pric; than
they are at present) tre the Drawmg rorornen:es.
They tulther beg leay. to Say, that Trkets and
Shares are now, and will he, on sale at their truly
fortanate Office, so long as any remain to be dis-
posed of.