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Sept. z 6, isos.
THE COMMISSIOiVERSfor- VICTUALLING
HIS MAJESTY': NA I/Y do hereby give Nothe'
That on Fridgy next, the 23d inst. they., will be ready to re.
naive Tenders, in writing ( sealed up), a lid treat for One Hun-
dred and Ego. Tons of POT BARLE V, to it oftlivcred,.One
thereof in the course of one month, acrd the titer half. in one
Month afterwards, into His Majesty's Vithealling Stores at
Deptford, i'oet%mouth,. and IVmouth, :II the under-mentioned
proportions; and for the purchase of +Se Hundred and Fifty
71;n: of ROSE CORK (seconds) HU TTER,, or BRITISH
BUTTER of equal goodness; and Joe. Three Hundred Tons of
CHESHIRE, DERBYSHIRE, VrARkVICKSHIRE,
GLOUCESTERSHIRE CHEESar, or CHEESE of elaal
goLdness ; to be delivered one half thereof in three weeks, and the
remetindor in three weeks afterwards,' into the Store: above.rners-
Signed, viz.
Pot Bailey. Butter. Cheese.
Deptford - so Toni 90 Tons t6o-TonS
Portsmouth. - So 30 6p
Plymouth - - 50 30 So

• Iso 'so 3co
and to' be paid fir by Bills, payable, with Interest, Ninety Day:
after date.

The Conditions of the Coniraax may be Sil7l at the Seciwaty's
Oice.

No regard will be bad to any 'Tender in which the Ptke shad
not he inverted in words at length, or that shall nen,be detiveAra to
the Board befire One o'clock on the said Friday next, the 23d
Ins!. nor unless the Person who makes the Tender, or some Pelson
on his behalf, attendr, to answer, when called. jr,r.

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changed their full powers, have agreed As folinws:
Art. I. His.Majesty.King CHARLUS having daring
his whole life only had in view the happiness of
his subjects, and constantly adhering to the -prin-
ciple; that all the atits of the Sovereign ought solely
to attend to that objea ; as the present circutri
stances can only be a source of dissentious the more
fatal, because faaions-hat e divided his own
has resolved to cede, and does cede by these pre..
cents, to his Majesty the. —tinyerqr -NAroLEO3, alI
his rights to the throne of Spain and the' Indies; as
the only means, in the state at which things have
arrived, which can re-establish order; it being al-
ways understood, :hat the S'iid cession ()ay takes
pike in order that his subjects may enjoy the two
following conditions.t— t. The integrity of the
kingdom shall
_he niain mind The Prince whom
his Majesty the Emperor :',•TAroi.Eorr shall judge
proper to be placed on the throne of Spain; shall ;•
independent, and the limits. of Spain shall undergo
no alteration.

11. 'The Catholic, Apostolic and Roman Religion
shall be the only one in Spain; no Reformed Reli-
gion shall be tolerated there, and still less Infidelity,
according to the usage now established.
lII'. All aas. contrary to those of our faithful sub-
jeals, since the Revolution of Aranjuez, are null and
of no validity, and their property shall be restored.
to t hero.

IV". "Ells
..lajesty King.Cialt.c.cs haling thus se-
cured the prosperity, the.integrity, and the inde-
pendence of his subjeas, his Majesty the Emperor
engages to 'give an asylum in his States to Kink
CHARLES, to the Queen, to the. PRINCE of PEACE,
as also to those of their servants who shall wish to
follow them, who shall enjoy in France a rank equi-
valent to that which they, possessed in Spain.
V. The Imperial Palace of Compeigne, and the
parks and forests dependent on it, shall be at the
.disposal of King CHARLES during his life.
VI. His Majesty the.,Emperor gives and guaran-
tees to the King CHARLES a civil list of 80,000,000
of reals, which. 'his Majesty the Emperor will cause
to he paid him without delay, every month, hone
the Treasury of the Crown.

, At the death of King CHARLES a revenue of
2,000,000 shall form the dowry of the Queen.
VII. His. Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON en-
gages to'grant to all the Infantes of Spain an annual
rent of tour bUndred thousand 'byres, to be enjoyed
by them and their descendants in perpetuity, saving
the reVeriibliity of the said rent from one branch to
anoiner, inrcase of the extindtion of one of them,
according to the civil laws. Inicase of the extinc-
tion.of,all the branches, the said rents shall revert to
the Crown of France.

VIII.
Hig Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON shall
make such arrangement as he shall judge proper
with the fumre King Of SPAIN for the payment of
the Civil List, and -the rents stipulated the pre-
ceding articles; but his Majesty King CHARLES IV.
is 'understood to have no relation with respect to
that objea, except with the Treasury of France.
. His Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON gives
in exchange to. his Majesty King CHARLES the Cas-
tle of Chambord, With, the parks, forests, and farms
dependent 'on it, to enjoy in full propriety, and to
dispose of as shall seem to hiM good.
km. In consequence his Majesty King CHARLFS
renounces m favour of the ,6naperor NAPOLEON all
the allodial-and particular properly not•appertaining
to the Crown of Spain, but possessed personally. •
The InfanteS of Spans, shall continue to enjoy the
Revenues of the Commanderies . they possess in
Spain. •

XI. The present Convention shall be ratified, and
the ratification exchanged, within eight -days, or
sooner, if possible.
Done at Bayonne, May-5, 1808.
(Signed) DURuC.
(Signed) THE PRINCE OF THE PEACE.

His Majesty the Emperor of the FRENCH, King of
- ITALY, and Proteaor of the Confederation of
the Rhine, and his Royal Highness the Prince of
ASTURIAS, staving differences to , regulate, have
appointed for their Plenipotentiaries—his Majesty
the.Empefor of the FRLNCII_ and King of ITALY,
the General of Division Duttoc, Grand Marshal of
the Palace and his Royal .Highness the Prince of
ASTUUIAS, Don JUAN I)'EscofautTz, Counsellor
of State to his Catholic Majesty, and Knight
Grand)Cross of tho Order of CHARLES 111. who;
after having ex( riliged their. .full Powers, have
agreed to. .t he following Articles .--
ART. His Royal Highness the Prince Of ASTU-
RIAS - Ret.VdC3-: tO the cession made by the King

NI

2. The fri7,cyment of the revenues of all their
cooirminderies iu Spiin 'during their lives.
3. An Appeu.%e rtwn4.c,E tour hundred thousand
Lyres, to I-s o.njoyed by them and their heirs in per-;
petuitv, it. being always understood that the In-
lantes Don ANTONIO, Don CHARLES, and Don
EltAycisco, dying without heirs, or their posterity
becoming- extinct, the said appenage rents shall ap,
pertain to his Royal Highness the Prince of As-
TuierAs, or to his descendants and heirs, the whole,
un condition of tier Royal Highnesses Don
cHARLE.;, Don T ac-
Al:eruo, and Don FRANCISCO,
ced:ng- to the present Treaty.
VIII. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and
the ratification exchanged, within eight da.y, or
couner it. possible.

Bayonne, May 10, igOE;.
1/4iigne(i) Dunop.
(Sibuecl) JuAN Ds Escopluuz.

FROM THE DUT3II PAPERS.

VIENNA, AuG. 27.—Our Court Gazette of this
eay contains, under the Paris head, the official do-
cuments relative to the nomination of the Grand
Duke of BERG to tee Throne of the Two Sicilies.

Count Nyuattesiia arrived on the 15th at Lemberg,
on his return from Cracow, where he had been to
organize the National Militia.
According to Letters from Constantinople, of the
31 st UP. MUSTAPH A, BAIR ACTAR has declared, that
the Porte has enemies ; that she must carry on a
war ; and that all the military preparations must be
eenciuded with redoubled aCtivity.'
PRESBURGH, AUG. 26.—The Archduke Palatine
and the Archduke Primate arrived here on the 24th
from Bada, and atter a very short stay, set off for
Luxesnhurgh, but are expeoled to return to-morrow.
'Their 'al-pedal Majesties will arrive here tat the 2d
of Septetntier, and her Majesty will be crowned
Qeeeu ofklueg,ary on the 7th.
BANKS OF T/lU. D.071313E, AUG. 30.—Tie States
of Stiria, Carpiola, and Carinthia, have undertaken
to provide regimentals for those Sub-Officers and
Privates of Militia who can ill afford that expence.
FRANS ScitNr•L, Captain of the Militia in the Dis-
trict of lkiortair6h, has voluntarily ofered, in the
name of his Company, to extend their services, if
nee: ashy, beyond the frontiers.
2.14TZ, SEPT. 6.—The following notice has,
within these few days, been, placarded here
" The Mayor of the City of bleu has already in-
formed the inhabitana of the passage of the troops
.of the League of the Rhine; but being apprized
that crowds of people daily assemble in the streets,
cross-wales, niarket7places", and quays, and particur
larly near the Arsenal ; that the public peace is fre-
quently disturbed ; and also that these crowds
furnish opportunities for disposing of effects stolen
from their lawful owners--;he hereby commands
the Otticars of Police to diSperse all such Assem-•

ZARA, AUG. 16.!—1t is already known that the
Italian Courier JOSEPH ROCHETTI was, on the Bth
of July, attacked, robbed, and beaten, on the Au-
strian• territory. On the 16th inst. the French
courier F. MOTEtqs, who Left Venice o the 10th,
was, in 'a 1,4.104' wanner, attacked, robbed, and
maltreated, on Ole same territory. On the 13th
inst. he Cot:rier PATTIL ItoL.zoNt experienced the
same treatment. Ele was robbed of every article of
he had about him, and also oithe letters
(torn the post Pflicp et Treyis9,

CHARLES of, his rights to the Throne of Spain and
the Indies, iv 11-mom of his Majesty the Emperor of
the FRENCH and King of and renounces as
much as may be necessary of the rights accruing to
him as Prince of ASTURIAS, to the Crown of Spain
and the Indies.
IL His Majesty the Emperor of the FRENCH and
King of ITALY grants, in France, to his Royal High-
ness the Prince of ASTURIAS, the Title of Royal
'Highness, with all the honours and prerogatives
hich the Princes of his Blood enjoy. The descend-
antsof his Royal Highness the Prince of ASTURIAS
shall preserve the title•of Princes, that of Most Se-
rene• HiOmess, and shall always hold the same rank
us the Princes Dignitaries of the Empire.
111. His M:ljesry the Emperor of the FRENCH
and King of ITALY cedes and gives by these pre-
sents, in full property, to his Royal Highness the
Prince of .AsToßrAs, and to his descendants, the pa-
and parks, and farms of Navarre, and the woods
dependent on them, to the amount of fifty thousand
acres, the whole free from encumbrance, and to en-
joy in fell prOperty from the day of, the date of the
present Treaty.
IV. The said property shall pass to the children
and heirs of his Royal Highness We Prince of As-
TURrAS ; in default of them, to the children and
heirs of the Infante Don CHARLES j. in default of
them, to the descendants and heirs of the Infante
Don 17 itAvcisCo ; and finally, in default of them,
to the c!iiidren and heirs of We Infante Don Ati-
Tomo. Letters patent and particular conferring
the title of P.-ince, sh?ill be made out to him of those
Le;rs to whom tl!e said property shall revert.
V. His Majesty the Emperor oldie FRENCH and
King of ITAL.:, grants to his Royal Highness the
Prince of AsTuar4s, lOur hundred thousand livres of
appanage rent on the Treasury of France, and pay-
able one tweilrh part every month, to be enjoyed
by himself at his detcentlants, and the direet de-
scent of his al [highness th,_. Prince of ASTURIAS;
failing this, a;:penage rent shall pass to the Infante
Cu A RLEs, his children and heirs ; and they fad-
ing, to the Infante Don FRANCECO, his descendants
and heirs.

I. Independently of what is stipulated in the
preceOing articles, his Majesty the Emperor of the
t:zel-r. and King Of ITALY grants to his Royal
P,ighness the Prince of ASTURIAS, a rent of six hun-
dred thousnd !tyres, in 'the manner on the Trea-
sury, to be enjoyed during life. The half of the
said rent shall revert to the Princess, his consort, if
she .tirvivehill.

VII. His ;Majesty the Emperor of the -FRENCH and
King of ITALY grants and guarantees to the Intantes
Dun AXTONIO, Uncle orbis Royal Highness the
France of Asa-wit:l.s, and to DOD CHARLES and
Don FRANCISCO, the Brothers of the said Prince,
1. The tale of Royal Highness, with all the
honouts and prercgatives which ►he Princes of his
Blood enjoy; the descendants of their Royal High-
nesses Shall preserve the title of Prince, that of
inait Serene Highness, and shall always hold the
same rank in France as the Princes Dignitaries of the
Empire. - - _ . .

WE this day give some further ExtraCts from the
Foreign Papers, ar.nongst which is another Letter
from Sir SAMUEL HOOD, relative to the late gallant
Aaion in the Baltic. It is highly gratifying to ob-
serve the harmony which exists between the Com-
manders of the British and Swedish Fleets, and which
leaves no doubt that they will, or rather, we hope
we may say, have, meted most cordially together in
the intended attack upon the Russian Fleet. Some
fears have been expressed that the Russians may have
been enabled to bring down a sufficient number of
troops to cover the Fleet from attack, before the
Swedish troops could arrive. The probability or
improbability of this depends upon so many circum-
stances, some of which it might be impossible for
human ptnirer to controul, that it would be absurd
for us to attempt to give a derisive opinion upon the
subject. Such a doubt, however, is easily started,
and against it we may be permitted to express a
confident hope that the Combined Fleets received
the requisite assistance in time, in which case there
can be lit tie doubt of their success.

In one of the articles in the Dutch Papers,
remarkablte expression is stated to have been used
by Musr APHA BAIRACTAR, who has so recently
made and un-made Sultans in Turkey :
" The Porte has enemies—she must carry on
war, and the military preparations must be con-
cluded with redoubled activity." From the turn of
the expression, the term enemies has been supposed
to apply to France and Russia. If so, ,the late Re-
volution at Constantinople has of course been highly
favourable to. this Country ; but we are not yet suf-
ficiently acqu..ainted with the circumstances of this
Revolution, c I the characters of the principal aaors
in this sanguii awry tragedy, to enable us to pronounce
a decisive °pit sion.

The two tr, eaties (if such they can be called) by

which CIIARL ks IV. and the Prince of Asturias
(FERDINAND vIL) ceded their rights to the Crown
of Spain, to 13U.?NAPARTE, will be found in another
part of our Pai ).er. The subst once of them was
long since know. u, but the documents are still in-
teresting.
Some details fro. to the Petersburgh Gazette will
also be found, thou c,:h of an old date, respecting the
progress of tile wa in Finland.

The result of th a Negotiations-at Lisbon has na-
turally excited gre qt anxiety and disgust wherever
it has been manic): and what was justly
dered as a triumph.,. to Great Britain, hos bLn !a-
mentably convertecl into the triumph.of her Enemy.
Indeed, according 19 the present information which
the public mind p, Oisesses, it appear 'to be one of
the most disgracett 11 events that has ever sullied the
page of British his; ;ory. Still, however, it becotnes
the just, the manly, the generous charaeler of Eng-
lishmen, to papsel)efore they give way to feelings cif
.
resentment, to inquire into the real grounds of
transa6tions that mate atfe& the national honour and

interest, to distingt tish the error from giailt, and
policy from fear. lrhe charadter of. Sir ARTHUR
WELLESLEY has beep 4iastily, wantonly, and cruelly
attacked by those w ho know very little, if any
thing,. of the part wli ich he acted in the disgraceful
business in question. 4 iiirely when a man has she%vn
such distinguished taleofs as a Soldier and'a States•
man, as have been dispiffed by this gallant Officer
in all the transactions in which he has hitherto
been concerned, it would be no more than common.
justice, if we do not gi ye him 'credit for having
acted wholly without desiorving blame in this un-
fortunate business, to w iit till we hear what he
, has to say in his own defe tire.--But the adversaries.
of Sir 'ART4ina seem resolved to condemn him
without inquiry, though the least reflection ought
to convince them that he ac ted only in obediende to
the Commander in Chief, awd that he would have
subjected himself to military punishment if he. had
presumed to dispute the orclers of his superior.--
But we can say, upon the 40'4 authority, that the
whole of the negotiations which have ended so
fatally, were condpcted by the Commander in Chief
himself,. and that Sir ARTIIIirR WELLESLEy had
no option but to obey, whatewr might be his pri-
vate sentiments, and. however-, he might privately
have objected to such a humiliating concession, its
this Convention ought more pt.( iperly to be termed.
Tike C-cincaarAlcr in Chief h4s assigned reasons for

having so precipitately conclude.d this apparently

scandalous, and we may say, infamous Treaty; and
the public should suspend their judgment, even on
him to whom the whole blame, if an y, is to be
imputed, till the period of inquiry,

It has been said, that if we had refused these
terms, to JUDIOT, we might hive consumed months
in successively reducing the forts of Palmela,
Cascaes, Fort Julien, Fort Bugio, as well as the more
extensive fortresses of Elvas and Airne.ida, which
,ToNor had it fully in his power to, garrison and de-
fend. This is certainly an important point, and
ought to be considered, when we refle& on: the ob-
vious policy of being able to detach a part of our
Army to the assistance of Spain, after the reduc-
tion of the French in Portugal. But a still more
weighty argument has been urged in palliation
of the Treaty, for we cannot bring ourselves to
use the word dqfrace, or consider it as admissible,
even while we are prohibiting all prejudication on
this melancholy event—a stilt more weighty argu-
ment is, that which holds out the probability that if
the enemy had refused to surrender, our victuallers
might have had no security for landing provisions
till the Harbour of Lisbon should be open, and that
adverse weather might have exposed the British
Army to the danger of being starved. This is an
essential point, and must of c ourse be particularly
considered. Disgraceful as it appears to be to have
suffered the French Plunderers to escape with their
booty, and even for us to agree to purchase that
part of it which they would not be able to remove,
it sinks intp nothing in comparison with the safety
of our own Army.
On the other hand, is it certain that the Portu-
guese would not willingly have parted with all the
property which those infamous free-booters had
taken, in order to get rid, as soon as possible,-of
such hordes of tyrannical and inhuman ruffians,
men who ha;:,,,3 hardly any quality left that belongs
to their species ? Though it does not appear upon
the face of the Convention that the Portuguese were
consulted, it is by no means probable that their
opinions and their wishes had not been considered
on the occasion.

That Ministers at home should wholly escape
from censure was not to be expected, as there are

people enough always upon the watch to impeach
their motives, to misrepresent their designs, and to
calumniate their best measures; but when we con-
sider that they had sent an army fully- adequate to the
service on which they were to be employed, under
Generals of approved merit, it would be the worst
of injustice to throw any blame on them for a trans-
action which has completely disappointed all the
hopes which they had reason to indulge, and all the
recompetoe which they had a right to expect from the

Success of that Expedition which had been wisely
planned and promptly carried into execution.
As to that part of the Convention which relates to
'the Russian Fleet, othei considerations ought to be
taken irate the question. It Is obviously our wish,
as it is our interest, to get the Emperor ALEX/OMER
out of the disgraceful trammels in which he is held
by the crafty Tyrant of ,France, and not ,to
irritate his mind, and drive him into a more
intimate connection with that unappeasable Enemy
of ►his Country. Bin this part cif the quest ion will
of course undergo as rigid an inqiilry at home as all
the rest of the disastrous consequences of what ought

to have been one of the most glorious,-triumphs of

()L1 r arms.

To recur to Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY it must
be admitted thatibe had no exclusive power to form
treaties—he had not even the negative power to re-
f* his assent to any which the Commander had
full authority to conclude, and, therefore, to the
Commander in Chief alone must the nation look for
an explanation of such a transa6ion as brings dis-
honour where we had a right to look with confidence
for national exultation, and perhaps the deliverance
cf all Europe.

By the Champion frigate, .arrived from Cadiz, ad-
vices from that quarter of the 29th ult. have been
received. They state,- that on the morning of that
day a vessel had arrived from Buenos Ayres with
'dispatches, after a passage of 84 days. The letters
had not been delivered when the Champion sailed,
but it was understood that the Portuguese Govern-
ment at the Brazils had sent a force against Spanish
America, and demanded the immediate surrender-of
Monte Video and Buenos Ayres. Compliance with
this demand was peremptoriiy refused, and fourteen
thousand troops, under the command of the respec-
tive Governors of 'those places, were in arms to de-
fend themselves against the advances of the forces
from the Brazils. The accounts of the late events
in Europe will' of course: induce the Portuguese to
forego any farther hostile project against tho Spanish
colonies.

early on Friday morning, the gaol in Carlisle was
broken open, and five felons made their escape.-.
It' seems that they had, -durirl; the night, sawed off
their irons by means of knives, 3414igi4" they had
formed into something resembling saws, and after
having made a passage out of their cell, by remov-
ing the stone pavement beneath the. door,
clambered over the outer wall of the prison. •
lyfor.—A Fattier, who had- himself per-
formed the cerenitiny'* giving away his Natur4
,Daughter in marriage contract, at St. ,George's.„
Hanover-square, said, " she was iI9W bill Child by
Marriage as well as by Naturc."

MPI

SIVEDISH PAPERS,

A Letter from Sir S. HOOD to Sir lAM s SA UM P,12 z,
of the Bath, Vice-Admiral of the blue, &c.

" Ceutaur, before Rogerwick, Aug. 2.7, iSo!.
"You will have perceived by my letter of the

25th, that the Russian Fleet was seen on the .23d,
off the Road of Oro. Preparations were immtchatey
made to leave that Road, after a innEtion had ben -
formed by his Swedish Majesty's Ships which were
lying in Jungfrusund, and Admiral iNAuciuto,ek.s
Squadron, completed the 24th at night. "
"Early the following morning the whole force put

to sea, and soon after the Russian Fleet hove in
sight, off HangS Point, wind N.E. Not a moment
was lost to bear down upon the enemy, and his
Swedish Majesty's Fleet stood on with a press of
sail. On account of their superiority of sailing,thol
Centaur and Implacable soon 'shot a-bead of the
Fleet, and gained fast upon the enemy, who seemed
to be in the greatestdisordor, and anxious to avoid

1, a battle.

4f On the 26th inst. about 5 o'clock in the morn-

ing, the Implacale succeeded in bringing the lee-
ward-most Itu,sian, Ship to anion, which she en-
gaged in the most gallant manner, and mauceuvred
with so much skill and precision, that the superior
discipline ana seamanship displayed by the Officers

could not but become conspicuous to the Russian

Admiral, who backed sail, and it was only owing to
the approach of the whole Russian Fleet that the
Sttip engaged did not fall into our bonds, because
her colours were adually struck.
" I then ordered the Implacable to join me.
Capt. MARTIN speaks in high terms of praise of the
brave and steady conduct of Lieut. BALDWIN, and
the rest of his officers and men. Could any thing
that I might say render more conspicuous the merits
of Capt. MARTIN, that gallant, honourable, aLld es•
cellent Officer, it would give me the most heartfe4
satisfadion to say it, but no words can do justice to
the sentiments of sincere resped which I entertain
for him both as an Officer and a man.

" The Russian Admiral, who detached 4 frigate
to take the disabled ship in tow, bore away, and
while the Implacal* was setting her sails, I forced
the frigate to put the tow-rope, when the Itussial3
Admiral immediately stood back with the who',

Fleet to assist her. He now appeared to intend tis
give battle, but soon availed himself of a tavourabla
wind to avoid it, and ran into Il.ogerwick Harbour.
‘f The Ship-of the Line which had been attacked
by. ths.l9splacahk-faltitt to leeward, pct ogruGwi
while she was' on -the point of entering tile port.
As there was a great swell, I vas in Lopes sA
would be destroyed, but it after awsls appeared' LILO
she had got afloat, and was dragging her anchors'
The swell having about sun-set abated, and 0005
being sent out by the Russian Admiral to tow Ler
ill, I ordeted Capt. WEHLEY to endeavour' to cut
her off. 'lbis wassclone in a masterly style, and 10
a manner that did him infinite honour, as well
as all 'lite Otfice.rs and teen empioyed utidei
'him. The enemy's boa,* had alreauy made con',
siderabie progress, and the enemy's ships were ill
the chops of. the /harbour, when we had the god

tontine of coming along,idc. I ordered her boy"'
sprit to be lashed to our wizen-tackle, which ti'4s
done in the most intrti)id manner by Capt.
LEY, Lein. LAWLES',, alta other 13141Ve u en, under a
heavy fire of inusketty hum the enemy, by which
am sorry to add Lieut. LAw.i.Ess is b.iuly wounded'
As the Ship uas in six tatll9llls water I hoped we
should heiablie tgw her out, but one of her anchot's
being aground unknown to us, it was impossible to
carry that meacure into effea. Great gallantry was
now displayed on our side, and several attentpt
were made to board her over her bow-sprit, but bo-
ttling could withstand the fire of the marines, coni-
manded by Capt. BATLEY, and of our stern-chasers,
and within half an hour's time the Russian Ship was,
compelled to strike. She clad so the very moment
when two of the Enemy's Ships seemed_ determined
to make up to us, but they soon put back into Port'
and the above Ship, called the Sawolad, of 74 guns'
remained in our power; it was, however, found ne-
cessary to burn her.
" ,; have the honour to be, &c.
" SAMUEL HOOD.

_ .
VIENNA, AVG. 27.—The 31st of this month
fixed for the departure of their Majesties the EtOpe
ror,and Empress for Presburgh, where the Diet will
be opened immediately on their arrival in the Cit)'•
Intelligence has been received here that the Ru•ssi°
troops are in motion, to form three different camps
of r*erctse,,
FRANCi94'OIOII SETT. O.—Accounts from Prussia
state that the French are increasing the tartifications
of the City Neiss;of Sierack, on the Nerva, of iNic)(l°
lint and Ttmo, upon the Vistula.

v the latest accounts train the Baltic, we leg!):
that Nevrptl wert plepling to atd I.b'd
4nu Sweuish Synaction. in the
.tentle4 attach npott .he Ilu.srcin Vice! in Port I,3otti
4.llo.Paq'is pot'fort'itic • 4 -but it• proxin,ity tnaeve
wo4lOaffurci 4 OF ttru.,iatiN an opportunity of brinlogr.
down cannon, and erecting tediporary batteries
the dcfonce cif their shiks.

7

DRE4DFUL FIRE.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

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Ekix. iiouses BoW-street are totally destroyed; 151.
4 seventh little more than the exterior walls P.re left,
444 On an eighth house the engines were playing
when our Paper was put to Press, as they were also
on ruins of the Theatre, which are Still burning.
t3nl3' the doorway of the Theatre remains in Bow-
street, and that is partly in flames. The walls of the
Theatre in Hart-street remain, but are in a tottering
state,
The flames took a dire&ion towards Bow-street,
the wind being- westerly, and did not burn through
the Piazza, on the Covent Garden side, nor have
they done much damage on that side.
4 strong detachment of Horse Guards are stationed l 4 --
th, adjacent streets to keep off the mob.
The amount of the insurance in the Theatre, we
Under tan to be 75,000/. which will not cover
half the loss.
iFnnlense crowd were colleaed in all quarters
rouTnid the scene of devastation.
a few hours haian edifice been destroyed
" added to the stock of harmless plea-
f •or nearly a century ; and a considerable num-
()l. persQns '
are thus instantly deprived of employ-

About four b'clock this morning this extensive
edifice was discovered to be in flames. The fire
was so rapid ihat no exertion could stop its course ;
and in a short time the whole of the Theatre, with
all the scenery, wardrobe, &c. were totally destroyed.
The flames extended to the back of the Shakes-
peare Tavern, and the Piazza Coffee-house, and in
Bow-street, several houses are • entirely /destroyed.
The Treasurer (Mr. HUGHES), though infirm, con-
trived to.secure all the books and papers relative, to
the concerns of the Theatre, as well as the produce
of last night's performance. Notwithstanding the.
Theatre was surrounded by vast collootions of water„
yet such was the rapidity with which the fire raged,
that it was impossible to check its progress. A con-
siderable number of engines promptly attended, but
there was a shameful want of water for some time,
Which has been too severely experienced upon many
recent'.occahions.

Mr. BRANDON, the box-book, and house-keeper,
bad taken his usual round of the Theatre, to 'see
that all was safe, at twelve o'clock ; when all ap-
peared to be so, both to his observation, and. to that
of the watchman stationed in the house. It•is im-
possible to learn how this calamity originated—but
from the part at which it first appeared, it is suppos-
ed to have commenced in one of the scene rooms,
adjacent to Hart-street, and from thEnce instantly
communicated to the stage.
,We lament to state that several lives were lost in
consequence of having drawn an engine, belonging
to the Phoenix fire-office, into the passage leading
from the Piazza. It was supposed by the Foreman
that by this means part of the Theatre might'be
litore effeaually preserved, but unfortunately the
4r6in.s pi- the house gaVe way, and the engine, and
the • firemen attending it, were buried in the ruins.
We are unable at present accurately to ascertain
the number of) persons killed by this melancholy
accident we
have heard- sixteen : the whole of
whom, except two, were firemen. The bodies of
several of them have been brought out.
The number of the bodies got out of the ruins is
eleven.—Amongst those killed is a Volunteer, who
went in with the Engine 'to assist- the Firetnen.,
Only two of those who went in with the Engine
escapvd..
Soule of the scenery has beeri saved, and is now
Under the Piazza ; but it is comparatively of very
trifling amount.