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they applied to the principles of the Government it-
seg., and to the circumstances which attended its ap-
pointment."
He concluded by requesting that his opinion might
be laid before the KiNG, in the most respectful terms,
end with every assurance of zeal and duty.

To this letter we understand that Mr. PER cEvAL
replied, by expressing his And Lord LIVERPOOL'S
great concern at his Lordship's having decliiied thei
communication, and by stating, that in •making!thq►
proposal to his Lordship and Lord GREY, under his
MAJESTY'S authority, to communicate with him and
Lord LIVERPOOL, " not for the accession of his
" Lordship and Lord GREY to the present Admini-,
" stration, but for the purpose of forming an ex-
" tended and- combined Administration," they had
not conceived any dereliaion of public principle ne-
cessary on either side ; and after some acknowledg-
ment of the civil expresSions in Lord GRENVILLE'S
letter, Mr. PERCEVAL concluded by assuring hA
Lordship, that in informing the KING that his Lord 7,
ship had declined the communication proposed, he
would do justice to the dutiful expressions with
which the refusal was accompanied,
This we believe to be a true narrative of faas.

The embargo has been taken off of all neutral ves-
sels in the ports of France and Holland, upon the ex-
press condition, however, that none-of them shall
enter an English port ; and that if searched
.by our
cruisers, they shall, if afterwards captured by French
Cruisers, be considered lawful prizes to the 'captors,
Yesterday the Dispatchesfor India were closed at
the East-India House, and sent off to Portsmouth to
be put on board the, Georgina packet, Capt. LEIGH.

The following •are shred, in recent letters nom
Vienna, as the respective positions of the, French
and Austrian armies at the beginning or September
—The corps of General HILLER has descended the
Danube to =west, and forms the kit wing of the
army.. The corps of Prince Hortutizotii.gliN is es-tablished on
.the side of Gran ; the other corps
.are
encaniped on the left bank of the. Danube, either
on the side of Comoro, or towards the frontiers
of Bohemia and Moravia, where its last link con-
fleas with the tiist of the army of the Archduke
FERDINAND. Gen. GUILAY commands in Croatia.'
The French positiops have undergone. bin little
change. , The army of Italy occupies the ~rritory
of the coast of the Adriatic, Carinthia, Qarniola,
Styria, and a part of Hungary ; its head-quarters
are at 'Raab, and Marshal NIAorioNALD has his at
Gratz ; 11/larshal OUDINOT occupies the banks of
the Moravia, which separates Hungary from Mora-
via. The Duke of DA-vrhic occupies Upper A.us-
tria, Saltzburgh, and the frontiers of the Tyr01...,
Marshal MAssEN4 o,:copi,..ts the western part of Mo-
ravia, and Marshal DAvoosT the Lac.tern ; the ftaf
Varian division is at Lintz.

. ,
ICELAND.--This . large 'lsland, subjeat to. the
crown of Denmark, and containing an extent of
surface nearly equal to England, vas provisionally
taken under the . proteaion of .our Government in
July last. Strange as it may appear; the island was
in effect reduced by six sea!l,en, belonging:to.a letter
of marque from the Tharne4. These dauntless fel,
lows took the Governor and the whole Danish gar- •
rison prisoners. The native Icelanders are estimat-
ed at 45,000 hut they are much scattered, have
little coMmonication.witifeaeh other, and are miser-
ably poor. They did not seem to interest them,
selves in the question who should be their rulers.—
A sloop of 'war, which touched at Iceland, seemed
rather to disapprove of' the letter of masque's pro-
ceedings ; and the_Danish Governor, Count Tramp,
is now at Leith, on his way to London, to seek re-
dress.. In the mean time, the island remains, in
some measure, in our hands., It is not of gie-at
value, in almost any point of viewi, no grain, even
of the hardiest sort, can he raised there. Skins,
furs, tallow, oil, .leather-, and -dried fish, are the
exports, and these are in no great quantity.
• Mr. Hooke'', a Gentleman of fortUne, from Eng-
land, at the instigation of Sir Joseph Banks, spent
the summer in Iceland, in investigating its natural
history. He travelled, with .a retinue of Icelanders,
:as far up the country as the perennial snow would
permit, pitchino his lent wherever interesting ob-
jects, such as ''the Geyser fountains, 'invited. He,
Made a large colleCtion of seecimens.of qOadrupeds,
birds, insects. pfants, and minerals (especially plants
and inseas, in which departments, it is said, be
'made several discoveries) ; and he often spent many
hours in making drawings, •at which he was Wet-
:lent. He likewise purchased, in different places,
many Icelandic books, weapons, dresses, N.-t. at
high prices. We regret to have to add, t hat nearly
the whole of this active Gentleman's labour; Were
lost, by the disastrous circumstance of, the Vessel-in
which he• emLarked for London' taking fire, -and
being burnt to the v‘ ater's eoge. The crew: and
passenger: were. saved by another vessel, which
proVid, ntially hove: in sight. Mr. Hooker was
*ought to Leith by the Tal(wt sloop of war; whose
officers shewed .him the utmost civility and attention
:in his misfortunes. The May encountered very
had weather on her passage from Iceland, and carried
away her tole-mast utf the Faro Isles._

Mr. BissET, the ingenious-artist, of the Museum,
Birmingt,am, has struck a Medallion in honour of
the ensaing-Jnbilee, which, in point of design and
execution, is the most appropriate and elegant thing
of the kind we have ever beheld: -Tice folluw-Mg is
an imperfea description of it.:—
Osy Eas A finely execnted bust of his Miijesty, with
the following legend:--King George tire Third, ascended
the Throne of the Imperial Realms of Great Britain and Ire-
land Oclober..ls. A: D. 1760.—Grand National Jubilee, cc-
ltbrated Udober 26. 1809.
REVERSE.—The Guardian. Genius of Britain, represented
as Fame, seated in the clouds, and triumphing over Morta-
lity, displays, with exulting gratitude, a Centenary Circle,
one half of which expresses the duration of her Monarch's
Reign, from his Accession to the present period, whilst the
favouring rays of Heaven illumine her happy countenance, and
shed a glory on the Throne : —Her Pride and Care. Respon-
sive to the inscription at her feet, let every true Briton ex-
claim, " 4Ong live tire King."

It has been erroneously stated in some of the pub-
lic prints, that Mrs. INCHBALD, whose literary ta-
lents are so deservedly esteemed, is delivering Lec-
tures on Oratory, &c. &c. in several provincial
towns.—The person who is so employed is the
widow. of Mrs. INCHBALD'S late son-in-law, who
avails herself of a name to which so much popularity
is justly annexed.
yesterday the Loan MAYOR, after examining the
returns of the -Mealweighers, ordered the price or
Bread to be raised half an assize, which wil. take

place to-morrow, when the Quartern Loaf Wi,.ea.f.en
will b.:. sold for is. sd. and Household is. 34i.