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tides before a snitable,tima offers to come up ; and
there is a possibility of some being lost by getting.en
the blocks ; but, considering the great Abject of hav-
ing the-city safelyprofeeted frotn invasion? these ob-
jeetions arc of small moment,
The calculattous of expeuce to make the obst rue.
tions in the channel will not exceed 200,000 dol-
lars, and to raise the flat sufficiently high to creel a
fort upon, of 1060 feet in length, and 100. feat in
'breadth, will not be more than 100,060 dolkus ; the
cost of building the fort and its necessary appenda-
ges,-your ComMittee have-not military experience
sufficient to determine,

_ •If the Corporation should think proper to adopt
this plan •of defence, and to proceed 'immediately
to carry it into efie6t, the next question is, in what
manner the funds- are to be raised ? It is believed;
from the patriotic zeal otour citizepsand from the
general anxiety expressed by all Persons, that some.
thing should lie don:" without delay to put this city
in a poiture cif defence; 'there- would bell° difficulty
in raising by loan from thecitizens, a sum sufficient
to effed this.purpose, upon'CorporOon bonds, re-
deemable at pleasure, the interest tO be. paid 'half:-
yearly. There can scarcely
.bp a doubt but the
government of the United States assnme and;
,pay this debt ; but in case' hey should not, ,And it
Should ultimately fall twee the city to pay it, the
debt and interest would he extinguished in three:
years,.by*doubling he usual yearly taxes.. Would it
not be best 'even .to pay the debt ourselves, rather
than remain iii this exposed and -defenceless situa-
tion ? Our interest clearly' dietater'the propriety cif
the measure.

This isit work of great magnitude, and will take
more than one year to completdit. The materials
are
.not to be had in sufficient quantities at present,
but we ought to make a beginning this year with
what materials can be procured, and the works may
probably be finished in the course of the next sum-
mer. If we should unfortunately be involved in a
war, in consequence of the present dispute with
' England, it will most probably take, place before
any effectual system of defence can be completed,
and we must submit to our unhappy situation.—
But if the storm,should blow over, we ought not to
desist from our determination to put the city in a
stale of defence : we cannot always promisd our-
selves an exemption from the calamities of war.--
• On the eoth of June last, the Country felt as secure
and as confident of the conthmation of peace, as
it' has felt for many years.past ; but from the events
that have recently taken place, it is seen upon
'what an uncertain tenure the peace of nations de-
pends. The advice of our immortal Washington
ought; therefore; to be confided in, " that to pre-
serve peace we ought always to be prepaied for war."
SELAII STRONG,
JACOB MOTT.
JOHN D. MI Ldin n.
Arm York, 4Ogust 24, 1807.

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FRIDIY, OCTOBLIt 9, 1807.

Dispatches wire this mrirni,lg received from Ad-
miral PURVIS,' who, in the absence of Lord Cot.
ialinwoon, commands the Fleet before' Cadiz ; but
`they do not, we believe; contain any thing of im-
,
portance.

WE understand that a Proclamation has been
issued at Memel, dated 2d September, by which
ail English Vessels are forbid to enter that or any
Prussian Port, and even Neutral Vessels, coming
from a British Port, are included ,in this prohibi-
tion, It Is also said that BUONAPARTE has made a
formal deinand upon the Emperor ALEXANDER,
that all the Ports of Russia should be shut against
English Vessels,

A rumour was yesterday circulated in the City
(which obtained so much credit as to prOduce an ef-
feet upon the Funds), that intelligence had been re-
ceived from St. Peteraburgh of a very hostile tendency..
We have made every possible inquiry into this sub-
je&, and cannot find that there is any foundation,
whatever /for this report. There was no arrival
yesterday from the Continent, and the last Dis-
patches received by Government from Russia con-
tained, we believe, the most amicable as suranCes.
The circumstance of I.,Mits XVIII. having quitted
the Russian dominions, coupled- with the extraordi-
nary concessions made by Russia in the late' Ar-
mistice concluded with Turkey, are considered by
many as unequivocal proofs of the decided influence
which BUONAPARTE still possesses in the Russian
Councils, and may probably have given rise to the
report to which we have alluded.

Wednesday FUR MAJESTY and PAlNcasses dined
at Frogmore Lodge.
Yesterday morning His MAJ awry, Princesses Au-
ousTA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, accompanied by the
Hon. Miss LOERTON, Generals CARTWRIGUT and
FITZROY, and 611. TAYLOR, rode in the Great Park,
and returned' at fwehre o'clock.

Yesterday there was a Cabinet Council at the Po.
reigniOtfice, at which the majority of the Members
assitned:"

The Quarterly Dividend becomes due to-morrow,
and we hear it will begin to be paid to the Bankers
on Monday, and to the PiioLe in general on Tues-
day next. This is very speedy, Und does great eredic
bgth tq the .Exchequer and the Bank;

..Yesterday evening the :Westminster. Royal. V.
.1u ilteers, Col. ROBIN.SOFt, were inspeEted by. Colonel.
JatixtriSoig in . Hyde Parl. After the
,inspeaion,
the C9rpS Went through the evolutions Usually per;—.
formed ai-a review or on a field-day.

RICHARD Faswiti, Esq. Chai:rman of the
Board of Customs, has been at. Newcastle, &c,
examining the Officers of Customs, as to theirlees
and emoluments, preparatory to establishing salaries
in lieu thereof:

Among the aels of BUONAPARTE to prove his
boasted regard for " the independence- and:eternal
morality of nations," the fate of the Duke D'EN-
GHIEN has keen often ,mentioned, but that of PALM,
the 'bookseller, is mile', more interesting to the
world at-large, because it menaces (he freedom of the
Press, that glorious privilege which is the source of
knowledge and the guard of civil rights. ,very
body ninstTaigh over thp melancholy end of an
amiable Prince but in the case of "PALM every
member of society must feel f - -.hitins:eff: The
seizure and elecntion ofdie lauer is an a& that
hiAtory, when`--she records the exploits of litrobri...."
PARTE, -must notice with. peculiar.attenticin, and
brand wish ipd lihJe infamy.

'11?e improvempnts carrying on at Gloucester
fieuse, which now belongs to the Earl of Gaosvz-
yoa, will 'Fender it • one VA the' most magnificent
Mansions in the Metropolis. The taste and liberality
of this Noble Man are as well known as his know-
ledge an( Publie spirit ; and as the whole plan of
the•imptoVernents; we understand, was suggested
by' himself, we may c4e4 'the result to be highly
elegant, and Ornathental to the 400 Capital. ,
•- , •
On Tuesday last the Freedom of the Borough of
Colchestei: Was voted to the Earl of CitimtArtt" and
Ric it A ai) HART' DAVIS) Esq. one of the Members
tbr that 'Borough. ' • •'

A duel' was fought on 'Wednikday morning, at
Warfield cotrimn,: near "Windscii, ;between Lied-
tenant belonging 'to a neighbouring Volun-
teer Corps, and Mr. a Gentleman of forturte
in Wiginore-street, in conseqUence of a dispute
which originaied at an inn at .Maidetihead. The
exchanged a shOewithotit effect, when Mr.
S. fired a setond, which Missed' the Lieutenant, who
discharged his pistol in the air, and the parties re-
tired amicably from the' field.
•
, singular circumstance occurred in Piccadilly cn
Wednesday evening, which though it amused
the mob, was of a serious nature to the parties
Concerned. A Lady, the wife of an opulent trades-
man in Mary-le!bone, who was to have returned
home from a visit at . Clapham that night, was
accidentally met in a very aukward situation by
her husband, who, on approaching the door, of an
accommodating hotel, in the vicinity of Duke-
street, Jermyn-street, saw a Gentleman and Lady.
enter a coach from. the hotel door. The female, in,
figuee and person, resembled his wife. He was not,
however, sufficiently near to determine whether it
was her, but he followed the coach, until he be-
came so much agitated, that he at last resolved on
the expedient of running up and opening the door ;
!Which haVing execnted, his suspicion becanie veri-
fied, for there he beheld his companion, whose con-
stancy he never before suspeaed, seated by the side
of a grey-headed old mans of the_most gentleman-
like. appearance.' The • utmost agitation was mani-,
tested by all parties, and, after some time,, the ve-
nerable seducer_ was suffered to depart, on tving his
address; and the wife, who is about 30 years of.
age, was driven away alone in the coach,.by the de-
sire of her :tusband. • .
THE COMET.7—.Mr. FIRMINGER, late Assistant
at
the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, made -the fol-
lowing observation on Tuesdarevenitig, Ott. 6, at
sh. t7m. 29 seconds, mean time—Right ascension
.tth., i 6m. 4 seconds—Declination 7 deg. 23 "Mill.
28. seconds, observed by an excellent *mall equato-
rial'made by the late celebrated Mr. BIRD. The
length of the tail, as foutfd by the time of its pas-
sage over the meridian wire, extended t 0 of a de-
gree, and its mean breadth measured 'about 7 deg.
King Lours, who is returned
,to Holland, is very
ill, and has been in a bad state of health for some
time. _ . •

Advices from Gottenburgh state, that several Eng-
lish Ships at Memel had been prevented from sail-
ing. This measure, it is added, was adopted in con-
sequence of the threats of France, much against the
wish and inclination of the King of Prussia.
The Danish stoves are to be sent to England in
three divisions—the first to Chatham, the second to
Portsmouth, and the third to Plymouth.
A report prevailed at Elsineur on the 24th ult. of
several British Ships having been detained at Memel.
Two English Line-of-Battle Ships, and a Frigate,
had arrived in Elsineur -Roads, where some Russian
Ships of War had -also made their appearance, the
ultimate destination of which had not been ascer-
tained.

The Crown Prince'of Denmark stopped nine mails
at Nyburgh, which were on their way from Ham-
burgh to GottenbUrgh ; and,. by his order, six Swedish
. mails were seized at Nyburgh, passing .to Hamr
bitrgli; as soon as they were landed: The Post-office
Messenger having them under his care; WAS sent
back with the intelligence. The Ring of• Sweden,
on. being made acquainted with these proceedings,
ordered, by way of retaliation, that the Danish mails
should be, detained whenever they arrived at• Hel-
singborg, which was accordingly done the following
• day. •
The following is an .Extrad .of a Letter from
Copenhagep, dated Minotaur, off Copenhagen, Sept.
23, 180, from 'an OffiCer to his father :;—" We
have sent nearly half the men from each'of our Ships,
to,rig and fit out the .Danes. They have all brass
guns on their poops, quarters, and main-decks: The
stores in the arsenals are beyond calculation, in ad-
dition to which we discovered the. other day gOO
pieces of brass cannon buried' under ground.. -It is
the opinion of every one that we shall not be able to
get the stores away in two months ; the piles of
shot.are immense.' We are not to bring home any
iron pieces, they are all to be destroyed. I hope to
get a little prize-money by this business, it being
reported, that three millions of, money has' been
taken. The weather is extremely cold'here, but we
live- very well 'indeed, every thing is. remarkably
cheap.” •

Monday night the bleaching-ground of Messrs.
HOWARD and Co. at Mitcham, was robbed of &large
quantity of dowlas and.ltish linen,4. •

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 7.—Arrived the Hound Sloop
of War, from a cruize.

Sailed the Plover Sloop of War, and Foxhound
_of 16 guns, on a cruize to the Westward.
Arrived the Danish Ship Phceiix, Capt. Basmc-
tau, laden with rum, coffee,'Sre. from Santa Cruz,
bound-,to Copenhagen, detained by the. Betsey
vateef; and the American Ship Notrine, Capt.,
IitiSBORN, laden with sugar, rice, &e. from Charles-
ton, bound to Touningen, detained by the Satellite
Privateer', •

PQRTSMOUTII", OCT. 8.- Arrived this day the
Serefris Storeship (armed en flute), Capt. LLOYD,
from the Mediterranean, and is put under quaran-
tine; the Hearty Gun-brig, Lieut. WICiIiAM,
Ant Schooner, Lieut. BIRD, from a cruize.

SHEERNESS, OCT. 7.--Arrived the Reftard Sloop
of War, Capt. MORRIS (kinder quainistine), from
Jamaica ; also the following Vessels from the Baltic,
viz. Bonettp Sloop orWar, Capt. Putt.Lttis ; Escort
and Sentinel Pun-brigs, Lieutenants SMITH inui
KING ; the latter Brig carried away her In: ha
worlOng up to the Nore, and the Censor Gun-brig,
Lieut. !tows, was sent to• her assistance : she i;
coming into harbour td refit'.

LIVERPOOL, gCT. 7.—The Ceres, BENT.L.I, from,
Oporto,: has arrived at Dublin—in ]at. 4g. 57: log.
IQ. re-captured the Schooner Providence, of
Stranraer, with kelp, which had been captured by
the Jesus Maria and Joseph, of twelve•l2-pounders
and ixo.men,
"the Diana, M'L2A, from Limerick, was captured
'on September, off Achill-head, by the gbove
Ipanish Privateer—the Diana is re-taken by the
crew, and errived at Limerick. The Privateer bad
taken a Gailiot and a Sloop off the Black Rock,
and a Schooner near Clare Island ; two 'of the ves-
sels captured are called the Ducheis of liiFhlnond, and
the .111gri ~YoUNG.
4i 1s ,Sky, THORN, has brought two passen!
gers, Or;•..74stasCLARILF.' and Mr. GEORGE RM..
, •
TALL, and four seamen, that were put on. board
from the Mary, °swap, from 4.itnaica for this
• • • • • •
port, which had been captured the tot ult. near
TorY Island) by a Spanish Lugger Pi ivateer; I,‘ q.
had also captured the, Sasannah, Ronixstrotto,.
Leith, from Jamaica to Port cllasgow ;. the liero,
LANG, of Thinbarton ; the Industry, POOLE, and
Commercti, CoLs, both of Dartmouth, hence to
Newfoundland. The Adustry is arrived at Greenock,
with Capt. LANG OM board.
-The Traveller, brut Master, in her passage from
'the coast of France to New York, on the 13th July,
'experienced the most extraordinary gale, we 'e*
heard of.—She was carrying top-galtapt studding
sails, with scarce a breath of wind, when a suddela
squall blew away her top-masts.. yards, &c. The
gale continued for two hours with the greatest vio-
lence, during which the crew were obliged to cut
away every thing for the safety of . the Vessel ; the
wind•theti fell as abruptly as it rose ; .and kluge IC

minute elapsed between its blowing a hurricane and
being a dead calm.

DIAL, Oct. B:—Arrived and sailed for the River
the Mary Ann, INOSAIIAId, from New Providence,
in 39 days; and .the Albion, DAMS, frOrn ;
wired the William and from Nov-
bury Port for Amsterdam, laden with Sugar and
coffee, and remains in the Downs with the Ships ill
pet last.

PAOM BARDA,DotS MIMCVAT, AVG. 16.
Every doubt of the capture of the Brig Pope Is'
crow removed. This vessel, from Liverpoul bound
here, after having eluded her passage within vue
day's sail'of the liiand--when also no appletlensions
from an enemy seemed to remain, having then spvicets
one of His Majesty's cruizcrs to windward (but
which unlnekily did not see bet into Ike"
on the same evening, and ni,t at,ove forty miles trolls
the land, with the French Privateer Schooner leant
Richard, which after aliard contest captured ~er..
The Pope carried 12 6's and 26 Men ; tl,e, Frit weer
mounted s 19's and 120 men.—Capt. MiSLIETERs• •
of the Pope, made a 'sanguinary defence: Wittig
in with the enemy at sun-set on the Istinstants
he -took advantage of the night, while
,the Pri-
vateer kept aloof to reconnoitre, to' batten down
his hatehes,.• and make the best .arrangements
for: the attack, and nailed his colours to the
mast, • 7 At Sun rise the anion commenced, and was
tip v ith unabating spirit on both sides for an
hour and a half, during which Capt. Mnahrratt lost
his
.right leg and left arm; and some of his men were
desperately wounded. The enein.y then boarded,
and carried the Brig, which lost in the cVntcst, be-
shies the Captain, who was now completely cut
down, .the Ist. and Ed Mates, and three sewer*
killed and four seamen wounded. The Priva.cet
and her prize arrived at Point a Petra (Guadaloupe)
on the 4th inst. and is said to have lost only three or
four men, which is probable enough, from the dis-
parity iu numbers of those dpposed to her.' •
•

The town of Tonningen, it is stated in the French
Papers, made t 6 Prince Royal of Denmark 3 Pre"
sent of a vessel, fully equipped and manned, for tbe
public service, at the commencement of our attack
upon Zealand.