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London, England, 1807-04-18 00:00:00

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tI tYS UM MAILS.

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.SWEDiSI-I,PFFiCIAL 11111.LE1IN.
" MA=O, ,Apit 4,-}3oort
Made to his Royal .11,1ajety, by Baron 'nn Es-
SEN, QoverWrPqneral., his Excellency intended
that day to, reconnoitre the enemy's position with a
greSt pirt„of the garrison), in order to .ascertain the
enemy's views ;
•according to all accounts re-'
ceiVed, seemed on,the point of withdrawing from this
Country.
" A Courier who arrived here in the night, states,
that in the morning of the Ist of April he saw the
troops march out 4, the fortress, supported by six
gun-boats, and beard a cannonade and musketry fire
against the French entrenchments. The Courier
was detaiped by contrary winds, at the post-house
in Wittow; in the Isle of Rugen, till :yesterday
Morning. The 501,9( April a written order was re-
ceived by the Postmaster of that place, dated on the
fourth„-at '5 o'clock in the evening,• tokecp a packet
in .readiness for Lieutenant Colonel Baron Biwa,
Aid-de-Camp to his Excellency, who Was the bearer
of important report from the Governor General.
to his Majesty.
Th 6 above orders were dated Head-quarters at
Derninin, 3d of April, and signed by the Aid-de-
Camp, Liey,tenant-Colonel MELLIN. 'lt_ thereby Op-
peal's, that the French Corps which for Med the
siege of Stralsund„ has not only been compelled to'rai.,e
the siege of that Fortress, but also to 6%acuate Swedish
Yomerania,,of which. is portant event Lieutenant-
Colonel Baron BELIE will bring a full and'inibute
account.

" Baron HUNERBEIN, Major and Aid7de-gmp
of the Kin g of Prussia-, who wai sent on a Sl*cial
mission to• his Royal Majesty, arrived here yesterday
at noon,

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GOTTENEURGH.

APRIL A Courier arrived this morning
from Malmo, with the important intelligence that
the French have entirely evacuated Swedish Pome-
rania : they began their retreat on the Ist instant,
and continued it until the 4th, during which time
the Swedes purSued and 'harassed theM much, and
made above 1000 prisoners, amongst: whom are 20
Officers ; they followed them in two columns, the
one going to Adnilarn, the other to Demmin. A
great quantity of stores, baggage, &c. have fallen
into the hauds of the Swedes, as well as a consider-
able sum Of money." .

VIENNA, MARCH 28.—They write from the fron-
tiers of Turkey, that the preparations for war are
continued :with the utmost activity throughout the
whole of the Ottoman empire. After the demands
which Admiral DucicwoßTH made to the Turkish
Ministry, all, the inhabitants of Constantinople, ca-
pable of bearing arms, were armed tip .the number
of more than 60,00() men, and the French engineers
which were in the capital were distributed among
the different forts.--The following are the dernands
made by the English :
tst, That the Porte shall immediately make Peace with
Russia.
zdly, She shall deliver her Marine into the hands of the
English till the conclusion of a Ceneral Peace.
3thly, She shall leave the Russians in possession of Mol-
davia and Wallachia until the came period
.}tidy, As a proof of her pacific: intentions, she shall Sur-
render to the English tit: UutwcAs of Constantinople.
Although all these demands have been refused, the
negotiations still continue,
The English Fleet cut off, on the sea side; all the
,supplies of- provisions, for the populous City of Con-
'.stantinople, which ciretnnsianceinduced the Otto-.
man Ministry not to.break off entirely the negotla-
tions with the Englisli.=-4L'Abeine Uzi 'Nord, loth
ALTONA, APRIL iO.—A letter from Vienna, of
the 'tlf March, announces that the negotiations be=
tween the English and the Turks were entirely
broken of on the Ist of March.—(L'Abedle du
Nerd) •
VIENNA, MAECII .9.B.—According to the last of-
ficial accounts from Turkey, of the. ad. March,' no
Treaty bad yet'bee'n concluded between the Porte
and the Courts of London and St. Petersburgb,; but
the Negotiations with the Engiish'Athbassador; Mr.
ARBUTHNOT, Nkere broken off, and the preparations
for defence, on the park of the 'Turks, carried on
more adively than ever.. . Why the'Englisb Fleet
has sailed back to the Dardanelles, or whether, as
some suppose, its return was merely to be ascribed
to a gale of wind, is ilot known With certainty.

'(From the Telegraph.)

BERLIN, Aptly: 7.=—After the English.AmbaSsa-
dor, Mr. ARBUTHNOT, had in v,aiu endeavoured to
intimidate the Porte by threats, he resolved, to pro-
voke hostilities against it. •

On the 29th San. he *went hastily on board the -
Endyntion, with all the English Merchants in that.
Capital, and sailed. to Tenedos, -where he was soon
after joined by an English Scinadron of 14 Ships.
. ,
The Porte gave oruers to shut the passage of the
Dardanelles, and make preparations for defence. :But
the Enemy anticipated them. He passed the Straits'
on the loth of February, and on the 20th came in
sight of Constantinople, with seven Ships of the
Line, two. Frigates, and two Bomb-ketchess. Na
measures .had yet been taken to defend the ap-
proaches to the City and the entrance of the Har-
bour. •
This circumstance emboldened the Enemy. A
Flag ofTruce appeared, and required, in the name
'of the English Ambassador, that the French Am-
bassador should be sent away ; that the Porte should
. declare itself an Ally of England and Russia ; that it
should deliver up to the English fifteen, Ships and
fifteen Frigates, with their crews, and provisions for
six months ; that it should admit a Russian Garrison
. into the Castles of the BOsphorus, and an
.English
one into those of the Dardanelles, and into Alexan-
dria. Under these conditions alone would the

Squadron retire, • .
• Sublime Porte rejeaed all these propositions.
negotiation, however, appeared to be opened,
which lasted five days, and, during this time the ci-
ty and harbour was pot in a state of defence.: Three
11411drocl cannons were planted on the batteries.,

The itting (int of the TurkiSh fleet lying at anchor
at thifoltdera WaS%coMploted,, and the whole eity
Was under. firms. The -public indignation against
(be Etiglisli iiiereased every moment, and on the
.s6th ot--..Yebruary, the Grand Signior signified to
Admiral Ducitwoata, who ooMmanded the English.
Squadron, that before the ne.gotiatiOns could proceed
he must retie with. his ships. •

The Admiral answered by threats, but he snfeeMd
two days to pass,over without making any attack,
and on the. third (the Ist March) he availekl him-'
self cti a,n9rtli:7witid• to sail back, towards the Dar-.
clanelles.

The Turkish Fleet made .ready to, sail in pursuit
of the Enemy'; it ig not believed, however, that, it
came up and on the 4th no account had been re-
ceived at Censtantinople.

The Only, result of the Expedition of the English
against Canstantlnaple, was to place that City in a
condition tip resist them.

Theintelligence we haveberegiven is confirmed
by letters of a much later date, which we have re-
ceived this rpornent from Munich, dated the first of.
April, and which state as follow

" 41,411., have this moment received the
important:intelligence of the bad SU*S.S of the Eng,
list) before Constantinople, After haVing -sustained
soiree, loss, they•feund theniselves compelled to leave
the Dardanelles. It 13. said that General SEB:ASTI-
ANI superintends the defence of.the coast.
" The Courier who brought this Account to Vien-
na, left. Constantinople the 12th of Mar Ch. It is
conjeaured, that the, English have in that City
.commodities t6 the amount of more than 50-millions
of livres, which will probably all be seized. The
Turks manifest great ardour, and Oen. SEBASTIAN'
'frequently finds it difficult' to restrain them."
(Hang. 'Correspond. April 10.)
BERLIN, APRIL. 7.—The Head-quarters of his
French Imperial Majesty were still at Osterode on
the 2d inst.—(Altona Alercury, April i t).)

CepENHAGEI4, APRIL 7.—The English General
STVAIIT is now here, and it is Ett.-.-lieved will go to
Dantzic or Konigsburgh, .
.The exportation of wheat is prohibited at Memel.
The day hefbre yesterday Wile Ships which ar-
rived at Elsineur brought an Account that on the
'26th Of March 400 Russians arrived at Fahrwasser,
near Datitzic, and that the City was besieged by
26,000 French, Saxons, and' Poles. There were
frtnuent sallies and skirmishes. •
Three thousand troops have been embarked at,
Pillau for Dant zic.—(iictmb Corresp(;nd. April i.t.)
BANKS 0' THE MAINE, APRIL 4.---,According to
• the Public Journals 25,000 Spaniards, under the
Marquis DE LA ROMANA, are expe6ted in Italy.
According to,aceounts from Metnel her Majesty
the Queen of Prussia.is in a state of pregnancy.

g.LTRAPT OF A FEIVATE LETTER PROM HAMELTAGII,

APRIL 7.

fr The French Head-quarters are stilt at Oste-
rode. We expert, however, soon to hear of a bat-

tie of importance.

" It is said that a convention has beert'eoirluded
between France and Russia, _relative to an exchange
of prisoners of war; and some persons think this
may prove the fore-rum-ler of a peace.-

BEnLIN, APRIL 7.--YeSlrday arrived here in 4
waggons, a strong' Depot of the Paris Guard, which
ag'ain set out for the:Grand Army : they made the
journey in .17 days.
The news brought froth Posen aftbrds us the greatest
1104)es of a' speedy Peace. . •
S.T. PRTERSBURGII, MARCH 1; said that
after the return of M. Novozu.T4orr, who has been
sent to his Prussian Majestrat•Memel, the Emperor
wilt seVout to join the army. ,
BAN.Ks' oF,TuE ELBE, APRIL 9.—it is reported
that a' strong cannonade was heard at Frai kfort on
the Oder; on the tst Apra.

Letters. from Wallachia,. state that the Tttrkish
garrison of Rajova Braila surrendered 'to the Russian
troops, after a siege of eight days and a terrible bom-
bardment ; and that Giurgewo has been taken by the
Russians by assault. General MICHELSON command-
ed at this assault, at the head of 24,000 men. The
garrison was entirely cut to pieces, for the Russians
had expreks orders to give no quarter. . ,
The ballot, yesterday, at the. East India HoUse,
was respelably attended ; and the question was car.;
ried in favour of Mr. EDWARD' EPHRAIM POTE'S
return to Bengal, with hiS, rank in the Company's
service. .

On Thursday a ballot was taken at the East India
House, when the unanimous Resolutions of the
Court•of Direaori, acquitting` the Captains of the
Lady BUrgess, IParren Hastings, and the• Earl of
iltergavenny, of any negled or miscondu& in the
loss of these vessels, were confirmed.

It is worth remarking, that one Ship amongst the
'homewafd-bOund East India Fleet made a most
striking and singular appearance, namely, the Hon.
East India Cnipany's Ship frit/icon Pitt, command-
ed by Capt. WILLIAM EDMEADES. She was painted
completely black and over her stern was an escut-
cheon, as a testimony' of veneration and respe.it for
thafgreat and never sufficiently to be lamented States-
man, whose name she has thekhonour to bear.
Two Soldiers named Eward and Srarpless, belong-
ing to the Regiment stationed in Woolwich Dock-
yard, wee on Tuesday last
.taken into custody for
theft, and committed to Maidstone gaol by Com-
missioner cuNN;:soups. They form, it seems, 13-art
of a gang. Commissioner CL/biN;NOHAN is active
and vigilant in discharging his duty, as Superintend-
the Pcipi-pfr4s of Woolwich and Deptford,

NEW- YORt, MAitCli, .I.2.—The Treaty signed
With Great Britain will not he al I before the Senate,.
41eSs satisfa6torY explanation; should be received
by .Government. respeaing the -point of, impress-
ment of Seamen out of Ameri'.an
not'in.jittioned in any the Articies of the (rjap,.:,A
of the Titaty i-ereived by Mr. 11.t1t.' torts
cerning which there may he some understanding
tween the respeaive Commissioners.
Another objeCtion has arisen from a Note that,
was presented by the B,ritisli to ovr conin.issionerS
preVieusly tO the signing of the Treaty, containing
declaration that the King of Great lirifain could not
enter into the stipulations of the Treaty without an
explanation fi-om the United States of their inter=',
tions with.regard to the Decree of BON.APA WTI: Of
the 21st of November T -which, it is stated, violateS
all the rights of neutrals, to the (Brea injury of the
British interest. • ,

The Note states, that the • King of Great Britain;
heing`animated by a sincere de sire to maintain a
good understanding with this country, 'permits his
CoMinissioners to sign the Troaty, but reserves to
himself the right of refusing to ratify it, should. the
Enemy not abandon, in the mean tune, tE-e Unjust
pretensions, or should the United States submit to
the violent aggressions on its neutral rights.
It is very•-evident, 'that at the time this Note,
was de4iii:red, no explanation of the meaning of
Decree had been received in L.hidon.
If the explanation already received be deemed a
full and sausfaCtory Securty to• our neutral •riAhts,
or if any modification should he matte of this decree
to put our corotnetve upon safe grounds, there will
be an end to thic difficulty at once.

The.ceniplexion of the treaty then will rest upon -
a single point-, the relinquishing the right 01--iinpres-;
sing British seamen out of American' ships ; a right
which any reasonable man never supposed Great •
Britain Would relitiquiSh ; a right which she has ex=
ercised towards every neutral nation, even her oldest
and best allies : a right, in line, so intimately inter-
woven with her safety, that it cannot be abandoned
without absolutely endangering her political exis-
tence; and With her's perhaps ours.
If it be true, as we have. heard and believe, that !'
by the new treaty we are permitted to bring French
prodUce from French colonies hither, and from
thence to carry it into any port in Europe.; if our
trade to the British territories in the East Indies be
allowed, and if it be stipulated that !our ships shall
not be searched within five miles of our shores, will
it he wise to place in competition with all these im-
portant benefits, the r4.,,ht of impressing her her own
seamen, which England never has, never will, and
never ought to relinquish ?
The rejeEtion of the • British Treaty by the Pre.,
sident, has occasioned in this city, and will no doubt
_occasion in all parts of the Union, the most lively
Sensations of Sorrow and surprise. Just as the cup
of accommodation was at their lips to have it un-;
snatched away,' is of itself a very reason-
able motive for regret. But this is little when corn.'
pared with all the many Other affecting points in
`which they have to contemplate and to feel this
disappointment. The nature of the demand on the
part of .Great Britain is not yet sufficiently known to
-citable the public to decide upon it. But one thing
is known of still treater and more forcible impres-
sion, viz. that if the President has rejedeLL the
'Treaty without taking the opinion of Congr2ss upon
it, he has done an ad of despotism for which he
will it `difficult to account •Satisfactorily- to the
Country. If he can assume the power to reje& a
Treaty without the concurrence of the Legislature,
What is to prevent him from assuming the power to
make one also.
• Colonel Bilita, it is stated in the National
gencer, on the authority of a Letter from Natchez,
dated the 2Gth of January, has..been liberated, on
giving bail for his appearance, in the sum of tO,OOO
dollars; and had returned to his boats.
The Grand Jury of New-Orleans, it is said, have
found a Bill against Judge WonKmAx and Mr.

hERR', but without specifying any charge.

HARWICH, APRIL 17.—Two Gottenburgh Mails
arrived yesterday by the Prince of !Vales Packet,
Capt. A. DEANE; and this 'morning Capt. BRIDGEi
of the. Auckland Packet, :came express with a Mes-,
senger, with .dispatehes;frorn St. Peteraburgh. Three
H math MIAs also arrived this morning by the Earl
of L:.'icester Packet, Capt. TiromPsoti; Beau toy,
Capt. Noittas, and Diana,.Capt. MACDONOUGH ; a
Messenger, witli dipatches from Vienna; and about
thirty other persons, came passengers.
We are inforMed that the •Frerch. having raised
the siege of Stralsund, the Swedish. troops made a
Ord& tr'Oni 'the Garrisons and, in their .retreat, made
1.200 prisoners and took several ammunition ikag-

gobs.
• ' The Packets with the outward-bound Husum and
(ottenburgh are yet detained -by a strong
north-east wind.
Remain the Dauntless, Combatant, and Valorous
Sloops of War, and Eagle Revenue Cruizer.

PcmlsmouTH; APRIL rti.-:—Arrived the. Isis, of
50 guns, Capt.,LAuottAttNE ; Nassau, of 64 guns,
Capt. Ctotrii4l. ; and the Explaiiinz Bomb, with
a (Zonvo.V from the Dowrisx among which are the
Zinnia'? Cagle and Surat Castle.
Sailed La Decade Frigate, Capt. STVART Su-:
perieure Gun-brig, Lieut. SOWORTH _riven Gun-
brig, Lieut.Tuntqsll ; and the Camilla Sloop of War,
Capt. Bow EN, with about 40 Sail, under Convoy fov
the West Indies.

Several Ships which were botand to the West
Indies arrived this morning from -the Downs.
APRU. 1 7.—Sailed the Leda Frigate, Capt. HoNY•
MAN, and the Childers Sloop of War; Capt. INNES,
with a Gonvoy of near forty Sail, for the 'Downs.
Part of the East Indiamen are droliped down to
Sr. Helens, and the remainder are expeeted to drop
•
down to-morrow.

SPORTING rivTgLugs.wqE,

WMARKL/ FIRST SPRING MEETING, Ao7.

FKIDAY, APRIL. 17.

Ld Sackville,s Whirligig, Bst. ?lb. -beat Mr. Mellish's
Glory, 7st. izlh. T A.M. B. Cc. .-0.0;s.;-7 to /putt Whirligig,
Mr. Mellish's Cardinal Beaufort, Sst. 4th. beat Sir t . Burt.
bury's Snug, M. B C. roogs. 3 to t ag,t
Cardinal Beaulort:
Gen.Gower's Swinley, Sst.slb. beat Ld Sackville's Witch!
Oraft, Sst. 714, ta.ogs.--7 to 4 ass! §vy'ulley.:,

•
FOREIGA- Ilt-TEL-LIGENCE.

ROTTERDAM, APRIL 7.---LettersOfthe 25th and
2(itierf,Vebruary„ trom Constantinople, mention the
negL p tri ' The Torks,, who should
haVe destroyed Ow English Sgips with the cannon
of the, fortresses, were off their guard when the
enemy appeared ; so that, the Admiral passed' the
'Straits. ith very little difficulty, and defeated or
destroyed, 'a part of the Turkish Fleet, which at-
tempted to oppose him..
- " On the !::3cl he slimed himself before the port
of Constantinople, and came to anchor, with "his
• I.ldet, in the form of a semi-circle. He has a cum-
. ber-_of Bomb-vessels, and threatened to destroy a
number of Turkish Vessels that are fitting out in the
harbiyAr, together with the houSes, mostly of wood,
'unless-the porte immediately complied with his de-
mands.- M. ARBUTHNOT was on board the Admi-
ral's Ship. Every thing is in confusion ; a perfeta
stop is put to business 5, most of the shops are shut
up,- and a number of people are removing, with
their valuables, into the country.
In the mean while the English Fleet continues
to cruize between this city and the Island of Prpris,
but no'hostilities have taken place. M. ARBUTH-
NOT has sent in several flags of truce, and the Porte
dispatched. one of its favourites to have an interview
- with, him. It is said his demands are such, that the
Porte neither can nor will agree to them.. In the
uterim, this citinever wore such a warlike appear-
-lance, as at present. The best order prevails, and
batteries have- been areded at various'points under
the diredion of :French Engineerg. • The Ottoman
Squadron, that in' vain endeavoured to resist the
British Admiral, consisted of one Ship of the Line
and six Friptes."
-WARSAW, MARCH IG.---The Persian Envoy,- with
the Emperor of the French, has received dispatches
from Therau, announcing the most brilliant successes
obtained by the .arms of his Sovereign. Prince
Abbas Mirza, the' Emperor's son, renowned all
through the East ibr his bravery, writes under. the
'date of. Dec.- 6.„-i sob
." That Prince Mehemid Veli Miza, one of his.
brothers who commanded in the-Khorassan, has ex-
tended his viaurious arms as far as the ,Oxus, and.
seized -upon the _city of Merve, belonging to 'the
Usbeck Tartars, atSout five clays journey from the
Boukara country, the,Governbr of which has taken
the oath of allegiance to the Emperor of .Persia.
" Kaboul and Candahar are in complete.subjeEtion
to :Fetledi Schah. These countries now fortn a part
of the Persian Empire, and several formal Embassies
have beensent to the Emperor to assure him of -the
fidelity of the inhabitants of these countries extend-
ing as fitr as the frontiers
,of the Indies.
" Prirtoe, Ahoas Miza is in , the provinces of
Mogiian and Carabagh at the head of a formidable
army, within four_days March of Tais. He has
detaehed 40,000 men of his- army toe Georgia.---
Ahined Khau, who commands them, has.already
seized upon- Chnrcgel and. Penbch, where he has
found several piece's of artillery. All the Russians
who defended these places have been killed, •or sent •
,prisoners to niece, Abbas Miza. A great number
-of Russian deserters arrive at the Persian carne every
-day. The Emperor, to reward 'the brave Ahmed
:Titian, has- annexed the Government of Erivan to
that he already holds.
" This series-of successes, obtained at all points
of the Empire, will-give a new degree of splendour
. -and power ro PerSia. The khorassan is no longer
;, exposed to the incursions of the Tartars. ,The au-
thority of Persia now extends as far as the frontiers
the English Possessions in the East-Indies. The
, Russians, in a very bad state in Georgia, will be at-
tacked on all sides. The most perfed unanimity
prevails through. all the provinces of the Empire, and
Persia may send :resit threes against the enemy,-
" The Russians have made. prop)sals, of peace: !
. ,Fethali Schah bas.rejeded them. He has caused a
stop to be put to all commercial intercourse with
Russia, and returned, as an answer to their yopo-
sin, dial as- long as the Great Emperor, his friend
and ally, should be. at war with them, they must
neither expea peace nor truce from Persia."

[FROM THE COURT GAZETTE.]

VIENNA, MARCH was upon the 18th of
Februery, in the afternoon, while the Turks were
celebrating the Feast.eithe Grand-Bayram, that the
English Admiral DooKwoRTH,, with the Royal
George, of it 0 guns ; the Windsor Castle, of HO
guns ; the COIIOPiIS, Admiral LOUIS ; and the Pom-
pje, Admiral Sir SIDNEY SaiITH, of 84 guns each ;
the ilaive, the Standard, the Repulse, and Than-

• derer, 0174 guns each ; . the End,ipnion, of 5 (), three
frigates, and several fire-ships and bomb-vessels, pe-
netrated the.; Dardanelles, vunder the favour. of a
• strong Southerly,. wind, notwithstanding the fire of
the forts, and almost N'y itliout receiving any dam;ige
froni it. The: ..rest- of. their fleet remained off
the Cape of. Tenedos. After haVing attacked and
destroyed the small squadron which was at anchor.
at the entrance of the Canal, the fleet cast anchor, bn
the evening of the 20th, Within cannon shot of the
Capital, bet,%,yeenthe Seraglio and the Seven Towers.
Messages were immediately Sent ofrOn both sides.
I.le. negotiationS,:still. continue, although on the
:evening of.t he there. was, a slight engagement
a of the Turkish gun=boats, which
-were repul;ed.l)7the.. English, and' eitl:er burnt or
,:t driven ashore. The ,P ,rte continuc.A its preparations

of defence witiv'tidditionill ardOur. 'Numerous bat-,
tcries are establishing all .11,07i,g-•.tlie European and
Asiatic coa.;ts, 011'%%;1111:11 .'42Vcr.3l Lundred pieces of
cannon will be.paced. 01-Ecer-Ott the
li)orte,-.eveni he Reis Etleildi, posr: ass:istied
to in ti:e:iiike 'ot defence: 'The •Gaind Seignior
inaii.Nrsoni..illy repaired to the, works to mate the
)abourers, b his presce. TheCaptilin Pachl, and !
t ;presence.'the Ma e, have been 'LH laced
and banished to ttodosto.
has been apf3Orn red Tirst-Set-retary of-the A.diuiraltY,'
The.Yogpktorias' Squadron reeplieJ Every
the. Arstenal, tit for service, has been sent
to ',lopnatr.t..,to I.)e out ready thr*a: .For Avant Of.
‘,.',;:13 el ), crcl,yo arc to 'be;got from among

'.• • ci•
• ). been 'appointe successoi-
kt'An f rtr,u, altlioli:‘,_-;-11 the Januissaties of
!;.krafbitririly Aga,,cov2rnor.of

t!;:;1

Cl-I.IIIS OF' THE IRISH RO.III,4IVISTS.

• The following is an Extra& froM. " A Letter"
lately publiThed by John Bottles, Esq. addressed
" to Samuel Whitbread, Esq. M. P. in consequence
of-the unqualified approbation expressed by him
in the House of Commons. of Mr. Lancaster's
System of Education ; the Religious Part of which
is here shewn to be incompatible with the
safety 'of the Established Church ; and, in its
tendency, subversive of Christianity itself. In-
cluding also some cursory Observations on the
Claims of the Irish Itomanists, as they atreel the
safety of the Established Church."

"Much uncertainty exists respecting the actual
Population of Ireland, and the relative number oft he
Protestants and Romanists in that Country. All
persons, however, agree, that the latter constitute
an immense majority of that Population ; a fad,
which, whether the Majority be greater or less, af-
fords, conceive, a solid foundation for the reason-
ing which is built upon it in the foregoing pages. It
may not lie amiss, however, to subjoin to this Tra&,
the result of a communication which I have received
from an intelligent friend resident in Ireland, re.,
spelling the state of the Population, and the increase
of Popery in that Country ; together with his Opini-
on as to the Causes which have led to such increase,
and the means by• which so great an evil may most
effedually be checked. The calculations of my
friend are, I understand, foUnded, in a great Mea-
sure, on the Publication entitled, A Statistical and
Historical Inquiry into the ProgresS and Magnitude
of the Population of Ireland, by Thomas Newen-
ham, Esq.'
" Population of Ireland in 1731 - 2,010,221
Ditto in 1805 - 5,395,456
NUmber of Romanists in 't 7.31, ac-
cording to a Return made to the
House of Lords - - 1,309,703
Number of Protestants at the same
period, as per Return
Number of Romanists in 1805 - 4,300,000
Number of Protestants at the same
period - 1,080,000
Increase of Romanists from 173 t
to 1805 - - - 2,990,240
Ditto of Protestants during the same
interval - - - 379,543.

" Thus it appears, that in 1731, the Romanists
were to the Protestants not quite in the proportion
of: two to one; and that in 1803, the former were
to the latter in the proportion at more than blur to
one. - Secondly, that from. 1731 to i 805, the 'Po-
pulation had more than doubled ; thin its positive
increase during that interval was_ 3,385,93.5 ! and
that the increase of the Itomanists, iu coMparison
with that of the Protestants, has been in the pro-
portion of more than seven to one.
" This truiy alarming decline of Protestantism is
owing to the
.great exertions of the Popish Priests,
and their Agents, in making 'proselytes, and the
gross ignorance of the loC‘er orders)._ which exposes
them. to be easily perverted ; to the zeal with which
Popery is encouraged and promoted by -all its ad-
herents, who possess any power or influence ;
comparatively, little Or no exertion is made on the
other side ; to the great increase of Popish places of
worship in Counties and Towns, where splendid
Chapels are ere&ed, while the Protestant Churches
are suffered to fall to decay ;. and to the want of
Protestant Schoolmasters, and the abundance of
those of the Popish Persuasion, who are perpetually
perverting the Protestant children. _

"It is obvious, that the proper remedies hr the
evil, would be the building and maintaining .of Pro-
testant Churches, together with means to secure the
residence of the Clergyl, 'the establishment of Pro-
testant Seminaries; and. the circulation of Bibles,
Testaments, and Tracts against Popery. •The Peo-
ple are extremely eager to obtain Bibles And Testa-
ments ; while the Priests, adhering to ,their ancient
arts of delusion, are as vigilant and alive 41 Prevent-
ing them from acquiring such means of information.
Accordingly, in the South,' there is scarcely-a Bible
in Five Hundred Popish Families.
" If such means were adequately 'resorted to,
there is reason to hope, that the Protestant Religion,
which is the strength and security Of a Protestant
Government, would gradually obtain an increasing
influence, without affording any just cause of c91;11'.
plaint to the Romanists, and without the least symp-
tom of. intolerance.".'

Yesterday an especial Court of Common Council
was held to take into consideration the Sheriff's
answer relative to the City Address. The Be-
membrancer stated to the Court that Hts MAJESTY
Would receive it on Wednesday next, at the Queen's
Palace, but wished that a deputation only,would at-
tend; which, after a handsome speech from Mr. Al-
derman COMBE, was agreed to, and ordered* to be
entered on the Journals, though not to stand as a.
precedent ; afterwards it was moved by Mr, Bincd,
and seconded by Mr. DIXON, that the Committee
should consist of twelve Aldermen and twelve Com-
miners, attended by the Lord Mayor, Recorder, and
Sheriff's' ; .but an Amendment was made bv Mr.
VANDERCOMBE, and supported by Messrs. WAITH-
MAN,' SLADE,' GOODEEHERE, and 'WOOD, that
should consist of .only the Lord Mayor, and lte-
corder,which was lost by a majority of i 4, and the ori7
ginal motion was then.carried, the tbilowing twelve
Aldermen and .twelve-Commoners comprising the
Deputation: Lord Mayor, Aldermen Curtis, Com6e,
Shaw, Earner, Perring, Price, Hunter, Hankey,
Watson, Scholev, Anderson, and Glynn. Com-
moners—Deputy. Birch, Samuel Dixon, Edward
Clarke, Harper, Deputy Greenaway,.Anthony
Airown, Deputy Rowlatt, Valiance, CharleS.
'Stuart, William .Box, and James Dixon.

Philip Underwood alias Peter Unett,. formerly, a
clerk in several banking-houses in Liverpool, was,
apprehended-on,Thursday last,
.at a house in New=
gate-street, upon suspicion of having robbed an oil
tide in Liverpool. .He was traced to Londonin
.con-
sequence of, information in an intercepted letter to
his ‘xifef and after an examination at 13ow-street,
was sent off to Liverpool. .
Died on Monday' last, at 'Ludlow, Sn the
ye it of her age, after two months. illness, of-a rapid
decline, Miss ANN SAYER, second daughter. of Mr.
SAyta, of Highwood, in the, CoUnty of
Hereford.

LAW R EPO RT.
) Fs,
COURT OF KING'S' LiErk:ll, Al'llll. 17.

111111tElt.
Mr. Wit.seWinoved fora this case,
which was an aCtion Ei;:iinst • the 'itrefeildant, Lady
Turner, at'the suit of a' person hiid lived with
her as servant out of livery.x'2l7he'ase WAS' tried at
the last Assizes fur Norfolk; and the-amount of the
sum in dispute was very trifling, being in taut only
half-a-guinea ; but he hoped, .that notwithstanding
the general rule not to grant neW,,. trials in 'cases of
small damages, yet the Cottre'lxlvoiSid4 grant one in
this case, on account of the'pUblie principle and in-
terest of the decision.

The Plaintiff being discharged from Lady Turner's
service, claimed, upon the Settlement of his wages,
a suit to carry him back to town in the inside of the
coach. Lady T. offered to pay' his expence'by the
outside, and thus the difference in their calculation
of the money due arose.• The Jury gave a verdiel
for the Plaintiff. Since the trial it had been discO-
vered that the Plaintiff went up to town on the out-.
side, although, he charged the inside fare.---Rule
Nisi granted.

• • SEAR r. PRENTICE.
This was an Action against a Surgeon for un-
skilfulness in. hi;- profession, which was tried before
Mr. itistice HEATH, at the Jast assizes for Hertsi
The Plaintiff had broken his arts, and dislocated his
elbow, and the Defendant 'had set it soil], that the
Stirgeon who was'afterwards called in, was obliged
to break the arm again, and reset it, and it was ap-
prehended. that' he • would he deprived of the use.of
his arm, and have a stiff elbow foriife. • The other
Surgeon said he could not have supposed that any
'Apothecary's apprentice could have treated a patient
with 4o little -skill. ; The learned Judge in his direc-
tion to the Jury, said, that they . could not ,try
.the
skill of a professional mail.; and it :was not to be ex-
peaed that country doLtors, as they were 'called,
should possess the scienceand experience of Hunter,
Cline, or Abernethy.
Ttie Jury found a verdi& for the Defendant.
Mr. GURNEY now moved for a new trial, on the
ground of a supposed misdirection. .

Lord ELLEN .13 OROUGH .said there were very old
writs in . the register for unskilfulness in
.surgical
treatment, ,and one for- want- of skill, whereby the
Plaintiff lost his right eye. 4
• Rule Nisi granted.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, APRIL
17.
This 'day's' fnarket had-but a short supply of dif-
ferent, kinds of Cattle ;; Mutton and Lamb sold at
last prices ; , Veal and Pork .are dearer ; Beef is ra-
ther cheaper;' and the trade in general was • but
indifferent.--The sales in the Haymarket were not
lively; Hay obtained a better pride than- Monday's
market ;. Straw and Clover fetched last prices.---The
following is an accurate statement of the prices and
nuM tiers :

' • To siuk the Offal per stone of 81b.
Beef ss. od. to is. Gd.—Minton 4s: 6d. to ss. od.'--:Veal
Gs. od. to Bs. od.—Lamb 7S. od, to Ss. od.-7-Potk ss. od. to
6s. 6d.'

Beasts, 470.—Sheep and Lambs, 3,740.-=Calves,
Pigs 400.

SMITHFIELD HAY •MARKET.
Hay 21. 15S. ro• 51. 155.---CloVei 41. os: od. to 51. 155.--
Straw 31. los. to 31. ss. • •

CORN -a'ICHANGE, Allll. 17.--TO-day but few.
arrival} of Whoot coastwise,-,but- about -,5000 quar-
trs of French in nelitrai bottoms, 'and-near -I 0,000
barrels of American 'Flour, -*lnch has the etf:qi of a
further rcciution in the price of this article-; Barley
and the two sorts of I?einis keep then' prices ; 'Oats
are in consitlerable Supply, and dull sales; Flour at
less, and expected cheap.er: •!.

No. 16,787, First-drawn Ticket on Tuesday,
14th April, 'lBO7, distributed to the Public the
immense Sum of 40,0001.-; a circumstance unparal=
leled' in the annals of. Lotteries, as it decided the
Capital Prize in: the grand Schemes of the State
City, and Bowyer 's Lotteries. The above fbrtu-
nate- Ticket was sold to the Public in one Quarter,
one Eighth, and ten Sixteenth Shares, by HODGES
who by the above
and Co. ..l‘To. 2, Cornhill, No. 14y, Oxford-street,
of the list for the
ga
.11(Ni
eov.e
n 4
t 4, a
rSet .plJaactende
ts ms's-street, ice
headt,
Sale of Capital Prizes.
But one mind, seems to pervade the holders of the
rm. Prizes on Tuesday last--namely, to immediate-
ly exchange them .for,undraWri chances. - A little
addition to that prize-money will elle& the new pur-
chase, and all such adventurers will then start afresh
for the immense weight of interest that attaches also
to, nett 'Thursday's drawing, and for that unprece-
dented' abundance of capital Prizes that are now in
the wheel.

BIRTHS.

Yesterday, in Dover-street, Lady Theodosia Vyner, of a
Son. .

On Tuesday morning last, the Right Hon. Lady Kinnaird,
of a Son-and Heir.

•On the 13th inst. at Clifton, the Lady of Benjamin Way,.
jun. Esq. of a Son.
On the x,rtli. hist, ar the house of William Courttnay, Esq.
in Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, Lady Hatriet Comte.
nay, ofa Son,. . .

The same day, at her father's house, Brickendonbury,
fierts; the Lacty of William Dent, jun. Esq. of still-born
Son. : •
On the 17th inst. at his house in Upper Harley-street, the
Lady of Lee Steere Stem.; Esq., of a Soo. . , • .

•,
MARRIED.
•
, .
On Thursday the 'gth—first. at Chiswick, Mr.- George
Cloake, of .Turnliain-green, to Miss Sarah Knowles, of the
same place.
On Tuesday last, at Salcomb, Devon, Mr.Charles;Lay.,
ton, of London, to Nliss Matilda Bryett, fifth daughter of the
Rev., fairies h ryett, of the :Omer place. , •