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London, England, 1801-07-29 00:00:00

PROM THE PARIS PAPRES.

PAM 1, JULY 2s.—A notification has been fent to
all the merchants of Venice, that in confequence
of the peace of Luneville, and the amicable rela-
tions eftablifhed between Anllria and France, they
muff not fupply the Britifh veffels cruiziug in the
Gulph of Venice, with provifions or warlike flores.

Letters from Vienna Rate, that Count CH ALL es
de Conant's, uncle to the Plenipotentiary to
Lnneville,and formerly Chancellor of the Empire,
has been appointed Ambaffador of his Imperial
Majefty at Paris.
It was confidered at the Hague on the t7th as
certain, that the indemnities of the houfe of
Orange had been finally fettled at Berlin ; and'
that the Prince of Orange will make a formal re-
nunciation of the Stadtholderlhip, when the Praffian
troops in Franconia !hall have taken poffeffion of
the Rates atligned to him.
Lice/me, JULY 3.—The troops which defend
Porto Ferrajo have experienced a check : rendered
audacious by the good effett of their refinance,
they made a fortie on the morning of the 29th of
June, to the number of 300 men, to attack a corps
of French of about boo men. The latter fuffered
them to advance, and having formed themfelves
into a femi-circle, endofed them and made a great
flaughter. They, however, confole themfelves for
this loft by the capture of a French brig, fent from
Genoa, with too bombs, 250 barrels of powder,
fix cannons, and two molten, defined for the ufe
of the befiegers. A Neapolitan bark taken by a
privateer belonging to Porto.Ferrajo, and which
the Commandant ordered to be fet at liberty, has
brought the crew of the brig into this port.

G >404, JULY I I.—One hundred and fifty men
of the garrifon of Aboukir arrived here on the
sth, from Toulon, on their way to Milan.
A boat which arrived here this morning in nine
days from Marfeilles brings intelligence, that an
Englilh flag of truce had arrived there, with dif-
patches for the Firft Conful.
Ravassow, Jour t4.—The Diredorial Mini.
firy of Mentz has prefented a plan to the Mini-
fters of the Diet, according to which, a Deputa-
tion is to be appointed from twelve States, viz.
Mentz, Bohemia, Saxony, and Bavaria, in the Col.
lege of the Eledors ; Auftria, Magdeburgh, Bre- I
men, Wirtemberg,Wurtzburgh, and the Counties
of the Evangelical Religion, in the College of,
Princes; and two Imperial Cities, in the third Col-
lege. This Deputation will be commiffioned to
deliberate On the bnfinefs of the indemnities, and
will fubmit the refah of its labours to the Diet.

STOCKHOLM, JULY 7.—The embargo on the
Swedifli (hips in England having been taken ofi:
our Court has fent orders to Colonel de Tome-
i:to i sr, who commands the Thetis frigate Rationed
in the Mediterranean, to 'pat to fea in order to pro-
tea from the Tripoline cruisers the fiwesSni 'mer-
chant (hips which are homeward bound. The
treaty of commerce concluded with ftufse has
been ratified.

Kis° has affigned a confiderable fuze to be
difburfed annually for the purpofe of extending
the cultivation of potatoes in Finland. His Ma•
ItsTY has tent moo rix-dollars to the town of
Diorneberg, in Finland, which had the misfortune
fultain great damage by a bte.

Monday their hiajzsrits and the PRlsiviits
went Onboard the ROYAL CHARLOTTE yacht, at
Weymouth : the weadfer being hazy they did not
ant& out far, tut kept in fight of Weymouth
the whole day : about fix they landed, and ho-
noured the theatre with their pretence, the houfe
was crowded with elegance and falbion.

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Thuriday, General Sir WILLIAM MIEDOWS was
(worn of his Majelly's moll Honourable Privy
Council of Ireland,
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The following are the arrangements of the late
Promotions and Appointments, in Portfmouth
Dock-Yard :
IL Dldama, Efq. Flrft Affiftant, to be Builder at Sbearnefa.
Palbill,•Efq. Second Militant, to be Builder at Chatham.
Efq. Mafter Caulker, to be Second Alßltant at

Plymouth.
Mehra Cannon, Nofeberry, and Strover, from Private Dock-
Yards and Mr. Haynes, a Qiiarterntan, to be AlSitants in

Portfinouth Yard.
Mr. Maddock, Boat-Builder, and Mr. Perkins, to be Militants

at Sheernefe Yard.
Mr. Howell, Foreman of Portfmouth Yard, to be Boat-Builder!
and Mr. Helby,a Qtarterman, to be Foreman of the Yard.
The 49th regiment, and the detachment of the
Rifle Corps, have ferved on board the Baltic fleet
during the whole of the late expedition to that
quarter.
Parochial meetings are now holding at the dif-
ferent Churches on the coaß of Hampfhire, to
carry into execution the propofals fubmitted by the
Deputy Lieutenants, for arming fuch inhabitants
as are not Volunteers, and for adopting the bell
means in the event of invafion, for fecuring the
cattle, corn, &c.

The whole of the military dep6t from Chatham
are at length removed to the Ifle of Wight, the
advantages of which muff foon be felt by the
Iflanders, as the native population mull receive an
increafe of near 3000 ftationary fubjeffts ; the ex-
penditure upon whom will (land Government in
near aoo,oool. per annum.

Major-General HEWITT, the Commander in
Chief, at the I& of Wight, refides at Olborne
Houle, the feat of the late Rossi'. Hors 131.ACH-
FOLD, Efq.

Major-General Dolt, after receiving a very af-
feaionate and congratulatory addrefs from the in-
habitants and volunteers of the We of Wight, took
his leave for Exeter, in which dißria he is appoint•
ed to a command.

Prince WILLIAM of Gxouszsr zit has taken lodg-
ings at Weft Cowes, for the purpofe of fea bathing.
The following Circular Letter has been iffued
from the office of the Secretary of State for the
Home Department to the Lords Lieutenants of
counties, dirthing them to call upon the Volun-
teer Corps to omit no opportunity, compatible with
their neceffary avocations, of exercifing in the
field, and to be in a Rate of conftant and complete
readinefs to march according to the terms of their
refpeftive engagements, and wherever circum-
fiances may require :
" Intelligence having been received, that the
naval and military preparations which have been
for tome time pa ft carried on in' the ports and on
the coafts of France and Holland, have of late
been purfued to a great extent, and with increafed
aftivity ; and there preparations being apparently
direfted to the objeft of making an attack on Come
part of the United Kingdom, his Majefty confiders
it as of the utmoft importance that the moll effec-
tual fteps fhould be taken without lofs of time for
employing, to the heft advantage, that part of his
military force, which the voluntary zeal and fpi-
rit of his &Netts have placed in his hands for the
public fecurity. I am accordingly commanded
by his Majefty to requeft that your ---- will
fignify to the Commanders of the feveral Corps of
Volunteer Cavalry and Infantry within the Coun-
ty of his Majefty's earneft wills that all
Corps of this defcription may be kept in a (fate of
the utmoft readinefs for fuch immediate fervice as
may be conformable to their refpeoive engage.
ments, and as the exigency of affairs may require.
For this purpofe, I am direffted particularly to re-
commend, that under the prefent circumflances,
the refpettive Corps of Volunteer Cavalry and In-
fantry fhould afremble for the purpofe of perform-
ing their Military exercifes as frequently as their
nece(fary avocations will permit. His Ma)efty
places the utmoft reliance on that zeal and fortitude
which have been difplayed by all Claffes of his rub-
jeCts throughout the whole a the prefent conteft,
and which he is convinced will allure the mutt vi-
gorous exertions for maintaining, astinft every
hoftile attack, the honour, the fecurity, and the
independence of the United Kingdom." .
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The Fiasr Comstm having eipreffed with to
fend a perfon to Vienna of tlie• rank of Amhara-
dor, his Isirsaisi. Msiasry has nominated Count
PHILIP de Cos stirs s c, a relation to the Nobleman
now at Paris, to reprefent him in the fame capa.
city at the Thuilleries: The Baron de Buoi.'s ap-
pointment will not now take place.
By letters from Berlin, of the s 4th ink the French
General MACDONALD and his fuite were to fet out
from thence in a few days for Copenhagen. Count
HAVOWITZ, the Minifler for Foreign Affairs, had
given a molt fumptuous dinner to the French• Em-
balfy ; and MACDON•LD is Paid to have declared,
that thould the Court of Ruifia accept of the pro-1
pofals lately fent from Paris to Peterlburgh, with
regard to the indemnities to be granted to the dif-
poreffed Princes, he will refsde in the quality of
French Ambaffador at Peterlburgh.

A whole family died in Paris on the toth
from eating confeftionary which was poifoned.—
When the Officer of Health arrived to make the
necelfary inquiries, he found the father, mother,
and two daughters dead ; the fon was Rill alive,
but died the day after. On examinatiosi, ft was
foundthe baking dills was full of verdegreafe.
By an official return from the Admiralty Col-
lege at Copenhagen, of the killed and wounded
on board the defence (hips in the road, in the bat-
tle of the sd of April, we find that 370 men were
killed in the engagement, of which ten were offi-
cers ; too were wounded, and afterwards died of
their wounds ; and 546 were wounded, three of
whom are officers, who are (till living. The whole
number of killed and wounded appears, by the
fame official return, to automat to z,oso men. •