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London, England, 1805-08-02 00:00:00

LONDON.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2.

num OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCKs
Calf& far money.sB4—tar Augua, Oa
OMIIiIIOS aff-Zzetieq. Bah, par is. pram-Rassaed sci

PRICE OF. STOCKS YESTERDAY.

a re Can. Ital. An. 39 ft
a pc Cunt. C0n1.3811
Owe Cent- 714 77
3 per Cent. Navy 891 f
Lang Ann. 17 144

India Stack 184
Fxckeq• DIP% par is. prem.
Omni= 44
Lfrtery Tickets 191.3 a.
Cat for acc. s Stilt

It is now the opinion of many that a Continental
war is at no great &fiance. BONAPARTE, by his ra-
pacity and impatience, has opened the eyes of more
than one Power to fee a part at leAll el his fyllem ;
and in fpite of his artifices a plan which was not in.
tended to be allowed to tranfpire till ready for exe-
cution has come to their knowledge, which will tend
to haflen them to a decifion.

We mentioned Come weeks ago an intent; in on the
part of France, to extend its,northern bound tty. We
underhand this plan had for its objeS, to divide Hol-
land with another Power: the latter to have North
Holland, Rotterdam included, and to this was to be
added the whole of Hanover; BONAPAR.TE to have
South Holland.—the Meufe to be the boundary be-
tween them, but to belong to France.
We (hall offer no remarks at prefent on this iniqui-
tous contra& : it will Coon make noife enough. But
we may be allowed to afk, whether it would not have
been found policy in this country to have been the
donors of Hanover, and to have ahilled in railing a
certain Power to loch a rank in the kale of Sove-
reignty, as would have excited the jealoufy of France,
and made it the intereft of that Power to aft with
the other legitimate Potentates of Europe, is pre-
fcribing limits to the ambitious prnjefls of the Cor-
!lean ? Had that Power, as we long ago hinted,
been offered poffeflion of Hanover, and the Sove-
reignty of Holland, it would :probably have joined
heartily in the common caufe, and the influence
which France has obtained, direly and indireftly,
over that country, would have been annihilated.

We yefterday Rated that the report of the capture
of the Antigua fleet was unfounded; we now have
the pleafure to Rate that intelligence has been this
day received by exprefs at the Admiralty, announc-
ing its (de arrival off Weymouth.
The Atlas, SANDS ; the Briton, Powsta. ; the
Trolly, Wastra ; and the CONCORD, WILLSON, from
Barbadoes, are arrived at Briaol : they failed on the
Igth June, under convoy of the HERON (loop of
war, in company with eighteen other veffels, fcr
Great Britain, and feveral other vefrels for New-
foundland, Q2ebec, &c. and parted from the Lon-
don (hips on the 27th ult. off Cape Clear.

The Leicefter packet from Falmouth for the Lee-
ward Blanch, and the Spy privateer, of London,
Capt. DveTart, are captured, and carried into Gua-
daloupe.

Wednefday morning the Portuguefe Ambalrador
tranfaeed buftnefs at Lord MULGRAVE's Office.
On Monday afternoon died, in the prime of life,
at her father's houfe at Broomrig, near Dumfries,
MEN. KEY, wife of ALEXANDER KEY, Efq. of Lei-
eetterXquare, London—a Lady whore engaging man-
ners and amiable qualities endeared her to a eurner-
• nus ind truly refperflable circle of acquaintance, by
whom her early death is moll fincerely regretted.
On Monday laft Mr. PITT, accompanied by Lords
CARRINGTON, MAHON, ESSEX, FITZHARRIS, Merfrs.
Rosa and STURGFS BOURNE, together with a large
party of friends, waited the Military College at Great
Marlow. They were received by Colonel Ls Mts.-
vial+ r, the LieutenantGoYernor, and the Staff ot the
College. by whom they were condufted through the
different claffes of the prnior department, during the
time of inftrudion. 'I hey afterwards infpettcd the
plans and drawings of the fenior department, Gen.
JARRY, and the Officers who reflex at Wycombe, at-
tended on the rice:llion. After the hours of fludy,
the Cadets paraded under arms, and performed le-
v.llo manccuyres with a promptitude and precifion
that did them the higheft credit for their fleadinefs
and difcipline. Nothing can furpafs the arrangement '
and good order that appeared to pervade every part
of this Inititution, and Mr. PITT expreffed himfeif
much gratified with every thing he had ken, as well
in Tepee to the mode of conducting the Rudies as
with refpee to the military appearance of the efta-
bliffiment. It is to be lamented, that the confined
accommodation at Marlow, prevents the Inftitution
becoming more generally ufeful to the Britilh army.
The Rev. DAVID WAUCHOPE, A.M. has been pre-
fenced by Lord Vilcourt Saexy:LLß to the Vicarage
of Sliptor., and to the Reeory of Warleton, by their
Graces the Duke and Duchefs of BUCCLRUGH, both
in the County of Northampton.
One of the windows in the Cathedral Church of
Litchfield is now filled with the Rained glafs put--
foaled by the Dean and Chapter from a twined ab-
bey in France. It contains three fcriptural fubjefts,
allentire, vie.. Lb-0 wearies to the Apollo: and 7 bo-
nil:, The Wont of the Holy Gla, on the 'Wks, and
6, Day of Yisdsmeni. Tile date is 1534. and it is
at;:ounted one ut the final fpccimens of this art now
in die kingdom.
Friday the 3d, or Forfar Volunteers, commanded
by Major Dow, which has been on permanent duty
at Mcß;,.rofe for three weeks, marched for Forfar, dur-
ing nib:eh time they have behaved in the mall orderly
manner; and, to do *office to Major Dom, his offi-
cers and. Llen, their duty has been a little fevete, they
havingftin ,ifned a pard for a fortnight pat for the
purpofe of s eepinp, five (Imps crews, fubje& to the per-
4-ssnaneeof.4. uarantine,on board their refpetliye (hip:,
ill awe, and pi v c tai ing ccmaiunication with the time.