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MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON, AUGUST 9. Au,

T a MEETING of MERCHANTS send others,
held here this Day to confider of the molt effeCtual means
fee giving Voluntarily prompt rah Ranee to Government with
Horfes. Driven, anti Carriages, for the porpofe of conveying
Troops to the Army in the event of Invafion.
'Flee Right Hat. the LORD MAYOR in the Chair.
Refolved, That it appears to this Meeting to be of the highefl
Importance, that Government ftould have the moll effeetual and
certain means ready prepared and arranged for conveying Troops
to the Army with the greeted ezpeelition, in the event of Invailon,
and not be compelled at the moment of meet:Bey to peels unpre-
pared Herres ,red Carriage, for that moll effential Service.
Refoleed, 'that a Voluntary Subfeription be now opened for
Drivers, Florio, and Carriages, to be held at the command of Go-
• vernme,t in the event of lovadon, for the Service repealed in site
preceding Refolution, and according to the Plan laid before this
Meeting Ly the Conimiffary General.
RefolveO, That • Committee carryingw appointed for the purple
of moil prbrepil,y. and effe.lually into execution the Refo-
lotions of this Meeting and for unsling all the neceffery arrange-
ments relative thereto; and that they bell have power for calling
General Meetings of the Subkribers when they may deem it ne.
ceffary. for afeectauting the Loft or Damage, which thr•Suhferibers
may luflain in their Herres or Carriages, and to add Nth Mem-
bers to the COMil.ittec as they totoy think proper.
Reolved. That the following Gentlemen be the Committee for
carrying the Refolution of this Meeting into died :
The Right Han. John Prrring, John Stuart, Efq.
Mayor. Rohm Hankey, Efq.
Sir John E2llltr, Kt. W Box, Efq.
Sir Charles Price, 8311. M. Wood, Efq.
• George Chirac, Efq. Mernmduke Langdale, Efq.
Peter Free, f:q. Samuel Walker, Efq.
Pc Stephen Hunter, Efq. Vailaisow,Ffq.
Peter Perebard, Efq. Browning, Eft}
George tieholey, Efq. John Pocky Seedingtoo, Efq.
Jcdepb Lyon, Erg. •
'The Committee rive notice that they WEI attend at the Morton
Honk daily from Eleven to Three e'Cloth, far the purpore of re-
celviog Sunkriptions of Horfes end Cirrhoses, mil tranfacting
aim Winds as diredted by the General cern.

at the beginning of the engagement, receiving& rfif-
charge of mufquetry as the went off, which did her
fo much damage that the immediately eeafed to row.
Afterwards palling neat a gunboat, which fired upon
her, the funk. Of the twenty-five men which corn-
pofed the crew of the fled pinnace, two were killed,
fix wounded, one
,mortally, and eht who were not
wounded were made prifuners. Among the latter
are BENJAMIi4 Bist.CHAMIrRS, Secretary to the Cap-
tain, Rosser HnNEYMAN, Commander on the Ra-
tion. The Englith pinnace is at this moment enter-
ing the harbour. We had not a man killed. Our
wounded are, M. Rip:Gorr, Captain of the bomb
yeffel ; MADYONS, Bombardier of the 4th Regiment
of the Marine, and PICILIta Aerosol), Caralaineer of
the loth Light.
CAcir A r VI teTillit) X, NRAI BOULOGNE, JUL, 39.--•
The Emperor reviewed yellerday and to-day the 4th
divifion encamped here. He expreffed the greaten
ifatisfattion at the vigour and health of the troops,
who went through their manceuvres with the greatett
preci fion.—lloasteur, Aug. 5.
Salim', Jove z7.—Her Majefly the Ernprefs, in
I going by water to Ai xla-Chapelle, diretted her route
by Sedan. The 24th intl. in the evening, the arrived
' in our city, where the was received with all the ho-
' noun due to her rank, and atuichl the acclamations
of univerfal joy. Her Majelly fet out again the day
following for Liege. M. Philippoteaux, Sub-prefea,
and M. Poupart, of Nerrilife, Mayor of Sedan, were
admitted to offer the homage of their eonftituents.
I The following is an extratt from the fpeech of the
Sub-prefect :
o Madam, a new day of happlocfs beano die sionalespoirz
the city of Sedan. It has the,ineltimable advantage' of
a fecond time your Imperial Moietty, the augult astepenion of
the r--ten of Menarchi.
" The remembrances which your Majelty has left aniongft
ms
are indelibly engraved In am karts; we have forgotten our cores
—the goodnefs of your Imperial Maietty has effaced than ail ; and
if it be yet potable that any one mould tilt now have preferved a
melancholy rciedlioa, we doubt two, Madam, that it will mate
from this moment.
u AU France knows the generollty of your mind. AN adore
Too, Madaos ; and the Divifloo of Ardente., of which h vet the
nnor to be the Speaker. Intuzicated with the happbiefs of his
clears DO other vow than for your entire felicity. Flame has
&wiled them, that the tante al a diadem has not canted you to
brill the wakappy
and Gap tide ;
bthey know that your cleared enjoyment Is in
tilts modosame ofeim; comicial= port. They
look up thou wick cockade:ice to your Mak fty. They oaks
Oa the dip* at their area, eettairi of always eapericociog from
you the (estimate or a tender soothe:. ..:an theft bores be decekt-
hdt Seated ms the bine throne with Lot Hero to whom the
Pouch potpie have coalided their glorious delay ; cook ktrws
shat eases are to make them happy. 'Your goos
e• takes
to swathing the loft fupplicadoas of the poor, the weak,
4as gortillbd, for it is thus that you know bow to partake the
et your amen taste."
Asa LIL CHa)u.LI, JULY ap.—.Her Imperial Mae
'efly keeping' arrived here the day before yeller-
day, at 5 o'clock in the afternooo. She was famed
by a difcharge of artillery. A knadion of the 21d
regiment of mounted chaffeurs, and a detachment of
gene d'armes efcorted her from the borders of the
depattment. The conßituted authorities and the tri-
butrals, had placed themfelves on the commit of the
mountain overlooking the town, and watched her
arrival. The Prefe& of the Department, 0111LTI,
and the Commanding General, Lora, were in the
fuite of her Majelty. •
Oscar, Jutor 29.—We hear that his Irereatak
Maiji err is attively employed, not only in infpeeting
the flotilla at Boulogne and the camps along the
coaß, but in every thing neeeffary to promote the
foccefs of the expedition againß England.
A rumour has been propagated, that a part of our
armament had already failed in the prefence of the
Emperor ; but afterwards it was found oat, that it
was only a convoy and 200 gun-boats from Calais
and Dunkirk, which had failed, and arrived at Bou-
logne. The enemy appear to be very attentive to
the movements of our. army and navy. The moment
of attempt cannot be dillant, though it is believed
that his Majefly will, before the expedition fails, re-
' view both the fea and land troops dellined to invade
England. His Majelly is daily expelled both at
Dunkirk and at Oltend, where detachments of Isis
Guardkhave already arrived.
The Minifter of the War Department, Dsceas,
has arrived at Boulogne from Havre, where he has
been to hallen the departure of the centre of the Im•
perial flotilla for fee.

his new credentials at an audience granted him for
that puristic.
C9NSTANTENOSLI, JUNII 27.—The following is a
copy of the circular note of the French, Ambalfador
here, General addreffed to the Pruffian En
Toy, Baron Bs szIFIRLD, OD 29th Prairie' (June 0) :
The underfigned Ansbalfsdor from his Majefly
Narozena, Emperor of the French, does himfelf the
honour to notify hereby to Baran Biskrizzo, thai a
Seaatw Confultrons has definitively fettled the organi-
zation 'of France and firmly alablifhed for the fu-
ture, the denomination, forms, and etercifes of
the fovereign power in France. Thefe objets
were hitherto the only ones in the organization
of France, which were fuodn not fully commen-
Curate with the greatnefs and neceffities of the Rate.
His Majelly NAPOLSON, the Emperor of the French,
is therefore by the laws of the State, invefled with
the Imperial dignity in fuch a manner, that this
title and dignity (hall defcend to • his poftetity in
the dire& mile line, nr failing that, in the direct male
line of their Imperial Highnefes the Princes jostrn
and Louis, the brothers of the Emperor.
" From the well known fentiments of the Pcuffian
Court, the underfigned cannot doubt of the Baron
Bisimszo, in this important and happy event ;
and therefore only avails himfelf of the picfcnt op-
portunity again to afure him of his high efteem.
(Signed) 44 DIEDRIR." •
Till ANSWRI OF /ARV 111111/lI.D.
44 The underfigned Envoy from his Pruffian Ma.
jelly confiders himfelf as greatly honoured by the.
communication of the note of the 29th of Ptairial,
by which the French Ambaffador has notified to
him what has been determined in France relative
to the form and inveftigauon of the Supreme Dignity. ,
Much flattered by the above communication, be"
makes no delay to thank his Excelllncy !hr the lftz-
I portant communication, and entreats him to confidi•i
in his well known fentiments, and to be convinced
that he shall always take a true and fincere parti-
cipation in every thing which may promote the
welfare of the French Nation, and its Government.
—The underfigned avails hinthlf of the prefentoppor-
tunity to renew to the Ambaffador the afftzrance of
his very fpecial efiams. (Signed) 44 ROLM
VIRDNA, JULE was on the 22t1 .of jot
that the King of Sunnite, while at dinner at :AI,
bano, near Rome, received difpatches by a Rtiffiat
courier;immediately after reading which he gave or•
dens to his whole retinue to be ready in three hours.
In the mean time his Majefty fent one of his ettvaliais
to the Pos', with a letter, in which he inforzned hiss
of his journey, and muted himfelf for not bang able
to take leave of him perfonally. •
Jour 35,—The acknowledgment oaf the Emperor`
of the French bas not yet taken placer It might
perhaps be expeeed without delay from our Sove-
vertigo. as King of Hungary and Bohemia, con&
deriog the friendly relations that call between France
and Auftria, but as Emperor of Germany the thing
teems to require Come formalities, and fimilar to
thole which were obterved at the acknowledgment of
the first Ruffian Emperor. It is probable that an
Imperial Court Cimmiffion will foon be ailed to the
Die, of Ratifbon on the fubje&, to give a legal att
thority to this acknowledgment.
M. TIOMONI, late Conful at Eticharaft, is ap-
pointed Imperial Conful to the Reiuliiic of Ravi's,
an additional circurtill ance in contradidion of the
report that our Court %gins to unite this Repub-
lic with the Aufitian States.
RATIBION, JULY 27.—This day the vote of the
Kisco of SWEDEN as Duke of Anterior Pomerania,
was entered in the protocol of the college of princes
it propofes that his IMPERIAL MAJESTY ()mold be re
quelled, by an AR of the Diet, to take fuch ma-
tures as may procure for the German Empire leas-
faelory affurances of future fecurity from France.
From the filence of the Envoys at the Diet. after
the votes given by the Eldiorate of Enrols% id:,
and the Duchy of Bremen, on the fubje& of the
Ruffian Nate of the 7th of May, and etpecially from
the circumfiance that the cullrmary formula rela-
tive to the votes that remain to be given, has not yet
been anne zed to the protocol of the Diet, it is con-
cluded that no more votes will be given on the fub-
jed. Only Anterior Pomerania, as mentioned above,
has as yet voted.
STRASBURG, JULY 25.—According to fome ac-
counts, the Ruffian Charge d'Affaires, M. &Gone:tr.,
will Coon have Paris, and M. Laseriscr remain
there as Ruffian Conful.
General Watley, according to the journals pub-
Eared here, has received permilLon to remain at Bar-
celona or Cadiz, till his wife Mall have been brought
to bed, before he departs for America.
ITaLY, JULY 4.—A Milan journal fays, „The
departure of the King of SARDINIA from Rome was
extremely hidden ; he did not even take leave per.
tonally of the Pnr a. He took the refolution of fet-
ting nut immediately after the arrival of a Ruffian

courier."
Waesaw, joty 26.—Yefterday evening the Count
de Le t.t.e left this city ; he was accompanied cooly by
the Duke d'Ancouti us and a (mall retinue. He
took the road to Lithuania, and it is believed that he
is gone to meet Come perfons of his family with whom
be bad appointed to have a conference ; he hes left
the Counters de LILLi. the Duchefs of Almost' t>,t,
and the greater part of his fervent' at WarfaW. His
conduit in this country has been fuch, that the inha-
' lattants of all claret will with plcafure Ice him rout n.

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they r, Auc. 3.—According to the mop recent
intelliitence from Vienna, it appears that the Conic
of Vienna is on the point of offaring its mediation to
rellorc peace between Great Britain and Fiance.
By the 'intelligence from London and Paris, one
fhould be apt almoft to conclude that the tranquillity
of the continent was a dubious matter. Without re.
capitulating the affertions and arguments made ufe
of by either party, it is eafy to judge, from the diplo.
matic hiftory of the prefent period, whether or not
the carafes of difpute or coolnefs between fume of the
great powers of the continent are of a nature to ad-
mit of reconciliation. To an attentive obferver,
events (peak funlciently of themfelves. If, however,
a continental war be inevitable, it (eons to be gene-
rally underftood that an unfbaken neutrality may be
expelled on the part of Prnffia ; and whatever may
be the confequences of a new hoftility in Europe, we
appear to be far enough ont of harm's way at land
from our relations with our exalted French ally. At
any rate the contents of the credentials delivered on
Monday Lift by his Malefly's Ambaffador to our
Government, are highly honnorable to our Repub-
lic-5 the Supreme Reprefentatives of which are there-
in filed " dearly beloved great friends and allies,"
&e. &c. The Prendent and *embers of the Govern.
Intent of State were therein, as ado to usefpes.l".4
the French Ambaftador, entitled atitlr Aggellen.
cies t"—New Mirage. Attpjf 4.
Avovsr 3.—The French Generals Bomar and
GROUCHY have arrived froth France, and paffed
through this place for the camp of atift,"lately aug.
mented by the 58th regiment of the line, of which
only ope battalion continues in garrifon here and at
Scheveling. This camp is now complete.and contains
59,000 ringeb trooph under the command of Gen.
Mattison*. and Tscoo Batavians, commanded by
General bussomcsau. It is the common opinion,
that theft troops are more deftined to ferve as an
fray of referee to the army of Hanover, in cafe of
la continental war. than to invade England. Several
Proffian officers of fuperior funk have sated Gene:
rat M AAAAAA at Zeift. and admired the order and
regularity oUthis encampment, fortified in a man-
,ner that it can ran for months the attacks of armies
too,ooo meal WO Danilb and Swedith officers
love betides arrived dem k but the French commas.
der is pardculerliave tb Pruffians, for whom
lbe keeps open table 'Tetras,. it is reported, that
an additional rolumn br *too* French troops wilt
arrive from the interior, ill the coterie of this month.
It is not known whether they are in flay in this Re.
public, or continue their March (or Germany.
Atm. 4.—They write from Aatwerp, of the date
of the ad intl. that a confpiracy has been difcrrvered
among the fold firs of the 112th Regiment, chiefly
Belgians. who formed a plan of defertion over to
England. Thatngleaders have been already carried
before the Military Commiffion of the asth Military
Divifion 1t Brufels and will probably be Ova.

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At a meeting bribOikbaity aid. Gentry. held
yefierday it the Thatched Houle Tavern, for the
purpole of volunteering horfes and carriages to con-
vey the troops to, the army in cafe of iovidion, the
Right Honourable Lord Hawsasaoar wascd to
the Chair.
Sir Pions Waren'r having explained to the Meet-
ing the nature of the tenders that were intended to
be made to Government. (which were the fame as
thrice he propofed at the Crown and Anchor, and
Manfion Houle,)
Lord Hawes setter was of opinion that the pro-
pofitions made by the Commiffsry General would be.
if carried into execution. the belt that could be adopt-
ed, and he hoped every Gentleman prefent would
agree with him in endeavouring to atilt the Govern-
ment of the Country. in a way fo peculiarly calcu-
lated to annoy the enemy in cafe of invafiop, It ap-
peared to his Lord/hip, that Gentlemen need not be
. deprived of their carriages until an invafion had ac-
tually taken place, as the machine which was to be
placed on the winds, was fo couLtrueed that it might
be ealily placed in a bay loft or out hottfe. till it was
wanted ; alien,in a very fhort time, the coach might
be taken from he carriage, and this new machine be
placed on it, to convey troops to the army. His
I..ordlhip obferved, that thole Gentlemen who had
job holies might feel a degree of delicacy in volun-
teering the property of other men, although in their
fervice, and kept at their expence ; but to obviate
this, he had great ple..tite to inform them, that the
matter-jobbers had, in the mat handfome and truly
patriotic manner, come forward, and,ljptiblic ad-
vertifement,permitted Gentlemen who employed their
honks, to volunteer them as their own, provided tbik
Gentlemen would fend their own coachman with two
days provifion, to take care of the cattle. which the
Noble Lord prefnmed no Gentleman prefent would
refule to do. A Gentleman prefent stored the Meet-
ing, he had eviy inclination to affill the Government
in the way which 1,a:1 been propofed ; but he waited
to he informed, if it &mild fo happen that he was
with his carriage and bodes in Scotland, when she
Government called on him at hishoufe in London to
produce them according to the fpirit of this Meeting.
Ise flsould in that cafe be confidered as having lilted
wrong in taking his horfes and carriage fo far from
the feat of Government i Several Gentlemen alfo
es-
prelkd a with that they might not be deprived of the
privilege of taking their horfes and carriages out of
town. It was then agreed. on a motion of the Com-
'stiffer y General, that Gentlemen becoming fuhfcribers
at the prelim meeting, fhoold write oppolite their
names bow long they would volunteer their horks
and carriages, and that on their leaving London
Mould be iafornsed of the fame; in which cafe the
inconvenience objected to would be done away. It
was farther propofed that. in confequence of the thin
attendance, each Gentkman tboald endeavour to pro.
cure as many fubfcribers as poiLble in the neighbour-
hood where be refilled, and tranfoit their ammo mid
tenders to the Committer, General.