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London, England, 1807-03-21 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS

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Have been received to the 5111 of February.—T::t
COngrefs has finally PASSED THE SLAVL
TRADE ABOLITION BILL, by A m..jority o
73 to 49•

In contlquence of a Idellige frnir 0.1 Prerdent t
the Congrcfs. on the fable& of Bualt' ntpiracy..,
Motion sva; made in Congrefs to foti.end the Ha
bests Corpus At for three months, but the 1110tim,
WA* rejefled, only 19 being found to vote for the Se:•
penfton, and i t 3 againhl it.

JAMAICA.
Under the proper head will be F.l:nd Eztrads e.
every thing worthy of !mike, found in the Jamaica,
Papers received by the Mad of yelerday. We art
concerned, however, to (late that, private letters give
reafon to apprehend, that in one or two parithes, a
fpitit of revolt has (hewn itfelf among the Negroes,
as our Readers wilt fee by the two that are fubjoined:
" JAMAICA, JANUARY 7.
" M alarming difturbanccs have broken out among the
Raves in the parilhes of Portland and St. George's, and in which
the Maroons of thofe parithts are implicated. The fpirit of infur-
redtion keens to pervade alma the whole county of Surrey.
" I was in Kingiton on Saturday laft, the 2d infiant, when in.
formation was received by the Senior Magiftrate, that an attempt
would be made that very night to burn down the city of Kingiton,
ball cartridges were immediately dealt out, and the Militia had
orders to affemble at the Court Houfe, without beat of drum, on
the evening of that day. The ftreets were patroled during the
night, and every thing tremaired quiet when I left town on Sun-
day forenoon ; but fo great vies the fear of fuch an attempt being
made, that it was in contemplati,m, not only to call out all the
militia, but to caufe the other inhabitants to arm, and patrole the
ftrects during the night."

" INGSTON, JAN. II xBO7.
" We have experienced much uneafinefs here, in confequence of
the revolt of the Negroes, in two parifhes. The Governor has been
very adlive ; and fortunately all is quiet again. Three thoubod
Negroes were concerned, and it was at one time much feared 67.:
the Maroons had joined them. We were one night dreadfully
alarmed at Kir gfton, tome French Negroes having been overheard
while concerting a plan to burn the city. Guards have beim
mounted for fcvcral nights "

Tnefday, Lord CATCHCART, the Commander in
Chief in Scotland, infpeeted the hoops in Glafgow.
On Saturday la(I, the 2d Battalion of ►he Royal
were inipefled at Hatt:.ngs, by Brigadier•Generat
DvoT r. They have been completed to too° effeetive
men, horn the 3d and 4th Battalions ; and ate now
on their march to 11(ml:iv:nth, where they are to
embark for the Eaft Indies, under the command of
Lieutenant Celonel STLWART.

Yefierday fe'nnight, that fine regiment, the sth
dragoon guards, had a field day, and vent through
a variety of manoeuvre,, as well upon the lands bc•
tween kingfend and Blackro,7lr, as in other parts of
the viciniey of Dublin ; they were exercifed for fornt
hours, and gave the greatefl fatisfa6tion to all th:
General, Staff and Field Officers who were prefent ;
their band, which appeared to be full and complcie,
had a fine effed.

No Mails have yet arrived from the Continent, but
fome accounts have been brought by thips from the
coati of Holland, which (late, that a few days fence, a
report prevailed at Rotterdam, of a great battle hay.
ing been fought on the 26ili of February, in which
the Ruffians were repulfed with great lofs ; but that.
to fecure the repofe of the French army during the
remainder of the bad weather, the cantonments have
been confiderably withdrawn from their advanced
pofition, as being too much expofed to the repeated,
though fruirkfr attacks of the " barbarians "—This
rumour of a battle on the 26th, perhaps relates to that
of the i 6th, the French account of which has alr each,
appeared. Of the retreat of the enemy we have little
doubt.

We are anxious for the arrival of intelligence from
the Continent, fi,r fome great and important change
in the (tate of affairs must loon take place. • The Ne•
gociations at Warfaw mutt end in fome pofitive de.
termination. BONAPARTE will never fuller Aufhia
to remain in her prefent indecition. In his prefent
fituation, all his motions are neceffarily cramped by
the apprehenfion, at lea ft, of her poffible ho(lility.—
A movement of the Auflrian ;tunics might, in a
moment, cut off his fupplies ; and, in the prefent eir-
cum(tances of the campaign, endanger fir): very exi,:•
ence of his Army. Is it credible, therefore, that
Bowarears, with his charaaerillic arrogance and
ambition, will fuffer the farthcr cont;;,ll.ince of chi,:
(fate of things ? What, then, will be his probable
courfe ? He will endeavour eitha to ()Jibe Aultria.
or, what is perhaps (till worfe, to awe or corrupt her
Councils.

F 1

It is indeed no lefs lamentable than true, that the
French intrigues have obtained a moo unnatw'l
prevalence even in the veto rrf Andria. L
was fo in Fruffia, and hence the alternate tefoltritd,
and timidity of that uttliapp) Gove: nment. There
was an Opplition which was polVerttil enough to
render the heti refalurions nuktoi y, if not to procure
the execution :if the word. ‘Ve much tear—we fay
it with regret, but we do not lay it withotit lufficient
grounds, that there h fornething of 'he fame kind
in the prefent Aullrian C.tbine:. The Archduke
CHARYES, the belt hr,pe of Europe and his own
Houle, has too long and too It:cceftfully keen uppofed
by this teeter party. We have ruiy to expreli our
hopes, that he may finally prev.oi aver it. Thel..:e
accounts received by arc ri'A very ill-
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