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London, England, 1805-01-04 00:00:00

LONDON.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 4.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK t
Cunt: fur ace. 59 it—Reduce.' 8 •
0 1/111iUM 9t.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY:

Bank Stock 168 i; Short Ann. a 4
3 per C. Red. Ann. 58if India Stock 186
3 per Cent. Conf. Ibut Imperial Ann. 9 9.161
4 per Cent. 74;1 Excheq. BIM, Is. as dil.
5 per Cent. Navy, shut , Englith Tickets i 81. 141.
S per Cent. 1797 99a Conf. for ace. 59 it
Lung Ann. 17 1-16

Yeßerday we received feveral more lets of Petit
journals to the 26th ult. from which we have made a
few extrads.—A pretended letter from Frankfort, of
the t 7th, inferted in the Publicillt on the r+th, Rates,
that the Courts of Ruflia and Pruffia have caufed the
flrcngell remonftrances to be made to the Britifh Go-
vernment on the fubje& of the detention of the four
Spanith frigates, and in which they invited the Cour
of London to reftore thole (hips, together with their
cargoes, to the Spann Government. It is added,
that the non-comp:iance of his BRITANNIC MAJESTY
with this invitation has afforded fume difpleafure to
the King of Paussia., and that A fimilar fentiment
mutt afluate the Emperor of RUSSIA, between whom,
and the Cabinet of St. Cloud, the writer affects to
fupi:ofe a cordial reconciliation is about to take place.
We have copied from one of the Dutch Journals
the fiippofed anfwer of the EMPEROR of RUSSIA to a
letter from Louis XVIII. communicating the new
plan which the latter is Paid to have formed for the
recovery of his kingdom. When we confider the
prefec=t enfiavcd (late of Holland, and how fubftr-
vient the prefs is in that country to the French Go.
vernment, we do not attach much credit to the au-
thenticity of this document.

The fad refpetling the taking off the .embargo cn
veffels bound to Spain, is faid to be as follows:
" During the Negociatioq between this country and
Spain, application was made to our Government by
the Spanifh merchants, to know whether they would
be permitted to freight their (hips which were in our
ports—their application was anfwered in the affirma-
tive—and, in conformity with that good faith which
has always dillinguithed this country, the embargo
has now been taken off with regard to thole veffels.
As to one Chip on which the embargo is continued,
the is freighted with Britifh goods, which, of courfe,
would be confifcated on her arrival at l3ilboa. The
owners of the goods have applied to have them re-
lauded, offering to pay demurrage, &c. but this re-
quat has been refuted, and, therefore, it was thought
ribht to cntitirme the embargo upon the (hip in quef-
Lion, until confent is given to reland the Britith goods
which are on board her."

EARL OF RossLrA:

On Wednefd ty lag, died at Baylii, near S.,1:4:11!,
faddenly, ALE XANDr X WIDDERBORv, Earl of it mt.
lvn, Baron of Loughboron:.h, in Leict •:•r, and at-
run Loughborough, in Surrey. His Lordthip has bet n
lour lubjed to the g(:tir, anti in a delicate (late of
health. He reflied at iris feat at Baylis, near Sait
for the benefit of the air ; but fur throe week. 1::ot Le
was fo much recovered as to vifit round the neigh-
bourhood ; and on Ttiefday night accompanied ti.e •
Cnuntefs to her Majeftv's Of at Frogtnore.
Wednefday morning his Lnrdfliip rode on horfeback,
to vifit feveral of the ntigLbouring gentlemen, anal
after his return to Payli!,, went in his cartiagz to
Bulitrode, to vifit the Dille of "(Areas°, and re•
turned home, apparently in perfed health. At fir
o'clock, as his Lordfhip fat with his family at ta'ek,
he was fuddenly feized with a fit, (which is fuppoieef,
to have been of the apopledic kind) and fell fpeeehl,J,.
in his chair. He was immediately carried to IL
apartment and put to bed, and medical aid procured
but he never recovered his fpeech ; at one o'clack
the enfuing morning his Lordfhip expired in the
iveateft agony.
His Lordfhip was born on the 13th February, t 733;
and married December 31, 1767, BETTY ANN!,
only daughter and foie heirefs of JOHN DAWSON, Efq.
of Morley, in Yorkthire, by whom, who died Febru-
ary 15, 1781, he had no iffue. His fecond Lady,
whom he married September 12, 1782,was the you:lg-
al daughter of Wit.LiAte Vifcount COUR re.mn y, and
aunt to the prefent Vircount COURTENAY, by whom
he had a fon, born Oflober 2, 1793, and fince dead.
His Lordfhip was appointed Solicitor General Jar..
z 6, 1771, and Attorney General June to, 1778. On
the 14th of June, I 780, he was created Baron Lough-
borough • made Chiefintlice of the Common Pleas,
and called to the Priry Council ; —in the year
1733, he was appointed Firll Commiffioner :or
keeping the Great Seal, and on January 27, 1791,
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. By a le-
cond patent, Odober 31, 1795, he was created Baron
Loughborough, of Loughborough, in the county of
Surrey, with remainders feverally and fucceffively to
Sir James St. Clair Erfkine, Bart. and to John Er-
fkine his brother ; and by a patent, April zr, 18w,
Earl of Rofslyn, in the county of Mid Lothian, to
him and to his heirs male, with remainder to the
heirs male of dame Janet Erfkine, deceafed, his filler.
He is fucceeded in the title by Sir James St. Clair
Erfkine, Bart. his nephew.
His Lordfhip's grandfather, ALEXANDER WEDDER•
BURN, youngeft fon of Sir PETER WEDDERBURN, or
Gosford, Bart. was called to the bar in Scotland.
and upon the union'of the two kingdoms,appointedone
of the Cumin idioners of Excife. He married MARY,
daughter of JAMES DAES, of Cowdinknows, in Ber-
wickfhire, Efq. by whom he had Peter, the father of
the late Lord Loughborongh—feveral children who
died young; and Mary, who married George Cheap,
Efq. whole children are, t. Thomas, late one of the
Diredors of the Eall India Company-2. Andraw,
prebendary of York, and Redor of Sutton in the
Forell-.-and, 3. Mazy, the widow of Colonel Mark
Renton—Peter was called to the bar, and having
pradifed with reputation, was appointed in 1755 one
of the Lords of Seflion, by his late Majelly, and died
Auguil 11, 1756.
He married Janet, daughter of Captain Davit!
Ogilvy, by whom, who died in June r 771, he had
two lons, Alexander, the late Earl of Rofslyn, and
David, a brigadier *general, killed at the reduElion
of Baroach, in Bombay, Dec. 3111 1773 ; and one
daughter, Janet, married to Sir Henry Erfkine, of
Alva, Bart. who died July 1765, and her ladylhip
in June 1797, leaving Are ; IR, the prefent Sir James
St. Clair Erfkine, Bart. a major-general in the army,
who took the furname of St. Clair by royal fign ma- ,
nual, June 9, I 759, and married Miff Harriet Bou-
verie; ad John, at the bar; and 3d, Henrietta Mat ia,
only daughter, who by royal fign manual, April 18,
801, was to have place, Pre-cminenceand precedency,
as the daughter of an Earl of the united kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland.

Lord HARROWBY, it is laid, has refigned the OtErr
of Secretary of State for the Foreign Dcpartmer.t.
LordMAcm a saultY being too far advanced in years fin
fo alive a fituation,Lord Mu cc R AVE is Cx peeted to be
immediately appointed to that office. His Lordiliip
arrived in town on Wcdnefday, and in the courfe of
the afternoon had an audience of Mr. PITT, whcr,
it is fuppofed, the above arrangement took place.
Major-General MAITLAND has obtained, it is laid, k
the Government of Ceylon, on the refignation of the A
Hon. FREDERICK NORTH.

Lord MaxvrxtE left town lei night for Wimble-
don, where his Lordrbip intends Raying a few days,
if public bufinefs does not call him to towr..
This morning difpatches were received from Lord
KEITH.
The greateft activity has prevailed during the
courfe of the prefent week at Woolwich, in fhipping
artillery, Rorer, &c. fuppofed to be intended for a fo-
reign expedition. Five hundred men are under or-
ders to embark with them at that place.
It is Paid that Government have determined to:
abandon the blockade of Bret. The late reinforce-.
ment font to prote& the Irif coati gives Come coa-
liflency to this rumour.
' The French have begun to put piles all round tl.e
Red Fort, damaged lately by the explulion at Climb; A
the piles are driven into the land about twenty
from the fort, and about ten feet above high w.tter ;
and numbers of people are employed every time that
the weather is moderate.
On Wednefday the Ruffian Ambaffaclor tranfaticd
' bufinefs at Lord Hecttowxy's Office, from twoo'clock
till pail four. The Danifh AmbatraJor tranfaded
bufinefs at his Lordarip's Office yeilerday.
Yefterday morning his MAJESTY arrived at the
Queen's Houfe from Kew ; about t t o'clock he gave
an audience to the puke of YoRK,Znd at one o'cloel
let out for Blackheath, on a viht to the Princefs
WALES. In the evening His MAJESTY returnd tv •
Kew.

Yeßerday morning Prince WILLIAM of GtotiCE)j
TER and Princefs SOPHIA, vitited her MAJESTY anj.
the Princeffes. Tbc Dukes of KENT, CAMBRIDGE,
and Sus sax, dined with her MAJESTY. in the evta-.
ing her MAJESTY had a I:Ica party to t:z.