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London, England, 1803-10-07 00:00:00

LONDON.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK .
S Pa Cent. Centel*, foe , sin—for OEtober ace. Sill.
Olds per Celt. Is mnium pit dit

A convoy is appointed for the Baltic, and will fail
from Sheernefs on the 9th of this month.
Difpatches were yefterday received from Admiral
CORNWAL Lls, dated off Ulm, Oanber 1, by which
it appears, that the enemy have made no movement
there. The crews were in very good health, and in
high fpirits. Admiral Sir C. COTTON, in the SAM
Jossr, of t t 2 guns, had joined the Beet.
As might be espeeted at a crifis like the prefent,
every day produces fee& reports tefpeeting the plans
of the enemy. To decide on the degree of credit to
which they are entitled would be impotfible. Indeed
it mutt be obvious to every perfon of the fmallea ob.
(creation, that the meafures which may be finally
adopted, mita depend fo much on contingencies, that
any thing like a correa detail cannot be looked for,
re(pc'ling plans which mutt be daily changing with
circumftances. It is, however, our duty to lay be.
fore the public any thing that carries an air of pro-
bability, we had almoft raid poffibility, along with
It, refpeeling the threatened invafion, leaving to them
to form their own opinion refpelling it.
According to private letters of the toth Septem-
ber, from refpeaable perfons at Paris, BORAPARTI
and his military fycopbants, (peak of the invafion
and cense, of England, as infallible (inunangnefole)
and fettled ; their only apprelienfion is, that this
augmentation of French Power and riches will in-
fpire too great a jealoufy upon the Continent; and
Wet Ruffia, Aullria, and Pritffia will interfere,
&foes &martyrs bar tine to organize lir (vague): to
prevent ibis, a plan is handed aboot in the confular
circles, called, 41 THI PARTiTIOII Of TSAI SRI'
vssn Emma." in which is attempted to be proved
the neceffity of the deflrtielion of Great Britain,
for the advantage and quietnefs of the world. This
plan contains the propoftd partition of the &id&
Colonies and poffeffions ; and the difiribution of its
naval force, among(i the different European Powers.
It is Paid to be the produaion of Havreatre, im-
provel by TALLLYR•ND. It repeats theft call ns•
Dies and abides againll this nation, which have fo
often appeared in the Mosier.
The army, or rather armies, spina England, are
according to report of the fame letters, organized in
the following manner : The right wing is in Hol-
land and Hanover, under the command of Gene-
rals VICTOR and Monolog: the centre is in France,
and extends from Antwerp to Bayonne, under the
chief command of Boit APA are, having under him
three Commanders in Chief, Scutt, Lecou Lea, and
Attorney ; befides an army of referve ambling
at Amiens, under the temporary command of Lieu.
tenant General Duane the left wing is in Italy,
and commanded by Generals MURAT and CnUVION.
Sr. CYR, BIRTMFI, DUMAS, and Asnesoen,
are the Chief of the Staff for the centre of the Army
of England. It is laid, that whilft one attack Is
made by BONAPARTE, SoULT, and VtCTOR, an Eng.
land--Moarire is to invade Scotland ; Lscouass 1
to take Jolty and Cuctnfey ; and A UOEREAU to
romper lielavd. Fer the latter purpofe, upwards
of 3co merchantmen, and 32 privateers, are under
requititinn and emliat go at Bourdeaux.
There latter, add, that the bruins of the Corfican
and his Generals, are made the fubjea of ridicule by 11
Efoaseu, CAR Nor, and all men of talents ; and
that they are fit:peeled by the uforper to have fent
by tbetethe ex! raels, to all Boot AAAAA I'S Sena-
tors. Counfelhirs of Siltr, Tribune', &c. of his let-
ters front Egypt after the defeat of the French fleet
by Lord Nccson, in which he (peaks with a pi eftimp-
'nous vnd v ith a ridiculous confidence of
carrying back to France, wbenev‘r ebonies, the
r:rnuants of his army of the Eall, notwitbflandieg
the (aperitir naval force of England.
The outline of this plan agrees with all the de-
tached particulars which have tranipired through the
f„zeign prints, an ! is firoilar to that of the Campaign
again it the Ewvi era in iLo. The French line i,f
f,rce the:. contlfied t he armies( C I aly, Sv It zerland,
tie GI icon, and tl e armies under Ma ittAu and Au
t• Ls I A v in Germar y extending from the bordersof the
Nledi..errauean to lie confines of Pruffian Franconia
'Cl:ere ta now alit, an Atm) of Iteicrve at Amiens&

open the fame plan and principle as the Anny of
Referve then collected at Dijon. This widely-ex-
tended line formed a femicircle with Auftria as its
centre, and England Rands now in the fame fitua-
lion. Preparations upon fuch an immenfe fcale Rem
to indicate that the Fiasr Coast's. is perfectly in
wnea in his threats, and ferioufly refolved to at•
tempt their execution without delay. Were they li-
mited to the building of twenty gunboats in one har-
bour, and of thirty in another ; were even so,oco
foldiers encamped upon the oppolite coati; it
might be fairly prefumed, that the enemy only fought
to draw our attention to that point, while he medi-
tated an attempt in another quarter. But the mag-
nitude of the preparations, the maintenance of fuch
a force, and the expence of Each preparations, mutt
be as burthenfome to France as the means of pro-
teeion againti them are to us. They are, confe-
quently, incompatible with the nature of a military
diverfion, and evince, that to exhauti our refources,
and to keep us in confiant alarm by empty menace,
is not the policy upon which the Fiarr. Catgut. is
now aging, though his want of a navy may prevent
him from ever executing, or even attempting the
AIR projees he has formed.
In the mean time we are happy to announce that
we have received aecodntb of

ANOTHER 801

having bean undertaken with an intention of dettroy-
ing or impeding the preparations of the enemy, and
that we have reafon to believe it has been attended
with more fuccefs than any of the former.
The fquadron employed on this ferviee was under
the command of Captain Owsa, and Fefeamp the
place attacked. The French had levee Skips in that
harbour, all of which have been totally detroyed, as
have alto feveral others that were building there.
We are happy to add that we [attained little or no
lob. Ina day or two we hope to be able to lay far.
ther particulars before the public.
Fefcamp is a fee port town in the ci-levant Nor-
mandy, fix leagues fossils weft of St. Valery, eight
from Havre de Grace, and twelve (oath weft from
Dieppe. It is fituated in a valley, arid has a cafile
which, together with the town, are feparated from
the fea by a matt:. The port is between two hills,l
and during high tides has more than fizteen feet'
water. It is defended by a tower, and by batteries of
cannon crated on a platform at the bottom of the
high coaft.

A few days ago Admiral biowvaaus and General
Wmartocx took a furrey of the Needles PaLage, in
order to afcertain the molt ♦ulnerable points, as it is
conjeanred that Would the enemy efcape the vigi-
lance of our ernixers, an attempt to land will be
made near Stoke's Bay. Admiral bloirraoue was
to fhift his flag from the WIMDIIOIII C of 98
guns to the Patiecess ROYAL of the fame force, and
the former is under failing orders to proceed to Ly-
mington, for the purpofe of guarding the Needles.
As the Wlliosoa CastLa is commanded by experi-
enced officers and manned with excellent Ceamen, We
is a very fit veifel for fo important a Ration.

This day we received letters from Gibraltar,
brought over by the Exreatusax frigate, of 44
guns, arrived at Portfmouth. In this veld Et.rs
Bar, the principal Mamelute Chief, attended by
fours other Mainelakes, has arrived in this country,
for the exprefs purpofe of foliciting the interference
of this country on their behalf with the Porte. The
fervices they rendered to our army, in their glorious
and triumphant career in Egypt, is well known to
every Officer and foldier who (erred in that country,
and, we are confident, the brave Mameluke will not
only receive a hearty welcome from thole who fought
along with him in expelling the French Ittoadm from
Egypt, but be hofpitably entertained by all. We
are happy to find, by our letters from Portfmouth,
that this gallant flranger was received on !bore in a
manner that mull have been highly gratifying to him.
He left chefhip under a difcharge of cannon, and was
received on landing by the Admiral and Captains
of the fleet with every mark of refpe&ful attention.
Offices of kindnefs from fuels men in a country fo
far from his own, whore prows(' and humanity he
had hirafelf witneffed on the plains of the Delta, could
not fail to produce in his mind fenfations which will
not be eafily effaced;—imprcffions of which none but
thole who have kindred fouls can have any conception.

We hail the arrival of this chief at finch a moment
as the prefent, as portending MCA happy conic.
gums to this country. That the Government will
pay attention to his application it would be criminal
even to doubt. The benefits that may relish to Bri-
tain are incalculable ! An union may thus be ce-
mented with thnfe who really te.fifi Egypt, that may
fecure to us many etclulive advantages when the pe-
riod (ball arrive, which cannot be dillant, in which
thole who now have the nomad fotvreigtory (ball lore
even that claim to interfere in the affairs of that
onuntry.—But we (hall riot dwell on a fubjea which
prefents a wide field for political fpeculation.
It will be ken by our Gibraltar letter, that the
French have laid the Kano of NAAR' under costri.
betiors for the maintenance of their army.

We have alfo received letters -which tomabm the
capture of twoof our merchant:um the Altrea and
the Mary, bound to Turkey. withaery rich cargoes,
and informing as. that the Spaniard► nal aontinue to
prat& the French private's. Thee vs mall lay
before our retina to morrow. *.