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London, England, 1803-08-09 00:00:00

GERALIA r.

Ham !triton,
,JULY z9.—A refpeetable merchant.
who arrived bete this morning from Copenhagen,,
pofitively ltatcs, that at his departure a Ruffian fleet
of twelve fail of the line and eight frigates and
(mailer veffels was then in fight, (leering for Copen-
hagen Roads. This fleet, it is fuppoled, is intended
lot the protcnion of the Sound, which the French
with to Ihitt againfl the Englilh, by occupying all the
ports Ululate hs (bores. Some Hanoverian boats
and birges fled to this fide of the Eilte, are
laid to hate been claimed by the French.
The llar.ifh army in Hnirtei,,, who hive their
held quarters at Ahrenberg, have received confi-
derahle reit& ireements, and the Prince Royal of lien-
stark has given orders to eaablith field hofpitals.
By the Jail letters from Berlin, the Pruflian Cabi-
net be7ins to be weary of the dole neighbourhood of
the French army to the Pritflian poffetfions, efpecially
in Wellphalia. Orders have for this reafon been
given to flint the paffage from the Hanoverian to the
Pruffian territories, fo that the French in Hanover
will no longer be able to tranfpnrt any thing from
Hanover into the Pruffian territories, nor front hence
will any thing be allowed to be expotted to Hanover.
A private letter from Peterfburgh, of the / ztli
has been handed about on the Exchange of this
place, containing the following paragraph : " With-
in thefe few days a rumour pervades the higher
circles. that peace between France and England is
much nigher than many people cold fuppofe ; even
fame bets have been laid, that the preliminaries will
be figned before the end of September.—On the
other hand, the naval preparations in all our ports
are carried on with rediatbled aflivity, and in a .-ew
weeks between fifteen and lixteen fail of the line will
put to lea from Cronfladt. An army too, of 46,000
men, will fpeedily be eollefted near this capital."
The number of (hips which have arrived at Ton-
ningen, in confiquence of the blockade of the Elbe,
amounts to about 7o : 46 of them were bound to
Hamburgh. five to Altona, and an equal number to
Gluckfladt,

ANOTHER LE•rvaa.—lt has been obferved here,
that the ?ruffian Miniffer has been more aflive fence
the blockade of the Elbe than the Danifb, and that
the Pruffian Government has fent purpotely both to
Paris and to London, whiff' the Mullis has contented
itfelf to communicate with General MORTIIR here,
and with Mr. Ltrrow at Copenhagen. In fain,
PrufGa is a greater lofer by this blockade than Den.
mark, becaufe, as moil Briti(h produelions are at
prefent fent to Lubeck and other cities in the Baltic,
the latter gains by the duties in the Sound, what it
lofes by its trade on the Elbe, when the French op-
preffive regulations in Holland and Germany neutra-
lifes even the trade of Ernbden.

The French neighbourhood has now made a kind
of equality between the Amfierdam and Hamburgh
Exchange ; between the merchants of Germany and
thole of Holland ; inllead of speculations in trade
;and expeCtation of profit, we (peculate only in poli-
tics, front which we can expeCt neither profit nor
honour. The only news we hear of, and on which
we can unfortunately depend, are the numerous fai-
lures in moll mercantile towns and cities, in the in-
terior of Germany; the great ffagnation in trade
every where, the ceffation of manufadories, the
want of employment, and the diftrefs and emigration
of mechanics and labourers, are the too true corn.
plaints brought by every mail deli last three weeks;
and, as it is for theitil time that tbe Elk hat ever data
ilorfed ap, all commercial calculation, are at a nand,
and nobody knows how to employ his capital, his
indullry, or his talents; and the merchants at Vi-
enna, Prague, Berlin, and Drefden, suffer in pro-
portion as much as thole here, at Bremen,and Altona.
The ;mirage of couriers was at no time lull war
greater than it has lately been ; within the lull 48
iiours, (even foreign couriers have palled through this
city from the North, for the South of Europe, and
from the South for the North ; the rumour of a Con-
grefs is revived, and Berlin is mentioned as the place
where it is to be held.

Several known French intriguers, f 104 fem.:, cm.
barked LA week at Lubeck. for St. Peteriburgh ;
veffel was hired for t:.em by the French Commercial
Agent, and in their paffes fome were Ryled men of
letters or artills ; others milliners and dar,cers ; they
however all belong to TALLAYRAND'ii corps of ferret'

FARLIANZhTiIIir PReICEED/ivGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS MONDAY, AUGUST L

The frith Glebe Houle Bill, the Foreign Note Bill. Lord Am.
I.a7it's Ammity Bill, the Prize Court Bill, the London Defence
y::1, the Sugar Duty Bill, the Neutral Ship Bill, and ieveral oth r
,Pirs were brought up from the Commons, and road a G.it time.
The National Defence Amendment Bill was read a fccond time,
and ordered to be committed to-morrow.
On this motion of Lord Warr 140111.404 D, the difeuMon refpecl-
lug the fufpenifon of certain Banding or 4n, were deferred till to-
morrow, and the Houfe ordered to be fummoned.
Lord SurroLa Paid, that unlefs it Should appear
to be their Lordlhips' with that he flsould now pro-
ceed, ha would alfo poftpone to the fame time the
notion of which he had given notice for this evening.
The Peers, on the Minillerial bench, however, expref
ring a defire that he fht-oLI go on, his Lro-dfhip Paid
that the fubjed to which he walled to direft their atten-
tion was the propriatyof appointing a military council.
In enforcing fuggeflion,he adverted tot he fucccfs
which had attended the arms of France (ince the ap-
pointment of a military council, confiliing of Carnet,
Goncher, and other men of talents in the different
branches of fervices. Ttt Such a Council military men
would prefent their ideas of improvematts with
certainty at !call that they would be attended to.
He had lately delivered to his Majelly fome notes upon
rubjeCt ; havitz received no communication from
Milliners that they had been confidetetl, he applied at
the Duke of York's, hut had not been able to gain
etecefs to him ; on a fecond application he obtained
an interview with his fecretary, who did not ::ink the
r.•.tes were of Sufficient importance to lay before his
Royal Highnefs. He imputed this, not to any dif-
t cfpeA for himfell, for his Royal Highnefs ►new that
lie had been forty-feven yeat► to the army, and that
i : had been entrufied with fume important corn-
Inands in America, It proceeds entirely flan) that
.111;plicity of hufinefs which made it imps ffible for
a•tv one man, however great woe his abilities, to at-
t •nj to filch fubjeas, and at the fame time to conch&
details of the army. His Lordfkip then e Irn-
usined that Lord Moira was not city:ord, and par•

•••••., 1,16{. •r 1 •• an.e• a awaw an 1%1 •MC
had been related. He further complained, that to
An application he had made to Goverment to know
where arms and ammunition were to be found for
sou of his tenantry who had volunteered to ferve
und,r him, he had received nn anfwer. Then ad-
rerting so the condua of the Citizens of London, he
read a letter, which Rated, that inßead of 12,000
men, its quota under the old militia fyilem, now rail-
ed only two miferable regiments ; that even thefe
were far from being completed ; and that of the Soo
men which the Citizens were to fornifh for the army
of referve, not one had yet been forth coming. At a
time when the molt liberal offers of fervice were made
in every qtarter, in the notice of the Lord Mayor
refpeCling the formation of volunteer corps, not even
the flighteft merr:on was made of invafion. This
condua he contrafted with the offers made by the
City at the time if the Spanifh armada. His Lord-
fhip was proceeding to make fcm,!olifervationson the
plan of fortifying London, when he was called to
order by
Lord Honsur, who declared his intention, if fuch
details were proceeded in, to enforce the ftanding or-
der for the exclufion of arangers.
The Noble Lord, after a few more obfervations,
concluded by a motion in terms of his fpeech.
After a fliort reply from Lord HOBART, who
thought the appointment of a Military Council whol-
ly unneccilltry, and calculated only to controul the
Commander in Chief, _ _ _

The que:tinn uas put, and negatived without a
divifiou.—Adinurned.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK
3pa Cent. Redneei, zi 3 /-3 pa Cent. Confols, sat tit
(Minium 911 i M.

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY :
3 per C. Red. 53; f 4 India Bonds, par as. diL
3 per C. coo:sail i Imp. 3 per C 5 i i
4 Pcr Cent. 684 i .. Exact! Bills, la. a as. dit
5 Per Cent. Navy gat i i Omniam 081 9 f o
C
3PerAnn•l797. 8 it Englifli Tickers r7l. as.
Lang Ann. 16 15 I ConL fur acc. 541 4

We have received letters from our correfpondent at
Gibraltar, of fo late a date as the sill and asth of
July. The Spaniards are railing an army of 80,000
men, and it would appear by our letters, that they
have inclaflrioufly circulated a report that the fervice
for which this force is intended, is to oppofe the en.
trance of any French troops into Spain. We lhould
be happy to be convinced on folid grounds, that this
is the intention of Spain, but knowing the enemy
with whom we have to contend, we are very much
inclined to confider the report as a fineffe ; intended
more effeetually to lull this country into a (late of in.
anion, fo far as regards Spain, till the remainder of
the treafure from Lima (hall have come fate into
port. Then we (hall fee the ufe of the Spanifh army.
—Then we (hall fee their (hips, which they are now
difmantling, again fitted out for tea. There is fome-
thing very inconfillent in railing a land force at the
fame 6me that the navy is laid up. It is a line of
eondua that could hardly have been followed, had
France been the power intended to be oppolid-
-It looks rather like that kind of overacting that
often betrays the real intentions which it is intended
to conceal. We are happy to announce, that our
letters bring the pleating intelligence of his Majefly's
(hip AmmUSCADF, taken fome time ago by the enemy,
having been retaken by the VICTORY, Capt. Surrow.
A report prevailed yefterday that the enemy's fleet
v'as at tea, and off the Ilk of Wight. Our Readers
will fee by our port letters the quarter whence it
came. They will alfo ()Verve what mat give them
much pleafure, that inflead of panic or confufron of
any kind being the confcquencc, the movements at
Portfmouih and the neighbourhood were prompt,
Ready, and regular—a good omen of the reception
the enemy will meet with, wherever he may prefume
to (hew himfelf on our coal!.
Accounts fimilar to thole in our letters from Port(-
' mouth were received yefierday in Towq, by. Lord
GROSVENOR, Colonel of the Flintfliire Militia, for-
warded to his Lordfhip by the Lieutenant Colonel.
Other letters were aifo received by eeprefs from the
fame quarter ; and many foolifh rumours were cir-
culated in the evening, which are now completely
falfified, and therefore not worthy of being repeated.
A letter from Bremen lays, that when the French
began to remove the artillery and horfirs from Hano-
ver, the King of Pruffia interfered, and in conk-
quence of a remonflrance from him, they were ftopt
until the return of a Mellinger who WAS fent off to
the CHl$l ConsuL.
A letter from Ronock, of the a6th ult. fays, an
Englith cutter anchored lately near the Roman fleet
in our neighbourhood, and the Coptain paid
a vifit to the Ruffian Admiral, who invited him to
dinner. After the baths of the Emperor of Rullia,
of the King of Great Britain, and of ail oiler law.
Inl Sovereigns had been drank, tire It:trii it) Admiral
gave the lillriwing 41 and CAI/men-la/
ofromrrxicnr Rvsa an .I ± rg'and, and eVrart,:n to a 7
plotters of Revo'u.n.n:, ri:Atr e,-nontreia! or pi
The foirowing arc cur letters from
"GIBRALTALJULP.II —Thisday arrived the Titl•
UMPH, Sir Rocrar BARLOW, in twelve days from
the fleet od Toulon. Li.rd NELSON
.10.11!cl the fleet
two days bdirre they failed, with the MAIDSTONR,
Maness, and AMPHION.—The MEDUSA taw the
VICTORY off Sicily, in her way to Malta. The
VICTORV has re:akcn his Majefly's (hip AMDURC•OI,
of 36 guns, Come time fince taken from us by the
French. The fleet were all well : they had had two
gales of wind, in which the TRIUMPH fprung her
bawl' tit, which lias brought her down here to get a

11C W• WRllia a lOC IJUR • tall) i.truay Zl

Cassrest.c's fl:et off Cadiz.
Jucs, ag.—" This goes by the Vicroittzust, which
fails with thfpatches from the fquadron the firff fair
wind.

" A very hot and general profs has taken place
all over Spain, to raife an army of 80,000 men, with
which, they fay, they are determined to oppofe the
entrance of any French troops into Spain. The
Spaniards, at the fame time, are difmantling all their
fhips as fall as poffible, which certainly does not ar-
gue any intention cf going to war with us, if they
can avoil it.

ii The Tatumro, Sir ROBERT BARLOW, has kill
come to anch3r off the New Mole, from the eallwaid.

The garrifon has by no means been fo healthy of
late as ufual. The toth regiment are fo fickly as to
be unfit for duty, having upwards of 300 men ill."

DILLON'S REGIMENT.

We this morning received the following Letter,
which we think it our duty to lay before the public.
We than make no comment on it at prefent, aid only
affure our Readers that our authority for fisting the
circumliance to which it alludes was a letter from a
Gentleman of the firtl refpeetability at Gibraltar.—
We have no inclination to enter into any difcuffion
on the meaning attached by military men to the term
" Mutiny," but we will venture to repeat, leaving
time to explain the eaufi, that the Regiment of Dillon
has been dyhanded ; indeed, the Gentleman acknow-
ledges it by his lignature. If the writer of the letter
will favour us with a carrel Ratement of the parti-
culars, we (ball have no objeEtion to infert them.
" Stu, ^ Portfmeuth, 9th Augult,

" On landing this day from his Majeftes flap la Revolution-
" mire, from Gibraltar, I was aflonilhed to fee in your Paper that
" the Regiment of Dillon had mutinied; which I frofiticel,y alert
" never happened, and I &Gm you will immediately contradiet it.
l am, Sir, the. EDW. DSCODILINItar,
" Lieutenant sate Regienent of Dißon.'•

Friday the Pu E of NOITHUMBIIkLAND and fami.
ly patted through Newcadle,on their way to Alnwick
Cattle.

We hear that the Rev. Josmi WILKINSON, B. A.
of Ormathwaite, in the County of Cumberland, is
inftituted by the Lord Bilhop of Norwich, to the
valuable rettories of Eaft and Weft Wretbam, In the
County of Norfolk.
A number of foreign emilraries have been 'ppm-
, hen:led both in Ireland and in England, and no
I doubt remains that France not only Is the chief in-
Iligator of rebellion in Ireland, but it is attempting
the fame thing in England alto. Several Frenchmen
are in cilody— time of them have been examined at
Lord PELHAM'S Office ;—they have been detetted
making their efcape from Ireland, and attempting to
reach the Continent by the way of Yarmouth, Har-
wich. and Hollings. Piflols, powder, ball, and a
dagger, were found upon the the perfons taken up
at Hallings. prefent it would be improper to lay
further particulars before the public.

A letter from Briaol, dated Augufl 6, Pam Mr.
HUNT&R, fen. a King's Meffenger, arrived here on
Monday 1411, having in his cuft,,dy a perfon who has
been for fame time paR taking founding: of our
Channel. He was apprehended in Tenbv, in confe-
quence of his dropping a copy of a letter addrelred to
a French officer, from out of his pocket, which led
to a difcovery. On him were found two forged let-
ters as from the Duke of YORK, which enabled him
to purfue his plans without fulpieion, and had aftu-
ally engaged the King's boats in his various excur-
fions. They went off in the mail for London the fame
evening."
- - - - -

The two foreigners examined nn Sunday, at Lord
Pli.o•ta's Office, Rate themfelves to be Italians, and
that they came on purpofe from Leghorn to attend
a trial in this country, in which they are materially
interefled. They were not examined yellerday, as
further time was neccifary to enquire into the truth
of their flatements.

The sth of neat Month the Lottery begins draw-
ing. Tickets and Shares are filling by T. Rion at
his old eftablifhed Offices, No. 4, Comb;11, and d 0.9,
Charing-crofs, where all Prizes are paid on demand.
Co:Hearn, Auourr 7.—A large party of Volun-
teers from the Nottingham Militia paired through
Maidflone on Wednefday on their way to Chatham for
his Majefly's navy. They ‘..ere fine looking young men,
able feamen, and prefented a very animating appear-
ance with their cheerful l'oks,blue ribbands, and loud
huzzas. The firft battalion of the firs Regiment of
Guards, and the Warwick Militia, are encamped
near Chatham, where large parties work ineelrantly
en the lines. Major-General Foetus' brigade will
take the field to-morrow (Monday) near Northam.
Lord GIORGI H. C•TENDISH has arrived at Cox
heath, to take the command of the Derbyftiire Mili-
tia. The heavy baggage of Major-General THORN-
Tom's brigade has been fent to Malting, in concs.
quence of the late orders iffued-fur that purpofe.

Duatra, Aucurr s.—Our Yeomanry are begin-
ning to make offers of general fervice, that are unli
mitcd as to place. The Attorney's Cavalry. have
offered to krve againfl the common enemy in any
part of the United Kingdom. Thisis truly in the fpi.
;It of Union and Confolidation, and I hope you will
be as ready to offer your affiflance to us, but not in
the fhape of Att.rniet. We have enough of thole al-
ready and is fpa:e. But, jokes apart, they are a truly
valuable body of men in i-orld, whatever they may
be in Alad, and Otis city (lands largely indebted to
their exertions on the recent occalion and in the for-
mer rebellion.

You may correel the miflake or mitinformation of
a eotemporary print which has fired at and wounded
I Mr. ALIX.Vit C ,an eminent tailor of this,
city. Although the man is completely infenfible of
t 4: pains thus infliaed on him, it is but right to put
his friends in London, if he has any, out of pain for
his f.afcty. It was Mr. CLAIM, a cotton menufac•
gum, of Palmer's Town, and a magifbate for the
County of Dublin, that was (hot at and wounded the
evening of the infurreltion.
I have not heard of any arreas to.day, nor did
there hapr.en any thing elfe out of the common coorfe
of events. We have not beard of farther damage
done by the Qotm of Wednc(d ty.