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London, England, 1804-07-30 00:00:00

AMERICA

of May; the former Pared River Sifters on the 'Oh
of May, and the latter on the sub following.
The Mary arrived at Liverpool from Demerara,
reports that on the tzth ult. the fleet was over the
Bar, and was to fail the next day. The Mary left
Barbadoes on the I sth.
Alarge gallint, under Swedilh colours, was lately
captured by le Clair, Lieutenant Cat a, having-French
mails and difpatches on board, for Guadeloupe and
Martinique. Thefe difpatches announce to the Cap-
tain Generals of there ifiends, that soo French troops
had been font from Rochefort for the Colonies, and
that about 600 more would loon- follow, which Bo-
saraava Rrongly enjoins may be dißributed to the
bell advantage in the feveral garrifons, as be (hall not
be able to fatal' them with any further reinforce-
ments for a confideralile time, as the more weighty
concerns of the Republic at home engroffed all his
attention. Twenty-eight French Officers were on
board this galliot, and are now at St. Lucia. The
enemy mißook le Clair for a French cruizer until our
people boarded her. The condo& of Lieutenant
Casa on the occafion is fpoken of in terms of high
commendation.
All the American veffels detained and fent to Do-
minica for having attempted to' violate the blockade
of Martinique, have been liberated, with the excep-
tion of one brig.
Some of the crew of the American frigate Phila-
delphia, prifoners at Tripoli, have, to obtain their
liberty, become Miiffulrnen—the reit are clofely con-
fined, and die rapidly—t:n died in two days, (viz.
the 4th and sth of March). The BtifilaW'S child, by
'a favourite wife, was lately on the point of death,
when the furgeon of the Philadelphia was ordered to
attend it, with promifes of liberty if the infant re-
covered ; the child is well, but the doctor remains in
durance.
The brig Hoppet, Lawns, of Hingham, from To-
bago for Turks' Mind, was laR month captured by
the French, and fent into the Welt-end of Porto.
Rico; the mate and crew were, however. fent adrift
in a leaky boat, feveral leagues from land.
Brigadier General Mouroou LILY has affurned the
• command at Tobago.
, Vicroa Hoot+ es is Rated to have arrived at Gus-
: daloupe, from Cayenne, with a large body dumps,
and that he meditates an attack on Antigua.—The
I report is obvioufly exaggerated. if not wholly untrue.
The yellow fever prevails with much virulence at
Guadeloupe.
Five privateers failed from Guadeloupe on the 3d
of June, to cruise in the courfe of the homeward
bound Jamaica fleet : they mounted from 16 to
guns, and carried from iso to ma men each.
We learn from Turks' Bland, that the Negroes
were deferting from thence by every opportunity to
Cape Francois.

Yeflerday we received lets of the Charleflon, Bal-
timore, and New York papers, to the a6th ult. by
the John, arrived at Liverpool, and the Anglin*, ar-
rived in the Downs.
JR.Rom s Bow APART'. and his wife continued at New
York on the a6th of June, and had taken lodgings
is Wafhington flreet. He almoft daily went on board
the Dido, as was fuppofed with a view to difgnife his
plan'of efeape. The fsritifh frigates, CAMBRIAN and
BOSTON, lay below Staten Bland, and the Datvtit
had failed to blockade the northern palrage on the
Sound, called Hell-gate, through which it was fuf-
pefted the French frigates hoped to cfcape. This
patrage, which is extremely dangerous from its rapi-
dity and narrownefs, is however navigable for large
!hips, The EartaimlNT, of so guns, we remember,
failed through it dining the American war; the
DR iv se is Rationed at its mouth.
BONArsstTL's baggage was on board, and the fri•
gates were preparing to get under way iu the morn-
ing of the 16th ult. when the CAMBRIAN and Dstess
appeared in the offing ; the Frenchmen affefted to
believe that the whole of our American fipradron was
waiting fur them, and on this account pottponed their
voyage.
A Neapolitan fquadrnn, done flip cf 74 glins and
four frigates, is dated to have joined the American
fquadron employed againti
The Bey of Tunis is equipping his whole naval
force with the utrooll expecliti-n, as is fuppofed, to
againtl the Americans. Three of his frigates,
from 24. to 32 guns, are now lilting nut at
Malta ; and a frigate of 32 guns, and a number of
fawner veffels, are getting ready at Tunis. Com•
=adore P was, at the date of the IA account,
about to proceed to Tunis, with his whole force, to
demand the occafion of thofe preparations.
The French frigates, Dido and Sybille, previous
to their arrival at Goat:l2loam landed feveral exiles
at Cayenne. They were accompanied by a corvette,
of which we have not had any recent accounts.
Some time fince, one of our frigates fired on feve-
ral velels which had taken %cher under the French
baneries at Baffeterre, Guadalouoe, ; General Es.
sour immediately fent off a flag of truce, declaring
teat the witcls were neutrals, and at the fame time
refforing to the EnglifhCommander223pa.c:rs who
had beer. taken by different privateers. Coman.dore
HOOO, on being apprifed of the circumflance, 'wrote
to the French General a letter of thanks, and promil.
ing that if any aft contrary to the m..n h.m,urable
nines of wai flould be committed on the French by
any Englilh Tetra wliatevei, it fhould, on being made
known .0 him, be punilked and redielicd. A Trench
Silting boat was flon after taken and fent to Anti-
gua; General Es Roy r communicated the circum-
fiance to the Commodore, who, faithful to his en-
gagement, immediately fent orders to Ati:igua fi r
her releafe.
The outward bound Well India fleet, under ccn-
Toy of the BEAULIIIV, was well on ihe 27th utt. in
lat. 46. O. lung. to. 30.
The INCONSTANT, 0136 one, an the Peanut*.
of sB, %vete w.;,4 oft 1122 coan of aesfr.ia oa the 2:d

canopy of the Imperial throne, to the Murk of a mi-
litary march, and amid[ the loudeft acclamations.
His Majeßy was placed on the throne, having behind
him the Colonels• General oi.the Guard, the Cover.
nor of the Invalids, and the great Officers of the
Crown. On the two fides and on the (wend Rep of
the throne, were placed the Grand Dignitaries ; on
the lower and to the right, the Minilters ; to the left
the Marti:els of the Empire ; at the foot of the Reps
at the throne, the Grand Mailer, and the Mailer of
the Ceremonies; in the front of the Grand Matter,
the Grand Chancellor and the Grand Treafurer of
the Legion of Honour. The Aides-de.Camp of the
Emperor were (landing in a line on the Reps of the
throne. On the right of the altar the Cardinal Le-
gate was placed under a canopy and in an arm chair,
which had been prepared for him. To the left of
the altar was the Cardinal Archbifitem of Paris, with
his Clergy. Behind the altar, in an immenfe amphi-
theatre, were arranged yoo invalids, and zoo young
pupils of the polytechnic reboot. All the nave was
occupied by the Great Officers, Commander!, Offi-
cers and Members of the Legion of Honour.
The Grand Mailer of the Ceremonies, having re-
ceived the command of his Majeily, invited the
Cardinal Legate to officiate, and his Eminence be-
gan the celebration of the mars.
After the piped, the Grand Mailer of the Cere-
monies, having reeeiled the orders of his Majefty,
concluded to the Reps of the throne the Grand Chan-
cellor of the Legion of Honour, whu pronounced an
eloquent difcourfe on the events of this day, on the
Tuileries of political troubles, and on the gratitude due
to the hero, who, while he prefented the principles
upon which the revolution had commenced, had been
able to terminate the calamities w,hich followed it.
The orator pointed out, in a ltriking manner, the
duties which the inflitution of the Legion of Honour
impofed on all its Members, and forcibly difplayed
the numerous advantages which mull refult from
this union of the moll illaßtious fupporters of the
Government and of the Country.
After this difcourfe the Great Officers of the Le-
gion, being called fucceflively by the Grand Chan-
cellor, approached the throne, and individually took
the prefcribed oath. The Great Officers having
taken the oath, the Emperor covered himfelf, and
addreffing the Commanders, Officers, and Legiona-
ries, pronounced, in a lirong and animated voice,
thole words:
Commanders, Olken, Legionaries, Citizens, and Soldlers,yon
(wear by your honour to devote yourfelves to the ferviee of the
L4np.re, to the prefervation of its territory in its integrity, to
the defence of tt e emperor, the I;ws of the Republic, and the
property which they have eoufecrated; to combat by all the
means which juftice, reafon, and the laws authorife, every en-
terprise which than tend to reitere the-feudal regime. In enc.
yes [wear to concur with all your power to the maintenance of
liberty and equality. the ftrft bales of our csnititutions.
All the Members of the Legion of Honour (land-
ing, and, with their hands railed, repeated at once,
" 'wear it." The tots of " the P impereur"
were then renewed on all fides. Thefe lafi words,
PARIS, JULY se. pronounced with the accent of a profound energy,
The Emperor went yeßerday to the Opera. He impreffed the minds of all prefent with a lively emo-
arrived at the beginning of the third ail, of which he thin, with which they long continued to be penetrat-
appeared to like the mufic very much. After the ed. It is difficult to defci the the lenfarion which this
aEI he fent for M. le Suave, to whom be expreded moment produced. The monuments of French glory
the greateft fatisfaftion. fufpended in the vaults of the nave in which were af-
The Emprefs was prefent this evening at the Tepee- fembled the braveft warriors, the numerous ranks of
.fentaticin of Ithigenie en AuGde, given gratis by the aged and wounded foldiers, and the youth, repre-
French Comedians for the entertainnientofthepeople. lensing the glory and hope of their country ; lallly,
26 Mistime (Jute ts.)—His Imperial Majelly, the religious folemnity of the altars, concurred molt
anxious that the Italian troops row in France fhould powerfully to exalt the imagination, and give prefage
partake of that indulgence by which he wifhes to di- of the moll glorious duration to an inftitution form-
orderifhhis advancement to the Empire, has given ed under filch aulpices.
that the difpnfitions of title V. of the Imperial Mali being ended, the decorations of the Legion
decree of the t3th Prairial lan, relative to the am- were depofited at the foot of the throne, in golden
Inefty granted to fuch fubalterns and foldiers of the barons.
Land tetmes as may have defaced to the interior, he M. de Stout, the Grand Mailer of the Ceremo-
I extended alfo to the Italian troops that ate now in nies, then took the two decorations of the Order, and
t'rance.-3fonitesse. gave them to M. de Taxxs VIAND, the Grand Chant-
They write from Touloufe of the Sth of July that herlain. The latter prefented them to his Imperial
the crop of forage this year has been produftive to a Highnefs Monfeigneur Po ince Louts, who attached
aegree unheard of, in confequence of which all pro them to the habit of his riskily. New fhouts of
vilions of that fort have cape: ienced a very rapid and Vive PEmpereur" were then heard feveral times re-
extraordinary fall ; from is francs, oats are laid to petted. The Grand Chancellor of the Legion incited
have nliantly fallen as low as eight. the Great Officers to approach the throne, to receive
They write from the Hague, of the 7th July, that fucceffively from the hands of his Majefly the deco.
the Legiflative Body having terminated their ordinary rations, which the Grand Mailer of the Ceremonies
Sefton the preceding day, had nominated Van Hasa- prefented to him on • golden plate. The Grand
, Prefident for next Sefilon. Chancellor then called the Commanders, afterwards
Joey t6.—Yellerday (being Sunday, the 26th of the Officers, and laftly the Legionaries, who all came
3fsfdse) the annivesfary of the lath July, all the to the foot of the throne to receive individually the
Members of the Legion of Honour who were in Paris decorations from the hands of the Emperor.
t.lemr.ly took the oath prelciibed in the pretence of 'His Majeßy particularly fixed his attention on thole
the Emperor. bravO veterans whole glorious Cervices were attefted
At lie in the morning the ceremony was announc- by their mutilations. He interrogated many of them
ed by a Lame of artillery. The troops compofing relative to the places and rations in which they had
the Garrifon of Paris having repaired at ten o'clock received thole noble wounds.
to the P:ace dr Caeron,re?, filed off before hi, M.i jelly, This .! ffemblAge of the moll diftinguifhed Citizens
and formed a line from his palace to the Invalids. of all clalles and ail ages, prefented a fpeaacle equal.
Beloie noon her Majeßy the Emprels let out from ly noble and affeCting : the Soldier, the General,
the palace, and cradled the garden of the Thiiilkries the Pontiff, the Magillrate, the Adminiftrator, the
between the lints of troops. Her retinue confided of Man of Letters, the celebrated Artills, receiving
four carriages, one with eight horfes and three with each the rewards of his talents, and his labour,
fix. The Emprefs was accompanied in her coach by feemed only to compote one family, which preffed
the Ptinceffes, the fillers and fillers-in law of his Ma- around the throne of a hero, to adorn and fupport
jelly, the Emperor. The other carriages were filled it. A lively; and profound emotion was viable in
by the ladies of the palace, the hell chamberlain, and every countenance ; and this augult and brilliant ce-
the firß eager. The troops prefented arms. The remony impreffed the minds if all prefent with a re-
Governor of the Invalids, and the Grind Matter of verence at once religious and martial.
the Ceremonies, met her Majelly at the grand por- The fife was terminated by aTe Drum. which, as
tico, and conduaed her to the decorated tribune that well as the mars, was the compofition of M. le thieve,
had been prepared fur her in front of the imperial thedJireaor of the Imperial Chapel.
throne. At three o'clock his imperial Majefty, under the
At noon, his Majeßy the Emperor, tinder the dill- difcharge of a falute of artillery, left the church with
charge of a falute of artillery, let out on horfeback the fanse retinue, and in the fame order in which he
from the palace, preceded by Marital' of the Empire had arrived. The return of her Imperial Majeßy the
and followed by the Coined Generals of his guard, Emprefs, was likewife made in the fame order which
and the Great Ofekers of the Crown, his Aid-de- had been obfertred in her way thither. Their Majef-
Camps, and the Staff of the Palace. The proceffion ries, in all the places through which they paired, were
was opened by Chatietirs, and dolid by the Horfe faluted with the unanimous acclamations of an im-
Grenadiers of the Imr.rial Gnard. Numerous dill- menfe crncourfe of fpeftators. A falute ef artillery
charges of the cannon of the Invalids announced the announced the re-entrance of the Emperor into the
arrival of his ?staidly. The Governor of the Inva- palace of the Thuilleries.
lids came without the gate to receive his Majefly, and In the evening the palace and gardens were Mu-
prtfent to him the krts of the Hotel. The Giant' minted, as were alto the principal edifices of Paris.
l)„ll,taries, the Mioirters, and Great Officers of the At nine o'clock there was a concert nn the terrace of
Foil it e, did nt t conic on horfeback, as silo the the Imperial Palace, and at ten a fire-work was dif-
Nicotine' of the Great Council, the Grand Chancel- played on the Pont Neuf.—Adorrileer.
lon, and the Grand l'icsniner 1.1 the Legion of Ho- Yellerday at the moment the Esersaoa was pre•
nom., met at the lame t lace, and took their Rations paring to leave the Imperial Palace, a young man of
in the proccllion. I between t 7 or IS years of age threw himfelf on his
'l he C•rciii. al Ardthriliep of Paris, with h 4 r.erST. knees at the feet of the throne, exclaiming, Pardon I
tenets cd I.is IsLajelly at lire door of the chur 1., and Portion ! The Emmeline interrogated him, but it was
prc icntc.l to him the incenfe and holy water. The with difficulty he could explain himfelf and fay, that
clergy in. rrocciLon, (Aniseed his Majcflyi under a he folicitcd the pardon of his fatberosbofe.nune (Ds.

svesits) has been well brown in the revollition. Ti
air of candour in this young man, and the cur. re
emotion which he matiifefted. affeaed his furls SA . •
Killers, and he granted him the pardon which kit
requefled-
While the Ea PRIOR dill ributed to the Members of th e
Legion of Honour their decorations. an officer, much
mutilated by revere wounds, prefented himfelf with
confidence to receive a crofs, though he had not any
letter of advice as a Member of the Legion. Of this
the Emmett was allured on enqoiry, but he never.
thelefs prefented to him a crofs, on the certificate of
glory which his wounds prefented.
The Estrum was dreffed, according to his cut
torn, in the molt fiat* manner—that is to fay, the
uniform of his guard. The head-dreffes of the Prin.
cdres were rich diadems; that of the Es was
entirely computed of diamonds. The amufemenu of
the evening concluded the feftival of yellerday in a
very agreeable manner. The palace, and the garden
of the Thuilleries, and the public edifices, were
fplendidly illuminated. At nine in the evening a
concert was performed by a numerous orcheltra, land
the artias of the Confervatory placed on one of the
terraces of the Imperial Palace. The Euratom re-
mained, during the whole concert, feated near the
great window of the principal building. In the in-
tervals the people manifefied their joy by applanfes
and (bouts of—" Five PErtfrerewr." After the con.
cert, the crowds which filled the garden turned to-
wards the quays on the banks of the river, and the
bridges of the Thuilleries and la Concorde, to fee the
fire-works, which were prepared on the Pont Neufs
and were played of at ten o'clock.
The houfe of her Majelly the Emprefi it is raid, it
alinoft completed. Madame de la, Roca seen:eau t.-r
is appointed her Lady of Honour, Madame La.
her dreffing Lady, and Mefdames ks Mare.
chafes Lass's and NIT, and McNamee de VAUDI,
d'Aaseer, Sayre v. and Duca nag, were appointed
her Ladies of the Palace.
The Emperor has appointed Vice Admiral La.
TOUCH Colonel-General Infpeaor of the coalla of
the Mediterranean.
M. LEssoen Paean commander of the corvette la
Bayonnaife. who on the 6tb and 7th of Frimaire left
fought an Englifh thip more than is hours, has been
appointed a Member of the Legion of Honour.
General Gel sscrr commandant of the department
of Var. and M. G Chief of the Legion of
Gendarmerie, have been 'appointed, the former
Commander, and the latter an Officer in the Legion
of Honour. (.701trii/( & Commerce, ,idly 57.)
About nine o'clock the concert commenced ; but
the attention of the Public was naturally diverted by
the prefence of their Imperial Majellies, who ap-
peared and remained a long time at the entrance of
the veftibule of the Sae du Carder, in fuch a manner
as to be ken by all the fpeaators. Her blajefly the
Emprefs was in full drefs, and the Emperor wan
dreffed in the fame uniform which he wore in the
morning. When the concert was ended, their Ma-
jellies, holding each other by the hand. approached
to the edge of the terrace, when they bowed to the
public, as if to teflify how much they were kulible
of the acclamations and teltimonies of affection of
which they had been the objet in the courfe of the
day.—(Gazerte de France.)
&tux:gems , JULY 15.—Two gun-boats which had
one out of the Road were attacked by three Englills
brigs, which, however, they coon obliged to (beer off.
Heirs, JULY i4.—Captain Delimit writes word
that a divifion of the flotilla has had an engagement
with an Englith (hip and two frigates. After a heavy
cannonade the enemy bore away, and left us in pof.
feffinn of the field of battle.
8ett12D22112, 22 Missions, (Jusv to.)—On the
16th of this month (sth infant), a gun-boat having
been three leagues at fea off the coaft of Vendays,
was attacked by a cutter belonging to Guernfey.
which, notwithltanding its fuperiority in every re.
fpea, was compelled to (beer off, after an engage.
ment of more than three quarters of an hour, and
in which the cutter mull have fuffered very con-
fiderahly. The viaorious gun boat has flute some
up the river.—Moniteur, yid, i 6.
FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS

&HUDAK, JULY 10.-4 t if now firittly forbid
in this town, under very heavy penalties, to carry
on any bafinefs or work at any male on Sunday ;
it is even ordered, that ditring divine fervice, the
gates of the town than be kept (hut.
DRAFT, JULY 10.—SaltrIa VAN Di SCHMID
commanding one of the merchant (hips, which came
into port yeflerday, has brought the difagreeable
news that 3o herring fifhing fmacks have been
captured and carried into England. There fmac ks were
all failing under the Prutlhn Reg.—DJ/a& (..crud.
}liens 'JULY 6.—The Emperor Narotion has
again !citified his benevolence and efleem to Vice
Admiral VERNEUIL' by appointing him Com-
mander in Chief of the left wing of the flotilla
defined for the expedition agasna England.—afrpre
gay :6.
VIZ/ANA, JULT 2.—His bertarat MAIISTY
wilb-
ingg to encourage, as much as pollible,commerce and
indullry in his Rates, has refolved to raife a fund for
the fupport of filch eras and manufatflurers as may
Rand in need of afflflance. In confequence of this
refolution, the provincial regency has juR publifbed
an order, by which every eholefale merchant is
obliged to contribute annually 550 fl..rins for the for-
mation and fupport of this fund.
Farman:tom, Juns 25.—The plague has jai
broken out anew in Georgia, where it commits the
greatell ravages. The College of Phyficians is bufi-
ly employed in contriving means to arrefl the pro-
refs of this fcourge, and in fending to this part of
the empire inftrultions an/ prefervatives to prevent
the fpread of this terrible malady.
For thofe (even months pall we have heard no
news of our icemen who have gone to make the
tour of the world. We have juR learned, however,
that an American vac! met them on the 22d No-
vember, near the coati of Brafil, and the crows
of both veffels were in good health.
BANKS or TNI Masse, JuLy 3.—Not only the
Elbe, but all the rivers which take their fource in the
mountains of Bohemia and Silefia and flow towards
the North, overflowed their banks from the 15th to
the zoth of lag month. The lofles occalioned by
thofe inundations are immenfe. Ar the fame period
alto, a (hock of an eartlterake is fuppofed to have
been felt towards DrefJen. At Clagenforth, in Sty-
ria, on the t3th, a very violent °suck of an earth.
quake Wu felt.

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Ira Tredve, Sills, Ditto Coltman and Excite, Ditto Revenue
Colleddoo, Ditto Warebotifing Spirits. Ditto Commidlonem, the
wane Amendment, lhodon Additional Force Amendment,
Volunteer Oilicers Ateountants Habeas Como aderitifieandurn,
Bahama 'Sands, Salt Exportation, Woolwich and Charlton Land
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On the motion of the Dote of MONTROSE,"the Corn Re-
pletion Bill was read a third time, aid paired without amend-
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Mr. Alderman COMBS 'brought ost the Inibbrent Debtors'
Bin, the Commons having agreed- to thcbmendwients made by
their Lordihips.—Adjourned to Monday.