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London, England, 1803-08-19 00:00:00

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We have received Tome letters fro.) Gibraltar, but
being anterior in date to fume before received, the
only new fad they prefent is the following ;
Capt. Rio ti• RDS of theVicvoa it usa brig, which
arrived here on the gth July, was fent on the 26th
of June, to look into T..ulon, wh: e he faw feven fail
of the line at anchi r, four of them ready for fca, and
the other three newly fo. betides five frigates, and
three corvettes."

We have been informed by a Gentleman who ar-
rived from France within thefe few days, that the
comrades for building boats for the invafion of this.
country, bind the builders to have them all 4niftted
by the end of Oaraber nest, and that in all the places
where they are fitting them out, it is underllood they
will be atitsally employed in November. The Gen-
tleman to whom we allude had a good opportunity
for obtaining info, marina ; previoufly to his get.
tang on board the American veltil which brought
him over, he had join:d himfelf to an Anserieaa
Merchant, who paired him for Lu clerk. With
him he taavr.r.ed over the gmtcr part of the route

followed by the FIRiT CONSVL in his late tour,
till he game to 714:ing. There he embarked
with abaut 20 other Britifh fubjeCts on board an
American veffel. They had weighed anchor, and were
abfolutely under fail, happy at the thoughts of having
effeeted their efcape, when an order from the FIIST
Consul,. who was there at the time, brought the
veffel again into port : by the friendfhip, however, of
the Captain, who dreffed him out as a failor, and
appointed him Mate, he was allowed to proceed with
the vefrel, after all the others were landed. He rays
the preparations for invafion in all the places through
which he paired, are immenfe.
In the mean time we are not idle in our prepara-
Lions to repel the invader. Indeed, if he do not make
tulle to carry his threat into execution, he will pro.
bably find employment for his whole force in defend..
ing his own (pores, inftead of invading others. A
I planter attack. we undettland, has been adually de.
termined upon, and the enterprize will have every
uecefrary feature of vigour, and he concluded under
men of the firft abilities. If this be conneded with
the new political arrangements on the Continent, the
ifrue may prove highly beneficial to Europe—lf
otherwife, it will diflrad the enemy, and tend to keep
hollilitie. from our own fhores.
II General DVMOVRIIIR is now in London. He ar-
rived at Harwich from the Continent the day befofe
yefterday—but whether he merely leeks an afylum,
or is to be employed by this country, we cannot take
upon us to Rate. About two o'clock yetlerday he
let off for Twickenham, on a rift, it is.fuppofcdi•to
the Duke of 011.LCALNII.

An addrefs from Dumfriesfhire was on Wednell
day prefented to his MAJESTY at the Levee, by
Sir RUSSET Lanais, Bart. Member for that county.
Mr. MUSGRAVE. late Secretary to Lord PELNAII.
yellerday fucceeded to the place of Principal Secre-
tary of Patfports in the Alien Office, vacated by Mr.
LULLIN.

Colonel MAITLAND is appointed to the office of
Public Secretary to the Duke of YOLK, in the War
Department, in the room of Gen. Baowsetcoa.
General blarrtatto, brother of the Earl of LAI/-
RANDAL., is appointed one of the Commiffioners for
the Board of Gamma, in the room of the Honoura-
ble W. Dunne:.

FITZWILLIAN BARIIIIGTOW, Efq. has been up•
pointed Central Commiffary of the le of Wight.

Dr. SCOTT, late Phyfician to Lord Et.ci iv. at
Conftantinople, left town yefterday. to attend his
Lord!hip. who is now indifpofed at Paris.
The Nephew and Niece of Madame Bo TN
arrived at Dover on Wednefday. on their way to
France. It has at length been agreed. that they
be exchanged for the Young Ladies from the Board-
ing-fchooLat Rouen, now waiting at Calais. A car-
tel was expeeted to tail the next day.
Yefterday morning a party of Recruits marched
into Windfor. for the Staffordfhire Militia, whole
ranks are now very nearly complete. The muficians
of the band are exercifed daily in the fame manner
as the common foldiers.

Yefterday a genteel decried Foreigner was taken
into cultody by two of the Bow-ltreet officeVs, at the
Gloucefter coffee !Joule, Piccadilly, on fufpieion of
being a fpy.
The Turki(h gentleman, recently refident in Li-
verpool, has been fatkfaitorily retested frot‘his con-
finement in the prif-n of that town, a few days
It may be inferred therefore, that the reports Rating
him to have in his poffeffinn plans and founding' of
reverel of our coati. and harbours, are perfeCtly un-
founded.

On Sunday two foreigners, of a very fulpicions
appearance, were apprehended at Perth, in Scotland.
They remain in gaol, being unable to give a fatisfac.
tory account of thernfelves. An Irithman was alfo
committed, who pretended to have been Illipwrecked
on a voyage from America, and exhibited a pats from
the Mayor of Liverpool, which was an evident for-
gery.

Monday, an affair occurred in Greenock, which
for fome time wore a ferinus appearance : a volunteer
for the Navy having grown fomewhat relultant, was,
on being taken down to the (bay for embarkation,
mißaken by a body of carpenters for an imprefs of
one of their number ; in confequence of which, they
proceeded to refcue the man, and tireatly maltreated
the gang. Their fury was fo alarming, that it became
neceffary to require the fervices of the detachment of
Berwickfhire Militia, quartered in Greenock, who
under the command of Captain Duiti.oe, and under
direetion of the Magiaries, marched with much
alacrity to the builders yard where the carpenters
were alfembled, and finding it barricaded and the
carpenters in great number, armed with their tools
polled behind, the Militia prepared to force the en-
trance ; but this extremity, which undouStediy
would have been produttive of bloodfhed, was avoid-
ed by the foil iced and proper condua of Waxvca
R ircno a, Efq. Deputy Lieutenant, and Mr. SCOTT
fhipbuilder, who having entered alone, fubdued the
fpirit of reftilance ; and thereafter, feveral of the
carpenters were atreßed, and will, no doubt, fill-
fer filch punifhment es may deter others from pro.
ceeding to fuch unwarrantable outrages in (attire.
The following is an extralt of a letter from Cork,
dated Ansa to:—“ Yetterday, in confespeace of
fome injury received by the proper waggons for the
conveyance of powder from the manufa&ory to the
place of export, it became neccifary to employ fome
common cars for tranfporting a few barrels the re-
mainder of the way. In palling down George's.
Greet, one of the barrels became fo look, that the
powder fell in a trainfalong the Greet ; and one of
the car horfes having (truck fire with his Riots, while
endeavouring to recover himfelf from a Ramble, the
powder on the ground became ignited and bkw up.
Fortunately the areal 'precautions on theft occaGous
were competent to guard againfl any communication
of tbe fire; and the alacrity which was ufed by the
perana generally employed in the fuperintenclance of
this Winch cars fo effeCtive, as to tranquiUife the
minds of feveral of the bye flandets, whole cornier-
nation at firs wax extreme."