The Cambrian

LONDON. c f TiiPTtsDAY, 'Feb, 9k TIlE Volunteer System is now about to receive t TKR Volunteer System is now about to receive t some peniutnetit form, some saluta'ry and > firm priaoipie, from the wisdom of "Parli'a- s alKeut. Mi-secretary Yorke last night opened to tne House of Commons the outline ol a. bill to con- < solidate, explain, and amend the volunteer acts. ( Alter a short historical account of tiie institution t from the beginmiig in 1733 down to the present i time, when Great-Britain alone, he said, has at least ( 350,000 effective volunteers, (exclusive of the regu- £ iars and 90,000 militia.) he explained the amend- ments prpposed to be made in the system. These, however, go no further than. the regulation of com- I mittees in those corps where they exist, and con- j firiing them to financial, objects taking away the 1 right, real or supposed, ofeifctins: or even recotn- mending officers and extending the number of days'service in the year to entitle to exemptions- from tiie militia an d army oi reserve,viz. the infantry to 24 days, and the cavalry: to 14. The right (never intended to be disputed 'By Gpyernpfient) of volun- teers to resign, except when called out on actual service, will be recognized, upon giving a written: notice to- their commanding officersand those clauses will be re-enacted which relate to the obli- gations ot volunteers in case of invasion or the ap- pearance of the enemy in force upon the coast.— Mr. Yorke deprecated all discussion in the present stage, and conci uded wi th movinn to brinsi in the bill. •^r-.Wr. Sheridan admitted that W" right.of election of oiticers existed in any corps, but thought it would be hard to deny the voluatecrs the right of recommendation. Seyeral other gentlemen delivered their sentiments, not in opposition to the bill, but recommending certain points to notice in the fu- ture discussion of the measure, in order to render the system as complete as possible: and Mr. Ad- ilington concluded the debate with a high compli- ment to the volunteers, declaring, that he looked upon a sense of honour and patriotism as the strongest tie by which our brave countrymen can ')e bound to their standards.—Leave was -then given to bring in the bill. Previous to bringing forward the volunteer bu- siness, Admiral Berkeley stated, that it was not his intention to press the motion of which lie gave no- tice before the recess, tor the production of certain papers respecting the rebellion last year in Ireland: some expressions which he conceived to imply a strong rellectioij on the conduct of a relation of his, (General Fox) having been disavowed.—The Secre- tary at War assured the Hon. Member that no im- putation whatever was intended to be cast on that brave and meritorious officcr, whose services Mi- nisters were willing to acknowledge.—-Sir J. Wrottesley, however, would not suffer°the subject to rest here, considering the circumstances attend- ing the late rebellion to indicate the grossest neg- ligence and inattention in some quarter; and therefore gave, notice, that; on Monday se'nnight ne should move for certain papfcrs which he con- ceived necessary for the information of the. House. Committees were appointed to- try the merits of the Southwark and Durham election petitions, and thcllousethenadjourned. Tuesday accounts were received from the fleet of Admiral Coriiwailis, oft Brest. A few days since some movements were made in the harbour, which seemed to indicate a disposition on the part of the enemy to put to sea, but on Sunday last nothing Iurther had taken place. ° Among the captures in the Mediterranean wo are iz/jt ur it c/ciiveoe vessel tjt two tour-pounders, having on board a considerable quantity ol blunderbusses. This affair took place near Genoa: the vessel was cut out within a few yards of the shore, and while under the protection of a battery, and when exposed to a smart fire of almost an hour, by Mr. G. M. Sutherland, midship- man, assisted by ten of the crew of his Majesty's ship Camelion. The alarm, which was stated in our last to have prevailed in several of the northern districts last week, is now ascertained to have originated in a mistake of a Serjeant at one of the "sinnal posts. The volunteer corps in the Scotch dfstricts, as well as in the northern parts of EHgland4rdisplaved a zeal and alacrity wIJJchcannot he too praised, The former received the thanks of Lord Aloira, expressed in terms of the highest enco- niiuni.. By the present outward India ships, his Majesty will send a reinforcement of 1000 men to Ceylon, and 2000 to reinforce the Madras army. The holders of loyalty 5. per cent created in 1796, have now the option of being paid off at par, either in money, or in 3 per cent. stock, valued at 75; it having been stipulated by act of Parliament, at the time ot borrowing on security of said stock, that the holders should enjoy the advantage of this option at any period within two years after the conclusion of the next definitive treatv of peace. I he definitive treaty of peace having been concluded at Paris, on the 27th of March, 1802,. the holders of the said sfoek will be entitled to demand at the Bank,, on or. before the 27th of- March next, lOOl. sterling Tor 1001; stock;' the present price of which is g'¿:} per cent. f'wk'ng Accidait.—-Tuesday morning, about six o clock, Air. Pitchen, tobacconist, who lived at the corner of Cock-court, Snow-hill, was found by the snopman, when he .opened the shop and went down stairs to work, stretched on the copper,, on which they dry the tobacco, and burnt to death. His head was almost complexly reduced to ashes; one of his hands was nearly burnt off and his belly so corroded by the fire, that his bowels were exposed. "When the shopman put a hayd under his shoulder to raise him up, the flesh came off from the bones. The real fcause of this dread- Jc 1 acctdent ts quite uncertain^as he was not mis- sea till found as above stated.- It is, however, con- 1, CN( jectured, that about ten pounds of tobacco stalks, left on the Copper before a fire when the family went to_ bed, caught the -'flumes, which raised such an intolerable fume, that Mr. Pitchen, in at- tempting to extinguish it. fell a victim on the oc- casion, and was thus burnt to death. With the exception of his shirt, the unfortunate nerson now I described, appears to have been naked, and had, perhaps, started up suddenly to extinguish-the flames and smoke. He was about 40years,of uge, and very much respected by his neighbours. ° In a recent pamphlet, country gentlemen are strongly re- commended to encourage the peasantry to shoot at tarWtV amllllarb oi different kinds, npon staled and frequent eva- stous: a sort-of amusement that soon mav become nopidar I and prove a Jar better mode of keeping up the. native cou- rage and skill of the nation, than anv thin^ that can be done by encouraging men to break each other's heads, or iucitiii" to ° In consefjiience of a vacancy baring occurred among the oiucers ot the Glasgow regiment ofHigWand volunteer's Urn committee Originally" appointed by ifhe Highland Socie^v ol Glasgow, to name gentlemen to rvcomnuwi to thf Lorri- i.if-menant a., oil that corps, met oil. Saturday se'n-. mghi,aU'i iT'Sol;].s Iht., oilicers had bceii aiT once an- pointed, liicir tto-.v.er iiad ceased, and in niture were of ooi- nwu SH!'b reeommeuclatioa devolved uu the Coiiuftaudin"- ulliX;- C'i i\i\t i ■ -V v PitiDAY, Pel, 19. Yesterday dispakhcs were received, from the fast Indies, which were immediately forwarded .to < .ord St. Vincent, at Brent Wood, in'Essex; where 1 lis Lordship continues very much indisposed. The 1 ontcnts of these dispatches have m.t bevm officially 11 ntide known, but report stales, that they bring ac- < ounts of another desperate action having been ought between the British and MoJiratta forces hi he neigiibourhood of Surat, which place was only ,i ,aved:from iklluig into the hands of the-enemy by he timely arrival of the 65th. regiment po ils"aid. -Vc know nut what degree of credit is due to this itatement. The arrival of the remains of the French army of )t. Domingo at Jamaica, appears to have occasion- ;d much uneasiness both to the Government of hat island, and to the inhabitants. The lb!lowing i s an extract of a letter from Kingston, dated De- :ember 26:—" The M'hole garrisoirof St. Domingo ire now prisoners here, about 9000 effective men. l'here are, near 690 ollieers on parole in Spanish fown. We have given the-Governor-a power, lor linety days, to put any particular district under' Tiartial law; the meaning is, that-v/e might have, i he use of the militia of as many. parishes in the "icinity of the town as he may think expedient, without extendingit to the whole island." Letters of the loth of December, from St. Domin- *6, state,, thatp-i'tcr the-evacuation of the island by tiie- French, trade immediately revived. Droves of mules were'coming, down from the mountains laden with coffee, &c. Gencralltochambeanhad rendered himself so obnoxious to Itis own army, tliat on his arrival at Jamaica it was necessary that he should be con- ducted under an escort to his lodgings, to save him fron-itheiuryofhisonicers. Previous to the capitulation of Itochambeau, upwards of .35,000 bonis osfa.il colours and dispo- sitions, had found; the jneans of escaping from St. Domingo to the island of Cuba; and the- Spanish Government olf that island having found, iti most of them, opinions and principles highly dangerous to the civil and religious establishments^ to which the Spanish settlemeptsareso. much attached, are under the greatest difficulties respecting them. g It was also expected that they would speedily a- dppt the same measures that Geh, Nugent had taken in JamiMca, for transporting them to Louisi- ana. In the mean time, the French troops in Spa- nish pay have been recruited from this emigra- tion. By the arrival of ii vessel at Liverpool, we learn, that a French frigate and two corvettes arrived about four months ago on the coast of Africa. This is, no doubt, the squadron lately mentioned as having been-seen olf Madeira. We have not leerned that,, when the above vessel, left the coast, they had made any captures of importance. The Ttomney man of '\var, of 50 guns, which sailed from Spithead the 28th of August, might be expected to make Blanco the first week in Oc- tober; from thence she had orders to run down the coast of Africa, calling at the different settle- ments for information, and to clear the coast of the enemy's cruizers, if any were there. e The Mercury, Capt. Hume, from Liverpool; has had an engagement on the coast of Africa, with an English cutter, mistaking her for a Frenchman; the engagement lasted for two hours, and both vessels received considerable damage. Four Englishmen were arrested on the 16th of January, at an inn at Amsterdam, and several pa- pers were found upon them. They are supposed to be officers in the navy or of the marines. Sir Sidney Smith in for the future to be employed in cruising off the coast of France; and much is to be expected from the zeal and activity of that gallant oRicer. i Government has ordered the preparation of eop- per-bottomed vessels to a large amount of 'ton- nage to be got readv without delay.. UL .CO. UTLIC, vessels of smaller size, liave been ordered to be fitted out as troop Ships immediately. It is said the militia will shortly be invited to volunteer their services, to a certain extent, for of- fensive operations, i^i the course of the spring. About 1000 infantry Will be embarked in a dav or two at Portsmouth for Ireland. It is painful to say? that murders and depreda- tions are still committing in various parts of Ire- land. OueinstLnceofniurder occurred a few days ago, near. Dublin, on the person, of an industrious and loyal man, of the name ot Madden, living a te- nant under Air. Falkner, Member for the county pf Dublin in Parliament, who, in opposing a band of villains who attempted to break into Ins house, was shot dead upon the spot. Five of the persons concerned in this atrocious act; have been since apprehended. The following outrage has occasioned much con- versation in jjnblin =-pn Saturday an officer of the Roscommon militia dined at liathfarnham with a Mr. 1 rizell, a- barrister, well known for his eccentricities. After the gentlemen had. drank a quantity of wine, Mr. F. persuaded the officer to sally forth in pursuit of some persons whom Mr. F. said had fired at him on the preceding evening as he was walking in his demesne. Accompanied by a party of six of the Roscommon militia, they attacked the house of the Rev. Mr. Ledwith, the parish priest of liathfarnham (a poor old man 70 years or age), who escaped through one of his back windows, but was fired at by the party, as he ran for sheltfer into Lord Ely's shrubbery. The militia- officer has been arrested, and committed to Kil- mainham gaol; Mr. Frizell basiled, but a. warrant has been issued for his apprehension, and letters written on the subject to all the country Ma- gistrates. The House Of Common,s yesterday appointed a Committee to try the merits of the petition against the return for Windsor and, on the motion of Mr. T. Grenviiie, .there were ordered to be laid before the House copies of aU the correspondence between the Secretary-of State and the Lord-Lieutenants re- specting the establishment and regulation of volun- teer corps, and the other measures for the defence of the country, since the commencement of the pre- sent war. 1 Wednesday came on the election of a Member of Parliament for tiie borough of Vv allingford, in the room 'of Sir Francis Svk.es, Bart, deceased, when, at the close of the p6ll, the numberswere for Calvvay Mills, ILsq. 1-11; for Moses Ximenes' .Esq. IB. • Lieutenant Cory ton, who has lately been tried at the royal niarine barracks, Chatham, by a Court Martial, for sending a challenge to an oflicer senior to himself, is brplce, and his Majesty has approved the sentence. Doi.i.Aia.s.Mr. Bolton, the ingenious and respectable artist ol Birmingham, has engaged to re-stamp several mil- lions ol dollars iii thenianner of the English silver currency, and :n imitation of Our own crown-pieces;, with the di:rcrcncc only that the present edge-mill ins; of the dollars is to re- mam. The experiment has already been successfully tried, and a specimen of this new Coin was a few days since pre- sented.to his Majesty, and received the royal approbation, it is a very beautiful piece, resembling a fine medal; and such is the patriotic and tibcraf spirit of Mr. Bolton, that the expcncc to Government of the re-stamping will not be more than that attending the "present stamp of the King's tiead, which is so easily-counterfeited. In thisiillProved state the dollars wi-ty be issued at theii- actual value, 4s. 9d. eae/i, and those -ROW in circulation, will of course, be re- ceived at the Bank at tht'ir present price of 5s. Several mil- Hons will íú a few weeks he sent into circulation, bv means .o/wtiii h the ijiconveuieuc? attending, the present scarcity of silver coiu will, w. a jreitt. C" r uotaltogether, be removedi. '0. f SA-TIIRRJiT, J-V'f. 11. I IIrs Majesty in CQtmnl. Was this day pleased.to I jrdcr, that in the absence of the Earl of Liverpool, ;.he Right LIon. N. Bond should be President of :he Comnviitee of Privy Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations^—Guict.e. 'The King has been pleased to grant unto Major- General Baird his royal permission to wear the badge of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent, con- ferred upon him.by the Grand Si'siniq'r.—Ibid. Dispatches were yesterday received at the Ad- miralty from the commander of the British squa- dron off Boulogne, dated so late as Wednesday last. We understand they contain an account of the French troops at that place having actually em- barked, but whether for. the purpose of putting to sea, or of merely .practising the manoeuvres of invasion, could not, of course, be accurately as- certained. They had not, at the date of these ad- vices, made any attempt to sail, the harbour con- tinuing closely blocked up by the British squadron, which then consisted- of Ismail ships of war of different descriptions. During a perfect calm, a iew days since, a part of these were drifted within the reach of the enemy's batteries, which kept up a brisk fire upbii them for a, considerable time but we do not understand that our gallant squadron sustained any material damage-llü lives were lost, and only a few of our brave tars wounded. On Thursday the Champion and Immortalite frigates. Squirrel, Lynx, and; Harpy sloops of war, were .blown off that station and are arrived in the Downs. The vessels of all descriptions now in the harbour of Boulogne amount to upwards of 700, all apparently ready for sea; and the.prepara- tions in ill, the other ports are stated to be every way complete. Report says, that the First Con- sul has been again on the coast, and visited the whole line from Flushing to Boulogne, giving his final orders at each of the. ports. Whether"this statement be true or not, this much appears cer- tain, that the hostile determination of the enemy is fixed, and that the attempt at invasion will be cer- tainly made, in a. shorter time, perhaps, than many people seem to be aware. Government, however, are fully apprised of the intentions of the crafty foe, and the necessary means have in every direc- tion been adopted, to frustrate his designs, and turn them to his own destruction. So thoroughly does the French Government seem persuaded of the success of this expedition, and that they have nothing to apprehend but from the premature ravages of their own ferocious troops, which might drive an insulted nation to despair, that a proclamation has already been prepared to be circulated through the invading army on its landing, for the purpose of restraining their excesses until the solemn promises of pro- tection for persons and property, on the part of the French commanders, shall have reconciled a conquered people to their degraded state, and af- forded a prospect of indulging every monstrous I passion and propensity with impunity. Then Eng- land- and every thing dear to the hearts of Eng- lishmen, are to be placed wholly 'at the mercy of the brutal invaders. A copy of this proclamation (see our 4th page) has been in town for some days, and the doubts atlirst entertained of its authenti- city have been since removed by positive assuran- ces from quarters of the highest honour and res- pectability. Some foreign journals were yesterday received, containing accounts from Paris to the 27th ult. The tranquillity of La Vendee appears by no means to be restored. Ten thousand more troops have been ordered to reinforce the army in that quarter. The people continue to resist the execution of the lawot conscription; and the military tribunal has already sentenced to death several leaders of the insurgents. With respect to the preparations for the invasion of this country, all that we find stated >c, tlvit an JnvlnrjhJa IUie his- tory of the Egyptian campaign proves rather un- fortunate for France)' is now forming intended as a kind of body guard to Bonaparte that Admiral V crheul commands the whole of the flotillas from Flushing to Calais, and that Admiral Bruix conti- nues to command at Boulogne. It is again reported, on the authority.of private letters, from Hamburgh, that Bonaparte has re- peated his attempts to bully-Denmark and Sweden into a temporary surrender of the sea-ports pf Hoi- stein, Jutland, and Pomerania, for the purpose of excluding the English from any commercial inter- course with the. continent through those channels. Accounts.from Paris mention, with some degree of confidence, that Bonaparte is very seriously oc- cupied in compleating his project of being declar- ed Sovereign of France, under the title of King or Emperqr, wdiich he proposes to render hereditary in his family, In short, it is his object to forma new dynasty. By a letter from Hamburgh, dated Jan 12, we learn, that "Talleyrand has caused to be bought for him the estate of Wandesbeck, in the neigh- bourhood, for 1,500,000 francs, late the property of Count Schimmelman. The Russian army is for the future to amount to. 400,000 men complete in time of peace, and to 550,000 in time of war. The American claims'on the French Govern- ment,. according to the treaty of Sept. 3, 11J03, a- ment, according to the treaty of Sept. S, lBOS, a- i mounted to 8,616,<2o7 dollars, at 5s. lOd. each, j The total nominal amount of the American .funded deljt, the yyth oDune, 1803, was 76,091,935 dollars.^ The number-of stockholders wa.s 14,236. An official letter has been addressed by the Se- cretary of State to the Lord Lieutenants of comi- ties: hrst; with a view to compel the clerks of the several sub-divjsion meetings to remit to their re- spective pay masters such sums of money as, in the way of bounties, are due to those who have engaged as substitutes in the army of reserve and the nnli- tia; and secondly, to enforce the completion of the deficiencies in .the militia, and the-army of reserve. And in order to obtain these important purposes, it. is the decided intention of Government to put int9, imrnèdiate execution those provisions of the law which will enforce, in the most effectual man- ner, the completion of the levies for which the Le- gislature has provided. In the House of Lords, last night, Lord Grenviiie gave notice, that on Friday next, he should submit a proposition respecting the paper circulation of the country, and particularly as connected with the defence of the empire. An account was presented from the Bank of England of upwards of six mil- honsexpended in the course of last year, in the reduction of the national debt, and of upwards of one million applicable to the same purpose in the first quarter of the present year.—Tn the House of Qo.mmons, a Committee was balloted to try the merits of the petition against the. return for Wey- mouth.-—Leave was given to bring in a Bill to en- able Messrs. Boydcll to dispose of certain Paintings and Prints by way of Lottery.—Tiie Volunteer Amendment Bill was brought in, read a first time, and ordered for a second reading on Wednesday,— Mr. Creevev gave notice, that he should on Friday next, move for the production-of papers respecting the- state of..the island .of Ceylon. Colonel Hanger has within these few days pub- lished a pamphlet, which contains some excellent re-nurks on tile best mode of clefending; the coun- try, and the metropolis in particular, incase of in- vasion, and which we think by no means unworthy the attention of'Governtncnt:. The author has re- ceived a letter iroui tiie Commander in tlhid; in t which his Royal Highness bestows much praise oa .• the work. It is at length finally settled that the city light- horse, 10th London, and one other volunteer corps, are to do the King's duty, in case it shall be neces- sary to detach the horse and foot guards from that service, The French General, Boyer, is now at Bathv where his conduct, even at the assembly-rooms, is' described to be of the most insolent description* lIe was formerly a JJ-ancing AJusler, and he boasts much of having already capered into the., good graces of many English ladies of fashion. Wednesday last came on the election, of a Re- presentative to serve in Parliament for Truro, iu- the place of Colonel John Lemon, of the Royal sli- ners regiment, who had.-vacated.his seathy bein,!}, appointed one of the Lords of the, Admiralty, when. the Colonel- was again unanimously.re-elected. Since the present war, sixty-two works or pampbletshavei been printed m France, concerning the mauiimc law of na- tions; thirty-six concerning the invasions of. England, and the probability of suecc.*>' in tiic present attempt; and twenty-two different' maps of England. Scotland, and ire- land, indicating the roads, the tides, the properly, the cha- racter, or prejudices of the inhabitants, 6tc. Last Sunday "a young womaur-uventy-one -years of age, wlto had died suddenly, was. buried in St. Luke's chuiciv Old-sireet. -Her mother-, who attended the iimeral, ap- peared previously very much troubled, and expressed her foreboding that she 'never would be able to return alivef from-church. When the eoiiin was lowered into the grave, the mother ten. Medical, aid was huuiedi'aiciy.procured, but to no purpose. A'di-itiller iir the Lowlands of Scotland has, been.fined 5001. for increasing -the cubical capacity of his still, out giving previous notice to the excise olhccr. MONDAY, Feb. 13. Several letter? from the continent have been re-» ceived by \vny ofttoiia.nd. Aniong these is a coni- munication from Paris, which states, that the* French armies in Upper Italy have received a nu- merous reinforcement., and that., in consequence, the Austrian garrisons on the frontiers of that, country are immediately to receive considerable. additions, to, their present strength. An alliances between, the "Courts, of Vienna and Peter.sbuv^h is, said to be rapidly approaching to maturity;Jand the threatened visit of the French to Denmark, (of which great apprehensions appear again to be cil- tertaiiied) will probably induce the" witole of the. Northern Powers to look to their own. security. Another French army of 50,000 men is stated h); be on its march. to the Neapolitan territories^. which, it is feared, -are once more destined to .come, under the cruel domination of France, upon the pretext that a Briiish force is preparing, to ta&ja possession ol Naples. Private advices .state, that the French troops how on their march from Hano- ver to Holland, do not hesitate to boast that tlIejâ are destined for London;" and that by way of prat:- tice, they commit the greatest outrages in every, place through which they pass. Letters from Rotterdam of the 3d insfcant state, that the French have carried away thecelebrated fnachine in the cannon thundery at Hanover, the vainc of which is estimated at two millions ,of' florins. r The English prisoners in France were all in per- -7 fect health so late as the 28th ult. The Amethyst frigate, in her late voyage from the North Sea' to Leith, fell in with andchaccda. corvette and two transports full, of troops. TSla corvette escaped into Bergen, but the trai)-sports remaining at sea, the Amethyst pursued them, when a storm came on, which, it is probable, sent them to the bottom. The Amethyst returned to Bergen, and learnt that the transports had 10bi> men on board for the purpose of effecting a descent upon Shetland, but the people of the corvette were. of opinion that they werelost. A letter from Bergen, probably alluding to tha abovecircumstance, A fleet of transports* from the Texel, with about or ti()() French and putth troops, have entered this harbour: a sloop and ship, part oi the convoy, are missing. Seve- ral of the Dutch officers, have- deserted, aiu'l are re- turned to Holland m a schooner; which thev engag- ed here for their conveyance. Could they possi- bly have been destined to cause an alarm on any part of the coast of Scotland ? The desertion of the Dutch ofifcers is, however, an important fact, as it shews clearly, that in honour, they cannot consider themselves as really serving their own couutry bjp- promoting the. views of the First Consul. Letteas from the coast state, that our squadroa has resumed its station of/ Boulogne, the Ulysses ■frigate only remaining in Dover roads. The enemy, it is said, have contrived to place a chain across-, the harbour of Boulogne, to prevent any of our ships being sent in to destroy their flotilla.—Thus. are those insolent threateners afraid of being them- selves.assailed in their own harbours. According to an estimate which has been pre- sented to the House of Commons, there will be re- quired for the service of the barrack department iri this country, for the present year, the sum of Q,3Ü3,9:'>Ol.. Mr. Corry, the Chancellor of the Irish Exche- quer, is at present much occupied in considering the rate of exchange from Ireland, which is. at present In per cent, under par, and operates on Irish property of all description, as an evil of great,, magnitude. TUESDAY, 14, The King has been pleased to grant unto the t, I Pught Hon, Henry. Wclbore, Viscount and Baron. Clifden and Baron Mendip, his royal licence and authority, that his Lordship, and such of his issue as may become entitled to the premises devised by virtue of the last will of his late great uncle, may take and use the surname of Ellis only, and also bear the arms of'Ellis.—Gazette. The Hamburgh mail due on Wednesday (the se- cond of the three due), arrived this morning. Ac- counts from Constantinople, of the 24 th of Decem- ber, state, that several Turkish ships of the line -5 and frigates, had arrived there in 2'Z days from Alex- andria, bringing the unpleasant intelligence, thutT the Arnauts and,Arabs having joined their force, had made themselves masters of the city of Alex- andria, and obliged the Foreign Consuls and Vicc- Consuls thereto take refuge on board the ships in the harbour. These new disturbances in Esyptt are suspected by the Porte to have been occasioned by foreign influence. A letter from Amsterdam, of the 28th January, mentions, that'according to advices received from Calais, the expedition against England can scarcely be expected to sail before the latter end of March as it is intended to assemble so many divisions of ad armed vessels and transports, as wiii make, the Na, tional Flotilla there collected amount to 1500 sail. The accounts frum the Hague likewise say, that t,* I n t., invasion of England, it is now understood, will not take place as soon as was expected. On the other hand, two Swiss officers, just escaped from the 1-rench service, are stated to have made a declaration before the Privy Council, that the inva.- sion will be attempted in the course of the present week, wind and weather permitting. Some new reports have been received from Got- tenburgh, of the favourable sentiments of the Em* peror Alexander towards this country. It is cer- tain, that Bonaparte looks with a verv jealous eve on the advantages which Denmark at present de*. •• rives from- her connection with Britain; and it is equally certain that Russia will not allow th;U co^« ncctioivtp fce forcibly tk^oyud' by Frj,ij.ce» or