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SloKtot. Th chspav, Jul'/ 26, { Y Vew-York papers down to the 24th .Tune,. Bwe ica.ru, that id'r. Livingstone's insulting conduct towards this country respecting tile correspondence attributed to Mr. Drake, has given so much that he has been dismissed trOtH his office ot' Minister Plenipotentiary from ttre United Stites to France. Report mentions the appointment or General Armstrong, of New-York, to ue his successor. Among other causes assigned for Mr. Living- stone's dismissal and disgrace, it is said, that he io charged with having misapplied the secret ser- vice money of his Government, in feasts and en- tertainments to Citizen Talleyrand, and;his wor- thy friends, X, Y, Z. It is atso reported, that he bus exceeded his instructiolts in his zeal: to gratify the extravagance of the Corsican usurper, by ad- vances of the purchase money of Louisiana, be- fore it became due, and borrowed it ut-an exorbi- tant interest, in the name of the United States of America, where his conduct is abused by all par- ttt: and has already stripped the President of ma- ny of his most zealous partisans. It is farther reported, that Mr. Jefferson has been insulted in the most audacious manner, .by Bonaparte, in a letter in his own hand writing, in which he blames him for not preventing his brother Jerome from marrying a woman so much below him in rank ind fortune, and permitting "American merchants to supply Destines, and the Republic of Hayti, with arms, ammunition, and provisions. Letters of the 12th from Paris mention, as one of the causes of the postponement of the corona- tion of Bonaparte* to .the 5th of next November, tbat the usurper had announced at the late'diplo- matic audience of the 8th instant, his confident ex- pectation, that before that period he shall have negotiated or conquered, a peace. Talleyrand has, besides, hinted to several of-his employers, stock- jobbers, and financiers, that the peace of the world was in emhryo already in his port-folio, and that a Russian as well as an English Ambassador would adorn the coronation of Napoleon the First, It is kiiown at Paris, that the Minister and his favourites have, for upwards of three months, speculated in the French funds, upon a prospect of a peace; and that several Members of the Bonaparte. Family have joined with them in this speculation. We must, however, remember, that, about fourteen months; ago, or at the late rupture between this country and France, Bonaparte, at a public audience of; his senators and tribunes, said, that this war would be of short duration, as the King of, England would soon be obliged to give up Malta in exchange -for Hanover. Great, or rather fortunate warrior, as the Corsicaa is, his political ignorance equals his presumption and he. has always estimated, the Spirit of Great Britain by the standard of Italy and Germany; he flattered himself he would be able to purchase, mislead, or intimidate, a King of England as easily as a King of Prussia, a'nd that He might dictate to the cabinet; of St. James's as he had prescribed to those of Berlin and-Madrid. Certain it is, however, that his political intriguers have already taken the field, and that we have more to apprehend from them than from his mili- tary slaves opposite our coasts. In Italy, as weii 44 in Germany, in Holland as well as in-Switzer- land, and in every other country, the ruin or con- quest of which h^g been the plan of French revo- lutionary tyrants; serpents have preceded tygers, 4nd political iccendiaries have always been the ad- vanced guard of their armies. To prevent insur- rections breaking out in his disaffected camps, or disaffection spreading in hj» enslaved provinces, the usurper Ao alternative but a peace or an invasion. We have, therefore, as, much in our yower to dictate the former, as to defeat the latter; end to make the situation of Bonaparte as humi- Hating as it is desperate. Let us not renounce, for same temporary concessions, those advantages cur valcur and patriotism, have intended and or- janisecj fer the welfare of future ages. Let, tis be- ware as inuch of the-piets. of the tyrant's, negocia- tort. as we defy and despisetbe threats and boasts of his soldiers and we ..in then soon have it in J6«tr^K)«cr t6 restore Europe her lost liberty, and in-]: pe.idc.jce, ia commanding a peace upon ou own terms. The accounts of an engagement having tiken place between the homeward-bound .China fleet, and the squadron under tjie command of .Admiral Linois; appear now to beconnnned. Tae actio Jested for soiise tjjrtie with great warmth 'at length Linois finding the Attempt -hopeless, was glad to escape himself,-instead of taking any of our ships, 1?:" vessels were so Óluch shattered i-n the engage- that they are effectually disabled, lor some f'B? at le.is*, froai- attempting any further depre- d&idtxs on obr commerce. *•" By letters received from the-Cape of Good Hope, of the 2d of May, brought by tne Matilda trans- ■■psr:, .having on hoard tnc French prisoners that, surrendered at Pojadicherry, it appears, that of. t £ e Dutch vessels"at the Cape, one only had her tower deck guns in, and full complement of men that the Bato and Pluto were armed enjlute, and that they were all quietly lying- in Simon's Bay, "without any intention of going out to cruize but. that Surcoff, with a very strong privateer, was cruiz- ing 011 St. Helena. The troops at the Cape, about 1700, were in a state of great insubordination; fre- ouent mutinies had taken place, and in one of tiiese the commandant, Henri, a Frenchman, had been wounded. Many had been executed from time to time, and three of the Boors were condemn- j ed to be shot when the Matilda left the place. The inhabitants in general were dissatisfied, and an- xiously waiting the arrival of a British squadron. Eight Dutch Bataviah ships, laden With Spices and pepper, from Batavia, were shut up in IJout Bay, hitherto unfrequented by large: ships. Under these circumstances, bow easy-a.conquest would this va- luable settlement prove to the British arms We are happy to learn that the Dutch Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, General. Jansens, has treated the English with kindness and humanity, which reflected on him the greatest honour; the numerous British subjeds residing there having hitherto been left in the full enjoyment of their property, and without the least restraint on their persons.. On the consideration of the report; of the insol- vent debtors' bill, in the House of Lords, yester- day, the Lord Chancellor said he did not think it raght that, persons who should receive' the benefit ot the act, if it should pass .into a law, should be placed in a better situation than persons who were undn the bankrupt laws. Their Lordships well kaew, that if a bankrupt did not pav glider his first commission tnll fifteen sinliings in the pound, the law declared that his future estate be liabie until he t'houid havp pa.id up to that amount. 1 He would therefore nm^e a clause, purporting, that the future property ot • such -persons' as may derive any benefit from this act, should be liable, unless he should have paid fifteen shillings in the pound on all such debts as they were "detained-" for prior to the -first of .January.—-The clause was adopted, and incorporated with the bit!.—n the Commons, ttew vrks w»-re ordered for the Borough of Christ- church, in the room of the flight Hon. George Hasp, who has accepted the office of Joint. Pav- master; as also for Tiverton, in the room of the Hon. Richard ttyder, appointed a-Welsh Judge. FRIDAY, July 27;- 1 This flaming jiisjsatehws were received at the Admiralty from Adimrai Cochraue, orFFerroI;' and from'Admiral Thornborough^blf the Texc!, which state, that no movements have'takeri place; in ei- ther of those, ports. The troops of the line, which are to form the-di-' vision of Major-General Stuart,,in the approaching encampments on Barb ,«n Downs, are said to be destined to a foreign service) which it might be im- proper to state. • Several letters from Italy concur, in stating, that the proclamation of Bonaparte, as Emper.or of the French, has been received by the French army in that country, not merely with discontent, but also attended with disaffection. When Gen. -Jour-dan announced this newt-evolutionary dignity at Milan, and, with his Staff, exclaimed, Fivef Mmpcreitr the troops remained silent, th§„ soldtors. smiling at each other. At Leghorn the soldiers hissed, and hooted, and grounded their arius; and at Genoa, they made a square, and desired to deliberate, when Bonaparte's couutryrnan and Minister there, Sali- cetti, interfered, and, by .histadvice, the men'were- ordered back to their barracks; where the officers drew up an address of congratulation id their-own. naines-ae well as that of th^"soldiers. 'General' St. Cyr, the Command er of t'hCahhyin the'kingdom ,ol Naples, had more difficulties to encounter be- fore hexould procure, not the consent of his troops,, but Jin address from individual infrigu'ers. It is •supposed.that Lucien Bonaparte had his- emissaries in this army, and, from ..enmity 0r envy tiVhis bro- ther Napoleon, had gained .ovSr soine op the prin- cipal who, Orl the 4tat,h ot last May, deli- vered a petitiontoGen.St, Cyr, demanding, that as their men resided in "ah aKs'tOcr&tical, or-rather despotic country, where liberticide principles may easiiy be unbibed, a t6 liberty dud equa- lity, and fidelity to a Republican Government might be taken. St. Cyr, in answer, said that he would transmit their demand to the Fir^t ConSU.l, On the 4th of June, a courier arrived froinParis with the information of the SehafUs Consultum, of the 18th of May, which declared Bonaparte an Em- peror, and the imperial dignity hereditary to his family. The next day Geneiral St. Cyr ordered a grand parade of all the troops in the gulf of Tareh- tum, and read to them the Seiiatiis Consulhtm. Their only answer was Vive la RepuMitjue1 Vifttu Lilf£l'tè: la-Liberie, ou la Movie In 'the evening he Ordered plenty of wine, and of brandy^ to be distributed among the soldiers. Promises and money'were given to the officers, notwithstandiiig not morethah 692 signatures could be'collected by his Aid-die- Campst in an army of 5^,000 men. The next day, however, an address of congratulation was made out, in the name of the whole army, and these 692 names were affixed as deIega-teS.. That similar sen- timents have prevailed in FriinCe, ^hd similar uses made of the names of some.,few misled; or iediiced officers and men, is more tnan. probable, as every account from the army on the caastj as'well as frdm the army ofthe interior, the both of the officers and men, upon Seeing a revo- lution, begun in the name pf liberty, termiiiMe in the most abject slavery; y ,v The insolvent deljtorsfbiitpassed; the Lords last night; and on its b&fng returned to the Corrimohs, the amendments made by their Lordships were or- nered to be cpn3ideredon Saturday.-r-A new wttt was ordered for in the room of Sir E. ,1..) eilew, who bad accepted the"Chiltem Hundreds. O rt the rnotioa of Mr. Pi^t,$0001. were graiited to the institiittionrfopi^eveitttinglt^"sj)readifig-.6'tr"Co'n-- tagious.an.d malignint fevers in the metropolis various sums were also ^otedto the offic^f'a of the the House,' w.hich'theii adjohrned to Saturday." Yesterday evening ijir T.' Bwrdfett,'with aboijt 200 of his friends, dined at the Crown nnH Aftar the cloth was remove^^ f rancid addressed the company on the neces4i.tyr of-cotiStant alert- ness, in order to ensure him jsuccess he particu- larly descanted on the ufufojrgjity of his conduct, and declared that he would evgr be the enemy of despotism, whether exemplified by Pitt or Bona- parte.—Mr. Haje Townshend'delivered his senti- ments with some warmth against Mr. Mainwaring, ind dwell, for some time than abusive strain against Mr. Pitt.-On the health of Mr. Fox being drank, Lord Wm. Russell made a speech in praise of that gentleman; and the evening was afterwards passed in arrrangeinents for the election. SATVKDAY, July'QQ. FROM TTtK LONDON* GAZEfTK.: Copy of a Letter from Captain Comman- der of his Majesty- ship-the Melpomene, dated off Havre, the instant. Since my letter of the lfth instant, we had very light and variable winds for three days, which were succeeded by a gale from the northward, when the bombs had some difficulty to keep clear of the shore. Yesterday, the wind-, Haftdng'.got to the S.- V. i stood in wiLh the squadron, and at eleven made the signal for the bombs to try their range "they placed, themselves with the Utmost precision immediately t>ff the pier-head, and at a quarter past eleven began a most tremendous fire of shells 'and carcases, which was continued without inter- mission for an hour and a halfj- in a very few mi- -Y nutes the town was observed to be on fire; and as the pier was very full of vessels, it is impossible but they must have suffered considerably. The vesselswhich had been outside the pier, during the bombardment of the 16th, were so much an- noyed as to retire, some iritofethe pier and some up the river one of them was towed on shore, mider the batteries, and has since been taken to pieces. The enemy's mortar batteries have been very con- i siderably increased since- the- attack of the lgth; and althotigli the ifre from them on the bombs was as great as, I will venture to say, was ever expe- rienced, they being eoo^ilier^bly withing the range, yet it is with the most-inexpressible pleasure I ac- quaint your Lordships, that' not a man has been hurt. A shell passed through the mizen' stay-sail j of the Zebra; another curied away the spare top- sail yard, and two chain plates,, and grazed the side of the Merlin and a 4'i-p«und shot cut the spare top-masts, and some other spars, and lodged in the booms ofVthe Hecla this is all the damage done.—-It is impossible for me to find words to ex- press my admiration of the conduct of Captains Sykes, James, Paul, and Beauchamp, and the other officers and the crews of the bombs, for the able manner in which they placed and managed their vessels; and also to the officers and men of the roy.d artillery, embarked on board of them, for the judicious manner .in which thev fired the shells. Some luggers came out of the pier during the bombardment, and fired their gunff, but they were made to keep a, respectable distance, by the vicini- ty of the Merlin, Pluto, Locust, and cutters, which were always ready-to give, assistance where wanted, as were the other ships in the squadron in the si- tuations assigned to them. ROB. DUDLEY OLIVER. [The Gazette also contains a return of six French privateers, and live neutral vessels, captured or destroyed, and eight British vessels re-captured, by the fleet on the Jamaica station, commanded by Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Duckworth.] Letters have been received froni Louis XVIII. which state, that lie has accepted the liberal offers of the Emperor of .Russia made to him as King of France and Navarre, and that he has left Warsaw for the Russian frontiers. The disposition of his Imperial Majesty in favour of the Bourbon family, will be speedily manifeslell in a more, signal man- ner.-Courier. The Hamburgh mail due on Wednesday, arrived this morning. By accounts from Ratisbon, of the, 13th of July, the: imperial Legation had on that day made a ver- bal declaration to the Diet, stating that, though his Majesty, the Emperor had always the same confidence with his- Electoral Highness of Baden. in: the friendly sentiments of Frarice towards the German Empire, he cpuid not conceive that the French could object' to .the application made for satisfactory-explanation, relative to the occurrences at Ettenheim and Offcnburgh .nor could he sup- pose that any disagreeable consequences could re- _sult from entering jnto the propos-ed deliberation the Legation was therefore authbrised, should the other Envoys receive instructions for opening this.. deliberation, to give its votes according to its de-' claradon of the 14th of May last.—-It is .probable the deliberations-will be proceeded upon iuiine- diately. .».>■ Some accounts from Italv affirm, fhatths Court of Vienna has objected to theerection of Lombar- •jdy into a kingdom, as being art infringement of tli'e peace of Lunevilie.—We know not whether tliis ob- jection, or the recent symptoms of* discontent ma- nifested by the troops in Italy, iji.coiisequenc'e of. the elevation of Bonaparte to theimperial dignity, 4r, have induced Citizen Lucien Bonaparte to set out suddenly for Pkfis. We should hardly, suppose that he has carried with him any disposition to ot- ter very cordial congratulations upon the new im- perial arrangements, which have set such a seal and mark of disgraee upon him and his brother jeronit.. An article from Petersbargh, of the 3d of July, says, it is understood than an important declara- tion relative to various objects has. been sent from our Court by the last courier to Paris. | Some private letters from Hamburgh state, that attempts had been made at Bremen to, negociate a loan'th^re for Hanover to the amount of about half a mifiion ofrixidollafs. The Senate had re- fused, but bad soon afterwards received orders to declare positively whether they would comply with the proposed terms )M-not. Tbey had the courage to give an absol ite refosal, a.nd waited the conse- quences with firmness, A neutral vessel arrived at Doyer from the coast of Erance,' brings intelligence that Bonaparte ar-, «yeH at BoulbgnjTdiTiJife gfttb mst. the day after tlie combined efforts 't)f the elements and our squa- dron'had driven seVetal of his frail flotilla on the rocks. It is stated that he was still there on the S$d instant.. 7; It is thought by .tn^ny in France, that the expe- dition will not takej>f&ce before the month' of No- vember. A French 74 lately Slipped out of Corunna in the night and got safe into Ferrol. The enemy's flotilla, at" Ostend, becomes- daily more considerable, inconsequence of the reinforce- ments which it receives from Holland by the in- In n land navigation. The port of Flushing is nearly emptied of,all kinds* of crast destined to co-ope- rate in the invasion. Last Monday two cuttersJ and .ten other armed vessels were all that could, be counted by an officer belonging to our squadron off" that port, who went in close to the inner harbour. The preceding day. nearly fifty vessels proceeded by the clmal to join the armament at Ostend, On the second reading of the corn bill, in the House of Lords yesterday, the Earl of Stanhope described the measure as ha.ving no other tenden- cy than to produce scarcity, arid$proportional in- crease in the price of bread arid the other necessa- ries of life. To remedy these evils, and* to provide a practical and systematic mode for the regulation of this «knd n«rpi«Ary article ot oublic consumption, he ^toved three resolution^, pro- posjng the establi&biaent of public granaries, the' removal of all,, impediments to the free ware- housing of corn, aad the exemption of farmers from all-direct taxes, county rates, and tithes. The Duke of Montrose, Lord Hawkesbury, the Duke of Clarence, and the Lord. Chancellor, con- demned the uuble Farl'i propositions as impracti- cable, and his argu^ients as tending to create dis- content, They defended the bill as necessary; to prevent the exorbitant price of corn at one period, and the equally ruinous decrease of it at another. -Lord Mulgrave moved an adjournment, which wgs carried without a division* MONDAY, July SO. Dispatches vftte Wceived this mornipg, which state, that on Wednesday night last a. squadro i of five sail of the' line, two frigates, and a corvette, under Admiral Gantheaume, were trying to effect their escape in a fog ftom the outer road of Brest; but our look-out cutter .making the signal, Admiral Greaves instantly chased, and Qantheaume as in- stantly hauled his wind; and worked back-into the road.—As to their destination, .conjectures must be vain and endless, Moniteurs to the, 21st, and Dutch papers to the 22d, were received yesterday and this morning. .The former contain a detailed and pompous ac- count of the celebration of the 1.4th of July—a c c day on which the people of France have so often, with so much solemnity and apparent enthusiasm, sworn eternal hatred to royalty, and attachment to Jiberty and equality. On that day Bonaparte and his imperial consort, and that part of the Bonaparte family whose blood has been made royal, went in grand military procession from the Thuilleries to the Hospital ot Invalids. Bonaparte, seated him- self upon a splendid throne,$nd upon the several steps of it were placed, according to their differ-' erit'ranJcs; the grandConstables, Chancellors, and all fche grand Titularies mass was then perforriied by the Cardinal legate, after which the oath was administered to the members of the Legion of Ho- nour. When wchearof men swearing, under such a Government, to .concur, in the maintenance of liberty and equality, we know not whether most to "despise, the slaves who took, or the tyrant who dic- tated; the oath. In the diplomatic audieticfe which the Emperor gave on Sunday the 8 th, Admiral Gravina pre- sented not only his credentials as Ambassador from his Catholic Majesty, but his credentials as Ambassador from the Queen Regent of Etruria. >. Bonaparte left Paris for Boulogne on the 18th, and was there on the 20,ih. The object of his jour- ney, it is'said, is to assist a £ the manceuvrcs of the. different camps. The Minister of the Marine and the Colonies wrote, the 6th instant, the following letter to the Maritime Prefect of the 4th arfpiidissement, at L'Orient: "The maritime conscription being exhausted, and it being found impracticable to complete the crews of the greater part of th-e Government ves- sels with seamen, his Majesty has been pleased to order, as you may have already been informed, that detachments of troops in the land service should be embarked to supply the deficiency. To give this measure all the advantage that may be expected from it, his Majesty wishes to excite a spirit of emulation among the troops, by encou- ragements proportioned to the services for which they are qualified on board, according to disposi- tions which have been made to that effect." There is nothing in the French journals re- specting the invasion. Letters from Vienna, of the 11th inst. mention that the Emperor has given the strictest orders to keep in safe custody- a French privateer that has lately dared to violate the neutrality of his do- mains, by an attempt to capture an Englisli mer- chantman alhiost within reach of the guns of Trieste. The King and Queen of Sardinia have quitt'd" Rome, and are going to Gafta, in the kingdom of Naples.. The Bey of Tunis is equipping his whole naval force with the utmost expedition, as is supposed, to act againsjt.the Americans.' A Neapolitan, squadron, of one ship of 74 guns e and four frigates, is stated to have joined the Ame- rican squadron employed against Tripoli. By the Arabella packet.with'a mail from the Lee-. warn Islands, we have a confirmation of the cap ture of the Duke of Marlborough and Duke of Kent packets, which were: carried into Guadaloupe; the former is fitted out as a ^privateer, and carries 20 guns. the. Eliza packet, with the May mails, had arrived at: Barbadoes, after, beating off a French privateer, in which she had.one, man killed. The packet sailed from Tortola on the 27th of I.I .1 "4 June, and brings an account of his Majesty's ships, the Romney and Ulysses, with the. Ilipppnienes sloop, and .two hundred and. eighty sail of mer- chantmen, having sailed from Tortola.'on that day" tor England. Accounts from .Cuadaloupe state, that from sixty !to seventy privateers were' out from that island, mounting from six to twenty guns, and full of men; and tha.t eighteen or-twenty were cruising ';to windward of Barbadoes.' ScYeral had gone in pursuit of the homewa-rd-rbound fleet, v, CurayOa on thiBTth ult. continued closely block-, aded by the EngUsli; < SeVeral neutral" yes|e^s;; bound to the island have been sejit aWay,.aild sc5rrie which persisted in standing in hivfe been seized and.sontto Aiitigiia,&c> for condemnation. < "A large galliot, u'nderSwedish'ColQurs;-waS'latev;. ly captured by■ L'Eclair, Lieutenant; 'Carr,' having" French mails and dispatches on hoa-rd for- (JMada- loupeatid Martinique. These dispatches;announce to the Captain-Gerierals of these islaftds, that 500 French troops had been sent irom R.oclif&rt for the, colonies, ana that ibout:600 inore would soon. fol- low, which Bonaparte strongly enjoins inay be dis- tributed to the best advaintage ili th^ediffierent, gar- risons, as he shall not be able to furmgtfthetM \vrth any further reinforcements, for a considerable time, as the more weighty concerns of the liep.u'blic'at home; engrossed all his attejitioii. Tvventy-eight: French officers Were bn 'boiard the galliot> and are- now at St; Lucia,. J • .The Dublin papers-of Thursday., la§t state the apprehension of-^tw&,respectable, farmers .-in the county of.Kildare, cH^gedwith-corresponding with' tritors, resident in Paris,.Who' had beeil banished' from Ireland by act. which act makes such correspondence a felony of traiispor-- y tation for, On Thurgdiy la^t.l3.000 men (eneamped on the CurragH;of:'i^dar^ All alarm h&s »ubs^ed;vah(J the public confi- dence.and secufity perfectly restored. ..Admiral, CdroWajfii;^iji proceed in the course oT a> few days ,io 're.4j^'e^tlie: co^jiiand pf jthe chan-; nelfleet. •. /T., :The fqflomng appqiiuiiients -h^v'e just taken placeiT-^i-r Evan i^ep^a^t-to be-a Lord ;<>f^ the Ad- miraI);y,'iii.ilie.rtfo^ K. Neaie; the Mar- quis.-Of Bwj^f^hfd &' -|ie „a Lord of the Treasury; and Xohri Smith-,Esq' to. be" Under Secretary' ot State' for the htime dtpartirient, in the room of R. *,P. Carew, F'q. Colonel CJmlon ic appointed Quarter-master General of Ireland, yi.ee Sir John Craddock; and Col&nfel "Gordon, Deputy'Barraek-master General, ;is to*s«S'Qeed-tv-C-olo.ne^ Clinton's present situatior. .as,,M!Secret'afy. 3xi is urvpointo J Governor and Coiri- m^iderih Chfef Svlrinapa". Sir.-J|i^ IiQpex, h'ds', 'arrived' town from France.' 7; • The Royal.. Assent, was on S/atiirdav giyeij- by 'Cbmmissiaoio the additional stamp'dlity"bill and several other bills.—The corn,bill passed -the Hoiise" of Lords, £ t|ld the insolvent debtors' bill was j-e- turileU frbitl tlie Comtiibris, who had agreed to the amynjdmentvS inade by the Lprds.. • ■ 11i4 estimated net produce oj thç-, cTu'ty oh pro- perty,ibF the year.eliding "the$th of April,ia04; i Tcksmy, July 01. ,'tlle -Gj^te- of e*einm £ nientiffns the cap- ture &f a small.FMnch/privafecrQfo 2(5 men,' from Guadeloupe, by thip- Ulysses, ,Cipt. CoJuinbine. ,con ae o The conduct of Russia, towards the unfortunate brother of the murdeiea, Louis, is noiv believed by many to be the result of a d^ermrhition tb try to rescue-Europe, by another'co)itinentuL zvar, from the gripe and: power of an usurper. The Empe- rbr .of. Russ.ra> ultimatum has^-it" is said; been dispatched. td. Par%_ and a prlvate-: letter from Petersburgh is about to be .seut- to- ffhe Diet at Ratisbon, de- claring— < -r- .That, the. l^roperdr |inds lus'^araiit^Viiplated aud-' disrespected,^ .asicl, the peace ot the conltineiit disturbed, because, so, long as an hostile. army Hanover, t Germany iA'iife;>Yar, and not at .peace.. bupp-y'se tfiat an JEiiglisfi or a army shoiild land cm the Jjanks of the Elbe, attack lia Hancfyer the .fQi.eigii. m^ader6n coiribat thcjii; afiA-pii-r^ue'ffaeifl to HoHand, ««•tp. Prance, Avon]d. the Gferm^tT- -^qjiire -tbeta be sfiid to be at-peace,, when three foreign nations were fighting for one of the German states ? And Einperor of Russia-, as a guaranty, and the King of England, as Sovereign,' ir.ore right, nay, it is their duty, to deliver Hanover from its itivaders, than" France to atfack' it without provocation, -and fo oppress it without r^istaw'^e .'?* These co'tfsi&rdtions, and others of the same description, are pf sMXli a nature^ that", they call upon all the Members of tlie Piet, and upcu the supreme Chief of -to take immediate step3 to force" the foreign qatc the Gerfiian terri- tory: as, in a eontrary.case, \R(jir impolitic endurance, aiid'dangeious lem[>orizHtionr tuay extend-the evils of the war, and involve the continent in all those horrors it had been obliged to, endure' from t]je ambition of France during these last twelve years.. United, they inay yet pre- scribe boundaries to, a Government which .kuoWs and rc- 1 specU no laws but thosfe of power, and which threatens all Europe with its cruel and heavy fetters." The Roval Assent was yesterday given by Com- mission to thQ insolvent debtors' bill, and the corn 'regulation bill;—New writs ^vere ordered for Tre- gonyand Bridport, in the room of the Marquis of Bland ford "and Sir Evan Nepeaiv—Mr. Wind- ham wished to know whether or not-it was the, intention of Government to interfere in be- half of the prisoners who were coniincd in France, and particularly as to Capt. Wright, that gentle- man having very properly refused to answer cer- tain interrogatories put to him. by the French Go- pI. vernment, in. which this country was materially concerned, and had been, in consequence, thrown into the Temple.—Mr. Sturges Bourne said, that he could not give the Right Hon. Gentleman any in- formation on the subject. Between two and three o'clock this day his Ma- jesty went in state to the House of Peers, and being seated on the throne with the usual solemni- ties, and the Commons in attendance, the Royal Assent was given to the civil list bill; after which his Majesty closed the present se-sion of Parlia- ment with the following most gracious speech :— My l ords and Geiitleiiwn, Before i put ttnerad to the present Session of Parlia- ment, I nm desirous of expressiug illY entire approbation of the zeal and assiduity -with which you., have applied you: 11 selves to the 'great* objects .of*, public concern wUilch hart come uut'er your consideration.■ You hitv'e wisely continued to direct your, att ention to the eucyiTrageiuent and improvement, of "that, respectable and powerful volunteer force which the ardour aad spirit of my subjects has enabled me to establish to an extent hitherto unexampled you huve at the same time endeavoured-to combine an additional establishment for our domestic de- fence, with the means of augmenting our reguliu army, and maintaining it on such a scale its be proportioned' circumstances of the times, and to the rank which this coud- try ought" everto liold among the of • i: fit•.titlemen of the House cf > Conmunts, A Yoti are entitled to my warmest acknowledgement* for the fresh proof which you have giveiitmc of yourt constant and aifectionate attachment to my person and family, and your regard to the honour and dignity of my crovvu, bv'the iibefal provision which you have made for the payment of the debt uii-ii Iiy revenues, and for furnishing me with the additional means 0$' d^fray'mg the. increase which has unavoidably taken-place iu dhlerent branches of ',my expenditure. r must also1 return you my warmest thanks for the ex- tensive provision which you have made i'or the exigencies of the public service; and especially for the just and pru- dent attention, which yo,u have shewn to true economy, and to the perinanent credit and woifarij'ot'the country, by the .great exertions YOll have made for preventing, us far as pos. sible, the atjcriMulatiou of debtor, and for raising so large a proportion of the expenecs of the war withiu tlfe year. My Lords and'Gentlemen,. I have iiow only to recommend..to you to carry into your respective counties the sHtUt: 2eab^or;thq.pi\blkc ii-ite- rcstwhici). has guided aj^yo-ur proceedings.- < It will lie yotir* particular duty to inculcate ou. the minds'oftall closes of my subjects,- that Hie preservation of all that' inmost dear ;|P them requires the continuance' of tfiejr" "Unremitted Exertions-for. the national defence. C," The. prcparatiotM .which tlie enemy has long boeii form- ihg for tliei (Feciaretl purpose ot'-jnvevding this-kiiiguom ss/ daily augiaenfed., and -tlie attempt appears to;have; bfeei* delayed <jnly with the view of procunnjj additional meani ■for cai-ryingit--into execution. .v Relying on the skill, valour, and dWipfiue. of my ixa- ral and military Soiee^ ''Mided. by and na- tive eoufSge-of people, I look with c;onildencef.to the "issue of tilis gfea.t eonni.ct;' and I dqilbt not that: it, win t'et- m'inate, under the blessing of Providence, ¡'iut'only in re- spelling the danger- of the inbineut, but -in establishii^,m'I. -the eyes of foreign nations, th« security ~of this ep^try> o» a basis iiever to be sliakcnt .■ hi addition to this iirst and great object, entertaiathe • animating hope that-the beti-efits to be derived from our :sueoejsful exertions will not be confined within."btlrselv'es; but that, by t!ieh' example and their consequences/ they" may lead to the ve-establislnuent of such a system in "Eu- rope- as may rescue it from the precaripG3 state to which it. is reduced and may finally, raise an effectual barrier ag&iiwt. I, I. the unbounded Schemes of aggrandizemcut and ambition which threaten every iiidepeadent nation tliafyet remainsi on the contincnt." n.. Parliament was then prorogued ■ by, the Lord Chaccehor, to Tuesday the 4th of September. [ His Majesty, we are happy to-say,, looked verv well; read his speech with his usual clearness and distinctness, and was greeted in going^to and frorh the House with the most joyful acclamations. Middlesex^ jElection.^Mr. Mainwarin"- was" iSSSt: votes alie,-ad of Sir Francis BUrdett on°Sa.turday? but the, poll yesterday tenruna-ted in a. diminutiorj ol Mr. M's' majority. On the. close of the. poll the numbers stood thus-rrMr..Mainwaring, 1986; Sir F. Burdett, 1922 majority for Mr. M. 64. 'r~ Another numerous jneeting of freeholdiers in the interest of Sir Francis dined yesterday at the Crown and Anchor, Lord Duncannon in the chair. On his health being dtfink, Sir F. took occasion to reprobate Alr. Pitt'$.- measures, particularly the present immense lo.\d of taxation, and urged a coutinuvmrc of.the zeal which had that day, placed iii s«eh a, flittering situation on the pol!. r,e company separated early, for the purpose of I-VI r, unMs-sing.—.Mr. Sheridan yesterday gave his vote for Sir Francis. Her Grace of Devon was busily employed in canvassing and the Marchioness of Salisbury manned IS post-chaises with voters fcr Sir I-. Lords Foley and Barry more also baroucteda. number otvotem.in his favour. The Journal de Paris states the 56th ascension of the celebrated aeronaut Blanchard, in his bal- "hjvon, at Marseilles, on the 5th instant, accomfa- nied by four young ladies and four young gentle- men, who danced a quadrille in the air, 1500 feet from the elirth. It is said that upwards of bOrcan- didates have presented themselves for another bail 'h'ithe aif. WEDNESDAY, August 1. Three Gottenburgh mails arrived this morning. they s tate the Receipt of private letters from Pe- tersburgh by Way of Hamburgh, which mention that^a war between the Russian* and Turks is de- termined upoh. This intelligence is so'Contrary to all probability, that it does not appear entitled to credit. Intelligence from our fleet off Brest states, that the squadron under Gantheatime, which lately at- tempted to put to sea, consisting of five sail of the line and two frigates, renvtjri in the otiter rbjad at single anchor, and with fore-top-sail.stJdose_, ready for another start- as soon as anol¡,her;tog aflferds them all opportunity. Admiral Oantbe&ume's is the advanced S(piadron, and 1t*is Relieved, that if it succeeds in getting out, it will fmftiediately be followed .-by-the re.st of the Brest, fleet. General Forbes., it is reported, is shortly to suc- ceed General Moore, in the command of the troops,at Shorn Cliff camp, the. latter being ap- pointed to take" & ^art in thfe' expedition stated to be now on the tapis." ■ f His Majesty ifl;-#fe.aa.mg -lus--speech, yesterday, turncdtOve^twb .le'^xes iiistead of tone, and as- the Sentenqos wpfe hy't broken in the middle?did not diseover his: mistake till it was too ci)rrect it. saidtülmve been sent to his Royal nighnes's the Prince of Wales, at Brighton, winch had relation to a complete extinction of all differ- ences between his Royg-1 Highness and the He ad of his august family.—Mr. Pitt has been unceasing in his endeavours to accomplish an objoctso desirable. Middlesex' Election.-—The poll of yesterday- was extremely slack on both sides till near two o'clock, at which time Mr. Mainwaring headed the poll of the day by about ten; from that time .the. contest became more brisk, and, in the jo.ckey phrase, there ivas hard running, and much crossing and jostling towards the close of the heat but both came in at the post neck and neck. Far on casting up the num- bers, it appeared that each .party had polled 108, which left Mr. Matinwaring still in possession of his majority of 6'4. At one o'clock this day, Mr. Mainwaring is stat- ed to have had a majority of 43 on the day's poll. Yesterday the Court of Aldermen ordered the price of bread to be raised 2d. in the peck loaf. It is worthy of remark, that the three last State-Lotteries contained only SIX 0,000 prizes; live of which were shared: First Lottery, No..535, ditfo, 8,22t, 20,000. Second Lotterv, 8,188; 20,000 Third Lottery, 19,3.38, i!0,Q00 •• dItto, 18,825, 20;000 This circumstance in some manner accounts for the rapid demand, for Tickets and Shares in the present State-Lottery, to be drawn in September the only Lottery to he drawn this year) which contaiiis three .0,000, three IlD/iOd, three ,5,000, itfe. &H. !t.o prize less than JtW* uni.y Tickets, and divides more Prize Money than IP any Lottery for many years pa^t: PRICE OF STOCKS. Bank StocK. .160 Long Ann. 1" per C..Red. India Stock 177 ■\per C. Cons. 57|-] India Bonds Is. a !?s. dis- 4 per C 7r>! 1 Kxcheq. Bills, is. Os. dis. 5 pet C. Navy .92<" j Omniuiu 7- prein. 5 per Q. ir&7 yaj j Lottery Tickets 171,17». ,'i