The Cambrian

TAAMAYAYIITFP mmm Avto-fwrnmpi ( TIIA'KSDA.Y, Not. 2li. OVENNMT.KT tecei'ved yesterday, dis- ztl Coet {3 .r- p;».(ehe.s ir-'ii) Admiral Cochrane, the com-- mauditig officer of our squadron off jb.er- rot, announcing, we understand, timt Air. t'rere, our Minister at the Court of Madrid, had written to Sum, informing him he had obtained his "pass- ports hj leav* Madrid on the lOttj lust. By a Dutch paper received this morning, we learn, that previous to General Bruno, the French Ambassador, quitting Constantinople, on the 1/ith of October, the Graad Seignior caused a declara- tion to be made to the Genera!, thai by virtue of a eumventioa concluded between him and the Em- of he could eater .into uo uegoeiv tioa with the Emperor Napoteon* For the re- mainder, the Ministers of the Porte assert, that, although war should break out between .France and die Turkish Emperor was cordially disposed to remain neutral. It is rumoured tliat the approaching ceremony of the coronation, which, the French papers would persuade us, will complete the wishes ajtid < happiness of the French people, is viewed by Bonaparte and his family with sensations of COil- fci ierable apprehension. Twice has it been de- fterred, not merely because the prepa-rattune were incomplete, (though certainly it is one of the chic: objects of the usurper's government to make it; as imposing and splendid as "possible) but be- .j cause it is wished to adopt every possible preçau- i tioH against any attempt or cnai may be car- ried into execution upon that day, The large- (E- vision of troops on their maxcu to the. different de" partments and armies, to assist at the ceremony, .create no-sJigUt it neasiness. Whilst thr-.y were on "their march o Paris, they were stcppv.'i by sudden orders from- the Minister of War, and ordered to take up their quarters at particular townii and j villages till further dtrcclions shouid be received i from Paris. In the mean time great precautions are making to lodge them properly as soon as they i arrive at Paris; that is, to separate them as nt li aspossibia. They will not be permitted to c. it-till a, day-or two before the coronation, and we; may be sure they will not be suffered to remain th ere after it. Of these military detachments, several of then: have served under Moreavi, win, in they yet love, and whom they wilt not believe, to be a traitor. Among the soldiers that have served under the exiled General, Bonaparte may fear to find his avengers. In the year 1700, at the grand Jederatioa of the 14th of July, the na tional guards from the departments became Royalists, and at- tuched themselves to the King's party, almost as soon as-they arrived at Paris. They created sc much uneasiness in the minds of the Constituent Assembly, that they were ordered to qnit Pari-, immediately alter the federation. Bonaparte mav be afraid of a. similar expression of the opinio.. of the. soldiers against himseib lie may tear to., that his enemies (a.nd who ever created more ene- mies ?) may avail themselves of that relaxation of the vigilance of the police, which it is scarcely possible to present during such a period, cram med and crowded as Paris will bp wit's foreigners from different parts of Europe, and with persons from all parts of France.—Such are, the appre- hensions and alarms which pervade and tortim- the tyrant's miad-.they goad and pursue him b\ day—they haunt and h..A'er ruund his pillow by night — he tears whilst he is feared; himse]', autongst slaves, the greatest slave of all. The rule of such a man cannot be long. The sacred iites of religion may ba profaned by his corona- tron-the Papal hand may pL-.ce the crown upon his head—but his reign will soon pa.ss away, h ig high and towering, but it has no root in the Soil: it is the fabric of one man, and it will crtunble to dust with the removal of its author. It is now understood for certain, that a. cartel is immediately to be established between this conn- try and Holland; it will be drawn out and acte upon in a. few days, and it is supposed to hav been agreed upon without any consultation what- ever with the French Government. It may there- fore be no difficult matter to conjecture-how short and precarious must be its duration. Letters of a very Late date from Leghorn, state, that, an epidemic disorder had found its way to that place, and that great numbers of the inhabi- tants had fallen a. sacrifice to it. A letter from Dublin,dated Nov. 17, says :— u A serious disagreement between01,lf Chancellor, cf the Exchequer and Lord Donoughmore is now the -subject of genera! conversation in this city. A number of the revenue officers were .suspended by the- direction of Mr. Foster, in order to detect ■fraud*, if any did exist, between them and the distillers. It seems this measure was executed during the absence of Lord Donoughmore, who, as the head of that department, considered it as pointed against him. He waited accordingly on Mr. Foster, and taxed, him with his conduct in very pointed language; and shortly after renewed the subject more seriously in the presence of the Commissioners of our new Board. Mr. Foster, although not a favourite in Dublin Castle, is at present exceedingly pupular." Gw.rthglcal Tree.—At the coronation of KINGS and EM- FKjioHe, the principal Geueaiogi-st of the empire or king- dom caiws tri prncejswa the Genealogical Tree ot tfie Royai .F¡¡¡¡lIiy before the anointed Monarch. The follow- iug H. Box APAHTE'S Genealogy: Mrs. RANTOGLINT, of Basic, Married 31. ior and, 2(1 LV, M. FESCH. She had by these marriages L.VTITIA IlANroGLisii, and M. FESCH,. now CarHi'aal-FF.scH. L T .;aA RANTOGLINI Married c.\ R L{) BONAPARTE, a Recorder of a petty Tri- bunal of Ajarci-a. _LxriTiA BO%PAT»TE was ai'tvrwanls mitress of Count I\L\ n ;;<IT}', Governor of Cornea. tier children BY CARLO BONAPARTE and Count MA li- „ Rffirr ate— fe Imperii JOSEPH BO*N APAftTE, who married her Imperial J If#h»ess M. M. C^AIIV, daugb- ,rer of a ship-broker at. Marseilles.- His Imperial Mujcsly NAPOLEOX 'BON-APARTE; t*V> niMrnod Mad» -de iitA ciiaekois, lir.st the wife.of Count Ki?ArnARW0i8, and afterwards the mistress of JBARRAS. LUCIEX HONAPARTE. He whs at fh-si «m Abbe.—I, -179rJ he waselllploycd in the j of tiie anuy of Provence, ilt lOOt. a year. His iiriit-vifV- was a potgiri m the tavern of one. l\lA:< DIlN, near T'ouio?); she died lit Neuilly, in 1797, from had trcat- ment. His second wife is M'adanie JA IVHERTIIOU, the di- vorced wile of an eschange broker of Paris: she was Ms. isti^s ress for a year: as soon as site was \¡regnant, he mar- ried her. Ilis'V.mfal fligknrs* LOUIS BOXAPARTE niarn' MtdcinoLicfie BKAIHI A H daughter, of her Ini- jwr/ f),v fier first liiisbilnti. Citiiai JEROME BOXAPA^TE Etarried Miss PATEB.SO.V, A; very respectable and beautiful YOlmgladYr of Baltini'ore. Hi r Imperial Higknrss Prinecss ELIZA, the sister of her. Imperial Majesty;married at Marseilles Bicctocnr, «oo <»f a.waiter at a eoffeoliouae, and marker at a biliiard-tnble at Aix-ia-Ciiapelle and Spa, in 1792; the sr>n carried on a .stuaU trade iu eottoo in Swjtzeiland. Jia Iacrid! lliglcisst Prbicm MATILDA BOX A P-ARTE nwrr;eri General MuHAT, son of all ostler at all inn three wiles from Cuhof. in Qnercv. MCHAT, in.1793, proposed t" clumge his name tu MAKAT. tier Imperial, Hi^iinm Pnncm PAULIX A BORGIIESE married,,<irst, (Jfi.eral LE CtKsr,. who was the son of a ■w<M»b.deaier, at Pontoisc lie purchased wool from the conn- try -peojde, and re.sola .it a* Paris to the Hpl»<»isterers. His tiofher, Madame Le CLUC, wfw a rel*«ji dealer in corn and fioar: her brother had keeincitteuued to be huuged for rubbery- Enta-vv,, Xvv S3.' .| Last niglit arrived Paris' papers to the 13th iust They do not contain a single article of any irapor- tan-pe with which the public, are not already ac- quainted. .Most of the smaiier priiits have joined in .the hue and cry which the Moniteur has open- e;} against the British Government tor ttve dsteu- tion of the Spanish frigates, and every thing is em- ployed that virulent invective and vehement tiecLt- niatiori can be expected- to produce, in order to rouse the lethargy of the Spaniards, to stimulate their rage, and to point their resentment against this country. These papers wish to impress the people of France with a belief that the communication be- tween Austria and' England is interrupted, in con- sequence of our Court.retusing to acknowledge the new hereditary dignity of the, Emperor of Austria. rhev insinuate also that the Austrian Ambassador has quitted Pet'ersburgh, and that the Russian Am- bassador at Vienna w:<n set out this winter lot Na- ples: Some of them likewise tstory tl e of the coronation of Louis X Vili. at Cahnar, who., {mmediateiy abdicated.the throne in.favour of the Count D*Arto?s, who also abdicated it in favour of the. Duke D'Angouieme. The King of Naples, i t appears, has determined to quit his capita)., and is oii. fhe eve of returning to Palermo. The accumulation of so rnany Ireneh troops in his dominions, and the avowed-.contempt which the f reach Goverament. has for every law of nations, however isacred,_has doubtless given rise to.this resokuimvon the part of his Neapolitan .Ma- jesty. iJuringhis abSQilrC, Cardinal iluiTo, it is supposed, wih be-placed, at the head oqhe Regen- CI\ lie has tateiyOBfll recaiied to Court, where he in..s received several marks of iioyal favour. In 'wnt. ufdifiiculty, few persons are better fitted ii< ,u this intrepid Cardinal to bee.iitrustedwith the .-n.uKigeraent of public affairs.. The French troops now in Hanover, including hose of are said to amount to 27,548 men, of which 404R are cavalry.- It is stated, on the authority of a private letter .iirotrt Paris—a sort of cotunninication to which we '• attach t>ut slender credit-that all the bills drawn •since the beginning or October by Marbcis, the Mi- ll ister ofBo-u-a parte-s Treasu t y,■ upo/1 the Senates of 'fanrhurgh, Bremen, and Lubeck, have been. sent back, protested andunpa.id.; and that the Magis- trates ot these cities have been encouraged to this' re.sistj.ttce bv the Cabinet of St. Petersburg!). These bills [lave been taken up by the Bank of f ranee, and the 7Iloneyhds been advanced by it as a loan upon the revenue of the year Jj, commenc- ing on the ySd-September, 1806, the public revenue :emg alrea.ly mortgaged up to that time, by the ;nock Emperor, and his revolutionary financiers. A report was circulated yesterday, which only serves to shew how easily any rumour, however (;"urJ,m.iy be credited. It was saitl that his Holiness, the Pope, had escaped 'trom the French guards conveying him to France, had reached the 'purt ct'OiviLa Vecchia, and after a prosperous voy- age got to Malta. This report deservs to be no- ticed only from its extreme absurdity. Letters from Barbadoes give a melancholy ac- count of the distressed srate of-Martinique, with assurances that the nnhtia, the chief troops in the island, were setretly in the interest of the English, whom they soon expected to take possession of the sJand. The Trench soldiers did Hot exceed live iinntlred, who were much disheartened by the ri- gorous manner in which the blockade has been conducted; and the planters, were wishing for relief rom their oppressors. The small pox had commit- d considerable ravages among the troops and as n arhtametit was about to proceed from Barba- does to make a descent an Martinique, the latter, it was expected, would be hi our possession in the month o'f January at farthest. The action which was sonve tirhe since stated to have taken place be tween a British detachment and 'lolkar's forces, is thus described by one of our oth- ers, in a, letter dated.July ioW" A column of the rniy,under the orders o' CoioneIMonson, was led into an ambush in the mountains, by his guides; the pass afforded .great advance to the assailants, Hid their attack was ia. the highest degree ardent ::d resolute; but such was the steady valour orj our people* that the enemy was compelled to tiy, leaving a great number' of killed and wounded be- Un.L'' r e, c eliv. e, in town, that a very respectable meeting of the Irish catholics i adjust taken place in Dublin, ta consider of the propriety o t petitiooto Parliatneht on EhL subjectb; Catholic Einancipation. This meeting is said to nave comprised all the Catholics ot high rank, rhany of the rirst mercantile conse- quence, and several of thuse.whn were formerly opposed to the Vle:"s ô! thèCatholic Aristocracy. Lord ingall w»s in the chair. After a very long, interesting and temperate discussion, a resolution was liuaniufoush a i } led, that petitions should be resented to both Houses in the course of the next session. A com ot 25, 'of which Lyrds Fin- gáE tiid Sirs Patrick Bellew and Fhomss t rench, r,, iv P, Byrne, and Ryan, are members, was appointed to consider as to the time proper for presenting the petitions. This com- mittee is to make its report to a general meeting, which is fixed for the 14th of December, Various opinions prevail in Dublin as to the origin and ten- dency of the meeting. Some suppose, from the character and connections of a majority of the members of the committee, that the whole proceed- ing is countenanced by Government; and others, who appear to be very well informed, profess to think quite'differently. Accounts have been received from our cruizers off Brest, of a.mutinyhaving broke out on board some of the Brest fleet, that had at first threatened serious consequences; it had, however, been quelled, and several of the ringleaders condemned by a military tribunal, but their execution had been suspended front prudential motives. One of our cutters looked into Brest; a few days ago, aud counted twenty-one' sail of the line and li;ve frigates, all apparently ready for sea, as indeed they have been six months ago. A story has been circulated in almost all the i, London prints, of an extraordinary navat en^agc- ment between a privateer, called the Lord Melville, of Ply mouth, and a Spanish ship, of 30 guns, from •Vera Cruz, which Was said to be taken, after having lost, in killed and wounded, 110 out of IQO men. The whole story is detected to be a lbrgery, and to have-been published by way of a. hoax on the public. We wish the fabricators of such stories could be given up to public vengeance, that they might re- ceive the ducking due to such impositions. The Commissioners ..of the Navy have within this week purchased several vessels for the purpose of being fitted as fire-ships at Woolwich. The tiiberoia, of 120 guns, and the Circe and Jason frigates, recently launched at Plymouth, are ordered to be prepared for immediate com- mission at that place. Some new regulations are about to be adopted respecting the aliens now in this country all those who have come to England since the com- mencement of the present war will be required to give a particular account, of themselves. A-teport having prevailed that Air. Tierney will soon accept the place of: Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, a canvas has taken place for the Borough of Sout-hwark..Four candidates-have already started, viz. Sir Thomas Turton, Cap tain Collett, Mr. Shipicy, and Sir; Wm, Abdy, | ■ .SATtJRD"-Y, Not',24'1 The Gazette of this evening contains a procla- mation, proroguiiig Parliament from the 27th oi Kovember to Tuesday the 15th of January next. The violent measure which the French threat- ened to adopt, in order to put an end to all com- mercial intercourse between this country and Hol- land, would be so destructive in its consequences, and the difficulty of carrying it into execution would be so. g; eat, that many persons imagined .it was only a manoeuvre of the I rench Gevernment to obtain more money from the unfortunate Dutch, by exciting their apprehensions for the small re- mains of commerce which they have left. The idea 'is confirmed by private letters from Holland, which state, that the i'rench Generals at Amsterdam and Rotterdam havê made an application to the Dutch Government for. a loan offifteen millions of florins, for which the silver mines, electoral domains. &c. in Hanover, are to be given as security; and if-this demand be complied with, his Imperial Majesty will condescend to suspend, for the present, his plan for the destruction of the trade of his indepen- dent ally the Batavian, Republic. Such are the re- ports of private letters; and they are by no means improbable. The enormous expenditure of Bona- parte and his family cannot be supplied from the almost exhausted resources of Trance. A great part of the expected tribute from Spain has been cut off; the deficiency must be supplied from some quarter; and as the Dutch have hitherto submitted with so much patience to the various, exactions of their French allies, they haye probably been se- lected on this occasion to deiraytheexpences of the coronation of their imperial friend Bonaparte. That important ceremony is, we understand, again put off: it is said it Will not now take place till the Oth of January. A repur(prevailed at-Rotterdam, that the jargon of the new French-calendar is to be abolished, and the Gregorian system restored on the- 1st of Jan. The Glory has sailed from Plymouth, to jojn the squadron under the command of Sir John Orde: sheis to be h'is flag-ship. It is snificicntiy remarkable, and Wo "slight proof of the impression made on the French flotilla, that since the experiment made by our gallant tars, there has not been at any one time outside the pier of Boulogne more than 25 sail of brigs and luggers, and those that at any time venture out, always take care to sneak in again at sun-set. Blackman, with his.officers.and crew, were land- ed at Yarmouth on Sunday, but having ottered a bribe of 10,0001. to effect his escape, he has been sent on board the Monmouth. Blackman was lately created a member of the legion of honour bv Bonaparte, who, understanding him to be well ac- quainted with the English coast, and consequently so well adapted to annoy us, would not suffer him to remain on shore, which be wished to have done after having acquired, by his contributions on our trade, a fortune of auom)50,ooul. MONDAY, NOV. 20.- In addition to the recent affai r of Sir George Rum- bold, another act, unparalleled in the iMstorv of ci- vilized nations, has been committed on the person of Mr. Wagstaff, one of the foreign messengers, who arrived yesterday at Lord Harrowbj"s office. :Mr. Wagstaff landed at Husum, in the Danish territories, on the 11th instant, with dispatches for the Court of Berlin. Proceeding on his journey, 0' in company with a Hanoverian courier, and a Mech- lenburgh merchant, on the 13th, about twelve o'clock at noon, between Lubec aud Mecklenburgh Schwerin, the party were stopped in their carriage by a horseman, dressed in a cloak, over which was a great coat, and who beckoned five others, unques- tionably French dragoons, who -rushed forward lfom an ambush, and instantly surrounded the car- riage, pointing their bayonets to the breasts of the travellers.after taking the dispatches of the two messengers, they ransacked the carriage, and took every thing they could find. Mr. Wagstaff lost up- 11 y "I wards of 2001. besides his watch, clothes, &c. &c.; the banditti spoke but little, and what they-said was in French. Ordering the horses heads to be turned, the travellers, their postillion, and a wag- goner, who happened to be in. the road at the time, were taken into a wood, there tied each by a cord to a tree, and threatened with death if they at- tempted to escape within a given time. The un- fortunate persons bore their situation with great patience, till the pain arising from the tightness of the cord became intolerable; and about an hour oi the time being elapsed, each man began to strug- gle for his liberty. The waggoner was the first per- sun who got released, and immediately set about liberating the postillion, which it tookupsome time. to do, so fast had the robbers bound him. As soon as he succeeded, the postilion, not thinking it safe rt -? to stop to exercise the same courtesy tor the messengers which the waggoner had done for him,' made the best of his way to a village near at hand, called Dragon. The waggoner, who had been de- e tained some time in the wood, and fearful for his own safety, followed the postillion, and left the messengers still bound to the trees. Finding, how- ever, that they had no one to depend on for assist- ance, they began to make extraordinary efforts to extricate themselves and at length Mr. Wagstaff pbtaincd the release of.one of his arms, which ena- bled him to liberate "himself and his unfortunate companion, who had received more injury from the confinement than any of the others. No sooner had Mr. Wagstaff led Mr. Muller from the tree, than they heard a rustling noise amongst the bushes,.which they were feariul proceeded from the return of the banditti. This idea filled the Hano- verian messenger with so much apprehension, that he would not attempt to escape, but entreated Mr. Wagstaff to bind hiuvagain to the.tree, that he may be found at his po^t when the enemy arrived. How- ever the appearance of the waggoner dispelled their tears, and accounted for the noise they had I just heard. He informed the messengers, that hav- ing learned that the whole of the banditti had bee'iVseeh on horseback riding towards Ratzeburgh; and therefore, supposing he had nothing to tcar; be formed the resolution olreturuing to release them. The two messengers accompanied the waggoner to the village, where they found the postillion in the- chimney corner of a small inn, and had much dif- ficulty to persuade him to resume his phce aud drive them to Schwerin, which town they reached in the evening. Mr. Wagstaff related what had hap- pened to one of rhe Burgomasters of the place", and to the Hanoverian Ministers resident there the former accordingly took down a deposition of the whole transaction, a copy of which was given him for'the purpose of shewing it to the British Minis- ter. At Schwerin, Mr. Wagstaff obtained a loan of money to bear his expences^to England, and set o„ut on his return as soon as he had got all his business settled, and dispatched a. letter to Mr. Jackson, at Berlin, apprising him of the loss of his dispatches. Before Mr. Wagstaff came away, it was 'ascertained at Schewrin that the banditti had entered Ratze- burgh, a town in the Hanoverian states, where a French garrison is stationed. It wa* also known, that oil the morning the robbery took place, the French banditti were at Dragon village, and were enquiring their way to Lubec: from whatfcltowcd, there is not the least dGnbt but they were looking out for the English messenger, whose arrival at Hu- sum, it is supposed, they were informed of by their spies at that place, who, on the arrival of every packet, obtain at the different inns, the names and quality of all the passengers. This being thexase, it is not to be wondered at, that the i-Ytfuch arc made acquainted with the arriv al of etery messen- ger at.Husum. and that they should way-lay such ofthem as they have "reason to suppose are the bearers of important dispatches. The dispatches of which Mr. Wagstaff was the ..bearer, were"fortunately of no great consequence --they contained merely the remonstrance of our Court upon the seizure of Sir George Rumbold. No man will hesitate one moment in pronounc- is out] (i ing this outrage to have been committed by the or- ders of Bonaparte: .That the men rubbed our mes- senger of his money and apparel, as well as of his dispatches, may have been done to cover the trans- action; or. it may have been the promised recom- pense of the soldiers, or they might have done it without any instructions. Arrest and imprisonment of Ambassadors, stop- page and robbery of couriers, murder and felony! What will awake the continent if outrages like these do not rouse it from its slumber?—But it has shaken off its slumber-this very transaction proves that Bonaparte is suspicious of the Cabinet of Ber- lin, and that the French influence there is rapidly declining. Had he not entertained those fears and suspicions, he would hardly have deemed it neces- sary to have committed such an outrage. We have every reason therefore to believe, that a change has taken place in the politics of the Cabinet of Ber- lin, to which perhaps the growing intimacy be- tween the Courts of Vienna and St. Cloud, may have contributed in no small degree. Undoubted- ly there never was a period in which Prussia could play so' prominent and important a part. If she will, as we hope she will, follow up a. dignified and honourable. system if she will join heartily and cordially her arms to those of Russia, of England, of Sweden, of Denmark, and of Turkey Europe, and the world may be rescued from the fangs of the greatest tyrant that ever was permitted to be the scourge of mankind., She has had the glory-of having been the first power upon the continent that has made the Gorsican abandon a favourite mea- sure, and abandon it with a rapidity greater than that which be adopted it. She has proved to Eu- rope, that if Bonaparte be great, it has only been because the other powers have been little.—Courier. Extract qf a private Letter from Hamburgh} dated November 16th. In the night between the 14th and 15th inst. the French made another attempt to carry off some person from the Danish territory, on the bank of the Elbe, but failed in their design, the object of their pursuit having made his escape. It is sup- posed they meant to have seized General Sontag, in the service of England." A letter has been received in Hull fram Rotter- dam, stating, that a respectable English merchant, resident there, had been seized and sent off to Pa- ris, in a way similar to Sir George Rumbold. .The Hamburgh mail due on Wednesday arrived yesterday. It has brought no intelligence of much consequence. The Pope is evidently oppressed and weighed down with the shame, of being forced to take a journey to Paris in the midst of winter to crown an usurper and an assasin. In a circular letter from the Papal Secretary Gonsalvi, the Pope, after announcing the Emperor of the French's ear- nest wish to be anointed and crowned by his Holi- ness, gravely adds, that the coronation is not the onlv object of the journey of his Holiness; but that the" great interests of religion are the principal cause! f A private letter from Hamburgh asserts, that the misunderstanding between the .Courts of Vienna and Petersburgh has increased to such a degree, that the Austrian Ambassador is about to leave Petersburgh. "The Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of the French have agreed on the attack and conquest of Turkey, and permission or con- nivance has been promised for the march of French troops through Moravia and Gatticia todTect their project of ambition. The pretended cause, how- ever, of the departure of the Austrian Ambassador from Petersburgh, is the refusal on the'part of the Emperor Alexander to-comply with the contents of a note orre,monstrauce against the recent occu- pancy by the Russian forces of Corfu and other places in the Mediterranean, and the formidable re- inforcements which are constantly arriving there." It has long been obvious, that Bonaparte has been using his utmost .efforts to alarm the Cabinet of Ausu ia with respect to-the intentions of Russia, and there is Httleorno doubt of hi:, efforts having been crowned with success. The plunder of Tur- key has been the bait which he has been holding out—and appearances, seem to justify a suspicion that it has been more relished at the Court of Vienna than at the Court of Petersburgh. Letters have been received from Madrid, dated the 8th instant, which mention that the capture of the galleons was known in that capital, but do not speak of it in any terms of asperity. A Jamaica mail arrived-this morning, brought by the Chesterfield packet in 40 days. She left at Jamaica his Majesty's shipsL'Hercule and Theseus, both completely dismasted in the late hurricane. I n ri ff fit] y fit(] The schooner Sprightly had also lost her foremost and bowsprit. The Chesterfield having lost eight men on her passage home, of the yellow fever, among whom were the surgeon and a son of Capt. Blight, she has been put under strict quarantine. It does not appear that the September hurricane extended its ravages to Jamaica; but his Majesty's ships Theseus-anu L'Hercnie, whilst cruizing to the northward of St, Domingo, suffered. considerably from its effects. Both vessels carried awty masts, and the Theseus was obliged to throw'sevc- ral of her guns overboard. The colonial papers arc entirely silenton the-transactions in the neij^i* bouring black empire of Ilayti; Horde/they men- tion the affairs'' ot Jamaica itself, either regarding its local policy, or its relative situation with St. Domingo. We understand, however, that private letters represent the state of Jamaica asflourishillg and seciire. An express-arrived- at Plymouth on Saturday, and a cutter nVnnediatelyr sailed-with dispatches for Admiral Cochrane.' Other fast sailing vessels have been ordered to begot ready ior sea with all possible speed to carry out dispatches. Axlmiral CornwaJiis, with the fleet un4er his command; returned to Torbay on Friday. Notwithstanding the heavy restrictions recently imposed on the commercial intercourse between this country and Holland, the shipments in the river continue with unabated activity. Several vessels have sailed during the last week, and nu- merous others are preparing for their departure TTU-.SDAY, Nov. 27. A dispatch from Admiral Duckworth, at Ja- maica, encloses two letters from Captains Gor- don, of the Racoon brig, and the Hon. J. Murray, of the Franchise frigate,, relating the capture ol L'Aliiance French privateer, pierced for 12 guns, but having only 6 mounted, and 08 men, by the former; and the Uranie, of 3 guns and ö4 men, by the latter.—Gazette, Paris papers to the 14th have been received, but they contain no news of importance. One paper asserts, that Moreau and his lady -had' fallen vic- tims to the yellow fever at Cadiz. This assertion is contradicted in another paper, .whicli 'states, that the Genera.1 is going to Majorca during his wife's lying-in. ;■ Bonaparte has proposed to mediate between America and Spain, and both powers have acceded. It is scarcely probable that he will permit Spain to go to war with the United States, when he stands So much in need of her resources himself. -Ge- neral Armstrong, the successor of Mr. Lmrigsfoti as Ambassador troiU America to France, is arrive! at Paris; -The Sun of this day contradicts; the report con- tained in the private letter from Hamburgh, brought by the last mail from thence, of enccs having arisen between the Emperors of Russia and Germany; and asserts that nothing has occurred to disturb the harmony which, sub- sists between the two. powers. Admiral Cornwallis sailed, again on Saturday night: but it is with great regret we announce tho loss of one of the ships; belonging to the fleet, the. Venerable, of 74 guns. She ran ashore near Tor- bay on Saturday night, in a heavy gale, and went to pieces in the course of the next morning. It is with sorrow we add, that a mate, master, one mid- shipman, a'nd ten or, twelve seamen, are supposed to have been drowned. By the Irish mail of yesterday were received let- ters from-Dublin of the 22d inst. III one of these, is written as follows :— Dublin, A'ov. 22.—You may rely on the follow- ing facts; A number of Frenchmen have lately arrived in this country, several of whom haye been traced to the county of Dublin. Positive in- formation having been received of the retreat of one of these persons, the house he was reported to have been in was surrounded, but not before .the stranger effected his escape: his host was, however, .apprehended. A few nights ago our garrison were under amis for an entire night, The cavalry patroles. night were doubled. The gaol of Croome, iq the centre of the coun- ty of Limerick, has been broke open, and all the state prisoners liberated. It is confidently said, that. either Arthur O'Connor, or sonie man of nearly equal ,rank ia the army of ignides, is now concealed in this city. I need not repeat to you, that as to political in- formation you should not look for a moment into Irish newspapers. Something is necessary to be done at your sIde of the water for this country. and that speedily." This day the Court of Aldermen ordered bread to rise one assize on Thursday: it will then be Is. 4 |d. per quartern. A young lady of considerable fortune has within these few days made an elopement from her friends in the city, on a visit to the accommodating blacls- smith of Gretna-G reen. The happy companion of her journey is a young fellow just out of his ap- prenticeship, which he served to agoldbcatcr An attorney, who is reckoned a sharp practitioner reading a few days, since, in a coffee-room, that a corporal and private were committed to gaol, for breaking open and robbing one of the. chests of Spanisn dollars, in their way to town, was not a lit- tle puzzled by a dry old quidnunc asking him-— "Pray, sir, at whose tuit are the delinquents to be prosecuted WEDNESDAY, JVCW. 28. This morning arrived Dutch papers to the 22d inst. which contain some interesting articles of in- telligence. 1:). According' to accounts from Ratisbon in these, papers, great: activity prevails there among the coinitial Ministers, though the regular sittings of the Germanic Diet are not yet opened. Extraor- dinary conterences daily take place at the house .of the Prussian Minister, Count Gortz, at which ar* present the Minister of Bavaria, M. de Itichberg, and the Envoys of some other of the principal Statesoftrw Empire. M. de 'FahrcnbCre, the Aus- trian Minister, lately sent off several couriers to Vienna, with dispatches for the Auhc Chancery of the Empire, containing, as is asserted, the- result of various propositions which CountGortz had made in virtue of his instructions, and which were the ob- ject of the various conferences which have taken place about three or four weeks ago. All these ne- gocjationi, however, are involved in the greatest secrecy,- and nothing has yet transpired, except that they relate to several points not yet settled. M.. Mbini,the Directorial IViimster of the Diet, has returned to. Ratisbon, to which almost all .the Re- presentatives of the German Princes have likewise returned. One of the most important., bf the articles in these journals is the following, published in the Schiedara. Courant of the 15th-inst. the Rotterdam Courani of the same date, and which is also mentioned ia the Mercury of the 14th Extract of a private Letter from the Harbour of Bet- tavid, dated. Feb. 7, 1804. "Intelligence has been received here, that the King of Candia has driven the English from Cey- lon, and put the whole garrison to the sword. The Endracht frigate has been broken up here. The Juno has been lost at Banda, but the crew are saved. "The IIasje, belonging to the squadron of Ad- miral Hartsiuck, and which sailed from Lisbon for Ba-tavia, has been taken the officers madeprisou- ers are daily expected at this place. Capt. Muntz and three other officers, together with'Brakel and three more writers, are dead. The people on board the ships are healthy, but in Ba- tavia a great mortality prevails. Every thing is re- markably dear—a pound of Dutch buttt-t" costs three, four, or five rix-dollars a bottlo of red-wine tour rix-doiiars; one of Madeira, three rix-dollars; a round hat twenty or thirty rix-dollars; coffee and sugar, the productions of this country, are much dearer than in Holland, and other things in pro- portion. Paris papers to the 15th inst. have likewise, been received. The following are the only artides which possess any novelty-A letter fre>m Ratis- bon says r" The Minister of Russia, M. Klupfel, is still here, and is not making any preparations for his departure, as announced. Jt, however, ap- pears certain, that this Minister will forthwith transmit a nw note to tiie Directorial Minister, to he by him cominunicated to the L&ot.—-It is said a new note'will be presented also by the Swedish Minister; but the taken by his S *.e .asi, Majesty have given so much offence to the great Princes of the Empire, that we are convinced no measures lie can pursue here through the ineUiuoi of his Minister,-will make the least impression. Count de Passe, who was confined some timeio. the Temple at Paris, has repaired to Stralsund, t<a join his Swedish Majesty. MY de Ilompesch, ci- devant Grand Master of Malta, lately arrivtd un- expectedly at Grenoble, with a numerous suite. He came from Italy, and, it is said, goes to Mont- pellier for the re-establishment ofiiis health. According to the .last intelligence from Guada- loupe, (says the Gazette tie hance) the inhabi- tants were perfectly free from any apprehensions in regard to. the enterprises of the Briush, or the. influence of the principles of Dessalines. 'Some negroes from St. Domingo, who had found meau$ to introduce themselves into the colony, either as spies or as "missionaries de propaganda, had beca shot. The following letter is from a neutral agent in France to one of his countrymen in London: Pari:" Nov< lo.-A s the wish for a peace is com- mon every where in France, not only among the principal sufferers from the war, the merchants and manufacturers, but eveii among the soldiers, tired as mulch of the iatigues of their encampments, as of a defensive warfare, winch promises few, if any opportunities cither to gather laurels, or collect or extort plunder; the agents of Government a»d )'