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LONDON. FRIDAY, JVW 25. WI"1*4 Cockbnrne, our Minuter to Ham- burgh, is returned to ibis country. A Messenger is arrived, who left the Head-qnar ters of the Allies on the 8th. A Gotlenhllrgh mail is alsoarrrved. The ialter brings intelli- gence from Sfnilsuud to the 61 h, informing us -of the positions occupied by the Swedish army, positions in which., it is said, they are waiting for tne Russian and Prussian reinforcements. The same article states the result of a second attempt to adjust the differences with Den- mark. Sweden consented to abandon part of her demand, but Denmark rejected the otters made her. 1t is added, that whilst M. de Kaas was Regociating with Davoust, he caused Gen. Tettenhovn and the Swedish Gmerals to be informed, that Denmark was willing to join She Allies with 25.000 men, to diminish the power of Bonaparte. "atis p ipers are arrived, containing intelli- gence from the French army 10 tlte 10th inst Tney afford no countenance to a report which has been current during the week, of the in t, tetil;k)ii of the E'nperor of Russia to refuse lr.s consent to a longer armistice than for 15 days. — Bonaparte is gone back to Dresden, accompanied by the Imperial Guards, horse and foot and all his troops appear to be going into canloumeuls within the lines of demaikatioii.—Bonaparte gave audience to the Danish Minister Kaas soon aHer his arrival -it Dresden. Mr. Mackenzie, who some time ago was employed in the negociation for an exchange ot prisoners with France, left town on Friday, Ilje I)eaJ-qijarters of the allied armies ii; Germany. His dispatches are supposed to con tain the result of the deliberations of the Bri- tish Government on the communications made to them relaiive to the Armistice. Advices from the vicinity of Danlzic state, thai. 10,000 of the Prussian Landwehr It ad jonied the Russian troops before that place, Had that a squadron of more than twenty Rus- under the command of Ad- miral Greig, destined to act against it, had sa ied from Pillau. Preparations were actively making for commencing tlie siege in form, and the letters express the most confident hopes that it would not hold out many day saller Hi • opening of the batteries, from tht. great di>1 motion of the garrison by the ravages of famine and disease The writers, however, ot the lelters in question were unapprised of the conclusion of the armistice. The accounts 'fro ii K o gsbnrgh are to the 7th, and are highly gratifymg Numerous reinforcements ] were daily marching through it in their way to jon the Russian army. On the 6tii, one of the cavalry regiments of the Russian German Lfgion passed through they were well mount- ed, and in the best stale of equipment. Sue!: has been :Jje patriotic ardour of the people of hast Prussia, that by the end of May every individual, capable of bearing arms, h id en- rolled himself, either in the Landwehr or Latiilsmim, The new levies wear caps, hav- ing a large cross in front, with the motto ilk'itii God, for King and Country" The I letersfrom M. Peleisburgb, by the Mail, are to the 5th inst. when the exchange was at 16i. A !etc,r of the 6th, brought by a Messenger, says that it continued to rise. The Danes, under the orders of Marshal Davoust, have entered the territory of Lauen fourth, and obtained possession of the fortress of Ralzeburgh. At the latest date there had heen no collision between them and the Swedes. General Tetlenboni continued at Buifzeu- btii-,rii Treaty with Sweden.-I,orld Castlereagh laid befoie Lile liotije of Commons, on Wednesday evening, the suostance of the I reaty between the Courts of St. Petersburgh and Stockholm, •signed at St. Petersburgh the 241h of March, J812, so far as tile same are referred to in the Treaty between Great Britain and Sweden.—' By this Treaty, to which Great Britain by iii- i-wi acceded, the Court of Stockholm w»s t(, furnish an army of 25 or 30,000 men, to eo-operaie. with a Russian-force of 15,000, a/fe; wards carried to 35,000, in a diversion >n the coast ot Lennany. As ihe price of this co—operation, Russia expressiy engaged to ef- fect foe union, and guarantee the of t'ie kingdom of Norway to Sweden and utifii that oiijeci was accomplished, the Court of Slockilt-)I.ti was not bound to ttii-itisl) its COllliilgCllt force, The overtures of the Court of Peiersbuigti to the Court of Copenhagen for that purpose, which went to provide an indemnity to Denmark of some territory in Germany, totally failed; and as, under" the ■existing circumstances, it was not convenient for Russia to employ an adequate force for the accomplishment of the stlPtdakú cession, the treaty in question tosi its force tor as Sweden had not received the promised price of her co-operatull), silC refused to put her ai-iny ift t-iotioii. Under these circumstances Swedish co-operation being still deemed ne- cessary, Great Britain purchased the service of he-r troops, by the payment cf one million ofmouey, and the cession of the island of Guadaloupe.'—The number of Swedish troops arrived at Stralsuud amounts to about 28,000 men. The payments made already amount to 264,992[. 5s. 9d. lr<aiy of Utrecht.—The following is the 18th a ii i c i« ofIhe Treaty of Utrecht, to which Buuaparte so frequently refers in support of the principle, that free bottoms make free goods tt shall be lawful for all and singular the subjects of the Queen of Great, Britain (Queen Aune) and úf the Most Christian King, to sa-1 with the ships and merchandize aforementioned, and to trade with the same liberty and security from the places, ports and havens of those who are or of either party, without any opposition or disturbance whatsoever, nor only directly from the places of the enemy afore mentioned to neutral places* but from one place belonging' to an enemy, whether they be under the jurisdiction of the same prince, or under several.— And it is now stipulated concerning ships and goods, that free ships shall also give a freedom to goods, and thai every thing shalllJe deemed free and exempt, which shall he found on board the ships belonging to the subjects of ,either of the confederate", a!thou;rh the whole lading, or any part tlu-rcof, shall pertain tt) the ,enemie> of either; and excepting the contraband of war, m ports ai ruaiiy blockaded." Mr. D inipier yesterday took Ins sent in the Court of King's Bench, as its Junior Puisne Judge, and as the successor of Sir inasli Grose. J. C. Marsh, Esq. and Aldcnnao Magnay, were on Thursday chosen Sheriffs of London 'or the eilsiiiiio, y(-ir. Mr. Ross, eldest son of Sir Charles, is ar- rived in England from Constantinople; fall Hi': in with a party of French cavalry, he was taken to head quarters, and ordered to be confined.in a dungeon, which he was for six days, under a suspicion that he was charged with intelligence to the allied army. On Saturday a General Court was held at the East India House, pursuant to special ad jfurnmeiit. After the Minutes of the two preceding Courts had been read, The Chairman (Mr R. Thornton) stated fhe purpose of the meeting, which was to take into farther consideration the renewal of the Company's Charter. Mr. Randle Jackson entered into a history of the present and past state of the Company, and concluded with moving,— That when the Bill, now pending in Par liamenl, for the renewal of this Company's Charter, shall have passed through a Com mittee of the House of Commons, and the blanks of the same he filled up., the Directors be requested to call a General Court, to meet on business of the utmost importance; and that at such. meeting, the Directors, having dniy considered the provisions of the said Bill, will tlellleased to deliver their respective opi nions, as to how far they think it safe and practicable for the Proprietors to act under the sTid Bill, with security to their capital, certainty as to their dividend, and general ad- vantage to themselves, and to the public." Which having been seconded by Mr. Davis, a debate of considerable length ensued, in which Messrs. Hume, Lowndes, Villers, How- uth, Robert Grant, Horace,Twiss, and Bacon, herore the Bar and the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Messrs Twining and Patterson, be- hind the Bar, took a pari. The motiou was at length carried with only oOe dissenting hand, and the Bill having been read short, pro forma, the Court adjourned at five o'clock sine die. Union-HaU—Oti Friday se'nnight a Gentle- man, who was intrusted with a paper parcel, containing Bank of Kngland notes, Country notes, and checks, to the amount of between two and three hundred pounds, the property of Messrs Harm an and Tail, of Croydon, missed it between the Borough High-street and the Corn Exchange. Having informed Mr Tail of the circumstance, he applied to Mr. Birnie, the Magistrate at the above office, who directed Collmgboum and Wortley to make some inquiries; in the course of which, they discovered t hat a check for twelve pounds and upwards, which was in the parcel, had been tendered to a Mr. K, a linen-draper in fhe Borough, by a frail fair one, for some articles she had looked out. Mr. K. having articles liid out. 11, some suspicion of her, took the check, but desired the lady to cali again next day for her change, which she agreed to during winch period, Mr. K. informed Co!iingbourt>e and Wortley of the transaction, who wailed ihe coming of the !ady. She came according to her appointment, accompanied by a male friend. The officer asked her several ques- the check, and she informed them she lived at Brixton, and a sea-faring friend had fnade her a prcscnt of it. On iii quiry at Brixton they discovered that the tale of the lady was erroneous, and, on further pressing her, she said she had the check from her sister's son, ahoy ahout seven years oi age, who, it appeared, had it from a lad named Lyle, about his own age, who had been with his brother that morning lo the Bo- rough, uul had picked up the parcel, opened it, and, seeing the pretty pictures on it (using his own language,) he torc some of them in halves and put them in his hat, some he had given to olher children, others he had thrown in the air to make kiles pf, and the remainder he took home to his father, who questioned him how he came by them, and, being informed, he deposited them with a Gentleman at Brixton, whose coachman had also picked up notes to Use amount of forty pounds. Several others were traced fo the possession of various persons in the neigh bourhood, who, on application, gave them up, so that the Officers and Mr. Tait have succeeded in recovering the whole amount, except a trifling sum.

--------FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.

CATHOLIC BOARD.

BANKRUPTS.

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