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fuccefs, the Duchy of Mecklenburgh was to be given to Pruffia.

All the English in the Hanoverian States have been arrested.

The principal part of his Majefty's plate at Hanover, and all the horses and carriages, are faid to have been removed upon the approach of the French.

HAMBURGH.

Letters from Hamburgh ftate, that, on the oth, M Schulz, the Pruffin Muf ter, offiilly affured the Senate, that "the King his Matter had made it his mott eipecial care to provide for the fafety and liberty of the Hans Towns, and that negotiations had been opened by him at Paris on the fubject."

On the 15th the French Minifter, Citizen Rheinhard, prefented to a Deputation of the Senate the anfwer of the Chief Conful to the congratulations which they had addreffed to him on his election to the Confulate for life. In this Bonaparte promifes to protect the liberties and commerce of Hamburgh The Senate have in confequence prefented another Addrefs, expretive of their gratitude.

Bremen, June 5, 12 o'clock at night. Yefterday evening a French General entered this city, immediately waited on the chief Burgomafter, and defired that all English property here,under whatever denomination it might be, fhould be taken poffeffion of; and that all English filors at prefent in this place, as well as all other perfons belonging to the English fervice, should be put under arreft. As foon as this demand was made, the officer who had come with it went away to Gen. Mortier,

The Enghth merchants have removed the whole of their effe&s from Hamburgh; fo that thould a confifcation be ordered by France, it could not attach to British property to the amount of 100 l.

HOLLAND.

Mr. Lifton, the Dutch Ambaffador, ftated on the 24 h ult. to the Daten secretary of State for Foreign Affors, that if France would confent to withday, immediately, her troops from the Batavian Republic, his Maj fty would engage to adhere to a reciprocal neutrality. This the poor Hollanders were compelled to reject.

In confequence of the departure of Mr. Lifton from the Hague, an order has been iffued to arrest all the Egill in the Bala

vian territories.

The Government and Merchants of Rotterdam are faid to have offered a large fum 10 France, to be paid yearly during the way, for permiffion to remain neuter; which offer, however, was rejected, and thef ellowing demand male: The Batavian Republic to advance 30 millions of guilders; to pay annual7, during the war, 50 milLes; to provide n ne thips of the hee, with a proprationable number of Ingates; and te humb 19,000 troops.

Antwerp bas been delivered up to military execution, for not having been able to furnifh its contingent of confcripts.

ITALY.

The KING of ETRURIA is dead; and the Queen has been declared Regent for her fon, a child about three years old.

It appears that a French army has affembled in Romagna, and begun to move towards the Ecclefi ftical State. General Murat had feut a difpitch to the Pope's delegate at Pefaro, forming him that the French troops were shortly to pafs through that place.

Gen. Stuart is ordered, with 3000 men, from Malta to Sicily, to protect that ifland against the attempts of the French. He will take poft in the vicinity of Meffina, iu order to defend the narrow pafs between the Scylla and Charibdis of the Antients; and a British fquadron is kept cruizing in the Straits of Mellina, and on the Northern coafts of the fland.

The English have been arrested in every part of Italy, as well as in France, Holland, and Flanders.

RUSSIA.

Intelligence has been received, that the difference between Ruffia and Sweden, relative to the boundaries of their respective dominions, has been amicably adjusted.

Information has been received, that the Ruffian fettlement established at Norfolk Sound, by the orders of the Emperor Alexander, for commercial purpofes, has been broken up by the natives, who deftroyed the fort, and mafficred all the Ruffians there. WEST INDIES

TRINIDAD-A PROCLAMATION,

By their Excellencies Brigadier-general Thomas Picton and Commodore Samuel Hood, bis Majesty's Commiffioners for executing the Office of Governor of Trinidad, &c.

Whereas it now appears, that Col. William Fullarton, his Majesty's first Commillioner for this Government, has withdrawn himfelf therefrom, and from the duties thereof, without his Majesty's leave, and without permition from us, or any confultation with his Majefly's Council of this ifland: We do, therefore, by and with the advice of his Majesty's faid Council, hereby proclaim and declare, that we confider and deem the faid William Fullarton no longer officiating as one of h's Majetty's Committioners in the Government of this ifland; and we require all perfons, civil and military, to govern themselves accordingly,

Given under our hands and feals, at the Council Chamber, at Port d'Efpana, this 2-th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1803, and in the 434 year of his Majesty's reign. TH. MAS PICTON. SAMUEL HOOD. By command of teir Excetiencies,

JOSEPH M. WOODYIA, Sec.
ASIA.

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ASIA.

We understand, by accounts from China, that a dreadful action was fought near Hue, in December laft, between the Imperial troop and the army of the Tontunefe, which terminated in the total defeat of the latter. Twelve thousand of the infurgents are stated to have been killed, and many were driven into the river and drowned. Previous to this decifive engagement, the Emperor ordered Ico rowing gallies, and 800 gun-boats, to intercept the vellels belonging to the infurgents; and the day before the action the Emperor faw the whole of their armament in a blaze of fire, confifting of 200 gun-boats, and 5ǝ gallies, The enemy covered an extent of fix miles. The Emperor, after this brilliant action, determined to march to Tonquin, with 300,000 men, in order to be publicly crowned; and at the fame time he iffued a general amnefty to all those who should furrender. The object of the rebels was, to have feized the King and Queen: and this they had nearly accomplished by the means of one of the Chief Mandarins which attended at the Emperor's Court. The confpiracy having been found out, this Mandarin, a man of letters, named Ong Thon Thew, was inftantly beheaded, with 84 others. In the above action the Emperor fought himself, fword in hand.

NEWS FROM SCOTLAND.

A correfpondent at Gardenflown furnishes the following melancholy reci al: On Tuefday April 19 we had a very hard gale from W. S. W. which increased towards afternoon to a complete hurricane, abating only by fhort intervals, throughout the night. Next morning, a variety of wreck, fcattered along the thore, announced the deftruction of fome veffel at no great diftance. Some of the inhabitants, eager to make a farther difcovery, went to furvey the Weft rocks, where, from the top of a ftupendous promontory, in a curved fhore, called Walecove, they difcovered a large mals of wreck, which convinced them that this had been the scene of the unfortunate event they had anticipated. Actuated by a spirit of enterprizing humanity, fome young men adventured to crawl down the tremendous precipice, and, notwithstanding the Auctuating and furious flaps of wind peculiar to the time and place, actually defcended the depth of 900 feet perpendicular. On reaching the bottom of the rock, their attention and feelings were fuddenly interested in a very triking object indeed-he only furvivor of an unfortunate crew (11 in number) infulated on a rock near the wreck, in whom the tide of life was faft ebbing! nor was it til low water that these laudible adventurers were able to refcue him from this

happily effected; and fucceeded, weak and bruifed as he was, in bringing him fife up the hill-an acchievement which any ftranger would certainly pronounce impoffible. The wreck proves to be Reliance of Newcattle, William Allen, mafter, 193 tons regifter; failed from Shields on the 17th, coal-loaded for Jamaica. The bodies of 6 of the crew have been found, and interred. The furvivor, Colin Burn, a native of Montrofe, only engaged with Capt. Allen on the 16th, of courfe was very little acquainted with the shipmates; but thinks 3 of them were from Aberdeen. People are daily employed fecuring what little remains of the wreck may drift afhore; and the poor furviving tar is now fo far recovered as to be able to walk about occafionally. Airds, June 4. We have this day had one of the most violent thunder-ftorms ever remembered. The lightning ftrock an old thorn in the farm of Slogarie, in the parish of Bilmaghie, and shivered it to pieces. It then divided into four branches, and killed nine black cartle, belonging to Meffs. Bennets, tenants of Mr. Livingston of Airds. One of the cattle had its head buried up to the eyes in the earth; and the lightning in its way tore up a stone four men could not have moved. There was no mark on any of the cattle, except that one of them had its hair finged on its hind legs and belly; and they were all very much fwelled. It alfo killed a very fine cow. Mr. L. received a flight shock, fimilar to that given by an electricalmachine.

COUNTRY NEWS.

May 23. Between 3 and o'clock in the afternoon, a fire was difcovered in that beautiful edifice Boston Church, which threatened its total destruction, but by the timely and judicious application of the engines, the fire was completely extinguifhed in the space of three hours. The accident happened by the careletinefs of a workman, who had lighted a fire upon the lead in the gutter of the roof, which fo rapidly extended itself along the fpars and beams, that the whole interior fpice between the cieling and the roof was filled with fuch a velume of ímoke, as for a long time to deny all entrance; but, by the fpirited exertions of the firemen, the water was at length conveyed to the very heart of the fire, and that elegant building was thereby faved. Meantime an engine was very fuccessfully employed within the church to extinguuh the flames, as they appeared to spread along the ceiling.-Confiderable damage has been done by this accident (it is fuppofed not to a lefs amount than cool), but nothing equal to what might have been expected; indeed, about five o'clock, it was the general opinion that nothing could fave the roof, as the lead began to melt and run. For dread afylum. This however at last they tunately the difcovery was in the day-time,

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and there was very little wind, or the church must have been a tord ruin Never were greater exertions used by all raks and defcriptions of perfos than on this occafion; and it is hut juftice to say that the officers and foldiers quartered a Bofton, and every stranger there, feit a natural impulfe to affift in faving this pride and ornament of the town.

A woman who has for fever d years travelled the country as a pedlar, with four children, bare-footed and in rags, called on Mr Kerridge, at Stowcum. Quy, Cambridge, and begged permiffion to lie in his barn, on account of illnefs, which was granted On Friday May 27 he died, when, on examining her baskets and clothes, property was found to the amount of 800 1.

May 19. This morning, at a quarter before I o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out in the houfef M. Davis, No. 2, Unionrow, Limekilns, Greenwich, which confumed that and fix horfes adjoining, befides materially damaging two others, from the violence of the wad, and the scarcity of water, the filmes were not got under till 4. June 4. A fire-ball entered the houfe of John Hubbard, the White Bell, in Eaft Norton, co. Leic and did confiderable damage; the chimney was thrown down, and many of the flates from the roof fe moved to confiderable diftance, the windows were thattered to pieces, and the contents of the dairy and pantry thrown into one confuled heap: the explofon was tremendous, na ftrong smell of fulphur remained for fome time in every room in the house.

June 9 This evening, a very heavy florm of thunder, lighting, and rain, took place at Lewes. It commenced about fix o'clock, and continued with but little intermothon, until eight, The lightning, which emitted, strong fulphureous imeli, was extremely vivid, and the thunder alarmingly awful, particularly one clap, which must have been very low and near to us, as it boril forth before the flash that preceded it had well disappeared. The rain fell in foch torrents, that it inundated the streets, the roads, and loweft apartments of m nv houfes; and near Rottingdean, it washed the mould from the corn-fields over the cliff, in quantities that actually blackened the fea fome diftance from the fhore. The lightning, it is fai, ftruck the weather cock upon the cupola of our Town-hall; which is not improbable, as one fide of it exhibits a footy hue, as if difcoloured by the fluid.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. PRESERVATION FROM SHIPWRECK. The Committee appointed by the ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY, for deciding on the various Effays, Models, &c. fubmitted to their confideration, for the Prevention

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of Shipwreck, and faving the lives of hipwrecked mariners, have 1tely fuhmitted to the publick the following refolutions:

1. That, in the humble opinion of this Committee, if an act of the Legislature was naffed, or a Refolution of the principal Underwriters was entered into, against infuring veffels, unless upon the evidente of the mafter, or other competent perion or perfons, it should appear that the vel fel is properly equipped, particularly as to the bull, anchors, and cables, much mifchief at fea might be prevented.

2. That, as ihipwrecks moft frequently happen on a lee thore, á communication of any kind with the land is very defirable, and may, we apprehend, in moft cafes, be effected: That therefore the Committee hembly prefume to recommend to all owners of velfels, to provide the month two or three large and well-constructed buoys, to be fufpended from the stern of the veffel, with a confiderable length of found White-live or rope, in order to he let go to procure a communication with the fhore in cafe of difafter; and that, in their opinion, fuch a provifion will be of great fervice, in cafe of any unfortunate individud falling overboard.

3. That, in order to facilitate the fame object (the communication with the shore,) the Committee recommend to masters of vellels, to keep the empty water-casks always tight, well banged, and the bungs fastened down with leather or tin, from which a raft may be occafionally formed; or even a few artached to ropes drifred to the there, in order to facilitate the faid communication.

4. That the Marine Spencer, invented by Mr. Spencer, of Bread street, and the Colleet of Life Preferver, invented by Mr. Colinett, of King street, Portmanfquare, appear to have great ment for their cheapnefs and conveni nce, and may be very inftrumental in faving the lives of individuals in cafes of fhipwreck.

5. That, in cafes of difafter or danger at fea, the Committee earnently recommend to the mafters and crews of all veff-ls fo unfortunately circumftanced, to endeavour to preferve order and difcipline, on which their own lives, and the safety of the ship, will effentially depend.

6. That this Committee recommend the conftruction of the ufe of Life-boats on every part of the coaft, where danger is to be apprehended.

On an imparual review of the feveral Effays and Models exhibited on this occafon, fe Committee are forry to observe, that the great object of the Premiums offered by the Society yet remain unaccomplithed. They therefore have not awarded the first prize to any candidate.

The fecond prize, a filver medal, they

have adjudged t› M. Georgeft, chief engineer of bridges, &c. in the department of St. Aude, in France.

In lieu of the fecond pecuniary premium, they have voted the fame reward, vz a Silver Medal, to Mr. Spencer, of Beadftr et, for his invention of the Marine Spencer.

The third pecuniary premium to Mr. W. Prielt, mifter of the band to the York Hullars, for his recommendation of the ufe of Buoys attached to the fterns of vetfels.

The Thanks of this Committee were voted to Loid Henker a d Cap. Keith, for their obliging communications, which will be more particularly niced in the Reports of the 3 ciety; and they are requested to continue their attention to this inte etting fubje&t.

The Thanks of this Committee, with the fame recommendation, were alfo voted to the following ingenious foreigners; viz. A Loufge, M. W cken, M. Cuoiffer, Verdier Nantz, M. Ch. Georgeft, of Arcaffonne Read a letter from Mons Furpin, forwarded by Gen. A dreoff to the Earl of Starford, Prefident, respecting an invention of his, 6 a Vetfel that will not fink" but, as it was accompanied neither with a plan ror model, it did not property come under the netice of the Committee on this occafion.

Refolved unanimoufly, that the most respectful Thanks of this Committee be prefented to the Rev. Dr. GREGORY, for feveral years earneft attention to the wishes of the Humane Society, as his advice, judgment, and impartial conduct, enabled the Committee, in the most decifive manner, to confer their Honorary Premiums and Pecuniary Rewards, in profecution of an obj. et fo truly lau able as the prefervation of the lives of fhipwrecked mariners, &c. Honorary nd pecuniary premiums of fered by the Royal Humane Society, for effays or models relative to the following questions:

1. What are the best means of preventing Shipwreck ?

2. The most probable means of keeping veffels afloat, if they fpring a leak, or are in extreme danger.

3.

The most certain methods of conveying affiftance from shore to veffels in diftrefs, and when boats dare not venture to their aid.

Honorary premiums, &c. to be kept open, and to be adjudged in March, 1806.

For the first in point of merit, an honorary Gold Medal. The fecond, an honorary Silver Medal. Third, Ten Guineas. Fourth, Five Guineas. Fifth, Three GuiRegulations.

neas.

1. The Models, Drawings, and Effays, to be tranfmitted to Dr. Hawes; with fome device on the outfide; and, within, the name of the author,

2. The determination of their merits will be vetted in an appointed Committee, &c. and the Prizes adjudged as above.

3 The fuccef-ful effays will be published by the Society: the others returned to their refpective authors.

Thursday, June 9.

This evening, at 5 o'clock, a most fin• gular phænomenon took place in Pantonfree', Humaket. The inhabitants were alarmed by a violent and a tremendous hail and shower storm, which extended only to Oxendon-street, Whitcombe-itect, Coventry-ftreet, and the Haymarket, a fpace not more than about 200 acres; the torrent from the heavens was fo great, that it could only be compared to a wonderful caf. c de from the brow of the most tremendous precipice for feven minutes, fo that the cellars of all the inhabitan's in Pantonftreet and Oxendon-street were filled with water. Astonishing to relate, in the midst of th's hurricane an ele&ric cloud defcended in the nodule of the freer, and fell in the centre of the coach way, and funk in a great depth, without leaving a veftige or any particle of matter bu formed a complete pt. The fmell of brimstone, for fome confiderable fecond, was fo ftrong, that the inhabitants expected every minute to be fuffocated. Mr. Madden, who keeps a publick-houfe near the spot, had water and beer butts thrown flat from the ftillions, and no other damage whatever done.

Thurjday, June 16.

This evening, as Mr. Onel, of Winsleyftreet, Oxford-free', with Mrs. Orrell, were paffing in their chaife over Goulder'sgreen, on their way to Hendon, about half paft 8, they were stopped by a fingle highwayman, who produced a pistol, and demanded their money. Mr. O. declared he would not be robbed; and after the highwaymen had uttered violent oaths and threats, and put his piftol feveral times to the head of Mr. and Mrs. O. Mr. O jumped out of the chaife, and feizing the highwayman, nearly pu led him off his horfe, and laid hold of the pistol; upon which the highwayman ftruggled and fpurred his hoife, and having extricated himself, galloped away towards Him; ftead. He afterwards stopped one of the Hampstead ftages near Red Lion-hill, in which were fix paffengers, with two men and the coachman outfde, and robbed them of upwards of 401. He then coolly rode off The robbery was committed in the prefence of feveral perfons paffing on the road.

Wednesday, June 22..

All the different Biders for the Lottery, with the exception of Melfrs. Bfh, Richardion, and Branscomb, having, on Monday, declared their intention of not altering the terms they gave in on that day, Mr. Bish was the only Gentleman who wted

upon

upon the Minifter this morning, to offer an
advance upon the former bidding, and his
propofal was accepted. It makes an addi-
on of 25,000l. to the fum before offered,
and a total profit to the public upon the
Lottery of 35,3331. 6s. 8d. the be-
price
ing 15l. os. 8d. a ticket. The number of
tickets Mr. Bifh bid upon was 70,000, but
he is allowed to increase it to 80,000, upon
which number he is to pay 131. 3s. Id. and
to divide 700,00cl. in prizes. There are to
be three Lotteries. The first, to confit of
24,000 tickets, begins on the 5th of Septem.
ber; the fecond, to confift of 26.000 tick-
ets, on the 2d of January; and the third,
to confit of 30,cco, on the 3d of April

next.

Thursday, June 23.

The Duke of Bedford's marriage with Lady Georgiana Gordon, (p. 595) was this day folemnized at Fife Houfe, Whitehall, where the Duchefs of Gordon now refides. The ceremony was performed by the Duke of Bedford's private chaplain. The Duke of Gordon gave the Bride (his daughter) away; and Lady William Ruffel acted as bride-maid. The newly-married couple, immediately after the ceremony, about fix o'clock, fet off for Woburn Abbey, the feat of the Noble Duke, about 42 miles from town, where they are to pifs the honey-moon. A most fumptuous entertainment was provided in

the grand room on the ground floor,
facing the river, at which the Duke and
Duchefs of Gordon prefided. There were
prefent, the Marquis of Huntley, the Mar-
quis Cornwalls; Lords Brome and Alex-
ande: Gordon; Ladies Charlotte Lennox,
Charl tte and Louifa Villiers; Mr. Mrs. and
Mifs Fordyce, &c. The Duke of Bedford
was dreffed in a plain but very elegant fuit.
Lady Georgiana Gordon, now Duchefs of
Bedford, was attired in a muflin dress of
the finest fabric, trimmed with broad fu-
perb Mechlin lace as a flounce; the body
of this elegant drefs was entirely of lace;
and the whole was fimply beautiful, worn
over a while farfnet flip.
The train was
immenfely long in both, and my he
termed the Georgiana Frock After the ce-
remony, and previous to her departure for
Woburn, the wore an elegant fringed
muflin peliffe, lined with farfenet, and
trimmed with lace of great value The
exceffive rejoicing communicated to the
fervants and the whole neighbourhood.
White favours and filver, with wine and
cake, and merry faces, were to be seen
every where.

Friday, June 24.

James Shawe, Eiq. and Sir William Leighton, the two fenior Aldermen who had not ferved the office, were this day elected Sheriffs of London and Middlefèx for the year enfuing.

BILL of MORTALITY, from May 24, to June 28, 1803.

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PRICES OF FLOUR, June 27:

Fine 48s. to 525.-Seconds 445. to 48s.-Fine Pollard 225. to 245-Bran 105. to 10s. 6d. Return of Flour, June 11 to June 17, from the Cocket Office:

Total 9886 Sacks. Average 53s. 8d. cs. 1od. lower than the loft Return. OATMEAL, per Boll of 140lbs. Avoirdupois, Average 39 5! Average Price of SUGAR, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending June 22, 1803, is 485. 5d per Cwt. exclufive of the Dury of Cuftoms paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain.

Kent Bags
Suffex Ditto

Effex Ditto

St. James's-Hay

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Straw 21. 25.

Whitechapel-Hay 41. 45.

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51. os. od. to 71. os. od. Average 61. OS. od. od. to 21. 145. od. Average 21. 3s. od. od. to 61. 195. Average cl. 128. od. Clover 61. 65. cd. to 71. 75. cd. Average 61, 16s. 6d. Straw il. 165. od. to zl. 45. od. Average 21. OS. od. SMITHFIELD, June 27. To fink the offal-per tone of 81b. 53. od. to 6s. od. Pork 5s. 44. to 6s. 4d. Lamb 5s. od. to 6s. od.

45. 41. to 55. od. 6s. od. to 8. o. Beats 1800. Sheep and Lambs 9000. COALS, Newcastle 475. ed. Delivered 56s. od.-nnderland 395 3d Delivered 48s. 3d. SOAP, Yellow, 785. Mottled, 86s. Curd, 945. CANDLES, 11s. 6d. Moulds 128 6d. TALLOW, per ftone, 81b. St. James's 48. 3d. Clare Market 4s. 4d. Whitechapel 4s. 4d.

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