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The Observer from London, Greater London, England • 2

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HOUSE OF COMMONS, y3 Tester Jay the Hamburgh Mail inst. arrived j. Yesterday we received a Letter from an Officer "of the in town, and possessed, us of the following intelligence i Crescent, off-Flushing, dated on The enemy's 'J tit LONDON OAZh'i July By private advices from of the 27 th.ull. it is flotilla had not made any attempt to to sea. Out The Speaker took' -the Cluir at four o'clock nA unl.ng the Houthere appeared to be oiilt8 MS OB known that a camp of near.

men assemble' in squadron then cqniprised -the Penelope', Crescent, Galgo, the vieitrity of the Port of Cronsladt, where the Emperor Inspector, Rattler, and Ann gun-brig. Present, when an adjournment to Monday took ace: himself will review the troops, and the Grand Duke Coti- A seaman on board the RattjeY had. some days before This Gazette contains a Letter from Nelson, dated Victory, at -May 19, inclosing one from CaptTpettet, of the Termagant, staling his having captured the" French privaleer Ftjlicile, of two long guns and sixbras's swivels, and 60. men olF Fort Favona, in Corsica; the enemy escaped on shore, having previously scuttled the Felicile, and she sunk as our people were cam ing-her to sea. A man in one of the Teimagant's boat was wounded in boarding; Yesterday the New Yo.k Maii of the 8th Tuno i rom Halifax of the 24th June, arrival i(1 been tavoured'b the New York Daily MverthJ 9lh JuneioTieay later than he date of the nali tI slant ine will hae the immediate jcommarkl under him.

lallen from the foretop on the deck bis head and arm were Aninlerview between his Majesty and the Emperor of Ger- fractured, but he was expected to recover. many, and King of Prussia, is likewise talked of. A squadron being specifically appointed to watch Os- Thc Vienna Letters of the 4th inst. mention, that the tend, the vessel under the order of Capt. Brouehlon are per contains the article noticed in our last, of the shim hae sfJ Bri.i.b (lag flying on several small 1 wtndvvard of St.

Pierre: fVom which circumstance ce the Am us gazette announces the appointment ui Imperial CouVt has bec charged by Buonaparte to pro- ruw confined lo the blockade of the Scheldt pose overtures for a pacification between Great Britain and rican Editor that Martii i'quc had fallen into -l1 1 1... 1 .1 I Cr, lo -observe rrare, wliicli are said to have been communicated to Mr. ne reacocK, monann, arriveu at Boston, Irora the Isle are sorry A rr hn Parrot ih i of France, advices have bin rpfpimvt rW.m in dm that such is not the fact. miiipd iri hu Pnnri i 27th February, but thev do not furnish anv i'ntolliiriic 'nfT'-" The that a' violent haJL.i-v;-.;' t. tvt t-'j i vailed at.

Pennsylvania on tlie'22il r.M.. J'eieisburgh; and theMaiquis ol Hertford to be Master of the Morse. slNKRUPTCT ENLjIRG F.U. T. Levingtori, -( St.

Catherine's, ower, from Tu 23 to'Sept. 15. at Gtli-'dhrfl' f. Curling, ot -Margate, hoyman, from Ju.y Hi to.fu'v 27, ai lie Guiidhj'i, Canterbury. iiAXKRUPrs.

S. Cbatburn, of Yorkshire, cotton spinner, to surrender Amjj if, and 6fjt. at the Hrnlewater Arms, JUar.chesler. Gulbw, of Hindiey, Laiicaslii'f cotton niaoiitac'urer, Aug. 3, 4, brpt.

at the beai's Paw Inn, Wigan, Iiicaslii.e. it is likewise stated, that Count btahremberg, the Im- areuums naa ocen receivea mere lor some aled the country for nearly 15 nili 1 perial Ambassador in London, has been charged to declare lime previous to the sailing of the Peacock respecting the brqadlh vegetation 'was wholffSit Si8 in dm Kniuti i .1 onnrafions nf 1 liirH ir.t 1. -i- 4 lUlniern birds and beasts killed the man vauiulj 111 lltG liaillc UI lll VUUIIj IIIUl Hie 1 by hail; matw of ZS stones were six to seven incli'es: in circumference House of Austria is firmly resolved, upon no consideration. 10 oeviatc irom tne system oi neutrality it has adopted, but- 7r TnT i rr u.wM,, Boston on lo mnm.ain It in oil the General lost Ofhce, and by them a report was June from, Canton, whence she sailed on th oih to maintain it, all energy, against every party that received that La Loire, and another frigate belong- leaving there the English ChinKmen might make an attempt to infringe .1. jng lo the Cork station, had.

fallen in with four French fW- cruisers on her The Average t'uee o. iU'JAK, tor tnc Week endr.g Jui'y i8, 561. t)J. per Cwt. ne cmperqr or Germany has not yet acknowledged Kaies on lne western coast ot Ireland, and capture two of) By the Parnassus, arrived at Liv 1 Avenge frtcei of CORN of ENGLAND end WALKS, ptr carter, from the Return ending July I Buonaparte.

The Emperor, however, desirous of preserv actouni ys 3,1 were taken. Lewis, arrived at Bristol, we have large packages The Lapwing frigate has sent into Cork the American New York Papers, btif Uiev are unusuallv hr JT- lircror His; Wlict i. Rye Ku.cy Oju licins I'eiiM: d. s. il.

d- d. il 34 vB ai 36 4 -t 1 I i win (tiv VOffV VJUHU Tti Pr.irKAf" nt.l 4 ing his neutrality, is prepared to act according to what issue the grand crisis may take. The Imperial treasury is abounding with cash, and there is not an instance remembered in the annals of the Austrian Monarchy, wbere the 10 oouna to lonntngcai. bhe sailed troro theCapcon the 25lh i i 4 of April at that Ume there were Ivlne there the Cotirtee- I PRICES OF. THE PUBLIC FUNDS nea.

Bato. and Pluto Dnirh mn -r Jv" Vt Jsappearedi and l.MONOAV Lust Indiamen public cdfTers.were so abundantly filled as at present with the sinew of rerum gerendariim. The vicinity of the French in Italy, becomes very troublesome to the adjoining Imnerial Provinces. nd nmH Vrfurli nriniisBrc 3 fti i't. Xhto frr 5i 5 rr Cf.

sin, it) ijt per jsJ r' I 3 ittH)M- THURS. KKIOAY SATUR. -r--j I'S'i '57 157 sH'A sJ' sii sfiJd 55.1 -5s 6 55i -4 5t 5s 6 Siii 7i4 i 5'4ii jf'i S6-Ji T4jii 74ii 74l 74S5i 9'3 '-'i 1 9'a 7i 9S 7J gf-i 7a 9il 16 16 13 ij l6J 's'S l6 lb 15-16! Jsi i5ii S5ia 1 174 i 5i 'M 5.1 54 1 pjri. du the 26th ult. violated the neutrality of the Imperial flag, by VT! to givie'bonds that hevyotildr not touch at any 1 i- camR by American Mail; they are down to until he reachpd the Continent of America.

Mr' Nar 16 me ttin uii. out we do not understand that they eommnni- adds, -that a number 4f had been 6 cate any matter of interest. The arrival of the French taed, there from three fu; (bur months, and! could not fritrates, Svbelle and Didon. on the coast of American wn nerihissibn 10 saU'fiir iK 5544 5 u.oi.iii uii Jiiiiaii iijdi.iiainiuail vjiiiiii tnc ICdCfl Ol II1C guns, of Trieste, the matter has been referred for ultimate determination to the Imperial Cabir.et. Lui-ca.

and Genoa, it is stated, are to be. joined to the bum if I-J: a it set 3.f. i-xi. Hi!" Jii.i 5 per Ct. laga es- L-11lvuli (n ir A lyTii.Ktl .1 .1 i 1.

iiiiiuicii, jiiu wg inai a com- nciucy uun. 1 ins resiricuon resuttt'ti irnm n.r-i..i;. I ifiuiu nn petent lorce nas been sent in pursuit ot. them. tfteart of he Spanish Government, to' prevent Cisalpine Republic.

UIP rtn 1 m.til P-jriD' Pnafi. in ll.o'lOil. 1 stonsofithe fever which lately iii a ereat tlefp tvluch lately iii ajgrcal degree depopiila; A 1 Li Sat a Uuc Russia, according to a recent esttmation, contains 36 mil- They are merely filled with pompous descriptions of the j. 1 hMJ AY 1-RlUAY I rrsiu'h I lions ot inhabitants, and produces a revenue of 4-0 millions Imperial Levees, and with directions for the oervance of for the obevance of From these Pabcrs. we.

have alsh rerrivi.A Paris a Us. Arrived Date 0 1 17 a 16 17 of rubles The number of recruits lately levied, exceeds Ine ele to take place on the 14th, the Anniver-j the massacre-of the White inhabitants: of St. Dominen Ma.lMd Gotrtnburj; linsuin Oobiin "A'atcrf-jrd l.isBon sary i inerrencn revolution. Dy me.iniunatecLJNegr.oes. uader Dessaliries.

From mL. DuDlin i '4 extraordinary and. sanguinary Proclamation1, it "appears thai after; the" general pardon-granted to On the 1 1th ult. the Servians held Belgrade and Semen- Yeslerday Duin Mail of the 17th possessed usbf a i it i Letter, dated on Tuesday night: Our Correspondent dria so closelv besieged, as to induce famine in thncp Cm i v.uipuuuBm. IIlCll WATER AT LON'DOJJ BRIDGE FOR 1 Hfc WEEK ENSUING.

liritsflv Save. Tll lnlnflfH Mnrn r-r-n rH .1, i. and their who remained i uuoy I Monday Thurv 1 FrMav hm." II M. M. II.

IM. I he I urkisn Pacha at the latter, had made proposals of iur- of Kildare is to take place on the 2-Hh, ami is to comprise i were framed at Jeremie, for the purpose of effectincii counter revolution but a timely discovery being made!" a render to the Christian Chief, Zerni George, but they were most of the present garrison of Dublin. Rumour adds, that Km-idi oi me wnues was resolved on. Jt began on the 19tli of April, arid continued incessantly till the wluclf. utsiK'Srds of o.stm vuui.

rejected. leomen will, in consequence, be called on garrison The Austrian encampments about to be formed at Pesl, i J' Brun, and Prague, are to comprise 1 50,000 men. Yesterday Dispatches were received from the British 7 T- Dr. Minister tn America; they were brought to Portsmouth on Letters from the Lpoer Rhine, of the 29th ult. mention r.u..., i i ft i Horning 3J fait I'lpait iji pill 3 3 put lo past 4 1 pat Uu pl Evening jJ3 3 i5ri .4 3 M'5 6 TO CORRtSPONDENTS." are much flatvi od hy the two Letters of our Woo'dstor k' Corre-jpondc-nt; hut ihfcy rel'er to a subject of too much delicacy lor Newspaper, riisqijisitbn.

"the observer. i A 1 mi'u mren armea snip, wnicn naa oeen sent that several arrests have taken place in Alsace of nersnns with dispatches from the West Indies to The Hind is stated lo have made three prizes on her homeward habitants were put to the s'word. On the 22d April; the inhabitants of Fort Dauphin, and those of St. jagd, and' other parts of the- interior, were also, murdered, and tb -towns submitted to pillage. In the Proclamation Dessalines usm e'ery.

art to excite the passions ol. the rabble under his by representing their arms to be raised by the God of Justice against the antienJ system of slavery and preiudices which for a. passage; one of them, a valuable ship from Batavia whose names were implicated in the letters seized from the state prisoner! arrested at Eltenheim. The most distressing ravages have been occasioned by the late inundations in Silesia. In ihe vicinity of Lowen, Yesterday we received some Antigua and St.

Kilt's Papers, by the Hind, arrived at Portsmouth the former men tions, that several neutral vessels, chiefly Americans, had i. i v. has bent them under an iron yoke; by reminding them that 1 I i the ieiss broke down several of its banks, and overflow a OVertlOW- i heeil Sent in there, for trinl. hv ihn cnnailrnn nff iUorllninno ne nas rcnoeren. crime tor crime, nas savea his countrr.

IG.INA SUNDAY, July 22? Yesterday a c.onsiderablc number of letters were received in town fr'in Rotterdam by the jacoba, Twee Gebroders, Viit-ndschap, and Vrow Rf sctina, neutral ships, arrived in the river, and by these we learn that the weather on the C'lnlinenl has been atlend-jd by all the severity of Winter a frost, accompanied by a heavy fall of snow, look place in ing others, laid all the villages and fields completely under for having attempted to the blockade of that island: water. All the country from Sagati to Neubrick was like- 'l Pro'abIe, however, that they will be restored. The wise covered all the bridges, and many houses, carried i on 'he Portugal, was known ot i at St. Kill on the 21st of May. away, and several cir.ire villages destroyed.

About 20Q i i i' Ouadaloupe is stated to be plentifully supplied with pro- persons are sa So have by this disaster, near of aI denbmina.ions.-Flour, he middle of May, Sagan, as well as great numbers of cattle. The town of sold. at six dollars per barrel, and other articles in pro- xniiiiv, uuu ai icugui preservea nis unionunaie- brethren, the Blacks and Yellows, whom the citpirlily of Europeans had so long endeavoured to divide; He theq states, that the extermination of the Negroes fic. was resolved upon by the Cabinet of France, and; entrusted to: him; and after lamenting the tyranny exercised in tinique.and his inability to destroy.it, he concludes with the. rbllowing apostrophe Tremble, tyrants, usurper.Vi-,! scrmrges of the new world! our daggers are sharpened; our.puiiishmerit is ready Sixty thousand men, equipped, Tnured to war, obedient to ray orders, burn to offer a nevr sacrifii e' to the vianes of tReir assassinated brothers.

Let; that nation come who may be mad and daring enough to attack me." nrisiiansiaoi expenencca a similar mislortune, and the portion. different parts, of Holland, during the first week in July The Dutch armaments for the invasion, have been oflici-'! of ihe Spree was equally terrific At Budissin We are concerned to hear, that the country ship Cal- the water rose to the same height as in 1552, and swept Captain Drysdale, Ijis been cut off by some piratical awaveverv fmm Ihal rftwn In Rnml.LITniJil I uu4i iouiim, unci conniCl Ol COnsiaeraOte lie fu ration, but the particulars are not known, as none of the town -of Rumbary also sustained great damage-; and scarcely bad the waters retired, when a fire broke out which destroyed most of the houses that remained. The inundation is generally attributed to a great volcanic commotion; as sopie shocks of an earthquake were felt in the environs of Budissin, and on several mountains some springs arose that had ntsver been perceived before. al'y reported completely ready for service. It is stated to be the purpose of Buonaparte to concentrate tbe whole of his naval force at Brest and under the protection of this fleet, vhicb isesiimatedat 46 sail of the line, the and Dutch armaments are to make their debut.

Gcncial Augcrcaii, who has the chief direction of this enterprise, is slated to have received his final orders from the new Emperor, audio have left Paris for the purpose of embarkation. Buonaparte was expected at Boulogne about the 1Mb. instant. Yesterday dispatches were delivered at Lord Camden's Olf.ce from the L'eut. Governor of Jamaioa, by Lieut.

Col. hands have yet been restored. We learn, by letter from Trincomalee, that a body of Vaddahs, inhabiting the mountains near Hoorly, had, in consequence of some dispute with the Chingalese, respecting some object of trade, descended into the vallies, and committed ihe most afflicting outrages on rite defenceless nntives the Adagars were collecting a force to oppose iliern, and that quarter of the island was again in-vo! in confusion, i'm- gallant and persevering Admiral CornwalHs, on evening landed at, Lymington from the Ville de Paris. Our Navy, shank Heaven, boasts a vast number of Yesterday, a man named Caton, obtained 101. damages in tbe Sheriff's Court, against Archer and others; Policy officers, for false imprisonment, he having been mistaken for another person against whom they had a process.

Yesterday, J. Cartwrighl and j. Ingham, were entence4 by the Marlborough Police Magistrates to three manMis im' prisonmeiit, for. a conspiracy, under which. Ingfram haff given a false character to Cart wright, and by which he war-taken into the service of Mr.

Peyton, of Lower Grosvenor Yesterday we received a letter from Charleston, by the Isabella, arrived off the Isle of Wight, which communicates the following pleasing intelligence street. The African French National ship, mounting 16 guns, Hrid. Officers competent to the duty he as relinquished but there perhaps is not in the universe a and having on board 358 French troops, addition to her in everv resnec, so fil L. We are unlnrorm n( Lethbriclge we understand they are dated the 12th of June, Yesterday morning, while some children were playing 'fl Portland-street, one of them, a boy of. five years of ag and relate chit fly to the slate and politics of St.

Domingo crew, was captured on the 4-ih May, off Charleston-bar, by the cause of 'his retirement, and cannot for -an instant credit We are extremely concerned to state that Jamaica is very the British merchant brig, Garland, after a few shot from slanderous report now prevalent, that he has been driven from his command in order to pjomole a national predelic- unhealthy, and that agreal mortality has already taken place the Walter. The African was tormerly the American sloop there: it is with pain we add, that Captains Cathcart aud of war Herald, and Was on her return to France with troops lorccd on nim a stmtter, by which he was so materially irw jured, that he died in the hospital shortly after. Yesterday, a man, formerly porter to Messrs. Beck, in the Strand, was found hanging in the rj.qrk passage undec theAddphi. On Tuesday an immense hnrober of the delicious-' fish I 1..

.1 lUa non sno lamny interest. The Ville de Paris on Friday, arrived. at Portsmouth from Baker, of (he Royal Navy, are amongst the victims. The who had escaped from St. Dorjnngo.

She had made seve CJ I IKU lCU lllUIII, VllV IdUKIIl dl HIC IIIUUIH 'V ral captures, and amongst others, shortly previous to her taken, the Rosamond, of Glasgow, and the brig i Chance, of Jamaica. A letter from Charleston, dated. May 5, speaks of the capture the following terms i Yesterday mornihg, at day break, the British private I armed brig Garland, fell in with the French ship African, txe. ne araugnt was so great, mat tney were snm ivi 6d. per dozen.

It is remarkable, that for several years, not a fish of this species has been seen on the On Sunday, as some children were bathing Iii a pond at near ofthem named ten years' of age, got beyond his depth, when a youtil. the Channel Fleet, to join which the Majestic, on Thursday, left Plymouth. The Stately, of 64 guns, on Thursday night arrived at Sheerness lo refit. Le Curieux sloop of war, in the West Indies, lately, detained the American ship Mary, having on board 5Q0 French soldiers from St. Domingo, and distributed them amongst such American ships as she met on her cruize.

The Cheshire Militia have arrived at Hull, and have taken possession of the Barracks at Wipcolmlee. Yesterday was. the first Transfer in Consols at the Banlt There are now in Yaxley Barracks, 1600 French prisoners. Captain of the Ciarinde (we believe Capt. R.

G'Brien) died on her passage home. The homeward-bound fleet was to leave Jamaica on tbe ult. under convoy of the Bellerophon and Da of 7 4 guns, and Vertue of 35. By this conveyance we have received the following Letter Nassau, Nne Pmidcncc, 3y3. Some days since, a large French National brig, of 16 guns, and two hunched and nine men, ran ashore on' Abykp, and shortly after went to piece; of he crew, eighteen -having 35S French troops from the Havann'ah'on board, about twelve.

from mjr bar the Garland, jaj though infioitely inferior to the African in point of force, very gallantly, gave chase to her the Frenchman, on receiving two or three hauled down his culours. wirhout firing one many of whom formed part of the boasted army of England in return. The Enterprise, which had sailed from Nassau in company with the Garland, hove in sight soon after, and On Wednesday and Ihursday, the Lanarkshire Militia passed through Bury, Suffolk, in four divisions, on their route for Woodbridge. The new French Arms are, a Golden Eagle and a Crown of Stars. Madame Moreau and her infant son preceded the General to Bourdeaux.

An ophthalmia has" for some time been -prevalent at Leeds and its vicinity, which is attended with considerable pain and inflammation. It. has not been ascertained whether it is infectious, or proceeds from a noxious quality in the air. aooui an expert swimmer, ran irom a snori uiiaii-c him, but his iiotion, together with being in a violent P'! state of leat when he into the. instantly paralized his frame, and he siink.

Btli tlje hodii were recovered wiihin-a quarter of an. hour, but. by. tN want of a khow.ledge of the Humane Society's restoration, the sparks of life weie extinguished. We observe id.

the Lottery Scheme, in the front or Paper, that any person may now have any pait'cular naroi ber from I to 25,000,. by applying to either of the Licen4 Oflices which reminds us of the following fact. days. Lady that No. 10,000 wnu.ld fe 90,0001.

Prize, she accordingly paid tbe usual premium: ot is. and priicured it. less than one mnnth; her drern was realized, by wbi- she gained an Independent Fortune. Ou- Wednesday se'iinighl, a -matter of. verv; siderableimporlance came on to-be tried at the Qua" Sessions at Bedford.

An Overecrbf the pirof the Parish of Lidlington in that County, wai woman from his service. --she beihgat the lime ot ucn mfssal, vcluaUt in labour, wiihoqt making any provision her came out, in evidence, that both lne ila and M. istress of- he woman (the ntl were well acquainted with ihe state; in which she Jla they refund to receive her only escaped, and are arrived here.She wax only four days from, thp Havannah, and is stated to have had 3 considerable quantity of tieasure on board. -I have heard, but do pot remember her name. We have accounts frojn Alarifn'tque to the 4th pf May, which state, that most of Jhp Frenph troops which had beeri' taken tiJ Guadaloupeby the Sybjlle and Ojdon frigate, had arrived at Martinique, and that the, garrison rvjnfbrced, was deemec) fully competent to the defence of.tlw? Uland.

The embargo which totik placef at Qua()aIoupe was imposed for the purpose of concealing the ftrnoyal of the troops, to Martinique four, hnred were on; tlie arrival of the- aud a about an equal number sp.me days after The embargo lasted thirteen days, a4 taken off the 9lh of May. Letflirs.from the Cape pf Good Hope, dated April 25, irren.tioo. the arrival of the Qeorge Barclay, an some other jthips, there fiptn Batayta.whp had lojt several of crew. assisted in removing prisoners, Sfc. Both' vessels, and the' prize, arrived here yesterday." Five hundred French troops were, on the 10th May, embarking at Charleston, on board the American ship Chesapeake, Lee, for Bburdeauxy The Charleston Paper, of the 3 1 st May, mentions, that at the Federal Circuit Court there, on the 23d, Colin Mitchell was found guiltv of having enlisted twq Americans, named Morris aud Rpgerjon, to serve on board the British privateer Experiment, and sentenced to be confined 30 days, and' to pay a fine of dollars.

4- Swain; was charged, with, like the indictment was traversed to the next Court. The Boston, frigate and Lilly $loop we're cruizing off Charleston bar, the 2d June. On the 23th ult. a yotng girl to years of age, was gnil-' lo lined at Kempten, in Germany, for having her uncle, who had come to reside with her after rhp death of her mother. There wpre also strong suspicions that, she i bad destroyed her mother by the same means.

entreaty lo be so fecejved, anil; thnr the? per p'ne pf lps labourers. urers.o wttjv nor as lar The London Mai Coach was overturned a. few, rays ago; near Littlebqry, Norfolk, by which accident Lord Townshend, who was a passenger, was severely bruised his Lordship is, however, in a fair way of recovery. The accident was occasioned by the-breaktngof thp A few days ago, Mrs. JVIaitryews, of Woqjhope Here-fqrdshi re.

having rpet a party friends- on a festiyt Vccar siqn, dropped dead while going qwrj ia dance." ir i distance three milefant ana 'Perp at the first jjii jjig at Bat a- is seated to have caught the tri- About 20 sad pf merchantmen were at Malta the 30th May, in daily exptf talinn of a convqy fiF -England. TJe Anson ffigatearrjvei at Smyrna on 2Sth May. UfUiv, fi'u s.i i.ii.v. (- At Moment two mojjibs a fif oj TwentyTwonfts,.

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