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Foreign Intelligence.
LONt)ON, August 8.
Geata has at length furren
ffered, after one of the most
gallant defences ever made bv
a garrison. It was in March
that the French fir ft fat down
before that insignificant for
trefs, as the mini {ter called it,
defended by a (mall garrison of
1600 men. For nearly five
month* it braved all the'efforts
of the French arms, and kept
an army of 16,000 men em*
ployed before ijt. For eleven
slays the fortrels vtas bombard
ed and did not capitulate'till'a
great part of the town had been
laid in ashes, and two ptjt'cti
cable breaches been effected.
The terms obtained by the
Garrison areextremely favour,
able. The Prince of Hesse
is stated to have been severely
wounded, and to have gone
on board an English veflel be
fore the suriender. We hope
some signal mmkof the nati
onal esteem will be bestowed
upon that gallant General,
who has set so noble an exam
ple of fortitude and perseve
japee, and who has IJuwn
what constancy and courage
effect even against a superiority
of numbers. Let us contrast
the defence made by this insig
nificant fortress with the capi
tulation of Ulm, where an
at my was surrendered without
i battle !
The Tribune frigate, to car-*
ry out the new Governor Gen
eral and suite to Bengal, and
, r a frigate to carry out Lord
Caledon, the new Governor
the Cape of Good Hope,
“will in a few days fail from
I’ortlmout’n. * •
The Argo, of 44 ghns,
Captain Diglijnf is ordered to
fnocecd, with alb dispatches,
to the Go aft of africa* where
the privateers 6f the enenty
have of late been committing
terrible deperdaiions.
FROM Tpp. LONOOIt GA2ETTF.. -
J/urs, at Sea, July 29, 1806,
, 45 Deg. 9 Min. N.
lon. 4 Deg. 50 Mhi at Noon.
Sir —I beg leave to ac
quaint you, that I continue in
purfnit of four of tire Erte
m’y frigates the night of the
2 2<i instant; although I loft
fight of them, as also of the
iquadron under your com
mand soon after it was daik,
except the African, which we
fi*w until about eleven o’clock,
On the Lee-quarter, w hen she
was obfetved to bum some
falie Hies. We fleered about
a point free the whole night,
wi'li a light in the stein, ft&bdy
ing to the Southward, and
carried a press ©Hart ; I was
induced <o to do from obr
feivmg the course the enemy’s
Jquadi on was - fleering when
fit ft fren, at ts jutfgtd that it
•would iucteafe their difficulty
of getting to leeward of usit
*had that effect moft fully, for
at daylight yellerday morning
they weie dtlcovejed ptcctfely
on the Isms beaiing as-on the
previous evening, thiough at
a greater diftaftce, except their
fiemmost (hip, which we ap
peared to be gaining on ; this
indned the Ftench commodore
to tack with his three headmost
(hips, and join her, andfotm
cd in line of battle on the lar
b -auf tack, 1 though} and ‘
hoped, with a determination
touy the fortune of war, which
vas what eveiy one on bo’arcl
the Mars molt anxiously wtsh
iut.kmg loinc
signals, about three in the aF’
tcinoon be made off with three
frigates the other continued her
course under an extraordinary
press of fail, and finding that
she was the only one we bad
gained on during a chafe of
one hundred, and fifty miles,
and the day far spent, I (fill
kept after her till fix o’clock,
when in the midst of a violent
squall of wind and hail we were
ranging upon her lee quarter ;
after the firft (hot she flruck
her colours just at the moment
our broadside was about to
open on her. She proved to be
La Rhin, a very fine French
frigate-’of fbtty.four guns,
ekhicfcn pounders on the main
chtetr, and ijneehundred and
eighteen ititryrj only, four years
old, commanded -by captain
Chefnear,- the fqbadron was
commanded by Monsieur La
tr.a.re Lameillerje, in the Hor-’
tense, with the Hetmione a-nd
Theis frigates* on their return
from Potto Rico; Soon after
the Rhin had surrendered, on
the (quail clearing away, the
I other three frigates were Teen
handing to the South East ;
and I regret that the weather,
which has yet prevented our
removing more than one third
of the prifonerS, made it im
practicable for me to pursue
them further. I cannot con
elude without expressing my
admiration of the conduct of
every officer and man in this
ffiip during s chafe of twenty
four hours, again ft so fuporior
a force, with very bad wea
ther, and ioceffantrain-; feve
ral of our fails were split, and
replaced with alacrity ; and in
•short, had the remainder of the
French fquadrOn waited our
reproach, from the great
zeal manifefted by every per
son. on board, I have no
doubt but that our efforts
would have been crowned with
complete success in their de
ftiuction..
I have thebononr to be See.
ROB. DUDLEY OLIVER.
To CaptmA Kdats; of his Ma
jesty's ship Svperb.com •
wan ding a detached squa
(iron, LY. CdV; ;&c.
P. S. T he’ Rliine hove ever- -
board in the chase six of her
quarter deck and Forecastle gens,
and a bower anchor.
v , Al’GfJsT 3
It is not, perhaps, generally
known that both Henry Fox Lord
Holland, (the Father of Mr.
Fox) and Stephen Lord Holland
(his brother), were both, for
many years, afflicted with dropsy;
and that both survived the ope
•ration of repeated tappings for a
considerable period. In’the pre
sent instance it is decidedly de
clared, that no enlargement of
the liver has taken place in Mr.
since the operation,
the viscera are observed tcPhave
(licit full play, ami the natural
state of the body to be, to a great
degree, restored.
august 14;
Farl Sf. Vincent has left the
Channel fi. et, and sailed to the
southwaid in the Hibernia, with
the Defiance and some smaller
slrps. He will first proceed to
Lisbon, but we can hardly believe
for the purpose mentioned a day
or two ago, of taking on board
the Prince of Brazil. He would
not desert his kingdom till the last
ex reuiity. But the Lisbon mail
which arrived this morning juiti
ties us in entertaining a suspicion
that some-expedition is intended
against'Portugal. ‘1 his is under
stood to be one of the menaces
which Bonaparte -holds out a
gainst this country, in order to
induce us to subsenne to certain
terms.
A Portuguese messenger, with
dipatclies; arrived this .aorning.
At the Council held jesterdv
at tue Uueen s Iteuse, t\w;ime;ii
was tiny her yiotofr.e 1 \ n
28th instant to the stb of Octe
ber. But this Parliament will, it
is reported, never meet again.
A dissolution issaid to be intend
ed in September.
Augu.sT 15.
Trenth and Dutch Journals.—
The former to the 7th, and the
latter to the 12th inst. have arnv
ed.
The intelligence furnished by
the Frtnch Official paper is very
important. By a itgree of Na
poleon, dared the 3d inst. and in
serted in the ihniture of the sth,
’50,000 men of the conscription
of the pr sent year, are ordeied
to be immediately called out.
This measure is represented as a
rcmmbn iriil'H-aiy occurrence,
frem which no inferences in favor
either of pc ace or war ought to be
made. \Vhy has it been found
necessary than to accompany it
•with.an effpiaoation, the-effect of
which will be lfievery reverse of
which is apparently meant to be
productd f What arc the Pow
ers of the continent to look to,
when they see the strenght of the
, french army, carried to the high
est point, as it avowedly will be
by the incorporation of these fifty
thousand conscripts ? Is there
one of these Sovereigns who can
repose in security for a w'eek
when he finds, that even in peace
it is to be maintained within ten
thousand men of its full war es
tablishment ? If one gigantic
Power is to retain its strength and
means of oppression and annoy
ance-, while all the other .States
are called upon, as it were, to lay
clown their arms, not- only their
very existence, are at the ntercy
ot that Power. The ambiguous
terms in which the.ipeace of the
Continent is alluded to, are of
themselves, independently of the
movements of tiie Freneh armies,
sufficient to excite strong suspic
ions chat trarquilily is far from
being restored. The articles ex-
presses ” a hope that the affairs
of the Continent are about to be
settled. “ Surely, after haring
dictated pease to Austria, signed
a 1 realy with Rusia, and secur
ed the friendship and alliance of
Prusia, this i a subject upon
which Bouaparte might have giv
en a-tnore explicit assurance to
the Continent, than this equivo*
cal declaration. From his whole
it is impossible to
draw another •inference, but that
br* ambition/*’ -making the meate
feeds on/* is without hounds
or measure,'and that lie consi
dcntly looks to the entire subju
gation, the exception perhaps of
Russia, of every Power upon the
Continent of Europe.
The plan f tire New Consti
tution for Germany, or as, k is to
be bencefouith ‘called,” The
League of the fthine,” has been
officially notified by Bacher, the
trench Minister to the Diet of
Ratisbon. T-f ig curious to heaf
Bonaparte assigning as reasons
forpu'ting an end to the an
cient code, the very events and
calamities which he has been so
instrumental in producing. The
peace of Luneville, and thepcace
ot Presburgh, have contributed
more to the destruction of that
venerable edifice, than all the at
tacks which it has ever suffertd
.rom foreign force or domestic
‘reachery and commotion. The
frst shook the foundaiton ; the
cecond has converted the super
structure intoone extended ruin.
1 he concluding observations in
M. Bacher’s Note merit much at
tention. After having by tins
new league assund.as lie hopes,
the perpetual tranquillity of the
Continent, we should have ex.
pected that ;he Charge’d affairs
would have finished the sentence
with saying, that l.is master
would apply limstlf to cultivate
tne arts of peace, and diffuse its
blessings among his people. No
such thing. lie has jet one wish
remaining—“to employ the
means vbuh Providence has giv
en him in restoring the liberiy of
the seas, establishing freedom of
commerce, and thus assuring the
tranquillity ana happiness of the
wond.“ And is it with a man
who puts such sentiments imo
‘ln in or 0 { his Ministers, and
irimilalter ttir.
surrender of the icleot Wack at
Ulro, that “ he wanted only
ship?, eclonies, and commerce,”
that w e n*ay look for a sincere 3i
permnnentadjustment cf differ
ences ?
The Cabinet Cotir.ci! yesterday
was hold at 1 o’clock, and set til
3. It was attend* and by Lord
Greenville, the Lord Chancellor,
Farl Spencer, Lord How ick, Lord
Sidmouth, Loid Henry Petty,
Mr. Windham, and the other ca
binet mini,sit rs in town, with the
exception of Mr. Fox. As soon
as it broke up Basilico was order
ed to be in readiness to return to
Paris.-- He ret off at half past ten
last rugbt. He was not more, it
is said, than 46 hours on his jour
ney from Paris, having left that
capital on Tuesday morning, and
not o-o Monday as was. reported
j esferdy. ~ •
Never perhaps was these
more extraordinary dev than yes
terday upon the Stack Exchange.
Befoiethe opening of the dodrs
the crowd of Brokers was great
in the courts and avenues lead ing
to it. Ihe first price of Omnium
was 6 1.2—1 t rose upon the idea
that Bastlico had brought favora
ble dispatches to to 1-2, 34, and
even 11.—It fluctuated lor some
time between 10 and 11—At
length, between one and two, not
withitanding the wonderful se
crecy we near so much about,
some of the prpkers w ho are look
ed up to as the best informed,
and who were the first to pur
chase at the commencement of
the correspondence with France,
came into the market and sold
largely—The Bulls or Buyers 1
were in an instant chop-fallen
-1 hose who, a moment before,
were all life & spirits, confi
dent of a rise, sunk mto gloom
aud despondence,—When the
we 11. inhumed Brokers offered
their Omnium for sale, few would
huy till Omnium had experienced
a depression of 2or 3 p cr ernt—
From 10 Omnium fell at once to
1 3-4—-Fresh sellers Came in—
the panic increased, and Omnium
fell to S 3-4, and Consols to 62.—*
They recovered a tut tab and left
off at 62 1-4 the latter, and 6 5-g
the former.
This morning they opened a
little better ; Consols were 62 8-5,
and one bargain was done, we
hear, in Omnium, at 8 , but it de.
dined after wards to 7 1-2, 6 A 4,
and 6 1-2, at which price it was
when our accounts left the city.
A variety of rumours, none of
them favorable to peace, were in
circulation yesterday .-The Bears
or sellers were completely ” the
Lords of the Ascendant.'We
believe we were correct in assert
ing, that Talleyrand, under pre
tence of other more important
business (as if there coul l be any
other more important business)
evaded seeing Lord Lauderdale
toi some days after his arrival.
It was not till. Saturday, or Sun
that his Lordship is said to have
his Hrst interview. On
Monday had another interview.
I be answer to his ‘dispatches is
luniouied to be deceive. It will
ring ihe business to avery apee
dy decision— perhaps tiie next
u i spate he* will bring tltc decisi
on. 1 here is a report that Rusia
and France co-operate to resist
wur right of search- Other ru
mouis in circulation stated, that
a treaty of alliance, offoncive and
deiencive had been concluded be
tween Rusia and France—that
Loni Levison Cover, who arrived
yesterday, had brought very uti-
Uvorable intelligence with res
pect to the sentiments of the new
Russian ministry towards thi*.
country. It was said too, that the
revival ota m a rad me confedera
cy m the North was not unlikely.
that Lord Lauderdale might be
expected back m a few days, &c.
pon these reports we cannot, of
tour#e pronounce with any Cer
tainty. was generally believ
ed, however, that the negotiation
wasm a very unfavcrable state—
-1 £!ut i ' rauc had evinced a despo-
S,UOU Protract, and that we
dc term led not to be. the
mines ot such policy , bdi it, onier
Luiu Lauderdale to fttUn; Pa,. .
‘Lrcaiy, ,f i. •. iulH . *
that !.► c
persist in such a aisposiuen.-*
Lon. Courier.
*1 he transports with the troopi
cn board haVt been forced to put
hack a third time to the I) 0W , !S
after having struggled with ad*
verse winda for five dajs.
“Mr. Fox was yesterday sj
evry much recoven and, that mi C 5,
we ascertain sente extraordinary
charge, tve shah suspend our rt.
port as unnecessary . HistsL riß
yestotday officially are suff lC i tßt
to prove the pscpiiety of our i € .
solution. Mr. Fox is now m ifa,,
favorable state of amendment I
which his very best friends would]
wish.”— Oracle.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 4 I
- The ship Globe, capt. FfinJ
arrived at this port yesttj.l
day in 47 days from Bristol. 1
To the politeness of a gentle’l
mip) who came passetiper, ail! il
gome of our commercial Jrieiiurl
we are indt bu and to, for files of the I
Londoo Courier, Star, indepen.l
dent Whig, and Morning Chron.l
icle, to (ho loih August, and iorl
Bristol papers to the J6thufiht.fl
same month. From these paperjß
we have copitd such articles iorl
this day’s Courier as limits would!
permit. Further extracts shad tel
given hereafter. M
It was the general opinion ofl
the mercantil community, whtnl
the Globe left Bristol, that peace!
vvou.d not result from the cm.l
bassy of Lord Lauderdale, a.il
this opinion is strengthened 05- the!
articles which we extract free!
the London Courier, an eveniq!
paper of the 15th.
Mr. Fox s disorder had taken il
favourable turn , he was fast tt !
covering, and was cousidcrtu a!
out of danger.
The fortress of Gaeta, aftei®
gallantly sustaining, a siege cfl
nearly five months, has been com®
Polled to surrender to the r reiKii®
.Some hints are thrown out, ti®
probability that. Russia may hi®
brought to act against Lnglam®
’.hrexugh the intrigues and u HuH.
Mice of Bonapari.
But the ntorc i<!
mediately interesting to tH
American reader,.i s the probab!
lit> which this arrival furniahe!
•of a speedy settlement of .the Jifl
terences existing between tlifl
country and Great Britain. !
splendid dinner had been giv
by the Lord Mayor of London J
Mr. Erskioe, who was on ill
point of embarking, as Ambaiß
sador to this country, i
Messrs. Mow oe and /Vntfiii®
were among the guests. P
From some recent statementiß
it appears that Protestantism isn:B
vivirtg in various parts ol i!>S
French domiaions. Bv the
of Geneva, and of tiie Ger:mß
Provinces on the left Bank oftliß
Rhine, a very considerable
dition is made to the number^B 1
Protestansl subjected to
The Protestant Pastors rc-ctiißo
an allowance in the couinßl
places, ol about tool* a
and in cities about double
sum. A seminary is proposed ,0 K
established lor Protestants,
expence attending v-hteh
tended to defray by means
voluntary contributions,
nual charity sermons
the Prottstant community
h ranee. It is likewise
that very little doubt
their.ability in this way, to obi®?
their object ot erecting and
mining t h e proposed establi®^
meat.
London
NOTICE. ji
By order of his, honol
EDWARD TELFAIR, I
John Coats, will be bro*
upon Monday the 13itb
prelent month, for a, he®
iti his petition to be
to the benefit of the inlojw:
afcis ; of which, his cred®
are deiircd to take notice., l
Chari tonjß
Atto-ney for the petibw”
• October 9. IB