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ral baron Von Toll, who has the command of the Swedish troops in the island of Rugen, capitulated.

The French will take possession of the island on the 9th instant. The king of Sweden, it is understood, has left Rugen.

Besides the island of Rugen, all the Swedish islands on the German coast of the Baltic are included in the capitulation. The number of Swedish troops on the island of Rugen is estimated at 14 thousand men.

According to some accounts his Swedish majesty left Rugen for Sweden on the 5th instant.

The preparations of the French to take possession of the island of Rugen are carried on in the most active mannar, they have already collected about 300 vessels.

Copenhagen, Sept. 8. Last Wednesday evening the enemy commenced a most tremendous bombardment against the West and North parts of the town. It is calculated that upon an average 2,500 shells, fire-balls, fire-rockets, and red-hot balls, were thrown into the place; many persons were wounded, and in upwards of thirty places the town was set on fire, but the conflagration got under by the exertions of the firemen. On Thursday the enemy's batteries were almost silent, but the bombardment re-commenced on Friday with the utmost fury in the evening the timber-yard was set on fire; a small powder magazine of our battery in that place being blown up, it became necessary to abandon the battery; at the same time several places in the West and North-West parts of the town were on fire. The steeple of the church of our Lady was in a blaze, and fell down, under continued shouts and huzzas of the enemy's troops, and from want of water the fire spread through PeterNorth, Kannike-Fiol, Skider-Skinder, and several other streets. The fire raged with unabated fury Saturday and Sunday, and ceased yesterday in the Landmarket, after Rose-street, North-street, Gertrude-street, and several others, had been reduced to heaps of ashes. Yesterday at noon a capitulation was concluded, and in the afternoon the enemy

took possession of the citadel and dockyards. Proclamations, proving the necessity of tranquillity and order were read and distributed.-Copenhagen Ga

zette.

Banks of the Main, Sept. 12. Public papers contain the following article from Riga:-The Russian troops who, after the conclusion of peace, were to return into the interior, have received an order to halt, and now ordered to march to the coast of the Baltic, the whole extent of which is threatened by the English.'

Augsburgh, Sept. 18. From Vienna of the 10th, we learn, that according to the Military Almanack, just published, the following is a correct statement of the Austrian army:

The archduke Charles, Generalissimo; six field marshals; 33 generals of cavalry, infantry, &c.; 121 lieutenant field-marshals; and 251 majorgenerals, including nine grand crosses, and 241 commanders and knights of the order of Maria Theresa. The infantry consists of 63 regiments of the line; one regiment of jagers, and 17 frontier regiments, infantry and cavalry; eight regis ments of cuirassiers; six of dragoons; six of light horse; 12 of hussars, and three Uhlans; besides four regiments of artillery.

Private letters from Leghorn say, the entrance of the French was so sudden into that city, on the 28th of August, that though they had been marching all night, nobody knew of the circumstance till they arrived. Their number has since been increased to 6000, and general Dumoulin is commander-in-chief. French commissaries arrived at the same time with them, who immediately laid every ship in the harbour under an embargo, in order to seek for English goods. The merchants and factors all through Etruria have also been called upon to give an account of the English goods in their possession. The English at Leghorn will sustain an incalculable loss, as by means of neutrals, they have for some years past carried on a trade all over Italy.

Augsburgh, Sept. 18. Letters from the North of Germany of the beginning of this month say, that the troops un

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der the prince of Ponte Corvo have taken a fixed position. The right wing of his corps is in and about Lubeck, to the eastward. The Spanish troops are mostly concentrated about Hamburgh, and forms the centre. The left wing, composed of Hollanders, is between the Elbe and the Weser. The whole make a total of about 40,000 men; but when this army is to act, is uncertain.

Paris, Sept. 29. The Russian Emperor has sent the Emperor Napolean two pelisses of great value.

Among other persons of rank here is the prince bishop of Liege, and the Persian officer Jussuf Bey.

Lisbon, Sept. 25. The people continue in the most alarming state of suspense. Never was the fate of a country more seriously at stake. The Prince Regent had resolved, should Bonaparte put his threat of invasion into execution, to embark for the Brazils, rather than submit to his demands, and shut the ports against British commerce. Most of our ships are getting ready with the greatest expedition ever known in this country; the people are at work night and day, and do not relax in their exertions on Sundays.

The government is continually pressing for the army and navy; strings of pressed men are passing hourly into the arsenal, to embark on board such ships as are ready to drop down to Belim in a day or two. Many large Brazil vessels are detained for use, in case of need; and two Indiamen, that arrived last week, have been ordered not to discharge their cargoes.

Every preparation is making at Penichia, where the prince and royal family are with the troops, and part of the nobility intend, in case of extremities, to quit their country. Five regiments have already marched there, and have forwarded 160 pieces of cannon : part of the treasure has also been sent to Penichia. The einbargo on all Portuguese vessels continues in France. No business of any kind is doing here. No credit or faith to any extent is observed between man and man. It is conjectured, that by these extraordinary exertions, Bonaparte, from motives of poli

cy, may decline the exaction of his demand, seeing that England would be benefited by the emigration of the court to the Brazils, and which otherwise will most certainly be the case.

General Junot had not arrived at Lisbon on the 24th, but an extraordinary courier had brought dispatches from Paris and a letter to the Prince Regent, written by the hand of Bonaparte. Lord Strangford, on the following morning, had an interview with the prince after which a report was circu lated that affairs wore a more pleasant appearance. The fact is, that a council was soon after summoned for the purpose of deliberating on the dispatches, and to decide on a categorical answer to the demands, but the discussions on the subject had not been divulged at the departure of the packet.

The five regiments of troops are all newly clothed, and ordered to be in readiness at an hour's notice. The officers commanding them had received orders to join without delay, and such as should not make their appearance by a certain time, were to be dismissed the service, or declared invalid, and others appointed in their stead.

Mr. Gambier, the consul from England, is arrived; his presence prov highly gratifying to the merchants who compose the British factory. At the end of a few days he informed several of the merchants that the Portuguese government would be found tree in its faith to Great Britain; but, on the subject of commerce, he was to have a formal interview with the factory on the 25th.

The Albion cutter has arrived in the Tagus, with dispatches from the Eritishgovernment, which added to those sent out by the Walsingham packet, have had the effect of renewing the confidence of all classes of people.'

Gottenburgh, Sept. 25. We have taken Flekoe, in Norway, by storm; the harbour is a very fine one, and very safe for our ships to take shelter in. In blowing up the fortifications we lost a lieutenant and four men. The messenger Parsons arrived yesterday from Vienna, but brings no news,

HOME NEWS.

London, Sept. 21.

ON Friday morning, at eight o'clock, the corning-house of the powder-mills at Feversham blew up with a dreadful explosion; six men and three horses were at work in it at the time; they all perished in a miserable manner, and presented a spectacle frightful to behold. Three of the men were literally blown to pieces; a head here, an arm there, and a leg in some distant part from the rest! Their relatives and friends gathered the scattered members, and carried them away in baskets. The six unfortunate men have left wives and children. The quantity of powder in the corning-mill was considerable. By what accident the powder took fire is not known. A similar misfortune happened to the powder-mills at that place in the summer of 1802.

Sept. 22. On Saturday about three o'clock, a fine vessel, which has for some years been on the stocks, was Jaunched from Dedman's yard at Deptford, in presence of a numerous assemblage of naval officers, officers of the dock-yard, commissioners of the navy, &c. She is called the Sultan, and is pierced for 74 guns, but her admeasurement is far superior to that of any ship of that rate at present in the British service. She went off in fine style; some boats, in which were several ladies and gentlemen, were nearly filled with the swell, but no more injury than a good splashing took place. By some injudicious management the pole on which the standard was hoisted fell by the board, but did no person any injury. Sept. 29.-At twelve o'clock yester

day the Lord Mayor, in his state car. riage, preceded by the city othcers, went in procession to Guildhall, attended by the late sheriff's in their state carriages, for the purpose of swearing the new sheriffs, who came to Guildhall at one o'clock, in their elegant new state carriages, preceded by two bands of music, and men bearing flags belonging to the Stationers and Drapers Companies. When the sheriffs were leaving their carriages the bands played God save the King'. Mr. Phillips' carriage is a very neat light chariot, with glasses all round; the body of the carriage is painted a deep crimson, and a rich gold and white leaf, pricked border, with medallions on the pannels, most beautifully executed, representing the stern of a ship, on which is Commerce, with four small figures, representing the four quarters of the globe, and a larger figure representing the City of London; the hammer-cloth is very splendid; it is a rich crimson velvet drapery over an orange ground, with the City arms embroidered in gold on the drapery; the carriage was drawn by two beautiful black Arabian horses, richly caparisoned with white and orange festooned rosettes, the servants livery is orange, with broad silver lace, large cocked hats, with orange feathers round, and orange cockades, edged with silver fringe. Mr. Smith's carriage was also very much admired; the body of the carriage is of gold, enamelled with a fancy border, and medallions on the pannels; the horses were decorated with festoons of crimson and white ri bands; the servants' liveries were white

trimmed with gold lace, cocked hats and feathers, and large nosegays.

The first official act of the new sheriffs, immediately after their being sworn in, was to issue notices to the headboroughs and constables throughout the county, of their determination to enforce the penalties of the law against those who shall fail to make complete and correct lists of the freeholders. The difficulties of making up juries from the present lists are well known, and it is nearly thirty years since they underwent any considerable reformation.

Oct. 1. A coroner's inquest sat yesterday, at a public-house below Putney, on the botly of miss Emily Hendly, who was unfortunately drowned on Tuesday last, by a boat sinking. It appeared that the young lady was returning to London in a boat, managed by an unskilful party of young men, and they were unavoidably run down by a cutter, and the side of the boat was staved. The whole of the company, including miss Hendly, an elderly lady, and the four young men, escaped before the boat sunk; but the deceased, in her alarm, threw herself out of the boat, and her body was not found for above an hour. She was the daughter of a man of property, at Mapledurham, Oxon, and was on a fortnight's visit to the family of Mr. Southly, hatter, Lambeth. Verdict, accidental death.

2. On Wednesday evening a comet made its appearance, visible to the naked eye, in the neighbourhood of London. Its place formed nearly a right angle with the bright star Arcturus, and the elegant constellation Corona, or the Northern Crown, and set almost due West about eight o'clock. Its appearance to the naked eye was that of a star of the first magnitude, having a very distinguishable gleam of light or nebulosity, extending to the left or South of its body, of about a foot or eighteen inches in length. The colour of the whole was very white.

A fire was discovered on Wednesday. morning at the house in Downingstreet which is assigned to the first lord of the Treasury. The duke of Portland, who occupied this house lately,

and who has returned to his own in Piccadilly, left the former under the care of a female servant. The girl was going to dress something for her dinner, but on opening the stove door the room was filled with smoke. It was soon found that the flue was red-hot. Mr. Newcombe, the master of a neighbouring public-house, with great presence of mind, and the most active exertions, contrived to put a stop to the mischief, which otherwise might have been attended with the most fatal consequences.

3. Yesterday morning, a party of soldiers, stationed at the old powder magazine, in Hyde Park, surrounded the tree from which the alarining noise has issued that has excited so much alarm within the last fortnight.-After cutting part of the tree down, and probing the cavity of the trunk, which is very large, with their halberts, they discovered a owl's nest, with two well grown owlets, and the old owl along with them. It thus appears, that it was the noise of this family that gave so much alarm to the young centinels, not acquainted with such sounds. Ever since a rumour of a ghost in the Park went abroad, (for that was the first story), the tree has been daily visited by crowds of people, expecting to see the spirit of some fair eglantine walk out of the hollow trunk. Above one hundred people were upon the spot yesterd, y.

Yesterday afternoon one of the corning-houses belonging to the powder-mills on Hounslow-heath blew up. As there was only a small quantity of powder in it, the explosion was not great; but two poor men were so much hurt that their lives were despaired of; another who was in the house it is hoped will re

cover.

London, Oct. 8. Yesterday morning, about six o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive premises belonging to Messrs. Whitbread and Co. in Chiswell-street, which threatened an extensive destruction, owing to the great scarcity of water. The engines were, however, supplied from a large vat, containing nearly 4,000 barrels of porter, in consequence of which the fire was soon extinguished.

Warrington, Oct. 10. A disturbance

of rather a singular nature, and which at first threatened very serious consequences, occurred last week at Ashton, near Warrington. Many of the inhabitants of that town and the surrounding villages have for a long time expressed a wish and determination to institute annual races at Ashton, and accordingly a considerable number of people assembled on Monday se'nnight, in order to put this design in execution. Having got together some horses, and all the other apparatus and appearances of a race-course, they contrived to make some resemblance of sport, drew together a considerable concourse of people from the neighbouring villages. This continued the following day, towards the close of which two carriages and four arrived in the town, filled with gentlemen, who came apparently to join the village throng, and partake of their amusements. However, when the races were over, and the principal sportsmen had retired to regale theinselves at the jun, the newly-arrived strangers entered in a hostile manner, and having announced themselves in their true character, that of the Pressgang from Liverpool, soon began to exhibit a very different kind of sport. The house now became a scene of much greater confusion than the race-ground.

Some had the good fortune to escape through the door; others forced their way through the windows, breaking the glass and frames, and clearing all before them; one man having found a hanger, and offering some show of resistance, a pistol was fired in the tumult, by which one of the company was wounded. At length about twenty-two of the sporting gentlemen were secured and carried to Liverpool, when being found utterly unfit for his Majesty's service, they were, during the next and following days discharged. The noise of this affair caused some more disturbance the following day, and the populace conceiving that the Rev. Mr. Woodrow had been the means of procuring the unwelcome visit they had just received, a large mob surrounded his house, and threatened violence, but it was soon dispersed by the active exertions of one of the magistrates from Warrington.

London, Oct. 12. On Saturday night Mrs. Jordan was encored in her beauti ful ballad In the Dead of the Night'. She sang it the second time with additional beauty and effect. Towards the close of the song she was affected by a severe pain in her shoulders, which struck into her chest ; and nothing but her great spirits and firmness could have enabled her to finish the part. Early on Sunday morning, after a little coughing, a considerable quantity of clear blood came up from her chest, and it was evident that she had broken a blood vessel. Dr. Blane immediately attended, and, by his order, 12 ounces of blood were taken from her arm by the lancet, and eight by cupping. After the play on Saturday night, Mrs. Jordan was announced for yesterday evening, in the character of Peggy in The Country Girl;' but her sudden illness obliged the managers to change it.

We are sorry to learn, that as Braham and Storace were setting out from Broadstairs, on Saturdayevening, on their return toMargate, they were thrown out of their gig by the falling of the horse. Braham escaped unhurt, but Storace unfortunately had her arm broken. She submitted to the operation of having it set immediately with great fortitude.

Newmarket, Oct. 12. This town has never been remembered by the oldest sportsman to be so full of company of every description as it is at present. Such was the anxiety caused by the wonderful undertaking of the pedestri ans, captain Barclay and Wood, that the company poured into the town in a manner that can only be compared to Brentford at an election; and many who were used to better treatment were content to pay handsomely for accom modation in stables and hay-lofts, a guinea having been refused for a bed. — On Sunday afternoon the street was lined with betters on each event, viz. eight horse-races, the foot-race, and the battle between Gulley and Gregson.

The race was decided soon after two o'clock; Wood having declined the contest, after having gone forty miles in six hours and twenty minutes. He per formed eight miles in the first hour, fourteen miles in the next two hours,

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