belonging to his Majefty's fubjects have been and are detained in the ports of Ruffia, and that the British failors navigating the fame, have been, and now are detained, as prifoners, in different parts of Ruffia; and alfo, that during the continuance of thefe proceedings, a Confederacy of a hoftile nature, againft the juft rights and interefts of his Majefty, and his dominions, has been entered into with the Court of St Peterburgh by the Courts of Denmark and Sweden, relpectively, his Majefty, with the advice of his Privy Council, is thereupon pleafed to order, that no fhips or veffels belonging to any of his Majefty's fubjects be permitted to enter and clear out for any of the ports of Ruffia, Denmark, or Sweden, until further order; and his Majefty is further pleafed to order, that a General Embargo or Stop be made of all Ruffian, Danish, and Swedish fhips and veffels whatsoever, now within, or which hereafter fhall come into any of the ports, harbours, or roads, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, together with all perfons and effects on board the faid fhips and veffels; but that the utmost care be taken for the preservation of all and every part of the cargoes on board of any of the faid fhips or veffels, fo that no damage or embezzlement whatever be fuftained:

And the Right Hon. the Lords Commiffioners of his Majefty's Treafury, the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, are to give the neceffary directions herein as to them may refpectively appertain. W. Fawkener,

At the Court at the Queen's Houfe, the 16th of January, 1801.

WHEREAS his Majefty has received advice that a large number of veffels belonging to his Majefty's fubjects, have been, and are detained in the ports of Ruflia, and that the property of his Majefty's fubjects in Ruffia, has, by virtue of feveral orders and decrees, of the Ruffian Government, particularly one bearing date the 29th of November laft, O. S. (correfponding with the tenth of December N. S.) been feized, and directed to be applied in violation of the principles of juftice, and of the rights of the

feveral perfons interefted therein; his Majefty, with the advice of his Privy Council, is thereupon pleased to order, as it is hereby ordered, that no Bills drawn fince the faid twenty-ninth of November laft, O. S. (correfponding with the tenth of December N. S.) by or on behalf of any perfons, being fubjects of or refiding in the dominions of the Emperor of Ruffia, fhall be accepted, or paid, without licence from one of his Majefty's Principal Secretaries of State, firft had in that behalf, until further fignification of his Majefty's pleasure, or until provifion fhall be made in respect thereof by Act of Parliament; whereof all perfons concerned are to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly.

W. Fawkener.

you,

that

the veffels you fignalled us to chace, on the 6th inft. never came through the Paffage, but rowed up along fhore again, and went under Fort Lomara; I watched for them all night, but in the morning feeing them no more, I left the Lurcher off the Morbihan, and proceeded to execute your farther orders; on that day I saw a convoy courfing round Croific, of 15 or 16 fail, but was in no hurry to chace, rather permitting them to get nearer to St Gildas, and in the evening ftood out, and made the neceffary fignals to Mr Forbes; it fully anfwered my expectation, as he being to windward turned them all, and they made for the Villain juft where I was; about eight we took a small one juft as the battery of St Jacques was hailing us, which I immediately manned, and fent her with our own boat along thore, and by four A. M. found ourselves in poffeffion of five more. This is all they could attempt, as the whole coafts were then alarmed, and the battery of Notre Dame at the entrance of the river Peners, kept

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peculiar pleasure in mentioning the zeal and activity I have ever found in Mr Ebdon, my First Lieutenant, to whom I only do justice in recommending him to their Lordships' notice and favour.

Too much praise cannot be given to the captains, officers, and crews of the different thips under my convoy, for their ready obedience to my fignals, and for the whole of their conduct on that day, particularly to Captains Hamilton and Meriton, who very gallantly purfu ed and captured the aforefaid frigate, La Medee; and alfo to Captain Torin, of the Coutts, and Captain Spens, of the Neptune, who' with great alacrity purfued La Franchise, although they had not the good fortune to come up with her, for the reafons above affigned; and my beft thanks are due to the whole of the commanders of the fhips under my convoy, for their affiftance, in taking a number of prifoners on board their refpective thips. We arrived at Rio Janeiro on Tuesday the 12th of August. Extract of a Letter from Captain Robert Barton, commander of his Majesty's Skip Concorde, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated at Libon, the 4th January. During my ftay off the bar of Oporto, I captured the Spanish privateer Jagger San jofef, alias Larcon, of 6 guns and 40 men, out from Vigo, and had captured the Speedy brig, one of our convoy, and in an hour more would have captured another, as fhe was within hail when we faw her.

St James's, Jan. 14, 1801. The following Addrefs has been prefented to the King; which his Majefty was pleased to receive very graciouíly : TO THE KING.

Met Gracious Sovereign,

WE, your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal fubjects, the Lord Provolt, Magiftrates, and Town Council of Edinburgh, intreat your Majefty to receive our humble and fincere congratulations on the final accomplishment of a Legif lative Union between your Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland; an Union which, after all the profperity diffuled among your People, by your wife and paternal Government. Sour Majesty deigned to annomace from the Throne, as the happieft event of our Reign.

We trust that the gut mobile dow carried into execurich will contable,

under the favour of Divine Providence, to perpetuate and to extend the bleffings we already poffefs: We trust that it will fecure the tranquillity of the Empire, protect its Liberty, augment its Refources, and raise it, if poffible, to a still more diftinguifhed Rank among the civilized Nations of the World.

Approaching, as we have the honour to do, your Majefty, in the name of a City which was once the Capital of an independent kingdom, but which has long enjoyed a more enviable pre-eminence by fharing fo amply in the general profperity of the British Empire, we anticipate with peculiar fatisfaction the confequence of an event deftined to impart fimilar advantages to our Sifter Iland. Nor can we form a more patriotic wish for the happiness of our fellow fubjects, than that Ireland may experience, in the courfe of the period which now fo aufpiciously opens, the fame acceffion of wealth, of industry, of concord, and of freedom, which Scotland has gained during the Century that is paft.

ferved to maintain the privileges, and to That your Majefty may be long prewatch over the interefts of a free, a happy, and a truly united people, is the fervent prayer of your Majefty's moft faithful and devoted Subjects, the Lord Provoft, Magiftrates, and Council of your City of Edinburgh in Council affembled.

Signed and fealed in our prefence, and by our appointment, at Edinburgh, the 5th day of January, 1801.

WM. FETTES, Provoft.

[Prefented by the Right Hon. Henry Dundas.]

(End of the Gazettes.) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH ARMY IN EGYPT.

Menou, General in Chief, to Bonaparte. CITIZEN CONSUL, Cairo. Nov. I.

You have, by your fhining victories, given to France the fplendour of which events, no more perhaps to be mentioned, were about to deprive her. Hiftory will engrave in letters of gold the pacification of La Vendee, the re-establishment of the finances, and the confidence of the Fiench; tle paffage of the St Lothard and St Bernard, the battle of Marengo, and the conqueft of a great part of Germany. Hiftery fhall engrave the name, the genius of Bonaparte pre

fiding over all-directing all-repairing all. She will not forget, Citizen Conful, the expedition to Egypt, an epoch which will become fo celebrated by pol terity; for undoubtedly it will produce the civilization of Africa and of Afia. Citizen Conful, this army, with which you made the firft conqueft of Italy, with which you carried into the eaft the name and the glory of the French Republic-this army merits all your folicitude and all your intereft :-Victorious over all the united forces of Afia, commanded by the Grand Vifier in perfon, nothing can equal its love for its country and for you, and its defire to be always the worthy favourites of glory.

The Grand Vifier is at Jaffa, where he has employed all the refources of force and defpotifm to recruit an army that will no longer measure itself with the bayonets and artillery of Frenchmen: eight or nine thousand men who defert, and are replaced inceffantly, compofe all his force. The Grand Vizier has repaired El-Arifh with activity, but without fkill. He has quarrelled with the Naplufians, and with Dezzar Pacha. All the Arabs have declared war againft him, and pillage his convoys. About 200 English are united with the troops of the Grand Vizier, and they exercife them at the cannon.-A Ruffian Envoy is ftill in the Ottoman camp, but he is viewed with great jealoufy. The Grand Vizier has written me feveral letters, part low, part infolent, to demand peace. I have conftantly anfwered him that it is at Paris only that he ought to treat.

The Captain Pacha eruifes between Damietta aod Alexandria with 20 or 15 fhips, of which about 10 or 12 are of the line. He is himfelf on board a threedecker, named Selim. He is the fworn enemy of the Grand Vizier. He cordially detefts the English. He is named Houffain ; was a Mameluck, or a white flave originally; has been brought up by the Grand Seignior, whofe entire confidence he poffeffes. He is polifhed, humane, and tolerably intelligent.-He fends me often flags of truce, and is ardently defirous of peace. He feels fenfibly that the pofition of the Porte is highly critical. He fays, himself, that if France does not fupport it, it is gone. He is jealous of all his officers, whom he knows to be fold to the English; but he wifhes above all things to conclude any treaty which might increase his im

portance with his mafter. We render one another many civilities, and, interchange prefents.

I write to the Minister at War letters full of details on all parts of the fervice, and on our pofition.

I am labouring towards the complete organization of the country in regard to finances, the adminiftration of juftice, and of commerce.

I have re-eftablifhed, under another form, a Divan at Cairo. I have turned it into a tribunal of appeal. Three other fimilar tribunals are established in other parts of Egypt, at Smuth, at Damietta, and at Rofetta. Alexandria will be confidered as a city of war and of com

merce.

I establish connections with all the furrounding Princes. The caravans arrive from all parts. I fee my way in making Suez a grand depot of commerce.

The new organization of the finances is fuch that we gain a great deal more revenue; and that the people pay much lefs. I get rid by degrees of the agents who cheated us; but among them I have found one man of talent, named Mallen Yacomb, who is now forming as many auxiliary troops; our demi-brigades take recruits. The 21ft, which is in Upper Egypt, has enrolled above 200 Egyptian Muffulmen.

Several manufactories begin to rife up. We make beer, cloth, candles, wine, gold and filver lace, hats, and a very good tannery has been eftablifhed. Citizens Caute and Champy, men whom I cannot praife fufficiently, have performed the moft wonderful, things. Citizen Conful, they deferve all your beneficence. I folicit for them a juft national recompence.

The Institute has renewed its feffions. Citizen Fourier, perpetual Secretary, has conducted himself marvellously, and is of great fervice to us. I shall request, Citizen Conful, that you will do fomething for the Institute.

The corps of engineers, of roads and bridges, and the geographical engineers, ferve with diftinction. The firft is employed in the levelling of Egypt, and on a general fyftem of irrigation; befides which feveral works of importance are completed, and others begun. A magnificent road, planted with trees on both fides, extends from the fquare Ebekies to the borders of the Nile, travering

Boulac;

Boulac; they are now working at a road which will encircle the fquare of Ebekeir.

Ali along the walls of the city, which is repaired on every point, I am making a road 60 feet broad, to be planted on both fides with trees.

The fecond corps, the geographical engineers, are employed by double task in completing a chart, which will be magnificent, and which will contain the moft minute details. I am alfo to procure the foundings of all the coafts.

The fortifications are going on with the greatest speed-every where I make them with the greateft folidity. General Samfon and his inferiors are excellent officers. I particularly recommend them to you. The Minifter at War will receive the details of the fortifications, which will enable you completely to judge of what has been done. Our artillery as to materials is on the best footing. Generals Sougis and Foultreir are officers of the greateft diftinction.

The army is in daily receipt of its pay. It is perfectly clothed and fed. I am perfectly fatisfied with its difcipline, and cannot fufficiently praife the conduct of a great part of the General Officers and in lividuals. I have profecuted, and ftill continue to profecute to extremity all dilapidators. It is not an eafy thing to do good-one makes enemies; but I do not regard that, when the thing fuc. ceeds, and the public gains by it.

The Arabs, whom I purfue without ceafing by dromedaries, afk every where for peace.-Scheiks and Princes, who live 50 days journey from Egypt, feek for the friendship of the French.

I permit fome individuals, ufelefs to the colony, to say no worse of them, to return to France.

As to myself perfonally, I have only the provifional command of the army. If you fend me a fucceffor, I fhall obey him with the fame zeal and the fame rectitude which ever animated me for the good of my country, and the interest of the Republic*. Health and respect. (Signed) As. J. Menou.

EAST INDIES. Goa, July 7, 1800.

Colonel Wellesley has taken the field with an army, against an Adventurer named Doondeah Weng, who has col

lected a vaft number of followers, principally cavalry, and committed depredations on the boundary of our newly acquired territory of Soondah. Doondeah, on the 29th of June, engaged and completely routed a body of the Peshwa's troops, under Doonda Punt Golka: the latter fled, and took refuge under the walls of our fort of Halliball, in Soondah. Doondeah came fo near in the purfuit, as to make it neceffary for the guns to open on him, which foon checked him.

A circumftance of an extraordinary nature has lately taken place in the Southward. A party of Kanarefe recruits, principally compofed of men formerly in Tippoo's fervice, deferted one night from Mangalore to the number of 300, with a difaffected Havildar at their head, made their way to the hill fort of Jemaulabad, (a place which had cost much time and trouble, and fome lives to our people, to get poffeffion of) furprized the garrifon, murdered the Officer commanding (Lieut. Allen, of the Honourable Company's fervice,) and took poffeffion of the place, which, in fpite of an army fent against them, under the command of Lieut. Col. Cumine, of the 75th regiment, who had with him 2 mortars, and a train of artillery, they kept from the 16th of April to the 19th of June, when it was retaken; but not till after the garrifon, all but four men, had made their efcape.

Preparations are making at Madras for the embarkation of troops. The 12th regiment, and fome native battalions, are ordered to hold themselves in readiness for fervice, and it is rumoured that an expedition against Batavia and Manilla is about to take place, under the command of Sir James Craig. A detachment of the 84th are gone from Aden, with the Sheriff of Medina, up the Red Sea, to the neighbourhood of Suez, to act againft the French in Egypt. Admiral Blanket is gone after them.

AMERICA.

On the 22d of November, the Prefi dent of the United States met both Houfes of Congrefs in the Senate Chamber, at the New City of Washington, and delivered a Speech in which he fays,

"I congratulate the people of the United