• bidden any of the armed vessels belonging to the belligerent powers to enter his ports. The 2d Thermidor an English frigate from Portsmouth entered the port ' of Lisbon; she had taken in her way a French privateer of 16 guns, the crew of which were on board prisoners of war. On the 1st of Messidor, the French captain of the brig L'Hirondelle having displayed Lis flag in the road of the port of Lisbon was attacked by a Portuguese boat 'with four men, who ordered him to strike his flag, and on his refusal attempted to pull ⚫ down the French flag by force. This out. rage was complained of, but was not punished. In the beginning of July the English privateer the Narcissus entered the port of Lisbon, having on board seventy • French prisoners. The commandant of the 'fort suffered the privateer to remain there • undisturbed for nine days. In the interval

the prisoners obtained leave from the cap⚫tain of the prize to go on shore, when they were seized by the governor of the castle of Belem, and put in prison. It was not till 48 hours after that the minister plenipotentiary of the French Republic learned that they were thus imprisoned, and in want of every necessary. The French mi'nister demanded the release of his fellow citizens, which was refused, unless the French minister gave a receipt in form, ⚫ which might be produced in the general 'cartel of exchange between France and England. The French minister could ⚫ not but be astonished that a Portuguese 6 governor should make himself an accredited agent for a foreign privateer and the English admiralty. He disdained to participate in such a manoeuvre, and the governor of Belem kept his prisoners. A few days afterwards the same privateer, the Narcissus, took, on leaving the harbour, and within musket shot of the Portuguese forts, which did not attempt to prevent her, an Imperial vessel, coming from Genoa. Governments which have no will, and which in the choice of their • ministers know not how to protect themselves from foreign intrigues, render it impossible to respect their rights. The • Portuguese government may well be sus•pected of not wishing to remain neutral;

at least we may say with certainty, that • if she does wish it, the situation in which

she has placed herself is such that it is impossible to have any confidence in her protestation of neutrality.' The Paris journals state that General Augereau, who was to have had a command in the army which is to be employed against England, is to head an army of thirty-five thousand men, who are to be assembled near Bayonne, and who are to be marched through Spain into Portugal. In opposition to this, it is said in letters from Paris, of the 11th instant, that this army is to be marched to the frontiers of Spain, where it is to remain until Gen. Augereau shall have received an answer to the following demands of his government: 1st, that Spain shall supply a loan of thirty millions of francs, 2d. that she shall permit ten thousand men, and twenty ships to be employed against England. If Spain refuses to accede to those terms, he is immediately to enter the Spanish territories.-The city of Hamburgh is in the greatest distress in consequence of the blockade of the Elbe, its trade is almost destroyed, many of the merchants have failed and great numbers of the inhabitants are reduced to a state of misery Prussia on the contrary, it is said, suffers little, as she is able to carry on her trade through Stettin on the Baltic and through the Sound. The Hamburghers complain that they who have ever been the most active distributors of 'British goods on the Continent, should be then only sufferers from the occupation of Hanover, an event over which they could not possibly have any controul, while neutral ships are permitted to enter the Texel and supply those with whom 'Great-Britain is at war.'-It is still rumoured that Russia, and the rest of the northern powers are negotiating for the removal of the blockade of the Elbe and the Weser. -An additional treaty has been concluded at Stockholm, between England and Sweden, in which the latter accedes to the convention signed at Petersburgh on the 17th of June 1801, for the regulation of neutral navigation. In return for this unqualified accession, England agrees to indemnify Sweden for the two convoys which were condemned in the English courts of admiralty.- -On the 29th ult, great rejoicings and splendid illuminations took place at Wismar, on the public entry of the Duke of Mecklenburgh into that city, which, together with the adjacent country, he lately purchased for one million and six hundred thousand rix-dollars. Denmark has complained of the attack which appeared some time ago in the

Moniteur. The Batavian government has prohibited the exportation of cheese, except to the French and Italian republics and to Spain.

COLONIAL.The contentions which, for a long time past, existed among the different claimants of the sovereignty of Guzzeral, have been finally tranquillized, and Amund Row, the prince whose pretensions were supported by the East India Company, is established on the throne. In return for the assistance which the Company afforded him, he has re-imbursed all their expenses on the occasion, and has taken into his service, two thousand of their native infantry, and a Company of European artillery, for which he has given ample security, for the annual payment of seven lacks and eighty thousand rupees. The Company have also

obtained the cession of the Port of Rotablaw, in the Gulph of Cambay, which protects them from any European attack from that quarter, and by the aid of a large river in its vicinity, secures them the whole trade of the province.--Part of the town of Bombay was lately destroyed by fire, and property to the amount of six hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling was lost, together with about five hundred horses which were burnt to death. The success of the British arms in Ceylon has obliged the King. of Candy to relinquish his government and abandon his capital; and it is said, that the British government in that island will appoint a successor to his throne.--A newspaper called the Sidney Gazette has been established at Botany Bay. Recent accounts from that settlement represent the condition of it to be generally prosperous; but state that the tranquillity of the settlers has been lately disturbed by some convicts who had just arrived from Ireland.--On the 22d of June, a slave court was held at Kingston, Jamaica, for the trial of two negroes, for a conspiracy against the inhabitants of the island, and being found guilty, were sentenced to die. Accordingly they were exe cuted on the following morning, and their heads stuck upon poles, in the high road.

DOMESTIC. On the morning of the 19th inst. Emmet was put to the bar, on trial for High Treason. The evidence was long and circumstantial, and clearly proved his participation in the late conspiracy. He declined making any defence, and one of the crown lawyers having spoken to the evidence, Lord Norbury delivered a charge to the jury, who, without leaving the box returned a verdict of guilty. Before sentence was pronounced, Emmet addressed the court in a long and animated speech, in

which he avowed that it was his intention to separate Ireland from the United Kingdom, and gloried in the measures he had taken to effect it, but solemnly denied having had any connexion whatever with France. On the next day he was executed at a temporary gallows in Thomas Street, his head cut off, and his body conveyed to Newgate.On the 17th a person, named Donnison, was apprehended and brought to town from Granada, charged with being concerned in treasonable practices; and, on the same day, a Dr. Graham and his nephew, Mr. Reynolds, from Naos; and on the 23d, a person named Kenney, who was tried and acquitted during the last rebellion: he was arrested at Liverpool, and on his arrival in Ireland was committed to Kilmainham jail. Rourke, one of the witnesses on the late trial was apprehended on the 24th upon suspicion of having committed murder in the north, during the insurrection. Howley, who shot the keeper of the Tower, was put to the bar, on the 20th and is to be tried on the 27th. Two others, called Mackintosh and Kinnihan, were arraigned on the 23d, and are to take their trial on the 30th.--Redmond, who attempted to kill himself, is so far recovered as to be able to appear in court next week. Russell will be taken to Downpatrick, where a commission will be opened for the county of Down on the 10th of October. A commission will also be opened for the County of Antrim, on the 13th, at Carrickfergus ; and it is believed a similar commission will be issued for the county of Kildare; the judges are Mr. Baron George, and Mr. Justice Osborne.--Letters patent have passed the great seal of Ireland for translating the Rt. Rev. Dr. W. Knox, Bishop of Killaloe, to the Bishopric of Derry.--A person named Farrell who was a clerk to a wine merchant in London, was taken up on the 17th inst. and after a short examination at the Secretary of State's office, was discharged. On the 19th he was again apprehended, underwent another examination, and, on the day following, was sent off for Ireland.--On the 26th the Captain of a neutral ship in the river was taken to the Thames Police Office, on suspicion of treason, and after a few interrogatories, was escorted by one of the magistrates to the Secretary of State's office, where his papers &c. were investigated. For want of some substantial evidence, he was admitted to bail, and an officer was put on board his ship to prevent her leaving the port.--Several American ships have been searched for the purpose of discovering Jerome Buona

aiding in the payment of the expenses of the expedition.-France has concluded a military convention with Swisserland, by which sixteen thousand Swiss troops are received into the service of the French republic, at the same pay as French troops. One battalion of these men is to be incorporated into the consular guard.—The British army in Ceylon, under the com mand of Gen. Macdowall is prosecuting a successful war against the troops of the King of Candy. On the 15th of February last, Col. Logan, of the 51st regiment, attacked and carried the strong and important posts of Gederah and Giriagamme: the first was abandoned without resistance, but a heavy fire was kept up by the other from the time the grenadiers appeared until the assailants entered the battery. The Candians made but a weak defence; the Adigar fled to the Four Corles, and, of the troops which he commanded, a part was dispersed among the woods, and the rest retired towards Candy. On the same day, another detachment under Col.

attacked a body of the enemy who were posted in the village of Wallapoalloa, on the banks of the Great Candian River, and after a short firing dislodged them. Col.

then crossed the river and took

which sailed fron Ferrol under the command of Admiral Hartsink. - Three English ships have been carried into Vigo in Spain, by a French privateer of 14 guns: one of them is an armed corvette with a cargo worth two millions of livres.-The convoy destined for Gibraltar and Malta, consisting of twenty-eight sail, with three frigates, arrived at Gibralaar in 21 days from Portsmouth. They made two small captures on the passage. The commissioner of marine at Bourdeaux, has written to the Chamber of Commerce, that no more privateers are to be fitted out there. Similar orders have been given in several other ports.-At Ostend the first gun-boat, for the descent on England, was launched on the 31st of August; numbers of others are nearly ready, and a ship of 74 guns was to have been launched on the 17th instant. Several Blackenburg fishing boats got into Ostend on the 2d: they are to carry a 24-pounder and 100 men each.-The following is said to be a correct account of the gun boats, &c. in each of the different ports: at Dunkirk 160, at Ostend 150, at Boulonge 50, at Calais 50, at Dieppe, Fechamp, and Blackenburg 30, at Flushing and the West Scheldt 50, at the East Scheidt, Goree, Holvoetsluys, and the mouth of the Maese 60; amounting in all to 550.The French have fitted out two privateers of 12 guns each, and sent them from Harbourg to Stadte, whence they are to drop down to Cuxhaven, with an intention of escaping into the North Sea. On the 8th instant Lieut. Gibbons, of the hired cutter Joseph, discovered the Maria

privateer, of Guernsey, in chace of two brigs; he attacked and took one of them, the privateer L'Espoir of 6 guns and 52 men, belonging to St. Maloes. The other was taken by the Maria, and proved to be an English brig from Mogadore to London.-On the 12th, Capt. Hallowell, in the Argo, captured the privateer L'Oiseau, of 10 guns and 68 men, 9 days from Rochefort. On the 14th, Capt. Owen, in the Immortalité, in company with the Perseus and Explosion bombs, attacked the batteries of Dieppe. The firing was continued on both sides for three hours, when the lee making strong, and the town having taken fire badly in one place, and slightly in two others, he proceeded off St. Vailery en Caux, where he opened a fire for an hour. The batteries were soon deserted, and the inhabitants fled in every direction Capt. Owen thinks that from the manner in which the shells burst, they must have done considerable damage.--On the 14th Admiral Sir James Saumarez, in the Cerburus, in company with the Charwell and Carteret cutter, and the Terror and Sulphur bombs, attacked Granville. A brisk fire was kept for a long time, and from the number of well-directed shells which were thrown from the vessels under his command, Sir James supposes that very considerable dainage has been done. A few shells were thrown in the evening without much effect, but on the next day the attack was renewed, and a well directed fire was continued for five hours, when the tide made it necessary for the squadron to withdraw. On the 20th the hired cutter Princess