Prus5i.i, terrified Irit hi »Iio\ild no Ioniser ex
ist us iin iixlcpendent powefi hai ehsolutcly
lijiMi'.'d a cojlitl&rt with I’rutiee to ieiec u|Hin
•Swt(Jijili Pomeiania, undto deprive DcntMark
•)l Ifolsteiii, should site iVfusc to shut up the
Solind u|{uinst u'. W« cuniu t uixkrieke to
state, hut that all intercourse has been cutoiT
wt'h the h.llte, icc, wo do not entertain a
tkouht- i'he coiuuiunicaiion* brought by
^Ir. Jackson would, we understauil, juitify
rruiali stioiigcr me,.'.ures than those adopted
by bis majesty’s goveriimenu A complete
stoppage to the Prussian shipping, to the
kbippiiig ol all the free towni of Germany, (s
to all vui^cls bounit tolliuse ports, has by Ibis
time taken place in every one of the ports of
I'lnglaiid, and will be carried into effect in e-
voi y one of ilie ports of Scotland and Ireland
iH'tiircthe end oftbe weeki The U.iUic and
.Tonninfren convoys liaye of course been pre
vented from hailing.
'I'he dispatches, oi deriog the detention of
all Prussian vessels of every description in Do
ver, itauihgate, the Downs and in every other
port down the coast, reached Dover on Fri
day aliernoon, and were ihstantly forwarded
to V ice-Adiniral Holloway, commanding in
the Downs, and to Vice-Admiral Lord Keith,
-at Ramsgate. Similar dispatches were re
ceived the same day by the Port Admiral at
Shcerness, wlio instantly countermanded the
aa'diiig of tho Nuriherii Convoys, and embar
goed all vessels bearing the Prussian flag.
The cHvr.t of this intelligence upoissthc''^ *
commercial world was felt in almost every
branch of the trading and monied interest—
-'The most serious apprehensions are justly
.entertained for the safety of great quaniities
of valuable merchandize at Hamburgh and
otiier purls, while colonial produce, bought
up here to u considerable amount, will, it is
feared, remain upon the hands of our raer-
clunts. Omnium from the opening of the
m.ti'k:t, expei'ienced a gradual depression;
and, alter a small fluctuation in its favour, fi
nally sunk two per cent, in value. Consols
fell one per cent.
A Council was on Saturday held at (he
Queen’s House, which his majesty went pur
posely to town to attend. The whole of the
Cabtnet Ministers were present, except Earl
Sp;;ncor, who U confined hy the gout; when
his Majesty signed an order for laying an em
bargo upon all Prussian vessels in the difler-
ent iKii'ts of me kingdom. Orders were in
consequence forwarded from the Admiralty
to the several Admirals at the ports. The
orders previously dispatched to the same ef
fect, as we have already stated, were adopted
itud sent olThy the discretionary powers en
trusted to .Ministers, and his Majesty’s signa
ture was necessary to confer on the measure
dll formality of State proceeding. The fol
lowing i.H the order which appeared in Satur-
day night’s Gazette on this iniportaot sub
ject :
At the Court at the Qtteen’s Palace, the 5th
of April, 180i>, present, the King’* Most
E.xcellent Maies’y in'Council.
Whereas Ills Majesty lias received advice
that his Majesty the King of Prussia has ta
ken possession of various parts of the Eleclo-
rale of Hanover, and oihrr dominions belong
ing to his Majesty, in u forcible and hostile
inaniter; and has also notified that ad British
ships shall lic excluded from the ports of the
Prussian Dominions, and from certain other
ports in the North of Europe, and not iiilfer-
•d to enter or trade therewith, in violation of
the just rights and interests of his Majesty
and his dominions, and contrary to the esta
blished law and practice of nations in amity
with each other ; his Majesty with the advice
ofhis/'rivy Council, is thereupon pleased to
order, and it is hereby ordered, that no ships
or vessels b'^H^nging to any of bis Majesty’s
subjects be (ferroitted to enter and clear out
lor any of the ports ol Prussia until further
orders. And his Majesty it further pleased
to order, that a general embargo or slop be
.in.ade of all Prussian ships or vessels what
soever, now within, or which hereafter ahall
come int’o any of the Ports, harbors, orroada
within the United Kingdoms of Great-Bri-
talii and Ireland, tngeihcr with all persons
and clfects oh hoanl the sai.d stiips and ves
sels ; but that the iitmo-,t care be taken for
the preserv^ion ot all siid every part of the
vargoes on offaril tl'.e s lid ships anil vestcls,
BO (hat no dam igv or ein .>ezzlement whate
ver bo sustained,: \\\.\ the right linnpysbie
the Lords Comniis-ioners of Ids M,,jesty’8
1 rcHViiry, the Lords Comintssioncrs of (he
Admiralty, and the Lord Warden of Cinque
Ports, are (o give the necessary directions
IiiTcin, as to them may respectively apper-
SVEPH. CofTaXLL,
DUTCH ARMY AT THE CAPE.
We have tho satisfaction of announcing
the suiTonderofthc Dutch Army, which, af
ter its defeat near the Cape of Good Hope,
retreated into the iiilerieur. This im|K>rtaiit
event, in consequence of which we are now
in lull possession of that vahiahle colony and
all Us dependencies, was on Saturday eom-
inunicated in. dispatches received from Sir
David Baird and Sir Home Popharn. They
wore brought to the adinirully about 3 o’clock
by Lieut. Daly of the Diadem, and the fol
lowing letter was soon after Ins arrival sent to
the Lord .Mayor, by whose onlrr it was alfix-
nl to the Mansion-House, and posted' at
i.loyd's:—
“ Ofnining-ttrect, April 5, 1806.
“ Afy Lord, I have the satisLiction to ac-
frnaioi your I.t.rd^Iiip, that di.patcliei have
tiiis day been received from .I.ifut. Gent.-ial
Ti.iiril, dated at the Cape ofCtood Hope on the
.’Clli day of January,_ mac, stating that tie-
.btral Jaiiaeiis iiad, wUii the forces under liis ]
commaHh, surrAdered by capitulation on the
ICih of that month.
"1 have the honor to.hs,
Yeur Lordship’sjhumble strvaiit
« VV. WINUHA.M.”
Our readers will find in our Parliamentary
proceedings of the week, acorrccl statcnuiii
of the-means proposed^)' Mr. Wiiulhaiu,
for the improvement of our military esiabllali-
inent. The measures foy increasing our Re
gular Army are in substance nothing mote
than annexing to the' hcrvice, ndvahtagks
which have a natural and necessary t^uenae
on the human mind. The galltnifMth df
(he country will no longer be HikciiimgBd
from olTering themselves to fight its bnuli^
by lieing admitted to that glorious disliiiotioii,
only on the condition of tu'.>mittihg to the toil- ''
some pilgrimage for life. The option of an
honorable retreat, or more beneficial service
at the close of evei-y surentli.year, and the
certainty of a comforlabta provision for them
to the end of twenty-unu years, must neces
sarily attract Tneii to the army, and fill them
with chcaifulnest, ardour and perseverance,
in it. No material change will be made in
the volunteer system. The only change that
will be made will have no other effect, ihuii
that of confining the volunteer eervice to
those who are properly Volunteers, and ex
cluding, by means ofeerteiD retrenchments,
those who were Volunteers only for the con-
eidcration of pay and of allowances. By re
curring to, and enforcing the beat provisiona
of the Lnj en Maue Act, the whole popula
tion of the country within the military age
ie to be successively trained to arms. ’Thus,
in case of invasion, the king’s prerogative
will bare an inexhaustible source Wm wUicli
to fill up the num'oers that may fall in battle,
k the enemy, even though succeaifulat lint,
must in the end be overwhelmed by annies
undiminished amidst the havoc and deitfac-
tionof war.
In consequence of the dispute with Prussia,
an embargo wat on Sunday laid upon all the
vessels belonging to that power at preseat'ia
this port.
Bases, March i.
• When the prohibition of the biiroductien
of our manulaciures into France was intims-
ted to the inhabitants, it created great coo-
aternation and aomc disturbances among the
lower orders. Pi-ovisions have consequently
increased in price, and all trade is at a stand.
Meanwhile it it said that a great alteration is
proposed in the government of Ijivitzerlaiid,
and the predilection which the Swiss have for
prince Murat, makes it probable that the de
putation lately tent to Par^ waafor the pur
pose of beseeching his bigness or some o-
ther French prince to take the government
upon him.
. ^ March II,
The prandammaii has received the follow
ing letter from the Emperor of the French
and King of Italy :
“ Vtrj/dcar aiulgreat Friend,
“We have been much afl'ected upon Clio
receipt of the two letters, which you have
written on the 3Sth of January, 1806, to con
gratulate us upon the marrian of Prince Eu
gene Napoleon, our adopted acm, with the
Princesa Augusta, of Bavaria, and the peace
aigned at Presburgh. You may judge of the
interest which we Uke in the Helvetic coiifc-
deraion, by the care wc have manifested in
causing Uie independence of the nmeteea
cantons to be acknowledged according to the
act of mediation. We arc charmed with the
opportunity of giving you a new pledge of our
Imperial gobd will; k we renew with pKature
the assurance that wc shallalwaysbe ready to
aeize every occasion of giving you the testi
monies of our sincere attachment and affec-
• tion. We pray God that he will have you in
bis holy keeping.
“ Your good friend,
_ . r ^ “ NAPOLEON.’*
Pant, Fek. 93.
Muwicii, March tr.
The Emperor Napoleon has sent the fol-
, lowing letter to our sovereign, dated Jan. 6.
“ Sir, niy brothet'—At the moment your
troops arc returning home to your kingdom,
and cease to be under,my command, 1 foel
myself to be compelled to express the satis-
faction which their service to you and myself
has afforded me on various occasions previ
ous to the passage of the Inn, and afterwards
in the affairs of Lozer and Iglau in which
their valour was conspicuous ; and as I wish
lo-givt' a proof of this latisfsction, I request-
you will permit me to assign a pension to
Gen. Deray, and to appoint Gen. Von Wrede
a grand officer in my legion of honor. To
the brave men who have distinguished them
selves the most, I assign 40 vacancies in my
legion of lioiiorg viz* twenty to oHiccrSf And
twenty to privates, together with the enjoy
ment of the pension allowed according to the
laws. These rewards are liy no means pro
portioned to their services ; but they may be
accepted as a proof of my regard and esteem
for your army, whose souls werranimated
by the justice of our cause, and the persifa-
•lon that they had to defend their sovereign
and their country i they were in every re
spect worthy to form a part of the grand ir-
“ ^ our Majesty’i gool brother,
“ NAPOLEON.”
Hambuxcb, March 26.
t.eneral Rapp, who came from Paris to
Hararln, with orders for the evacuation of
that town and fort -St. George, and its surren
der to the Prussians, left this city on his re-
luia to Pan* on the 2 6ih Inst. His visit licr*
Im* beex a very agrMahle 0«c. ITe deman
ded a loan of five millions ii( Jivres, promi-
h.ag at the same time that i^'ance would lake
care to protect tlie liberties of lUinburgji, k
defend them and her citizens froht any fo-
reign aggression. VTliia new exsctioii ha*
met with a refiisAlon the part of the senate ;
and one of its members, Citizen Sehults has
set out for Paris tosMske the necessary repre
sentations.
Wrsr.t, March 26.
The following Proclaniaiioti was pulislicd
yesterday.
■ t* Napoleoav, hy •k*Crac*of Ga^ and th«’
G*nsiitiuion, Emperor of tlie Frcqch, king
«f Italy, Uc.
“ 'Fiieir Majesty’s the Kings of Prussia and
Bavaria having ceded to us the Duchy of
L’leves and Rerg, with their full tovereigiity,
rights, titles and prerogatives, and agreed to
the transfer of eoch of iliase Dnchiet; in their
present Mate, k*'Anror of a- French-Prince,
the object of our' election, we transfer the
Duchies, with their rights, titlc^, and prero
gatives, in the condition we received (hem,
to Prince Joachim, our well beloved brother,
to be by him possessed in tlKir full extent, as
Duke of Clevct aud Derg, and to deacend to
his legitimate lieira male fur ever, in the or
der of seniority, to the perpetual exclusion
of the,females and their descendants.
“ But provided that the male beitrS) which
Gou avert, should become extinct, tlie said
I^chiet of Clevc* and Berg, with all their
rights, rtiles, xnd prerogatives, shalt revert to
our male descendants natural and legitiroate,
or in failure thereof, to those of our brother
Joseph, or otherwise, to those of our brother
Prince laiuit, as the Duchies of Cloves and
Berg can in no case xrhatever b« united to
our Imperial Crown.
" As the excellent qualifications of this
Prince have been tbe principal motives of
our choice, from a persuasion of the benefits
which will resultfronithem to the inbabitanlsof
Berg and f;ievcs, so we cherish the hope tltat
the fidclity^fthe inUabitaiits will continue to
secure the esteem they enjoyed under (heir
former masters, and that they will merit the
•Uention ofthelr new sovereign anti our Im
perial protection.
“ Given at our Paltce of the Thuillcrle*,
March I*.
(Signed) «NAPOLEON.**
PROCLAMATION.
We, Joachim, prince and grand admiral
ofFrance, dukcofCicve* and Berg, decree
and ordain,
.yr. I. The imperial act, by which his
majesty the emperor and king has ceded and
transmitted to u* the sovereignty of the Du
chies of Cleyes and Berg, shall be proclaim
ed and published throughout the whole ex
tent of both Duchies on tbe t3d intu
a. Nothing is to bo cHanged in the civil or
judicial administration of these Duchies.—
All the magistrates, the civil oflleers, inclu-
ding those ofjustice and the police in actual
employment, shall continue in the exercise
of their function*.
3. Dating from the declaration ofthe impe-
nal act and the prcicnt publication, justice
shall be administered in our name, and *11
public acts under our authority, in the sama
manner as when under the govercmeni of our
predecessor*.
4. Baton Uompesch it charged, as chief
of the administration of Clevcs, kc. to put
the disposition* above-mentioned in cxccu-
tion.
Given at our head-quarter at Cologne.
March 31, 1806. *
Tu e M- Feb. 19.
The Sublime Porte hat formally declared,
that It acknowledges Napoleon aa Emperor of
the French, and King of Italy. The Grand
Sigiiior haa tent Aiteef Effrndi, at a courie-
wiih this declaraiion to Hated Effendi, at
Pans, who since the refusal of the Porte to
aeknowlcdgc the Imperial and Regal 'fitlet.
has lived there as a private individual, but
will now re-atsume the character of Ambuaa-
dor from 1 urkey.
'The Russian Ambassador, Count Italin*.
ki, hat protested against the change of con-
duct in the Porte, as being dircctly*contrar*
to the lately renewed tre.fy of alliancT
According to advicei from Russi*, the
Cossacks who had landed at Uujukdery, with
anilleiy, ammunition, and pravi.ioni have
received orders not to purau* their vorage to
Corlue, but to return to Sebast*pole.-the
provisions they have brought are.
to be lent forwards to lonil '“>’*«w.
eountriea permitted to trade
with Turkey must now pay five oer
the value of the commoditiet; though the
aubiects of trance, Au.iria, Rut.fo, Eng-
land, and Prussia, vrhlcli, by^intervanlinn «f
their legations, had been favored with parti
cularleiter, of privilege, used hiJerto’^^S
to pay a tax of three per cent. ^
Forty thousand French troops’ a^'^exMct-
^ soon to march through this cliv an thm
l^glish and Russians who embarked’ at Na
Plos, have relanded in CH.brT.^"a1d foiled
the heruhtary prince. TCot let, ,h,n ^.ooo
Calabrians have taken up arms, and intrench-
passes, and a-
mong the mountains.
To be Sold,
M y place on Mafonboroiigh Sound,
"* 'very defirabla neighbourhood,
a very excellent Dwelling Houfe & Kiich-
en, and very e igibly fitoaied as to health,
r or terms apply to
. John Poisson,
June 3, i8j6.
, BOSTOK, Msy li.
MORE or MIRANDA’S ♦ "ELiTrO*/.
LATE ANH niPOll
Capt. Cutter, arrived at 1. !• m
Martiiihico, (which he left about tic 3ti h
April) informs, that ba saw Trinidad p*pei%
received there the day before he sailed, whick
say, that Miranda had taken Margaretta, (
mana, Barcelona, sqd Carracca*—t)iat ,i
mediately after landing he wst joined
16,000 eoloniana—that iha current re;
was, the United Slates were at war
Spain, and that the expedition was fitted
by (lie United States’ ^virnmenU' Bat.
Cwnknf'l^ninderdd witb^t swii
WILMINGTON^
'TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1606.
Baltimere, May
Extratt f/e ItUtr/rom Commadart J(iU^rr4
dated Algiert, Vu^mber lOth,
The American bijg Friendi^ip, iamofi-
Clemmens master, of Boston, was sepl itf
here on the Ifth instant, by an AlRvin^
frigate, which met her off Ivica, bound from
IxMtdon to Leghonu with a cargo pf,^hi
the cause oi detaining and senmng in oaij
brig, wo* her want of the new Mediterranean
passport, with which every American vessel
Sbauld have been supplied, on or before thd
month of July last, according to the conveoa
tion made with these Regencies, and the dud
notification given by the secretary of stain
of the United Stales. ~
The reason which captain Clem'mcnsgiv^
for not having the passport is, iliat his v^
sel has not been in the United .Slate* for th^
years past, and he iinpruda'ntly thought tUf
cruiui's would receive that as a r-.fficienfi
excuse, ibr hie net being {urnithed w - .h thd-
new passport I but he hts found himralfi
grossly misuken, and (although he u4
knowledges that he had eeen the notificaliof -i
of the secretary of sUle) be has risqueil tli4
property committed to hi* ebar^, find W i
some measure endangered (be peace of hin
country with this Regency, for if they should (
have cdhered tenaciously to their UMges, ah* t
would have been considered a good prize, timl
passports being (lie esKnlial paper of thS'
vessel, although the cruixer was pcrfecUi
justifiable In sending her in, as they knd*
vssiels only by their passports. On her xr
rival 1 left the business entirely to the gover
ment (knowing the grounds on svhich the
United Slate* stand,) who without hesitation
gave up tbe vessel and cargo, and the Del
gave her a passport to protect her agau
further detention by his cruixers from thia
Leghorn, and from thence to the U. Stal
but from no ether voyage in this aaa, aa .
Mediterranean passport is indispcnuble.
can venture to shy that no other nation m
have got a vnawsl off, under the same w
cumttancea far lesa than half the valun
vessel and cargo, and we ought not m
upon a repatition of like favour*.
Extract of 0 letter Jroxe the superearget af iJWl
brtg GuyotM, qf rnm-York, dated Arw.Q
April I Uh. *
“We were prevented ftom performing ov
intended voyage by tbe Spanish government,
who .preremptorily refused our passage up
the Mobile river, we were ordered off alter
we had sent two petitions to the government
and intendant of both the Florida*.” rrha
Gayos* was bound from New-Orleana to, foil
Stoddert fortheexpreu purpose of e*aiw
a Mirgo of cotton for Ncw-Orleans.”]
r . pifexandna. May 14.
We are favored with the following ana
count of the death of Bowler, by a
who received it from X paiTenger. Um
from tbe Havannab.
.. T*?* '*'«br*ied partizan major Bowler,
died in the cells of the More Ctflle, Hn.
vannnh, early in laft month. He was «
famous Carrington Bowles,
of Print Shop memory, on Ludgate Hill.
London. The major had livei fo long
among the Canadian tribes of Indians m
to become more than half favsge himfelf.
Longentploycd bjr the American minifler*
and their American governors, he
perpetraicd a number of mifehiefs and
cruelties on the peaceful and defencelefa
fionticr inhabitants of the United State* s
went to England for a few years, after
(he revolutionary wirj wat again noticed
and employed, and but a few years back
was landed out of a Biiiifli floop of war
on the fhares of the Bay of Mobile, mada
hi* wav towards our foulhern frontier,
and, after alternately committing manv
exceflci em the fubjeBi df the U. StatM
urging the favages to war and commiu
mg open hollilitiec agaiuft the Spartlard*.
he was ^irayed, and taken up by a partv
rtf «nd deliver^ ts
xwho foots
had huh confined in tbe More Caftle. Ha
w,a* there (hut out from light or air, nod
fed upon bread and water only, until be-
ing deprived of all hope of delivery, ho
foftenance whaieyer-
»nd died in April, 1806, ^
Difpaiche* have been received from tho
Mediterranean, and forwarded to the Pre-
fiilent. 1 hey are faid to contain news of
peace with 1 unis. Some important dif.
patche* have, however, it ii said, been
teceiwd by the Prelident, which v^iU re.
quira his prefence immediately at the feat
of Goyeroiiicnt. ' ,
Ni C. Metseng0U