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FRANCB. PARIS, MARCH a 3. According to accounts from Milan of the t3th feveral velrels had arrived at Ancona from Conflan tinople, and brought intelligence that all .he Ruffian merchants there had been detained on the 13th of February ; and that two fi:gwes, with troops, de (hued for Corfu, had been compelled to Riike their colours before the Dardanelles. Our Journals mention, that a duel has been fought between Prirce Dalgorucky and another of the Ruf fian aides de camp M. Winzingerode, in which the Prince was killed. The Prince was always a violent advocate for the war. M. Winzingerode, his antago nill, was not lets di flinguifbed for his adherence to the peace party. The late defeats of the Ruffians have had a fenfible influence upon the latter. Her Imperial Majefly ViceQLreen of Italy is fafely delivered of a daughter. _ _ _ The Third Legion of National Guards is gorse to Dunkirk, to relieve the Second Legion. MARCH 25. SULTY•FIFTH BULLETIN OP THE GRAND ARMY. " OReredc, March to. a The army is gone into cantonments behind the Palfarge. " The Prince of Ponte Corvo is at Holland and Braunfberg ; • Marihal Soult at Liebnadt and Mohringen; Marfhal Ney at Gultfiadt; • Marthal Davouit at Allenkin, Hoheaftein, and Deppin ; " The head quarters are at Oflerode ; " The Path Corps of Obfervation, under General Zayonfcheck, is at Niederberg ; 41 Marlhal Lefebvre is before Dantzick ; it The sth corps is upon the Omulew ; a divifinn of Bavarians, under the Crown Prince, is at Warfaw ; the corps of Pi ince Jerome, in Silefia ; the Bth corps of Obfervati , m is in Swedith Pomerania ; the for treffes of Breflau, Schweidnitz, and Brieg, are de moined ; General Rapp, aid decamp to the Empe ror, is &Net nor of Thorn; bridges are thrown over the Viqula at Marienhurg and Dirfchau. " On the to of March, the Emperor having been info-med that the enemy, encouraged by the potation of our army, had (hewn themfelves on the right bank of the Pafftrge, ordered Mar - flats Ney and Soult tt, advance, reconnoitre, and drive the enemy hack.— Mar fhal Ney proceeded towards Guttfladt ; Mailhal Soult pafr-d the Pafrarge at Wntmjitt. " The enemy', poll!, which retreated with precipi tation, were purfited to the ditlance of eight leagues. The enemy obferving that the French were not in clined to pnrfue them any farther, and that our force was merely an advanced guatd, th-t had left their main body in the rear, brought forward two regi ments of grenadiers, and, in the cnurfc of the night, attacked our cantonments at Zechern. The soth regiment received them ur -n the point of the bayo net. The vyth and 39;h regiments alfo condOled themfelves with great courage. In three trif.ing affairs the Ruff tns had neatly 1030 men kiiled, wounded, and made prifoners. " After hiving thus diflurbed the enemy, the army returned again to it; cantonments. " The Grand Duke of Berg, being informed that a corps of cavalry had advanced toWillenberg, ordeted the Prince of B. , rghefe to attack that place, who, at the head of his regiment, charged eight Ruffian fcrtadrons, overthrew, and put them to flight, making one hundred prifoners, including three Captains and eight Officers. " Martina Lefebvre has completely infefted Dant zick and commenced the lines of circumvallation round that city." IMO' •••••ml.mai,••••• FROM THE FRENCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. FROM THE BAMBERG GAZETTE, CF MARCH z 2. Drefden, February 28. " On the day before yefterday, a Wirremberg de tachment, of between (even and eight hundred men, the greater part of the regiment of Lieut. General Von Seckeadorf, brought in between 1 t and I 2CO prifoners of war, who had belonged to the garrifon of Schweidn4z. Between Bunzlau and Gor niz, 5o French cavalry had joined them, in order to obviate a poffible attack from the remains of the corps of thc Prince of Anhalt Plefb, which hill ten. dered this neighbourhood unfafe. In the fecond vil. lage of Upper Lufatia, between Bun zlau and this place, the peafants fired from their Pictures upon the French advanced guard, miflaking them, on account of their blue uniform, for a Polling party of Priggaos This millake cot fereral peafants their lives, others were wounded. Yefterday, fevers' hundred Pruf flans, belonging to the fame garrifon, were brought hither. Today a part of thefe prifoners, under an &rut of Soo Saxon infantry, were marched towards France ; and to.morrow the others will follow, under an agizally ilrong &or,. The Saxon troops are to accompany them to Wortzburg. As the prefent garrifon is by thefe means much reduced, the out works of the town are guarded by the citizens. The worthy Saxons, and efpecially the benevolent inhabi tants of Drefden, are indefatigable in their demon• ftrations of friendly hcfpitality towards their old neighbours and friends, and German countrymen, !urniraing them with refreshment, clothing, 4c. 4t the public eon, 'hoes, flockings, and linen were given to thofe who were in want of them. ' 6 The 6000 men, part of the Saxon contingent, reached 13nnzlau (in Melia, four leagues from the Saxon frontiers) on the 16th of February. The Saxon Adjutant• General, M. De Globiz, was, in this town, ftripped of his difpatches and ready money, and made prifoner of war. Since this, the neighbourhood has been freed from the fcouring parties of the enemy, by a Saxon detachment. _ _ _ " Altenburg, Feb. 18. 46 A dangerous confpiracy has been detected in the Prince of Ifenberg's regiment, which is lying at Leip zic. The defign of thefe rebels, who were already be come numerous, was to form a corps of freebooters ; it is (aid too, they had laid plans of murder." DRESDEN, MARCH If. In confequence of the continuance of wet weather, epidemical fcitrlet fevers begin to increafe ; numbers of perfons are rick. According to a letter from a Saxon Officer in Po. land, the Saxon corps had already paffed eighteen nights in the open air, in a dreadful morals. FRANKFORT, MARCH 21. The reinfcrcements for the Grand Army feem to increafe rather than diminith. They are approaching the banks of the Rhine in all direCtions, from Hol land to Switzerland. From Italy, we know that feveral corps have paired through Auglbitrg ; and at preterit we hear that a part of the gariifon at Bran nan, on their march for the Grand Army, paired through Ratilbon on the 17th. They will be replaced by other troops. KONINGSBERG, MARCH s. His Malay the King of Pruffia has nominated Major General Von Zaftrow a Miniffer of State and the Cabinet, and in this quality he is appointed to the Department of Foreign Affairs. WARSAW, MARCH tr. Two divifions of Bavarian troops at I ived here in the beginning of this month, under the Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria. On the 4th inßant, his Highnefs addrefred a Proclamation to thefe troops, informing them, that in future they are to compote a part of the sth corps of the army under Martha) Maifena, who fet out yefletday for the cantonments at Put tu flc. STOCKHOLM, MARCH 13. M. Alopens, Envoy Extraordinaly, and Plenipo tentiary from the Court of IttilDa, we are affured, has been recalled from this capital. FROM THE TURKISH FRONTIER, MARCH 4. The Ruffians continue in Moldavia without ad vancing a Rep. In the meanwhile, their rapid movements at fir(, and the interell they had in pe- 1 netrating into the heart of our provinces, make it evident, that their prefent inaction is much again( their will. We are now affured, that Prince DoJgo rucky has arrived in Moldavia with a confiderable reinforcement, and is now on the march for Walla chia. If this latter report be true, the arrival of an enemy's corps, which mu( weaken him elfewhere, will be of very little fervice, as the Grand Vizier will have tine to affemble his auxiliaries. T. PETERSBURGH, FEB. 22. The patriotifm of the Ruffians never (hone with more fplendour than at this moment. A large pro- portion of the Ruffian Nobility and proprietors of eaates, not only furni(h for the national militia a greater number of troops than their contingent re quires, but they have even made advances to the Government, of ready cafh. Thus, the rich Count Schermentew, not only equipped 12,000 men for the field ; but alto prefented to the State, for the great and holy purpofes of the war, raco,ooo rubles in ready ca(h. In like manner, the wealthy Count Stro ganoffe, and other noble minded Ruffian inhabitants and citizens, diflinguifhed themfelves. The city of Peterfburgh fcnt into the field of honour and valour 10,000 men, and contributed, at the fame time, half a million of rubles. The city of Mofcow, in like manner, furt.ilhed to,ooo men, and 300,000 rubles; the city of Kiow, 4000 men, and 80,000 rubles. The Polifh part of the Ruffian fubjeds, who became inch on the lall divifion of Poland, do not furnifh any troops, the Emperor Alexander having, in an Ukafe, proclaimed, that he could not make a reqnifition of the kind, (ince it was no. fitting that friends and kid men should be founcf. fighting among contending troops. But the Government are called upon to fob. ' flitute, in the place of men, conttibutions in gold.— However, a great number of them have contributed beyond the proportion neceffisry, and, in general, I evince a firong attachment to the Ruffian fervice. TRIESTE, FEBRUARY 16. The commercial interett of this City have re ce i ve d the agreeable intelligence from the Englith Envoy, that Triefte (hall be confidered as a neutral port, and not under French influence, whether Ruffian or En glifh (hips of war are Coffered to enter or not. NAPLES, MARCH 8. On the 14th ult. the Englint approached the coral of Montepogano, near Teramo, and teemed difpofed to make a landing; but as the country was under arms, and the national guards watched the threatened places day and night, the Englifh thought proper to put to fea again. The Adminiaratiop of the Com mune, wining to reward the young mess who turned out on the occafion, offered. them pay, which they to a pp refured, Ne. . ~: . • 1 . fl PRIVATE LI OF THE ELBE, MARCH 2S. The battle of Preuffifch-Eylan was murderous on both fides, but the : loft of the French was the greater ; fo great, that coupled with their unfavourable pa Gaon, the army was threatened with diforganization. It was vifited at once by hunger, ficknefs, and die content. No inconfiderable number deferted to the Ruffians. There have taken place fence, a number of partial engngements, in moft of which the ad vantage has been on the eibe of the Ruffians. JuR as I was wt icing this, I received information that the Pruffian Minister M. de Vofs, has written word to the Pruffian Ambaffador here, that General Bennig. fen obtained a viaory over the French on the sth, at Heilfberg, and that he was in purfuit of the fu gitives. We received here, tome days fine, the fame ac count, in like manner, from the fame Ptuffian Mini fter ; but it came in fo queftionable a fhape, that I did not think it worth while to communicate it to you ; and even now, I confefs, I fee little reafon to give credit to it. The lateft intelligence, independently of what you I sill find in the public papers, appears to be - - On the tyth of March, the head quarters of the French were fill at Oterode, and Martha' Mgena was occupied in preparing an expedition, as it hems, againft the left wing of the Ruffians. Auflria, it appears, is difpofed to preferve her neutrality, in fpite of appearances which teemed to promife a contrary line of conduit. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 3. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Codas, for money 6it ft—April hat —Omni= t pr. Exchequer Bills. par is. diE PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. R. An. Blot Imp. 3 per C. 6t} 3 per C. Conf. An. 611 6a Imp. Ann. 8 a-16t per Catt.fhut Exeheq Bills, par as dif. par c per Cent. Navy 9611 Omnium I t prem. Long Ann. (hut trigs Omnium 31 Short Ann. Ihut Lottery Tickets 10l 17a. India Bonds, par is. pr. Confute for ace 6211. EXPED: [TIONS. It is generally reported that our new Miniflers have already projeaed Come military movements, which it is hoped will at once harafs the enemy, and give fuccour and fupport to our Allies. The Trani . - port Board has in confequence intimated to the ufual contractors for providing transports, that it will loon be at liberty to treat for an unlimited number for three months (mice, and that the contract will not be limited to copper-bottomed (hips. It is certainly the opinion of many diiiinguiffied mi litary men, that while the enemy was kept fo fully occupied by the vigorous movements of the Ruffians in Poland, and fo much preffed by our brave ally as to be obliged to march to the grand army every (Didier that could be removed from France ;—this country might have taken the opportunity to dearoy All the works at Boulogne, and annihilate the cock-boat flo tilla there—an enterprise which would have produ ced incalculable benefit in depreffing the arrogant views of the common enemy, and railing the confi dence, and exciting the energies of other powers to alfert their independence. We would not, however, be underßood to fay, that this is the objea of the projeled enterprise. We have no pretenfions to any knowledge of its object, and we fincerely hope that whatever it may he, Mi nifiers will difcharge their duty to this country and to Europe, by keeping it a profound fecret, till the blow can be (truck, without the enemy being able to prevent it. THE CONTINENT. Foreign Journals to the 3'll ult. arrived lafl night. The principal article which they prefent, is a copy of the Sixty•fifth Bulletin of the French army, dated at Oflerode, the loth of March ; but having had intelligence of a later date from that quarter, it is only valuable in as far as its details are more ample than the accounts given in the German papers which had before reached us: The Military operations recorded in this Bulletin, are, however, of no great importance. Some affairs of polls took place at the beginning of March, the refult of which is Rated to be, the lots of nearly one thoufand men to the Ruffians. Indeed, the French claim no greater advantage from them, than that of Gs having difiurbed the enemy, after which the army returned to its cantonments." We have not been accuftomed to hear, that two divifions of the French army, confillOg of 40,c00 men at leak were put in motion for fo pa:..ry a purpofe. We should have expeded that when NEY and Soucy croffed the Paffarge, it was with the intention of atchieving fomethicg more brilliant than driving back a few Coffacks. Even this, it appears, was not effected with impunity, as three of their regiments were attacked in the courfe of the night by a (mall Ruffian corps, which probably was the fignal for a general retreat, although the enemy boaß cf having the advantage in the affair. At the date of this Bulletin, five divifions of the French army, betides the Polifh Auxiliary Corps, were efiablithed in cantonments from the mouth of the Paffarge to the Omulef, which difcharges itfelf into the Narew. The left wing under Blevanovva, is Rated to occupy Braunlberg and the right, under gassio4, relied on the °mold. 1.7n4c1' ;OM of this formidable line, BONAPAItTF, it appears, finds hirnfelf ftrong enough to inveft Dantzic, about which Maribal LIIFFEVRB, it is (aid, began to form lines of circumvallation. We can colle& nothing from this Bulletin refpeeling the pofition of the main Ruffian Army ; but we should fuppofe it was not far removed from the right bank of the Paffarge. The pofition of the French army was as much concentrated as it could well be, when we confider the exhaufted Rate of the country which it occupies. It is evident that Bomeearra has determined to tifque another gene. ral engagement, before he fuffers himfelf to be drirea behind the Viftula. A battle indeed feems to be ine. vitable. We know not what hopes 13111•PARTE may have of fucceeding againft Dantzic; but it is hardly to be believed, that General Baniiicsair will fuffer fo important a fortrefs to fall, without making forge grand effort to relieve it. This can only be effeeled by driving the French from their prefent pofitioa. As long as they are able to maintain it, the liege of Dantzic will experience little interruption, exc e p t from the ftrength and vigour of the garrifon which defen lb it. The accounts from Paris Rate, that two Ruffin !hips, with troops, for Corfu, had been funk by the Turki(h forts, in attempting to pats from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.—lt is not very likely that any occurrence of the kind has taken plaie. The ex. prriment was one of too much danger, to be attempt. ed by any ♦efl'el, not competent to fupport the fired the batteries for a confiderable time. Thefe papers prefent Come other reports refptai ng Turkey ; but not of a recent date, or entitled to ranch attention.—Alfo, Tome accounts from the Elbe. WEST INDIES. A letter from Dominica, of the 27th January, was yelterday received in town, which Rates, that a very coofiderable French force had been concentrated at Guadaloupe, and created much alarm at Dominica, where martial law had been proclaimed, and from whence a requell for reinforcements had been fent to Barbadoes. Whatever credit may be due to that part of the letter which fpeaks of the alarm, and the con. fecinent precaution of the inhabitants of Dominica, it is not believed that any formidable French forte can have reached Guadaloupe. Letters from Mount Surat of the 6th, and Antigua of zd of February, have been received, which make no mention of any extraordinary arrivals from France, or any unufual preparations at the ifland of Guadaloupe. We have heard it from fo many quarters, that it is impoffible for us to doubt the fa& that Mr. CAS. unto was negociating to form a part of Lord Gitys• VI tts's government, and that it was on the point, of being carried into effeet, even after the Catholic Bill was brought forward. In that cafe, he would have been a fupporter of that meafure, (as indeed, he al ways has been) and now in oppofition ; whereas he now fits on the Treafury Bench, and milt be coq fidercd as an enemy to the claim of the Catholics. Of Lord SIDMOUTH'S refufal of the Duchy of Lancaller for life, when offered to him in 1805, we had never heard, till it was Rated and commented upon with fuch well deferved panegyric, by Lord HENRY PETTY and Mr. SHERIDAN in a late Debate. The reason given for declining it, was no lefs ho. nourable than the aft itself ; namely, that it would he unbecoming thus to deprive his MAIRSTY of Is valuable a piece of Royal patronage. This fingular aft of difintereflednefs was the more laudable, at Lord Sinssoufn's eminent fervices in the Chair d the Houfe of Commons, for twelve years, had been unrecompenfed. Lord MaLvitta's influence in the new Adminiflta. lion, is generally underfiood to be the prevailing oat We find that both fides of the Houfe ape& the fupport of Lord SIDMOUTH and his Friends, on the important queflions that are to be difcuffed when Par liament meets again. For our own parts, from a recollation of their pail political conduit, we can hardly believe that they will be found in decided or position to any government whatever ; and, on the other hand, that they will not be induced by any confideration, to give their fupport to any meafurct that may appear to them objeflionable. EDWARD MORRIS, Efq. Member for Newport, in Cornwall, has been appointed a Matter in Chancery, in the room of Sir WlLLiats WALLAH PANYS, Baru who has refigned. Yeflerday Lord FITZHARRIS and Mr. Haltom, entered on their funftions as Under Secretaries to Mr. GEORGE CANNING. Lord MULCRAVE tranfaSed bufinefs yeßerday, fat the firft time, as Firft Lord of the Admiralty. On Wednefday Mr. PERCFVAL was re-elated for Northampton. Tuefday morning his Royal Highnefs the Duke of KENT, Sir G sotto II PRIVOST I Major LIGERTWOOD, Captain GRANT, Aide.cle•Camp, attended by feveral other Military Officers, went from Portfmouth to lk Gofport, in Admiral oteractu's barge, where his Royal Highnefs reviewed the troops Rationed at Gofport. His Royal Highnefs afterwards landed on South Sea Common, where he reviewed the troops of Portfmouth garrifon. In the evening he dined with Admiral Mottracu, and about nine o'clock at night, let out on his return to London. The Earl of CHOLMORDELFY had a large Dinner Party yeßerday, at his houte in Piccadilly. It was the BISHOP of OXFORD preached the Sermon on Eafter Monday, at Chrilt Church, before the Loin MAYOR, Aldermen, &c. and not the BISHOP of ST. Davit's, as erroneoufly inferted in molt of the Papers. Yeßerday the Knights Burgeffes of Weßminßer *trembled at their Guildhall purftiant to their Char- ter, and appointed a number of Citizens to Terre on Annoyance Juries and other public o ffi ces ur•thin the City and Liberties of Weihninfter for the enfuiog year.