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FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MAIOCH 29. Copy of a Letter from Captain Sir Michael Seymour, of hie Ma jesty's Ship Hannibal, addressed to Admiral Sir Richard Bic kerton, Bart. and transmitted by the Admiral to John Wilson Croker, Esq. His Majesty's Ship Hannibal, at Sea, March 27. SIR—I have the pleasure to acquaint you of the capture of la Sultane, French frigate, of 44 guns and 330 men, at a qtrarter past three P. M. yesterday, after an ineffectual endeavour to disable this ship. When spread on the look-out from the Hebrus at ten A. M. Isle de Bas S. E. twelve leagues, with a light breeze from the S. W. it came very thick weather, and guns were heard in the N.N.E. and on its clearing up, proceeding under all sail, I found the Hebrus near me, the Sparrow in the N. W. and two enemy's frigates E. by N. five or siz miles distant, one with jury topmasts and sails, and the other with double .reefed topsails, apparently having suffered from tempest or action. We neared them fast, but on the wind's changing at eleven to the N.N.W. very fresh, one hauled S.E. and the other E. by N. and I directed the Hebrus, as the best sailing ship, and the Sparrow to pursue the seemingly most perfect frigate ; and I lost sight of them, going above ten knots at two P. at. when the Hebrus was closing the enemy very fast, and afterwards about three, four guns were heard. The other ship is l'Etoile, which with la Sultane, lost each 20 killed, and about 30 wounded, in action with the Creole and Astrea, off Isle of Mayo, two months since, and each had 350 men on sailing from the Loire. I have given charge of the prize to Lieutenant Crouch, an able Officer, who has served many years with me, and I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) MICHAEL SEYMOUR, Captain. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. • WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 29, 1814. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet the Hon. G. J. Wat son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wynne, who retires. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Hon. E. Cust, from ' the 60th Foot, to be Captain of a Troop, vice Knipe, who ex changes. Ist Regiment of Dragoons, Stevenson, Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Goodenough, promoted. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant R. Curtis, from the 18th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, withont purchase. 13th Ditto--J. E. Irving, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Maclean, promoted. Ist Regimeni of Foot Guards—Ensign T. Brown to be Lieute nant and Captain, by purchase, vice Miller, promoted. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards--Robert Bowen, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Baynes, promoted 3d Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain F. Home to be Captain of a Company and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice R. Mercer, killtd in action ; Ensign E. B. Fairfield to be Lieutenant and Cap tain, vice Holme; Thomas Fletcher, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Fairfield. Ist Regiment of Foot—Henry James Bichner, Gent. to be En sign, by purchase, vice Andtrson, promoted. Bth Ditto•To he Lieutenants, Ensign W. H. C. Scarman , vice Lloyd, dead of his wounds • Ensign J. Grey, vice Nicholson, killed in action; Ensign R. Macnair, vice leers, deceased. To be Ensigns—William M'ainwrigh6 Gent. vice carman;S Charles Barry, Gent. vice Grey ; and Rutherford Thompson, Cent. vice Macnair. 14th Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Terry, front the Wiltshire Militia, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 15th Ditto—Lieutenant W. Didon to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Slade, placed upon half-pay. • 40th Ditto—Joseph Margitson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Murray, promoted. !'2d Ditto--John Poole, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase. . 45th Ditto—Ensign C. Macdonald to be 11.utenant, without purchase, vice Tyler, promoted in the 93d Foot ; John I.eslie, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Macdonald. 37th Ditto—Brevet,Lleutenant-Colond Thos. Arbuthnot, front the sth West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant Colonel, with-' out purchase, vice Macdonald, removed front the service. 60th Ditto—Captain John Knipe, from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Captain of a Company, vice Cs who exchanges. 66th Ditto—Henry Dodges, Gem. t 9 be Ensign, without pur chase, vice St. John, appointed to the 27:h Foot. • 71st Ditto—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel G. T. Napier, from the 52d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Sir N. Peacocke, removed from the Service. 73t1 Ditto—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign C. H. Farren, vice Lundin, promoted in the York Chasseurs ; Ensign D. Browne. To be Ensigns—Aldworth Blennethassett, Gent. vice Fatten E. J. Newton, Gent. vice Browne. S9th Ditto—Captain W. (Barney, from the 3d Ceylon Regiment, to be Captain of a Company, vice DIM!, who exchanges. 96tb ‘ Ditto—Captain C. Pratt to be Major, by purchase, vice Lee, promoted. 31 West India Regiment—Serjeant-Major W. Frastr to be Ad jutant (with the rank of Ensign), vice Anton, who resigns the Adjutantcy only. Scl Ceylon Regiment—Captain J. H. Evatt, from the 89th Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Barney, who exchanges. lst Royal Veteran Battalion—Lieutenant R. Ml.eland, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Miller, placed upon the Retired List. To lie I. BREVET. As in the Arnw—Major J. Carncross, of the Royal Artillery ; Major J. Gahife, of the 60th Foot ; Major C. E. Conyers, of the 82d Foot ; Major W. Cowell, of the 42d Foot; Major I. Mitchell, of the 92d Foot; MajorW. Beattie, of the 64th Foot ; M.jur V. Desbarres, of the 87th Foot; Major R. Gardiner, of the Royal Artillery ; Major W. L. Hurford, of the 23d Foot. To be Majors in the Army—Captain D. Campbell, of the 39th Foot; Captain J. P. Oates, of the 88th Foot; Captain S. Tay lor, of the 6th Foot; Captain J. Cully, of the sth Foot; Cap . lain W. Green, of the 61st Foot • Captain G. Westcott, of the 77th Foot • Captain W. RusieiCettlie 20th foot; Cavtalu G. ' Miller ()eche 95th Foot ; Captain C. Beckwith, of the 95th Foot ; Captain B. Rowe, of the 50th Foot ; Captain W. Bir mingham, of the 29th Foot; Captain W. Rowan, of the .52d Foot ; Captain J. Cafhpbell, of the 45th Foot ; Captain J. Lep per, of the 24th Feet; Captain N. Thorn, of the 311 Foot; Captain A. Hamilton, of the 4th West India Regiment; Cap tain W. H. Sewell, of the 60th Foot. The King's German Legion. lst Regiment of Light Dragoons—Frederick Breymann, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Rudolpf, superseded, being absent without leave. 2d Ditto—Cornet E. Meier to be Lieutenant, vice Frlegroth, au peneded ; and Frederick de Wissell, Gent, to be Cornet, vice Meier. 24 Battalion of Light Infantry—Cadet Serjeant Charles De Goedke to be Ensign, vice Fraser, superseded, being absent without leave. Ist Battalion of the Lints—Geo:go Lodemann,Gent. to be En-. sign, vice Best, promoted. 2d Ditto—Ensign C. Fischer to be Lieutenant, vice Wessel, ceased; John l3lanckardt, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Nagel, pro. moted in the 60th Fopt. 3d Ditto—To be Ensigns—Adolphus Breymann, Gent. vice Les chen, promoted; Frederick de Ronne, Gent. vice Kuckuck, promoted. sth Ditto--Ensign Lewis Jaenleke to be Lieutenant, vice Wan ning, who resigns; William Lewis Klingsohr, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Jienicke. Bth Ditto--A. Spiel, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Erdman, whose appointment has not taken place. The Third Provisional Battalion of Militia. Ensign G. Taylor to be Lieutenant ; Ensign J. Bell, of the Royal Westtuoreland Militia, to be Ensign, vice Taylor. ssamonANDUM. The appointments of Major Parkinson and Lieutenants Whan seland Ogle are in the sad Foot, and not io the 34th Reigmento as s4ts4 to the Casette of the sed inst. The appointtoest of Isaacson, Gent. to be Ensign In the 65th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of the Bth January last, has net takes place. Ensign Dickson, of the 47th Foot, is superseded, being absent without leave. ERRATA in the Gazettes of the sth and 22d inst. 76th Foot—For Captain J. S. Banister, from the Sussex Militia, to be Captain, &c. read Captain Saxe Bannister, &c. 95th Foot—For Second Lieutenant George H. Shenley to be First Lieutenant, &c. read Second Lieutenant Godfrey H. Shen. ley, am. ERRATUM in the Gazette of the 92d inst. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—For Gentleman Cadet H. Hamil ton, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet and Sub- Lieutenant, &c. read Gentleman Cadet Henry Hamilton Douglas, &c. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant - of the County of Dorset. Dorsetskire Regiment of Militia—Charles Emery, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Oakley, resigned. Western Battalion of Dorsetshire Local Militia—John Harvey, jun. Gent. to be Ensign, vice Garlind, promoted. Commissions signed by the Vice-Lieutenant of the Co. of Surrey. Ist Regiment of Royal Surrey MiUtia—Lieutenant J. Beale to be Captain, vice Balchin, appointed to the Liue ; Ensigns Cowan, Green, and Bayfield, to be Lieutenants. 2d Regiment—Ensign Warner to be Lieutenant, vice Buchanan, appointed to the Line; Ormsby Burton, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Martin, promote d. Ist Regiment of Surrey Local Militia—William Owen, Gent. to be Ensign. 3d Regiment—Michael Joseph Le Marchant, Gent. to be Ensign. 4th Regiment—Edward Walpole, Esq. to be Captain; Alexan der Baillie, Esq, to be ditto. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the Co. of Essex. Western Regiment of Essex Militia—Lieutenant George Steb bing Sadler to be Captain, vice Haselfoot, appointed to the 3d Foot ; Ensign Anthony Nugent Irvin to be Lieutenant, vice Sebborne, appointed to the 3d Foot; Ensign Samuel Blois Copping to he ditto, vice Dennis, appointed to the 3d Foot; George Macqueen, Gent. to be ditto, vice Wallis, appointed to the 33 Foot; Henry Penton Gent. to be ditto, vice Sebborne, appointed to the Buffs; John Hemble ' Gent. to be Ensign, vice Kingsbury, appointed to the 3d Foot ; Robert William Weeks, Gent. to be ditto, vice Irvi.i, promoted; James Pal mer, Gent. to be ditto, vice Copping, promoted; Hugh Wm. Barnett, Gent. to be ditto, vice Cooper, appointed to the 14th Foot. sth Regiment of Essex Local Militia—William Bridger Good rich, Esq. to he Major, vice Sivewright, resigned; Lieutenant Joseph Jessopp to be Captain, vice Sivewright, promoted; En sign John Mackworth Wood to be Lieutenant, vice Jessopp, promoted; Ensign Frederick Daniel Whaley to be ditto, vice Gilbert, - resigned ; rhomas Williams, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Wood, promoted. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Nottingham. 3d er Retford Regiment of Local Militia—Quarter-Masters Job Conworth and George Thornton, to be Lieutenants; John William Pickin, Gent. to be Ensign ; George Thornton, Gent. to be Quarter-aster. 4th or Newark Regiment—William Smith, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Hole, promoted; William Botham, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Kirkland, promoted. PARLMMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 29. The Royal Assent was given by commission to Grant's Indem nity Bill and two others. Two Appeals were withdrawn by consent.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. A New Writ was ordered for the county of Waterford, in the room of Wm. Power, Esq. deceased. Mr. NORTON, seeing a Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Ponsonby) in his place, knvired whether-he could now alter the day fixed for his motion ? He wished to be informed, that he might give notice of his own intention to move a call of see House. • - Mr. PONSONBY said he had not been able to see his Noble Friend on the subject; but he would give the required informs• don tomorrow. The House then went into a Committee on the Acts relating to the Gold Coin; and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved chat a Bill shoal be brought in to revive and continue the said Acts. Ihe House having resumed its sitting, Mr. Boon- DE N, as Chairman of the Committee, obtained leave to bring in such a Bill. COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS. Mr. CREEVEY, in pursuance of his notice given yesterday, rose to move that an account of certain appointments in the Colonies should be laid on the table of the House. His motion arose nut of a Bill which was now in progress through the House, whose object was to enforce residence in the Colonies. Be fore such a Bill was passed, they should look at a former Act which had precisely the same object in view. That Act provided that all persons possessing patent offices should reside. There were altogether about an hundred offices of the sort in the Colonies: ninety and upwards had been appointed since the passing of the Act, yet not one of the ninety persons resided. Five or six existed before the Act, namely, the offices of Lord Braybrook, the two Messrs. Wynd hams, and two other Gentlemen. These were not intended to be affected by the Act. As no complaint had ever been made that the offices held by these Gentlemen had been inefficiently administered in their absence, he wished to transfer the profits of their use less places either to the Consolidated Fund or to some purpose advantageous for the Colonies.— With their offices, however,he did not mean to inter fere in the life-time of the present possessors ;--ex cepting with the other 95 places which had been ap pointed since the former Act. If they were patent places, the possessors ought all of them to be at their posts ; if they were places holden at the pleasure of the crown, it was either in the power of the crown to force those persons to reside, or it was in the power of the House to abolish those offices. He wished that the Learned Master in Chancery, who had broached some new law yesterday, were now in his place.— That Learned Master had compared these offices to places held during good behaviour :—but that term applied to situations where actual duty was to be performed by the holders. In the instance mentioned of an Officer of the Army, there could be no doubt that if such a person was absent from the duties of his, station his commission might be taken away, and the Learned Master himself, if he should go abroad and desert the functions of his office, would soon find that there was a power to remove him from his dig nity and emoluments. His object was to ascertain the nature of the appointments made since the last Act, whether by patent or otherwise ; and for this purpose he had made out a list of several persons holding particular situations—He then moved, tbAt an humble Address be presented to the Prince Re gent, praying that he would be pleased to order that there be laid before the House an account, stating under what circumstances, whether by patent or commission, certain appointments in the Colonies had been made, viz.—The offices of Sir E. Nepean, of John King and his Secretary of Jamaica, of John Sullivan and Charles Grenville of Demerara, of L. G. Seymour and ! Adam Gordon, and several others. Mr. GOULBURN stated, that there was no ob.- jection . to complying with the request of the Hen.. Gentleman, though it might cost considerable trouble.. —He begged& however" to correct it stake, I which the Hon. Member' bad fallen, in supposing that the abolition of these offices would save any money to this country. Whatever sums might ac crue from • the abolition, they could not be appro priated to the service of this country, unless the assem blies of the different islands should choose to make such a disposition ; and as far as he had any expe rience on this subject, he must say, that those assem blies had never been very willing to adopt the sug gestions, or admit the interference of the English Parliament. Mr. CREEVEY replied, that his object was two fold, is the proposed abolition ; he wished on consti tutional grounds to abolish places which were merely sources of ministerial influence, and economy was his second aim. The assemblies must be composed of very strange materials, if they objected to a re duction of their expences by one half. Mr. BROWNE thought it better that the Officers should be compelled to reside, than that the offices should be abolished. He suggested that the next stage of the Bill which was fixed for Thursday should be postponed till Monday, that there might be time to examine the papers now mcved for, Mr. GOULBLTRN had no objection to such post ponement, if the papers should not be previously given in. The Motion was then agreed to. RILL TO PREVENT THE CHARGE AND EXPENCE OP ELECTIONS. Mr. DOUGLAS apologized for taking upon him self a task of such magnitude and importar.ce, and lamented that it happened so frequently that. ques tions, like that which he was about to agitate, should be left in the bands of unqualified persons. His ob ject in the Bill which he intended to move, was to prevent candidates from paying the expences of Non resident Electors. It might be said that this virtually tended to disfranchise a large portion of elect Ors : yet it would be found on examination to be no more than a recognition of the principles of the Treating Act, which forbad the payment of any expence to any elec tor. He then made some remarks on the bill brought forward in 1783 by Lord Mahon, and which had been through the strenuous opposition of Lord Mans field thrown out in the Lords, though as it appeared from a decision in the law reports, that Chief Justice Eyre had been favourable to the principle which the bill meant to establish. A discrepancy had taken `place betwixt a decision in Westminster-hall and the vote of a committee of that house, which, with other reasons, seemed to render a new enactment necessary. In the year 1783, Lord Mahon (now Earl Stanhope) carried a bill through that house, of a nature some what similar to one he proposed to introduce; but that bill was opposed and lost in another place. An Hon. Friend of his, in the year 1807, had made a si milar attempt. The Hon. Gentleman coull not conceive, that any Member who approved the Treat ing Act, would withhold his support from the pre sent Bill, as it was only intended to give additional strength to a principle uniformly recognised by that House, the principle of purity of election. (Hear, hear,) and certainly being the main end of all civil policy, he should feel it his duty, if he was defeated in this attempt, to follow the victorious steps of some distin guished leader, who, rather than leave the subject du -lious and vague, as at present, would bring in a Bill to declare the payment of expences to out-voters ne cessary and legal. He concluded by moving for per mission to bring in a Bill, for more effectually pre venting charge and expence for the election of Mem bers to 'serve in Parliament. The question was put and carried, and Mr. Dot:- GLAS, Mr. TIERNEY, and Mr. RosE, were appointed to prepare and bring in the Bill. The nomination of the latter Gentleman excited a general laugh throughout the House. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday, April 22d. CLERICAL, PENALTIES. Mr. WHITBREAD presented a petition from a Clergyman (whose name we were unable to ascertain) praying to be relieved from the penalties and costs incurred in consequence of a prosecution for non residence. After some observations from Mr. B. 13ATIIURST, Mr. WYNNE, Mr. PRESTON, and Mr. M. SUTTON, the petition was ordered to lie on the table. MAYO ELECTION. Mr. WETHERELL presented a Petition from certain Freeholders of the county of Mayo, praying that the time for entering into recognisances respect ing a petition against the -return, might be extended. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to state that he held in his hand affidavits of the facts, upon which the petition was founded, which he was ready to submit to the House. The SPEAKER observed that it was necessary the House should know under what authority the afildavits had been taken. Should that authority not appear competent, the parties must he either called to the bar, or some Member mug vouch for the truth of the statement. Mr. BATHURST thought that though it was anomalous to receive affidavits, yet in the absence of other evidence they might be taken. Mr. WYNNE said that it was necessary for the House to know if the affidavits had been taken before a Magistrate, or any competent authority. He thought it would be the best way to examine witnesses at the bar of the House. Mr. BANKES thought some time should be al lowed for deliberation, before any deviation should be made from established usage. Should it appear that no suspicion attached to the affidavits, he thought that the meaning of the Act would be complied with by their being admitted as evidence. All that the Act required was, that the evidence should be satis factory to the House. He thought there were many and grave reasons for the House not departing from their usual practice. The SPEAKER begged leave to call the atten don of the House to the Act of the 12th of the King, respecting the attendance of Members upon Commit tees. The wording of that Act was similar to that of the present ; but evidence was always, in the case of its provisions not having been complied with, taken at the bar of the House. gr. WETHERELL then moved, that the agent for the Petitions should be called to the bar, in order to be examined urn oath. At the suggestion of the SMAKER, however, the motion was agreed to be postponed till to-morrow ; and the Peution, together with another of a similar description s was ( mus e d to lie on du) table.--Ad 40;u1K4A HELIGOLAND MAIL. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 5. The Danish Chancery published, under date of the 22d ult. the following rescript to his Royal Highness Prince Christian Frederick : " Frederick VI. by the Grace of GOD, King of Denmark, &c. DILAR COUSIN—We hereby acquaint you, that as our Royal will to fulfil the Treaty of the 14th of Ja. nuary was communicated to you on the 17th and 19th of that month, and on the Bth of February, and we must therefore presume that what we directed Avid.. respect to the appointment of Commissioners for the delivering up of the fortresses in Norway, has already been carried into execution, and you are, therefor., preparing to leave Norway, we, by these presents, discharge you from the Government entrusted to your superintendance. We testify to you our sincerest si. tisfaction, and return you our most heartfelt thanks for all that you have done in the important post corn. milted to your care. Given in our Royal resident,: of Copenhagen, and under our Royal hand and seal, the 22d of February, 1814." Another rescript follows, ordering all civil and tr.% lirary officers to resign, in so far as it is not already done, all the fortresses, arsenals, and property app;i. mining to the Crown, in the kingdom of Norway. BOLOGNA, MARcH 5. At the beginning of this yea: 3 paper, purporting to be an Order of the Day from the French General Millet, commanding the King's French guard, was handed about at Naples Bat as the King cf NAp:CS had not then openly broke with France, an article in the official Gazette soon after stated, that it contained suppositions contrary to the sentiments of the G overn . ment. We have now rcc Tived this Ordcr of th' ii , from which we ext: act what follows : f , His Majesty, after his return to his domieions, was limited to the resources which they afforde:l. Yet the King, animated by his. invincible courage, offered to preserve Italy, if its defence were confided to him, in order to restore it to its august Soveseign. An obstinate silence was the only answer the Kiv.g. received. The time elapsed, the enemy advAnctei, the King's situation became daily more crHcal. lie represented this to the Emperor. The answer w.is long delayed, and it seemed to the King that he svas only reserved for the disgrace of giving up a crown, to which he had added such splendour, to the first person to whom it might be thought convenient to make a present of it. 46 It seemed that negotiations were about to be commenced ; but the King, notwithstanding he had so great a share in the glory of the French arras, was left in uncertainty, whether he was to be allowed any participation in the negotiations. Consider on one hand this revolting contempt of a Prince, whose dis. tinguished services seem forgotten, while even under his eyes, the long shaken throne of the Pope of Rome is so carefully raising again. See, on the other hand, how the Allied Powers, far from abusing their gold fortune, offer to the King the independence of hi: States, the peace of his people, the maintenance of i ‘ his crown, and the fortune o his house, while they at the same time approve his jesty's refusal to bean: hostilities with his native co try, and in return for all this, 'only desire his friendship. Place yourselves in his situation, and say, what would you have dune? Would you, without hope of farther serving the cause which he pawerfully and nobly supported,( at a n-. - ,ment when innumerable armies threatened the heart of Italy, when their immense masses had overpowered Switzerland, passed the Rhine, and penetrated into that unhappy France, which is rent by the most vio lent commotions, while the confusion occasioned by the conscript!on and the imposts is the cause, and the sinking of the public credit the consequence of them : would you, under these circumstances, have risked the future fate of your children, the happiness of your subjects, your political existence, and that of these brave Frenchmen ? No ! you would have yielded to the pressure of circumstances, for your own preserva. tion, and thus perhaps be able in happier time;, to serve that beloved native hr ', which a noble and generous heart like that of our King can never forget?! BRUSSELS, MARCH 22. Yesterday 3000 French prisoners arrived here, coming from Sens ; among ti vm was a French pea sant, upon whom was found letters of the highest int. penance, and who has been arrested as a spy. VIENNA, MARCH 2. It is generally believed that the Italian army under Count Bellegarde, had, after the retreat of the Frcnci from the Adige, advanced too eagerly, and by this means got between the army of the Viceroy and the garrisons of Mantua and Peschiera ; but it is now said that the Austrian General had expected, that while he advanced, the Neapolitans would act, and if they did not attack the enemy, at least be Lica enough to threaten him ; which, however, for reasons not yet- known, did not happen. An army of reserve for Italy is forming in the Aos• trian dominions. General Count Walmoden arrived at Cologne of the 14th instant, FROM HUNGARY, MARCH 5. By the concurring accounts of many travellers who are come from Constantinople, and Thess.ilonicd, to Hungary, there is no doubt but that the Porte is making great military preparations. Not only are troops collecting in Europe, but many are brought over the Hellespont from Asia. The French Ambassador Count Andreossy has frequent conferences with the Turkish Ministry, from which, as well as from the above-mentioned pre parations, many people conclude, that France, being hard pressed in the West, is endeavouring to create a diversion in the East. But should there be any ground for this supposition, the Divan will probably confine itself to some threatening armament in the interior of the country, and not to act offensively ca the frontiers ; for never, perhaps, had the Turkish empire more need of repose than now. Both in Aso, and Africa, the fresh traces of newly-quelled di:tur• bances are still to be effaced ; in other parts, comma lions that are still existing are to be suppressed. In Europe the state of things is no better. In Nloldavia and Wallachia all the revenues of the Sultan dried up. Servia, and a part of Bulgaria, lie v%.,,te, and the whole country south of the Danube to mu sea, wants time to recover the effects of the last war with Russia; besides this, numerous emigrations to Russia and Austria have within these throe years coasidciably diminished t h e popuLitioia! ~r.~ 7:16 tu oth an. ten a 21 vi sj 01 n I