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Deputation coming here from Dantzic is said to be at Frauckt. i t. 7.ladame the Coun:ess of Meternich, the Austrian Arnbassadres Lady, was also presented to Her Ma jesty the Empress, with the usual ceremony. Orders have been dispatched to most of the ports, to put a stop to all hostilities against the Russian. Prussian. and Mecklenbu:gh vessels. Marshal Berthier, Minister of War, is promoted to the dignity of Vice-Constable of the Empire. From Calais it is mentioned, that an English flag of truce arrived at Boulogne, at three o'clock in the morning, on the 7th, havirg a person of distinction on board, charged with an important mission from the King of Great Britain to our Emperor. Four days have now elapsed, and we have heard nothing of his arrival here. By an Imperial Decree, which has appeared at Strasburgh, all the National Guards, forming the army of reserve under General Kellerman, have been &seal:sea, and their arms, &c. depos;tul in the Imperial magaz.nes. /RANK MIT, AUG. 2. For these eight days past nothing has been talked of but the changes which are about to take place in the North of Germany, in consequence of the Treaty of Tilsit. It Appears certain that the county of 1-114iiau will Atli neat the territories of the Prince primate. It lo alas sail. tile all the country to the left of the .lain, except our city. will pass ender the dominions of the Grand Duke of Baden. who will make some concessions in Franconia and Swabia to the King of Wirte.riberg The Grand Duke of tsetse-Jarnistadt, woo, in consequence of the said dispositions, loses a portion of his estates, will be indemnified with the principality of Fulda, and the Southern part 01 the country of Hesse Cassel It is Also thought that the Grand Duke of Wortzburg will require some new posseuions in F ant. , .ia, and that the Duke; of SAX my, espe dairy those of Weimar and Gotha. will acquire some Prussian Districts, and others in the kingdom of Saxony, situated in the midst of their te: ritnries the Mich,. of Alsemberg will be re-united to the kingdom of Saxony. ♦IIAPA. JULY 29. T 4. Muir GO&Ciit contains the following article front Turkey ; " Prince Volkonski, accompanieJ by a French Colonel, arrived from Tilsit at the camp of Ge nets! Michelson before Ismail, to announce to him the conclusion of an armistice bet.. ern France and Ru.sia ; he continued his route from thence for the camp of the Grand Vizier, from whence he was to proceed to Cons , antinople to General Sebastiani, the French Ambassador.—( Monitear, .1 8,2. 11. NAGIJI. AUG. 11. His Majesty t►e Xing has by no means approved of the eonduet of the C •e-nor of Curacee. in his defence of that place, r u has given orders that he and all those persons e t .cerned with him shall be delivered up to the bur erne Trouunal. and prose. noted with all the rigour or the l.tw. •U•SSIJIGN, JULY 13. Last Monday all shit Jesuits remaining here, re ceived older' to shut up their school and evacuate the College of St. SAY sdor, on the 7ih of Sept. next, by which time, the pl ice of their fa.ure residence, the pensions tliey are to receive. &c. will be settled. A new organiza‘ion of all the schools and institu tions of learning, botst Catholic and Protestant, it is understood. is upon the tapis. nAMIDUROU. ♦OOUST 7. Tn Stralsund, and in the island of Rogen. it is re ported that the officers had it 'cry drfficult to pee veot desert; in among the troops of the Ilanovtriaa Legion Great swamis of them have alreidy ar rived in Hanover. and tetorned home to their fami lies. The Prussian ports are already shut against the English. and Russia will soon follow the exam ple, should England refuse to make peace upon the conditions proposed. lutais case we have no doubt that Denmark will follow the example of those two powers. ASAP. 10. _ _ _ _ _ The Prince of Ponte Como did not miteaolung a stay at Lubeck as was expebed. He returned hillier on the 8:h in the evening. His Royal H , Ahness the Prince Royal of Den mark left Kiel on the Bth inat. for Copenha.gen.— (11ambergh Corespondenten of deg. 11 Dlll4l3tY, JULY 27. Mr. Furtadl„ President of the Jowibh Synod in Paris, arrived here on the tlth. and was, after seve. tal conferences with the French Imperial Minister, and Mr. Mant. Minister of State, presented to His Marcy. He set *lst this day on his return to Park. During his stay in this capital, the Elders of the Jew:Ot Nacino paid him a visit, which he returned to each of them.—(lll4) 111111 LIN, Arc. 8. o.le of our Newspapers contains the following an. the two Monarchs Ihjea of the Pre • Alexander a said Defin , tive Treaty by them; but re- li t..i.le of our Newspapers contains title:—"" At the conference of tl of the South and North, on the tut liminaries of Peace, the Emperor le hive expressed a wish that a T slaig',l be immediately anscludetl i port states, that the Emperor Napoleon declined the proposal. saying. that he most leave that business to his Ministers, as it would be too dangerous for him to do it himself, not being able to refuse any thing to the Emperor Al-sunder."—//Bid . ) maim., JULY 2i. The following Proclamation, addressed by the King to the subjeas of the ceded provinces, has been published here : luu are acquainted, beloved inhabitant' of faithful pra vinces territaies, and towns, with my serriments, and wsh the aroma of last year. My arms succumbed under the Pre** sure of misfortunes, the exertions of the is.t remain: of my army proved fruitless; famed back to the outermost border: of the Empire, and even say powerful Ally having judged it no cessay to conclude an armistice and peace, nothing remain ed with me but the wish to restore tranquillity to mit country , after the calamities of war, peace was concluded, as circum stances diSated ; the moat painful sacrifices were requital of myself and my House; what ages and worthy ;ince,* tors, conventions, love, and confidence, had united, was to be severed; my eons, the esertions of all who be. longed to me, were used urn vain. FAO Ilifi.llllS a Father to part with his children; I release you from al! allegiance to my person and ray House. My most adept wishes for your prosperity attend you to your new Sovereign ; be to hint what yea were to me ; rso fare, no power, can efface from my bosom and fiana the mind of my family, the remembrance of you. Memel, July 24, ISJ9. FREDERICK WILLIAM. (tiani3ergll Careseredrete Avow it.) TO THE AD7Ui NIIHAL OF HIS MAJLsrrs FORCES. FORMATION OF THE ARMY. • The numerous victories gained by France on the Continent, are not more memorable than the naval triumphs of this country on the mein. the French army. like the navy of 8rit.4.1. has a , sumed a formation, which produces an energetic activity. unknown to the rest of the w.lrld. When Isq un known. I have no kilt!)t of there being rn4:lv pei sons, as w;211 as iny.elt, who inti.t ha., perceived the great advantages which have resui• d to the aims of France from the French formation hut it does not appear to be generally nod:mood. or even to be admitted. Nations, like individuals, proceed from day to day in their maid course, and are evet unwilling to hear of their own defeats, or the perfection of others. If maxims are established which are erroneous, and systems pursued that are obsolete, it argues either ohstinacy in not adopting those which are more tiScietat. or inability to remove them. The remarkable vidories gained by the Romans over moltiwdes of Ihrbarians, can be a s cribed to no dal& but the superior excellence in the composition of their troops t and it has been the went of genius in the formation of the C intinental armies, which, in a great measure, has lost the Balance of Eu rope. Oa opening the Campaign in 1805, the move ment of the French array was as novel as unez peiffed. And its ra, I :sty, owing principally to its for ,tats a, aktonisli.: l and at the same time totally diseemerted the Austrian Generals. The Corps of which the French army was composed, marched, or rather Hew, by different routes, atd surrounded Mack's unwieldy mass at Ulm; and the conse quence was, not only the defeat and surrender of that army, but the subsequent successes, which ter minated Witt. the battle Austerlitz. The progress of n in that campaign, one should have awn: ill • c.mcludel, would have been a lesson to Pru..i.i Not at al.! Tne same tning happened previous to the battle of Jena Fom this principle of formation, the Prussian A ~.k was tut nest. and Pt Ince Ifohenlohe WAS three days making a retro- grade movement, with the left wing, endeavour to avert the nsislortanes which afterwards betel the whole army, from its sluggish formation, and the tedious and tiresome t laics of the last century. What has happened since it The French army has been moving by corps with almost unii.terrupted success since last Oaober ; and without enumerat ing the various operations from that time till the conclusion of the war. I shall observe, that the rapid removal of the head-quarters to Tilsit, and the cor responding movements connected with it, are a won derful proof of most extraordinary activity, arising from the formation of the army. At the battle of Friedland, the three corps of Monier. Lames and Ney, were principally engaged; whilst De Berg's, Souk's, and Davoust's. manoeuvred on the left to wards Lo.iingsberg—Ney's corps, even by the ac count in the French bulletin, was beaten, and if the RA:siert had been eqa..lly a manoeuvring as a fighting army, formed upon the French principle, they would have taken the advantage of this mo ment of success, and viaory might have.decided in their favour. We are apt to attribute to adventitious causes, events that may be accounted for on the most sim ple principles. The superiority of France in the field has arisen from a confidence placed in a num ber of Gencrali, who have commanded the dif ferent corps of the army, and the peculiar forma tion of it. Each corps is a small army of itself, calculated either to sull independently or conj •intly ; guided constantly by the same leader, and ani- LON DON, FRIDAY, Avausr We have received Altona, Hansburgh, and Paris Papers to the I2th, and Dutch to the 16th instant. Utley notice our Expedition to the Baltic, and boast the hostile measures in contemplation against this country. " 'foe ports of Prussia," they say, " are already shut to all Englisls ships ; Russia will do the same ; and, joining arms to the Persians, attack our possessions in the East Indies, should England refuse to agree to the terms of peace carved out for her in the conferences at Tilsit; and as to Denmark, there is no doubt, in that case, she will follow the example of the other two powers." How ever loose and general these threats are, we must presume. from the enslaves state of the Continental Press, that they are not lightly made. Such then is the storm brewing in the North, which Our Expedition was sent out to avert Or todispeise. In this state of things we only anti:ipate the designs of France by endeavouring to occupy Zealand ; and as it must have yielded to the one or the other, without Battery to the charaSer of England, we way pre sume that the Danish Government would give her the preference. We only want Zealand for cur security against temporary and pressing dangt r, and can restore it to the owner when that danger has passed ' away. Its permanent possession is essential to the boundless ambition and extravagant views of Boma r Aar c. Zealand in his hands would become the key of the Baltic. A change has taken place in the French Ministry. M. CHAMP ACHY, late Minister for the Home De partment, is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the room of 'fikLutra•tio, who is appointed Vice Grand Elsetor of the Enspirc I Bait-rots* is appointed Grand Constable of France, and Gantral • CLARE! Minister of war; BERTRIE% and Tatter. RAND have been considered the head and 11.. a.: Bomar ARTS, and his principal favourites, a. well most useful agents. It is probasle, theretJre, that these changes are preparatory to new hol.)1:t which await them, in compensation for their fw.ner services. The life of TALLRY R AND has been r ;t less anxious and laborious than On of 80... CARTE himself, and it has been said, that !.• has been, for some time. desirous of retiriz.g from the fatigues of business. His sitc:essor, CH A PAGNY, was formerly Amsassador at and one of the Plenipotentiaries who ccn. dated the negotiation with the Earl of LALuc:• DAL' last summer. He is a man of good tease and respeaable charaaer. but not supposed to possess the superior talents universally ascribed to his predecessor. Were Boma/islets a Dim stk. fluencei by his Ministers, his appointment might be considered (avowable to Peace. The Moniker of the I Ith of August conta:ns lung string of Resolutions of the Govern -1r or ! ICouncil General of the Bank of France, er'asc,l• begins thus : " The Council General of the Bank of France ce.itdertig. " That the peace given to the Continent giver riii4l to h•rpe a general peace, and promisee a great extent t.) Frzlicia commerce; " That the object of the institution of the sink nto llvv:r the eircuiation of Caintahr, and he linwering th • tat,: of , nter:it liirengliti•it the whole French Empire; That to give to its operations al, the ftv'li of winch they ars susceptible, the increase of Capital rlecr.red by the taw of the 2t. of Apr,l, is become necessary ;" It is then Resolved, " That there shall be an haste of 45,erio shares of the 11. , ,1t of France, at 1,,t00 litres per share." The whohl concludes with a resolution, that frem Monday the 10th of August. 1807, interest sball sc reduced to 4 per cent. per annum. The French funds continue to • improve. T' e Five per Cents. were on the 4th of August 8.4 r. On tie Bth they were 871 fr. The Hamburgh Papers contain an affeeting Fate- well Address from the King of Pa ussi•, to the In. habitants of his Provinces, ceded by the Treaty of Tilsit. It speaks tire language of a parent tak ing leave of his children. It expresses feeliags aggravated by the refleSion, that if he had acted with spirit and energy in the late war bctweta France and Austria, all the calamities with which the Continent has been since afflicted, might hate been avoided. and he might have been hailed the Deliverer of Europe, instead of being pitied as one of its greatest sufferers. It is reported that Mr. JACKSON had order, not to proved the Negociation with the Prince Regent Of DENMARK. beyond the 15th ionant. Should Ws proposal not be acceded to by that time, it wag us. derstood that the fi,tce in the Baltic, as soon as offi cial advice was receiveJ of its rejeßion, would commence operations against Copenhagen. The damage done is the Dockyard at Chatl.am, by the fire on Monday, does not exceed 5001. The lion. Fa sec's Guav is appointed Postmaster General for Scotland. Mr. GRANT, woo previously received the office, having tea It is reported that Lord ( 01.t.INOWOOD has re. aired orders to look alter the Ilu-si in fi:et in toe Mediterranean, as Admiral Gast ales hai gone LJ prated that of Denmi , k. The Sieff,Custom-house cutter, Captain Kee LET. belonging to Rarnsgate, was captured on Tues.!ay night, by a large French lugger privateer, about a league to the northward of the North Sand He2ls. The crew of the Swift effeded their escape to those ; one of them was wounded. Mr. Vsaeon arrived, on Wednesday, at the Siete tary of State's Office, with dispatches from Mcnte Video. He left the Rio de la Plata on the 2J ofJane, in the A 1144 armed ship. and brings a confirmation of the arrival of General Ca•ue on's Expeditioo in that River ; and that it was the intention 6i General WNITBLISCIti to proceed from Monte Video on the 4th of June, to attack Buenos Ayres. From the several accounts which had berm received. by private information, and by deserters, the con quest of Buenos Ayres was not expeßed to pave an enterprise of much difficulty. Yesterday the Csi•scar.zos of the Excuatanst received Biddings for a Lottery of 20,000 Tickets, 200,0001. value, in Prizes, on A new plan ; that ;s, there is to be an after.drawing, or Supplementary Lottery, which is not to con.ist of nno:e than 100,0001. or less than 50,0.)01. in Prises, whir...! Supplementary Lottery is to be taken out of ti.e 900,0001. The first Lottery to finish drawing he tween the 9th and 16th of November, and the Snr pigmentary Lottery to be finished on the £nb e November. The Bidding: were as under s-- Twergricid and Showell . - L.ll IS Richardson sod Swift • - 1? V I , Hensley and Polley • . - 14 4 and Nesbitt - - 16 0 Cope 16 4 Itiwi and Branscomb - - 15 IS C lhe Payments to be as under : Depesti, August 25th . .1,.1 I C September 9th - S t, 0 Scouting, 30th - C 0 U Three days before Drawing - - 69 6 L 17 Ii e Dispatches were yesterday received from (Assad F , at Alezandri.s. dated May 30. He hal been teinforcA by two Regiments from Sicily. the 52d and another. We are happy to Add, that pro visions were abundant. The enemy had *hews so disposition to at. ask Aleasndria, the tortifieatioas at which had been considerably strengtheaA. but they bad collected between 7000 and 803 u men nrar Rosetta. Our Prisoners at Ciro were in general is good heath) . and tre.tted with kindness. Several messages h .d passed between General F sssss and the Petcsa respetting them. mated by the same spirit, officers and men are kcpt together, have the same appellation, and are united by the closest oonnedion ; orders are distributed with ease and rapidity, which produces prompti tude of movement and energy of aflion. From the ex imples we have had before us, we ought to remove the bandage from our eyes, and attend to our military system, which will admit of very material improvement. We have myriads of men in arms, but an infinitely smaller number, un der a ready acquiescence to military arrangement, would be mote advantageous to the State. It is of no great importance whether there be four or five squadrons to a regiment of cavalry ; or two or three battalions to a regiment of infantry ; /et it were better that the regiments were all equally construd ed. At any rate, it is very essential, that the squa drons and battalions should be similarly composed throughout the army. The formation from squa drons and battalions should rise gradually into bri gades, divisions, and corps, of eighteen thousand men each, with a powerful Staff, permanently at tached to each corps. A similar m role of torn should be instituted for every description c! force, whether Militia or Volunteers, and r'icy should rise progressively into corps of nine thousand men. —They cannot be made so handy in large bodies as the tertiary. There is no occasion to .tart at this system of formation. It is a mere miner of ar rangement, and cm be accomplished with foe ut most facility. What an advantage it would be to have the whole army, but partieu'arly at this moment in Ireland, divided into zorps, baring tha apprllation of the different Generals •pp rioted to command them, and adding under their immediate aucpices, stationed in central positions, ready to move on he emergency in all directions. The Commander-in-Chief would be relieved from the minutia and detail of these corps ; and his mind would be solely employed upon the general prin ciple of command and action Thus the whole bu siness of the army might be conducted with iafinite facility, and without those tedious communications which arise from that mode of formation and admi nistration, that now exists, and retards every military operation. Marshal Saxe extols the superior valour and steadiness of the British infantry, at the battle of Fontenoy, and I am convinced that every Briton has intrinsically the same spirit and courage now as ever. The soldiers of this country are just such as they are made to be ; and if well formed, well trained, and have able officers to command them, there is little doubt of their alivity and ar dour. But is my humble opinion, wa should imitate the French formation in corps, which hes greatly con tributed to the success of their And altho' the science of war cannot • sauced to mere me chanical principles, yet the completer the machine is constructed, which is to aft against the enemy, the less embarrassment will arise to the General who is to condo& it. ARRIAN. .- For Law Intelligence, Police, &c. see the lett Page.. THE BRITISH PRESS. C. . kt cui;:n Indg l'h and i tots on in first decli age. TI ic 1 iv c I a 7 g Wit' N 44; iptv