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s I ~=~ .~► ~- r ~:fs. V • • • • Trends Nfir,:; , rv, considered it far from I . • raeric.sl. The situation of a state exposed to bare cm-blest chance of such a Eakaa , 'enterprise in the cou:-,e of w=irc, must necessarily he somewhat more precarious, under circumstances otherwise equal, than that di #.nation entirely.f, from every such apprehettso+4,;.• . 4thly, An ttninterrupttd ituercnurse with • --parts of Europeleimpuerunt And desirrble for every • . i commercial +tate. ,My the produce of her industry, s and the icy pc her .government. England cart; often exclude other nations, .and esirecially France, from many of the markets of Europe ; but could never effed this .by opal force. Ir.ince has been, and is still aWe to exclude all other commercial powers, and consequently England, from some of • the most valuable provinces on the continent, by the superiority of her arms t. The political basis of commerce was therefore less favourable to England t:ian to France : and England found herself, in every continental war, exposed to danger on a side which affeaccl her very existence; a danger un known to her adversary. t One of the chief motive , of Vngland in even continental n tr, hay alwavg been the danger of .menig the Netherland. in lIIP 111414. FUMY, and dill , het to tier rolllllTerCe. Flratiee h 4 neve any apprell,somonsuf the 4..nne nature. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. • TAIT% *TIM 11. • The abode of the First,Consuf is fixed at St. Cloud —Mon jinn-. 13y the official dispatches. dated the 12th and 1 3th of N'entose, (March 3 & 4,) transmitted from SL Y)°, niiroPo to the Minister of the Marine and Colonies, by tlie`Commander in Chief, it k announced that - - 4000 men from the oth demi-brigade, the ( 10 th of the line, the 14th light brigade, and the foreign batallion, had successively arrived at the Cape. ' • The remainder of the reinforcements that sailed from France arc hourly expeaed, when the offen sive will be resumed on every point : the General of " Brigade, Lacroix, has already carried Laxavon by' storm, and scaled the fortress of Ouatelninthe. In the taking of these fortresses the following of ficers distinguished themselves, viz. Froment, chief of Bakallion of the 77th, Tabares, commander of the Spanish artillery, Polanca, commander of the dragoons, Captains Saint-Arnand, Vossiere, and Bodrigue Moline, the Sub-lieutenant , Brutel. and 6erjeant Pichon, &c. The brigands made air attempt to come down in to the Plain of the Cape, but the General of Division Clauzel, and the General of Brigade Claparede, at tacked and surrounded them. hive hundred of the Brigands fell in the anion. Our loss does not exceed • 14 men in killed and wounded. General Clauzel bestows the highest praise on the national troops, and of the line, who took a part in the anion. He more particularly recommends General Fouvenot. who commands the artillery ; Nether wand, chief of brigade ; Repatcl, chief of squadron ; Jumel and Bertrand, chiefs of batallion ; and a number of other officers of inferior rank. Some unimportant movements took place at La Tor:ue; they were immediately checked by the firm r.e.s and vigilant precautions of the Adjutant-corn muldant boscns. A reinforcement of 300 men, dispatched from the Cape by the Commander in Chief on board the ship Le Arran', Capt. I.' Her mite, and commanded by the Ad)utant-commandant Ramel, succeeded in exterminating the rebels. 'llse Adjutant Comman.i.ot Ramel bestows the hi;hest compliments on the zeal and acclivity of Cap tam L'Hermite, and he speaks also in distinguished terms of Roar, Chief of Squadron ; Captains Bru nier and Lacombe, &c. &c. The army occapies the entire circumference of the cf cony. with the exception of some points of little • impairtance, which are watched by the ship, in Nation. In the northern quarters, the environs of Laxavon sod Onanaminthe have been completely scoured by Csetseral Ferrand, and the cavircus of Port-au-Paix by the chief of squadron Rnpert. General Sarrazin, at the head of 700 men of the I Ws light brigade, has been sent to join the black General Laplume and General D-srbois, in the southern quarter. In that of the west our troops extend as far as Mirebalnis inclusively, embracing the plains of the and of the Croix-des-Bouquets. The briw.inds are hemmed in, in the interior, on the mornrs which separ.tte the department of the north from that of the west, and Port-Republicain from Jacnwl. The Chiefs of the Blacks are at variar.ce, and even some (.1 them are sht•oting one another. The cis avant Spanish part remains untouched. The tlect under the command Rear-Admiral Litouche seconds the operations of the ;truly with all pos.ible actieny.—.l/seitorr. arawr, APRIL 3, We are returning by degrees to that state of per fest tranquillity which we had so long enjoyed pre vious to the late crisis. The new institutions are peers , where established without any obstacle, and it here and there some sparks may still be perceived, 4.on , quent on the great conflagration which threat teed us with compleat ruin, it is easy to see that no • danger is to be apprehended from them fcr the Re public. Switzerland, far from losing by the convulsions by which she has been agitated, will feel on the c on. miry, in the course of a few years, that she has de rived a real and constant benefit from the truly dreadful but transient shock which she Las under gt.ne. The re-establishment of her ancient toes will bring back her ancient manners, whic% strangers tame to observ.• and admire in her mountains ; though somewhat changed by the disorders irrepara ble trom war, it is now perceived that her manners daily return by degrees to their primitive simplicity. HAGUE, APRIL .h it the same uncPrt.tirity prevails ot . the subic6t of p-ace or war. Hence re"aits the same tion is commerce as if we altually at war. All our ports are full of shirks without aktivity ; the nier chains receive no cornmisuri, nor will they run the risk ut giving any. All the geat Titerpri,tes fot the • aerial" , !seettted. ;v.!, TO CORRESPONDENTS. 'corespondents are requested to address their Communications fur this Paper to the Editor, at the Office, Stilishury-square, TilE PRESS. LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 19. .17m.'1, - . Yesterday we received the Paris Journals up to the I ttb instant, inclusive.—The Mersiitur of that day is filled with the discussions in thi Tribunate, upon the pr#t of a law for the establishment of a National Bank, which was adopted by a majority of 4.2 to .21.—Dispatches hive been received from St. Domingo, dated the 4th March, which state the arrival at the Cape of 4000 men, with whom the French trnops were enabled to resume the offensive, so far as to attack and take the posts of Lexavon and Onanaminthe, and to defeat the Brigands in the Vain of the Cape. A farther reinforcement was expeccted, which would enable the French to resneve the offensive on all points: The army is re_ presented in possession of the whole circumference of the island, with a few exceptions ; and the Blacks are said to be divided among themselves, and con fined to the mountains, which separate the northern and western departments, and Port Republican, from Jacquemel.—The inability of the French to resume the offensive, generally, even with a reintin.cement of 4000, does not clearly corres'dond with this reduced .' state of the Blacks ; and as the oflicial Journal would not publish any thiag disadvantageous to the cause, its accounts of St. Dinningo cannot be received with too much caution. Of the ultimate success of the French arms we however admit there can be no reasonable doubt. The Blacks are every day di minishing in force, and have no possible means of recruiting their strength. The French, on the con • Crary, have an opportunity of pouring in fresh troops, and repairing their losses. Between two parties thus circumstanced, whatever may have been their relative proportions originally, the result becomes a matter of mathematical certainty. The encreacing quantity must ultimately prevail over the decreasing number. The French rapers have at length obtained per• mission tp notice and to insert the Manifesto which appeared in the Hamiurgh Comspondenten. The "'ver nal des Dtbatt has inserted it, with some observa tions of a very curious nature. It affats to deny that it is an Official Article, or, to speak more cor redly, it insinuates that it whs not written by the belt. But the Editor very . ,cau allusion to the alive interference llamburgh, in procuring . •• , -• • ~v~ VI gig fag.; _ _ Maly, IL ITISIIILI.I.LC) 1.11.il .1. '-htoh the Government offered premiums uf other -.sows are ur.eiccuted. the .Newfou eisisr CONSUL himself. B , mcniaa6 - , 'tifbery an , ' : Ile . tainvoyc to Chia. tiously avoids any allusion ; • arrlee at a picfer reriect, ought of the French Minister At 1 w hicuon_ • t ine l e f t our po'• vontime tootrf.". . bete ere . T the win ilat the publication, or to the tl *adios siie ton S sail itill er run tii6, risk of arriving unseasuraLly atilt • elive destinations. the funds at Londusi, on the Ist inst• also influenced our funds, which some days before had recovered. The dejedion of the merchants and stclsk-brokers is.ektrvnie• . The Belgian Journalists have stated, that in case hnstflities are renewed, the Batavia:l Government will fit out twelve ships of the line, six large fri gates, and some vessels of a smaller size. This in tehigence is premature, and this measure would, indeed, in the present circumstances, be useless, since, if a rupture took place with England, our ports would be blockaded by a fleet superior to ours, which would prevent its sailing. Besides, the fitting out of a fleet of twelve ships of the line, would, in the present critical situation of our finances, be at tended with the utmost difficulty. DUTCH MAIL. It OTTCRWIM, APRIL 12. In our opinion, the prognostics of war are at pre sent more evident than they have been for some time past. It is now certain that Malta is the principal ohjett of contention between the two great powers; and respefting which, France is opposing • England through means of the new Grand Master. The accession of Prussia to the guarantee, at the particular instance of France, under the pn,ritt eircant :ware, is not likely to prove very slitisiaCtory to En : gland ; and without some certain security that this island will not fall under either the dominion or the • immediate influence of France, there is little doubt that the British troops will not surrender it to the Grand Master. The gloom is increased by current `reports in London, that a change of Ministry is about to take place, and that Mr. Pitt will succeed Mr. Addington ; and also by the depression of the English Stocks. On the other hand, however, the French Funds are higher. We also obsetve that new orders have been issued at Paris, for hastening the march of the troops des tined :or this country, which, added to the putting of Flushing in a state of siege, and the numerous army to be assembled on the coasts of the North Sea, shew that some grand expedition is likely to be fitted out from this part of the world, in case of hostilities: for it is hardly to be supposed that all these preparations are making merely for the pur- . . poses of defence. to the city of Itainhifrgh if hii mandate was aoF complied with. A Letter from Genoa states, that in the event of a War between England and Fran .e, a body of French troops would be conveyed to Sicily, by the consent of ths King of NA iordts, in order to wait a favoura ble opportunity of making - an attack upon Malta, The garrisons of the Isle of Elbe and of Corsica arc to be reinforced, and General Mos AT is to have the chief command in Italy. General Br RN A Dorn: has set off on his embassy to America ; and the American Minister Pleni potentiary, Mr. MoximE, is arrived at Paris. The French five per cents. were, on the 12th, 54. 80—on the 13th, A. 20. - • Private letters received by the Dutch Mail, which arrived on Saturday, state, that the Louisiata.expe- . dition has been suspended, and that the troops hive been debarked. They add, that in several towns, particularly Nimeguen and Grave, the Dutch Commandants at first opposed the entrance of the French troops, and at length yielded only to ne cessity. Some of the Members of the Dutch Go vern nient arc said to-have proposed to protest against the conduct of France, but they soon abandoned their intent, convinced that such a proceeding would prove ineffeaual. It is now confidently reported that the negociation for the return of Mr. Pia I to office broke off on Thursday night. The other, and still more impor- • tant negociation, we mean the negociation with France, still continues, but is still wrapped up in impenetrable myitery. A new objeflion, we under stand, has been started by our Government to the surrender of Malta, M. DE Busy, the Lieutenant of the GRAND MASTER, being a Frenchman, and as such unfit to hold that office, in conformity with the Treaty of Amiens.—Both I kuses of Par liament will meet to-morrow, and it is expeaed that if nothing decisive shall take place and transpire before Wednesday night, that some explanation will be demanded of Ministers on Thursday. The greatest'aCtivity still continues at the Admi ralty, in fitting out every ship that possibly can be got ready fur the sea service. Not even a day's liberty is granted at the present moment to any officer. in the navy on any account. Government has purchased the Barracks at Ash ford, and great exertions are making to prepare them for the reception of a large body of troops. Lord Nt tsos has obtained the appointment of all the officers to the Victory ; they are such as have on former occasions sailed with his Lordship. To-morrow a Court of Aldermen will be held at Guildhall, for the election of a Keeper to the Poul try Compter, vacant by the death of Mr. JOHN TEA 00 1', and un other business. It will be seen by our port letters, that so late as the Ist of February, the Cape of Good Hope was still in the possession of our troops, and at that time there was nothing heard of the evacuation. We are vety much inclined, however, to think that sub sequent to that period, orders fur the evacuation have arrived from Europe. It is confidently stated, that the First Consul will be at Strasburgh about the middle of May. He is to pass several days at that place, and great prepa rations are making to give him a splendid re ception. Letters from Vienna of the 31st of March state, that a copy of the conclusum of the Diet was daily expected, and that within a fortnight, it was to re ceive the Imperial ratification. There is not perhaps in England any place more 1 in want of regulations for the preservation and re- , moval of various nuisances than the city of Norwich. This subjea is expededto be taken up by the persons most concerned and htterested in it during the pre sent Session of Parliament, when the Legislature will be called upon for fresh powers, far the reform of a number of abuses for some time much com plained of. The Peshwa, on flying from Monali, took refuge during the night in a hill-fort at a short distance, hut . hearing in the morning thatastrong corps from I 10l- i kar's army was in pursuit of him, he set fire to seeh part of his baggage as might encumber his flight, and sent a messenger to the Niaam to request of him an asylum in his dominious.—The Bombay Go vernment, at the solicitation of the f 4;itive Prince, has applied that Toolsapoore, o'sr some other place to the eastward of' the Augulcote Mountains, may be . appointed for this purpose. The Nizani is marching nil his troops to his Wes- • tern front ins for their tsrote.'iion. • The dispatches fee Bontlety, by the Ceylon, were 1 finally Closed at the East India House on Saturday, and delivered to the • Purser : —ramie Open, JOHN SMLTH, Esq. jun. merchant ; Mr. G. It. Rosy., Assistant Surgeon; Messrs. H. 1311At•NE, C. DONNE, and A. S. DOUGLAS, Cadets. From Bussorali, we learn, that the trade of that place had bean nearly suspended in consequence of the irruption of the Arabs into the vicinity of Bagdad. The British f eves which were collected on the Mahratta frontiers, at the commencement of the war in that country, are to remain there, until, the result of the contest be ascertained. . A letter from Bombay states, that in consequence of the hostilities in the interior, the pirates have re newed their depredations on the Coast of Guz: eerat, in consequence of which Colonel OAKE.S, with a strung corps, has been sent to the Northward, and a number of armed vessels have sailed to second his operations. 'l'he National Institute, at its meeting of the 4th. April, adjudged M. --E n L• CANOE'S Astronomical Prize to Mr. Outran, of Bre.uen, as having made the most remarkable discovery with with which A strouomy was last year enricied. The influenza has been very prevalent in Dublin —it is mentioned .that the 621 regiment was so go- , 1 nerally affeded by it, as not to be able to mu s t er a sufficient number of men to mount a guard. •. • • DOIVJGER COUNTESS OF CIIATHAiI. Ile remains of this 'great and virtuous woman were, removed on Monday lad, for interment, in Westminster Abbey, from Burton Pynsent, is mersetshite, au, estate presented by Sir Thomas Pynsent to the late k.arl, as a tribute of respea to his great talents, and a mark ofgTatitude for their extraordinary'rfertions . the ••"*" Tif his country. On Saturday, a little before twelve o'clock, the hearse containing her Ladyship's venerate and much-lamented remains, arrived _at Lady Warren's, Kensington Gore, Where it wasnatit. by a party of hot. ladyship's relatives and friencts, and a funeral procession commencal in the roll6Wing order : The Undertaker on liorsAiack. TvroVoiiiluctonr, dre::: , ..d in silks, nit horseback. tin Mutes, with cloaks on hurriebacic. Two Purim, dres•icil in -ilk, on nurse NIA . . A State I liir4e, led 1w twuCrigiiiiN, covered with Mack cloth, bearing the Arms rethe Pitt and' Orensillu Family ' with A double enumet, she b.iirrg eouineier in her own right,ht, Cud Sider to the Lite Margin. r.t Buckingham. .A Herald on horseback, bead:lolle Coronet 'on a crimson velvt t cushion. A Ileum and rix liwirwati, the Ii me elegantly painted with liannera nod Int Trnair•lagg.., with the I'm :Ad Gretivifie Arms, whit esentchentt flaqs, plumes of fearTwrs, and vel;re:, beautifully decorated. • • • . Tyu Page" on fwd. Three thourning Coaches,. and six with escutcheons and fe ; followed be slid eatriages oi tlu Vali of sham, Lard G. enville, • 1„,0,d Catnelfotil. Earl ut Fortalicue, Earl of earyafdd, „ Dowager I,..rir Lord Lord Braybroolte r . • • . Getseral (;relivilie, and Lord float. • It was nearly two o'clock when the procession arrived at Westminster Abbey, the area '.f which was thronged with people several houri before. The organ-loft, and every other ,place Aivhere a view might be obtained, was crowded,with the friends of the Dean, and others who had sufficient interest to procure admittance ; we have seldom witnessed more disappointment' than was depided in the coun tenances of those who could not gain a sight ; mo ney to a considerable amount was offered, but, ow ing to the present excellent regulations made by the Bishop of St. Asaph, when Dean of Westminster, who has paid great attention in restraining those abuses, which are but too often pradised in esta blishments of this nature, it could not be accepted. At two o'clock the procession entered the Abbey, with the coffin covered with velvet richly orna mented, with the pall of black velvet, which was likewise most beautifully enriched with gold and silver ornaments, preceded by the coronet, and ac companied by the Dean, &c. &c. ; it proceeded up the middle of the area, the most solemn music play ing the whole time, and turned down the north aisle, without entering the chapel, to the vault where lie the 'ashes of the late Earl; the hassock's and every other moveable were at this moment eagerly seized by those who hid pined admittance into the chapel, in expeidation oft he service being read there. They placed them against the iron gates which divide the chapel from the area, under the organ, and they were immediately crowded with ladies ; the gentlemen were in the back ground, obliged to be content by raising themselves up, and catching a partial gliMp . se of the coffin as it passed off to the vault, where it was interred alongside of one of her Ladyship's daughters, and upon that of the late Earl. Anthems were sung over the body, after which the service was performed in the most impressive and awful manner by Dr. Vincent, Dean of Westminster. very monument, and other place near the vault,was crowded with spedutors who had gained admittance with the procession ; we did not observe any of that gross violation of decency, which has too often occurred at funerals of this description; but, on the contrary, the greatest propriety of con dud was observed by every rank of people : the so lemnity of the scene, added to the gloominess. of the surrounding building, which in many places is falling into decay, produced an effect awful, melan , cltoly, and instruitive. Her Ladyship's death is severely felt by the poor cottagers ip the neighbourhood of Burrowbridge, North Petherton, and Bridgewater. Her Lady ship's bounty, during the inclement seasons, was the means of their very existence. It was no uncommon thing to meet her frequently in the park of Burton Pynsent, during the coldest weather, carrying a bundle containing necessaries fur the relief of"the in digent. She has often been seen to enter the abode of - distress. with blankets, warm cloathing, and food, which she has ordered liberally to be distributed, where such were necessary. Fuel and other corn forts never failed to flow from her charity ; and Mr.. iitiynronds, an apothecary at Bridgewater, had long her Ladyship's 'orders to visit the objeds. of her bounty, and to give all the assistance which the:- might require from medicine. Whenever a real appearance of want and poverty came within her knowledge, the never failed to change the scene 01 . misery for health ' comfort, and happiness ; her La.. &ship's lwmnitiiy 'was continually direded towards the relief of private individuals in different parts o_ the kingdom s as well as those in her own neigh - bourhoo,l, whom the established in their cottages, andsupplied with all that. could render them happy. The only return she required from these dependants on her charity, for the comforts they enjoyed, was their regular attendance on every Sunday at the Nile church, where - she also was accustomed to •visit regularly. The Countess enjoyed the estate of Burton Pyn . senk since the death of the late Earl. She ended upon it, at the eipence'of 25001. in the park, an obe lisk to the memory of the patriotic donor, the lato Sir Thomas Pensent. - --- The report of the Earl of LAVDERDAtt's return from Paris is premature; his Lordship is expected in about ten days. • On Saturday night, the Amateur's Concert, Ha nover-square Rooms,was very numerously attended; the performances were chiefly vocal, and very good. Mr. LANZA was deservedly encored in an Aria Buffo which he sang in the most captivating style. We know no comic singer who surpasses him either in humour or execution. Miss DUFOUR displayed great powers in a beautiful kravura in the first aft, and her great taste was equally conspicuous in y AR rise g• Levi del taro brae; with which she closes tthe evening's performances she was loudly encored. WI the " Thor n ," wry 'sweetly. iss DEN r and Miss BcostoaaN were also very much applauded. ~. . •••""N •‘ :_= THEATRE-ROrAL, DRURT-L ANE. THIS EVENING will be presmited a New Comedy called THE MARRIAGE PROMISE. The Charaetors by Mr C. Kemble, Mr. Dwier, Mr. Dow eon, Mr. I follingwortli, Mr. Bannister, inn. Mr. Palmer, Mr. Pope, Mr: Powell, Mr. Purser, Mr. Evans. MN. Powell, Mrw Mfrflkn, Mrs. Jordan, MN. Sparks, Mrs. Madikielss. The Prologue to be spoken by Mr. Dwyer, the Epilogue by Mils Mellon. To which will be acldAl, BLUE BEARD. The New Comedy of The Marriar-: Promise, having b.en revived with the Most unbounded applause, it will be repeated every Evening this NVeei. i To-morrow, with Of Age To morrow. r II I - . k C 410 A,A