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As above, ri a!sei ne!ir,hill, Put the *mewl, 'containing IPM In IRRITA I t r A a vtw vu(V. a. at's. nictet interCPt ll 2: 344 palatcolo.• in Groat thama, .!ts. reared from Drawing's L 1 Messrs. Far;aators, thal or. S.mth, Turorr, Vic. wait tl. La. a fro arts of Pruots, prire et. TO. Tlit abort Worts, obit,. inustrztt tacit otter. may Marl, .tune Isa sor-ther, tool it.. coati:m.4w of taro VIII be pei4ieb , 4 rtralatl) at It, asm prra.ds, arrow:at,' t.. dor arse 1115.1t;.1.••, and riutcd LA parr. of calcapou.hal OA .y I'OREIGN INrELLMI76.: E. FROM THE FRENCH PAPSL9. ' (Further EX 4:1CIII) VIF./INA, NOV..e. Some Creek speculators had spread a report theta pcaee was negociating between the Porte and England, though the inedirtion of Mr. Adair, for merly Envoy to our Court. It was in consequence said, that tins Minister residi•rl at Pera, the better to enable lisni to see the Ottoman Ministers, but authentic news informs us that Mr. Adair was, on the 10th September, still at Malta.,—(Juarnal de Paris, Nun. 10.) PRESSOR°. OCT. 25. The diet will•speedily terminate its sittings after long* discussions; - ,froiti which very little has re sulted. Au extreme distrust always reigns in that country, and the greater part of the Nobility are remarkable for a constant opposition to every thing which is contrary to their privileges. Thus they talk of the suppression of the Noble Hungarian Guard, and this project, as is well known, excites uami•rous complaints and violent opposition. The Count Tolstoy, who has lett the Embassy at Paris, has been appointed General-in-Chief of the Rus sian Army in IVallachia. LUBECK, NOV. • • Some Eaglish papers, received by way of Sweden, inform ns, that the agents sent to Buenos Ayres. by the Spanish insurgents 4nd the lEngliiih, have completely failed in their mission, the Governer- General, Liniers, sent them back with contempt, and gave orders to fire upon any English vessels which might make their appearance. He at the saute time made the necessary dispositionsto repel any attempt that might be made. The English papers say that an Envoy from King Joseph arrived some days be fore their agents presented themselves.—(Jeareal de 1 Empire, Nov. 10.) . - BERLIN, !(OY. 1. The followirm ()trier has been puirliiiied here : " The General of Maisie*, Comet of the Empire, eons mauding in perlin, Mad the Middle search, agreeably. to the orders of his Excellassey Maashal the Dike of Anerstsift, forms the Prussian Officers, that they are at liberty to wear the niaorms of the regiments' to which they are attached, and consequently all anterior orders cm this subject arc re yoked. The Mamba: hors. that the wood uoderstsoding which ailloists between the Pramialsmildiers, the French, slid the inlyibitauts, will not be iaterraysted, and that in no case it may he necessary toasts severity towards as, military man. (Sapal) SAINT HILAIRE.—{Idea.) SPANISH pArras. CORUjINA, OCT. V. 'Yesterday morning, 2000 men of the English army, unuer the orders of Major-General Sir D. Baird, were disembarked in this port ; they consist of chamenra, light troops, and artillery. They are all excellent troops, well exercised, and of the most warlike appearance. We must confess, that the British nation has in every respect attained a degree of perfection front which all other nations are yet fir removed. The troops formed in the highest style, sod marched to Polloza. ocT. The troops commenced their march yesterday morning ; this day others follow ; and to-morrow the remainder of the Guards, and two other regi ments will proceed after them. Some take the route of Luga, and others that of Santiago. There is a report that the French have entered Burgos, but it is not believed ; they muht pre vioady have beaten Blake. of which we have no aecou ut. OCT. 31. A courier has just arrived from Blake's army; various and exaggerated reports are in ciicuhltion : some i‘ay the French have been defeated, with the loss of 3000 men ; others, that the courier only brings iutelligeuce of the French cavalry, which threatened Burgos, having been driven back by a division of Blake's army. The lose on either side iv trifling. Nov. P. It is eciiiiiilently said herr, that 60 or 7n,,nno men were en their march to rei nforce Ney's ar m y, which they were to reach by the Itlth iwitant. SaIit4GOSSA, O(?. 15. The enemy having a cousiderable force at the distance of thirty lea,:,ues from this city, it %as easy for him to put those troops in motion with the seine celerity he commenced the siege, without leaving it in the power of our General effectually to defeud all the points of attack, and inake the necessary preparations of defence ; in the time which intervened between the period of the glo r.ou% d -fence of this city, when the enemy were coinpelled to raise the siege, and the,present, the re gular enlistment of. Ws inhabitants hos prucerattl with praiseworthy activity and real. His Excel lency. the General in Chief has, however, removed erre obstacles which seemed insurinnautalAe, and put this city in a most respectable state of clefenee, the garrison being commanded by Don intooio St. t;eiiis. Colonel of Logiimers, in whom consummate knowledge and long c•xpe fleece are 'laded with that uncommon vicinity and seal • hid' he displayed during the memorable siege c,f this city. A line of defence has been formed. which extends fries the Convent of the bare-footed Trinitarians, to the bridge of Iluersa, and consists of a brick wall, ten feet high, and sixteen feet thick. furnished with the iiecemory ditch, and • famons curtain, which rim. , from the sail Convent to the Ulpargatoros cal e. This hue is extremely well conceived, in order to keep the enemy at a distance from die 'Gate del Carmen, %Inch is oite of the pOints must frequently attacked:by the enemy, and during the siege most gattaptly.dvieililrd b> Celonel•D. Pedro Hernandez. The Bridge I lead of Huersa is forti fied by a kind of pentagon, with ein!wasores for guns: from this point the line of defence stretches to Huiren, with works formed in the same manner as the other part above inentiotied die weak points of this port, and especially the tower of Milo, by which the French really formed their nay into the town, but were aftjrwards re pulsed, and put to flight, Le Colonel de Marian . ' de iteuodaloz, who put 1 • elf at the head of the inhabitants of the parishes of St. Michael and Mag dalen, and attacked and completely round the French, who attempted to penetrate throush the street of Cimi, to San Gate, on winch oceasi , m, Manuel Alinirez, a labourer, killed a ( Oq,cial of Division, and carried off his sword as a trophy.— (Comma Diary, Nor. $.l , I ADVICES FROM RIO DE LA PLATA. According to letters from flams* Ayres, of the Jd of June, the Couut de Livers, brother pf the . present Viceroy of Buenos Ayres, escaped from Lisbon as by a miracle, end after having made his pamage on board a merchant vessel, under the . Portuguese name of Eusique Josef Govera, and in quality of the clerk of the said vessel, eerie , , e,l at Rio Janeiro, and there contiuuing the same secrecy, even . obtilttied. under the stn!' name, a passport to Buenos Ayres. The retire ment in which he lived caused him to reoleiit unkitorrn till the Seth of March lost, when leaving been seen by several Spanianls, the secret was divulged, and Caine to the knowledge of his Royal Highness. The Prince spoke of it to Don Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho, his Minister at War, and for Foreign Affairs. This Minister, who had kinnvu the Count for ten years before, anti had al ways manifested the greatest friendship fur him while in Lisbon, Allred his Sovereign that he might serve hint with effect in any political affairs, relative to the Spanieh colonic, of the Rio tie la Plata. lie was in cousetpienet• sought for by the Criminal Judge, and cooducted by that Alegi*. trate to the house of the Minister, who gave him the politest reception poseilde, and treated him with the utmost attention. 'I he conference- was begun by general pmts.- lions of a wish to.tive n peace with our ,nation, to which the Count adihid, that oar desire sir the same. • The Minister immediately replies'', that he hoped to receive proofs of fled; and that hie' Royal Highness bad resolved to charge him •witir negociatioas relative to that object. The Count l then politely offered to taike;lisinetlers. and trees.' mit them faithfully to his brother: Mit it was tho wish of Don Rodrigo. that -he- should remain iq Brasil till the answer of the Viceroy Should be re. calved. To this the Connt assented ; assuring him at the same time, that he doubted not that his brother would do his utmost to preserve the best harmony in bis power, without failing in his duty. or compromising the dignity and right* of his Sovereign, and the interests and tionoiii of the Spanish nation. The Minister after wards observed to him, that the Proclamation of his brother, of the 13th of February, did not an nounce pacific intentions, and lied caused disquie tude in Brazil. In answer to this the Count shew ed 'inn, that the said Proclamation had been mis understood, and that nothing more could be in ferred from it, than a desire to quiet the minds of the people, and to prevent their making any aggressions on the Portuguese. On this sub ject the Portuguese noisier broke out ieto vex hentent expressions, mixed with threats and insinnatiorie, with a view, no thubt, of gaining over or intimidating the Could ; giving him to un derstand. that a war with the Portuguese and Eng lish malted could not but at last farce our colonies to throw themselves into the arms of Portugal hinting, at the same time, that the Count had com mitted an offence against the laws of Portugal, in coming to Brazil without a passport, and uuder a fictitious name. The Count confessed Ms fault, sod said his head was at the disposal of his Royal flightless, but that he would rather suffer on a scaffold. than be wanting in his duty as a Spanish Officer, and much less transmit to his brother, pro potations of which he noise be ashamed. Don . Rodrigo then moderated his langnage, telling him that was not the subject in hand, that he had jo I deal with maw of-honour, and that 'his only object was to obtaiu advantages for time two nations.--e The conference was here interrupted by the en trams, of the tint Slioisters. Two days ?Are; th e Count thought it Gis duty to present to the Portu guese Minister a Memoir, which should embrace the principal points of their conrerence, winch he del on The 20th March, Mei. sitooattt. OF TOT COUNT DC LINSTOS. TO Ili EXcEI.IiNcY DON tnnal6o DE sols• COL- It 5.510. " Equally flattered and ollgad by the confi dent e which his Hopi- Hightion has been plew,ed to place in my limited taletit, foi the tiewociaLois wstli which he has thought proper to charge me, it appears to me that the only meati% to render my self worthy of the honour doim me, I, to express my ►elf w,t h Lim greatest sincerity, on the objects of which we httve treated ; a sincerity rank and character, and which I consider only means of ineritiag the Imossole swe , vereigri. and the esteeluofhis Minister, I been told, • that it is doubtful whether entertains pacitie dispositions with Portugal, and whether he would give o f i t .' My brother really entertain s ih s paciiie disposition the proof of which he by protecting the trade of the Portuguese Rio de la Plata, by liming prohibited to be offercd to Portuguese subjects, m i d seinhling any army on the frontiers, in to give any cause of uneasiness to Portum if, bi . the expression • to give proofs,' i s e' cession dr transfer of territory, or an dominion, your Excellency must be this as Midi exceeds his power, as it is his principles. I have also been told • does hot exist.' But your Excellency aware that this is a fliers politieal metaphor, really exists—and honour imposes it on us cred duty, to maintain and defend her all means in our power. • Spina will be end this will change every thing iu her This van never happen ; hut, at any rate, a for us to anticipate those ideas. • You still • be attached to the remainder of the [louse of bon. Tins observation is superfluous, dressed to a French emigrant, and the ha, Spain belongs to the House of Bouthoo. pto compel us to declare war against you, with tin aglish , !hat:force can you oppos: , I have tint .ealcidated your strength; but I state to your Excellency the upposition se 7--The victorious and well-or;lauized arm' mantled by my brother, amounts to tire men, and this rinsisber can be doubled of necessity ; he has got an excellent and rous artillery, and a corps of cavalry formed in year 1796, which, in point of number, skill, and'prowess, is truly excellent.' PRIVATE isxlitecT OF A LETTER FROM RELIGEV NOV. 7. " Being lately in ioospany with a Danish demon, of grmst respectability, who was weeks ago made prisoner on board of vessel, captured by one of our cruisers, I him what was the reason why the of theliiiig of D enmark had riot yet _ When hq , to my great surprise, infonned me, . - - ed. and eyerf preparation made for the when Ileffileatte tiaexpeetedly interfered, -tikaitteikgint must prepare either to take istimiosof au . Itolion k'rincipolity, or to Euspetor pftl4North; sod that the io Zeithind,—aad iunnoutiug to forty celltrtrtroops, would be fully adequate the .. .co . /mod of Sweden. ltly informant at same time assured me, that the King, assisted some French 'Offt.sers of Vonsiderabla experitovi and of known skill, was indefittiolde in his tatter .voura to render those froopseitual to cope with tlet forces of any European Posir. This army ,o'+ slating thistly of tiaticss of holstein and Jutland. a is not impiobable that- a severe winter may enable the King of Denmark to effect the conquest of Cothland, Scan's, and the rest of the Swedish pro times. " Arndt, the intelligent author of The Spirit ti the Times, a paniplileinow frequently quoted inner political circles, seems, indeed, to he of a different opinion. He says of the Swedes, p. dlr. " There was a period when the Swedes were is possession 'of all the. strength and energy of the North, and we may expect that they will recent their ancient tenure. Their tuitional character still shat it formerly was, anirtheir country aid climate de hot permit them to degenerate. — Would you know that men Sweden can T umbler. you need not con-nit the annals of the fat/aloes age; in Smaland and Dalarne, in Warineland ar.d AloPtlanel, you will find hundreds and thmisseds. each of whom, with his Herculean anti, eou:d, giant-like, crush five, nay ten, men of ordinary size and strength. Velum, probity, and lore of liberty, are here immortal ; a.:d it is only by men " of these virtues that man can role with dignity. — Dar 'cotempuraries, measuring every thing ki tie size and weight of its bulk, imagine that a cerl.as neighbouring power (Russia), if it chose, could easily subdue all the North ; but those neighlsou - s *motives we ant of this opioion j for they kne/ the Swedes. Sweden is, at tl.e same time, N. powerfully protected by her situation, as by 01 - tional valour and patriotism. Let asinine.? .! thousand invaders effect a descent on the Sued." , shores, and oecupy posts that can be easily seizeii ; if they be unattended by a fleet, not one of theta will return house, to convey the tidings of thei: ei,- structien." "If all Europe should he ruined by weakness, cowardice, and despotism ; if eyen part of it should be reduced under the contrctil of cunning and tyranny; if in all Eero;'c sy.t a single voice should dare tn &feud the of Liberty owl Truth, and not one •word 414,u! be drawn fur their prutevtion the fort.i.t, moutitains of Scoodinatiat sill continue in by a free race of meth silo well ••batise ver the afilieted and debated eor!J. D, and lict.ry will issue frets tlseuer, rad tile I :ouriti a er , mice of uialrr flier 1111 h Id give p °ills the which I :e rtuguew riled ill :Is, and Its ill 011ie II; ill an exchan be sensiLl; it is coati, aid t,t S. lency mu,; setaphor. s t on us as a 41 her right s rill be du her COlsostiek '7 r ates it r, au still tie g I louse sr nom, o w , Kl the Ii w ., shoo, • Sn nst you, jot OPPOssti te oh; but I . oil I e Cad ted artily, .4. to .20,onti t, doubled to t lent and na y formed in t tuber, en ENCE. :01.41113, DAT a Danish who was at a a ItWla raisers, I ah'.. the Cororeum et taken plate formed me, tit Iv been ch.no;. the erfered, tths, ler to take r to he VOW army, collect ty thoassed es egoista to elf+ !present at th rui. assisted 1-;