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r FOREIGN DIM LICENCE. FROM THE EkEN.:I-1 PAPERS. PARIS, TER. .5. Upon the news of the !eath of General I Ls RC, and of the need which the army stood in of succonrc, the MinistLr of %Var demanded volun teers through eery corps. Near 60,00 . .) regn!ars have enrolled themselves. The FIR.T Coesi•t. has ordered the Minister of NVar to testify his satisfaetion to those brave men ; to announce to them, that 15,000 men having been jest then embarked, further assistance was not at that moment necessary ; and to make known to them, that he had seen, with the liveliest sati,faetion, that love of glory, and of eltnger, which evinces French ener7,y, and which is a certain guarantee of the prosper i:y of the Great Peutle.—( Alan tear.) Letters from I lam'ourgh state, that there is a con siderable emigration at present fr sm t:. it city to dist= countries. In order to check the consequent &animation of population, the Senate has published sn FAlta, by which the Captain of the Port is enjoin ed to require of those who shill present themselves, with an intention of grin; to another part of the would, whether they have considered the conse quences of such a step? and if they have any r.otion of the country to which they want to go? and should they hesitate in their answer, to conduit them before a magistrate. All pilots who shall presume to con vey any paswner, without giving due notice, are to be p u nished severely. We learn f:rsm Berlin, under date of the Sith of January, that NI. Voy Kovessus., who has resided there for same time and published, a Gazette under the title of TLc S awe, which is in high estimation, and the first number of which appcaredun the Ist of January, has Tete:red the following letter from the Cross:An Monarch : " the King of Passel* is reveille'' , clad to See M. VON KOTSISCS at riertin, whose writings, an in isirti agar whose theatrical iiroduetionshive Line churned the pub lic. Hs Niamey, pleased with the talents of M. VO/4 NOTSIL' SOS, as well a, with the use to which lie applies them, desires se give him sus a proof of it armay engage him, if not to settle in at least to rotting his stay. For 044 purpose, pis MAJLITY has this day ordered the Academy of Sciences to receive him in quality of an Honorary Member, and as soon es there shall be a vacant place in any of the classes, whether of Thilosophy, Anatomy, or iliitory, to elect him an ordinary wiember. His M .‘IOIY has, at the same time, granted to M. VON Kovneer the reversion of a prebend in the chapter of St. Nicholas, at Magdeburgh, with permission to wear the ca nonicals of chi: sea; ter, on condition of hearing a part in the usual cape:l:ie. HIS MO VITT %SS, in consequence, given the necessary orders to M. Voss Massow, Minister of State; and in communicating all this ti M. Voir Kos:scot, profits of this circumstalice via: pleasure, to glee him, at the *Arne time, the assusis=u: c: the goodwill with wh'.ch be is hit affi•ctionate, " FREDERIC WILLIAM." It is d'loll:.7ht, in cons-cquenr., that M. KOTZEBUE will deterin:ae uFit settling in Berlin. A letter foam Vienna, dated the ‘2 oth Jarman - , contains the follou ing information :—Tbere lately been published in this capital, and throughout the army, a Rescript, addressed by the Archduke CHARLES, with the express approbation of the EMPEROR, to the Aulic Council of War, and the General Commanders, respecting the new organi zation of the War Department. --- The following are reckoned as the principal, among the defects in the War Administration : that military affairs, not only during peace, hut also during war, were decided in the first instance by a council composed mostly of the Nlembers of the c:vd, and not of the m..'irar, state. Another inzonvenience arising from those heterogeneous as semblies, is stated to be, that all expeditions are usually deferred from one sitting to another, and sometimes put off to a third. It goes on to state that business was thus accumulated and retarded, aid it bath even happened that the more pressing affair had been deferred to another sitting, in spite of the danger which thr:!atened that this delay might be highly prejudicial. It was therefore absolutely necessary that every branch of Administration should hare a central point. After pointing o;:t the re2aans which Urged to an inquiry into the source, and extent of these defects, it was r.z.,dated, that the Council of War should be divided into three Departments, who should have an exclusive competency, and not commUnicate but upon necessity. The first department was to be composed of three divisions; the first of which should superintend the military affairs of the whole army ; the second, the artillery ; and the third, genius : of this department the Archduke CHARLES reserved to himself the particular inspection. The second de partment was to superintend the economy and po licy of the army, as equipment, victualling, mount ing, recruiting, 3:c. The third, military justice. BRUSSELS, rue. '2. The Counsellor of State Pr trr, (of La Lozere) has expressed to the prefeas of the departments of La Dylc and des Ikux Nether, Citizens DouLCET.• PosrEcort.AN T and d'HzasorriLLE, the great sa- Vaction of Government at the zeal of the inhabit eats of several towns who exerted themselves with eagerness to raise brilliant companies of volunteers ta serve as guards of honour rourd ele person of the Fiesr CO!:SUT,. The Couns4lor of Ste added, that such an example would he doubtless followed in all the towns where the First Magistrate of France should stop, or even pass. It is asserted, that there are corps of volunteers already organising at Mons, Ghent, and Louvain, with the approbation of the constituted authorities. From th—Re dispositions, the journey of the FiitsT CONWL in lielgia may be looked upon as a public festival every where he passes. HAS;; r, JAN. 28. The French and Batavian Government have agreed upon an arrangement, by virtite of which a body of French troops, to the number of about :t,6(X) men, will still remain for one year in the pay hf the Batavian Republic. Nothing is At fixed with respe to the Batavian Beseriptions payable after the peace. Every thing eonceraiag them re mains in t:le same state, as at the dof last week. r ENCH COLONIES. • BASSETtaTtr., ts!.kNn OF OAVDALOI:I4, DECD[. DF.R 2, ISO 2. This colony i , nu one of the most peaceable of the Antilles. The Brivands, :educed to a small number, and, for the most part, without urns and ammunition, are every where pursued by the ne gmes attached to the artillery. Some, driven from the swamps by hunger, have appeared on the heights of the Commune of Petit-Bourg. They have been all taken or slain. The Orkertizati,in of the justiciary is over. That 'ef the Civil Administration is nearly finished. The colonial natives, contented with their situation, fol low their commercial and agricultural labours. Every thing advances rapidly and orderly towards a certain prosperity. F iuM THE. CAPE. ISLE OF ST. DOMINGO, DTC. t. The 86th Demi-brigade, which was espeded in the end of Oftober, arrived in the course of No vember. nAiLv cantles OF VIE ARMY, DEC. 5. The expedition against Fort Dauphin, under command of the General of Division, CLAUrEL, presented itself before that place, on the Ist of this month, at two o'clock p. 01 . The brigands have every where resisted ; but the National vessels have placed themselves, with so much promptitude and adroitness, to cannonade the forts, and proted the descent, that the landing was effected in a body, and with such promptitude, that the enemy was driven backwards at all points. The pursuit was fcillowed up with such vivacity, that the enemy were constrained to abandon their artillery, which they were carrying away, and had only tizr.2 to set fire to fire 'frit:3M Any further progress of the fire was stopped by the activity of the troops ; twenty five pieces of artillery, without reelconing tliose of Fort St. Joseph, have fallen into our power. The loss cf the revolters has been considerable, and we have been so happy as not to lose a single man. We have found the magazines filled with different stores. _ _ The General of, Division, CLAUSEI., is 11:gbly pleased with the General of Brigade, LAVA LYTT and with the zeal and intrepidity of the officers and soldiers of the 86th dczni-brigade. The marine force, commandcd by the Captain of the Hannibal, GuaLzmEr, having under orders L'ilinlsuralle, La Guerrirre, and the corvette La Sagsnl, hath seconded this expedition in every point, and not a little contributed to its brilliant success. The General in Chief testifies his entire satisfac tion to the land and wa-ofilceis who have had a share in this expedition, and decrees, as a national recompense, certain honorable distinctions, and makes a number of promotions accordingly.- Signed by the General in Chief, RUCHAMTII:Ar. Attested by the Brigade-Gcreral, and Major- C eneral of the Staff, Bov En. Drcr:vtar.a R. The Commander in Chief has cashiered the Chief of Brigade, BUYER, Excommandant of the Ist I.egiotx of the Gendarmetie.• He will be kept. in the civil prison at the Cape, until he shall have passed his accounts, after which he will be sent back to France. —( Extr , ct from the Vie;ul journal.) Extras? opt Lew,- from Poirr.At•-PaiNcEt Seth Nov. On the 18th inst. at break of day, we had a very serious affair at the Mole. The Brigands attacked at all points at once. They forced a small post, which fell back, and they entered the town with the cavalry, but the contest was not of long continu ance. Three-quarters of an hour were suffickra to put them to rout; 168 were killed, and a great many wounded, who were found next day in the thickets, where they were put to death. The darkness oc casioned a little confusion, which say, d many of them. These wretches stole at night into the thick ets, which were very h;gh. The Brigands, within these few days, attacked Leogane, but were repulsed with great loss. The engagement lasted 13 hours. It must make us tranquil at present to reflex, that the Brigands have been well repulsed in all their attacks, that their number is diminishing, and that there is no longer any favour or pardon for them. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, Fes. 8. BANKRUPTS. Henry Atkinson, of Howarth, in the parish of Bradford, York, shopkeeper, to sur.ender Feb. 2fi, 25, And March 22, at ten, at tie house of W ilLain Whitaker, the 13r own Cu% Jun, is Ilrigley, York. Attirney, Mr. Mayhew, Nu. 1, Cook's covet, Serle.vtreet, Lincoln's-Inn, London. Moses Toghill Gabbitas, of Briiisyard, Suffolk, farmer, to surrender Fell. 21, 22, and March 22, at eleven, at the horse of John 11'aile, the Angel Lin, 111 I fAltivitglik, Suffolk. ney, Mr. G. W. R. Roblin, at iteccles. William Clancil, of Waterford, Ireland, merchant, to sur render Feb. 15, and March 1, 22, at eleven, at Guildhall, Lonrion. Attorney, Mr. Morgan Hughes, of Moitriting-lane, Hackney, milkman, to surrender Feb. 12, 19, and March 22, at tt•n, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Thomas Tebbutt, of Devoii- . tieet, Queen squire. Thomas Homicks, of Rippondlle, York, hle-icher, to cur rerid!r Feb. 21, al, at IlleStAr Imp, M:lll4:lleiter, .16d March 22, at the Coalmine .411 lint, at t mt. Attorilq, Mr. Edward Foulkes, iry P.ace, Bloom,bury.square. James Emerson, of &titan, Glolicever, brass and speler-ma kt r, to stirred rr Feb. 25, 24, and March 22, at e:even, at the house of John Turner, the Whiteli..rt, Broad-stieet, Bristol Attorney, Mr. J allies, New-Inn, London. joho Georr 1 4 111:tautis, latt.l of Winchester-street, merchant, to Feb. 12, 19, and March 22, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Furbas, Ely Place, Holborn. DI VIDENDS. Feb 28. Ezekiel Crayel;", Stouraringe, baker, at eleven, at the Crown Inu, htourhrilge. 28. It•natrt Waken II .roar, Burton, Yorkshire, t-n, at the White-B=f Inn, Cros-Hitts, Yorkshire. Feb. 46. I (tv. Tar.)..)1111, .I..htt F.ers, Robert Allem Craw l() 1, and I).(vd Siren; B uaJatreet, merchant', at one, at G,10‘1;.a1,. Fab. $6. Tho.nai Towle antic)4hota Jackson, N..agata stre2t, marabou:eaten, at tell, At G.lLlclhall. March I i. Cank !Rich salami, Hmuz.a.tle,Lincolzuhire.,d mkt at 111, at the Greyhonacl Jon, Ifocucastle. Mitch 12. Jahn Tioamings, of Steward-Area, brok r, 1 • eleven, at Guildhall. March I. Samuel Sienson, of Kensington, cheesenionger, at twelve, at Guildhall. March 17. John Scott and George Scott, of South-street, Fitishory-square, merchants, at tea, %It siuildisall. March 2. John Fitz., of Weston-strut, w Cie Maze, South wark, grocer, at ten, at Guildhall. March 1. Eyre Evans Crowe, of Tinson • Lodge, Berks, banker, at eleven, at Guildhait. March 3. George Jamison, of Poitsea, ,watch-maker, at twelve, at Guildhall. March 1. Thomas Johnston, of Friday-street, warehouseman, at risen, at Guildhall. March S. Christopher Stainbank, of ad Bond-street, pritit sellvr, at ten, at Onikllsa.l. March b. Thomas Ralfe and John Gauntlett, of Leadenhall street, merchants, at twelve, at GundlialL March B. John Atkinson, of Cockersuouth, tanner, at ten, at the Sun Inn, Cockermouth. • M..rch 1. Thomas Gidwin and John Malian', of Feet-street, merchants, az eleven,at Medi 8. Selnian, of Grzat Russel-street, C.svent- G n4>ry ironmonger, at twelve, at Guildhall. Alareh 2. Edsard Cobb,y of Brighthelinstotic, shopkeeper, at ten, at Guildha 1. Julio Taylor, of Manchester, merchant, at eierzn, a' t e house of Mr. John Townsend, the G-orge Inn, in Its;Aersfiell. March S. Richard Wit:rocks, of Red Lion-street, Clcrken welt, clock-maker, at twelve, at Guildhall. March 4. Sam•sel Every, of Liverpool, ship-chandler, at one, at the Globe Tavera, in Liverpool. CERTIFICATES, M —ARCII 1. John Glllatt, Joseph Ilawkswoi Us, and William Gillatt, of Siseffield, common-brewers. Thomas iowsey, of Sunderland, innkeeper. John Elst of Liverool, hatter. Charles Webb, of Branssgrove, money-scrivener. - . Yesterday a Court of Aldermen was held, at Guildhall, at which the Master and Wardens of the Bakers' Company attended, when the price of bread was ordered to :email& the same as last week. The Marquis of ABeacour promenaded yester day morning in Bond-street, for the first time since the dreadful accident by which, he fractured both his legs. We were happy to perceive, that his Lordship could walk as well as ever, and that he looked in excellent health. The Marchioness reies a splendid rout this evening, at which a crowd of fashion is expeCted. On Monday a fine Indiaman, named the EssEx, of 1200 tons burden, was launched, at Messrs. PER RY'S Dock, Blackwell. A select party, of about sixty persons, were regaled by the owner, Ileeee BONHA re, Esq. with an elegant collation from the London Tavern. It has been remarked, that Lord WHITWORTH was the only Ambassador who did not wear mourn ing on thedeath of General LE CLERC. Our Correspondent at the Hague informs us, that at Antwerp, Ghent, and Brussels, the Course of Exchange upon Holland continues to fall. This fall is attributed to the depression of the Dutch funds since the decree passed by the Legislative Body fur raising so large a loan. Dispatches ere said to have been sent to General BRUNE, at Constantinople, ordering him to require an explanation of the Porte, with respect to the fa vourable disposition manifested by the latter towards the Ferglish. Letters from Genoa state, that if the English any longer refuse to evacuate Malta, a French army will march to Naples, and from thence pro ceed to further operations. An augmentation, we understand, has been made to the Salaries of His Majesty's Equerries--a mea sure which, it is said, will be extended to all the Of ricers of his Majesty's Stables in the Department of the Master of the Horse. According to letters from Italy, considerable.ar maments are fittinglent in the - Ports of that country. A park of artillery is also forming at Modena, •by command of General Me RAT, to be sent to Naples. By virtue of the At o;' Government of the Ba tavian Republic, published at the Hague on the 29th of January, the exportation of Sugar and Sy rups, refined and prepared within the Republic, will be permitted until the 31st of December nett, subje& to the same clauses and restrictions as last year. Foreign wool will pay a duty of 75 c. per bale on importation, or of 3-quarters per cent. on the value, and a flerin per bale or half per cent. on the exportation. The duties upon clayed sugar, or refined India, will remain upon the old footing for the above term. General Moazan is chosen one of the GS Elec tors of the Primary Assembly of the canton of the city of Paris. 5 per cents. 58 f. 60 c. Colonel DESPARD, upon his trial, was dressed in a dark-blue coat, and scarlet waistcoat—His hair was without powder. His behaviour, during the whole of the trial, was cool and collected. He paid much attention to the evidence, but did not put any ques tions himself to the different witnesses. He' handed several letters to his Counsel during the progress of the trial, and at one part of it wished to be permiaed to sit near them. '1 he Court, however, could not depart from the usual form of the prisoner's re maining at the liar.--Ile heard the verdiA with awes& I.IW INTELLIGENCE. COT OF KINGas Bradn, FED. S. moentare V. MAXPITI Mt. Serjeant BAI Lev moved fur a new trial in this case, on the grounds that a Jury had given damages considerably greater than was lawful.—lt was an aftion fur a trespass, committed on the Ist of January 1802. The damages had Lecn laid at 1001. The Plaintiff was in possession of certain lands in Kent, of which Mr. John Chater was the land lord. The Defendant came, in company with several others, about seveu o'clock in the morning, aed with a spade dug up the gate and gate-post that enclosed a field of ploughed land. On being asked, his motive for such proceedings, lie said, he had been ordered to do what he had done, by Mr. (later, his master, on account that the Defend ant's lease was nearly at an end. Abcut two months after this, a person, named Fox, brought a load of manure, and left it upon the premises. On the night it was brought, a lock was on the door, which was broken, and several of the pales drawn out of the ground, for the purpose of making an entrance JOT . the cart.—On receiving this injury, the Plaintiff commenced an action, and obtained the damages already stated. It was contended on the part of the Defendant, that he had been guilty of the trespass, under the i :ea of obeying the commands of his master, Mr. Chater. When he was ordered to do what he had done, he refused to have any hand in it, until posi tive orders from his employer had induced him to comply. Under such circumstances, it was parti cularly cruel on the part of a Jury, to impose the full amount of the damages stated in the Declara tion. No injuries had been done to the Plaintiff; to the amount of such a sum. Nothing further had taken place, than the opening of the gate which led to the field, and there depositing a quantity of manure : this was rather an advantage than an in jury.—The Court would therefore feel for the De fendant, who was now lying in prison, and grant a new trial, as it was plain the Jury had given yin dietive damages. Lord Fa. Lee soe °teen expressed a desire to un derstand the meaning of vindidive damages ; it was a term that ought not to be used according to law, nor had he ever noticed it upon any occasion. Mr. Eesetez observed, that no proposition could be more clear ; a Jury must, on such an occasion as the present, give their verdid according to the evi dence. With resped to the expression which had been used by his Learned Friend, it was commonly in the mouths of Lawyers ; but no Judge would know such a term—they ought not to know it Vin didiee damages, implied damages given by a Jury under the impression of malice : such a principle he hoped would never be cherished, nor suffered in a Court of Justice. Mr. GA PRO w opposed the removal of the verdict, and contended that the Jury had been legal in their decision. Lord Ea i.EN BOROUGH again adverted to the men tioning of vindictive damages, end stated that all damages were those of reparation, given to afford compensation in money for injuries sustained by in dividuals. The damages in the present case had been given upon an estimate of the loss sustained by the Plaintiff, which appeared to exceed the compen sation necessary; the verdid ought therefore to be set aside, and the cause left to another Jury. The Court were uniformly of this opinion; a Rule was consequently granted. Mr. Gennow made a motion to shew cause against a rule obtained by Mr. Erikine last term to file a criminal information against a Mr. Jardin. Lord Ei.erNBOROUGif advised the parties to aka a reconciliation, which was acceded to. The principal representatives of the chars ter of jeer, in Venice Prarry'd, since the year 1748, at our London Theatres, have' been Mr. GARRICK, Mr. BARRI', Mr. Ross, Mr. POWELL,N . Ir. REDDISH, Mr. BREP ETON, and the present Mr. POPE, all met gifted with the command of tones eminently calcu lated to melt the heart and persuade the under standing, by the irresistible force of their plaintive and pathetic eloquence. We understand, that at the earliest opportunity, (we presume when the Easter recess arrives) a fur ther alteration will be made in the House of Lords. About twenty inches of the table is to be taken off. The Clerk-Assistant, and the Reading-Clerk, are to be rescued fi-om their present broiling situation, with their backs exposed to the incessant heat of a large and briskly-buiniug fire, and to be aeated cn a sunk seat at the bottom of the table, facing the Lord Chancellor, as was their situation in the old House of Lords. Mrs. Pococe arrived in townon Monday, for the season, at her house in Grosvenor-street. At a meeting of the Common Council of Limei ick held on the lfitle ult. it was unanimously resolved to present the Freedom of that City, in a gold boa, to the Right Hon. WILLI...et Wiceitess, Accounts from Berne, of the 27th January, state the receipt of letters, which at length draw aside the veil which since the opening of the Cunsnita covet ed the progress of the negociations of Government. The Federative system, decreed for the governme:.t of Switzerland, will be immediately carried into execution. The Cantons of Leman, and of Argos ie, retain their present organization. The small tons will recover their former limits. The General °Meeting of the Consulta, fixed for the 20th J anualy, has not taken place. The Esseeitoit of Russia has lately purchased a considerable track of land in the neiehbourluxui of Kamenoi-Ostrow, which he proposes should be cul tivated by Englishmen, in the English style. The is IA P ti It of lit 1111 A has ordered the equip ment of two ships, which will fromerousaidt newt spring, upon a voyage round the world. they are to apply themselves particularly to make discoveries upon the northern coasts of Asia end America. The command of this exekdition will be given to Captain Kituseeseeite. It is confidently reported, that orders had some time ago been sent to evacuate A lexandi ia. We are afraid that the evacuation of Alexandria would be of no service to the Turks, while the party of the Beye and Memelukes continues so powerfuL In fact, the departire of the British troops would give new energy to the enemies of the Porte , so that the Turks would be injured by the suid execution of an article in tended for their advantage. We need not repeat what we have so often stated, that this subject de mands new arraegements among the principal pow ers interested in the fate of - - • !I r J iallk..ir I