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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. • FROM TILE 11,1N1BUft(ill NNL) ALTONA PAPERS. (Furthcr Lxtruts ) %line A, tare. 12. His Imperial Majesty set out on the 19th iastalt, sm his long intended journey into Styria. It is said. our Monarch will be present at an Assembly of the States at Gratz; 4e will. also insrea the iron work at that place. On the 9th the Archduke Chides set cut on his journey to Moravia .nd Bohemia. It is said, that be will review the Bohemian Regiments. TstesT, StPT 2. We have reteived here the disagreeable intelli , that the English, who.' for the last tor:night • tr: e e diexppeared from this part of the coast, have -taken le ...beets from Cascara. and the Republic of the Seven Hands. laden with oil, wine, resin, and other produas for this port. as. since Cattaro and the -Wanes of Cori*. Zante, &e. have been occupied by the French, they consider net's the country of the *wally. Oa this intelltimiat, the prices of all arti 'eles from the Levant have considerably risen. 801111. AUG. 30. Cardinal ►Wino Carafe has requested his dis mission, and leave to resign the Cardinal's hat, which has been granted. PTRISIII.IIGR, Strf. 14. Of the plan t f the Constitution of the kingdom of Westphalia. which, is the whale, coming of 63 articles. the following are some farther particulars: The kingdom of Westphalia shall be divided into departmouts, which shall not be fewer than right, nor more than 12. •I'be departments shall be administered by a prefra, and the distrias by a sub-prefeet. Levy municipality shall tare a Mayer. The Members of the Departments shall be chosen among the most wealthy mer:h.tnts and traderc, literati, and other respeetable inhabitants. The Napoleon Code shall be the Civil Law t•f the kingdom of Westphalia. All legal proceedings shall be public. In every canton there kh ill be a Justice of the Peace, *ho ►ball be Glut:en for four years. The King alone shall have the power of pardonirg. The conscription shall be a funda mental law of the kingdom of Westphalia. HOLSTEIN, SITT. 19. On the 19:b instant. a Royal Ordinaoce, dated from the Palace of Coldinghausres, was published relative to the ccndue to be observed with re spell to the subjeas of Great Britain and British property which may he &tamed doting the present war. By this Ordinance, a Committee is appointed to went in the city tit Altana, fur the examination of all Bills of Excnange drawn ot endorsed by 13'i tish subjcfts, in order to determine whether tLe said belts be English property or not. On the 14th another Ordinance was published re- Hive to the privateers, and the establi , hment of Calais of adjudication of prices. These Courts are to be e.,:tilsiished at Flenaberg. Alton, and other places As in 'his Ordinance. the principle that 4. tier .hgas make free g.,As," is laid down as not be departed from, the privateers are striOly I.laoldeu to bring in any stops either of friend ly or neutral nations, let the cargoes appertain tai whom they may. it the ship's papers are found to be regular, and the be not loaded with contra band of war, destintd for an English pert. As " free ships make free good ." so, en tte other hand, the principle that the t. enemy's ships mike enemy's roods." is likewise to be rfted on, unless it can be satisfaamily shewn, that the cargo us neutral pro. po , y. and was f at on board before the commence met of the war. GOT LNEU RUH MAIL. GOTTIMIIII/2411. OCT. 2. The Duke de Beni and suite reached this plAce about one o'clock this day. from Helsi.igborg, for the purpcse of meeting his uncle Louis XVIII. who slrirc4 at three o'clock, accompanied by the Duke • ..te Aogoui?rne ; he, the King, and attendants, spent some time in tneir way thither, in irtewing the fa rtons waterfall and canal of Trolls/au* ; they were eece:veJ here with every mark of duticaion ; the troops were und.r arms, the music playing, and the artillery round the rampans fired. COPIAIIIAGIN, MT. 18. Last Monday. 14th instant, L rd Cathcart, Ge seral-in•Chief of His Britannic Majesty's Troops, re -111:: ved his head qwsrters to the citadel in this place; along the esplanade of the citadel, strong palisades ate ereilted, from the Custom House to King•strest. The small town of Fredericksburg is occupied by 2000 English creeps, chiefly consisting of High landers, who have thee rives with them ; in se veral of the lerged houses upwards of 100 persons are quartered. The Castle of I..edericksburg has sustained but very little damage. Two pieces of brass cannon are mounted in front of the Royal ?slue, - and *eel the King's stables are occupied Eoglish troops. The stria discipline now observed by those troops, cannot be sufficiently ?raised. In order to prevent the confusion and disorders arising from the soldiers buying them salves their own provisions, the Commanding Causal has made the arrangement that they an bought at once for the wool' regiment, and afterwards distributed among the soldien. Besides several private libratits destroyed by the ton.bardenent, the very valuahle colleftions of books which belong to Pick's:ls Risbrigh, Wurlffs kesult, and Wouldike, were consumed by the Bones. Three iriatios offices were also destroyed by the fire. with several books and manuscripts of gi eat values and, among others, Olutsen's Icelandic pubb•hed at the expense of the Royal Academy of &it nees. In Mr. *retries warelmuse g uJe were dry:lured by the flames. to awe:mount of i30,t00 rix dcllsrs. 'llse Police O:Ece gave this mooring public notice, that acc-irding to a letter received from the Commander is Chief of His &stannic Majesty's land and naval forces, such er.rns as wish to {ease the Cup:tal will henceforth need no other passports than those granted by the above office. 'lle Senate of this City b 4 made le.,em to the p:oprietors of buildings burned down during the late ksonbarimont, are not to rebuild them until His Danish Majesty's determination shall tat known on that subjt...l. According to a notice Isy t*-•• senate under date of this 16th inst. au has been sr.ncluded wit!. Admiral Gan ail vessels b.Jusiil [soul Copenhagen to any other Danish port, which are furnished with a passport granted by Mejnr•Gereral Peyman, and signed by an English Captain of the fleet under the said Admiral's command, shall pass free and un molested, and further, that all vessels 425 LO 501assa burden, which arrive with provisions from any Danish port, and hare uo other goods on board, shall be admitted free in Copenhagen harbonr, being first searched by t!ie English guard-ship stational off Copenhagen. A kola pfivat?s of the Danish marines have d:•terted, at..) s..me of them, whom the English refased to engage, eve now wand ring about the country, without bread and protesc.lion.— (Peck/robe Gactie, .Sept. 26.1 COMII*Otg. sem 421. The fanwilg circular letter was on the 12th instant transmitted. by the Danish Chancery, to all the Counts and Barnes in Zealand : " It is the wish of the Danish and English commanding Generals. that the disorders, which by straggling parties have been committed is Zealand. shall in future be pre ' vented by strong ratroles scouring the country. and ogler measures which are to be adopted for that purpose. as far as the present circumstances will ad mit. All hlagistra:es, Cs ants, and Barons, are therefore herewith called upon to make all pos sible exertions,on their part, that disorderly military, who render themselves guilty of any excess, be ap prehended and brought to condign pnnislimenr.” According to an agreement concluded with Ad miral Gambier. Commander in Chiet of His Britan nic Majesty's naval foree in the Baltic. all ships which sail from henst. for any Danish ports to fetch provisions aai fire-wood for this place. may take with them and export sea-coal. salt, tod piece-goods, and of West India commodities 1000 pounds sugar or coffee. one or two puncheons of ram s and one or two hogsheads of tobacco each. A report is current in Elsineur. that on the part of the English Government a:. application has been made to the King of Sweden to deliver up his fleet, which is now rigging and getting ready for sea in Carlserona, as a deposit to the English. On Langeland as well as Erma: several detach ments of English tcamen have attempted to drat a landing. but were repulsed. The last Bamberg Gazette states. that the Empe ror Napoleon has graaed a pension of 160,000 drains to the Prince and Princess of Orange-Fulaa, who have lost their ticsminiens. and a pensim of 120,000 florins to Prince William of Brunswic, who is in the same ease, for himself and his Princess; no pension has as yet been granted to the Eleaor of Hesse Cassel, who is said to be possessed of large capitals vested in forcigulunds.--(c. are tic of Cope hope, Sep:. 21.) PAWS, AUQ. r). ( Iltratc Letter.) At length the Parisians are again ia possession of that pre-eminent advantage which they have been so long obliged to share with Berlin, Warsaw, Os. terode, Finkenstein, Eibingen, and lastly with I slit, which now cuts such a distinguished figure in the annals of history. Paris is again the great city, and we might say, were we not apprehensive of da sling a.any tender eyes with Cm proud title—" the capital of the world." Peace is certainly attended with benefit to man kind in general, but to the Parisians the return of the Emperor is of much greater importance ; the fruits of peace are scarcely in their blossom, but from the presence of the Emperor a rich harvest may be rea;:ed immediately. The hoteis begin to fill, and the diplomatic agents are hastening from the cities of the north, where their convenience (.Id pended upon accident rather more than here, where, as in old Rome, people may at least rely on being able to procure every thing for money. And what time has not yet realized, is compensated by the en chantress Hope; in imagination the English gui neas are already heard to jingle, and mum the banker and his clerk, with idle pen, to the porter whose children are starving with hunger s all are dreaming of making entries or Cat r yibg bales. The impression made by the intelligence of the peace of Tilsit, was much mere agreeable than any thing that ever came from Campo formio, Lune ville, or Presbutg ; the nation is not fond of cc; y distant operations; to its alive impatient spirit it is tot tuting to De kept for a fortnight or a month without intelligence from t h e army. The public relies more upon solid and permanent consequences I from the treaty with Russia, than on the integray of another Government. _ A compati.on has been made, as might naturally be expelled, between the Russian and Prussian peace, and from the extremely friendly and favour able spirit in which the Russian treaty is awn up, this conclusion pies been deduced, that Napn leon must have discovered the secret of a ttuly effeaual method of conciliating Alexander. Some days before the publication of the treaties, were handed about, which, notwithstanding the extravagance of certain articles, were yet founded on the opinion, that Russia and France were, not only competent to decide the fate et the world, but that they • mild do it be the general benefit of mankind. Nothing was talked of but the two Empires of the East amid of the West, a throne a Servia for a Greek Princr, a new Byzantium fur a second Constantine, and even a marriage in which reasons of state had risen superior co cuLtom art predominant principles. Every contingency that could possibly give rise to future Continertai ass, was provided tor; and she career of independgnce was even traced for the Hungarian nation. When the real terms of the treaties were made public, these ideas, it is true, appeared to be but chimeras; but the majority, which, on this occasion, includep the more etiligistened part of the public. regarded these treaties as e.„ly the ostensible parts a secret whole; all the parts of which will not be developed for some months to come. They calculated, in par ' timin g on the ereftion of a throne for Constantine; and it is said that the wat,-.1..w0nt, nn the day when Napoleon end Alexander performed their peaceful manieuvra together at Td it, was, CSOISUNiiite ...in Jerome Napoleon necop:es the Parisian cu. rinsity, and foe some nays, perhaps years, will a;- ford employment to the German spirit of observa tion. lie is not a very tall, but a well grown young man, with a very interesting, and indeed it might be hruldsonse phyriognoany ; it is even repurted, that the sight of the pertrait of the Imperial youth k; died an ardent flame in the tender bosom of his royal bride. Jemrmi,i, of every livelydisposition; one trait in his eharaeler is susceptibility for friendship; theugh his coot;nual motion since his return from sea, and the little time he was allowed to 'prod, at Paris previous to the operiing of the late campaign, have prevented his foram% new COGIIefIiOGS Cas. se: Ibe his future residence With the new kingdom, Magdeburg and the Eibe form the Cafalle km of the advanced posts of the French empire ; as Warsaw, with its present forti fieations end the Vistula, are the farther outpost of the French sytes cl ailianee. For the fantre tran quillity, as well as for the consolidati an of the fa bric founded by Napoleon. the military line, and the new tics with one of tie m 'st ancient Sovereign Homes of Germany, are equally important. It is certainly not at this moment decided what is to be the total extent of the kingdom of Westphalia ; much may depend on the final issue of tie oegre ations with England. The proof of this Latin the well-known principles of the French Em perm t a peace with F.neland is his grand Ojai. I-Be ptioeiples are known to be firm ; and if he was before disposed to restore Hanover, there i, every reason to believe that this cession would not, at this moment, appear too great, if he could thereby pm chase peace for the unfortunate mariners of the whole world. Should even those who envy hint, allow him nothing but a thirst of glory, they might confidently rely that this principle would dispose him to any, even the greatest sacrifices. Mariners are most aaive heralds of fame • whoever confers benefits on them may rest assure d that they will announce them. like ever tiag echoes, from ocean to ocean, and from 7.'"ne to zone. It would certain• ly be something more than a master-piece, it wouid be a miracle, if William, and the companions ct William's fate, could induce Mr. Canning to do for them what Al .carijer did f•r Mecklenhurgh. But without Cassel. without Brunswick, without Ha. nover, the kingdom of Westphalia would still com prehend Magdeburg, Halberstadt, Paderborn, Hil desheim, Alsmark, together with all the former Prussian indemnities and part of Westphalia Proper, as well as the Sovereignty of Anhalt. The ques tion, therefore, is not whether the new kingdom will be powerful, but whether it will comprise b..th er only one of the halves of the fine teiiitoty situated between the Weser and the Elbe, between Saxony and Berg, between Brandenburg and Bavaria. Concerning the recent relations between Austria and France and Russia, a certaiu silence prevails, which affords room to conjecture something differ ent from the present inactivity. It appears as if the late change in the English Ministry and the mission of a new Ambassador from Vienna to Tilsit took place too late. and that the battle of Friedland, and particularly the rafts oa the Niemen, at Tiisit, ar rived too soon. Prussia now belongs ir revocably to the French system of confederation. Bolnded by the Elbe, with a Saxon military road through her territoriss, - and inclosed on the side of the U nrer Vistula, bow could it, indeed, be otherwise The greatest part of the secret Articles Treaty of Tilsit relate, besides England, to the Ottoman Porte. The particulars respeeting them, in the romantic Pryers alluded to above, are suf ficient to justify the other conjeAures, that cannot fail to be excited by the perusal of the Russian Treaty. What conclusion is to be drawn from the last bul letins of the army, and from the dire&icn of the English Naval Opetati,...s, is evinced by cne of the most official tzn.nissiaicatissus, namely, at the last presentation of the Corps Diplomeops, Napolecn told the Danish Ambassador aloud, in terms the most frank and undisguised, that he was sure of his cause with reaped to Denmark, and of his rights to the deliverance of the Baltic from the oppression of the English. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY, Octoute 13. His M►Jnrv's gun-brig Martial, lately fell in with a convoy from Bourde.suz, bound to Brest, of (Meson, and succeeded in capturing two, and driving the greater part on shore, and lowa two after they were on shore, under a very heavy flue of musketry. One of the prices, a chaste marce, laden with wine, has arrived at Plymouth. Captain Kisco -mired early last morning at the Admiralty, wi.h dispatches horn Admiral Gam slur; he also brought letters for Lord CASTLL• /mauls. Capt. litsr; left Copenhagen on Tuesday wee:•. and has had a very tempestuous passage ; he at first attempted to make 'loll, but was at one lime driven almost into the Texel, by a violent gale at S. W. We understand that when Capt. Kure rime away, the whole of the Danish fleet was near ly eciiin, and only waited for a favourable wind to put to sea. A Gotten 'mires Mail arrived yesterday, the con. resits of wi:ich will be found its a preceding Co..iurnn. The Private Letters from th-t city state, that it is the general opinion there, 0:..t a war will take place between 11.1-sia and this ccumiy. We this dry resume our extrrns fry m tke flarnburgh and Altana Papers to the 25th ; Itom which it appears that the King of P.usu is aCtively employed in ameliorating the state of his suhketr, by lessening their b.irdent, relucing ex penses, and changing his lifinhtere. The Minister Vox Sraut. is recalled. and placed at the head of the Finances; and &nevi Scnott ea at the hc;;.l of the Judicial and Ecclesiastical bepartmi Gt. An Ordinance has been poblOad is Denman k, reviving the old claim of !ree ships snake free good; s" ' which principle, it says, must not be depwed ' Now that Denmark has ceased to possess A nary, her revival of this theory,ehich the canons carry into praftice, can answer no other purpos t . but In she* her hostility to England. Indeed, i: appears cal culated to impose upon this country the necessity of for ever retaining that navy in her handl.-- A Tribunal is to be established at Frankfort, intitled " The Tribunal of the Confederation of the Rhitte,o for the decision of disputes between the Cnnfe,ler le States. It is to be io its constru %on similar to t.e late Imperial Au!ic Council at Vienna. The arrival of the Prince of Mscitttewessiost, which we mentioned yesterday, has given rise to ♦arious reports. One states that he is the bearer rj dispatches from BON•P A RTE. a Set.C".d from tiw Emperor ALCIANDIII. and a thud th.st Leis cuss. to raise money to pay the large contntytvir.ll l in:. posed upon the tertitcries of Mecklonbu-g!: by Nava or it. bhculd the last be his oLj e, Imo it will fail: It is iudireElly subtidisiri that de:. pot, and purchasing a merg temporary respite foe MlCK:Awes:acts. A Lisbon Mail arrived, yesterday, breu:;!:t to Falmouth by the Printrts ElizaSeti packet, in days passage. Nothing ncw• had transpired it Lisbon respelling the intention* of BOAA AAAAA . The revrt of the migration of the RQY it Famit to litaza*, does not appear to have g fired grotto& The Portuguese have thee sail of the line and four frigates ready for sea, and the reminlzt of their ships of war get;ing on with the greate.t es" pedition. Morr tees Port m, uth Pap:r, rlyesterl4,l2yr. " The Bulwark, of 74 guns, Hon. Capt. Ftsmiso„ sailed on Saturday morning with sealed orders: she was recalled in the afternoon. and anchured again at St. Helen's. She detained en American 111;p. whilst she was out, 25 days frog New Yurk, boand to Amsterdam, which has American Newspapers on board, containing the trial and arrillul of Coln, Buaa "—The latest American Papers which we received were to the 31st of Angust. We stated. last week, that the acquittal of Colonel 1.... as was confident y garotted. Yesterday morning the Duke of YORK transatted business with the Kitto, for upwards of two bolus, andafterwardswode with His Malzsry, Pancts..s AVIUSTAL. SormA. and Aatnta.►, acccrupstnied :ly the Hon. Miss Ecsarom. Count MussTsa. Gene. rah FITZROY and C•RTITRIGhIY. and Cul TaTsct, and retutned at 12 o'clock to Windsor CAstle. Capt. Kis° arrived, yesterday, at the Admie ralty, with disprelles from Admiral Gausisa. Lord Mutoasva rent a Mr. KLYNK, the Mef t . anger, with the substance to His MsAnt at Windsor. An Express arrived at cue o'clock. yesterday. at the Admiralty, with Dispatches from His Ma rasev's ship Lively, from off the coast of Portugal. Sir J. 13. Wriatto arrivvd, yesterday, at 1113 Admiralty. The Fame. SUTTON. from London for Sr. Tfot. mas's, was all well on the August, St. Tn.. mas's bearing W.S.W. di.tant miles. The Maricrct Packet, trum London, is ar• rived at Bengal. The Phabt. HICKS. from New Brunswick for Ja. maks, is cawured and carried into aIITICOIII. The Mary. —.from Liverpool. bouni to Nste foundland, has been tkken, retal.en, and seat into Cork. T:te General' Prescott, —, from Messina, bound to Liverpool, is stranded near Holyhead ; the cargo is taken on board snot: cr vessel—A sloop is lost near the same place. In the year 17 In Prr tat the Geese united with the King of DRNIAIARK to invade eiehonea, for tin purpcse of driving the King of Swann out of Nor. way. In July I.e transported 21,000 men front Rostock to Zealand, and went himself to Crpen hagen. The expedition t,. Schonen was delayed from time to time ; and at lergth King Fs cosatc V. received intelligence from England ria4 .he Casa a intended to make himself master of Z Aland. The truth of this information was soon confirmed. —Prete demanded the keys ef Copenli tgea, required that his troops should be admitted into the strong placer, and sent t examine the fortifications of Copenhagen and Cronenburg. DLRIC V. now appointed an early time for t•te de parture for Szhnneni but Pets. had abunclao:e of objeflions to mike. The Kum suddenly cativo out his whole army of 96.00 men u.tder arms; caused the guards to be doubled. the principal places to be planted with cannon. forbade the &lynx of CV r. hagen to afford lodging to the Resists, and rt.- quested the Came to r.lievu Lis estates from t he heavy charge of quarterinu so many ti Hops. Psi protested. but in October be was obliged to reimba: for Mecklesihurg. In the year 1717, tli?. Clar Pyres the Gacar, was at Paris. He was visited by the K.ERBOT end the Datreitio (afterwards Lou; XV.). then seven years old. He took the child in his arms. kissed him. wished that he might grow up and hare a prosperous reign ; addirg, Perhaps. to same, as may be of service to each ether." The mortality occasioned by the smallrpott, is the city of WeAminster, is great almost blond et• ample. There is scarcely a house in St. Aerie. parish. with children, that has escaped its ravage.. In one family. thre: cbildrea died last week of this dreadful ma'ady. It has Ow been very prevalent la the parish of St. Martin's. A fine boy. two ye: n and a half old, the child of Mr. SOU otaaroso. shoo of this disease, after two days illness. Halt nuns. tunate those arms who suffer ealimities sc ea-i•y avoided by ii:re'rlatinft and the Teaks. ! gtvt n by Um. that IT i nto shelve rs c.l- - of 'milled In Cc hi-e;' Isov rtacd On in tLe Dior fait evm igbiliii r ise to r :est I rer rd tined Ins tivt lot World I; rune ti ns ir.:. tole by. N. e heel MI It de:. le' , te foe Mn 1111 ;!:: to lir in 14 lln el it tin ANTI. g sett. ! pir.etl ms •-• e and in 11.3 of eJ t.t *Sr T.l 2 Yge MING, e: slie again 111 . 1. o.; P; bound 1 era on :019n21 V ch we stated. el Its WAS • • nsafted frlccsi.s nied :ly , Gene. • Adnei. amen. e Mee. saw at • 'day, at M a- irtn;;ll. at aro