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rig 7 -7 • I'OECEIGN INTELLIGENCE. . • FRO3I TIIE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS. PAM!, MARCH 18. Nis Majesty the Emperor, after his retain From Eainbonillet, on the 15th, held a Cabinet Courted at the Palace of Ely-tutu. s,inie day, the Senator litainpon left town fur Boulogue, to take the cominaird of the army on the coast of the According to letters from 11liaz and Strasburgli, the Marshal Duke of Daiitzie (Lefebvre) is ex pected in the former, and the Marshal Duke of Iberia (Masseurs) in the latter city. The Prince of Neufchatel (Ilerthier), who has already, at different times, tilled the post of Major- Gene;al in our grand army, will. 14,4111 undertake the same situation aiih the armies in Germany. We leant that °rental Duliesme bus attacked, with 8000 men, and got possessiim of the town of :Qattara, with JM weasels laden with provisioos, which he sent to Barcelona, where all of tlit'ln ive arrived but one, that has 11Celtl Stink by as Eagliab frigate. • Several convoys of Spanish priSoners, amounting to betwetu 7 and 8000 men, arrived at Bayonne on the 6th and 7th inst. It la i!ontidentle stated, that the Russian Court Minas offered its mediltion for the rcinoval of the dif ference between France and Austria. MARCH 19. . A letter front Bayonne, of tbe 13th iteitaitt, buy.: The General of Dirisiem, Druiret, Coin Wand ing the 11th division, left this place Yeatcrility.oir hi. way to Strasburg. We shunt, expet t here the Duke of 111:Iontebello (Lanne.), who is said to he proceeding to the sante quarter. The Impel-ill Guards is Ito have passed through this city, iu sue ecceive detachments. on their march Irvin Villa dolid, h eve, according to some, proceeded iu the direetion of Italy, and, uecording to others, hi that of Strasburg. The last division of tbegarrisou of Saragossa ariiveil here yesterday. The se,.ulJr clergy, and the nit jority of the monks belonging to that city, have solocitt d and obtained a free par don from Joseph Niipolcuii. 'I hey have unani mously taken the oath ot.allegiance to the new Government. According to the lag advises from Madrid. the greatest teiniquiility coutiuued to prevail in that capital. The King frequently ho nours the theatres with his presence, and is always received with the warmest applause." ~ ___--......,. . MARV§ 24. The report of the impending depurtuie or His Ai gielimperiail Majesty is this Jay revived. The Moititear contains en article from Presburgh, *lnch states that the Emperor is reiteted in Verona. The noted Palafoit arrived in Bavoione on the 171 i it-loaf, anti w.ni immediately (ridged in the • t or Casette. Ile is out yet pcifeetly recovered from his illness. The King of Spain has left Madrid to pass a few doss at the Escolie!. hisrshal Souk, Duke of Dalunitia, took possessiou of Oporto -, iii'llhe ail 1 10. iatt. cud, after having defended the Portuguese in .' several eitgueutents, catered Lisbou on the 10th ' . , ' - inst. FRORTUIRS OF TURKEY, PER. c.,15. The Ru.:iairs Illitt Ilbientirliii4 in great force on the Banks of the Danube, cud all their troops enartered la Moldavia, B.ilearabia, mid oo the old Rusaia.i Frontier, are under oilers to 101Vallee to that river. Tue Serveilis are a1..0 ur•erred to be ;is motion, awl err beginning to provision cud iirri 'son their strung hold.. • past - Apr, MARCH 17. The troopeuf Darmstadt, Wiit.iiiberg, cod Ba den, hare receivert ovilen. f o prt.Ltiril to the vicinity of Ulm. for .vhicli quarter i, port of them are' airea dy on their Werth. .t . 5 The foei Frelieli diviions, under the command of G.:tomtit* lioudrt, Alihtoi , Carra, St. Cyr, and Legrand, are pissing the Rhine at Kehl and Basle, and continue their tome in the direction of Ulin, where they will be collected on the 22d. These divisiiiar will be followed, as soon as possible, by the Lew hattaliains of gren.abers and voltigeurs, forming by s.;eneral Claparede, at Strasburg. 'IV he corps of cavalry which was exp ec t e d t o cro s s th e Rhine at Strasburg, tics IYAKSt'II It at Bask. Thl.! whole s.f the riraidereement. that have just entered Germany, cannot be calculated at less than from 40 W300)00 wen. The iolvii,ice of the tirst column passed this .14 through Swig:int. LEY DEN. MARCH 27. The [long:lrian*, according to the most recent news from 1 11:111W, are actively occupied in ergot,. 4114 Silo insurrection, eonforintibly to the arrauge• mews adopted in the late Diet. VIENNA, .IRARCII 11. The 'Archdukes are on the point of settiug ofi far the diii'seciit armies. It is also currently reported, that the Emperor will join the army iii person ; but the general opinion is, that Ili. Majesty um! die Archduke Charles sill leave the capital only ultra the lust my of hope has disappeared. The Cosa Gazette canonise the fol:owirig iutelli• genes. fmin Turkey : .. On thel7th of.Juntiery, beiag the second day of the festival of the liiirli.in I.l..yrriu. at noon, the Engliiii frigate, the Seahqrse. Captain Steward, . roteitt I the harbour of Coustuntialople, having on board the British Ambassador, Sir ltobert Adair, v. ho negotiated the treoty of preee. On the 2(1 of Fe'oritary, through the channel of lii Sucrrtury of Legation, he lormally tiotiSed his arrival to the I:.eis Effendi, or Seereiary for Foreign Affairs, and was forthwith cOttiplitsiented on the occin,ion by IL hilts,. the Interpreter of the Orriniiin Porte. k. ,- " On the del of. February, the reigning Sultan, .4 . Mabo,riet flan, bed a d a ughter bons toliiin,'who was named I 'mime Sultana, after her mother." Down to the middle of February, the capital of . the Turkish E.isiptre reinisimed peffectly tiempil, and sill the reports of a contrary nature. vaguely circulated, or communiented in the public JOUr— isels„ are, in every respect, gyms imposition.. , lIIISOLM It. The Archduke Charles has issued the foliesiug rreelainatioil s— dif We, chutes Loon, Imperial Prises of Austria, ri1...0r Mind of Hauer, sad Bobrmis, ke. Aoch dwltt of Arabia, kr. lioictat of the doter of the Gokte• name, Grand Oros of ?fats.-Tbenesa, Go. verso, mot CopAaru-(rerteral of the liiimoloes of Bu. ' hem* (hie it a rrAiiiicit of lufantry, and or a regiment of Hutson, sod Generalissimo of all tbo • motel sal wol Roy.. Arunes : • - 1! Uor lationtil bovereigu invites all those of his ~~~ -- subjei.ts, whet are not lsennd by lost to *erre M the mini's; to join and form battalions, its order to be•employed for the' aervice . .. of their country, even beyond the frontiers of the Hereditary States, tin ease of their being menaced by an enemy. " lit I moo, 'when the count.) was in danger, I called, in the name oft he Sovereign, the volunteers of Bohemia and M ina% is to serve under lily ban- rims. Thousands of them hastened ut that (line to join hie which bore my name; they would have foilincil :Manny, had not their exertions speedily led to the emu:los:on of peace. It would he useless to call to Van. recollection the examples of yoor ancestors, and to tell you now fluty` eatil geri they had to face, by their patriotism and perseverame ; I shall only quote to you the exams ple set by yourselves—you are still what you were iii 1800—you are still unlimited by the same courage awl the smile patriotism, which then roused you into action. I . will depend, us I then dill, Oil your HMS.. It is true, that similes:le ettllCtrOS, had N attily cares, do not permit you all to quit your homes, in order to obey the calls of holiour. They who are in this case •hall remain at home for the defelice of the iiitcroir, for the safety of private property. and tie maintenance of social order.— But let those who are not eliaiheil down to their paternal homes, by other duties and relations, im mediately juin and form hattalioes ; they will have the tilleUnteSted right tfi claiw 811 the ialtaidages which our I,eloved Sovereign attached to a resolu. no n so putt:attic. You know inc noble defenders of lint native con ry ! I win not follittho you, an d you will not refuse me your confidence. (Signed) " Archduke CHARLES, Genendssimo." • Since du! 7th inst. when the last regiment Of font i i of our gun.) , u left us, the city militia mount guard, and t ! tine corps of city grenadiers do duty in the Pala., Count Stadion, the Inipertul Mi nister at Muil eh, we understand to be appointed Coinfilissarc-r r ~•Eal , 1 the Army. The Arch dukes are In si t out 11111!1.1liattly to join the army, exportation of cattle has been prohilated. I)::t.re, matter, ;In. . . Letters from ! as!e, of the I 1 1.11 illhtitht, state, that a corps of 14 .tu 13.000 French troops began, on the 11th fin.tatit, to march through Swirzirland. They are directing their march to'the I-Iris : gam • A corps of the sting strength is to cross the Rhine near Old firisnch.. Letters from Cracow state, that many regiments are passing throngli ;hat town, on their march to liinherg, ninth movements seem to he ii necessary consequence of the march of the. Russian troops, who ore drawing near the frontiers of Citlliciii, in four divisions, commanded by Generals Llortezotf, Sun arrow, Lewis, mill Girtsclinkolf. The hurry' with which the monied men 0r the North of tier many, ancient Poland, and Russia, draw their mo ney nut of the Vienna Bank, SOVIIII to be a bad omen of the sentiments of the last power. fi,menil Kooblesdorlf. Minister Plenipotentiary sad Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Prussia, delivered on the .26111 inst. his credentials to the King, in the usual manner. nauseant', MARCH 14. All the French troops bare II ft us, end are ha— te kk Itt g by forced marches to their diiferefit pl ave. of destination ; the Nlarshal Prince of Ponte Como has also taken his departure. MENTL, 'HAREM t.'l. Since the hostile dispositions of Austria against France have become evident, the hitter Power is ahqs making the rtiost,sigorous warlike preparatious. —N ninerons corps of troops are mi d i anc i nx from all hurts.--lieverill corps have already crossed the Rhine, and directed their march to the Aus trims frontiers. HANKS OF THE MAINE, MARCH -23. According to the last intelligens& front Vienna, hostilities will be immediately commenced, and the Emperor Francis 11. will command iii person the Austrian "my. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 3. APPROACHING HOSTILITIES sETWErN TRANCE AND A CSTRIA. We have received Firm li Papers to the lath, and Dutch to the 31st, containing the Paris to the 24th. The preparation, for the renewal of the war in Germany rapidly appro.ich completion. and u great crisis al year* to he near at hand.— BostsPswea had not left Paris on the 24th, hat lie was shortly expected to set for Verona, to dir. ct the ope►ations against Austria, on the side in Italy ; while, as in the last war, another army advanced along the Danube. In this lattec ser vice, troops werc pressing from the interior of France to Strashingh ; while BIiaNADUTV; had broken np at lliimlitirgli, and was proceeding, a ith the other French troop* in the North of Genitally, to the South. Austria aloes not appear Ices active than her rival, in her preparations fur the field. The Archduke CUARI.Ls, as Continander-in-Chit 1, has published two Prot.[Rotations, One of them is addressed to the troops of the line ; the other ex horteall those that are not culled upoo by the laws to join the army, to form themselves into battalions, and, in case of their country hying threatened by any,enemy, to he ready to serve it, even'beyund the frontiers. This production, which is extrrincly warlike, joined to the preparations that are ttoing use with increased aentity, had dispelled all hope* of the tontionance of paces at Vienna. T 1..: report of the death of Pataeoe, we hope, will prove unfounded. It is bawl that he arrived at 11 a . 0 0 ll e on the 17th, and that the last of the garrison of Saragossa reached that place on th e 18th: These circumstances, if true, would necessarily dispel all slonhts respecting ihe fall of that gallant city. The Par - 14 newts noweiwt, iu the Dutch pieprre, of whirls :t finites a part, op pears entitled to Teri little calit./ It adds, that Marshal SOOLT had erdered Oporto on the 3d, and Lisboa on the lath. atter havieg defeated the Portuguese in several engagements. Now, we know that General SuuxuanosCs Expedition landed at Lisbon on the 13111, anti that, tip to that date, it was otippowd the French nem actually retreating from the Porttiguele frostier. The expedition for Portugal will be carried into effect with all possible dispatch.—Part of the troops destined for that service is already on i card the trausports at Portianoutli. 7 The 3d liegiment of Dragoon Guards embarked, ou Saturday morning, from the Dock-Yard and Gun-Wharf, under the direction of Capt. JAsisai A oeisots, It. N. senior agent for transport., assisted by Capt. Stis:PHEAtila, Capt. siULLIVAN, and four l,ieute n Regiment. it may he recollected, embarked for Spain last December, and, with the 4th Light Dragoons, were disembarked again immediately, by Ca p t. ANDERSON, with a facility never before witnessed on any ociasion. The 4th Light Dra goons are now also wider orders to embark again, on to-morrow. Several transports, at Portsmouth, are taking on board great quantities of ordnance lames, for the same service. The battalions of the 32d, 4Sth, and Nti , i re giments, are among those troops winch are to em bark for Portugal. We have already had occasion recently to` ob serve, and we ciiimot too•often repeat, that " we live, and, above all, that we are about to lire, in ea age of reform." Every day's experience convinces its of the justice and truth of the assertion; and if it needed further proof, it tany be blond in the Proceedings and Resolution.' of the ( 'ffluilion Hall, held oil Saturday, in the city of Condos. That Assembly hum held ma a solemn warning to !Ministers. past, present, and future. It will be happy for them, vied for us, if they profit by it. A more audible or important deurniciation has not been made by the people to the government since the year Inas, so memorable is the wands of this country. It is not dictated by sedition, by Jacohinisni, or by the secret agents of Boa SPARSE. Let us not .lay that fluttering unction to our nuderstanding, that these are only the cries of disaffection and of dieloyalty ; they are the genuine expressions of a great, free, and a loyal people., conscious that . the Omuta of administration and of other need reformi tiou; int:tidos to coatirin the sceptre in, the venera ble and auanst hand to which Provideme has as signed it; bat not lest. anxious to hold out a neuro n Geitlifol, and honest lemma, to the sons, the ministers, and the friendsof their Sovereign. Con-. scums that in doe; ititerpreting the language of the Livery, we are animated by the purest inlet.- Uinta towards the Cootitry and the Crown, we are not under any iiimositiesii as to the interpre tation or misrepresentation that may he attempted by any of the venal papers under the influence of Mr. Pracr.v it or Air. C'ap attire. If it be true, that, Seveuty-eight Members of the House of 'Commons reeeive pensiOns to the amount of near 179,0001. a year ;"—if it be true, that, " though 335 Member, voted against the motion of Colonel WARDLE, and only 1 , 25 in favour of it, yet there was not a single Minister, a stogie Pensioner or Placetuan, nor a single naval or military officer, except General Ftatiarssox, in the whole of the Minority;"—if it be true, that tither government.; " have been overturned by the folly, profligacy, and corruption of their rulers ;" if these be facts, how can we dispute or deny the consequence ; that our own happy Constitution, if not reinvi,gorated, reanimated; and inn-Merl, may and will hill, as the Continental Governments have done, before the coin 111011 destroyer and renovator of Europe ? While, however, the Common Flail of Loudon hiss so strongly expressed its opinion in favour of these sentiments. the Corporation of Oxford ap pear.' to be actuated by different principles. A Newspaper of that city, which we received on Sa turday, enntnins the following article : " A Court of Common Couucil was held in this city on W'eduesday last, on which oven sion Air. ADAMS brought forward a motion fur a Vote of Thanks to Mr. WattoLE, fur his upright and manly conduct in bringing forward and et/Tr' ducting the inquiry into the conduct of the lotto Costs ivoEtt-t\-CHIEF. This was opposed by Mr. W.SLATTka, on the ground that it appeared to him iii this case enough had been done ; that a , fever had beericreated iu the public mind, which' weight lead to consequences of a very serious kind. .le admitted that Mr. WARDLE hail discharged his duty In a very independent and honourable mois sin ; and if any practical good was, iu leis opinion, to he gained by theMotitm, he would readdy sup port it, but he feared that this might be made a rallying point for disaffected and bad men. That . a severe lesson had been read to the nuke of Yolti .in what hail already past—that he had been cora pelkal to quit a very high and important post, by opiiiime of the country, winch bad gone forth sad he trusted the Government of thy country would kerns useful lesson, before it was too lair. end not Offer abuses to exist which must naturally tend to weaken the energies of the uatiosi, and, in the end, alienate the lonia* of the people from the love of their country. ThelitNil was become nil man. who had long re-tatted beneficially fur hi, people, • mid he would not he sidling to wound his letlitegs untatcessarily ; nut the strongest rcaste, kw object. 7 '-•"'" ing to the motion, was the fear of increasing th fervour in the public blind to a pitch which might endanger the public iwace Mid tranquillity. Mr. IS LATTER N irked to lull* the opirsioila of abler men ' than 16111,0 f, cud if they could shew him satisfacto rily that 3 Ilr‘ practical good was likely to be derived, from the motion, which w 54 not overbalanced by the probable evil, be would readily support it. No reply being made, the tnotion was witladraau." The following letter from an officer on board Ilia Majesty'i Ship &alms, .4htwa; that up to th e Bth last, Sir JOHN DurAwnturn was not aware that the Brest squaHron had put into Basque (loads, and that it was supposed, in his fleet, et that date, that it hail joined the L'Olieut and RorlifortSquadrom, and proceeded to the-West Indies : " Zealous, it anchor ',Craw, March r, 1809. " As it is news principally yffil aunt, I will give all J knove.—We sailed front Cawsiiiid Boy, with the Elizabeth and Barjleur, destined to Lisbon ; hut oil Cape Finisterre, we fell in with Sir J. Decaworra's spiadron„consistingvif the following ships— Ruyal ' George, St. George, Temeraire, Ifteadamight, Christian 7th, Achille, 'lmpetueux, anti Warapite, iu pursuit of the French fleet which escaped f Brest, and fordo d u juin:nem with the L'Orieat awl Rochefort Squadron, consisting of sixteen sail of the line, twelve frigates ; snit it is said, they have r nearly a week's start of us. On our wax hither, we have nut been able to gain the smallest informs tiou of their track, and therefore think that the relief of Martinique is their favourite point : mid 1 suppme, as snob UP we are reinfurcerl by the Con queror and Norge, now in sight, the Leoiaghti and Invincible, coaling out of Cinfis, that we shall be off to the wesi ward, no information hiving being received of their having passed the Straits.— We 'understand that the. Toulon fleet are out. —The Spaniards at Cadiz are hi tranquillity, the French being on their retreat from all points of Spain.—This infonuationrs corroborated by all the vessels we have spoken with on the mast. Austria has assumed a threatening aspect; it is in conse quence of • tWo: circumstance that the French have walked off. At Vigo there are only 800 of the enemy ; and between Vigo and Oporto, General Rows NA, with an increased army of 40,000 rued is on full march to retake Coruuna. The Vraus frigate was dispatched with unnstinitiou to that army, a few days ago. A day or two spore will po rit:vely fix our destimition." The East India ships which are to compose the two next fleets, are all arrived at the Mutherbank. Th e pshicest (aatle, Royal Charlotte. Marquis of Ely, Thames, sod Cools, for Chinn, expect to sail this day, under convoy of the St. Alban's: Captain AUSTEN. The Hopper, Swedish East !talisman, Captain Emit:muse, lot Bengal, sails with them. The United Kingdom, Devonshire, City of Lonetaa. (Jostle Eden. Svrry, mans Metre*, for lionslaiy, Madre*, and Benge,, expect to sail in a few days afterward; but uo con voy is yet appointed for them. The 13th Dragoons are on their march to Ports mouth, to embark for the East Indies. They will give their horses over to one of the regiments going to Portugal. We have the buti.iliction to state, that of the 2,500 skit and wounded troops which landed irons Spain, there renisiti at Pot tsinoutit now but Soo. io all the hospitals.—Not inure liven 340 have died out of the untidier landed. A plicate letter, it is said, has been received Cons Cadiz, whith asserts, that a Pruchustatiow hs-Iteen issued, directing that, in consequence of the cruelties committed - by French soldiers, 114) quarter shall Le given them. The thilfunne frigate„ Cuptain WAINWRIGHT. which sailed from Portsmouth, on the 10th of June last, with /000,004 on board, bound for Bengal, urrived sate in the river Itoogly on the 30th of September. Tess thousand middles and bridles have been re ceived at Falmouth, to be shipped for Cadiz ; die order for which 'came through Admiral Anwar*. from the Spanish Government. This transaction rests with the merchants entirely, independent of the British Govefinnent. The Imperiense frigate, Captain Lord COCII.. RARE. sidled 'on Thursday from Plymouth for Rechfort, with bombs and shells. A resod with a large supply of CONGAL% ter rockets, our readers are apprised, hail previously sailed for the same destination. An attempt will certainly be wade to destroy the French squadron in Basque Roads, Itochlost. The passengers by the but packet from Gotten burgh report, that the King of SWEDEN drew his sword. and severely wounded iii the ants, and IVII• near mortally wounding iti the breast, the General Officer who first atteiupted to AMA him. A requisition having been sent to the Loau Mecca to convene an Especial Court of Comoro. Council, for the purpose of conkiderieg the pro priety of voting the thanks of the Corporation s and the freedom of the City, its a gold box, to Colonel WARDLE, his Lordship has appoiatcd Thursday next for that purpose. The K t tr hes been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the. United Kingdom of elia Britoil. and Ireland unto Sir SAMUEL HOnD, Knight of the Moat Honourable t)rder of the Bath, and Bear- Adininil of the White Squadron of IN MAJVITI *5 Fleet, and the heirs male of his bOdy, lawfully lie , gotten. with remainder to Atexau Dv a Hoot', nephew of the amid Sir SANI7 CI. Woo, and OA beim tunes of his body, lawfully begotten. The KING has been pleased to present the Bev. ;UUCP VALERIAN WELLEstu, Ma-ter of to the Vicarage of West-Ham, in et.iont E‘PeX, sad Piecr‘e of London s, void by the death of Doctor tlteitia: Geri-wax.