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1 4 41 1 I I 1 1 1 1 tweets ri+e filth and 29rh of August, the Austrian Ca. hi let Messenger, Milde-er, rinsed through Aup burgh in great haste, on his way from Vi:iina to Paris. This Messenger probably lett Vienna suh,•- que-iir to the arrival at that place of the French Cott- Tier, wbo brought nn the evening of the 25th of Au gust, to M. Rachel.. at Ratisbnn. the ---•-•••••••• anrciAr4Tiall the French Emperor tothit Emperorof Austria; and it is supposed that the dispatches of the Austrian Cou rier relate to that suhjeft. They speak here of an intended march of French troops through several German districts, on their way to the /thine. MADRID, ACO. 13. The Prince of Peace having informed the• K;nr, that several British merchants are sending their goods to Cadiz in neutral bottoms, and pass them for the prope r ty of these neutral Stares; His Ma jesty has ordained, by a decree of the Ist inst. that, to put a stop to these abuses, the different ordinances shall be most striftly enforced, by which the im portation of British merchandise is prohibited in Spain. TRONt THE BATAVIAN STATE. GAZETTE. Scut. 11 " Sometimes the circumstances of a war, in the Maid of the great Powers, draw in others, which ire utter strangers to the dispute, el That a smaller Power should End itself under the IMPlessity of yielding to a greater Power, is not to be wondered at ; and this is not always a proof if the inability or weakness of its Government ; but • that a Power of a higher rank should deliver itself up to the caprice, to the hatred, and to the ambi tion of Governments, perhaps its natural enemies, thews that its dissolution, its downfall is near. " The Ottoman Porte, which, by her religion, by her political interest, by the anarchy which pre vails in her provinces —provinces of which she al ready sees a part slip front under her sway, and others on the point of being conquered by their pro- Wars ; the Ottoman Pone seems to be that unfor tunate State, which has as little free-will as elasti city left. and which has no strength, because it is Without a Government. el Peace, that °Nes% of the wishes of all mortals, ought, above all things, to be the principal desire of the Sublime Porte. What can she gain by a war, and what can she not lose by the same ? "She can gain nothing from the Christian Powers; she cannot extend her territory either on the side of Hungary, or on that of Italy; because, independ ently of policy and religion, the inclinations of the people oppose it. " She may (withnnt reckoning the disasters of a destru'tive war), by the bare withdrawing of her forces. lose the provinces in Syria, which are already i in insurrection I she may lose Egypt, which is already delivered up to civil war, and to the dissensions of the Arnauts and Mamelukes; Servia, already al. most inch pendent, by the daily growing enterprise of .•Cfserni Georges; her Illyrian provinces. probably the spoil of the possibly lancing courage of Pas. wan Oglu ; and Greece I that Greece which loiigs for a less oppressive, and, perhaps, an Independent ' Government. " And, shall the English Ministry, without nests shy, without a hope of any essential assistance, and misty to increase the enemies .of France, and as far as po.sible to extend the torch of discord —d are t o draw a Government into the lists, which is already tumbling by its own weakness, without any shock from without ?" HAMBURG/I MAIL. 7110VTIIIIS OF 11111131.1, AOO. 24. or The two columns of Russian troops, which have . entered Gallicia, are commanded by the Generals Michelson, Essen, and Renningsen. It is said, that there are likewise 120,000 Russian troops, which aril destined for the Austrian States. VIENNA, A ce,2B. The Ambassador ef His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, has announced, that, to support the negoci ition which our Court has proposed for the maintenance of peace, and, at all events. so sup port Austria, orders had been given for two Russian samie. to put themseves in motion. They write from Carniola, that, towards the 50th of this month. an army of 80,000 men will be as. sembled at l.aybach, and in the environs, the desti- Lassos of which force is Italy. FRAIICFORT, Ann. 27. The garri.ons of Mentz, Strasburg, and Landau, are rednforeing; and, it is said, that a French army will be assembled nn the Rhine. Should a war take place, the Smith of Germany and Italy will be the theatre of it; but the Nurth of Germany will eserve its tranquillity. ti A NOVER, seer. 3. Tl.e French have formed several camps in the Flcitiverian tetritniy. It i5 . 5..41, that about 6,000 I men will be assembled near Gnttingen ; anid that there will he another catnip, as large, near Luneburg. Great members of troops are culledling near Celle yid Verden. biz re.ch tfriments of infantry and calerr4 Ore . . I en their march from Holland. for the Ilanoveri.m 6th of this. Those persons who survived the yellow fever last year, were, at the beginning of the dog-days, at tacked by the itch. 01 the yellow fever, thanks to Providence, no vestige has a ppe red. At Card+ gena a putrid fever had broken nut, but, at the coup mencement of the hot weather, it diseppe.tred. ITALY, AVU. 18. Five volumes of a wort, containing an Account of the Journey of his Holiness the Pope to France, has already appeared at Rome. The sixth and last is shortly expeded. Oa the 6th of this month, the brig the St. Peter, a present from the Emperor Napoleon to the Holy Father, left the port of Civita Vecchia with a galliot. They soon afterwards fell in with an African cor. sair, which they took, after a short engagement, Its crew consisted of 18 men, besides the Rays. ITALY, AUC. 20. The French and Italian troops, in the kingdom of Italy, occupy a camp near ?Cate C:liaro. The fortifications of Mantua, Peschiera, and Pixsighe to!te, are repairing and strengthening with the greatest aCtivity ; and Turin will be placed in a strong state of defence. OT ?ME MAINE, AUG. 31. Since the Itith of this month, all the Circular Offices in Austria have received, by Couriers, sealed orders, which are not to be opened till the 28th. At Mentz, 101 galleyvslaves are expetted. They are to be employed in the new works at the har bour. A public paper has given the following intelli gence s—The seizure of a Secretary of Legation in Alsace, by some French Gras d'..lraies, has been the subject of much conversation. He is reported to have been employed in an embassy at Paris, whence he privately departed, taking with him the most important diplomatic papers; amongst the rest, those relative to the latest negociations, for the purpose of communicating them to a foreign power. The celebrated gallery at Basil, in which was the Deere of Death, painted by Holbein, and which no traveller omitted to see, has lately been pulled down. On its site a public walk is to be con strueled. SZNIFIN, AUG. S. According to the last a Iviees from Servia, en army of 0,003 Turks is on the point of entering that province. his divided into four corps, one of which is commanded by Aunt, Aga of Nesse ; the second by Sessi, Governor of I.iskoveze; and the two others, by the Pashas sent by the Porte._ The insurgents are making the most serious prepa iations to oppose this attack. l'hey have fortified ,Ati the passages, and form a hue along the whole frontier, as well on the side of Bosnia, as of Bul garia. . -•-nennui..... FROM THE GERMAN PAPERS. • •-••••• . PRESENT STATE. OF THE R.VSSLAN LAND-FORCES, WITH A SURVEY OF THE EXPENCES OF THEIR MAINTENANCE. In time of peace, Russia has half a million of men in arms. No Other state has such an immense force at its disposal, and only the Ruisiau Emperor is capable of maintaining it, at an etpence so extremely small ig proportion. The subjoined details diffuse o4w light over this political and military phanomenoosarkiell is doubly interesting to us at this critical moonlit* j ' REGULAR TROOPS. . Life Guards, Hors.-1 Regiment Cavalier Guards; 1 Rvi g ia nsent Horse Gnardi ; 1 Regiment Life Hussars ; 1 Regimeni Life Canaan ; 1 Regiment Ural Life Cossacks—Total, 3,316 Privates. Foot-1 Regiments Grenadiers ; 1 Battalion Jagers ; 1 Ratallion of Artillery ; 1 Garrison Battalion—Total, 9,301 Privates. Total of thi Guards, 12,621. Field oeginleilts—Cavalry ; 6 Regiments of Cuirassiers ; 96 Regiments of Dragoons ; to Regiments of filusets, and I Regiment of Hulaus ; 1 Regiment of T.chtigujeff Co.,acks ; 1 Regiment of I. ghostliest Tartan ; 1 Regiment of Polish Cavalry. Total, 49,7 N Private.. ' foralior —ll3 Regiments of Grenadiers ; 77 Regiments of Mausuerovirs, 20 Regiments of /aim. Total, 219,12 5 Pri vate..._ . n 1- • In Garrison-1S Regiments on the Field-etat ; 4 Regiment* on the Land-mat. Total, 70,614 Privates. Artillery-4 Battalions of Siege.artillety, 10 Battalions of Field-artillery, 12 Companie s and GI Commanders of Garri son-artillery ; 2 Regiments of Pioneers,' iCompanier of Pon mimeos., the Co q ,. of Engineer'. Total, 42,219 Privates. Total of the Regular Troops.--11,6+2 Star *and Superior WEAN ; 1.167 p Nuns belongin g to the Inferior Staff ; 011,917 privates. Total of the reglut,t'is tit fiece., 409,096. IRREGULAR TROOPS. Don, Tscheriturnorsk, Ural and Sisertaa Csiacks, Tex terek and Grebeto.k rirtars, Basehkirions, ealmocks, Ste. Tot ,I, 2,199 Superior 015. en, 911,2 1 1 privates. iota ut toe regular and irregular army, exclusive of the Invalids; 13,014 Stet/ and Superior Olfneet ; 1,01 belong tog to the Infer... Staff ; 499,10,9 privates.. Total, 505,130 I ha Iln•hilla a ft °b ait... 4 el 111 cusainegenk s in garrison 139 . . - 4 -.-... - • Comm:soden on duty in different towns; sod 41 eempaii•e of s/IperflUlTlVlraritrll. Tot.), 1,150 Officer., and 11.770 prt a • view. • 41 4 P 11111111110 re of etch Regie4nt i lb 11 ri •of Pelee. 'Mute of War. 'at ' Reales. R uble.. Cuirassiers • - - 6'5,461 Dragoons - • - - 54,279 55, 'oril !Ist ers•- - 91, 91,182 Giervidiers . - - 68,297 7 5,..•69 Musaueseen - -67,71 n 74,071 Jagvis 49,81/ k 0,048 UErri.lei on the Field-Ittat 2.1.957 Garrison on the Land-Etat - 10,'41 6 Regiments of Cuirassie.s therefore en.t - . 379,130 392,768 86 Rermenti of Drain - HIS • 1,411,1/6 1,444,716 le Ditto of Hussars, and I Re- PT.llt of Dubin . 1,005,780 1,015,009 13 Dame( Greedier, • - 887,04i3 —. 978,400 77 Ditto of Musqueteers 5,123,714 5,841,972 11143,tt0 of .r..g.-rs - - 997,431 1,00C,846 15 Garrison Regiments on the Field-Etat - • . 319,2('7 4 Ditto on the Land-Etat • 33,563 A private Dragoon costs the Crown, annually, for mainte nance, 12 rubles; for dative, 13 rubies; fur the equipment ' of his hors', 10 rubles. A private Muspieteer costs, f.r maintenance, 9 rubles SO copecks; and for cluthi.ig, 11 rubles 75 sopetks. Derides his pay, the soldier receives, yearly, 3 'stitch/eft of me-med. and 14 tschetwert of grits, of which, as well as of the forage, the 'Aloe eannot he estimated, on account of the variation of Nye price. From the,* results, it appears how Russia is en abled to maintain such a colossal force. No other Monarch caa maintain his troops at such a cheap rate, as the powerful Sovereign of the Russian Em pire. With this facility of maintenance, the re sources presented by the progressive encre.ase of the population of the Russian Empire, keep peace: ,The total number of its inhabitants is estimated at 80 millions. In the same proportion as it has aiiss. mented, the Sovereigns of Russia have eucreased their military force. About a century ago, in the year 17 12, the regular troops amounted to 108,350 men ; at the death of Peter the Great, in 1724, they were encreased to 2 regiments of Guards, 50 regiments of Infantry, 30 regiments of Dragoons, several squadrons of Hus sars, 67 Garrison-Regiments. and 6 regiments of Land-Militia, making a total of nearly 200,000 men. In 1771, the strength of the regular army hail again encreased to such a degree, that, exclrishre of the Guards and Artillery, it consisted ,of • 1 98,1:)7 men. In 1794, the regular land-force of Russia, including the above - mentioned corps. amounted to 312,78.5 men ; and, during the last eleven years, it has been so much augmented. that, according to the preceding statement, it now forms a mass of more than 508,000 armed men. PRESEter STATE OF THE r RENCII MILITARY FORCE. At a moment when the political horizon is again overcast, a Statement of the French Military Force will not be unworthy of public attention. Like the preceding account of the Russian Land Force, it is derived from the most authentic sources. The Gendarmerie forms a distindt body, com posed of 2,620 brigades. Of these, 1,819 are ca valry, and 813 infantry, The whole corps is divided into 28 legions, among which is the Legion D'Alite, which forms a part of the Imperial Guards. Mar shal Moncey is at the head of the Gradaenteris with the title of Inspedor-General. The corps of Artillery is composed of a regimen!, of Infantry, 6 regiments of Horse Artillery, 15 companies of Labourers, 2 batallions of Pooton niers, and 1G hatallions of the Train of Artillery. There are besides, 231 officers, who are charged with the diredion and inspedion over the Artillery, as well with the army, as in fortified places slid c , - lonies. General Songis is the First Inspector -Ge neral of Artillery ; besides him, there are 11 nth-r InspeCtors-General. 'The Artillery, which contri- I wed so materially to the success of the French armies, daring the late war, forms a distind corps. which is. imniediately under the command of the Minister at War. The corps of Engineers is composed of a General Staff, 5 batallions of Sappers, 9 companies of Mi ners, and the Garde, Jr Genie. To the General Staff belong 3 Generals of Division, under whom General Marescot is first Inspeetor-General, 6 Brigade -Ge nerals, 37 Colonels, the Diredors, and 37 Chiefs of Batallions ; the Sub-Direltors are 220 Captains, AO Lieutenants, an Examiner of the corps of Engineers, who is a Member of the Institute, and 4 Provi sory Diredors. The five batallions of Sappers have likewise a Staff, and are divided into 9 corn. panics Each batallion is composed of 612 men, in time of peace, and 209 men, in time of war. Each of the 9 companies of Miners consists, in time of peace, of 68, and, in war, of 100 men. The French Infantry is composed of 90 regi ments of Infantry of the Line, and 27 regiments of Light Infantry. Among the Colonels of Regi. :nem% the brother and brother-in-14w of tho perm, Prince Joseph, and the Prince of I.ucca arh'. Piombian, are particularly distinguished. The Cavalry consists of 7S regiments, namely, 2 regiments of Carabineers, 12 regiments of Cui rassiers, 30 regiments of Dragoons, 2! regiments of Jagers, And lor regiments of Hussars. The corps of Vcterans comprehends lo meats. The whole of the French army at present amounts to 575.548 men, eeclusive of the Genf...Parlo rs , th e National Guards, and the newly organised armies ri the kingdom of Italy. As a MilUary Monarchy, France is divided into eivisions. The Head-qoarters of these divisions which comprehend 2,5, or more departments, are, Paris, where Prince Murat commands as Governor, I Mezieres, Metz, Nancy, Strasburg, Be-rancor!, Gre noble, !Marseilles, Montpe!ier, Toulouse, Bordeaux. Nantes, Rennes, Caen, Rouen, Lille, Dijon, Lyons, Pevigueur, Bourges, Tours, Bastia, Prussels, Liege, Coblentz, Turin, and Genoa. The ,Oive arni;es of the French Empire, re i k present organised in the following manner:,,.ire wrench force in Italy cors.;ists of the French Army of Observation, under the comnr,nd of Ole General Gonvion Sr. Cyr, under whom are •the Generals Montrichard, Quesse/, and Bron ; and of the troops in Upper and Middle. Italy, undLr supreme command of 7Slarshal Jourdan, wh o f c t„, what is called the Army of Italy, of which Genvai Charpentier is Chief of the General Staff. It is composed of 5 divisions, under the Generals Chabot, Zayonchek, Polly, Gardanne, and Olivier; the corps of troops, in E curia, under Genersil Verdier; the troops in the Genoese, under General Milhaud, and the corps in the States r,f Puma, conunanJei by General Lesuire. The Army of lionover, as it is denominated, over which Marshal Bernadotte has the supreme ems. I Math!, is composed of four divisions of Infantry, under the Generals Rivaud, Droner, Dessolles, and Barbon, and a division of Cavalry, commanded by Genes-al Kellermann. General Leopold Berthier is Chief of the General Staff; and the Generals Du moulin, Schiner, Frere, Picard, Paetod, Matici, Werle, and Grandjeaa, fuse particular commands in this army. The army in Holland is divided into two prin cipal parts, composed of the the ee divisions in the camp, formed at Utrecht, under the Generals Vig- - Bondet, and Groechy ; the supreme com mand of which is vested in General Mertnomt, whose authority, as General in Chief, extends to tfe. whole Batavian Republic. To thikarmy, wise, beleng the other Fiends troops. colleded in Holland, under the command of the General of Monnet. At the head of the General Staff of the Army of the Coast, is the Marshal and Minster of war. Ber thier, as Major-General. The different divisions of this mass of troops are:-1. The corps of Cavalry ! reserve, under General Bourcier. 2. The corps of Reserve of Grenadiers, under General Oudinot. 5. The corps of Dragoons, composed of two divisions, conduded by the Generals Klein and Bar iguay D'Hilliers. 4. The camp of Monrreuil, under the command of Marshal Ney, comprismg four divi sions, commanded by Generals Dupont, Loison, Tilly, and Malher. 5. The camp of Brest, under the command of Marshal Augereau, consisting of three divisions, under the Generals Mathieu, Bon net, and Desjardins. 6. The camp of Bruges, composed of four divisions, under the Generals Guilin, Triant, Walther, and Debilly, and the so prersse command of which is vested in Marshal Davoust, who is assisted by the celebrated General Mathieu Dumas, as Chief of the General Staff. 7. The camp of St. Omer, or Boulogne, cornrow:led by Mershal Sault ; this is the most numerous Oats of the Army of the Coast; consisting of 5 d,- visions, under the Generals St. Hilaire, Vandamme, Legrand, Suchot, and 1 lautpoult. The French General Etat-Me/or is tonfpesed cf the Marshals of the Empire, Inspectors, and General- Colonels, Generals of Divisioto and Generals of Brigade. The Adjutants-Commandants. likewise, belong to it. The number of Marshals is, at pre. sent, / ; exclusive of the 4 Senators, who hold the rank of Marshal. it is limited to 16. The present Marshals are, the Minister at War, Berthier, Prince Murat, Moncey, Jourdan, hfassena. Augereav, Bernadotte, Snub., Brune, Lannes, Monier, Ney, Davoust and Bessieres ; the four Senators invested with the title of Marshal, are, Kellerman'', Left - bre, Perignon, and Sarrurier. The number of Generals of Division amounts, with the most recent appointments, to 124, and the class of Generals of Brigade, is more than twice as numerous. They amount to 265. Eleven Generals are at present without command, and at the disposal of Govern ment ; these are, the Marshal Massena, the Generals of Division Macdonald, Therreau, Morlot, Cart L St. Cyr, Clause!, and Miollis ; and the Generals et Brigade. Boyer, Harty, and Vonderwield. Toe member of Adjutants Commandants amounts to saiiuve territory. Among these regiments are the 6t hussamithe fith of eh4flofilLlind dairTfinfatry 4*ff 4144Dilef From Malaga and Caribagena Ire are inforr of a very particular circumstance. It is t r: m a ai .111 11 ( I 1 9 i I . 1 • I .1 'I 1 ( 4 1 a f F m I, I 1, ii 1 A 1, a it i 3 d tl it I ii 5