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--~~. NMUrn" FOREIGN lATELLIGENCE. %FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. ~~ 1 PARIS, (Nr:T. 2. Thy. English prisoners at Verdun are going to be rzrnoved to another town ; filly of them are already sent off fur Valenciennes, under a guard. The raising of Conscripts is carried on with the aßivity in the department of the Soine. The General of Division, bliollis. has been ap- pointed Governor of Mantua; when be was pre sented to His Majesty, he took an oath not to dcli •rr up that fortress while he retained the means of defending It a single instant. MINISTRY OF MARINE. " BOULOGNE, OCT. 1. t have the honour te . lofern your kx.ellenzy, that the day berate ve..terlav the line of lint Majesty's flotilla, log 14 17 in-boat , ' alone, under Cap( Dordcli.i, had tine whole dir 2..1 vessels in fr.iist of than, two of which were of the line, four frigates, an: the rest cutters. Yeitcol..y en..iny had not d,,nioislt d in number; tilt a.:cuctomed to ,•re in such force, I did not think it ate:ea...try to reinforce oar line, couvi..ced that it was sufficient to repel all attacks. in At midnight, the 'scathe- being very thick, and the L.,1 calm, I heard a w,rm firing, arid some di.charges of cannon in the line. I made immediate di..position. for several divisions of the flotilla to go irrt ; hot tin , firing having ceased, I sus pend.d that movernont Proceeding along the litre, Captain Dordelin infunned WC, that the gun boat NO. fill„ head of the line to the East, emnmanded by Emign Alex, had been con rounded by a chain of fire-ships, condueled by several pinnaces. " That officer, without dipping or cutting his cable, which would successively have expe:•-•1 the whole line So dang:r from the fireashipt, kept his pout firmly, and dangling all his efforts to the chain which cenneettd the fire•ships, he at. tempted to break it, and succeeded. " The chain being broke. r, the fire-ships defiled along the line, yet the gum-boat, No. Captain Nivelain, wu grap pled by six of them. That officer performed the same Tu. iatsv,s as Captain Alex, and his second in command, and two others jii.nped into the boat, and disengaged the v-s.el. " But one of the fire-ships having exploded noir the gun boat, she wet thrown up, covered with water, and !rid no other rlArnage her winriowb broken, and some shot Olt Worth. " No 291 also eeperieneed the effeis of the Wowing op " The gurtaarsata No. 28ri, 303, 13 1 1, 34. and 61, were more particularly attacked, but did not quit their post. " Some of the ropes increl were cut Iry the balls, and the enemy's pinnaces, repulsel by a warns firing, soon took ro flight, and were inielated for ton,' illets to the darkness of the night At two o'clock, all was quiet along the line, and we Lad not a man kille! At day break, Capt. Ales, having p-t -ciii.ved some srticiei lotting, sent his boat with six men for them : they brought bark a spherical machine, 'topper sheath ed, and which was found to bo one of the infernal machines, caltra • , y the anite+•e, Gl4es f Cnondraries. As it was eon w en shore, it blew up, and the Midshipman, Mesurier, and tnree men, penshert " At low water w• found on the cram several wr.-cks of the ire-ships; and particularly a lock like that of the fire•tna chines which the English usea last year, w.th as ninth and as little success. (TM letter conclude. ►t praang the couduct or the soldiers soot •atlas of the fl,edla "The Rear-Admiral Cocarnantler in Chief of the Imperial Fuel ßA, LACROSSE " ITR•SIIVRIIH, SEP r. Great preparations have been made here, to con ♦ince our F.mperur of the pleasure we feel in having him amongst u; ; he had been expelled with impa tience; and, at the time when we thought he had but just left Paris, was already within our walls. We learned, at the same moment, that several regiments, of whose arrival on the Llwer Rhine we had but vague accounts, had already reached the German territories, several days march beyond the Ricer. Such a movement of horse and artillery was never before witnessed. At the first summons, twenty thousand carriages appeared under requisition ; and what is most worthy of remark is, that the greatest good humour and gaiety reigned amongst the inha bitants of the country, whose horses and carriages were put in reqnisition. They marched on spon taneously, without guide or escort, towards the right bank of the Rhine, where their services are required, singing all the way. The following is the Proclamation of the Empe ror to the Army : " SOLDIERS, " THE WAR OF Ttli THIRD COALITON nAs Aweaten Arany has pawed the Inn, violated it% and hie Attacked and driven ..ter ally from his capital. Ynu yourselves have been compelled to advance by forced marchre to the defenci• of our frontiers. A'rearly you ►ave pueed the Rhine. We w.ll not again make peace without a sulrwient guaranty. Our polity sh.dl no more give way to our genernsity. N Soldier', your Emperor is in the midit of von ; you are only the Advanced Guard of a great People. If it shoed he necessary, thi7 will ail rise at my voice to confound and dis solve this new leagee, which has been formed by the hatred end the gold of E•iglainl . 4 But, Soldier., we shall have forced marches to make, f gigues an 1 privation, or every kind to endure. Wh.itever nb• sucks may be ,q i po.ed to di, we will overcome them, and we shall tale 113 rest, until we have planted our Eagles on the Territory of our Enemies. (Signed) a NAPOLEON. " $7 order of Hit Majesty, the Majo,-Geoeral of the Grand BERTHIER " His Majesty went which had pawd the Rhine. Prince Murat's heal-quarter, Tlis Ma je.ty's Lieutenant, are at Kersh, between Kehl rod Weldslett. Several detachments of the Imperial Guards ar rived here yes.crday. The Prince Borghese was at their head. All the accounts which reached us yesterday an- nounce CI it the Athtrian army continues its march towards the mountains of the Black motet, which border on the vall.!y of the Rhine. One of its co lumns ha, ant .red the Eleetarate of IVirtemherg. Our dotachunsuts of cavalry tune up with them about ten leaco.., from hence, on the side of Knibis; we as: rssured that no a6t of hostility took place. We are th:s mement informed, that Stutgard, Tubingen, and some other neighbouring towns, have been taken possession of by the corps under General Gottensheim, and that part of the Aostrian ad vanced guard has even advanced to Pfozzheim, in the Eleaorate of Baden. The left wing of our army has passed the Rhine, will soon come up with them. The centre of this army has ad• winced t )wards the Mountains, and the right has ascended the Rhine.—We are on the eve of very im portant events. 011FSNIBURO, SEPT. 2s. The French troops, which have passed the b idge of Kehl. are at 'hr.:berg, Oppenau, Oberkirch, Genispach, Paden, and Dnurlach The corps com manded by Mar s hal Darousr which passed the Rhine at Manheim, the day Is.?f,ne yesterday, imme diately took the route for Heydelberg. Thus the French are masters of all the passes of the mountains of the Black Forest, whore the Austrians have only had time to station some patroles, and aehere, it ap pears, that they had hoped to establish themaelve., and maintain a defensive war during tnia campaign, nn those celebrated fields of battle, where Fureane sustained so many defeats, and which ia the true point of defence for Southern G'rmany. WVITZSVUSN, SLPT. 17. Marshal Bernadotte, and General Vlarmont. have arrived with the two corns which they command, and which, unites, to the 114variAn army, Already 26,000, stron::, form a very resp.•R.ible army. The BavAriAn solliers manifest the mast lively joy, at finding themselves wilted with the French ; they are eager to measure swords with the oppres sors of their country. Ali th.• Accounts they receive from their relations excite their impatience and Lie r indignation. The c.md..a the Austrians is such, that the Generals an.l Contrairturs force the BAL.. rians to receive, for what they furnish, Bank bills, which are at 40 per cent. discount in the Austrian States. The money is hidden ; and if the Austrians remain long in Bavaria, the country will be ruined. We have seen what nanonal spirit can do smonot a people a/hated by honour:Ole sentiments. Ts» furloughs had not yet been recalled ; but, at the first order of the Penor, all those who were absent. has tened to join their cul^,urs; several swam across the river Danube, whilst others wandered from forest to forest, to escape the Aus.tian patroles, and re-join their curps. MIIMHZIM. SEPT. 26. The Austrians govern Bavaria in a military man. ner. They have established at Munich a kiad of Maximum. Those who contravene their orders are taken up and sent to the Austrian fortresses. AVOSIWILOII, SEPT. 25. The advanced Guard, under Gen. Klenau, arrived on the 19th. We soon felt the inconvenience of such guests. Theofficcrs forced the keepers of coffee-houses to give them what they called fur; and when payment was demanded, they presented bank notes for 20 florins to pay the smallest bill, and required money in change. These pr.sceedings produced a great fer ment in the city. All the merchants joined to carry their complaints to the General ; but they were shewn an Ordinance, stuck up in all quarters, by which every person wis ordered, under severe pe nalties, to take the bank SIFT. 28. The Austrian army, after having invaded Bavaria, reached the Lech by forced marches, where thry took up a position. Soon afterwards they passed the 111er, and advanced, by forced marches, to seize the panes of the Black Forest. The Emperor of Austria has quitted Vienna in great haste, to traverse Mulish, and proceed with the greatest expedition to the head-quarters at Mem mingen. This sudden departure, and his resolution to put himself at the head of the armies, surprised every body. We learn, however, with less asto nishment, that the Emperor of Austria, at the mo ment of his arrival, convoked a Grand Council of War, and that yesterday, after quitting the Coun cil, he set out to return to his capital. • PANES OP 1 HE MAINE, SEPT. 27. M. Richer, Charge-d'Affaires of His Majesty the Emperor of the French, at Ratisbtm, has officially notified to the Germanic Diet the march of the Army of Marshal' Bernadotte on the Maine. and his passage across a part of Germany. This corn ropuication tows c place on the Ist inst. • • atPT.24. We have just received information of a Treaty offensive and defensive, concluded between the Em peror of the French and our Court. The Elciflor of Baden has recalled all soldiers on leave of absence ; he is about to form a corps of 4000 men, which will join the French Army. seer. '2B, The Gth corps of the Great French Army, com manded by Marshal Ney. arrived here yesterday. 'They assembled at six in the morning, on the right of Lauterbourg, in columns. The Officers and sol diers had branches of oak in their hats, presage of the vktory that awaits them. When they arrived at the extremity of the bridge, the army defiled in the finest order, to the acclamations of Lone live the Emperor The news of the arrival of the Emperor at Strasburgh, flew from rank to rank, and excited the liveliest enthusiasm. At six p. nt. four companies of grenadiers, and a squadron of the lit regiment of hussars, proceeded to Phortzheim, to drive away some Austrian patroles which had advanced so far. The Austrians still protest, that their disposition is friendly—but hap pily there is no fear that they will induce any one to believe them. IIZILIN, SEPT. 25. Important circumstances have happened within these few days. A courier from Warta brought to oar Court a letter, in which the Emperor Alexan der announces, that three Russian armies are on their march, and will traverse Prussia. This annoyance, this violation of the indepen fence of the Prussian territories, has irritated the King and his Council to such a degree, that they have unanimously decided to reoel force by force. At the breaking up of the Council, 15,000,000 drowns were drawn from the R ryal Treasury, and C , nriers sent to every quarter to recal all furloughs, anti put in moti.m the whole of :he Prussian forces. This at of firmness will prob Jib , make the Court of St. Petersbargh hold back. It will endeavour to cajole a Power whom it hates, and whom it vainly attempts to intimidate. It will, however, ga ther nothing fr , m its menaces, but that disconcertion w:rieh always accompanies the. ill success of an op pressive and presumptuous measure. It will not fail to be observed, that all the relations of the Empe ror of Russia, and all those to whom he ought to he atta:hed by the ties of policy, make common cense with France. For whom foes he fil.ht ? It is not for the cause of his brother.in-law, Lis u Irle, or his n-p' , ew, but from submission to the sugge.tio is of NI ircow, and the wishes of England. What does he tripe for ? is it to give laws to France ? He .t hive m Inv more calls of two men out of GOO helot , lie cal eTtcct that. This Prince, able to art s. , e 1 ear ible .1 part. throws himself into the arms of En. 4 14 1, app noes all that she rites, and sees no thing but with her eyes. He will shed much blood without succeeding in any of his projeCts, and finish, by being humbled by English arrogance, as he was at the commencement of hi. reign. THE BRITISH PRESS. 1,11N:.(1\. SKI UILDAY, OCTORtft 12. Last night, we receivA Paris P.tpers to the 4.11 instant. The public hake been fur so•a: d..:5 in hourly expethtion of receiving an account of an important battle. Most of our readers vi fore, be probably disappointed upon the pertl, the contents of these papers, as they announce no such event. They are, hosserer, of considerable interest. We had been taught to expea, that the ELECTOR rif Bat/ARIA had joined the Coalriiin against France; and it still continues to be aiserted with confidence, in the Ministerial circles, that he aChiatly concluded a treaty of alliance with the Et 4 'Milt% of GEasf asy. Tate intelligent_• bought by the Paris Papers directly contradiets this assertion, and represents the Extc roa as the fixed and firm Ally of France. An al tide of the 27t h last, from Wurtzburgh, in the Moniteur, states, that the divi sions of Marshal BERN A oorTE and G •neral M A R• Alois r have reached that city, where they have been joined by the Bavarian army, '26,000 strong, now atlually incorporated with the French army. BOMAR *RTC has issued a Proclamation to his Grand Army of the Rhine, in which we find some etym. sions that support the Wurtzburgh article. In it, he calls the ELECTOR of BAVARIA his Ally, and sets forth the occultation of that BleCtorate, by the Austrian troops, as his great and leading charge of complaint against Austria. This Proclamation was issued after his army had passed the Rhine, and it insinuates, in terms tolerably plain, that its first efforts will be dire Red to the purpose of driving the Austrians out of Bavaria. We are aware, that there is no limit to the fraud and deceit of BON A. P A RTIE, where they are auxiliary to the attainment of his °hien ; yet we think it strange, that he should misrepresent his relations with Bavaria, and hold it forth as an ally, if, in fad, h be a foe; coa lscious, as he must be, that, is a few days, the fallacy must be deleted, and his Imps must lea rn truth from their iiwa per octal experience and nervation. But such is the excess of Busiataar philanthropy, 1w does tint er nfine his esertioes th,proteaion of Bavaria, and the procurin dress ior.aer wrongs. In the nhl 1 4:oliie cr . which he, whether Consul or Ernp?r.::, has nee changed, he affeets to fuel for the inikpendence the Germanic body, with the same parental tmd ness, as it he were the head of the Empire, a l d • natural guardian anal protedor. These professions Lin iness come with a bad grace from the ja i who so lately violated that independence, who i• vide.] Eatenheirn, and plundered and oppressed t , El:am-ate of I lanover. The Et vi.rox of BAlle% however, is also stated to have concluded a I'm oTensive and defensive with France. M a w Net's carp: is arrived at Carlsruhe, the c tp;tal, fir th ELEcroe, who is to furnish a corps of 1, , J •) e r . join the Frenelf army. But the mast news communicated lay these papers, is to be mu,, in an article, dated Berlin, Sept. 2.5, which 16.: the arrival of a Courier, with a letter from the Ei peror of RUSSIA, announcing, that three Heusi armies will march through the Prussian tetritories, and that the Prussian Cabinet, indignant at such conduct, had unanimously determined, to repel force by force. This account, is, however, of too great importace to be lightly credited, upon the mere assertion of a Paris Paper, which, we know is made and manufaCtured under the inspeftion of Government. The Proclamation, which we have already noticed, alludes to the forced marches which the army has made ; and an article, dated Strasbnrgh, 29th, represents several regiments as advanced several days march into the German ter. ritories, beyond the Rhine, before it was known that they had reached that river. They are farther stated to have got the start of the Austrians, is seizing the passes of the mountains of the Black Forest, where they met a few Austrian whom they obligcd to fall back. The Austrians, however, were approaching that point in con,idera ble strength, and an action was expelled daily to ensue. The Morsitear contains Admiral La Ceossz's report of the late attempt made by Sir Storni' Sm:ru to burn the flotilla in the harbour of Bon. logne. Our readers will recoiled, that we gave an aceonnt of this enterprise in our Paper of the 4th inst. A certain Print, thought proper to assert, roundly, chat our account was without a shadow of foundati..n. We are not, however, disposed to be angry with it. Ihe exposure of ignorance is punishment enough. The affair was more serious then we represented it, and justifies a confident ho; it., that a repetition of the experiment will be crowned with complete suc cess. BOSAP A IT!: was at Strasburgh on the eyh. 6unt Co s. was at Paris on the 9d, and the Faxricis AIIIASSADOII Still lingered at Vienna. The removal of the blockade from the Elbe and the Weser, has been announced to the Diploma tic Corps, in a circular later, or which the follow n..; is a copy, by the Secretary of State for Fo. 0,0 Affairs: d'i're PAPER-Copy.) The Di leraigned, litsMajewy's Pritici;wl S.!•retary of S'ate far Foreip Affairs, has re - eired lit: dlatosty's Commend. to acquaint Mr. Ds Retrausun, that itiformatott harm; been received of the tumoral of the French troays from the pou• tans which the/ occupied ou the Ranks of the Elbe a d Weser, His MAjesty his be,n rdeas,..d to ordzr, that the blcuk• ode of the entrattra of wool shall be Jacontinia d, and that Ilts Ntaje, y's slims of war that wire stationed at 00 mouth of them, fur the purpose of blochading theism', shoved be withdrawn • The UtidetUcted requ-Asts, dr. .bc. MULGKAVE. (Siva') Lbtomag-‘treet, Woher 9, IMOS. We stated in the course of last month, that gre a discontent prevailed in Spain, principally cs..itio.i by the tyranny and insolence of the Pa Peace. Private letters from Lisbon, brought by the Mail, confirm our account. We have ma,ie some extratts from th which will be found inte- resting. We understand, the 15th of Itnuary is the d.ty fixed ttp.m for Psrlietnent to meet for the dispatch of business. Dispatches, we understand, Isere received, last night, at the Admiralty, from Lord Neasou, by ex press, from Falmouth. Ilse Aurrre frigate, and the Matte sloop of war, with the fleet under convoy, which sailed from Portsmouth on the 21sr of August, for the Mediter ranean, were left all well on the I Ith of September, off Vigo Bay. Ten sail of the same convoy, boom.' to Oporto, were seen sate into the River, on the I ith September, by the Contianrc frigate. The UN lty,Moa 'lsom, from Honduras, is arrived at Greenock ;—she sailed under convoy of the Slfelaitie sloop of war, with the Amphrotat --, for Cork; Duckworth, WI I. KIMSON ; El/1146e/h, Afar- Savo, and another vessel, for London, and parted from them in lat. 52. 20. long 20. It is suppose•' that they have arrived at Limerick, as a letter from thence of the sth instant, states, that four 'vessels, under convoy of a sloop of war, and suppired to he from H:inciiiras, were at the mouth of the River. Also, that five vessels of the homeward-bound Lee wat d Island Heet had anchored at Carrigabois, ltla the 3d instant, which would proceed to the Doom. under convoy of the !Wats sloop of war. Ana er l : Yer lAT, at eleven o'clock, -7:r„ to Kehl, to review the troop' vt •