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i FOREIGN INTFLLiGENCL iIAMEWRGII MAILS. 1 LETTER rßu‘t ItATittION, AUG. NOTE TRANSMITTED BY li Nft.' /N PE HARDFN BERG TO THE FItF.NCII MINISTER, M. LAI:DALT " The undersigned Muli:ter of State and of the Calourt, pith the deepest re` e', finds himself under the nezess.ty of communicating to M Lafor,t, Envoy Extraordinary and !tie- Ritter Ple-ipotentiary of flit M Cie:4y the Emperor of the Even. h, the Nore which M. Novosilttiff h.a aadre.sed to Non, upon retorning him the French passport (the original is hereby annexrd ; ; at the same nine, announcing to him the eider which Hes Majesty. the Enn-rnr of all the Rin.tas. trait:mined to him. in ciinequence of the re cent changes in Italy, and especial!) , the union of the Ligurian Republic with the French Empire, not to trotted ups& his jouiney to France. His Majesty could not but heel the greatest osi.icein in seeing thus confirmed the fears which, from the moment the intelligence of that unexpected event transpired, It was impose hle nut to etitertam, respecting the effect which it might produce on the salutary negntiation which it was un. der daliberatioe to open. The earliest desire which His Ma jesty It. a 4 Ay& cheriihed, and of which he has given repeated proofs, for the restoration of peace, is the strni.g,..t 311tlfal:CC of the ieatimeula of concern with which he is affected upon this occasion. " 'Tire uliclesiiigned has the honour to offer to M. Liforet the renewed assurance of his high consideration. " Berlin, 11th July. (Segued) HARDENBEF.G.'• FROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAYERS. TAMS, AL GUST 5 1 . The fro:ltiers of the Empire seem to be menaced by the tr , ,vemrots of the Att,trian armies. T;:irty thou. t Men are to mare!, from the camps of Bou logne to the Banks of the This intelligence Inay siv•priie those who have even foreseen it• In co, we might foresee that the envious hatre,l of the British Cabinet, ani the fear with which the genius of t:.e Emperor Napoleon fills it, would induce Mr. Pitt to exhaust all the affarts of intrigue and corruption, to divide the dangers that menaced England, ar.l make the Continent shave them with her; but we may veil be aston;shed, that Austria should hav • so soon forutten thelesson of experience, *Lid that sbe should still glre he: self up to those si nister councils which hare twice dragged her to the brink of a bottomless abyss. Vanquished for several years, she had received, from the magnanimity of the conqueror, more al- vantages than she would have d.ued to dem ind Atter wiaortes ; and it is Against the her', who, respen ing courage ac 3 miiiortune, stopped in his triumphs, and twice saved her by a generoos peace, that she is going to rekindle, at the voice of a perfidious ally, a war which, to her, will have neither legiti plate ohjeft nor known end. But there is, in futurity, more than one battle of Marengo, to France and Austria. The Hungarians, the Germans, sill perhaps be tired of shedding their blond to preserve to the English the commvrci LI and naval despotism which bas s often insultel the Auitrian Flag. Tar French will never he tired I,f fig„heng for the Free dom of the Sea., from which it is sought to hanisll them—f r the defence of their property, which it is 50u7,,5t to destroy—for the prosperity of tht.ir msnu fanures, which it is sought to stiff.—for the rnije,ty and greatness of the Envire, which only wound the pride of their enemies-..they will be f sisals' to the temetnbrance of their past glory, and to the sen:i tnent of their present happiness. In the stot m of the Revolution. when we were without a leader, without laws, without union. without Government, and without bread, we made coalesced Europe respect the independence of our territory. The Revolution is at an end, order is restored, the State flourishing; be who restored law., viaory, and honour, leads on our soldiers, and presides over oar destinies. Half Europe is for us —:he other will breathe wishes for our success, even though it is fighting against us ; it is easy to see on which side the danger will be.—(Balietro de rEur pt..) e are just informed, that QS nr 30,000 men of the army of the coast are preparing to march for the Rhine, to cover the frontiers, which seem to be threatened by the movements of the Austrians. If we but recolle& the very recent events of the last war, and consider all the measures which have been adopted to improve the interior of the pacified ennotry, and all at the instigation of one will, equally wise and vigorous, provident and allive, we may say, without any premature boast, that the move ments of Austria are only threatening to Austria herself. For if these menacing appearances are to produce the eels that must probably arise from them, if that gallant army so often roused and so often repressed, and burning with impatience for scion, pour down without meeting with any ob stacle, upon an enemy that provokes them, who can doubt of the issue of such a struggle ? They will feel themselves still animated by the hatred that :nun fire them spins: England. who, they must know. are the instigators of the war, and that it is for England's sake alone, that the whole Continent is to be put in a flame. Such an excess of blind imprudence cannot well be conceived on the part of those who are the sport of them, and who wsul ! expose themselves to become the viaims of their own imprudence. According to letters from the Hague, of the 2,1 inst. the Grand Pensionary, M. Schimmelpenninck is returned to that city, to open the first extraordi nary Session of the Assembly of their High Mighti nesses, which is to take place to-morrow ; when he will submit to them the result of his labours for the detailed management of the plan of general taxation, the outline of which was proposed to them the last meeting. Meantime, we have just learned, that the troops em barked on board the fleets of the Texel and of Hel voetsluys. have received ordas to disembark, and to march with all speed to Mentz. The first division is already landed, and it was to have reached Nime muen by the 7th. The second and third divisions ate immediately to take the same road. It is added, that a similar order has been issued at Boulogne for disembarking tau troops from the Imperial flotilla. The Swedish Minister at the Diet of Ratisbon has confidently declared to the different Ministers, that reports published in the Eligl.sh JiNornals, re speaing the sAle of Swedish Pomerania, are utterly (levitate of foundation. A Dec:ee was made by His Majesty, at the Imperial Camp of Boulogne, on the 26th, concern ing the levy of the Cmscription for the year 14 Pursuant to this Decree, the 30,000 Conscripts for the yeat 14, which, by virtue of the. lam of the 276 Nivose, year 13, are to be raised to complete the army to its establishment, and the thirty thou sand destined to remain as a reserve, or to raise the my to the WA(' establishment. arc to be put into arrive service. bite States of rlhenna are summoned to meet on the 9th S. ptensber. tot.:(.ocsr, AVG. 27. His Imperial Majesty rer:e•ced yesterday the di vision of the army commanded by NlarLhal atvo.a. DUST, AVG. es. Some of the vessels belonging to the I:.,;lish squadron cruising off our pert sometimes advance into the Goulet, to observe the motions of our troops. Yesterday, and the preceding day, ti.ey had cause to repent of their temerity. The ad vanced forts of Bertlwatime and Herautrot, corn minded by Generals Ang^reau and Sazzazin, pan ed upon eiem a shower of bombs and shells, many of which fell aboard and damaged them. 'We arc assured, that one of the shells from the new batte.y at Ker.c.tet, burst on board the ve,sel of Admiral Coi nwailis. Yesterday, the liFbt squadron under the command of Vi..e-Admiral yiillaumets, had an engagemt-nt for an boar and a halt with ilia sh;ps in the van of the English fleet, rif which Admiral Cornwallis s ship was one. The enemy was compelled to sheer off, and ap peared to have sustained considerable damage : the Fordro4axt, Alerand,r, and Inipetwur, were the ves sels engaged, as well as the Pulverous and Volunteer frigates.—(Courier tie Brett.) VIIIIMNA, auGurr 12. We learn, with the most livelpalatm, that Go vernment has given orders for marching a body of about 15,000 snen through the Eh:Borate of Salz burg, to form a junetion with' the troops on the Tyrol. This body is composed of the Reiser, Beau lieu, and Stetin regiments of infantry, and of many squadrons of the 1 lussars of Blankensteitt. The Archduke John, assisted by General Mack, is. ac cording to report, to command the army in the Tyrol. ♦UGUST 17. A great part of Switzerland seeks the protellion of Austria: but the Deputies who had been sent here for this purpose, have not yet received any answer. Both General Stratich and General Wcissenwoil have been sent into Gallicia to guile the march of the Russian troops. It is notorious, that the French pretend M. M. Proni and Castanet.), had no objett but literary cu riosity in their journey to Venice; and they have -.tide reprisals upon Austrian travellers at Paris. Bat the French Ambassador here has been told, that such reprisals could not be allowed, unless they codild cenvid Austrian subjeas of haying afted as spies, since, in time of peace, it is not permitted to take plans of fortifications, the depth of canals, and things of that nature. satzetmoo, •vo. 14. Al}the regiments qnartered on the frontiers of Turkey have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to march, and all the accounts from the frontiers announce the movements of the Austrians toward; the Inn and the Tyrol; besides the twelve thousand men which arrived at Brannan. a consi derable force'has proceeded towards Shardiag. ♦UG. 15. A general uneasiness pervades the public mind here, and never was disquietude founded upon jester or more urgent grounds. The preparations and ar maments of Austria, at a time when all its neigh- boun are at peace, are a sufficient proof that she i determined on war, and the iminon ,e troops which she is marching towards die lon, si4 dicate an intention on her part to take posse: - ,sitstetii Bavaria, as the first operation. The propositions of the Austrian Minister at Munich hive even trans: formed probabilities into certainty, that Minis?* having openly declared, th.tt waiting tl:e result of the negotiations with France, his Court would take possession of Bavaria, as a security. In consequence, many persons (Ape& every moment to see the Aus. mans pass the Inn, and march against Munich; and she Eleaor of Bavaria find, himself constrained to take measures of precautiun fca his States, and his personal safety. trisenucK, atio le. Every place here is full of troops, and every day some fresh ones arrive. A general movement has taken place amongst all the troops of the hlonarcby; a camp of thirty or forty thou,and men is to be im mediately formed at Badwein ; another in Styria, near Gratz, and a third at Muckendorf, eight leagues from Vienna. The troops that are to com pose them, are on their march. Prince Charles has purchased the horses ftr his suite: the Archduke John is to set out about t!,e end of this month : thirty battalions, at present on the frontiers of Tur key, are under orders to hold asemsolves in readi ness to msich at a moment's warning. ACC. 20. We commonly feel here all the sentiments that animate, at the same time, the different parties of Cie Germanic Body. At present they are absorbed one al o ne, for the consternation is geoeral. The Russian troops are said to be on their march towards ilungary and Bohemia, menacing us as much as France ; they Lap re confidence ititcl Austria, whose troops are nn the point of inva.fin,; Bavaria, Wow.- burg, Suabia, and even Switzerland. All the: moremAls announce, that Southern Co rmany an• proaches to the greatest misfurtuncs.—/11c•.rte.o.J uncut, SEPT. 2. The Grand Pensionary, M. Schiromelpenninck, is returned to this city, to open the first extranrdi. nary Session of the Assembly o f th e i r Hi g h Mi g h t! . nes•es, which is to take place tc-m;.rrow. Mearit;me we have just learned that the troops em. barked on hoard the fleet of the Te•sel arsd of I lel. voetsluys, have received orders disernSisk, and to m4rch with all speed to Mein z. The first division is already la :tied, and it was to have reached Nime guen on tie 7th. The sec.md and third divisions ate terimtAi.tely to take the same road. It is adde.i, that a similar marl has been issii-d at Boulogne frr disemhar king the troops from the Inverial THE BRITISH PRESS. t.tiN \ MONDAY, Srm.msLa 9. Intelligence was receivers at ten o'clock last morn. Ing. from Portsmouth, by a telegraphic ,:ipatch, that the East India fleet were standing up,Channel wit;, a lair wind for the Downs. We understand, that, at four o'clock, p. ot. a lecin.cl telegraphic dispatch announced, that only nine sail had passed Por• s. mouth ; they had parted about a week ago finm the remainder of the fleet, consisting of 41 sail.—The intelligence by the Bete Packet enables us to state with some accuracy their names. When the litit.t lett St. Helena, on the 2Dtb of June, the following ships had at Ti ved there: Trideat,Admiral RA !Nea t Mediator, 44, C a ' we ste r , ll,Lry a i c Biy, Carton, Walton, Wis.- rhrieen, Warner Cottle, 7 hamlet, :Marchioness of Enter, I aly Jane Itundat, Lord Nelson, Dover Castle, Lay ILtrzto, Bengal, Asia, Ilfaittonefolo, Earl St. Vincent, Mnrveis Wellesley, Lord COsll-,eogh, Sir Wellioto Bent. ley, Experiment, illezonokr, Faroe, Sovereign, and Mo na, Belle saw, oft the Cape, the second China Fleet, which Achnirai Remiss waited fur. The fleet was under ems y of the dtkenienne, 64, C spt. FATIRMAN; •iz. Perseuraa.., Nephew., Minton Cutle, Ceres, Royal Charles r, iliwish rattle, True Brie*, "Iranian, Cenellt-3 King', ships, 33 India men, S whalers, names unknown—Total, 41. The Pursers of the any ships arrived, are ex pelled in town this morning. That part of the homeward-bound Jarn.ilca Fleet, bound for London. arrived on Friday off Deal, and most of the ships sailed for the River. All accounts, foreign and domestic, place ns on the verge of a continental war. The breaking up of the camp at Boulogne, and the disembarkment of the troops at fielvoetsluys and the Tezel, are al most deci►ive of this important question. The re ports of these proceedings are now fully confirmed by the Paris Papers, which we have received to the first, and the Dutch Papers to the 4th inst. We have enrolled from them various details of the marching of Austrian troops to the Tyrol, the Inn, and the Adige; and of orders for the march of the French and Dutch troops to the Rhine. kussian troops, to the amount of between 80 and 90,000, , . . *litho upon their march fox Islungary and mia. From thence it appea, s, da: Getrnail be the principal theatre of the war ; or, at „Ilex Be first scene, as a prelude to which, w e „ ?e , ,sut th 4 Austria means to take attr. ,diate Bavaria. As farther evidence of OEMuiIALP hr,; ties, we Lind, that the French Coas , tipts are to be ca ed into service, and that the French foods ha ve t ir, oearly three per cent. Indeed, private accon asch , 1 follaad and Hamburgh go larther, and st., e, e the Austrian Minister, Count CoseNrzet. L as / Pat is, and that hostilities have a9uall y curr anz , e i❑ Suabia. These reports are extremely pral as y Count COBENTZEL, however, was still in No s the 23d. In this situation of affairs, it is of iit importance whether the Austrian Note relative:o t renewal of M. NovosatTzurs's negociatio n , s s r we published nn Saturday, be genniae or n t. A mitting it to be genuine, Austria has since ass,:xle a very diferent temper and attitude. w e in , this day a Prussian note, which is of mote it p.. 1 ante ; as, if true, it shows that Prussia condemns conduit of BomaPASIC in respeit of the asnerati of Genoa. BONAPARTE still remained at louLgn on the 27th, and probably later, as Ts I.tsritsse lett Paris on the '29th, avowedly to join bim that We have received American Papers to the tilt. They contain intelligence, brought to N•, Ysiik by the schooner Mang, from Curacoa, 0f th failure of an attack made the latter end of July o that settlement, by a small tritisli squadron, ccn sifting cf two ships, two brigs, and a schooner, %According to the ACC01111!S communicated by the U. in., our squadron efrefted a descent at Cuaraq,:e s Bay, with one hundred and eighty men, and the pieces of cannon. Ilaying fortifi.rd themselves urw i 1141, commanding the fort, they commeuct heavy cannonade, which was returned by the gar rison with equal spirit, and continued from r., inE till evening, when the Dutch succeeded in ing our small force front their entrenchments. They were, of course, obliged to retreat, leaving behi them one 18-pound carronade, ninety muskets, and three prisoners. Tile ships afterwards went to leeward, when they landed their sick and wounirs:, which amnantiad, according to report, to the watc her of seventy num. The whole leeward part of the island, from the west en.l to within twenty mass of the own, is stated to have neen laid waste. Tae inhabitants of the city of St. Domingo, where the Diana touched, were not apprehensive of any far ther molestation from the Negroes. We regret :a learn, that the yellow fever has broken out at P.a.. vidence. The college at Newhaven-11.06.w elev.! in consequence of its prevalence : and all the inha bitants, whose circumstances enabled them, hare deserted the town. Dispatches dated the 4.h inst. were received on S iturd.iy at the Admiralty. We wader stand thiy confirm the report of the return of the Rochfert squadron to that port, on the IA instant. An interesting Correspondence between the French and English Gove:nm•nt, re relirg saner.; of war, is given in our subsequent columns. I lis Mjrsry has been pleased to appoint Fla- Marshal His Royal Highness FREDRIICK Duke (1 Vona. K. G. to Ire Colonel of the first regime .t of foot guards, vice Ills Royal Highness the Duke of GI ouctsr a, deceased. His M 4JESTY has ben pleased to appoint Lieu. tenant-General His Royal Highn-ss AooLFllel FREDERICK Duke of C•NIIRIDGI, K. G. to he Co. lonel of the Coldstream regiment of foot guards, vice His Royal Highness the Duke of Yoart. His MAJESTY has been pleased to ippoint Gene ral His Royal Highness EDWARD Drike of KENT, K. G. to be Field-Airshal of the forces. Mr. JOHNSTON, one of His MAJESTY'S Messen. gets, left town on Saturday, for St. Fet-returgh. Lord NELSON attended on Saturday at the Ad miralty, and took leave previous to his dere-Lire for Portsmouth. His Lordship's command, as we have already stated, comprises the whole of the Me diterranean and the bay of Cadiz. His instruelions are in A great measure discretionary, a circumstance w"ich proves the great confidence that Govern ment deservedly reposes in his extraordinary taknts. We understand his Lordship will bring out with him the following force to Cadiz t Lard Nelson. - 100 guns -; R.ar Atlan.r..lG Mum?. ( t apt. Dant,. Noe . . 74 ---- grown. Defiance . 74 Dorkint. Assuerenon G 4 S E Berry. Eurvilus . fut bit kw,ood. Lord N rigor; will certainly leave town this day. The several Captains who are going with him, will, at the same time, proceed to join their respalive vessels. Thee attended on Saturday at the Admi ralty, and took leave of Lord BA 911,04. L'E,anzelique, kTench schooner, is cut out cif Triport Reads, by the boats of the Carrier cutter, Lieut. Bones, and sent into Dover. A letter from Lisbon, dated 19th of August, re ceived at Liverpool, states, that a French privateer, of 32 guns, and 320 men, was at Vigo, and ready to sail for the Coast of Africa. His Majesty's sloop Plover, arrived at Falmolith on Wednesday, spoke a neutral ers.cl, who infringed him, that Sir ROBERT CAI DER had arrived 4.1 i Cadiz on the 26th, and formed a junelion with Ad miral Cot.t.twowool. Their united forces amounted to 26 sail of the line, and were, on that date, blockad ing the enemy in Cadiz. Three of Admiral Cot. tamovroort's squadron were refitting at Gibraltar. 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