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FIRM 1 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. TANIS, ACCOST CS. The departure of tier Majesty the Empresb, from Plombieres, has been fixed for this day. She was to reach Nancy. Mr. Taylor, the English Minister, at Cassel, has arrived at Harlan. Notwithstanding the great movements of troops which have taken place iu the Austrian dominions, letters from Vienna, of the 16th of August, state, that the hope of the continuation of the peace of the Continent, had been, for some days, gaining ground in that capital, and that the public funds had, in consequence, experienced a rise- The following are the names of the ships of the line, of '7 t guns, building upon the stocks, at Ant werp: Le Charlemagne, in a state of great forward. ness ; L' .Ineersois, Ls Dugueselsn, Le Conmpee de Lyon, L'Audaeinix, Le These'', Le Cesar, L'lllus- Ire, Le Cdroline frigate, Le Favor' corvette. The French privateer the Belleau', of 36 guns, has taken, in sight of Saint Helena, the English ship, the Cohluream, on her way from the South Sea to Lnndon. The Gil-well, from Bombay, has been also taken by a French frigate. These two prizes ate very rich. HAMA, AVG. C. 2. In proportion as the fads relative to the en gagement of the 22d July, between the Combined Fleet and Admiral Calder, have been explained, the English Journals have lowered their tone con cerning that event. They are now reconciled to Admiral Calder; and they now agree, that he could sot have done more. On seeing the state in which the three disabled ships arrived, they have made ?diet - firms, which sever occurred to them iu the first moment. Admiral Calder acknowledges, that it was only by accident the two Spanish ves:els were taken by his flat, that they did not strike till five hours after the engagement, nor till they were reduced to the last extremity ; and that this was the reason of their losing so many of their crews. Admiral Calder frankly declares, that he did not flatter !iimself with being at.!.: to renew the engage ment, excepting he si:ouli :rave the good fortune, by gaining time, to be joined by Lord Nelson, or some other English squad: al ; th it, after he had 'seen three of his sines disabled, and remarked the dispositions which the enemy seemed to make for pushing the affair with spirit, he should have consi- Jore4 himself as compromising the safety of the meet, had he listened to the imprudent advice of Admiral Stirling. This latter expression explains what the English Journals only insinuated, namely, that some misunderstanding had taken place between the two Admirals, ind that Admiral Calder, in order to get rid of tht givers of imprudent advice, had ordered Admiral Stirling to return to his station. ..... . AVGSSUAG, LUG. 20. On perusing the Journals, we remark, with sur prise, that all Europe is in arms, with the excep- tion of France, since the French Journals are the only ones which say nothing of any movement of troops. In England, the rage for fighting is so great, that it is a subjed of deliberation, whether the country-people shall be suffered to get in the harvest, or be kept to their exercise. In Austria, no thing is talked of but armaments and fortifications. In Russia, armies are ordered to march, fleets to sail, and the names of the Generals and Admirals are ttnmpeted forth, as if Russian names were haosra throu7,hout the rest of Europe. Sweden is ieceiving subsidies, which justifies a supposition, that there are soldiers to be disposed of. With whom are all these powers preparing to fight ? As suredly not with France—for France, if we refer to her Journals, is ma:.:ing no movements of her ar mies. We havehere some profound politicians, who preteod, that the Emperor Napoleon, does sot make the Journalists his confidants, that he is not in the habit of announcing his military opera tions in the periodical papers ; and that he is better informed of the real state of the fortes of foreign powers, than the Journals of Germany. This may be very true. We, however, reroUed having heard it asserted, two years ago, that, it war should ever again be commenced, the Northern Powers would adopt the French tactics. To us, the French tadica appear to consist in not making much previous noise, and in not romealing the march of armies, but by vic tories. It is evidently not these tadics that the Powers of thz North hav♦ adopted. The politicians of this country likewise assert, that, since there hare been no philosophers in France to write panegyi ks on the Generals of the North, it will be very difficult to acquire great reputation in that quarter; and, to prove this, they adduce the late war, which ruined so many reputations withou• creating one. They, therefore, conclude, that Russia will be obliged to dig sip the old Generals of Catherine, or to place at the bead of het armies, men.whose names are utterly un- i i territories Emperor Ipper Suabia: Amot,g the camps collated, in great numbers, in the course of this summer, as formerly, on ac count of the introdwftion into the Imperial and Austrian army of a new exercise, one will be formed in the vicinity of the Voralberg. The troops sta tioned in the district of --, arc required to repair thither without delay, Sec." Ist consequence, the regiment of Tyrolian Chas seers, forming the 64th of the Austrian army, which has been for a long time cantoned in several parts of Upper Suabia, has set out for the Voral berg. A division of the regiment of Bender has been detached to Feldkirch. Subsequent news from the Voralberg states, that the camp formed there will not separate until the 15th of September, and that, upon the arrival of that time and after the troops shall have completed their mi litary evolutions, they will return to their former cantonments. There are not wanting persons in Germany, who are inclined to think that, the forma tion of all these camps in the'Austrian territories is only a pretext for assembling a great many tsonps, and making preparations for hostilities. At the same time, this idea is rejaled by those who think that the Government are swayed by their real interests. However it may be, this uncertainty must soon come to an end. Ar.lusr 24. We have this mi - anent received letters from Vienna, confirming the news of the departure of Count Schwarzenberg, Field-Marshal-Lieutenant, and Vice-President of the Aulic Council of War, for Berlin. It is added, that the objeCt of his mission is to concert with the Prussian Ministers, on many important subjests, conueCted with the present si tuation of Europe. A large encampment is about to he formed in the plain, which extends from Linz to Wels, and which is known by the appellation of the Heath of Wels. The Emperor's own Regiment of infantry, passed through Linz. on the 6th of August, on its way thither; the regiment of Kerpin followed on the 9th, and that of Braulieu on the 13th. Sixteen regiments, destined for the same place, were suc eecsively expeCted ; a park of artillery, of 160 pieces nf eannfm, is to be convoyed to Linz, where part of it has already arrived. Orders have been given to raise sev2ral laattalions of riflemen, in Dalmatia and Austrian Albania ; they are to be speedily formed and organised. It is likewise confirmed, that all the frontier troops (re giments of light troops, and irregular corps, station ed in time of peace along the frontiers of Turkey) have received orders to hold themselves in readiness. A great number of other regiments have been put in motion. The following is an accurate list of them : The regiments of the Cuirassiers of Holien coigns, Lorraine, the Archduke Francis, and the Prince Royal, are ordered to form a distill& camp, near Raab. in Hungary. The regiments of Cui rassiers of the Archduke Albert and Mack, form, with 'the regiment of Hussars of the Archduke Pa latine, another camp near Minkendorff. The Ern pziror's own regiment of cavalry reinforces the gar, rison of Vienna; the regiments of infantry of the Arch. Duke Rudolph, Reisky and Lattermann, are ordered to march to Venice. The regiments of Mitrowsky and Lindenad, are proceeding to Tyrol. Those of Crohn, Wenzel-Colloredo, Charles Schre der and Francis Kinsky, are marching into the in terior of Austria ; and the regiment of Hussars of Lichtenstein, is to reinforce the camp of General Klenau, at Budweiss, in Bohemia. •ve. 26. Private limeys from Vienna of the 16th of this month, announce, that the camp which is now form ing near Minkendorff, will be very considerable The report of an arrival of an army of from RO to 90,000 Russians upon the frontiers of Callicia, is at least premature, as the latest letters received at Vienna, from Lemberg, make no mention of it, al though they state, that for several weeks past, pre parations for war have been making in the whole of Russian Poland. The Vienna letters to which we allude, expressly state, that the news there is as much of a pacifi:, as of an hostile completion. While we are assured, upon one side, that all the differences subsisting between the several Conti stoma' Powers wilt be settled in a 7-neral Congress, to be hcld immediately—it i; asserted, upon the ether, that, upon the Ist September, the whole Austrian army will be placed upon a war establish ment ; and that, from that time, the new contraCts made with the Baron de Wimmer tor supplying the troops with provisions, will be carried into execu tion. The new military prersiotiost is to be pub lished at an early day. .ANKrORT. •LO. 20. tuiportAnt declaration has ijesty, the Emperor Na- answer to the last Note which his Majesty is said to accept the media settle the misunder- him and other puwers. Without crediting all these reports, we may at least conclude from them, that Peace has many partizans on the Continent, and that they oppose their stews to the warlike intelligence from England. CADIZ, atio. 2. Every thing is contradictory in the condua of the• Etiglish cruising before Cadiz. Admiral Col lingwood, who has succeeded Sir John Orde in the gentmand of the squadron, deviates from all the measures adopted by his predecessor towards neu trals, and he violates still more openly all the rights of neutrality. The first notice of Admiral Sir John Orde, dated the 2d January, 1 805, had declared Cadiz. in a state of blockade, but her had permitted fishing vessels to continue their occupation. By a second notice of the 29th of March, he permitted neutral vessels, having legal cargoes and neutral property, to enter and depart unmolested, horn the ports of Cadiz and St. Lucar. These authorities still left a certain latitude to cimmerce. Contraband of war was alone excepted, and soon afterwards, when the blockade sv. inter rupted by th.s arrival of the French squadron, which joined that of Admiral Gravina at Cadiz, an en..ire freedom of communication was established. A fresh squadron did not take its station before Cadiz, till filt y-eight days afterwards, under the orders of Admiral Collingwood. This was a se cond blockade, commenced too long after the first, to be considered as a continuation of it. Neutral vessels, which had entered during the interval, could not be accused of having transgressed the rules which prohibit their entering places in a state of blockade ; or should it be supposed, contrary to all justice, that they had infringed them, they ought, at least, to have been judged only by the last no tice of Sir John Orde, who had permitted, on cer tain conditions, the entrance and departure of neu tral vessels, the cargoes of which belonged to neu trals. But Admiral Coßingwood has refused to admit any exception in their favour : he stops, indiscri minately, on their quitting the hat hour, all neutr,il vessels which entered it before he Arrived ; because. as he asserts, they entered it in violation of the de claration of blockade. This bad faith has excited general dissatisfaCtion. It is Asked, whether the blockade existed when there was not a hostile vessel before the place ? and whe- Cies its laws can be applied to neutrals who arrived there during that interval? All conventions of armed neutrality, consider only those ports in a state of blockade, where there is an evident danger of entering, from the dispositions of the power which attacks it, with vessels stationary and srAliciently near. Ever. the Conventian ern:hided June 1,8, 1801, between England and Russia, though it saations the violation of several principles of maritime right, for the maintenance of which Russia, which now gives them up, armed twenty years ago ; this con vention recognised as a blockade only, such as was aeually enforced by vessels stationary and suffici ently near. Thus, Admiral Collingwnod, even supposing that the laws of blockade were infringed, though there was not a single vessel stationary or cruising off Ca diz, has invented a new violation of the right of neutrals, with which the maritime code of England was not yet enriched: and, as injustice, instigated by cupidity, knows scarcely any bounds, he has resolved, in order to increase the number of his prises, not to judge neutrals by the regulation of Admiral Ord., with which they were acquainted, and which was rather less galling to their com merce ; hut by a new regulation, which they could not possibly foresee, and to which it was necessary to give a retro-asTtive power, that it might include them. This new an of injustice, of which all the neutral Consuls have complained to Admiral Col lingwood, has not checked the course set hi. arbitrary proceedings. This officer, undoubtedly im.igines, that a new usurpation of the rights of neutrals will be sanftioned by his Government, as worthy of en tering into the system of invasion, pursued by Eng. land against all the maritime powers. The principles of the Armed Neutrality were so lemnly proclaimed in 1730. All the great Powers rose up at that period, in opposition to the inde fatigable ambition of a single one. Should they ever feel themselves inspired with that energy which never fails to supervene after the lassitude of inj wits and outrages sustained, they will find those prin ciples in the pages of history in which they are pro setved, and will be faithfully transmitted to that rime, when the patience of neutral nations shall be exhausted, and they shall firmly assert their rights. • known. We are assured, that they ate FAA at Petersburgh, in searching among VultaittesWtilts We have heard, that an iu.pc to find, whether he has not, by accidentNtldteimpi bees transmitted by H s Majest some verses to old General Michelsnr. Could any poleon, to a great Court, in an such thing be found, it is imagined that it would of M. de Novosiltroff, in whic produce a great effea. to have testified his willingness ST UTOARD, AU$. el. lion of that Court, in order to The following notice has been published in the sanding existing between bin territories of the Emperor in Upper Suabia : Without creditinn all these rem WIFING TO CUR B: I Th • Spetker% l'ilner ha: bear received. The Peti6on of the tlph.ibet to tie I iolccellee. of !Anti .n, w.ll be in-erte I .ttb tot nelay THE. BRITISH PRESS. LONDON. THURSO AY, SZPTINIIIII 14. We stated on Mondayospon the authority of X COO temporrry print, that the French Funds bad suddenly fallen 3 per cent. When it is considered, that the preparations for war are often the mean of preset v_ ing peace, a depression of the funds to this eztept, would he more decisive of immediate hostilities upou the C•sntinenr, than the marching of troops in ever r dire&on. Upon a perusal, however, of the Frets. Pap.•rs, official and not official, to the Ist L..:...•, of which we receivei last night several .eis, J , find, that this statement of the French Finds la Inisrepresenution. The following is their state, during the period alluded to by those who stated them as having fallen 3 per cent. within that time : Pun, 7Jth ♦agost, a per Celli. Coln. 58 f. 10e. Zed, - - - 37 f. 60 c. ditto o 57 f. 10 c. With tin dividend, they stand for the same days Y 7,11 August f. 10 - ..... - 59 f. 73 c. Whether, then. the estimate be made upon the 3 per Cent. Consols, with the dividend, or witht.ut the divider., the tall has been only one per cent , and not :free per cent. as has been erroneously stated. In the speculations upon the probability 'of an immediate C.mtinental war, this difference is very material. A fall of one per cent. in three days, is that degree of depression, which the a , ped of affairs, as generally teen, would warrant. It carries with it an apprehension of war ; but a fall of 3 per cent. in so shots a period, would give a decided charafler. Thi most material article in the Paris Papers, is the decree for railing the 30,000 conscripts, which noticed on Monday. It was passed at foul•wne, on the 26th of August ; and, though it extend into a supplement of five folio pages of the Mfinev., is given in that Paper of the 30th. The haste with which it was published, thews the urgency of the occasion on which it was adopted. Its pro visions, also, afford some idea of the charaCer of the French conscript force :—One of the clauses pro vides, that aot more than 100 conscripts shall march in a party ; so great is the fear of the Goveroments that these unfortunate men might, on their route, overpower the guard escorting them, and run sway. There is nothing in these Papers, either for or apisist the report of the departure of the AUSTRIAN Am aas- SADOR from Pads. . _ The Loan CHANCELLOR, and the ATToansv and SOLICITOR-GENERAL, With Lords CAVTLE. RE &Gil bind Mc t.olt awl:, had a long interview wait Mr. Pi rr yesterday, at his house in Mwaing street. Mr. FAWKENCR lift town yesterday morning early, with di•p.uches to the lion. Mr. PILAR P 0 I NT, L at CivrqitntilitOpie: I'.;r. KA Si uco, one of his MAJFATV% Messenger„ alcii lett town yesterday, charged with dispatches of iiii:a , rt.ince, to the Court of Petershurgh. On 7 uesday, the I t:ol.76ltangi AMMO!' A x t DONS and Laud 11AWIEFflini trari.a..Aed bu siite,s at Lord Moto ' Office. Lord V iscoun! Not ye.terday attended at the Admiralty. Yesterday, a Court of DireSors was held at the East India House, when the Court was engaged is hearing the advices read from India and China, re ceived by the feet lately arrived. The Court ad journed, at seven o'clock, till Wedne'day next. The Judea, a pi ize to the Psyche French frigate. retaken by the /taus East India:nen, and is sup posed to be arrived at Madras. The Erperimeni, %Viz. rises, from Botany Bay .Irl.l China. with a cargo of teas, for London, is ear th' ed by a large French privateer, from St. Malta.,, b..und to the Isle of France, and carried into tt.e Capc of Good Hope. The crew are arrived at St. Helena. The Warren Unsling', LARKINS; Carslta, R D ns ; and Phenix, RA %ODIN, outward-bound, were left at St. Helena the 1 lth July, the day on which the India and China fleet left that island. The Sir Edward liughee, Captain BARROW (East India Company's ship), was at Ajengo the ta.h March last, all well. The Grinder gun-brig, arrived at Plymouth from the Channel Fleet, with dispatches, lett them all well on Friday last, consisting of 17 sail of the line. The Barferr, of 99 guns, &Vow, of 74, and L'Egypttenif frigate, have since sailed to join the fleet. Sunday afternoon. the Map privateer, of Wey mouth, brought into that harbour a very rich prize. bound to France. She is an American bottom, and is laden with West India produce, and has a great quantity of dollars on board. It is supposed to be Dutch property. We understand that Lieutenant-General Sir Jon. Mooae has received the brevet •ank of General, 'pen the Coniment of Europe only, and is to conuaatia the troops now finder orders for foreign service Upon the destination of the formidable force to b. employed and .r him, it would be imprudent t.r hazard any opinion. Several of the Office's utidei orders have enquired. whether they should previa clothing for a lint et a cold climate ? but the ariv.vei . are uniformly general, and acrid not the sliglitesi ground of conjecture, even as to the q4arcr of world for which they arc destined, I .1 1 it I