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ri FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. -__ P ARIS, DEC. 16. The fete given to-day, to their Imperial Majesties, ey the City of Paris, had in ail its parts a splendor and magnificence worthy of its objeds. We shall very soon lay before our readers, an accurate and particular account of it. DEC. pr. The Guards of Honour of the Emperor met on die 2lst of Frimaire (Dec. 12j, to celebrate the me- morabk epoch of the Consecration and Coronation. The following are some of the toasts given at this meeting : The Emperor—May he remtmber as many years as he enunu days of Glory. The Empresa-.-May she long constitute the happincti of her august cemiort, as she dee; that of all the French. • The Imperial Family-May it never become extinct. The Sovereign Pontiff, Pins VII —.May the Holy tfliction, impressed by His on the forehea4• of the Emperor, under Heaven, ever be propitious tothe sublime dlsigiti of the now Charlemagne. The Guards of Honour likewise gave as a toast, their Colonel— Mr. Beaumont ; who replied by the following toast : The Gesell of Haewr,wlwm 1 have the hollow to command .Any they be venially devoted to the Government At them words bll present row with one motion and renewed their oath of fidelity to the Emperor. The Mayors and Adjuncts (Deputies) of the 12 Municipalities of Pafis, yesterday gave a diluter in the hall of the' Olympic Theatre, to the Mayors and Adjunas of the Departments, who had come to Paris to be press= at the Consecration and Coronation.— Marshal Murat, Governor of Pais, and M. Fou ehet, ?refit, of the Seine, were presort at it. Vse celebrated Haydn is dead at Vienna ; the fine iris have suffered by his death an irreparable loss. CADIZ, DCC. 2. Accounts from Barcelona, of the 21st ult. con tain the particulars of the capture of the Spanish Convoy bound for Port Nl:ihon, and which put to sea in consequence of the positive declaration of the English that it should sail in safety. The regiment of the volunteers of Castile left Bartolema on the 14th, in three Spanish merchant men, which were taken by the English squadron en the 16th, four leagues from Port Mahon.— The vessels and troops were immediately sent to Malta. The Officers, on the other hand, to the number of eighty, the women who followed the regiment, and the crews of the vessels, were kept on board the SprISIT P ship of the line, for the pur pose of being afterwards sent on shore. The 0111- ftell had their private efeffs given up to them, and there were abo restored to th.on, in consequence of representations on that subjeft, the colours of the regiment, and the royal bills, or vole , ' found in the military chest. The specie, however, amounting to 15,000 dollars, was retained. The whole, consisting of eight sail of the line, and several frigates, then set sail far the Spanish Nast. where. on the 2 6th, two leagues from laud, it fall in with the Swedish vessel, /.4 !tides, Captain Lundberg. coming from Barcelona, in ballast. He • was stopped by the squadron, and ordered to take on board and carry ashore the Spanish prisoners 11410 were on board the English ships. This order • 111 keyed ; but on his arrival., himself and his pas ' angers from Barcelona, being upwards, in all, of ass hundred individuals, were obliged to perform a quarantine of ten days, on account of having held communication with the English deft. notwithstand ing his being provided with a bill of health. signed by Lord Nelson himself. Some letters, in addition to this account, mention ::the circumstance, that the Captain-General of Ca ' laionia having, previous to the sailing of the trans ports. sent to inquire of the Commander of the English frigate, cruising of that port, whether the transports might sail without having any thing to fear on the pate of the English? the said Commander replied, that they might sail in perfect safety. `ll:is instance of had faith, which rendered the sultsequeat •iolence still more oslinus, augmented the general indignation, provoked by the proceedings of Ad elson. . content with ,li!li.ij i❑ an hostile mar.ner against an aimed force, wit. 'se destination, in the 1 probable case of a war, might b•: contrary to the in terests of England, this Officer has since attacked i all Spanish vessels indiscriminately. He has. ac cording to the accounts brought by the Officers who were prisoners with him, issued orders to male prize of all vessels carry;ng the Spanish Aug ; to send to Malta such as are more than 100 tons bur then; to sink those of an L.ferior tonnage; and to burn such vessels as should be foun.l at anchor on the eastern coast of Spain. These order, have several Span- r celona, from ;est ludi.ussen have been Inwood in the vicinity of this port, and the crews were scarcely left time enough to escape from the flames, and get on shore. The detachment of artillery destined for Port Mahon, consisting of only 28 men, having sailed from Barcelona one day before the regiment of the line, in a fast•sailing corvette, which served as a guard,' costa, was fortunate enough to reach her destination ; but on her retura to Barcelona, she was captured by the English, who took her into their service, and employed her the day after (the 21st November) in giving chace to and taking the Majorca packet-boat, in sight even of the harbour of BarcelJna. In cons•quence of these proceedings, we justly consider this city as being blockaded by sea, and we are so much the more apprehensive of a famine, as the numerous herds of cattle intended for its supply are prevented from arriving by the cordon towards Perpignan, which enforces its orders with the ut most rigour. Up to the 2:14 ult. the neutrality of Cadiz was still respeCted by the English squadron which cruised before that port. On the lath and 19th, two Span ish frigates were dispatched to South America, with intelligence of the commencement of hostilities, and instructions for the Governors of the Colonies. The first of the two, the Amphitrite, escaped the vigilance of the English, in consequence of a violent gale of wind. The second frigate, 14 Madeleine, was stopped by them on the 19th, and detained four and twenty hours; hut, in consequence of a requisition made by the Governor of Cadiz, she was sent back the following day, with notice not to attempt sailing again. The Ccmsnander of the English squadron at the same time declared, that he had received orders from his Government not to suffer any of the King's ships to enter or leave the ports of Spain. During this condud, the Spanish merchant vessels experienced no molestation whatever; the richest cargoes from the American settlements being al lowed to the latest moment to enter port, after hav ing been visited by the English. We learn, by the most recent accounts from Va lentia, that the orders for laying an embargo on all the British shipping and property have been carried into execution. There were hut three vessels there at that time, and but of little value. At Bilboa, two only were seized ; and, from the slowness with which these orders have been esecuted in the other ports, the seizures cannot be more con siderable, as time was given to the English traders to take the necessary precautivas. It appears, that hitherto, no embargo has been laid at St. Ander°, and that the rigorous measure ordered at Bilboa, of prohibiting the Spanish mer chants from acceptir.g and paying bills of ex change drawn in England, most rather turn to the disadvantage, and even the ruin of Spanish indivi duals, than to the dettiment of the nation against whom the Government wishes to make war. The general system of the Government appears very weak in all that has been yet done, for the measures executed at Bilboa have been the remit of the parti cular zeal felt for the public service by the King's Commissioner, not the effect of particular instructions. At Madrid the subjects of His Britannic Majesty are not molested in any respea ; but it is believed that an order for them to quit the kingdom and to seize their property will immediately follow the formal declaration of war, which is understood to have been signed by His Majesty on the 17th of November, and the publication of which we every Jay expeCt. The Conimertiai Gatette of the 2.:th contains a let ter addressed to the Minister of Finance, acquaint ing him, for the information of the trading interest, That the Dey of Algiers has ordered his corsairs to sea, with dirations to bring all vessels laden with grain into his ports, where the cargoes will he pur chased at the current market price of the country ; that an imperial vessel, although provided with the Grand Seignior's firman,had been taken and brought into port, and that no doubt can be entertained of the Algerine corsairs taking possession of all vessels rreighted with provisions, and forcing them to sell their cargoes at a very low price, without any re gard to the nation to which they may belong. This extraordinary conduit is explained in private letters from Algiers, which st.tte that a great scarcity of cora is felt at Algiers, in consequence of the failure of the List harvest." A I:tter from M lan, ditei December, 3, says, " The faliov Lag is the official bulletin of Leg lions from ult. 211 to the ‘2sth of November: The numhur of cicuths is still in the s tine proportion. Th.t 210, nine individuals perish ed, viefrns of the disease ; die 24th, ten; and the dith, twelve. Although the cum are pretty frequmt, the number of the sick is neverthe less au4mented. Several have been discovered who had kept themselves hid, through fear of be. ing eonveyci to the hospital. To increase our rni;- Ninnies. the regulations of the police are gat II • • . garolisly obserteL At Florence, llea, a — sa all the other places in Tttsciny, there is no symptom of contagion." Official intelligence, dispatched from Rome to the Nuncio at Milan, announces as certain, that the plague of the Levant has just manifested itself at Ragusa. This Dsy—Sr. at the Public THE BRITISH PRESS• LON DON, NVEDNESDAY, Decestaen 26. We have received a series of the Moniker to the 19th instant. Fetes, in honour of the coronation, continue to be the order of the day in Paris, and constitute the substance of these papers. The only part of their contents of importance is, an article under the head of Cadiz, which we have given at full length. It affords us ground to presume, that a declaration of war against this country was signed on the 27th November. Our Hague Correspondent has furnished us with the following authentic list of the winter quarters of the Gallo-Eatavian army. The Commander in Chief, General MAR AOST, has his head-quarters at Amsterdam ; but as he is absent at Paris, the French General, ViasoL LE, is the Commander ad iittri IRE TRENCH TROOPS ARE QUARTERED. The 35th Regiment of the Line, Infantry, the First Batta lion, at Rotterdam, and the Third Battalion at Breda. The 50th Regiment of the Line. Infantry, the Thiid Batta lion at Bergen-op-Zoom. The 1 lilt Regiment of the Line, Infantry, the Fir-t Bat talion. at Gouda, and the Third at Utrecht. The geth Regiment of the Line, Infantry, the First Battalion, at Doesburgh, and the Second at Arnheim. The 92d Regiment of the Line, Infantry, the Firn Bann. lien at Grave, and the Third at Ninemegati. The 190 s Regiment of Light Infancy, the Second Batta lion at Alumina. The sth Regiment of Chewers, on horseback, at Deventer sod Zwolle. The s:h Regiment of Maws has piquet, at Antateriam, at the Hague. at Zutphen, Campen, and Rosenthal, to c terry dispatches, or to escort couriers. The French Artillery is quartered at Gerinchem, and has its park in the vicinity. The ruinzrs and 'armies are quartered a: Woerdsn. The map will shew that the French troops, to judge from the manner in which they are qiiaitered, seem nutre intended to watch the Continent, than to embark for invading England. Till IATAVIAN TROD/I.—FIRST 'BRIGADE. Dead quarters at Amsterdam. The lit Battalion of Grenadiers, at Amsterdam. The lit Battalion of lufortry, at the Hague The Gth &Ration of I I,ittry, at Amsterdam. The nth Battalion infantry at the Helder. The 11th Matta' inn Infantry at Rolle. The Ist and 2d battalions of W.,lduek Infantry and the ♦th Betshen of Batavia,' Light L•tfsottr at Groningen. THr ILCOND BRIOADC. Head-quarters at Harlem Two Battalions of Ci , enadiers, with the 10th and 170: Bat t drone Infantry, at Harlem. 'llse 20th Battalion InfAutr), and the Second Battaliest Light lotaatry, at Alkmar. The lath Battalion Infantry, at Leyd , r The ISth Battalion Infantry, at one squAdmn of Ilusaass, at Amsterdam One Squadron of Hussars at Ilarieni. Twe Squadrons of Dragoons at role le Diu. One Company of Flying ArtiPery at Ow II lite. Four Companies of Artillery, and the Ratiria r Pontoniers, are quartered at Delf, whe , e the Rotarian Park of Artillery .a placed during the Winter These are on/y the troops belonging to the united Gallo-Batavian Army, which the Corsican Usurper has the insolence to call the left wing of the Army of England. Besides the above-mentioned French troops in the Ratarian Republic, ten thousand of tilem are in Zealand, under the command of General Momm ay. and four thousand more are quartered at Helvor :lays and Brill, where several Odiccrs of General SI~RsONT . s Staff ar^ ordered during the winter s to prevent the introduaiou of British rnonufaaures, and a regular communication with England. 'f he total number of troops forming this Gallo- Batavian Army, amount to ,',5,u00s of whom, 19.000 sic ll.itavians. and 11000 Frenchmen. A private letter from Hambuip,h, received the lag Mail, states, that Boti•r•si rat intende.l to set out immediately after Christmas, to yi.tt his army on the coat, accompanied by all those numerous military deputies from the army of the line, .1, well as horn the National Guards, invited to Paris for his Coronation, and destined to invade this country. hey were to carry with them all those standards and eagles received from Boris, or aad consecrated by the Port, and vthich they had, by a voluntary agreement, sworn to plant on the British shore, or to perish in the attempt. A Diplomatic Agent at Hamburgh was informed of particulars by one of his countrymen ; in the same crp tcity at Pnis ; who saldeJ, that at the grand dlplOrnlLiC 4uJtence before Bois A H A 11l C L ocation ; what:, beLiSes all the Members of the Diplomatic Corps, near 500 Princes and other reigners of distmEtion were present ; the Usurper, in conversing with the Gnamsx Ececroa c sscci.LOß, said, loud enough Lobe heard Lirali per- sons present, these remarkable wurds: " Rest as sured, that before Germinal (March 22, 1805) : the grand question between France and England will be decided, either in the cabinet or in the add ; and Europe :hall, recover its long lost ttanquillity." According to a private letter from the Hague, of the lath ult. the spirit of discontent in the Batavian Republc, 3g/east their French tyrants, has at last broken out, in aas of violence, in several towns and villages. At Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Bois le Duc, French officers and soldiers, found in the streets after dark, have been thrown into the Ca 7, by the people. Several of ..arm have been char li ed, and when walling out during the day t, • y have met with insults or threats, which have resented with imprisonments or tine. At Maslandsleigs, seven French soldiers, with a serjeant on duty in the Corps de Guard oa the banks of the Meuse, have disappeared, and art .up posed to have been thrown into that river by the fishermen of that village, which is reduced to beg gary since the war. A report was current on the 17th, that as soon as the French troops shall receive a reinforcement of twenty thousand awn, said to be on their march from the army on the coast, the most populous cities will be declared in a state of siege. Many apprehend that BONAPARTE, in his fury, v. ill proclaim even the whole republic to be under martial law. The Batavian traops, though more numerous than the French, have hi therto remained quiet spectators; but an address ' to them, written in spirited language by some unknown person, who calls on them to assist in delivering their country from its foreign yoke, has made a greAt impression, and several duels have be n the consequence between them and the French. Gen. VIGNOL LI has bgen obliged to separate the troops of the two nations, both Haerlem and Utrecht, . y sending them to different quarters. It is said, that the Batavian Direetois forced to resign by Simair v iitc, have entered a protest, which this agent of BON A AR r ! prevented from being printed and dir.- tributed. General G•oae has been removed from the of Ireland, and is under orders for Gibraltar. An evening paper says, " We believe we may new add,that it isnot intended Mr. Ann, NO re) se shoull any efficient situation, nor, perhaps, that he should be a IM•mher of the Cabinet. It is probable that he will immediately receive the Peerage and to which his long and meritorious services, as Speaker of the [louse it Commons, most fully entitle- him. It is reported that Government has received ad vice of General Mouez's being safely landed at Lisbon. If any information to :his effed has been received within these few days, of which we as ich doubt, some decisive intelligence with re t ,ard to :qr. Fit eel's movements must have reached Ministers through the same conveyar.ce. General o•Faawa.t, in the s rvice of His Sess.. ISM M.uts rv, has chartered a Snip from Londua to Rotterdam, for himself tam.ly. The stay of General L ,ssts at the Court of Lisbon is said to depend on receiving an immedi ate and categorical answer to this alternat vc— " Whether Yortuz,al will go to war with England, or with France r' Application. for letters of marque against Spanish vessels are daily made, but none have as yet been 4 granted. The Renorattee frigate, which has undergone a complete repair it Messrs. Patsy's dock yard., w it be completed in the ccurse of a few days, when she will be ordort d into commission. The Nensesi , , in Torbay, has rode vitt the ga"e of wind; and great hopes are entertained that the • Blonde will he gut off, without much damage, the ' t next spring-tide. The Ni,he and Thar, on the Guernsey station. have been oblizei to cut away all their masts, prevent them from drivi.ig oo shore iii the Lee s,o lent easterly gaks. An invisible solar eclipse mark the c omen en went of the ensuing }ear, in the course of which' there will happen no has than seven eclires. "lite four !Washers of the Rataria:. Council, et. clad d from the. Meetings .of the Directory, have been ; tit under ar:st, and adually sent en prennwrs to Paris. • We understand that there are letters in London, from Lady lioeeateu, dated :It Madrid, upon ti 23:h. Those from her Ladyshi t s ar to be er.- tirely comicial to business, and wake no meatioa of Mr. Faces, his departure, or con! nuass at /) Tied Br.nroen Court Mari se—wl-lcb has Cl/ long occupied tile attention of tl.use who have friend: in the regiment, is at last finally disposed of, and a printed copy of the documents has been lec..isi• by the garrison at Bristol. It appears tnat the :tiol was carried on with the greatest acrimony, tad • Court seems to have been highly disgusted v. ith the state of the regiment, in consequence of the repntt cif coetentionsbetween the Colonel and his Officers.. We subjoin the KING'S decision : " He Maleity noticed, with oir ! irio., the unootniteet bult the •tuntrare, and entpreavd much concern at us appea.re (open an inspection that the extreme protniclion of the tr , a , h 3., in a great measur e , been nccraiiou-,1 toy the Baal" •" %mode EN/orioles s 'II: frti , to.irds each whir, winch inanifwted itself alinost throilhent The while of t e pro reeding, in a degree any disgractrul to bout; Tone, of witch, His M.;.:„ upon a eo.n. ee view the whole vaunts, as a measure 1414:11ty scar 411' the uptioidit gof discipinio, fond wire anti ham. •• I 4 d the Proisecuoar, Colnnel Muer:, sus.. tu , s:veral Defendant., Major Monona, Captatas t • _r•tra, At. l ^". Smith, aud MadJison, rod Lieutenant Arnett •un..." be' filmtheir ivspi.s.tivie sonatas es Lirsis.eu is tint ink* uegicimat of Militia." be iih eli ve a sse l Z dy h execut.:l with regattl t.., 'r' ascrc.cntmcn , bound to Ba ' -.al talicu. 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