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FOREIGN INTEUMENCE. FROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPZIM TRANKFORT, SLPT. 25. Letters from Vienna state, that their Imperial Majesties will return to the capital from the camp near Prague sooner than was expeaed, and that tl.is camp, en account of the great deari.ess and scarcity in Mantis, will break up immediately. Nothing is spoken of but the Emperor Napoleon's stty itf our vicinity, and the most trifling particulars concerning him do not escape public notice ; among others, that upon his arrival at Mentz, tie only per sons in his carriage were his CoVesser and General Duroc. Wears assured that three of the five head clerks of the Foreign Department have accompanied l'al kyrand to Mentz, and consequently gre political transaaions are supposed to be going on . Among other changes said to be determined upon, is, that the Eleaor of Hesse is to become the Sovereign, not only of this city, but of the country of Aschaf fenburgh, for which he is to pay a tertian great Power twelve millions of Bosins. The Arch Chan cellor and Elector is to be indemnified for Aschaf fanburgh, with the city of, and country round Ra tisbon, which will be cede Ito him by the Eleelor of Bavaria, wha receives in return, the city of Augs- burgh, cad the pr. ,rerty of the immediate Nobility of Franconia. For some territory which the King of Prussia gives up to the Arch Chancellor, he will receive, as an indemnity, the old Imperial city of Nuremberg. The whole Brisgau will be given to the Ele&or of Baden, and its present Sovereign, Arch Duke Ferdinand, will be indemnified some where else in the German Empire. It is said that the Emperor and Empress will leave Mentz to-morrow, the 27th. and that between that town and Boulogne horses are already waiting to tarry the Emperor to his army on the coast.— /Hague Coirraiet.) NAGUS, OCT. 3. According to a letter from St. Peeersbnrgh, the Grand Duke Constantine left that capital on the 9th ult. to inspect the Russian troops in that part of Poland, belonging to the Russian Empire. It is reported at Paris that the Swedish General Baron Armfeldt, late Ambassador to the Court of Vienna, is to be appointed Minister of the Foreign Department to the King of Sweden. The French Papers now say, that the fortifications of Meats are to be demolished, and the town changed into a free commercial city. The great ex posers enquired to augment its strength are to be the cans* of this change. To strengthen, bovrevtr, the French line, Frankenthal is to be a fortress of the first rank.—( Hague Currant.) P•llIts SEPT. 29. DESSALINES. The Senator Kellerman has received a letter frora one of his relations, an unfortunate colonist of S. Domingo, who with the greatest difficulty escaped the assassins of the ferocious Dessalines, and who resides at pres:nt in the island of St. Croix. This letter contains some more particulars concerning the present situation of the pretcrded Republic of Hayti. M The greatest disunion prevails among the Chiefs of the Negro army ; and, so far from combating together against the French and Spaniards at St. Domingo, they are fighting against and cutting the throats of cads other; each General having made himself Sovereign of a separate district, which he rules and defends with his adherents, against all opposers, and where he bids defiance to Denalines and his orders. The Negroes refuse absolutely to work ; and when the produtlions of the last season, the remnants of the cultivation of last year, arc consumed, famine will be added to the other oases of that unfortunate islaucL The num- ber of negroes stiU existing there is calculated to amount to 300,000 at the highest; but of these men, from 18 to 50, the only ones able to carry arms, or cultivate the ground, are not proportionate with the remainJer population, but only as one to five. Dessalines is not ignorant that most of the insti tutions, as a Legion of Honour, a Senate, Prefeac, Raids of Hop our, 3cc. &c. which he has the amid. dy to decree for his people of Hayti, exposes hint to be laughed at by all strangers, and that it is extremely ridiculous is him to pretend to conduct vagabonds, such as those of whom he is the chief, according to a system designed after the vwtt kamtifid eseckla of Europe. But he answers, that he does it only to enrage enemies, by imitating some of their inimitable institutions, and that as long as h.: k alive, no changes shall take place in France, without being decreed by him at St. Domingo, being, as he has dso modesty to say, TIM BONAP•ITZ Of TS& saw WORLD. • 14 As this chief of bardit , i excites the public atten tion and curiosity for the rresent, as much as his predecessor Toussaint did some years ago, it cannot be uninteresting to give the putdic mane ideas of his mon and charaftcr. Dessalines is about 42 years of age ; the enseashis of his physiognomy offen some- thing fierce and savage. His features ere coats •, and ha figure disag:ezehle, without being uncom monly ugly. He is about five French feet and two inches high ;he is robust and squat. As to his charaCtar, Europeans have already formal a tole rably just idea ; but the LA:owing traits will make them still better acquainted with it. " Crafty and hypocritical, as generally are all negroes, he is, besides, brutish, passionate, and vio lent to the highest deeree. He inspires a kind of terror is every one who approaches him, and he is with reason feared, because lie does not hesitate to de himself immediate justice far the least contra• didion he experiences, either with his daggers, swords, pistols, or by p iison. To offend him is certain destruCtion, and to please him is no security but for the moment. When he hates once, he hates for ever, and his likings are as changceide as the wind. His first favourite to Jty is not sure but that he May be his first viCtim to-morrow. Am bition is his ruling passion, to which avarice is only a sazoadary one, and his shocking cruelty is the natural conseq•sence of them both. Ha is said to love his wife and children, but he uses them rather as his slaves than as his companions. Frieads hr has none. Even these, whom, from the caprice of the moment, he overpowers with his benefaßions• desire his derruSion, as the only s efety of not being plundered or murdered, by, the caprice of the next moment." Such are the outlines of a moral and po litical portrait of a man, who has been criminal enough to usurp the sovereignty over the first colo ny in the West Indies.—( Le Chi ds Carnet ) They write from Milan, th at the 4th of Nnvem - ber, or the day when tie r I'r-silent is to be crown ed, as an Emperor of the French, will be celebrated in the Italian Republic with great solemnity A Progrrtintatt has already been printed, and sent by the Vice-President to all the departmerrts and mu nicipalities of the Republic. Every town will send deputies, and a certain number of na tional guards are itveed to be present —Ti,: fetes are to continue for six days, eluting which the Vice-President, Mel:ei, Field alars!•al Jourdan, and the members of the Consul , a, are, by turns, to keep open houses, receive assemblies, and give balls. It is suppose I that we fre-ers of strangers will arrive from all parts of Italy. Th.' theatres are to be open during these six days, grali., for the public. Most of the foreign Princes ar Venrz have again crossed the Rhine. and returned to their own domi nions. The foreign diploma;:e agents have fol lowed their example; but bc.::m eee and the other. before their departure, ni • - long memorials to Talleyrand, contei nine v a of whet they had trauseCled in their p: iv are e t•iiences with the Emperor, and in their conferene whit the Minis ter. It is again reported, than the Eledlor of Rai eerie will be saluted a King by the Emperor of th•• French, and that several ether Eleetors have ob tained territorial aggrandisements. Among the numerous other rejoicings at Mentz, were the mot brilliant illuminations, with many ver, ingenious paintings or devices. One, particularly, was very apropos. at the Chassiner. where Actress was represented holding between her hands a scroll. where the names of Napoleon and Europe were united and interwoven. The Swedish Charge d'4raires passed through Nancy on the lath inst. on his way to Stockholm The armsof the Ring of Sweden continue, however, over the door of the Swedish Commercial Agent, which proves, that though our political relations with Sweden have ceased, our commercial ones wiil continue. All rumours to the contrary are, there fore, without any foundaticn ; ai,d the public cannot be too much upon their guard, in listening to what often is the invention of discontent or avidity. Ac cording to what the Alevolrer of the 26th inst. re ported from a letter from Stockholm, in which it is affirmed, that no year before have so many Swedish ships visited Cetta, and that the Swedish flag was still flying at Fecamp and IY....ppe ; we should not have noticed this subject, had we not yesterday heard our garret politicians and stockjobbers b•isy in hoisting the tri-coloured flag upon the Castle of Stockholm.—/Joeprial dce According to letters from Naples, the French troops unslr General St. Cyr, in that kingdom, amounted to 25.000 men. The French 5 per Crnt. were, on the 26th, 54 f. 75 c. and on the 25th, 55 f. 25 ccnt. TJII P!IESS• I .ON DON, WEDNESDAY. OcroarA 10. Yesterday, at half past two o'clock, the Purser of the City t ! f• Llido.: arrived at the India-House, with i:.t..l:iget:ce that tits bllowing ships had arrived off ‘Veyntouth. the Sth inst. under convoy of His Maas, , rv's ship Cpar+ . ;c4tr, viz.—Cl...l/ Or Land,h, Captain LANDON ; and Ctrivitott, Captain nAZWILL, from Bengal; Ceylon, Captain Hensow, and Ina !- ham, Captain GRA HA m, fru.n Madras ; Vulture and Liedy whalers, and Rolla Botany-Bay ship, froni China, in company ; alse, the American brig Richmond, which had been detained at St Helena, hound to the Isle of France, with naval scores The fleet sailed from St. Helena on the 1.411 of August. _ _ The Gem ral Mo sr Ist ER, sailed from St. Helena with the above ships, and parted company in a gale of wind off the Western Islands. The 24th September, a ship was seen off Portland, which was supposed to be the General Sinai t. The Dover Cosfic, RICIIARDSoN, and Lady 80.- es, SWIN TON, outward-bound, arrived at St. He lena, about the lith August. The Company's ships, Britannia and Marquis Cornwall.. t, outward-bound, had sailed from St. He lena in company. Na account had been received off St. Helena, of the Prince qt . Miles, Capt. P:.icE, since she parted from the fleet, the 2911 of May, off she Cape. The E4pirutrt extra ship had arrived at Bengal, frrm Madras. The Prince of ira/es was supposed to have run for the Mosambique. 'Die following is a come& list of PAssengers by the above ships : WIN OH .1 Y--. Captains Aisley, ITawkins, Ottley and Dunn; is. M.xwell, M. Wilson, Mrs. Gordon; Mr. Smith, Lo-rt..sant Salim; Cornet Jones; and MLs:r•. Parigel, and Pellitier, French Prisoners of War. CEYLON .neland Mrs. Stephenson; Mrs. Du Laurin Mr. and Mrs. Carts, C.ptain Barnett, Nfaior Crawford, a •:I Li , uterraist Follette, with General Dublin, ■nd Messrs. Do Latino, Sauvaler, and Sau%ager, Jun. French Prisoners of War, who surreinkred at Pondicherry. CALCUTTA —Sir George and Lady Leith; MiStre<sel Mitchell and Wren; Captains Moore and Rogers ; and Messrs. Pri,l;.ot (late Secret..ry at Bengal), Mitre, Apliii, and B shop Gls♦ or Loo Dol ca-Genral and Mrs. St. Leger; Culonci 1 Mn. Pringle; Capt. and Mrs. Wyau; Mrs. Franco; Ca •. Cummins, Mr. James Smith; arid Lieutenants Gregory an Lau 1. f'•* ig r, pew Gamtaat. STuA 11'001 yet allied, 1110-MN Pa Poirisrs. G rdon , Kenny, Forderal, Wicket, La Mi faer2, ChAwanode, and 1: Amy. Letters were yesterday received in the City from China, by way of America, under the date of Bth March last. We di , not learn that they contain any intelligence of imixmance. We have received several of the small Paris Papers to the 30th List, and Dutch Papers to the 4•h inst. Their principal contents are given in our preceding columns. It is extremely probable, as we have already stated, that Bi.NAP MITE was an ryn witness of the late experiment to destroy his lie was to leave Mentz on the 27th, and to proceed direftly to join his 'army upoi the coast. The rontia frigate, with the ships from Jamaica o. Lin don. are arrived off Plymouth. The Prilre of Wars packet, with a Mail from Lishon, is arrived at Falmouth ; the Mail will not he received in Lonilm till this day. The Awilnai packet, which bailed from Fal mouth on the 15th of Soptemher, is ar;ivcci at On Mouthy. about one &citric. the Duke of Kris-robe RLSAIAR AMWSADOR, and Sir Baocot WAT• sti. tr.insAded business with Mr. PITI A at his house in Downing -street. About two o'clock. the RUSSIA)/ AMBASSADOR and Lori Mttvirte had audiences of Lord 1-lAl'- Si/war, at his Oifice. Mr. PITT and Iflt'd MELVILLE will leave town this day for W a l iner Castle A Privy Council sat yesterday, upon the business, it is supposed, of Governor Pic a or+. Mr. WICKSTEAD, King's Messenger, after the Council WAS over yesterday, set off with dispatches for His Msarsr v a. Weymouth. Mr. TIIORNTON anivcd in town last night, and it is espcaed will immediately proceed on his dipl.)- matie mission. AS Secretary of Legation, to Herlia. Government, it is said, have received advices, that the contagious fever has :mated its virulence at Gibraltar. An Evening Paper has contradiAed the report, that Lard Nation has solicited his recal. Lieutenant-General Sir CH A R I. LS ASHILL is g.);n7 over to Ireland to resume a miia ar y comman d. 1-1 * ; is to ILIVE Meath, Louth, and Drogheda, within hi, distria Maiur-General ARCHER is to be s,xond in that command. _ The Canadian fenrible regiment is ordered to reduced A great na•nber of them have ent_•:e.l into the 2d battali.mn of the 79th, and ocher corps. It is said, on the authority of private letters, that the negociations between Spain and the United States of America have not taken the most favour able tarn. The cessation of Loui.iana to the latter Power is by no means viewed with satisfaction by dr: Court of /slash id Mr. Bitoocz, of the Alien Department of I. , )rd Ilawxcsauftv's Office. is ieurrned to Lon Inn trout the Kentish Coa=t, where he has been es:awning (in virtue of Sp i.rl Instrisaions from his Lordsl.i,.) Foreigners of every elescription, for the purpose of bringing to the not;ce of Government such as might have resorted to the Coast without special authority, and whose motives might he suspeEted. Advicos received on the 22.1 March at Madras. from I r wt.ux RAO SCINDI A'S c. , mp, represent tl e army :t very deplorible situation. Provisions of eve: 01 were exceedingly scarce, and the troops riy unhealthy. In a morning's ride, it otinsual to see upwards of twerny thal • . s stewed around, without the means of either •n; the bodies, or even of putting thew under and. ROTA 1„F.1 Lr. WEYI/Cl:2/I, or: i - Yesterday evening, His .MAJEs'av pick:.l-guard, previous to astir going on it On His M A JCST 'es return). to the Lo4,e. he in Mr. \VI ILIA DLNIDAS, and confirmed in con% ; cation with him till rear s , ven o'clock. The Ilov, FAMII.v then lionolired :he Theatre with tia presence. This morning, llis M A.icsvv tnok an early ril. beim e b:raktasf, accomi , at:ied by Cenerahz S!: ; And IIANNINUHANI, Lord, II A w, stsaut , v and , t sisan.%M. After breakfast the Roy A t- FAMILY vine Ss vice a: the Church. This m.wn:Lr., , the l'• cesses AUGVSTA and 'IIA kV •'; here seems changed fit the Wintn ; the rain i falling in torrents. The Ito vAI. FA 7411. V le-IV! , I:, a few days, on a visit to the Earl of Dor c nr , -; , on Wednesday morning, as w.. lately ann GRAND REVIEW. r On Tuesday last, his Excellency trt.t i.. 0 accompanied by Lord Rancliffit, L::1 I Wm. Heir, Colonel Sutton, &c. at t iyed at the • Head in this city, when he was immediately wt. • on by General V's'emyss and his Staiii xs also :•. the Earl of Eglinzton, Lord Elphintrinr, L Douglas, AVm. IVl..Dowall of Garthland, E. who condudled him to General Wemyss's where he dined, with a seledd party of n o bi eg and gentlemen. In the evening, attended by atm - .; the whole company, he honottred a meeting of t: , Sacred Music Society with his presence, and vt,, pleasod to . express his great satisradion with Ow performances, both vocal and instrumental. Yesterday, his Excellency, accompanied by ti. above-mentioned distinguished persons, General James Stewart, of Coltuess, and several other rn; : i. tart' gentlemen, reviewed, in the Green, the Sci:ii: • . shire militia, and the whole Volunteer force cis t;...; city .and neighbourhood, amounting to upwards • r :37C0 rank and file, exclusive of officers. In the afternoon, the Lord Provost and M straws gave a splendid entertainment in the 1 i.• •Cavern to the F.atl of Moira and :• numerGus _.. pang of Noblemen and Gentlemen ; among wk. were the Earl of Eglington, Brigadier Gen.ral . Elphinstorte, Lord Archibald Hamilton, M.P. Lc: Forbes and kancliffe, Sir William Keir, M.Dowall, M.P. Boyd Alexander, M.P. Ger Ferrier, Colonel Baillie, Lieutenant-Colonels l•• ham, Craigie, Dunlop, Bogle, Major Campbc;;, . Blythswood, &c. &c. The health, tht.. Queen, Prince of Wales, the Doke of Vot k Atmy, Lord Melville and the Navy, the Cernai.i. er in Chief and North British Staff, Gen. Wept.., &c. were drunk ; the Band of ;'.e. Stiilingghire litia playing suitable tunes. The Lord Provost t: addressed his Excellency in an apprlri ite and pi e , :ented him with the freedom of this city, which the illustrious Commander made an eleir reply. His health, as a BargeSS of Glas„ iw, again drunk with three times three cheers. .i./: meeting isrolce se t t at an early hone. In the evening, there was a brilliant assembly la honour of the occasion. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS IN TOWN. Tht• MM. Mrs. Smith, from 11:11114114ir,* to Mr. Aida Smith's house, in Berke ey-street. B. Kinpton, Esq. from Cheltenham, to his house at Russ.. • J ante • Sibbald, El to his house is Upper Harley •enett. laugh Blrton. form Ter ickonlum, at Stean:rs,t-st, - Mr. and Mrs. Cmlibert and tiotaiiy, fro.n then se.t is ford.ii ire, to th fir boa-e in limkelm..var Tire Hon. I. Forbes, fr..m Elinhergh, at Fitzray-le .rc. Lord John Tawasher.d, at his house in Queen Ann-street. FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES PROM TOWN. Gomm! Hastings, on a visit to the Earl of Mina, at E! buret. Sir John and Lady Ord, nu a visit to Lord Bultan,at his in the l.h of Wight. The Fov, for #orsmouth, from whence I :t. turns on Saturday to attend a Court Martial. Lord V 111C.1 , 410, front Gruvestinr-dieet, to Worthing. The : Arl and Coulite,a of 13 AZiorough, and Lid) C.F.- sniby, front Cavintiloh-iquAre, fur Hastings. Marquis of (lure, Earl and Countess of DU R 17, L idy LONGFORD and the kiln Miss e +l, Lady LAVINGION, Lady ESSEN. and 1. parrots FiNcit Mr. and Lady LOVISA I. r Ir, Lord :Ind Cady Newaoancon, Archhi.h •:• • Toast and Mrs. BLn MORD, and S;r K.. ' Cure, ate now at Cheltenham. That !dace ks4k . lufler in the month of July than at presunt. e Duke of Be promo is on A NISII to t! 1 • o!D I.RNLF.V, at Cobham-hall, in Kent. . , The Duke of Rt• - rt AND is gone to BS i . ;!lt. :1. The Duke sold Duchess of MARL, tnot (i" I el fitr•ly leave Brighton to-morrow for DI a"..e ,i Tois night his Grace patron:ses the perforti. 4, , :f Speed 'he l'ldu, , b, for the benefi: of Mr. F. • OCiON, the holt-I:N.yr to the Brighton Tl.e.iti . Mr Qt..trAt pe.t,irms this night at the GI .:. Thecrt• t! e charaaer of r.bo .44..•iir ill Tlf • iI. Get '.; irrerd, and B altdadv lirt.'"e il '' • ' taiittn tit, in which c:lsr.teler he %%al i.t! adr*, ed comic swig Z ! /bat an 0.. i 2: keen a Chtelfl. " The elegant Comeily of The wi;: vived this season, at brury-lare. .NIU;s Po:. Mi.., A (yelp, and /.4a Ern/iv hay., a better representive than Miss Dus e A %. .//e print ipal officers of General Wtt.l.F.;: division of the army presented him, nn Ole with a golden v.o.e, of the value of `2Ol/0 Mrs. HI1113..1.“311I'S C mcert at 11:iAlttca. night. is honcaired by the command 44 it . 1 Ugliness the Prince of WALLS, and the tht . . ,. • CLAaEEN(R and Sussex. _ . . This ility the 12Y7iment of Lneal 1. dint V iltiaNers arc t!) be fnspeted t.; •1.1. • • Aso, in Ow Tenter-grounds, Gooama,i's Letters received )rsterday iTGM an ACC:oUllt 4,1 the d,`.101 nl Mr. Took re .•1 island, :and late of Pottliind-place, tae first ran': in the mercantile worn. It is s.s•.: becteittie:d his es:atel, amcnnting In n i per aniatin, to :slaster Titox it., hi 1111 to I.ady.ties.sx nutty, daughter to t! , e , Ut:si mu it t, - .slur is a youth at Cambs ;•h , • I :..t M.P . ''' . Tiff ord whi i' , r Ery tiec put for and of t and the uEr an h the 1 bis 1 sere Lion you won trat 4 won to re for t 1 Tlii ►J floe