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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, sr.rr. 15. The Swedish Papers do not call the Emperor of the French by any other title than Regent or Go iferoOr. We learn by a letter from the Mauritius, of the 19th of May last, that the French frigates La Bet'e Peale and Alaknit, had just brought in an English East lndiaman from Bengal to London, laden with 500,000 pounds of indigo, 600,000 of sugar, 60,000 of saltpetre, 800 bales of muslins, piece pods, &c. For some days, the public have been visiting the statues destined to decorate the grand staircase and hall of the palace of the Senate. They are twenty. : eight in number: among them are, Solon, Atisti des, Cicero, Demosthenes, Mirabean, ( ..'orhlorcet, Vergniaux, Beauharnois, Desaix, mier, Joubert, Thouret, Chapelier, farelli. It is said that the Emperor of Germany will assume, as. Emperor of Ausuia, the title of Fran cis the Fii st. He will then be Francis the First, and Francis the Second. Letters from Hamburgh, of the 3d, speak of the occupation of all the exist on the N Irth Sea, in case the Russians commence hostilities against France. It is added, that if that event take pface, the Hans Towns will receive for a time Irench garrisons. Accounts from Vienna state, that the Gororn- ment continue to send artillery to the coast, upon the borders of the Adriatic. • English Papers to the 2.1 of September have bee received. They arc, in general, 611 ed with fables, calumnies, invetives, •ague reports, and contra ii Rion. Sometimes the Government lishes, Ivy means of its official trumpeters, that the invasion is on the point of taking place, and that 209,000 men are ready to embark ; and, at others, that it cannot be undertaken with a sufficient num- ber of troops to afford cause for apprehension. The other extremity of Europe appears to be not more disposed to remain quiet than England. For a century, Rl:ilia has been meditating and execnt • ing her plan of dismembering the Porte. After !wring insensibly destroyed the outworks of that . power, she is approaching the centre. She at firs: "'requested permission for a few small vessels to navi gate the Caspian. Sea, and the Bosphorus. She now sends thither ships of the line and tints. If Europe does not interfere, the Ru.,s;ans will soon realise the fable of the bitch : Pour bn.-r Crux co qu'un Icur prete, 21 fael-a Won en vienne aux ..oues. There is no donbt hot that this dispositlon is owing to the ambition of England, and her extrava gant pretensions. It is she that has favoured the secret designs of Russia. The ancient allies of the Ottoman Empire would have saved it from that danger. Thus, EnglanJ, which is incesal.tly t ilk ing of the b ilex* of Europe, employs every possible means to destroy it. Rut while she foolishly under mines the existence of the most flurishing states, it is extremely curious, and a kind of consolation, to sec how blind she is to her own situation, and how she entangles herself in the net which she so dili gently extends for the ruin of others. A letter from the frontiers of Italy, of the 2J of September. says, " A report is prop igated that the English have again bombarded Algiers." According to the last letters horn Malaga. an other contagion is apprehended ; a new quarantine has therefore been ordered in the dice-ent ports fur ebips coming from the kingdom of Grenada. Our public funds are again rather inclined to lower ; but those who judge of the political situation of such a neA country as France, from the variations inlier funds, fall into great errors. It is well known that they are merely the tricks of gamblers, jobbets, and speculators, who mutually try to take in eaLo Silber, and to profit afterwards together ►y the lie credulity. h is, however, time :o pus an end to all these scandalous and deceitful mansrlrres, ruin_ ing so many, and enrichinj so few. It would be well if the pohcc agents would keep the same good look out upon our gamblers in the funds, .is on these in time tripot.t ; they would. peroap, soon di,o.ser es many dangerous and infamous char i•lers in one place as in the other, and be convot.ed,,that our greatest thieves are not those chaincd in our gal. leys. A prefect over the public funds Ides "ejlts publics) would be a new place indeed, but, there fore, not a less useful one.—(Cl jd.4 Cabinet.) For ne-arly eight weeks the most beautiful timber (Lou de phis grande beairti is daily floating upon the Seine through Paris, said to Lave been purchased by some of our officers of doe navy, in Russia, last year. It ascends the Seine in trainh of seventy, eighty, and ninety trees cacz. This tim ber is destined for trir arsenals and dock-yards at Toulon, where it u-ill arrive, partly Z,y water, and partly by land, but mostly by the former way, through the united navizativns of the Sine, the Saone, and the Rhone. It floats from Paris to .Innesse, thence to Chalons and Lyons, and after wards by Avignon, near to the Durance,• from which river it will be carried by land toToulon. It comes from Antwerp, Ostend, Dunkirk, Havre, and Rotten ; and if our mai ine architcas are to be believed, what has already, for two months past, floated through Park, is sufficient to build thirty ships of the line.—(Jo.irfiet de ) The following number of troops are now said to be encamped upon the Continent : In France, 300,000 men ; in Italy, Bs,noo men ; in Hoilmd, 36,000 men ; in Hanover, w. 4,000 ran ; in Switzer land, 12,000 men; in Austria and Bohemia, 180,000 men ; in Prussia and Silesia, 210,000 men ; in Ba varia, 40,000 men ; in Denmark and Holstein, 16,000 men ; in Sweden, Is,ooo men ; in Ilus:ia, 190,000 men ; In Servia, :30,000 men ; in Turkey, 60,004 me.) ; and, what is moss surptising, thanks to the moderation and firmness of Napoleon the First! the Continent continues in petlia peace.— (Gazette de France.) 'f he Emperor has graciously been pleased to order, that all presidents of the courts of criminal justice, above seventy years of age, are, for the re mainder part of their lives, to return to their func tioni in their former courts of appeal, with the con tinuance of the same salaries as criminal judges. e have heard from travellers coming from dif ferent communes round Nantes, that the alarm bells have never ceased to sound for these eight days past, as a warning to the inhabitants to save their harvest, vines, cattle, Sic. from a threaten ing destruaion, by the sudden and unexpeded over flow of the River Loire, which, for the last week, has tegularly every day risen several feet above its usual banks. The damage done is very considera ble, particularly to the vineyards. S. veral bri !gee have been carried away by the rapidity and strength of its current ; and, we apprehend, that many lives have been lost, as the bodies cl men, women, and children, have been seen floating upon its wa ters, together with the carcases of cattle, house hold furniture, &c. Since the summer which pre ceded the cold winter of 1709, this river has not, at the present season of the year, in such a manner overflowed its bar ks.—(Essille Nantaiu.) In its last and .t 7th sitting, the members of the Helvetic Diet ratified several arrangements nego tiated between the Emperor of the French and a secret committee, composed of seleft deputies of the Diet. The demand of the French Minister to have delivered op criminals of every descl ;p1 inn reepi'red in for ft by Ftai..ce, was consetv,....i to. P•it, t Ahew its Didtpendritee, the Diet refused its ad' to the proposal of giving up French deserte they are no: at the SAM" accused of; o:- woud to be co.. .yirators, a state criminals. According to letters from Porte Ferrajo, it looks as if an attack either from 5.x English or Rtas-ian forces Wii expeard on that place. The new forti fications are neatly finished, and the greatest anivity prevails every where in fortifyi -g different vt:iner able points of Fie d'2' ha. place has rewired a reinforcement of 4000 men, and pens isions suf ficient to sustain an attack or a bloclstele of fifteen months. The artillery on the ram • ..ts have been augmented with SO pieces heavy moral, and twelve new batteries have been erened, conr.Oning together fifty 36-pounders. As Government has reason to suspeia the loyalty of the inhabitants, on account of their known attachment to the English, several of the principal among them have been tr.insported to France, where they will remain confined until a general peace, and serve as hostages for the fidelity of their countrymen. Besides these dolgossi:e mea sures, numerous detachments of French gunners at e distributed along the banks of the Ponant, to d fend them against any attempts or landing of English pri• vateers swarming all along the coast of Italy. French Funds 51 1-10ths. bILNTZ, StPr. 4. I t isnot yet known whether the Emperor will ascend the Rhine to Hunningrn, and whether he will go to Landau and Strasburg; but it is Said that, at all events, his Majesty will visit the town of Frankenthal and its vicinity, as it is intended to make that place a very important fortress on the Banks of the Rhine. The works are to be begun next spring, and the plan of the fortifications will be definitively settleil when the F,mperor has examined the situation. BANKS OT MAINE, SEPT. S. During the absence of the Emperor, the Ministry of Vienna held a grand conference, at which M. de Cobentzel presided. It has been decided unani mou tly, as soon as the ratification of the Archdu ice- Charles has been obtained, to send reinforcements, in troops and artillery, into Sclaconia, Croatia, ac. We are atsureJ, that the command of this army will be given to Gc..eral Latc•sr, the present Autunander in Moravia. We are assured, that a great toot:. s subsists be tween the Cabinet cf Vienna and C. English Minis tor. It is even remarked, that t` - ransaftions of the Austrian Ministr; are net so f ent wit!: Ru< sia, as they Wert solllt mauls al;., ; it is even said, LON DON, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBeIt 26. We stated yesterday, upon the authority of our Private Correspondence, that Bo s APART L's ends saries in Sweden are busily employed in distributing translations, in the Swedish language, of his late official libel, in the Ahmittur, against the King of Sweotri. Three Mails from Gottenburgh arrived yesterday, and have brought intellir;ence that fully confirms our statement. We have had often occa si in to observe, that the French Revolutionists have never attacked with arms a country that they had not rep +red by their arts to receis e them. 13iit, neither in l Lifland, nor in Swi , zerland, have more pains been taken to cultivate the ground for the revolutionary seed than the Corsican is now taking in Sweden. He will, however, find it a stiff ai.,l lE.-grateful soil, not likely to reward his lahottrs. The King c.f SWLDEN returned on the Sth to his capital, perfe.hy apprised of all the treacherous art. arid sievices of the Corsican, and determined to confouild them. A council was immediately sum .rrmed, at which it was r-solved to prohibit the cir -:illation in Sweden of all the papers, and to forbid all communicaticn with the French Ciee d r , ; who, in consequence, left Stockholm upon the 1 0th. War, therefore, now appears inevit able between France and Sweden ; and the braggart Corsican hopes that it will hide his disgrace, and serve as a pre:ext for declining the invasion of Eng land. Bat Sweden is not the only scene of his se cret intrigues-and machinations. Every where upon " continent his , ent , are in permanent activity, inventing.and cir• sting the means of distrust and jealousy. An :ic most pv,valent reports that they have serval ; and tl.ere are npur c so extravagant as not to obtain some cre di t; they say, th at t h e treaty now negotiating between Great Britain e t :, Russia is not merely an offensive and defemi.. alliance, but also a treaty of par:Pion of the Turl... Empire ; by which lE.,:2;ypt i, to be given up to Gic l • Britain as an interme.lbue'colony betweeiits es,• blishments in India ;I V its dominio ns i n F a top , , According W other reports, Russia and England have offered the Illeaorate of llanover to Prus.i.. for the assent of that power as a guarantee c , r this partition trea:y, to which Austria has he , : also invited to accede. In all these report, Fran;: , :. is represented as totally unconneeted with se zb manusuvres, if we except, indeed. one, which sa: that it has been proposed to cukivate the go , o will of the Corsican, by peoviding for the Boy. • lONS in India, at a distance too remote to cndang his throne. We also receive.] yesterday the Paris Papers the 15th, from which we have eitra,aed every ar:., of any interest. That infamous print, 7'4' is now ordered to vilify the Emperor of Bessi e, 1. the same strain of scurrility with which it is in t!, habit of reviling the King of ENGLAND ; and other Paris Papers condescend to copy all its sland.... A deputation from the Spanish and Portugn • merchants in the city waited yesterday upon r. Minister. \Ve understand their object was to st;• gest their apprehensions, on account of the noma.- rival in course of the Lisbon packet. After t h e co. • fercnce. orders were sent to Falmouth to prey?, • the sailing of the packet with the Mail fur Lisliot; A Court of Proprietors of the Bank of England Wit held yesterday, at which the late resolution f the Court of Dire.flors, with regard to the increa , e of their salaries, was confirmed. The letters from the Coast yesterday do not cr, twin any news of importance. A brisk norch.wee wind on Monday prevented the enemy from cortiin. out of their port.. The trecr tn. of G 4 guns, and a few smaller vessels, remain in D.wer Roads. Sir Szosze SMITH is expeeted to leave t,,wn in A few days for the Downs. lie is to have an command. Mr. Fastest and suite - leave town this day Deal, where he will tanbark 14 Washington, i. America, as Secretary of Legati o n t o M r . Miiitar. The • SPEAKER of the House of Commins har, given notice, that a new writ will be isszied,Lt Dumfries, in the room of Sir Ruses? Lonna:. Bart. deceased. This morning, at six o'clock, the third Regintset:t of the Loyal London Vohirtes.s will muster Moortields; and march from thence to the grotin.l belonging to the East India Volunteers. to b.r. L. speaed by Brigadier General LaY•RD. Mr. CAN:savc; has declined accepting the c•-••• mand of the Somerset-place Volunteers. It is ii.• tended, therefore, that Sir A. S. 14 --A:4IIOND 1114.1 be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant. Government, it is said, has ordered Generals FlLivsa and fixes' smszau to be removed from Asnieut ton to Montgomery. The 8.0 ~a, --., from Bostnn fcr Amsterdam, has arrived off Cowes. Spoke in lat. 4f, long. 31, the Orpheus frigate, with the fleet under cow/0), from Falmouth for Quebec, out eighteen day> ; all well. An Officer on board out squadron, off Ferrol, writes under the 9th inst. Yesterda the subjeas of.Borr A whom we have kept snug for these Lest eight months, in Spanish ports, sent us word by a Portuguese ship, that in a shut time they intend to fraternise with us, in a manner that shall make us to repent of our audacity. To shew and convince them how much we apprehended from their nentrathed courage, we steered this c 1,1 3- as near shore as possible, and there lay to. As the weather was very fine, we continued in that situa tion for ten hours, during which time the Gallo. Corsicans never once attempted to move." A Glasgow gentleman, on his arrival at Frankfort Ist September 1804, writes to his correspondents :a Glasgow—" On my journey through Hanover, I ms: with several regiments marching towards the Elbe. As tar as I could learn, it is supposed that their i. • tention is to block up the passage of British ~oaia from aimburgh and Lubeck, into the ikterior Germany, and some even so so far as to say, O.' t:icy are to take possession of Meckleoburghi which, if they 'succeed, a final stop will be put to the expediting of goods from those quarters." We have already stated that the Right Hon. the Lotto MAYOR last week left London for a day I: two, for the purpose of inspeaing the oyster besls and claiming them on the part of the City of Londo At Rochester the Loco Kowa had an inteivte with the Illavoa of that City. from Whom ; Lordship learned s ev era l • particulars nature and origin of th e property in qusstio.. . all he heard only tended to convince bon, he ought not to resign his claim in favour of the of London. The question is, therefore, only aJ journed till the Loan Maros has laid the partit” lairs before the Law Officers of the City. Thr MA TOR of Rochester told his Lordship, that I , r should lay the case before Counsel, and if he Wa. advised to contend the point on the pat t of the Cit. of Rochester, he should certainly think it his Jut) to aa accordingly. Stream. s Cousr.—An extent having, been issues from the Exchequer to the amount of 19,0001. again" t; re effeas of Messrs. CAS Lt. Mmes. and Co. tly. ...takers, in Lombard-street, who lately stopped PA' " menu, an inquisition was taken on Monday before thr :ideas rr, on the property, intrusted to the Assig nees. From a square tin case brought into Court. Bank of England macs were produs:ed to the amount of 10.858 L ; in acceptances not due, t4ii 7B l- a ni 5151. in gold and silver, the whole making a sum o: 15.1541. Mr. L.YCHFILLO, Solicitor for the Cu • toms, after some obi:maims. conwuted that the Slib.- airr should make his reran in favour of the Deferd• ants, and the property was conveyed to the Rank. An Ides ta' y ^ll . s del Pbd rail "Far "1 " k:* Pt. Fur the gai At WI Lord 1 passed th Frilly la The under the ‘VedneSl grand dinn tAltun of 1 'wow. toe Last nig Ba k ., Theatre. 5 h4 PPiest ei interesting which he e by i delineat 1 0N. Mr.., T. 4, 6,9.34 4 WY design, a j ) Pearance 'llnen aPI a " 4440.1 li, ti :tt ;ome disagnument subsists between the Ras si.in Ambassador, Count Itasumowsky, and one Gf rlte Minkters of the greatest influence in the Cabinet of Vienna. SAINT TROPEZ, IN THE DEPARTMENT OE THE VAR, SLIT. 2. Yesterday, a strong division of Aimictl Nelson's fl. et appeared a short distance from the coast, off the heights of Cape Tolliot ; it CAM? to anchor be tween six andseven o'clock, and detached some light vessels to capture a convoy of merchantmen, which were proceeding along the coast, under the protec tion of the land batteries. Pet ceiving the intentions of the English, the convoy got under the battery of Cape Talliat. The enemy's ships, pursuing ours, en deavoured to make themselves masters of the battery under cover of the night; but the horse chasieri: s of the 19th regiment, contorted upon the coast, hiving received advice of it, proceeded in haste to the me naced point ; when they arrived there, part dis mounted to work the cannon, whilst the rest nut to the beach to oppose the landing of the English. The enemy, perceiving that they had to do with these brave Corsicans, who, by turns, are artillerymen, ca valry, and infantry, tacked about anJ made off. The convoy sailed to-day for its destination. The foot chasseurs on the coast were anxious also to share the glory, and all the soldiers in these parts burn with the desire of combating the enemy, and rival ling their comrades at Boulogne. ATI-LA-CHAPELLE, SEPT. 8. The day before yesterday, the Emperor was pre. sent at an elegant fete given him by the city. Yes terday he visited the manufaelories of Vanhoutem, and tucker and Company. This day, he inspeaed the needle manuf.a.c.tory at Bocette. He bad previ ously examined the different merchandise of Aix-la- Chapelle, in that part of the city called the Itedoute Te Dram was sung yesterday in pretence of his Imperial Istajetty, to whom the Clergy present:A the rebels of Charlemagne, and the different re bels which have lately been restored to th Cathedral.- FRONI Tllti SVC.D.SII - . GOTTESIBURGH, SEPT. 11. A Russian Gorier arrived here yesterday in ten days from Peter,hurgh, with dispatches fur Coant Worunzow in London, and takes his passage to-day in the Diana packet, Captain Stewart. SEPT. 11. A war between Sweden and France seems una ♦nida't e, for, in consequence of the severe observa tions contained in the Momlicur of the 14th, upon the King of Sweden's notes, delisered at the Diet of Ratisbon, the latter has prohibited all French Papers from being circulated in Sweden : and, by the post from Stockholm of the 10th inst. we learn that a courier from the King arrived there, on Saturday last, the Btit inst. when a Council was im mediately summoned, at which it was determined to prohibit the importation of all the French Papers, and to forbid, uolin pain of dismission, all the Civil and Milita? y !Mimi from holding any cominuni:a tion wi h the French C. 5 irge d'ilg;dires, who, in con sequence; left Stockholm on the 10th inst. Tiaß niurisii PaEss.