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- , 4 !1 'l • . r FROvt VIE FRENeti vit.) DUTCII PAPERS. PARIS. St PT. 10. Ois Sunday, at one o'clock, His icje s i-Fir 2 ;.. private audience to his Excellency M. Branthen Minister Plenipotentiary from the Batavi.tn Repith lic, who presented to His Majesty hisCredeniati, ; and to the Count de Tauhe, Minister Plenip iten- Cary from his Serene Highness the EiesStor of Wir tcmherg, who presented the Re•Credenti:ds of Ow Barn , de Steithe, his predecessor, and his o• 1 Credentials. Their Excellencies were conduned to this audience by a Master and an Assistant Master of the Ceremonies, and introduced into His Majesty's Caiiaet by his Excellency the Grand Master of the Ceremonies. After these audiences, the Corp! Diplom:Figur were introduced to His Majesty in the ordinary forms. His Excellenc♦ the Prince De Masscrado, Ambassador from Spain, presented to His Majesty the Emperor, his Credentials as Minister I'lenipoten tiny from Her Majesty the Queen of Etruria, and His Excellency Baron De Pappenheim, his Re-Cre dentials as Minister Plenipotentiary from Ills Serene Highness the Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt. His Excellency the Marquis De Lucchesini, Mi nister Plenipotentiary front His Majesty tl:e King of Prussia. presented to His :Majesty Letters of In formation respecting the birth of a Princess, daugh ter of his Royal Highness Prince William of Prus- Ina. brother to the King ; and his Excellency Baron De Dreyer, Minister Plenipotentiary from His Ma jest; tfr King of Denmark, also presented letters of information respedting the death of a Princess, daughter of the Princess Royal. At this audience were presented to his Majesty: By his F4cellency the Marquis De Gallo, Ambas- sailor from Naples, The Luke d'Aurenz+ Pig.l3telli, the Count de Vtritietigha, the Opent-ileese, and the Chevalier Gionni By His Excellericy the Count De Tat/he, Baoo, Aultc-Cournellor to Ilia Serene Highness the aleolor at Wirtemberg. By His tactile:lcy the Kircrtis De Lucchesir.i, M. De Ziegler, First ',lieutenant of Prince John'. R. gninnit , of Light Hone, in the service a tie Elector or s aouy ; and M. De Plobsthayn, Lieutenant of fltasqtrs In Saxony. CONSERVATIVE SENATE • EXTRACT IROSE lilt IIEOISTERS OF THE CONSERVA TIVE ATS, 140240• Y, SEPT. 9, tsos. The Conservative Senate, the number of Mem bers being assembled presctihed by the 90th Article of the Constitutional Aft of the 13th of Dpcember, 1799; I-I.ring seen the ncjd of a SienoAs ConsOuni, prepared in the form prescribed by the 57th Article of the Constitutional Alt of the tth of Auguu, 1801 ; After having heard, respefting the motives of the said Projef, the Orators of Government, and the Ike port of the Special Committee, appointed in the Skiing of the 2d instant, decree as follow s ; Art. 1. Tro,n the ltt of Januaty 1806, the Gregorian Ca 111410.1J1 shall he used throughout the Fr-nett Enspose. Art. 2. Ihv prefel4• abenarrn Conaairust shall ►e transmit. tad log a Menage se au, M,jevv. The President and S•eretanes, (Signed) FRANCO'S (Tie Neufehattau), Fre•ident. COLAUU and rORCHER, Sscretaties. • Exantioetrind sealed !The Claneellor of the Senate, ) I.AI'LACF. A Derline l , escorted by the imperial Gorderneerit, and containing English prisoners of war, passed , *rough Cortimerci on the 1 Ith of this month. These prisoofra, who were on their way to the On! at Verdun, acre taken in the Br il:;ant packet, return jpg f,rm the Anti/Ix -4 i to Europe, by the privateer Vail/go, of Bordeaux. Apother convoy of Bagli,h prisoners his arrived at the fortress of Riche, on the confines of the De partment of the Lower Rhine. Ilh Majesty hats pardoned tw•o unfortunate fathers • of families. Antoine Forester and Gabriel Damiu lin, ga•n.- keepers, in the canton of Evreux, sen • unwed to tran‘portation by the Criminal Tribunal of I:Eute, ir. 17:0, for having uttered expressions tendingtn dissolve the Republic and to re-establish Monarchy. STIASIVIIOII, %err. .5. WIA4II helve the h►ppiness shAfth cf possess- ina thee. Enspo.for sonningst as. The Prete& of the Palam arrived ; triviolays ago here, to adOpt the necessary roca-urri 101°pm/raring the Palace to be occupied by 11is Majesty. He will reside in the . ;tr.:Lifer:it, firttirTy the residence of the Princes • de itnlsto. Other houses are getting ready for the 1. Ci.stuf liar; ,Iliniriel sairother pci sons who may , accomreAnY Plii Majesty. The greatest adivity has been em9lnYea. ..nd, we hope, that all the prepara tions will be ermpleted by the end of this month (rria-difoi), I S:h 'or 16th of September, thc sup .' rev! pesiod of His Majekty'starrival , . . Assisi . citoass. fteT. 10. We 1 - sr that the Grit division of the Ft rdition• 'ivy Army WAS to arr i ve ' at Niosegisen an the 'Bth ~„ in. On. the Intll it a... 1 ro ptirsurt its titsttl : fie Cl:Tee: The b:'Wlil..! ..i' ,. .5.141 was to arrive at Ribt:l4ll, qtry ". NE • IGN INTI.I.LIGENCE. • f. -4.• 4 en the etli ri aiM at Nimeguf n. ot? the 10th.in order to '"7l/1711Cleves:1t se th.th; tht!thita,l44,.., Gen. nitituhis.,was fn.." is4e in the camp of Utrecht on the 86, on its *ay to Rhea ten; WI - ince it was to arrive at Ntneguen:Lhe succeeding day, and to proceed on the lithifia Lleves. The lie,e ve Attiiiery, the Corps du Genie, Gras d'Artnet s the qua d of the General in Chief, ind 'ever? thing tselsinging to thelliad-quarters, wete to.arrive at Nimeguen on the li2th, in order, in the 1311; to follow the s one reute as the Above mentioned three divisions. On the 3d inst. in the night, the Custom-house Officers stop- ped a vessel near Arnhem, laden with British maiinfaatires, consisting of dyed and un dyed cloths, camblic, and cotton. The people in this vessel refusing to whey the first summons of the OM cei s, one of the smugglers on board was by a pistol-ball. Since this even:, orders have been is sued for using the utmost vigilance to put a final stop to this illicit trade, and to prevent the trans gression of a law, enacted in unison with our High Ally, for the exclusion cf British manufaaures, and distressing the enemy. By this order, the Civil Of ficers are authorised to call in the aid of the Mili tary. when they shall deem it necessary. SrPT. 13. General Rousseau has resumed his command of the troops on the coast At Rotterdam. General Marm , mt was expeEted yesterday in the Hague, for the purpose of taking leave of the Pen sionary, previous to his departure for Germany. H ANEW:RCN, SEPT 6. Contrary to the hopes entertained here. the French seem by no means inclined to evacuate the Hanove rian territory ; they .ire now, on the contrary, in creasing their forces there, and forming camps at Gottingen, Luneburg, Celle, and Verden. Six more regiments were e:.pefted from Holland. STUTGARD, seer. 3. Private advises from the Austrian States mention, that the Court of Vienna has three grand armies com pletely formed ; the Grst is the Venetian territory ; the second in the Tyrol ; and the third in Upper Austria. It is said, that the first of these armies is destined to cross the Adige, immediately on hosti lities commencing ; that the second will occupy Bavaria ; while the third invades Switzerland. The report of the Austrians having already pos sessed themselves of the whole of the right bank of the Inn, is not confirmed.—/Clef du Caboier). FILONTIERS OF ITALY, AIM. 10. • We learn, that the English Ambassador, Mr. Ar buthnot, has, by orders of his Court, asked permis sion of the Porte to raise soldiers had sailors iti Albania, for the purpose of completing the garrison of Malta. It is added, that he has Gbtaioed this permission, and that the other Mlnisters consi. der this favour as dangerous, at a moment whin the Albanians are ailing such a deei,ive part Egypt. ovm, suo:l7. The vessel of the line, Le Genois of 74 guns, w launched this clay, and worked into the port. SI will shortly sail. /1 •VG. 24. The heat and close air on board the ships, top Cher with the great number of troops embarked them, have occasioned some diseasei among t crews at. the Tcsal. Many of the cavalry that were embarked, have perisheJ. STOCKIIOLN, ACM. 20. Baron de Ligerbielke, Admiral and Commindpr of the Order of the Sword, has been oleSted Presi dent of the Royal Academy of Sciences, instead of Baron de Ehrinheitn, President of the Chancery, and Commander of the Order of the Polar Star. This Academy has received permission of his Ma jesty, to publish a periodical work, under the title of Economical Annals; which is likely to be of great utility both to foreigners and natives. One of on, Journals announces officially, that the Duke de Pienne, first Gentleman of the Chamber to Louis XV Ilk has arrived, at Helsingherg, and has berm presented to Their Majesties. POLITICS. In the present state of affairs, the public cannot receive with too much caution, intelligence, which indiscretion, deceit, or interest, propagate one day, and contract's, the next. Two flays since, a, report was set on foot that the Combinetilleets had again sailed, and had been engaged in anothcr action, in which several. French vessels had been taken and sunk. This news had some influence in depressirig the public funds ; to-day, the discovery of the false hood of this intelligence, has raised the funds, and several persons have bee 11 the dopes of their credulity. The Journals are filled with military preparations that are making on all sides : the French Army has never had a more imposing aspect ; Italy is already defended by an impregnable rampart ; the Rhine is covered by the lower of tmogs, burning to replant their triumphant standards on the oppo.im shore ; ~~~,:~• P ) "~ lA)N Oa\ , FRIDAY, SEPTIMBEI 0. a nki, in the rear offthurfinmsidable male% iee .othe f arrnfestt 4"4 • F . sincfet,46% . mucli •rekeos to assure her self of the excellence of her Government in time of peace, no tsnro4ll.dispute the 'superiority she must postsoln kisfietuesrar,f from the secrecy of her de signs, the genius of her enterprizes, aid the expe rience of her aird,ieity. ! But„though 311 appears to be so organised, that nothing more that, a nod is re quired to`launch the lightnings :tteyery pofut, )re4, it must not he imagined that this signal will hastily be given. lt is not the first tituc that an imposing attituelo4l 7rarded off dangers. Besides, France may look forward to war without anxiety, with a Chief, whose dory arid whose fortune are so inti mately eoiliieteci with the national prosperity. The business. with Austria still remains in the same situation. The English Ministers are at great pains to give a pompous account cf the Russian pre parations, but they are still nothing more than pre parations. The Generals who are to command the Rus , ian divisions, are named with emphasis; hut, their names are not yet inscribed in the book of vic tory. bey are not more terrible than Suwarrow they will not have soldiers more enthusiastically de sirous of glory, nor more eager after the blood of Frenchmen. They will not have to contend with soldiers less inured to war ; they will nct have the same means of conquering. The English Ministry must be excused for boasting of the Russians, as long as it imagines that it wants them ; if they are again defeated, it will load them with abuse. People are at a loss what to make of Swedi.ll Pomerania.—On the one hand, they convert it into a military position for Russia, England, and Sweden; and, on the other, they are obliged to ac knowledge, that Prussia is invariably determined to adopt a rigorous neutrality, and to maintain the tranquillity of the North. In this case, the Russians, cooped up in this confined country, would there find nothing but a grave. In general, an empire ex periences a prodigious disadvantage in carrying on war at a distance ; the difference of climates, thn difficulty of sending reinforcements, the embarrass ment of the Administration, render it more exiv.r.- sive and more disastrous ; success, itself, is to be dreaded. In such a case, menaces irate a greater effect than expeditions, which, in the end, lx•ttav the weakness of a state. Pm this reason, the pro lent Catherine, in her misunderstandings with France, always confined herself to demonstra t ions.—(F,or. The Algitl.) THE BRITISH PRESS. The /triad/14 Chall ion, and L'lmmorteli't, fri gates, with some sloops of war and gun•brigs, left the Downs, on Tuesday, to resume their station off Boulogne. On Wednesday morning a very heavy firing took place in that d;reElion, and was continued, Almost incessantly, until half-past three o'clock.— The concussion of the air was so great, as to shake the windows of the houses in Dover. According to the best observations that could be made from the heights of Dover, the firing took place between the French batteries and L'lmmortalite, which was becalmed close in with the Boulogne shore. From the very dangerous situation of .L'lmwartslife, and the length sof time during which she was exposed to the tremendous fire of the enemy, it is feared she must have suffered considerable damage. Wednesday morming.a small collier_hrig, called the Franca, of Sunderland i , was sent into Dover by the Carrier cutter, which, in company with ano ther brig of the same description, was re-captured by the Carrier off Ostend, from a French lugger privateer, pierced for CO guns, bin mounting only lei, with a quantity of small arms, and 60 men : she was frog Calais, and had captured five colliers, three , of which she succeeded in carrying into Dun kirk ; the other two the Carrier fortunately fell in with, and re-captured.-1 he larger of the two went into Ramsgate, and the Frances into Dover. A Frenchman, of a very grotevrile appearance, came as a prisoner in her ; it is supposd, he had been put on board as prize -master ; however, he takes upon himself the credit of bringing the brig into an English port, when he might have brought' her to France ; which it very likely, as her boat is gone to DtmLiik, with one of the prizes. He pre tended he did not understand English, but•knew very well how to answer such questions as were put to him, in braen English, gestures, &c. but could by no means be persuaded to tell the name of the lug ger to which he belonged. He was sent to the Ad miral at Deal, accompanied by a Midshipman, who, after examining him, sent him lot ward to London, to the War Office. He either can, or pretends he will, give some important information to Govern ment. We understand, he says, that, when the troops were about to begin their march to the Rhine, some representations wca - e made to 8011 A. ►ARTE about the necessity of new uniforms. 8 0 . MAP ANTE adiressed the troops in a short speech, in which he promised that they should have new uniforms to who !heir entraoco into rims. We have received Paris Papers to the 11th in , t. being tyre day later than those of which we gi v e the substance yesterday.—The Itfoni'eser of the 10th is totally destitute of iiiformation recp. ELing the arinies, or any passing events of interest Its co lumns are tilled with the motives for, and re. parts respeding, the re-establishment of th.: Gre gorian Calendar, which, by a decree of the Senate, dated the 9th instant, is to take place on the I Ith of next Niose— Ist of January, 180t;,—from which period it is to be in use throughout the Empire.— We have ,ritade several extraCis from the miarr Paris Prints, which will be found interesting. 031- cial notice has been given of the intention of BoerA• r A RT e to be at Strasburgh on the 13th or 16th inst. His PrefeEt of the Palace had arrived there to ps- c . pare tor his reception. It is worthy of remark, that the Ausr at an Au aas.a ooit was not present at the audience given to the Ambassadors, on the Btts In our Paper of yesterday, we copied an article, dated Banks of the Maine. August 31, stating a rumour, that a Secretary of Legation Is id been ar rested in Alsace by some French gear d'armrs, on his return from Paris. He is supposed to have been attached to the Austrian Embassy, charged with dispatches relating to the recent negotiation, of which BON APA KT E., with his usual contempt of the law of nations, thus attempted to obtain posses sion. The Austrian fotce is divided into three great armies—one is said to be destined to cross the Adige; the other to enter Bavaria; and the third Switzerland. The Marnelokes belonging to the Impend Guard have been sent to Italy. We think it probable, that if BUMAPARTE sh II take the command of any of his armies in persco, be will prefer Italy, the old scene of his viElories, to Germany, where his rival, Mciaxat7, acquired so much glory, and left a cha raaer, which might cast a shale over the Corsican. In rn:),t of the Paris Papers there are two leiteis, one snpn'sed to be written from Veni:e, and the other from Vicenza, but both evidently labli cated at Paris. The objet of them is to induce a belief, that the Venetians are anxious to throw oir the Austrian Government, nod unite themselves to the French. Bos APAItTeII Fmiscaries have lately b en estiensa:y anive in the Venetian territories, cndaati•ouri:sg to sow discontent and di►atration amongst the people. The Rochefort squadron is said, in the French Papers, to have taken several ships, amongst misers the Rin.ler cutter—it arrived on the toast of Spain on the IG:h ult. but immediately sailed again, and is said to be still at sea. Tile French Funds continue to fall--they arc 57 and a fa aaion. Lord NELSON passed Torbay, on Monday even ing, in the Pr Sort/. - - - - - The Light lion. Ca A a Ls Lows left town yes terday for Weymouth. to take leave of His MA.. J rsT , upon his appointment to the place of Chief Secretary to the LORD LI RUT LN ANT of Ism-AND. The Hight Hon. WILLI A V DUND AS lelt town yesterday for Weymouth, to attend His MAJESTY in Council. Viscount &owner% we are concerned to state, is much indisposed, at his house, at Riclonond. The s piadron seen by the irrnits trigate, which was supposed to have been the Ros:liefort squadron, is now known to have been the nine sell of -gait- Indiamen, which parted from the rest of the home ward-bound Eait-India fleet. The Crataiie an I men of war, w hich from JAM iica on the 20th June, for the Le v. I Islands, have put into Hailfax with llamas ...!.! were there on the 23.1 August. The Terrar bomb, stationed at Southend, th , me three years past, bits sailed to join the fleet, and has been replaced by the Cakpio sloop. The reason assigned fur this change is. that the Terror is a vessel in excellent condition, and fit for any service ; whereas, the Cal Mis being old and unfit for other purposes, vrill answer very well here, as a signal and receiving ship. It is very confidently rumoured, that BONAPARTE is to head an army n' 200,000 men, who are to pri- Geed against the Austrian Venetian Teri hull, which was ceded to Austria in lieu of Lonilsaidy. Should he succeed in effe.fting this objeft, which is bar.fly possible, without meeting with a strong resistaric , •, he will be at no very great distance from Viei.na. The same accounts state, that the mar, li is to La eondueted with all the rapidity possiulr. • Report states, that Austria has published a Mani festo, stating the grounds on which she finds het If necessitated to appeal to arms, as the only left to her for maintaining her jupt rights, I.la the integrity of her dominums. Tt e following is a statement of the force of 11 , e Austrian armies, with their respective siinatio:..; In Stifle, 30 battalions of infantry, and 40 sqii drain of cavalry; in Carinthia, 30 battalions of infantry, and 20 squadrons of cavalry ; in TA ily, 50' battalions of infantry, and two regiments of valry ; at Venice, 23 battalions of infantry ; its , Carniola, 2u battalions of infantry ; in the Tyr -6 60 battalions of infantry, a corps of Tyrolean sharps shooters, and one regiment of cavalry ; near W it') battalions of infant, y, and seven regiments of cavalry; near Mintendoiff, 16 battalions of infati try, and five regiments of cavalry. 4 /~ I r, FO •►f i I • 1