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MAILS, Alta Warlord.• DUE—I Cottenburgb, t Lisbon, Dublin, I 'Waterford. " Ccnsols -PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCC - 624 I Onanium. -a pr, T H E- ioiiM - QUIS'DICBRE YALSUM AUDEAT? L,O N'D 0 N, 'FRIDAY, APRIL 3, :1507,, - , *Wr.: have received _Paris Papers to the 31st which • contain ~the. 6501 Dulletin of the irrench Army, which ,gives..us. a very particular account -.of the position..,of -French, Army on the . loth March, the day onwhich the Bulletin is dated.. It is stationed: in cx - Itonments on this side of the Passarge, extending, frem.Elbing to Osterode; . the head-quarters being at . the latter. place. In the mean time, the Division of Gen. 13;FEBV iS, it said, . employed in the Siege of Dantzie. No account is •_ . . .given of the poition of the Russian Army; but it seems quite clear that ~13oXfAraitTE will risk enother .battle ikfore he t6 - -crOSS - CS The position'‘i'hi6l - 1 he now. occupies will en able 'him efreaually to cover the siege of Dantzic-; • and unless General Btl , l/4§'EN. can dilOdge hin3, , that important place must fall. The reinforcements which the Russian Army has received mUst 'have put General BENNIGSEN in • a satiati&ri-:_to - resutne offensive ppCrations, and of course he `would Make: every effort in •his power to preserve' That:City; because." the possession of 'it could' be 'lrighly'-'iid 7 vantageous to the French --during the remainder of the CamPaign. It' is thettfore probable 'that. a decisive aalon • 'has . taken 'place' before this tittle. , • . The reports of ?he prObabilitY: " ©f - betWon Russia and Prance, coutinne to be circulated; but the reasons which , irtdUce.the French to circy f late . thes e reports are viry-Obvion . s.....The i Viench Argy in Po land are,.-it is • well .known, extremely dis • contented ;-"•,- the.: hope of a ; spqe,.dy., spegce ay therefore be held out .to ~-them, to induce :them to: submit fur a short, tica4,lo .. ngrAq,',the. hard, ships and .I.)7ivations—whicly ,they.‘-ba3e endured so long. ICi . s . .equaily well..hnown,that the Con- scripts, who have been ordered to join the Army in Poland have manifested the most dPcided repugnancp to marchi, immense ilurilbors-of'thern have dts - ertdd, . and it has become necessary "to guard them like 'Prisoners. Thc. report of a Peace nay lessen their unwillingto :join the Army: We , . however, :,belieVe that BortApotTE. would. oder such terms -a.S. the EMPI?.ROR. •of. RUSSIA . . 'could accept eithei 'consistently With-his interest' or his honour; though. tl,)e former would, we have no ( I .ol!ibt, very willingly opein a Negotiation, because the very appearance of a Negotiation`would be of the utmost advantage to him. .‘ Ttte new Ministers have already been accused for counterading - the Economical •Regulations of .their PredecessOrs, and the 'prodf which has been aisign 7 ed in support of this charge is, that they will not consent to abolish the office of Barrack-Master-Ge neral, in order to establish a Board for the perform ance of the duties of that office. , We do not see that any saving could .be effeeta4 by the Fhange which has been- propose:.: The salary of the Bar- lek-Master-Generalis exa&ly 2g241 . a-year (not 50001. a-rear, as has been stated), and the Com missioners who were to be appointed in his room were to 'have WOOL a-year each. In fa& the only obje;t which - would be attained by the pro . posed change w'o . uld be tolransfer the patronage of that Office from the Commander in Chief to the Treasury, by whidi certainly the Public would not be benefited icy the least . The gre,4,44.y ; Of:the Peopt.e.we find ate.likely to come 'forward . with the most zealous .testimo nies. • of gratitUde and veneration to his ',I.4;I.TESTY, on his' firmness in_maintainin.g the British ConStitution itt its, genuine purity, and exempting us, as far, as, hOrnan virtne - and foresight can exempt; from the evils of religions animosities and the possible horrors. of Catl)9lleaScencleucy. , .‘ AddresseS to the Theorle On this subject . arc exPe6ted to pour in from . all • parts of the' United KingdoM. Some Resolutions have al: - edy, passed in Scotland, whici seems, anxi. ens to take.the lead 'on' thiS interestingoccast 1 On, and to hold forth an example of loyal gratitude and pa . triotic integrity to whole of British Empire. ,WE have always been of opinion that the late Hdtise oC Com :u On S . would have aaed . with a greater. ••, ,• regard to consistency and . ju . sice, had they expung 7 • c'l rna tllu .I" J oirnals Resolutions a r giilist . Lord DJ 1,0714 E, after the .Acquittat of-t,hat:Noble -Lord bY the Righ Couri of Parliarnent. .have done no disctedt to Mr. NVou2..4r,Ar) it h'e.'had,been . . th. : Detover of tue r**ipding , yot,.:----ai:ios„:we n a rally expert 'to, see 4his aft of'jUsti.'-. , done, which we arc certlin 'w'ill• be very td the Ccnintiy tion to that effect could not hate 'been opposed oven by those who were the most violent against his . Lordship before the' Trial-; but, it is stated in . a Public. Print, that the Resolution against Lord MEL. VILLE ought not to be rescinded, because the judgment of acquittal, pronounced by the Hopse of .Lords, by no 'Means decideS that there waS no fonnotation .for the prosecution." We certainly did not expe& to hear, such •doarine from those who censured ,Nfr, WUSD /IA so much se verity for having, after the State . Trials in , the year 1794, advanced 'a similar proposition. It seems, however, as if it were determined that Lord , . MErvlL4E's case should be in every respea. gular. Punishment is infliaedupcin accusation--but trial and acquittal is not in antdegree to be considered as establishing innocence : a verdia cif" Guilty," by the House of.Lords;'would have beenstritunpllane=- ly'adduCecLai , proof that the Charges againSt'hith were well founded—but a verdiEt of." Not Guilty," . by no-means decides that there was .no foundation, or the . charges. It was yesterday reported, op the authority of a letter from DOminica ) dated Jan, 27th, that a. very large body,of French. troops had assembled at Gua daloupe, which had excited. much alarm at the for mer Island, where martial law was immediately proclaimed, and a.request-sent to Barbadoes 'for re inforcements. It is. not, however, believed that any. powerful number of French troops were really assembled at Guadaloupe, however proper it might be on the' part of the people of Dominica to adopt every possible means to guard against a, surprizg; becadie in'the letters from Mount Surat of the eith, and from Antigua of the 2d of February, Which have been received, no notice is taken of any extra ordinary preparations at Guadaloupe, or any particu lar 'arrivals from France. The DUKE of KENT is returned to town from Portsmouth. On Tuesday His Royal Highness re viewed the troops stationed at. Gosport. His Royal Hitfliness.afterwarBs landed on South Sea Common, where he :reviewed the troops of: the garrison. The DUKE Of CUMBERLAND arrived in .town yes terday :.porning from: Windsor, and , returned back immediately.. The DUKE of YORK arrived also from the sarne,place yesterday afternoon. ArrEcoom. 7 --Tlie last time that a great Pekonage was at Weymouth, he entered with his usual con- descension into-a familiar intercourse with the Gen, tletnen whO .were in one of the public. Libraries, among whoni was QUICK, the actor, who had al ways been a faveurife. with His MAJEGTY. Civic& was addreSsed by the great Personage, who: ask ed hint,, anieng other things, how he employed himself. ? Ctuicx answered, that "he was in po litics up' to the Eyes."--," Up' to the'Eyes," said His MA.TEnTY;Tith a significant glance at the A6tor's stature, ," well, gotcx, that you may . easily b .without being 'very deep.". Yesterday the Knights Burgesses of Westminster assembled at their Guildhall, pursuant to their Char. ter, and appointed. a nuMber:Of Citizens to serve on Annoyance Juries anti othr public offices within . the City and Liberties 'of AVesiminster. for. the ensuitig year. We understand that the slenkiid 'Medals 'which are, now malting, in c‘anernorition of the Battle of Maida, are to be confined io the Geocral -awl Fi e ld Officers who cominanded (:carps on that occasio n . The following were those present Major-General Sir _Stuart, K. B. BripiTer-General Cole, Ist Brigade. Brigachsr-6eneral Ackland, 24 ditto. Colonel Oswald, . - ict ditto. Lieut.-Colonel Wdttevil le, Regt, De Wateville Lieut.wColonel O'Callaghan,. Grenadiers. Lieut.-Colonel Kempt, Light Infantry... Lieut. Colonel Ross, 2ptil Lieut.-Coionel Johnston, 58th ditto. , Lieut.-Colonel Smith, alth ditto. Lieut.-Colonel Nl`Leod, 78th ditto. Major i'lenderieath, 8 ist ditto. , Lieut.-Colonel Bunbury, Staff. • • Major Leiniaine, Artillery ; and Mr. Grime", Inspedor of Barracks. Txa THEATaft.-.-The new After-piece of The Wood Damon was represented again last night at Drury Lane Theatre, and, being much by a curtailment in its ilialogue,was Very wellimproved received by a numerous Audience. In faCt it is Chiefly to be • considered as a magnificent and beautiful speCiacle, which, by the course of its events in action, is calcu lated to.take a strong hold of the feelings. So far th - e Authorr - has formed an outline,. - which theliherariiy of theManagers,and the ingenuity of the NI echani s t,have filied ap with inipresaive grandeur, and rendered, caPableof producing an awful and interesting effeet. Upon the mind. It is aided too by varied and dm= raaeristic music, as well as by admirable aaing. As a Speelacle, therefore, this Piece is likely to be so attractive, as not only to indeMnify, but to reward the Proprietors for their •adventurous profusion, in attempting to gratify the prevailing taste of the Public, for compositiops of a splendid and impressive charaCter. Mr. KEMBLE was, seized with such a severe 'rheumatic affe,%on on Wednesday night, juSt'ai he was going to perform in the new CoMedy 'Of'Town anc4Conntry; that &was with ,difficulty he cpuld go through the charieter,• and is now Confined - to his • bed. • There was an extraordinary muster. yesterday among:the •P,erformers ..of, Covent Carden ,Theatre, in consequence of the unexpected necessity of hay inc..; some, dramatic substitute for the new Comedy Cll . ' Town' and Country, in consequence of Mr.` kEr,iht.E'S :sudden , indisposition.. U. was' for soitie;; time a difficult. matter to defermine..what Play ~p~ulr most conveniently be' brought for Ward in this'enier2 geney, at' length, after scouring Tozcn Country in the pursuit, a sufficient number of Per form,:ti•s -were coileeled to represent they were Obliged to go at Once• inui'attiun withou: .any drilling. • , On the itiih ult. .Was married, at St. John'iChtn - ch, Wakefield, by - the Rev. W;,Wooi), 1‘1610.:AN,• r -nes to M . • h Esq, of the Royal 11 , ,ari iss,AltA, ,TILDA DAVIES. 'The Lady,` -Was. given away' by:her Father-in-law, Captain itQltliTS, of the' ALS( Itog, • FROM THE FRENCH PiIP,EIZS. IIARCH 25. SIXTY-FIFTH BUILLETIN'op T.HI GRAND ARMY. OSTEROD, MARCH 14.--The',Artny IS ' gone liltOxantonments behind the Passarge. The Prince ,olPoNrg Guava is at Holland and Braunsbtingh; Marshal Savvy at Liebstadt and Moll - reit:igen; Mar 7 shal at Guttstadt ; Mitshal ilAvousT at Allen stein, 1-iJlenstein, and Deppin ; the head-quarters, are at ()stet : ode ; the Polish Corps of Observation', under G‘tkral ZAYONSCHECK, is at Niederberg ; IVlarshal LEFES - VRE is before.Dantzie. cr The t sth Corps is Upon the Omulew ; a 'division of Bavarians, under the Crown Prince, is at War saw; the Corps of Prince JERbili, in Silesia ;'the h sth- Corps of Observation is hi Swedish Pomerania;. the fortresses of Breslau, Schvveidnitz, and Brieg, 'are demolished ; Gen. RAPP, Aid-de-Camp to the. .Puperor, is Gov - arnor of Thorn ; bridges are thrown , over the Vistula at Marieuburgh and Dirschau. On the jst of March ; the Emperor-having been inforined that the enemy, encouraged by the position of our army, had shewn themselves on the right bank of the ,Passarge, ordered Marshals Nay and SOLI to advance, reconnoitre, and drive the enemy back. Marshal NEY proceeded towards Guttstadt ; Mar . shal Sonia. passed the Passarge at Worreditt. The enemy's posts, - which "retreated with precipitation, were pursued to the distance of eight league's. The enemy, observing that the French were not dined to pursue them any further, and that our force was merely an advanced guard, that had 'left their main body ha the rear, brought forward two regiments of grenadiers, and; in the course of the night, at tacked our cantonments at Zechern. The soth Re giment received them 'upon the point of the bayonet, The 27th and 39th Regiments also condu4ed selves with great courage. In these trifling affairs - the Russians had nearly 1000 men killed, wounded,- and made prisoners. " After having thus disturbed, the erieniy, the army returned again to its cantonments. " The Grand Duke of 13sao, being informed that a corps of cavalry had advanced to Willenburgh, or dered the Prince of BORGHESE to attack 'that place, who, at the head of his regiment, charged eight Rus sian squadrons, overthrew, and put them to flight, making moo prisoners, - including throe Captains and eight Officers. " Marshal LEFEBVIIL . has completely ingested Dantzic. and commenced the lines of circumalla tion round that city." < - 6TOCRII01;111,- MARCH 13.—M. &OPEC'S, Extraordinary , and Plenipotentiary from the Court of .11.11ssia, we are assured, has been recalled from this capital. FROM THE THERM FRONTIER, MARCH 4.—The Russians continue in 'Moldavia without advancing a step. In the meanwhile their rapid movements at ist, and the interest they had in penetrating into the heart of our province 4„ make it evident that their present inadion is - much against theirwill. W e are now assured that Prince DOLGORUCKI has arrived in Moldavia:with a considerable reinforcement, and is now on the march "for Wallachia: If this latter report be true, 'the arrival of an enemy's corps, which must • weaken 'him elsewhere,will be or very little' service, as the Grand . Vizier will have time to assemble .his auxiliaries. • NAPLES, MARCti B.—On the 14th ult. the Eng lish approached the coastof.Montepugano, near Te iamo, and seemed disposed to make .a landing but . ,as the Country was under arms, and the • National Guards watched the threatened places.day and night, the English thought proper to put to sea'again. The Administration oz the Commune, willing to.reward th; young men who turned out on the occasion; of fered them pay, which they to a man ,refused.. • FRANKFORT, MARCH 21.---the reinforcements for the Grand Army seem to increase rather than diminish. They are approaching the banks of the Rhine in all directions, from, Holland to Switzer land. From Italy,"we know that several corps have paSsed through Augsburgh ; and at, present "we hear that a part of thigarrison,of Brannan, on their march for. the Grand Army, passed through RatisbOn on th . e 17th. They will be replaced by other troops. • - WARSAW, MARCH I . 1 OrisiOns of rian troops arrived here in the beginning of this month, 'Under . the Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria.' On . .t4e.4th inst. his Highness addressed a Proclatnation Ito these troops, informing them, that in future they are to :compose apart of the sth Corps of the army under MAssExA, who set out yesterday for the can tonments at kkiltusk. 'KONIGSBVRGH; MARCH s.—His 'Majesty the 'King of Pinssia has nominated Major General VON ZASTROW a 'Minister of State and s the ~ ,Pabinet, and in this quality he is appointed to the Department of Fnreign"Atfairs. PARIS, MARCH 23, —;According to accounts from Milan" of the 3th inst. several Vessels had arrived qt Ancona from Constantinople, and brought gence that all the Russian merchants there had been gates, 'troops, destined fJr Cori], bad been core el Strike' their colouri before the Darda: nelles: - ' Our - Lurnala mention, that a dtiel has been fought between Prince Dotdoaucxt and another of the `Russian Aides-de-Caw, 'M. WINZINGE RODE , in which the Prince was The rPniice was al. 'ways a . violent adVoCate for the War', M. WINZIN• dERODE, his antagonist, was - not less distinguished foic his adherence to the peace party. The late de feats' of the Russians have had a sensible influence upon. the latter. 15er, linpprial Majesty the 'Vice-Queen of Italy - is safely ffetivOed of a daughter. Tite,Thild Legion of National Guards is gone to tO relieve the Second Legion. TAIESTE, FEB.,l6.—The Commercial interest of this City have received the agreeable intelligence. from the English Envoy, that Trieste shall be consi , dered as a neutral Pprt, and not under F renc h in f,,fiuence, whether Russian or English ships of war are suffered to enter or. not. DRESDEN - , .MARC 4 I.—liiCOMeeltletlepof ate coutintzanoe of 'wet weather, epidemical scarlet fe vers begin to increase; numbers of persona are sick. According to a letter from a Saxon Officer in Po . , land,: the . Saxon corps had already passed eighteen nights in the open air, in a dreadful Morass. iF.4:III4CT O A LETTE R . BANKS OF THE is much to be regretted, that the real pl easure w hi c h we f ee l onby find theiLtr:g it fall short tellig epceofgood new s s h ou ld be dampe d of elpeetations raised by ex. , aggerated reports whlch had reached us before, this hind, I doubt not,:h4s been - th e case with you - in relation to thebittle of Prenssisc4, The extravagant reports we received have unquestionably found their way over the German Ocean;-, though I made it a point of conscience not to be-tqo forward in spreading them. I yet:tea:lBy read an interesting letter of a recent date r froal Copenhagen, which I cannot help trart scribipg, as it is to the point. I know the writer, nnin pt letters and information " should have written before t 6 inform you of the accounts we have received from the seat of war, but was W7ithheld by the relations of splendid 'vie ! , tOries.gained . by the Russians, which came through Kiel from Hambprgh. My news, I thought, 'would be so'fl4, - compared With your's, that I did not.ien ture to send it; but as it now seems that gence we have received from-your quarter ls not true, I may venture to transmit you my less splendid, but better authenticated, intelligence. According to alt ,the inquit ies .1 have been.abic to make; the result pears to be sitpply this :—the lilattle of Prectssisch-, Eylau was murderous on both sides, 'but the loss of the French was the greater; so great, that, coupled with tlieir unfavourable position; . the army was! threatened with disorganization. 'lt was visited at once by hunger, sickness, and discontent. Nin.: considerable number deserted to the Russians. There, have taken place since, a number of partial - engage. ; menu, in most of which the ;advantage has been 9,4 the side.of the Russians. Just as I. was writing - this, I received int - urination that the . Pritssian Minister, -M• DE Yoss, has written word to the Prussian A. bassador here, that General BtNNIGS.E.,N obtained viclory over the French on the Cit.b, at iicilsher4, and that he was in pursuit of the fugitives." • We received here, some days since, the same account, in like manner, from the .same Prussian Minister; but .it Caine in so questiQuable a shape, `that I did not think it worth while-to communicate it to you; and even now, 'confess ; I see little• rea son to give credit to it. ' • The latest intelligence, independently of what yot4 will find in the public Papers, appears to be : " Oh the 17th of March the ttead-quarters of the French yere still at Osterode, and Marshal MASSES 14. was occupied in preparing an expedition, as it seems, against the left wing of the Russians. " Austria,, it appears, is disposed to preserve her neutrality, in spite of appearances which seemed to promise a contrary line of conduta." FROM THE GERMAN PAPERS. ST. PETEBBBURGH, FEB. 22.—=The patriotism - of the Russians never shone with more splendour than at this moment. A:large proportion of the Russian Nubility and Proprietors of Estates riot only furnish for the National Militia a greater. number Of troops, than their contingent requires, but they have even Made advances 'to the Government - of .ready cash, : Thus, the rich Count SCFIERAIEkTEW not only equipped 12,000 men for the field, but also pre. Seated to the State, for the great and holy purposes of the , war, 1,200,000 rubles in ready cash. 'ln like manner the wealthy Count STROGANOTTS,and otter;' noblelMindedßussian inhabitants - tnd citizens, dis -tinguishecl' themselves. The, city of St: Petersl?urgh - sent into the field of honour and valour .10,000 men, and Contributed at the same tune half a million of I rubles.• The. city ofiViocc4, in like manner, fut'.. Vnished 10,09 men, and 300,000 , rubles. The I city of Kiwi 4.00 men, and 80.000 ruble;.