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.FOREIGN INTELLIqENCE. PARIS PAPERS OF SATURDAY. ( From Me Etoile. ) " ARMY OF THE PYRENEES. 06 ORDER. OF THE DAY. " Stealers !—I arrive among you ! I have been satisfied 'with the good dispositions which animate you, and with your constancy in supporting the fatigues of a long march during the inclemency of the season. It will be by the splendour of every military virtue, that youwill soon manifest your devo. .tion to the King and•to your Country. Fidelity, honour, dis cipline, these will always be the device of the white flag, under which we are going to tight. " 1 shall watch over all your wants. (Signed) " LOUIS ANTOINE. " Iliad-quarters, Bayonne, March 30, 1823." - " By order of his Royal Highness the Commander-hi-Chief of the Army. (Countersigned) " The Major-General Count GUILLEMINOT." PARIS, Amur. s.—The Ministers assembled yesterday (Friday) evening, at the residence of the President of the Council. Lord Fitzroy Somerset has. arrived in Paris. •He will set off immediately for London. Movements are beginning to take place among 'the various bodies of troops which are already assembled in the Eastern Pyrenees. Each corps has received orders which indicate that they are .occupied in the forming of divisions. Lieutenant -General Viscount Donnadieu is expected every moment, to take the command of one of these di visions. The regiments which are to complete the corps d'arna6e of the Eastern Pyrenees arrive successively. The Baron d'Eroles has moved his head quarters to St. Esteve. The Royalist troops of Catalonia who are under his orders have en camped in the plains of that Commune. They estimate at about 10,000 men the number of troops of all arms which will constitute the Royalist Catalonian division. It is said that orders have been dispatched to Mina and Ballastoros, to form a Cordon of Obser vation, which is to be placed near the Ebro. 3allasteros is at Tudela, in Navarre, where he bas collected a corps of 5,000 men ; it is calcu lated that in Navarre and Galicia more than 8,000 conscripts have passed over to the Royalists. These desertions weaken very touch the Consti tutional A rmy. An article from Semlin of the 18th March, Mentions that the Quarter of Pura at Constan tinople has been burnt. It says, 64 Pera has at length experienced the fate with which it has been long menaced, and we must expect more disastrous news, The number of houses burnt is stated at 12 and even at 20,00 Q. It is also said that the Palace of Lord Strangfeld has been burnt."—(Guzetie d'Augsburg.) The report is general at Bordeaux, that the French army will make its first movement about the 7th inst. The Duke of Belluno arrived at Bayonne on ;the 29th March.—Moncey is to attack Mina as soon as the French army enters Spain. CAAMI3ER OF DEPUTIES.—Symew Or SATURDAY. After having . disposed of some preliminary .business upon Petitions, the Minister of' War ascended the Tribune, and de. livered the following Speech t— `‘etientlernen_Tho words which the King uttered at the commencement of the Session, have imposed upon the War Department the obligation of anticipating till the wants of an army ready to take the field, and to provide beforehand the ne cessary measures for maintaining the different corps which com pose it utxin the full war establishment. " An Ordonnanee of the King, dated the 20th of last No vember, already brought into active service the 40,000 men voted by the law of the 10th M arc h, 1818, upon t h e c l ass o f 1822. The incorporation of these young soldiers gave to our regiments that full establishment which it was desirable they should possess ; but the execution of this measure makes it no longer available, for the purpose of repairing daily and inevi table losses, even in a state of , peace. " With respect to the resources offered by the contingent of the class of 1823. This contingent comprising all young French. numwho had attained, the age of 20 in the course of the preced ing year, the Government could not proceed to the successive ope. rations prescribed by Title 9 of the Law until after the expira tion of the year 1823; and it would not be before the first quer. • ter of 1824, that the pen provided by this levy could be marched to the army depots. " This state of things presents inconveniencies which Must be provided for. "It is indispeneibly necessary, , create at the commence ment of a campaign reserves proportioned to the importance of the operations which are about to be undertaken ; and, without repeating the general observations which 1 recently had occa sion to develope on this subject, in the Tribune of die Chamber of Peers, I shall simply observe, that . prudence command us. not to remain nearly a whole year deprived of the means of in creasing, or even maintaining to their full complement, our re. spective regiments. " It VMS therefore to provide for this necessity that the projet of a law which I have the honour to present, to the Chamber was prepared by the zeal of' the Marshal the Duke de Belluno. Ilia departure for the army has imposedupon me the duty of carry • iter, into execution, the plans which he haddevised for se. • curing the success and honour of the French arms, "The examination of die only article of which this pro* of law is composed, will prove that , the Government of the King does not demand an augmentation in the strength of the anneal contingent. It merely requires the power ofraccelerating the period when it may dispose of the resources offered by the class et' 11123, and I hasten to observe, upon this point, that already it is pot possible that the calling out of these young men will precede, by more than six months, the period fixed by the law of the 10th of March. Fat from considering this arrangement, dictated by a fore. iiiight which should neglect no chance of' success, as oppressive, these young Men will, doubtless, appreciate a Measure which offers to them the possibility of being associated this very year • with the labours of the army, and which will restore them also so much sooner to the civil occupations of life." The projet of law was then read, which enacts - that those young men who, by their age, belong to the class of 1823, and who, according ,to the terms of Article 7, of title Law of the 10th March, 1818, would net be called out until 1824, may, if it should be judged necessary, be employed during the present year. The Chatnber decided that this projet of law should be printed and distributed, and fixed the preparatory examination of it for Monday (this day). The order of the day was then read for resum ing the discussion upon the Finance Law. [From the Drapeau Blanc Of Saturday.] &letter from St. Jean de Luz says, there has /been arrested in that - town an inhabitiint of Bayonne, who followed the business of a le inonade seller in the Ace sgu Grammont. This man was, it is . said, in correspondence with the aid-de-camp of Gen, Guilleminot r Letters from the frontiers of France under -date of March St, say, that there have been re cently arrested an the coasts near Calais several retired officers, who attempted to get clandes. 'finely to England, , [From the ConstitutiouneL] PARTS, AM L5.;.--What have we said for seve ral month* en the war, on its inconveniences, on the Budget? Have WC not maintaiued that the demands of the Minister were only a veil for the actual expenco to which they were about to expose Vranee?—thatr to-day they . demand 100,00000 francs and 100,01/0- men, that in a short time several hundreds of mil lions of money, and several hundreds of thousinds of men, would be necessary ? We have said that it was useless to throw ob- scurity over so clear a prospect, if, in fact, they would make war ; that the rentes left in the hands of the Minister, and kept in reserve to sell them at a moment of necessity, would cause the public funds rapidly to Fall, which have already sunk very considerably by the interruption of peace; that it was doubtful if they would find a favourable moment for selling these rentes, because it was to be expetted that the "trice- would fall still lower every day, as circumstances bectune more difficult ; that thus the capital confided to the Minister would fall very consi derably in value, and that it would be necessary to have re course to new loans. What were these truths in our mouths ? Falsehoods in vented by hatred, perfidious insinuations tending to weaken public credit, to discredit the Minister, and impede the actions Odic' Governthent. However, what was condemned when we said it, or when it was said by the Deputies of the opposition, is now found wholly, and said .with somewhat less courtesy,. in the speech of M. de la Bourdonnaye. * 'rhe manner in which the has been led to make this avowal is very plain. The mo ment for making war is come—it is no longer time to conceal the expences, and while the . . Ministers delay to avow them by making new demands, M. de la Bourdonnaye thought it was necessary to.state them to obtain every Thing ; and he has thus justified every thing which we have said of the expences of the war. The And de la Religion et du Rol says, the Protestants who cry out against proselytism, are however active in carry ing it on in their own favour. Some few. days ago a Protest ant Lady entered L'llotel Dieu, at Parisi under the name of a Dame de Charite, and distributed books of the Bible Socie ty, and small Tracts, printed at Geneva and Basle, in the spirit of protestantism. The same Journal announces that in a neighbouring de partment a person by the name of Porchet, calling himself an Envoy from a Committee, held numerous assemblies in spite of the Pastor. The Tribunal of Correctional Police at St. Quentin has condemneU him and a man named Mejanel, to three months' imprisonment, and to pay a tine of 200 francs each, and has, placed these persons at the disposition of the Government. One of our subscribers has written to us, complaining of an article on this subject in the Journal des Debuts of March 29, and he asserts that MM. Porchet anti, 3lejanel, Ministers of the Gospel, are advantageously known at Paris. He adds, " I should not have said any thing against this article, if the Journal de: Debuts had confined itself to the judg ment of the Tribunal, which ought to be respected till the decision of a higher Tribunal, but the Editor reproaches these two Ministers with spreading doctrines condemned by both Catholics and Protestanta, which are drawn from the tenets of the Anabaptists." Our Correspondent says, these accusations are false, and that the sentence in question alludes ,to nothing of the kind. MM. Por chest and Majenel, he adds, " have always made a point of not mentioning in their sermons any subject of controversy among the different families of Christians, nor have they made use of any political allusions, tieing wholly animated with the spirit of peace." On the last sermon of M. tie Boulogne, Bishop of Troyes— The France Chretienne, Religious, Political and Literary Journal of yesterday, contained a considerable part of the discourse lately pronounced-by the Bishop of Troyes on the occasion of the Sacrament. This Journal informs us that the discourse was divided in two parts, the subjects of which were —" Nothing is more beautiful than what charity teaches—no thing more heroic than her actions." ho could have believed, that in speaking of charity, of this Christian virtue which embraces all other virtues , the Bishop would indulge in political digressions, anti would even speak of war, which harmonizes so ill with the doctrines of the Evangelists, and with the spirit of' charity. In the middle of the faithful, M. de Boulogne ejaculated, " Rise, Princes of tha earth ! arm yourselves and combat the Philosophers, who desire to reform States without minding at what expence,—who compel us to reflect by spoliations and crimes, and teach us morality as they destroy our Otani! It is no loner time to temporise," he adds, " the spirit of concession becomes every day more mischievous, and it. is now more necessary than ever to cut off the limb, for fear the gangrene may reach the heart and corrupt the whole !" Speaking of' the law relative to the liberty of the press, M. de Boulogne calls it "a fatal law—the foe of every other law and of justice !" and he hopes "it will disappear from the code winch it sullies 2 !" [From the Courier Fran(pis.] The Memorial Bartlelais announces that a subscription has been opened at Bourdeaux to offer a gold medal to Serjearit Mercier, and that each subscription is limited to 50 centimes, which supposes they' will find a great number of subscribers. The same Paper says, M. S—, a Spanish Colonel, was arrested yesterday morning, but was set at liberty after a short time. The greater part of the fanatical. Journals have stigmatised the reports of General Guilleminot's recal as false and seditious, —the Gazette, however, announced yesterday, on the faith of a letter from Bayonne, that this General is recalled to Paris. [From the Journal der Dibats.] PARIA, Aram .4.—The Duke of Angouletne arrived at Bayonne on the Mat ult. An extraordinary messenger from St. Petersburgh arrived at the Russian Ambassador's yesterday evening at five. (EXTRACT or A PRIVATE LETTER.] • " ZANTE, MARCII I.—Lord Strangford, in his way to Con stantinople, has caused to beyrofusely circulated in all the islands of the Archipelago, with a Declaration of the Congress of Verona, in which it abandons the Greeks to the chances of war, and says that peace is about to reconcile the Porte and the Emperor of Russia. This news, which allows the Hellenians to hope that they shall liberate themselves, and have no species of patronage to dread, has filled all minds with enthusiasm. — They know that the Sultan may send new armies, and, if be thinks proper, fine fleets to sea, but, accustomed to conquer the Turks, they foresee with tlnguishing themselves. pleasure new opportunities of dis " Last year an army of 32,000 Mahomedans was buried between Argos and Corinth, after a series of combats from the oth of August, date of Dram All's entrance into the Peloponnesus, till his deatti in the month of December.— Of all this army only 400 men remain, who are at present blocked in the Caravanaera of Acrata, situated at the mouth of the Crathis. " Rechoub Pacha, persuaded by a detachment of Greeks, who had left Missolongo, after losing the magazines he hail established at Hypochort, ascended the Evenus, in or by tra versing the forests of Xodouni to reach4he camp of Omar which he supposed at Vrachori. When he thought himself quite safe he was suddenly attacked by the Greeks of Cravari, Cossina,' and A oocoro, put into confusion, and obliged to abandon his wounded, baggage, and unununition, and to submit to a consi derable loss to reach Vrachori, On his arrival there he found Omar Pacha, but defeated at Straits and at Curacos, he was only a companion in misfortune. After their union they tried their fortune again, and were again beaten, as well as the traitor Varnakiotis Who, with them, is„ surrounded at the bottom of Vlocti whence they cannot escape, at least, unless heaven rain down manna to subsist them,' and giver them wings to fly over the mountains." [EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.] " LEGHORN, MARCII 20.—1 t does not appear that the Div .in intends at present to send any notification to Russia rel....ive to a new organization for Moldavia and Wallachia, it w ill rather wait for the arrival of a Russian Minister at Con statitinople. " The war with Persia continues to form a very favourable diversion for the Greeks. Mora troops are, required at Bagdad; for the Persians have received considerable reinforcements, and are on the point of opening the campaign with superior forces. The principal body of their troops is moving at. pre sent on the Euphrates and Tigris, while in Armenia they re main on the defensive ; and it does not- appear that they have augmented their army there. At present, therefore, the Porte must send troops into Asia, while hitherto it has brought Asia tic troops into Europe. The Turkish army of the Danube has already receivedurdera to march into Macedonia. " In the neighbourhood of Constantinople there, are still a greater number of Asiatics, who have not yet received a final destination. "'!'here is news from Candia to Feb. 20. Several European officers had arrived front Hydra, and artillery and ammunition had been sent front the same place. The Greeks go on well there, the TUrks having evacuated the level country and shut :thernseves up in the forts, of which some will soon be besieged. The Greeks of Hydra anti of the Morea have promised the Len. dints to assist them hi completing the conquest of the island. " Since last autumn more than 70 vessels have been fitted out and armed, at Hydra, Spezzia, and.lpsara." PO It'l ljG A L. French The Barb°kits I)uriense explains the nature of the deception by which the. Portuguese banditti of the Faith' obtained their temporary success, on the 13th of March. It appears that on the night of the 12th, a cavalry officer came to the head. quarters of Brigadier Pamplona Moniz, at Radial, where General Rego then was. Tie pretended to be an emissary from his comrades, who wished to escane from the rebels and join the Constitu tionalists, but he was really a spy.. He saw that the troops, initeid of being bivouacked, were in quarters, and he returned to Chaves to report his observations. " This officer," says the Batbo. Zeta," formerly regarded, inconsequence both of ":his speeches and his writings, as one of *the " most steady constitutional patriots, could not " be suspected of coming to carry on a horrible "plot, and act the part of a base spy." The account then *says—" At day-br'eak a force of "three squadrons of cavalry appeared in front " of the principal position, and a cordon on the " flank, extending as far as our cantonments." — The troops on the spot, particUlarly the 21st Regiment, fought gallantly, but they were com pletely taken by surprise. General Jtego him self narrowly j escaped from being made a pri soner. The loss of the Constitutionalists was, however, inconsiderable. They had no officers killed ; but a Captain of the rebels was killed, and the Camp-Marshal Vahia, who commanded the attack, was wounded in the arm. On the 14th, all the Constitutional officers who had been made prisoners were called upon to join the in surgents, or to promise not to bear arms against them. They all refused except two, one of whom is not a Portuguese. His name is Mayer, a native of Hanover. On the 18th, a Priest was brought prisoner to Lisbon from Santarem, where he had been ar rested for attempting to seduce from the Consti tutional cause the soldiers of a regiment of in fantry under orders to march. PRICE 0: TILLS DAY AT F STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock..., shut' 3 per Cent. Red. ...73. ex div. 3 per Cent. Cons., 741 3a per Cent Old 9 9 x din 4 per Cent..{ N ew e-- 6 * ler Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. ...10i ex div. Imp. 3 per Cents. India Stock shut India Bonds 30s. 31s. South Sea Stock Old Annuities Bills lO 15 pr. Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for April 10 741 'RICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS Ix LONDON, 'Arnie. 8, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 78. (Six per Cents. 00. 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Exchange on Lon on, April 4, Bi. 111011 WATER AT LON DO Morning. 20 minutes after 0. I`4l BRIDGE TO-2%IOItROW. 1 Evening, 51 minutex after U. THE SUN. SOLEM 4,UIS DICERE F.4I.,SUM 411DEAT LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 8 18'23. Some of the Paris Papers, from which we gave extracts yesterday, were of Saturday rnorning• We have since received the .Paris Journals of Saturday evening, from which we have taken the first Order of the Day issued by the Duke d'AxGouLtur to the Army of the Py renees, dated from his Bead-quarters at Bayonne, the 30th March, and countersigned by Najor-General GUILLEMINOT. This Order of the Day is' dated on the very day on which we stated, in our Paper of the 31st, ult. that the breaking up of. the French Army was to commence, --a circumstance which sufficiently proves the accuracy of our intelligence, though from the incompleteness of the military prepara tions, we have since been led to expect that the actual advance of the French Army has been postponed for a few days. The Address of the Prince. Generalissimo,to his Soldiers, there fore, only announces his arrival amongst them, and expresses his confidence in their good dispositions, and his own resolution to watch over all their wants. The Paris .Papers, however, add, that movements had begun to take place among the various bodies of troops which were assembled in the Eastern Pyrenees ; and that the different corps had re ceived orders which indicated that the Army was forming into divisions. At Bordeaux the repOrt was general that the first movement in advance was to be made on the 7th inst.. (yester day), while at Paris it is believed, that hostili ties were to commence on some day between the sth and the 18th instant ; , the Journal des Debuts mentions the 7th. All tiegociation was thoyght to be at an end, and every .prospec,t of hostilities destroyed. The nuked' ANGOUIEME was expected to issue a Manifesto immediately upon entering Spain, and a Declaration was to appear simultaneously, as has been some time since alleged, in the ilioniteur. On Saturday the French Minister of 'War, DIJEON I proposed to the Chamber of Deputies a project of law for enabling forty thousand men to be added to. the army. One of our Correspontlenti at Paris apprized us of the Resolution to adopt that measure immediate- ly on its being decided in the Council of Ministers on Sunday, the 30th ult., and enabled us to announce it exclusively in Tim SUN of the 2d inst. It should not be forgotten that this Council of Ministers was held in consequence of the arrival of a Courier from Perpignan, and who was believed to be the bearer of unfavourable intelligence. The Chamber ordered the project of law to be printed, and fixed the preparatory discussion for Monday (yesterday). Lord FITZROY SOMERSET has arrived in Paris from Madrid, on his way to this country. The Constitutionnel Paris Paper of Saturday last contains the following paragraph : 64 Yesterday evening the Ministerial Journal accused THE Sux of falsehood in r eportin g that Press 'Warrants would soon be issued, but it preserves a profound silence on the report of the march of Russian troops announced by the Eng lish Journalist." Our statement , was, in consequence of the al leged march of the Russians, " that Press War rants were expected to be issued in a very few days." Let it be proved that the Russians are actually in motion for the French frontier, and it will soon be seen whether our expectation is well or ill founded. . We have this morning received Madrid Papers of the 21st ult. All the intelligence which they contain has of course been anticipated by the previous arrivals which brought down our news from that capital to the 30th. The following are extracts from the German Papers received this morning :-- « SWITZERLAND, MARCH 23.—Baron Talley rand, Minister of France iu Switzerland, has just been recalled by his Government. 66 FRANKFORT, MARCH 26.—The first Sitting of the Diet after the Easter Holidays will be on the 10th April, by which time the new President, Baron Von Munch, will certainly arrive. People are curious for his opening speech ; but no proposals are expected to be made from any , quarter to limit the'Constitutional system. We have two Extracts from a remarkable Memorial which was circulated at the Congress of Ve rona, and during negociations that have just taken place,—but, as it is confidently affirm ed that the principles developed in this memorial met with no approbation, so far at least as relates to proposals for a greater interference of the highest authority of the Confederation in the internal affairs of the individual States, or in the constitution that has been equally established, it. is considered as positive that certain plans are given up, and will not in any way be carried into execution. Immediately after Easter, too, the grand question of the purchasers of the West phalian domains in the Electorate of Ilesse will be brought forward and decided. " They write from Truilikon, in the Canton of Zurich, that Cie follies of the religious sects, of which they had not heard any thing of for some ame, had been renewed in the same places that formerly were the theatre of their offensive proceedings, and observe, that in addition to the scenes which took place at Truilikon on the night of the 14th March, a' young female visionary pretended that Buonaparte had appeared to her ; and had in spired her with the resolution to die, to save thousands of souls. This apparition influenced the imagination of several fanatics, and the sacrifice was instantly resolved upon. Men, women, and young girls immediately fasten the unfortunate young woman to a board, and amidst the cries of joy uttered by the victim, they drive nails into her feet anti hands, tear her breast, dash her head to pieces with a mallet, hinging hymns to celebrate her death. Six of the guilty persons have been arrested, and the investigation is still going on, accounts add, that a sister of the unhappy young woman has also perished in a similar manner, likewise a victim of religious rage. Her brother in-law has acknowledged to have been her as sassin. ---(Journal de Frankfort, March 31.) [FROM A COHRESPONDENT.] STOCK EXCHANGE, Half-past Twelve o'Clock.— There are no Expresses this morning from Paris, on account of the occurrence of Sunday. The Public is anxious for accounts from Russia, in consequence of the many rumours 'that Russia is about to assist France in the invasion of Spain.----I understand that a Gentleman Las arrived in town who left Madrid very re cently, and who, on his route, observed every where a display of the greatest energy on the part of the Spaniards. The wealthy Spaniards had zealously united with the lower orders in subruiting to every privation ; and were to be seen marching or quartered in the same barns with the pesantry. At Bayonne this Gentleman was requested to make a report of his observations to General GUI,LLEMINOT.—ConsoIs opened at 74, 74i, at which they are steady, with a heavy market and little doing. FOREIGN MARKET.—Spanish Bonds opened at 271 f, and were done at 272 . FRENCH FLEET IN TILE WEST INDIES• We extract the following important intelligence from the Dublin correspondent, received this morning.— Although the British force is inferior to the French in number of guns and the rate of the ships, it is sufficient for giving a good account of the latter, if any thing hostile be in con templation. Commodore 0 W EN'S squadron is in the best condition. The Frenc h are chief ly old ships, and are not in the best possible state for action. It is highly probable that the French squadron will make an att em p t upon Cuba ; . but sas the occupation of t hat Island would give absolute command over the trade with the Leeward Islands, we have not the least • to doubt that Commodore OWEN has instructions resist any enterprize which may be undertaken against that pdssession of Spain. G reilt Britain cannot suffer Cuba to fall into the hands of any great Naval Power. CORK, APRIL 4. Intelligence from the 'West Indies has just reached 110, the er s at once . intrinsic importance of which must strike o ur read The brig Hawk, Jour; R O E, master, has arriv ed in our he bour in thirty days from Barbadoes. A littl e before she sailed a French spy-boat from Marti n i q ue arrived, ob viously dis patched to reconnoitre the strength of our naval force on tint station. This purpose did'not escape the vi g ilance of Coro' dore OWEN, who immediately se nt the Forte fr i g ate to ing tinique, to ascertain the number of Frenc h shi p s of war V in that Harbour. The report of the French f orce made by the RomulusFo is a o 74 ;Vestal, : , Vestal, 64 ; Jean d'Acre, 66; licrmione, 4 't,, t Thetis, 44 ; Neride, 44 ; Mozelle, 44 ; L' Oenie, 44 ; L'Egerl" Air- 44. Besides the above formidable squadr on, in a time of ilve / , the following French frigates, of the larg est class, west hail , ' expected : —Guerierr, Circe, and Cleopatra. It is difficult t o suppose that the Frenc h Government would m a int a in s o powerful a naval force in th e West Indies, with out having some decided political object in Vi e w ; and a s we au not choose to suspect it of being so preposterous in all its speca lations and projects as to meditate a quarrel on the ocean with England, we arc led to conjecture that some design is metlitsuti against Cuba--and we confess,for our parts, that we do believe tl' e acquisition of this noble Island to be at bottom is main incite. ment to the quarrel with Spain. But in this we apprehend thae French Government will be utterly disappointed —for Eng! cannot permit such a territory as Cuba to be a pp ropria th ted I, the will of the Cabinet of the Thuileries—notwithstanding our naval force at Barbadocs is inferioT to that of the French a The following vessels compose the British Martinique. t Dar' • bado'es, and on the At Barbad ,„. . oes—The Gloucester , 74 , - 11 ' 'O6 surence; 48, " 31 T J. Cochrane; Ph t ,38 Stuart ; Eden,. 5 14 and Hellican, 10, Darki 4 cm ' '26, On the Station—Pyramus, ns. 38, Newcome ; Valorous, ~.,, ,Murray_.; Eske (slonpl2B,Lee 'Warren ; Bellette (brii,!),Lu and Ica."'" ' , can ; Surinam , 18, ' 1 -10, Rich ; re ey; Bustard, 10, Matthews. ,clops, The brig Hawk spoke in lat. 28. long. 46. the brig , tc , master, bolo', of a , 17 from Madeira, G 114114112 ' Cuba, 17 days from her port. ' squadron a theZirANo:Ancit — B -I.— .—The Greek le G uip h of Corinth still continues, but 0 up by these welve vessels which formed the squadron, on t two and a fire-ship remain'. The blockade iceP. 9 several_ ships is merely nominal, a vessels have entered the Gulf, and delivered arrived safe. Some English, vessel s bare at Patras with cargoes of provisions. 13lockade BREST, MARCH es.—Several fri g ates are 011 T atthe n out this Port, among the Flora, whici will sail in a few days. sufficient authority Sir."re have been t his E gce . u iyl► the ..._—..esso.--._..i6forrned that ileacY THOMAS MAITLAND is abont to reliwilos out Government of the lonian Isles, but we Inltiiis to report. The M • at; ►tit's' Madrid papers contain a notice 0,0101 that_ the Board for the management of the No' a il Loans has removed to Seville, and directing „tit persons o who have business with the estublistolhe t write to the managers in that city wh ere , t ily obligations i cta of the Board will be Pli f - tell u 3 ed.. vouch for the truth of t be A m ory, „ the curious events of the day, n' il t .' h i reckoned ir the appearance of a l'aroP l)/ %bi to c oyis XVIII., giving an account of a!►P 1/I,.6viiicl, .I°blentz, 1791. It describes the mode in 0 1 t►e escaped from the Luxembourg 1 1 1; 1 " ce .11 lie relates all the incidents of his journeY ti l! the Austrian territory • : LtO r e ' We bear that it has become expedien-to the appoint Sir JOHN MALCOLM AMIRISSO"Lr Court of Persia.—(Harnpshire TelegraPP./1 who has SOUTHA.MPTON, Aran. 5.—A G 01001,31,0,1 _ just arrived here from a tour through France, braT io y 0 ligence that it i 1 exceedingly probable the French a v 01 01 never cross the Pyrenees, as it is likely they 111/ 19 '.11i14,, t° work on their hands elsewhere ,1 they w►ll pent.l 0 '-' Perform. He describes the peop , l , wherever he w„, 0 sig.. i n ceedingly diitaffected to the war, eand (which is A . 111) :Tt lel,, of the times" under such a Government) as rot arrto` '4 1 - their opinion. The very idea of their GoverninenVo, war with England is universally laughed at by the L isi ciDO' DREADFUL ATTEMPT AT MURDER ASP ,'" ir A lO4 —As Sir CHARLES BASIFYLDE WO '!;tertill Montague-square, about half -past four Ye s trine• he was shot at by n ma n ' w hopoel‘ et ' diately drawing another pistol frony'i„ th° placed the muzzle in his mouth a nd P": l .iiei f Lis I )°`` ) ' t upper part of his head away. 1_ ~s tr oe / lies at the Westmoreland Antis, G et ,; rg i ;:, .10 0 , 9 , Manchster-square, picked up it '.` 0 ,0,e 0" and a man of the name of Johnsoo °sea no t to entered Sir Charles's side, but is sill a , ban e, be mortal, as he was enabled to voi'llier,.-- Ws boodlgerc stemming the blood with a • Jealousy is the imputed cause.