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FRENCH PAPERS. Regular sets of the Moniteur to the 28th ult. in , - haVe been received : they are perledly silent r espeEling the probability of Buonaparte's leaving Paris, and equally so with regard to the affairs of the Peninsula. PARIS, MARCH 27.—Yesteulay at two o'clock, bts Majesty, mounted on horseback, and followed Only by five persons, viewed the works which are carrying on- at Jena Bridge. BUCHAREST,. Fns.- 28.--Ail is tranquil here ; a congress is even spoken of. Since the tufa! ore of the armistice, the Plenipotentiaries have not met. The courier who has been so long expeded from' St. P etersburgh, has not arrived ; and the Turkish P lenipotentiaries are still without any information Iron) Constantinople. CAEN, MARCH 19.—For some clays past there bas been a tumultuous assembly of people, tor which the dearness of provisions was the pretext, but whose true object was plunder. Some had sub jects having collected, some women violently pro ceeded to the houses of proprietors of grain, but contented themselves with stealing- some linen and gnws. Th e Authorities gave proofs of prudence and Erorness. TIL- ;,rincival ringleaders were remarked, an d notice taken of their pl.rceA oT abode. During Ibis time, the !woo who had been called in, 141 4..11 ; the chiefs were arrested, and tranquility restored. PARii, MARCH 22.—Yesterday there was a grand Pari , de in the "fionileries ; his Majesty retiewed 111 (- - - 40,000 men. 1 ERA3IO kK.INGI.)!\I ')F NAPLES), FEB. 23.—0 n the i 7;:i inst. t v‘o enemy's brigs and two launches appear;,,' in the waters ot Mo to Pagano, and pro fi.'llll,i4 by a favourable wind, approkbed our shores, an.l tot toned a disembarkation; but at the first appearancz. of the enemy, Captain Fr,incani had taken ‘o tee p4int menaced a detachment of the provincirl guard, at t.ie head of which he waited d;sembn knion. These disposiions made the enemy undtrstand the difficulty of his projeet, when f,e convnenced'a brisk fire of grape shot.— The guards answered the fire so courageously and . s uccessfully, that the enemy was compelled !o stand off, with the loss of sortie killed and wounded. SEVILLE, MARCH s.—Since the proclimaiion of the Commandant Llancs, many ot the insurgents bane returned to their homes, and the inhAitants of a great number ,if Communes have taken up arm s to le;i - ess the Guerillas. BUCHAREST, FEB. 22.—According to the latest ir ndligence receiv,d from the Danube, all the troops Which had passed to the right of that river are to rt lu'rrt to the left. The thaw, which has commeilc "(l, and which might interrupt the communication, r naY probably have occasioned this measure. [FURTHER EXTARCTS.I CROZIR, MARCH 4'.—Yesterday evening, about seven o'clock, guns being fired every minute, in tarrned us, that a ship had got aground upon the c°4l !., and was in danger of perishing. In cow ' %knee of the bad . weather, it was iwossible to send "t any vessel to her assistance. Measures were I mmediately taken by the Under Commissioner of Marin e , Proux, the Commandant of the place, Hu gureau, and the Comptroller of the Customs at Roux, to reconnoitre the vessels, if the wind abated, and receive the unfortumne men who should be thrown upon the coast. The night being extremely dark, and the sea running very high, it was requi site to wait till high water to pat to sea, and ap proach the vessel, so as to be able to reconnoitre her .at break of day. Signal guns of distress were not ceased being fired. On the 4i h , about three_ in the moaning, the boats Which the preceding night had received notice to hold themselves in readiness, were atioat, and M. Prof, x , wishing to directthe zeal of the inhabitants and sailots, who ran in crowds to the beach, and to prevent all confusion respeding the conveyance of the shipwrecked, embarked • himself, and was fol lowed by the Custom-house \ boats, directed by M. Le.Roux, comptroller of brigade, and twenty-twp others, including the fishing-boats from Turballe. At break of day the boat commanded by M. Proux was in a si!uation to observe that the ship in dhanger was a large one, to all appearance English, and whose situation had ameliorated. M. Proux immediately signalled the boats to lie to, and wait till he could jud ,, e better of the situation of the ship; but the boat La Sentinelle, from Crozie, not having perceived this signal, and, by its superior sailing, being along-side the sloop, could not avoid going on board. At day-light M. Proux saw the ship was out of danger, the guns ceased firing, a launch lef t her, and sailed towards Hedie, the enemy's usual station, which determined him to direct all the boats to proceed with him to Crozie and Turballe.— .About eight in the morning all boats had returned to port, and were immediately followed by the. La sentinelle: The master of this boat was charged with a let- ter to M. Proux. It was given him in the presence of different ftmEtionaries, who were invited to ..meet and deliberate upon it. The same Cap tain declared himself the bearer sof a pair of pistols from the English Captain to M. Proux, as a mark of gratitude for his benevolent intention.— The master and crew of the boat were afterwards interrogated the Captain declared that the superior sailing of La Sentinelle had brought him close to the ship, and the obscurity prevented him from seeing Vl.Prouz's signal. That the English Captain earnestly pressed him to go on board, and after returning hi m many thanks for the measures adopted to save his crew, infdrmed him he was out of danf,er, and requested the name of the person who directed the succours which were sent him ; that on being in formed it was M. Proux, requested he would carry a letter of thinks to him. The saidC3ptain added that his position not now placing him in a situation which required his delivering his sword to M. Proux, he charged him to deliver M. Proux, inclosed in a box, his own pistols, as a pledge of his gratitude; and, besides, to express his regret that be had not come on board. Tire Captain and crew of La Sentinelle re ceived some biscuit and rum for their breakfast. One of the crew saw, upon the deck of the vessel, an . American Captain who spoke French, and in formed him he had been taken near the entrance of Bourdeaux, in the ship Feiironia, of 800 tons, 16 guns, and 80 men. The English Captain's letter addressed to M. Proux, was afterwards opened, of which the following is a copy : SIR, Conquestador, at anchor near Crozie, 4th March, tBiz. I take the liberty of returning you my most sin cere thanks for the prompt and generous assistance you this morning intended to have afforded to his Britannic Majesty's ship Conquestador, in distress. Such conduti, Sir, does honour to the French na tion ; and although, happily, we have not had occa sion to profit by it, still it will be eternally imprint ed upon the minds of the whole crew of this vessel, who will take a pleasure at all times in spewing their high sense of your goodness and llom,anity, and to render to the utmost of their power, no mat ter upon what occasion, the same succour to all Frenchmen in similar distress. I have the honour to be, With the highest consideration, Your very obedient humble servant, (signed) Loid Wm. STUART, Captain of his Britannic Majesty's ship Conquestador• To M. Proux, Under Commissioner of Marine, at Crozie. The box was opened, and• was found to contain two pistols with the arms and crest of Lord William Stuart. VIENNA, Maacur 14.—We have to-day been made acquainted with the last rescript, addressed by his 'Majesty the Emperor, relative to the conclu sion of the D'et, to :he States of Hungary. It is %ery interesting in its details, and in substance states, that, under existing circumstances, his Ma• jesty cannot desist from the demand which he has made of 12,000,000 in money, for the wants of the empire. VIENNA, MARCH io.—The Petersburg]) Gazette contains letters trorn of the toil) and 12th of March ; according to v. bleb, the Servians were thrown into the utmost consternation, upon team. ing the rupture of the negociationc, who equally with the inhabitants desired peace, have been called in great haste to the frontiers, menaced by a Turkish invasion. All the Russian troops have kft Belgrade, and are to be replaced by'Servian troops. Some Ser viins even wish to return to their obedience to the Porte, which, though made hard and oppressive, is more supnottlble than the actual state of things.— It is even pretended that Czerni Georges, discon tented and discouraged, is very anxious to be recon ciled to the Porte. One of our journals announces that an English squadron, cruizing in the Archipelago, detains all vessels bound to Constantinople. SEMLIN, MARCH 9.—The latest intelligence from Constantinople states, that no doubt was entertained there of the renewal of hostilities. The Asiatic troops are marching with the utmost speed to their destination. The reinforcements drawn from the Morea, the Archipelago islands, Macedonia and Albania are in motion ; a very numerous new army is already formed upon the frontiers of Bulgaria, and a large corps of reserve is at Adrianoele ; a second corps of reserve is even forming at Constantinople ; all the Janissaries in that capital are to join the army, and there will only remain a sufficient number of troops • to maintain good order. , The influence of the English Niinister at C-nstan tinople is at the lowest ebb ; the impolitic and pre judicial bone's which subsist between the Divan and the British Cabinet becOme weaker and ,weaker. The news from Bosnia still make mentie n of the assembling of troops, which are supposed to be des tined against Servia. The Servian troops do not appear to be in a condition to dispute the passage of the Driva with the Bosnian army. It is certain that little concord subsists between the Servian Chiefs. PETEBSBURGH, FEB. 2.8.—A general assembly of the Merchants was convoked on the 25th, on the Exchange. The police gave notice that none of the persons convoked should fail being piesent. It was proposed to this assembly to subscribe to a voluntaly loan for the service of the army. The subscriptions are to be paid either in money or articles, necessary for cloathing or equipping the troops. Patterns of these articles were deposited in the place where the assembly met. An ukase of the Ist instant contains the follow ing regulations for raising addition imposts : The capitation tax is augmented to two rubles each man. The impositions upon merchints tals, from sto 10 per cent, The duties upon the success of individuals are doubled. Au extraordi nary and temporary imi.osts„ has been imposed upon real property, for winch the proprietors are to pay from 1 to to" per cent. according to its amount, in dependant of ordinary contrkbntions. LISBON P4II3.ERS. i.ISRON, MARCH 18.—Some French Gazettes published in Biscay having reached us, we have thought it right to copy the following circular from a French General, to.shew the world the loyal and unconquered spirit by which the Spanish people are animated, even in the provinces! nearest to France, and which have been Most actively occu pied by the enemy. " Vitoria, ;an. 16, zBtz. " TO TiON AUGUSTIN DIAS DR ARCATA, DRAM Of THE CATHEDRAL OP VITORIA, 4ND PRESIDENT OF THE CLERGY OF ALAVA. , I beg you. M. President, to communicate to all the Clergy of Alava, that I am very miiol.„ dis satisfied with their apathy and negligence. 'Very thing shews that the public mind is every.iffeinent deteriorating in this Province. Your Clergy, it would appear, instead of instructing the people in their true interests, are wholly occupied about them selves, and in procuring the means of satisfying their wants and appetites. A moral pestilence, more deattuctive than any plagtie, consumes . your unhappy countrymen. What, then, are the Clergy doing for the purpose of relieving them, of point ing out the means, of their preservation from ruin, and of curing them of their furious passions ? Do they think that assemblages of brigands, of rob bers, can roll hack the current of the human mind, and prevent the Emperor from doing what he pleases ?—he who enumerates 45 millions of sub jects, -besides an equal number of people who are closely united to him? " Light up, then, M. President, in the breasts of your Clergy, the sacred fire of humanity ; listen to its voice, and, in future, fulfil better the duties which it imposes; instruet the people, and the people will better obey the law.; and orders which they re• ceive, and on which their felicity entirely depends. Let your Clergy no longer remain insensible to all that passes in their respective parishes ; impress up on them that they are public funtlionartes, and that I make them responsible, like the Tribunals, for all the ►mischief that is done throughout their jurisdic tion,—th:it I make. them responsible in their proper ties and persons . for giving intelligence to the police, with regard to the marches and movements of the brigands, every thing that passes in their vicinity, and all the firings which they may hear. " consider the execution of the present orders a matter of the last importance ; and I am determinr ed to punish with she greatest rigour the villages which do not communicate the above-mentioned no tices. All the ii , habitants, poor and rich, the Ma gistrates and Clergy, and particularly the latter, are personally responsible for the execution of the pre sent decree. I am, &e. " BARON BUQUET, " General Commandant of ens- (Partnes and charged with the High Police in the 4th Govern nicrit ." MURCIA, JAN. 27.—After the fall of Valencia, and the retreat of ililontbrun'A division from Alicant, which he in .vain summoned to surrender, the ene my, following that imp9lse of rapacity which now appears one of the essential charadetisiics of the French soldier, spread themselves through the diffe rent villages of this province, committing their usual robberies and excesses.. We had been just relieved from the horrors of a cruel epidemic disorder ; we were suffering under the calamity of the want and high price of grain ; and, to complete our miseries, w e were visited by those who, while employed in our destrudion, insultingly talk to us of the happi ness which they wish us. On Jumilla they imposed a contribution of 40,000 cruzadoes ; 80,000 on Hellin, besides a large sum for the General's table; and on other towns in a similar proportion, carrying o places where the p a yment s co uld n c ompleted with t h at expedit i on wh i ch ' was (lit-lilted by their anxiety to repeat s i m il ar ro bb er i es of hostages from in other towns. The diVision of General Villacampa, which was in this city, marched out on the morning of the 25th, by the road of Alcantarilla; and a few hours atterward , , a report was circulated, that the enemy were at Alhama, on the Andalusian road, six leagues from the bridge of this city. They turned out to he a detachment of French troops from the king dom of Granada, under the orders of General Soult, brother of the Marshal; who, learning. it would ap pear, our misfortunes in Valencia, and the 'inroads of his companions in the kingdom of Murcia,wished also to participate in the spoils. About mid-day we learned, that the French had arrived at Alcantarilla ; and at three in the afternoon, twenty-seven dragoons made their appearance, about one hundred of them reniaining on the opposite aide of the bridge. The Senate and other Authorities had gone out of the way; but the enemy's Commandant ordered a Ma gistrate to come to him, and diretied that within two hours, the city should furnish 12%000 cruza does, and four hundred varas of cloth, under the pe nalty of military execution. The greatest exertions m ere made to levy the contribution, hut it was impossible to raise more than 20,000 cruzadoes, with w hich and ..ome cloth the detachment departed, having ordered 3000 rations to be prepared, and every thing necessary for the reception of their General. He accordingly entered next day with more than 600 horse; and repairing to the Town-hall, made arrange ments for completing the contribution, which with the greatest exertions could only be raised to a small amount.' fie then repaired to the Episcopal Pa lace, whew dinner was prepared for himself and his Adjutants. • The inhabitants were as much afflicted as the Prench were off their guard, when suddenly some vollies of shot, the trampling of horses in the streets, ens' cries, a thousand times repeated, " Oar troops have entered,—the enemy are caught !" pro doced general and inexpressible pleasure. In tact, Don Martin de la Carrera, General of our cavalry, informed of the entrance of the French into Murcia, had collected his force at Espinardo, about half a league to the north. of this city, and formed the de sign of surprising them. He entered by the gate of Castile, at the head of too horse, and driving the enemy's advanced posts before him, penetrated to the interior of the city, while about 60 more of his men entered at other points. The surprise was complete the French General was at dinner; and such was his hurry when he received notice of the attack, that, descending the palace staircase, he slipped, and tumbled down a long flight of stairs to the bottom, where he remained so mach hurt, that for scoo.o!nutes he cgu,l6 not mount his horse. It wciple b* difficult to express the valour which onr sotidisfirryed in the streets an d square.; bilt at .t being chard by a superior force which the enemy bYought up from the bridge, they vue.e obliged to eve way, retiring to Espinardo, e was the main body of out cavalry, who bad nut e tereil the city. Thelon' of the enemy WAS considerable 1 they threw urine dead bodies into (he river, and buried otheiii: the amount of their loss was not less than thirty4fit'd killed. About Bor to of our soldiers wereV killed, and some wounded ; but our most painftil ibis Was that of the brake Carrera. Surround ed by about 16 of the enemy, at the bottom of the New-sqtatire, he long detended himself with lode. seribablb valour, killing two of them with his own hand ) end died fighting liken man. The inhabitants, who every moment expeeled the remainder of otit troops to finish the work whicli theirOeneral had so happily begun, pas se d f rom t h e extreme of joy to that of grief. The enemy, who even before the fight had begun to plunder the city, continued their robberies till night, giving them selves up to all the excesses which accompany these horrible scenes, and assassinating some of the in habitants, and of the religious orders. In th e streets they robbed people of their watches, purses, hats, and c!othes, indecently examining the persons of the, women, and taking from them even the smallest copper coin. The enemy having retired, the most faithful in habitants, amidst the evils by whicii they were afilicied,.still found some consolation in the fonei . ar honours which they bestowed on the corpse of the illustrious Carrera. This day he was -buried wilt) all the pomp which our state of desolation would admit of. When in future times this city shall have regained tranquility, and its wonted opulence shall be restored, doubtless it will not fail to raise a monument of gra titude to the memory of Carrera, who, wishing to irni;ate, in defence of Murcia, in similar circum , . stances, what was anciently done by Camillus in defence of Rome, against the Gauls of his time, ought not to lose the credit of his gallantry because he was not favoured by fortune. GERMAN PAPERS. HAMBURGH, MARCH 12. The following notice has been published here " The undersigned inspettor of printing and bookselling, - hastens to intorm the public, that M. General baron Pommereul, counsellor of state, Di- rector-general of printing and book , eiling, lias au thorised the following journals to be dispatched and received, without any special permiision on his pact, throughout the whole of the 32d Military Division, [liere follows a list of these journals, which are all of them Gerfnan pfriodical publications, on medi cine, agriculture, natural history, &c.] In order to procure these journals, recourse may be had to the different booksellers and post.offices in the 32ci Military Division, who will point out the forms to be observed. It is to be hoped that the editors and authors of these journals will know how to appreciate this be. nehcelit permission. It will be for their interest to abstain !rum every dissertation or refiedion of a po litical nature. The right of publishing articles on subjects connected with politics belongs to Gut er, • merits alone. Every scientific journal, tht.reture, which shall permit their insertion, will become liable to suppression,' in addition to thrprosecutions which the editor author will thus .draw upon themsel.cs. On the other hand, by . strietly confining themselves within the sphere of the sciences aou arts, to wiitch their journals are appropriated; they may rest assut ed of the favour and approbation of a wise Guyer.. ment, which proteds the sciences and arts that are truly useful, and every thing that contributes to int pruve them. " Hambutgh, March 6." (Signed) " JOHANNOT, " Inspector of Printing, &c. IPESTMINSTEI? SESSIONS, ArtuL 3. This day was occupied in trying traverses and petty misdemeanours of the most trifling nature. William Condell was brought up, under a corn mitment of R. BAKER, Esq. one of the Po:ice Ma gistrates, being charged as a rogue and vagabond. Serjeant Dalton, of the sth Royal Veteran Batta lion, stated that he was passing near King -street, Soho, on Friday morning last, about half past one o'clock, when inqui►ing his way to Grafton-street of the watchman, four men obtruded themselves to shew him the way, and under that pretext hustled him ; one of tl'em made a snatch at his watch, but the Serjeant prevented the villain from robbing him, and called the watch. They then ran off, a pursuit aSok place, and the Serjeant had caught hold of the fellow who snatched his watch, when the prisc►rn came behind him, obstructing him, and the three escaped. The prisoner swas then secured, taken to the watch-house, and searched, and on his person was found an iron crow used for house-breaking, a tinder-box and matches, a flint and steel, and a knife. The Court under these circumstances, o!derrd him to be remanded on his conviaiun, and s,-ri teneed to be imprisoned in the House of corre6tion for six months. He was then tried for attempting to pick the pocket of the Serjeant, and the same evidence b-ii•g adduced, he was found guilty, and ordered to he hn. prisoned twelve months, to commence after the ex.' piration of his former term. CAMBRIDGE, •APUIL 3.—Tiv: following are the subjects for the Members' Prizes for the pr:seur year : SENIOR BACHELORS —De Philosophic Platon . ca Disquisitio et Judiciura. MIDDLE. BACWELORS:-!Utrum prxcepta a Rhe toribui tradita verse Elocrentiz proftvsse an Docu:ssAs dicentium esi ? The Rev. H. Porter, B. D. Vicar of Enfield, in Middlesex, and late Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, has been presented to the Reetory of Springfield, Essex.—The Rev. D. M. Peacc.cii ; M. A. late Fellow of Trinity College, has been ern powered by dispensation to hold the Reelory of Staynton-le-Street, in the county of Durham, wi h the Vicarage of Sedbergh, in Yorkshire vto the former of which he has recently been prestnted the Lord Chancellor. 6 1-