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the if::: Wlikb ventured to sea T. !—We trust we 41141 shoitly . liear of .e :• ntaintn four. We think we may now. venture to congratulate our Country on the 4itappearance of that pro bable Peril, on the brink of which we have slind q('-1.61 for the last tea (lAys—the peril of a, corn- P r 9mise with the bloody tyrant who has so long l ' r tfed it over prostrate France. The danger from ~thich ev e have. good reason to believe we have est aPed, was imminent and dreadful. The league , 3e. " 17 -ten the Countryman and the Viper was. not tore insecure than. would have been a peace pith the fell Corsican :—Ccntanion itself, hug l'ed to our bosoms, could not have been' more °bnoxions to every' manly, virtuous, and ho nourable u feeling, than an alliance With. him. ,;,..We have • French Papers to the 22d (last Tues- Oity . UP to which dat no - signature of Prelimina s was known at Paris : and on that day the IluPhlation of London were rejoiced by the pub c`ltiall of an Official Bulletin and Gazette Extra c'rdinary by the British Government, notifying th e g lorious news of the Bourbon Cause having ee n proudly, and openly, andwidely espoused by a most important portion of the Population of F ' a 'ke. It is i'mpossible that this gratifying in tell;genee :should not have umade im way to the Commanders and the Allied Negociators 41 .t4e vicinity of Parit previous to the 22d, and it is - equally imposible that, it ,shotild not have. Pr°llueed that pause in the proceedings of the lat t~r'Yhkh, in our mind, is alone necessary for the : 74 throw of the Despot and the s a l v at io n o f "`"rope. We could not help fearing lest BuoNA . - _ possessed of information superior to that ‘31.111 e Allies on the subject of events in the South °l ' Prance, should act upon that knowledge. and (I tlude them into some agreement by whiCh they "Quid have been partially committed to him—but • "r; apprehensions lessen with every hour that Passes over our heads without bringing information bl such -agreement, and at length, on this Twenty ;ix.th_ day of Marcla,.a nionth from the, date of the b attle of Orthies, and A fortnight from the trium phal entrance, into Bourdeaux, of the Son-in-Law of 4 -'066 we are solar restored to con- Q ence- and security, that our fears have nearly l' succeeded. _and. 'the most brilliant hopes have .ucceeded. Tile account of the reception of the Duke b : AN "ULENIE at Boutdaaux;on the 13th; the energetic Proclamation of the Mayor, and the tatifYing' assuranc a, that troops are rapidly or (6 -- support the just Cause, -will be I N with heartfelt joy by . the Readers of THE ThOse who, have goue along with us - ugh this arduous struggle—who have 'been hiDv ed with our misgivings:, and exulted in our ha I) Pier prospectsnd who have never ceased to fix Lnetr steady eve on that bright. spot in the 13 : )li tieal Horizon, whidh is,at this moment spread- II g nut into dazzling rays and a golden light, till 11 1 , gloom is converted into radiance—those alone be able to taste the delight with which 16i1 the NEW ERA of France ; —of ;France, longer air Enemy to us i —of France; no 'Ner at irreconcileable enmity with the world ; ‘-s-O f France, no, longer infected with 'men and Iltin ciPles, - Whose 'vary existence was incom patible with human, haPpinessj—but of France, h rtir ged of her crimes • by heavy' adversity, ilre- , • " I; -k, longing to be restored to the common -I.ghts of nations, and- to resume her station in t.le Social Compact of Eu rope . This is France, (teed from the remorseless tyranny of a horde of Ati • je lsts, of . Rubhers,•and of Murderers ; and re- PI eed under the legitimate and paternal sway of the `louse of BOurbon. T he Tiro Deputies from Bourdeaux, the Baron e BARTH E and Mr." de TAUZIA, arrived yester flay at Hartwell House, ,the .residence of Louis and laid before. his Majesty the dis atche's of which they were . the bearers. They 'eft %to - denim on the 14th, and proceeded It o their destination by way of Salisbury from .I.4l4lnuth. Another person of eminence has also re ac t "Ld London froth another part of France. / He / 0 is charged With a commission of high im :()rtauce, at the nature of which it would .be im tid vr ent to glance at present, and the _same coo n:rations r en de r i t i ne x pe di en t to di vu l ge. his 41 e., In th e ITortli of France, a. spirited and "dilatory Proclamation has been issued by the Uti n CHABANNRS, in' the name of the King, th ° se arri va l among hi s l oya l su bj ects to an i mate enl in their endeavour to Throw off the galling e of a Foreig n U sur p er , i s announce d as on - t h e hezitvre of taking place. I n thi s quar t e r it is no t, we e i nformed, th e i ntent i on o f t h e CROWN PRINCE t ei al e nter Fr ance at present as a Belliget:ent. i 21.1 n ot analyze the motives for this delicacy, 'Niel ] Ar per ha of less consequence, as part of his 'llY will pr ocee d i nto t h at country, and the rest tf it be occ u pi e d i ll useful operat i ons in the Ne erlands, ti t which will relieve troupS of other .I.S'tra- We ions, and permit them to join the standard of BLUC lER. E The 'contents of the French Papers are very sa tisfactory. It is pretended, that the return of BuotqAPARTE - towards the east and south-east of Paris, and the occupation of Rheims and Chalons, had convened the grand Allied force to retreat from Pont, Nogent, and .Arces-stir-Aube, on-the 17th, and resume its positions successively at Troyes and Bar-sur-Aube. It thus appears that there must have been some mistake in the intelli gence that Prince SCHWARTZENBERC was ad vancing on Chalons. His course was direct towards ,the Capital, and not lateral, on his right wing ; and the present affairs is distinctly a second and improved edition of the game formerly played. But BLUCHER is left by the Tyrant in a much more imposing and dan gerous condition than he was in the former iu stance, inasmuch as the victory of Laon is tar different from the hard-fought' action of Mont mirail. Noyon.is in the bands of the Veteran ; Compeigne has been attacked ; and there is every reason to believe that the Advances of the Sile sian Army on the North of Paris, are carrying on by the Seulis road (which is a line east of that of Soissons) so succesfully, as to threaten the very existence of the Capital. The same reinforcements received at Rheims, and the same reinforcements from SUPHET: at Lyons, are mentioned over and over again, as if the'repetifion of their names could multiply-these corps, - and thus beat the Allies. • An article from Meaux, states, that Colonel Stmoti had ,sounded the tocsin,- and marched to clear the country from that City to Sezanne, of the brigands which infested it. This sheers, that we were accurate in our supposition, that the communications between BUONAPARTE and Paris had been intercepted on the Lower - Marne. ' But,, perhaps, the most impudent piece of chi. , anery attempted in these papers, is an assertion that " the Marshal Duke oi DALMATIA has made a movement in advance. His head-quarters are beyond Conchez at Catlin." Well clone, MONSIEUR! If SOULT goes on ad vancing in this' manner, lie will soon beat Lord WELLINGTON all the way to Paris,, and have the glory besides of entering the Capital first ! ! LANGERON is said to be dead—so was WitEDE —sa was Vox Y . 0R C . The Extracts from the Dutch Papers are some what important. humours of the vacillation of the Eniperor FRANCIS had prevailed, even in his own Capital, but, we trust, with RS little founda tion there as here. It is ,true be may not desire to go so far as others ; hut to hint at his joining the foe of mankind and the scourge of his race, is to suspect him of treachery and mad:gess too gross to merit one moment's attention. The port 'of Leghorn is open, and a Provisional Government for the family of ESTE haV•e abo lished Conscription, and all the Corsican's odious rneastues at Modena. A Mail from Holland, brought to 1-Lirwielt by the Dille, Capt. SHERLOCK, from llelvoet, is just arrived at the Post-Office. The packet sailed on Thursday morning, at half-past eleien o'clock. • " BRUSSELS,' MAacn 17.—We 'have news from th.e•Head-quarters of Marshal BLucnca up to the 12th at noon, at which time be still occupied the strong position before Laon, while his light troops made excursions far and wide, even to,the neighbourhood of Paris'. The army of the Duke of RAGUSA had retreated 10 miles after the bloody battle of the 9:11 and 10th. !` On the sth the French were not in posses sion of Geneva, and had been repulsed with loss in several actions." Mr. SMITH, the Messenger, arrived in town this day, and a report, in consequence, prevailed that he had brought dispatches from the Crown Prince Of SWEDEN. The simple fact is, that he came from Gottenburgb, "where be has been relieved by another Messenger. The Mosquito schooner, which has brought in telligence from Bermuda, to the 26th ult. has con veyed information from the United States, trans mitted by the Acteeon, Which had arrived from the Chesapeake on the preceding day. The dis cussions in Congress had been animated, hut the majority continued with the Executive Authority. The Embargo Law seems to have' been carried into effect so completely, that few., if ally, captures had been made by the British navy. Sir JOHN WARREN was at Bermuda when the Mosquito left the Island. Messrs. CLAY an d• RUSSELL had not taken their departure,' and it was not expected that they would sail for Europe for some weeks, but the precise time had not been ascertained. Advices from -Holland state, that the brubartl 7 ment of Bergen-op-Zoom had been recommen ced, wi th the hope that the present attempt will. be more successful thanthe'fimner. In the night of the 14th the discharges were confirmed for four hours, supported by a train of heavy artillery, which had lately arrived frorri the army of the CROWN PRINCE. ( iiiliii J6iiiiio N. Since'writing our observations for the day, we learn, that SMITH, the Messenger, passed through the Head-quarters of the CROWN PRINCE, on the 20th, at, Leige, but he was about to advance. . , . The country ship Rrsdnor, Capt. Wm. BERRLEY, arrived at Portsmouth the 25th inst. direct from Bengal, which she left the 23d October last. Gene: al Stuart arrived at Calcutta the 22d . . August. • The Marquis of Wellington was in the pengal river the 12th October, and was expected to go down to Saugur in a few days, to complete her cargo. AMERICAN PAPERS. We have no room for comment on the follow ing Extracts from American Papers to the 13th ult. which have just reached our Office, The Constellation, mentioned below, was chased baCk by the latcedemonip and L'Acteon. " NORFOLK, FES. 12. ", CIIANGI: VIE CABINET.—We are informed that the President of the United States has nominated GEORGE WASii- INOTON CAywnntt, a Senator, from the State of TennesseC, Secretary of the Treasury, in the plaCe of ALBERT GALLATIN; also, RrcnAan Rusts, now Comptroller, to be Attorney-Ge neral of the United States, in the'phiee of WILLIAM PINKNEY, whether removed or resigned w.:e are not informed. At the same tine, the President nominated Mr. Gallatin, \as , an ad ditional Commissioner for negociating n Peace at Gotten burgh. • • " The United States Frigate Constellation, Capt. GOR DON, went down on Thursday I::.st tofrfauipton Roads, with an intention to proceed to sea,- but the wine falling very light, .she returned yesterday to Crapy;-Island, where she is new anchored. " General FLOYD has bad a battle with the Creek Indians, in which he had 17 killed,. and 137 wounded; many of the Wounded severely—the Indians loss is not known ; but sup posed to be inconsiderable:7 • " IllcumoNp,FEß. !O.—Yesterday the House of Delegates passed the Bill " laying taxes for the support• of Govern ment." —dyes 103, Noes 53.—This Bill lays on 331 per cent. more tax upon the whole mass of the present subjects of taxa tion.,—Enyuirer" Commodore DECATURi, in the end of February, moved higher up the River at New London, to secure his Squadron, NAVAL NEWS. FALMOUTH, Mmtott 23.--Arrived the Princess Elizabeth packet, with a mail from Surinam, in 61 days ; Lady Wellington, with a mail from Ja maica, is 33 days. §aled the Protector, with a convoy of 50 sail, for Plymouth.. ; • HARWICH, MARCif - 25.—Sailed 21 transports, with stores, for Holland, under convoy of the . Aggressor gun-brig, and eleven ditto with troops for ditto. • PORTSMOUtH, MARCH 25.-Arrived the Pada= gus troop ship from the Downs ; Spilghtly cutter, with two ships front Dartmouth Wolverinc,with a few transports from Plymouth ; and the Pro tector gun-brig from Falmouth, with two.ships under convoy. Sailed the Brussels troop ship for the Downs. Went out of the harbour his Ma jesty's ships Danntless and Leopard.—Wing W. PLYmowra, MArtcn 21.—Came in the Favou-, rite, Woob, from Waterford for Wilma, cap tured by an American privateer, given up to the Master, and afterwards detained by the Lightning sloop of war. • Sailed the Sparrew and Scylla on a cruize.---,Wind West. DCAL, MARCII2S.—Came down from the River the Dorsetshire, 'LUISNEa, for India, and a few other ships, and reinain, with the whole of the outward-bound.—Wind S.W. YARMOUTH, MARCH 23::--Arrived from the Norc three transports, to take the Mitch ti qops to Holland. Sailed the Portia sloop of war for the Nore, and Prince of Wales on a cruize.— Y.esterday, -morning the Dutch Volunteers who were organised, and have been iu training here about. ten Weeks, embarked in two divisions for the Dutch coast. They amounted to near 1000 men ; they - were completely armed and doodled, and made a very soldier-like •appearance. Their uniform was blue jackets, faced with red, white trimmings, ork.nge sash, an 4 white star on the caps. The cry of " Orange Boven," just after starting from the jetty, was universal. The Zephyr, of 18 guns, Captain limn Ergs, sailed on Thursday from Portsmouth, for Jersey, with a French Nobleman of distinction on board: It is said he takes instructions to the Duc DE Beim, whom the Zephyr is to convey from Jer sey to Bourdeaux. The Commi*sary-General for the Department of the Mouths of the rvl aese has given a report to the Sovereign Prince of the NETHERLANDS of the military preparations iniking in favour of the new Government. This Report states, that 14 batta lions of Volunteers have been formed in the towns, who will be clothed and armed by the beginning o►` April. It also suites, that there are 35,194 men of the Landstrum, the number of which is daily increasing, and whereof about I'l,ooo have armed themselves ot. their own accord. 'Tie port breaches a. spirit of patriotism throughout, which augurs a complete re-establishment of the independence of the United Netherlands. The second and concluding volume of the in teresting Travels of the celebrated Naturalist, G. H. VON LANGSDORFF, will appear, we under stand, on the Ist April. It contains the Narrative of the Voyage. from Kamschatka to the Al2ntian 'lslands and North-west coast of America, and re• torn, 'by land, over the North-east parts of Asia, tbroiigfrSiberia, to Petersburgh, a route never be fore performed by any-traveller. THE ROYAL FAMILY. The QUEEN and PatNcEssus went in sedan - chairs on Thursday evening in the same order as on Wednesday evening to • dine with the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton-house,, where • the Princess CHARLOTTE was with her Royal Father, in readi-. ness' to receive them s .there was also a .sinall party to meet . her MAJESTY., At nine o'clock there eras, another party invited to tea, .cards, :&c. • The PRINCE REGENT prepared. an agreeable surprize . for his Royal Mother ,and party, .by the. striking up of the Messrs. SCHUNCKES On the French horns, in the room adjoining that in 'which the QUEEN took her seat. Their performance soon arrested the attention of .the P I'MCC.Si CHARLOTTE, • and her Royal Highness went and stood hear them. They performed several duets,. their ad mirable echo parformance, and concluded with the national anthem, " God save the King," ar ranged by themselves as a duet. The whole was highly applauded by the Royal Party. The Royal Party' broke up soon after eleven o'clock. 'On Thursday her MAJESTY signified her com mands, by her Vice-Chamberlain, to the Itreign Ambassadors and Ministers, that she would be ready to receive them yesterday. At three o'clock yesterday, the Austrian Minister arrived at the - Queen's Palace; attended by Mr. CHESTER, the Assistant Master of the Cetemonies. ( .1 'hey were followed by the Hessian Minister and the Dutch Ambassador, accompanied by the Baron VANntA. DUYN. They were conducted by Mr. CHEsTER, the AsSistant Master of the Ceremonies,-to her MAigsTY's Drawing Room, and presented to the QUEEN by Mr. DEsERow, her MAsEsTy's Vice _Chamberlain. The Dutch Atnbassador,Austrian and Hessian Ministers, delivered their credentials, were most graciously received, and had the honour tO kiss her MAJESTY'S hand. The' Baron VANDEM DUYN was introduced to her MAJESTY 1111011 his arrival in this country on a special mission. Her MAJESTY was-accompanied by the Princesses AU GUSTA anti ELIZABETH, attended,by Viscountess MELVILLE, as the-Lady in Waiting. The Dutch Ambassador and the Baron VENDER,DUYN wore ~the costume of the Dutch Court ; their servants . wore the Orange Cockade. The Austrian Am , basSador wore a Field Marshal's uniform. ; ft Red Ribbon, and two Orders. The Hessian Mi nister wore dark blue and gold, - At four o'clock the QUEEN, Princesses Ats- GUSTA and ELIZABETH, dined at the' Queen Pa lace, and soon after five left town for Windsor. MEETING AT LLOYD'S. - Yesterday a Meeting of the Subscribers to Lloyd's was held at that house in consequence of a requisition; signed. by twenty Members, to take into,cousideration.the propriety of restricting-the committee from voting any stun of, money for other thau.purposes connected with .Marine In surance, • until the:funds of the Society amounted to a sum adequate to nicer the annual - expenditure. . -Mr. LIATuAwAY, in a -speech of considerable length _and great.ability, opened the proceedings. lie stated, that such had been the .wanton profu siona_ that the funds of the Rouse, which in 1803 amounted to , 43,0001., were .now reduced •fo 13,0001.; : and that, as •the current expenses at present considerably exceeded the permanent. in come, it' was full time that a stop, should"be put. to such proceedings ;• and trusted, that. however unpopular it might be to. step forward in 'suet' a task, yet he hi)ped to be supported by a consi derable majority ; for it was evident, that unless economy were resorted to, the subscribers ►►rust be called upon for an addition to their present stibscripti?►u, as•it was not to be expe►cted that, in the event of a peace, .any ,great accession of new subscribers (the principal source of their prv.- sent reven❑e) could beexpeeted. Mr. G. BROWN, in a short speech, seconded he motion. He obsei ved, that hi many instances where .subscriptions were set on foot for the best of purposes, that the . Subicribers to Lloyd's had frequently excused themselVes from contributions, by . the plea Of their havint:done so their cor porate capacity: ,Mr. i\IARRYAT (the Chairman) replied to the arguments of Mr. Hathaway, with great ability. He objected, to the Resolutions as not only un 'necessary but nugatory. The votes of money from the fund of the/ House had, in his opinion, not only been prudent and discreet, but highly! honourable to them as a body. By thus attempt 7 in 7 to tie up their hands, the character of Lloyd's, which now stands so pre-eminently high, would sink to nothing. lie was sure that tic -Subserib ers bad too much good sense ever to vote any stun of money (however urgent the claim), unless their funds were fully adequate to meet the demands. With regard to what subjects might be deemed\ connected with marine insurance, he conceived every act which tends to raise the glory of the country, might be so construed. He - should therefore oppose the Resolutions. Mr. BaNTLEY supported them; and contended that the state of the funds had been grossly mis represented. Mr. DIXON was of the same opinion. Mr. CARUTHERE.OppOSed the question., "IiIr.MARTEN and Mr. ROWCROFT; in very able speeches; followed on the same side, and Mr. - M. moved au adjournment. The latter very happily ridiculed the idea of the expenditure exceeding the income, as if 1500 of the Subscribers, who were the most eminent Merchants in the City, would refuse to increase their subscriptions a gninea or two a year, if necessary ; the last-10,0001. which had been voted to the Patriotic Fund had produced the most incalculable benefits to she country. Mr. HATHAWAY MadC_ a short reply, 't7,14211 the question of adjournment was put, and declared by the Chairman to be carried.—Tlke friends at the question moved for a ballot. *On the subjeCt of the above question, it may perhaps be improper in us to offer an opinion, but we trust we shall not be over-stepping our , duty if,we call upon the subscribers to - paue before they , adopt the Resolutions. Tht.tone which the pro ceedingS of . that respectable Body, in their muni ficent vote in July, 1803, gave to the 'whole coon.; try, will not soon be forgotten. From that Meeting much of the glory of the last eleven years emanated.