The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1808-05-19 00:00:00, page 2

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vindication of their rights. The rfieve cir
cumstance of entertaining an amicable nego-.
tiation by one party thr the adjustment of a
control ers> . where no right hailhccn acknow
ledged in it by the other, gives to tl)e latter
a j-.ot claim to such a forbeuruncS on the
part of the former. Hut the entertainment
of a negotiation for the express purpose of
securing interests sanctioned by acltnowicdg
fd rights, makes sucft'clivim irresistible.— ‘
We were, therefore decidedly of opinion, that
the paper of the British commissioners plac
ed the interest of impressment on ground
which it was bo*fi safe and honorable for
tiie United Stales to admit: that in short, it
give their government the command of the
subject fox* every necessary and useful pur
pose. Attached to the treaty it was the bu
tts or condition, on which the treaty rested.
Strong in its character in their favor on the
great question of right, and admitting afa
vor.d'h; construction on others, it placed
tic :n on more elevated ground in those res
pects than the” It ul held before ; and by
keeping the t rgMimion open v>obtain a more
;omp'eat adjustment, the administration was
armed with the most effectual means of se
curing it. Uv tliis arrangement the govern
ment j.os«e*s»'d a power to coerce without
beic's compelled to assume the. character be
lr.ngi.ig to c» ercion, ar.d Was able to give ef
fect to that power without violating the r.ela
t'oos of hinitv bet-.*«_tn the countries. 'I'he
l ight to break off die negotiation and appeal
to force, could never be lost sight of in any
discussion on the subject; while there was no
obligation to make th .t appeal till necessity
compelled it. If great Britain conffirnted
her practice to the rule prescribed by the
paper of I'foveroher 8, and the explanations
which acconlpabied it, our government might
rest on that ground with advantage ; but if
she departed from that rule and a favorable
opporturitv offered for the accomplishment of
a more complete and satisfactory arrange
ment, by a decisive effort, it would be at li
berty to scieo such opportunity for the ad
vantage ot the country.
These considerations, founded or. A view of
the proposed arrangement itself, furnished
strong inducements to us to pr iceeu to the'
other objects of the negotiation. There
were, other considerations pfti ditferent cha
rdoter, which recommended it with still
■gi cater force. Had we refused to proceed
in the negotiation, what wits the alternative
which such a refusal presented to our view ?
The negotiation vv'„ Ul have been at an end,
after having failed m all its objects ; for if
this interest was not arranged, nohe others
could lie. The attitude which the govern
ments held towards'each other, was in a cer
tain degree hostile. Injuries had been iu
llicted by one party, and resentment shewn
by the other, the latter having taken a step
»n the case of the non-importation law,
which was intended to vindicate the public
rights and honor by being made the means
of/ibtainihg a redress of vhotc injuries. The
measure w tr, intended ior the mini .-.try cfr
Ivjr. Pitt, from which the injuries were re
ceived ; but by the removal of that ministry,
and the delay which took place in the pas
sage of the law, It came into operation a
gair.st the ministry of Mr. Tox and Lord
Tdrenville, who would not have rendered
thfe-e injuries, and against whom of courso
sv.eh a weapon won Id'hot have been raised.
iN'otvvilhstanding thh existence oi that law,
and the attitude which still remaincM be
tween the'government s, Tt was impossible to
np| e>.l to it as a strong motive of action with
the new ministry, Such att appeal was sure
t i pi cdv.ee more jiarm than good. It would
hr vo lost us all claim on the gtmerous feelings
u: :i liberal policy, which the new ministry
wv:, br^v-vrd to indulge and disposed to a
<lopt tow mils the United States. The ne
gotiation, thvrefni e, with the new ministry,
was conducted by policy, as well as by in
c'lr.Htion, on friendly and conciliatory prin-,
ciplcs- Should it fail, however, in its object,
;rdbe broken oil', the relation between the
two pat ties would change in an instant.—
Prom that moment the new ministry would
stand on the ground of the old one, and the
mu’on be united in all its political parties a
{vainst ns. The attitude would become in
tact, what the exterior announced it to be,
ho tile, and it was difficult to perceive how it
could be changed, and peace be preserved
with honor m the United States. They could
o- t recede from the ground which they had
taken., or acc< or, bv compulsion, terms which
they h:i:l rejected in nn amicable negotiation,
War, therefore, seemed to be the inevitable
ccnscqucucc of such a state of things, Vc I was
far fro:n considering it an alternative which
ought to he proferred to the arrangement
which was offered to 113. When I took into
view the prosperous and happy condition of
United Htates compared with that ot other
nations; that, as a neutral power, they were
almost the exclusive carriers of the produc
tions of the whole \Voi ld ; and that in com
merce thev Nourished beyond example, not
withstHiding the losses which they occasion
ally' suffered, I was strong in the opinion
that those blessings ought not to be hazard
fed in sirch a question. Many other consi
deration!, tended to confirm me in that sen
tirftent. 1 knew that the United States were
hot prepared for war ; that their coast was
unfortified, and their Cities in a great mea
sure'defenceless; that their militia, in many
• >f the states, was neither armed nor trained;
and that their whole revenue was derived
from comrytircc. 1 could not presume that
i here \vh3 just cause to doubt which of the al
te••native*, might to he preferred. II .d it,
however, i>» imi practical)1'- to terminate the
negotiation, without such an adjustment as
that prephsed, and without taking any deci
sive measure in consequence of its failure,
what w t» to become of the non importation
law i If suffered to remain in force, it Was
•ii»t to produce war. (1 reat-Btutain, it was
known, would enter into no arrangement, by
treaty, v;hit hi'ld rto* provide for its repeal;
Histl there v. a- lilt!.- reason to presume after
t.ie rupture of the negotiation, by which the
relation belv.c>*n t:‘;; parties would be less
friendly, t>i <t sin: would become more ac
er.siilhndatii g. It was, on the Contrary, fail’
ll tube eonumiad, tlr-t if auv n r ingcment
whateversh'*u!il be practicable, it would !>e
n less .id* ’lit ■,;<?.-us one than that which we
had -i i tioiiftl. St ine di sposition of it was,
thri efotv indispensably necessatv, in any
cour'e wl'w;S might be taken, These conti
de minus had much jveight in deciding that
Wl.tr.h w;r pursued, and I frankly own, that
h sincere de src to afford to the administra
rion a-, hrti v«b,f* op] rVinity for its repeal,
sii r.', under ting .'ircunretunces, it did
nut srero probable that it could be longer
useful, a.J u.ig’t hr injurious, was ? *rong
motive with me to i 'Car the responsibility
. v. ilch ! tot k oi n>y-s(’,f in that transaction,
the ■ •":Mig>'on so prf>j-*se'l we gave our
• 1"on. We I'odi (i ii> i fo'jniif it to the
k.
BLi'orm th” Hr it ;sh com—' voner*. that
.. id *• ' powet t. ...C... .t- " treaty t- %t
woulu b* obligatory on the United States,
which did not arrange in a satisfactory man
ner the interest of impressment. We agreed
also to proceed in a disensssion of the other
objects of tile negotiation, and eventually cou'-,
eluded a treaty; it being understood, from'
what we had frequently staled, that if onr
government should disapprove the arrange
ment relative to impressment, the whole
would fall with it. Thus the United States
enjoyed the advantage of being at liberty to
accept or reject the arrangement, while on
the British government it was binding.—
With one party it was a project, with the
other a treaty. There was in truth nothing
unreasonable in this circumstance, as the
British commissioners, acted in the pre
sence of the cabinet, consulted and took its
instruction on every point, while our distance
from our government rendered such a re
currence to it impossible. This advantage
however proceeded from the nature of the
transaction; it was not the effect of finesse
on our part. We advanced in the negotia
tion, and concluded a treaty in a firm belief,
that although it fell short of what we had
expected to obtain, it was Nevertheless, in
the then state of affairs, such a one as ihc
United States might adopt with credit and
advantage. I have no doubt that the Bri
tish commissioners entertained still greater
confidence in such a rest-**. The circum
stance of our finally agreeing tosanetion^the
arrangement rather than break off the nego
tiation, at which issue we had frequently
stood, in the progress of it. was calculated to
make that impression. But it was much
strengthened by a knowledge, that the whole
arrangement would expose them to very
severe and probably successful attacks from
the opposition, while they had no expecta
tion that it would he popular in the country.
IW your icuer or rei). oil, 1307, in reply
to ours of Nov. Uth, 1806, the course which
the government resolved to pursue was an
nounced. By it we were informed, that the
President disapproved the informal arrange
ment proposed by the British commissioners
relative to impressment, and was resolved
to cuter into no treaty with the British gov
ernment, which when limited to, or short ol
strict right on every other point, should in
clude in it no article on that particular one ;
that in case such an article could not be ob
tained, we should terminate the negociaticn
without any formal compact wluitevpr, but
with a mutual understanding, founded on
friendly anil liberal discussions anil explana
tions'; that in practice each partv would en
tirelv conform to what should be'thus mfor
mally settled between them. And we were
authorised to give assurances, in case such
*t!i i • • • • t be sutiofaCtoi'y in sut>
stance, that as long as it should be respected
in practice particularly on the subjects of iicu
tt al iradejSc impressment the president would
earnestly, and probably successfully, recom
mend it to Congress not to permit the non
importation law to go into operation ; and in
the mean time, that he would exercise the
power vested in him bv an act of congress,
if no intervening intelligence forbade it, of
suspending its operation till the meeting of
congress, who, being in session, would have
an opportunity of making due provision for
the'ease ; Sc finally, that if a treaty, which did
not provide for the interest of impressment,
should have been concluded before the receipt
of that letter, we should candidly apprize the
British commissioners of tile reasons why it
would not be ratified, and invite them to en
ter again on the busineSS with a view to such
a de-suit as was desired.
By this letter, the arrangement which we
had sanctioned, comprising the informal one
relative to impressment, and that by treaty
on the other topics, was rejected, anil in lieu
of it, we were instructed to enter into an in
formal understanding or arrangement of tlie
whole subject, and as Was to be inferred from
the fair import of the letter, dn the same
conditions. Tt was the more to be presumed
that the government was willing to Accept,
in the mode which it proposed, the conditi
ons which we might be ahhe-to obtain in the
other, from the consideration, that the latter
were under its view at the time the instruc
tions were given, by the paper of thu British
commissioners of November 8th, and our let
ter of the 11 tli, and the certainty with which
it, as well as wc, must have been impressed,
that more favorable could not be expected.
l:i defending myself against th'c imputati
on of having sacrificed the rights of our sea
men, I shall be permitted to derive support
from the conduct of the government itself in
mt* same iiuercsi. \jnuer that impression,
I have to lemark, that f consider the con
duct of the government as furnishing the
most ample vindication of that of the Ame
rican commissioners. The government \vas
equally willing to enter into xnm> Arrange
ment which should preserve the peace of The
country, although it should not accomplish
the object which had beer: sc'ardently desi
red. The only difference between the plan
which we sanctioned, anil that which it pro
posed’, was that the whole arrangement
should he informal. Had the administration
resorted to war as a preferable alternative,
or been willing to leave the business unset
tled, its policy and example might have bfccrt
plead against us • but in offering to accept
ihe same conditions in an informal mode* &
to withdraw, in some form, the non-importa
tion law as a motive to it, it shewed that the
considerations which had been respected by
us, fc id as much weight with it.
Hut the conduct of the administration fur
nishes other strong arguments in favor of
the arrangement.proposed hy the American
commissioners. By engaging to observe the
informal arrangement which wewere instruc
ted to enter into, as long as Great-Britain
should obs erve it, it seemed as if the United
States would be deprived of the right of in
sisting on other terms, however favorable
the opportunity for It might be, while Great
Britain would be at liberty to depart from
such ah arrangement whenever the events
of war furnished her ah adequate motive
for it. This was the opposite of our ar
rangement, as l have stated above ; by which
ns we presumed, she would be bound and
we free. Certainty to our merchants was all
imp n t.int. Any fair well-defined rule, within
which they might prosecute in safety their
enterprises, although it might fall short in
some respect of our just claims, might per
il ips be preferable to frequent collisions
which put every thing at hazard. In any
event it was an oKject of great importance
to keep the peace of the country in our own
hands, by retaining the right to resort to
war when it suited Us and then only.
( Monroe*a letter to be continued.)
Boston, May 10.
\ gcr.t’^msn from East port, says, that place
isglor'c with fiour—that some seizures lu.ve
been Ti’ le—that a revenue cutter and set end
custom-house boats are continually on the watch
—that the embargo experiment a«yr be fairly
made.
We urtOerstaiid information has been received
of the avrival of the American government Pack
et Osage. in France, with dispatches fur our mi
nister. Her return may be momently expected.
NEW-YORK, May 12.
The^fortifications at Governor’s Istamiprogress
very rapidly. Between four and five hundred
men, are kept constantly employed on the works.
The genius of Col. Williams, united with the su
perior mechanical abilities of Messrs. Hilliard
anil Sovder, has rendered this fortification, in
point of strength and elegance equal to any per
,WIJ* hi the world. They are at present employ
ed in the erection «f a circular tower which,
from its situation, will be of great advantage in
rrtxr of mttnri, being placed on a point of the Is
land, from whence it can command the Narrows,
and in fact, the whole of the Channel. It will
be completed in about three months.
At Bellows Island, also they have commenced
the erection »f a Star which will be of grant ser
vice, and the chains are forging, which are to
he affixed to the blocks to be sunk in the Channel.
When the works are all completed, the general
complaint that our hardor is defenceless wil, wc
hope, cease as whatever nature and art can fur
nish will he applied, it will be placed in a pos
ture of defence superior to any in the United
States.
May 13.
The Collector of this port has advertised for a
vessel to go to Rio Janeiro and to touch at St.
Saivadorc, with permission to take American ci
tizens pissengers.
Wc understand that it is the intention of go
vemmoit to send a special envoy to the Prince
Regent it the Brazils, to congratulate him on his
safe arriv'd in that country, and to form a com
mercial treaty with him.
Lan£* Rojal Cazettt.
Another hich tide.—On Wednesday e
vening aboui 11 o’clock, the tide was several feet
higher than at anytime since the 28th March,
1S00. All tho cellars of the new houses and
stores on the east and north side of the city'were
filled, and much d:unage done to roods stored
therein, and many ef the cellars in Water and
Pearl-streets were dso inundated. The wind
\v.u blowing a gale fr»m East.
TIIE NEW-YORK ELECTION.
When our last pa^er went to press, such
had he on the cfFcct cf delusion, particularly
in the Eastern District, we were almost on
the point of yielding to the Federalists their
claim to a majority if. the next House of As
sembly.—Rut suhseqtent accounts afforded
us ground to believe, that notwithstanding
the mean advantage tiken of an embarras
sing but necessary measure of the federal
government-—the embargo—the Republi
cans will still retain a majority in the coun
cils of the state. The dtpravity of federal
ism was never more cinspicuous, than at
this election—men who but a few weeks
previous to the election, vere heard repeat
edly to declare, that the embargo was in
dispensably necessary to the maintenance of
our national sovereignty—and that the go
vernment had ho other alternative but toa
dopt it or something worse—were seen in
caucusses and at the polls, “taking a decided
stand against that measure, reprobating it
as ruinous, and urging the people, in order
to reiieve themselves from its pressure, to
' turn out and vote for the Federal Tick
et ! ... .
Unfortunately, in the counties of Rens
j seiner and Montgomery, the people were
led to believe, for the moment, that the eh
bargo was wantonly adopted by their go
vernment, without necessity—and in the
■ vain hope of rempving it,, we/e induced to
j vote tor the Federal Ticket ; bv such
means, and others equally base, did that
i ticket triumph in those two counties. . In
! Washington and Saratoga, it appears, that
the embargo wjis better understood—the
opposition to it Was viewed in these coun
l ties in its true light,, as being calculated to
! aid the cause of our foreign enemies, asbe
1 ing the offspring of faction, if not of treason
—and hence they have given decided majo
rities to the republican ticket—The same wc
I presume, may be said of Clinton and Essex.
j Jn the Western District, so far as we have
j received accounts,, the Republican interest
has maintained its ground. To that district,
I if our cause be saved, we shall be indebted
| for its salvatiorl. That it will be saved, we
derive the strongest hopes, not only from the
verbal intelligence received—but from the
circumstance, that since Monday evening,
tlie federalists have entirely ceased to ex
ult and rejoice in their anticipated general
triumph. It is said, indeed, that on Tues
day morning they put a stop to arrangements
they had been making, and which were in
considerable forwardness, for a general and
splendid exhibition or federalism
triumphant!
j There are, however, many reflections,
: arising out o» ti«c late election, calculated tu
: arm the honest and enlightened republican.
Thes^perhaps we shall indulge on a future
i day. i nat fraud ot falsehood should be ante
to detach from the support of a measure es
sential to our country's salvation, so nume
rous a portion of the community as appears
to have been deluded on this occasion, is in
deed a painful reflection to those who real
ly love their country, who understand its
true interest, and value its national sove
reignty and independence.jilbanxj Reg.
In this paper, on Monday, wc stated the
following fact': The ship Active, belonging
to tins port, with a cargo of salt from St.
Ubcs,returning home, was captured and car
ried into Falmouth, and has been condemned,
vessel and cargo, under the late llritiah or
dern in Council. This fact, and that two
other ships under similar circumstances are
detained in British ports has been well known
at the Coffee-House for several days, yet it
has never appeared on the Coffee-House
books, notwithstanding its importance de
manded an immediate insertion : Further,
those facts hove not been published in any
paper in this city.
Had the French government captured and
Condemned an American vessel and cargo
under the Milart Decree, it would instantly
have been placed on the Coffee-House books,
and published with countless remarks In the
Federal papers.I)em. Preta.
PHILADELPHIA, May 14.
Extract of a letter from ytlgesiraa, dated
March 12th, 1808.
“ I had the pleasure of wiiting you a few
lines by captain Chase, of the Charleston
Packet, bound to New-York, and captain
(Jafdncr of the Rose, acquainting you till
thclt with what had occurred respecting the
American vessels detained here, which I
beg leave to confirm. The Alpha has since
got Pratio, bather trial, like those of all o
thers, in the same predicament, is still sus
pended. However, last night I received a
letter from Mr. Strange, by an extraordina
ry conveyance, with the agreeable news,
that they will probably all be liberated.—
The American Consul at Cadiz says, he is
lcertain they will, audit is even said in Ca.
diz, that the brig Mary, Hrffit, detained there
for having her papers' endorsed by the Eng
lish, had actually been released, or at least,
that the orders had arrived troin Madrid for
so doing.
General Cartanos, commander of the mil
itary Force in this part of the country, yes
terday sent people in company with the A
rtierican Agent here, on board all the Ameri
can vessels which have Flour and Grain on
board. It is probable he will take possessi
on of tho same for the supply of Ceutn>_
Persons appointed by him, by the privateers
and by the consignees, it is said, will fix,
the prices, and it is expected the payment
will be in go<xl Dills on Merchants. If it
should be so, I think the price will be a good
one, and the whole will turn out to advan
tage, but notwithstanding we shall resist
and protest against this proceeding and all
co.ns«quences. The last sales of flour in Ca
diz, were at 50perbbl. on board and 8
13 SO on shore. A small parcel, which was
damaged was sold here, at Public Auction,
at 810 40 on shore duties to be paid by the
purchaser. Tobacco, is exceedingly scarce
upwards of S30 per ql. can be obtained If
good quality.
Extract of a letter from the State of Ohio, daleJ
March 8, 1808.
“ Partyism is on its last leg3 in this State. The
nation of a separation from the Union was, 1 hop-,
like the lightning of a fire fly in a dark night. Po
pulation increases very rapidly- An Academy is
built at Athens, and a College will probably be
built there in about two years. Learning is very
much neglected in general. The Now-England
ers generally pay considerable attention to it, but
the Virginians are rather remiss in this particu
lar-—Ship building is carried on to a considerable
extent at Marietta. Salt is manufactured in this
state in almost every direction at three dollars per
bushel. It is also brought by water from the O
nondaga lake, in the state of N. York in large
quantities, and sold at Marietta at eleven dollars
per barrel, five bushels in eacli barrel.”
North. Star.
■From the National Intelligencer.
Among the documents lately laid before
the British Parliament, and printed, is a Re
port, specifying the amount of supplies.of
every sort, received by the B. W. I. Islands
respectively. .From this report it appears,
that for the years 1804—5—6, the whole im
portations, with the proportion of them sup
plied from the United Status, were as fol
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The foregoing document furnishes a most
conclusive evidence of the efFects that may
he justly ekpected from the embargo on the
We6t India islands. Those belonging to ti.
Britain for three specified years, have de
pended oh the United States, the value of
which we have not immediately before us
the materials of estimating, but the amount
of which may be confidently taken at a sum
between sixteen and twenty millions of dol
lars, which give’s an annual consumption of
from five to seven millions. It is probable
that the other islands would average a con
sumption but Ik tie interior, making in tiie
whole, an annual consumption of between
ten and fourteen millions. All these art cles,
let it be recollected, are indispensably requi
site, cither to subsistence, or the preservati
on and transportation of their raw materials.
The distress, arising from the want of them,
•villbe tremendous, such as humanity shud
ders at, and which nothing but the principle
of self-preservation can justify. But this dis
tress, dreadful as it is, does not terminate
here. VVc have not merely supplied the isl
ands with our provisions and lumber, but we
have taken in return their products loan im
mense amount, greatly beyond the value of
the former. This demand on our part will
be suspended along with our exportations._
We shall either draw on the old stock in our
possession, or lessen our consumption of their
great staples—probably both. We shall al
so, by withdrawing our shipping from theo
cean, abso utely disable that of England, on
account of its inadequacy, from carrying
their bulky products to the depressed and cir
cumscribed market to be found in England.
Here then will be a triple effect—the dis
tress arising from the want of food; that ari
sing from diminished demand on our par for
their products, and that arising from a want
of the means of transportation.
It is to be hoped, most iervcnly hoped, that I
the mother countries will not jeopardize their j
great colonial interests by suffering the can
ses to continue., which have driven us into
measures whose effects may be so dreadful, 1
which may produce famine and despair, and •
most certainly will produce discontent and ’
haired towards the authors of these evils.
It is a flattering hope, that those govern- '
ments will, as soon as the rise r.f Congress !
shall assure them of the continuance of the I
embargo during the summer, and of the mea
sures tnkcu to render it effectual, revoke
their unjust principles, which they will then
discern to be asiitvasive of their interests as
of our rights f!
The Gentlemen of the Bar in the City of New
Orleans, gave » Public Dinner on the 15th of Fe
bruary to Gen. Moreau, at Which the French
Consul, the Judges, fcc. were guests. After din
ner the General was called on for a toast, when
he gave the following :
" The noblest of ’Prtfrttiotit—.-shell protects
sveut against tut
Mr. IK-tbrgue, the French Consul, gave—
‘ May the Mnnhers of trie Biir nrr,-*• betnrfrr the
f’f necessity o/ taking up arms. r. c; j.'iths t a tiding •< *
‘‘ sp en.lid example rf their present illustrious
“ guest.'*
EUROPE.
NEW-VORK, May 9.
FROM ENGLAND.
The ship Entcrprizc capt. Bayer, left Lon.
don«nUic2rtli of March and the Downs on the
2d ot April. The London papers ami Lloyd's
list received by her at the oHioe of the Mfican.
;nu Advertiser, are to the S?(ith of March
inclusive, one day later than any previous advjl
T. „. - „ Lowdow, March 25.
l ne King- of Sweden, justly estimating the
danger with which he is threatened, has sent
lus adjutant Von Darmfeldt, to France, with
propositions of accommodation. This officer -ir
riveu at Stralaund on the 28th idt. and received
leave from general Castcllo to prosecute his mis.
sion, and it is understood that Ik- had an interview
to'pariT00 1Jel’,ml°UC“t Vici‘I,a’ °!l hisr°ute
The preparations for the invasion of Sweden
had not, however, been relaxed in consequence
Hie first division of tile French troops that en
tered Holstein, consisted of 1,3'JO cavalry who
on the 5th.arrived at Altoua.—On the evening- „f
the 3th, Prince l'ontc Corvo. left Hamburgh •
the Correspondcnten ofthe 9th, savs, for I.iibMC
and Pomerania ; a letter of the 11th, now before
us, says tor Pinneberg, and thence to Coirenha*
fren. Tlie army destined for the invasion ul'Swe
den, is to consist of 70,000 men, 00,000 of whom
are Spaniards under tile command of the Mar
quis de Rom agile ; and this last division was to
leave Hamburgh aboutthe Uth inst. It was sup
posed to reach tile shores of the Sound towards
the end of March, by which period the flotilla
preparing to transport it into Scania, would be
eo tunned
Tlie Swedish army on the 1st. h\3t. comprised
44,800 meti, of whom 17,000 Were in Finland,
under the orders Jm general Kiieugspor ; 8,800*
m Scani*, under general Toll; tS.OuO intlieen
virons of GoUenburgJi, under general Tegclack ;
2,700 in the provinces beyond Sir rhliohn. The
hrst corps of reserve stationed behind the Molalm
tn East Gothland, consisted of 5,500. The second
reserve of 3,000 men is forming in the northwest
provinces. The regiment raised la. t year by (he
Duke de Pienne, and which wants'C.il v 140 men,
is with general Toll.
1 he Prince Royal of Denmark hks made ex
traordinary exertions to reinforce his armv,
"1 went} -six battalions have been talc*n from tf;e
mditia, and organised a:: third and fourth batta
lion to the regiment of the line, and sixteen new
companies have been raised, making within a
short period, ah accession of 35,000 men to the
regular force. Of these, Denmark, 'furnish**
24,000 ; the Dutchies the rrtnaifider.
The fortresses in V'.nland are provisioned for
four months, arid are prepared to make the most
vigorous resistance.
Letters from Paris to the °th sr.st. state, that
Napoleon had determined on the soiiure of alt
tlie public treasures and church plate in Sonin)
the greater part of tlie produce of which wal
intended for a loan to the Emperor of Russia, for
the purpose, as supposed by some, of enabling
liini to Mmd an army to tlie Ciyspian sea ; hut, ac,
cording to one of the letters, iortlie purpose “ at
securing fidelity to the compact lately entered
into between Russia ahd France, and for cVh
bliug Alexander to carry on the war without r41
iing upon his discontented subjects for u new ^\V>
pty” 1
It is stated in letters from Holland of th>
Snftt. thirty Sever. Ar..t.i^«.. d-lVai„Vvi
in tlie ports‘of France-, on Suspicion of their ha
ying submitted to the regulations of mil- orders
in council, and aftr-vw ardi eleareu out rimt this
country ton French port.
The Dutch government are stAtedt in letters
from Amsterdam, to have ordered thV- levying of
a fresh contribution of 100,000,000 francs'
Gantlieaume is stated to have left Paris for
Toulon, to assume tlie command of the combined
Toulon and Rochefort squadrdnff. Rear Arimi
ral AlleiVianii, i*,\ the interim commands the
Rochefort division. The None Zen*.mg of the
11th January, repeats the account of the fleet
having sailed from Toulon on 'the 8th ult. with a
fair xvind ; and adds—“ TheVe are no certain ad
vices whether or lVot the Cirthagena squadron
has effected a junction with these fleets ; or whe
ther they Have troops on t;;>wcl. Sardinia anil Si
cily are stated to be their objects of attack.”
The Russian army iii Vie Turkish provinces,
receives constant and c&iTidcrnblc reinforcements.
An extensive park of aftillerv lias joined it from
Kiow. Kutusotv", it is stated, is to replace the
sick Prihcc Prosoro'wsky. -General I..»s«or..w,
v!io signed the trc. ty of Slobosiu, i» to be re
placed by General Kuschnickow a» Jassy. Tt»e
1 urkish army about Adrianople, with the excep
tion of about 5 or f.000 men, who contimied with
the Vizier, dispersed tlie latter end of Decem
ber, and beginning of January—the Janissaries
returned home, promising to rej* >irt their standards
if. tise spring. The army of Must • oh* Brrr- •
ten; consisted of not more than 25 or .^0,000 men,
and continued busied in strengthening the works
of Gut "go wo K.usch::nz'. Alt, tile former Pu'-'-a
of Belgrade, joim.-d tlie Vi/ui at A.lrianoplethe
latter end of February, w ith two thousand inert
March 26.
The Gottenburgh Mail of the ?L*t. arrived this
morning. It lias brought irttelligvsnce of impor
tance. The Russian* continue to advance,an' a
battle has taken plare near Ttavastchus. The
Russians are said to have lost 5000 int o ; the
Swedes 1700} but the latter had af.crwa ds
dwemed it necessary to retreat.
The king of Denttn.iV departed tfds Mb sud
denly on the 13th. This demise is an event of no
irnportuncc : lie had been pojitical'y dead for ma
ny years. 1 lie Crown Prince was proclaimed
king on the lGih.
Golicnhu/ga, March 2J —A ciiiiricrhu arrived
this morning fit mi Stockholm, with dispatches
for England : It seems there has been an affair
in h inland between the Russians and Swedes, ir*
which the former is said to have lost 5000 men,
and the latter 1700 ; but the Swedes hav*,howe
vor, retreated This happened near Travastchus ,
we have not yet received the particulars An em
bargo was laid last week, in this harliour, upon
all Russian, Danish, and Prussian ships.
On the 19tli hint, bis majesty’s ship* Vanguard.
Stately, Nassau, Quebec, Lynx, 1 alcou, and Con
stant, sailed for the Sound.
“ I/avtbur^h, March 4 —A division of Spanish
troops are ordered to the Isle of Ktigen. Ora
tion’.* division is also expected to go to Pomera
nia. Accounts to wliir.ii we ran give credit, sb.tc
the Swedish army to amount to 40,000 ; viz . In
Finland, under General Klingsbor’s command.
17,000; in Scania, under General Tull, 8,800 .
in Gotlenhurg ami the neighborhood, tinder Ge
nt ral \ agasack, 8,000 ; an<| in the Pi ovin es be
yond Stockholm, a corps of ahoiU 2,700 ; a rt
ser>c ol 5,800 in r..»st Gothland ; ami a second
reserve in the Northern Provinces.
Hamburg, March 7.—-Yesterday morning the
Prince of Ponte Co,vo reviewed about b> or
1 J,000 I" rcncli and Spanish troops ; immediately
after the review, the Spanish division received or
ders to march to the Isle of Rugcn.”
“ Aeltingburg, March 19.—Yesterday a courier
arrived from Klsineur, with accounts of the <h* ah
of the king of Denmark, which took pi cc sud
denly on the 13th in»t —On the ICdi the Crown
. rince was proclaimed king on the paiad. , w ni*
the title of Frederick the VI. but there * .* m.a
the least acclamation or appeal sue* of joy wi> uUr
occasion, • ,