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London, England, 1806-10-25 00:00:00

Ftertch iteakrinartos, w:th a Uttar addressed to the
limpator. 4is aclfed, that this Prussian Officer
soon afterwards. returned with all asswc. one
endeavours to interpret ,this correspondence, but
they are convineed. that, in the present circum-
stances, it must deci!: the question of peace or
war.
In the n'ght,betweeu the Bth snd 9th of 041ober,
the English made a new attempt on the town and
harbour of Boulogne, with their infernal machine*
if they meant so mares; noise, they were success-
ful; all the letters front that place agree in describ-
ing the report as truly terrific ; they further agree
in affirming, that not a lice was lost, nor any person
wounded. 'rho damage is confined to two houses
which were considerably injured, and some others
Messrs. de Rohan, a Genera, in the Austrian ser-
vice, the Count de Miels, Chamberlain of the Em-
peror of Austria, the Countess of Wetternich Wit-
burgh, and family, and likewise a Courier from Vi-
enna, passed through Nancy, on the Bth instant, on
their way to Paris.
Several English vessels approached the harbour
of Boulogne on the Bth of this month, with the de-
sign of setting fire to the flotilla ; and, with that
view, they threw a great quantity of rockets and
fire.works, which, fortunately, produced no effetl.
The prisoners brought into Dieppe by an English
flag of truce, are all infi.m or sick, and belong to
the division of Captain Durnanoir. The sloop, after
tilting on board some provisions, again set sail on,
her return.
The 'bee privateer, of B,lnlogne, has carried
io-
to that port the English ship 77re Peace, laden with
gin, &c.
The troops which are at Paris have received or-
ders to set out immediately for the army. The
whole reserve of the department of Eure set out on
the 9th.
'I he elevation of the public funds still continues ;
it disconcerts the speculators, and, pr yes the increas-
ing confidence which the gove;nment inspires.
the places of rendezvous for the formation of the
three Soiss regiments, the staff of which has just
been appointed by the Emperor, are Avignon, 1,.i.1e,

and Rennes.
OCT. 13.
The situation of the public mind at Paris is really
remarkable. We expett every day, but without
the slightest uneasiness. to hear of the commence-
ment of hostilities, and yet the reports of peace
prevail over tbase of war. Yesterday it was said
that letters from the Grand Army, of a very recent
date, stated, that the hostile armies were in sight .f
each other ; but that the King of Prussia had sent
one of his officers with a letter to the French head.
quarters, addressed to the Emperor. It is added,
that the Prussian Office; was very soon sent off with
an answer.
wants, strrenzes
We learn that the brigands, driven hoot Arpino
by the column of General Forestier, have taken re-
fuge at Sora, in the Terra di Lars*, on the iron.
tiers of the Campagna di Roma. Several corps of
troops coming from Aquila, and the county of Mo-
ine, must now have surrounded all there brigands,
under Fra Diavolo, in Sora.
New alarms have been excited with respell to the
situation of the two Abruzzos. It was feared that
Michael Nara, who is a genuine Fra Diavolo,
might pass the mountains, separating the lake of
Celano from Sara, and join the banditti that infest
some of the mountains of the Abruazos; but the
latest intelligence froni Delano, informs us, that
these banditti, being pursued by the cavalry, were
obliged to retire from Aveazano and Celan° ; that
twelve of them were killed, the others dispersed,
and put to Bight; and that a detachment of cavalry
having arrived at Avezztnii, tac restored tranquil-
lity, so that the communication with the Abruzzos
is perfeltly free.
Marshal Massena still has Iris headquarters at
Monteleone. Previous to his arrival in that town,
the inhabitants had replied a corps of banditti,
who were afterward:, attacked and touted by Gene.
rail R.gnier.

CALAIS, OCT. 10.

Yesterday, an English Courier debarked here,
though the wind wou,d have carried him to Bou-
logne—he was probably prevented from going
there by the Expedition direeted on the preceding
night against that town by the English. In the
space of one hour. they discharged 3 or $OO rockets
against the town and 6:6Da. They obtained no.
thing by this disloyal Expedition, bat the shame of
having undertaken it.
tames, OCT. 1.
The English continue 'raising off our coasts. Oa
the 26th uit. about three o'clock in the afternoon,
three chasse-marees, laden with salt, for a neutral
vessel, were taken, as soon as they had delivered
their cargoes, b; Englishmen congealed in the ship,
who told the crews they were prisoners. tock pos-
session of the three Chasse-marees, and kept the men
in their icspeClive verse/:. One cf th f 512ree Ca;)-