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PARIS, (Nr:T. 2.
Thy. English prisoners at Verdun are going to be
rzrnoved to another town ; filly of them are already
sent off fur Valenciennes, under a guard.
The raising of Conscripts is carried on with the
aßivity in the department of the Soine.
The General of Division, bliollis. has been ap-

pointed Governor of Mantua; when be was pre-
sented to His Majesty, he took an oath not to dcli-
•rr up that fortress while he retained the means of
defending It a single instant.
MINISTRY OF MARINE.

" BOULOGNE, OCT. 1.

t have the honour te.lofern your kx.ellenzy, that the
day berate ve..terlav the line of lint Majesty's flotilla,
log 14 17 in-boat,' alone, under Cap( Dordcli.i, had tine
whole dir 2..1 vessels in fr.iist of than, two of which were of
the line, four frigates, an: the rest cutters. Yeitcol..y
en..iny had not d,,nioislt d in number; tilt a.:cuctomed to ,•re
in such force, I did not think it ate:ea...try to reinforce
oar line, couvi..ced that it was sufficient to repel all attacks.
in At midnight, the 'scathe- being very thick, and the L.,1
calm, I heard a w,rm firing, arid some di.charges of cannon in
the line. I made immediate di..position. for several divisions
of the flotilla to go irrt ; hot tin, firing having ceased, I sus-
pend.d that movernont Proceeding along the litre, Captain
Dordelin infunned WC, that the gun boat NO. fill„ head of the
line to the East, emnmanded by Emign Alex, had been con-
rounded by a chain of fire-ships, condueled by several pinnaces.
" That officer, without dipping or cutting his cable, which
would successively have expe:•-•1 the whole line So dang:r
from the fireashipt, kept his pout firmly, and dangling all
his efforts to the chain which cenneettd the fire•ships, he at.
tempted to break it, and succeeded.
" The chain being broke. r, the fire-ships defiled along the
line, yet the gum-boat, No. Captain Nivelain, wu grap
pled by six of them. That officer performed the same Tu.
iatsv,s as Captain Alex, and his second in command, and two
others jii.nped into the boat, and disengaged the v-s.el.

" But one of the fire-ships having exploded noir the gun-
boat, she wet thrown up, covered with water, and !rid no
other rlArnage her winriowb broken, and some shot Olt
Worth.

" No 291 also eeperieneed the effeis of the Wowing op
" The gurtaarsata No. 28ri, 303, 1311, 34. and 61, were more
particularly attacked, but did not quit their post.
" Some of the ropes increl were cut Iry the balls, and the
enemy's pinnaces, repulsel by a warns firing, soon took ro
flight, and were inielated for ton,' illets to the darkness of the
night At two o'clock, all was quiet along the line, and we
Lad not a man kille! At day break, Capt. Ales, having p-t-
-ciii.ved some srticiei lotting, sent his boat with six men for
them : they brought bark a spherical machine, 'topper sheath-
ed, and which was found to bo one of the infernal machines,
caltra •,y the anite+•e, Gl4es f Cnondraries. As it was eon
w en shore, it blew up, and the Midshipman, Mesurier,
and tnree men, penshert

" At low water w• found on the cram several wr.-cks of the
ire-ships; and particularly a lock like that of the fire•tna-
chines which the English usea last year, w.th as ninth
and as little success.

(TM letter conclude. ►t praang the couduct or the soldiers
soot •atlas of the fl,edla

"The Rear-Admiral Cocarnantler in Chief of the
Imperial FuelßA, LACROSSE "
ITR•SIIVRIIH, SEP r.

Great preparations have been made here, to con-
♦ince our F.mperur of the pleasure we feel in having
him amongst u; ; he had been expelled with impa-
tience; and, at the time when we thought he had
but just left Paris, was already within our walls.

We learned, at the same moment, that several
regiments, of whose arrival on the Llwer Rhine we
had but vague accounts, had already reached the
German territories, several days march beyond the
Ricer.

Such a movement of horse and artillery was never
before witnessed. At the first summons, twenty
thousand carriages appeared under requisition ; and
what is most worthy of remark is, that the greatest
good humour and gaiety reigned amongst the inha-
bitants of the country, whose horses and carriages
were put in reqnisition. They marched on spon-
taneously, without guide or escort, towards the
right bank of the Rhine, where their services are
required, singing all the way.
The following is the Proclamation of the Empe-
ror to the Army :
" SOLDIERS,

" THE WAR OF Ttli THIRD COALITON nAs

Aweaten Arany has pawed the Inn, violated
it% and hie Attacked and driven ..ter ally from his capital.
Ynu yourselves have been compelled to advance by forced
marchre to the defenci• of our frontiers. A'rearly you ►ave
pueed the Rhine. We w.ll not again make peace without a
sulrwient guaranty. Our polity sh.dl no more give way to
our genernsity.

N Soldier', your Emperor is in the midit of von ; you are
only the Advanced Guard of a great People. If it shoed he
necessary, thi7 will ail rise at my voice to confound and dis
solve this new leagee, which has been formed by the hatred
end the gold of E•iglainl

.4 But, Soldier., we shall have forced marches to make, f
gigues an 1 privation, or every kind to endure. Wh.itever nb•
sucks may be ,qipo.ed to di, we will overcome them, and we
shall tale 113 rest, until we have planted our Eagles on the
Territory of our Enemies.

(Signed) a NAPOLEON.
" $7 order of Hit Majesty, the Majo,-Geoeral of the Grand
BERTHIER "
His Majesty went
which had pawd the

Rhine. Prince Murat's heal-quarter, Tlis Ma
je.ty's Lieutenant, are at Kersh, between Kehl rod

Weldslett.
Several detachments of the Imperial Guards ar-
rived here yes.crday. The Prince Borghese was
at their head.

All the accounts which reached us yesterday an-
nounce CI it the Athtrian army continues its march
towards the mountains of the Black motet, which
border on the vall.!y of the Rhine. One of its co-
lumns ha, ant .red the Eleetarate of IVirtemherg.
Our dotachunsuts of cavalry tune up with them
about ten leaco.., from hence, on the side of Knibis;
we as: rssured that no a6t of hostility took place.

We are th:s mement informed, that Stutgard,
Tubingen, and some other neighbouring towns, have
been taken possession of by the corps under General
Gottensheim, and that part of the Aostrian ad-
vanced guard has even advanced to Pfozzheim,
in the Eleaorate of Baden. The left wing of
our army has passed the Rhine, will soon come
up with them. The centre of this army has ad•
winced t )wards the Mountains, and the right has
ascended the Rhine.—We are on the eve of very im
portant events.

011FSNIBURO, SEPT. 2s.

The French troops, which have passed the b idge
of Kehl. are at 'hr.:berg, Oppenau, Oberkirch,
Genispach, Paden, and Dnurlach The corps com-
manded by Marshal Darousr which passed the
Rhine at Manheim, the day Is.?f,ne yesterday, imme-
diately took the route for Heydelberg. Thus the
French are masters of all the passes of the mountains
of the Black Forest, whore the Austrians have only
had time to station some patroles, and aehere, it ap-
pears, that they had hoped to establish themaelve.,
and maintain a defensive war during tnia campaign,
nn those celebrated fields of battle, where Fureane
sustained so many defeats, and which ia the true
point of defence for Southern G'rmany.

WVITZSVUSN, SLPT. 17.

Marshal Bernadotte, and General Vlarmont. have
arrived with the two corns which they command,
and which, unites, to the 114variAn army, Already
26,000, stron::, form a very resp.•R.ible army.
The BavAriAn solliers manifest the mast lively
joy, at finding themselves wilted with the French ;
they are eager to measure swords with the oppres-
sors of their country. Ali th.• Accounts they receive
from their relations excite their impatience and Lie r
indignation. The c.md..a the Austrians is such,
that the Generals an.l Contrairturs force the BAL..
rians to receive, for what they furnish, Bank bills,
which are at 40 per cent. discount in the Austrian
States. The money is hidden ; and if the Austrians
remain long in Bavaria, the country will be ruined.

We have seen what nanonal spirit can do smonot
a people a/hated by honour:Ole sentiments. Ts»
furloughs had not yet been recalled ; but, at the first
order of the Penor, all those who were absent. has-
tened to join their cul^,urs; several swam across the
river Danube, whilst others wandered from forest to
forest, to escape the Aus.tian patroles, and re-join
their curps.

MIIMHZIM. SEPT. 26.

The Austrians govern Bavaria in a military man.
ner. They have established at Munich a kiad of
Maximum. Those who contravene their orders are
taken up and sent to the Austrian fortresses.

AVOSIWILOII, SEPT. 25.

The advanced Guard, under Gen. Klenau, arrived
on the 19th. We soon felt the inconvenience of such
guests. Theofficcrs forced the keepers of coffee-houses
to give them what they called fur; and when payment
was demanded, they presented bank notes for 20
florins to pay the smallest bill, and required money in
change. These pr.sceedings produced a great fer-
ment in the city. All the merchants joined to carry
their complaints to the General ; but they were
shewn an Ordinance, stuck up in all quarters, by
which every person wis ordered, under severe pe-
nalties, to take the bank

SIFT. 28.
The Austrian army, after having invaded Bavaria,
reached the Lech by forced marches, where thry
took up a position. Soon afterwards they passed
the 111er, and advanced, by forced marches, to seize
the panes of the Black Forest.

The Emperor of Austria has quitted Vienna in
great haste, to traverse Mulish, and proceed with
the greatest expedition to the head-quarters at Mem-
mingen. This sudden departure, and his resolution
to put himself at the head of the armies, surprised
every body. We learn, however, with less asto-
nishment, that the Emperor of Austria, at the mo-
ment of his arrival, convoked a Grand Council of
War, and that yesterday, after quitting the Coun-
cil, he set out to return to his capital. •

PANES OP 1 HE MAINE, SEPT. 27.

M. Richer, Charge-d'Affaires of His Majesty the
Emperor of the French, at Ratisbtm, has officially
notified to the Germanic Diet the march of the
Army of Marshal' Bernadotte on the Maine. and his
passage across a part of Germany. This corn-
ropuication tows c place on the Ist inst.
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atPT.24.
We have just received information of a Treaty
offensive and defensive, concluded between the Em-
peror of the French and our Court. The Elciflor of
Baden has recalled all soldiers on leave of absence ;
he is about to form a corps of 4000 men, which will
join the French Army.
seer. '2B,

The Gth corps of the Great French Army, com-
manded by Marshal Ney. arrived here yesterday.
'They assembled at six in the morning, on the right
of Lauterbourg, in columns. The Officers and sol-
diers had branches of oak in their hats, presage of
the vktory that awaits them. When they arrived
at the extremity of the bridge, the army defiled in
the finest order, to the acclamations of Lone live the
Emperor The news of the arrival of the Emperor
at Strasburgh, flew from rank to rank, and excited
the liveliest enthusiasm.

At six p. nt. four companies of grenadiers, and a
squadron of the lit regiment of hussars, proceeded
to Phortzheim, to drive away some Austrian patroles
which had advanced so far. The Austrians still
protest, that their disposition is friendly—but hap-
pily there is no fear that they will induce any one
to believe them.

IIZILIN, SEPT. 25.

Important circumstances have happened within
these few days. A courier from Warta brought to
oar Court a letter, in which the Emperor Alexan-
der announces, that three Russian armies are on their
march, and will traverse Prussia. This annoyance,
this violation of the indepen fence of the Prussian
territories, has irritated the King and his Council to
such a degree, that they have unanimously decided
to reoel force by force.
At the breaking up of the Council, 15,000,000
drowns were drawn from the R ryal Treasury, and
C ,nriers sent to every quarter to recal all furloughs,
anti put in moti.m the whole of :he Prussian forces.
This at of firmness will prob Jib, make the Court
of St. Petersbargh hold back. It will endeavour
to cajole a Power whom it hates, and whom it
vainly attempts to intimidate. It will, however, ga-
ther nothing fr ,m its menaces, but that disconcertion
w:rieh always accompanies the. ill success of an op-
pressive and presumptuous measure. It will not fail
to be observed, that all the relations of the Empe-
ror of Russia, and all those to whom he ought to
he atta:hed by the ties of policy, make common
cense with France. For whom foes he fil.ht ? It is
not for the cause of his brother.in-law, Lis u Irle, or
his n-p',ew, but from submission to the sugge.tio is
of NI ircow, and the wishes of England. What
does he tripe for ? is it to give laws to France ? He
.t hive m Inv more calls of two men out of GOO
helot, lie cal eTtcct that. This Prince, able to art
s., e 1 ear ible .1 part. throws himself into the arms of
En. 414 1, app noes all that she rites, and sees no-
thing but with her eyes. He will shed much blood
without succeeding in any of his projeCts, and finish,
by being humbled by English arrogance, as he was
at the commencement of hi. reign.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

1,11N:.(1\.
SKI UILDAY, OCTORtft 12.

Last night, we receivA Paris P.tpers to the 4.11
instant. The public hake been fur so•a: d..:5 in
hourly expethtion of receiving an account of an
important battle. Most of our readers vi
fore, be probably disappointed upon the pertl,
the contents of these papers, as they announce no
such event. They are, hosserer, of considerable
interest. We had been taught to expea, that the
ELECTOR rif Bat/ARIA had joined the Coalriiin
against France; and it still continues to be aiserted
with confidence, in the Ministerial circles, that he

aChiatly concluded a treaty of alliance with the
Et 4 'Milt% of GEasf asy. Tate intelligent_• bought
by the Paris Papers directly contradiets this assertion,
and represents the Extc roa as the fixed and firm
Ally of France. An al tide of the 27th last, from
Wurtzburgh, in the Moniteur, states, that the divi-
sions of Marshal BERN A oorTE and G •neral M A R•
Alois r have reached that city, where they have
been joined by the Bavarian army, '26,000 strong,
now atlually incorporated with the French army.
BOMAR *RTC has issued a Proclamation to his Grand
Army of the Rhine, in which we find some etym.
sions that support the Wurtzburgh article. In it,
he calls the ELECTOR of BAVARIA his Ally, and
sets forth the occultation of that BleCtorate, by the
Austrian troops, as his great and leading charge of
complaint against Austria. This Proclamation was
issued after his army had passed the Rhine, and it
insinuates, in terms tolerably plain, that its first
efforts will be dire Red to the purpose of driving the
Austrians out of Bavaria. We are aware, that
there is no limit to the fraud and deceit of BON A.
P A RTIE, where they are auxiliary to the attainment
of his °hien ; yet we think it strange, that he should
misrepresent his relations with Bavaria, and hold
it forth as an ally, if, in fad, h be a foe; coa-
lscious, as he must be, that, is a few days, the fallacy

must be deleted, and his Imps must learn
truth from their iiwa per octal experience and
nervation. But such is the excess of Busiataar
philanthropy, 1w does tint er nfine his esertioes
th,proteaion of Bavaria, and the procurin
dress ior.aer wrongs. In the nhl 14:oliie cr.
which he, whether Consul or Ernp?r.::, has nee
changed, he affeets to fuel for the inikpendence
the Germanic body, with the same parental tmd
ness, as it he were the head of the Empire, ald •
natural guardian anal protedor. These professions
Lin iness come with a bad grace from the
jai
who so lately violated that independence, who i•
vide.] Eatenheirn, and plundered and oppressed t,
El:am-ate of I lanover. The Et vi.rox of BAlle%
however, is also stated to have concluded a I'm
oTensive and defensive with France. Maw
Net's carp: is arrived at Carlsruhe, the c tp;tal, firth
ELEcroe, who is to furnish a corps of 1,, J •) e r .
join the Frenelf army. But the mast
news communicated lay these papers, is to be mu,,
in an article, dated Berlin, Sept. 2.5, which 16.:
the arrival of a Courier, with a letter from the Ei
peror of RUSSIA, announcing, that three Heusi
armies will march through the Prussian tetritories,
and that the Prussian Cabinet, indignant at such

conduct, had unanimously determined, to repel
force by force. This account, is, however, of too
great importace to be lightly credited, upon the
mere assertion of a Paris Paper, which, we know
is made and manufaCtured under the inspeftion of
Government. The Proclamation, which we have
already noticed, alludes to the forced marches
which the army has made ; and an article, dated
Strasbnrgh, 29th, represents several regiments as
advanced several days march into the German ter.
ritories, beyond the Rhine, before it was known
that they had reached that river. They are farther
stated to have got the start of the Austrians, is
seizing the passes of the mountains of the Black
Forest, where they met a few Austrian
whom they obligcd to fall back. The Austrians,
however, were approaching that point in con,idera-
ble strength, and an action was expelled daily to
ensue. The Morsitear contains Admiral La Ceossz's
report of the late attempt made by Sir Storni'
Sm:ru to burn the flotilla in the harbour of Bon.
logne. Our readers will recoiled, that we gave an
aceonnt of this enterprise in our Paper of the 4th inst.
A certain Print, thought proper to assert, roundly,
chat our account was without a shadow of foundati..n.
We are not, however, disposed to be angry with it.
Ihe exposure of ignorance is punishment enough.
The affair was more serious then we represented it,
and justifies a confident ho; it., that a repetition of
the experiment will be crowned with complete suc-
cess. BOSAP A IT!: was at Strasburgh on the eyh.
6unt Co s. was at Paris on the 9d, and the
Faxricis AIIIASSADOII Still lingered at Vienna.

The removal of the blockade from the Elbe and
the Weser, has been announced to the Diploma-
tic Corps, in a circular later, or which the follow n..;
is a copy, by the Secretary of State for Fo. 0,0
Affairs:

d'i're PAPER-Copy.)

The Di leraigned, litsMajewy's Pritici;wl S.!•retary of S'ate
far Foreip Affairs, has re -eired lit: dlatosty's Commend. to
acquaint Mr. Ds Retrausun, that itiformatott harm; been
received of the tumoral of the French troays from the pou•
tans which the/ occupied ou the Ranks of the Elbe a d
Weser, His MAjesty his be,n rdeas,..d to ordzr, that the blcuk•
ode of the entrattra of wool shall be Jacontinia d, and
that Ilts Ntaje, y's slims of war that wire stationed at 00
mouth of them, fur the purpose of blochading theism', shoved
be withdrawn • The UtidetUcted requ-Asts, dr. .bc.
MULGKAVE.

(Siva')
Lbtomag-‘treet, Woher 9, IMOS.

We stated in the course of last month, that gre a
discontent prevailed in Spain, principally cs..itio.i
by the tyranny and insolence of the Pa
Peace. Private letters from Lisbon, brought by
the Mail, confirm our account. We have ma,ie
some extratts from th which will be found inte-
resting.

We understand, the 15th of Itnuary is the d.ty
fixed ttp.m for Psrlietnent to meet for the dispatch
of business.

Dispatches, we understand, Isere received, last
night, at the Admiralty, from Lord Neasou, by ex-
press, from Falmouth.
Ilse Aurrre frigate, and the Matte sloop of war,
with the fleet under convoy, which sailed from
Portsmouth on the 21sr of August, for the Mediter-
ranean, were left all well on the I Ith of September,
off Vigo Bay. Ten sail of the same convoy, boom.'
to Oporto, were seen sate into the River, on the I ith
September, by the Contianrc frigate.
The UNlty,Moa 'lsom, from Honduras, is arrived
at Greenock ;—she sailed under convoy of the
Slfelaitie sloop of war, with the Amphrotat --, for
Cork; Duckworth, WI I. KIMSON ; El/1146e/h, Afar-
Savo, and another vessel, for London, and parted
from them in lat. 52. 20. long 20. It is suppose•'
that they have arrived at Limerick, as a letter from
thence of the sth instant, states, that four 'vessels,
under convoy of a sloop of war, and suppired to
he from H:inciiiras, were at the mouth of the River.
Also, that five vessels of the homeward-bound Lee-
wat d Island Heet had anchored at Carrigabois, ltla
the 3d instant, which would proceed to the Doom.
under convoy of the !Wats sloop of war.

Anaerl: Yer lAT, at eleven o'clock,
-7:r„ to Kehl, to review the troop' vt
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