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London, England, 1805-03-29 00:00:00

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

HAMBURG!! MAIL.

HAMRURCH, MARCH An
(;eneral Sebastiani, accumi•anied by two Aids-de-
Camp, lately arrived at the I.tgue, from whence he
proceeded to Amsterdam, after having had a con-
ference with M. Sehimmelpeniiinck.
The arrival of a cou.in of Vice-Admiral Verhuel
at the Hague, cawed a report that it was the Ad-
miral himself, but he is sick at Dunkirk.
Sneral flat-bottomed boats, and a division of
marines. set out on the 15th from the Hague, for
Dunkit k.

General Marmont his inspeEted the magazines of
the fesel and the Helder.
COTENHAGIV, MARCH 16.
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In the ensuing spring, a squadron of tea small
vessels, the legest, however, will not be bigger than
a corvette, trill be fitted out. The Commander of
it is not appointed, but it is supposed that the choice
will fall on Admiral Vleuzel or Winterfield. The
manoeuvres will be performed on the coast of Nor-
war. The Baron de Posse, who was for some time
confined in the Temple at Paris, is appointed Cap-
tain of the first regiment of Guards, and Major Klint,
who has published some very eecellent maritime
charts, is appointed Adjutant-General of the fleet,
and Lieutenant-Colonel.

VIENNA, MARCH 13.
On the 7th instant a Courier from the Eleetor of
Vv'irtemberg arrived at the State Chancery, and im-
mediately after the Counsellor Bas, who is here on
the part of the Wirtemberg States, was arrested by
the Police, and nn tie oth sent off for Stuttgard, un-
der the escort of two chasseurs, accompanied by a
Commissar. of the Police.
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Their Imperial Majesties, in their intended jour-
ney, will visit Dalmatia. Express instructions have
been sent to the magistracies of the places through
which they will p4SS, to avoid all such testimonies
of respett and honour as may be attended with ex-
pence.
The English Ambassador to Constantinople, Mr.
Arbuthnot, is still at Triest, where he appears to
prolong his stay by orders from his Court. He has
there received dispatches from Admiral Nelson, and
has already sent off three Couriers from Triest to
London.

BANKS OT THE MAIN,, MARCH 16.

Some r.,tions at Paris have laid bets that before
the Ist of May intelligence will he received in Paris
of the taking of .I.tmaica by the It ichefort squadron,
as the English squadron under Admiral Duckworth
is too weak to oppose that of the French.

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HANOVER, MARCH 16.
The digue of t►te Elbe has burst in live places, in
the bailliwicks of Datinenberg And Hitzacker.—
Ninety villages have been under water. The ruins
of destroyed houses, and drowned beasts may he
seen every where. The distress of the poor inha-
bitants is indescribable. The ice, which the Elbe
has carried towards I..crizen, Wittenberg, Have'berg,
Tangersnunde, Magslelxiurgh, Meissen, Dresden,
iv. lies done considerable damage.
It is said, that the French troops will be collected
in different camps in about six weeks.

ITALY, MARCH 4.
The Eleschral 'since Palatine of Bavaria, who is
now at Naples.] itcly paid a visit on board the Eng-
lish ship of the line, the b. n relent, IA 74 guns, lying
in the road there.

MILAN, MARCH I.
General Jourdan is expened here this day, to re-
sume the command of the Army of Italy.
A French coiner passed through this city, the
dAs before yesterday, from Paris, on his way with
all haste for Constantinople.

MARCiI Q.

Immense preparations are making at Verona, for
the reception or the two great Monarchs, who, ac-
cording eas public report, and the wish of Europe,
win arrange their journies so as to meet in this city.
Extra& of a private letter from Paris, dated
March 13:—" Plots and arrests are once more
the subjeft of conversation. The M. M. Polignac
base been transferred from their prison to the Tem-
ple, aad several other persons have been arrested.
Some say that new branches of the late conspiracy
have been discovered. Others pretend that it is the
funeral sermon of the Duke of Enghien, printed at
Loudon, and privately circulated in France, that has
caused these arrests. The police have hitherto
sought in vain to seize all the copies, and to discover
the persons who have circulated the article."

NAPLES, me. 29.
On the Loth instant, the French Ambassador,
M. Alquier, went to Faairo, a small town between
Barlotta and Naples, to have a conference with the
French General, St. Cyr, on public affairs. As SI.
Alquier was accompanied by all the French officers
in the capital, a report was immediately spread,
that he had sent all the papers of the legation to
Rome, and his departure occasioned a considerable
alarm among the people ; but his absence was not
of long duration, as he returned again on the 23d.

MADRID, re.. 23.
It is confirmed that the Prince of Peace will very
soils set out to inspetf the preparations on the coast,
to defray the expences of which the Court has Isl.
lotted the sum of five millions of piastres. The re-
tinue which will attend him will be very numerous
andbplendid.

The present Pnrtu;•nr se Mini-ter for Foreign
Affairs, the Chevalier D'Ar.injo D'Areveda, di-
refs all Lis measures According to the system of the
Prince Regent, to preserve the netitralay of Por-
tugal. the English Ambassador at Lisbon, Lord
Hobert Fitzgerald, has made complaints on some
particular sublets.
ILe frigate k.. 4, which sailed firm the Hassan-
nab for St. Anders), is lost on the coast of North
America.

cotesyssevisortz, TEL 9.
On the 15,h of December last, the Beys obtained
a decisive vietory near Minie, two days journey
from Cairo, over the Arnauts, or the Albanese, com-
manded by Mahommed Aly. Ibrahim Bey engaged
their attention in front by a vigorous attack, whilst
Berdist Bey attacked their Rank, and Elfy Bey in the
tear. The Albanese have lost 3000 men in this
slot, some by the sw•ird, and some in the river.
The safety of the roads and the navigation of the
by this circumstance ; nothing can
at Alexandria, and the scarcity i•

are kir from bring deity,/ ed ;

Nile suffer n;urh-t
arrive at Cairo or
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