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clan], and thentselees trill a military commis-
sion witltiu.kwentvrfnut. 4 ti-.tise ditriet! are
inadezesponattshr tbralLtht_tAitJages thlt jay. be
coniinjfid tirtini tliertrigps.-LTlds Decree Isis isvei.,
published in the Vomiters, as %Nu in the Valleys
of Pinzgau and ZiUse. -
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The Casainiesion appointed by His Majesty not
having vet arrived at Inspruck, the Marshal Duke
of Dautzig has appointed two—the one Military,
tlie oilier •of Government; Major-Omen& Baron
Rechherg presides over both.—f L'Abeille di Nerd,
August Is.) LYIlLti, *OO. Q. ,
The French fleet, which had taiien a position
under Fort Lido, has partly ascended the Scheldt
W. high as Antwerp, and is. 50 advantageonsly sta-
tioned, that it is there considered as sheltered from
every attack of the enemy. French troops arrive
daily at Ghent, and at Antwerp, from whence they
,proceed still further. The tight bank of the Beheld%
from Antwerp to Bergen-op-Zoom, is already co-
vered with French troops. Ci-devnat Dutch Flan-
ders is egetally furnislt-il with troops. According
to the most recent intelligence from the theatre of
war, our troops. which have Intlicrto uctcd defen-
sively, will assume-At offentive.

AUCVST to.
According to adviccs received yesterday, the
King was no the 7th at Ossendregt, where ut this
time a considerable force of French and Data.
troops is assembling. The environs are so full
of troops, that from lno to 1.50 are quartered witli
each peas:nit; great preparations arc making for the
purpose of undertaking some important affair
ogiinst South Bev/viand.
The head-quarters of His Majesty were expected
at Itouroilahl, those of the General in Chief of the
['reach troops are at Kapelle ; alreutly there is a
considerable force between Autwcrp and .
stadt.—(V/Ilreille do Nord, Aug. is.)
Extract of a -litter from Lyons, ,2(th July
horn the 31e:diterraticatii, that a consi-
iletahle number of English transports, having on
board part of the troops which were in.Sidy,
sailed from the coast of Gailtar; they are going
to Lisbon to reinforce the army of General
Wellesley. Sonic detachments of the army of
General Stuart have ulsa embarked, probably
in Order to return to Sicily, since the expedition
has not surceeded against the kim.;dom of Naples.
—lL'Abeidle du Nord, August hi.)

rims. At:G. 8.
M. De Chainpagny has set off for Raab, to fix
the last bang of the watt.. ♦t.'C. 10.'
Letters foal Bay state, that the Eoglish
hase 4iornalmrketl at Aliraiit mute Jetnr•hinewtas
with much arnunuuitiou, artillery, &c.—(Abeille 4
Nord, Aug. 18.)
BANKS OF TIIF F.1.13F; AUGUST IR.

On the 12th inst. 57 prisoner• of the corps of the
Duke of Brunswick-Oels were brought litial!, mid
led by French geourartnes; they were in two vessels,
which a French.captain of marines, as:iatt.cl by the
Danes, took near Ellagette, where some Danish skip-
pers had poregetly run them aground. Among thettt:
is the Secretary of the Duke; one-half of them
are menials, or drivers of the artillery horse..
These who were soldiers have been pardoned, on
condition of eitering the Dutch service ; the re.t
are •cut to Nlaipleburg. The French and Danes
stript the Duke's soidiers of almost all their
and left them nearly naked.
Ft o'n Holland we have no news, but what is fur-
nished by the Gallo-Batavian Journals, which are
now conducted with as much falsehood as the
l'rench Moneterir. Flushing, and the Island of
Walelwren, will, it is hoped, remain in possession of
C.:teat Britain till a general peace.
It the Prince of Nenfrhatel, Alexander Ber-
tiller, whom Bonaparte intends to make King of

All the paragraphs in the Himburgh Papers,
about celcbtating Napoleon's birth-day, are In-
serted by the French. Nut a to iii;le private house
except the Danish Po,tmaster ; env-
row and regret appeared in every countenance,
when the French Minister ordered the guns to he
NI.

We hare no news from Austria that givei any
certainty of war or peace, and the general opinion
is, that the altrirs of Turkey will also be decided
ill the Anstrinn Congress of Peace, if it should
really take place.
The Archduke Charles does not share in the
seutiments of his brother the Emperor Francis, who
is said to be preparing to conclude peace at any sa-
crifice. The Archduke Charles has, on this ac-
count, resigned the chief cointnand of the army,
auJ not hem nulispokition. A Russian Plenipo-
, tertiary was hourly expected at Sciioeubrunii, from
tit. Petersburgh.

HA'SOVER, AUGUST 15.
This being Napoleon's hint li-day the Dutch troops
had a grand held-day. The Governor Saleette gave
a grand dinner, rad Te Dram was sung.—(Corre-
spondenten.) •ranNA, AUG. IS.
General Bellegurfle has taken the command or
the Austrian army ; General Diller. and other
Generals, will act under him. The Archduke
Ferdinand is arrived in Bohemia, with his carps.
Tne King of Blvaria has granted an imleinuity
to the insurgents of the Tyrol, on condition that
they lay down tlieir arms within the space. of eight
days ; the chief, only of the insisrreetion are ex-
.
cepted.-wiilbeille du Nord, dug. le,)