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FORLIU.V lATELLIGENCE.

%RIR, MARCY 6.
EXPOSE OF THE STATE OF TIIE FRENCH EMPIRE.

(Concluded fr,m the Bat TIM Pats, of yesterday.)
But here, and it is necessary to declare it boldly to the na-
tion, that its safety requires that a numerous array should be
kept nn foot; that fleets should be cunstructsd, and seamen
rsised to protect our commerce, our colonic', and out riKl,l..
These circumstances require productive finances. 'fhe lure.
rur thinks eight hundred millions will be necessary in time of
war, and upwards of six hundred daring peace; as the fate of
a country should never be left to the mercy of an obscure plot,
nor may Intrigue of a Cabinet; but in all cases, it should be
ready to make head apinst any storm, and silence the jealous
efamours of its enemies.

It W the will ut the Empera, as well as the denim of the
whole nation, to augment oar Navy ; and, as te. 104 Shiite
ships in the late engagements, it is a hew motive for retiuti 1.1 j,,g
our ardour. A great num►er of our cruisers are scouring the
sees, and have attacked tire commerce of our enemies in the
reinottst regions. Our whole diddle shall shortly revive by
the return to ifs banks of the conquerors of Ulna and Aus
wane. But all those warlike measures sliAl be nothine more
than measures to peace, and even of a moderate peaca, in
which we shall secure the pledge of nut being surprised and
seta,' upon under the most sails and perfidinue pretences; it
were otherwise b.•tter to endure still the miseries of war, rather
than make ■ peace which would expose us to new Ins-es, and
affect fresh aliment to the bad faith and avarice of ear ene-
mies.
The yaw of Piedmont with France, two years ago, renilm-
ed aecessarf the unto,' of Genoa, which is a port ra, it. That
of the city of lieneu, fur a long time occupied by the French,
and defended by them during the Second Cualerion, is a conse-
quence of the will and iedependence of that Repuhlic. This
union does nut increase our strengh on the Continent; Eng-
land slime had the right to cantabile of it; nor was it the cease
of time war jcst. tercninateil. The iman took place in Jane,
and in the mciltb of April the i.abilitt of Petersburg had been
seduced by the intrigues of England. The abasement el
France, the dispossessing her of her provinces, was decreed. It
was nut only rime kingduna of Italy, of which they would have
deprived its; Pied: ttttt at. Savoy, time Duchy of Niee,even Lyuia,
sod the rticed Depaztnieuts, Roland, Relent, the iortre,ses
en the Ntease, them were the conquests proteribol to the con-
federates Ly Faiglanalt an.l to this they certainly would not
have cookoed themselves, if they had triumphed user the pc r-
severance of the Fie nth people.
England attaches no great interest to Italy. Belgium is the
true ground cf the hatred whWit she h.ors to us.
Hut lioltaad, the liuspired mid ten departments of Francs.,
the kingdom ofitaly. irealtill, Dalmatia, Istria, #l.ll Naples,
ere now under the prutedlion of the laspeiial Eag4 ant the
union of thore States only 'Lode us the means of hang lon.
nsidable on our franniessand come
Byres's, Winemberg, Maiden, and several of the principal
pew:nut Germany, are war Ahies.
Spain, Arm to its purple, hAi manif..sted a laudable dili-
gence, valour, EA fide! at .
In firmer wars, I:nghan•t and Russia bad ;atomised the
Entperoe of Auer.' an a..gmeritatens in Italy, to draw lion
into warp but loaf \t snout, 'setter informed of the slat• of
things, has eciinuarlelved the danger of being in alliance
with England, I al the •fain of Italy to France:
leaving merely gained •c pussessinn of his States through !be
mud.,ration and Illag/I inanity of the Emperor, he knows that
he rot unls hot in the frieudshqs of France Wm rep..., and
happiness which his subject,. want more than any usher nation
in Europe.
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Tim Emperor of Russia, unable to do pis harm, will feel, teat
the true policy of his country is c.nrc►ntetcd in the friendship
of France; •very thing, as well as his ge .uiriv eery, is con-
centered in the liberation of the seas, and in the refusal to re.
C1,1,16r principles which are detionental even ro the mallet:
State+, and which lay them to sustain buinlaarthrients and
bleAsee., rather than submit to acknowledge thLso wan-
,

..ris2 Coveter, after each viavy, afered peace tuAu,tria.

H, :I •ANt;A-.1. 'A Age tli, w it-7,taa .!.?,4
wwi us Iww,l and hds too tu•atil t otstfai tp,,,
1./owe He at.,. "fret it to Env' .i 41.311 n..t
to fo-co that P...wer to proceed from the p•o!trimir chr e"
made in lithe. as It t, &4 Au•tr.a Roo:t from tikt
t•Pon of Poland; bet be has& right to rein t to 6,44
ote ajha.iece too: unions 111LiCil fentY the now ititenatto,p.
Wins of the F-ench Frt,sire.

Toekey cont,utted under Ilse yoke of Res.");
the Rosperoe's chiet am', b. nett ne I bintatia ton his hatotr,
in Katy to protect the InJet au:tient of uur Mlle., and 10
.4,
able him to maintain hi. itole,e.l.rittier, which is u( 111,/
portanee to Furore than to ant other hover.
The yore, Coalition, h....resonated by the Treaty of Cams.
Fewmine had the farour.,ble 6.e Entree* of the
46?.1eium, the fonitier-sed.ration of the Rhine, the brin,.°.tw
of Ituliand under the tnteratiee infito•nce of Fotece, powt,4;
c,.n.itiest of the States now (witting the Kinednro of
The Second CoAition rave it P,cdmont ; the Thild Willy. Ve-
nice .In.! N3ples under the rderative se‘tem.
.

Let Enclaioi be fin Ally eonyinc..il of her imbecility :
not try to operate a fourth Coalition, if it were, in the
ture of thing, ;.o sable ty renew
. '

Such have b.sn the exertion. of Government f,r the.;lol
and pn,aperity of Frame; the Emperor looks only to what
mafiosi, be ;lime, olich he criii.idrie as superior to *hat 4,
hict already porfortnel; but it is n it conquest :hat he pr.
jeers. It; has exhausted ouditaty g:orv. No Want. 11.011, 4
these bloodly !amyl., which he has been compllled to gather
To perfeEt the puhtic admini•tratinn ; to make it Fr conc.. or
lasting happiness for his people, :a tell as of an inere,,,,,c
prosperity; to reiitt., his acts the les•oti and the exany'e
of a
pure and ►levated inora!ity ; to ni"rit the bleiyingt nor
the pr►seor, but futons generations, whose interests iris ~c.
cupy 11,5 mini such iv the glory which he au.. to
arch is the reeompence which he promisee him• elf, for a hr.
devoted to the most noble, hut, at the same time, the urea
pailful duties.

lIAAIEURGII MAILS.
TkANKFUIti. Rt APcti 4.
IVP are as!ured, that it is now determined, that
the Prince Royal of NVittemherg shah marry a
Princess of the Imperill House of France. It is
said that the King. his When, has made the de.
mind, and that the Emperor Napoleon bas
his consent.

triesic, staircii 3.
The surrenckr of the province, lately ced:d by
Prussia, will take pace in the course of the current
month. Wesel will he given up by Prits,ims
on the I I.h, and the French will evacuate II mein
about the end of this month. Neufchatel and Va.
'engin must he delivered up by that time. We ate
are yet ignorant of the destination of these two small
states.

A Hursisn army, of 300,000 men, is coltenirz
on the frontiers of Austria and Prtlssla; ar.d an ex-
traordi,utry Irvy of men has been besides ord,::ed
thtoughout the Rus.ian empire.

AUGSBURG, MARCH S.
The commission of this free and imperial c:.s.
ceased yesterday, when we were incorporated with
the Bavarian 114,rnarchy.

NUREMBERG, MARCH 7.
This morning. between one and two o'cl c L•, be-
tween two and 3,000 French entered this city,
without having given any previous information to
the Magistracy. Their arrival has strangely sur-
prised us.

ALTONA, MARCH 14.
The Austrian Ambassador at Sr. Petershurgh,
has received orders, in commitn:catin;t the Treaty of
Peace of Presbnrgh, to rtrzlare, at the same Lim.%
that the said 'near), contai Is no secret Articles.
It has been stirula- d in the Convention con-
cluded between Prussia and France, relative to C.e
ces,inn of different co:Lades and territories. that
the French troops shall soon repass the Rhine.
The report still continues, that ~11. Emperor of
the French will give the Duchy of Cleves to the
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, as as indemnity;
and also the Duchy of Berg.
Prince GAZA IN, and the English Isfr:ster, Mr.
PILIIMPOINT, have received order, from t!.tr
Court, to release, in the name of their respeaise
Sovereigns. His Majesty tie King of Swancv.
from the engagement he had contraaeil to occur.
with his troops, the country of Lauenberg. It is
believed, in consequence, that His NI aJcsry will
soon quit the said city, and retire to Swedish Pa-
merania.

LATILACT Of A ►IIVATI LETTIII 111011 HAMBCAGN,
DATID MAICM 14..

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On the 1 I th inst. an Estajette arrived at the Prus-
sian Minister's, in this city, whose dispatches state,
that General Count Kalkreutn is about to quit Pa.
derborn, in consequence of certain circumstances
that have arisen between the Prussian and French
Cabinets. Notwithstanding the Convention hi.,-
tween Prussia and France, the armies of both chime
Powers remain on the war establishment.
A Russian courier attived at Berlin on the Bth
inst. with dispatches of such great polilical import-
ance, that from every quarter of the Prussian de-
sninions, advice has been received, that war between
France and Prussia is inevitable.
The last letters from Westphalia mention, how-
ever, that the city of Wesel and its environs, will
be ceded by Prussia to the Batavian Republic, so
that the river Lippe will form the frontier between
the two countries. Cleves, Embden, and all the
Prussian part of Ftieseland, is included in this
ces-
sion. The provinces thus ceded, are to be governed
by Prince NAPOLEON Louis; who is to receive the
title of King sif Hoaand or Batertnn. 'I he Frenc's
also intend speedily to occupy all she Gtrmin Pro-
vinces between the Rhine and the Weser, as they
call it pro: 44,14/o.
Private advice, from Paris, of the With inst. sults
that Count Haugwitz, the Prussian Envoy, is on t 1..:
eve of his dera•ture. lii, last conk rences with Bo-
naparte were, it is said, extremely animated and
violent. It is certain, that the French troops only
remain in the Sooth of Germany, for the purpose of
attacking the Pt ulsians, if all the stipulations and
dainis mide by 11,snap.itte to Count Haugwite
Are nut agreed to by Frederick William.
In the meets time, private letters of respellabie
authority have been received in this city from bt.
Petersbutgh, state that the Duke of Bruns-
wick has negociated a treaty of alliance, offensive
and defensive, between Russia and Prussia, and the
military preparations in the former country are
continued Without intermission.
By letters from Berlin, of the fhb ;lucent, it
seems, that war between Prussia and France is un-
avoidable. A Prussian garrison will, it is said.
speedily occupy Flamburgh. and the Duchy cf Lau-
enburg.—Great magazines are forming for the Prus•
sian army. Bonaparte's pretensions are said to be
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At six o'clocit, yesterday morning, a Flag of
Truce arrived, off Dover, from the French Coast.
;he wind being slack, a French naval officer, and
two other gentlemen, quitted the Flag of Truce,
and went on board an English frigate, which had
just made her aprearance, The frigate car,ied
them to the Admiral in the Downs. Expresses
it ere immediately sent ctf from Dover to the Stock
Exchange, to announce this event ; and the Fo-
leign Dispatches, we understand, were also received
in the course of the day at Mr. Fox's Office. An of-
ficial notice had been received at the Stock Ex-
change in the morning, announcing that a letter
might be expeeled, in the course of the evening,
from the CHANCEL LOI of the EXCHEQUER, announc-
ing, that he will be ready to treat for the loan on
Tuesday next. This communication was calculated
to depress the funds, and they remained heavy in
the ea, ly part of the day. The news of the arrival
of the 11.. g of Truce seen counteraded this tendency
of the filpds. A belief was generally entertained,
that it brought a proposition from RONA? A RTC to
our Government for a tieg, ciation for peace, and
the 3 per Cent Consols, which were down to 594,
instantly rose to fief for money.

The two Ilarnhulgh M tils due on Sunday and
yesterday, art ive.l last mornie.g. They state, that
the prnv ices ceded by i'rus,ia to France, were to
be taken pos,rission of by the latter, in the course
of the Ares nt month ; that Wesel was to be
giverr, up on the 13th, and Neuf.Chatel and Valen-
tin were to he surrendered wird n the same time.
It is A:io Said that a convention has peen concluded
between Prussia and France, stipulating that as
snort as these cessions were carried into effed, the
French troops should return to the Wane. It is
added, indeed, that a body of French troops have
taken possession of Nuremberg, by surprise ; but,
with the exception of this single circumstance, the
contents of the Flamburgii Papers would lead us to
sn,cipose that everything is arranged between Prussia
and France. A private lezter from Hamburgh,
of the 14th, received with the is, how-
ever, in dired opposition to this presumption. It
EVE'S. upon the authority of private advices
from Paris, of the 6:h, and Berlin, of the Bth, that
ear liecuren France and Pristfis is inesiicile ; that some
Yilionaoltersaions had taken place, at Paris, br-
twven BON A P AR TA. and the Prussian Minister, Count
Hatrowt tz, in consequence of which the latter was
upon the eve of leaving that city ; and that a Prussian
garrison will speedily occupy Hamburgh and the
Duchy of Lalen'aerg. It was evidenr, that one objed
of the continuance of the French armies in Germany,
was to influence the cessions demanded from
Prussia, and to carry these cessions into effed. It
was also to be expelled, that France would rise in
her demands with every new compliance. That
some ditliculties should, thetetsre, occur in the
progress of this exchange of territories, this s) s•
tens of cessions, ought not to excite any sur-
psise. Prussia, after the part she acted in the
Late war, could not hope for much kindness from
800 APa ITZ, and must have made up her mind to
endure not a little insult and humiliation. We
are, therefore, inclined to believe, that he has
a'ussed Count lie truss-its, at Paris, and made claims
from Prussia ; but, we do nut apprehend any strong
probability of a rupture bet sezen these two powers.
Indeed, the same letter, which states that war is
inevitable, also mentions that the Duke of Batas-
vice has sregociated an alliance offensive and
aiefensive between France and Prussia. 1101
land. it adds, is to be erected into a kingdom,
far Loots Box and to be extended by eel-
& us' front Prussia, of Cleves, Embden, and the
Prussian pan of Friezeland.

The AUSTIIIAIS AMBASSADOR at Petershurgh has
6111 ordered to declare, that the Treaty of Pres-
le.rgh contains no secret articles.
rye King of Swan en has been formally released,
by Great Britain and Russia, from his engagements
ta occupy the country of Laucnberg.
A letter from Frankfort, of the gth, states, that
the French Armies in Bavaria, and upon the Lech,
br.cl broken up, and are upon their march for the
Misr.

We have received Paris Papers to the Mk, and
Dutch to the 17th, which enahle u. to give the
concluding part of the hxresit or T.ll SITU•TION
O ?lig Faucet. Ea! ?fir. It is less interesting than
weesprßed. Prussia is no: mentioned; and the
ea:ler independent powers of the Continent, it dis.
raises with very slight notice. Ships, colonies,
sad eentmerce, are now all that AAAAA a wants
sad For their attainment, and to supply the loss at
T-..falgar. he is immediately to increase the French
I."Y. He els° tells Ruwia. that "her true glory con-

bats in the Llerfs, ,a-at, and In her refusal to
acknowledge the pti:rtiples which have roused the
most insignitcant States to resistant e." This is
a tolerably plain hint that hr is reit-shied to tesist
those maritime tights for which England braved
the two great North: ris Confederacies, first in 171').
and secondly in the late war. But that we may not
mistal.e his meaning, he pc,ps,:s a " eloc/e.oe
peace, in which he shall reente the ;ledge of no!
being suddenly surprised and art scked under the
most ft ivcdous and false pre!.--.:-." This is no.
thing short of a disen demand upon us to cus-
mantle our navy. And wh.tt doe: Le offer in TP.
turn for these sactiGcc ? for this surrender of
our wooden walls and maritime rights, to which
we owe our safety, our glory, and prosperity ?
Why he will condescend to treat for as: surrender
of Malta, for which we went to war ; he will pass
over the partition of Poland, in which we had no
share ; and he will not insist that we shall relingnish
our conquests in India. But then, by this refcr,nce
to the treaty of Amiens, he no doubt means to rein-
scat!. Naples,' Genoa, //answer, &c. and leave
Europe just as it was at the date of the treaty
of Ame:ns. Nothing can he mote foreign from Isis
thong; t . For all the sacrifices demanded ef Eng-
land, he insists that all the new annexations, incor-
porations, and conquests, which constitute the new
federative elemsnrs of the French empire, shall re-
main as they now are. They must be very acute
observe!' who can discover any moderation or paci-
f.c temper in such declarations.

Veyerclay,abnut twelve o'clock, I liS MA !EST Y ar-
rived at the Queen's Palace, from W;ndsor. In a
aunt t;me after, His MAJESTY gave audiences to
the Dukes of YORK and Ke.r.

At half put two n'Llcck,Hls Majesty held a Pri-
vaie Levee, which was Attended by
The Imni hmeel!ur, the S'cretanes ref Stln., the Fint
I.• rd of the Adm.ralty, the Lord Organ Seal, de Margon of
Itandm-d, ESC, Galloway, Winchel.ra,Chnde.,lle, Harrinr-
toe, FitzwiNiaat, Spencer, and airtf flout h, Sad-
month, Look 41,e,•.110 and Ca•hcarr, Messrs. IVindhatn and
Gre% 'hie, and the Recorder of UN:4IUL

The following presentations to his MAJESTY
tonk place :
. .

Earl Char Orville. on hie promotion to the British Peerne,
upon which occ I c had the honour to kiss His Majesty's
The Marquis of Blatirlf 'el had the like honour, upon his
creatiiin to the British Peerage, by the tiCe of. ii,ron Spencer,
of Woriidelhi..,,.
Earl I farrirtic.,n, os big rct•rin from Berlin
After the Levee, His MAJESTY held a Privy
Council, for the purpose of receiving the Ilttnen-
re's report of the sir convies, capitally convieed
at the last Sessions in the Old Bailey. His M#stsv v
was graciously pleased to respite them all during his
plsasure.
After the Council, His Mattsest gave an au-
dience to Mr. Fos, for a considerable tine.
At four o'clock, His Masesr v set off for Wind-
sor.
His MAJESTY will hold a Chapter of the Most
Noble Order of the Garter, at Windsor Castle, on
Saturday, for the purpose of disposing at the two
blue sihbuns, vacant by the death of the Marquis of
LAIISDOWIS and Marquis CORNW A LEM The Mai-
quit of St • TTORD iS to have one; and, we under-
stand, the Duke of BEDFORD is to have the othrr.
'1 he urgency of His Grace's presence in Ireland
prevents his stopping to he present at the ceremony,
it will therefore be performed by prosy; and we
understand Sir Isaac Miser:. Garter King at
Aims, will follow His Grace to Ireland, to invest
him with the Noble Order. The Prince of %V • Les,
and all the Royal Dukes, are txpetted to he present
At the ceremony, at Windsor. All the Knights in
England are invited. After the Chapter, fits MA-
.lts: Y will entertain the Knights with a grand din-
ner.

A Court of arenors was held, yesterday, at the
East India House, when the following Commanders
took their final leave of the Court, previous to de.
parting for their respeitive destinations, viz.--
Capiain W. DiPialdtion, Neptune; Captaio V. Wedder-
bunt, Araiaon ; Captain J Dalrymple, Mario a of Ely; and
Ca, Lain H. flalkett, CirenceittrFur China direct.

The following Captains were sworn into the com-
mand of their respeßive ships, viz.—
Captain T. 111.Tageart, Ocean, for St I Wens and Berl d.
Captain H. Vaughan, Skilean Can'', tut
'lhe Court adjourned at six o'clock, till to-morrow.
The Sarah, Isaacs. from Newtbutidland. for
Exeter, was captured on the 29th of November last,
and carried into Spain.
The Stork, F.t.t4 es, from Lisbon, for Waterford,
was captured, on the Ist inst. in let. 50. 10. long.
9. 30. by a French privateer, of 14 guns.
The Swift, lisitswu.t., from Figuera, for Lon-
don, is captured on the coast of Portugal.
Tuesday, Sisson Newton, Esq Captain in this
10th, or Prince of WALES'S Regiment tat Light Dui-
goons, had the honour of [wing introduced to a p,e-
•ate audience with His !Cow. Hutt/gess by Sir
.lONS NswroNT, the Chancellor of the Irish Exche-
quer, his uncle.
There have been new contests in Eypt, between
the Beys and the Turkish troops sent against them by
the Katmacan. A large body ufAllsanians, not having
received any pay for some time, have also gtrae over
to the Heys. Since the taking of Medina, the Wm-
habis have made further progress ; they excite alarm
at Heeca, and have made themselves masters of
Gedda.

By the cession which Prussia has been compelled
to make to accommodate the Emperor of the
Faustus she loses about 350,000 of t et 6,nier po.
pulation, while in the poswssion of the El-etc/tau: ut
Hanover, she acquires a million of sew surjects. In-
dependent of this very advantageous halaiii e in her
favour, the commercial advantages which the c•im-
mand of the Elbe and the Weser give her, are, of
themselves, almost a sufficient compensation for Cie
surrender of provinces so remote as Anspach and
Bayreuth, which must always have been exposed to
insult and inconvenience, whenever the Preach and
Austrian armies should meet its Bavaria.


Last night, the seventh C-,ncert this season, was
Riven at rite R:ioms, Han,,ver-smtare. under
the dirrilion of the Earl of ii\nr.inGE. The first
aa commenced with a Cr.ind Overture, ('odor
F,dn. 2d.—Mrs. liirt.t.tisoroN was in rule voice;
and in

Berenice. owe se.
Qua! Intthr2
wasraptitrously appla rl u..e... The . R .coms were eery
brilliant. The Concert W4S attended by the follow-
ing Nobility
:
Ila Ru)al GiThnew the r•ince of Wales.
Duchesaw—York and Lorre.
Duke of Cambridge.
Matchiuneis Thomond.
Conntet,ee-- kthborriham, St. Vincent, and Wintertnn.
Turk--.ll,bridge, binefurd, Marvinelri, and Poinfh.t.
Larlie.--Dnwager Anitie.gt, Arlen, Meanie!, Cawe, El.
1004roolgb, Gltride, C. I lartia, Motion, Lucas,
N.ave, Prnr.u, Dowager Reed, and Vernon.
loirdr-;-Arden, De Drinthaneilic, Elletrbormigh,
Macilon.dJ, Rear, Verron, Wentworth aad
Wahitigharn.
The Ilort. George 1(110Y. his Lady, and Mn.a Hume.

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