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en their march from Holland. for the Ilanoveri.m
6th of

this.
Those persons who survived the yellow fever last
year, were, at the beginning of the dog-days, at-
tacked by the itch. 01 the yellow fever, thanks to
Providence, no vestige has appe red. At Card+
gena a putrid fever had broken nut, but, at the coup-
mencement of the hot weather, it diseppe.tred.

ITALY, AVU. 18.
Five volumes of a wort, containing an Account
of the Journey of his Holiness the Pope to France,
has already appeared at Rome. The sixth and
last is shortly expeded.
Oa the 6th of this month, the brig the St. Peter,
a present from the Emperor Napoleon to the Holy
Father, left the port of Civita Vecchia with a galliot.
They soon afterwards fell in with an African cor.
sair, which they took, after a short engagement,
Its crew consisted of 18 men, besides the Rays.
ITALY, AUC. 20.
The French and Italian troops, in the kingdom
of Italy, occupy a camp near ?Cate C:liaro. The
fortifications of Mantua, Peschiera, and Pixsighe-
to!te, are repairing and strengthening with the
greatest aCtivity ; and Turin will be placed in a
strong state of defence.

OT ?ME MAINE, AUG. 31.
Since the Itith of this month, all the Circular
Offices in Austria have received, by Couriers,
sealed orders, which are not to be opened till the
28th.
At Mentz, 101 galleyvslaves are expetted. They
are to be employed in the new works at the har-
bour.

A public paper has given the following intelli-
gence s—The seizure of a Secretary of Legation in
Alsace, by some French Gras d'..lraies, has been the
subject of much conversation. He is reported to
have been employed in an embassy at Paris, whence
he privately departed, taking with him the most
important diplomatic papers; amongst the rest, those
relative to the latest negociations, for the purpose of
communicating them to a foreign power.
The celebrated gallery at Basil, in which was the
Deere of Death, painted by Holbein, and which no
traveller omitted to see, has lately been pulled
down. On its site a public walk is to be con-
strueled.
SZNIFIN, AUG. S.
According to the last a Iviees from Servia, en
army of 0,003 Turks is on the point of entering
that province. his divided into four corps, one
of which is commanded by Aunt, Aga of Nesse ;
the second by Sessi, Governor of I.iskoveze; and
the two others, by the Pashas sent by the Porte._
The insurgents are making the most serious prepa-
iations to oppose this attack. l'hey have fortified
,Ati the passages, and form a hue along the whole
frontier, as well on the side of Bosnia, as of Bul-
garia. .
-•-nennui.....
FROM THE GERMAN PAPERS.
• •-••••• .
PRESENT STATE. OF THE R.VSSLAN LAND-FORCES,
WITH A SURVEY OF THE EXPENCES OF THEIR
MAINTENANCE.
In time of peace, Russia has half a million of men
in arms. No Other state has such an immense force at
its disposal, and only the Ruisiau Emperor is capable
of maintaining it, at an etpence so extremely small ig
proportion. The subjoined details diffuse o4w light
over this political and military phanomenoosarkiell
is doubly interesting to us at this critical moonlit* j
' REGULAR TROOPS. .
Life Guards, Hors.-1 Regiment Cavalier Guards; 1 Rvigia
nsent Horse Gnardi; 1 Regiment Life Hussars; 1 Regimeni
Life Canaan; 1 Regiment Ural Life Cossacks—Total, 3,316
Privates. Foot-1 Regiments Grenadiers; 1 Battalion Jagers;
1 Ratallion of Artillery; 1 Garrison Battalion—Total, 9,301
Privates. Total of thi Guards, 12,621.
Field oeginleilts—Cavalry ; 6 Regiments of Cuirassiers; 96
Regiments of Dragoons; to Regiments of filusets, and I
Regiment of Hulaus; 1 Regiment of T.chtigujeff Co.,acks ;
1 Regiment of I. ghostliest Tartan; 1 Regiment of Polish
Cavalry. Total, 49,7 N Private.. '
foralior —ll3 Regiments of Grenadiers; 77 Regiments of
Mausuerovirs, 20 Regiments of /aim. Total, 219,125 Pri-
vate..._ . n 1- •
In Garrison-1S Regiments on the Field-etat ; 4 Regiment*
on the Land-mat. Total, 70,614 Privates.
Artillery-4 Battalions of Siege.artillety, 10 Battalions of
Field-artillery, 12 Companies and GI Commanders of Garri-
son-artillery ; 2 Regiments of Pioneers,' iCompanier of Pon-
mimeos., the Coq,. of Engineer'. Total, 42,219 Privates.
Total of the Regular Troops.--11,6+2 Star *and Superior
WEAN; 1.167 p Nuns belonging to the Inferior Staff;
011,917 privates. Total of the reglut,t'is tit fiece., 409,096.
IRREGULAR TROOPS.
Don, Tscheriturnorsk, Ural and Sisertaa Csiacks, Tex-
terek and Grebeto.k rirtars, Basehkirions, ealmocks, Ste.
Tot ,I, 2,199 Superior 015. en, 911,2 1 1 privates.
iota ut toe regular and irregular army, exclusive of the
Invalids; 13,014 Stet/ and Superior Olfneet; 1,01 belong-
tog to the Infer... Staff; 499,10,9 privates.. Total, 505,130
I ha Iln•hilla aft °bait...4 el 111 cusainegenksin garrison 139
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Comm:soden on duty in different towns; sod 41 eempaii•e
of s/IperflUlTlVlraritrll. Tot.), 1,150 Officer., and 11.770 prt-
a •
view.
•
414 P
11111111110 re of etch Regie4nt
i lb
11 ri •of Pelee. 'Mute of War.
'at '
Reales. Ruble..
Cuirassiers • - - 6'5,461
Dragoons - • - - 54,279 55, 'oril
!Ist ers•- - 91, 91,182
Giervidiers . - - 68,297 7 5,..•69
Musaueseen - -67,71 n 74,071
Jagvis
49,81/ k 0,048
UErri.lei on the Field-Ittat 2.1.957
Garrison on the Land-Etat - 10,'41
6 Regiments of Cuirassie.s
therefore en.t - . 379,130 392,768
86 Rermenti of Drain-HIS • 1,411,1/6 1,444,716
le Ditto of Hussars, and I Re-
PT.llt of Dubin .1,005,780 1,015,009
13 Dame( Greedier, • - 887,04i3 —. 978,400
77 Ditto of Musqueteers 5,123,714 5,841,972
11143,tt0 of .r..g.-rs - - 997,431 1,00C,846
15 Garrison Regiments on the
Field-Etat - • . 319,2('7
4 Ditto on the Land-Etat • 33,563
A private Dragoon costs the Crown, annually, for mainte-
nance, 12 rubles; for dative, 13 rubies; fur the equipment
' of his hors', 10 rubles.
A private Muspieteer costs, f.r maintenance, 9 rubles SO
copecks; and for cluthi.ig, 11 rubles 75 sopetks.
Derides his pay, the soldier receives, yearly, 3 'stitch/eft of
me-med. and 14 tschetwert of grits, of which, as well as of
the forage, the 'Aloe eannot he estimated, on account of the
variation of Nye price.
From the,* results, it appears how Russia is en-
abled to maintain such a colossal force. No other
Monarch caa maintain his troops at such a cheap
rate, as the powerful Sovereign of the Russian Em-
pire. With this facility of maintenance, the re-
sources presented by the progressive encre.ase of the
population of the Russian Empire, keep peace: ,The
total number of its inhabitants is estimated at 80
millions. In the same proportion as it has aiiss.
mented, the Sovereigns of Russia have eucreased
their military force.
About a century ago, in the year 17 12, the regular
troops amounted to 108,350 men ; at the death of
Peter the Great, in 1724, they were encreased to 2
regiments of Guards, 50 regiments of Infantry, 30
regiments of Dragoons, several squadrons of Hus-
sars, 67 Garrison-Regiments. and 6 regiments of
Land-Militia, making a total of nearly 200,000
men. In 1771, the strength of the regular army hail
again encreased to such a degree, that, exclrishre of
the Guards and Artillery, it consisted ,of • 198,1:)7
men. In 1794, the regular land-force of Russia,
including the above-mentioned corps. amounted to
312,78.5 men ; and, during the last eleven years, it
has been so much augmented. that, according to the
preceding statement, it now forms a mass of more
than 508,000 armed men.
PRESEter STATE OF THE r RENCII MILITARY
FORCE.
At a moment when the political horizon is again
overcast, a Statement of the French Military Force
will not be unworthy of public attention. Like the
preceding account of the Russian Land Force, it is
derived from the most authentic sources.
The Gendarmerie forms a distindt body, com-
posed of 2,620 brigades. Of these, 1,819 are ca-
valry, and 813 infantry, The whole corps is divided
into 28 legions, among which is the Legion D'Alite,
which forms a part of the Imperial Guards. Mar-
shal Moncey is at the head of the Gradaenteris
with the title of Inspedor-General.
The corps of Artillery is composed of a regimen!,
of Infantry, 6 regiments of Horse Artillery, 15
companies of Labourers, 2 batallions of Pooton-
niers, and 1G hatallions of the Train of Artillery.
There are besides, 231 officers, who are charged
with the diredion and inspedion over the Artillery,
as well with the army, as in fortified places slid c, -
lonies. General Songis is the First Inspector-Ge-
neral of Artillery ; besides him, there are 11 nth-r
InspeCtors-General. 'The Artillery, which contri-
I wed so materially to the success of the French
armies, daring the late war, forms a distind corps.
which is. imniediately under the command of the
Minister at War.
The corps of Engineers is composed of a General
Staff, 5 batallions of Sappers, 9 companies of Mi-
ners, and the Garde, Jr Genie. To the General Staff
belong 3 Generals of Division, under whom General
Marescot is first Inspeetor-General, 6 Brigade-Ge-
nerals, 37 Colonels, the Diredors, and 37 Chiefs of
Batallions ; the Sub-Direltors are 220 Captains, AO
Lieutenants, an Examiner of the corps of Engineers,
who is a Member of the Institute, and 4 Provi-
sory Diredors. The five batallions of Sappers
have likewise a Staff, and are divided into 9 corn.
panics Each batallion is composed of 612 men, in
time of peace, and 209 men, in time of war. Each
of the 9 companies of Miners consists, in time of
peace, of 68, and, in war, of 100 men.
The French Infantry is composed of 90 regi-
ments of Infantry of the Line, and 27 regiments of
Light Infantry. Among the Colonels of Regi.
:nem% the brother and brother-in-14w of tho

perm, Prince Joseph, and the Prince of I.ucca arh'.
Piombian, are particularly distinguished.
The Cavalry consists of 7S regiments, namely,
2 regiments of Carabineers, 12 regiments of Cui-
rassiers, 30 regiments of Dragoons, 2! regiments of
Jagers, And lor regiments of Hussars.
The corps of Vcterans comprehends lo
meats.

The whole of the French army at present amounts
to 575.548 men, eeclusive of the Genf...Parlors, the
National Guards, and the newly organised armies ri
the kingdom of Italy.
As a MilUary Monarchy, France is divided into
eivisions. The Head-qoarters of these divisions
which comprehend 2,5, or more departments, are,
Paris, where Prince Murat commands as Governor, I
Mezieres, Metz, Nancy, Strasburg, Be-rancor!, Gre-
noble, !Marseilles, Montpe!ier, Toulouse, Bordeaux.
Nantes, Rennes, Caen, Rouen, Lille, Dijon, Lyons,
Pevigueur, Bourges, Tours, Bastia, Prussels, Liege,
Coblentz, Turin, and Genoa.
The ,Oive arni;es of the French Empire, reik
present organised in the following manner:,,.ire wrench force in Italy cors.;ists of the French
Army of Observation, under the comnr,nd of Ole
General Gonvion Sr. Cyr, under whom are •the
Generals Montrichard, Quesse/, and Bron ; and of
the troops in Upper and Middle. Italy, undLr
supreme command of 7Slarshal Jourdan, who fct„,
what is called the Army of Italy, of which Genvai
Charpentier is Chief of the General Staff. It is
composed of 5 divisions, under the Generals Chabot,
Zayonchek, Polly, Gardanne, and Olivier; the
corps of troops, in E curia, under Genersil Verdier;
the troops in the Genoese, under General Milhaud,
and the corps in the States r,f Puma, conunanJei
by General Lesuire.
The Army of lionover, as it is denominated, over
which Marshal Bernadotte has the supreme ems.
I Math!, is composed of four divisions of Infantry,
under the Generals Rivaud, Droner, Dessolles, and
Barbon, and a division of Cavalry, commanded by
Genes-al Kellermann. General Leopold Berthier is
Chief of the General Staff; and the Generals Du-
moulin, Schiner, Frere, Picard, Paetod, Matici,
Werle, and Grandjeaa, fuse particular commands
in this army.

The army in Holland is divided into two prin-
cipal parts, composed of the the ee divisions in the
camp, formed at Utrecht, under the Generals Vig--
Bondet, and Groechy ; the supreme com-
mand of which is vested in General Mertnomt,
whose authority, as General in Chief, extends to
tfe. whole Batavian Republic. To thikarmy,
wise, beleng the other Fiends troops. colleded in
Holland, under the command of the General of
Monnet.
At the head of the General Staff of the Army of
the Coast, is the Marshal and Minster of war. Ber-
thier, as Major-General. The different divisions of
this mass of troops are:-1. The corps of Cavalry-
! reserve, under General Bourcier. 2. The corps of
Reserve of Grenadiers, under General Oudinot. 5.
The corps of Dragoons, composed of two divisions,
conduded by the Generals Klein and Bar iguay
D'Hilliers. 4. The camp of Monrreuil, under the
command of Marshal Ney, comprismg four divi-
sions, commanded by Generals Dupont, Loison,
Tilly, and Malher. 5. The camp of Brest, under
the command of Marshal Augereau, consisting of
three divisions, under the Generals Mathieu, Bon-
net, and Desjardins. 6. The camp of Bruges,
composed of four divisions, under the Generals
Guilin, Triant, Walther, and Debilly, and the so-
prersse command of which is vested in Marshal
Davoust, who is assisted by the celebrated General
Mathieu Dumas, as Chief of the General Staff. 7.
The camp of St. Omer, or Boulogne, cornrow:led
by Mershal Sault ; this is the most numerous
Oats of the Army of the Coast; consisting of 5 d,-
visions, under the Generals St. Hilaire, Vandamme,
Legrand, Suchot, and 1 lautpoult.
The French General Etat-Me/or is tonfpesed cf
the Marshals of the Empire, Inspectors, and General-
Colonels, Generals of Divisioto and Generals of
Brigade. The Adjutants-Commandants. likewise,
belong to it. The number of Marshals is, at pre.
sent, / ; exclusive of the 4 Senators, who hold the
rank of Marshal. it is limited to 16. The present
Marshals are, the Minister at War, Berthier, Prince
Murat, Moncey, Jourdan, hfassena. Augereav,
Bernadotte, Snub., Brune, Lannes, Monier, Ney,
Davoust and Bessieres ; the four Senators invested
with the title of Marshal, are, Kellerman'', Left -
bre, Perignon, and Sarrurier. The number of
Generals of Division amounts, with the most recent
appointments, to 124, and the class of Generals of
Brigade, is more than twice as numerous. They
amount to 265. Eleven Generals are at present
without command, and at the disposal of Govern-
ment ; these are, the Marshal Massena, the Generals
of Division Macdonald, Therreau, Morlot, Cart L
St. Cyr, Clause!, and Miollis ; and the Generals et
Brigade. Boyer, Harty, and Vonderwield. Toe
member of Adjutants Commandants amounts to

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territory. Among these regiments are the 6t
hussamithe fith of eh4flofilLlind
dairTfinfatry 4*ff
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