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The 'het% ing and letting of five pure oue-shear
Merino rains, partly bred from His Majesty's
flock, and partly front lleritio,4 more recently im-
ported into this country, then commenced. His
Grace having d-clinert to put any price on the hire
of these tops. a, being the first he ever offered to
let, a long hesitation prevailed before any otters
were made, or bidding, commenced; when, &Pee
snore rather kern biddi.ig, they went eff as full-
loss, sir.—
Nu. 1. at so piaeaa, Earl Dank,.
* 15 Jobs Eliseo.
2 as --, Lord Whicaortb.
• 7—, Mr Rayarousb.
• 41 --•--, Henry Hugh Haar,.

LVTERCIIPTED COPRESPONDENCE.

LETTik /RON NAFOLZON TO Till QUERN OF SICILY,
[MON TRe OCCASION OF THIS UNION 1111 NAN CON.
YILACTSO WItN Jilt JUICE. TUN ARCUDUCHSSS
MAMA LOUISA.
(It was inclosed in *letter from Madant Denret, dated Paris,
the 21th February, to ►er husband, the Coimel of the t yth
regiment of light infantry, is t►e second division of the
secuod corps of the French army in Spain, and was inter-
cepted by the light parties attached to the army of the left
The ori;pn■t is in the perssastoa Ohio Excellency the Mar-
quis of Romans, to whom it was deli►ered.]

LETTLR FROil DUMAN IBLORET TO NM OUSBAND.
" M) dear and good friend !—.l have just receiv-
ed a pretty large packet, inclosing k letter for my-
self, one for M. Glenna, another for the Mayor of
La Rtviere, and a fourth for M. De Ilarthiley. I
am very glad that you have written to the last men-
tioued, us my papa had just received • letter from
him, complaining of your 'deuce, and expressing
his fears, that you would imitate your protector,
and forget him. He is much attached to jou, and
w.il write to you as soon as we have informed him
of the number of your corps and diviaion. You say
nothing concerning your health ; but I conclude
that you are completely recovered, from your fre-
quentiug the lodges of the freemasons. Mine is
good, notwii.istaisding the cold we experience here.
Papa and in .•.I,int are very well, and Eugene bet-
ter tli in any of us. Ile .s continually talking of
you, and is the favourite of the family, end the ob-
ject of our caresser. I shall give the best reception
to Mrs. de Bureau, when she arrives. You n•-ed not
be uneasy, tot 1 will carefully attend to your orders.
A number of new battalions are raising for the im-
perial guard ; mill all the young men prefer serving
_or pa which usually remains in garrison, in
Paris, to going to die in Spain. It is said the Em-
peror sets off for that kingdom on the 40th last., hut
there is nothing certain upon this subject. Gcd
grant that he may go; for you might. probably,
ni that cave, be placed near his person, aud ob-
tain a handsome estate of .5.000 pieces a-year,
with the title of Baron ! This would be tolerably
well, and I assure you that I should he not a little
proud of heating myself styled my Lady Baroness;
but for the present I have renounced all hopes,
and shill think myself very happy in seeing you
one • more. The war with Spain is universally
pro:tritiumd to be an endless contest ; for such is the
ferority of its inhabitants, that they would sooner
convey} the whole of their country into a desert ;mu
receive the Emporia's brother! What barbarians
those Spaniards are ! What a set of cannibals!
I hate them implacably, and particularly the friars.
You are already apprised of the intended marriage
of our Emperor with an Archduchess of Austria.
Some think favourably of this match ; but the
major part are of opinion, that it will prove the
ruin of Napoleon. It is said that Josephine al-
ready begin, to be an object of alarm to the
Emperor ; and it is confidently rumoured that
Rosen( is ou the eve of breaking with us. When
will our wars have an end ? Our Italian friend,
who visits in the Duke of Bassimo's family, has
give., me the inclosed copy of a letter to be for-
ward, d to you, which is crtainly a very singular
pro.: uition. It is said that the Queen of Sicily will
riot at cept the proposal, of the Emperor, and that a
new and sanguinary war is about to commoice.
leave you to thiuk with what regret I hear such
tidings. Adieu, my esteemed friend! I embrace
and love you with my whole heart ! Your best sod
mod faithful friend,

" P. ■EIJRET DE CELLERIER."
P. S. 'Alums and Papa, and the whole family,
charge me with a thousand things to you. 1 have
not et received the letter for your pension as •
Member of the Legion of Honour."

COPT OF A LETTER FEUM Illy MAJESTY THE
EM-
PEaOa or THE FRENCH, KING OF IF•LY• &C.
TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SICILY.
" MADAM AND Couute—The erects of the year
1805 interrupted our friendship and harmony. A
formidable coalition against France, artfully planned
in the cabinet of Mr. Pitt, and masked in an extra-
ordinary manner, had put in motion against my le-
gion., that were posted on the coasts of the ocean,
the Russian, German, and Pruwian armies. In
that critical situation, my duty was to deliver France
front the conflict, and to disperse the dreadful storm,
or at least to its effects. This I at length
acconylisbed, by bringing Prussia, Wirtemberg,
and Bavaria, to • sense of their owu interests; and
by forming • treaty with King Ferdinand. your
Majesty's spouse, in which he engaged not to re-
ceive in. his kingdom either linssian or English
troops. In consequence hereof, my troops eva-
cuated his states. 'War was declared ; and scarcely
had my eagles entered Vienna in triumph, when I
learued that the Court of Naples had violated the
sacred faith of the treaty, and was admitting an
army into its very capital.
•' I instantly knew that the seductive gold of
Fogland, opportunely employed by her agent,
Acton, had triumphed over the debility of King
Ferdinand. The battle of Austerlitz secured to
nit the happy result of • war unjustly provoked ;
and Fran!e sod bee allies loudly demanded the de.
struction of the Dynasty of Naples. which its per-
jury bad covered • ith disgrace. Placed in this cri-
tical situation, and hieing a Constitutional Monarch,
what resource had I left ? Your Majesty, who have
exte•riesiceit the arrogance of your subject., knows,
and I ought to know, that we Sovereigns must
frequently stifle our own iischuatioms, Coin a re-
gard to the interests, and even the prejudice", of
the people we govern. Thus was the late of the
House of Nooks decided ; and it was doomed to
lose its kingdom, without any possibility on my
part to p it ! Wbat pangs did this deter-
mination cost me ! How odious in my eyes were
the ..:eptre and crown, when I found myself
compentil to a isnrceertiog se adverse to my own
sentiments! Neserthele.s. I did not lose sight
of itw interests of, a misled and disgraced dynasty ;
and when it became impossible for me to re-establ.sh
it in Italy, I tbought of giving it an equivalent
elsewlierv. The propositionswhich I made. from
Etfurth. to King George, leave no doubt as to
this fact. To the war of Germany, notwithstanding
the pacific overtures by Lord Lauderdale. and the
announced voyage of the Russian Messenger. No-
vozdtzoff. immediately succeeded that of Prii.sia.
nse Sas.reign would not agree to the moderate
p: swills which I made hon. Instigated and Wind-
td t., lit.ntl3. and the Insinuations and intorno:- of

nglanff, hat in a mintier; prestmed td dictate
the la* to me, when his situation was such
should have rather prepared him to receive it.--
A few days sufficed to convince him of his error ;
and; notwithstanding his misconduct, my modera-
tion left him irt possession of half his states. The
peace of Tilsit once more tranquillized Europe ;
and I should have put en end to the calamities of
war, had I not been convinced of the bad faith of the
House of Spain, which, though my Ally, merely
hesitated to declare against me, in consequence
of being confounded try the victory, of Jena. The
scandalous quarrels between the Father and Son,
the ambition and sordid conduct of the Prince of
the Peace, and the wish of rendering happy, and
divesting of its prejudices, a nation of the first rank,
made um turn my views upon that kingdom. The
Spaniards were dissatisfied with the Government
of king. Charles, and Prince Ferdinand, held out
to Europe as a traitor by his father, could not
ascend a throne, which, since the time of Leiria
XIV. has belonged to France. On the other hand,
POrtugal was au English province; and the Podia.
meat of that nation. having resolved upon the sys-
tem of perpetual war, it was necessary to exclude
their squadrons from the Continent, before they
could have an opportunity of re-committing
such an enormity as their attack upon Copenhagen.
Impelled by this combination of motives, 1 sent my
troops into those kingdoms, and all the projected
. changes would have been effected without the least
disturbance, hadsnot the Spaniards been led astray
by English moimply, cud the fanaticism of the
monks. The culifidence and security which 1 en-
tertained upon this subject, and the ignorance of
some of my generals, oenasiourd tile petty loaves I
have suffered I 0 that quarter, and which the enemies
of order have celebrated in au extraordinary man-
ner. But Europe soon saw what was to have been
expected of the Spaniards, and the Junta of Seville,
whose measures were totally subverted in the first
instance by the battle of Tudela, and subsequently
by that of Ocanr.
" The crown of Arragon, which retained some
attachment to the Douse of Austria, is the only one
that has opposed • regular resistance : cud amidst
the events that during the last two years here iic-
curved in Spain, those alone which merit any at-
tention are the defences of Saragossa and Derosia,
which were owing inure to the obstinacy and fanati-
cism of the monks, than to the valour and discipline
of their garrisons. 11.1 short, Spain is conquered ;
and the English have no longer anylroint of sup-
port in it, except Cadiz, and a bauctful of insur-
gents headed by the traitor Itornams. The forces
they have in Portugal merely wait until my troops
are in motion, when they will immediately-embark ;
and I am convinced that the Portuguese army will
experience a disastrous fate. How characteristic
is it of commercial nations to sacrifice their
allies ! The hearts of the English are metallis
tied ; and they act only from the impulse tif
gain. With them there is neither honour, nor
faith, nor do they hold any obligation:sal4l:
They have sacrificed- your Majesty's House,' Den-
mark, Sweden, Holland, Austria, P 441111, and Lat-
terly. Portugal and Spain. But. siting moment,
they have no friends on the Continent; they have
lost all their relations with it. I make this repre-
sentation to your Majesty, to impress you with the
truth of my expressions, and the absolute necessity
under which 1 find myself of sacrificing sonic d; -
mastics. lint a new order of things is about to s VC.
ceed, and every thing will be remedied. France,
though friendly to innovation, entertains, neverthe-
less, great attachment and deference for established
usages and customs.

I. The same people who destroyed the throne did
not cease until they re-estahlislied it with greater
pomp and splendour than it had before ; and I
have found myself under the necessity of creat-
ing a Nobility, to which, however, I have given
a more convenient form than that of the ancient
order. In like manner, Monarchical France claims
and insists upon her rights to those crowns which
she formerly possessed, and your Majesty will in-
stantly perceive, that events may occasion a change
of Dynasty in France, hut not any variation or
alteration in her rights or relations. Front this
motive I have resolved to place the crowns of
Spain and Italy on the heeds of brothers and
relations, who, besides being Princes of my House,
conceive that they have contributed to my elevation
to the throne. Your Majesty, who are aware that
every thing is linked together by immutable laws,
will perceive the necessity that has compelled me to
adopt this rule. As to what concerns the *ltera-
tions in the north, I assure your Majesty that I have
no particular interest in them. 1 have merely per-
mitted them with the view of diminishing the power
and influence of Russia, which, regarding the other
states of Europe as continually divided, and always
having different interests, like the republics of
Greece in ancient times, may one day become what
Macedonia was in respect to them; and the present
Alexander, perhaps, subjugate snore nations than
he who penetrated as far as India. The prejudices
of the House of Austria, which has impoliticly
exerted itself to sustain the rights of that of Bour-
bon, have Wheats, wade me act in opposition to
my intentions, at, that I have been obliged to tem-
porise with the Czar of the Riss.iaits, whose inte-
bbbbb are different from none. an I whose indium
tions follow the impulse givers them by the intrigues
and parties in his court. The late war with Austria
has enlightened the Emperor Francis with regard
to his interest ; and I, who um attached to the old
system of France, have proposed and obtained an
alliance with one of Isis daughters. It is with the
higlieAsatisfactiort that I announce to your Ma-
jesty this stroke of my policy, which, at the same
time that it will confer happiness on the greater
part of Europe, will open a way for me to obtain
the regard and esteem of your Majesty. 1 inn
anxious that this marriage should be represented
by your Majesty to Europe to be what it truly is,
just, equal, and proper. I, who am faithful to my
promises. end powerful to accomplish them. will
gratefully repay your Majesty for the interest which
you will thus take in the tranquillity of so .any na-
tion% The dyne-ties of Bourbon will all of them be
indemnified for their losses. The Princes of the
!louse of Spain will receive their indemnification
in countries which have no contact with France,
and where their relations commit be adverse to
my dynasty. As to your Majesty's Rouse. I will
snake every possible exertion it' its favour. Master
of Spaio and Portugal, it will not be difficult fur me

to take Gibraltar, and I shall tit ed Whisk (IR
English from the Mediterranean. They will lose
Mahe ; and, in the coasts of Africa and Egypt, I
shall find colonies superior to those I have lost.
France, from its situation, needs no islands ; and if
your Majesty consider it topographically, you will
observe that in reality none belong to her. In
this point of view, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Malta,
the lonian Islands, and several of the Archipe-
lago, will form the patrimony of your Majesty's
line, which, in that case. may look upon itself as
the England of the Mediterranean. Let not your
Majesty persist in the wish to recover the states
which your family formerly possessed in Italy.—
Imperious circumstances have compelled me to
make so many variations, that it is now impossible
to alter them, and the islands above enumerated
are a complete equivalent. I have explained my
ideas to your Majesty. at full length, and have
spoken to you with that sincerity which becomes
one who is on the eve of being your nephew._
From henceforth, all feelings of rancour, animosity.
and passion, should cease. I forget the injuries I
have received; and your Majesty ought to regard
ine as your relative and your ally. My cause and
my interests ought to be those of your Majesty, as
those that belong to you shall be mine. I shall
aggrandize the dominions of the House of Austria,
restore her to her ancient splendour, make her
mistress of the Danube, give her ports on the Black
Sea, and, short, a navy, which shall command
the whole of that semi, and whose Bag will be re:
.pasted in the Archipelago.
s' I will assist tier in her quarrels with Russia ;
and the Princes, the brothers of the Emperor
Francis, shall reign over countries whichthat power
hat usurped ever since the time of Peter the Great.
In recompense for all this, I require only the
friendship, the good-will of your Majesty. Upon
this depends the happiness of more than an hundred
millions of souls; and I, who am interested in the
welfare of so many nations, pray and supplicate
your Majesty to second my intentions. Let not
prejudices, erroneous views of interest, and, above
all, the seductive artifices of the English, cause
yanr Majesty to lose so favourable a conjuncture.
" Let your Majesty, availiug yourself of your
natural taleutaud perspicacity, avoid being surprised
by those who hover about your spouse. May Eu-
rope not see herself frustrated of this basis of feli-
city ; in consequence of which, the iiiterest of all
the dynasties hying conciliated, they may fall with
their whole weight upon the pirates. May the pre-
sent generation, in font of whom Providence has
placed us, witness the sacrifice which Motiarelss
shall be disposed to make of their passions. This
I expect of your Majesty, and so I entreat that
he may take you into his holy and worthy keep-
ing, fec."