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Tilt n telft,C, SEPT. 19.
Vice—limit...al Verbena lately arrived in this city,
where he has had several conferences with thiGrand
Pension:ay. Tire Changes that have lately tatted
plaee,.in consequence of the new,diredipn of thi
naval and military fr.rea of the Republic. having
rendered his presence unnecessary On the dust. Ad-
miral Verheu'l has just taken possession of the in-'
perinteniance of the Marine Depastmeat. M. Van
Royen, who had been placed, ad ialerim, at the head
of that department, is appointed a Counsellor of State:
ROTTERDAM. sErr 17.
The troops on their march from this cnuntr y to
the Rhine, are proceeding with the greatest speed :
those which had halted one day at Nymegen, are
allowed fourteen days to reach Mayence, being
only permitted to halt one day on their way thither.
General Vignolles left Utrecht on the Ilth inst. ;
and General Marmont the same city, on the 14th,
for Mayence, tee head-quarters of his Excellency
were to be in complete order against the 2sith inst.
It is stated in several Newspapers, that orders have
been sent to Hanover, for all the troops in that Elec-
torate to march for the camp at Zeist.
Two companies of the Ist battalion of the 4th
regiment of Saurian Infantry, and a company of
Artillerists belonging to the Life Guards, have
marched into the Briellie from the Hague.
leakier, si rr. 10.
The French General Dssroc, Marsal of the Palace,
who arrived here on the Ist of this month, still con-
tinues in this city. His departure seems to depend
still on ulterior* orders, which he expels from his
Court, to which he has transmitted an Account of
the first result of his mission. Since the arrival of
M. Duroc at Berlin, the Prussian Cabinet has
adopted resolutions of very great importance in the
present conjundure. On one hand, this Cabinet was
to have addressed to the Courts of Vienna And St.
Petersburg!: fresh representations, tending to the
support of the peace of the Continent. On the other
hand, it was resolved to put in motion a considerable
p no of the army of the kingdom, to the number of
fOO,OOO men. The Royal Orders on the subjed
have been already dispatched to the corps of the
sh:ferent armiea which have beep chosen to form
this force. These arrangements have countermand-
ed the grand autumnal inancuvres, which have
usually taken place at Potsdam. Two Russian offi-
cers of distill:lion, the General of Infantry Bencken-
dorf, and the ivy Counsellor Stackelberg, are
amongst tie foreigners lately arrived in this city.
AVOSSVRO,IEPT. 6.
There has been a talk, that Prussian troops were
abort! to assemble in Franconia f. but this intelli-
gence is destitute of foundation. 'liaises of peace
are still cherished, notwithstanding all the hostile
preparations of Austria.

COLOCSZ, SETT. a.
On the 3d, the first division of the Army of the
Coast, 10,000 ;teen strong, passed through Mons ;
they have, for the most put, proceeded on their march
for the Upper Rhine, in carriages, over Luxemburg
and Triers. No more than 30,000 raen are said to he
left on the coasts. All now depends on which party
can first occupy Suabia, and afterwards Switzer-
land ; for it seems that the die of peace or war is al-
ready cast.

PlAPitt% AUG. 13.

No new shocks followed the tremendous earth-
quake of the 26th of Jely, and the public mind be-
came somewhat more tranquil. Within these few
♦ys, however, a violent noise was heard in Vesta-•
vies, which indicate) a fresh acenecof horror.
The inhabitants of the towns of Torre del Greco
sad Annunziata, situated at the foot of the Mountain,
fled with thoracic valuable of their property. Yes-
terday, about half past nine o'clock at night, an ex-
tremely violent eruption of Vesuvius took place,
from the crater which was opened in the year 1794.
The lava quickly spread over the plain, to the dis-
tance of four Italian miles, and proceeded towards
the sea, which it reached about three in the morn-
ing. It divided, at its origin, into two branches, oue
menaced Yorti.i, hut fortunately turned off again,
and united-with the other branch ; so that the fiery
stream formed a kind of island. ii.t.,the spot where
it discharged itself into the *ea( suddenly arose a
promontory of volcanic matter. The whole of tee
distrid covered by lava, wet tit a flame for twenty
minutes, and exhibited an awfully magnificent spec-
tacle ; the blazing trees, horning with a white, and
the lava, with a red flame. When the river of lava
reached the sea, it began to foam horribly, and vast
whit Is of water and fire, produced by the two con-
tending ele.nents,. were preitetted to the eye of the
spenator. Many of the inhabitants of l'ortici saved
themselves hy water; bat the place remained un-
injured by the lava ; though its current passed so
near it, not a single persorircijsbed.
The damage str.fained by the vineyards from the
torrent of lava, is estimated at 600,000 ducats.—
Many naturalists ,are of opinion, that several pro-
vinces of the kingdom are entirely undermined, and
that they will consequently sink at some future pe-
ria•.l, and be overwhelmed by the sea.
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