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14ZIR AT, COMMANDER OF THk CORPS OF OBEER.
VATION) TO 'THE CARDINAL FIRST MINISTER
OF H IS 1-10LINiSS THE POPE.
" I-lead-quarters, Florence, 7an.'164.
" I have the Honotir to inform you, M. Cardinal, that
the dounit: object ofmy march into the States of the Holy
Father is; lirst, to occupy Ancona, ceded to ,the French
Army by the Armistice of Trevi§o ; second, to/ender to
His Hohnest the free enjoyment of his States, by obliging
the Neapolitans to evacuate the Cattle of St. Ange, and
the whole Territory of Rome.
" I know that His Holiness has severkl times solicited
in vain. the evacuation of his States by the Neapolitan
Troops,.but Phope the approach of the French will ren-
der them more juit. ,
" I am exceedingly desirous, by the prompt evacua-
tion of the Country of Rome, the Neapolitans should
spare His Holiness the pain of seeing the City he inhabits
become the Theatre of War., .• •

" The Order of my Government is constantly, that I
should not take Citta Castellana, unless I should be po-
sitively called upon to do so by His Holiness.
" This is sufficient to convince him of the considera-
tion.the First Consul entertains for him.•
" assured, M. Cardinals of the esteem by which I
am satiated towards you.
" J. hIUBAT."

COPY OF THE ANSWER OF M. DE DAMAS To

GENERAL MURAT.

" Headquarkri at Yiterk, 'tan. 22, 'got.
".The hostilities of the Corps nf the A rmy I command,
have never bean otherwise than conformable to those of
the Imperial Army. My instructions, since the cam,
menceinent of the Cain:iaign,`have been to receive those of
M. de lizttac A.lt rat, and, to ,ael in pursuance of them.
My movements: in Tuscany have been combined with his,
and when the French TrooPS attacked, •at 'Sienna, the
Advanced-Guard,. which I 'kept there at the distance of
twenty-six miles froin the body of my. Army,, I com-
menced my retreat towards' the EcOeimetical Frontier,
calculating open til.tt cif the Count de BiLLEGAILDE
wards.theßrenta. • •

Ihkve over been ignorant, General, of the pacific in-
tentions of which you mforn me; awl you will Judge that
I can determine nothing upon the JUbjen : I Will
send. with,_all speed to my Court; and till its answer,
which will arrive as soon as possible, awl I will immedi-
ately.cornmunkate it to you, I ant bound according to my
anterior orders, with reterence to the Armistice with the
Austrians, to consider myself upon thelooting of an Ar.
mistice with you ; and I shall conditet myself 4ccouting7
ly, not doubting, General, of your reciprocity in this re-
sped
" I have the Honour to be, dec.
(Signed) ," DE DAMAS.
(For an exact Copy)
(Signed) - " MURAT."

ANSWER OF:LIEUTENANT-GENERAL MURAT TO
GENERAL DE DAMAS.
" GENI.RAL, • " Florence, Jan. 2,5.
" I havtt.reeeived your Letter, dated from Viterbe, the
22c1 of January.
"The French Government made known to you a month
ago, that the friendship: which His Majesty the Em-
putoa of RUSsIA shewqd to the KING 'Of NAPLES, in-
duced'the First Consul to forger tae numerous injuries of
every kind of which your Government had been guilty to-
wards the French People.
" Front this overture we had reason to hope that you
would have remained a peaceable sp&ilator of a struggle in
which you could have been but of little consequence.,
" Nevertheless, the Kt): 4 of NAPLES forgetting, for
the tenth time, that which true policy and the generous
conduti of the French GOvernritent demanded of him, or=
tiered his Tmops to penetrate into Tuscany, where they
•
were beaten by General Mtpl.t.ts.
" But War carries with it so many misfortunes, that the
French Government Set:ks all Means to avoid it.

" First, cvaruate all the States of the Pope, and the
Castle of St. Ange.
" Second, cease to claim the benefit of the Armistice of
Trevino, in which You ate not interested, and the indnence
of a power which'can no longer protect you.
" The only Prince who can now 'noted your King,
through the inrsonal and particular consideration which
the First Consul has for hit, is thr Emperor of all the
Russias. . .

. .
" Let your Government merit still, Sir, the continuance
of the favour of that' Prince, which it cannot (k, but by.
shutting the Ports of Sicily and of the Kim:dont of Naples
to gnlish Ships. ;tad by laying an Embargo, on all the
Vessels of that Nation; which it is time to expel from 'all
points of the Continent. This Embargo will serve as an
equivalent to that witich.the King,of England-has laid so
unjustly on all Mulish. Swedish, and Russian Vessels.
'" Cause to be vertifted to me by the Russian Ambassa-
dor at your Court, that these Preliminaries -are fulfilled,
and immediately 1 stop my march, and conclude with you
an Arinistice, as the forerunner of a just and equitable
Peace. „

When I speak to you, Sir, with this frankness and
simplicity, you will easily recognize the langua4e of a Sol-
dier, who is a stranger to evasions and diploMatic delays.
"Be assured, General, the eSteerfl 1 have lot you."

' WELLS, FEB. 5.

Tilts day our Townsman, DAYIDGE GoULD,
Esq. Captain of the Audacious in the ever me-
•morable Battle of the Nile, arrived here from
Plymouth, when the Mayor immediately called a
Meeting of the Corporation, who unanimously
presented him with the Freedom of the City.

Mrs. JORDAN has not entered into any new
Engagement, as stated in the Public Prints. She
has been under Articles for some time, of which
three years are unexpired, and has only been pre-
vented from gratifying the Public this season by
the critical state of her health.
The Pidures which Mr. ELMER, the Artist,
has recently lost by the fire in Gerrard-streer,
Soho, were the result of his labours for many
years. The subjeas were chiefly birds, dead
game, &c. &c. and were certainly equal to any
works of the same kind by any contemporary
Artist.
The EMPEROR of RUSSIA has issued an order
permitting the importation of' all books into his
dominions, which are licensed in the Prt,sslan
States.

COAL s.---A state of last week's Market :
Cargoes sold,
Monday, Ed). 2 --II from 4os. 6d. to 435. 3d,
Wednesday, - 4 —, 28 from 355. 6d. to 435. bd.
Friday, 6 s from 4os. 6d. to 445, oct.

A: meeting was last week held at. Dorphesw,.
to consider the propriety of /naming the Com-
mon Fields ,of Fordington ; but the measure,
brought forward by the PILINGS of W#Las's
Steward, was negatived. These fielda corn,
prise 4000 acres of singularly,
.fine, land, divided.
,into 6s allotments ; 1300 acres are under corn,
and on the ,residue 4,911 cattle are now fed.
About seven o'clock on the evening of Friday
se'nnight, as a party of Oxford Gentlemen in .a
chaise were going to Abingdon Assembly, they
were stopped by three highwaymen, and robbed
-of their watches, and about 161. in money. These
men were soon after seen to ride full gallop
through the turnpike, and it is supposed took the
London road. Several robberies have lately been
committed near the same place. Two men have
since been taken up on suspicion.