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occupieg'with tis Army the Mouth Of the Danube
made; on the 24th of February, a tliied unsliccessfql
attempt to carry that. fortress by assault.
" The attack failed from his not having a suffi-
dent quantity of artillery, and he was obliged to re-
tire to Faltschi, to facilitate his receiving reinforee-
mentg of troops
.and artillery. The Beisarabian Tar-
tars are likewise in illation, and, it is feared, may
exttmd their ravages over the Pruth, and to Jassy,
which is at present very insufficiently Otrisoned."

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM ALTONA,

DATED MARCH 31 .

" Accounts received:from the head quarters of the-
respeative armies represent the exertions making on
both sides for fresh. operations as 'immense. By the
12th inst. the RuSsians were to be reinforced by near
1-20:000 men, consisting ofall the Epercir's Guards,.
i8.,000 Cossacks and Calmucks, and the Regiments
which remained in Livonia,Courland, &c. Prince
RXGRATRION has returned to the army, the prop-
sitionsof NAroLEON:foe the negotiations, with which
lie liad been sent to' St. Petersburgh, having been
found inadmissible. M. Der NOVOZILTOFF, who
had been dispatched to the Prussian Clare, at Me
mel, with tie answer of the Emperor; .is said to
have been charged to inform the French' Agent; that.,
when their armies should have evacuated Germany,
the proposals of the Emperor NAPOLEON would be
listened to."

,
• VIENNA, INIARCH 18.•'---An English Courier, who
arrived here lastnight, brought. the intelligence that
after the arrival of Admiral DUCKWORTH in the
Archipel:!go, the English Fleet passed the Darda-
nelles, and appeared before Constantinople, which it
threat6ned with a bombardment unless the Porte
renewed its alliance with England. T 4 Turkish
Fleet, to the number of ten Sail,. was provisionally
taken possession of by the English.
According to this intelligence, the inhabitants of
Constantinople are decidedly •in favour of tile Eng-
lish.

ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.

Accordiilgto tbelatest intelligence from Constan-
tinople, negotiations still continue between M. Au-
'BUTIANOT and the Captain PACHA. It is said that the
Russians have made very favourable proposals of.
peace to the Porte ; among others, provided the Porte
renewed its ancient treaties, with Russia, the latter
engages to guarantee all the Turkish Possessions in
Europe, Asia, and Africa ; but the Russians will re-
tain
,pessession of Moldavia and Wallachia until the
conclusion of Peace, and the Porte is to maintain a
contingent proportioned to its forces, during the war,
to be at the disposal of
" Intelligence from Widdin informs us that the
Russians have assembled 'a considerable corps of
troops, and threaten to pass the Danube."
They write from Italy, that the Pacua of Janina,
with a corps Of 6000 Bleb, has formed a junction
with General LAURISTON, for the purpose of attack-
ing the Russians at Cataro.—(L'Abeyle'du Nord, 31st
March.)
VIENNA, Mandl 18 .—To-clay a report is circu-
lated, that an action has taken place between the
Ebglisli Squadron Under Rear-Admiral Louis, which
had been joined by some Russian ships of the, line,
and the. Turkish fleet under the Captain PAcnA,
-near the Dardanelles, to the disadvantage of the
latter, which endeavoured to pravent the passage of
any foreign ships through the canal. No official ad-
vices of this action have, however, as vet been re_
eeived, nor is any date given, nor is it mentioned
in the Court Gazelle.

The corps of Gen. BELLEGAIWE, which had re-
mained
nine months in the Ragusan territory, on
account of the surrender of Cataro, has now returned
to Trieste, and will go to Carinthia to be Completed.
The report of negotiations carrying, on itl
_East
Prussia continues, and acquires greater credit. ~
The English have taken several Ships laden with
corn for Constantinople, but,without declaring them
legal Prizes.
BERLIN, MNRCII 14.—1 n the course of last Week.
Count SCHULENiiERC., Prussian Minister of State,-
arrived here horn Dantzic. ,
, - Qur G-azeikte Of this day contains...the following ar-
ticle frOnf Yienna:•-•-" It is certain, that our Court is
zealoUsly endeavouring to mediatea general Peace;
nay it is said that, the prelimihary,arrana m oe-,•-ents pro-
posed by our Cabinet, which at this critical period has
aeted with the greatest wisdom, hare met with. consir.
derable success through the able manner in which
Gen • VINCENT conducts this important-negotiation.
Should some alteration in the frontiers of -the Ans-
frian dominions be indispensably necessary for the ,
rtant advantages, po
foundation of a Solid peace,,our Monarch will not he-
sitate,
without
demanding any ini
to make that sacrifice to the tranquillity and welfare.
Of Europe."—(Attond Mercury, Narch 30.)