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London, England, 1807-05-16 00:00:00

FOREIGN iNfELLIG.ENCE.

FINCKENSTEIU, APRIL 2 . h e Emperor has di-
vided the Grand Army into three principal carps,
-Which he has reviewed in succession. The Officers
'who were lately promoted were present on this oc-
casion with their respective regiments. His Majesty
frequently addressed the troops, in the most encou-
raging language.. Besides, all. the corps which were
detached have orders to join these three principal
corps, acid the jun6tion is etfedino-t' with great expe-
dition. The artillery of the Grand Army has never
been in so forMidable a state. It is in the midst of
these preparations that we wait for the commence-
ment of Iw/wax-able weather to'open the campaign
by military 'operations, which must decide this great
quarrel. The first shocks will he terrible, if we are
to judge from the preparations on both sides. While
tie French are making the most formidable prepara-
tiuns, the Russians and Prussians employ on their
pal all their resources, and make the greatest exer-
tions to place tlicirielves in a cbnditiou to sup-
port the arduous struggle which is about- to coot•
w:rd-41,1,1 vi*AL t..h ene_ruv h alsu '4l--h14." -
its force into three principal corps. One is to be
commanded by the Emperor. of Russlit in person,
with General BENNIGSEN under him. Another will
be led on by the King of PLUSSIA, assisted by Gene-
rals RUCkLEL, BLUGHER, and LEsToco.. The third
will be commanded by the Grand Duke CONSTAII-
VINE.and General ToLszov. The principal advanced
guard remains under the orders Of Prince BAGRA-
TRION. It appears to be almost certain, that every
prospect of peace has vanished, the Courts of Russia
and Prussia having rejected the proposals made by
the Emperor NAPOLEON.
The Turkish and Persian Ambassadors have ar-
rived at Finc:xnstein, and, after the usual ceremo-
nies, have been admitted to an audience of the Em-
peror.

- PARIS, MAY s.—The Emperor having received
the Senatus Cons4ltu7n at Finckenstein, rehtive to
the anticipated levy of 80,000 men for the Conscrip-
tion of 1808, together with the Address of the Se-
n ite in answer to the Message containing the pro-
vpial ti- that purpose, his ajesty has ordered both
d)cuments to be printed. The following is the Ad-
dress :

" SIRE, •
" The Message which your- Imperial and Royal
Majesty has addressed from the Imperial Camp at
Osterode; and the Senates Consulturn which we
have adopted, are fresh proolS of the subliMe fore-
sight ,of your Majesty, ..which leaves nothing to
• chance, when the clearest interests of France and
the destiny at Europe tire concerned. The country
is going to pot , arms into the:hands of 80,000 of its
children who, in 1808, would have assembled round
your Majesty's Eagles. The desire of putting an
speedy end to a just. and glorious war, by a perma- •
nent peace, and not to leave any appearance. of in-
nisnn 010,1)111)Hr• mind, has di,!terratilledi your
Majesty to assemble, the young Conscripts around
your Standard six months sooner than they would
have been called out under circumstances less im-
portant.
" During the time that must transpire before the
epoch when their military career will be opened to
them, t hey, being retained in France, and as we may-
, say aboat their own homes, will acquire the habits
of a military life in a manner more easy, More
,salu-
tary, and more useful to the State than otherwise.—
Your Imperial and Royal Majesty is going to give ,
them the honour of cietending the coasts•and the
frontiers of the Empire. In the camps in the interior
of France, they may supply the place of those corps
who have grown old in battles, and who ultimate-
ly receive that noble recompense which *they claim
with so much. ardour, viz. the honour of combating
• again under your Majesty's eye. :If the Islanders,
abandoning the element which protects them, Should
dare to venture upon a Country covered with camps
and strong places, this youthful army will convince
them that French valour is of every age, and soot)
nuke them repent an enterp;ze, which the consci2
ousness of our strength would rather lead us to wish
fur than avoid.

"Victory, faithful to your Majesty, has forcedback
the ravages of war 300 leaguds frbni our frontiers:
Tnel.4pons of Reserve which will be fOrined of the
new 'Conscripu, will hasten to.maintaiii that trait-:

spiny in the interior of our provinces which they
owe to your Majesty's triumphs. In this nithis
employment, and in that of sguaranteeieg our fron-
tiers by land and sea front invasion, they may di-
tninish the faticsues, and the constant assiduity on
the part of those brave and respectable fathers of
families, who, under the standards of the national
guards, have generously devoted, their time, so pre-
cious to their children and to the State, to the de-
fence of the Empire. Thus, your Majesty, in the
midst of your phalanxes, and beyond the Vistula,
never loses, sight either of the interest of the manu-
factures, agriculture, commerce, or the domestic
happiness of families; while jou never cease to
watch over the safety of our country, to interest
yourself in its general prosperity, and prepare for
the repose of Europe.
" Your Imperial and Royal Majesty has been
pleased to call to the command of these Legions, the
Members of the Senate who bad distinguished them-
selves in the career of glory before they took their.
seats among us. In the midst, Sire, of camps and
citadels, the same as within the walls of Paris, France
will behold all her Senators giving the same exam-
ples of absolute devotion to their Country and to
your Majesty. Our colleagues will watch over the
condua of those young men whom your Majesty
will entrust to thetn,-as fathers attentive to their
children, worthy of so lively an interest. They. will
have no occasion to teach them to love glory, their
Country, and your Majestya but they will convince
them that good discipline will increase their strength
against the enemy; and that, by the habit of mili-
tary exercises, they will overcome the difficulties of
distance, climates, and seasons, without danger. They
will acquaint them with the rapid advances with
which they may become habituated. They will,
hold out to them the moment when, restored back
to 'all that 'is dear to them, they will receive the
esteem of their fellow-citizens as a new reward of
their courage. They will convince them that public
gratitude is not manifested in any country equal to.
France, towards those, warriors whose Wounds and
honourable infirmities compel them to quit the
standards under which they have fought ; and they
will point out to them that distinction, not less bril-
liant than glorious, with which your Majesty re-
wards the splendid &aims of the Soldier equally
with those of the General.
" Your Majesty has said, that your confidence hi'
the Senate is unlimited. Sire, the Senate and the
whole nation are penetrated with- the most lively,:
perfeal, and re.speCtful confidance in your Majesty's
genius, in your wisdom, in your virtues, and yew
love of the French People.
" Ina few words, Sire, the Grand Army, command,
ed by the greatest of Warriors, has passed the Elbe,
upon the borders of which Charlemagne was com-
pelled to put a period .to his conquests ; and the
Oder, astonished at seeing the French ensigns glit-
tering upon its banks ; the Vistula, and so many
morrasses, sands, and deserts which divide it from
the Oder. Nine of those places, fortified as strongly
by art as by nature, the taking of any one of which
would haVe illustrated a whole campaign under the
most famous Generals during the two last ages, have
fallen into the hands of your Majesty: Six hundred
pieces of cannon taken upon the field of battle-
-4000 pieces of heavy artillery-400, standards, a
whole kingdom disarmed; and 200,000 prisoners,
all Attest the formidable power of your Majesty's
arms.
" The generous Polish Cohorts, the brave Legions
of Bavarians, Saxons, Wirtemburghets, Badois, and
:other Germans, who make a part of the Confedera-
tion of the Rhine, display, in the midst oft your
Eagles, those ancient banners which their valour has
decorated with new laurels.
" The ranks of your army now present 130,000
combatants More than your Majesty had at the com-
mencement of the fourth Coalition. Winter,p the
only ally of. the Russians, will soon cease tp defend
the Muscovite frontiers hy its frost, itasyinsopwre,aadtstd iits
inundations, and those waters that stagnate in its
immense deserts.. Disease, every day,
ravages among your enemies.
" However, Sire, greater precautions have never
been concerted. From the Pyrennees to the Pregel,
from Holland to Calabria, from , Finisterre to the
borders of Cataro, every thing is connected by an
immense system of defence, as well as of attack.
The union of these`calculationa of a. prudence which
can foresee and prevent every kind of reverse ; and
those sublinde conceptions of genius which appre-
ciates and secures the most astonishing success, have
always preceded the great events that have marked
the principal epochs of the career of your Majesty's
glory, which has always been connected with those
plans, the execution of which has decided the fate
of EmPireS. Possibly, within 'a short time, your.
Majesty, by one of those grand manoeuvres, inspired.
by the most sublime thoughts, perfeeted by the
,re-
sults of long experience, meditated in secret, deve-
loped with art, and executed with the rapislity of
lightning, may place the Grand Army in a position
-
which nature never discloses but to the skilful eye
of the great Captain, and 'where the Enemy, sur-
prized, trisect and surrounded, must either receive
death or law from the comperes. Your Majesty
will only dictate that of peace, necessary to Eur Ope,
and that peace which you have never ceased to offer:
" With what astoeishment, Sire, will posterity
!earn, that in spite of so, many prodigies, which it
will scarcely credit, and in spite of the prospereus,
situation of the finances of that State to which yotir
Majesty has no need to have recourse for a new
contribution, nothing has been able to diminish your
Majesty's moderation ? It is always the same--that
moderation equally as admirable on the borders of
the Rhine, as in the Palace of the Thuilleries, and at
Berlin just the same as before' the battle of Jena";
upon the field, of battle strewed with Russian slain

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at Eylan, the same_ as in the capital of the great
FKEDERI. •Sfire, irou say in the, message you have
addressed to us—c If at this I.4kte we ask our people
for new sacrifices, and to invest us with new means
of lower, we dO not heitate 'to declare, that it is
not to abuse them in prolonging the war.' gur
litici are' fixed. We offered Peace to England be-
fore she brought for Ward the foUrth Coalition: this
Peice we otter hiT The principal Alinister
whom she employed in the Ne\gotiation has
tively declared,. in the Public Assemblies, that this j

Peae would have been hOnourable and advantageous
to Enahird. He has thus given evidence to the

justice: of our cause: We arc ready to conclude Peacd
with littsoa- opt) the same conditions wiiich its Ne-
,

gotiwoi: bad sigiicd, and intri-ties and in-

licience of England compelled the- Emperor ALE
ANDER to reject. We are ready to restore tranquilli-
ty to.the eig-ht millions of_ people conquered by us,
and 'the Capital of Prussia to its Sovereign.' But,
Sire, how affeaing are words which you and :
Fretichmen,:we will brave all dangers for the
glory and the repose of our children.' Sire, every
Frenchman will brave all dangers for their Country'
and its dear Father.

(Signed) " CAMBACERES,
" Arch-Chancellor of the Empire,
" Pitzsmcigr."

" Paris, April 7.

HUSUM MAILS.

WARSAW, APRIL (2,9.—According to accounts re-
ceived here the day before yesterday, the bombard-
ment of Dantzic began on the 24th instant. One
hundred pieces of artillery, 24-pounders and mor-
tars, are employed day and night ; and notwith-
standing the obstinate resistance of, Count Km.-
xitEurn, it is not doubted but that, as the commu-
nication with the sea is cut off, by the taking clan
outwork on the Vistula, the City will soon be obliged
to surrender.

Count BIELINSKI is appointed President of War-

saw.

Taoarr, APRIL 26.—The night before last the
Persian Envoy arrived here from Warsaw, and yes-
terday proceeded on his journey to the French Im-
perial bead-quarters.
Notwithstanding the enemy are still at a consider-
able distance from this place 4 the trenches are car-
ried on with the greatest adivity. A' ditch is like-
wise digging, which will surround the trenches, and.
being`filled with water, will farm a strong defence:,
Several transports of besieging artillery have been
embarked here for Dantzic, and waggons laden with
powder and bombs .are continually arriving here
from Silesia. The report that .Dantzic had been
taken by storm is not yet confirmed.
BANKS OF THE.MAIN, MAY 2.—There is. talk
of a great Expedition which the Porte and Persia
will make in conjunction against Soilt4qn
and particularly the Crimea.
Yesterday 1500 Fusileers of the French Imperial,
Guard arrived at Frankfort, and to-day 200. Men
from the two Regiments of Infantry raised in the
Hessian States for the French Service; they retain
their old uniform, and are going, it is understood,
to Mentz.
Last night three French Couriers, from the army
Passed through Frankfort.
A French Army of Reserve will be formed and
encamped bear Augsburgh, and in the neighbour-
hood of Giessen.
AUGSBURGH, APRIL 20,—We have at present
.here the, two Generals of Division, Mot.tToja and
EnnrivT, tr4l,), 01p. !,;tntf of '4otli, Divisions. Cif
troops we !Jaye the Ist battalion of the 5.6:th regiment
of infantry of the line: To-day the 2d regiment of
infantry of the line arrived here from Itzly. It will
only pass the night here, and proceed to Wertingen,
to its cantonments. To-morrow the itith regiment
of infantry of the line is expected, of which one
battalion_ will remain in this city. B,oth the
.divit
sions of BOUDET and MoLero,a will be captoned on
this and the other side of the Lech, till they receive
their farther destination.
COPENHAOEN; MAY ',earn. from Colberg
that the garrison of that fortress has been reinfor&.d
by Russian troops,:
The French troops which were in, Frioul have re-
ceived orders to march, to Pa.lrriatia, the Bashaw .pf
which Province is direCied by the Po,rte to treat
them as, friend;, and aux.iliaries of the Qttoman
pire.

The. Russians hall; advanced within 40 miles
from Constantinople.,
According to. letters from Konisb,urah the Prince
.ek
of BENEVENTO is said to have•had a conference with
the Emp.tror of Russia, not far from Braunsburgh,-
, The day and place is, not mentioned,
, The Vrench have taken possession of the Islands
of Usedom andWollen, in pursua.nce oftheArmi,
nice, which the: King of Sweden has not ratified.
The'Swedish. troops, in Pomerania receive consi,
• derable reinforcements,: Marshal IVORTICR was on
the 28th April at Stettin, whence 4 strong body, of
troops marched..to Anclam.
The Swedish General E,Nq ELBRECHT is arrived in
Konigsburgh„ with dispatches from his Swedish
Majesty.
The Russian troops, which have reinforced the
garrison of D.antzic, are commanded by Prince
SJERBATOW. Three English Ships of the Line are
lying near Dantzic.
Since the beginning of March the Russian Army
Under the orders of General BENNIGSEN has been
reinforced with 85,000 men.—(Copenhagen Gazette,
sth May.) . •
STUTGARD, APRIL 27.—Official accounts from
Silesia state that the present position of the Wurtern-
burgh troops, and the events that have taken place
since the loth inst. are as follow : The body reAment
Ot I:glit horse, and the infantry regithents of Secken7,
dorf 'and Romig are at. present' unconneeted with
that corps.' . The destination of the former appears
to be to form, a junilion with the Grand Army ' • that
of: the other to be employed at the siege of Colberg;
for ‘,,vhiCh place: it has already marched. The regi-:
1,11,en,t, (A. 'horse chasseurs, Duke'Louts, and the se.

cond battalion of foot chasseurs; with two pieces or
cannon, and as many Bavarian troops, are posted
the' .tqcin ty of Glatz as an 'Army Of Observation. The
rest Of, the Wurtemburgh troops, those. in garrisoa
in the Silesian fortresses excepted, besiege Ncisse.—
On the 3th inst. in the evening, the besieging ar-
tillery bad arrived; in the morning was placed in the
batteries ; and on the. 16th the bombardment began
'with so much effect, that by the first discharge a
depot of ammunition,' with .two Officers and ten
Grinners, were blown up. A few hours afterwards
several houses were. in flames ; and as the fire was
not extinguished for ten hours, a nember of houses
and several buildings were laid in ashes.'

COPENHAGEN, MAY s.—According .to the most
recent accounts from Dantzic,' Gen. KALillEuTif,
has positively declared, that he will not surrender
that fortress on any condition whatever. But it is
said, that the want of provisions will probably ac-
celerate its redbaion.

BRESLAU, MAY 2.—CAMP IrEFO',lll3
morning, at three o'clock, the Wirtemburgh troops,
who, form the siege, attacked the block-house, two
mills,. and the Prince's garden, which are all out-
works of the fortress,, with fixed bayonets, carried
them, and took five pieces of-cannon, and 103
•prisoners, among whom are three Officers. •

VI ENNA, APRIL 29.—Our Court Gazette contains
the folloWing article from Turkey :—cc After the re-
turn of the English Fleet from Constantinople, it
was reinforced off Tenedos by a numerous Russian
Fleet, • under the command of Admiral SitknAviri,
which blockades the' StreightS of Constantinople
An attempt Made by the Russians on the Castle of
Tenedos, tailed. On the 24th of March the JaniS-'
saries received, as usual, three months pay, and on
the 30th of March the Grand Vizier proceeded with
standard to the camp which is to
bl‘'ehfh°ortas'neetd'snhlyeoarAdrianople.

_" The Turks still continue to strengthen the Dar-
danelles. As soon ,as they are completed neutral
vessels will again he permitted to enter the Channel,
`the sea of Marmora, and the Black Sea, The state
of aff:ins in Moldavia and Wallachia has not experi-
enced any change. General MICHELSON has taken
up a more concentrated poSition, and in two sorties
male by t 4 'garrison of Ismael and Guirgewo, the
Turk's have been repulsedy considerable
The .exportation of All sorts of provisions from the
Austrian dominions is probibited.—(Handt, Car, of
the sth of May.)

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SATUIWAY, MAY 16; 1307.

AT a very late hour last night three Mails a
rived from Tonningen., They confirm the state'
rrketAt which we made a few days ago, that 11).0
.ISt o of Swineti had refused to ratify the Artnial
tieecogcluded between General Essen and Genet 4
AiORTIER. It is positively stated, that his MajestY,
has disgraced General EasEm, and has ordered
15,0,0,0 Swedish Troops to he embarked for Stralet
sand. There is every reason to. believe that the
neg,otiations, which .certainly have been pending
for some time, are entirely at-an end, and that the-
propositions made by BioLtrARTE hate been eetini-t
tively rejeCie4.:TEFrenchare pressing the siege off.
D.anizie very vigoronsly„bnt bithes,to they have
made but very little. progress. They succeeded lately
• in gaining possession of the heads of one of the Ca.*
nak, which would have eqnsider4bly facilitated their
operationi if- they could have retained it, but the
Garrison dislo.dged Them from it, after a very severe
and obstinate conflift. We are happy to. And that
oar Allies have at length began...to • feel the effect of
our assistance. One of Our Gun-brigs lately, dis-.,
.guised, Merchantman,. sailed up the. Vioula,
near Dantzic, and opened a heavy fire upon a French
:cOhlmn, which immediately broke, and fled in
everydite6tion, leaving- behind them between Goo and, •
• 760- men killed. We trust that the time is not far
• dii.tant when' we shall afford them mote effe6tual
support.

TILE •Earl of PE.mnAoKE sets off on Monday next
fox Vienna, as Ambassador to• the EMPEROR of.
AUSTE4A. His Lordship's two Secretaries, the Stir°
geon, and Mr. Ross, the Messenger, leave town
'this day.

The PRINCESS OFWALES.—The Public hardly ever
enjoyed a more gratifying spe6tacle, than. was pre-
sented to them last night, in the appearance of ;nig
amiable PRINCESS at the King's Theatre. The mo-
ment she entered (about ten o'clock) an inooechafe
movement, as if by instinct, took place—the audience
rose to testifyttheir respect, and she wAs•received with
the warmest and most affeding proofs of popular re-
gard,esteem, and admiration. The PRINCESS seemed
to be deeply sensible of this enthusiastic homage,
which may indeed be considered as a test of :he general
sense of the People of this Country. She repeatedly
curtsied,and appeared to feel a strong em otion agate-
ful pleasure. The curtain was drawn up while tbis
pleasing scene was passing in the front of :1;e House),
all the Singers appeared, and " God save the Kul
was given with great spirit, and with a po+vei tul
'Operation upon the feelings of the Audienc as %k-ii•
manifested by the most ardent testimonies of ueiver'7
sal loyalty. The Audience greeted the Princes- mil'el3
she retired with three distind peals of applause. 6.1)e
was accompanied on her entrance and departuie
the Dulie of CUMBERLAND and time iViarchionos
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