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London, England, 1809-11-17 00:00:00

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1809.

Tlie following Extras of
.a Letter from Vienna,
dated on the 21st ult. is .given in the Hanturgh
Correspondenten of the 4th inst.

" It is belived that General ANDREOSSY will re-.
main here as French Minister. The Fiench troops
' ai e to leave Vienna on' the 13th of November. • It is.
said that the Emperor FRANCIS is to be here on the
161 h, but he wilLnot remzin long in Vienna, as he
;
! Intends to go to: ,Prague, where the Palace is already
prepared for• him.

The harbour of Porto Re is to be declared a free
port, and the trade of Aus►ria will be favoured in her
late maritime territories.

" The Grand Duke of Nassau's troops marched
hence yesterday for Spain. -A great number of troops
are marching toward's 'Gratz, and other ; places
in that quarter; they are .probably destine: to take
possession of the territories ceded by Austria.
" Our Gazette of this day contains the following
Proclathation :

" Tbis,nfternoon ibe following notificatiOn was

made :

The•Publie are hereby in►ormed that the Ratifi-
cations of- the-Treaty of Peacu, concluded. between
his. Majesty The Emperor of Austria, King of Bo-
hemia and Hungary, and his Majesty the Emperor
of the French, King of Italy, were exchanged
this forenoon.

` RANDOLPH Count Von WRBNA:
• Vienna, O. 20, 1809.

We have made a few more extraas from some
German Papers which—arrived last night, but they
will be found to contain little that is important.--,
The Russians, if we may credit the accounts in these.
,papers; ale very successful in their operations against
the Turks, and it is rumoured, but we know nut up-
on what foundation, that the
_French have reg,lined,
their ascendancy at Constantinople, and that Mr.
Avant has been ordered to quit that City.

It has been generally suppose:l that the purpose of
the Meeting of C rdinals, which is about t take
place at Paris, is to remove the POPE, and to appoint
Cardinal FESCH, BUONAPARTE'S uncle, his successor.
A rumour of this kind was prevalent long before the
Holy Father was deprived of his sacred function,
and drit en to Avignon'; but we are informed, in a
very respeCtable quarter, that this is not the s4,le,
purpbse of the Meeting, but that the chief OjeE't in
view is to dissolve the marriage between BcoNa-
.‘
PARTE and JOSEPHINE, preparatory to his union with
the Princess of Saxony. This is not the first time
that a rutnour has been heard of BUONAPALITE'S in-
tention to get rid of his present wife, and to ally
himself with some ancient Royal Family, 'As the
King of Saxony is atm at Fontainbleau, it is strongly
snspeded that the main purpose of his visit is to give
his san4ion
.to the intended marriage.

It is stated in. some of the Letters recently re-
ceived from the Continent, that BUO NAPA RTE has
suddenly adopted a new line of policy. Instead of
the marked' contempt with which lie has for stune
time' treated him, he has lately treated Mr. ARM-
STRONG with marks of particular attention, and it is
supposed that. he has made some propositions .to
America, for Mr. ARMSTRONG, within a very few
days, sent off a vessel.from Dieppe with dispatches.

The Times haS now put The finishing stroke to its
misrepresentations respeaing Milford, by a neat ar-
ticle, not from the pan of the former writer, but by
the learned man who furnisheS what is- called the
leading-paragraphs." We have also done, and only
request of our Readers to bear in mind the whole of
our statement, pledging ourselves that it will be
found correct in all its parts. We cannot, however,
forbear laying before our Readers the following com-
parative statement, wh

ich clearly points Out.t hat near
as now, -,ships of war were
:heaper than another ports.

fifty years ago, as wet
built at Milford tuba (

Ships' heie
••Names. I built.
74 Guns.
Robust . .
Invincible

When Ton Total 1 Cost per
built. nage Cost. Ton.
- --
1 4. , ,4. s. d.
1624 27,751 l'l7 ,5 9
5635 18,444 I 57 8 9

Harwich
Riv, Thames

Canada . . . Wedlwicll. .
Russel • hiv. Tharues
Monarch . Depttind .
P.ofWales Mn;ord . .

1764
17c$i

1-765 1 1605 28,988
176)4
, 16412 I 31,908 162 29,1
1, 794
63 1 16.11 z 5,261

Is, 1 2,
(18 2 10
19 17

Thus we see that the Pr.nce of Wales was built At
Aliiford eape by 24941. tan the lowest,,,u4 by
66471, thao he highest in the above'lst.,
As for the poor au who. signs, himself VERAX,
he is quite beneath notice, except,. perhaps, 01

the milliners in St. James's-,street, frau whence lie
chuses to date this letter.

We are unable to communicate to our Readers
any positive intelligence respetaing the reported ac-
tion in the Mediterranean ; the report, however,
continues to prevail in Holland : two Gentlemen
who left Rotterdam on the loth state, that it was
then universally believed .that the French had been
defeated.

Yesterday his Royal highness the Prince of
WALES entertained a seleEt party with an elegant
dinner, at Carleidti-honse.

, Yesterday-Iris Royal Highness the Duke of YORK
gave a grand dinner to a large party of Military gen--
tlemen, at his house, Stable-yard, St. James's.
Yesterday her Royal Highness the Princesi of
WA Les paid a morning visit to their Royal HighnesseS.
Princess CHARLOTTE Of WALES and Duchess ctfi
BRUNSWICK, and returned to Kensington Palace to.
dinner.

• Yesterday afternoon a Cabinet 'Council was held
at the Foreign Office, which was attended by
.the
.following Members LORD CHANCELLOR,
Earls LIVERPOOL, CHATHAM, BATHURST, and HAR.4
RGwItY ; Lord MULGRAYE and the CHANCELLOR Of
the EXCHEQUER.

The Officers of the Artillery of • the King's Ger-
man Legion 'gave a .farewell 'ball supper to all
the respectable families in Portchester, where this
corps has been quartered for these last four years.—
It is expected they will march to Guildford, to
leave room for the foreign 'depot, bow established at
Portchester.

. ;;One hundred and twenty horses belonging to the
Royal Waggon Train march into 'Portsmouth on the
tgth inst. and'embark for Portugal.
The East India Company, we understand, have
come to a determination to pay for their freightage in
future .by bills at three 'mont hs.,
The report ,which has been for some days in cir-
cula►ion, that.. Prince Stahremberg had received or-
ders from his Court to break off all intercourse with
the British Government is preMature. The nature
Of the treaty between Austria and France renders it
highly probable that that' event will shortly take
place ; but his Highness has not received any in-
struaions to that etfed.

None of the ships of the line that were driven up
the Charante in April last by Lord Gambler's fleet,
have made their appearance in Aix Roads ; and it
is quite impossible that they should do SO, until their
work on the Boyart shoal is completed, which work
it is wholly, out of their power to proceed upon w:.ilst
our squadron retains the judicious anchorage it occu-
pies in Basve Roads. Those ships ot the enemy,
therefore, as well as any that are bilding, must re-
'main harmless during the war. •It is'Aso,a pleasing
matter of fact to contemplate, that Brest, which vas
hitherto tne cradie it the navy, 'has only a single fri-
gate ready tor se:i (.7ticl,the• Ulysse, an old Spanish
Ali p, broken-backed. as a sneer-hulk) lying in the.
Roads, that is y have not timber or stores in the
arsenal sufficient to build a corvette.—Yko old three-
deckers were taken to pieces to enable the fleet to
sail troth Brest' in April last, upon their memorable
ex peOitton
~1) Roco,fort.
King ..Tos!„lpti ha'. iti.oed a' Decree for inc rte. wing
-I,r • l'aAro;' hiai Mests. n• ye
hi ,",c,•..) een toranclanle o, hunt ws to httu, and he
. .
prolably expects, b) lness and conciliation, to
themloverito ilk. interest.
We have alieady mentioned that the design of
BUONAPARTE, in -torming the Galliciati Legions,
was to enable the German pris,ners under his power
to enter into his service without the appearance of
Lese Majesle to their forts:'.. Sovereign. We have
received some Fr uch Papers, in which !I is stated,
that out of 11,000 Austrian prisoners, in the city of
Augsburg, the greater part had inlisred into those
legions, commanded by Count BRONIKOWSKY. By
the same papers; we find that NAPOLEON'S inclina-
tion to pillage, wherever be goes, for the etnbel-
lishinent of his palates and his capital, had not for-
saken him in his late military expedition. A num-
ber of fierce..quadrupeds, curious birds, and rare
•ekolk plants; have been conveyed from the reposi-
tories of Vienna and gardens of Schoenbrunn,
.to
supply
,the Menagerieat Malmaison, and the Mu-
seum of Natural History at Paris.
The late Marquis of LANSDOWNE 'had a presenti-
ment of his approaching end. It was only three days
Wore his death that lie observed to a favourite do=

mestic, " Happy is tliat than who closes his earth-
ly-career when in sleep." It was a singular circum-
stance that he shoUld depart this life in a way most
agreeable. to his own wishes;-►—his Lordship died
without a groan, at the time when his servant was
sitting near the head of the bed, and imagined his
master to. have been still asleep.. It was not until .half
.an hour afterwards-11)m. the Noble Lord was discover—
ed to be dead. The Marehiotiess is inconsolable. The
deceased possessed the most unassuming and conci-
liatory manners ; in. his domestic habits he was be-'.
loved by'all his household. A few months since,
as he pa•sed the church-yard at Paidington; com-
menting on the display of a pompous funeral proces.
sion, when extended,.frequently, a hundred miles into
the country, he ridiculed the idea, and added,
" when I die, nay fet my remains be deposited
here." lu consequence. of that •request being lately
repeated, he body will be deposited there in a vault,
over'which a plain mausoleum will be erected to his
memory. .

By the succession of Lord HENRY PETTY to the
Marquisaie of Lansdowne, a vacancy is made in the
representation of the University of Cambridge in
Parliament.

The Irish Catholics are to petition Parliament
by Counties.„ and not, as before, by one general
Petition.

Yesterday the Duke of CUMBERLAND'S Sharp-
shooters were inspealed in the King's Mews by Lieu-
tenant-Colonel JiiNkilisON, . who, corning on the
ground rather before the time expe6ted, the muster
was not so strong as it otherwise would have been ;
they, however, assembled in a very respectable man-
nor, and Lieutenant-Colonel JENKINSON expressed
himself in terms of \ approbation .at the appearance
of he Corps, and the state in which he found
their rifles, the greater part of which are of a very
expensive quality ; after the inspection, they went
some light evolutions in a lery masterly
through some
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