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• A report' ctas- circulated this tdOtning in the City;
thot Lord,ST. HELENS was about to Icay.c. this,Coun-
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try io attend a,Qongress forfora genera. Negotiation
for Peace. - The ieport Was -13iobaRy 'fAiWeill for
tjtirposes, as its ltas pc) foundation.in

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'(Jtist- before this-Pafie?•wai put to press, we re-
ceived Hamturgh and Altana Pupers, to the h
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instant , from which we have made the following ex-

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" 13i1.410 OF THE ELBE, Auo.-18.—We have no
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news from Austria •that give any certainty of war or
peace, and the general opinion is', that the affairs of
Turkey will also be, decided in the."AuStrian.Con-
gress of Peace, if it Should really take place.--
The Archduke CHARLES does not share in the
sentiments of his brother the Emperor FRANCIS,
who is said to be
.preparing to conclude peke at
auy sacrifice. The Archduke CHARLES has on this
.account, resignpd the chief command of the army,
and not from indisposition. A Russian 'Plenioteti-
liary was hourly expeaed at Sehonbrunn, from St.
Petersburgh..
ALTONA, 'AUG. B.—General BELLEGARDE has
taken the command of the Austrian army. Gene-
ral HILLER, and other Generals, will a6l under` him.
Archduke FERDINAND is arrived. in Bohe-
mia, with his corps.

The King of Bavaria has granted an indemnity to
the insprgents of the Tyrol, on condition that they
lay down their arms within the space of eight days--
the chiefs only of the insurreftion,,are excepted.—
(Aleilledu AAug.ra, Auo 18, 18(19.),

A vessel has arrived from Bourdeaux; which place
she left on the 18tH insi. When she'sailed, it was
generaly-believed there, that Peace ,had been signed
betweeu France and' Austria. It .is however quite
clear, that such an event could not have taken 'place
so lo:;g•ago ; for we may he sure that PLIONAPARTE
will lose no time in 0-mlSr:tilting us information' the
moment he terrifies or cajoles Austria into a peace.
All the recent accounts that have reached us, leave
us quite in the dark upon. this subjeB. The length
of time to which the Negotiations have been pm-
tratitedr in the opinion of some, is a Proof that the
parties are seriousi and that a Peace-will be the
51* of their eflott:s ; while, others draw a di-

redly opposite conclusion from the same premises,
and assert that the Negotiations are only protracted
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by both parties, that they may.recover their exhaust-
edstrength, and he able to-renew the contest with
greater vigohr. We ate inclined to adopt the latter
ophlion, thoLlg,lt \vPh the very ituperfe& information
ixe 'one before us, we cannot venture. to

e upon the subj,-;-t with any coufikuce.

It is corioii, ob,el ve %k ith with what facility the
eagerness to attack
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tern, bccane they did notsend off a part of the Ex-
pedition, in the first instance, to take the Island
of Walcheren, which we were told would fall fin
easy:conquest r but no sooner had we got
.possession
of Waloheren, than they changed their plan of at-
tack, and 'they now assert, with equal confidence,
that we cannot keep tha.,tdsland with a force of Jess
than 20;000. men. We cannot but admire the poli-

,tical sagacity of .those-wino would send out a force
:of eight or ten- thousand men to take a, place, which
they ,assert would take twenty thousand men to tle7
tend,.and would leave that small part Of our Expedi-
tion unsupported, for a time at least, to contend
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*against an gueiny of More than double' ts num.;.
hers. .But them' writers do not confine themselves to
mere abuse of Ministers; they are busily employed,
during the= absence of all authentic intelligence, in
.managing the defence of the enemy—they have in-
undated'all the country round Lillo, by opening the
Dykes—they. have blocked up the passage of the
'Scheldt by fixing booms, sinking ships, &c. they
have besides construaed immense batteries with the
guns of. the French .ships, and sent The ships theM-'
selVes up the river, out of all possibility Of danger, and
in oraelio sink us to the lowelst depths of despair,
they assure us that, even if we should take Antwerp,
it will be of no „use, fOr every , thing ofi value is re-
: gloved out, pf the City.,. All this mass of intelli
gence, with the addition of quarrels among the Offi-
cers, and agues among the soldiers; 'have the Oppo-
-SiliQU WeiterS been able to comtnnnieate to the
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Pub-
:lic, by the uncommon fertility• of their, invention,
:and witildit possessing any knowledge •whatever of
the facts which they haVe so mina:Sly detailed.

.1-IeVMAJESTY and the PAINCESSES were present
at Eghain Races. yesterday'. They arrived on the
'ground M sociable', at one o'clock, and the Dukes
•of CLARENCE and CUMBERLAND took their stands 3S
Stewards. The Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE
were,also present, 'as was the Duchess 'of Yottx.---
Amon; the sporting company were Sir J. LADE, the .1
Hon. B. CRAVEN, Lord BARRYMORE, COI. THORN-`j
•Bct;. &C.
Reinforcements, consisting principally of draftg
from- duo Guards, are on their march for Portsmouth
and Ply triou h, to join Lsrd 'WELLINGTON. Others
w4l proceed 110111 Ireland, for the same destination.
Orders liaVe been Jeceived at Woolwich to pre-
.pare artillery for another Expedition.
Treparations are'making at Plymouth for the re-
ception bf'sevtral thousan troops from the Midland '
Distrid, who are to proceed to-Plymouth to embark
for Stsain. The 2.(.1 battalion of the 3d (or Old
Buffs) is. also to embark, there: detachments of that
corps are now doing duty as Marines on board the
prison ships iu Harnoaze. Thefirstbattalion of this
'fiue Corps is already in Spain.'
'Colonel l‘lunoe has been appointed Lieutenant-
'Governor of the' Royal Military Academy at Wool-
wich, in the room of General Twiss, promoted.
Monday fright !last, at,' Twelve o'clock, General
FLOYD, Commander of Cork, received an express
from the Castle of Dublin, with an order for the
immediate .embarkation for Spain of the tst regi-
ment of Dragoons, or Royals, at present quartered,
in that district. This fine regiment, which is com-
manded by the Hon. Colonel Ds GREY, is nearly .
800 strong. The transports for its reception were
already in theharbour, and the embarkation has pro-
bably since taken place.
His Mi..tt-s'rY's Letters Patent have passed the
Great Seal of Ireland, for translating the Right Re-
verend' the Lord Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns to the
Archtlishoprick of Dublin and Bishoprick of Glande-
lagh, in the room- of the Most .Reverend Father in .
God, CHARLES, Eatl of Nortnanton.—[Dublin Ga-
zette, August 26.]
His 'MAJESTY'S Letters Patent have also pasied.
the Great Seal of Ireland, for promoting the Hu-
- nourable and .Reverend ardor PERCY SOC,ELYN
to the United Bishopricks of Leighlin and Ferns.—
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The oth regiment, now in garrison at Aberdeen,.
have received orders to hold themselves in' readiness
to embark.

Letters from France say, that. Admiral VILLARET
,JOYEU:SE, has been exiled to Normandy. •
DOMAINS OF HANOVEIL—The domains of Hano-
ver, to the amount of two millions of livres yearly,
have been. distributed _ by BUONAPART,E among. his
Generals and Ministers. The following , have the
largest grants:— •

Berthier, Bernadotte, Mortier, Duroc, Ney, Augereau,
Massena, Caulaincourt, Davoust; Scutt, Lefebvre, Lebrun,
Bessieres, Junot, Viittur. Fouche, Champaguy, Decres., and
Cretet.

BUONAPARTE'S predile6iion for ships seems to
be unabated a- person lately escaped from Roches-'
fort in a neutral, repuris that the-greatest exer-
tions are making for strengthening the fleet in that
and all the other naval depots. We . know that
Government is well acquai►ited with every partiet-
lar,,relative to the naval forces in the ports on the
opposite coast.

- ,
it was mentioned in one of the Opposition papers
pt yesterday, that " in the gat-tison of Flushing
there, were 800 Austrian troops who had fought.
in the battle 'of Ratisbon, and 600 • Spanish pri-
soners"--and - was made upon it, " that
it ig wonderful what art the French have in teach-
ing other Nations, whether friends or foes, to
fight for them."—Whether the intelligence re-'
speeting the Austrians and Spaniards be Correa we
know not, but supposing it to be true, there is
notittt4,sO wonderful in this " art Of teaching," as
le- is CaAffil—lf Austrians or Spaniards have fought.
for them, it has.been because they hafe been,com-.
pelted by the menace of death, in case of refusal--7
They are surrounded b.) a superior French force ;,.
they are ihreateued with the bayonet or the bullet
compliance. 'is the effect Of- compulsion, not .of
choice—really we see nothing so very extraordinary
or dexterous in the art 'or the teacher--we might
do the same,if we chose ; but it is wonderful K nat.
a rines3 there is in the minil of some perions,
find every thing ckvur ill the coridu4 of the enemy