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rßEArcil & DUTCH PAPERS,

PARIS, DEC. 'EL—Since the conferences, such
as those at which Count MARKOFF, the Russian
Minister, was present, a report has been again cir,
culated, that the FIRST CONI;UL will immediately
join the Army of England, and that the grand Ex.
pedition will speedily take place. Nothing is more
natural than this report, and yet nothing more un-
certain. As soon as a probable motive for the
FixsT Cousut.'s remaining in the capital has dis.
appeared, the Public must believe that the presence
of BONAPA.RTE is imperiously required on the
coasts. Every thing is,constantly ready to receive-
hint, and relays of horses are always waiting at every
post to convey him thither.. Besides considerable
forces, some hundred ,thousands of-,rnen. assembled
on,Che coasts, the chief command, of which he has
announced he will .take upoo himself, are ready to
embark in boats, . without. number. The present,
season is no doubt the most tempestuous, and most
dangerous to navigation, 'but it is also most proper
for the execution of the teterprize meditated against
Great Britain. We, must, however, suspend our
curiosity, and wait with patience for the result,
And confine our attention to the extraordinary
movement of the preparatory dispositions these are
imposing. The greater part of the French Troops,
and the best disciplined among them have taken the
field. The Army encamped at St. Omer is esti.
mated at 70,000. men ; besides these, 100,000 it
is said are Cantoned along the coast between Bou-
logne and Ostend, and new detachments arc con-
tinually marching from the interior, as well as the
frontiers of the Rhine, towards the coast of the
Channel. A body of 7000 men, recalled from
Hanover, will proceed to the same destination, as
will also the Troops which hut hitherto been sta.
tioned in Helvetia.

Dec. 24.—Accounts from Bourdeaux state, that a
vessel arrived there from Martinique, has brought ac-
counts of that Colony being in the most satisfaftory
state, and that the Inhabitants were in a perfed state
of concord. It was trot imagined that the English
would attempt a des6ent there, after the check they
received at Guadeloupe. Another vessel arrived
at Rochelle,. brings intelligence that an Expedition
of 3200 men had made a descent on Guadaloupe ;
that a sharp contest was maintained for three days,
when the English were compelled to reimbark, leav-
ing 600 men on the field of battle.—These pieces
of news require confirmation (says the Moniteur.)
In the Sitting of the Senate of the.2oth Decem-
ber, a Senatus Consultum was decreed to the fol-
lowing effeEt :

The4l RST CONSUL is to open every Session of
the Legislative Body. He is to appoint twelve
Members of the Senate to accompany him upon the
occasion. He is to be received at the door of the
H :11 b; the President at the head of a deputation
of twenty_four Members. When the CONSULS
h.ve taken their seats,- the Members of the Tribu-
n,-ite are ri be introduced, and placed in the part of
.!le Hall assigned to the Orators of Government.
I ne FIRST CONSUL, after. opening the Session, will
receive the Oaths of the new Members of the Le-
gislative Body and of the Tribunate. The Coun-
cillors of State will proceed to make such communi-
cations as the Government may have decided upon
after their Sitting will be adjourned.
During the day of the opening of the Session, the
Police of the .Legislature will be under the superim.
tendance of the Government of the Palace and of the
Consular Guard. The Fr P.ST CONSUL IS to appOint
the President of the Legislative Body, upon a presen-
tation of Candidates made by the Legislative Body.
The FIRST CONSUL is also to appoint four Qudstors
out of twelve Candidates presented by the Legisla-
tive Rody, to whom • annual sums voted fOr the
expences of the Legislative Body are to. he referred.
DEC. 25.—Letters from St. Malo, Blest, and
Marseilles, contain the -intelligence, that a great
.number of ship-carpenters have been sent from
thence to Boulogne and Antwerp.
4,; According to letters from Marseilles, oldie i gth
Inst. an Expedition has sailed from that port for our
West India Islands.

We learn from Cherbourg, under date of the i Bth
inst. that in spite of all our endeavours to prevent it,
the English have succeeded in burning one of their
Frigates, named the Shannon, which was stranded
under the Fort Reville.
A few days since a division of flat _bottomed vessels
sailed from Cherbourg for Havre. The Marine Preted
of the latter port has ordered all sea-faring persons,
from to to 6o years of ate, who reside in his dis-
tria, immediately to make their appearance at the
Marine Of : and notice has been given to all the
seamen and waterrnen at Rouen, to hold themselves
in readiness at a moment's notice, to proceed to
Boulogne, in order to serve on board the national

A certain number of men arc to be drafted, it is
said, from all our Regiments of the Line, who,
under the name of " the Chosen Band," are to at-
tend the Futsr CONSUL on the Expedition azainst
England.

The FiasT CONSUL is now daily present at the
Sittings of the Council of State.
General VIAL, our late Ambassador at Holland,
is to succeed General Ncy, in the command of our
Army in Switzerland. •

The Russian Ambassador, Count MARIOFF, has
demanded and obtained his Passports ; he intends
to leave this Capital in a few days, on his return
to Petersburgh.

The FIRST CONSUL, it is said, intends, within a
few days to proceed to the Coast, and examine the
present state of our preparations for the intended
grand Expedition against England. But it is now
pretty generally believed, that the Invasion of that
Country will not take place before next February or
March.

A letter from Boulogne, of the 17th inst. states,
that the Flotilla assembled in that port, amounts al-
ready to 3so vessels, and will shortly be reinforced
to the number of 600.

General DELEGORGUE writes from Valogne, ttn_
der date of the i zth inst. that the Crew of the Eng-
lish Frigate the S4annoN, composed of 3so men,
have been made Prisoners of War.

The English Prisoners of War who were lately
confined in the 4th Military Division, are trans-
ferred, the Soldiers and Sailors to Charlemonr ; the
Officers to 17,:rdtvi,

DONK / ttk, tee. t.t.--t.ent. General D'At'ottsT
is arrived in this city to inspect the division which
is hutted on our coast, He' seems to he perfeMy
satisfied with the present state of our warlike pre.
parations, finding that his orders had been executed
with the utmost precision. Pour to five thous%nd
fresh troops are lately arrived at Boulogne, or in the
camp near that city. The,,,Fty,s-r CoNsut, is aho
shortly expeded there; hut the day of his arrival is
not yet known. The company of Guides for the,
Army of England is nearly complete, and Will he of
very material service after a landing shall have been
effeded.

The numerous division of Ships of War, which is
lying in the Road, has been reinforced by several
Sloops and Gun-boats lately launched in this Port.
Flat-bottomed Vessels are daily arriving hetet
which have been built in the environs of Berg-nes
and Si. Omer, and are to be fitted out in our Har-
bour. In the opinion of well.informed persons, the
Invasion of England cannot possibly take plate be.
fore the end of next month.

The three Divisions, which are hutted, between
this place and Ostend, are under the orders of
Generals FF./AND, OUDI "ROT, and DIJIt ETTE.
BRUSSELS, DEC.. IS.-A very considerable num-
ber of Smiths have main passed through our town,
on their way. from the Country of Liege to Boulogne,
,wthere they ate to be employed on board the grand
Nation:ll_ Flotilla, under die orders of Adinital
Bitutx.

FLostlitio, Dxc. t9.-,-,-The Gun-boats built at
Amsterdam and Rotterdatn,'and destined to join
the Flotilla whiCh is fitting out in this port; are al-
ready partly arrived, and the number of vessels
which are to aft in the Expedition against England,
is daily increasing.
The other Floatlas, it is said, 'have already put
to sea from the Texel, Helvoetsluys, Harlingen,
Hoorn, EnkhUizen, and Medenhlik.
PETERsDURCH, DEC:. 6.—On the ad ins% Baron
NICOLAI, who belongs to the Russian Embassy at
the Court of St. James's, but has resided these last
five months in this Capital, set out on his return to
London.

On the loth November, the Dwina, near Arch—
angel, was already covered with ice.
Letrstc, DEC. 13.---Prders have been received
On the Polish Frontiers, to foam magazines of pro,
visions for the Russian Troops who are assetablipg
in that quarter.
LAUSANNE, Dec. g.—Helvetia is about to he
evacuated a second time by the French Troops. Oa
the 6th,. in the evening, the three Companies of
these Troops which were here in Garrison received
orders to join their Corps at Basle immediately, and
set out horn this city next morning. The rest of
the Troops have received orders to proceed to do
frontiers of the Rhine.

VIENNA, DEC. consequence of the late
formidable preparations on the part of our Govern-
inent, against Bavaria, and since their suspension,
the Negotiations between this Court and that of
Munich, have been-very atlive—and the conferences
between the Baron de GiiiFENREtiTH, MiniSter
Palatine of Bavarfa, and the'lmperial Vice-Chancel.
for, ConitesLovis DE COBENZEL, have been very
frequent of late; although it is probable that many of
the points in dispute are .not yet adjusted, yet
there is every appearance that the issue of the
Negotiations will. be satisfaaory. Even the march
of a put of the garrison of U/rr.toviiirdS Ober.,
bausem, which had given great unibrage to the Em-
peror, has been formally disavowed by the Court of
Munich, and alledged to be in consequence of a
mistake.: There are, however,-differences of greater
importance to arrange, and some reparations to
be' made.

Some Newspapers have contradidrd the repart
that Tits ESTI put aside his intention of visit.
int,?; Covent.Cyarden -Theatre on Thursday, assert-
ing, that "in put-left plainness His MAJESTY never
intimated any such intention." Not to give those
Newspapers an answer " in perfea plainness," we
shall only say, that they are 7,-2;staken. His M 1
STY ItaLl intimated such an intention, and a Gen..
tleman principally connedA with that Theatre at-
tended to know if His MAJESTY persevered in that
intention, that the requisite arrangements might be
made, found ihat the design was laid aside. Whether
His MAJESTY :lawny relinquished his intention
on the grounds publicly stated, is more than we
can presume to say " in perfed plainness."

The Marquis of SALISBURY, we understand, lins
chiefly contributed to effed that proper regulatin
at the Opera-house, by which no Foreigner is to he
employed in that concern, in any department that
can be filled by a native of Great Britain. The
Public must look with increased respect towards
that Nobleman fur a regulation peculiarly necessary
in the present critical state of affairs, and which does
so much honour to his Lordship's parrimic spirit.
The Magistrates of Glasgow and Greenock have
declared war against the dogs of those places, wilt)
are all ordered to confine themselves within doors
until the first of February next, under the penalty
of being shot.

Among the expedients resorted to by Attornies
to chastise refraeloy Clients, the following appears
to be unique. An Attorney had thought proper to
charge his Client 6s. Bd. for each time that lie had
taken a dinner with him. The Client retaliated
by charging the Attorney for dinner and a horde
of .vine at each visit. A dispute arose, but the
legal tight at length paid his Client's demand, and
immediately preferred informations against hina for
rtvithont licence.

Thursday morning two Gentlemen Volurateetsfof
Whitechapel,met to light a duel in the tenter-ground,
Goodinan's.fields, in consequence of a quarrel the
preceding night, respecting the difference olcountries
(the one being an Englishman, and the other a Ger-
man). They met at twelve o'clock in order to light,
but were interrupted by one of the Officers of Lam-
beth.street coming up at the time they were taking
their p:lces, and who stopped their proceedings on
that ground by disarming them. Having waited a
short time, and until the Officer went out of sight,
they were determined to have it out in b!ov..s, and,
accordingly they proceeded to Stepney-field, where
they fought an hour anti twenty minutes, when vice
tory was declared in favour of John Bull. The
German was taken home in a co,,ch, and new lies
dangerously

DE FENCE OF THE FRITH OF FORTH,

AND O 1 SCOTLAND IN GENERAL

E following Fatratt,‘ from the Report of the
Sub-Committee of the Association for the above
objetas, will- not perhaps be found uninteresting at
the present moment, whilst they display, in a very
Conspicuous and honourable point of view, the zeal
and activity of those on whom the execution of
this important task of providing for the defence of
that part of the Country devolved;

" The attention of the Committee was called to
the means of rendering more speedily useful, a
braneh,of the service in itself most'important, hut
in danger al I cing,' for a time at:least, less effici_
ent th .n could have been wished, from want of
skill in the use of the weaponS that were to be ern- !.
ployed in it. The Sea Fencibles were to be armed
with pjkes ; hut the pike exercise was little known
in Scotland, and no person 'had been sent down to
instru& those in it who 'had volunteered their ser-
vices in that line. To supply the want of this' ap-
pointment, the Commie appropriated, a certain
sum to be given
,td any ,pellson duly qualified, who
s'wuld come forward and teach' the Sea Fencibles
'the pike exercise, to the satisfaaion of Capt. CLE-
*NI E NTS, who has the command of that body; within
the dial ritt".. to which the Association 'had particu-
larly-direded their attention ; and- a premiurn was
added for each of the first t z men who,shouldac-
quire such kclegree of skill as to be able to under_
take the instrudion or drill of others. Such a Drill_
master was., after some inquiry;'found, and the pike
exercise is now understood, and pradisettin a stile
of expertness, 'superior •to what might otherwise
have been the case for months to come.
)3y General LLOYD'S calculation, only one
. 'shot out of 4.00, from Troops not accustomed to take
aim, takes effedin battle. This admitted as a fad,
:thews the vast importance of a Soldier's. being
trained to ball pradice ; but the proviiion Made :for
such practice in the service is so lithited, that little
progress towards profiCiency in this point:can be ;ex
petted. To promote a spirit of emulation among the
-Volunteers in this useful acquirement, the Committee
ordered a considerable number of Honorary Silver
Medals, of different sizes and value, tObe struck off;
with appropriate inscriptions, and to lodged with
the Commanding Officer's: of each Battalion of the
in the six Counties adjacent, or aPproach-
-ing towards the Coast, from -Berwick towards Fife...,
oness,.to be distributed by them 'iri 'a gradation if'
three Medals in
.each Company receiving pay, to
the best shots of those competitors whose regularity
of conduit, and punduality of attendance at drill,
were approved of by.theCommanding Officer.,-
The Committee, in suggesting this idea, was
far from ascribing to itself:any particular Merit be-
yond that of contributing, in a certain degree, to
animate and increase the, acknowledged zeal and ho.
nourable emulation of our Volunteer Forces, in con.
sequence of which, many of the Companiesin this
'Distrit have, by practice, acquired so great a de..
gree of proficiency, that in their exercise every fifth
or Sixth shot is made to take place in a target of 3
feet diaineter, •at the distance of about rco yards.
This, with the common battalion fireioelc, is a high
degree of precision, and if accuracy on a proportion.
al scale may be expeCted from them in battle, the
efficiency of the Military Defence of the Country
will thereby, it is e7ident, be greatly augmented.
vs --le,being impossible, on so extensive a line of
Coast, to have a stationary force at every place
where a landing may he attempted, the commodi-
ous and expeditious conveyance of Troops from a
'distance to the point of an attack, becomes of great
importance. With this view Colonel CR:ICHTON,
one of the Committee, contrived a machine of
Simple construction, to be made at a small expence,
and easily 'fixed on either coach or chaise wheels,and
-which,2when :so fixed, should be equal to the eon-
-veyatice of ten of twelve men, with their arms and

aecoutrements, to be drawn by two horses only,
'and to goat the rate of five to seven miles an hour.
-Of 'those machines (after, a full and satisfinory ex.
periment, as published in the Newspapers) the'Com-
mittec ca',:sed upwards of a hundred to he made

at the expence of the Association, and have deliver.

Id' thein over to the Lord Lieutenant of the qty,
kith the •necessary complement of rope, &c. for
'fixing tbenvon.the carriages that_ have been volun-
:.ttered for their reception. A certain number of
these, of nearly a similar construftion, have also
hee6-matie .sent kickwn, to Dunbar for the use of

the-Artillery.'. Theirtility of these, General Das
acknowledzes in the handsomest terms in his letter

-to theSecietary •of.tht, Association; and His Royal
nier,ess the Commander in Cltielkas also honour-
-ed the plan-with .his approbation, and given reason
-.to expect, that the adoption and use of it will• sodn
,bccorne general in England and elsewhere.
.f .To tender-this plan.more effective, when the
,emergency that calls for putting it in practice shall
arrive,- the Committee. Set apart sum to be,, por.,
tiotied cut in premiums of ist, .2d, and 31 classes,
to be given-to the coach and- chaise hirers who
Shall have the greatest number of wheel carriages
mounted with frames, and ready on the shortest no.
lice for the-conveyance of Troops : and to the con_ du tors of • carts who shall first -reach the. plaCe to
which they may be called, by signal or' otherwise,
by divisions of not less than ten each, dui regard
• being had to the distance•.from whence ;hey Started..
Prerniums also were appointed, in similar classes, to
the Farmers.or others who shall first, appear with
,their own carts at the places of rendezvous. .
• 6g The .equipment of a Naval -Force of any mag_.
nitude appeared to the Association (how .much so_
ever it was to be wished for) .so • far beyond the
orripass of their funds, .that they 'refrained, for a
time.„ from any attempt of this sort. But when
Lard ROBART'S:Letter of the Tsai August, trans.
mitting " The Plan tf. a- Voluntary Naval Arma_
,ment for the protection of the Coast," and MOM-
mending it to the attention of the Lord Lieutenants
of the Maritime Counties,-was. received, the Asso.
ciation immediately allotted roool. of their funds
to be applied in aid of the plan. And conceiving
that the money might be more economically ern. •
ployed, arid the plan• more expeditiously carried

effeEt by an unity of Ll:reaion, the Com-
mittee offered to deliver over this part of their funds
to the Lieutenancy of the County, to be added to
whatever sums they (the Lieutenancy) might other-
wise raise for that purpose. The proposal was re-.
ceifed by the Lieutenancy with expressions of
acknowledgement, .but declined for reasons unne-
eessa:ry to be mentioned in. this Report. The Lox D
ADVOCATE, however, having afterwards given the
Committee to understand, that- His Majesty's 'Mi.
nisters anxiously wished equipmentthe to he pro
ceeded in, a:Plan that had been previously pre4ented
to, antl.approved of by the Navy Board iii London,
was adopted as .a model by the Committee, and con-
formably thereto, a tontraa was immediately_ enter,
ed into with resPetlable shipbuilders at Leith, for
the equipment of a certain number of decked vesseli,
from 70 to so tons burdet, to receive on .board
carronades of various calibres,and to serve is an
auxiliary force when called for; •Of these there are
now prepared 'ten vessels, completely fitted with
slides, chocks, iron 'bolts, sweeps, powder-chests,
&c. ready for the receptiOnofcarronades, the largest
to'carry two 2+ and two IS pounders; the rest two
18 and one or two tz pounders each. Beside these
there• is a decked vessel of forty tons burden, fitted
up on a different plan, as an experiment ; and the
slides, checks, *c. all accurately marked and num-
bered with the' names of the vessels to which they
respeBively belong, are delivered over to His Ma.
jesry's Officers, ,and deposited in the Naval Yard
at Leith, ready for 'the services to which they are
destined.

into

Authority was given at the same time; for
preparing twelve herring .boats; on a plan recom.
mended by His Grace the 'Duke of BUCCLFUGH and
Sir JAMES ST. CLAIICERSKINE, of which the Com-
mittee' undertook to defray the expence.
"' Lieut. Geh. V rse, whose. attention to the con-
cerns of the Association, and to whatever promises
any addition to the means' of National Defence, has
been uniform and unremitting, having recommended
to the Committee's notice the description of a-newly
invented, or improved gun, which, of the-same ca.
libre as a six-pound cartonade, and possessing, with
half the charge of powder, nearly an equal projetile
power, should weigh 1-half less, and cost 3.fburths
less, than the.guns or- carronades of like power-hi-
therto in uw ;. the Committee;-to enable Mr. Rot,
BUCK, the Inventor, to establish, by experiment,
the reality of a. faCi which, if- well ascertained, -pro,,
mised to become of'so muchitnportance to the serviee,
caused a gun to he Made at Glasgow, under his direc-
tion, and had it brought to the Fort at Leith for trial.
A .comparative trial of this piece of ordnance has
been made io the presence of competent judges, and
it appears from their report, that there is every rea.:
son• to conclude that witha few small- improvements,
suggested- at the time of the experiment, and ap-
pro ved.of by our distinguished Commander in Chief
for Scotland, it will-fully answer the expetations of
the Inventor."

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.

JANUARY 6.

Peter Riley was convicted of a very violent as.
sault on a Watchman, in the due execution of his
duty, and thc Court, for the purpose of .depr..3ing
this sort of praftice, and to preserve the Police of
the Metropolis, determined to. punish this offender
in an exemplary manner; and therefore,
The Chairman, Mr. COLQUHOUN, observed to
the Defendant, that his case was a very aggravated
one, and it was necessary that he should be made an
example of, and therefore the sentence of the Court
upon him was, that he he imprisoned for one year
in the Cold-bath-field's Prison,,and that be be kept
to hard labour for the whole of that, term ; at the
. ,
expiration of which, that he do give security for
hii good behaviour for one year more,

•--. AbOut font- o'cloCk on-Monday morning, one of
the stables at the • White, Horse Inn, in Coventry),
was discovered by one of the watchmen to be or: fire,
who instantly alarmed the -neighbourhOOd ; anfi
every assistance being rendered, it was soon after_
wards got *under ; but- not, till two fine horses be-
longing to the 6th,: Or Inniskillen Dragoons were
suffocated, the fire having been burning for sortie
time before it 4is observe& "' It is supposed to be
occasioned by a 'iandle being stuck against the wall,
which fell amonist 'some hay.
Wednesday ee'nnight William Newham, of Glas.
kow, commonly called Dr. 'Newham, and his son,
'John Newham, accused 'by the, Procurator Fiscal of
,being I,igrants, without any lawful employment,
and imp)stors, pretending to a miraculous mode of
curing disease's, by the touch, were 'on their re-
speCtive petitions, to which the Procurator Fiscal
consented,' banished by the Sheriff lion, the comity
of Lanark, during all the days of their lives. The
Newham; are under the, penalty of imprisonthent as
. .
often as found at large within the county, after the
expiration, of the six days allowed them, to prepare
forgoing into banishment.'
• Last Sunday a young man,- of the parish of Holme
Culttam, in 'Cumberland, who had been out shoot-
ing, on his return home put his • powder.fiask,
which he imagined had
,contracted some damp, into'
the oven to dry. In this situation it remained all
that day,.and part of the next, when the oven was.
about tckbe heated ;. as, 4opn as the fire communi-
cated to the powder, the whole of the oven, consisting
of cast metal, was blown into several-pieces, some
of which forced their way through the walls of the
kitchen, and while one. of the fragments struck one,
of the men serynts of the family upon the arm, and
broke it in two places,' others present were severely
wounded. Tge glass -of 'five windows was blown :
out, and the. ceiling of an upper room was forced
up; and a servant maid miraculouly escaped un-
hurt.

On Monday next the state Lottery begins draw.:
ing, and. will continue on. the '404 18th, 21st,
24th, i6th, 28th, and pqr of the present month,
,and, on the •2d and 4th February, which will'
,be:
•the last day of drawing. NicHei.sores fortunate
Tickets And. Shares can only be had in London at.
No. 88, Camila!, corner of the Royal-Exchange.