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REIGN INTELLIGEIVCE,

PAILS, MARCH lit
It is coefi3.colly stated, that the Russian o
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has offered its trediation tot the removal of'tliediP
ferences between France and Austria. His Ma-
jelly the Emperor, after his return from RaM2-
b,uillet on the 1.5 th,. held a Cabinet Council at the
Palace of Elysium. The same dly, the Senator
Rampon left town for Boulogne, to take the com-
mand of the army on the coast of the Channel
According to letters from Metz and Strasburgh,
the Marshal Duke of Dantzic (Lefebvre) is expected
in the former, and the Marshal Duke of' Ri'voli
(Massena) in the latter city. The Prince of Neuf,
chatel (Berthier), who 'has already, at different
times, filled the post of Major-General in our Grand
Arm.., will again undertake the same situaticm with
the armies in Germany. We learn, that General
Duhesme has attacked, with 8000 men, and got pos-
session of the town of Mattara, with 98 vessels' laden
with provisions, which be sent to Barcelona, where
all of them have arrived but one, thatlas been sunk
by an English frigate.
Several convoys of Spanish prisoners, amounting
eo between seven- and eight thousand men; arrived at
Bayonne on the 6,1 and 7th instant.
An Imperial Decree, dated the 21st February, and published at
Antwerp and the other ports of the Empire, contains, in favour
of Americans, the following orders':
Napoleon the Firs:, Emperor of France, King of Italy, and
Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, have decreed and
do decree as follows : _ _ _

Art. 1. The American ships detained in the Ports of the Ent
pire, in consequence only of the Embargo, may set tall to return !
directly to the United States, bpt this favour is not to extend' to
vessels seized in consequence of irregular papers or other poses.
2. The ships from which the Embargo is taken shall bltput at .
the disposal of General Armstrong, Minister Plenipotentiary
from the United States, to secure the direct return °Mese vessels
to that country : their departure shall not take place till they have
given security, and have received certificates from our Consuls,
vice Consuls, Agents of Commerce, in France and America, that
the said cargoes contain but territorial or manufactured produc-
tions of our Empire, and that there is nothing in them produced
from the colonies or commerce of England.
S. Our Ministers of Foreign Relations are charged each in as
Much as it concerns him, with the execution of this Decree.
Another Decree, of the same date, cont.ins in substance, that
the confiscated American vessels, V;hofe sal. will tahe place in
the ports of the Empire, may be bought on• foreign account, on
paying a duty of 15 francs per ton.
et MARCH 19.—A letter from Bayonne, of the 12th
instant -says :
" The Oenral of Division, Drouct, commandi-g the 11th di-
vision, lift this place yesterday on his way to Saasburg. We
shortly expect here the Duke of Montebello (Lames), who is
said to be proceeding to the same quarter. The Imperial Guards
who have passed through this city, in successive detachments, on
their march from Valladolid, have, according to some, proceeded
in the direction of Italy, and according to others, in that of Stras-1
burg. The last division of the garrison of Saragossa arrived here
yesterday. The secular clergy, and 'he majority of the monks
belonging to that city, have solicited and obtained a free pardon
from Joseph Napoleon. They have unanimously taken the oath
of allegiance to the new Government. According to the last ad •
vices from Madrid, the greatest tranquillity continued to prevail
in that carital. The King frequently honours the theatres with
kis presence, and is always received with the warmest applause."
MARCH 20.—1 t is announced that one of the nu-
merous bodies which are to be formed an Germany,
shall be termed " Body of Observation in Saxony
and Thuringen." The same is to be commanded by
the-Duke of Auerstadt (Davoust). Another of them
is to be named " Body of Observation of the Rhine,"
and to be placed under the command of the Duke of
D.tntzic (Lefebvre).
Ten thousand grenadiers and voltigcurs are destin-
ed to strengthen the light corps of General Ondinot.
The hereditary Prince of Badenis arrived here.
MARCH .29.—One of our daily Papers announces
that the Duke of Dalmatia (Soult), who for some
tame had been kept back by the inundations of the
Minho, had. entered Oporto on the Sd of March,
where 25 English merchantmen were taken. He has
*had several engagements with the Portuguese insur-
gents whom he scattered like dust before him. The
English, according to theircnstom, hadabandoned those
• they had excited to rebellion. The Duke of Belluno
(Lefebvre) was not far from Seville. General St Cyr
is advancing against Valencia. He had fought one
engagement, in which the Spanish General Reding
was killed.

MARzli :24--The report of the impending depar-
ture of his Imperial Majesty is this day revived.—
The Moniieur* contains an article from Presburgh,
which states that the Emperor is expected in Verona.
The noted Palafox arrived in Bayonne on the 17th
instant, and was immediately lodged in the Castle.--
He is not yet perfectly recoverfd from his illness. -
The King of Spain has left Madrid to pass a few
days at the Escurial. Marshal Souk (Duke of Dal-
matia) took possession of Oporto on the Sd instant.
After having defeated the Purznguese in several en-
gagements, lie entered Lisbon pn the 10th instant.

BAYONNE; 7,1AIIC:11 15.
The King of Spain. has :cft ls.ladrid, and is about
to spend some time at the Escurial.—A decisive en.
gagement is looked fc,r on the side of liadajos, which
will make us masters of all Estremadurai and on this
side open at once Portfigal and Andalusia to our arms:

DELFT,' MARCH 30.

Letters from Basle of the 14th instant state, that a
corps of from 1 to 15,000 French troops began, on
the I Ith instant, to march through Switaerland.—
They are directing their march to Bresgaw. A corps
of the same strength is to cross the Rhine near .Old
Brisach.

Letters from Cracow state, that many regiments.
are passing through that town on their march to
Lemberg, which movement seems to be a necessary
consequ..T.ce of the march of the Russian troops,
who are drawing near the frontiers of Collicia, in
four di% commanded by Generals Dortozoff,.
Suwarrow, L:tuis, and Gortschakoif.

The Ithrry ith which the monied men of the north
of Germany, ancient Poland, and Russia, draw their
!none.? out of the Bank, seems to be. a bad omen of
the. •
sentiments cf the last Power. •

General Knc:b!.:sdorf, Minister Plenipotentiary and
Envoy ENtrac)rdiilary cf the King of Prussia, deli-
vereu on the Vith instant his credentials to the King,
in the usual manner.

FRONTIERS OF TURKEY, FEERUARY 25.

Russians ,:re assembling in great force on the
(-I tl,c Danube, and all their troops quartered
n Moldavia.; I.J.:..3sacabia, and on the old Russian
ifontier, Are under orders to advance to that river.—
arc also to be in moticm, and
tre-b,'Hnni-..t, to rrc.,./isK;n and g-vaisea their strong
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