The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-16 00:00:00

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Mal" and 50 battalions of foot and 6000 Cavalry
are in full march, to replace in Spain the, few rtgt•
meets which lately returned from that country. This
gives France an efficient force of upwards of nine
hundred thousand fighting. men!!! of Whom the
least that can be said is, that they hate already
shown, by their devotion to the Boman, they are
still willing to second him in all his projects. But
the most important part of this new declaration is,
that which discloses the rapid increase of the marl.,
time power of France. " Considerable fleets," it
states, " are equipped and armed; several vessels
will, in the course of the summer, be completed in
Toulon ; several are constructing at Venice ; one
has been launched at Genoa ; many-others are upon .
the st6cks at Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Cher.
burgh, Rochefort ; the basin of Flushing will be com-
pletely finished before the month of dune; thirty
vessel:, completely armed, will be able to enter it—
an advantage which the old basin dia not possess."

A report has been received from the Continent,
that a British frigate in the Adriatic, singly and
, alone, has captured, after a most gallant action, the
Rivoli, a new 80 gun-ship, in her way from Venice
to Corfu, with a convoy, which was dispersed, and
forced to fly for shelter into different ports.
The same system Is adopted in the Prussian ports
which was resorted to some time ago in Holland with
respect to the sailing qf. fishing 'each. An officer
and two men are put on board each, to take care that
the vessel pursues no other object.
It is reported that the Providence increase, Ban.
wrstati, and Richard and Ann, WAan, with three
or four other vessels of the fleet which sailed from
Malta en the 30th of December, under convoy of
ithe Leyden man of war, were taken on the 17th of
January, off Sardinia, by several privateers.
The last letters from Lisbou mention the detection'
of a man who was conveying intelligence to MIR.
SIONt from the Governor of Badajos; from which
place he pretended that he bad escaped. Some sus.
pinions, however, arising, it was thought expedient
to search him. A letter was found sewed under
the cape of his coat; on opening this letter,
It was .found to be written by Pnimerox, the
-Governor of Badajoz, to MARMON; inform.
ing the latter of the state of the forties ; and
ladding,that there was not a sufficient quantity of RM.-
munition left in it to return the fire of the besieging
army for two days rooger. Whether it was the ob.
lject of the Governor to prepare Maawoxx for the
intelligence of the speedy surrender of the place, or
to urge him to make some effort to relive him, was,
of course, relater of conjecture.

FRENCH EXPOSE.

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FROM THE JOURNAL DE ItARIS OF APRIL ICI.
" If we take a view of the French Empire, we see
that it to-day offers a development of forces, per-
haps, unexampled. • At the moment when user
500,000 men are marching from Hambergh, the
1 Wesel, Nlayence, Verona, Munich, Dresden; and
Berlin, to take a position upon the Oder and the
Vistula, 'Whilst fifty thousand men form camps of re-
serve for the protection of the coasts of France, Italy,
the kingdom of Napless and the Illyrian provinces,
and that six armies, amounting to nearly three hen.
'tired thousand men, are in the Peninsula, fifty bat.
italions are in march from different points, to re.
place, in Spain, seven or eight regiments, which
! have been recalled, and some detachments of-the
I Imperial Guard, six thousand cavalry, have set out
! ftom the depots to reinforce that same army, and all
this is done without effort, without extraordinary
means, without bustle. At the same time consider.
able fleets are equipped and armed; several vessels
will, in the course of the summer, be completed
in Toulon • several are constructing at Venice,
one has been launched at Genoa, many others
ire upon the stocks at Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
Antwerp, Cherburgh, Rochefort. The funds to
be appropriated to ships, roads, canals, bridges,
new basins, and dock-yards, are, as we are as-
sured, more considerable than these of lasi year ; the
construction of a new basin at the mouth of the Loire
is talked of; the road from llamburgh to Wesel will,
this year, be finished, thus a route of more •hat; 80
leagues, costing more than tea millions, will have
been finished in less than two years. The toad from
Amsterdam to Antwerp ocsespies three depies of
workmen; six of the same are employed upon that
which coasts the• Mediterranean, from Nice to Rome ;
that from Parma to Spezzia. The ettuseway from
Bourdeaux to Bayonne, across Les Lettdos, will be
finished this season. Roads,- which wilt cross the
Berre in different. directions, are, it is said, in con-
templation, and the establishing of a direct commi.
, Ideation with_ Saragossa, by travelling the Pyrenees,
'at a great number of points. The basin of Flash.
big will he completely .finished before the month of -
.June ; thirty vessels, completely armed, will be able
Ito eater it, an advantage which the old basin did
sot possess, in which ships could not enter without
having their guns taken out. This year, the Elbe has -.
been sounded, and understood; that river poliesses
similar advantages to those possessed by the Scheidt ;
it has fine harbour(, basins, and an arsentri foe
building will be established there. The works of
the strong fortresses'are pursued with equal actiVity,
fTohrrtese forts
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I.y completed, and covered by inundations. ,Battsfries
defend thopiesage of the Helder, and protect the •
squadron. A basin and a maritime establishment
have been decreed, and will be commenced this year.
Already would three months' open trenches be re.
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quired to take the Helder, that key of the &Went*
and Holland," • •
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