Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-10-29
UlbuIe Dumbsr, $40.

icT gouy 70 war rfldn al Ptefcuts 'Vcl army
as fsen BY the official return, is or the mott
formidab footing, and her population and h
nanccs are. both in that prog,enive re Of adj
vance which viii fc,ure to her The ability Of
carrying on Aoisilitrs for f.veral years without
fnitAinins any coniiderahlc injury The pcpu-
larion of Rplia lras been eltinatrd at rsrty.iix
! millions, but this feems 70 be below The truth,
| The number of recruits RATED, amnunsed TO
1900 men, executive of 1900 defined to
| lrrye in the fleet, and as on'r two men were
taken out Of every five hundred in the Empire,
this will make the clafIss liable 10 furniih re-
| fruits to amount to Eighteen millions and half
Of melcs, 30 which if we add the fame natnber
Of fe.oa'cs, we flall have 81 naikons. fut,as.
recruits are lsvied only from among the Doors
and cirizens, the other claf1es being exempted.
there VII be no exspgeraton inefima:ing the
whole popular of RnIlia at forty millions, with
out including thofr who are above or under the
age fit for military fcrvice.
The public revenues of Rufia are in fare
equally aouriihing; for we can afisrs, OH the
beit authority, that they amount to Ioo millions
of roubles (about n mil ions iterine). which
exceeds the expenditure BY about Fix millions
Of roubles.
Letters from Spain fate, that General Nor
eau and his fpoufe will ipend the bef part Of
autumn, and perhaps the whole winter, il. that
Kingdom, where :hey are treated with the
greateit hospitality by all clafes Of inhabitants
LosDoN, SEPT. 10.
A large MATS of foreign intelligence, none
of which lis of much importance, has been
Brought by two Hamburger mails, which arriv-
ed yeiferday, by the Pats Papers 10 the I'd, and
the Dutch Papers to the sth.
The Rullian Ambaf1ador has certainly left
Paris. His departure took place either on the
7oth or aft Of lait month. The Emperor of
Germany has notified to all the Forcig., Ninift-
crs relident at Vienna the aaumption Of his
new title 1t fhoud feem, from this circular
note, as if his Auftro- German imperial Majctty
FELT it more necefary TO make this itcp palatablc
to his own filbjeGs and to the German empire.
:han tothc oslrcr powers-of Europe. The af- I
fumption Of the new title has alto been CONF
municated to the diet of Ratfbon.
Bonaparte left Bouognc for Aix-la Chapelle
or the 17th ult. On the 2o,h he was at Arras,
the birth place, we believe, of a worthy prcdc-.
ceiior Of his in the government OF Francc, Robel-
pierre There are no later accounts Of his move
ments than the 2oih. No mention is made Of
the period of his return to Paris; and we III 'uld
uppoie that it viii not take place for fome time,
from the crcu m!tances of the miniitcr OF finance
having been ordered to attend him atboulogns.
With the annual ftatenent of the revenue and
expenditure, and the budget for the enfiing
year. The Moniteur OF the 2oth gives fketch
OF the budget, and repreients, as was to be cx-
pe6ed, the firuaton of tile French Frances to be
in the nor hourilbng tate the receipt exceed
ing the expendture-and no new taxes wanted
How happens it, then that fate 10 fourIfhing in
point of finance, fhou'd be eternsAy in want Of
money, and ihoud have recourfe to the fhamc-
full and oppreiIivc meafures, pundering defence
lefs towns, robbang unoffending cities, and pill
fering The Golfers. Of every power that has the
misfortunc to be lsaAted within its gratp.
The recall of Mr.. Livingston is mentioned in
the Paris papers, but they efea to be ignorant
of the cauie Off
LONDON, SEPT, ~.
1t will be fren that the French have lcn I'D
miral EAsouchc TreviIle one of their beft ma
va. officers. The news Of his death was brought
to Paris by an extraordinary courier on the a4th
of Augua.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. re
We cannot too ftrongy caution thu public
acainft giving credit 70 the rumours ofimmcdi:
ate nvaiion, which are foley founded upon
the frequent firing along the oppolite COATS. and
which, by diffu6ng falfe alarms, are. only csicu-
lated to ".ffight the life from propriety.' and
in many initances to put the country Of is enard
by. relaxing our means Ct defe hsSSs' The St-
mot confidence f,culd be placed in government.
which is no doubt III nnlf{1.,n,, rs the ssnun{