Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-03-02

ii de Duchy 81 Luxembourg, Of order.
81 Payis were offered; both Of which
tho money-loying Hamburgers objected
10. However, ensBertheir, who ne.
gociated the han told the Senate, h
Ineu Spheye he money tcds, and shew.
ed Them his orders written with The poin,
Of the bayoneti their qualms subsidized,
and the money was paid. 8
Lnbec, il is also said, in ike manner,
has been assessed 20, cool. sterling land
Bremen s0,ooOl. Tonningen has also
beenealled upon to pay still more con-
siderable sum, or receives French gar
rison. Al these sums must be paid
The military negociators are very iaco-
mic intheir words Of command and are
used 10 the I" quick step" Besides,
they are capital performers in 2 scene
Duroc--s What shall we do, If pc per-
/" ceive these Burghers win not yield to
i & our demands I" Z -.
Besfhier.--s Chop of their head"
4 =. ?. : = - SHAKnSPEARE.
Il need not now be repeated, bat the
system which France has sdoited for
years towards the small and wsaf States
In her vicinity, has been an organised
system Of plumber /; and none have felt il
more severely than the Northern free
i Cities.F. p -, f4.v>I- = !. =
The present situation Of these Cities
is peculiarly distressing. On the one
side they are reqmsie6aed almost to their
last dollar by the Frnch; on the other,
the navigation Of Hamburg and Bremen
is impeded by the Blockade Of the Elbe
and the Weser. Embden and Tonnin-
gen, however, We believe, profit by the
blockade, and merchants of the former
are removing tothe latter cities. 1t is
rather singular, that the above Imperial
Cities, in . stgte of perfect neutrality,
should experience the fate of flving- 6sh,
pursued by Delphins and fish-hawks.
/. 1t is asserted;a that the Hanseatic
towns have formally claimed the protec-
ton Of Russis. In any other times than
these, this protection would readily be
extended. Wheeler or not it viii now
be, remains to be seen. Should it be
granted, il viii prevent their being plum
dered in future. -. IL. ~ =, Fl
! II. The GERMAN EMPIRE
I WasEeposing in the lap ofpeace and
pursuing measures to restore her finances
wasted by the war. The Archduke
Charles was busted in reforming the nu.
msrous army of the Empire economic
sing It's expenses, and improving. is dis
cipfine, and organization. Efforh we're
also making to advance the maritime
importance Of the newly acquired terri
tory of Venice and the Austrian ports
az the bottom of the Adriatie.-InAddi>
sons time the yenetians boosted they
could ct out thirty men of war, and an
hundred gailies.t The Austrian govern
ment have lately complained Of die de.
tention ofimperiAl vessels in the Medi-
terranean7 and Archipelago which COM
plants the british have attended To.
Important negotiations were said 10, be
on the tapis between the empernrs of
Germany and Russia and the, King
of Prussia. ,Couries are continually pass
ingbctween the Courts; and considering
70 what Lengths the ambition of Bona
parte carries him, il bshoves them to be
unusually vigilant. .
In the las, papers we find, that the
First Consul has demanded of the Duke
of Brunswick certain arrears said to
have been due since the seven years war.
Htrue, this demand is but pretext for
marching part of Mortier's army into
the Dutchy. T., T.. - -
Or PRUSSIA - :
The internal affairs of this Kingdom
are in a very eligible state. Whilst the
rest Of Germany has been exhausted by
war, Prussia has been filing her Golfers
-diseiPlining herarmies, and advancing
arts and trade. II is said. her Monarch
has lately looked with q jealous eye on
the movements Of the French. In ira VI.