Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1805-1805, 1805-04-08

we know not, but fhe began to form Gordon
upon her frontier from the Tyrol to Venice
She has allcdged the epidemic dlfemper in TUT
cany as the cauie OF this Gordon pretencc
which does not deceive Bonaparte, who certain.
ly perreives that 70 large force can only IL fol
the purpole of obfervation. It is evident that
Auttria iutPe6ts him.-Ae has cndeavcred to
quiet her approximations by an exprels condition
that the new king Of Lombardy fhall renounce
all claim to the fucce1hon to the Imperial crown
of France, and thar the stiles of emperor Of
France and king Of Lombardy fha lever be uni
ted IN the fame perfon. But thefe atiurapces
have not produced the effcG of removing the
approximations Of Aultria, or Of inducing her to
withdraw her Gordon She has recently increa-
fed It. Hence the alteration at the levee be-
tween Bonap2rte and Count Cobentzel, to
whom the former ipoke in the language of in
lult and defiance.
The ag3randizment of his family, an aggran-
dizment for which they fhall be indebted fole-
lv to him, is the valt obea Of his ambition.
To give his family power and .confequcnce
which none ever pofefied bcfore-to be empe-
ror, reigning over dependent kings-Kings bear
his name, and created by himlelf is the grand
lcheme and determination Of his mind Kings
Of Italy, and Of Holland, Of Switzerland land of
Spain, all ftripped from the fame tree, and
planted in the different foils Of Europe BY him
tef. The pope is conveniently ablent from
Rome, and already do we hear it infatuated,
thot his relldence may be fixed eIewhere, BY
the indended changes in Italy The kingdom
of EtrHria is 1ickly,and is hafenng to its didolu
ton. In the kingdom Of Lombardy will be
merged the republics Of Liguri and Lucca, the
kingdom Of Eutruria, and even the territories Of
the church. Naples will be the laft part of It.
ally feized and added to it. hat fuch are Bo-
naparte'S gigantic deGgns, feems to be fufpe6fed
by Aufria, and this is the motive for her hav-
ing attended 70 large Gordon
We fhall net be furpriled to find that Bona
parts Object, in paf1ing the Alps, is NOT to feat
his brother on the throne of Lombardy in the
frft intance, but to place himlelf at the head of
his army, attack and break the Aultrian Gordon,
which, by being too extended, is in no part We
ny hrong which, not expecting immediate hoi-
tilities, has not collected fufficient ammunition,
and other neceharies, and thus drive the Auf-
rians out OF the Venetian territories, and fecure
the pofefion of them to France, that is to the
kingdom of Lombardy, Bonaparte fees that
war with AuftNa is inevitable and his policy is
always to itrike the frf blow.
L01d0n, FAB. A very extenfive expedition
IS now almof ready in our ports. Its Object,
of courfe, is matter Of uncertainty.
London, Feb. 3.--At length, after remaining
two years in port, the French have ventured to
fend fquadron to fea.. A look out cutter has
brought intelligence to admiral CORVALLIS, of
Brett, that fix fail of t& line, and two frigates,
had put to fea, from Rochfort, the nth Of IAN
uary. On the I2th, they were dclcribed by one
Of our cutters, ftanding n apparently having
fuitained damage in their mats, fails and yards
On the 18th they wers fpoken by an American
veflel off thePeHmarkS, Ton the Frencb coat, a
faaH diRan& 10 TIE N. N. of LOgient1 when
they hove alb out and food to the Southwark.
Il is evident they have gone to the wetward.
Immediately on receiving the above intelligence
Sir Charles Cotton, and Sir Thomas Graves,
with each a iquadron, was fent in puriuit Of
them
Rear Admiral Graves, fquadron, is compo-
fed Of the Foudroyant, Of 80 guns, capt. Rod
Windfor Cattle, capt Gould Hero, IA, capt,
Loring. It was on the 18th January be got in
ormation Of the elcape Of the fquadron ,-the
heavy gales having obliged him to 60 into Qnl-
boron bay. On the cath he was off Uihant.
Fe5. 5.-The army climates were moved yef-
terday. BY thefe it appears, that we have an
army Of regulars, militia and fencibles, of up
wards Of goo, 900 men, and a volunteer army
to an equal amount. lfto thefe be added our
naval force, it will be found that we have q
greater number of men in arms, than any coun.
try, in Europe, NOT excepting France herlelf,
we had laid than almOi any two coun-
tries.
Feb. Yeferday, fix Of Ruael's Wagons
full Of the chefs of Spaniih dollars, one mil
ion and half received from en- board the San
ia Gertruyda SPanifh frigate, were efcortet
through this town for London, by parties Of the
I'd. regiment of Dragon, Guard, Gift, 1T De
Won, and royal Cornwall Regiments in grand