Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-02-17

part of the journey to be performed
by water. To have enabled Admi-
raj Kikhert toreceive the news on the
z sth at the Texel it mutt have reach
ed Hague on The. 24th at night, and
fit did, i: is impoiIible to account
for the cir cumlfances of its not being
inherited in the Official paper Of the
next day
The lat account from Vienna are
dated the nth uit AT that time ir
was known that that Capital mutt fall
into the power of the enemy, and yet
they itatc that the emperor's politiye
determination is not to make peace /;
il is therefore difficult TO conceive
what could induce him 70 fuddenly
to content to 10 aifgraceful peace.
But what affords fill froUger
grounds for doubt upon this fubie6
is, that letters have been received in
town this morning from the Hague,
dated the z8th ult. which are perfec-
| tiy lllent upon the fubject Of
peace having been Ggned
Lat night night We received fome
additional P.E;s P Pers, though not Of
later date than holt We bad Previ-
ouly received. They confirm how
ever, that we 1ated lhort tin Gncc
| refpettlng the failure. Of lome;or the
primo pal banking houla. Of Paris
The following illu fion is raade to the
fubjett in one of the FrcAch papers.
| I" We are aAured that the credi-
tors Of the houGe Of Rec34bier, 'hav.
ing had a mceting in confequence Of
the failure of their banks, In order TO
to conlider the fate Of its affairs,
expected from its immcnce epulence,
and they fhould have found the dow
F; ry of Madame. Recainer let down
at feveral. millions French. Ii was
not, therefore, without fome alton
ihment, that they heard it declared
that her dowry was only 50, 900 Ii
vrcs, and that. Madame Kecaimier
had given it up to the creditors Of
her hu1band fuch a conduct calls
for no comment it gives rife, at
the fame time, to many reflections"
1t is alfo itated, that the houGc of
Grandin, Carfanac and Co Delville
and Co (; +. Lee Morne ard Co;
! ubrey aud Co; and various others
OF equal credit and confederation,
have likewife been obliged to flop
pa, ment. Thefc events have occa-
tioned greatef alarm and confuGon,
and are attributed to the mealures
adopted BY the Emperor, which have
drawn away all the fpecie, and de.
prived the bankers of the means Of
fulfilling their engagements,
| In-the fame papers i; is mention.
| edthanthe terms which are now fup.
tFp0tsd 70 form the BATS of the separ-
arc treaty between Anttria and Franc
were brous ut to the head quarters of
/ Bsnaparte by tAe Auitrian General
| Count Ginlay. On this ifubiea the
following observations are made IN
one Of the Paris Journals.
"Bnt what kind Of peace could
| huitria expect, when fhe no longer
| podeGeswhat might be offered to dit-
arm the conquerer'? The Venician
ftates and the Tyrol had been objects
ct negotiation indeed one Of thcfe
countries might, few weeks Gnce,
have been accepted as a guarantee ;
but as now both are reduced by
victorious arms, the hear, of Aut-
J rian monarchy is laid bare to our
! mercy. Under fuch diiTaiterous cir
cumftpnces, there is no room for
negotiation --the will and humanity
Of the conquerer mutt be Gubmitted
to-
The St. Pittfburgh Gazette con-
tains an important article, from
which it would appear that a com.
plcte understanding with refpea to
the objects and conduct Of ne war,
had been eitablifhed between the
Emperor of Rufia and the king of
Pruliia, circumltance which rem.
derS the intelligence of a feparate
treaty entered into NV Aufr;a I(ill