Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-03-17
FOREIGN NEWS.
NEW. YORK March 8

bile cargo of brandy, wine and dry Goods.
Passengers in the Criterion, Madam Mer
rilan and two daughters, Madam Cresson.
Messrs. Shubrick and Golfer. of the u. s
friga'e President, Mr.. Talbot, and Mr. u.
w Sage, supercargo.
Lieutenant Shubrick is bearer of des
patches from Mr.. Crawford, our Minister
at the Napoleon Court. MIR. c. expected
to meet with some delay in his arrange
ments with the French government In con
sequence of change Of ministers
The editors of the n. York Gazette are
indebted to MIR. Sage for the following EpI
TOME of NEWS:
State of the army-Duke of Tarrent,
(MDonald) it was reported, had gone to
Holland with 10000 men
Duke of Ragusa, (NlarmonD at Mayence
with $4,000.
Marshal St. Cyr, capitulated at Dresden
with $4,000
Prince Eckmuhl cut off by the Swedes in
the environs of Hamburg, force $4,000
men.
Duke of Belluno, Victor at Stratsburg
with 10000 men.
Count Bertrand, at Cassel, with 10000
men.
Reserve army said to be forming.
Under the Duke of Valmy, at Metz,
10000 men,
Gen. Rapp at Dantzic, $4,000 men.
Marshal D'Albasure (SoucheD head
quarters at Barcelona, $4,000 men.
Duke of Dalmatia, (Soult head quarters
at Bayonne, 5000 men and daily receiv-
ing reinforcements.
The Vice Roy of Italy prince Eugene)
at Verona, with $4,000 men.
The king of Naples said to be coming
from Naples with $4,000 men
$4,000 men at Sedan.
December 20th-Breda, in Holland, was
taken by the Prussian and Dutch troops on
the 10th inst.
Considerable apprehensons had, been en-
sefsained for the fate of Antwerp. but
10000 French troops had arrived there for
its relief
The coalesced powers Of the North, have
shown disposition for peace. They are
content that France should remain within
her ancient limits They say their victor
les have brought them to the Rhine, where
they intended to remain until peace is con
cluded
At Luxembourg there we're many troops
collecting.
General Sebastian and his troops are in
the envrons of Cologne
The combined forces of the north crossed
the Rhine in three different positions with
200 900 men on the 25th Dec broke the
neutrality Of the Swiss Cantons and march
ed through--they had entered Bern with
c4l., c. oh 70 hs, 4
invasion of Italy
The King of Naples has taken offthe re-
strictions on commerce and reduced the
duties rs per cent
Collincourt, duke of Whence, has been
appointed Minister of Foreign Relations, in
the place of the duke of Bassano. The
corps legislatif convened the 10th Dec.
The 18th and 18th December the two ar
mics before Bayonne were very warmly en-
eaeed without cessation The English and
Portuguese lost from eight to ten thousand
men. The Spanish troops were not engag-
ed in this affair, they have inclined to the
RIGHT and are on the borders ofthe Adore.
Two commissioners had been sent to the
congress at Mannheim, from Paris.
December 3lst.-It is confidently report
body, has been met by similar one of the
council of state, to examine the documents
relative to the negotiations and the pro-
posals made to the allied powers, and that
they firmly represented and insisted that
as the proposals, were not adequate to the
actual state OF affairs, new and more liberal
ones should be made, and that after a long
discussion, their opinion had been adopted.
From the nature of the new proposals made
to the enemy, great hopes may be entertain
ed ola speedy pacifcation. In consequence
of the change Of ministers of foreign rela-
tons, MIR Crawford observed that he ex-
pected to meet with some detention in his
arrangements with the French government.
The King of Spain lFerdinand) was pre-
pairing to leave Paris to re, assume his au-
thority in Spain. A peace appears very
certain between France and Spain, and
that soon