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T . 1 S ' ForrrKB IX. PUBLISHED (weeklt) BY ALLMAND HALL. TUESDAY, )IAY 7, 1805. Ar3. 435.' Fromih-N0rfolk-Publkk4dgerr Europd has not for tttihy years, amid all ; its revolutions and convulsions, presented it sell in a mare interesting or awful point of lew than at this moment. All the recent occurrences there seem to indicate tKe' near approach of some event of immense magni tude and importance to the world : , which nothing can avert except a peace between its two great contending powers, France and England ; a circumstance not to be expect ed. ' It must be no less unlooked-far and mor tifying to England, than it is novel in itself, to find her possessions assailed by the fleets of i r ranee, which she ha been so longaccustomed not only to conqnrbut.despise. This change in the nature of the hostilities cannot fail of producing the. double effect, of augment ing the insolence of the one, and inflaming the resentment of the otlur pejver. Wrapt up in one object, the protection of the Eu ropean possessions from invasion, and be lieving it next to impossible that the French navy, or any part ot it, would or durst ven ture to sea, Cirsat-Britain has shamefully ne glected the defence of her West-India colo nies, as miy be seen by the list of her force. there, which we published a few days ago ; j theconseq lence has ben such insult to her dignity, injury to her subjects, and disgrace to her councils, as cannot fail to exasperate "her to a desire, of vengeance even greater than what she has hitherto experienced: and hence we may. place the prospect of peace at a much greater distance than it has at any period since the cjiiinencem'.'tit of the present war appeared to have be.eu removed - from the world. .'"'. The -difference between the conduct of the two government is. In -the -present in stance, peculiarly' striking. EnghnnY par ticipating her counci'Yanl'a'knowlegeof her -After expending so-much timeso muchj jMafrimcue, of the 9th November, state the monev. mvbrino-ins' the means of invading r .arrival, of the frigates La Villede Milan, and England to tha state which was requisite torjfe President, with ammunition nd provi . -l.i . u:. .. -i... t. .,t.nf ' ic nnt tr It nirn4 nnrl that tint!-, itlnnrla .1 :n designs- among ..sue a numiers, cm: never formrat" least wo believe never has formed and executed, any plan without differing a knowledge of it first to transpire; thereby placing the ens.my so completely on his guard, as to enable hi in t disconcert all her entcrprizes against him. Ever since the commencement of the present war the Eng lish newspapers have t.tlked of secret expe.H it vis being in an advanced state ofprep-ira-tion; but in this talk, all their schemes have vanished. France on th? other hand has been profoundly silent as to any design, of secret warfare, until the moment of ex'-cu-tionarrived; when, with thecelerity ofl;ghten ing, the blaze is sc ircely discvered before the blow is fell t a blow, too, which, let h be disguised as ii niav, deeply atTects the in terest and the glory of England. The ascrocy with whicli B lonapsrte me ditates his measures, and the promptitude with, which he executes them, are the stron gest proofs th it c in b.j ad Jured of his hitrh qualification for the eminent m l hazardous - duties ot Xfi'.mter of the resources of a na tion. Whatever oT pusion, whatever of intetinent, wVucver of rjshness. a id whate ver of violence, he miv have displayed in mmy parts of his dilomitick conduct, at diiT-r:nt psrioh since his elevation to pow er, ws are n re i;i.:lined to ascribe to a haughty cone? un ss of the extent of tint ' pow-r, t a iron I ivictinn of :iis complete kn lclge, n t only of the i-n n:"ie physical force of the m ir'o'nc toured in hi hinds, but alsi t)f hi vu through comtttnd over allitsmnvot nt. vv to anv deficiency of political si!l. or, indeed, of political pni. i d-j'K.e. 'V'i r-e n h. v;t I'U-I oi success in aiv m-!asT f, the pHunimr rf whi-h and' tlv; m-av o" rx'-u'in it were submitted " t'.ir.ly VtTnTcl?Twcrea,o-'t1fr"MT1cr his own cn'-oul. To si gial't? ihe p-tsent war" hit hi conceived one mighty project ; a project whi- h mnU ei'her end in the dis trK of hi arm, or in the a'lto'uie rui-t of his nv. an I tw c ncjicnt utcnntrla blJ cam nin l nvp all Europe. Such a pro ieCtooce in lured in he m'nd of nuonapaie. we knw enough of that mind lo au'oriate 111 to discredit ov idea thst. w' lle ihrrc is the lightrt shadow of proh.iv ty in justi fy hop.-sof lurcess, it ever will Se ahandou mA. l-'vi-ti it.m''i neAre houM foe ihenre- r.t put its etecutio I i le, il has bfrrt lai I ' . . . i.. lon r hrrineu, in in m once iiim'iiiit". Ixing before h" l'.vptin expedition ht h ' submii'cd to the Dire:-rv a phn for ihe invatiou and roijMet -f England; on his rteWioti to ths Ci ui-'tr, the ides restored to ,hs Snp; hut at b"lh lhcfl priolth nut vs lvi 'vaV. too mir'i exhsusted, to 'Tfl the nwis of carrying Into oprsrjtiin a u!n so esp nive, reqoir. 1nt rt grest ait a ;rUiin otH of mm nl f treasure.' The nrt o'jcrl lht en- fse ni s'teft'iiu- at the comm-neeme'it f lhc peeut i'i wi this nvtrh wiOied for eoo'uet. AH his rf siufe have Iwren devoted to the petf-din of ihc means by sthieb it wnlobe arro-mhshf d, wiH vrsi inl industry unexampled i sod In le than two vears we belvH tho m?as incrrivd p'it rat rel bevood any thinic whir H the feam of the enemy eoi I hue suT?rtrd,bui evtn in that poinl brtond wt,ifh It 1 wobablf Wi An bot or intcfctioni did bol mean to f. arry tbeou enable him to make the attempt, it is not to be expected that he will all at oncelorego the object of those preparations, and proclaim to the world his own unfruitful prodigality. Doubtless the desire of .subduing England is not less ardent this day than it was two years ago, when, in the presence of Lord Whitworth, he issued his insolent fulmina tions; when in his official communications he menaced her with the fate of Carthage. That this darling object has not been aban doned, the late and present occurrences prove to demonstration. - . About the end of November the prepara tions for the invasion of England, vere sup posed to be completed; and no sooner was that.' the case than the idea of employing tho.se preparations seemed to have been dropped; and the design of crossing the channel was spoken of in such a manner as to induce the belief that the Emperor had -no longer any such scheme in contemplation, without positively saying that he had re solved against jt. The same idea is seem ingly held out jy. Talleyrand, when he tells the French Senate that France may, as at present, continue for ten years a dangerous war of menaces against Enghnd, which . must' gradually waste the strength of the' latter, and render her in the end the prey of internal discord or of foreign hostility. That this procrastinating conduct is neither consistent with the temper, with the interests,, nor. with the actual determination of Buona parte, no man of observation need be told. The offer of peace at the same time that the preparations for invasion were apparently relaxed can only. be.cnnsideredJis a.baiu to catch those of the continental powers, for whom the Emperor has been so long angling. It may succeed in detaching them from their own true interest, and in facilitating the, execution of his favorite scheme.' Tha war provoked by Spain, the expecta tion of war, or perhaps the actual existence of hostilities with Portugal, the sailing of the detachments from Toulon and Brest, (if in deed they have siiled, or the report of their escape if they have not), the actual invasion of "the Wet'.Indies, and jhe threat 'of be sieging Gibraltar; ate all parts ol, or sub servient to, the principal design, the invasion aions ; and that both islands were, in con sequence of such arrivals, in the bW state of defence. Letters from Cadiz, of Dec. 25, mention the arrival. in that port, of the frigate Le Vegona, from Monte Video, with a rich cargo. Several ships, .which' the English had sent into Gibraltar, have availed them selves1 of the late storm, cut their cables, and escaped to Algeziras, as did a French corvette ; the crew of which, after killing an officer- and ten or twelve seamen of the enemy, i;ot off with sixty Englishmen on board, and was carried into Algeziras by three Spanish gun-boats. There is no inland intelligence of impor tance; but our papers of the 20th, give some foreign intell'g nee, which dvsi ves attei lion, esVjciaily if it should prove true. It is., as follows: . " 'f Letters from Vienna, dated January, mention th.it a report was current there, that the CIimihI Seignior, who was perfectly ignorant of the passage, of the. Russians to .the -Mediterranean,, required an account of that occurence, with every particular; which being commnniccteu to bint, he flew into such - a violent p,Mon, that he had ' Grand Vizier's head struck off, chan ged part of his ministry, and gave com plete satisfaction to gen. Bcune, the French ambassador to hi 'Highness." It is evi dent, however that news of such impor tance requires the strrn ;est confirmation. Another report is alo related in our pa pers ; it is contained in an article, dated Vienna, Jan. 2, viz. M The English minis ter, Mr. Paget, on being with Qoynt.Co- bentzel last night, testified to the Count hi astonishment that, in 'the audience gi ven by the. Count in the morning, the f(ijjignrnini liters were not received in the Emperor's cabinet, whilst the Priy rCown- cil enjoyed that distinction. lie complain-' eJ bitterly. The Vice-Chancellor replied tlut custom did not penuit it, and he won-dc-ed Mr. Paget should make such ob servations at that time, ivlien the same eiiueite had be-en constantly observed by tht Court, ever since" he had been at Vien na, Mr. Paget stampH with his foot, and told Count Cohentz.l, that if he (the Count) of England. Without any certainty of the ,j did not know his duty, he would know how arrival ola secoivl squadron in the West-ln- ji -dies, we cannot bat regard such a tiling as Ij possible; and if it be the case, to such ex- j; tent as reported, or if there is a probihil'uy i! that it miy be the cas-, the British cabinet, n j will be obliged to detach a fleet f om Europe, not merely aaeju ite to the deitnr.e ol the l islands Imi' lo the chastisement of the inva- der; if Gibraltar be besieged they will be . compelled to increase t'.ieir force in the Me- diterranean, in order to prevent any co-ope-- '. ration between the land and mu forces of j Iheeneiuy: an actiitl state of hostility with ! S jiiii, w ll rendtr an augmentation of the j bl ickidiu squadrons indispensable; while J the expectation ofa war with Portugil, will j require another portion or the British navy to wj'ch her ports, aud lo guard aaiiut in jury from her ships. Each of these circnimtances tends to weaken the external defence of England, and to open new hopes of success in the at tempt to invade it, inasmuch as all thee de tachments must he made from the fleets now stationed round, the island, r on the coasts of France. ToefTcct Ihi reduction of the channel frce was evidently ihe ob ject of the West-India excdition, for its j "-b7ii!e"prbiresr'liaiiIitwn that' permanent" coixpu-st was not in view; to di-tmct the attention and divide the strength of England is the only reason which can be found tojutti fy Francs in forcim Spain Into the war, ns, in every othtr point of view she must have hern nnre benched by a neutral than by a belli ire rant all v. Exp'nicnrc shew tint Buonapirte has no regard for hi'onn bliHI: he fa'ts not hotr hre.c the current which miy fiw from the brcaxtof his founiry, provided it be strong en xj.rh to fl..l him 14 the accomplishment j .f oin'-! fivoiile wish. He know that Eng. find is nl to be invaded but by crost'inf- a bloody sea; but he knows that its invasion is. throu;h such a channel, practicable let' the sub. equrnt success be what it may. If therrfore. his present schrmi for s divert ing ihe strength nri.niMind from the chan tul as to render his fleet inore equal to a contest with lhat which remains, should sue. end. we shll not be surpriicil to hear, as we are mwh int lined lo believe, that the prricnt campdRn will be distinguished by an cnily, if n t a successful attempt tc In vade (rcat-Britain; should not a continen tal war sc'ive other employment toibe troops cf France PAH IS, January :t). A division of ihe grenadiers and chasseurs of the Imperial Body guard, has marched to t vnns$ from ihence they witl trerd to Milan, whither a detachment from th corps cf Mamalukcs is already ftone. The last tdniccs front Guadatoups and to teach him; and presently quilted the assembly, with every appearance of mad ness. This occurence, which is wittnes sd by many members of the Corps Diplo matique, and other courtiers, has become the talk of all Vienna, and every body is surprised at the tone assumed by the Bri tish Envoy on the occasion." The march of troops from this capital, nn1 our F.iuperor'a intended journey to Italy, (which however, is not yet official ly known.) forms!) matter of speculation. The best informed persons, however, still think, that there will be no war on the continent with Russia, much less thst there is any possibili' of a dispute with Austria. Nay, many politicians kpeak rather ofa ge neral peace, which, cjivinrj satisfaction lo all the powers, would restore the political balance of Europe. The plan of such an agree m-nt is Jascribcd to the LUctor Arch-ChauccUor- I.ondo. February 4. On Saturday Ihe two mails which were due arrived from Hamburgh. Their con. tents are extremely important. A deputation JTram the. Italian. KcpubUc. lias made a formal proffer of the crown of Lombardy to his Imperial Highness Prince Joseph Buonaparte t and the Emperor Na poleon Buonaparte has graciously lcn pleased to condescend lo bfc willing to di vest himself of ihe Presidency of that Re public four of King Joseph, upon the exoress conditions reserved, that his Majes-'ty-F.lert shall renounce all claim to the succession of France, il being clearly sti pulated that Italy is to be independent of rraure, and the rvspectivs Sovereignties never to be united in the same person. This condition, it is stated, has been in serted by Buonaparte, in order to tranquil lize the alarms and jealousies of other states; and, in fact, it would be certainly in no small degree absurd and contentious for the great powers of Europe to make triple Irigucs, or succession wars, in oedcr to firtvent the contingency of Iwo crowns be nsj united in Ihe posterity ofSirnor.TJiuicppe Buonaparte, Attorney at Ajaccio, io the Isl and or Corsica I Whether the rabineti f the continent will be tranquitlitcd by the care and pre vention of ihe French government, we are nol, however, prepared lo decide. That the French government is itself assured and tranquil, wt have better reasons and evi dence altogether lo discredit. The mails Inform us, lhat couriers had arrived at Vien na, bearing the important Intelligence of this new coronation, and the renouncing claise, both from the Count de Cnbcntzcl, and the minister Talleyrand i and lhat upon receipt of ii tht court cf VUnoa despatch. jedmmediatelyTa messenger ofTtscwn to : mat ot lierlin. February 6. It is positively asset tec! in private letters received by the last "Ilanibuiplv malls, tl,t. '. Buonaparte's proposal to constitute li e King of Prussia sole umpire between France m.l li issia has been accepted, -though iiot without much hesitation and difficulty by tlie .. laucr. On Friday last, the Immortulite frigate, in company with several .-other-of our tHii- zers, fell in with six of the eiumy's pun. boats, going towards Boulogne, lrom th ea,stwaixl. Our squadron iiTimtdiwttlv at taked"them and drove five out of si'i cn shore. In this aflair tlie tmmcrtalite lad one -m?n killed, and four wouncttc, by tte heavy fire from the enemy's bfc'tues, j,tl " the Archer, aud. Watchful gun-1 rigs, .haj" -received' several shot in their masts. The exchange of couriers between V'n n ia and Paris, has of late been s ery fj-ericiit; and it" is not " concealed that the "subject f their despatches relate lo Italy, svheru the ' Austrian army, amounts, at present, to nef i ly 100,000 men. A ceusidcrable body Y:i even received . orders to encamp on the ;', 'bank of the Adige, and fresh ibices fr"m''-i ... the iiereclitarv doniinions continue to po:r into-Italy. The court of Vienna is said 'to have expresstd its firm. . determination to support the king ol Naples against the tm di. tated encroachments of the French. Of the military strength of Austria, the accounts by the mail speak in very 'lof'y termj It consists at present of sixty-three full regi ments of dragoons ; six regiments of light horse ; twelve regiments of hussars ; . ihrte regiments of Uhlans; ne repimtnt of .- chassers ; four reiriroenta of .Ty rolese . rr.ili tia; one corps of bombardiers; one corps " of pioneers j one corpa of miners ; one corps of sappers; and one corps of pojjtooners j '-' the wholes constituting an effective force of 300,000 men ready for service. To this army are appointed 9 field marsh als. "5 generals of artillery, and generals-of cavalry, 196 field marchals lieutenants, and 258 major-generals. In the mean time Buonaparte displays his usual activity and foresight in concentra ting his resources, and preparing for any ( event vyhich might, by a sudden strcke cf lortune, prove fatal to his empire in Italy.. He is evidently aware that, should Austria Ie" inclined to brave his power, and try the ' nazard oi a campaign, he must not give Ilus sia time to muster her legions, and form a junction with the Austrian troops. Vc cc cordingly find that large detachments Of the army destined to invade this country, l ave been marched from the coasts into the inte rior, on their way to reinforce the trooj-s in Italy. The amount of these detachments . are stated at no less than 4O.CG0 men. Tht artillery of the imperial guard, left Paris on the 9th tilt, for Milan; the borse grenadirrs were to follow on the 17th and all the officers at Paris, en leave of absence, have receive J orders from the war office, lo join tkeir res pective corps with the utmost expedition. . The conduct which his Majesty has been pleased to adopt with respect to hpain.'irt consideration ol the calamitous Mate of lhat unfortunate country, is equally honoruMe t the Royal feelings and the magnanimity of the British character. While the state ments contained in the Declaration and the documents laid before Parliament, must sa tisfy Europe of ihe justice of our cause, the continental powers will Irarn villi admi ration, and the Spanish nation with gratitude that instructions have been- issued" to our cruiiers not to molest neutral vessels on their passage to the' Spanish ports with supplies of grain, during the dreadful scarcity vvliich aiTiirts that country. Such are the humane sentiments by which Government is actus ltd in Ihis instance, lhat the orders have been worded in terms so very general as to, preclude afl discussion and dispute with rci- pect to the article of supply being the pro perty of the subjects of Spain. The or!rr was signed by the King in Council, cn Fri day. We feel great pleasure in being ens. bled to give a correct copy of these benevo lent instructions t M react H. Whereas we have judged it expedient tfcat Interruption should not be given lo ihe P plying ihe kingdom or Spain in its present distress, notwithstanding the existing hotli. ticst we do hereby direct and strictly rtj"" , the commanders of our ships of war snd privateers not lo molest any neutral vesel, laden solely with grain, and Roing to Spiti to whomsoever the said gnin wr UNi unless it be brought from or be destined lo blockaded port." February 7. The following pmatc1ntffi Mch received yesterday from Ireland, seem to place the subject of the appearance cf 1"P IT tht coast of that country In the clcareil point of view that we have jet if cn t Com, February I. I wrote you last night about ihe French- The first communication was lrom ne nal-post at Knockadonie, off flallycotton hU and. abcau Ihrea o'clock on WecaesJiyi Hf in 1 1,- 1 ,