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THE STAR. '' Volume!, w pVcH e lVlrd State j what thrn fcejomea -nf the French decree s f All the public prcfts '- aians which have fallen from the Frctch go . v . ; Vtromtbt on this point, are in the following - txtraers from the Berlia and Milan decrees: - v The present decree "shall be tonaldrrtd . as the fundamental law of the empire, until ' Kngland nt acknowledged, that lAr rig Its of ,' twrr are the lame - on land as at aca , that it csnaot be extended to any prirate property .' whatever, nor to persons no are not military, . aod until the right of blockade be restrained to jzfirtifed f laces, actually invested by amfticnt furcetlierii Decree. . - Art IV; These measures, which are re sorted to only in just retaliation of the barba rous System adopted by England, which as ' timilates its legislation to that of Algiers, shall -cease to have any effect with respect to all na . tlons toho shall hate the firmness to compel the , English government to respect their fag . They shall continue to be rigorously in force as long as that government does not return to the principle of the law of nations, which re gulates the relations of civilized states in a state of war. 1 he provisions ol the present " decree shall be abrogated and null, in fact, a toon at the English abide again by the princi ples of the lav of nations, xvhhh are aUo the " principles of justice and honours-Milan decree. These extracts are not explicit enough to point to any xertain calculations on the present occasion But they furnish some room to hope, that the decrees of France will follow , the fate of the British orders ; at least that they will assume a mere municipal character. ' " Ve haye not those fears of French hostili ties which some raven politicians have con ceived. ,JYVe do not look upon it as the inter i . , lest of France, to declare or provoke a war with the United State ; because it is better to hare us as a friend than as an enemy in her contest with Great Britain. Because it is po- litic to have the use of our provisions in her 'approaching contests with the Spanish pos sessions because her Views are more bent towards Europe and the East, than towards the United States. Bonanarte has some points of etiquette to afcjust with Austria and Turkey the check ot me former upon nis exertions at the commencement 01 tne Spanish disturbancesand the suspension of his at tack upon Spain, until the conferences of Er jfurth had checked the designs of Austria, have most probably decided her fate. He never suffers Such checks upon his plans and Wwerto bear upon him -The late treaty of Turkey with Great Uritam may possibly de cide her destiny , too, if the die was not alrea dy cast. The organization of these countries, the partition of Turkey, the possible coloni zation of Etrvpt, may perhaps then induce . him to bend his attention towards the English tjossessiods in the LasU v V As to his decrees, it is not possible that he .jnay.rescindso much of them as operates on the hieh seas, and retain so much as preserves a municipal character guarding this effect too by additional regulations i What is his policy I to narrow the trade of G. Britain to prevent the circulation of her manufactures on the con- , tinent and in the U States. Will he not ma terially prevent British goods from reaching the continent, by condemning such vessels, as ' go to a contineutalport, which have touched at a British one ? This was the very principle : on which the Berlin Decree was put into ex ecution previous to us extension on the high seas.- Will he not materially abridge the cir culation tf British goods elsewhere, by 44 mak ing it a condition of the commerce to France, that all ships leaving trance shall take in some articles of her produce or manufacture, the full amount of the cargoes they bring thither ?" In this case the wants of France and her co lonies would be .egularly supplied 44 She ' would receive those native products of the U. States which France, moreover, can reduce to specification ; such as pot ash, tobacco, cotton, and her colonial goods, as sugar, coffee ; and her manufactures would take the place of ma 4iy of those British manufactures, which arc tiow sent to the United States, and which are now paid for to Great Britain by bills of ex change-drawn on the continent, for our native products actually consumed there. The U. States would Purely lose bv this arrangement. because of the superiour cheapness of some of jthc British goods but so long as trance can make it for her benefit, is it not probable that she will modify her decrees so as to produce it? One thing is clear, that until our vessels can be admitted safely to enter the ports of the continent, and dispose of our products, ttfi benefits resulting from a renewal of trade with G. Britain will be comparatively inconsidera tie. i Ifthe decrees of France have any other than municipal ecj our government will be im partial. Shft hasjnjnred us already. O ur coun '.'V -try kuows not how tasubmUtd usurpation. , ' These ; times are tremenduonsly snful ! Itis no longer war for a petty kingdom ; no more a tedious and rrotrtcted contest for demarkationsof territory ; no campaigns wherein the reduction of a signle 4 fortress Js the only remarkable event i But the an- 5 ttent grraplrical lines of. Europe arp obliterated . . --one extovordirraay man, aujTouiided by Intelligent - statesmen and hosts of nuJiury chieftaias, spreads ; 4esolaUon around him dethrones monarchs," chan- tlcuid2y in rr cticr he Thea , ILrwijh atonr srxitewpetis ti Vitorv from tle bsnka of the Tulttl borders of the Ebroand the Teu U hut a inarch of recrMtioa i ncUher the odd on the north north bestsf tUsomli,sTTstluseareei, rain. luU thunde flightning, iDoucuuns and moras set, lainode "not La pro re v Before him are his marshals and dukes, and myriads of warriors i In spired by his conceptions Uey haTe preceded him 5 every ttunX b ortnhron in their course ; and ar rivinj; on the fiicld of u-ule, Buonaparte raise his eyes only to behold the brilliant triutuphl of his ar mies. ' - ,The bemaa mind is n&tartUy elastic In all si tuations of Utc, Success and foo l lortune enlarge la prospects, and strain its views to more eleTated and loore Important objecu ; whilst odarnky relaxes it. nd renders it (ess susccpuble of extravseMnt Dretension When Bounaparte returned tram E- emu and usurped the (rorernment of France, he could hare had, (If any but very faint notions of his present power ana military granuuer. i" the horizon of his hopes, was the the Executive seat of the French republic ; or, at the utmost, the throne ol a kingdom, into which character he may ortgv natly hare intended to cause the political insuuitiori: of France to revert. 1 1. 1 battle of 3Urengo awak ened, in his mind, the first ideas of impend magnificence ; that action deckled the relauve strength of France and Austria, and the star of the Utter instantlv began to wane. The elevation of Napoleon to the dignity of emperor, was speedily followed by. the war with Austria, who was support ed by Russia. . The campaign was terafuutod on the plains of Austerlitx ; and the Russian monarch retiring; in sullen majesty to Petersburg, left the star of Austria to sink sull lower. This success gene rated in the mind of Bonaparte fresh thoughts of dominion, and he began to improve upon the design of Henry IV. The Confederation ot tne Klune" was formed and extended, and in the character ol 44 Protector" of that confederacy, he already dictated law to Germany, rrussu precipitated herself rash ly into a war with htm. One great conflict decided the fate or PrussiJ it was the battle of Jena, or Auestadt : all the rest was rout, confusion, conquest and submission. Russia, once more entering the lists was worsted i yielded to his policy, and became his friend. From that instant there were but two independent thrones in continental Europe ; they were the thrones of Russia and of France. Thus, step by step, has Bonaparte ascended to his present height of human greatness; extending his views with his success, until his capacious mind grasps at the controul of at least three quarters of the worlds Botun Patriot vC wS PJ'nasu creates new ajngcomf, new sawa, ana Z 'Anew i hobUityi-in the rapidity of his career the ''r,t$VeriMBm Casar is eclipsed iCille liratele Vith the 'ecleri'w. of Mercury Us horse is ..1 wayaia full speed 1 the heels of his thunot con " I from the Uncm 10 Uic drooping Wert, Making th Wind my Post-Uorsc, rtill unfold The act commence J on this Ball of earth." 8MAaPBAsa. The following FOREIGN. extracts are from London papers to the eighth of JMrch, received at New York, and Boston. On a careful pe rusal of these journals, we do not find that they contain any events of extraordi nary importance. The report of a rupture be tween Austria and France daily gains ground but no facts have been disclosed on which the event of an actual declaration of war could be founded. It was, however, certain that large bodies of rrench troops were marching to wards Uermany ; that the confederated states were ordered to prepare their quotas of men nd that the emperor was expected to set out for the. Austrian dominions immediately. I he good understanding said to have been brought about between England and the Otto man Porte, is now fully confirmed by an oft cial notice ot Mr. Secretary Canning. 1 h British accounts lro.o Spam are not so late as those received direct from that quarter. The Brest ilett. Our former accounts left the Brest fleet at sea we now find them at Roche fort, but not in a very snug situation ; for, savs the Courier, 44 The object of the Brest fleet was, in the first instance, to sur prise our squadron off Rochefort, consisting of four sail of the line, then to join the Roche- fort squadrpn and proceed from thence to Ferrol, where, united to the Ferrol squadron. their combined force would have amounted to 20 sail of the line. It has. been reported that on their passage to Rochefort the Brest fleet called off L Orient, and were joined by the squadron thcre but this, we understand, is not the tact; they made their way direct to Rochefort. The enemy had no soouer got into Hasqje Koads than Admiral Sroplord was joined by three sail of the line, which had been blockading L'Orier.t. The1 Admiral has now under him the Cesar. Donegal. Defiance Triumph, Valiant, Revenge and 'Ihesrus.-- Ile would soon 1 joined by the division un der Admiral Duckworth, which had been dis patched by Lord Gambier, to cruize off Cape Finisterre, his lordship very naturally euppo sing that the enemy would push for Ferrol. The Caledonia, his lordship's ship, supplied A , " t t . 1 ll 1 Aumirai uucKwonn wun an ner provisions, which obliged her to return to Plymouth to procure a fresh supply. The frigates belong ing to the Brest fleet were a good way behind the line of battle ships, and hence we were en abled to drive them under the batteries of the Sables d'Olonnc. The Cesar was left keeping up a tremendous fire upon them, and it was honed would be able to effect their destruction. The Brest fleet was in Basque roads, and ex pectations are entertained that their capture or destruction may iw expected." : In the House of Commons, March 3, Mr. Whitbread moved for an account Of duties lc vied on exportation, in consequence of tne acts of lat sett ion, subsequent to, acd in pursuance of the svitr re laid down in the orders in couo- ciU-ordcred. . He tbea made tone observa tions on the subject of the papers relative to America, which had been laid on the table not beiog printed, lie thought the correspond ence between Mr Canning and Mr. Piock- ney, and Mr. Rose and Mr. Madison, ought, from their importance, to have been in the hands of every member of Parliament, but did i- .t i .. not mate any mouon on uic suojecu March 1. A question was asked by Mr. Ponsonby in the House of Commons yester day, whether the treaty which hnn been said to be 00 the eve of being concluded with Spain had been as yet ratified f And, 2nd, whether the report to which he had alluded on a for mer night, vit. that the force sent from Lis bon had been refused admission into Cadiz, was true or not i Mr. Canning replied to the first question, that the treaty had not been received ; and to the second, that he could not give any precise answer, though he did not know of any such circumstance having taken place. The examination of the Duke of York had been resumed, and was progressing ; and it was the opinion of the editor of the Courier, that the duke would be put to trial. March 3d. The communication betwew Sweden and the Baltick is own. This morn ing l2,of 16 Gottenburgh mails due, arrived. Ou the 22d of Dec. 5 British ships of war. and 3 Sweedish of war, with 12 merchant ves scls, sailed from Calserona for England, some ol which were lost by the ice, and most of the others were taken by the Danes ; and some of these, lost in the ice after they were made prizes of. Fhe Stockholm Gazette of the 16th of Feb. says, intelligence from Schwerin, states that Gen. Davoust has given notice to the French consul in Rostock, that the embargo lard on .... 31 merchantmen lying in that port is raised. Stockholm accounts of the 15th Feb. in form that hostilities have recommenced be tween the troops of Sweden and Russia. An article from Arragon, dated the 11th of r ebruary, mentions that there are 40,000 men in arms defending Saragossa ; that Junot is besieging it ; that the works and trenches are ij 1. r- -1 pusnca ou 10 me gates 01 ine town, and a bombardment kept up without intermission. t he enemy hope to force the place to surrcn der by famine more than by force of arms. Eight towns have been entirely destroyed in Holland by the late inundations, and most of the inhabitants lost their lives. March, 4. Dutch papers nave arrived to the first instant, and we find from them that the indication of hostilities between Austria and France grow stronger every day. Whil the war languishes in Spain, and is confined entirely to the siege of Saragossa, troops are marching in great haste to the Rhine, and tht scene of active military movements has been transferred on a sudden from Spain to Germa ny. Divisions that were" on theu; march to the Pyreneese have been countermanded, and ordered to proceed to the Rhine. Marshal Moncey who was employed before Saragossa, has been directed to return to Paris, and ge neral., Oudinot has received a destination to wards Augsburgh. At the same time th greatest activity is observable among th troops of Bavaria, Baden, Darmastadt, and V ertcmburgh and their contingents are to br ready to march at an hour s notice. The Pa lace of Strasberg is pieparing for Bonaparte, and there are reports evenot his having am v ed at Augsburgh. But this we do not be lieve. lie has demanded, however, a cate gorical answer from the court of Vienna, with respect to the obiect ot its armaments and has required as a proof of its pacifick disposition, that its military force shall be reduced to 45,000 men, a requisition which will not of course be complied with. 1 here is a circu lar letter from the prince of Nassau Usingen to the States of the Confederation, in which. while he talks of warlike preparations, he ex presses a hope that war may yet be avoided. Bonaparte has also in calling upon the states for their contingents, stated that it will de pend upon Austria whether they will be want ed or not. But he is convinced, we are per suaded that war is inevitable ; though it is bis usual practice to affect to believe to the last moment that no power can have any hostile in tentions towards him" Why are they going to war with me 1 was his hypocritical crv before the last war with Austria, and the sub sequent cry with Prussia, What will be the conduct of Russia ? for of Prussia it was needless to speak, her military force being so small as to be of little weight in any scale into which it may be throwu.- Bonaparte has informed us that he and the emporour Alexander are intimately united both for peace and for war No cabinet is so remarkable for sudden changes as the cabinet of Petersburg!) : but we see little reason at present for supposing that Bonaparte has lost his influence over it, it will not, however, be able to unite' its whole force to the French, for the peace between Great Britain and Turkey, which has led to a rupture of the negociations between 1 urkey and Russia, will employ large part of the Russian force in Turkey, and the war with Swden will occupy another por lion. ' Russia too must keep a strong military fprce on her coasts ; to oppose any attempts we may make. . If Bonaparte stations a large army still in Spain, that will operate . in a fa vourable manner, for -Austria if on th? ccn- trarr he withdraws his army from - J . , . direct ui wnoie aucbuon towards Spam will have tint to recruit ter strt 10 raise new levies, and to coalice 1x1 sources , -' Mr. Canning addressed a note to the 1 . 1 Mayor informing him that Peace had been eluded between Turkey &G. Britain. It 41 signed By the Turkish minister, llaktl EUctd and Mr. Adair. On the 5th of January, a fresh insurrtciV. had brokch but at Constantinople; and f , peace with England is said, jut an ankle from Vienna, to nave oecn me iromeoiaie coc-c. quence of it The Russian generals as too as they were informed of the event, broke c J all negotiation with the lurks. ? Li ht- Feb. 8 (bo the rvau of Frnrr. TV. . x f ' c anxiety which the reports of a new war in A us. Via had occasionea, nas ocen augmented br the late measures of the Court of Vienna. certain that some light corps arc to be form. ed, which will be sent to join different rtgi. menu. Other military preparations are Lie. wise making, and magazines arc forming 'm Bohemia and Austria. M. Faabetoder, who in the late campaigns was principal comteissa. ry to the Austrian army, has been again ap. pointed to that post, and the Count de Guinn formerly Vdj. Geo. to Archduke Charln, has been appointed Adj. of. the; Emperour. The Aarchduke crdinand is to take the chief command of the Austrian army irt Bohemia, if war should break out, and Count Bcllegirde will command an army in Carinthi and Car. niolia. In the mean time several Generals, who commanded on the Turkish frontiers. have been recalled to Vienna. Many penona however doubt, whether the Archduke Charles approves the measures of the Court, and will be willing to enter mto a new war. In ths conferences which haVe been held on the sub. ject, and at which both that Prince aod the Archduke Ferdinand, the "brother of tht Em press, were present, it is said a new General levy was spoken of, and different measures proposed to render it agreeable to the people, rhose most experienced in military affairs tv ti mate the whole of our trgular troops at 143, 000 men ; but it is not practicable to find a rain of artillery sufficient for an armV ,of 6CW 000 men Leyden Courant of Feb Sfi ' March T.-C'ttenburgh Mails Sevei rnalls arrived this morning, brought to Harwick by the Auckland packet. By this - conveyance i messenger arrived with dispatches tor govern ment, which it is believed relate to the new as- ect which the relations of Russia and Austria have begun to assume since the late interview between their Prussian majesties arid the cin perour Alexander. - . According to Utters from Vienna nt a re cent date, the following is" a correct . return of the military forces of the Austrian-army;-- The regular troops amount 39OJ0OO. men, namelv, 271,800 infantry (including a reserve of 49:060 men) 50,800 horse, 14,840 artillery, ' and four regiments of guards. '' . In time of war, the, army is reinforced by 25,000 militia, trained to arms in peaceful -times, and by the Austrian insurrection. v- 1 o the above retu n the loUowingstausuca account is added : The revenue tf the em pire "at present, amounts, in the whole, to 145 , XX),000 of florins. Paris accounts to the 19th have been receiv ed : and briefly state, that the French had en tered Vigo, immediately after the re-em.barlfr ; ationof the British troops ; that six of the trans ports, having on board 12O0 of our troops, had J foundered at sea ; that the duke of Dalmatia had marched for Oporto ; that marshal . IJa voust, commander in chief of the array of Ger . many, had arrived in Paris ; that the flight of the British troops from Spain, had caused the oreatest consternation in Austria: thatapow- ' erful camp was to be formed on the banksf ' Inn ; and that gen. Oudinot'a corps was r r nairinn-'thro Lower Swabia and Franconia,in ,'. order to take a position oa the banks of the Lech. ' The same accounts oresent Madrid datea to Feb. 13, in which it is stated, that deputa? tions had been presented to king Joseph from ' the towns of Toledo, Salamanca, bantanaer, St. Ildifonso, Benevcnte, Lederma, Villcfran- ca del Vieng de Villalor, Sahagun, and Medi na del llto beco, Valladolid, Jueon, nvxim. Areyalo, and Aranieux, manifesting a strong desire to see tranquility restored to the court ; try, under his paternal government. " :' The English troops still remained at L.w9nu .. & the neighbourhood, in allbetween 5 and 6000 men. TUey were under . orders to hold them ' selves in readiness to embark in six hours no1 tice. The Trench Daaers contain the 32d bulle tin of the"French grand army of Spain it H undated, and preserves a most profound silence with respect to Saragossa, Madrid," and th. south of Spain. J'. It appears by our Port letters that withia the last fortnight our cruizers hae 'en T successful in capturing vessels belonging" tf the enemy. No less than fifteen have in uV course of that, time, been broughP into PI mouth. ' v, Bonapare has nominated his uncle Caret- ..1 f u a r ti ' Lu Gen. Hope has been , appointed to tie command of the Kent District. ; ", Among other deaths lately . announced ' the priblic, are those ol lord uriora, anu . FalUand. The latter fell in a duel with Mr Powctl,qne of his lordships botjle comjpanksv ' 1
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