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Vol. 10.
RALEIGH, (zV. C) MONDAY 'DECEMBER 23, 1805.
Th following particulars of the 'War Prepv
tions, it,Yuttni, liiiiiu, t'ane,
Ca'.lcOM? w&H f-in ore, froai various i
.mid ma be Tcone;t as corrett a
ptmberi generally , Q.Y.T. $:'
1 "' "" 11 1 'iiiinHwiinmiiiiMrn'
I Britain, and were at the difpofil or the lowing is the fubftaneebf tlie very irte-
c. are i Kurn commander at Corfu. We have j -fcihnfc jntellir? nee communicated by it.
Luces; l no doubt, tlie next news we have from . The French troops under Bernadotte
S KUf.Q i " V f c? V-mirtm -i;!tf "ha"tfi ..7",-. .T WT ....... .1 .
No. 596
The line of troops which Auftria is
falci to have afTembled, reaches from
the borders of JHuhgryt onjhelkto
bwitzer and on the w. with a tront
towards Italy extending nearly to the
Adige ;.and towards the ncrth, to the
circle of Bavaria with a covering army
in Bohemia. This pofition covers Vien
na, and the centre of the Empire. The
troops compofing this line, are faid to
exceed 2co,oco rnn. Of which, thole
jn Stiria, Garinthia. Italy. Venice, T y
rol near Welsand MinteTdorif, con
Itof 7 1 bartali-hs.of infantry, and 51
Teguments and Iquadroris of cavalry, be
Jirteairtillerv. fharo (hjoters &c. 1 he
French official account declar.sahe Au
. . . J . . W . " . I
ilnan force m Italy alon
I Wnll fo he 7.ooo.
Thefe forces will be elfvided into two
ndafriiei, one to ?ct on the i jne
artJ Danube; the other in. the l;;in
.'. -The army on the Rhine, k will he
; commanded by the emperor .rancisIL
in per for. ; with the veteran General
Mack, for his fecund in command ; and
the DukeTerdinand and prince Chatles
if Schwarzenberg, commanding w ings.
The emperor lefVienna the ituh Sept.
to take the command of this army,
which will ccnfdt of 130,000 men
The van of this army had advanced into
Bavaria. .
The anny in Italy, will be commanded
by the Archduke Charles ; having his
- brother, the Archduke John, for. hi? to
cond, antl Prince John ot Litchtenftein,
for hi? third in command. Th vetetai'
Geru BelK-fiaid is with this army.
One of the -armies t)f referve is in Bo
hemia, .and coufihs of 8.0,000. men. ---'-HaarBpyjsr.ea
tfvm 5060 en j
and HefFe'-CafJel had 36,0c oxfa foot.
'I'wAvnhfMns ofthe Auftrian armv.
one corainanded by ihe Archdoke Fer- J
Jenand, the otner vy Vrenerai inerau,
ta(Ted the river Inn, the 7th and ojh ot
jpterober
' hMr are about J.C.C00 ItrorK-
' S
ft I Y i C..: m- i--vn U Jrt-
l nc iavariiiii. tuitc icuuhcu uciuic
thefe columns, towards WurlzbuTg. jn
Franconia. When colltcltd it is faid
they will exceed 40,000 men
thefc troops froiti Seven lilands, to An-
cona, or pernaps Vftoceor Incite.;
FRENCH WAR PROSTRATIONS.
Thefe preparations aVe on a Jarpe fcale
jrrandextdfrointrameHtcx
tremity or. Italy, to tJanover, cn th
North ftf Opt man v
j The Grand army, about th middle
j of September, was aiTemMed on the
) banks of the Rhine ; Competed of 140,-
000 men, commanded by th.e Emperor ,
j Napoleon I. in pcrfon ; aifiib d by his
i brother-in law, Marfh! Prince Murat ,
marmai tscrtnier, (.minuter oiL wtrf
L mis Bonaparte, General Oudinot and
Marmont. rl he. Km per or wis at Straf
burghthe. i6tli Sepfemher.
line army inlia'v is commanded 'by
Marm,!! MitiTtma v.hi arrived at Milr.n.
'(iaciuding I his head-quartet?, the, 71b Au?rjft.
ne has wljfavm, of na He, lM.inh.il
Jordan, and Sberal't. Cyr. Thisar
my, though fla'tcd at only 50,000 inrn,
in M. I alley rand's Note was to be aug
mented to I20.poo.
A Southtirfarrny of obfervation vvas
to ailemble nnr the Pyrenes, under
Marfhal Anf-'er-au,
i he grand French army of referve ha
1 head quarters, Boulogne, iVIayehce,
and Straiburp.! : Marfhal Brune conv
'niands at the rlrif, Senator Marmai Kel
lerman; at the third.
Three flying camps of grenadiers will
rendesvQii t Rennes, N.tpo'eon, Alex
andria, under three Brigadier Genejfiis.
,, ..... wiinig appai tilt 1 lUWUlua
Bdfimia; and turned fudder.ly arcuncl,
uju piuceeueam inreecoiumnsiowarqs
XT! 1 TV . . i . r
j firing into one of the Spanifii men of war
after me had itrucK. ..
f nfi hpfnrc our nnr was nnf rn nrf
tve heard from good authorifyThat the
French have, withdrawn their troops -!
from the b.jiks oi theJElbe and theWe- i
ier.
uiu iucccmcu m mreecoiumnsiowarq isr. : -(
Nienbtr,' Donavvert, and Ingoliladt, Bonaparte arrived at Strafburgh on ; ;
with a view to turn the flank of the An- fthe 2jrhijitParlaifihrlT-arm7
,er 1 marching towards DanaU
wert and Wuntcnj to. tajs,e poii on me :-r.;r.T
1 .
'XU.pIJX WAR PREPARATIONS.
'I hp Rnthim emreror. in his declare
ri m fh rourt of Vienna has avowtd. J
thaU'-had &nt twoatmies into Gatiicia,
of 50.-00 men each, inotearmins, at
the Taft dat, were, making forced
marches ; and it was eptded,, by the
4niddle-"t-' ctober -would lorm a junc
tion vifh the Atfitrisns.
A third army was faid to h vc aflem-
hled neir Wrna (formerly Poland; and ;
was to be commanded by Alexander !.
in perfon. The Ruffian lmpeiiai (iuatds
under the Grand Duke Conflanrine
l brother cf the emperor) were marching
thiougn jutnuma, tor iuc my".
flatcs. '
nneral Kiitufofe was at
Ithc bead of one of the armies ; Prince
Pancration, and Bar on wmzengeroue,
lames of celebrity, -accompany ineie
roops.- Gen. Michellon, cpimnancea.
Lnotherarrriy. . M .
1 roops from tfie.Kuban, ineria ana
tnti fitm hrdipf? nf referve. '1 he"
L'gular troops of Ruffia excee.d'5do,ooo
i I'EW-YORK, Dec. 6.
We have the pleaf aying be
foie the readers of iheMercantile'Ad
vertifer, European intelligence to the
20th cl Oct. 10 days Jater than any ad
vices prei'iousrreceived. Vet are k.
debted for this to the po;iten,ets of capt.
CrosthwatT-e, ofthe fhip 'Ardent, which
arrived at this port laft, evening in the
fhort pafTge of 38 days from Green
ock. Our feledions, from the extreme
barrenaefs ot the papers, and the late
y '.were received are
nrrriTKrilv brief;
Peace is concluded in India between
lord.La'vC and the Rajah'of Bhurtpore.
1 he whole of the Kait India fleet,
whic h it was reported had been cap
tued t y the Kocheh rt fquadrou, . nave
fafe'y ymvedin tht- Britiih ports. The
only velll 1 loft is the Caieuttaby whom
fleet- were convoyed. t
ly cr in Germany at the date of oiirj
lartft accoufus from thpie quarters. Tn
the former the' force of the Ffench uti
jcr- Mafienj .wakfft i maied MA foac
iritn. and on the Rhine they had enibc
dled an army of 2 io,oo. .
he Auihrians had (.oncentratedineir
forces in the Adige. hey hd-fetired
from Dim (a free and imperial fortified
city of Germany in thejcifcle of Suabia)
rf .-hirh fhp FrenrhTiad taken Doffef-
fion ; and were apparen'tly.in a ftate of
inactivity, waiting trie arrival or tne
hordes ot RufTia. ; .
hile the French and Ba
A A w
varian army had violated the neutrality
.f he PmiTian territcrv : and this Cl'r-
cumftancc, it was fuppofed, would have
the effect ot inducing rruiUa to join tne
coalition. ' - . ' .
I LoKfiON, Ott. I.
inntaicdT on theauthonty of private
letters from Holland, that rrutiia ana
ing on .his march through thePrufiian
territory fjf Ah.'nrirh. Thf'PrnlThm'mm.
irndahtt p'roreffed , buhvvalnBerna
dotte alfedged his pofhive ordersand
the Prullians were forced to retive before
a 1 uperior force. This outrage was next
day renevved by the pa!) age of 20,000
Bavarians through the furro terri'ory,
in a parallel line. .. Agaihlt this violaticir
cf neutrality, the PruiJian minilter at
Ahfpachalfoprbtefted, &his dilpatches,
nanaiing the tranfaclioh, excited the
ftrongtlt fenfation at the court of Berlin.
A council ot'ilae was imriediately held,
and the refult Tent off id the king. His;
PruHian niajefty arriving the fame even
ini; at liis c apital, held a lecond council,
after which diipatchts were fent tothe
generals in all parts of hh doniiiiions,
and to all the couits, of Hut ope. 'Some
private letters fay tht:iiis I'lufTian rnnjeh
ty has, in confequence, declare-, 44 (hat
he wcjud '.allow a irre patiae to the
R-fia'n troops through Wn jominions,
arid tha . be wou Id not in any way opp'of
tfi entrance of the allitd force into
Hanover.' But . fho:?cing- a it iV, tl-ii
is not the only acf of violence and mjuf
tice which this nui enables-us to re
cord. The uSurper has ?gr,in xic.lated
the righto of the ;Diploni;:tic charjle:,
and the law of nation?, by tfioing orders
for the arrefl: .'of two fot'eign mirii:trs,
their four fecretaiies of Legation, and a
giveti at the time when he was h.ofpita
bly entertained at the palace of Louis-
-.
cth. Bur nether of thnfe
divifions belonged- to the main body,'-'
rr tn thkt armv which had been fenr
from t!.e roalt of Boufcgni
feat
The de
tachment which arrived at Frankfort on . ;
the 2cih was the army from HanoVer,.'
which had been permitted a paflage'
rhrnnph th elecforate of Hirile.' Ihe :
detachment which palled the Hbineat
Mesitz, was th-lir.l divilTonot rne trqops "
that were in Holland. Iris' not piob?i-B
h)e rhiit BnnnDarte willhfc readv to com ;
i. n';crtce operations oh the right bank 6
k'hinf w-.iortf the hrtt week m v;r.t..'hrr.
Meanwhile; the AuUrian army, accor- C
ding to the Munich gazette, ot ihe 2 lit, '
received on the 20m, dirtlions. to halt
till forth er orders. Btit :thi riimour.
feems to be; unworthy of credit,Dfub-r
fequent accounts from Ulni and the
Banks of the Mein affirm that oritheu
:cth, feveral Luttalionsof infantry p!Ted .
through ilm-ajiu that the Auilriaus had ;
croHcd the Danube, and taken up a po- :
fifion between that river and the heckar,
defcending from Nordingeft to Ektnjirr
and i'niJerige"n-nd pufhrng'-thela- .
vanccd polls to Gmui'd and Rothweil
it was fuppof-d to be their intention to
proceed to the' K bine, and to occupy the
.line that cxJtHidR from Baden to F-i
burch. The Aiillrian dtvifion thar was ;
cn the Griions frontier is hud. to have!
arlvaKccdtillb, and to have entered the I
Grii'bns and occupied Coirej. this divi-
ficn it k Hh.I- has Hkcwiie entered. I
j-7ar 7 - - - 1
SchafF-h'ufen aler fome oppofitioil,
rktit h next to impomble that the Gri-i
- . . . . 1 1 1 r 1 . , '
.nrrgi. belongirig to iho dtike of Wi.re-- fari.disiiicn.. could,h?advdJc:,
here, whofe capit; i he has lo rfofsly in- as LcbafT-haufen--if tbit pl-cehas beea
fulted. AmOng tneperions tnus ajtreit
ed, with .every -jrcumttance orharfTmels
and publicity were the- Acfttian and
Ruffian Minivers,.: The wile put into
J. he.cniy "mteiiigence JromTla' y by
this mail is tfeat the Ar: Uriah troops are
conceiitr.red on he Adige ; and the
Archduke Charles has removed ins head
quarters from Pad unto VTcei'X:-c.
ans a. Stralftuid is twlv connrnKfd.
Thev -retobe joined in P5riurania, by
1 x,eoo Swedes, nd theju6ti'n of cur
efffdiVe force of irHfethm 40,000 men. : rcn DiK Charles let out on the igtn
iY.itrh Mners-of fo iate n i:ff-as the : to take the command of the Au'dfiafcS
V 1 II . --
morning.
I I 1 I .1 1 ' Ktiwo
occiued. it mult have been bypart of
the UU wjidc; or the mam ziuiirian army,
wlrir.h was known, to hayerTeen lo xrear;
as'ffrockach. Oi theKuimms we have;
riaJnfmticmT6rn Jh Iris )ap.r
to the 29th and Dutch to the 4th infi.
vvliich wtvfeceiverf yeiltrday but the
Ihinburgh mail that arrived yelrerdiy ;
5roucht accounts of their rapid ap-
ttiiMch to tiie ftat ot war thev halt on-.
v one day in fik, and are expected to
reach the Bavarian Irontier. cn ihe loth
-v. e e.t peeled them earlier. 1 he em
peror of Germany ws to leave Vienna
for thtf amy about the-loth ult. -the
nltan were received on Sunday Ja Italy. J he next accounts froirr Italy I
iiDgfr Somr extracts' from Pari wllm allroDabm.y
sfofyheT-thrare ; comaincd in I ferce of the comraenctmtnt .of hofl.-l
isfalion to finoNhat the French are ftill
UU-Cie to Doai or any. greaitr iiicccis.m
A rohritr horn Paris Hs brought in
, telbgenc- to .the Dutch e-overnment that
flpTinn? than iIih K)hiiii'f ni hr"ir nr. t i,r - h-ir n now' !f if rmiiirfl on. tn
mv Infrt ( IliTi i and WrnS&is is ivn ! French tivernrr;ent ' demands of the
merely as a report. . The Auitrians are j Dutch the fii (lance in mcney and iroops
forces : without, however, abandonrnvb Captain Clark, of the Leipzig, arri
any fortified place, or ftrong pafs. 1 he Vd at Hull on i hursday from Tonoin-
dl livii A vi.i4?.ii? vviii, a . .a tiui'v.u,
...'
foonenapie tnem to enter upon a more
h in Gallicia tabcut 200 miles from
L'enna) the 20th Auguli. j l ne otner
its rotfarf behmd. v f . .
T htrt v thculand Kuiiian!remparK-u
t Sr. Peter ilA:rixhthtt: 28th.. Auult,;
;und'fo':S'wedi'ih I5om-rania.- - ';
ihe Kuflian trocps in the Indian.!-.
il-.ds exceed 0,000; and weT e dailv.
rhmenting by recrutrs fiom th BfacK
which pafs the channel of Coniian-tV-pb
without any hindrance. (.rV1;
r-pi
oil,
i...i TfiiipH r.-.mmv'noed
Gen. Gerduc, a Frenchman ; and a
Hjon of 1 -,coo was ready for emoar-
Tntellirrence has been received at the
rtE-ikUfrV K' nffffdlnto ' a'cofivehJ Ealt India ftduie. this' nwrmn, by an
tron with SaXbny, HelTe, and fome of the
. . I" . - 1 InM l.m.v
imaller uates, ror prcveimug uicuuuitt
of -all foreign troops upon that parr of
Germ nv, . and - their paflage through
their tcritdi res and cepenojencies
" . . - . -.-- .
genfje fays that j uft before helef the
IUUU iti-ui i -111.4 HI.""1 a iiiwiw. 1 iii -'i 41- .yn uiiiK'j a vuvm
brilliant career. 'To haflen this, no lefs 1 formed himMhat an exprefs anivedat
ployed upon the conveyance of one co.- : count cf the PrufSart foldiers having!
lumn-cpnfifting pf fony4our battalli- ' notched into Hanover and that the'
on. 01 ujuicu lui-unj.
London, " Ocl. 7.
Ar-- -- - -
dvcrland difpatch, tha peace has been
concluded in India between gen. Lake
SUU Lliv ivnjau ut xiiui iv'
We traft thatthe Rocnefort fquadron
4lln in wih ?' fnr faff failin-
r . . I Will VV IftiiVM - : o
rl he Secretary of' State- has direcledt cutters have been difpatched not only to
- "r . 1. :7- .'a:'- rpn. nnfflp?t off Rreft. hut to LorddVelfon.
jnd the fleet off Cadiz Letteis Jrom
that "fleet '.ffaicvthattiSnnft violent dif
fentions prevail between the Freneh and
QninJirdc ir rriat nnrt. Several French-
men haye3ee'n affaflinared : and.. the.
.Wri.,t; hVi.fn to America. Den-
Hid! ii- -.iv,!. - r'.rT , . 1
' . J 1 . ;t'i !?.:'. Vi iflfxil.- n 11 r-il
rn;n c. tuai m jouj . utio, ..vh
by fhe enemy, ind purchafed by Ame
ricans, Danes, he. canfiot be adrnitred.to
enter lnLoany uf die ports of this, kirig-
G RPFNOC!rv OcT. 2
' '-. ' ' ' ' ' nr : r'
. v X nVnf traHl-rt Thq IlamMtr.h mad on, on vvn.
V . . . , , , i'"v:"'i'" b'v "Great -,; Iday laif arnved on Jtnday.7 , ;
piu'ij had been, provioca d Juuf . . . .. - -; r.--.i-y
Elbe was expecled to bVfreed from
blockade .and tne in?ercourle bet ween
Hull an ; Hambureh refumed. ":
r.nlrrrrl Gnxhaveh anH r?fttn.rl K
j 1 - - - - . ...y ti.
t batteries they had erected there ; part
j mc c11u.11 uicf iuuiv wmi uiein, inc
remauickT unt naijjtJnrewMffitiJ
the river, not having carriages to convey
the whole away. - . ' f.-. -r-"
By a y'effet arrived at Hull from Emb
i flen ' up lehrn tfif 1. 'nL P-ivflii
i - " 7 ' . - . - my l 4 x I uiw.
i bad lent fome'jxoops to occupy the ex-
temive oarracKs at that piiace, vvhica
have lately been4 ler to the . fnerchants aJ
w'aTenxaiies ror,.the goods received f ror
mis couarry.
The Ruffian corps' to be embarked a
rt h - - -
irerVcnm fetur!),:arelaidtb have hung fCronftadt are on their march to' t ha
fin rrnv Snaniard-..-- Tke- Soanith ad
f infl ff nnon a court martial on
ad-nirid Villeneuv-, ibr- treacercnifly s
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port, where the trahfports are ready to
r ere ivp rntn anri tho r-M-i-rrr
I - ......... , , lujugt ICi L . J
i ;h .oiiu are; mimecnateJy ;to .0ff reic
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