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Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, November 14.
Arrived this day, the American fliip Suf
folk, captain Moore, in 43 days, from Nor
folk, with tobacco, for orders.- About a
week finer, in lat. 42. 40. long. 20. file
was boarded in the night by a French Blip
privateer, mounting 20 guns, and next
morning was boarded by his Majeßy’s
flop Naiad of 38 guns, captain Waller, the
privateer then in fight. The lieutenant
that came on board informed captain
Moore that they had chafed the privateer
(supposed to be the La Bellone) for 190
miles, but could not come up with her.
Also spoke. the American brig Camilla,
from the Red Sea, detained by the Non
pareil privateer of London. —Also arrived,
His majefiy’s Blip Nimrod, of twenty
guns, captain O’Niel, and Refoiution cut
ter, from a cruize.
It is reported that the French govern
ment have ordered fcveral thouland red
uniforms to be lent to the troops deliinen
f:,r the invnlion of this country, to occa
sion confulion if a landing should be effec
ted. It is ncceffary to be on our guard
ag.inft this Bratagcm, lliauld it be at
tempted.
Tin Duke De Berri, fnn of Monsieur,
next brother to the king of France, died
fu idcnly 011 Friday afternoon, at his fa
thers lioufe, in Baker Breet. While he
was engaged in the excrcile of the final!
(word wiib iiis fencing matter, he complai
ned of sudden illnels, and expired almost
iniiaotlv.
The Dublin mail of ’lie I.oth inst. which
srrivtd this morning, brings intelligence,
that in consequence of the difeoveries
made by fcvcral persons, of
wiiom suspicions had before been enter
tain d, have been apprehended.
Teeling, brother to the aid de camp of
Gen. Humbert, who was executed at Dub
lin in the rebellion of 1798, has been
brought from the North, under a (trong
escort of yeomanry cavalry. He is char
ged with being a member of the foidiland
“/Provifimial Government.” He was
immediately examined at the Cafile, and
remanded for further examination. A
Nobleman, whole name we are not at li
berty to mention, is laid to have been im
plicated in the late conspiracy, and our
correspondent Bates that a warrant has
been lflued for his apprehension.
NOVEMBER 15.
A letter from Gibraltar, dated October
15, fays:—“ The Halcyon sloop of war, a
prize to the cruisers in the Mediterranean,
and lately arrived from Lord Ntllon’s
fleet, brings an account of two French fri
gates full of troops, having come out of
Toulon, and made L'alvi, where they are
now blockaded by one of our men of war.
Toe French government venture to fend
them out, not-vithllanding the great pro
bability there was oi meir being capture*,
in order to get rid of the troops, vvhicn
were in an open Bate of mutiny. That
luch are the difpolitiom of the greutefi
part of their fubje&s, particularly in the
conquered departments, we have every
lealbn to believe from the particulars con
tained in a letter from Turin, received by
tiie lall mail. The wriier had seen, with
his own eyes, seventeen individuals guillo
tined in two days ; and there remained one
hundred more in the baßiies of Piedmont
dcßtntd to undergo the fame fate.”
A gentleman arrived at I) iver on Satur
day night, in a neutral veil'd from France,
Bites, tiiat previous to his departure, or
ders had been ilined for all Ir:th prisoners
brought into the ports of the Republic, to
be immediately set at liuerty, and every in
ducement held out to them to enter the
service.
A letter from a gentleman lately arrived
at Baltimore from England, mentions, that
on their pallige they fcil in with a velfel
bound to Boßon from the Pacific ocean,
where lhe had been two years and a
half. She had on board four natives of
O aheite. The captain Bated that about
thirty persons, mollly artificers, had made
their cfcape from Botany Bay to Otaheite.
They had built about 30 velfels of nearly
30 tons burden. A Blip of 300 tons was
upon the Bocks. The King of that coun
try is reprefenicJ to be rather intelligent,
and disposed to encourage tiic introduc
tion of the whites.
NOVEMB tijt 17.
The following article is rranfiated from
the CwfYr Jt Lon tires of Jaß night, a paper
more remarkable for ridiculous tales and
f die Batements than any authentic intelli
gence. The article is unworthy of credit,
but it mav amuse our readers: “ The
p uc'rd-) poftrd up in Paris, Bating that Bo
naparie would not embark for England, are
fiul to have con lined an anticipation of
th' proceedings wiich were to have been
foicmoly adopted by the Tribunate, Legif
lative Body, and Senate. The speech of
Morad de Galles; poßed at Paris, was
precisely the fame a* that which he had
juß delivered in the Senate at St. Cloud.
Bonaparte was quite enraged at this trail
faftion. He flew to his wife’s apartment,
and, in a violent palfion, ordered her to
Bop »he preparations file and her female
friends were making for a£ling their part
in the farce, by which it was agreed that
he should be prevailed on not to embark.
Garat was fumrnoned before his Consular
Majeßy. He proved that the letter polled
up had been written by him at the desire
of Cambaceres, but that by some unlucky
precipitation, it had been printed even
before the fitting of the Senate, of which
it gave an account, had taken place. It is
reported, that at the lafl meeting of the
Council of State, the Grand Judge repor
ted, that it could not answer for the tran
quillity of the Republic, if the Firß Con
sul put himtelf at the head of the
expedition againfi England. Bonaparte
is said to have replied, “ I am aßon
;filed that you know so little of the charac
ter of the French people. You do not
seem to perceive that they mult compre
hend very diflimßly, that my pledge to
direiß the expedition in person did not im
ply that I fliould fail with it. I fliali
however, embark; but I fliali fit once
more among you before I take this flep,
which is the fuhjed of so much conjec
tures, of so many hopes and fears.—l know
that rvvo conspiracies, unconne£led with
each other, are making equal progress,
and will break out as soon as I have my
foot on fliip board; that the signals are
ready, and that ten minutes after the go
vernment will be attacked. I announce
this. I wifli it to be known that nothing
cfcapes me ; but I ftiail take a terrible ven
geance on those who dißurb the public
tranquility during my absence. *1 poflefs
the means of being informed of the fmall
eß movement which may take place dur
ing my absence, to whatever place my del
tiny may conduit me, whether to the Berile
ftiores of Ireland, or to the rugged mountains
of Scotland.”—The bets at Paris are thirty
to one that the Chief Consul will not em
bark. He will, however, at leaß, visit the
coaßs, and his departure was said to have
been fixed for the fourth of the present
month.”
By letters we have juß received from
Malta, it appears that the garrilon is in the
higheß health and spirits. The officers
commanding regiments have received or
ders to hold themselves in readiness to em
bark at an hour's notice ; so that some im
mediate expedition is looked for. The
3sih, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
Wilder, one of the fiuefi and beß difeipli
ned regiments in the service, full 1,200
Brong, have buried but nine men, within
the ten months they have been in garrison
there and four cf these accidentally lofl
their lives in failing from the rocks.
A (ingle Lady in Lancafliire, who has
neither farther nor brother to defend her
country, has armed and clothed fix men at
her own expense.
DEAL, November 14.
The French foidiers, who were captur
ed a few days since, appear in general to be
intelligent men, and have fecn a great deal
of service. They Bate that the great ma
jority of the French troops along the coaß,
and particularly in the neighborhood of
Boulogne, are composed of veterans who
served in the laß war. The new raised
levies they mention are fcartered in tTie in
terior of France, or dispatched to the army
of Italy, or that of the German Frontiers
or Hanover,
BOULOGNE, Nov. 16.
The day before yeßerday, the Firß,
Consul, after having reviewed the army,
ordered the execution of several military
night evolutions. He ipent the whole of
veflerdny in the port, notwithßanding vi
siting the two diviftons of the flotilla that
wee arriving from Havre, which made
port in two tides. The Boulogne flotilla
is therefore reinforced by sixty veflels, each
carrying 24 pounders.
It has been remarked, as ominous, that
in digging here to eflablilh the encamp
ment of the Firß Consul, a military axe
has been found appearing to have belon
ged to the Roman armv that invaded
England, There have also been found at
Embleteufe, in digging the foundation for
the tent of the First Consul, medals of
William the Conqueror. It muß be ack
nowledged that these circumflances are at
lesß whimsical, and they will appear Bill
more lingular, on recollecting that when
General Bonaparte visited the ruins of
Pelufe in Egypt, he there found a Cameo
of Tulius-Caefar.
The camps of the army resemble a
town. The foldicr is at Icaß as comforra- {
b'e in them as in the barracks. General
Soult has paid particular attention to that
important part of the military adminitlra
tion, which has lo much influence upon
the health of the troops.
The North winds, which are prevailing
with some violence have driven oft the
Englifli cruizers to a great distance from
Boulogne : the currents are extremely ra.
pid in those ports — (Mcniteur.)
The wind blows frefh from the S. VV.
the enemy’s cruizers have retired into
their own ports for fafety. The advanced
guard of a division from Havre, composed
of about twenty reflets of the flotilla, is
entering. They performed the paflage
in twenty*four hours; this makes the fe
ventb we have received here since the ar
rival of the First Consul.
This morning, at n o’clock the First
Consul fat off from the head quarters, and
embarked on board a superb boat, the
Lioness, that was waiting for him; and
notwithstanding the extreme violence of
the wind, viflted several veflels of the flo
tilla recently arrived at this port. Some
gun and galley boats Performed a few evo
lutions which were executed with the
greatefl promptness and regularity.
To-morrow the First Consul will go to
Eftaples, to give to the several works that
are going on in the port, the aftivity
which his presence produces wherever he
(hows himfelf.
OSTEND, November io.
Our camp is nearly flnifhed. Very fa
vourable weather contributes to it, and it
already makes a very handsome appear
ance. The soldiers are lodged in large
barracks covered with thatch, and all on
ranges; wide streets feperate them. Great
order and cleanliness prevail through the
whole. We are in hopes that the First
Consul, whom we expeft here in a few
days, will be as pltafed with it as the Min
ister of war has been.
The conftruftion of gun-boats and
pinnaces is nearly fi lifhed, and mjr ploce
has been put in a state to defy, the insults
of the Eng!i(h ; a line of one hundred and
forty cannons and mortars of the largest
calibre, displays itfelf all along the sea
shore. After all, we fee but few cruizers,
seldom more than 4 or 5, and those of
small force.
PARIS, November 13 —23.
Twenty inen are alternately taken from
each company of the regiments of the line
composing the camp at Boulogne, and
embarked on board the flat-bottomed
boats, to learn how to handle the oars and
the cannon ; which they executed with
great alacrity and precision.
An American veflel from Bordeaux, in
ballad, has entered Nantz river. She was
viflted off Bell-Isle by an Englifli frigate
who forcibly took away three of her crew.
Extrafl of a letter from Boulogne , dated
November 9.
One hundred veflels, each carrying 24
pounders present themfelvcs in the road
daily. The number of veflels of all sizes
that are to serve in the expedition agsinft
England is computed at five thousand.
Never has Roulougne exhibited a more
lively appearance than at this time. The
circulation of cafli is greater than in any
other port of the republic. A great num
ber of Generals are here.
The barrack in which the First Consul
lodges is placed on a very elevated em
mence, commanding an extensive view of
the fliores and harbour: the barrack of
rear Admiral Bruix is at its right. The
coasts are lined with cannon and mortars.
All these mortars are cast on a new plan ;
they weigh 8000 lbs. and reach to the
distance of three kilometres.
Every day encreafes the mass of the
forces by the lucceflive arrival of the
flotillas. The First Consul is prefling all
the works with an inconceivable aftivitv.
NOVEMBER 13.
Madame Le Clerc is married to Prince
Borghefe. The nuptials have been cele
brated at Morfontaine.
NOVEMBER Is.
On the nth inst. was launched at
Havre, in the presence of the Miniftcr of
Marine, the pinnace built for the First
Consul. The Minister afterwards re
viewed the conlcript work men, viflted
minutely the work-ftiops, magazine, tim
ber-yards, the veflels in armament, and
the flotilla ready to put to sea.
A convoy of four gun-boats, twelve
flat-bottomed boats, two pinnaces, and
eleven transports, which failed from Havre
on the 7th November, arrived fafe at
Boulogne the next day.
Orders have been issued at Brussels to
prepare the-e a great quantity of fiiip
bread for the service of the army of Eng
land. The conftruftion of oars in the for
est of foignes, goes on with redoubled aftiv!-
ty. It isafferted that not less than thirty
thousand are to be trade.
NOVEMBER 17.
The armament of the doggers and fifli
ing boats that are in the docks at Dun
kirk, goes on with the greatest activity.
Each of these veflels will carry one twen
ty four pounder and four 4 pounders.
They will be manned, independently of the
land troops, with forty sea men ; they will
have besides a ftablc for the transportation
of a few horses. Some pinnaces of a new
conftruXion are also fitting out, and sever
al flat-bottomed boats arc daily looked for
from Holland.
On the i2ih November several merch
ant veflels that had been detained in the
channel for the service of the republic,
failed from Bruflels. Those which remain
will soon follow.
NOVEMBER 18.
The Englifti continue cruising off
Cherbourg, but at two gun-fliots distance,
which places them in a situation from
whence it is impoflible to observe what
pafles in the port. The service of the
signals is performed with an astonishing
cdlerity. In the space of three hours in
telligence is communicated from Cher
bourg to Fleflingue. All the ports, vil
lages, and cottages on the shores are full
of companies of horse chafleurs. Every
thing is in readiness for departure.
NOVEMBER 19.
Three divisions of the flotilla of St-
Malo, confiding of 18 flat-bottomed boats,
3 gun-boats, 22 (loops, 40 fifhing boats of
Newfoundland, and 1 pinnace, failed from
that port in the night of the nth to the
12th November fleering for Cherbourg.
NOVEMBER 21.
On the 14th November a division of the
flotilla arrived at Granville from St. Malo,
set fail from thence and put into Regne
viHe. It cor.fifted of 22 gun boats and
transports. A second division of a like
force was ready to put to sea from the
fame port. For several days past the En
glifli have not appeared in fight.
FRANCFORT, November 7.
Our commercial intercourie direX with
England is now entirely re-established by
the way of Dufleldorf and Embdtn, and
Commerce has resumed its former chan
nel. It is by the borders of the Rhine,
Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, &c. and even
Switzerland that the merchants and traders
of upper Germany, continue their con
nexions with Enland, and receive from
thence as agents the goods which they
afterwards difiribute in all the neighbour
ing countries. The carriage is not very
expensive; the quintal from Embden to
our city costs only 6 to 7 florins.
HAMBURGH, November 5.
It is aff'erted that the arrival of general
Berthier in this city has for its objeX to
negociate a loan of five millions with the
three Hanfetowns, for which the domains
of the country of Hanover are to be mort
gaged. A meeting of our Burghers has
been called for to morrow, to take into
confideraticn these proposals of the French
general.
NOVEMBER *7.
On the 3th instant, the Burghers of this
city granted the loan demanded by general
Berthier for the states of Hanover. That
ioan will be four millions of livres. A
committee ot five Senators aflsl deputies of
the Burghers have been appointed to fet
tle the particulars relative to tfiat business,
&c. It is thought the general will go
from hence to Lubeck and Bremen to
make similar proposals. The sum deman
ded, it is said, for the ft2tes of Hanover,
from the Hanfetowns of Hamburgh, Bre
men and Lubeck, is from 14 to 17 millions
of Livres.
HANOVER, November 7.
There are at this moment at Ham
burgh, four (hips ready to fail down the
Elbe ; two are loaded with cannon, 24
pounders, and the two others with gun
powder. A secret expedition is talked of.
HAGUE, November 8.
The Englifli have left the small Island
of Rottum, where they had landed a de
tachment of troops on the 27th OXober.
Our Government is determined to em
ploy every possible measure to augment
the number of transports, independently of
'hofe of the military marine.
The veflels destined for the date service,
by means of an indemnification to the
owners, are entirely in readiness for the
service to which they are destined. Their
jtuiXion is now completing.
It is thought our government will
ftiortlv appoint a committee charged to
compliment the First Consul, who it is
hoped will arrive soon at Fleflingue.
November i.
There have been launched at Rotterdam,
five new flat-bottomed boats, which com
plete the number of 50 of these veflels all
ready to put to sea. Nine schooners def-