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* LONDON, A*ril 5.
On Thurfdar, Mr. Windham submitted
to the Houff of Commons his plan for the
improvement of our Military Syftcrti. The
principal objeft ot this plan is, the perma
nent increalc of the Regular Army ; and
the means by which it is proposed to attain
this object is as follow *.—■ ihe foldicr, in
ftcad of engaging for life, as at present, is
only to enlist for fevert years ; at the end of
that period, if he be disposed to enter again
for a similar term, he is to have a small
increase of pay ; and also% further increase
of pay, if he (It 00 id choofc to enlist fora
third term of /even years. At the con.
ciufion of the 21 years service, he is then
to be entitled to all the full allowances of
Cheifca, and the advantages of that retreat
axe jo be augmented. In the Cavalry
and Artillery, mftead of dividing the whole
term of service into three enual portions of
. seven years, it i# to be divided into periods
of ter, fix, and five years.
In the militia, no alteration whatsoever
is to take place for the present with refpeft
to their number, but in future they are to
be recruited, not by the prefent 4 fyftem of
ballot, but by a small bounty ; and the
Militia ot Ireland are to be encouraged as
much «s po/Hble to enter into the line. —*
With refpeft to the volunteers, they are-,,
not after the present year, to enjoy their
present advantage } they are only to be ex
empted from the general training of the
male population of the country, which
forms as efllntial part of the new system.
With refpeft to the levy en majfe % the
imle population is to be divided into three
clafles; the firft including all from the age
«f 16 jo 24, the second from 24 to 31, and
the third from 3 a 10 40. Ot these three
daffes, 200,000 are to be trained for 2 6
days every ytfar, ai.j a*- tt% trr>m ivm j
fhiliing a day every day they are out. The
regulations of the volunteer system are not
to extend to Ireland. This is the general
outline of the plan, which Mr. Windham
opened with his usual ability. lit conclu
ded a speech, the delivery cf which occu
pied nearly four houis, with moving for
leave to bring in a bill to repeal the Aft of
1803, commonly called “ the Levy tn
Maffe Aft."—Mr. Fox, v»e arc happy to
Hate, was well enough to attend the House,
and to take a share in the debate,
.April <5.
AGottenburgh mail «nived on Sunday.
Private letters by this convcyantc, report,
that the emperor of Russia, determined to
support the king of Sweden, had marched an
armv into Prulfian Poland, which had taken
poffclfi of Warsaw. Without pretending to
vouch for the accuracy of this ftatetnent, we
think it highly probable.
April 12.
We have received a private letter from
Hanover, which states, that the territories
lately given to Murat arc to he very con.
fiderably augmented, and that he will
firm be advanced to the dignity of an Elec
tor. In the event of the death of the Em
peror of Germany, his Elcftoral Highness
Joachim Murat will tnoft probably be a
candidate for the Imperial Diadem, and
with the support of Bonaparte there can be
no doubt ot his fuccefs,—Such arc the ru
mours circulated on the Continent, relative
to the future projefts of Bonaparte. — Sun.
A let ter from Berlin states, that the King
of Pruflia has set at liberty all the natives
of Ireland, who were transported from
th.tt country a few years ago, and has given
thempermifiion to return to Ireland. These
men were dittribured among the Silcfian re
giments, and the King of Pruflh has intima
ted the above refoluucn to Mr. Jackson,
the Eoglifh Miniftcr, in order that he
may provide trani'por.s.
April 16.
A gentleman who has arrived direst from
Berlin, and whose authority can be depended
upon, states, that the profpeft of war with
Sweden, has not only caused great diflatis.
faftion through out Brandenburgh, but pro
duced very indignant sensations in the minds
of thePruffian army.
Yesterday a llrong rumour prevailed in
the city, that a rapture with the United
States was on the point of breaking out.
The report was so generally accredited, as
to cause a trifling depreflion cf the funds.
We have however traced the rummir, and
find that it originated in the dc-cntion of
three American veflTels by our cruizcrs. Sim
ilar circumftancea may be expefted to occur
daily, in confcquenoe of the Americans at
tempting to enter pom blockaded by Britiih
(hips of war. This was the canfe of the
vessels in question Having been detained.
Authentic advice has been received, that
the Spanifb Court, has blued an order for
all Portognefe and other vrftels to quit the
ports of Vigo, Corunna and Fer red, and to
prohibit for the present the entrance of all
veflels of the fame deferiptton, into any of
these ports. order is said to be for ■
the purpose of dwicealing the objeft of a for- 1
midablc expedition now fitting out in the
ports of Spain; but to which, no doubt, due
attention will be paid by our goverraent,
April 17,
The Hamburg mail due on WednefJay,
arrived this morning, and the intelligence is
of confidcrable importance. The occupation
otCattjiro, by the Ruffians, has led to a ve
ry serious difeuffion between France and An
ftria. The former evidently fufpefts the
latter of having afted in collusion with Raf
fia upon this occasion, and has begun
to adopt mcafures rather of an boftile
, •" ,r *
If pwttncc; TKs return of Maltha! fierthler,
now Duke ot Neufchatel, to France, ‘
has been postponed, and the French have
refuted to evacuate the. fortrefs of Braunau,
according to the treaty of Prc(burgh.
Braunau is situated on the eastern
bank of the Inn, and, while in the hands of
the French, will enable them to enter at
pleafiue the hereditary states of Austria.
A letter from Rome states, that the Pa
pal See is to be removed, and that Bona
parte intend* to be crowned King of Italy
.in the capital of the ancient world.
April 18.
The Stallholder departed this life on the
3:h instant, at Bronfwick, in the 58th
year of his age. Hi* focceftbr in the gov
ernment of the principlity of Naflau-Orange,
is the hereditary and reigning Prince of
Fulda.
A rumour was very prevalent last night at the
Weft end of the town that a serious schism had
taken place in the Cabinet, originating in
a very diftinguiftied charafler having pro
posed to meet some overtures of Peace from
Bonaparte, inwhichhcwas eat-voted, and,
in oonfequence, had declared his intention
of refining. We do not pledge ourselves
for the truth or the report, but its general
prevalence renders it our duty to date it.—
Packet,
April 19.
The firft flag of troccfrom France brought
a dispatch from Bonaparte, containing gen.
era! expreflions of a desire to put an end to
the calamities of war. An answer was re
turned by our Cabinet, expressing a similar
wi(h, but adding, no negociation for peace
could be entered into, unlcfs Ruftia was a
party to it. This last stipulation, it is re
ported, was indited upon by Lord Green
ville, contrary to the wiihes of Mr. Fox.
April xi, \
Government this morning received the
following important information :
Copy from' the log hook of the American Jhijp
u At x o'clock a. m. difeovered a Seer
to the north weft, which gave chace to us
in studding-sails, and hove to. At 3 the
headmoft snip, the Patriot, came up with
us and proved French. After examining us
fhc carried us up to the Admiral ; and after
afleing us many questions relative to English
convoys, they allowed us to proceed. We
counted fix fail of the line and one frigate
—lat, 15. 2 x— long. 11. 1 f Weft. The
Patriot informed the captain of the Dorothi
as that they had failed from Brcft on the 74th
of December, 18 fail in number, but had fe
perated in divisions; they had taken three En
glish Ihips with troops oh boad. They deni
ed that they had any troops on beard, al
though the admiral’s ship appeared full cf
troops—The (hips were : Eole, 74; Ma
jcftic, 74; Impateux, 74 Foudroyont
74 ; Veteran, 74 ; Le Castor, 74 ; Valen
ciennes, 44 ; all French—adm’ls Guillame,
and Jerome Bonaparte. Sf. Helena east,
133 leagues.
The Cape of Good Hope is to he the grand
military depot for the supply of our Asiatic
poflVflions, the chief administration of which
it is said, is to be placed in the hands of fir
J. C, Hmpefler, and that general Simcre is
to be commander in chief.
On Saturday a vcflel rcachrd the River
under Papenburgh colours. She failed from
Eml«kn on the nth. The captain states,
that when he came away, an order was poll
ed at the exchange of Exnbden, to the fol
lowing efreft Thar no British vessel ar
riving at that port with a cargo should be
permitted to stay more than 24 hours, and
then to fail without landing any of her mer
chandize.” ; , -
We nnderftand the Emperor of Germany
ha* acceded to ell the demands made by .Bon
aparte cf a passage for the French troops
through Bohemia and Iftria.
Lords Elgin and Yarmouth, and Colonel
A’vrrornhie, who have been detained", in
France, fincc the commencement of the war,
arc permitted to return home on their pa
role,
A serious mifunJerftanding is said to have
arisen between the Prince of Wales and Mr.
Fox. The nature and cause of this rupture
will he made public in a few days’
A French privateer, the Intrepid, has
fallen in with the homeward bound fleet
from L'fbou, off Scilly, and has captured
fereral of them.
The Omnium has experienced a farther
depreftion to-day ; it has been done at a pre
mium of 2 per cent, and at the close of the
market at 2f. Vuious caufcs .vs assigned,
viz, afubfily to Sweden; an immediate
rupture with America, Set. Sec. A fubfijy
to Sweden is not improbable; but letters
and’papers from America wete received in
town this day, as late as the 9th of March,
which contain nothing to induce a belief
that any thing frefh has tranfbired.
Counfcllor Sampson, whose name occurs
so often in the Hiftory of the Irish Rebellion,
in 1798, arrived a few days ago from
the Continent, and was taken immediately
iutocuftodv. H’scafe has been inveftiga,
ted by the Secretary of State for the Home
and Foreign Departments, and he is at pre
fect in the care of Mr. Sparrow, the Kino's
raeflenger.
A letter from Duflcldorff, received in
Glasgow, on Mondav, dated March ?jft,
fays, “ The fcftivals on our new Duke's
installation, arc now over; they went on,
as the French usually do in those cases,
every thing with the utmost pomp. Murat
is said to be a man of good sense ; he has
accumulated an immense fortune, and is
probably one of the tichcft men in the uoi
vcxfc.”
« . ’ ■** i : • ‘ '•, *.
HOUSE OP COMMONS, April tu
WAR WlTft PRUSSIA.
Mtffage from hit Majejij.
Mr. Secretary Fox brought down a
Message from his Majesty complaining of
the conduit of Prussia, in having forcibly
seized his Majesty’s Hereditary Dominions,
and (hut the ports of the Continent against
the Btitifh Trade. His Majesty had, on .
these grounds, recalled his Minister from
Berlin, and all intercourse between Prussia
and Great Britain was now at an end. His
Majesty relied on support from his faithful
Commons, for the prosecution of the war
with Prussia, and for vindicating the honor
ot the Brmfti flag. On the motion ol Mr.
Fox, the Mcflage Was ordered to be taken
into further cortftderation t’o-raorrow. Mr.
Fox then preferred copies of certain
dispatches from Mr. Jackson and Baron
Hardenburg, refered the . Message, which
were ordered to lie on the table *’
April 26.
It is no longer a secret, that the late
intercourses with France by flags of truce,
refpefted proppfals for peace on her part---
Dut these have been fouiid iiiadmiflabll, the
papers which have pa fled between the two
countries, wilt (hortly be laid before Par
liament.
We already dated that an expedition is
now fitting our for the continent, which is
to he commanded by Lord Cathcart. We
understand it will confitt of not less than
12,000 men, cavalry and infantry. Lord
Cathcart is to have the appointment of his
own Staff. The dragoon guards and foot
guards will form a large portion of this
army, which is destined to co-operate with
the gallant king ot Sweden.
April 18.
We learn from Constantinople, that the
Turkifti troops upon the Ruffian frontiers
are confiierably increasing, which, with
other circumstances, has induced M. Ita
linftu, the Ruffian minister, to demand ex
planation relative to these preparations, and
that he was informed by the Reis Effcndi,
that such preparations were necessary for
restoring and preserving peace in the interior
of the Turkilh empire. A considerable
Tutkifh fleet is fitting out.
The promises and threats of France and
Prussia to induce Denmark to exclude our
flag from the Baltic, have been hitherto un
avaiiing.—the Daniih ministry inflft on a
rigid neutrality ; and it is probable that (he
will fuccecd in maintaining it.
There was a report on Saturday that
Gen. Mnck had been convidledof high
treason, and condemned to fuffer the pain
of death.
Tlx report that Holland is destined to be
given to Louis Bonaparte, Teems to be on the
point of receiving the fulled confirmation.
A deputation is even believed to have alrea
dyfetout for Farit, to prevail upen the
prince tu honor them by the acceptance of
the Sovereign power,
state"paper,
Prussian Patent.-— “ Wc, Frederic Wil
liam, King of Prussia, &c. &c, make
known and declare as follows
“ The wi(h to secure our faithful fub
and the neighboring dates of the
North of Germany during the war, and to
preserve and confirm the duration of the
blessings of peace, was at all times the inten.
tion of our indefatigable endeavours. These
wholcforae mcafurcs were made known,
upon some recent occafrons, as the objeit
of our late Patent, dared January 37,1 806 ;
according to which the. Electoral Stares of
Brunswick Lunenburg in Germany were
taken possession of by our troops, when the
administration of the fame passed into our
hands. But in consequence of the exchange
of the Electorate of Hanover, in conlldera
tion of the cession of three of the provinces
of our monarchy, and for the permanent
tranquility of cur fubjeifts and the neighbor
ing date, wc have found it indifpcnfibly
necessary to enter into and conclude a con.
vention with his rntjeftv the emperor of the
French and king of Italy; and as the
Electoral Stares of the houfc of Brunswick,
situated in Germany, were obtained by the
emperor Napoleon by right if emejutf, we
hereby declare, that the right of poffefjion
of the territory of that house has patted' over
to us, in confederation of the cession of three
of our provinces, and is now fubjefl to our
power only j consequently, from the pre.
feat.time, the government and the adminif
t rat ion of these countries, will be adminif.
tered Amply in our name alone, and under
our supreme authority.
“ We therefore, call upon all persons,
what<ver may have been the functions as.
signed them, to execute those fmftions
only-in our name, and under our authority.
** Count Schulenberg Kehnert, and the
commissioners who are attached to him cx
peft no less than-that all the Prelates, the
■Burgers, and the inhabitants in general,
will obediently conform themfrlves to the
order of the things which a new acra has
rendered necessary for their tranquillity and
well-being ; and in so doing, theyv will
afford his majesty a proof of their devotion
to their country.
** So on our part, nothing (hall be neglec
ted to.’confirra them in the perfnafion of our
paternal affeflion, and our (metre wifli to ren
der them happy.
,f Frederick William.
** SCKULENBERO,
“ Haucwit*.
“April 1, 18©$/* l
CHARLESTON, Juki 4 ,
A late London paper fays ;—“ It is not
yet known what measures wiH be resorted
to by the Britilh ministry, against the Dey
of Algiers, but it is supposed that they
will not have recourfc to a bombardment.
Upon that fubjeft, a plea fa nt story is told
of a former Dey, who, upon 3 naval force
being sent to bombard Algiers, a iked how
much the expedition cod ? Upon being
informed he burst into a violent fit of laugh,
ter, and exclaimed, “ Oh ! you ridiculous
chriiHans, if you had given me but half
the sum, I would have saved you the trou,
blc, and battered down my capital for you,"
Dowaing-freet, April 8.
The king ha* been pleated to cause it to
be hgnified by the right honorable Charles
James Fox, his majeity's principal fecrcta.
ry of date for foreign affairs, 16 the mini,
' fters of neutral powers residing at this court,
that theneceflary measures have been taken,
by his ms jetty's command, for the block
ade of the entrance of the rivers Ems, We.
fef, Elbe and Drave; and that; from this,
time, all the meafuresauthorifedby the law'
of nations, and the refpeftiva treaties be,
tween his majesty and the different neutral
powers, will be adopted and executed with
refpsft to all vessels which may attempt to
violate the said blockade.
Epl6raM, on the late Mu. Pitt,
Suggested by his fundamental deficiency
both in body and principles,
*Tis truth let me tellyou, what once you.
deem'd tuit.
In Hell, (awful thought) ther’s a lot,
tomlefs Pitt.
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nmf.gr
Eoitrdcl of a letter from Liverpool, dated
loth of April, 1806.
f< The bill brought into Parliament for
preventing American Goineameii fitting out
for the Coatt from Britilh ports, was to be
read a second time on Thursday. It like
wise completely. precludes all British (hips
from felling their cargoes of fiaves in A,
ractica, “ or any neutral country belonging
to any foreign sovereign, date or power 5"
and from felling in any cf cur own colonies
captured during the war : Nor can any
Britilh fubjecH employ their capital, ships,
or credit, in fitting out neutral or Britilh
(hips for foreign account. There isf no
doubt but the hill will pass, which will
completely knock up this tramc, as regards
America.’*
Imtort ant— -Letters received in this
townyetterday, from New-Vatic, flute that
flour has risen in that city to seven and
eight dollars per barrel, and wheat to 13s.
61. per buttle!.—This fodder? rife in t!i3
price of produce, is fiippofed to he occasion
ed by the p-efent mifunderttanding between
England and PfulTia, in consequence ot
which the northern ports of Europe arc fact
againtt the Englilh, and they of course
prohibited from receiving their ufua; fun
plies of grain from Dtntzic, and other
p’ac-s belonging to PrufC.i. Thcte left'***
al(i> Hate, that there was a probability ct a
farther trugm-ntacion in the. nrice nf flour
and wheat-- Farmers fliould therefore be 01
the look cat, Peterflurg Paper.
In Vermont, the strength of nan'e* mV
be gathered from a recent election cf Cen/ors
to examine and revile the conßitutior,
when the republic:!? ticket obtained an a- ’•
rage of s*oji votes, and the fcderail
1,670. Tlit Bee,