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Icreign Intelligence
PARIS, December 9.
Several ;,d In Hies were pre
sented on the zbih 0! Novem
ber at Pofen, .0 the Emperor
ol the Eier.ch, by the nobles,
clergy, lire adniinifliative
chamber of Post n, and the
judiciary. The Emperor an
iweredeach of ihefe harangues;
amongst other things, he fa id,
that France had never reco-g.
nifed the partition of Poland ;
that the events of war had
brought him into that country ;
th.it he found it conforurahle
to his princip ! es to receive the
reptdentations of that ancient
kingdom ; that the iliuftrious*
na ion of Poles had rendered
the greateu lei vice to Euiope
cubic: ; that her tnt'fortunes
had been the refill: of intefttne
tdivifions ; rat life would not
promifeto tlte Poles the re
t ffahlifltnient of their indepen
dence, because that re'elta. !
Liifhuictit ought to detrend
upon thcmfelves alone ; that
when a great nation, many
millions of men, wlifted to be
indepe dent, they always fuc.
ceeded in their ct.terprile; that
as Emperor of the French he
would always Ee with a lively
in'erefl, the throne of Poland
raise iTclf tip, and the indepen
dence cdthat great naiion le
cu’e that of its neighbors me
naced by the unbounded am*
bi ion of Knlftid ; that this de
pended m re on the Poles
thcmfelves than on him. He
added, iha’ it the clergy, the
nobles, and the citizens would
make a common cause, and
take the firm relolution to
triumph 01 die, he would p e
fyge that they would ‘triumph,
but that fieri e vows and
speeches weie rot fuiiici; in ;
i.iKi what had been ovenhiown
by force, could only he .e t s
tabuflied bv force ; that ‘what
had he* 11 ed for want
of union, cotrt? only be re
paired in union; and ili.it the
p ftiticai principle which had
Id Fiance tojtiifavow ti.e par
tit ion of Poland, would make
h/in desire its ie ellabiifhtneni
the Poles might always
com t on his powciful protec
tion.
lIAMISUKGII Dae, 13.
The following is the sub”
fiance of tire note which the
Pr ince of Btmvento, timiificr
of exterior remitted
on thevvening of theo6 ir oi
November, ( be evening of the
concltiiiou of the armillict j o
the Prutlian plenipotentiaries
— tc Four coal tions, of which
the fourth bs the
present war, have been fotmed
agdii't France; the w lude
f jur have been v;a q ofhcd.
T l e victories gained over each
have [ fa cd iiaies orr tire
hands of his m.rjcftt, Ihe ernpe
ror and ki g. i iuce times*
France has by a moderation
Without example in hifloi y, re
ft tried all er nearly all her coti
qutfts, and re, laced 011 the
throne-, without icarce'y any
diminution (jf their power, tire
princes vhicii vitloiv liad
made dcl’cend from them.
1 he co. cl vi bl which ids majeliy
has a Bed upon lor time u u ,
he is a, in rc idy to aid upon
without COiilrd ring that this
exticme modeia.iou will give
birth, before ten veais, 10 a
fifth LoahiU-r: m the
courie of t c .1 uiiih
1 Ip’trg trg u U'./tt,
Spt !n e tie*. ;iv • e i- it
u, eolois.es- .l'ai, it
|is jufl that,the countries which
j the r 1 uEt of war has put in the
powmr of the emperor, fhonld
(in vc a; a conrpcnfation for the
colon its.
“ Put that which specially
chai aßerifes the good conduct
of tie fourth coalition to
France is, that the Port has
100 its independence. Walla
(Ida and Moldavia, governed
by nun which she had justly
depolerl. arid which the threats
of Ptiflia base forced her to
re eftnbiifh, have become for
Ruffian teal conquc ft. Ihe
entire independence of the-Ot’
toman Porte was one of the
fit It intends of France. 11 is
majefly she •'iviperor would
lose the principal hubs of his
fucccfs, if he did not make u!e
of 1 hear to a{fme it. His ma
1’ fly cftnroi, conftqtiently, re
ftorc any of the countries
width the fate of arms has put
into his power before that the
O 1 toman Potto shall be re in
Hated in the plenitude of all
i's rights on Wb.llachia and
Moldavia, and th.at its abfu
lute independence shall he ac
knowitdgecfand guaranteed
COPENHAGEN, Dec 7.
1 he Envoy of England has
asked to know from our go
veminent, if tl e vi Hels of his
nation will continue to he rc
c< ived in the ports of Hufutn
and Toningen. We are igno
-1 ant of the answer of the D-i”
mfh milsiffer, but it is certain
that the captains of lire Engdfh
vclfels are ordered to hold
thtmfelves in waiting to put to
feaonihefirft notice, for fear
of an Embargo.
Ktzu Pi■vjf, an Govt r;; mera.
November it.
*! he following Decree, pal
ft and on the 3 I November, by
his M-d fix the Etn; eror and
King has j ilt been pubhfhed :
4 ‘ ! lie Mates o’ his Majelty
the King <d P; ullia. conquered
bv the I’ ret'C: 1 at my, are divid
ed into font departments, viz.
“ t. The department of
Balm ; it is divided into four
provinces, winch a-e the
March of Ukram , con mand
ed by the Chief of battalion
Harriet; the Prignitz, com
manded by col. Net 10; the
0;l Match., rommanded by
Colonel Botiiflin; the Middle
March, commanded by the
Ge’ err.l of Divifiou C!a r ke.
2d. 1 he department of Cul.
t; in,comprifing March,
is commanded by she General
oi Brigade Memos.
** 3d. The department of
Stettin, comprising Pomerania,
is commanded try the General
of Brigade Thuuvenot.
s * 4'lr. The department of
Magdeburg, which compre
hends the Dutchv of Magde
buigh, the County of Mans
field, the Circle of C 4 Saal,
c.o mui a tided by the Adjutant
comma tula lit Champeau x, who
w ill u fide at Burg. The tow n
of Halle, commanded* bv Mr.
Lautour, forms part of the tic.
partmeut of Magdeburg.
u The Provinces continue
to be divided into Circles, as
they a”e at present. The ma
| giftiates of the towns, the Bai*
j hris, the Cotmfellors des Toil’
! its. the provincial Counftiiois
| ot Circles, and the Members
1 o> the Chambers ot war and
j domains, ate maintained m
i uteir funtil.ns. i Lev a.e to
j t:• kc t.icir oaths from the hands
j of me Mii'.oy Conimand
i a.us and 1 M'.euuwnts. aw; oia tu
i Coimniifionets for tins pur
poiOj who lit-dl draw up u re
port'containing the of
al) the-members rcmpoling the
above auiiioi ities. The fol
lowing is the form of the oath.
4i 1 fwcar faithfully to fX •
ercile the and otity widi which
I am inirlilted by.the Empe
ror of the French and King of
Italy ;to tttc it only for the
maimainance cf public order
and tranquillity; to contribute
ail in my power to the execu- j
tion of the measures, which
flialt he ordered for the service
of the French army, & not to
carry on any correlpondrnce
with its enemies.
“ The general administrati
on of the lour departments is
intruded, under the authority
of Mr. J)aru, to Mr. Efteve, j
Achrdnillratnr General of the j
Finances and Domains, and to
a Receiver General of the con
tiihntions, Mr. Labouillerie.
“ Every Department lhal!
be direfcted by an Imperial
Commissary, who fliall be al
wavs present at the Asst tnblies
of the Chamber of war aid j
domains; shall cider a Regis !
er to be kept of the deiiberati
ops, and take care that the ser
vice he properly a ter ded to.
ii Every Ttovince Iliad have
its Intcrrdant, who (hall dtl
chargethe funftions of Prefecl,
intendaut of Finances; who
(bail take pofftflion of all the
magazines, chefls, 5c domains
belonging to the King, and
who {hall befrdes direfct the
codeftion of the taxes, the ad
miniftratior. of domains, mines,
fall-pits, and the payment of
the extraordinary contribute
OIIS.
“ A receiver fliall reside in
every Province, all the pay
ments shall be made into his
chefls; and ihefe said pay
ments shall be afccitaincd by
reports.
“• The tnagiftrates of towns,
baiiifFs, counfellers des Tail'd |
provinciaux , shall continue to j
i j
correlpond with eac h other, & j
with the Chamber of war and j
domains, according to the or- j
der above aid down.
“ 1 he Magilliacy of the ci
ty of ik: bn, shall cotrfdt o‘ a
council of 6o Members, and
of a comm i tee of 7.
“ The elections made by the
ass mbly of the aooo princi
pal citizens of this city, held
on ti e ti.e 30th Est month,
and ascertained by the report
of that Adfembiy, aie approv- I
ed in 11. I. and 11. M. as well
as die choice which the 60 e- j
lebled Mcnibeis to form the
council, have mad- of 7 mem
bers to compose the adminis
trative committee.
t; The Commanders of Pro
vinces fliall organise in their
cn rondiJJ'emcns, brigades cf
gen Ida. mo, c loitn atnongil
the landholders. The num
ber and dilpofai of thebe bin
gades shall be determined on
by government. Thelo bri
gades fhafi be for the put nofc
of maintaining tranquillity in
the com, try, and cauling j er
ions and property to be res
petted in it : every Comman
dant of a Provim e. shall have
a detach.met toi French troops
at nis dilpofai.
i ” A guard of citizens fliall
be erganiled at Berlin, and one
or mote mi 1 aiy Cum sni (lions
shall he formed in each depait
tuent, for lis ing marauders be
cauhng them to be pur.dhed.
Che following ate appoint
ed Imperial Coinmtffioners in
ihe chief places in the depart
ments ; Mr. Jiignon, lor the
ciepa. 1 merit of Berlin; he shall
reticle at Beilin; Mr. Sabatier,
iot the department ofCuftnu;
•Mr. I.aigle, fur the depnrr-
HK n ol Stcuir. ; he lhall tefide
at Stct'in ; at:d Mi. Chalom.
for the depart memos Magde
burgb; -lie fliall reiide at Burg.’
“The following are ap.
pointed Intendams of the Pro
vinces; of the March of the
Ukraine, Mr. Tfflchamt die ;
he shall reside at Prcnfzlow ; of
Piignitz, Mr. Ga'pard ; he
shall reside at Peikberg ; ol the
Old March, Mr. Chivaijle—
he lltall reside at Stcndal ; of
the town of Hall, Mr. Clarac ;
he fliall reside at Hall.
44 The civil and military ati
thcrities are Found to conform
themselves, each in what way
may concern him, to the claus
fes of this Decree of his Ma r
jelly the Fmperor and King,
of the 3d of the present month
of November.”
“Berlin, Biii Nov. 1306 ”
(Sigiifti) CLARKE.
LONDON, Dec. 18.
It i. with great regret >.: an- ‘
n.ocnce ihe loss of his Airjcsty’s |
ship Atheni'-nne, of 64 guns, one !
of L.’ rd Collingwocd’s fleet. We
have not vet received the details,
1 ut ve understand that she was i
lo t on ihe Etquirjues rocks, near j
Cadiz, in a gale of wind on the j
20. h October. MoU unhappily, j
the fui v of ihe gale, and the dan- I
gerous nature of the place where j
she was lost, prevented the sav- 1
ing of all the crew. ‘1 hree hun*
di ed and forty-seven of our gal
lant countrymen, with the cap™
tain, perished !—Ope hundred &
twenty were saved. The Athe
nieune was taken from the French
in the year 13(;0.
Sir Sidney Smith arrived yes
teiday evening at Portsmouth, in
the Termagant sloop of war,
which is arrived with dispatches
from Lord Collingwood, and
which brought the account of the
loss of the Athenienne.
and he Force under orders for
Ireland is “trenger than we at
first supposed, ‘i he following is
a list of the regiments that com
pose if—The first Dragoons
from FkiTEl! ; the 3d, 7th, and
Bth from Deal; ihe 9th f om
Miorncl fie ; the 14th anil 91st
f om Wythe ; & the 2d battalion
a’ il die 80 h from Portsmouth,
i be 3d, 7ih, and Bth, will pro
cci and down ihe Paddington Ca
nal, and embaik at Liverpool, at
which place transports are now
getting ready for their reception.
I he 9:h, 14ui, and 31st, will em
baik at liamsgaiei
Ihe following paragraph is
copied from an Edinburgh paper
we received this morning—The
Dublin paper of the 15th men
tions nothing upon the subject ;
14 Dublin Dec. 9. ft is con
fidently rumoured lor some days
that five persons , consisting es
three Italians and two French
men, have been lately brought as
prisoners into this city, charged
with treasonable practices ; and
on Saturday last, we understand
that five others, three of whom,
we are sorry to say, appear to he
of the better order, have a. rived
under a similar charge.”
The following is tlie Deposition
oj Grnaul Eaton, relative to
BURR’S CONSPIRACY.
Early last winter, colonel Aa
ron Furr, late vice president of
the United States, signified to
me. at this place, that, under the
authority of the general govern
ment, he was organizing a secret
expedition against the Spanish
provinces on our south western
borders ; which expedition he
was to lead, and in which he
was authorised to invite me to
take the command of a division,
f had never before been made
personally acquainted with Col.
burr , and, having for manv
years been employed in foreign
service, I knew but little about
the estimation mis gentleman
now held in the opinion of his
countrymen and his government:
the rank and confidence by which
he had so lately been distinguish
ed, hft rre no ? 1 1, ;• t t<- ~, H
patriotism. ! knrvv hhv,
In case (i a w.r wiui r e NH
nati’ n, whic h from T.e - r ‘ 1
the. Presidents im-s-aye j V
Houses of Corgrc, B .yH
halite, I should have
mv duty to obey so honor,,/■
call of rnv count: v; i- 1!
that impression i did en , r ., ■
embark in die expediting
fr< quent interviews v,i;h jB
Duir in this citv— ,md <. , I
siderable time his oljrrt seeijiJ
to he to isti net mt hv n
other information, the sea ibi| 7 |
of penetrating to Mcxicr
carrying forwaid the i ( ; ta
the measure Was authorised “ r l
government. At length
time in February, I c began 9
degrees to unve.l J
reproached the government -.viM
want of chatacter, want cf
tude, and want of justice. |,.l
seemed elesirous of initatinrfl
resentment in my breast hv
ting on certain injuries he felt il
had MifFeit <1 from ’UlctionJ
made on the floor of the i1,,,,,J
ot Representatives coiiccrnioJ
mv operations in Barhary, a , ]■
from the delavs of goveuimcntl
in adjusting my claims Ur dis.B
bursemtnu on that co;o,t durinß
my consular agency ;.t Tonis ;kl
he would point me to aa honor].l
b!e mode of*indemnity. i nowl
hi-gan to entertain a suspiri..J
that Mr. Burr was projecting J
unauthorised military c::pttlrio*
which to me, was envelopul ijl
mystery ; and, desirous tu dra /■
an explanation irom him, 1 suf.fl
sered him to suppose me resign.B
ed to his counsel. He notv laid!
open his project cf itvclutioti-l
sing the westcj n conntr , sepa.l
rating it from the uni n, tsuh.l
lishing a monarchy ni rc, tfl
which he was to be the sovetcipl
New-Orieans to be his capital;!
oiganizinga force on hie waieul
ol .he Mississippi, s ul cxtemliijl
conquest to Mexico. I suggest-■
eel a number of impediments til
his scheme—s ich as toe repubii-|
cm habits cf tlie citizens ci that!
country, and their ulf-ctiyn to-fl
wards our present a in.inistra-fl
tion of government ; ti.e v;ast
funds ; the resistance ne woulaS
meet from ihe regular army dfl
the U. States on those, frontiers;!
and the opposition ot ifii.audi!
in ca-e he should succeed 10 rc.l
publicanise the Mexicuns. I
Mr. Burr found no difficulty I
in remot log these obstacles—lul
said he had the preceding
son, made a tour thro’ that coun-1
try, and had secured the attach**
ment of the principal citizens d|
Kentucky, Tennessee and Low|
siana, to his person and his h j, |
sures declared he bad inexhausn*!
ble resources to funds ; assured I
me the regular army would noil
with him, and would lie reintorol
ed by ten or twelve ihoti auil
men horn the above sue I:cioaedj
states and territory, and D">J
other patts ot the union ; said m|
had powerful agents in die S?**|
nish territory —and, as for .'“‘l
ran'da, said Mr. Burr, we ruustl
liang Miranda. He now prop°i*l
ed to give me the second com*J
mand 111 his army. I asked him I
who should have tlie chief cun-1
mand ? lie said General I! ddv l
sou. I observed it was tinguW
that he should count on General
Wilkinson : the elevated rank K
high trust he now held as tu o *
mandit iu chief of our auny al l J
governor of a province, lie vouJ
hardly put at hazard ‘or any l lk ‘
carious prosqjt-cts ol aggrand> !c ‘
ment. Mr. Burr raid general Wil
kinson balanced in the coniidc iiCS
or government, was doubtful
retaining much longer tne c°:i
sideratiou he now enjoyed, s |lu
was consequently prepared i 9t: ‘
cure to liimselt a permanency.
I asked Mr. Burr, it lie
General Wilkinson r He ans't r ‘
ed yes ; and echoed tlie quciuui-
Uadi knew him well. ‘; i
da vou know of h;m ‘ ,f ‘
Burr— i know. I replied, that g ll1 *
eral Wilkinson will act a’ Ll - ‘j
ant to no mail in existence. “ U 1
are in an error,” said Mr. 1
“ If i< kin son will act us L'uj.n*
ant to me. ‘ From the tenor <-i 1
peated conversations niui
1 Burr, l was induced to Oci ‘-Vi:
plan of separating the *a ‘■