Newspaper Page Text
Foreign Intelligence.
VIENNA, life. 20.
Seine {verier.-, line .-.flat,
that Counts Rafumnwfki anil
Finkeriftcin, the Ruffian and
Pru/lian ainhalfsilurs oeie,
have delivered, in conjunct
on, to our Mindl) y, a totr.in
which t-hey (late, that tin* Fm 1
peror oft lie Fr< nch appealing
to he lichrotis of tc t fiahiilhing
the kingdom of Poland, it i the
interell of Auflia to make a
Common cattle with Rullia,
and, in coni. qtie nee, to join
her forces to thole of the two
powers ; hut the anlwcr which
has beet) given their-, Dr itom
proving ("it:is?at.lorv• contains
the mod polisiv’c, tieciaiiition,
that Auflria wfll remain neu
ter throughout the prelum
w a r.
STRAI SUN 11. Decemb r 22.
Our court hasjull moved
intelligence from ihe army, by
an extraotciinary courier, who
has ariived Itohi the lu periai
Head-quarters; and by another
courier difpa-chid by Gi rural
Von Seckendotll. ci mmander
i'i chief of the V'.uitcmberg
troops. The latter, alter ti c
faking of Glogau, joined the
Bavarians. 1 fele two corns
lot tjietl the ?t rny commanded
hy H. I. H, Prince
which arrived on the Bth be
foie litcflau, and begat; the
liege of that place “i ‘.lie y'h.
I be Pritllian cc inmarulatti te
fu!cd to Inn endei, and tn or
der to be the betu r enabled to
ob(< tve the movemems of the
bcfiegcrr, can(ui the luhtstbs
ol Brellau, to be let on
fire. During the conflagrati
Prince Jeiomc ordered fe
'• cm Wimcmberg corps to
tu ei off (lion of theft* fuburln,
v.'i’s.h were immediately car
iiefi by force, and the troops
even iucceedcd in extingtiill)
flames, and laving ;i
p irt of the loules. On the
emitii?i the h-oni
l)ard<ne:\%f P.retlau had be
gun, and nnjte.s were entertain
ed that that town would fhoit
ly lunender.
The news which our go
vern,mom lias inII pubfiflied,
confirms what has been alrea
dy laid, that the Ruffians con
tinue iheir retreat, and by car
ryiog off every thing on their
tosh, appear to wilh to form a
dtfi rt bn ween ti.c French and
tin, ;n selves.
The Puilllan army of gen. Ef
toty has beer .debated ! y Mar-
Aral Key’s at mv, di e Rus
han army of Tolßoy, coufiil
inf; r>l about 30,000 men. has
effected a junction neat Wcm
nigfberg, with the remainder
of the Prussian army com
manded by Gen. Count Von
Kalkt eudr.
JI AM i'URG il , December 21.
We leant that 500 Dutch
troops are going to take pos
fellioir ol t!ie country ol Han
over. It is laid that a bat l a
lioti oflbele troops will replace
the yco Italians who lortn our
ganilon and who depait to
morrow.
An J'.ngiifh squadron of ,1
men of war is now lying in Ei
iineur roads: and nil, it 1.,
thought, be itnmeduucly 1; in
fotceo by otbet blips.
Tetters from Copenhagen
flare, that die iicumtuna-s oi |
the moment and the extreme
penui v which prevailed in Ena.
eti\, had induced the Dettilif
co\ ctument to pcimit the -cr
chants to borrow money,
through the iipan of a com
till-if-e appoint'd for that put
polo, on die mo chamhze they
bad in liore, and to put in cir
nutation Pills bearing interell.
Fetters jicm Data°l j
the 1 -pit December, Hate, that ;
at tli ‘i time the French had
made no attempt on that town.
nPARIS, January 1.
In execution of live Imperi
al Decree which repels from
out ports every fir ip coming :
dircfclly irem England or her
colonies, and to prevent flops 1
bom making ule of die pie- j
text of having been forced in r j
to England or her pc.ffeffions
by (fiefs of weather, the cap'j
tains of foieign flnpsaie holden, 1
at their artival in any French 1
port, to declare the place I
wlknce they were dispatch i
cd, the one whence they come, j
and the ports into which they j
limy have put ; ro give a sum- J
maty inlorm aton of their car
go, anr! to affirm that they
come neither direct) ly fre in En
glanil nor (torn her colonies, j
Ji the declaration announces j
that the Http pm into Engia.-d,i
iiie (ball be forced to put back , !
111 ‘he contrary case the decla
tatfon (hail “be lent by (It
E oinmandant of the port, to
the inpetjor adiiiinifllator ol
d>e manut, who shall concert
v *tth the (uperior directors of
the cuflomhoufes 10 verify the
linceruy ol i:. II (he deekua*
don is found not to be exatf,
the vcfiel shall be feizcd with
her ca, go. The captain of a
ny foreign veHe I who Ihould
feiuls to f.grt ini declaiation,
shall be holden to fail out ol
port, and to have no commit
nutation whatever wilh the
(and.
A courier who pa fled
through Berlin, has announr
cd that the French had alrea.
dv began to bombard Darn
-7.u k. 1 lus town 11 wei! known
to be one of the ric he ft and I
moll coidkJcrable in the north i
ol Euiope. It has only be
longed >0 Prussia, since die !
year 1793. The Giber of
Frederic William, now reign
ing, took ib.cibie pofTeflion o!
arid united it to his States; un- ;
til then it !iad rt niaincd under :
the protection of Poland. It ;
is liom (he port of Dantzick!
that moll of the corn of Po
land is exported hy the Baltic,
:n Older to flock the mat kets of
thole European Hates, the pro
duce of which does not {office
to afford iubiiflcnce for its in
habitants.
Letters from Mentz men
*
lion that a courier from Ber
lin had given intelligence in
that town,that H. M. the Em
pet or of the French had made
Sis (oleum entry into Warlaw,
where he was received with the
gteatcfl ciithti lialm. The hend
quaiters oi tire gland at my be
ing tints eilabhliied in the cap
it, I ol Poland ; there i,. re a ton
to believe that militat e events
will flit.it v rciuuie a great ac
tiviiy.
I he Bankers of the Arnerr
can Government at A miter*
dam, have made known to the
public, 1 hi.t on ihe tfl of Jan
nary mil. they will pay the in
tertti due < the loans made
m lio;!a<ai, by the United
States.
CGPENti AGI'.N, Dec. lj.
i he tiepar tme ol the Ftench
niiniiter tor Kiel, wheieheis
invited<o a eotiietetice by the
prince rev:E, has c^uled a great
fen-fat ton here. Ft.otn tire in
lormation our commerce ‘has
been able to attain from the
mir.iflrv, it appears certain,
that Denmark is uiipofed to
accede to the grand plan form
ed by ti e emperor Napoleon,
to re conquer the liberty of
the leas.
A number of veffe'.s of the
line are ordered to be equipped
with the grcaicft activity. Ihe
ramparts of the city, lince
fome days, ate furmfhed with
cannon; ar.d the guards are
doubled thete as well as in the
port.
HAMBURGH, D’c. 17-
I,otters from Sweden fcflert,
that colonel Morion, comman
der in chief of the Swedifli
troops which were in Lauen
hurgh, a part of which were
rn'-ic!e prisoners in the battle at
Lubeck, has been condemned
to death by a council of war.
They add that his Swedtlh rna
jelly has confirmed the fen
ictice.
The chancellor of Rate has
Ciifpan lied a courier to Lon
don, hy way of Riga. Ihe
Eng ifh anihafTador dare not
make use of it for fear that his
dilpatches might fail into the
hands of the French ; he has
di(patched his melfenger by
i rielle and Malta. It is calcu
lated that it cannot reach Lon
don under fix or {even weeks.
This difficulty of correfpon
deuce puts all the agents of
England in the giea’elt anx r
iety.
f EIi’SICK, December 26.
Letters received here from
Dantzick contain fome news
from Rulfia, anrf eastern Prttf
lia. The following is an ex
tract :
The emperor Alexander has
not quitted Peterfburgh. It is
not believed that he will repair
to his army. The battle of
Auflerlitz has given him a dis
tafie of commanding in person.
Prince Dolgoronoki continues
to enjoy great credit with his
fovereigo. Baron Budberg,
the tniniher of foreign affairs,
is always it the head of the Err
gldh party at St. Peterfburgh.
We know that he is one of the
miniflers of Catharine 11, wdio
contributed moll to the {objec
tion of Poland, lie is re’
preached with having fulfilled
lomc odious millions at War
l w ; but we are affined that
he is on the point of qutting
the ministry, and that the count
Stackelbetg will be placed at
the head of this department.
We believe that he is not lels
agreeable to the court of Lon
don. The family Woronzoff
lias conltanily great ioflu
ence ; it i> known that it is en
tirely Eugiifh.
It is laid, that the emperor
.Mexander has been ccutifeiled
to confide the ciiict command
of all li is armies to the grand
duke Conflaiuinc ; but the em
peror would not consent to it.
Ihe of count
Haugwitz is complete. ‘Fhe
court of St. Petctfburgh, who
has deieited this minister for a
long time, demanded and ob
tained his difmtflal. There has
been a queltion of placing
count Hardenbeig at the
head of affairs, but he would
not accept the place of firft
minider.
■ .m Stein holds, provi*
i: ‘. 1 A , Eie porteJeuille of so
: s ; lie palfes for an
minifter —-hut he
has never been employed
in diplomatic affa'rs. Count
Kaikreuth is commander in
chief of the Pruflie.it troops,
fli!i in the field. The En
glilh general, Hutchitifonps ex
petted at the ■head-quarters ol
the king; they fay he is fur
nifhed with full powers to sign
a treaty of alliance and subsidy
wilh the king of Prufiia.
MENTZ, December 25.
A German Journal, which has
an extensive circulation, mates
the following rejections on Rus
sia : The position of thi< empire
it says, is at the present moment
very alarming. An innumerable
French army is now marching
across Poland, which a'reaciy as
sembles all its strength, in order
to take advantage of so fine an
opportunity, which perhaps will
not offer itself a second time, to
recover & found its independence.
The Forks aie rising in the south
in order to make an effort to a
venge their long state of abase
ment and to prepare a barrier for
the future. Persia, in short, who
is already sending ambassadors
to Napoleon, will not let slip so
favorable an opportunity of re
pelling Irom her frontiers eo dan
gerous a neig bor, who every day
penettates s ill further towards
Hie ctntre of her empite. i hese
tacts are undeniable, and what
would it he, were the King of
Sweden, embracing a policy
more suitable to his present in
icrett', to also to profit of
present circumstances to demand
and retake from Russia the pro
vinces which hi; predecessors
lost and which lire Swedish na
tion still regrets. Attacked on
so many points, disturbed cn the
Bailie and Black seas, whose
mouttis will be shut up irom her,
want resistance will this great
)et ieebte (flagque} and dispro
portionate body present to a
french army, already capable ol
anniniiating n without ait this
assistance.
BERLIN, Dec. 23.
We are on the eve of the great
est events. A tra
veller who has arrived here from
the heacl-quarters, states, that
preparation were making on
both sides for a general engage
ment ; which, according to ail
appearance, was to take place yes
terdav, or to to-day, at farthest.
I he Russians appeared to be re
solved on defending the en
trenchment they have thrown up
on 1 lie Rug and Narcw.
I he continual rains have so
swelled the rivers here, that ap„
prehensions are entertained of
tin inundation
It. is said, that tire Prussian
commandants who give up the
: fortiesees of Magdeburg,Stettin,
and Custrin, have been tried be
i lore a Council of War. It is ad
, ded, that the-two first have been
cashiered, & the latter condemn
ed to death.
| PLYMOUTH,! (Eng.) Dec. 13.
It has blown for these 2 days
and two nights a most dreadful
hut ricane, from S. W. and has
j be en a more tremendous storm
| tb.-.n any we have e.spei ienced
1 l^‘s season—Yesterday morning
j at one o’clock. P. M. in the
| D iglit of the gale, seve.al gnus
of distress were fired from the
vessels in the sound, and at day
break a fine American ship was
j observed ashore on her side, on
the rocky beach between Cob
| let’s Reach and Withy Hedge.—
She soon went to pieces. Ihe
captain and six men were saved
by floating ashore on pieces oi
the wreck; but teven of her
crew endeavouring to save them
selves in the jolly-boat, were o
! vt*rwhelmed by a tremendous sea
when six of the poor lcliows
found a watery grave, the sur
! vivor getting a...‘;ore almost ex-
I hausted.
; On enquiring she proved to be
| the Ametican ship Betsey.
i b ou ud from Ncw-Yotk lor Am-
sterdam, !
hucco. log
gir. valuet •. 1 ... .
sand poun
in same in
-hip, by the JL on
this port, bat on v
papers, the was lib,, f
high court of Admiral,,- j 1
sered to proceed on !u- r ! “ ‘ u ‘
to Amlierdani.
*me csm.,.
?.n anchor offWiEp
and it ccmitm to !
her cab.es parted, andfite J
plump ashore, and Was ; &ul
wrecked. ‘
[This fltip was owned
Nicftts. Colters, of .V y.J
„a upward, of levcniv
sand dollars 1 nlured on the
go in Philadelphia.]
DOCUMENTS
Accompanying the
Message, on the subject”
of Gun-Boats/
Extract of a letter r ?.> Cri H
ratio Gates, to Thout-is ffl
son, Esq. elute,/, October a
18C4.
Dear Sir,
I am charmed with ‘ourin, t
tutrng gun-bpits, for I | )sl , e(
tiiem to be the prop, rest d e f cCC
lor large harbours that has bee
hitherto imagined; tneieco-op,
rating -wi h small battet i „
heavy g ins, upon ti: c pr'ijectin
lieigius, near (lie water,arc idq[
better, and infinitely it s,
sive than fixed and I o ,;e fortifia
tiona. ‘File French, wno r c a
best judges of artieih v ~i,a
gineering, of any naii.’ei in Ei
rope, adopt this plan of (leant
ing th. ir harbours: the effects a
it are too well known in Englan
I know not if you liave sun
publication xvliich appeared 1
Parts in May, 180S, entitled-
Letters d'un tbservatenr sur,
Marine, it is weii worth your pet
usai; much uceful informant
ma) be perived lrora it L; g
defence of our harbours, it oi
astonishingly increasing Can
mecre—a pah:y friga.c iurc m
then insult us, as ia, bet;;, ic
now is done in cb,: harbuut o(J
York.
A letter from Gen. Jana fi
kinson , to ‘l ho mas j/fttt
Presiden tof tne United SwU
chi’ cd Washington, Novenk
10, IGF-
Sir,
I regret that a vniictv rff
terrupt:on, & engarenients shoa
have so long prevented my attet
tion to the subject ‘on di
me the honsur to nveniion tom
On turning it in mv nurd, tl
idea occurred to n,e that yw
proposition could not be belt
ascertained than bv an txarain
t:onof the system ofdeiencchcr
tofore adopted for our to .mat
harbours, and a cnmp.iratit
view of its merits, with those
the plan which you rec3me
I have yielded to this *ugg<
t : on, r.RU shall be happy ti and
manner or matter ol the tncto <
teflections should meet yours
p;obation, as they are forv<
anr! at your disposal onlv.
A'ou xvill also find under cot
an extract Irom the rtflec isDS
the marquis of Santa Cru?,
author of great respcc.abiat
who tvrote early in the la t tc
tury, from which you vid r<
ceive gallies, in othtr t (Srl
gun-boats) have been i r.fh
in high estimation.
1 have only to add, sir, t
tlrer.e observations v, ere coit :nl
ttd tc> paptr on the day A t
date, and that I have not (
able to have them copied
so inadequate arc mv me
my duties.
\Vith great cor-sid I ' ,-ratu-n
Respect, I have tht ‘ K ’"°
be, See. Stc.
NO FE—This Ltter wasM
the cover of general L“' ID-( ”
opinion, and therefore
ly in general terms “
was—Fhe opinion
a former occasion,