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Foreign Intelligence.
NORFOLK, May €.
By capt. Beard of the fait sailing
ship Dumfries, in 3 5 days from
Liverpool, we have been favored
with London papers to the 25th
of March, and Liverpool oi the
26th.
It would appear that Bonaparte
had proposed an armistice to the
Russian general, and overtuies
for negociation with the king of
Prussia, which had been both
rejected. Wc are not to take
these circumstances as conclu
sive evidence of a desi'e for
peace in Bonaparte, or a confes
sion of his inability to prosecute
the war, but rather of his desire
to draw his reinforcements from
France, and to give some repose
to his army, who mu3t require it
after being six months in the o
pen field, at the most inclement
season, and constantly engaged
in the most active and perilous
service.
The emperor of Austria does
not appear inclined to depart from
the system of neutrality which he
has adopted.
We have received a correct
list of the new administration of
England, so far as it has been
compleated. Lord Howick slat
ed on the 21th March, in the
House of Commons, that the
king was then forming anew ad
ministration. The old adminis
tration did not resign, hut were
dismissed. Without offering any
opinion upon the subject, which
forms the ostensible cause for a
change of administration, we
cannot but think that the present
is of all others the most unfa
vorable moment for changes. At
a time when the great question
of national independence or uni
versal despotism is depending,
unanimity in council was devout
ly to be wished for.
LONDON March 25.
His Majesty, who was net ex
pected iu town till this day, ar
rived yesterday afternoon, a
bout five o’clock, a we menti
oned in last night’s. Sun. Soon
after hiiranajesty’s arrival at
the Duke of
Portland and Lord Hawkesbury
attended him, with a list of the
new ministerial arrangements,
which are expected to receive
the royal approbation tills day—
The following is given as the
new arrange ment, and is proba~
bly the most correct that has hi
therto appeared.
First Lord of the Treasury*
Duke of Portland.
Lord Chancellor, Lord El
don.
Secretat yof state for the Fo
reign Department, Marquis Y> el
lesley.
:ret?ty of State for the
Department,lord Hawkea
retary of State for the War
suut Colonial Depattments, Lord
Castlereagh.
Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Mr. Percival.
First Lord of the Admiralty,
Mr. Canning.
President of the Council, Earl
Camden.
Master-General of the Ord
nance, Earl of Chatham.
Lord Privy Seal,Earl of West
moreland.
President of the board of
Control, Hon. K. S. Dundas,
Attorney General sir Vickery
Gibbs.
Solicitor-General, Mr. Plo
mer.
Lords Chichester, Mulgrave,
and the Duke ©t Montrose, it is
expected, will also have seats in
the Cabinet.
This day at noon, lord Gren*
ville and bis colleagues, in obe
dience to a message from his nu- j
jest) yesterday evening,attended ]
at the queen’s house, and deli- !
vered to his majesty their seals oi !
office.
.Some of the new writs were
moved for to-day.
This morning lord chanctiior
Erskine attended in the court of
Chancery at ten o’clock, for the
purpose, as it was understood, of
giving judgement in the case of
Parcel, vs. M : Namara, but
his lordship stated, that he was
obliged immediately to attend
his majesty. His Lordship then
took leave of the bar, and re
turned his warmest thanks for
the attention and assistance he
had received during the period
he had filled his high station.—
The Attorney General expressed
the regret every gentleman of ttie
Chancery Bar felt at his lord
ship’s retirement.
The Russians, as we expected
have not permitted Bonaparte to
retire quietly into winter quar
ters on the commencement ot
spring. Gen. Benningsen hav
ing been joined by the expected
reinforcements, again advanced,
and some actions took place on
the 25th and 26tii of February,
in which the French of course
claim the advantage. It does
I not appear however, that any
j thing like a general engagement
took place ; they were probably
nothing more than skirmishes
between tbe advanced guard of
the Russians and the rear guard
of the French.
We know not whether it pro.
j ceeded from Bonaparte’s sudden
horror of the effusion of human
blood, or whether, after hi* late
disasters, he wished to gain time
to receive reinforcements, but h
certainly did apply to gen. Ben
ningsen—the defeated general
Benningsen—for a suspension of
arms, and to the king of Prussia
to open a negociation for a peace.
In froth instances, however, the
attempt tailed, and general Ber
trand, who was sent upon this
mission to general Benningsen
returned with this laconic an
swer—“ that he (general Ben
ningsen) came to fight, and not
to negociate.” It is probable
that Bonaparte was in a great
degree induced to adopt this hu
miliating measure by the dis
content which has begun to ma
nifest itself openly in his army.
We stated yesttrday upon an
authority in which we placed
great reliance, that the French
troops openly expressed their in
dignation against Murat, who
was supposed to have advised
Bonaparte to reject the overtures
for negociation which were made
bv the king of Prussia immedi
ately after the battle of Aner
stadt ; and this attempt at neg®-
ciation was very likely made in
hopes of appeasing them.
Bonaparte is expected at Ber
lin as soon, says an article in the
Dutch papers, as he has settled
his winter quarters. The con- |
j queror at Austerlitz ; he who
| best the Austrians and Russians
at the midst of winter, is now
talking- of winter quarters in the
midst of spring ! The whole of
the intelligence from the conti
nent, even the intelligence pub- •
lished by the French themselves
is sufficient to prove that Bona, j
I parte is quite sick of the war in 1
j Poland, and that he would be
j very glad to put an end to it.
Dutch papers to the 24th ar- j
rived last night—they have bro’t J
1 the intelligence of the Porte hav
ing declared war against this
country. The same intrigues
that produced a declaration of
war against Russia, have, no
j doubt, induced the Porte to de
clare war against us- The ar
ticle in which this intelligence
is communicated, states that
Admiral Louis had threatened
to lay Constantinople in ashe3 if
the Grand Signior would not
consent to renew his ancient trea
ties with Russia. The Divan im
mediately resolved upon war, &
attempted to get possession of
the person of our ambassador
Mr. Arbuthnot ; he succeeded in
making his escape on board the |
’dandyu.iion frigate. We doubt
the truth of this account though
we believe that the Porte lus de
clared war against us.
Liverpool, March 26.
Yesterday arrived here the
American ship Latona, capt.
Aided, in 32 days from New
-1 York, having on boarJ the fol
lowing pasßengers,who are come
to England as witnesses on the
i trial of capt, Whitby of his ma
jesty’s ship Leande'-, f®r the
mauler of Pierce, viz. Captain
Brewster of an American reve
nue cutter,Jonathan L. Brewster
his son, Robert Mitchell & John
White, pilots, and capt. Pierce,
j brother of the deceased.
Bank or the elbf. March 9.
j Account? from Berlin and Co
i penhagen, have spoken of an
j armistice ; this report is proba
] bly founded on the proposition
, which was made by one of the
! Belligerent Powers, a proposi.
! tion which has been rejected by
the other. The Armistice was
to have been for three weeks,du
ring which peace would have
been negotiated. The Russians
received soon after the battle of
Eylau a considerable reinforce
ment, estimated at 40,000 men ;
yet from the day of chat battle
nothing important has occurred,
except that a regiment of French
j cuirassiers suffered considera
bly from an attack on the part of
the Cossacks. The operations
of the French are greatly strait
ened by the want of provisions
i and in consequence they are
drawing towards the Vistula. It
is pretended to be known at Ber
lin that the head-quarters are
already at Thorn. The French
ai rnv ts still stationed from Elbing
I to the frontiers of ci-devant
Poland, and hold merely a com
munication with the corps which
occupies the position of Warsaw
a nd the Narew. If the Russian
army maintains its situation on
the Pregel, the country between
that river and the Passarge may
soon be the theatre of new san
guinary conflicts.
1 lie corps which was formerly
commanded by general Buxhoev
deri, had joined that of general
Benningceit j several regiments
had fired alt their cartridges, and
could only make use of the bayo
net, a party of wounded Russians
are at Koningsberg.
(A’ Abeille du Not'd, 10 1\ March.')
From the Petersburg Republican.
JUBILEE.
Theanniverfary of the land
ing of our forefathers, will be
I celebrated at James-Town on
! YVednefday next.
; In contemplating this im
| portam rera in the history of
! Virginia, the mind is filled with
the molt interesting (peculati
ons. It looks back to the pe
riod, when this vail continent
exhibited no traces of the arts
of civilized man—when the la
vage Indian, scarcely less hu
mane than the ferocious tyrants
of the sorest mingled his yell
with the midnight howl of the
tyger and the wolf—to that pe
riod ot darkness & ignorance,
which the light of science can
not penetrate, and over which
number.iefs years have rolled
in melancholy luccdfion. It
looks back to the time when
Coi umbus, braving every dan- j
ger, launched bis adventurous
barque on the Atlantic wave.
At the recolle&ion of this
daring enterprize we bow with
gratitude to the Discoverer of
America and bend with humil
ity to that Power, who con
cluded him in fafety over the
contending waves of an appa
rently bound.'els ocean.
In imagination, we hear the
murmurs of his ta&ious, dif*
beartened crew, worn out with
fatigue, and hopclefs of ever
returning to the embraces of
their wives and pi aiding in-
I
We view their transports of
joy, when the various tokens
of land marked the bosom of
die ocean, 6c gave alfurance,
that their dangers and dirt ref
fes were at an end, and the
darling objeSt of Columbus
accomplished
Succeeding navigators fill
us with less interert. Colum
bus had broken the charm, Sc
his successors claim only a se
condary merit.
The arrival of captain New
port in che Chesapeake is the
firft important tna in our his
tory. The little colony, that
was destined to lay the founda
tion of anew world, parted
the capes on the 26th of April,
1607, and took porteffion of a
peninsula, (which they called
James town, in compliment to
their Sovereign) on the 13th
of May following.
Here then'commenced our
existence as a people.
What were the sentiments of
these adventurers, placed at
; the distance of 3000 miles
from their native country, and
their mod endearing kindred ?
Before them, immense forelts
that never felt the axe of the
woodman, beneath whofedark
j and fnadowy foliage, lurked
| cruelty and death—ln their
j rear, the billows of the Atlari
-1 tic, preferring to the mind the
horrors of a watery grave.
We will not trace the vari
ous hardships of the colony—
the capture of the gallant cap
tain Smith—his fufferings—
ana his final release at the in
terceflion of the princess Po
cahontas. These intererting
occurrences are faithfully and
feelingly detailed in Burk’s
History of Virginia; and to
this valuable literary acquifi
lion, we refer the youth of
our country, for much impor*
tant historical, political, and
philosophical matter.
Succeeding expeditions ad
ded liability to the colony;
but the encroachments on the
territory of the natives, were
marked with blood, and dearly
bought with the lives of the
colonirts.
Two centuries ago,innumer
able tribes of savages were
lords of the western world
civilization, arts and arms,
had not illumined the faireft
portion of creation. Our
forefathers came, and science
penetratedthe bat bariangloom.
The cultivated farm succeeded
the dreary pathleC wilderness;
and the cabin and the wigwam
gave place to opulent and
crowded cities. The arts fol
lowed in fuccertion; and anew
empire rose and flourifhed on
the ruins of ignorance and
barbarity.
Is there a Virginian who
does not exult at his enviable
condition ? Is there a Virgin
ian who will not offer up his
gratitude to heaven, on the
graves of the founders of his
country, for the blessings he
enjoys ?
Our fellow citizens of Mas
sachusetts annually celebrate
the landing of their forefathers
at Plymouth—and rttall we do
less ? Shall it be laid, that our
bofomsjate not animated by the
fufferings and final triumph of
the little colony ?—NO !
BURR’S EXAMINATION.
The following are given us as ex
tracts, in the Atlantic Jforld,
on the lute examination :
Mr Wickham in reply to
Mr Hay made the following
observations on the deposition 1
of gen. Eaton.
“ This intention of Col.
Burr, to levy an army, is to
be tecolleQed from Wilkinson
and the deposition of gen. Ea
ton. It is never my practice
to animadvert on the char
acter of witnefscs ; and 1 3., I
reluQamly in this cale,
I am a (hanger to both, exc jß
rom the papers, Gen. \y'sl
km lon acknowledged that 1
letter m cypher, could nut 1
well interpreted ; and that r,
of it was not deevpheredat ,|B
Why did he riot fend lorwa-J
the key to the cypher, th at til
court might be enabled
judge? With refpeQ to
Eaton fays ; I ccnlider that ii|
a prosecution of this naiurl
it can have very little veij
He dates that he was a ftranß
ger to Burr ; knew only hi|
military character & that hi
did not then Hand high in tl
; confidence of his country, hi
probable that under these J
cumllances Burr would h a <l
laid open his whole heart 1
Eaton,in the manner reprclenl
ed ? I c’o not mean to quell J
the credibility of Eaton farthel
than I am warranted by thl
testimony ; but this depofitioH
upon the face of it (hews thl
he mutt have misconceivel
Col. Burr. The firft thinfl
remarkable in that depofitiefl
is, that Col Burr should havfl
unfolded to Eaton, his defign®
against Mexico. ■
That he should have to'fl
him he contemplated an ape®
dition against the Spamf®
provinces of Mexico, with ihfl
approbation of our govern®
merit is not improbable; bul
that he should have declare®
! his intention to establish ®
monarchy there, surpasses ihfl
bounds of credibility. Tb®
very idea of eflablifhing ®
; monarchy excites the warn®
indignation of my worth®
friend. But if Col. Burr had®
entertained views of that fort,®
would he have revealed thru®
to any person ? ■
“ This was not the
of an usurper.-— When th®
French re volution ills meditate®
the abolition of their mortar®
chy, they a-vowed the warme®
attachment to their king®
When Cromwell usurped 1!®
government of England, hfl
affefted to be the protector cl
the rights of the people. Wher®
Bonaparte seized on the fill
preme authority in France®
he Teemed to alpire at nothin®
more than being the chie®
officer in the republic, an®
profefled theutmoft attachment
to the cause cf liberty. Du®
any of them in the fit ft H e F®
declare their real intentions ? I®
it likely—could it have beer®
expefcted, that Eaton wou'c®
rirti his life to make Col. Burt®
an usurper? But Col. Burr wa®
Jo separate the western from®
the Atlantic slates, to cut tie!
presidents throat,and turn con J
grels neck and heels out oJ
doors! Can it be supposed th®
Col. Burr seriously made thefe®
propositions to Gen. Eaton®
Had I been in Eaton’s filu&tiol®
I should have viewed Burr a®
a madman. Inflead of thi®
Eaton goes to the prefiden®
and advises birr, to place Burrj
in a moll responsible and den-1
cate situation—to fend him orj
an embafiy to London or
Paris ! Yet, during these rc
peated interviews, Mr. Eaton
cannot make Col. Burr un
derhand his aversion to h ,IJ
projetis till he communicate*
it in a toafl, ihiough th
medium of a newspaper ■
have read in novels and !'!<*} 5
of the denouncement of 3
piece being brought about v
a magic ting or the wand ci
a fairy ; but I never befd
beard that a toafl was feferte-