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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-