The Wilmington Gazette

              au*^^^v 4^^^^s^kv vsi^0 s^a^as^fl0 t^^^a^^^^^av s^sush a aisv flbals^sv v9 _^^^^^^^_ dlba^bw ss^b^^a^^bb^a^s^b^aw bbaibbbbb^^^^^a^^bb wilmington gazette volume ix published wkf.ki.t by allmaxd hall tuesday may 7 1805 v 433 from the norfolk public ledger europe has not for nuny years amid all its revolutions a'id convulsions presented it tscll m a mjie 111 cresting or uwliii pjiut of tiew tli m i\t thu inoinjllt all tin recent occurrences there seem to ind'u ite the near approach of some event of immense magni tude ami importance lo the world : which nothing can avert except a peace between its two great contending powers france and england ; a circumstance not to be expect ed it must s no less unlooked-for an:l mor tifying to england than it is novel in itself to tin i her p assailed by the beets of france which she ha been so long accustomed not only to conqtwr but despise l'his change in ilu nature of the hostilitius cannot fail of producing the double effect of augment ing the insolence ofthe one and inflaming the resentment of the otlur ni.ver wrapt up in one object the protection of the f.u ropean possessions from invasion anl be lieving u next to impossible tint the french navy or any part of it would or d iru ven ture to sea u-'.it-brit.ii has shamefully ne glected thi defence of her west-i n>ii.i colo nies as m iy be seen by the list of her force there viiich vre publishe i a few days ago thuconseq lence has b-f-n such insult to her dignity injury to her subjects and disgrace to her councils at cannot fail to exasperate licr to a desire of vengeance even greater than what she has hitherto experienced and hence we may place the prospect f peace at a much greater distance than t his at a iy period since the cjinaiencenvjiil ofthe present war appeared 10 have b^e.i rem ivcd from the world the difference between the conduct of the two governments is '.:» vlv present in st.mce peculiarly striking f,ng!»nd par ticipating her councils an i a knowlcge of h r j d'jii.^ns rtnijii'v sucli miin'.iers cut never ! form i least wo believe never ikis formed i anl executed any pi in without suftering a knowledge of it t'r.'st to transpire thereby placing the enemy so completely on hi guard us to enable hi.n ta disconcert all her enterprizes against him ever bince t!ic commencement ofthe present war the li\r lish newspapers hive t ilked of secret expedi j hint being in nu advanced s'ate ofprepnra • tion 1-ut in this talk all their schemes have ; tanishsd france on thu other hind has been profoundly sil.it ns to any design of secret warfare v it'll the moin nt of r'xucu j tion arrive when with the celerity sfl'ghten inq thj blaze is bc ircely discovered before ' the blow s fel : a blow too which let it ie disguised as k mav ai?i>ly affects uic in terestnnd the glory of f.ngund the bbci'i cy with ivhich n lonaparte m ditat^s his in sines mil tie promptitude ; with which ha executes them are the stron . jest proofs th it c 11 be adduced oi his hieli ! qualification for th • eminent m i hazardous | duties of vfinister of the resources of a na tion wlntever ov passion whatever of eiiteanrnt iv'1.1 ver ol rashness a'ld whate ver of violence he miv have li-.^i.iv-d i-j tn ' iy wir's if his •'. tlomitick conduct at different porio u sine ■ h's elevatinn to pow er wv are i r i ; lined to uscri1>e to a haughty co.isc n.i 1 ss ofthe extent of that pow ■'•. t > 1 ) 111 1 i iviction of nis complete k i r.vled , ■• n it only oftheiii nense physical f - ce it the m rhi'ic placed i'i his hnnds but ah ) . ' '■ . 1 vu th trough com nand over i i's 1 n its tha:i to any deficiency of 1 political s<ill ■"•. indeed of political pru i t •■"• ■. ''.". ■•■■. ') 1 • h • v l f ; l"d of success i in 11 n ■. . '■<■ .• t'ie pi wininu f whi 1 and j tli m in > pxrnting it were submitted otircly 1 • limhel »•• « re al >-.; her under his own i 1 ' im t<i signaliz fhe present war lib in ' •) ic ive'l on : mighty project ; g project v ! ii i must either end in the dis r '■■<■ of his a 1 ns or in t absolute ruin of via en nv a 1 ' '!■• c inse'juent uncnntmttla bu c./!ii n in ! ovev ill kurnpci such a pro ject once i;i ii'.i ■■ linthuminil of buonapar'c we know enough of that mind to authorize us to discredit inv idea thnt while there is the slightest shadow of probability to justi fy hopus o-f success it ever will ie abandon ed f.veu ili'iui;'i peace should forthepi - sent i'u its esi tutio 1 asi lc it h.is b en too long cherished tn be at once relinquished long before his kjtvntian expedition he lud submitted to the directory a plan (■"• ttie invasion and couciuesi rif knglands on his accession t'j tli ( ..;, ulnte he i 1 1 f n wii restored to his hopss ut at b h these periods the n.itio'i v;-.s t > v.ik ton much exhausted to 1it11 i vie m^uns of carrying i:iio op r.i'iin a plan so expensive requir ing so great n ap'ii'opria'ioii both of nirn n'l of treasure the first ri'ijcct that en r •. cd his attention al the commencement <>\' the p'.'-'.mit v v •, was his much wished for conquest all his res nitres have been deviit'.d to the perfectinis of the means by wliich it wh to be accomnlished wi'h a 7,enl n i indusli v u'>ex«m')!ed : and in less than tyro years we behol ' t i - » -. r means increased in merely bevond anythinai whr h the feus of the enemy could h tve suit fest«d but even tn tliht point beyond wh'u h it is nrobably bi own hqpei or intentions did nui mean to cany them i after expending so much time so much money in bringing the mentis of invading i england to that state which was requisite u enable him lo mike the attempt it is not to be expected that he will all t once forego t lie object of those preparation ami proclaim lo th world his own unfruitful prodigality doubtless t lio desire of subduing england in not less ardent this cjny than it was two years aj;o when in the presence of lord whit wort hi he issued his insolent fulmi na tions when id hisoflici.il communications he menaced her with the fate of ca'thage that this darling chject hits nut been abun j i doiu;<l the late and present occurrences prove i to i'.nioiistr itinn about the end of n'n ember the prepara tions for the invasion of l:'.i\gl.md vere sup posed to be completed and no sooner whs i that the c.i-.e than the idea of employing tao.e preparations seemed lo have been ; dropped and the design of crossing the channel was ipokctiof in such a manner as to induce the belii i that t!ie emperor had j n longer any such scheme in contemplation without positively saying that he had re solved against it the same idea is setni ingly held run y t illeyrand when he tells the french senate that franco may as at j present continue for ten years a dangerous ! war of menaces against l'.njhnd which ! in us gi'hdually waste the strength rjf the ! i latter and render her in the end the prey of internal discord or of fo eign hostility , that this procrastinating conduct is neither consistent with the temper wit i the interests nor with the acuul determination of ihiona ij j pule no man of observation need be told j ! the offer of peace at the sumc time that the |! preparations for invasion were apparently relax d can on\v be considered us i bait to catch those ofthe continental powers for whom the kmperor has been so long angling ' it nviy succeed in detaching them from j their own true interest and in facilitating the execution of his favorite scheme tha war provoked by spain the expecta i t tion of war or perhaps the actual existence i of hostilities with portugal the sailing of the • detachments from toulon and brest if in j dec i they have siiled or the report of their capu it th..y have not the actual invasion . of th west-iiidie and the threat of be sieging gibraltar ate all parts of or sub ri rvient lo the principal design the invasion of england without any certainty of the jj arrival of a second squadron in the west-ln : j dies we cannot br.t regard such a thing as jj i possible and if it if the case to sich ex '. \ t'.'ii is reported or if there is n probability (! 1 lli.it it m iv be t!i case the hiiisii ibinet j i will be obliged to detach 1 fi.ct from europe not merely adequate to the defence of tiie 1 islands lull t 1 the hiistisement of the inva i i'.vi if gibraltar be besieged they will be compelled to'increass their force in the me | ; diterrunean in order \<> prevent any co-ope : j ration between the land and b«a forces if j i theeikiu an actual state of hostility with ' i so.iin will render an augmentation of the ; blockading squadrons indispensable vrhile the expactati in of a war with portugal will ; require another portion of the british n.»vy ; to watch her ports and lo guard agaiiut in j i jurv from her ships kadi of these cirenmstances tends to weaken the external defence of england j and to open new hopes of success in the at ' tumpi to invade it inasmuch as all these de tachments must be made from the fleets i now stationed round the island or on the j ! co.ists of france to effect this reduction ' j of the channel force was evidently the ob i ject of the west-india expedition for its | whole progress has shewn that permanent conquest was not in view to distract ilie attention and divide the strength of f.ngland j j is the only reason which can be found tojusti ! ! iv franca in forcing sji.iin into the war as \ i in every other point of view she must have i bcf'i nine benefited by u neutral than by a \ • belliiccrant idly | experience shews that buonaparte has no i , regard for human blood he cares not how i large the current which m.iy flow from the i , breast d ms country provided it b strong 1 en u i to float him to the accomplishment ! ■ <>\ ionit favoriti wish fie knows th.it l£ng ' land is not to be invaded but by crossing a bloody sea but he knows that its invasion i ' is through such a channel practicable let ] i the sii t>c|iient success be what it nuv if ] therefore his present scheme for so divert ing the strength of england from the chan nel as to render his fleet more equal to a contest with that which remains should suc ceed we shall not be surprized to hear as ' we are much inclined to believe that the ! 1 present campaign will lie distinguished by an early it i t a su cestful attempt tc in vude great-britain should not a continen ml war give other employment tothu troops of francei 3>::::::::gft — 1 kis january o a division of the grenadiers and chasseurs ofthe imperial bodyguard has marched to ivnns from thence they will proceed to i milan whither a detachment from the corps i of mamalukes in already gone the last advices from guadeloupe and i martinique of the 9th november state the ! arrival nflhe frigates la villetle milan and : .' e president wall ammunition mid provi4 6kjiis ; and that both ul.iiuls were in con sequence of such arrivals in the bcs.t t:itc of defence letters from cadiz of dec 25 mention the arrival in that port of the frigate le vegona from monte video with a rich cargo several ships which the english had sent into gibraltar have availed them sehe oi the lute storm cut their cables and esc t|i i to algeziras as did a trench corvette the crew of which after killing an officer and ten or twelve seamen of the enemy got off with sixty hn^lishmen on board ami was carried into algezirsb by three sp ni-.li gun-boats j there is no inland intelligence of impor tance hut our papers of the 20th give some foreign intt:l!'|f nee which d*>»rves aiu-i tion esi-cij.iy if it should prove true it is us lollou s " i.-.if.:rs from vienna ch-.ted january mention th..t a report was current there that the grand seignior who was perfectly ignoriiii nf the passage of the russians ti the mediterranean recjuived an acc;n;nt oi that ocrurenc with every particular which being eommnniccteii to him he flew into such a violent p.-i*mon that he juul o grand vizier's head struck oft chan ged a part of his ministry ntul gnve com plete satisfaction to en 13 rune the french ambassador to hi highness it is evi dent however that n v of such impor tance requireb the strm est confirmation another report is auo related in our pa pers j it is contained in an niticle dated i vienna jan 2 viz " the english minis ter mr paget on being with count co beirtael last night testified to tlie count his astonishment that in the audience gi ven by the count in the morning the foreign ministers were not received in the | emperor's cabinet whilst the pr'ny covm j cil enjoyed that distinction il complain | ed bitterly the vice-chancellor replied ! tint custom did not permit it and lie won j deed mr paget shnulc make such ob servations a that ti:ne when the same i etiquette had ht:-:!i constantly observed by i tin court ewr siure he had been at vien j na mr pagut stimp-'i with his foot and told count cobenlzel.tlibt if he the count j id n it know his duly lie would know how to teach him and presently quitted the j assembly with every appearance of mad ness this occurence which is wittnes ; sed hy in.vny members of the corps uiplo ! ; m:itiqne and other oouriiers has become j the talk of all vienna and every hotly is j surprised at the tone assumed j the bri tish envoy on the occasion the much of troops from this capital : yr'i our i npernr's intended journey to italy wliich however is not vet official j iv known furnish matter of speculation i 1 he be*t informed persons however still j think that there will be no war on the continent with russia much less that there is any possibility of u depute with austria nay rn.uiv politicians speak rather of a p:e n-i-.d pears which giving satisfaction to ll the powers would restore the political balance of europe the plan of such an i agreement is ascribed to the elector arch chaucellor london february a on saturflbt the two mails which were ! due arrived from hambargb their con tents are extremely important a deputation from the italian republic has made a formal proffer of the crown of lombardy to his imperial highness prince joseph buonaparte : and tiie f.mperor na ! poleon httonaparte lias graciously b«en pi dsed u condescend to he witling to di vest himself or the presidency of that re i puslic in favour of k.ing joseph upon the ' express conditions reserved that his majes ty-elect shall renounce all claim to the sucre-ision f france it being clearly stl | pulated that italy is to he independent of france and the respective sovereignties never to be united in the same person 1 this condition it is stated has been in ' serted by buonaparte in order to tranquil lize the alarms and jealousies of other states and in fact it would be certainly in no small decree absurd and contentious for the great powers of europe to make triple leagues or succession wars in oeder to prevent the contingency of two crowns be in united in the posterity nfsignorlciuseppa buonaparte attorney at ajaccio in the isi ■ and of corsica ! whether the cabinets of the continent will be tranquillized by the care and pre vention of the french government we are not however prepared to decide that the french government is itself assured and tranquil we have better reasons and evi dence altogether to discredit the mails inform us that couriers had arrived at vien na bearing the important intelligence of thi new coronation and the renouncing clause both from the count dc cobentzel and the minister talleyrand ; nnd that upon receipt of it the court of vienna despatch ; ed immediately a messenger of in own to that oi berlin february 6 it is positively asserted n prhntp letters i received by tin last hunibuigli m ..• is ii t buonaparte's proposal to cunmi ute il ( kin * i prussia sole umpire between iii l . „,,(] 1 issia has been accepted t!.,.i .. |, iot i without niui.li hesitation anil difficulty i y t c luller ' ■ j _ on friday list the immortulitc frigate j in company will several other of our uui zcrs fell in with ix <■(" the enimy's pun j boats ninj towurds boi.l gne honi th u ; eastward our squadron immtdiuttlv nt tn<ked them and drove five out ol ,'. , u ! shore in tins ifl'.iii tin immormilitr i . ii ! one mr.n kii'c-cl and four wotindtc y i .. heavy fire from the enemy's bb'ti ii ■ •'. ; ! ,| j the archer and watchful gun rigs l j received several shnt in their masts the exchange of couriers between v'k n iin and peris has of inte been c iy freruciit innl it is not concealed ihnt the kibject i of their despatches relate to italy where il.o i austrian anny amounts t present to norriy 100,000 men a ce»i«idcrabl bet'y )••'-, i even received orders to encamp tin tlm ' bunk-s of the adige and fresh bices fr ni i the hereditary dominions continue to poi ? into italy the court of vienna is said to have expressed its firm determination to bupport the king of naples n^nhist tl c n)vi tatcd encronchments of the l-'rench of on military strength of austria the accounts l>v the ni^i ispeuk in very lf>f«y termi it consists at present of ixty-thrc full rcp/i ments of draponns ; six reptiments of lit l.'t horse twelve regiments of hussars three regiments of uhlans 5 one rej-imtnt of chassers four rejriments of tyrolese t.ili tia one corps of bombardiers one coip fl pioneers ; one corps of miners one corps oi sappers ; and oiif corps of pontonners : i the whole constituting an effective force f 300,000 men ready for service to this army arc appointed ?• t,i iri marsh ills s5 generals of artillery and ri-nerals of cavalry f 1?6 field marc halt lieutenants and 253 major-generals in t!ie mean time rtiontparte dirpinys liis usual activity and foresight in con centra ting liis resources and preparing for any event which nii^lit by a sudden ctrrke at fortiim prove fatal to ins empire in italy lie is evidently aware that should aunris be inclined to brave his power and try the hazard of a campaign lie must not give l!ns sia time to muster licr ivgtons and form a junrtion with the austrian troops vc :> cordin-iv find tliat large detadiments of the army destined to invade this country i.o been marched from the coasts tntothe ii ic rior on their way to reinforce the tr-oop \*\ italy the nmouni of these detnehtntnts are stated at no less than 40 c 0 men tl artillery of hie imperial guard left paris on the 9th ult for milan the horse grei adiert were to follow on tlie 17th and a'llthe officera ut paris n leave of absence liave received orders from the war office to join their res pective corns with the utmost expedition the conduct which his majesty has been pleased to adopt with respect to s;iain in consideration of the calamitous state of that unfortunate country is equally honorable to the royal feelings and the magnanimity of t!ie british character while the state ments contained in the declaration and the documents hid before parliament must sa tisfy europe of the justice of our cause tho continental powers will learn v.ith admi ration and he spanish nation iwth gratitude that instructions have been issued to our cruisers not to molest neutral vessels on their passage to the spanish ports with supplies of grain during the dreadful scarcity which afflicts that country such are the humane i sentiments by which government is actua i ted in this instance that the orders have been worded in terms so very general as to preclude all drsctission and dispute with rc pect to the article of supply biint tlu pro perty of the subjects of spiiin the order was signed by the king in council en fri day we feel great pleasure in being ena bled to s;ive a correct copy of t!its>e benevo lent instructions : " georgk tc whereas we have judged it expedient fiat interruption should not be to the sup plying the kingdom of spain in its preient distress notwithstanding tlie existing hostili ties : we do hereby direct and strictly enjwfl the commanders of our ships of war and privateers not to molest any neutral vesselj laden solely with grain and k n " ln spaiiii to whomsoever the said p;riin mav belongj unless it be brought from or be destined to a blockaded port february 5 the following private letter which we received yesterday from ireland stems to place the subject of the appearance of snips on the cnast of that country in the clearest point of view that we have et iren : — cokk february i i wrote you tast ni«ht about tlie french — the first communication was from t he hr nal-poft at knockadonie tt balljrcotton w aud abc«i three o'clock 011 wcdnoetlsy ful