the wilmington gazette published every tuesday by allmand hall at three dollars a year payable in advance or four dollars if not paid within a year number 505 wn mindton n c tubadav i 16 1806 l () t;t yeak baltimore august 26 last evening we were politely favoured with liverpool papers to th third and london to the second of july b'lth inclusive re ceived by the ship abeor.a captain llob on in 5 i day from liverpool the only articles of any interest in thc>e papers are the following london july t after our paper was put to nre«s ye^errlny we learnt i that dispatches had boeii refleiv ed from france forwarded by lord keith from off boulogne we repeat that a nego ciation is in train and that it is the cause of the improved state of the funda we received yesterday a letter from a res pectable house at hamburg it gives the following article which it addn was com municated by the french minister in that ci tv as the outlines of the expected changes on the continent ; — & new constitution of germany 11 bavaria wirtemherg baden which are to bs considerably aggrandized nussau and mime other districts comprising the country alt along the rhine to forrrt a federative bo dy under the immediate protection of vranee " switzerland to be divided one-third to be niven to haden \ j ' third to the kingdom of italv and one-third 10 france " d-mark and sweden xcluded from germany ec fromall th deliberative influence , in its aff\irs — the foi-mer to remain di.tmct for itsrir the latter to be treated as to pome rania a»ihemay behave some say pome tan i-i and mecklenburg are both to fall to prus sia ; which with austria are independent powers and on their own bottoms without regard to the former system of the ompire the emperor ot the latter to resign his title ofchief of the german empire remaining only emperor of his own states " hamburg and some nay all holstein bremen and lubeck federative and indepen dent under the protection of france whose fmpernr is to enjoy in those territories hence forward the same sovereignty which the r.mperor of germany formerly exercised i the inhabitants nf this federative state shall j be called the franks bain the bnd where | the src.ient franks spring from " diet of the empire to be abolished " saxony not mentioned " these'altcrations to take place immedi ately ; the armv then to be culled back to as i sist at the grand festivals at paris which we to take place vprv shortly yesterday'policies vere openrd intherity p'vinp 5 guineas to receive loo i prelimina ries of pence be ii»ned within i week and be actually followed by a peace ; ar.d 15 guineas to receive iso if preliminaries be signed rilhin two months thereport'in the cfty yesterday was that mr fox had sent his confidential secretary after mr adair to vienna with instructions l»y which the latter mav be enabled to open a eomm'inirati^n with mr d'oubril the kut aian miiiis'er at th*t city and conditionnlly proceed with him to paris the funds were not much affected by thi rumor yesterday afternoon wednesday's ham burg m»il arrived its contents are neither copiou nor decisive it appeals that a cor responitenre ha romm^ier between the the kings of sweden and prussia th purport iitwhirh has not yet transpired no coun ter orders have as yet been issued by pnis'ia to the i»arri«on of berlin siv.l potsdam which atill imul th'-mu-lvei in readinefs to march g«n kalretith's health brinj impaired it is said ihat prince louii feidipatid will take t!itr command nf the corpi under the ciders tl that genital july 2 liiarcn jatom the prussian ambassador jia applied for his passport preparatory to his leaving this country for berlin we arc happy in having it in our power to acquaint our renders that mr 1'ox wasyr nu.rd.iy so far recovered as lo be<>bl to sit d'.twn to dinnrr with the karl of mui lord llciliand lady loui»i cooully and a lew o tlierlrurud government v>:ih received advices from mr s'anl^y tlie brii'uh roiibml t tiicste sta ting that a proclamation had hem issvci at that place hearing ute the 99th of miiy wiiich notified hat i>u<.h english nd hub aian vessels a might be in the port of trieste orany of the pom oftht adriatic were t quit them in the space of three days unlc&t prevented from jt doing ly str«-(s of wea ther and ih»t in said ports would continue bhut a^'-iin.t the eugbsh and russians july 3 the l>.llowin tircular letter hes been sent hy th french minister of vij.ine to the commanders at the dilft-rttit french ports : 1 sni — 1 accqusint y»u th,<t according to a decree uf hi majesty c ! this date il.c e!blmr;r is taken ofl ail russian vessels de tiii.nl in consequence of un hostilities be twetn the two coui.trua aod that it it '■ i majesty's pleasure that all such vessels be at liberty lo depart dlicnf.s this measure mnit be considered as indi cative of a speedy adjustment of the differ ences between the two countries l d'on biil was expected to have left vienna for paris some time ago ; but from tha frequent conferences that have taken p ire belwcm him and mr adit'tr at the ani*.i of the lot ter in the austrian capital ilsliould teem as if m d'ottliril had been directed to remain thore for the purpose of conferring with mr adair previously to his depuiture f"r paris july 5 yesterday morning mr basilico the mes sender arrived from france he lefl bou logne in a flasi of truce which put him on board the clyde whence he w sent to com modore owen in a light vvbsel for deal he proceeded from that place in u post chaise and four for loiidon a privy i luncil was held in consequence nf hi an ival ; ainl vvu understand that another messenger w;r or dered to be in readiness lo s.li off yesterday evening for palis in consequence of this arrival and of some accompanying rumors the funds experienced some share of iliictu ation omnium which had risen to 8 final y closed at 7 ; and cou'-ols for the open ing 64 it w.\s stated that preliminaries were adjusted.'and h..;tilv definitive treaty nlone waited the presence oi lord holland we cannot pass per s<iltu into there pre cipitate conclusions however strong appear ances may be the messenger courvoitier is supposed to have brought some overtures from m talleyrand through the medium oflord yarmouth who mill remains at p iris lord holland waitt upon lord crenville yestorduy at noon and afterwards visited liis uncle mr fo with whom he remained a considerable time it is generttlfy conclud i cd in the ministerial circles that u lort ship will set of without delay from brighton for dieppe as the shortest route to he french capital we should place a stronger uli ance on the success of his lordship's mission it it were understood which does not appear from the foreign journal that the russian minister m d'oubril had arrived at pwris july 0 tlie same expectation anl the same , rounds of expectation with regard to peace : tt!l continue our opinion is still the same that n nugocintiun or something in the fhupe ! of a negociutioh sonietliinij between sound ! ; inr each otlicr's sentiments and mutual i \ though timid adv,.ticts on both sides all j | this we say is goinir forward and cannot j j fail to lead to something it is objected to ! ! this and it must he confessed not without excuse that lord yarmouth is not the man , who would be employed to necociate a peace most certainly not j but it is one i j thing to negociate and another to prepare i i the way to nenodmion by a few preliminary : > civilities lord yarmouth can cany a civil message as well as a person of more weight , i nd abilities it is certainly a very different ; '! thins and more particularly in the prevent circumstance of the two fount rits to ne kociatc a peace lord yarmouth will not '. be the man to sign tin definitive treaty — .; tins will require very different abilities than such as re required to mtke a good player on the german lute these expeditions of the immediate sig nature ol the l'i ruminants of peace were further confirmed in tht political woil by i the arrival of a messenger on friday mr i humiico with dispau lies from the french i government to mr pi x the nature of ! these dispatches hae of course not train-pir i cd conjecture is btisv and gives h;ipe and j body to e cry idea that prises in its fertile |[ fancy tfce arrival ol a mestenger in ordi ii nary titties is nothing but us lord yarmouth h is at paris the arrival f an english mes i senger must certainly bring letters this ij is in lact tlie whole that cun be concluded !' upon the arrival of mr basilico whether i lord yarmouth succeeded or failed in his j friendly advances he would c quail in both ; c.ise.3 seid a messenger nothing there fore as to the event of his mi->>ijn can be i concluded from this iiicirtr.t vbich has ex ; tiled to much interei upon the change and i such agitation through the town in genera i a privy council was held in consequence i.f hi arrival lit th » is in fact a mere ; form we expect something bul not from i lord yarmouth i it is sj.ij that lord holland departs for j fiance aa minister plenipotentiary lord i holland it a man of ut>doubted abilities and j more knowledge that is j»«.*neial!y believed with the exception of lord minto or lord auuand there is no one wh i more adap || ted to this office — bell't hltt—mqer il a ive»h cmplioa burst forth from mount j vesuvius on the night of tl;e 3 lit of may at 1 ten o'clock so*uddcnry thut in a few rr.o \ mentsi the whole crater was but the basis of i one immense column of lime s the enormous i n».iss=i of ere vti.'cii projected were distinct i y percciveu at the distance of naples the ; streets were riled vith wondering french 1 den t'.ic n ; e;i|)"l:in ;, however were very trati j quil in the rc-taii.iy tl.-y have derivtd fi um * e siicncc thai alter this they h->e uot for a long time to drtad the more serious terrors of an earthquake i no me^a^e t.itne hn the hoptl tl en liclj ■ out not litii.jr italiznl hiany began t thinly either that sotnt ulstucleti had occurred m j kho negotiation qr lliul ii a>l ciitirel broken off 1 tile f«tll sir.ee vnlurtluy r mid io i«n luc;i principally ucctuioncd b i ruiuout i!.;.t france bad demanded a reduction of our na vy to u certain number a demand wliicli tf course a/ild iwt be complied with ll^r ' as lord holland dad not sfct off oh saturdiy or yettuily i was supposed that he would not stt off at all i ■■> lordihip in:iy rtkt assured lliul lli't speculntors a'i h his lrp well and uiat the most ta^ti 1 und it i i u'e in quiviea have lieeti nude m hqtluud i.oum ; s j to his ua^kune and whether aliy preparation j are r.iakinj for a tony journey it is now i rumoured tlmt his lprdship will not stt out j until the next week betilico ihe messenger is i»oue buck ro paris he stt nut on saturday evening and sailed in the ha«ili»k gun luijf i on sun-lay as he 1 directed to u.^ve all i possible speed and as he made ll:e ki^t jour i ney to and from paris in leas than a week i it is supposed he will return by i<l;y a j not her report in circulation is that ltasiluo will bring back tin passport u.r loid hull land who will let off about monday or tues day the nrincipul leims having been r cording to report arran^td hit louuliip will j have little else to uotlian jjivc them an offi cial form and tigt'i them they would n rive in thit country iccordiny to the viwi es and intentiont of misisiavs ficr t!ic pio rogation uf parliomunt undoubtedly lo-.i e notice may lie rx frctc-d to be taken of i he negociatii>n in us majfily's fj.>et'c!i upon ilic proiogaiinti it rr^ay be faid in it that hia majefty h.i virij rt-ccivid or liaviri tnade wijiih eye'r be the fjet i p'ropofals 4 neace is eni;lcy cii in negociations whichlic ho r ei io brin to a favourable iflue antl to rr.aice je-a upon tcims confillent wiih t!ie hotioor the fecurily ai.d t!-.c interefls of is ma jtfly's dominions but i is probalilt lire icition wil 1 not n permitted to clofe with out a queyl ion being put io lis majffly'a miniflers upon the fubjccl it is reporitj thai confiderab'e d:ft"eitr,<tt ot opinion ex ificd in ihe cabinet npm the fuhjcfl si 1 that a d;vifion fook place mr fox lotd h petty earl moirj l r.is how ick k'tfjcine and fit w.umm for peace mr vvindham lords grcnvillc spen cer sidrnouth anil 1<!i lenburough for war having thus publifhed the rumours which have been circulated wiih re«iud to pc*ca pledging ourfelves either lor ihe truth fit falfehotfd of ny of them we hull pub lifli another rumour which has reached us fincc wriiing the above it is — that tho r.ey'j;iations are broken off ; and lb.it ten battalions are immcitiatcly to be fer.t out upon a lecret expcdulon cturier the ftl/twiffg intelligence ttfptsling the reported pacific negtiiatian oelwteh tl.is dur.try and france appeared aijo in the ci;trier on monday the depreffion of the funds on sattirc'ay had damped the expectations cf thofe »■ ti 11 i bought peace with france at no yrcat dillancc bccaufe no nf.icial eorniv.imica tion wai inacfe afc-er ilie arrival of eifili co who m3 fuppofedto have i ought ihe ultimatuh of the french govcn rr,et;t it was imiued'ately at i«ved that the na ijire of that til.itnatuin was unfavorable the fail is ruiiiouicd to t>e quite the con tiary the relocation is rspor'ed o be fo far advanced that moft it not all the ol(u c!es that have exited arc fjid to lu»c been removed ; ihe principal tcims to lave been arranged ; at m notj.ing it u aided u mains o be done±ut to draw them tip in an cfiicial form led holland it has been ail'eittd is on the point ot id paiis ; he will pro>°:cit hither not to ti m mence a ne^ociaticip but to fijiii thetciins agreed upon between mr fox and m tallyerand affairi having advanced thus far it appears flrarge to c>ur rea ders that no orrkiiil communication lias been rrarie and any delay fhbuld take place in the figi.ing cf the prelimir.aiits i the following is rumoured to be the rra fen were the prefioninatiei figned hty would of caurfe be made public and would be open to , difcuflion in parliament i t hey would in ail probability y,\yc rilv io warm ant cng debaies ; but mr t'ex's health is rot fufliciently reflorcd to ei)3lle him to lake part in them at preffnt ; and as he is the minifter for foreign aft^ir and has been principally concerned in r,e f.oiiatinx ihe peace his prtferce and ac tive participation in the debates are deem ed iridifjienfible the ncgociation therefore it is a<ve will not be brought to a rina conclufjon nor ihe preliminaries be figned till ajttr the prorogation of parliament v hich v ill i take flam aboui the 25th inflant hy ihil 0:caii9 ninifieri will gaiu tin.e till latest foreign news it is at length we hear finally settled that lord minto sli.ill proceed to india as govern or general lie is to be succeeded in the presidency of the board of controul by m thomas urcnville who to tlie surprise of all persons seemed lo luvc been totally o lilooled m the arrangement of the new ministry mr grcnville is said lo have been actually appointed — he is uuo it is udded to have aseatio the cabinet july 7 though the pacific rumour continued on saturday to be is widely circulated as ever and ilus assertion of lord holland's imme diate departure for puris was no less confi dently asserted than on the two preceding days the funds experienced a material de pression ; md for the honor und interest of the country we hope that those who speru ute upon the probability of a peace that would produce nothing but dishonor and dis advantage to the slate will find themselves disappointed in the result — morning j'osi we hsive receivej since our lust french and dutch papers to the 1st inst some of these state m d'oubril the russian pie nipoteniury has not proceededturlher than strasbur(jh on his way to paris there it is said he is to remain until hu receives an answer lo some propositions which he has sent to the french government l»ona purte's object unquestionably is to effect a te parute peace with russia and we tiie not without our fears thai he will be nblc lo ac accomplish his purpose upon this subject w*j purpose ob'ering someserious observations in « day or two the lejrden puper men tions the opening a negociation between france and england j and after adverting to the ftec|'iem intercourse by messengers says that lord yarmouth who arrived at paris on the 17 h whs charged by the british go vernment with u mission and that he wa t assume the character of negociator - a statement which to its full extent we can not ;: ssib!y bring ourselves to credit seve ral of the french journals also mention the arrival of his lordship at paris but do not presume to stutc any thing respecting the progress or result or his mission the re port of a treaty having been concluded ut paris oh the s 1st of may rerper.tir.k the af fairs of lerirun'fi rppearstn be unfounded the british troops on board the squadron off naples are stated lo have undertaken an expe dition nri'inst theishuul if ischia and procida one of the iinor french papers contradicts the iv|iort of the elevation of mudame ruo naparte to the tttwne of rome with rever sion to her son lucien new-york september 1 fty tlie ship minerva our f.!es of london papers and luyd'a lists m'e completed to the jth of july id addition to the^e capt he roti has favoured us with a plymouth papur of the lo-.h containing under tve london head of the 8th the very important intelli gence respectinj the piospea of peace winch we this day rfapublish it may t»nd in the opinion of some to con firm the article givep in saturday mercan tile advertiser tliut preliminaries wtrebipn ed pievious to the uib of july but it will b observed that lord holland the minister s^id to be appointed for that purpose by cieat-iiri'ain had not lefl london on tha 8th end that although the terms bad been lufjusted between the french tnd english ministers for foreign atftirs they would tiot le officially sanctioned until the proroga tion of the imperial parliament captain llt-roii c.f the ship min-rva from london was informed by the american con sul that mr pinckney had met with a f«vor able reception at the court of st james's and that our differences were likely to be anuca lly adjusted i.okdoh july 3 t\.t funds yesterday after various fluctua tions left off at the ubine prices at which they opened this morning they experien c*d a depression of one per cent in omnium and of one half per cent in the consols some very large s^its were made by those who had previously bought to an immense a mount those who bought so largdy last week may themselves in s>ome measure have been the cause of the depression since sa turday they held out the most confident rsnuvances that peace would be signed im mediately—nay so decisive was thrir tone and language that they fixtd almost the duy and hour on thursday u»t thty said that r.egociaiionn hud advanced to fur that a mes sage from the lord mayor mii;ht be expect ed in the course of the morning and that of course it would be immediately tranimitttd to lloyd '». to lloyd therefore person croudc-d from all qu»rler a the great room was fil led i all in expectation of the me^cn^er from the mansion house the seals aiul benckei whii.!i would tnbl th ptrwni occupying them to hj.nr muf distinctly the mcbbaje r;-ud were warmly cor»tto«je4 ; 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