the north-carolina mercury and 9 salisbury advertiser f^/jgotr-plmp & p^ili.r.b , y f * a ci s c o u * e e nu\f 158 thursday juki 4 3c vol iv mr dundas has not yet quitted his csc being employed in anlwering every difpatch • nd completing all the bufinefs of his de partment up tt the date of his re..£nation it is unde.-ftood th-t the bat avian repub lic will bz granted an increafe of territory by thf augmentation of a part of the bifhop ritk of ivui iter as a rompenfation for the lof of maettricht vtnlo znd dutch flan der according to the plan in circulation the ems and the lipps a»e to be the limits of eatavia on ihe fide of germany the ether pa tf the bilhoprick of mtinfter whir the eledorate of hanover and ihe imperial towns of lobeck bremen and hamburgh will be united to ihe ruffian monarchy y th . cnn ; e _... r t j e emperor ci uuflia and the french gcverainent than of one pitpared for vioonras meafurci o defence m baron fhrehfward fn'voy estraor dinar from tn court o r stockholm left town y fterrfay for yarmoutb from whence hewiueiijbark en bc sl ci the 1 at let , c r hamburgh on his way heme 1 b;i minif ter vras preferr on saturday at a dirncr given by lord hawkefbory to the dip omattc ccips m de nat zell rhe srvedifh char c 5 des affairs will hi out for dovrr to 1 or row frorr whence he u o embaik tor ca ia.i and proceed 10 i ; a:i previous to u return to btzjt.ho m m ue las hrros ancimi confol gen eral cf spain and charge des affairs rr'r the c-nrt ci madrid dui 11 g rhe > - b ity of m f.as csij villailo jc tfffor pan to morrow ev r ng by an ai tide in a german psper rr ceived yeflerclay it ppcar , that ( i^c 1 comaitniefctr.t of mirth g-ntheaume'a iqmdrod bad r rr only been exptded i : mediterranean hut it was a!fo exprefted that ajunfticn v/as intended ■ . '. the lariic by a hullan fleet of twelve flvps of '. e line from the black sea expefted ebout the i"h>c tim in the archipelago the dutch fleet lying in the teae ii faid to be coroplete'y ready for ti 2nd ad niira de a'inter is en board coixk exchange having a fhort fupply of wheat at this day'i marker caufed that cf fine quality to advance full 43 per q oner hnce this da ie'i.nijrht fine runs from kent snd effex went off from 174s 0 i;8 ; ftn d fi ae djntzic from icy w ijq er quarter rye continue the inn r jail wcrk the arrival of barley being pretty targe has caiilcd t ii c of a mkliing ciuaiity to de tline lull js per quarter march 31 we hsvff hfard the anfwer of the french government to the overturtscf peace made from this country ftated to b ] hat the chief conful received the ovf-ruircs a'tth grea pies fur e : ti:»c h rr.v.fl comniu nicste them t his a:!;r and v/o..id as foon 2s poflib e nd s anfv/er j satcrdav a cibmc council waw held when it was determined to ioniiy that thil gc?ern;:ient v^as ready to trm with the aliiei of france in the evening m otrc fent off a rotifen gcr with difpatches to peru with this intel ligence they failed from dover on sun day snme w€eks mufl eiapfe before the chief co'nful an havt an anl'wer fri>m st peterfburg svd nsgociation may perhapi bs delayed til that period in rhe aiean time ii i probable that al orto and lord havkribury will iuund each other rtfpect iivg the viewicf their governments and that ihe buimefs way be icmewhat advancrd before negociation ihall be officially appoint ed new-york m.<y-i 4 . by the fhip penman marfchalk in 7 ! days from london papers to the even ing of the third of april inclufive i arc leceived by which we are enabled to zy before our readers the int£ilia cncc i contained in the fucceedirg columns no event of political importance had occur j ed in europe l.nce the dare of cur former ! accounts i couriers r r 3 frequently between the 30 j vernments of the two great contending power on the fubjefl of negotiation for . p?ace : but if we may be allowed to form j a judgment fr.»m appear nces that deli i cabie tvent is yet at fame li'.lanr floor in london on the 2d of april wai ai ' 85 ftciling the barrel in the jrlouie of common march 31 1 mr sher«dan gjve nonce of his intention ! to bring forward a motion tending to ci • mi ate h:s majefty's laie ministers for re i discing the country to the perilous fituati :. in h huh it now land he named the 20.h april london i.iarch 50 yefterday wasreceived the paris journals of the 24th inft the momteur of that date is hied with dafuiiory advice from e gypt brought to ir ranee in a fmsll brig rot alexandria which 1 left on tfie of february on the preceding day two i l r £ c wgatei had rnved iafe y at this pert h<_e wnh 15.000 ffand of arms and am ' mur.;i.on • n<j 502 troops of whom 100 j were artillery men the colony of egypt isofcourfe reprefented ai in the moil flou j jilhi 5 i.i.c rs.o mention is made of our i rjpeduion or of admiral gantheaume's fouadron which hi certainly failed dir for alexandria ; and from the fafe arrival of two french frigates there that port does r.vt appear to be clofeiy blocladed ihrre continue to be great rfjoicinps in paris on account of the peace ; but rhe wench funds are falling daily the tiers confoltders are now only ji i-j \ the communication made on friday by m ottoto the 1 unifier tor foreign affairs in conlequence of the wilhes expreffed by i hii mp.f-v'i minitrers to open a negociatiou j with the fiench republic have been she \ fafejeft of feyi ral confer n ts gur cabinet j flavelhewn an equal piomptitude t.-ith the s government 2 he thuiheries in replying • to m otto's communication and s fecond '; difpatch was forwarded on saturday evening to paris aflag of truce failed y tiler day i morning from dover i is faid that the general bafis of ihe n aviation will be !_: tied before sry pub nuniiler is appohat j d on thi other gde \ a dariflj army is very fhortlytn be coi lefied in jholftern under the command of the prince of fltite in tha firft icftaace it was tocor,l;ft of 12 oco a letter f?cm copenhagen dated march 4th and ac'dul tu a moll rt/pec'abla houle in this cjiv contaim the following hi£h founding paragraph j *' leu d ktlion niay ccme whenever he pleafn we z:e nf.it ormidably prepared to receive h;m with n d hot lh t for v huh pcrpole the forraces are kept heated night and dsy i we flatter curkivt that our preparation are futh as cannot fail to re puifc a fleet of even c:.e hundred i cf ths line inca'e of ny ititmpt rn.-fle j ivrce r he difficult paffage of the sound 1 hs swedifti galley fittt ii t3pef:i(i here ibout the latter end cf the month urd cur whola fleet of defence ii already nat ; ertd in ihr road the emperor of ru.'ia ferds iik wife thirty fail ct the line and twelve fri gates ro our affittlnce 1 a danifh brig railed the harpen of 20 guns i*s failed irom copui hagen to ilia no ih sea on a reconnoiterinp cruize a letter frcm berlin oftiie i6ih m iv.r ftstcs tha the court tf pruffia it till v.ait ing with impatience for an anfvrer ro the laft declaration made to th c < rrt of st james's m^ar while i grand coencil of ftate has betn h»uj at which the kinc all ihe miniftcrs pf ii^e r.si fit-id marfcal md eliendorff arrended his pruflian majehy is indeed mtkii g ihe me ft ferioas preparati ons to itizc ilic ctrman dominions cf the king of grtst britain gen klctft the preient governor of magdebcrfg will have the ccniir.ard cf the arn y v hicfa on dcr cfri2jn circg&iftancrs will m«.ke an tx pedition sgairf the elefiorstc of hanover a new and very clolr trccty cr ri;her ecu lination sgairit c britain ha been proje clfd and is en the eve of being fin*!!y concluded between france kuliia jnd prtfr-i a m?!terk;er arrived yefterday from co penhagen with difpatches fom mr van fitran by which we underftand that cp vernraent ha reafon to e:;prft that the cb ftinacy cf that court is hfcely to p r oduc n early om^ifiiccinert of humilities — the ft patches were dated the iah we ftill iowever anxiouily hope that the modera tion 2nd fitcere difpofitisn hewn en the part of minifttrii to terminate the difp'jte by negocidiion may yet prev:n thing from cctc'i.tt f;j that extremity an arti:!c j t^s journal dei dibarrs ior the 23d inftant " we arc iltured by the laft letters froai ser!;n liut icid c«ry*furt has ordered all his efirflj to be picked up snd oa!y deferred siis departure till the ar rival of a courier frcm london the hamburg intelligence which 2rrived yefterday one cf ocr frtidei exprftcd re ative to the krg expedtation of ganlbeao mc's fruadron in the imeiirerranean and a ruffian fleet to jo.n him iroja ib black sea is of very i'nail importance it however sppesrs lhat thv fsorthrrn powers ccr.ii nue their dreadful tote of preparaticn ; but the:r tear is evidently like thit of a man io fears an wutk irora acoiher rathet 1 he nev overture v/ith franc hsve caufed an er.crcafcd adivity in our correfpon nce with the court of berlin for which f--cc a king's meflenger viaj icr.t i.fr yc'*tr day afternoon it is'thc me parntit w)ca °» the king's government that the unhappy sulundrrftanding which picva.j v i'.h diiier tnt foreign courts fhoald fcs anijcab.y and fpeedily adjofled 1 r.s law jr.-ar'grmer.rs of the new adrri tiftration arc yet incomplete lord eidon hill ho'ds the jui;.ceu)ip of the common a'j and lord longhborough the fcah al jough his iordihip many days fi«ce tock feve of t coon or ' i"hanc.ry sir w rant i 8 in pofleliion of the rolls and sir ! ; v-r arden is iur the cioaieut without an ktcm peterlburg we learn undf r dat of the 4th ir.f.rr.t tl at the piu(tan debars 1 . en agjinft krglarcj h^s been received w;th the grestefl fleaftrcar.d iauihclicrs b the