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Imperial ratification was to be prefented 
-on the 11th of March to the Legiflative 
Body for its fanétion. 
The opening of the Protocole of the 
Diet of Ratifbon was fixed for the 6th of 
March. The Emperor has addrefled a 
letter to the Electors and Princes of the 
Empire, ftating the imperious circum- 
* ftances under which he was induced to’ 
accede to the Treaty of Luneville, and the 
neceflity of the immediate ratification of 
the Treaty, as the French troops would 
not evacuate Germany till it fhould take 
place. : 
THE NORTHERN CONFEDERACY. 
By intelligence from Hamburgh, we 
learn, that Lord Carysfort had received a 
Jetter from the Pruffian Minifter, Count 
Haugwitz, which may be confidered as 
the ultimatum of the King of Pruflia, 
who fpeaks a bold language in defence of 
the Northern Convention, and threatens 
to fupport the principles on which it is 
founded, and the claims it advances, by 
force of arms. 
The cabinet of Peterfburgh beholds 
with a jealous eye the influence which the 
Britifh Government has at Conftantinople; 
and the plan of an invafion of Turkey by 
the combined armies of two or three great 
Continental Powers, to compel the Grand 
Signior to withdraw himfelf from that. in- 
fluence, or to feek in thefe provinces for 
the bafis of a general peace, is much talked 
or, 
By intelligence from Prague, dated Fe- 
bruary 2, it appears that the Ruffian 
troops, which had quitted Gallicia to pro- 
ceed eaftwards, are advancing, by forced 
marches, towards the frontiers of Turkey: ° 
a part of thefe troops will remain, it is 
faid, on the frontiers, till the arrival of the 
troops of another great power, which are 
to act in concert with them ; the reft will 
continue their route towards the Ruffian 
ports on the Black Sea, where they will 
embark for an expedition deftined to op- 
pofe the attempts of the Englifh againft 
Egypt. 
The principal articles of foreign intel- 
Jigence are the Convention that was figned 
on the 20th of December, at Peterfburg, 
between the plenipotentiaries of, that 
court and of Sweden, and ratified by their 
refpective fovereigns ; with a feries of Re- 
gulations for the Swedifh Commerce, pub- 
lithed by the King on the 23d of the fame 
month. By the firft of thefe, it will be 
feen, that the contracting powers acknow- 
ledge that their object is to reftore the 
fyitem of the armed neutrality adopted 
during the American War. Contraband 
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goods are prohibited from being exported; 
and the treaty fpecifies the articles to 
which that term applies to be, cannon, 
mortars, fire-arms, gunpowder, flints, 
faltpetre, pikes, {words, helmets, &c. The 
third article avows; that the objects which 
the two powers have in view are, ** That 
every fhip may freely navigate from one 
harbour to another, and on the coafts of the 
belligerent nations; that the effets be- 
longing to the fubjects of the belligerent 
powers, in neutral fhips, fhall be confi- 
dered as free; that, in order to determine 
what fhall be confidered as a blockaded 
_ port, fuch denominations fhall be admitted 
to apply only where the difpofition and 
number of the blockading fhips fhall be 
fuch as to render it hazardous to enter 
the port.” . The contracting powers de- 
clare, that the fyitem upon which they ad, 
and the principles by which they are 
guided, fhall be permanent, and hall ap- 
ply to all future wars. There is alfoa 
provifion in the treaty,by which other neu - 
tral powers are to be permitted to become 
parties toit. By the latter, we find, that 
fhips failing without convoy are to fubmit 
to fearch; and nore are to claim the pro- 
tection of the Swedifh flag but fhips built 
in Sweden, and navigated by a crew, of 
which one-half are to be Swedes. On the 
news reaching the court of Stockholm, of 
the detention in England of Swedifh and 
Danifh veffels, an order of council was 
iffued on the 2d of February, interditing 
all intercourfe with England, and laying 
an embargo on every fhip of that country 
in the ports of Sweden. If the French 
papers are to be believed alfo, Mr. Talbot, 
the Britith Charge d’ Affairs, was ordered 
to quit the kingdom. : 
, SPAIN. 
A Lifbon mail arrived the 17th of 
March: the private letters-contain intel- 
ligence; that Spain declared war againft 
Portugal on the z2d of February, and that 
Portugal iffued a fimilar declaration againft 
Spain, on the 5th of March. 
AMERICA. 
By intelligence of the 14th of February, 
we are informed of the ratification of the 
treaty with France, with the exception of 
the fecond article, and limiting the dura- 
tion of it to eight years. The numbers 
for it were 22, againft it 9. Mr. Jeffer- 
fon is eleéted Prefident of the United 
States of America. The election was 
conducted with great warmth. ‘The bal- 
loting was renewed thirty-one times during 
three fuccefivedays. The thirty-fecond 
time decided the eleftion in favour of 
Mm Mr, 
