Foreign lnteAigence !.
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fOrelgn intelligence .s-ss


The following notices of the hostile
preparations Of England appears in
the papers brought by the Oxford 10
New York:


Preparations for Conditional
batteries are being erected at Sheer.
ness, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Penn.
broke, and o'her places on the coasts
of the Island. A great number of,r
versing platforms, l6 fcet long, to be
fixed by pivo's to the masonry Of ll,e
e"brasures, and in progress Of con-
struct;on at the Royal Arsenal, Wool.
w'ch; and some idea may be formed
OF the quantity Of work now perform.
ed in the carriage department, where
about ave or six years5ago only about
loo hands were employed in that
branch. there are now, between $50
and 800 men employed, aided BY ma.
ny new improvements in machinery.
equal to the work of "A. great manv
hands. The contractors for timber
Tor the Royal Arsenal have not been
able to supply the extra demand ard
unanticipat'd consumption, and The
dock-yards have been had recourse 10.
Numbers Of large guns have been for.
"arded 10 jersey and other exposed
Islands, and 10 the Cape of Good
Hope and other colonial possessions,
and tie greatest activity prevails 10
strengthen every place al home and
abroad, for securing them in the event
OF being attacked. A number Of the
block ships, heavily armed, will soon
be ready for their respective stations,
and add greatly to the defence of the
coast. + ,'A'' sa@s'i o49 eyol s9e..


Her Majes'y's government. have is.
sued orders for $4,000 setts or accou.
tremen's for the militia ofthe English
counties, the whole to be ready on
the first Of March next. The various
clerks Of subdivisions Throughout Eag.
land have likewise received orders 10
certify to government, the dates of
their respective appointments.