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0 ce,. we ilk pii.,4 A6DTTE, yet hit &sleet has been inch as not ! cer tainly to place him beyond the pale of suspicion. , The S we dish Diet has been hastily eenvcked, to' ti ke into consideration the aggressions ot the French troops . We fear that we shall have to announce ris k a rrival in Stockholm, however, befice the Diet has ended its deliberations. If BERNADOTTE be seri. ' ous i n his enmity to France, let him chew it by in. the field at the head of the Swedish stied,' tak in g oar : —as a General, his talents are not inconsi, derable. The French have most decidedly nude war upon Sweden. BgANADorrs affects to say that he is well d i spose( ' to Great Britain, and yet he daily confiscates s uch ships an d cargoes belonging to British :subjects as fill into his power. Some of our private letters mention the advance of a Wigan army to the frontiers, with a view to oppose the march of the French. If this report can be re. l i e d o n we may expect soon to hear of hostilities lo i n been commenced. Letters from Prussia sim ply inform us that every thing wore a dark and gloo my a ppeararree in that unfortunate country. A Messenger, with dispatches from the Portuguese Azbusador at St. Petersburg!), arrived with the a bove Mdil. AMERICA. it'e extract ihe following observations on the moral tate of the Americans from an interesting Pamphlet y Mr. GALT, entitled 4 , Cursory Reflections on Po. tical and Commercial Topics, as connected with the mar's accession to the Royal Authority." " I believe it is• TALLIYRAND who has observed, a we of his literary publications, that the American tion has left none of those revolutionary dispo. kat which in other countries have prolonged the iipt of anarchy, because the vast extent of the absorbed in projects of private interest, the motion of all the restless and enterprising part of it community, who in other countries would have loco= factious and ambitious. But the previous condition of the Anglo-Americans was such, that Int did not exist in the country any of those con. nations which in other nations give a revolutionary' him. The American rebellion originated in an at. Leapt to introduce a change into the political system fifths country. The attempt being successfully re. aimed, the inhabitants returned to their former pur suits; and *re 'content with raising only such a =amount as might supply the place of those pro. viscial forms which were annulled by the renuncia. n of the British claim of superiority. 41 It - was not ataction by which the provinces had Yea agitated, but an external power from a remote nice ; anJ when it was withdrawn they relapsed in their former habits. They were exactly in such line as England would have been in, if in the time lithe York and Lancaster wars, either of the rival families had left the island with all its partizans, ad. and advocates. The American revolution was not like any other recorded in history, unless it be the separation of the Hebrew tribes : not originat ing from any internal cause, it could not generate those revolutionary dispositions of which Talley rand speaks. It is with the families of contending factions that the seeds of new revolutions are deposited. The wounds and injuries, which, parents receive in civil wart, become motives of action to children. * In every state that has existed, out three gene rations are found ccnspicuous families, who conceive themselves more particularly interested than the other subjects in the proceedings of the government; and who with the names and patrimonies, inherit the dispositions, and pretend to the offices of their founias. " If we consider the history of the American I stales, and contemplate the circumstances in which i Iley ate plac e d, I din* we shall be obliged to ac- 1 knowledge that some kind of change both in their iatetior frame and exterior policy is inevitable. Not i however, I appre h en d , f rom any immediate effects 1 e fthe War of their separation from Great Britain, I k 4 from the progress of their society, and the im. Tension which the great events of Europe have had %the minds of the inhabitants. "The country has increased amazingly in wealtly . Wltespnlation once the zra of the French revoln tee. l't has received into its bosom many of, the t ram, enterprising and ambitious spirits of Europe. Theprivilege of exercising the functions of legisla tee and government, has begun to awaken the feel ef aristocratic rank. An acquaintance with the iPlendour and refinement of Europe, has excited, among the rising race of the inhabitants, wants and desires which were unknown among the frugal coin uists ti lls resisted the arrogant claims of the mJther country ? and the progress of the French revolution ku altered the thoughts of the republicans. There 's , PerkaPs, at this moment, no inconsiderable portion 44 the inhabitants of the great towns of the United States I l isPeeed in their hearts to a monarchial form c( P vlear neot; and, ludicrous as the assertion may °PPear, it is difficult to be long in the company of lienericmts without perceiving that the greatest ob stacle to the gratifying of their occult desire, is the coesequential idea which each individual entertains of himself. " Many circumstances mitt to lead us to think that the Americu s , as 'republicans, should possess ?11614C spirit in a itioie zealous degree than even the InheWants of this country; and yet it may Well be alatbtsid diq /net be so. rublie virtue aamag them • scents Wen nearly allied to private feeling than amonries. In discussing those skirmishes which have unavoidskbly . arisen between our cruizers and their vessels, I have uniformly remarked (with but one exception) that the Americans never seem able to conceive an idea of the jealousy necessary to our men of war front the belligerent state of the nation. They alttays attributed to them some direct motive of en• mity against the prosperity of the United States.... Justice, or political necessity, was never considered; and they spoke only how they would retaliate if si milar injuries were done to themselves as individuals. —The spirit of revenge is stronger in the American character than the sense of justice. And the court which they pay to Napoteos, contrasted with their conduct to the Spaniards, may be received as a symptom of that growing love of monarchy which is undermining their republican character. 44 What may be the result to themselves of the growth of patrician sentiments is of very little con sequence to us; but in the mean time, it is pretty evident that there is already a strong fermentation among them, propelling their government to war.— A sufficient pretext to authorise them to claim a share of the misfortunes of Europe, is all that they appear to want. For several years their public journals, and the proceedings of their legislature, have exhibited melancholy proofs of a people discontented with peace and prosperity. This discontent is doubtless owing, in a great measure, to the secret germination of those feelings of pride and ambition with which thel have been infected ; and it is the more to be lamented as it therefore is the less likely to be repressed." In addition to the foregoing, we shall take this opportunity to offer a few thoughts on the conse quences of a war between Britain and America, as they may affect both countries. That there is a number of persons in America, who are sincerely desirous of a mar with this country cannot be doubted. To this class. belong all the United Irishmen, and other discontented foreigners. Such is the blind hatred of these persons to the Bri tish Government, that they would gladly see America at war with it, for the sake of the little injury which might ! result to England, however destructive such war might prove to the interests of their adopted country. There is also a description of persons in America, both natives and foreigners, who are desirous of war, in the hope that it would probably give rise to some intestine division or convulsion.—Having nothing to lose, they entertain no apprehensions from any con fusion that a war would occasion ; and even antici pate plunder in the general wreck that might over spread the country- Though the number of persons pt this description ought, from the circumstances in which she is placed, to be smaller in America than in any other country whatever, there is reason to be lieve that even there the number of these is not in considerable ; but it is to be Loped, that the influence of the wise and good will always be sufficient to frus trate the nefarious schemes of such desperadoes. Of all the effects that would result to America from a British war, the only one that would be ad vantageous to Great Britain, is a change in the American Administration—all the others would con stitute evils, which would hardly be less prejudicial to this country, than to that which they immediately affected. Whatever retards the prosperity of Ame rica, must hurt the prosperity of England—because America must, for many years, form a great and in. creasing outlet for the manufactures of the mother country. It cannot be disputed, that a separation of the States, with the wars and disasters which would ac company it, would check the growth of the Ameri can States :—and whatever partial benefits might arise to this country from the alliance of any one of the confederacies into which the Union might he di vided, it seems undeniable, that the very act of dis union, would be a positive evil to Great Britain.— Neither is to be overlooked, that the miseries of a British war, and those of a civil war, which would probably follow, would be most severely felt by that portion of the American people which is friendly to the British nation. The Federalists compose a most numerous and re spectable body, who have opposed, with all their in fluence, the baneful policy which their governr pmt has been lately pursuing. A regard for their inte , rest ought to serve as one motive, at least, to induce the British Government to abstain from hostilities with America, because it is on them that the evils of these hostilities would fall with the heaviest pressure. They are, generally speaking, the people of property, of education, of family ;—and it is persons of this description who suffer most severely in civil broils. America is the only free nation, besides our own, now remaining in the world. She has hitherto ad vanced in the career of improvement with unex ampled rapidity ; and if her progress is not prema turely checked, she seems destined to arrive at a height of greatness to which no nation has hitherto attained; and which will reflect immortal honour on her British origin. The unnatural with its —....uucrtnent of such a country, 2 —int evils of civil wars and sangui- nary revolutions, would present a spectacle which it would be, shocking to humanity to behold, and dis. graceful for any country to have contributed to pro duce. If ever the Americans do declare war against ICrest iiitain, it s will probably be at a time ediett their insernal divisions and di ssent i ons h ave arr i ved at such a height, and when the jealousies and guar relibetween the northern and southern sections of the Woo, have so nearly approached to open hostilities, that enels party is only,waiting for a pretence to de clare war. against the other. In such a case the pro clamation of war against this country will be the signal of civil contention. When this period arrives, it will be for the wisdom of the British Government to adopt such measures as the exigency of the case requires : and while they watch the natural, though prensattwe dissolution of the Americas Empire, to direct their own amity, and their own hostility, in such a manner as may best promote the aggrandise. went of that fragment of the Union, which embraces the alliance of England. At present, it is evidently the policy of England to practice the utmost for bearance towards America ; to disregard the self interested and unsteady proceedings of the narrow minded rulers of a factious republic; and so long as war is not actually declared, to cultivate the spirit, and preserve the appearances of peace and amity....- By persevering in this line of conduct, we shall shew the people of America, that we are more attentive . to their interests than thei r o wn G overnment i s; and may possibly contribute, in no inconsiderable degree, to the rise of the Federal, and depression of the French party. The policy here recommended, however ungrate ful it may be to our passions and prejudices, is cer. tainly that which our interests dictate ; and it affords us very sincere pleasure to observe, that this is ac tually the policy which the Prince's Ministers seem at present to pursue. JOHN HORNE TOOKE, E. g. This celebrated philosophical and political writer died at Wimbledon, at an early hour this morning. An express with the intelligence arrived in town this afternoon. The Meeting of the Common-Hall, for address;cg the PRINCE REGENT on the subject of an extend d Administration, which was to have taken pla:e this day, has been postponed by request of the Lop) MAYOR. Mr. and Mrs. TYLNEY POLE WELLESLEY are still at Blackheath, which they leave to-morrow for Wan stead-House, in Essex. It is inconceivable the num ber of letters (anonymous ones) the Lady received prior to her marriage ; they entirely filled a Urge travelling•case, and each betrayed the writer's mo tives. A singular circumstance attended the wedding s on the arrival of the happy pair at the Hymeneal altar, the bridegroom was applied to by Doctor GLASSE for the ring ; he had forgotton to procure this necessary testimonial. Some confusion at ose in con sequence, but on recovering from it, a messenger was dispatched to a jeweller in Piccadilly, who im mediately attended with an assortment, and then the ceremony proceeded without further interruption. Letters were yesterday received from Holland, which state, that the whole of the conscription for the present year has been compelled to join different French corps. Heretofore it was thought sufficient to• call two-thirds of the conscripts into active service, but now no deduction is allowed. Large sums have consequently been offered for substitutes, but two thousand florins have been rejected, and the sons of the most respectable inhabitants are compelled to march. The number of young men between the age of twenty-one and twenty-two, raised in two districts only, amounts to two thousand. Two Petitions were sent up last week from Ber wick—one to the House of Peers, and the other to the Commons, for the repeal of the Religious Penal Laws. Each of these Petitions extended in length upwards of 12 yards, of double columns of names, closely written. EAST INDIA MONOTOLY.—Wednesday se'nnight there was the most numerous and respectable meet ing ever held Birmingham, of the merchants, ma anfacturers, and other inhabitants, convened by the High Bailiff, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament against the renewal of the East India Company's charter, so far as it excludes British merchants from trading to the East ; when it was unanimously resolved, "that the commercial monopoly of the East India Company ought to be to tally discontinued, at the termination of their present charter." The business was opened by the High Bailiff, who concluded a long and spirited address in ' tbe following words The East India Company have a monopoly of all the shores and 'continent of the vast Pacific Ocean. Why not give them the lit tle. brooks and currents of the Atlantic ? .They will then have the whole globe. Of what use is to us the dominion of the sea, if the sea is to be shut up to our merchants ? But the sca will be shut no longer.— The necessities of the people have awakened them to a sense of their interests and their rights ; and from one extremity of the Empire to the other, the pub lic voice will be heard in a way that will never be resisted." LtvestrooL, MARCH 17.—Pursuant to notice a Meeting of the inhabitants of Liverpool was, this day, held in the Town Hall, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parlia ment for a participation in the trade to the East Indies, on the expiry of the Company' Charter—the MAYOR of the town in the Chair. After a neat speech from Mr. Roscoe, pointing out the propriety and jus tice of that trade being laid open, and chewing the beneficial effects that would accrue to the public in general, and this town in particular, from such a measure, both in a mercantile and political point of view ; it was unanimously resolved, 'that a petition Ito that effect be presented to Parliament, and a Com mittee of 41 was appointed to carry the Resolution into effect. More unanimity was never manifested. l on any occasion. There was not a single dissenting I voice. The Meeting was attended by the most re spectable inhabitants of the town ; indeed the num ber was so great, that not one-fourth could gain ad mittance to the Halt . _ TIIE ARMY. A detachment of Officers and privates is oiler orders to join the 49th regiment of taw. stationed in Canada, and which *ill prattled to Quebec by tisk . present Spring ffeet. Lieutenant-General Sir Grottos Paavorr, Com mander of the forces in Canada, has been swank. Itingly occupied in taking every measure of military precaution in the event of a rupture with America. The Radnor Militia &arched oa Thursday last from Athlone, into barracks, in the Phcenix Park, near Dublin, where they are to be quartered. Captain %MLA of the 19th Light Dragoons, last week left Clonmel, for England, to offer himself a Candidate for Berkshire. The Carlow Regiment of Militia (Irish) which has been stationed at Embalms Barracks for the lan three months, has march d in two divisions for Hastings Barracks. Captain Dumas , , of the Sd Dragoon (lairds, is sufficiently recevered from his long indisposition to be able to proceed to Lisbon to resume his command of the Cavalry Depot there. !NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, MARCH is. Arrived the Drake, Maria, and Resolution coasters. from Guernsey. Sailed the Pursuit for Madeira, and the Fife for Barbadoes.—Wind N. E. ' PLYMOUTH, MARCH 11. Arrived the Alert, SHAND, from Nova Scotia, bound to Dover; the SPARROW sloop of war from a cruize, and is appointed convoy for Corunna. Put back the Spanish brig Union, bound to London ; sailed under convoy of the ELEcra.i gun-brig. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH IS. His Majesty's ship Prtonus with the ships for the Mediterranean sailed from Spithead this day, but are brought up at St. Helen's. Arrived the Amiable, COWING, from Charleston.--Wind S. S.W. DEAL, MARCH to. Sailed the DESIREE and Cvcsn to the Northward. Remain hts M..jesty's ships as per last._•Wiad SHIPS ARdIVED. Ar Dublin—the Polly, Reiman, from Cadlt, and the Shwa, Hughes, from London. 1 1 At Cott —"lnv Orion, &evens, from Boston. At Belfast—The Phoebe, Cavan, from St. Michael's, and the Friends, Conway, from Tenerife. Off Margate—The Juno, Redttrtn, from Charlestown, with loss of anchor and cable. At Newry--The Harriet, Garland, from Leedom In the hives—The Oporto, Cenral, from Limerick with low of anchor and cable. At Barba - dock-11e Alice, Frost; John, Spencer; Lady John. 'stop-, Foubrster ; Lucy,Young ; Adeona. Ford; Doredrg Forster. Sowden; and Unity, Edgar, from London • Tipr, Liverpool; Man, Falconer; Caroline, liodg;cia; and Wiry Brom from London. At Dundalk 7 —The John, Laurie, ditto. DISTRIBUTION OF PRI*E-111IONBY. Ardent, Dreadnought, Russel, and Venerable, far the INIktiVI Betide Kam, Eendraght; Morgesorin, Gods Verwegting, end De Vriede; abd Albion , fur the stone, except the last, et the Once ol Mr. E. Lochrer, at Plymouth, on Fraley. and there re- Drlcapert,far tie Lynboinn. en Friday nett, 4f then In part I. tantnad at ih Great George.street, Weamiustar. .Dryad, for the St. Jean, la Louisa, and It. Fru:wok, on bee at. rival at Plymouth; recalled at I, 3&k-cost, Temple. Belvidere, for the Balder, Thor, and Portant Arbon, for the Catherine Augusta • Brunawkk, for FUnion ; sod Prantos, for the Vrow Elisabedr,Nortk Mad, and Fame • and Ceed!ltan. for • Is Bragg/mkt, will be paid, and rotelled at Aresdel.strget. NAVAL. APPOINTMENTS, Captain John Simpson to the Chatham, pro trwspefe, to ref.'s* Captain Graham Moore. The Rev Archdema Owen, Chaplarg.Generel to the Army, to be Chaplain-Goma to the Fleet. Lieutenant Jobs Taylor to the HaranraL Lieutenant J. T. Jeans to the Bristol. Lieutenant T. Leigh to the Ceres skip-vessel, at Cbseass. ie the room of Ligament Leaver, to the Martial gun-wand, is the Downs. I, Lieutenant Edward Stuart to the Royal Oak, at Portsmoethe Captain Lake to the Magnificent at Plymouth. Captain George Price to comma nd the Hot,pur . Honourable Captain Percy. Lieutenant Prosper Ambrose to the Egmont, in the Down% Lieutenant P. H. Douglas to the Royal Oak, at Purtamo.ch. Lieutenant O. E. Wright to the Chatham, Lieutenant John Eveleigh to the Chatham, at Woolwich. Captain Charles Bateman to command ti.e Revenge, at Cad=. Lieutenant George Goose to the She!drake sloop, at Sheerness. Lieutenant John Wilkinson to the Tonnant, at Plymouth. Captain W. King, late Captain of theHannlbal, to the Coma& Lieutenrnt G. C. Johr.son to the Bristol, at Portsmouth. Lieutenants Alex. M'Leod, Matthew Conolly, and Charles Hobart, to the Pozbone frigate, commanded by Captain Fine. Li , utenant R. Davies to the Tonnant, at Plymouth. Mr. J. Dupree, the Purser of the Stag, to be Purser of the Ills, a new 60-gun ship. • Lieutenant Edward Purcell to the Marlborough, lo the Dowfteet Captain & Pyni to command the Hannibal, until relievea . bir Captain Sir M. Seymour, by an eat:bongo for the Niemen Mem, Mr. F. F. Beale to be Parser of the Temeraire, at Plymenctl. The Ann, a large American ship, was loading at' Smyrna. in December, bound to Liverpool, and is supposed to he the ship which was carried into Cher. burg on the llth instant. The Lodisa; EVAliti; the Alert, ltistwr ; and the Chester, alt Al.; from London to Dublin ; and the Levant, 4E18361, from London to Belfast, put into Milford the 13th instant. The Union, HAM ; and the Agenoria, Human; from Waterford to London ; and the Adventure,. Siuoss, from Dublin to Chichester, put into Pen zance the 15th Instant. The Rschael and Ann, —, from Liverpool to Malta, sailed on Saturday last, and got on shore on Norththe Bank, but floated off the next Rood, and proceeded to sea. -, to relieve do Aucorr.--This town, which Suchet is now b.:N. sieging, is a place of considerable strength. It is t however, very ill built, and few of its edifice's are dis. tingui.shed by their architecture ; its streets are for the must part narrow. The port of Alicant is situated upon a tongue of narrow land, which 'advances consider ; ably into the sea, and which is nearly of a semicir. culir figure, in the centre of which vessels anchor, with the greatest security. A mountain rises behind the town; the castle, situated upon its summit, is foe. Lifted frith care, and extends considerably beyond tht limits of this ancient fortrest. Saturday last. Morrison Kitorr and ,Tolns s;vii 464 tied before the Court ofJustioarYs aiSdiebollAsl6r the milder of Ann Halliday, ip nbcin.se of it fame • . The - prisoneri *ea 'actinitted, • thi'llerdict "b e i ng ploven." • , b 4 e • t ta d U h I, . 4 1- I • at Fa tb he' th he fit he V . " ,ita N. • • Alt eLI rai on U. IN ,