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! hick he can dir'ct at pleasure upon any particular iat hostile to his authority. flow terrible the Ettacation of this principle, if the European &me iz:is mutually determine to support the measures f each other, however odious, and however tyran. ;:al in their nature 1 A wall of brass would be les erected against all further political improve . a t—oppressed nations would be bound in a triple halo of slavery. Let those communities then in hill the value of liberty is known because its hies ,,c have been experienced, behold with an eye of ,p r e and unceasing jealousy, the pretensions iel future operations of the European Confetia rs. Britain, in particular, ought not to forget, that she has already had Monarchs, pithier so r , .r.ileat or so unprincipled, as to disregard the i : ., it: and . the complaints of the people. A Cit 111 LES itr a .I%mi s may hereafter ariue, and solicit, upon te; rosisted in his arbittary projects, the assistance f the Po wept of the Continent. Notwithstanding r ., r 11 :, sa l superiority, the advantages of our insular Wi,atinn, the inherent courage and love of liberty of the people, the interference of the united Potentates would nevertheless be formidable; and if the nation sas distracted by factions at home, imminently istigerons. It is true, that Britain might remon- Vrate against the aggression of her neighbours—and represent to them. that her Chief Magistrate bad broken the compact he bud eutPred into with the ample. This reasoning soul., he nearly unintelli gible to the Autocrats of the Continent. Far from heiog restrai. ed by such heretical doctrines, they %wild doubtless emulate each nther in vindicating he insulted dignity of Monarchs, and exultingly cite the inra‘ions of France es cases in point. It has been frequently remarked, that in the al. liances which the powerful form with the weak, the advantages are usually on the side of the former : the incorporation of Venice pith Austria may bead. ;laced as an instance of thin result; for it was in consequence of the evident partiality of the Govern. meta of the former grate towards the Austrian cause, tat its territories were taken possession of by the armies of France. The partition of Poland was effected by the mutual :nod understanding of her powerful neighbours.— (lie passion which led so the aggression upon that unfortunate country is insatiable in its nature-,-insa liable as avarice, or as the jaws of death ; and from certain transactions which have taken placP, even the magnanimous Chiefs of the European Alliance do not appear entirely exempt from its influence.— The shadow of a pretext, even now, may be all that is wanting to the overthrow of the independence of the minor States of Europe. The giants of the Con- Intent may have already contemplated a measure, so cticulated to render their respective dominions blare compact, and to save future typographers the !root)le of drawing the lines, which at present are used to denote the boundaries of certain small por. lions of European territory—not that the explicit NAPOLEON phrase may be used—" The House of has ceased to reign"—affairs may be con. ducted with more decorum. The petty Princes may be informed, that the expences of an independent Government must he extremely.burdensome open the population of small States ; their resignation may be requested with all possible civility, and the request be accompanied with the offer of a revenue as an in. lemnity. If this Machiavelieu policy should fail of success, we may very easily conceive ',what would be the na. tare of the measures next had recourse to. The ul. !into ratio region, the argument proceeding from the rannon's mouth, talking, like Lord CASTLEREAGH, of the necessity of making examples, and giving the example in the precept, by making force legitimate rule, is more likely to he employed, if we may judge from what we have seen, than any gentler method of conviction; and thus what alight have been produc. give of general good, and not only afforded brilliant 6amples of justice and clemency, but bequeathed to the world the means of enforcing their practice to latest posterity, from the ambition natural to Kings, ic more likely to become a source of misery to man. bind, and the cause of the destruction of the last re. mains of liberty and independence. Heaven guard Our country from the fate which such leagues have brought upon others ! Yesterday Ministers received dispatches from Lord CAsTLEnt:Ann at Plris, dated on Friday evening the 14th inst. The confidential intelligence contained in this dispatch has not been made public. The Duchess d'A Now:tun had made every ar lawmen, for proceeding to France on Friday last, K hen the dispatches which her Royal Highness re ceived, induced her to postpone her departure for the pre:tett t. We hear the sum of nine thousand pounds was last week 'mid t o th e Princess CHARLOTTE of WALEs, and which was the fiist sum ever placed to her direct credit. The General Officers come home are—Lieutenant- General Sir GEORGE MURRAY, K. G. C. Major- Cenerais HENRy CONRAN. Ro. STORM, and Sir THOM ‘s BRIMANI, with the whole of their Staff. Lieutenant-General Sir Gonnost Duusittorrn has the command of the troops to remain in America.— Sir Gelltaoc Muattay set off from Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon with dispatches for Government, and to ascertain the intended ultimate destination of the troops. Not only anvernment packets, with mails, MPS setters, and dispatches, Are sailing daily between Dover, Ostend, Calais, awl Boulogne; but also passage vessels are every tide departing for, or ar riving from these ports, and the number •t . passen. ;era is already Tery considerable. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. -~- 17. Arrived the isabeitik Brown, from St. Domingo, iti 36 days; Spoke the Capelin, Small, out 33 days.—Came in the Challenger sloop of 4ar, from Dunkirk; the Achilles man of war, from Portsmouth, and will proceed to the Riser to be paid °W.—Remain as before; and the S'herbourn, for Bengal, and the I•f'illiwm, for Jamaica. Portvsmorve, 17.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Magny;ccnt, fi onr the Downs ; Pandora and Dispatch, from a cruise. Admiral Cockburn has hoisted his flag on board his Majesty's ship Paissant: —Came itt the Pt/eiders trsesport, froth Ostend, in six days, with 91 wounded soldier's oti board. His Majesty's ship Clinker has made a signal foe. the convoy for Ostend to proceed to sea. FA !MOUTH, JULY 15.—Arrived the Ilarannalz sloop of war, from a cruise ; and the Chesterfield packet, with a Mail, from Surinam ; sailed the 24th May, and floin Demarara 3d June, and from Do minica 13th June. At Dominica they were informed that Alartioique was in possession of the 11l ilish, and Admiral Durham had sailed to take possession of the Saints. On the 411 June, in let. 30. 5'2. lon. 53.13. the packet spoke the Ametican ship Jewell, from Nautucket, for Barbadoes, out ten days; on the 13th July spoke the Isabella schooner, from St. Do mingo, for London, out 31 digs.—Arrived the American ship Washington, from Norfolk, and re mains. Tilt STATESMAN. O.V THR LATE MR. WHITBREAD. Nought but sack manly eloquence, as fell From his own lips, can ‘VIIITISRIAD'S praise declare ; Th' unequal Muse, in wain attempts to tell His worth, his virtues, and his talents rare. Batirssult t mourns for him he Inv'd so well, Audio her grief the admiring world will share. The lintel wreath shall now tits bowl adorn, Plac'd on the highest pinnacle of Fame ; Wlmt though the tomb his ashes &lb ilium, Still shall exist his patriotic tame ; In each true British bosom it will burn, Aud to posterity transmit his name. Long as mankind shall Freedom's cause defend, Will Worrnnato be rensember'd as her greatest friend. Burk ingliamshire. AMICUS. It appears that the French troops at Dartmoor, though they have generally hoisted the white cockade,. tatter themselves that the day will yet arrive when they may In enabled to take ample vengeance. They openly avow, that in submitting to Loots they only follow circumstances ; hut that he will not govern them nor the French people more than three or four years. Twelve thousand of our veteran troops hare ar rived from Canada, who exp►ess ►he meat earnest de sire to join the Duke of IVELL►votos. Fefty-two sail of transports have brought. this-fine .part of our army from C.,nnda, in the short space of .11 days, convoyed by the Leander, Sir GEORGE Coweit; Amin, Capt. KERR; and Perseus, Capt. A'CouttT. The following are the 14 battalions arrived; eight more, amounting to 7000 men, may be expected in about 10 days :-- Ronal Artillery, '95; 14 fln't. or R tvnl Scott. 901 ; ilh eigt.,. dim ) , HA; &oh, 3.1. 14 Mat. 10.50 t sth reiiiincid, Lt Mot. 102: Rth. Ist nii.l :NI Bail. 7SO; 13th, 14 692; V7l l l, 3d Bail. 1119; :39th, 114 Win. 891; 414, 14' Halt. NA; 49th, Ist 610; 88th, hi Mitt. 1S : 69t1i. 4d Batt. 7349; 97th, 1•t Batt. 09. —Toted, 11.11/ICII nod children. It is reported, and credited in the higher circles, that a foreigner of the first distinction may shortly be expected in Loudon, charged with a spnial mis sion from the Sovereigns assembled at Paris, request ing the presence of the Prince Regent of Grtz.vr Bntrat sr in that capital ; in the event of which the whole of his Majesty's Privy Council will be sum moned to deliberate on the message in question. CEYLON GAZETTE, OCT. 5. The operation of the Elephant Hunt has been very successfully conducted. About 300 elephants have been driven into the K real, a proportion of which have already been trammelled and taken out. It is proposed to preserve about 100 of these elephants for the service of Government and for sale. But few of the elephants caught have large tusks; indeed, of the three descriptions of elephants, natives of Ceylon, the greater proportion consists of those without tusks ; the elephant with small tusks rank next iu number, and the least common is that with large tusks. A correspondent observes, who was present on the night of their being caught, that the blazing of torches and loud shouting of the people, driving in close ranks through the jungle, and the deep roaring of the frightened elephants, presented a scene to the eye, and a concert to the ear, which had altogether a romantic and awful effect. The LORD MAYOR has appointed a Common Hall for to-morrow, at eleven o'clock precisely, for the election of two Sheriffs, in the room of Joum GARRETT and WM. STEER, Esqrs. who have paid their fines to he excused serving the office. His Lordship will afterwards hold a Court of Common Council, for the election of two Marshalmen for the Borough of Southwark. Mr. KAYE, the King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office, with dispatches from Paris yester. day afternoon, about three o'clock. At the same timean Italian courier arrived, with dispatches from Naples. On Ssturdny seinnight a dreadful fire happened at Sir T. Miller's, at Frail, Hants, which consumed several barns, containing a large quantity of threshed wheat, lec. four waggons loaded with hay, three machines, several hay ricks, three straw ricks, one vetch rick, &c. I`...verty is a great crime, and heavy are the pu-. nishatenta indicted upon thrice who are guilty of it. All who wish to avoid it and its consequences, have a fair opportunity of doing so, by availing them selves of a right to some portion of the wealth which will be distributed by the Lottery Wheel to-morrow,' a very small proportion of which would place theta even beyond the supicion of the offence. ""t:[t J MR. 0 lIITBREAD. [Fito3l TIIE DUBLIN SENTINEL.] We Consider the death of this eminent Senator among the greatkt Calamities which tliis country cotild sustain. We are disposed to regard his loss as irreparable, for we know not how it can be re paired. He was not the leader of the Opposition .partyi but he was Inner—he was a party in himielf. Ile Attacked the Ministry millions the Opposition—they Might folio‘t if they would—they often refused to follow him, but they never did so vilthotit loss of character. lie had not all the talents of Fox, hut he had all his virtues, and none of his weaknesses. Ile learned patriotism► from Fox, and he could have taught him patriotism. Ile improved on the lesson, lie outdid his master. . Unlike Fox, he never wee a rtiati of pleasure, and always a man of application. Perhaps Fox had more leurisiog, but, certainly WHITAREAO bad more inforMar . ' He despised that ,principle laid &Wu by Bunts that a man should sacrifice, or, at least supptess orrn opinion when it differed from that of his party. Wisureacso maintained, that ht no case whatever Should a man sactifice or suppress his own opinion— that he shott!ti regulate his own actions, not by the vote of any set of men, but by the light of his own understanding—that he should support his party io long as he agreed. with them , and act for himself when his party would not support hith. BURK E thought that the Opposition should always brigade together in their resistance t o a Mi n i s t r y. WRIT. tus tn thought that they should brigade together when they agreed together; and that when they could not agree, the Niembers should act independently.— Bunkea mode wt., Suited fur the attainment of poser; that of IVitivnnesb for restraining it.— Huttak thought that in the discipline of a regular Opposition, the opinions of individdals should be thrown into n chniibcin stock—that the Heads of the Parties should decide on operations, and the Leader should conduct thorn. VIIITBREAD tSnuglit that An in&pendo.nt senator should acknowleNe no supeli.tr but the and that no man on any occasion should put his under. standing into commission. The principle of lkiang was adopted by Fox, and acted on by the Whigs. WIIITIREAD WAS neither a Whig nor a Burclettite —he acknowledged all the Whig Principle., but not the Whig Ploy. He acknowledged most of the Bar. dettite Principles, but not theßurtlettite Party. Ho differed from the Whigs and Bonner? because he WBB a friend to A REFORMED AND IRRESPONSIBLE PARLIAMENT. He was not a fautless Orator—but, as a Speaker, he was much better than an Orator. Ile was more ankious about what should besaid, than how it should he said. [went upon facts, he was indifferent to phrases, and engrossed with the subject, he rejected ornament. He was one of the few among the Members of Op position, who might be called a man of business" —and yet he was one of the few who declined Place when his frierds came into power. No man was more regular in bib attendance to his official duties, thaw Mr. WHITOR[4O was to his Parliamentary ones. The Speaker receives 40001. a year for dis-' charging his duties in Parliament—at three o'clock in the day, or three o'clock in the morning, he could see Mr. IVIIITIMEII3 on his left hand, with Mr. WirmsiE and Mr. A nencnou at c at his side. Ills habit of prompt and ready speaking made him an efficient Member of Parliament. The thought was expressed as it (prang from the *WI, in such language as the moment could supply =— sometimes the expression was of course inelegant, but often happy; always strong, apt, suitable, and impressive. It was the rule of PYTDAGOR tg, that seven years devoted to contemplation, and spent in silence, was a necessary preparative to the study of wisdom.—Mr. IVUTTBREAD, as a Senator, imposed on himself a more protracted and rigorous discipline. Mr. BREAD sat fourteen years in Parliament, • reeler and attentive Member, before he considered it bes coming, or himself qualified, to hold the attention of the House of Commons. Indeod, it was not until the trial of Lord MEL VILLE that he became known to the Public as a Public man—and, since that occasion, his public ex ertions have never been interrupted. Whilst PITT and Fox contended together, " Like folded God g .. .. whiise in:ghty our, Shipiik Realms and Nations JAI its k i r," WitiTawsto, though an. anxious, was a silent ob server—and the modesty which accompanies real merit, restrained his great powers from the service of the country. It was not until the powers of Fox were in the wane that he consented to assume the character for which he subsequently proved himself so well qualified. The moral influence of his presence in that House must have been considerable on the actions of any Ministry. The Minister found himself at every movement in the hearing and under the eye of an intelligent, indefatigable, ardent, investigating, honest Statesman, ready and capable to detect and expose : " Had he let lived in spite of pose. r, A Watchman no the lonely tower. Hig shrill trump bud rouged the land, When fraud or danger was ht. baud : By it us by the beacon light. The Pilot should keep course aright. Row is the stately column broke, The beacogi light h quenched in smoke. The trot:met silver sound is still, The Wahl& silent on the hill." • • On the sth inst. being the Anniversary of the Anse rioter Independence, a Meeting of the Musters of American ships in Greenock, and others, vitas held in the Tontine there, to commemorate that important event, Captain I. STONE in the Chair. The evening was passed in the greatest good humour, heightened by a number of eicellent songs and appropriate toasts. In one of the windows of the Hall in which the Meeting was held, a transparency was exhibited, representing Gen. WAROiwaToN and BIetTANNtA in the ad of shaking hands, with the British and Ame rican Bags tied together. A ship is arrived from Lisbon within these few days. The Captain states, that he met a British frigate on her way to Lisbon ; to bring home Mr. CINNINO. AAA - .~..:, lIAKVdRKET TnEATRE. This Theatrenpenrd last night With the Chmetit of " A Bold Stroke fora Iluaband," the iotelln•le of " 7'he Rival S.ddicrs," and the farce of •` The Villa a Laayer.'! ewe are happy to see, from the Strength put forth on this occasion, there is every reason to suppose the Managers hive . peccerded in getting a good company together. Twit, joins, Mathews, BARNARD, and Mre. Otitis', from the winter Theatres, exerted themselrea With great spirit, and were Well supported by the nett recruits. the • charatei of Dun Vieentio iv the play l was acted by ` Mr. JoKostorrit, frini tbr fl'hetir , .. Ills figure is nut bad, his voice is strong but ?strati, and Intl Style of acting is costae; bit; possiiiing• sivacity and Confidence, With proper %tura and attention . M ayrapidly improve: viaistke, .Iv4to Wai a favourite list jar * • Wet very socarivfil in Donna Olivia, Miss gitvarkiVo. was respect ohle in Donna.losoi . . : A. Sok •ile.t.tiaLsi made liter debit iii •Dminsi Jui a piseatitrlce is prepossessing, 44 her acting chaste mid InSiirsiiilt pleasitic, if not • powerfelly tiirectidg. When the kindness of the publiC shall havegiveu her couragei we anticipate much gratification from her eiertione k as the good sense. and feeling which distinguished tier performance, assure us that - More misterit of herielf, the sameness of, emigre which was last night. observable, will vanish ; and reliever from, theta.. tors which yester d a y oppreised her; vie this her . . [be, , think powers WHOA Saund by - no means inconsidoreble...we She met with a flattering reception, dad weS uniter. Sally .applauded in her principal scenes. bon Liver and Don Jtilip were very effective id the hands of tEnItY and ..To?tEs. Mrs.liias ties elettllint lb Minette.. In the Rival SoWier% Toggiii irk fpperktrel strengthened the high ni • 'on vie &rawly eitprnsed of his comic talents. To be midland is this. Ohnhila.. ter by those who have. been accustomed to see Mutt. num in it, would speak,* than no very had nctor...e. Toast! kept the house in a roar. A Mr. J. Soried made hii first appearance in Sinclair. Ile is a Catt ditlate for. vocal eminence. He sung, a ion Oodit lirdlinVon and Victory, of which uteMie oply. say, the subjects were good: The rhyme acid ti sitiess *e will not enlarge upon. The Village Lawyer furnished a rich specimen et „ I comic acting on the part of M ATiltwa in &Old: 4 .4. Mr. SALTER, from the thelteuhani Thestrr o his first appearance on these hoards in incalfinau.-.1. What the talents of this perscin May be es a general actor, we catmint et present take upon ourselveg to say, but we are no without hopes that fie oill ; print.,.. a valuable acquisition. We never had a nit*. part former from the country mitre eompeteut to diatittol guish between humour and buffoonery; are pees. / . fectly at home on the stage, Rod less couselout o the , presence of an audience. From the faciliti kith which in Sheepface, he seemed to loose himself wholly in his part, we are led to hope, that entering with the same ease into the spirit of more important characters, he will become an actor of no common merit. The house was well attended, and the whole of the entertainments went off in capital style: . I Tumar.-ROYAL, ivestecselL-44.15a 0 4 Nat (ormerfy Of the Dublin Theatre,' . who has acqui aPth•unconsmon celebrity at Covent-garden darini the late season, has appeared this week in several of her principal characters, and has played every night to crowded and brilliant audiences. The high erica rniums repeatedly bestowed on this Lady's perform• slices in the London Papers, which no doubt are fa• miliar to most of our readers, ore, upon the whole, not exaggerated, and her reception has not been at all less cordial here than it was in the metropolis.— Ls person, face, and manner, Miss O'NEILL is is 'near to perfection as is necessary for all the purposes of the drama. She has a most flesibte and pathetic voice, and a s*eetness of countenance that disposes the heart to that train of emotion which her acting is so powerfully calculated to etcite. Her great streqgth lies in her extraordinary powee of expressing the higher affections of grief and tenderness, which sho eahibits with a force of truth and nature that is quite irresistible. if Mrs. Suettorts (-Mild commute' the tears 6f the audience, Miss •O‘Sztt.r. can seduce them with more certain effect than any performer we ever witnessed. The epplauses with which her exer tions have been received *ere tumultuous and inces sant almost beyond any former example.--•(Liger pool Adierther.) BOT Rreetirrs.-.4lis Royal Highness the Niece REGENT having taken into his consideration theinJ adequacy of the present pay of Boy Recruits to pro vide for their due maintenance, and to leaven reside* j sufficient for the purpose of keepitig up their stock of necessaries required by his Majesty's regulations, his i Royal Highness has therefore been pleased, in the Dame and on behalf of his Mnjesty, to order, that is j the several regiments in which boys are allowed upon J the establishment, they shall be placed on the same • fooling, in point of pay and allowances, as the meta of the regiment to which they Winne, provided sock boys shall have completed the age of 15 years. ANECDOTE OF TUE LATE Mk• SUET, Costcntax. —This inimitable comedian, in the course of his lad dengerues indisposition,bad taken a rootei antipathy le the medical profession. In one of the last visits paid by a celebrated son of Hippocrates, Dick gave . him his pulse, with a very droll look, and an ill grace.--As soon as the Doctor load written for him, and left the room, he desired to hear the prescrip tion, which being complied with, he thus drily and humorously replied :—" I am obliged to him for kis intent, but I'll take none of his medicines; he thinks every constitution the same; and so like the eider of an inn, gives every one a quarter and a penteworth i—a (patter and a penn'worth ! d—rs • such prescriptions, say 1!" A great misfurtuue heft,' the town of Langenteibza on the 10th u:t. A land-water-spout falling aboot eine P. M. after several tempests, caused such en in. 'ululation iii the town and suburbs, that the water rose to the height of several ells. Many bosses fell in, and buried the families who inhabited them under the ruins. The cattle were carried away out of their houses and drowned. About 300 houses are so da. triaged, that they are in danger of falling, and 1000 acres of land are covered with mud to a great depth. A similar misfoitune happened near Prague oh the 13th. j ' N~ . - ' 4 . •.-1 •,.'.. N.. S 4 A •