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furnished then] with new mans against them, ani mated the whole population with a new ardour. and the 10.030 men were too happy in being per mitted to retire. • This expedition, which cost the English toot. Maus sums, only serveikkherefore toslestroy the il lusion, which had indacea them to imagine, that it was easy to seize on the Spanish: possessions. The Pertugnev possessions would not have offered less re. itstance. Wherever there are Catholics, the intole rant English will find enemies. In this fatal expedi tion, they lost more than 5000 men. 'he Their fourth expedition has been most notori ous. It was that of Copenhagen ; the most atro cious expedition of which histo-y can preserve the remembrance ; the shame with which it has co vered the English Government is indelible. Why did the English evacuate Zealand and Copenhagen, when the Danish Goveitusent would . sot ratify the capitulation, and the engage- Mon to evacuate no longer existed ? Why ad the English evacure when the niece Royal refu c 4 .o receive their Envoy? When that Prince concluded an offensive and defensive alliance wish France? When be only answered their propositions .by the setal of the Agent he had at London? In fine, wh n, in his political negotiations, he speaks only of th.. English, by calling them robbers, a name they have so well merited ? Why ?—Be cause they ate well 4. ouvirgeti of their weakness sad inability by land. The spproach of the sea‘on, when the ice would leader tie arrival of the Danish trc,-ps possible, determined them prudently to take to flight, instead of waiting for the enemy whom they had surprised "ben unarmed, and whom it would soon be neces- Miry to eumbat; a disgraceful Bight, which can Sever he treated with too much contempt. After these Ewa Expeditious, which so manifestly .ahow the meal and military decline of England, let . • se speak of the situation into which it has brought Portugal. The Prince Regent tf Portugal loses his throne; he loses it, influenced by the intrigues of Zegland : he loses it because he would not seize the English merchandise which was at Lisbon. What then does England, that powerful ally She sees with Mt indifference what passes in Portugal. What will she do when Portugal shall be taken? Will she go and seize upon Brazil ? No. If the English make that attempt, the Catholics will drive them out.— The fall of the House of Braganca will remain a sew proof, that tLe dean union of v.ltownoever at- whit himself to the Engl:sh. is inevitable. Bait in the mid.t of so many disastr , us events,what do tha Eng:ish Ministers wish ? We do not ,Ay Eng land; hogiand wiles only what all nations wish, p ace; ai.d to enjoy at length tranquillity, under the rs-Sgn rl morality and the laws. But what does the • Committee ot o.igarchs, which diteSs its Covetti mint, wit:. It ilaif deClAttLi ferpelliAl war. These systems of petretual war will last no longer than those crises, in which wild and extravagant Men wished to abrogate tie law of nations, and push every thing to the extreme. The Committee of Oligarchs at London is Aduated by the same sentiments as those which animated our Revolu tionary Committees ; those who dire.t it are equally atrocious with Marat. What did he more atrocious than to present to the world the proipett of a per petual war ? These Diredors of Government will mid as all violent zard furious men have ended ; they will become the opprobrium of their own country, and the objet of the hatred of all other sations. The refusal of the Emperor Alexander, and the excediiion ter Copenhagen, suGiciently re veal the sentin.ents of the English blinistry, and their system of perpetual war. The first consequence of these events has, there fore, bees, to determine the nations cf *the Conti nent, which were stall at peace with Enland, to break off, in future, all coneedion with her.— Austria did not hesitate. Scarcely had the Em peror Francis It. received certain information of the events at Copenhagen, and the refusal of the Eighth to accept the mediation of Riesiia, when be declared war against England. Already the bl-a.karie is close on every side. Lord Pembroke, he left Vienna, in order to return to London, was forced to embark at Triest. The correspond ma of Li .gland, with every part of the continent, is intercepted. There are more than a hundred thousand Eng:ish letters, and Bills of Exchange to the amount cf several millions ceding, collided and detained, in cons, quence (.1 the blockade. 3 hese measures mast press heavy on the English nation, and at length reduce it to a desperate situatim B ut what does that signify to the violent mon who govern that tuition t What have they in common with the English people ? Happily, on the allay when these Ministers are overthrown, they will be wails nothing They may for some time continue to :Et on their maxims, but a catastrophe is inevita ble. Injustice and estrievagarms may fur some time imp , se on nations, but experience has proved, that art duration ol these seeurges is transitory. Pace, the int of benefits 31 a nation. ought to be the principal en! of all the scions of those who govern 1.-.4 Ministry which professes perpetual war, betrays the dearest intemts• of its country : it has lost its confidence: its inevitable and near approach ing fall will satisfy the interest of the nation and public morals. VIINI4A. OCT. 99. It is expefted that our Monarch will sit out the beginning of next week, fur Blum, to be present at the closing of the diet of Hungary. After his re : turn, the celebration of his marriage will take place; the rejoicings will continue from the 221 of Nov. to the 25th. On the former day, there will be a great assembly at Court. The august Bride will repair so the Imperial Palace. attended by German and Hungarian Gnarls. She will be introduced into the circle, and presented. as the spouse of His Majesty, to all the Ministers, middle Nobility of the Court. The Prince of CasteMane°, Ambassador from Sp-tin, to our Court, has been recalled. He will set ottt in a few days ; it is• not known who will be his successor. Le t 'sic. OCT. 26. Changes in all the parte of the public admi nistration of Plussia still continur. and many per sons who filled important posts find themselves de pi ised of their employments. It would be useless to endeavour to give an wet list of them ; it will be suecient to mention the names of sorne persons, who have been distinguished in the diplomatic career, aril who are no longer employed. Am• ng t is number ate, (without inc:uding M. M. de Haug. wits, Hardenbeig, and Lucehesinia the late Prus sian Envoy at Vienna, Count de Keller ; the late Minister to the Diet of Katisbun, the Court de Gouts; the former Minister at Paris, the Count de Sarides Rollin; M. de Tarrach, late Nliiiister in Sweden ; M. de Catteuio, Lite mid:tit at Rotor. kc IP ARD•NILI.LIS, OCT 14. The English squadron has quitted t.is s.ation. Sir A. Paget has made a very unproktable voyage, and is returned to Malta. Tria Ambassador was unable to succeed in any of his negociations. Ti e Diplomacy of Englaud has been as compleely dm comfited as her land armies. The last iutell,gence which has reached Co3itan:incple from Egypt, covers the latter with confusion. CONsTAKTISOILL. PCT. 15. Since the battle of Rosetta, when the English were massacred, the airsirs of the enemy ale growing worse and wow. The fill/owing are the dispatches which the Porte has justly published Transi.ttlan of s Turkish Thstaatch, srislressil b r 144 Exert lithey Ntouhammett Gove•put oaßoin. spa Ms 11. mess the Camtachau Facets U i ron the tippet maw% to the let, is 'rattan, in red hotels, the fullogriali note, i.r.,Wely by the Reis Etfeach " This is the disp.tch of your slave, Mtn)ham med Ali Paths, Governor of Egypt " " To Ilia Highneat the loon highosoat fortunate, moat gener ous Lord, my moat nopeciable and ono,t h,,mmar.4l Brother. " the supreme will of His Highness being that the impure presence of the English infidels, who had At the time taken possession. by surprise, of the for of Alexandria, should cease to sully this territos y, ar.d that the said fortress should be. with the help of the most High, retaken and submitted to its law lel possessor; in order to conform to the nobk com mand, Cie frontispiece of which was decorated with the sacred charatter of the imperial Lint, and ad dressed to the Undersigned, his most humble slave, I hastrned to assemble every thing that was ac cessary to the success of this military expedition ; and from the first Jay of the moon of Diemaai-ul- Oughra (about the Bth of August,) 1 set off (torn Cairo at the head of all the cavalry, and the flow. r of the infantry, and marched straight against the enemy. 6.1 pitched my camp in the plain of Damenk, near six leagues from the place called Sed, an 'tunnelled post of the English. I sent, doting the night, a few of the light-horse to the spot, for the purpose of re connoitring the position of the English, and the means to be takes for surrounding them. I march ed forward myself, and secured the most proper places for the raising of my batteries, and for the introduCtion of the 'armed boats and gun-barks, which are on both Banks of tha Sed. This operation, performed in the silence of the night, having lasted for some time, could not be concealed from the knowledge of the boats which the enemy kept sta tioned on the lakes. Accordingly he fared many annon-elms, which happily did us no damage. Heisever, this first movement, on our part, Lad already given him the alarm ; next day, we saw arrive with the Maj , n, who had been sent to me twice before as a negociator, the second in com mand of the English forces, accompanied by two other persons, and who took the title of Plenipoten tiary, appointed both by the Commander of the Squadron, and by the General of the Land Forces, to conclude a peace. This Plenipotentiary produced, in support of his charafter, his credentials. The -7- 7 • • . • . sense of them whits., the haunt g. of the end the result of thaconfereace, amovetsd, i ne wholi, to these few words : " Is sot the demand which you stake in the name of His Highness yoar powerful Emperor, thi resti tution of the fortress of Alexandria? Return - as our prisoners who fell into your bands in the two engagements which took place at Rosetta, and we will return you the said place. 1 should also bare restored to you the three armed ship. of Hie High ness, had they not been seat to Eoglead. and I fiercky formally engage to get them direftly soot back to the Sublime Porte.'• These propositiessa, which the English made without there being yet any attack on either side, having been weighed in the Counel, were accepted. It was considered that the infidels may well employ tensing and craft, the sword of the true filth always predomi nates. On the ether hand it was observed, that the port of Sed could not be carried without leading troops there. and that cut account of the ground which the Me leaves uncovered in its ordinary course, the landing depends absolutely on the great increase of the ' waters of that river, which. baring inundated the whole surface of the earth, would every where favour the en trance of the boats and the gen-barks. Now, the owe , flowing of the Nile hes been middling this year, an 3 does not allow these barks to venture into this shallow water. It would, no doubt, be possible co take vengeance, by another means, of our enemies I but, if we gave thews time, they might receive suc cours and reinforcements. From these considera tions, we confined ourselves to requiring some other conditions. and the accommodation was signed. " I direAly dispatched to Alexandria, my Kishia Intendant and Lieutenant, Moshamed Age, is or der t 3 take immediate possession of the town and fortifications, of the artillery, warlike stores, and other tii.age most essential I and t myself. this day, Tuesday, 19th of the moon Re (Sept. t 4), made ray entry into this town, which hoe been at lattgth longed of the inSdels who sullied it, and is now returned ander the hfusaelmais dominion. Glory be to the Most Nigh I—So great a favour from the God of Mercy, and the signal grace which he vouchsafed to the most feeble of his slaves, in taking him for the instrument of the recapture of Alexandria. and of the emetics of the Imperial will, must be exclusi►ely attri buted to the infinite merit of His Highness, my most august, most formidable, most powerful, and very miraculous Emperor and master, and impeted to Ilia kg Waite star. The information Of this; eon q.:-st is the principal objeft of the present dispatch, winch I have the honour of writing to your High.. nen, by the Chief of my Tartars ; and by his cm ',anion, I dull hasten to lay before your Highness the circumstantial account of this gl , lautA event, the inventory of the cannons, arms, scot. s, and ones elFeds, round in the town. and the copy of she AQ of Convention, and to join to them the keys of the fortress. and of the ether fortifications. The whole will preseated to you, and laid at your feet. by your slave, Massapha Aga, my intimate Techichada. This is all that I can. at the first mo ment. write him in haste. Moreover, goodness and benev..lence belong to your Highness, &c. ke. 'l' he 19th et the Moen of kediely in th• Year the Hewn , ( Sept. 22,--( elomiterr.) 1111111L/11, OC T. SS. His Majesty has put Count Tolstoy on the hat of the journey to lontatableao, and assigned to him an apartment in the Palace. Hopes are eatertain ed here, that His Majesty will return to this city b.fore the Festival, which is to take place the 25th aced `firth inst. as it appear► by the plan that the Deputies of the city are to receive His Majesty o■ his entry into Paris, through the Triumphal Arch, near the Barriers St. blArtin.—f lieiterdaw Gas•Ne, Nov. 17.) waszi, OCT. 30. It is confidently assorted. that our lowa will shortly be ceded to France, by the Grand Duke of Berg, in exchange fur the Bishopric of Miister. By means of this acquisition, the French Empire will have a chain of fortresses upod both Banks of the Rhine, which will extend from the frontiers of Switzerland to those of liolland.-1 Psikeine.) {ZULUS, OCT. 19. On the Ist of this morsels an Austrian courier ar rived at Orsawa, from Temiswar ; he was the bearer of dipatches for Reizel Aga, the Com mander of that fortress. The next day the 'Fucks of diaintlion set oat from Orsawa for Temisoar, accompanied by the above courier. Intelligence has been received at Belgrade, that the Ottoman troops who are in Bosnia have refused 1 is fulfil the conditions of the armistice concluded 100* cstonths, under pretext that their Chief, Has san Pasha. has as yet received no orders from the Porte upon this head. As 12.000 of these troops are in readiness to cross the Drina. the Servians have been obliged to take measures so binder them, and to ouch !inward again. ..-,.------- *xams, 'Groin U. His Emsßow the Miniver of &ate, a l B ern disrf, will accompany his Royal Rightism the Here Mary Priam of Denmark. to Odessa% when this Mawr i, espoded by the td of November. This day the past set off from hems for Copenba. gen; being for the first time for two maths put. OCT. SO. W. Reinhold. CAargv d'Aforts of His biNesty, the King of Holland, is come back to Hamborgh. By letters from Holstein, what bad ►een said re.. speaing the defensive mearnres that me taking in Zealand. to oppose, io case of necessity, any new landing, is confirmed. Necessary measures are also taking. in order to convey to the islands the whole Danish army. A considerable corps will occupy Zealand; and other corps the islands of Filter, Moen. Langeland. and Lakeland. These steps. to tether with the already advanced season. wilt, no doubt. force the t oglish to withdraw their light vessels, which they appear desirous of leaving in the Licks. orrossa St. The Dutch mail, which arrived yesterday. was fossil fell of letters front England they were opened sod burned s they were filled with lamina.. tines epos the simpatico of trade t urea' inter« ruptiee and difficulty of ermespondeneo ; upon the constant fall is the price of colonial produce; upon the sad sad anteing prospea for the flume. Tht lettere mention, that then is now no other means o etsannecieation with the Costliest. hot by way Gottenburgh and Holland.* The schemes which the English merchants sal for totresponding with the Continent, are difEeul to be believed. The greatest part of the letters at sot signed ; others are dated Vienna ; ethers only inclose accounts current. These denkss, whi they have monies to, evidently thew to what a sad situation the country is reduced. Whether they write in English, Cermet., or French, ce whether they data their letters from Vienna. Stock holm, or any ether place, it may be dire/4y seen, upon running them over. that they come from Eng land. There is but one orioles bete, which • that Ragland cansot matinee is its present silo tier ; and that if the measures which have bevel taken in Holland, and upon the Weser, are execu ted, the reign of the infamous men, who here sworn eternal war, will not be of long duration.— Their hideous policy will bold them out to the world, like men covered with the leprosy, who are thrust out of society with limos.; for etceptiog these oligarchs. the English people are of the same opinion with the rest of Europe, that it is necessary there sheath he a maritime law common ; with the rest of Europe, they have the sentiment of what is right, nod they reject the idea of injustke, and of what is arbitrary. AAAAA 11•111, Nov. S. Several commercial letters, which have been re• cently received here, not only confirm the emirs. ran of an offensive and defensive treaty between France and Denmark. but also inform as, that the ratification of that treaty was signed eight days ago. at Rendsbarg, by the Log of Denmark, and that a courier is set off for Paris with that ratification, where the exchange is to tithe place. It is added, that immediately upon the return of this courier, an auxiliary cosy' of French troops will enter Hol. stein, unless the evacuation of Zealand, by the Eng. lish, should cause a change in the articles to take place. An Aid-de•Camp of the Prince Royal of Dew. mark is set off from Kiel, for Coprobagen, with 411011660ne, which are nid to be of the highest importauce. It is even thought that he will provisionally tate the command of the troops. COPINIUMII. N0T..44 :yen! people who have business in England, seeing the impossibility of addressing letters diree ly to England. have decided upon writing some by way of Lisbon , ethers by way ef - 6t. Petersburg. thus proves better than any thing that can be said, how far the vast measures taken by His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon have succeeded against Eag land. nem I. His Molvsty tho fanpowor of Asswia strived at Vienna on the 26th of last month. PO.. 6. The negotiations between France and Austria were terminated, as it is said. on the 3I st October. at Fontainbleau the resale has been equally ran,- fatury to the two parties. His Highness and Ensi• nence. the Prince Primate. oar Sovereign,. not be back here before a month front this nine ; his presence is necessary in Paris for the eonelasiou of a Concordat for Germany t it is said, that Car dinel mission is relative to that tibia.— %kr Berk. T. legraph, of the Slot o.llober, announces that all communisation between Sweden and Den mark is stopped • the letters which pass between Norway and De nmark are opened by Swedish Commissar ies.—(Youvard de 'impart.) • Holland, Marto the mow measures which she has taken, will DO leaser cotreapoiol with England I the iollish trona must Awl the whole Continent shut, and dicta eaentiet et all nano= must be excluile.l from the common right. West* to the town. which, y melding to the graham 4bl 1.411• 1 1111 1111 4 16041111 betray the COM Mull came. Thereat* people tabu only knew hew to complain, their oreght to know hew to sugar whit comae.; to Sae egor memo ft( /moil's the commit roomy, and to oblige boo to acknowledge the priomplia aphids directs all the nation. of th• Corstiachi. U Holland bad taken thew measures since the irt..ckarle, primps kairand wcild hale a'rerdy u.ade peuor (lV alter i °l° T r. TH ~~ ~O aw tak. C