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able to inform you, that- on the 11th instant the Emperor directed the sale of all the American Yea seta taken in the pbrta of Sipnin. and that the ino uey arising therefouw should be placed io his privy purse. the has also refitted to give up the Hero. and has ordered that the case be brouglit before rise Council of Prizes, where condemnation necessaril:,- awaits it. .1 send a copy of a note upon which this lasi order was taken, and .another relating to crir lousiness at Naples ; and am, Sir, with very high consideration, your most obedient, and. very hum ble servant, JOIIN •14M5TIttiNG. liuu. R. Susi**, &c. NEW YORK, JUNE I. THE DISPATCHES Our readers are now in possession of the dis. patches received by the Joh* Adams. The Na tional bitelligencer, on this subject, remark', that though " they add little to the information pre viously rectise 1, they place that information in the moat unquestionable shape. by giving it an official stamp. The hope that our frigate would not hive been suffered to depart with such unwelcome in telligent*, is dissipated ; sad nothnig rem sins but the manifestation of the naked purpose of the French Government to pursue what it considers its lnie of lotere.t, without regarding our iuteres'a or our rights. It is possible, that, previous to the departure of G: n. A RN'S rauso, some amicable pro positions oily be made ; but tney ought not to be Nex pectrd, touch les. rt lied upon." Entrontat. OPUNION9.—The Editor .of. The lodependoot American, a raper printed at the brat of Government, says he has authority to suite, that the Acluiiiii•dration have abandoned ail hope of au adjustment with France. It is his opi nion, that the Executive will cell Congress ta gether, and that with little other expectation than 4 0 t ra,,lve on open hostility with France, by allow ing our merchant vessels to arm, by granting let ters of marque and re r risal, and by repairing increasing our navy. Our situatio , i with Great Britain, he think., will remain in strata qae. As to the embargo, he has no idea that the Ailniinis Oration have any illent.ons of again recommending that system, at tilt• firmer inducement that recom mended it, the desire of pleasing France, uo longer exists. STA7E OF IsUROPE. arLy, me. No. I. The political commen's of Newspapers are, from the periodical stature of these publications, ro much in deteil, and detached, i►s the various points t.r luso:titivation arise in the'progress of time', that it may cut, perhaps, be deemed an useless task, occa sionally to take a more c.-nprehensive view of the "thole cf the vast macliiue of EllrOpt'a 11 *rid connect together all those •arious I a b winch redact day to ley chti:uu ut:i. Mention. Such is the purpose of t short series 'of Eva) a, of a Melt the present is the commencement. in pursuing this design, ri e look in vitiator 04 arra in the modern history of the wee/Marotta whirl► to leasour b, a aalugy on the existing state of F.ll rope. Our wondrous tines stand yer • Se. like to stone precrtlitig, sod to he discos/ad solely m► new ,grorrods and foundations peculiar to their 014 estiortiiiisry nature. The phantom of the Political • 6slowe of power. that speculative chimera whiCh so long 'engaged the heads of European statesmen, and the swords of Eurnpeaa armies, to preserve, has vanished like an unreal vision, before • cause appa rently the moot unlikely to produce so great an ellect. But this famous system. though immense in magnitude, Vas out in reality plant in rtrcrigtis. The nice ounterpoise of power, which had to be kept lit even scale by the accurate weighing of al most acre ng..iust ticreof territory, sod one hundred against 'another of population, tell with one tee. asetidous crash before the Freut i► r , volution. Un der any other circuinstai.ces, this event would (at least for many years) only have materially affected the country in which it happened; but the. retreats! ilea of the bulanre of po►aer still floating in the winds of the politicians and rulers of other 'mimes, tempted them to interfere in thb internal regula tions oh France, and (rein this one source sprung the amazing change which a few short years hair • wrought on the Continent of Europe. A nation nerved with new energies (as nations ever are after revolutioos) successfully remstrd • totabination of heterogeneous materials and ill-ac cording prisc►ples. The different interests of the Allies soon coded in producing a dissolution of their cooperation ; and France, lefties contend •uly against Britain in a naval war, proceeded through various. horrid forms of government to a military despotism—one of the most repugnant to the feel. logs of mankind, but at the same time the best adapted to give efficacy to the military efforts of a country. Surroanded with foes, and exposed to new and ipoarerfuleminhinations et every town of event*, this was preeisely the form of government fl•ted for the situation of France. A country, rich to i :ituir4l anoint es, entenaive in territory, strong in rot tistion„ and west in population, left to be wielded at the slitposal of one man, night well he expected to ailsi,ve mighty aciime% But; •wherf to RH thew advantages, were awirritslilesi the consummate •tali tie• of taut insiivislual ; his taleut to the field of war; his inlehlaVI:11411 'pint and art its the cabinet; • is his daring daring mitid i ttiltestesinedlg any ties of huma nity, and unishi;:kled loy any fettling nluvh could raise an obstacle iii the way of his ambitious career; when suck a man became the head of torch a preside, the penetrating eye of "timid judgment might have foreseen many of those events which have since oc curred, and appeared to common observation in credible and prodigioits. Alone, this might have been the prolific source of alt the wonders we have witues:ed fur the last ten years ; but every other cir cumstance seemed to combine to give strength and effect to the incipient stream of greatness. The coutinued opposition of other countries confirmed and combined among themselses the French people, who would otherwise have liven apt to encounter new convulsions from thf sti:l latent seeds of party, and the wismothered embers 4.f those distractions which for see.-riteen years had never ceased to flame with all the fury of intestine discord. The revolu tion had iiitiodueed and elevated men of the great est abilities, from every tank and station of life, to take the most promusent parts iu the direction and business of the state. With profound and intrigiiing Statesmen to guide their courreile, arose superior genius in the military art to lead their armies. The nation too became military—every man was a sol dier, and • succession of ware gave them experience and discipline. Thus in herself France presented a dangerous and almost invincible front to her adversaries; and well conducted must that combination have been, common in its objects, faithful in its engagetnents, and mighty in i:s strength, which could have shaken the newly, lint firmly established power of that country. Can we Le surprised then, wheu we consider whit all political c-Nnhinations ure; how d:ssimilur in their compoi.ent parts, and easily dis united; hut, alwee all, when we consider what kind of combinations every one of these formed against the growing power of France have been : can we be surprised that they have not oniy failed, but that they have brought ruin and disgrace upon most of the parties concerned ; nod added to the security and stability of the nation r rather, speaking of hitter times, the verso's) against whom they were di rected Another prolific source of nieces% to the Frew]) despot, :vas found in the corrupt state of all the old Governments in Europe. Remaining under a sy►tem of feudinity, the people could not entertain that warmth of attachment, either to their country or their rulers, which is I:.:rtnreil by freedom : in gemral, they had nothing to fight for; and a change of Masters was more l.kely to better than to injure their condition., Tile only ps.csin in their breast. (if pissiona may,be cqlled) was VIAL of habit, end the ineate dislike Which mankind feel against evt the improvements that may be introduced by fo. reign invaders : but this opposed only a feeble har rier to Gallic ; and we coroequently find that in every country against which Napoleon turned hi. arni N : they were distracted by factions, and divideti iu their intereste. The prevalence of corruption. too, from 'ie highest Officir of the State to the Captain of the most , insignificant fortress, afforded . Bonaparte Shoo opportunities (of which he so much availed himself) of effecting more by the influence of gold thou by the force of his arms. Against his sol. titers' be had soldiers to contend with in the field, but in the more secure path of bribery he had no competitor—his ministers, his generals, his an emias in every department, acre men who had risen with him, who hs.l shared his fortnnes, and who, if he fell, must foil with him—his cause was; their owl), and they were proof ugsinst all the seductions Of gold. Nut so the civil and military servants of Germany : fruits Mack, the most reputed and ale. vetted general of Austria, to the governor of a petty battery on the Dantarb, we have seen the uni versal predoinitl•uu•e of treachery, and the incalcu lat.•le ailvautages thence derived by the enemy. Leaving out of our view Sprit', Holland, Italy, and other c.,unto tea, which, in the .earlier stages of I the war* arising out of the. French revolution, took part in the contest, but which latterly merg. ins into France, have no claim to our attention as c (inflected with the pc. huh of tittle embraced in th. se ohservatunos; we shall preeeril to take a uhurt notice of Austria, Russia. *nil Prussia; the only Powers which could materially *tots:lkea with, or I check the ambitious projects of Bonaparte. Austria, in situation the nearest to Franee—more her equal in 'tower than any of the others—her an cient riv.ll, and the natural eueiny of ►he new system, from the near connection of her Sovereign with the deposed and worth-rid dynasty of Buurbou—Aus ►a has cniitioned, till the wonderful issue of the at conflict, the most constant and persevering continental opposer of the encririchinents of Gal he ambition : unfortunately fur the /louse of Austria, it was placed at the head of that " rill/Mo ves rowpissed," the German Eropiri—a confede racy of State a the most absurd, the most inju diciously conneeted together, and the most lour teat, that ever tie imagination of injle attempted to combine li--/Zin'ts indivstapie moles, in itself containing the gems of eternal jottings and ulti mate dissolution; how ill was its separate interests anti mutual jealousies calculated to resi-t the unit ed energies of France, and sincontrolled sway of her Ruler! in !mint of fact, one third of Germany was French at the coutinonceinent of the contest ; and Austria, is the very States of which s h e was uominally. the heed, cad more dangerous enemies ' to cope with than swirl in the ostensible foe kig,l! list whom she took the field. Bavaria, Saxony. Wirtemherg, &c. htlt, more than :t the rest, Prussia, which, though a separate kingdom, formed a principal ingredient in the. compositiou of the Germanic Body, being ill-dis pelled to any accession of greatness on the part of Austria, admitted, with much facility, the influence of France, and were soon 'detached from what was called, originally, the Comman Cause.. Prussia, with internal joy, saw the pride of Austria humbled . to the dust; in all the impotence of political saga city, foully imagining, that the humiliation of a Power of which she wis jealous, would, as in for mer uul more c 3111111011 tunes, have promoted her own interests, and given her a greater chalice of rivalry in any future struggle fur that worthless bauble—the Imperial Diadem of Germany Spee dily, however, was she taught in sorrow to lament the irremediable error into which these short sighted councils had led her. Bonaparte, whose maxim was only Divide et imperil, had no sooner reduced Austria to u state of depression from which she could not suddenly emerge, thati he turned his eye upon Prussia, found u pretext to come to a rupture with that selfish Power, and, on the plains of Jena, at one blow punished her perfidious po litics, and reduced her. fium a potent, iiidepeird ent monarchy, to the rank of an ios;giiificant priii cipality, whose servile sovereign he permitted to retain the empty title of king. .Thus Austria, in turn, had her revenge grati fied: alit!, without dwellitig longer on this part . of • our subject. we may simply state, that Austria arid Prussia fell sacrifices to their mutual jealousies; and never had the genius of Gallic intrigue u fairer field on which to exercise his talents, than in the discordant, divided, and distracted councils which guided the unwieldy motions of' the Germari Em pire. ltussia, the only other porerful state upon the Continent, took no small share in the alliances tint-red into, mid efforts made, to check the pro.' gressire coarse of French dOmination. But Rus sia was too distant. front the scene of action, to be of Ihot weight she might otherwi,e hare been in the ricalej and, from tr a miserably-constructed sys tem of geiteral operations, she always came too late for co-operation ; and in no one instance had Bonaparte ever to contend with the united strength of any tom of his opponents. The treaty of Tilsit, at length, utterly changed the politics of Russia and, in the la-t contest between Austria and Frani e, she took i:alt with the latter against her quondam ally. • At this moment, when the utmost ambition of the alder of France appeared to be gratified, am. all Europe was either prostrate at his feet, fir-•A the tenor of his 171014 or closely connected with him in designs, which, having for - thtir basis mutual advantage, were likely to continue so long as he desired they might—at this moment, a new and unlooked-for Revolution broke out, where it was least to be expected—in Spain. In producing this singul tr phenomenon, we trace that— " Vaulting ainlntiuti, which dierkaps . _ . Awl falls tut the other side i" • had Bonaparte been content with a suNser siency to his views, a coalition with his int. rests, and is slavish sacriliee or independence, as complete as ever tyrant could cove'; in Spain, without a struggle, he might have continued to enjoy that supremacy, wail exercise that unlimited authority. But the human mind is not to be satisfied—desires grow with the gratification of de-ire,, and the am bitious soul, after subduing the world:will weep for other worlds to insiquer.—Thus it appears to be with Bonaparte. There is no limit to his grasping ambition ; and it may fairly be douhted, if *uni versal empire could sonde his unbounded appetite for dominion. Bat the affairs of Spain open too wide a field for contemplation, to be hastily entered upon, or taken up so late in an essay limited as the bounds of a Newspaper rcquire. We shall, therefore, content ourselves fur the present, in hav ing brought, in a cursory sketch, the other politi ' cal combinations against the power of Bonaparte to this novel :era. hi all these combinations, Eng land, as might have been expected, took a most de. cided and ai tive part against the increasing strength of her ancient and natural ciemy. With Austria, with Russia. with Prussia, with Sweden, and with every other Sinte that would enter the lists against France, she has readily co-operated in that object. These being in their turns defeated, she has entered into the same course with Spain, and that with more energy and devotion than she had before exerted. Before we conclude, we ahall deduce arguments f the former alliances abate enumerated, their nature, progress, and ten ntion, to phew what may be expected us the probable result of the con test in which Great Britain is now • •gaged. We shall ahiu, from preceding events, take a view of the pos-ihility of new couthinati (((( s cptiost France, and of the general state cud disposition of the dif. fereut monarc h ies rem • g ire Europe. We shall endeavour to dire/014st such combinetiona are 'cirri likely to arise unsung those at present apparent ly most subsersitsA to the designs of Bonaparte; mid with this slihjeet 111 l 1 e immediately under our attention, we shall r1...e this introducing , essay, for the purpose of distinctly and separately treeing, in our next. of the Confederation of the . Rhine. on which ci we Iwheve ou rac i se , to he possessed of iufortna.ion not yet before the British rublic. [To be eonnoued.] TENTH NIAIiT or THE NEW OPERA. it:Yet:Ul T.IIC4TBE opt:R A. THIS EVENIftI:, DAY, July to, will he ... forme-! fur tiro set - milli tituu this Season, a Gnarl p a mimic Ballet of ACtlOll, folindi.ll AM A It1)021111lie Gene ra legend, li‘NAPaCI44II.I; or, THE FOREST FIEND! (11111 , 11:11A LIMA ILAVerliwl,4), Mr. Robe rt i Courad, (Baron Rareithergl, Mr. Btuirdi n ; Run o ff , Chatterley ;lilrtt ,. lllr a Jlulh eaw. Lattritia, ',Barone. it, venhergh Miss ; J 1, 1111311...fie *S. S.itef), MIS, C. Bristow. After the Ballet (loth time) an et/startle new Comte opEra, in Three Acts, railed TRICKS UPtoN TRAvu.Lr.rts. The' Print:owl Cbastirters by Mr. l'enson, Mr. phili pp , , Mr. Hoes, Mr. thtu. ton, Mr. Smith. Me. J.Nntitb, Mr. ti N . berry, anal Mr. Wes aut. Mts. l'ook ails. Ctrs', M.. Kelly, and Mrs. Henley. T o which wta he toldetl,a Spanish Divertisenteat; rqa. fisting of some ui the neat favourite Dsures, and the eetoe Muck of the popular Hubei of The Castilian aliment'. The new Cam ir l:kera of I ric cy omits Tnivellers, coat tea's* to he received by iwilliant and overtlaitiug indicates wan shouts of laughter, and applavar, will be repeated le morrow, llouday , IVedist Islay, and Friday Beat. (hi Satarolat vr:!I he pry Oxnard :he lAig &KW COA:lir 01144 4 of Oh this Lute ...or the NlAlNillefAllOr S; with (for ther time) a Inc alelo-Dramsane Eutertaimatemt. tailed Tw.Ll Yeats Ake! • TWELFTH TINE. T ft I? A 7:128-10 )1' A t., - AfARKET. THIS EVENING ' THURSDAY, July P 9, w iii be per. fumed aNew Play, le Five Acts, raced THE DOUBTFUL SON ; OR, SECRETb or A PALACE. The Principal Clilraretio ley Mr. C. gamble. Mr Settibr, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Farley, Mr. Bauuieter, Mrs. Camel; N os K. Kelly, awl Mrs. Gilds.. • ,'l'o which will be Folded, (sixth time this bruins ; Phi N es Popular Farce, railed KILLING, NO MURDER. Buskin, Mr: Mathews; Mr. Apullo Bele', Mr. Lisi u Mise Nancy, Mrs. Malssws; Fanuy, Miss H. A Tww Comedy, id (ire acts, is iu rehearsal, awl will be produced ou'fweeday the 34thisseent. TLIE pRITISI:1 PRESS. LONDON, THURSDA V, JULY 10. American Paper* have heat received to the 2ltt lust. The Julia Adams has at length arrived, lied the dispatches brought by her have been pub. lished. They consist of the corresisondroce be tween tilt. Alantivia IyEctv..sccv and Mr. Pm- - .1 Nev. relati ie to what bloc — kiidea'of Fdince, iustitstei Irt ( ;rent Braila tiering the present war, beforere • Ise J.ll. tat*, al., understood to be iii force; sad the corresporidence between (;:n. Aeasnosc sad the Duke of C ADO %C.—The d-te. miaatinn of BM. PARTE to sell the American prof erty teizediuSin.u, produced Item General A RMSTOOND • spirited note to the French Minister. in which he exposes the fats hood of BON APARTIeI AslettioO—that America has no grounds of coinphuut *gaunt France; and that American vessel. had beet seised is French, Dutch, uhd Spanish ports. because 'tie Ainerteaus had seized French ve.l,l‘. lir pub the case crungly between the conduct of (next Miter to America, and France 40 America : Surely," "Ys, " if it be the duty of the 11Lited States to meld the theoretical usurpat Sans of the British Or. ders of November 1807, it cannot he less their duty to complain of the daily and practical outrages to the part of Fr once."—The Dukesof CADORA makes no reply to this well-reasoned and spirited Letter. Several Letters are then given from Genenl A IttatiTßONO to his Government, stating that Mccir had sold the American carves he litid seised in the Neepoliton ports, and pocketed the produce; and that &RADIATE had done the same with the Ann rican vessels taken in the ports tit Spain. Part of this Correspondence we publish to-cki the remainder to-morrow. The papers supposed to ke in the confidence of Government believe, that CONORKIS WILL lIIRIDIATILY RR CALM TOGP TRIM, TO DICLARIC WAR AGAINST Flung. The public attention hus been for come time di rected to Ciudad Rodrigo. This town, built by FZRDIN AND it. as a rampart against Portugal, foss which it is only about eight miles distant, has Iwo. such is the vicissitude and change of human affui, a rampart fur Portugal in. the present aa fat atsl decisive campaign in the Peninsula. But se tetanal town, to which su much importance I;as been attet:i. ed, has fallen ; and that the dashing Lord WEILLISti. TUN, become too . cautious bum xperience,did make even a demonstration to relieve it Govern' meta have received dispatches from his Lorddlift dated the 4th instant, in which we understand i! butted that the place could not hold out long. Tat enemy, when poi/sem-dor this key to Portugal, Could, of course, after petitioning it, advance ; and Lard WELLINGTON would, of course, commence his re treat—n retreat that, a ith all his advantages, will re quire the abilities of a Xenophon to coodect hr` army with safety to the shores of the Atlcolic. The general opinion is, that his Lordsnip will risk a battle in soma of the strong Pc' lions in Portugal ; but when and where the hale' is to take place, and whether a bsttle will be fought at all, it is not very easy at this distance to say. There is a very strong position leading sac° from Lisbon to the sea-cosse, in front of Clare. which ha , been carefully fortified, and which cso defended against Superior numbers. It co i ers 111.0 points of embarkation, in which our ships are all is readiness to receive the troops, in case of necessity. General RUMAIt• had oven with Lord %Volvo, 1 " fo r two do r, a nd then returned to lit'sPir- A supply of 12,000 stood of a rms hail eer y or timely arrived to thllicia, fruit this country. Sit RICHARD KgATs *Ailed Oti TOMIA , Portsmouth, to res,mic 'ht ruuttosnd of th. squachoo.