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~I !~ ENG! ISFI POLICY. The examination of the present sheath . * of France relative to Russia, and of the menacing po sition of Rossia, with regard to the reef cf Europe,. is a sulsjeti of hiyh importance. An intelligetu *Mkt has recently thrown considerable light upon it, hut it may still be surveyed tinder diffetent points of view ; and it is possible to denreistrate, that the iela)s in the negocitaions which had been begun. proceeded only from England, an! fur her interest al- ; that the pretended aggrandisement of France, ie 11 ch served as the piers st for them, is a mit oral et Ted of the present position of Enrope, and that, so 'ar from alarming the neighbouring powers, tlos preponderance of Fiance is become necessary to their iiirere.ts and their independence. Let us Inlay examine the duff. rent quest:ono —The history of the two last centuries very clearly proves, that England never took part in a Continent al war, hut merely for her own private interest: Wane but the most ignorant can he duped by the pre texts with which the Court of London has invariably sought to veil its ainbitious pretensions. The inde pendence of Europe is the usual subjeft of the wee• like messages of Ills BRITASSIC MAJISTY j but it is well known that his aim is to sal iota, to increase, end to perpetuate tit it m i:itinv2 empire which Bri tain imagines she has aestaiied without oppoi:ition• France has aro tys appeared t s lie the p riticular ()h -ien of the hatred of England, because th it power is most alsi • to resist her pretensions. While the Dutch possessed powerful colonies, a fiousishing trade. a formidable navy. Holland was likewise the otijr.el of her enmity. Spain was long in the same s!tuation, and it is to the intrigues of Englend that she must ascribe the separation of Portugal, and the hereditary betted kept sap between the two na tions. Austria herself has been the obje 2of her gloomy inquietude, when, in the lest century. that power attempted to create a navy, and to establish a inertia( company at Ostend. England has manifested a particular hatred against France. because France 'has opposed to her a more obstinate resistance, becaa ie her na. tional industry produces a mere dangerous rival ship, because her situation among the powers of Southern Europe is more favourable to the develope moo of her opal-nee and of her industry. The smailest advantages which Fr.r:ce Las obtained either by vianries or by treaties have been consi dered AS usurpations en the p ewer of England When the question of the Spanish succession was agitated. WILLIA , I would rather have suffered the sovereignty of Spain, the Neth-rlands, Italy, and the Empire, to be united in the same person, than see the grand-on rf Louts XIV. on the Spanish throne; though Europe would have been exposed to the danger of a renewal of the projea of universal mo narchy formed Ly Co nnie Ci V. ; and her liberties would have Seen overthrown, had Fiance been crushed in that g nerel England has beheld all the re eclutions of the North, regardless of their effeets and of their con sequences ; she saw ten millions of new subjeils pass, between the year 1774 and 1795, over to the domitlion'of Ca termite 11.—she beheld provinces inredesl, whole kingdoms usurped ; yet it appeared as if all these events were passing thousands of leagues fro n Europe. though in her bosom was gra d telly viol tg that power, now of su:h colossal mag nitade, which at once menaces Asia and Eutope. cession, however, of a few maritime depart m ens, which forno.l a part of ancient France, has alarmed Eaglet's much snare than al empire so for. midenle. Roglend has caused torrents of blood to be shed, to ascertain whether Frenchmen would rirrnein faithful to France a and vinery decided the question. It would !I? niit hole surfs' ising were the union of Genoa wi•Ji 111:C to prove the cause of a new eiettinentel war. It nii4ht, in the first place, be observed, the en power on earth has a right to in. terfere between the wit of two independent people, who wish to be united with each otber. Were Bwede desira is to recognise the Emperor of Rot el s is its S.ivtreig s, nn other state could, without inj mice. oppose the mateal contre.l between the two n rtiiins. Whit ever thought of apposing the union between Eighth! and Ireland ? l is an nit ahsulately free ose.weeu people and people ; and Rasa has too match to gain hr this system to have any chi to advance tartest it. Besides, tin nppubi ion was ever made to Genoa placing herself "taster Cie protedion of France. winch she was so often obliged to implore. It is o f 'tele Live. tance to C;ernsa y, to Reside, or any other primer, whether Genoa belongs to France. sin e mobil!: is rel.led to her cootinental strength. By the are •leceee holed by the Emperor of t h e Fr mch, it is met •1. that no conscription sheil be levied there fir the land Incite. his therefore only in a 141111 Vint ~1 view the Genoa is of import ance to Frances but this advantage she can employ is.osinst Engleod allele. No power but lEigland can, consequently. lame any interest in preventing this union. Now, every people may, at length, winds; preserving tAining the the others the fleck of their insulted If we eximine th, whk:i Ft.aocc ought and for rh.• Jefeace fi ;41 dui rift:llll.m seircely tut ciently powcr tul. France is , he 'it ancient monarchy in Etrope ; she has at direr:in rrinds possessed a decided pre pm.derunce, without having ever viol sted the gone ral liberty. She has, on the contrary, often defend ed it against the encroachments of barbarians . She itrotened it from the ambition of Charles V. She was more teitv,rftil undo. Charlemagne, and equally formidable under Lunis XIV. The week• nest of a government is nut a proof of the imbeci lity of a nation : when a Sovereign appears worthy of it, and of his dignity, hs cannot fail to resmrc to his people the glory they lost under degenerate :;overeigns. This has been done by the Emperor of the French. The present situation of Europe, the changes which had taken place in other states, produced a necessity for this augmentation of France. This subjea has been developed with too much perspi. cuity to tender it neceriary that we should resume it. We shall content ourselves with observing that there is this difference between the power of France and that of Russia; that France has natural bounds, and that the latter is unwilling to recognise any; that France is bounded on every side by powerful states, from which she is neither desirous nor able to make acquisitions, exciting a new war should again place in uueert.tinty the political existence of nations ; that France has religiously respened the territory of her allies; that she has arrived at the point where she ought naturally to stop: that if she is powerful lions her population, this population can scarcely be augmented ; that she is, by her nature, a j‘ed state, forming an independent member of the great family of Europe, powerful enough to defend herself, but powerless to oppress. (From the Areas.) meant to confine 'bench" to an armed aeu• , - private letter, k is 'mid, teal receieett by the stating, that DONAPARLL hat demanded of 'Arian Cd.bii:2t the occ.tsirm tl c arttiaireats !Omar.' in the inionial ; he ha: like reepiireel, that a tvation of those tioor e NI on the frontiers of Italy, and w!ticli the tranquillity of that country. should be withdrawn. Speaking to the Austria:l Mi- nister lat-ly on the subject of the military prepArAt:oos of Oit Court. die latter assured hint. that the movements alluded to were corneeted well a resolution on the part of His Iss PM AL MAJKsry to maintain a stria neutrality, and that they were rim; &red necessary by the state of the Turkish pro. •io,es, by the armament of Russia, &c. but were without hostile reference to France. lIPM•P tart hastily replied, that he was 3Watc a the falsehood id the excuse, and that his Master should be cau tious how he again called him into the field. We think it very probable that some explanation to this erica may have taken place. The Lad? Arabala packet arrived on Saturday at Falmouth with the mail from Jamaica, containing letters and papers to the 10th last. They state that the embargo on vessels in the different ports of that island was taken off on the eoth of June, and that on the day following the Theseus, of 74 gam, sailed with the homeward-bound ships from Port-Royal to the place of rendezvous. L' Hercule followed with another division on the 21 July, and on the 31 the fleet, between 70 and no ships, sailed for England, under charge of the neents. Dilizenre, and Le Cerf. The Traftguard having refitted at Bermuda, sailed nn the Ist July to rejoin the squadron at Jamaica. The Jamaica Gazelle states, that Earl CAMDEN had, in a letter to Governor NUGCNT, informed him that a fever broke out in the Touloa fleet soon after its putting to sea, in consequence of the crowded state of the troops, which had obliged it to return to part ; and that on its again sailing, it took on board only 4,nuo men. The same Paper adds, that had the French attackcd Jamaica, all the naval aid mi litary force of the other islands had instrunions to hasten to its relief. wy No doubt is entertained of the escape of the Com bined Fleet iato Ferrol. The evidence, however, on which it rests, is, we understand, only circum stantial. Letters from Portsmouth, received in town on Saturday, state, that one of our 'Lips, one letter says the Repu's,, had, on the 9th, stood in above Aires, and Ji,tinguished several laige vessels in Ferrol, which wet e not seen before; and that off Arres she learned from a fishing.boat, that a large fleet had arrived there the preceding night. The letters from the Hero, say that the enemy passed out squadron in the night from the N. W. or that Sir IL CAMDEN, who had been rejoined by Admiral Sfilluti(l and the ships from off Rochefort, would otherwise have disputed their entrance. Of the number of the enemy's fleet, or whether it has been joined by the Rochefort squadron, nothing is decid edly known. A heavy cannonading took place on Friday on the French coast, in the dire lion of Boulogne. It was heard distinctly along the whole lane from Deal to Brighton. The firing probably proceeded from an attack by our craisers upon some of the flatith coming out for a gasconade, under the protalion of their batteries, cr upon some squadron from the Eastward, in its progress to join the grand depot in that harbour. The Dew:diem bomb, ar rived in the Downs on ta iday morning, from a cruise ocr Dunkirk, states, that on Wednesday last, there were upwards of fifty large praams, com pletely cciuirped for sea, in the outer road, ready to start with the first favourable wind. It will be seen in The Ua:rete, that Rirliament is prorogued mail the 17th of 061n1ser. Lord Casette t cu declined any fiether cornet for Downshire on the 13th inst. The poll was kept open for a short time after. Colonel MLA 0 L'l m.t jority on that day's poll only, was 0, and his whi;:e majority 136. The Ceeinfrire gun-brig, Captain Gaeta, which arrived at Cork yesteed.iy se'nnight, with dispatches for Rear-Admiral Dauer, communicated the in telligence of the arrival of Lord Iccr.son off Cadiz on the 27th ult. The Co/Lamar, immediately atter delivering her dispatches, fired a gun, and hoisted a signal for convoy fur England. The Tower flamlets and West London Militia received orders on Friday to be brigaded thin morn ing at five o'clock, in London Fields. Hackney, and to he upon the ground at the early hour of four, in complete marching order. Dispatches, it is said, were received on Friday evening by Government, which state that Lord NELSON bad returned to Gih.altar on the 30th ult. and that he purposed attiring between die Straits and Cape St. Vincent. The important fortress of Blittnpore, which has withstood five successive assaults of our army, is siruate in a small, bet one of the highest cultis•ated disuilts in India, die inhabitants of which are all of the Sarns tribe, and coon... Red eider breonsanguiniey, or other rd aims with each other. The force with which Lord LAKt sit down before the urea. did not exceed t•uelve thousand mass. every maim • 1 . ••7 h Anat . 's igth, :arise la ti .. • ,• Et trflity. their inde x A pr of their 11.411 e, 17/.10 re, to , lAil, st of ccrgats c hont.t y the Ails . g s. 0 . 9; WY' going fr, he power ancAthe 1 7WAFe wise Tel Ito possess fir I * entity, collenrc of the test of Ear ,we 311411 inenAce HAMBURG!, MAIL. VIEIINA, JCI.Y 31. Prom the military preparations carrying on here, it is supposed that our Court is resolved to maintain an armed neutrality. Our Ambassador at I .ondon, Count Stalirembaz, will not receive the leave of absence he had solicited, as his presence is now ne cessat y in Loudon. CONSTANTINOPLE:, JULY 8. We expen here yet y sooß from the Black Sea severoi ships of w.or and transports, with troops on hoard, destined fur Cod'''. The number cf these troop is said to amount to more than 20,000. DASTZIC, JULY 90. We yesterday received intelligence that a corps of Russian troops n•_rc on their march towards the southern frontiers of Poland, and that they had taken their way through a part of Austrian Poland. ST. PLTERSIBLRGII, JULY :24. he last accounts received from the Chamberlain Novosiltaoil Announce that his Excellency will ar rive here in the course of next week. The officers who h.►d obtained le.tve of absence, and the regiments which are in Poland, and the Gernun Provinces, have been recalled. AMSTERDAM, AUGUST 6. The troops embarked in the Texel are furnished provisions for six months. Vice-Admiral de Win ter has brought the ships of war and transports oat of its:, Nieuwe Diep. and drawn them up in two lines, so that they make a very fine appearance. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON. MONDAY. A 14113 T I rt. The llambnrgh Mail due on Wednesday arrived on Saturday, with letters and papers to the 10th inscult. '1 hey contain several accounts of military preparations upon the Continent. All officers in the Austrian service absent ft om their regiments were ordered to rejoin them tai or before the Scl instant. A new levy of 60,000 men has been ordered in the Russian Sates ; and a corps of 4-0,000 is forming in Livonia, wl.vre it is supposed it will embark. A squadron of eight sail of the line will leave Cron st:dt in the course rf the present month, to cruise (according to sonic accounts) in the Baltic, but by others stated to be intended to join the British squa• &on in the North S,as. dive on of Russian tmops Born the Mack Sea, to the arn. , ent of 20,000 men, WAS VC p.EI,I in the Ad: iat c iog the List month. Prus,ia is also b izi d in military preparations ; and orders were lately issued for placing the medi cal rad' on the war estalishment. Aa article tram W:rina, however, states, that ,1 &' - - • 'c if t f ) cf -4k `l, 10 4 i• FlutLr. wry mourn. *ecru ie. Yeson•Jai Ayr:mem. soon af , er rhr.e o'cl ock, M•JcsrV held i 1). ivy Coun c il A t Ile 1";10, which the E trl of CA Noe% took hi. seder ask dent, for the first time since hi , apeointanmt tot!, Sir STIIP el!' COT I iliii,,Ll.l4tllPOileil at Among a variAy of busine s , w hi c h came her . the QOUII6I was the rirne.firr the meeting of n ett meat. After some deliberation, IHs hlsrvoiry pleased to command the prort:n!ation to the 17th October. When the Clu:teil broke up, th^ bees idj.rurned to the Royal Hotel, whee, a 5 .,., roots &liner was provided by the Parlor Cky : „ iu ennseptence of his being appointed President the Council. The dinner was served h as Ti t .• a style es If it hrd been at a first-rate tavern in Ls dun. A most elegant dew t was served rip. His Morse v. ths Dukes of Kahl' and CA•4 ur nese, and the Parrectssts, with a numerous V elegant company, walked en the esplanede fr—os till seven o'clock, when they adjourned to the tre, where Her Mai env was likewise preent. play was, Rifita Waft and flaw a Infr. The R,y, norms , were received with the usual testirees, of loyalty. They were attended by Earls B un . SIOETiI, CHU ER, lel o, FOR I ESCVE, am! C4store Lord RIVINS, Sire EY Al NI , PLA,N and ST/Rt Coerreer. t.; Generals CA n t ws toil r and Fitzior Colonels Ta v Loa, llossamp, and S rivals; Laj THY sere, &c. Early this morning His MAJCSTV !rink hie h im ride. After bfeakfast His MAJesTv err wei ter ran Regiments of Infantry and Cavalry on Downs near Moneron Castle. Her MAJESTY and the PI, I !ACMES took an err. . to Upway. his being the Birth Day of His Royal Flight the Duke of York.. the same was observed in a sins tar manner to that of the Prince of Watts, by t: troops sring aft:ode : joie. and the diXerent vessels i the harbour hoisted their flags and fired a royal lute. Earl C4SIDeN leaves us this evening. • Arrivals at the Royal Hotel— Mr. Mrs. and Mi. Tryminel, Laiy G. P. Tine, Mr. s'i:d Miss ?age Turner. • Arriveis at Lutt's Hotel— P.lr and Mr*. ffuteheson: gschts4 Wltitchorh, Charles fbcirs, Esq.; Doctor Bishop, G. Guy, and Hr Dian.and. MIDS. TIiORATOPPS MATCM TL.• fitilawing are the irart,cu..nrs of tl:it i:::•tet'ic; Mr be run at Vi,ric, on Saturl.y neyt : ." B.,audoir, june 4, MS. Mr,. Thornton to r:de 91t. apt Mr Bromrsd, whu ride 11 : t. over the YorL Cnorse, Four rue 04i. race on Saturday in the next August Meeting, for !...e !logslirads or CA. Roti, p. p. and 2.)00r, !a. ft.; and tt T te:ni Mr 11. 700 gs to 60 1 0, p. p. "Vacs h. km. sided it La d.Lialed to the Storer!' four days before ua.tieg. Ste. T. to mil ether of the follorrang 1101.41. . " Sm./ to Kill OPvil; " C.AUigl7l Frogit, by CoxcomS ; " Clauttm Ftegtt, by Otho, .tc.; it by Velunteor, dam by Whi,,eled " hi. R. to ride Allevo, sister to A`2tranu. " N. B. Colonel T. or any Gentleman he may raie, be in:rotated to fanner the La ly over tke evUlll/, tn avi,t in cam Of any aceuteot. di THOS TifORNIToN " JOSFt. BRUMFURD . ' Among the last arrivals at Harrowgate are: I.trly and Mist Setmt Sr James ° Lady, c and Mi., Spas % Rev. Mr. Cole, Admiral Greame, Adreltgi Wlot•hed, • Itillroor, Gen. Kew'''. Aid-de-Camp, Col. N.ellokon, C Mrs and Mies Bruce, Captain Pickering, The rage for DonLeut has reached Ireland, lir. !NFL': DON we find has been singing psalms in BPJ., church. A new rebel, called rrif•r PAIKA, has svatei Lord GREY has been dangerously ill, but Ms Lordship is now nearly recovered. It will be seen with some surprise, by the G rart't. that - the Prim country ship was fitted out by a French captain as a privateer. Mrs. NUOCNT, the Lady of the Lieetenatu-Go vernor of Jamaica, is upon her resurn to England from that island. Mr. Wail/4RD, late if the Dublin Theatre, and a Mrs. f3c i' mon r, are playing with great success a: the Dundee Theatre. _ . MISS FM's.' and Miter Sc •OGS LTC perfornn! , ; at the Theatre of Eyc. in Suffolk. Mr. Gl...meows, and Mrs. BAARLT are the lire andhereme of the Chelmsford Theatre. Mr. Roars-now termed Spalding Theatre en Friday last with The ?ewe Saldser and 74e Limtn' at.4lagrni. His Royal Highness Prince WI Ltl A M of Cleucci• ter is expe.cted at Shreirsbury nn the 1 2 , 2 th inst.w. fur the purpose of inspesging the different Vuluaterr Corps in that neighbourhood. Mr. I Ise cleave, cf the Covent Garden Theater. is playing 10:Ie. at the Luttersvorth Theatre, aed l great stlesCVl. On Thursday last, Mr. H. SWOONS play's' Fr" der, k, in The Pow. Gentlenton, and Ceieetei Tao r• as the Farce of Tkr Deace is is Slim, at the Worces ter Theatre. Shrewsbury RAC!, are fixed fnr the 16the 17th, 18th. and I9th nt Septernber. The Stewards ate T. C. PILUAM, Esq. and Wu. hyalite-do, £M 1 - and Oswestry for the 234 24th. and tith of Sep tember. The Stewards ere, Sir S. R. Chagos Bart. and Col. G At A Citi. .rt!e last new Opera, called, flit Di" F re e r; oiler, (/cub sod Gleani Gracia Serb Ger. /The :Ord Sailors; or, Like Loses Like), was again pet - trimea at the German 7 heatre, And rec. i ced with tho greatest applause. The Farce of the Drisatard - Itivvest, in a ltich FeansectScmaawsahasru led such re-tented approbation from so many elegant audiences ; that of Saturday night, in number anti fashion, was not interior to any of the season. With several otitis- Nubility were, the Hon. biro. T as and ht .r patty. • t. ; Tif I MP , -