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NEW ANT) COMPLETE COLLECTION OF MO., DERN VOYAGES AND TRAVELS ; (Incluclng DENON's TRAVELS in EGYPT, PALLAS's TOURNEY. THROUGH RUSSIA, and GRAND PRE'si and GOLEERY's TRAVELS in AFRICA, ',just published in Paris. It is also intended to comprise correa and full Translations of all Interesting Works of a I similar %kind which may henceforth be published on the Continent, as well as a Re-publication of the latest Pro titiattons of the most celebrated European Travellers.) On Monday, Nov. a, 180 z, will be published, Ilegantly printed in TWb Pocket-Volumes, on Cream coloured woven. Paper, and ornamented pith a number of beiutifni Engravings ; together With Two Correa Maps of Upper ant Lower Egypt . (the same size as those in the Original Edition), and other Embellishinents, 'price only ros. in boards ;. or,. on Royal Paper, _Hot-p ressed, with ProoMmpre.ssions of the Plates, Coloured similar to the Designs of the .Author, price* 143. DEN ON's TRAVELS in EGYPT, being the First of a Seriespf Volumes under the Title of MODERN DISCOVERIES ; • Or, A COLLECTION Of FACTS and OBSERVATIONS, errineipally relative to .the'various Branches of Natural His tory ; resulting from the Geological, Topographical, Bo.; Physiological, Mineralogical and Philosophical Researches of celebrated Modern Travellers in every quer ter of the Globe ; carefully translated, prepared, and re i)rintedliom the Works of the most eminent Authors, . By FRANCIS BLAGDON, Esq. Professor of the French, Italian, Spanish, .and German Languages. • N. B. As it may be imagined, frorrethe size of the Volumes above-inentioned, that they contain only an Abridged Trans lation, it is necessary to state, that they comprise the whole of the Original Week, which is sold in London at the enor mous price of Twenty-one Guineas. London Printed for I. Rideway,York-street, St. Tames's square ; D. 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The principal subjed of complaint against the most repute &Me l Travellers hay been, that each having had a predilection for a specific objet, or branch of study, has paid too strict a degree of attention to that branch in particular; but whatever may have been the primary object of the Traveller, whether his - attention have been direded to Physiological Investigation. or Antiquarian Research; to the "examination of the Vege table Kingdom, to the scrutiny of Mineral Wonders, or to Nautical Illustration, his Performance must be the result of labour and refleCtion, and his liberal exertions are . equally de serving of public approbation and encouragement. It is uni versally admitted, that no Books are socomptetely calculated to alfinel instruction and entertainment, from the magnitude of the objects they embrace, as those of Travels in distant climates ; for by the perusal of their general contents, inde pendently of the portion devoted to Scientific Inquiries, a. contrast is formed with the Habits and CUstoms of our Na tive Land ; and thus thejuvenile_ Mind, instead of becoming contracted and prejudiced, is accustomed to reflect with ad vantage on the different shades of Human Nature, and to re concile its Mainers in various parts of the World. So firmly, indeed, have men of learning been impressed with this opt-- Ilion, that they haVe frequently insisted on the utility of all Books of Travels, however inadequate their Authors may 1 • have been to the task of observing Nature. How much su perior then must be those Works, which have not only ex cited an interest in the Country where they were first sub- • Pitted to public inspedion, but have been deemed worthy , of tieing translated into utmost every Language, and dispersed throughout every Country, .in Europe ! The importance; therefore, of Voyages and Travels, on the 'veracity of which reliance may be placed, and their vast uti ' lire to the Rising Generation, as well as to Society at large, are so obvious, that any farther remarks in support of them would not only be, superfluous, but impertinent. But notwithstanding the immense advantages resulting from produdlions of this nature, there have hitherto been certain obstacles to the propagation of their contents, which might justly have been considered insurmountable. The Abolition of such impediments to real knowledge, we boldly end unequivocally assert, will be efliteled by the publication of the present Edition : and hence we have every reason to hope that it will form a desideratum in British Literature. The consequence of Travellers having too far extended their remarks on particular subjects or branches of science, has been, that they have sometimes . found it necessary to curtail the general information which might have been ex ended ; or it' they have inserted the latter, the size of the Volume has been so far extended, as to render its publica tion at a moderate-expense utterly impradicable. On the other hand, the publishing of works of real merit on a large vale, and attended with overstrained embellishments of the graphic and typographic arts, has been tile means of intro daeing such Editions to splendid and expensive libraries only ; while.ehe enormous price of the • Volumes renders them unattainable by the most numerous part of society. On this subject, the public complaint has been appropiiately expressed in the words of juvenal " Si:ire volunt onnies, merdodem solvere =inv." To - remedy this most serious inconvenience, the Editor has taought, that by printing his Edition in all the beauty of Typography, together with the convenience of portability, ' and also by condensing, in a very few instances only, such Matter in the Original Works as may be conceived generally uninteresting; he should - be enabled to publish, in a regular Series of Volumes, a complete and extensive Colledtion of -Fads arid Observations, adapted to the present state 'of Li- Jerature and Science ; a Collection which e while it is calcu lated for the information of the Nation at large, will not discredit the patronage of Princes ; for, by 'a stria attention to the double object of elegance and economy, he will be able to present the most superb works that have been pub lished in every European language, at a price . which can neither be felt nor regrettad by any enlightened individual, whatever may he his rank it society., I t, may here be necessary to give the following outline of CONDITIONS. 4. This Woik will be printed in the Oao-dechno, or Pocket .sizy, containing thirty-six pages in a sheet, with a New Type, and on a fine woven Paper. , IL A Volume, containing, on an average, not less than 'Ten Sheets, and not unZrequently Twelve and upwards, will be published on the first dayof every month. 11 With every Volume the most interesting Plates will be given which have appeared, in the original Works; such Plates being re-engraved expressly for this Edition, by the most celebrated Artists in the metropolis. iv. The Work of every respeelive Traveller will be cum , pleted at the end of a Volume of this Editicn ;so that the Public will have thedesirable priv ilegcqfpurehasing those Volumes which they may be inclined to . prefer, without being necessiteted to continue the Series. • (This Condition Ss iti-unlzrt - aa by the . 't'ranslation of Denon, which will fora: a complete Work, in two Pocket Volumes). V. The utility of accurate Maps, to elucidate the different routes through ,eountries in a great degree unknoWn, is too obidoue to require the smallest comment.' Hence, whenever any of an authentic kind may be contained in the larger Works, they will regularly beziven in this Edi tion. VI. Each Volume, printed in the manner above specified, will be sold, at an average, at the very moderate price of s s. ; en additional charge being added only when rendered necessary by the increased size of the Volume, or by an extraordinary number of Plates • and Embellishments ; it where no subjects are 'ail - baled for the latter, the de- Beiency will be supplied by an 'additional quantity of Let. ter-press. A few Copies of each Work will be printed on Royal Paper, with coloured Plates. Vet It is bat justice to add, that although the most splen elid awl extensive Works ever published in the United King dom will ultimately be comprised in - this Undertaking, yet it is by no means the intention of the Editor to .confine him self to this object alone., Every Edition of Travels of ac. knowledged merit which may henceforth be published on the Continent, will be expressly and immediately translated for this Series. Hence it is confidently hoped, that the present will form the most important and perfea Collection !St Modern Voyages and Travels that has ever appeared in the English language. *,,a• On the ist of December will he published, ornament ed with many• Superb Engravings, Vignettes, &c. Vol I. of -Pailaa's last Travels, performed in the Years 1793 and t 794, in the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, translated by Mr. Blagdon from . ..the, original German Edition, lately published olt the Continent. Vol. 11. will be published on the tat of fenuary, Vo,l. 111. on the rat of February, and * Vol. IV. and' last, on the _lst ot• March, iSO3. niPle coti - Edition of tins Work (Abbe purt::t:,;(l ;or le s s titan six poirmis, MAILS. ARlla.: 2) DUI Holland a - .-'------ French Ham burgh • PRICE OF STOCKS. THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK P i Consols. . . 67 lOmnium To Disc. THE SUN. lOLEM QUIS DICER!' IALSUM AUDIAT ? LONDON, OCTOBER 23, iBoz. WE this morning received the Monittur of the zoth inst. and we are happy to find that it pre serves its accustomed silence respeling the affairs of Switzerland, because, if the French Govern ment had received an official account of the Submis sion of the Diet of Sehwitz, it is fair to presume that the triumph of the FIRST CONSUL would have been formally announced in the Official Paper.— But this, indeed, may have been the case, as, though we have received the Moeireur of the zoth, that of the r9th, by some accident, has not come to hand. We have reason to believe, however, that our own Government have received some intima tion of the Subjugation of the unfortunate Swiss. Should this event really have taken place, it will, no doubt, be asked by those who cry out for War when they think Ministers desire Peace, and who preach the blessings of Peace when Ministers have no other alternative than War—Whether the condua of the FIRST CONSUL, of France towards Switzerland is a sufficient ground of War for Great Britain ? Are British Interests enough involved in the Form of Government of'that Country, to render it a point upon which we are justified in drawing the Sword ? The same question may be asked respeaing the Partition of the Indemnities, or the annexation PE Piedmont to France. The answer to such questions is, that a hostile mind on the part of France, if it exist, and is suffered t o se}, will ruin this Nation in Peace; and that these, and many other measures which have been taken since the Signature of the Treaty with France, but too clearly evince that disposi tion. They manifest an intention of destroying that Balance of Power which we look to, in a great degree, as our security—and when these steps are taken, not only without the concurrence of the British Cabinet, but in spite of its remonstrances— when the object of these measures appears to be, not only to aggrandize the power of France, but in doing so, to weaken those Nations particularly, who either now are, or are mast likely to become, the Allies of the British Empire—we cannot but consider this as a breach of the Treaty we have ertered into, which, if not in terms stated, virtually implies, that while the Peace lasts, no great and material change shall be brought about by France in the relative state of Europe ; and the whole at_ tempt is too important to our interests, not to re quire the serious interference of the British Ca binet. We wish particularly to warn the Pub lic against the fallacies of those who would suf fer our dearest interests to be undermined by one hostile acl after another' on'the part of France ; and who, without considering the general system of the Fitter CONSUL, ask you coldly, whether the last step he has taken be a sufficient cause of War We are clearly of opinion, that whether the account of the premature submission of the Sclli SI be true or not, it does not alter the question between us and, France. The criminal success of that Country seems to us, on the contrary, an additional incen tive for our active interference, because it is not wholly to rescue the Swiss from Oppression, a strong motive in an English bosom, that we inter fere, but to save ourselves, we trust by a timely ex ertion, from a similar fate. General Ric Her ANsE, the Commander in Chief of the French Forces at Guaa'a/ove, died on the 3d of September : he was succeeded in the Command by General GOBERT, who has sent detailed accounts of the proceedings of the Army down to the gth Sep tember. Their success, according to his account, has been uninterrupted ; their losses trifling ; but the slaughter of the Blacks, he says, has been dreadful. The Island is now in such a state of tranquillity, that it will soon be declared out of a state of Siege. The French Funds have fallen nearly One per Cent. ; they are at 53. 20.-- A Mail from Holland *arrived this, morning. According to a Letter from Ratisl on, the Sup. plementary Plan of Indemnities has not yet been presented to the Deputation, but it is known to contain several changes and modifications, Meer:, Wurtembarg, and some other States, are to receive additional Indemnities. A Reduction was.rnakliig in the Austrian Army, PARTS, OCT. 20. MINISTRY OF MARINE AND COLONIES. -R. LACROSSE, REAR-ADMIRAL, CAPTA IN-GENERAL OF GUADALOUPE AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE AND COLONIES. •' Basse-Terre, Sep. it, 183 z. " CITIZEN MINISTER, " I have to announce to you the death of General lktcnr. PA N Ss, which happened on the 3d instant, after a_n illness of sixteen dl's. " The loss of this Officer, so distinguished for his courage, his talents and his success, has excited the regret of myself, of the Army, and of all the Inhabitants who have had time to appreciate his worth. " Tholast honors rendered to his remains were accompa nied by all that could add to funereal pomp. " The grief of all the Inhabitants, and the tears of the brave men whom he constantly led on to Vi&ory, accompa nied his funeral, which the ceremonies of religion rendered still more impressive. His remains were interred in the Great Bastion, and a Monument ereaed to his memory. " The present situation of the Colony enables me to restore it to its natural organization, and to the regime of the just distribution of powers. I ara hastening to put an end to the state of siege, and I am entirely occupied in ful filling the intention of Government, in imposing upon me the task of restoring the prosperity of this important Island. " The remnant of the Rebels who fled into the woods, and prevented the Army frorrt reaching them, is composed of some hundreds of Fugitive Negroes, of whom the halfonly are armed. Their number is not greater than that of tho M aroons who formerly infested the Colony. Their expeditions are ordinarily confined to thieving excursions in the plain, to the carrying away cattle and manioc : they are repuised as soon as they arc perceived, and only make their appearance when pressed by hunger, " I have discovered their retreats, and hunt them down. This system cf War was adopted by General R tener Ns 5, and executed by General G o EAT with the greatest success. " That General Officer being obliged to return to France for the benefit of his health, the Command of the Troops has devolved upon the Adjutant Commandant Ma stiAa D, Chief of the Etat-Major of General Rx c E sz " The Army has been reinforced by a detachment of 4oa men expedited from Holland, who disembarked here on the 4th instant. The sickness which has affliaed all the American Co lonies has been felt at Guadaloupe : but I have the satisfac tion to announce to you, that it is diminished, and that We have now more convalescents than sick ; 'but the convales— cencies are slow and tedious, and i cannot dissemble, that in chacing the Maroons, the Soldier forgets too often the orders given him for the preservation of his health, and abandoning himself too much to the impetuosity of his courage, he incurs fatigues beyond his strength. " For myself Citizen, Minister, I hope to be enabled to consolidate the tranquillity of the Colony, and render its inhabitants happy. " Health and Respedf, " R. LACROSSE." EXTRACT OF A LETTER .FROM GOBERT, COMMAN.. DER IN CHIEF AT GUADALOUPE, TO THE MI.. NISTER OF MARINE AND COLONIES, GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY IN THAT COLONY FROM THE 6TH MAY TO THE STH SEPTEMPEZ• After detailing the first operations of the Army, which had been given in former Letters from General RICHEPANSE, it proceeds : On the 24th May I encamped at Petit Bourg, and my Advanced Guard attacked a large body of the Brigands, and killed 150 of them. On the 25th we attacked a large body of them in the woods ; they were under the command of I cxAcz, one of the most ferocious of their Chiefs ; they'set fire to a powder magazine, but the explosion'. only injured th emse lves. We made a dreadful slaughter of them. " On the 6th in the morning, I c mACE,With 400 men, took possession of Fort Bembrick, in which he was attacked by the Troops from Grand Terre and Point a Pitre, but without success. I arrived with a reinforcement of po men, and at the same time the Garrison of the Fort also received a consi derable reinforcement. " We then attacked the Fort, and having carried it, a hor rible carnage ensued : 'exact blew his brains out. On the eStli, an attack was made upon Matouba, the last and strongest refuge of the Brigands, which was carried, after a desperate resistance, After the taking of Bernbtick and Ma touba, the fate of G uadaloupe was decided, and the re mainder of the Brigands retired into the woods, and are • now considered in the same light as the ancient Maroon Negroes, who only appeared in the night, for the purposes of plunder. They were, however, so annoyed by our Patrols, that their Chief offered that all the Blacks should return to their duty, if some advantages were granted to them. On the 14th of June, I proposed to , General RI ettaPa NSZ to terminate the War in this manner; but as he was not accustomed to re sistance, he would not listen to the proposal. " On the 27th of June they attacked the Post of Bananier, but were repulsed with loss. " On the 31st of July I had certain information that the, Negroes had assembled in the Woods of Goyave. . They were entirely dispersed, and all their resources destroyed, with great slaughter. " Six hundred Blacks, and five of the most formidable Chiefs, were soon afterwards induced to return to their duty. " Another assemblage of Brigands were attacked in the Woods of Capesterre, and entirely dispersed: the wreck of this party took refuge in an old Camp of the Blacks, called Mondongues, which had existed for more than ten years. This Camp was attacked on the 3d ef August, and the last refuge of these Brigands destroyed. "At presest almost all the Blacks have returned to their , la bour, and the Inhabitants may rest without fear. Almost all the Chiefs, and above all, those who were most karcd, are in our haals n , Doubtless, however, we must still be watch ful. b„ " Grand,, enjoys a profound tranquillity, which ap pears to be well established. Our greatest enemy is disease ; but the sickness is now sensibly diminished. The Troops have not lost more than six men in more than three months by the hands of the Bri gands, but their imprudence frequently costs them their lives." He concludes his Letter by paying compliments to several of the Officers, few of whom have been warf.a, be says, by dieaE,r, The Consuls have decreed, that the 7.r established at Toulouse, Zourdeaux, Nantes, bou.:i, Lisle, Antwerp, and Louvain, and the Scotch Col lege at Paris, shall be united to the Irish and Scotch Colleges at Paris.—By the second Article of the Decree, the Scotch and Irish Colleges in Paris ate to be united into one, which is to be governed ternately by an Irishman and a Scotchmaa. THE DUTCH MAIL. RATISBON, Ocr. 8. THE Supplementary Declaration has notyet made its appearance officially ; but yesterday, a Courier from Paris having arrived the day before, it was fully approved of in a conference between the En voys of Brandenburg, Bavaria, Wur umber:, Hesse, and Mentz. It contains many additions and changes : the Maltese Order now loses all its Indemnities ; and the Ten tonic Order receives several ; Mentz receives a million of revenue, partly from immediate territory, which will now -include Ratisbon and IretZlar, and partly from the revenues of mediate foundations. So/ms-Brasinfeic receives a voice in the Council of Princes. The s ix remaining ia-Teria) Chico bill continue 4 0 1 lege, but without having a vote on peace and war,, Hesse-Cassel receives no further Indemnifications, but a considerable addition is made to those of Jr:7r teplberg, as for example, the Abbey of Sconthal, as signed in the former Declaration to the Count of LINING EN-WESTERSURC ; the territory of Corn_ burg, near Schwabish, Hall, Bce. Brunswick, ip consequence of the possessions it receives in the Bishopric of Osnabrug, will either cede a `'tray of land to Mecl,•levbxrg, or pay yearly a sum of money. In the z:th Sitting of the Deputation of the Em• pit:, on the sth Oaober, the various Cfaims and Remonstrances were again taken into consideration, The ELECTOR of DIE V ES gave in a similar Memoir to that delivered by the A rebbi.hoprick of Cologne. —lt was stated on the pat t of the ARCHDUKE FE Z• DINAND, that the revenue of the Dutchy of Mo..' dena was 1,050,000 Imperial florins, while that the Basgau WAS only zo4, x 19 florins,. SWABIA, OCT. S. IT is understood that the Imperial Cities of Augsburg and Ratisbon will 10.)e their Independ., ence by the Supplementary Declaration; the Eke-- TOR of MENTZ will receive a trap of land on the Left Bank of the Maine ; and NASSAU-USINGEN acquire several places in the 1 leftorate of Treves. VIENNA, O. 6. a A great reduaion is now making in our Army for the advantage of our Finances. We are assured that almost the half of the men in our Infantry Re giments will be dismissed, or at least receive fur.• loughs, to return when called on. One fourth of the Cavalry will likewise be disbanded, and the super namerary horses sold by auetion. , In some Pafr winces, the issuing of these furloughs has already begun, and the number of Soldiers who will thus be sent home is not less than 30,000. The ARCHDUKE CLIARLES, while on his lat'T journey, was again taken ill, but according to 1 116 last accounts is recovered. HAGUE, Ocr. YisTERDAY Count Von STACKELBERC, Extra° ordinary Ambassador and Minister-Plenipotentiary' of His Majesty the EMPEROR of RussiA at this Republic, had his first Audience of the Government of State, when in that quality he delivered 1 1 ; 5 Credentials. To-day, in conformity to the Constitution, OS LegiOative Assembly met to hold its ordinary sitting, when, after a variety of matters had been disposed of, a Letter was read from the Go vernment of State, informing the Assembly that , they had nominated Mr. J. B. Bit-a.akt and /YU' N. CALDOEN, from the nomination made by 06 Departmental Government of Hollnd, for" the eke' tiOn of a new Member of the Government of State) in the room of Citizen PYMAN, that the Legisla tive Assembly might thereout make their choice' as settled by the Constitution ; which eieetio° stands on the order of the day for the zoth. We feel it our duty to contr.:l(lkt an account j a two of the Evening Papers of yesterday from Ply" mouth Dock, of three Ships of the Line being °fr f dered at that Port for Commission, no such ord e ' having been yet issued from the Admiralty.:""... All the Foreign Troops are at length' reirinsri,e from the Isle of Wight to Lymington and I\ 4 "ni ton Fort, there to wait till the ships are proc ure to convey them to the West Indies and Cuxhave r,- 4 The Set of China about to be presented ,to HAWKESBURY by the CHIEF' CONSUL, Mks, tij thing untoward should tall out between the cap 3 . j the lip, will be the most superb thing of the J. ever seen in this Country. The cups are I v d_ ( ad. fifteen guineas each—the plates at .tweuty-6` The whole of this magnificent service is estiz" atc at 4000 guineas. Cal. ntch the ;Ste L • [tad iricr was En- and its ives nue, now the felt • Tile 1 , ar, ors„