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Illustrated with • correct Set at Maps, engraved from the mast recent Dissertations and Draeghtecof Geographical Tra vellers In Ails hew Tdition, which has heels earefelly and enm pletely rombied, the numerates changes that have taken place in the ihnandaries, Cilsernment, and Political Connections, of matte of the Couotekes of Europa, in consequence of the, im p,edint events of the late war, are correctly and fully dwrrity. ead.: Nat* . parts of 'Ore Work as had became obsolete, not less utlliiVatte smpetrerd, to admit more recent in fornaation. pri. • cits Wrier tnteliigent mrolmn Travellers, or Statistical Writers of Aathorit , ; and the whole 40 arranged and Improved, 'as (it is OPTIMPU11111;1) wit perpetuate the reputation, which it has so Inng miOsuined, of the mew correct and useful System of t r wireidly that bas hitherto peen nffered to the Public. hinted for J. Welker, Wilkie and Robinson, Scatsherd arid Co J. Sr Geo RobMenn, Darton and C., Caerall and Darks: T.n• emit , and Co. Lackingtma and Co. R and 3 Mairin,in London ; and Wilson and Spells., York. I.VRD NELSON', WILL. A report having been circulated, that, by the will of ?hr. lair f .nrd Nelson, no provision has been mark for the Viscountess, is widow ; we are de •-7 -- sired, Lia,mendort, that the executors are direfted to mate such an iiive tment in the public loads. as ;,„„ pruiluce one thousand pounds . 2-year for her La iv ship, during her life. The above is mentioned b'to be if addition to all other provisions made by • Lord Nelson."... any time 'heretofore, and in addi b• on te the sum of four thousand pounds, lately • Oven by him to hPr Ladyship; and which sum of - four thousand pounds. it was his will that Lady • Nelson should retain." A statement equally incorrea has appeared in i many of the public prints, •• that Lady Nelson • .• would not have thy benefit of the above-mentioned provisi , n, in case any pension of equal amount - should beegiven‘to her by His Majesty or by l'arlia ment ;" wliieh circumstance has been said to have • preciaded Lady Nelson from every hope of partiii )g Pst.• Feting in the Royal bounty, or of being considered • 1 " Parliam-nt. This misrepresentation seems to have svisen from too hasty a perusal of the will. • Lord Wenn had been diteiroui cif lerving some part of his small fortune to his teiatiMii; and, therefore. . diretted. that if Lady Nelson sh ould, in hie Yr sitase, receive a pension of equal amount with the . - provision ment;oned in his will, the money which +- wield have been destined to secure such provision, should be divided annsog his sisters and brother. ' But he al+d not carry this so far as to interfere with what might take place aster his decease. I.111dy• Nelson's right to the annuity is now Absolute And deteasible. eighth bulletin cf the grand army, that it re mains in nearly the same position that it occu pied after the Battle of Austerlitz, in Moravia and Bohemia. The negotiations for peace between Austria and France have been brought to a con clusion ; a treaty of peace was signed at Presburg on the 27th ult. but we understand that 13u AAAAA TE would not suffer the terms to transpire, in order that the Allied Powers might he kept in a state of ignorance and uncertainty. It is also stated, that BON A Ant k: had declared his intention not to return to Paris, until he had concluded his operations against Hanover. It does not appear, we under stand, from the French papers, that AVCERE AU had advanced with so much rapidity towards Hanover as was expeEted ; his army was, according to the last accounts, in Suabia. Mr. PITT'S health is certainly not worse than when he left Bath ; but it has been declared by his physicians that it is indispensibly necessary for him not yet to expose himself to the severe fatigues of business ; to remain quiet, and reside in a clear and resporldenzC, affords ait example, at lea*, great leader of Opposition,. who does not in the indisposition of Mr. Prrr.". Mean at beral and vind;aive passions do not form any part rn the charateter of an Englishman ; but what is that which is supposed to have provoked them upon the present occasion ? .• The Opposition," say tin. two Ki.wv of lirentford, who nightly smell At the same nosegay, " exult in the illness of Mr. PITT, because they know, if present in his pl.tce, be woul.i victoriously put them down ; and, in his absence, they will have it in their power to advance what they please." In all the reflellions,andall the abuse thrown upon the Ministry by the Opposition Press, we have not read any thing so severe as this observation from the Ministerial Prints. It is a direct charge, that the Ministry is a mere rapid mortuum without Mr. PITT, and does not embrace another Commoner of talents. What! shall Mr. Fox or Mr. WIN nava be at li berty, in the absence of Mr. PITT, to say what they please, and will there not be one Member on the Treasury Bench, to put them " visoriously down ?" Upon many important occasions, we have seen Mr. PITT, when present, leave the defence of his mea sures to Lord CASTLEREAGH, to Mr. CANNING, and other Gentlemen, who still remain on the Mi nisterial side. Are those Members to absent them healthy air. No apprehensions, we are glad to statc, are entertained for his life : his complaint is a debilitated stomach. He remains at Putney. A letter, in His MAJESTY'S own hand-writing, has been sent to the Earl of CHATHAM, to inquire the particular state of Mr. PITT'S health. We lament, in common with the Ministerial Prints, that the country should not have, at such a critical moment as the pzesen:, the full benefit of his talents; but, we trust, nk.t suffer :11 the evils which selves also on the first day of the Session ? or if they attend in their places, will they allow" the Op position to say what they please ?" The Opposition, instead of exulting in the indisposition (31 Mr. Pt rr, must surely despise a vietory over men, who are described in their own Journals as mere cyphers, poor imbecile creatures, unable to make any battle. We do not think so meanly of Lord CASTLER r Ace, or Mr. Cssmizra ; and we are confident, that Mr PITT will feel no pleasure in the compliment paid to him, at the expence of men honoured with his confi dence, his friendship, and his esteem. But this is not the only unfavourable conclusion to be drawn from the abject flattery of the Ministerial Prints. When they assert, that, in the absence of Mr. PITT, the Opposition may say what they please, and have nu one to fear who is able to put them down, they do not perceive that they are representing the cause to be defended, as one of great difficulty. They are not content to detraa from the merits of Mr. PITT'S •.• they have anticipated from his indisposition. One of the Prints, to which we allude, observing upon Mr. PITT'S illnes, in its number of last night, says, " That Mr. PITT is indisposed, will be a subjeCt of regret to every man in the country, but the opposi tion ; and the joy they express is the greatest tri bute they can pay to his transcendent talents They exult in his inability to attend Parliament,i because they know, if he had, he would easily anal, •iZtoriously have put them down." Another l ' of the same date, in art article upon the same sub jeft, delivers itself as follows Whether Mr. PI►T will be able to attend his duty on the opening of Parliament, is more than we can say in the present critical state of his health, as we jester. day observed ; but we can venture to affirm, that if he should unavoidably be kept from his post, his absence will be a source of greater anxiety to him than to his opponents. They will have it in their • ' power to advance what they please, and to intro- I duce topics which they would be reluctant to touts upon, if they had his eloquence and force of aisle.: meet to encounter. 'rimy will also have an oppot tunity of oha:ging upon him every disastrous event which has occurred on the Continent." One of these Papers has been uniform in its adulation of Mr. Psi TA—The other is an apostate Jacebinical Print, formerly distinguished for its violent abuse of that great and distinguished charader- He must now surely read such fulsome flatteil with as much contempt, as he fannerly read N. •ulgar and ►irulent abuse. The exposure of ser vility and apostacy is not, however, our present ob. jed. We wish to draw the attention of the public to what we conceive to be a libel upon some of the first men for rank and talents in the country, upon a large and respectable portion of both Houses of Parliament, and upon the country at large. These Prints assert, that "The Opposition exult in Mr. PITT'S indisposition, knowing, that if in his place in Parliament, he would easily put them down." Is it possible that Mr. WI:41)11Am, the old friend and colleague GI Mr. PITT ; that 11r. Fox, who has the charaeter of a liberal and generous disposition ; that Mr. SH taiDaN, who has never evinced an angry or hostile spirit to any man ; should exult in the illness of the Minister ? Little, narrow, and viiidiCtive minds, naturally suppose great men, in high stations, actuated by the , same motives which they feel in themselves. I ranee they regard the Chiefs of contending parties in Parliament, inflamed by a deadly and murderous hate against each other, and the impulse of a generous am bition, a sordid and miserable craving for the loaves and' fishes. 1 hey can form no idea, be cause they cannot find it in themselves. of a con tention, not only tree from hate and personal ani mosity-, but productive of mutual admiration and esteem. Of this description, see are confident, is tlie contention between the Opposition and the Minister. The perusal of Lord GAlNvictes letter to the Marquis ‘VaGGcsGav, in the intercepted India Cor- _ -• • • , .- • , - " , . • ................. ....• + .. -,..-- de •• . ............ .......mis igima.r•mo. colleagues ; but they aftually compliment him, at his own expence. They represent the part which this country aged in the coalition, and its issue upon the Continent, as only to be successfully de fondest by Mr. PITT himself. They represent it as a cause so difficult and arduous, that it must fail in the hands of even tht most able and eloquient of his friends, though assisted by his advice and copnoll ; for, though Mr. Pi r r be unable to bear the fatigue and clamour of long and violent debates, he is still, we are happy to say; well enough to transaa busi ness. But, upon the merits of Government, in re lation to the continental war, as well as upon the alleged incapacity of the other tnembert of admi. nistration, we must differ from the Ministerial lirints. Mr. PITT had themetit of forming a coalition against Prance, that exceeded themost sanguine expectations. The destruaioe of the Austrian arasy under General MACY, which decided the fate of the war, can nevet be fairly made a ground of complaint against him. The fulsome and inittdicions flattery of the prints de voted to the minister, suggest many other observa tions, for which we bare not room at present. We will, therefore confine ourselves to one more re mark : It is neither discreet nor proper, in the pre sent critical state of the country, to. represent 41 the ability of administration centered in one per son ; to hold him forth " as the chart, compass, pilot, and steersman," such are the words of one of the ministerial prints, as )very thing, in short, necessary to carry the vessel of the state through the storm, and moor her in safety, and at the same moment to warn us, that we know not the raiment when we !nay be de prived of this chart, iitempass, pilot and stArsman, so essentialto our salvation. No man ever did more for his country than Lori Nation, yet; diefiltada justly as we lament his loss, we feel no 'deorndency. There are many Captains in the Navy, who stand as high upon the rolls of fame, as Lord Hasson stood ten years age; and who only await oppor tunity to shies forth in all his glory. When Mr. PITT will be no more, we trust other statesmen will arise, rivals of his energy and his eloquence. At no time was England without a great man, able to wield all her force, and maintain her upon the high station which she occupied =ping tilt nations of Europe. Some dozen of little selfist beings are, no doubt, always crushed in the fall of every Mi nister; but melancholy, indeed, would be its fate, if the country had only a life-estate in its greatness gad its glory. Happily, it is not upon the wisdom oT a single mind, nor the energy of a single arm, the destinies of this ancient, renowned, and mighty Kingdom depend. Its fortune • ; bottomed upon a basis, to which, not even the seas can set limits, and upheld by the whole mass of its population. In most other nations, those talents and qualifications . which make men eminently useful to their country, are only to be toun..l in a particular class. Our fist Li la constitution acknowledges no such distil - Ilion.— Some situations are, of necessity, more lac- t to the display of talents elan others ; but in no oart of society is the man of genius doom ed,- by the law, to live unnoticed, and to to die unknown. Every man in EN:Janti, even tl:.• most humble and obscure, at this moment. may hope to rise to honour and renown. This is •`..? sentiment which should be present to the mirstalf every man. He should loak to I:linself for 'islet: a, and rot he taught the slavish le,son,Clat the prost.er ty of the country depends upon the life of any " one individual, however great in rank and tale•s•s he may frt. ft is eel) , well for those sv; - o have no objett in view, but some little, selfish , paltry purpose, to represent the Minister of the day, as the •• chart, the compass, the pilot. acid he steersman," aye, and the anch-r, the the captain and crew, if they plea•c ; bit vaa bombast and hyperbole sell not stand tar te•t of truth seal reason. In a few weeks we r have at Boulogne the legion, of .France, clad and fed with the plunder of Austrii4 and repeat ing the threat of invasion, with tenfold fury.-- Should the attempt ever be made, or even serionOy expetled, it will not do to send to the physicians cif any man, and measure the degree of our danger. or our safety. by their report of the health of his patient. We must look to ourselves. Every mm must aft as if he felt that he ware the chart and the compass, the pilot and the steers man, and not as if there was only one able-bodied sailor in the ship, and all the rest of the popular:am of the country was only lumber or ballast in the hold. The manners, the c;tication, the spirit of Englishmen, will acknowledge this truth as familiar to their feelings and reflettions. Never was the ge nius of a Commander mare clearly telt and under tsoti, stood, than that of Lord Nit.son, in all his vic tories ; yet he never represented himself as every thing in the day of battle, and all his Captains cod crews as nothing. That great man took every ~p-portunity portunity to declare, that the same Captains and crews would display, upon every similar cccastor., eqtral skill and bravery. These are the free, and generous sentiments, which have elevalel Ertg!and to the pinnacle of glory on which s!.s stands. The sycophants of Mr. PITT, AO th• slaves of Bort A AKT E, know neither country, cr:i stitution, nor people. Their microsc eye rat.,, t embracc so liege an cbjeft. It cat scarc:l7 t..ke .e one little man. The tran.poris arrived in the Downs from t e Weser, as we stated yesterday, halve returneelnetiw• cut any troops. We have received New York papers to the 1511.. and Boston papers to the 20th ult., from which ... have made some extreas. Their contents ate n,:t of importance. Tuesday. the RUSSIAN AMIASSAWIR had a v.-- ference with Lord llotortsve, from Ixe til !ea • past three. Yestbrday, a Court of Direeers was held at t!" . Eestlndia House, when Capt, CHRIS COPPER .10. MElt, of the ship Lard Castlereagh, took his En.; leave of :he Court, previous to departing tor. Na. dras and Bengal. The Capri", of 74 guns, retrains at St.l-Llenh:, but will come into the harbour, in the cota.e n' day or two, to be doCked. The greater p..r. of he guns had been thrown overboard, prev:ous to rh. being got off the rock+ near Faimoutli. l'he presence of Margnis Wettsattir in • plait in the House of Lords, is likely tin prods. very important effies. A Nobleman of his 'tau talents, and charaiter, mustbe a great aeqeiiition any party. From the sentiments, so honourable the Writer, and the person to whom they were a dressed, contained in the letter of Lord Gasevis to hi. Lordship, published in the Intercepted In Dispatches in the MOlldirlif, it was thouglo aid I.kely that these distinguished men would set gether. This will not be the case. Mat Buis W ' MO/ IS to have a high official situ..hum, afkl seat in the Cabinet. Sittings appointed in Nliddleses and Len.: fore the Right Hos. Sir hues hiesserecti, Lord Chief Justice of tits MA.: EST Court of L.' , mon Pleas, at Westminster, in and atm Term, 1806: IN TERM. MIODIAITM. swearni• r ,114 7 . . . lan. 24 Sati•Jiy. . . Jul 11,417 . . .• —4l tietrriA. , . Friday . . . Web. 7 IW,l.d.ay •• NETER TER A. Thumlay . . FA. 18 irod.y . Feb I By a letter from Travancore, dated June ISO:r, we are informed, that intelligence h rJ received by an Americas "awl frons she Moen' that vecy serious disputes have arisen among Menthe's of that Government, respeeing the duet of (arsine, who, they think, has not paid ficient attention to the proteEtion of their u The natives in the interior are likewise dis sat' with the new regulations %%hie') have Intel! made, in consequence of which several almaf non; have takes place. A late most curious document of telig iv:- tory has bee.* given to the world from Dr. ! soar, Bishop of the Methodist Church tq •tr' It reLtees to the increase of that religious se :t SS years. It sianotieces, that. in the United and Canada, 120,000 persons were iu their 1, ship, and that one million attended their tennis: as to include a seventh part of the whole polo of the United States. I t has in Amerioi: veiling preachers, and 2000 local preacher*. i • , . edat• I% . . . ~.. • --- • s •' . • TAnT INDIES. ~ f.. _ _.,.____.--_-____ _ _-- a r'''' ' TO WRI I'ERS, CADETS, &c DA RTICUL ARS respeaingDr.C.4LCJimsrs • HE BRITISH PRE SS. A Va'uable tiftll..NT kl. rup.uckrioNs dGR A wlti t - 41.7;T0US INSTRUCTIONS, obey be known, b plying to ~ • ' —" — - - - - - A AA.. and rntf, it.;l:teller y to the lest I * Compaoy,t • Leedenball-street; ”r, to Dr. Gflehri,t‘tat cemblanfl-greett. LONDON, • . THURSDAY, JANVARY 16. In a frw 41Ays will be publushod„ 1.1. — n o-- rr HE RE%IONSTRANCER AVM- s. srR %TED WI rii ; of, some Observati , :rktuggrated French and Dutch papers. the former of as late hs the Peru.al of • Couplet, soul the Note .attached to it, in a date as the 9th instant, have reached town ; "Mr. Shee'a Rhyme , . on Are; ... the Realkmerence co a ?Amon." 'Be W.H.WAITS but they are, we understand, uncommonly bar- " Dat eeniam elfrVig, vexat C. 9 1 ,111 A columbas "—Jae. SAT. 2. reo of inteilivence. It appears from the thirty- Pinned for Willum Mtlle , . Albemarle-street.