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NEW . ANT) COMPLETE COLLECTIOI4 OF MO. DERN VOYAGES AND TRAVELS ; (Including DENON's TRAVELS in EGYPT, PALLAS's TOURNEY THROUGH RUSSIA, GRANDPRE's and GOLBERRY'a TRAVELS in AFRICA, and par ticularly the new and splendid Work on Egypt, now print ing under the direCtion of the French National Institute, which will be translated for this Edition immediately after its importation. It is also intended to comprise corred and full Translations of all Interesting Works of a similar kind which may henceforth be published on the Continent.) This Day was published, Elegantly printed in .Two Pocket-Volumes, on Cream coloured woven Paper, and ornamented with a number of beautiful Engravings; together with Two Corre& Maps of Upper-and -Lower Egypt (the same site as those its the 'Original Edition), and other Embellishments, price only Toy. in boards; or, on Royal Paper, Hot-pressed, with Proof-impressions of the Plates, Coloured similar to the Designs of the Author, price 545. DENON's TRAVELS in EGYPT, being the First of a Series of Volumes under the Title of MODERN biSCOVERIES ; Or, A COLLECTION Of FACTS and OBSERVATIONS, Principally relative to the various Branches of Natural His tory ; resulting from the Geological, Topographical, I3o_ tanical, Physiological, Mineralogical and Philosophical Researches cf celebrated Modern 'Travellers in every quar ter o the Globe ; carefully translated, prepared, and re printed from the Works cf the most eminent Authors, By FRANCIS BLAGDON,Esq. Professor of the French, Italian, Spanish, • and German Language%s. N. B. As it may be imagined, from the size of the Volumes above-mentioned, that they contain only an Abridged Trana lation,' it is necessary to 'state, that they comprise the whole of the Original Work, which is told in London at the enor mous price of TWenty-one Guineas. London : Printed for T. Ridgway,Ykk-street, St. Tames's square ' - H. D. Symonds, No. ao, Paternoster-row; and may be lied of ail the Bookteliert, Stationers, and Dealers us NewspaperS, in G Teat Britaih and Ireland. TO THE PUBLIC. • " 0 none tolit pnncqum, qui misetait utile dulci."—Hof;. If the opinion co -- 7-erdarace, that the man who haS succeeded in a coml.iination of the useful with the agreeable, has earned • every polnt, be cone& the Editor of the present Publica tion has every-- thing to hope, and nothing to fear. • But though confidenn he would not be thought assuming ; he would not wish to obtrude his labours on the Public, without a ssigning " their motive and elei ' rend." The principal subject of complaint against the most repot-,' able Travellers has been,' that each having . had. a oredileetion • for a specific object, or branch of study, has paid too strict a degree olattentien to that branch in particular; but-whatever may have been the primary objed of the Traveller, 'whether; s attention have been directed 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 ofe labour and refledion, and his liberal exertions are equally de serving of public approbation and encouragement: It is uni versally admitted, that no Books are so completely` calculated to afford/instruction and entertainment, front the trignitude.' of the objects they embrace, as those of Travels in distant'. climates ; for by the perusal of their general contents, rode_. pendently of the portion devoted to Scientific Inquiries, a contrast is formed with the Habits and Customs of .our Na tive Land ;. and thus the Juvenile Mind, instead of becoming '‘.!ahtraCted and prejudiced, is ' accustomed to relied with ad vantage on the diflerent shades of Human Nature, and to re concile itS Mainers ha various parts of the World. So firmly, indeed, 'have Men of learning been impressed with this opi- Mon, that they have frequently insisted on the utility of all Books of Travels, however inadequate their Authors mayo 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 mitted to public inspection, but have beets deemed worthy of being translated into almost every Language, and dispersed througl'iout every Country, in Europe! . Tb: importance, theiefore, of Voyages and Travels, on the veracity of which reliance may be placed, and their vast uti- ' ?qty to the Rising Generation, es well as to Society at large, so obvious, that any farther remarks in support of them would not only be superfluous, but impertinent. Rut notwithstanding the immense advantages resulting - from produelions 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 knowiedgr, we hOldly and , unequivocally assert, will be et - fee - led by the publication of the present Edition : and hence we have every reason to • hope toad 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 migikt have been ex pected ; or it they have inserted the latter, the size of the Volumeohas been so far extended, as to render its publica tion at a moderate expence utterly impracticable. On the • other hand, the publishing of works of real merit on a large scale, and attended with overstrained embellishments of the gtaphic and typographic arts, has been the means of intro clueing such Editions 'to splendid and expensive libraries 4 only; while the enormous price of the Volumes renders them unattainable by the most numerous part of society. On - this subjed, the public complaint has beets appropriately expressed in the words of Juvenal : " Scire volunt omnes, mercedem solvere nelno." To remedy this most serious inconvenience, the Editor has thought, that by printing his Edition in ail the beauty of Typography, together with the convwsienc. of portability, • and also • by condensing, in a very tew instances only, such matter in site Original Works as may be conceived - generally uninteresting, he should be enabled to publish, in a regular Series of Volumes, a complete and extensive Collection of Tarts and Observations, adapted to the present state of Li terature and Science ; a Collection which, while it is calcu lated for the information of the Nation at large, will not discredit the patronage of Princes ; for, by a strict attention to the double cbjett of elegance and economy, he will be aisle to,prescut the most superb works that have been pub lished in every European language, at a price which can neither be telt nor regretted by any enlightened whatever may be his rank in society. it may here be necessary to give the following outline of CONDIT!ONS. • I. This Work will be printed in the Odo-decimoi or Pocket size, containing thirty-six pages in - a sheet, with a New Type, and on a fine woven 'Patler. . A Volume, containing, on an average, not less than Ten Sheets, and not unfrequently Twelve and upwards, will be published on the first day of every month. 111. 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 respedive Traveller will be corn. pleted at the end of a Volume of this Edition ; so that the Public will have the desirable privilege of purchasing those Volumes which they may be inclined to prefer, without being necessitated to continue the Series. (This Condition is illustrated by the Translation of Denon, Nyhichfwill form a complete Work, in two Pocket Volumes). V. The utility of accurate Maps, to elucidate the difnrent. routes through countries in a great degree unknown, is too obvious to 'require the smallest comment. Hence, whenever any of an authentic kind may be contained in the larger Works, they will regularly be given in this Edi tion. VI . Each Volume, printed in the manner above specified, will be sold, at an aver..ge, at the very moderate I.lce of ss. ; an additional charge being added only when rendered necessary by the increased size of the Volume, or by an extraordinary, number of Plates and Embellishments ; and where no subjeCts are aftOrded tar the latter, the de ficiency will be supplied by an ulditiona/. quantiiyof Let.. ter-press. A few Ctipies ()leach Work will be printed on • Royal Paper, with coloured plates,. (0" I tis but justice to add, that although the most splen did and extensive Works-ever published in the United King dom will ultimately be comprised in this Undertaking, yet it is by no means theintention of tie Editor to confine him self to this objett alone. Every Edition of Travels of ac knowledged merit which may henceinrth be published on the Continent, will be 'expressly and iinmcdiately tranElat , _ll for this Series. Hence it is confidently hoped, that the prey( nt will form. the most ; itnportat and Nilecl Colledion of Modern Voyages and Travels that has ever appeared in the , . Eaglish language. if.* On the Ist of December will be published, eMbellish tl with a capital MAP of Ar R ICA, and other 4ngravings, ik rice .0 n y ss. ul board,s, Vol. of. G (,)LESE RRY's TRA VE LS through the WESTFAN PARTS of AFRICA; vanslatee. by Mr. Blagdon exprOz; . sly for thi; Edition, from ti c al Wort, just imported.- 1, -Volume LI, will be pub l: hal on the tst i:rf January, IV,,A MAILS. ARRIVED DUE Holland French x ------ - - - PRICE OF STOCKS, ?SUS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols Money . 67 o I Omnium . lc }. Ditto Nov. - THE SUN. ISOLEM QUIS Ductaz yALSUM AUDZAT LONDON, OCTOBER 30, zBoz. WE this morning received the Paris Papers to the 2,Bth inst. The intelligence from Switzer land continues to be as contradiCtory and per plexing as ever. The Members of tile Helvetic Go.. vernment have arrived at Berne, but it does not ape pear that they have resumed the exercise of their fundions. The. Troops of the Confederates stave been disbanded, but they have retained their arms, and before they quitted Berne, they possessed there elves of all the- Military Stores which were in the Arsenal of that City. The Dre' of Schwitz 6till continues its Sittings, and has declared that it corlsiders itself as consti tuting the legal Government of Switzerland, having been appointed by a great majority of the People of that Country. Letters from Basle, of the loth, state that the Diet have transmitted a Justificatory Memorial to the First Consul, and at the same time sent two Deputies to Cid -zen RAPP, who has declared that nothing but the absolute Submission of the Diet of SchTeitz, can prevent the French Army from entering Swit zerland. It does not appear wifether the Memorial mentioned in these Letters is the one agreed upon by the Diet on the SM," or whether they have transmitted a second Memorial. From ac counts so confused, it is impossible to ascertain with any precision the teal state of affairs in that Country. We' must, therefore, wait until we re ceive more authentic details than any contained in the French Papers, before any decided opinion can be formed upon the subjea. It is got stated in any of the Papers, that, the FIRST CONSUL has set out upon his journey ; but the Prefer} of the Department of Rouen published a Proclamation on the 25th, stating that BONAPARTE would arrive in that City in two days ; it is there fore probable that he left St. Cloud on the 26th, which we stated some days ago to_be his intention. The accounts from Brussels state, that Manu fa6tories- have been established there, •of Dimities and Printed Cottons which rival those of Eng land, arid that several English workmen have lately settled there. Though this is not perhaps true to the extent that is stated, yet it is a subjdt that deserves consideration, and will, we trust, cause the greatest vigilance to be'used in our Ports, to prevent the Emigration of our Manufac._ turers, and the exportation of Models of our Ma. • chinery. The French Funds have risen to 54. zo. This morning a Dutch Mail arrived, but it con: taiils no intelligence whatever. TiE measures which the CHtEO CONSUL has taken 'since the Signature, of the Treaty with this Country, have induced many persons attached to its interests to doubt, whether . the Nation does not suffer more real, injury by the continuance of Peace, than by the renewal of Hostilities. If a Truce only had been entered into, and there existed no stipulation to the contrary, it would have been fair that each Nation should profit of the I interval to strengthen itself as much as possible ; but if a-Treaty of Peace has been concluded—nay, -if one of the . Parties • has made great sacrifices as the price of Peace, the Party .making such sacrifices has a - right to expect that the Nation to which they are made, will take no step incompatible with a state of Amity between the two Countries. The sacrifices which were. made at.the Signature of the Treaty, on the part of the British Empire, were thought _by many persons to have been too great ; but such, as they were, they were made to France as she then stood.—lf she ma terially alter her relative situation, the prudence of the sacrifices which have been made becomes much more doubtful—The Ciipe of Good Hope was ceded, not to France, .but to Bd. land, so were Demerara, IsstW-bo, &c. and much - ' - stress was laid by those who defended the Treaty tipon this circumstance. But if. France is allowed, With impunity, to gain a degree of ascendancy in the Batavian Republic, totally different from that which she possessed at the time of the signature of the Treaty, perhaps' to annex it ultimately to her own Republic, the Treaty on the part of France becomes a jugglr,and His Majes:-.y's Ministers would be dupes to submit to such an artifice. We speak of Holland, because the CHiaF CoNsuz, bar inter_ fered in the same manner-in the Government of that Cquntry, as he has in that of Switzerland ; and be cause it more immediately concerns us, as being conndleci intimately with the Treaty we have entered into. The conclusion we draw from these obsery t-ions is this—That His Majesty's Ministers cannot pro ceed to carry into effed the Articles of the Treaty with France,. ‘vbi l / 4 .11 relate to the Cessions to he made to-her, without new Stipulations. If . the CHI EF CONSUL annexes Piedmont to the Republic, let us keep Malta—if he interfere to force a Government upon. Holland; objea of which is to bring that People 'still itiCre under his controul, let us keep the Cape, and Demerara, and IssequiLo.—These were ceded at the Peace of Amiens to Holland, certainly at that time too much under French influence—but not to Holland, a Province of France. It was said, and very justly, in the defence of the Treaty of Amiens, that in its Stipulations we had had great consideration for our Allies, and that many of the sacrifices which had been made, had been sub mitted to on their account---But to what purpose did we make these sacrifices, if Our Allies are to be trampled upon by the CHIEF CONSUL ? The Treaty of Amiens certainly did not recognize that of Luneville but to suppose that it was unknown , to His Majesty's Ministers—that they we-re not interested in many of its Stipulations, is to suppose them unconcerned .in the affairs of the Continent.' BONAPARTE says, he had intended not to interfere in the affairs of Switzerland, bUt had altered his determination.--What he intended, he only knows ; but what is more to the purpose, he had pledged him self not to interfere, by the Treaty of Luneville., With respea to Austria, therefore, his interfereoce is a direa breach of Treaty—with respea to us, it is only virtually a breach of ,Treaty, inasmuch as any . measure materially 'altering the relative- state of either Country may. he so considered, when we re flea upon the peculiar situation in which the two Nations stand with respea to each other. As to the pretence set up by M. TALLEYRAND in his Letter to M. de CCTTO, ,that the CHIEF CONSUL has interfered, not to destroy, but to ensure to the Swiss their Independence, is too foolish and ab. surd to deserve a comment. VVar, however, is a serious evil for this Coun try—but to have our best Interests undermined in Peace, is a more serious evil. Sound and secure Peace is most desirable for us, but not more for us th.,n for France; and it never was more the interest of an individual to maintain it, than it is that of the CHIEF CONSUL-but men are not always governed by their interests, and least of all those with whom Ambition is a ruling passion. Every thing the People of France now suffer is imputed to the Re.. volution, which they speak of with horror ; and what ever popularity BONAPARTE possesses, is derivel from the consideration that he has put an end to the Revolution, and given them Peace. But a War com menced for purposes to which the People of France are indifferent---to support an interference in the Internal Affairs of Switzerland, or of Holland, would deeply affect whatever of popularity remains to him; and Public Spirit, now almost extind in France, would revive with the difficulties which War would occasion. It is easy to watch and check the growing popularity of other Generals in Peace,: but BoNAPAittk cannot, in War, be always present to carry off . the laurels of a Battle of Marengo— other Leaders will become Favourites, and a Fa vourite with the Army, in a Military Government, is " a Brother near the Throne"—every sober re_ flexion should incline him therefore to Peace. We do not nip any of these observations, as supposing, that they have not - occurred to His Ma jesty's Minister. —nay, we can confidently say, that they have aced upon Sentiments not very dif ferent from those we have expressed—but we state them in Answer to those who even now dry out, " Let us . preserve Peace"—So ewe say too—if we can preserve it without a sacrifice of our Honour or our Interests—but to cling to . a feverish, rest. less Peace, denying us the advantages of a state of real tranquillity—to make use of that interval to restore our Conquests—and to see (what the con_ duet of the French Government gives us too much reason to suppose we should see) the War break, out again, as soon as we had made all our Restitu tions, would be to takea line of condua which His Majesty's Ministers • will not adopt, and .which none can recommend, except thOse who would see with pleasure ih i e'aggrandizement of Fiance, and . the ruin of the &lush Empire. What then we contend for is this, that the Mea sures in general taken by the'Cxr Er CONSUL, since the Signature of the Treaty of Peace with this Country, have, for their ()Wed, the humiliation of the British Empire and its Allies.. We say this, of the interference respeaing the Liberty of the Press in this Country—of the demand respeOing the French Princes and Emigrants—of the Parti,', ;ion of the Indemnities in . Germany—,of the an. tiexation of Piedmont JO the French Republic—of the Measures taken towards Switzerland, in vio , iation of the Treaty of Loneville—..and of the coo. trout exercised over the tatavian Rep'ublic.—We certainly do not wish for War, but if we are not to have Peace, do not let us pay the price of Since the signature of the Definitive Treaty, the CHIEF CONSUL has materially altered the relative state of things in Europe in his own favour, and he is every day making a progress to effeet the same purpose. Before all the cessions stipulated by the Treaty of Amiens are made, and while we have the means of redress in our own hands, it becomes, those who administer the Affairs of the Nation to consider two things—the State of Europe 1101.1.1 and as it stood when that Treaty was signed ; and the disposition which the FlRsr Co . xstn, has shesvn since that period. Upon these considerations they will see abundant reason to pause, before they make further restitution of Conquests. We are aware that in adopting this - line of con du;}, Ministers must be prepared for the conse quences to which . it may lead—yet we are convinced that every candid man will admit, that this is not only the just, but the indispensible line of Policy, for the Nation to, pursue. Os Saturday a Cabinet Council was held, in which ➢ as far as. we may judge from its elfeas, the Resolu. .- • . tion was taken to dispatch ,Orders tne'very part of the Globe, to retain every thing that was to be , ceded in _consequence of the Treaty of Amiens. - The Right Hon. the Governor in Council ii, Madras 'has been pleased to declare a dividend of eighty thousand ,pagodas to the Creditors of His Highness the Nabob of the CAKNATic,. 4ku 9pposition Paper of yesterday contains the following observation : " The interference_ 'of THis COVNTRY on behalf of the B EYS , i s not cciniis.i teat with policy, because it is a favouthi-objell 'with the French to abolish their anthisHty EGYfT."-If the above reasoning be not quite sonud, it is at least consistent with the usual senti. meats of the Paper alluded to. Perhaps it . woold be the test and soundest to favour, - as much as -possible, the interests of the BEYS in Egypt ; for it is welt known that they are the firm and steady friends Of the English; *that they are men of the greatest courage and enter•. prize ; that implicit reliance may be placid on theft sincerity and good faith ; and above all that they-- possess the most inveterate and irreconedaide bard. to Freirchmen. Between the 4th and 14th inst. 34 English Packet Boats entered Calais from Dover, with 85.1 , Passengers; and 33 Fr enc h P ac k et B oats qu i tte d the former Port for Dover, with .991 Passengers, When the PRINci of WALES was coming to Town on 'Thursday night, from Brighton, and servant having gone on before, and another being at some distance behind, as His Royal Highness in his carriage was rather slowly ascending at the other side of Westminster-bridge, some thieves cu all the leather straps which fastened on a trunk Igo hind ; but an iron hoop going round the trunk, dis , appointed tli4in of their booty. •. Three hearses, each drawn by six horses, passed through Birmingham. on Wednesday. They con' tained the remains of three of the family of Lord, • CREMO&NE, from the family vault i n t h e coun ty. ol ' Monaghan, where they slept near forty years, fug' interment near London, A French Vessel was lately surprised in the night, off the Coast of Genoa by two Chaloupes, having a number of Robbers on board, who coat' pelleLl the Captain to give them a considerable surf' of money which he had on board belonging to 500 Genoese Merchants, with which they escaped. During the period between the month of March and the end of September, it rained, only once 0 Naples. According to the meteorological observation 9 published by the Society _of" Medicine at Faris' they experienced a difference of temperature io that City of twenty-two degrees (Reaumur) in 610 course of twenty days, the Thermometer being af . 28. on the 27th . ult. and At 6. 3on t h e instant. Mrs. ARNOLD, the Relift of the late Dr. Alt; icoLD, has led so exemplary a life as a Wife and a Mother, that all who know the merits of hee charader, must he glad to hear, that there is a prob o ; biiity of her obtaining some provision in a n august quarter,' which was always favourable to the talents of her late Husband. Colonel GREVILLE, driving his curricle abg'S, King.street, St. James's ye ster d a y, one of horses . fell, and the other came down above bo l l While they lay kicking on the ground, the Colono leaped out, and escaped without injury. At the Public Office, Marlborough -street, yester' day, a great number of Bakers were summoned be' fore the Sitting Magistrate, charged with exposi °s to sale bread nor of the regular standard weight." ... .,. The Officers seized all the b re ad t h e y f oun d in the m shops, and brought it to the Office. The °fer e .: • being clearly 'proved, the M ag i strate fi ne d there l a thefull penalties, and directed t h at t h e bread'sbbt l ,.... be given to cite Poor. The B a k e rs a re tants of the Parish Of Si. Mary-le-bonne. To-morrow two Charity Sermons will ' be rea ch : ed at Tavistock Ch a p el , B roa d- co u rt , Long:Jie r t; for the benefit of the Cha rit y Chiid ren belonglog. he . the. Parish of Sr. Mar ti n in t h e Fi e ld s ; that in ' ter morning by the Rev. W ALTER H AR PER ) r ,, of the said Chapel, and Joint Lecturer.of St. 4-I.the drew, Holborn ; an d th at in the evening, by, t ot Rev. I .'I4IITE, A. M. Assistant MiDis ter rn , the said Chapri.-- . --Prayers will begin in the 111° 5 i% ing at eleve!!, and in the evening at half past o'clock, at C; 1 ~~ sip a~ cc ii Q et be