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`; s' - AN Is crut THE StjT E OF DIE iON. A Pamphlet, under this title, has been tecently published, and had a very extensive sale. It is supposed to be the mode a gentlemen in the Fereign Office. We have selmied its 'concluding °Were ohm s ; • ge , We have now taken a general turvey of the • relations of Englaild with foreign powtts, and have viewed, in detail, the hopelessness trf her situation, if ,she atilt pas-siit its baildrig rirri the chance of an inmeterliate resit.; ance to the influent! of France. Yeti- 'few words are remiired, to deduce from the investigation which has just been closed, the lessons of polfticdl condua pointed out by the experience 4:lithe past, and by the a3ual state of affairs. That the hi g h, unbending, unaccomm: , dating tone, which we have been accustomed to hold all over the world. and which the personal behaximir of our Foreign Ministers has generally renderid still more unpalatable. is in the extreme ttolish at all times, and particularli st& fur the present aspect of things, needs tint be pto*ed by a single argument, e- illustrated by one example. Nur is it less obvious, that the feelings and the Language of conciliation, at moderate views, of ealM and temperate dignity v..anr enemies, of friendly sincerity and frankness in our allies, are the feelings and the language most subservient, at all times, to our highest interests ; nr ast moisistent with our true honour ; and most ag..n..b.e to she sitnabon in which the affairs of Lugo fa., as ail a. ul En;land, are placed in the present crisis. 'rite whale concerns of this great and invincible people are new committed to the Care of an Admi nistration which unites tire largest porti.sn of ta le:lls, experiener, tank, and integrity ; the most atuple snare of alt the qualities, whether natural or acqu•r:d, intrinsic nr.' accidental. which ever enalled a iiiverionent to secure influence with its sat i ject., and command rupee among foreign 11:1- mos. The Ministers have taken upon themselves the management of public affairs, at a juneture of onprecri!ented difficulty and peril. For all the of their predec:ssors, in peace and in war, at home and abroad, they have become. in some sort, responsible. The natural consequences of those errors must be warded off by their efforts. No compromise of principles, no paltry, half measures. no incongruous mixture of big evords and little doings, will bear them nut in redeemim - 4 their pledge to save the country. The srerld will judge fairly. however, of their conduel, *arils at set utiniz;:s their measures strictly.. Miracles will not be ex petted from them ; and in all the departments of our national concerns, the magnitude of the losses which have already bean sustained—the extent of the dangers which at present surround us. from no Caul: of theirs, will be justly taken into the estimate Drumm attempts to better our condi-inn. I" There are, 1 , true, some reforms in our praCti cal policy. which the inquiry now concluded, has Plainly dielated, and which will peremptorily be eapeCted from the new administration. We may expo" that the isrpnetant branch of our intercourse with foreign -alamls will be entrusted to men of talents and acqii;rements, adapted to so weighty and diificult a depar mentor effai-s; that we shall now see extended to those situations of high trust upon which depend the alliances, say, the questions of peace mad war with our neighbours, the same enlightened vended,* of preference for r eal merit and tried in tegrity, that has presided over the formation of the new Ministry in all its ether Wenches. A careful eaview of our colonial affairs forms another fair autiell of expeetation at the present crisis. No thing can be more gratifying than the beginnings which have already been made, towards the attain ment of security for our establishments in the West Indies; a security which can only be attained by the utter desualion of the grand evil that hourly endangers our existence in those rich settlements, and the gradual telaxatitas of the pohibitory system, that has produced of late o many serious inconve bieneies. The state of affairs in the East is no less delicate and urgent. By an unhappy departure from the only system of management which can g;ve us a chance of security, amidst the deals of our power, and the natural enemies of our enor mous empire in those distant countries, we have arrived at a point where it is difficult to deter mine whether the pursuit of the path before us, or the retracing of our steps, be attended with the greatest perils. Our measures, unfortunately sic.. ctssful at first, have now produced their natural et fa.as ; and even the external circumstance cf mili tary triumph has begun to fors,ke as ' • while the whole consequences of our impolicy, in the ruin of nap Indian finances, the extension of our untenable conquests, the union of our implacable enemies, Li tharte happily for us divided among themselves, hate* been exhibited by symptoms too plain to be mistaken. The details of these macations belong to another branch of his inquiry. The subjedt is only alluded to here, as as additional presumption in fa sour of the moderate and pacific system which every other view of our present situation concurs to re commend. Neither is rh;s the opportunity for dis cussing the various questions or domestic policy, which now press upon the attention of givernment. Yet. when by tire most genera! survey of cur situa titan in this department, we discover such radical i ietetts in nor manor, swam as were torinsalpisinted at, we may deduce • new argument an favour of the reforms which the country has a right to cape° ; the improvement of our military economy, confess edly inadequate to the emergency ; and the Adop tion of torsi. moderate as may give the requisite time for carrying that improvement into aged. 1 he state of our linarivrt, the burtliens to w;.icla the peamle have lung been exposed, the accu mulation of our debt:, lease to the name conclusion. Moderate ceun:ils are still more strongly recoils t mended by the situation at Ireland ; the difficulty of adonting at [resent tie great measure so desirable 11 for the pluspetity of that valuable dominion ; and th e prcptiety of taus r sell the ::cps short of corn . pier emancipation, which may assimilate the Ca tholics with ti e -est of the people. An interval of peace, would. indeed, be invaluable for that ho pes' tam branch of our empire ; nor can a d:aibt he entertained, that it would be in proved in the way liese adapted to resume teal ,:nittvntment and vas stantia: talsed:rnre, by the caninlence and kind treAquent whrkh can alm.e establish r*iid autl.hi iiy ; • •• 7 e ,•••••phit 'reify darter e,t, SlNcitiOl jidd44 6Pr. pu tues s oe..maiide , e, et intokeenthi unpelattra, pneo,stem, ',von vi tn3i;ern nest Genignilate eteerum reteatarn at ;tie eonaervatem nu." .‘ It is, indeed, hbundantly clear, that the state of our affairs, domestic as well as foreign, enjoins a stritl regard to the conciliatory sy stem in general. and prepa•ei us mole especially to expeet in such a penes as may be consistent with our real honour, the hisghea advantages both tc our own interests and those of Europe at lajge. With regard to the Continent, it has already been demonstrated, that nothing hut mischief can possibly accrue from a re. newal of the late unhappy war. What then is likely to result from things remaining in their pre sent unsettled state ? Wiil the enemy, so long as we refuse to give him peace, so long as we pre veto our allies from treating, so long as we do not use our influence to bring about a negotiation, will he abstain from reaping the thousand advan tages of his present situation ? Will he submit to all the evils of warfare and forego all its gains? Will he unite in his plan all the losses of war, and all the constraints of peace ? This would be too close an imitation of our own condua with regard to Spain. Unhappily we cannot expel to be imitated in our European tactics. Our East Indian policy will suit him better. He will go on conquering such of our allies as continue hostile ; uniting with those whom he may intimidate, or allure to share in the plunder of the rest ; stretching his creations of Kings over the North of Germany ; aggrandizing those whom be has made in the South ; extending his dominion in Italy over the islands, and from Italy striding onwards to the East. " Fo f>al this prospect of loss, from a senseless pro longation of the war which has unfortunately reach ed its natural conclusion, the enemies of peace can only oppose certain vague, indefinite feats, of the dangers with which they conceive a peace to be prrgiwit. First, they imagine that good or even fail terms cannot be expeOted ; then they think the intemy will not be sincere ; next, they dread his taking the opportunity of recruiting his resources, and especially of restoring his navy ; lastly, they expett that he will take us by surprise, and attack us v:l.en be is sure to succeed. In all these appre hensions, however, there is a great deal of mis conceation, and no small inconsistency. As to the terms, we must fist see what he offers. It is ie dsed very evident, that we cannot expect such fa vourable conditions for the Continent, as if we had not plunged it into the late war, and occasioned the ruin of Austria, the conquest of Naples, and the aggrandisement of France and her dependencies. We cannot hope such terms as the present Admini stration would have gained, had it been formed two years ago. But it is equally clear, that if the enemy find his advantage in peace (and if he do not, we neither expedt it nor desire it) and if he es timate. au_he must, the high spirit and uncenceter able vetoer of this country, he will make no propo sals which can dishonour us. He will even temp t us to overcome our repugnance towards him, and our contempt of his new authority, by some favour able concessions. Then, with regard to his since rity. we Ynay safely conclude that the same motive which leads him to think of making a peace, will induce him to keep it—the motive of interest, for what can he gain by a transient peace, except the paltry cession of a few islands, which we shall al ways be able to retake, with the troops and s aping he may seed thither, so long as our marine is otpe riot to his ? Next, as to his recruiting his resnirces. and particularly his navy, this he most undoubtedly will attempt to do. We must lay ow account with it. We mean to recruit our own army, and he must lay his account with that. But does it follow that he will be able to acquire a navy equal to ours during the peace ? Where are his seamen ? Where are his officers and pilots? Where are Isis Nelsons? Mould the peace last for ten years, witch is unfor tunately a high estimate, how much would England gain in her commerce, her finances, her colonial 'and domestic economy, her matte) y system, her foreign policy ? And France, too, would gain somewhat in several of these particulars. Her trade would increase, and she would acquire colonial es tablishments. Would not this make her much less warlike? Weald it not be utterly incompatible with the military conscription, the most formidable feature in her present aspect? Would it not render her less military in peace, and mote averse to war, the greatest of evils to a mercantile and colonial Ration ? But could her navy in ten, or even twenty years of peace, possibly grow up so as to match our otvn ? Should we not, at the end of such a happy period, enter upon the war with our corn mei ce augmented, our finances cleated from debt, our wealth mote able to supply our necessities, our navy more numerous ? And would out this he the very same thing with beginning a new series of hnlliant vielories over the navy of our enemies? Besides, with the restcration of our continental re lations, and the improvement of our at my, might we not fairly expect even success on shore, as well as at sea ? Why is not France averse to peace from her fears of our commerce increasing, and our army being established on a *ace/ system ? Why then sloull we, who are as courageous as herself, dread the peeves! of her trade, and the re-establish us, in of her marine ? But to all such fears one an swer sr ry be given—:hey prove too much—they prove that peace can never be mode, if they dis suade us from making it now ; they have no appli cation to this particular tin*, they new oppreittql. sions of all times, and they go to involve the world in one eternal war. "Let us hope thatthe se:te men, who art now hap pily placed at the h. ad ra the State, will judge better, as they sec more clearly than such despond ing and yarrow views permit the multitude to do; that they will justly estimate the sem of affairs, nor timidly shut their eyes to the misfortunes in which they have found the country ; that with all their efforts to carry on a vigorous war, they will keep in mind how peculiarly the great end of all warfare is desirable at the present crisis, for our allies as well ;is for ourselves ; that, without abandoning one point who's the honour of England requires them to maintain. they will abjure all those false notions et honour, by which nothing but eternal hostility with all the wadi can ever be obtained ; and that, ssLe. Cher we are to be blessed with peace, or compelied to prepare for new battles, they vein pursue o.ose plans of moderate and salutary reform in sae va rious branches clout national policy, without which no glory, no safety, not even the inheritance cf names will retrain for England." THE BRITISH PRE SS• ' LONDON, THURSDAY, A, tic 10. We have received New York Papers to the Vol of February. We find from thorn, th.it the vie knee of the public feeling againia this Count' y hu much subs:ded, and wa indulge a confident hoi c, that the conciliatory temper of our Government, will soon completely restore that harmony whit k has hitherto subsi►ted, and ought never to be endangered or reduced between the two countries. In the course of debate in the House of Representa tives, on the i 3th, the advocates for moderate mea sures, to procure redress for the grievances com plained of, had a majority of twenty-three to seven. The James, —, from Lisbon, arrived off the Lizard, on the 2d inst. she sailed on the 21st att. and made Scilly in five days. The ii;icket was to sail on the 23J ; the fleet had not sailed. Yesterday, a Court of Dire fors was held at the East India House, when the following Commanders took leave of the Court, previous to departing for their respeetive destinations, viz. Captain Halleburton, °Litton ; CainAn Riche., Thames ; and Captain rate/Inn, Charlotte ; f.r China direct Captain Norman, Experiment. (or Kumla! and Bengal. Captain Kayla'', Haitian, fur Madeira and Bombay. The unanimous thankc of the Court were voted to CIIARLLS GRANT and GPORGE SatiTN, Esqrs. the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, for their unre mitting exertions for the i iterests of the Company during the last seascn. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till this day. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India lion e, for the eledion of six Directors, in the room of Devayries, Esq. George Itaq. eiarles Grant, E.q. il:ism Thgrntuo, Esq. Sir S. Lui.hii.gtuit, Bart. Swoeily Toole, EAI. who go out by rotation. At six o'clock, the glasses itM were delivered to the Scrutineers , Cc a CU ING, RICHARD CLAY, JOHN LA YT JACOS DOAK, BENJAMIN BARRIARD, and CAMP 'IL MA- J'JRI/I•NKS, Es4rs. who. on casting up t Votes, reported the EleCtion to have fallen on J..lin H.ba, John Ineis, S., Wo.linon Hensley, Ca.t. JsmeiPatt.son, Foci. not \V. F Elyain.tone, John Tray.ro, F.sq. whereupon they were declared duly clear.' to serve the term of four years. On Monday evening an express arrided to the Port-Admiral and ColleCtnr of the Customs, at Ply mouth, with the Proclamation to lay an embargo or. all Prussian vessels, their crews, and their car goes, in that port. Very few were there, and some of them detained ships. The idea of a Prussian war had given great joy to our jolly Tars and Royal Mariner, as there were great numScrs of Prussian vessels in the Chops of the Channel, trying to beat up against the easterly winds, and which toe in fall only carriers from France, Spain, and Holland. All the privateers here had sailed before the Pmclamation came down ; but the owners sent nut a trawl-boat with it, and she boarded them off the Eddystone. 'the Coniaterre armed brig was appointed to sail from Dublin, on the sth instant, with the /rocle fatigaVe, FOULKES; !Brans, BEOCIE ; Ma,, and LAnts ; and the 111nriaa, Leo , tacros, for London, under convoy for the Downs. The President, Foal), of Salem, was taken on the 3 1 )th of November, by a British cruiser, and sent for Columbo. The il/ T ator, Ituvr, from France, for New Orleans, is lost ou the Grand Camaynes; uew saved. It is donbtful whether there will be any more Aids from Cuxhaven. 'They may, perhaps, be for warded from liusum. On Saturday morning, Admiral Vu. tan eye r, of the Bare/flaw, Commander in Chief, Captain lat.- CAI, of the Redoubtable, Captain Int - 'Ai Myr, of the I,ltretitle. with a Physician, and two Lieute nants, lefE Reading for Plymouth, to embark in a cartel for Morlsix. On the application of the Ad miral, Lord Howicit wrote in his own hand to grant them permission to return to France on their parole, adding the most polite and liberal offers of every accommodation. Their reception in the town of Reading has been highly Littering and hos pitable, and their expressions of gratitude, on mg the town, were warm and sincere. We tiust that our countrymen will always chew the same at tention and respell to a brave foe in captivity, and thus display a strong contrast to the, treatment which the unfortunate Captain Vraioiit and some other British Officers bare experienced in France: Our squadron, at Messina, has been reinforced by two ships of the line, and they ride at anchor in par ted security, at a distance of nine mile, from the opposite Calabrian shore, which is so low and open, ' that any cottettion of the twenty's boats there m.ght be easily destroyed. As to the passage between Scylla and Charybdis, the current is strong, the shore rocky, and difficult of access, and the landing almost impraCticable. Our troops are in possession of Nlessina, a garrison of considerable strength. The regular troops, in Denmark and Norway, amount to 112.000. The garrison of Copenhagen consists of six regiments of infantry, the horse and foot guards, the artillery, two battalions of light infantry, a corps of marines, and one squadron of hussars The citizens of Copenhagen have formed themselves into a regiment of thirteen companies, and one company of artillery. On account of the disturbances in 1801, the following additional lot ce was raised :—The Landvern, which consists of the natives who have already served a limited num ber of years in the army, and who are to be called out in case of invasion; this body amounts to 7,300 men. Eight companies of sortien:s, under the name of the Prince's Body Guard, two companies of Royal Chasseurs ; so that the ohole army ex ceeds 200,000 cffe.ffive men. No canons:lon :.: the Datii.la service can be purchased. TNE.47'IU.S. DiItUlY-LAKI. Mrs. .Totose made het firzt appearance, a f tir o it holidays, last night, as Miss Perry. in Ti,, Ctunt, Girl. Her eatre was greeted with enthusia sm , b y brilliant and crowded house. A fine tiers, 01 spttit eareird her, with the happiest success, throu g h t hi, playful chara&er, every feature of Which was gi ee3 in the most fascinating style, and drew dowh pe4 of applause. Ever true to Nature, the motnest speaks, every individual feeling in the house is is unison with her own, and the audience are carr i ed away with the spirit of the scene. 1. Tar AI Thi.vcs" carried off a rich plunder of applause. The piece is compressed, by se.rerai judicioa omissions in the prose and the poetry. In d e brilliant circle were—the Countess of Deer, MOVTH, L 1)k Dusisit•sevrt.ka, Lady and Lady J. Ca meow— novellT-AA imam. Master Scrr was prevented. by ind. 4441. tion, from perfo% ming the part of Heiskt, last 11 ip,f and the excellent Comedy of The Chokes was sub stituted. Mr. Le.wis*. Don s Jollit is 01111 of )3 4 hap. p i eit effort s , and was received with repeated plas. dits. • MISS DE CAMP. This Lady has entered into arti-ier with the Pm. prietors of Covent-garden Theatre, to comment, with the ensuing season. The tenson, we understand, for her leaving DrUry"-lane, is, the introduelion or Signora Sroa act and Mit: Duracalt, both of whom' have trenched upon her cast of parts. and deprived her of the prominent situation which she had tire. vionsly filled at that Theatre. Miss Da CA Xt, though not thirty years of age, has been twenty years on the e.tahlibhment of Drury-lane Throve, a popular and favourite aaress. The terms, we be lieve, are advantageous • and if she will have mote frequent opportunities of f appearing to advantage at Covent.garden, the public aill have no reason to te. gra the change. _ Tuesday evening, Their Maass•rtts bad a Cassie and a selcct party. Yesterday morning, Princesses Ationst• as/ Ss• pia took an airing on horseback, kr Windsor Park. Her M•acsr y will hold a Thawing -Nun, on the I7th inst. Mr. For left town yesterday, for his seat at St. Ann's Hill, for a few days. The Earl and Countess of Cit•nxtMONT, and the Earl and Countess Cos v non AM, are gess on a visit to Mr. &ion, at his seat, in Wiltshire. Sir ARTHUR WOLLESLIV will shortly set out for Ireland, where he will lead the Hon. Miss PAW.. n•m, sister to the Earl of LONGFORD, to the Ily. meneal Altar. The EMI of WC;THORL AND is era in tows lx , this day, from his seat, Apthorpe-Northantp• tonshire. Lord CASTLEIRAGH, when extolling the luxury of a Bed of appears to have forgot that there is .4 no 'vac without a 14m." Lord and Lady Srewisitz will leave town this day, for Ilamp,hire. Mr. Bruin ANI and Mr. BANNISTER were yester. day thrown out of a gig, in Hyde Park. As BRA. ItAu lay flat upon the ground, his companion ulr• served, that it was nne of his worst 4.y/enra. The Nlarquis of BLANDSORD left town yester. day, for his seat at White Knights. Lady CAl's nictom will give a grand rout on the I eth The Hon. Mrs. Iloaiwsov will give 2 grand rout on the I fhb, at her house, in Privy Gardens. The Es-Ministers objeB to veriu:wfor years. They hoped that their services would have been accepted fur I,le. The late Duchess of DCYONSHIRIC unfortunately suEered so much during the disorder which termi nated in the deprivation of the sight of one eye. that she declared she could endure no more, even with a certainty that it could be entirely recovered. Comte has made a very successful trip to Bath and Bristol, for the last two or three weeks. He performed all his favourite charaelert there. A very seleEt and pleasant Subscription Ball was given on Fuesday evening by the Nobility aid Gentry of Ealing, and its neighbourhood, at the 01.1 HMS ; there were present Lord MACDONA L. and family, Lady DA L 1.14 0; Mr. FIATCRER and fa mily, Mr. RosuTs, and Rev. Dr. KaRR ; Rev. D. Gl. AUL, Mrs. HALIFAX and her fair dasightels, and several Officers of the 14th Dragoons. The ball at Brighton, OR Monday, was extremely splendid. Lord and Lady Cuero% o, Mr. and Mrs. 'FROM 4S SRLIt WAN. the Hoe. Captain Bualtat, and all the Fashionables in the neighbourhood. were present. If Green.raam report m ry be trotted, Disois's new operatic Drama, entitled 7be Whitt Pboce. will prove the very best of his dramatic produaines• The subjeft is founded upon the warlike contenti... of the Border Chieftains, which was long a do p source of annoyance between the people of Scotland and England. On the 2tttli ult. died at Bodney-hall. in Norfolk. Madame Dt Maatpotx, aged 49. This Lady. ile scended from one of the must dissinguishrd families in France, forsook rally in life the Lacinating allure ments of a Court, for the retirement and a usterity_ of a monastic tile. From tie storm of the French Re volution, the Benediame Convent, of which she had been superior twenty.two years, sought 4:lter in Eugland, and found an asylum at Rodney, la eat county, where, for the last atteen yeArs. the Num. have been occupied in educating Catholic youPC M4aK Kzc.t.v. of the ath ReFimcr.t of l'o't• (lately shipwrecked in a trancp rt on the 000 4- wl ), an.llacther to Mr. KIALY. of Drury-lan' ThtatTe, as well as father of Mrs. M4l.it.ers. ci the same, apzeared at t►e Theatse. P-0, a ll' evenings since, in Kilacaelork. iu COCA !cs's twitters. with distiorni.heil rrlal. f!t• ; bye , . ' fourteen engagerverts. an," woun.4ki t::; in t:CYPt , and un I:.c Continent. iif t friem 'll MUT for is two I that whol upon DUNI tribu moth His lbas t cut , IEII Gio way Hu ?A SI SUCCI 3 ii lON. ill SI \Viti Cal' rem MI it 1,401 to th fami Loup dor Lord and i shall alma TI oft Stu Lor c •oti ate. &PI the! 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