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is true, and as Mr.Tcoke lists stated, was absent dilly three Slandays, - from the dose'of the Ele6tion in No yt-mber to the end of April. But that I dined there ettasked, or no welconied, is, as you now, see, utterly Use., Tts.e. invitations which he gave me in our first Titt;.4rview, and in his first letter, were such as would have justified me in considering myself engaged for ali these Sut&ay panics ; but the truth is, that Mr. TOoke ycarceiy ever wrote to me, and never saw me, . repeating them in the most pressing manner. N f or is this all. Every body who knows any thing of these Wimbledon dinners knows that they are social parties given for Sir-Francis Burdett and his political friends ; that they are supported chiefly . at Sir FratlC;3'S expellee; that Col. Bosville, and one-or two others, are considerable contributors ; and that, on. the close, of the year, it is customary for most of the_ visitors to make Mr. Tooke a present of wines, or some other articles necessary tbr the supply Of the table. Every Saturday evening a party was made • op at -"Col. Bdsville's of those who were to go from lowa Sir - Francis was invariably . present ; and ge 7 e'er. l'y wattled some' friend who was to accompany tiie do we, and whom I was to bring hack, with him self, in my cal ri ige, after dinner. Sir Francis seem ed always to regard Me as regularly engaged to dine with ihint at Wimbledon, on Sunday ; and, though . I ever conasidered . myself indebted to Mr. Tooke for t,:e '' eTeat entertainment which his wit and knbwledge atJorded ; I confess - that, after the second Sunday, I never 'looked ppon myself as dining at his eipence. Berme the- length of my acquaintance with Mr. `Tooke authorised me to take the liberty 6f making tiie u,uat pi eients, he put an end tosour acquaintance fa- ever. So that if he really grudges me - what I received at his hoes°, he most, thank his own ill.; nature that it ‘Vas ROI compensated." I'llls ALITItoR I , ;!..4COURACIRD BY SIR FRANCIS BUR DIM, TO SliT UP FOR WESTMINSVIIII. "That Sir Vrancis cautiously avoided being a mem ber of; or attending oily 'committee of .mine, 1 con fess, Gentlemen, I never.observAd. On the contrary, as I could Jute from his pkotessions and his actions, be seemed 'desirous of pr o m o tin g the success of my eleaion by all the honourable moans his power. That tie,was a ntecuoer Of the cotranittee certain ; but he might have been elected tyithout his knowledge and against, his desire.• That he. did not take any active Fart in the committee, and, indeed, that he seldom at tended it, is true. attributed that, however, as I did his not making any busy exertions- during the elettion, to the eleaion, Which was just coining on, and waieh, of course, required his un divided attention, Nor can I now believe, thotigh so strongly assured by Mr. Tooke, that his inatti. vity in the cause of- freedom; as he termed it, arose • either from caution or desigp ; hecanse such a belief would be a d;Avoright impe,aehment of his sincerity; an d because n;woold he in dire& opposition to,his e4ress declaration,' and to the whole tenor of his etaidnA. ~ . .Besides I can see no nwtive for sncli can tam. -He had avowed hii unlimited confidence in my Integrity, and ,had in the most open mariner com:nitted himself in my cause. What then could he have had to fear from taking part in the ordinary meafarres for promotingmy eleCtion ? ' " Bur, ;n:er all, Gentlemen, it -is of 'very little consequence. Be it as it may, it can have no rela.. lion ;a the sehjea with, which Mr: Tooke has con ' nemed it, and on.which he wishes:it to bear. For, whertier,Sir Francis Was a Metnher'of my. Coinmit .4ee or riot, he. was.one of .‘ the Electors who deter mined neon a Petition to the 'House of Com Mons and, notwithstanding Mr. Tooke's expr ess deelara , firm to the contrary, had the same share iu .that determite;tion . as ,any other individual elector; ex-. cepting, perhaps, Major Cartwright, who proposed, .'.`vlr.,Gifebons,, who seconded it.' The resolution, for oppnsing Mr. Sheridan's •reitirn, and for en deavouring to seat WAS entered into at a meeting of the elOors at the Crown and Anchor, after the final 'close of the poll oh the 19th of No vember. And, •at that meeting, if , Mr. Tooke will take the trouble to refer to any of the printed ac counts of the proceedings, he will find that Sir Vrancis Bordett was ,present. ' He did not, indeed, make noy speech in favour...of the resolution; but to slit!w his qpKobation of the proceeding, he was the tirst person to put his name to one of the sub scription 'paperr;• and-- in a few. day's: afterwards committed, the aa of liberality (unknown to Mr. 'TOoke) which raised him so-much in theestimation tit the public," AGAINri TIIP. SAME' fiunJrcT. r` In'ltl the coneorns . which . grew out of the con. Rest in which I had just been Sir Franck; took a i tL-zive on. He aS,111:1011 aitc.otiol on tbe p e ti t i on a s it it hod b.,:eri'his WWI 1 he attended several of the eon:il:a tiom with the Cowlsel;with an a.:;:idliity to my own ; lie, took . rnOit active pirt in the' pro pee htt-r, Against I\ , lr. Sheridan ; and so'nnxious h Lotir lb t, daring their pr(rzjcsi, lie went even (lay to the gallery of the 'House of Com- And reth l imid there till the House adjottrned. ind , 'e , l them wtoi nothing in which he did not-en -1::::criy in .my tyltilif. And, when it waw 16;:tihi Wit r: :,ult , ,cription for the petition had fail anl th3t the whole bun.let) of that expeushi e undert,tkin ; ; upOn me; so fir clad his pr ~ P,4;31 - 4 for me ttiurnph over his zeal for your that he !trongly recommended me to forfeit mprecoglizaocc, and totally abandon the petition,'!. .514, IItAtNCZS • rtuit r ow.rr's Atinx; SENTI ME NTS WITTY 111±44111) TO A 84;AT .1N PARLIANtNT. " Ever'sinc;e m lit acquaintance With Sir Fran cis lit.rdett, I have seen iit . him a strong and almost ble inclination rp vt into Palimnent ; tl e contrary, I. have seen in Mr. 'l'ooke an tqually strong and a More commanding determina tion tp keep hint out of, Parliament. The 'predo minance; sometimes, 61 Sir inclifixtor i ft; at sottietimes of M r. Tooke's influence, is the true cause tyhy • we have seen Sir Francis slinetimes conrting and sometimes withdrawing from eleCtion co ntest , t; sonietinies expressing a wish to get . into Parliament, and sorrietimes a determination Jo have nothing .to do with - Parliament. Neither the want of sticcess, nor:the ruinous expeuce attending- his, Middlesex...strn4gles, 'abated bis,wish for Parliament, though. they dimini,l:ed his ability to get there by very expensive means. On the contrary„ , l am fully per4nacied .that Sir Francis Burdett would have offered himself- for any 'other once, where there,was a popular eletion, it he had n o t been restrained by the influence of Mr. l'oolte, Wh e n Holiitou become vacant by Ur. Caivelidith tradshaw's acceptance of a Place in May, 1806, he had a strong inclination to become a candidate;.and, nothing . but the notorious charaelee of that Borough' . for venality, the shamed standing for such a cor-- : rapt place„ and Mr. Tooke's.persuasion, prevented him : here 'too he would have accepted, but Would not solicit. When the EleCtors of Westminster da-: plated ine to, invite him to represent their City, in. October last, and when there would have been no expence, he had adually agreed ; and, .as I have stated, set oat with me from Busbridge for that ex= press purpose; but the predominating - influence. of Mr. Tooke induded him to alter his determination. When the electors of Grampound invited him, in March last, and when also he. would have'been re= turned without any expence, he had made up his mind, after a long conversation with me on the sub je&, to ACCEPT their offer ; but a ride to Wimble don, and a conversation with Mr. Tooke, again led him to'decline : and he recommended Mr. Cochrane - Johnstone in his stead." THE AUTHOR'S nszAs OF THE FAMOUS CATEE'" FELTO'S LETTER OIL THE 29TH APRIL, IN WHICH SIR vRANcis ronnEvT ngetANEn TAKING THE CHAIR AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR. Gentlemen, can any thing be more diSgusting .than the vanity which di6tated, this letter ? Could any. man; in Whom self-conceit had not overcome all good sense and discret;on, have' fancied or have suggested that he was to be placed .in the 'chair merely that the renown of his name, or the magia o 1 his appearance, should attraa.a wondering multi tude ? 1 am no shoW-man ; no mountebank had no intention' of exhibiting a Great Caterfelto,' or of .turiiing the - animal to my- profit. I advertised Sir Franek's name, 'because he being the man of highest rank and most:consequence, as well .as warmest supporter, and the person who vas to pro 'potie me, had been fixed on as a chairmo ; and be cause it is a!ways customary; in giving notice of a public dinner, to state who is. to be in the chair" THE AUT/10'll'S ClEtitil;CrEß OF Slit F. lit.rnmtr. . But b-fore I tale my leave of Sir . Francis, alloW me to Eiv'e hi':n a few words of advice. ; Not.' withstanding all his condud to me, I do not think him a bad man ; but I tear that 'the only palliatiOn which that conduct will admit of is,. that he is a weak Man. Nevertheless, with his popul , rity, be May he of . great service to the country, if even the ' slender abilities which he possesses he properly di reded. Let him then throw on' those ignominious trammels of intelletquat submission which have so long disgraced him, and let him at from the dic tates of his own heart. -His condnel, then, will not display much talent, but, I think, it will shew more integrity. He may, in consequence, for a time, be less popular ; but let him recoiled that there is no secure and permanent fame but that whichis gained by fair and honourable means. (c, When that season of honestrarrives, I shall expert that justice. which folly, . and pride, and ma-. lignity, have hitherto denied me; shall expeet ample atonement for the wrongs which I. have re ceived from him and from his gang ;—injuries, .however, which it will never be in their power to compensate. THE CHARACTER OF SIR FRANCIS BURDETT'S COM NIITTRE. Th i e candua of the Committee who conduaed Sir Franci's'. Burdett's Elea*, and, who 'alsO,icon ;duCted the attack upon me, has been, in every re-* 'apcat, worthy of themselves, of their leader; and of their cause. -.01 theitinconsistency, their treachery, their misrePresentations; and' their tilsehoods, and -of all the vile and foul arts which they employed against we, it is unneeess'r y . for tTh to - ; speak. 7--- These very men had, Of them, joined its the Re solution which was passed at the meeting at the Crowd and Anchor, on the . 29th'of alober, tie d that in my - Parliamentary? ctindua they had observed a constant attention to my duty, a strkt adherence to every prornise made to, the public, a virtuous abhorrence of, oppressors, and pe. culators, inflexible perseverauce in the preseeu 7 • dots of delinquency, al rare instance of resistance. to those temptations by which so many other men have . been seduced to betray their fruit; and alit, upon these groundi, it was incumbent upon them tto all the legal means in their power 'to Seellre my T ,hey had all joined in the Resolution .which, was passed at the meeting, at the CroWn and' Anchor, on the loth . of NoVember, That, for the glorious•tritunph Which, they had gained, and for tlu fair prosped , of better. days which it pre senteJ to them, they wipe chiefly in. debted to rny integrity and perseverimee surf that; unto ru they, in that, public manner, expressed their warint-st gratitude, and: diem their unalterable attachment„ . 4(lany of them had' joined in the Be sr):ninnin which was passed .by myC,mnaittee on the 61n April„apliroyrrig i in the most decisive terms, of every part of, iny SnWequent.condu(t.. And Most, of them had joined in Atte: Resolution Which ills rasd an the 29th 'of April, thr placing:me in no win ition with Sir Francis Burdett, and•eitdeavour ink; to secure my cleaion,. because the City, of 'West minister was ' so greatly indebted to nte.- 7 , •-•Yet, with out the abandonutent of a single:priticiple,, the dis regard of a single pledge, or the negletit of .a single ditty, these men became suddenly transfortned into bitter revilers and implacable toes. At sonic future time they may prove as faithless to Sir Francis Bur den 'as they have done: to nie. But they may be; shred, that the. publie'does not require that aet to enable it to judge their true dander ; and that it .will not wait mail then to convince them of the de testation with which all uptight men will ever view base apostacy," TIM AUTTIOR s ii A CCOU ZO . Of I,IIMS . . ‘i Having vindicated myself from the calonmies of Nlr. Tooke, it was my intentic)l3 to give a , faith ful' and. unadorned 'account 4 )t . my former situation India, and 'of my pursuits in lite ; an order to shew you that it was net as a mere adveninrer, cl9§- titute of any Weli-founded pretensiOns,.:that I hrst offered myself as h candidate for the representation of the city of We,tminster. -'fllis lettcr,„liowevcr, has extended to •such .a length, that .I,am, obligbd, for the present, to deter my own simple story:-- Tli;tt is a hard necessity vvhich 'ccimpels, a ma n; to disclose his private affairs to the public, 0r . .t 0 he ex posed to every species of reproach. f3ut,'.o . there is no one ad of my life of-which I have any reason to be ashamed, I can submit to the nt=ssity,Nvith-r cult any othcr sacrifice than of those feelings which every man 'must have on obtruding. 60 7 . delicate a Lopie upon the world." , FR ,0411 THE FRENCH .4XD DUTCII PiIPERS. Pkafs, Ava. s).--1-One of our JOurnals;states, that his . Mejesty has aWat4ed to. General VICTOR the re- =ward of his co4ageatid services, by elevating Ilia) to - .llle - rank of Mahal Of the •Empire— The waters of Rossat have proved do beneficial to the health of the, King of HOLLAND, that his Ma-. jesty appears.determitted-to continue their- use.some time longer.' HA Will not, therefore; be at Paris, as was expe6ted, during the 'approaching Mes. Marshal MAS6ENA arrived at Paris Some days since:• A diviSion of the'Artny which is believed to be destined to shut the English out of the ports of Por tugal, in the event of the Court of Loudon not ac cepting the mediation of Russia for the re-establish ment of a maritime peace, will assemble near the Western Pyrenees. It is said General Ju NOT, Governor of Paris, will have the command ; and that hii Excellency will set ont to-morrow, to. put himself at the head of this division, Which will bear the name . of the• Corps of Observation' of La Gironde: PARIS, AUG, 10.—Yesterday, previous to, mass, a Deputation of the Kingdom of 'ltaly, consistOg of his Excellency M. ,CAVARELLI, Minister of IVar, M. CorrioniNt, Member of the Consulta of State, and the Patriarch of Venice, were introduced into the Cabinet of his Majesty the Emperor • and King, by his Excellency the Grand Master of the Ceremo nie's, and presented to his Majesty by his Excellency the Alinister for Foreign Affurs of the KingdoM of Italy. The -Patriarch of Venice spoke in the name of the Deputation; After inasS his Majesty received the Consistory of the Reformed Church , of the Department of the Seine, presented by his' Excellency the Minister of Public WOrship. M. MARtiort, the President, was the speaker, The Council General of the Department of the Seine were admitted to an audience of his Majesty. M. •ROUILLE DE L'ESTAING, the President; was their speaker. • On the same day the _Countess Da METTEKNrcu spouse of the Ambassador from his Majesty the Emperor ofAusratA, was presented to his Majesty. , She : was conduCted by a Master and an Aid of Cere monies, who went to receive. her at her hotel, id three of the Court carriages. She was received at the entrance of the apartments by Madame MARET, Lady of the. Palace, introduced by his Excellency the Grand Master of the Ceremonies; and presented by Madame MARET. The audience being concluded, the Countess DE METTERNICH was re-concluded to her hetel, with the same proceSsion which had accompanied her ou her arrival. At nine in the evening, his Serene Highness t h e Prince Arch-Chancellor of the Empire was present ed and took the oaths to his Majesty. 'the Prince of BENEV ENTO, Minister for - Foreign Affairs, is appointed to the dignity of Vice Grand Eteetor. . M . .,CHAbIPAGNY, Minister Of,the Interior, is ap pointed Minister for Foreign. Affairs. ,M. C,RETET, Councillor of State, is appointed Mihister of the Interior. WARSAW, JULY 22.---His Excellency the Senple!s Governor General of the City and Province of War saw, has written to the Diredor at Foreign Atfsirs, that his Excellency Marshal DAvousx will immedi ately march with his division into the Duchy of Warsaw, in which, in pursuantee of the orders of 'his Imperial and Royal Majesty, these .troops. will remain cantoned. They consist' of three divisions of French Infantry, the fourth division of Dragoons, the Polish Division of General DAMBROWSKI, the di vision of Gengral ZAIACZEK, the brigades of Caval ryof Generals.PCrioL' and WALTHIRR, a division_ of Saxons, and the Polish division which was stationed with the Grand Army., The sante letter announces that the sth and-6th dithsions of the' Grand Army will march through Warsaw on their ti•oute to Breslau and Glagau. .The sth will arrive by detachment's on the 28Lii and 31st inst........ e nah , detachroent hal t i ng t h ree d ays . Th e Gth will pass on the 3d, 4th, and - sth of August; its stay . here will only be' . two &vs. • The French troops in: he environs of Tikit have for Med cutup; according to the fashion of those which they had, at BOulogue. • PARIS, .A ticusT 1 L.—The Minister of War, Mar shal I.lmyrtma, 'Prince of NEUFCHATEL, is raised to the Dignity of Nice-Constable of France, and Gen. CLARKE isappointed Minister at War. The Cothisellor of State, lizonAtYLT ST. JEAN D'ANORLEY, is appointed Secretary of State to the Imperial faMily. Dispatches have been sent by the Minister of the Marine to the different ports, ordering all . :1165tiliti" to cease against the flags of Russia, IVlecklenburgh, Prussia aud.Embden. ' A Getter from Calais, dated the 7th, states, that at three o'clock that morning, an English Flag of Truce , arrived at Boulogne, with a person of distintlien on board, whe.was charged .with an important dispatch from the King of GREAT BRITAIN to our EttlpetOr. As yet, however, we know nothing of his arrival here, though tour days have already elapsed, ' .By 1n Imperial Decree, the National Guards of the Rhine, and the DepartMents of the Interior, who formed the Army of Reserve for coveting the ,Frontiers, under General I(4I.I,IiIiMAN, are to be re lieved from their ditty on the 16th. They are re quired to deposit' their arms and accoutrements in the- Irtiperial Maga4ines. - HANIDURG-H, AVG, 7.—The English ,Expeditiotij as well that part of it which has already , appeared in the Baltic, as .that which is still expecled, has made little impression, even in those places ag;:i ist which' it is understood to be directed. :In Denmark, all ap peAr full of tranquillity. The priple confide in the wisdom of the Government, and they feel confit - Jent that the defence of the metropolis, and of the 'port, has been so carefoly attended to, that nothing is to be dreaded from any attack. In Stralsund, and the Island 'of Rugen, they have more difficulty in pre venting the troops, at the Flanoverian Legion from deserting, thati they find it easy to induce ,them to make head ,against the French. - The German regi». Means enibrace every opportunity - to go back in whole companies, and already many of them have returned to cleir homes in Hanover. The Pruisian ports are already shut to all English ships. Russia will do the 'same, provided England refuse to agree to the Articles of Peace agreed upon ; and there is no doubt that Denmark, in that case,' will follow the example of the caller two Powers. , VROM THE LOWER ELBE, Auo. 7.--!--Qn the sth, bi - .'J ACKSON arrived at Tonningen in a ship of war, from whence he immediately set out accompanied by Mr. NICHOLS, late Vice-Consul at Hamburgh, for Schleswiek,w here the Crown Prince of Denthark resides. The speedy appearance of the English in the Sound is generally 'considered as an effort to give a new direelion to the policy-of the Danish . Court.— In these Coubtries people are very uneasy with re gard to ilie consequences which an event so unek peeled may produce. At KonigsbUrgh there arc about WO Danish ships, which are not permitted to take in their lading till it be understood that' their cargoes will . not be on account of the English riier chants. • • STC/TGARDT; • JULY :•..-••They are at work night andAlay in this Capital, making preparations fort the marriage of the Princess CATHERINE with Prince JEROM E, King of WESTP4ALIA. It will take place on the sth of next Month, .by proxy. The Grand Marshal DURO() will represent the Prince at.this ce remony. , The Marshal will .have on the 2d his first formal audience. There, will be a series of fet e s frOm the sth to. the toth. On the i oth . the • new Queen will set out for Paris, where she will remain some months. MAILS, pus ---t cottenburgh, c Lisbon, x Dublin, 3 WAttiforcl. Consols • PRICE OF STOCIS' tuts DA V AT TyLLVZ O'CLOCK. • -62 ii 1 Omniuin - .. }far;, H E 'S UN. SOLCII QUU Dicut4 FALSIIM AUDLAT ? L 0 ND 0 .IV, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1807. 1 WE this morning received riamburgh and Altona Papers to the Lethinst. The following are the most interesting articles which they contain : (From LA Abeja Espanola, Aug, ii.) HAMBURGH, JULY the . North • , of Germany a combined. plan of operations against England is said to exist, and which only awaits 13er answer to the propcisitions of Russia to be put in execution. PARIS, AUGUST I t.--Various conjectures are formed 'as to the destination . of the first Corps of the Army commanded by ihe Prince of PoNTE. 0011Y0; which is said to be in march for the North of Germany. It is not known whether this Prince will also command the army .eneamped in Swedish Pomerania. Although few give credit to the reports in circulation respeaing the move ments of- troops to the borders of Denmark, it is notwithstanding possible that this measure !nog be taken, in case England rejects the mediation pro posed iiv.ltussia.(ider . ,) FRANKFORT, AUG. 2.--Far these eight, days past nothing has been talked of but the changes which are about to take place in the North of Germany, iii consequence of the Treaty of Tilsit. •It appears cer tain that the County of Haunt will augment the territories Of the Prince Primate: it is also said that all the country to the left of the Maine, .except,our City, will pass under the dominion of the Grim ( ' Duke of Baden, who will make some concessions is Franconia and Swabia, to the King of Wirternberg• The Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt, who , 11l consequence of the said dispositions, loses a porti° of his estates, will be inden3nifie4 with the princ i " Imlay of Fulda, and the southern part . of the coontor• of Hesse Cassel. It is also said that the Frill° ° urtzburgh will receive :some new possessi o n 4ln Franconia ; and that the Dukes of Saxony, esP cia ' ll7 those of Wei Mar and Gotha, will acquire 5 1 Pruisian distrias, and others in the itingdoa" Saxony, situated in the midst •of their territories; the Duchy of Allemhurgh will be reunited t° the kingdom of Saxony. ; VIBNNA, JULY V.g.—The Court Gazette c onta ins the following article from Turhey :—" Princ e /1°1 '; • KONSKt, accompanied by a F renc h Colonel' arrived from Tilsit at the Camp of Gen. AltexabsoN, 611 t an account of the conclusion of an armistice between France and Russia : he continued his 'route to the camp of the Grand Vizier, from whence he WO to • proceed to Constantinople, to General SEDkSTIAtiIt the French Ambassador."--(4lleniieu r, Aug• 11.) The Aluniteur of the f tth of August contain s (l l ' , long string of Ttesolntions of the Govern or an Council-General of the Bank of France, Ohich be' gins thus " The Countil-Generdi of the Bank of Fran", c.onsidering, That the Peace given to the Continent gives reason to hope a general Peade, and premis es a great extent to French commerce : r" That the object of the institution of the Bank 15 to ftvour the circulation olcapitals, and the lower,il l g the rate of interest throughput the whole Fre9cll Empire : " That to give to its operations all the circa of which they are susceptible, the increase of caPita' decreed by the Law of the 22d of April is beconle necessary." . ,. Jt is then r‘loired chat there shall be an , issue f° 45:000 shares of the Bank of France, at 120 0 I.l ° l° per . share. The whole con.ludes with a BesolutP"' ' that from Monday the 'toth of August , I 801' , ill terest shall be reduced to 4 per cent, ... 1 M' ann.