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/ TIM. !SAVO Or VC:MT!!! Thie ties is rio,ul,,,ncd, • .Nrve Edition, hems the TVA, in . ons.,Vudiusne, price en. of that very pc:su•arand f a scinating it online% THE BRAVO OF VENICE. itin4 6. LEWIS, Esq. Anther of The Monk, !.:s• te. TFUGINI. TYR ',NTS, 2d Edition, a Ronrduce, 4 •••is 21. ss, the same Atuell sr. A SUMMER at eitIGIITON. a NiiVti, in 3 vile Mi t 64 being a Companion tar thdt very piNdiar , Work, " The Winter in The MASK of TASHI!. Xi, a Modern Novel, in f 9r. interspersed with Preihe Anecdotes of many Bashi. g Charuce tee of the lit TWO \ lONIC Or UOOI.PHO, 4 sr•li 11 2. a Romance, by the Authou of 4untent Re, nil., St Bunol,uli'd Pinny ; or, The kits!. Mask. fte. ADELAITIF, a Tale, 4 vole llts r.leesenrth. ALPHONANF; nu, •Ixtsseul-1 hiff etiun, • N•uve:, 4 vole II •i•• • %Wino 41-1 The 1.01.1'H CHEERY %I`l, a R. , mittee, In 1 vol 4s. 6d f, th.• German of tit., FAey in January will I, t.tio ithe4, ut tt.k• Volume, 4'o Th • LIFE MENIOIRS .1 the late Right 11,...00 able CHARON JAMES FOX ; to whir will he affixed, a • Patttett ' , l that eminent fltateunal • alto, A.tiv* ov.retroft •Nomer.ec, hi. Mr. M;totr,;ue, in 4 tins. 4.14 4 LVGFNILIS of a SUPNFRY. . ( ...1 F. finglW*. P .hli Wiclusi,—treet. B"` r - TON'S AIICHITEC 1174 A AN TT QUI Part VII ennt dna 3 Descriptive . Aecount tf wAL‘tsznyty pialsrr CHURCH, iviluhiret au Ac count of COLCHFSTER CAti . n.r, Fovea; and .oine eon of A eu:inus ttreewAv to SOUTH OCKFNDON Loot t the whole Mud/inert with Seven En. rteines With the nest Part, the Anther intends to complete the Tr t Voi• of t io, Wont, w u, a ....pearls Index, Sr and E' Mn. ?dine vneeirinvi. 0 • the Wrapper of the present • he ha- Liven... A Nomenclature of 1 nr.ent et I - a . yin ch is corteinly a Desideratum in inn Stanch, of Lie tar .ter. 11/104.10- FO it E /ON /A 77 F LUGENC.6. GOTTLVISURGH MAILS. GOTTrNEILROM. DEC. 2. t•'•f"" , " l a, Arri , el - 11. , ad/ant pun. Inne;nr it loosed Count Srrogonoff and Suite, et; thei , I urnev .;; Sr Pe-etthurgh. he One Brn .wick ')els has left Malmn, w ale ebe bas been some time with the King and Que !la repairea to her husband, de Doke, in G81131.111y; she has left . her two sons in Malmo. , ni c 4 -On Frith,' lasts the , Anne frigate, with Lord tlittchinson and•seitis: arrived in the Sound, in a ;tarry 'sod viol the loss of her main and lif'ten-wrlvts, in a gale of wind. From it!si-ieur we 1;--arn, the the Danes have, in nonsnquenee of an iartuation of Bon qs %rte. 'linnet proper to shufbeth Hamm and Toriningen against the English trade and eitursiondence. OoTTILNOUROII. DEC 8 Last night attired the dr.ador frigate, with his Ekceliricy the Marquis of Dnttglas and suite, on their pnirrmy a. Si. Petershi•rg. Several accntots, received here t day, and par. tiettlarly . from Copenhagen, agree in stating. that the French have received a severe check in the *righbeserhoi id of Posim, by the Russians and Prus sian,. 'Pit pad of Copenhagen of to-day, is the INA/ post from thence that has rerated this join ligerce Let' rs from Elsineur, of the sh, men . tints the nrtitral. on that morning, of a vessel from Dantzie, the Captain of which, it is stated, brow ? $ c'mfirmation of the defeat of the French nee Lord Hutchinson was to proceed from Elsineur to Danttic, in the Sparr•C brig cutter. Fr et the "Witte dr Nord, of Do-emir , . 2. Nov. 22. The ttortenmaster of Gellandz. John Schatz scheiler. twen oneined haviog, norw;t; - p er ding the prohibition, procured recruits anJ . btu s-s for the enemy ; and the Burgomaster of ()ay. sialers, John Dissect, haviag kern likewise co vided - of having eammanicati4 to the enemy the orders which General Dambreusky hal given to a Polish Commandant, have been cnndemues! to death by blar shal Davoust. Dr% t TN, w0v.29 One hopes of peace are much diminished. The `Grand Marshal of the Palace, M. Duroc. returned bete co the 27th, without bringing any Dispatches ; and Uri his departure, General Zassrow has sent off nn Cottriers. We have a cotrinual passage of troops—they only rest h ire tvP-nty-f .ur hours, and then continue their march fur their destineion. ihe last will s:t ere to-day. yaltsre, eery. 7. The English have taken ti e hAveries which the French have abandoned in Istria. They have car ried away the brass cannons, and thrown the iron ones into the sea. S't Rossias frigates have landed io,ano troops in the I.l.ind of Mencarsa, in Dalmatia, ..n1 so closely bl..citatieJ General Lauriston, with .5.010 . men, in Ragusa. that he is cut off from all c ommunie.tion. ,dish have bomuar'ed Venice for two days, because the Viceroy of Italy. who is in that City, has sent out several armed vessels, in pursuit of the Batch e.,;ps. vir.NllA. NOV. 19. General Andrei:why, the new Ft. n.tc Amhassa. dor, to-day had his audience of the hlinester of State. Count Stadion. General Kaminsky, well known by his campaign against the Persians. has circliuesl ac;ap• command of th e Ruhiaa arasy, whkh has haws of fered him. - • re VII RIGHT !MN. W. WINDHAM. The 32 1 Bulietin of the French army, annoitfttes Ltd confirms the most extraordinary events that vier, the page of 11 , story. The total annihi latidn 01 an army of 40,(0) men, znd the over- . throw of a en ~ s t powerful Nation. The human mind, at a distance from the scene of alion, can only contemplate, with astonishment, the recital of such wonderful achievements, without having the smallest conception of the accomplishment of them. The Prussians have fallen a viaim to intrigue, inde cision, and the apathy incident to old Governments. But w -re vain to aggravate their misfortunes, or tot ur • their feelings. Let Spain, and the unsub ju„ate I part of Europe, take a lesson from th woeful example set before them. Let the remains of the Continental Armies, and Russians. exert them selves to check the gig uric strides of France ; but let us not latter ourselves with, vain chimeras of other adventures, which may mislead us from t 'king such wise and salutary measures as may be necessary for our own security. 'rhere .s more api it and vigour in this country than in any part of the world; and the Nation is full of Vyalty and courage. rhe raisi gof men for general service is a most important point. By the month of April next, we should have at lea-t 101,060 m-n in arms and ready for service; exclu sive of the number* wanted to cons slot. our old establishments of army arct filer. We must not hesitate one mom ant in Ming I.shinl mom • of those prejudices. and commercial ideas, steno egoently clog our civil and military admonstra inn. We must stretch the Consritu i to save to. Empire. When our navy is in 'a ant of men, they are pressed for the fleet. This is an ex erasion of the power of the Crown ; but it is admitted as a measure of ei pediricy. Why should not a sunlit exertion h. made for our army I It there he, AS it is alleged, 1,200,000 paupers in England a ui Wales, a grew' proportion of them might r.etully 'motored h. the set vice of the state, and 'hereby r dace the ex pence which is thrown tyoa the in astrious fot their maintenance. The idea, eve el a political point - .of view, of moliitudes nt ni nin aims, or of indiiiduali pto teaing themseives, without being orgawitt-d, is ri diculous in t:.e extreme. It is a:pharstOnn whim ,taunt be minds rat ano hut townies, or-to serve rte purpose of revulutionnts and incendiaries. No man, ac,ustomed to war, will listen to such ex ti &ragout noose tile. Twee years ago, 400.000 men volunteered their setvi,:c for tlig defence of th , country. Had they been properly mastered, and the sys em followed op by milit ity au awe y, great •ivantage [might hay. " r bolted o the nation from toe general spisit whit:* it that tiro- rut:waded; but they are now dwindled tutu inactivity ; and, from various c lutes, being conscious of I:.eir own inability to undertake the rough service of the field, and the hardships incident ) war, they can be no long r to the taA rs e;_ and Government sh old not lose one moment in t..- ducii g the expence, and saving the labour. t f such an e‘tablishment ; 'banking them for their good in tention', and Likrig I are of them in the ha ds most msnner. I had, and still have, the log eat o,•inion of the disposition of the Volunteers ; lint the fad is, their formation was inconsistent with the p-olossi - m of arms Place the. same men under military situ ordination, and they will become as g‘ici soldiers as the re't of their coca-patriots. By reducing .ha Volunteers, excepting such as choose to assist We Police, a peat number of them, as I have betute observe.t, will be thrown into the way of being re cruited for genBral service. The Militia is commanded by persons of the fire rank and distinCtion, who have the greatest stake in the county. red they are too liberal to he governed by those motives which influence the generality or manknid. They must be sensible, that the obstacles w! ich arise from the construCtion of the Miatia. are subversive of the essential principles of a soldier.— For they are not n6/fly what men in arms, in there times, ought to be. They cannot m ve where the exigencies of the State might require them ; and their civil formation is so unconnened with milita• y service, that, although they would fight like bons, if bit; ught to aElion, there is a restraint upon the war d-par t ment in concluding them, that is impos sible to be over.ruled ; and incompatible with the ge. twat ideas of a regular army. Their numbers should belimited an .1 combined ; and no man, under a certain age, should he admitted into the Militia. Substitutes also, in a g - en measure, should be abolished. In these days of danger, we must not look to hats s and feathers, and what is called fine Battalions. All de scriptions of men should go to war, it we mean not to fall into the general error and ruin of those powers who have become a prey to their own weakness and incapacity. Thus. by lowering the Militia to a permanent standard of numb e r s, a great mass of Men ire , •uld him .ttisnern into the way, of beiter inlisted t-r general service; aMI the billet weight be used for the purpose of swotting the allay. Tbitstiefia an enthusiasm riling ,in the. eenn!ry, , arnongit the young men of rank and fortu'e, of whichoieGovernment should take the advantage tor; L apaperSuaded, that treat bodies'ot•men would be raised, if this spirit were encouraged by a dev •- anon from Rides and Re . culatioos which might be admissible in times less turbulent than dr. present. And thewsmy would have no cause of complaint in 'the adoption of ,uch a measure, as it would open an extensive field of promotion. 'Fbeclottersity of opinions on the description and ap pellation of soldiers, is so wild and inconsistent, that I have hen induced to trouble you with my humble sentiments on the subjee and for which I solicit you! f-rgiveness. But it really behoves Govern ment to level all those distintlions, without reserve, in order to lam an efficient and formidable army, calculated for General Service. The French are tracing the press of Scipi"-- let us not share the fate of Carthage. ARK' AN. 1.1 A•llllAtes last Letter, fur cowl-alum, teal ea-operas.** THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBIR 26. Three Gottenburgh Mails arrived yesterday, with letters and papers from that city to the 91,11, and horn the 'grille- hi Nord of the 23 hut. the Alegile de Nord is printed at Altona, aud is generally a copy of the Harnhurgh Paper. The report of the Fr. nch laving rec-ived a severe check neat Posen cominue. to gain ground, and is repeated with in creased c infidence. 'rile accounts from Berlin a. e not of a later date than the `29th I tat. They state, tn o the hopes of peace had gtealy diminished since th return. on toe 127.14 ot General DUR oc, from the head-quarrers of the King of Pausst A. without dis pitches. French troops were continually marching through that city for PJland, with great cape i Ht,sciiimson proposed to sail from &sinew for DA itzic, in the Spa-row cutter.— fhat pate, as we staivd yesterday, has a strong gArrr.on, And dinse Members of Opposition who ap prehe that there was not a port on the Conti nent at which his L . tally could Lind, for the pur pose of his mission, may dismiss their fearaupon that - subject. General LAualsroo, with 5,000 fropeit, is closely bl -clc4ded ii ftigusA, by six Russian frigates, svh.eh have landed 10,000 men in "at vicinity. Letters hom Elskeur, of the 4th, state, that the lianas have, in consequence of an intimation of Bo- A east's, thought proper ro s' - ut loth Husum and ronningen against the English trade and corre spondence. This statement dies not appear to be correct, as the r gun brig arrived on Tneslay evening, at YArmoitth, from Husum, having on b lard Mr. HARGR 4ve, the Messenger, with Dis pa ches for Government. On Tuesday. the 91s: regiment of Highlanders embarked at Dover, in small craft, for the Downs, I'he 9th and 14 . h were to have embarked at the same place on Wednesday, but the wea ther via unfavourable ; they are quartered in the town. S ime of the inns hive to the num ber of 150 fnets, ant the smaller houses in propor tion. Of the Lincoln, Fifeshire, rend Renfrew re gsrnents of Militia, wh.ch had lain at the Castle and on the HAghts, for some time, aid were from thence removed to Ashford Berra. ks, two regi ments have returned to Dover, and the other was expened on Wednesday. From the great length of the Nerciatina Papers, we are unable to give their conclusinn this day, as we promised. Our readers, however. may be as sured, that it we had adopted the course taken by ome of our contemporaries, by an abridgement of the whole, nr en insertion only of such parts as were e direly omitied in the garbled and false account ately published in the Afaasieste, they could not have a fair, correet, and full vi.w of the merits of the case. In the pot tion of these Papers, which we have already published, some of the great points in dispute hay , been clearly and decidedly ascer tained and settled. Mr. Fox's Letters have establish ed, beyond all doubt nr possibility of ,uspicinn, that the first overtures for Peace were made by France Combined with the numerous Notes of Lord VAS- Moe tit, they also prove with equal certainty, that the ati pessietlas was the basis of the Negotiation mutually agreed upon, and from winch the Eng lish Government was determined never to depart ; while kn the steady and p-rsevering condisa of the Earl of LAVDILIDALZ, after the French Nt ociator had sought tis fly from that basis, we trace a most laudable and successful desire to fie the failure of the Negociat;ort upon the craft and treachery of the enemy. In fa& nothing eau be more evident, than that i thi proposition for peace, on the pais of France, was a' mere piece of political flour, a id that peace, so Cae spirit of peat*, never . • ent4red into the4cal or 'lliad '4 RONAPiITt.- & The prese?; CorerspotJenco will descend poste rity; as thedrest possible criterion of the ep:rit and charaCler of the two countries, ..to:the letters and conversati )a of the French Vlinisteis, every line is marked with prevaricatiM and duplicity.— The language of Mr Ftiz, oa 'the aontrary, dis plays a dignity, a simplicity,' andreat, ' )tre. vemthy • of his great name, acd the Vrtglishiaaracter and constitution. A Dublin Paper of cse wd, received yesterhy, gives the following - account of thoso disturbers of the peace, called Tbreglierr. " A large pasty of thresher:, in the county Long ford, assemble, to go to the cabin of the peasant, whom, by fair or foul means, they make a proselyte of their cause ; ar, otth is administered, that be will obey the comm nds of C stain Ea ; he is then, as if to try his obedie.sce, commanded to j do their party for the next three nights, which are era. ployed in initiating others ; and, as they always take care to enlist a sufficient number, they are able to discharge their " Limited S.srvice Mtn," according to these agreements, wher. their nlghti of probe. tionary outrage are fulfilled, without any diminution of their numbers aetually employed. "They have insatiably avoided every house where resistance was to be expeeked. A Gentleman who lives near Granard, gave them notice that he was prepared for them, but till , did not accept the challenge. A neighbour of his received a message, that as his wife was pregnant, t'-ey would aot gee him a call until after her accesschensent. " fhe few persons of a better description, whom they have compelled to take these oaths, they have not ordered to j tin in their nocturnal expeditions. perhaps from a dread that they might see toe much of their operations, and there are few houses in the cou .try, that they could visit with safety, that have escaped them. Woether it he that extreme poverty will nut afford them all shirts, or from the love of change, they now begin to dress themselves out is str sw. " Monday se'nnight a Meeting of the Magistrates of the county and city of Limerick, was h:sld in that city, for the purpose of considering of the m tst effectual means to preserve the peace of the coins. try; when a Committee of stria, tonrsisting of the followin? : —Right Hon. Lord Carina, Col. Pren dergast Smyth, Col. Vereker, Bolton Waller, Ea; Edward Croker, Esq. ; the Aayor, and Colonel Monsell—was formed. for the purpose of preparing Resolutions, expressive of the disturbed state of the Country, the prompt exertions necessary for its sup pression, the rewards intended for discoveries, sad the resolution not to let ground to any person coo cerned in such ads of outrage as disgraced the country. General Floyd, the Commander of the Distrift, who was present, felt highly sensible of the force and propriety of the Resolutions, and express ed himself as follows : "GENTLEMII , IIIUO happy in this oppoitunity. which the High Sheriff has afforded rne, of being presented to this very respectable meeting. By your exertions, Gentlemen, 1 so sanguine in the bops that the peace of this County will be pre. served. I think disorders will bepremoted—if not, that nest be cured; but the advantages of prevention are obvious to all. I can assure you, Gentlemen. of my 'unit prompt sad sedans. sal in support of the Magistrates ; and 1 shall always be thankful for any suggestion that may swat. Is me to be (WIWI so this District " " General Floyd, has been authorised by Govern ment to give rewards for any useful public or psi vale information." We have received American Paws to the f3d last. They still continue to observe upon Mr. Beim, as guilty of treasonable designs and prate tiers. The charge w, however, attributed to tie heat and rancour of parties. on the eve of a &mend eleCtion. On Tuesday senisight, the Marquis of Tigri s-rote and his tato brothers arrived at flithrestpc. near Drogheda, from this ccuntry. They woe waited on by Mr. KOCHS. the Magistrate. who expressed, in the name of the people of Balbriggan. their high sense of the benign and conciliating sd• ministration of their Noble Father. They set oat for Dublin the next day. A letter from Plymouth, dated the 2Sai ins•snt, states, that it had rained there 42 consecutive days; and that the late storms, experienced at that place, were the moss 'Wird is the memory of man. Two General Courts Martial will speedily be 1 1 - ambled at Chelsea Hospiul, for the trial of a Fie 1.1 Officer of Dragoons, ands t aptain of the Guards. I'he Proridiettee, of Great Yarmouth, was wreckel on Friday last, about three miles from St. Michael's Head, in PeIIZATICIP Bay. and every pet son nn board is:rushed. A female, amt a lad, were seen 11.)0 1 IS on the water on Saturday and Sanday; several motel were discovered, but the boats were only able tol brkig.in two men ; the rest were carried off Apia with the surf. The Rev. Joiners ATwaLL S2sste.r;o.lo- of the Prebendaries ..f Glossa. stet Carbedteis "!' been elated PrAtor, t represent the CWT. to that Cathedral. in the next Cone cation. L td Rev. Dr. PINKY, ReCtor of Crnisiliail. whet Imo lore fi!lei the office; and tha Rev. Dr tess,eso fit Rostrion on the Wafer. in the room of Lk. 14 Tuuas r, now bishop of Norwich, were eltEted Pry toss, to represent the Clem ut, .the Dio4l ol Gloucester Su the s.id Quarucatifsho I • s 'i v 1 VS WI I, n w 0 I. T 11 1 ez; EA 0. Pt' to BA Al 111 St bt N lif fn Z' hi V a, C el N 4