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TRFSCI4 PAPERS. PAys, OCT. 29.—Private letters from MOSCOW', Ioth, communicate the ilgreeable intelli • , genre, that the the Fimperor enjoys the best pas 'sible state of health. A consi:lerable - .degree of curiosity has been cx - .. cited by the Gens (le la Science attached to the Crawl Army - , to. be made - acquainted with ' the principle's upon which. the, grand aerial machine was made, with which the wretch Rostopchin un dertook to annihilate the - French arny—it was no less than a balloon, which was to carry up •into the air fifty men, with rockets, hand-grena- Aoes, and canister shot, which they were to pour down upo,n the troops ; but all experiments to tally failed. For the -invention of this wicked, but.uidiculous device,, the' linssians were as usual indebted,to their aLies, the' English- 7 -and perhaps the English General Wilson, who wirs lately in :Koscow, was the engineer. The following are the particulars of this business, as communicated to, the Emperor. In.the first week of June last, there arrived at Moscow a person who culhid himself Schmidt, and said he vas a native of Wurty.hnro,.. This main, who, thern were strong reasons for suspect to be an Englishman under a feipied name, Was accompanied by an Aide-de-Camp of Prince Olderibvurg, who had also assumed a fictitious • name. Both established themselves , in ,a house at o Worozow, four wersts from Moscow, n the Ka louga road. A few days after their arrival, up , 'wards of 5 1 30' workmen were sent to thenr from Aioseow. Guards Were stationed at all the gates leading to the place, and no person except those actually employed Was alt Owed to enter the pre- The Directors of .the Establishment then made I 'a demand of an enormous quantity of iron-filings, and lave an order on a merchant in i'doscow, of the nalne'of.Preitte for 45N0 roubles NitrOlth of oil of vitriol. • Preitre' speedily mode his first de . livery, and innnedhitely received 20,000, roubles in ready money. its second delivery , which consisted of 1,500 poimds, was found at his 'ware houses about 40 wersts from Moscow ; it was:' at the disposal of the GoVernor Rostopchin 5 ' tile' latter, on the 4th of Sept6mber, published a no tice to caution the people against being alarmed at an explosionw,ThOi , was to take place ne:;t day; it was, he said, the ; rial CC a machine" which was to exterminate the French army, and he made him self sure of succe&4. The nicilitic Nt.as not ready until the Bth ; an experiment was matte with it on tl e same clay, but it would not leave the ground. . A report was then spread, that Some•alteratiDllS were necessary; but a few days afterwards, Rostopchin and his associates renounced this mightrproject, in or der •to manufacture the fire-works, with which they. set fire to the city when our army. entered. It appears, that the above named Schmidt had ,arrived from Vienna, furnished With -passports, to enable him to:enter Russia, and with letters of credit, all furnished to him - by the Russian Mini ster at the Imperial Court of Austria.' He did not leave Moscow until two or three days after the entrance of the victorious French army into the capital. • Tur, riT.NY COAIET. , MX.TR!..C'T FROM A PAPER !MAD TO THE FRENCH IN- SIITUTE, AUG. 31, 1812, BY M. ZIICOLET. A new Comet was discovered on the 20th of July, by M. Pons, at ,Marseilles, and on. the Ist of August fo!lowing by M. Bouvaid at Paris. M. Bouvaid and myself calculated that the Comet would come nearest in . contact with the Sun on the 15th of September, 92 min. 27 seconds, mean time, reckoned from the meridian of Paris. " The distance from the earth to the. Sun be ing taken as unity, that of the Comet in its peri helion }viii be 0,77,335. deg. min. sec. " The longitude of its ascending lode' 23 50 " That of the perihelion on the orbit , 9-2 38 " Its inclination on the Ecliptic...... 7 4; 20 30 " The motion of the Comet is direct : in addition to its slow motion, it affords a remarkable uni, formity in longitude and latitude,—and these two circumstances have rendered the calculations ;none difficult of execution. "It approaches the earth very Slowly. There are some days when we know its place in the heavens, and when the absence ,ot the moon ad mits of cur observing it, on which it may be seen with the naked eye : its tail is nearly two de grees long. It may appear striking to those who shall be able , to choose a 'convenient time and Oace for observing it ; but whatever may be the favourable circumstances under which it pre sents itself to. our vision in France, it is far from being so luminous -as the comet of last year ; but this 'is of little consequence to astronomers,who not found their observations upon the fugitive characters, which attend 'phenomena. .phenoena. .The: cametin question was at first seen and calculated Upon without a tail, and might have disappeared in this state without causing the least regret among astronomers. If they now pursue its pro gress until it disappears, it will only be to perfect is elements,, and to ascertain if their series of ob seyvations furnishes any irides: on the subject of it s r c..volution," AIIFIsIA, OCT. O.—Letters from Rudschuck, state, thaq great assemblages of Turkish troops are daily taking place there.'-Their destination is unknown ; ~7'iut every thing tends to skew that we arc about to take. a more active part in the war, than heretofore. A private letter froM the. environs of s Mount Causasus conveys the following intelligence :—lt has been long known that the rich inhabitants and . invalids of Russia used to frequent the hot springs* of Caucasus, and that they Were in great repute. They suddenly disappeared in the month of March last, and re-appeared in April:,upon -the ridge-,of the mountain, but in much greater quantity, and much hotter than before, but not a ;drop was to be found in the site occuiiiied by the-former,build ings. The springs disappeared without any earth quake or other perceivable phenomenon. New, bath-houses have been - hastily constructed where the springs now flow. We have reason to Believe that the account re ceived from Liverpool, a few days ago, • relative to the loss of the Oreze&o cartel, with a number of passengers from Au - lexica, is unfounded. - - • OF TI-11: • ELECTION OFTHE RIGTIT HON: 6EOII.Gi CA'NN On Saturday last upwnrds of 390 gentlemen sat down to a samptuous dinner at the Star „Inn; :Manchester. Alter 'dinner, the Chairman gave the. health of The night Hon. George, Canning, the, firm and is ':'. , f , ;! gaardian.of our :wit seerritie, and the able and succes,iui assailant of disaffection.—jhree times three.) • The Right Hon. G. CANNING.—If, in-every ad dress Which I have had occasion to make to my immediate constituents, whose unexpected sel.c tion fOr their representative , has introduced me 'this day to your kind congratulations,'thave uni , formly expressed (because I 'have felt) that _to no individual claims of my ov, , n I could 'attribute their selection of me ; how much moremust I feel at the present moment, stranger as I was to them, still more to you, the manner in ,wlirch you . hive had the goodness to receive me In this, case, I can attribute nothing to my ambition, but to the. principles which. I have always had the honour to uphold. Gentlemen, When I received that flattering in vitation, the result of, which has . occasioned that triumph which you : are now celebrating, many private and individual conSiderations would have induced me to decline it ; but l felt it a duty which I owed to my country, to accept the honourable proposal.. I had; Gentlemen, no local knowledge of Liverpool; ['had no local connection with the place, Or with any of its inhabitans, which could in' any way have recommended me to their notice :. it is to my principles - alone that I can attribute their choice ; upon which principles alone.! would have consented to have become the representative of any place. I had no claim whatever to the advantage which was offered to' my umuftidti ; but felt th2.t at the present crisis of public affairs, Liverpool had been selected as:the stage ox qiumph ',or tho'se principles which it has been th business of my life al,ways to opposes and whatever might have hecn my individual feelings, I considered it a duty I owed to my country, not to.. withdraw myself from / the chance of rendering to it a better service than perhaps, an' doineStic pal iCs .would have given me an opportunity of doing. It is by an inviolable.attachment to tbnse principles -by which 'the Constitution has been upheld, ky in times of unparalleled- diflieulty and danger; nod While naticins have been falling around us, that we have been enabled to preserve ourselves from that prostration, fo which they have been brought ; because thOse.,principles 'have triumphed in the cerise of Which I. was Chosen the favourite .cham pion, I Can say lankly that I enter into all vOur . • i'eelings. - - . . .' • ' ' ' • Gentlemen, there.aretwo sorts of populaOty 5 there _is one vi;vhiclOs to be gaired - by watching the weak feelings, by assailing thetemporary dif ficulties, or by courting the had'pasSions 'Of the populace :—there is another Which is to be won, by bearing up under obstructions and obloquy, and by a firm adherence to the principles of our glo rious Cons'titation : to which of these I shall at, tack mysel:.: i need not inform yon. • Gentle Men, in. this 'great county, - with which, till this time, it was not my good fortune ,to be acquainted, but in all parts of which the kind 1 reception I • have met: with' \rill be indelibly stamped upon my recollection ;—in this &malty it was thought that 'the .spirit .of party principOly prevailed ; 'it was known you were , suffering under.. great. anal' grievous privations; it was thought 'by , sonic people or - great ability that you owed your 'sufferings ..to the • 'misconduct of Govternment, and not to those causes which ... haVe have overwhelmed other nations, and af fected our own ;. it was hoped, 'that by no very , great exertion'of talent yew might , be, led to at...-- tribute them to causes which changes in the ex ternal situation of affairs 'might remove, and thus disseminating those principles amongst you; a , standard Might., be , planted, around .which coin , . merce and' manufactures might rally against the, -. threat: ; hut, it surely must have, been apparent even to the advOcate,s of these principles•them selves, that, however their numbers might prevail, their reasoniqe , : wouldliot stand the test. With regard to peace :—it . has been thought that the road to peace is through successful War; bkithy the - men to wheint-I have alluded, the ad-. vocate of this sentiment is considered an enemy to the cause of his 'country.; but 'can ' there be any thing so preposterous.? •cart there-be any reason.- in g more flillacious? • If the question be between peace and N‘T,r, what humanbeing can : hesitate to decide? It is:whether by prostration we shall ob- • twin security', "or Whether it is to be sought in '-t.e;nching,our encodes that we have the,means of ,asserting and maintaining our independence. ' That you are suffering, Gentlemen,—that every. matuyvhorn I now address must be suffering in his own person in a great degree, in his, immediate ; connections in a still greater, and most of all with . regari to those people who depend upon him for support,--'-arises out of the present state of the world : but that these sufferings are inflicted by*. any otter means than by - that . afflicting ' hand which Jningeth down punishment upon nations, I must utterly deny. You were told, that peace would-ctre all that you weresuffering or expect ing to ste - fer : 1 should have thought that woidd; have heal the last ,argument made. use of ; for whatever injury our enemy has . done by ,stopping up the chi -nels of .Our trade, I will venture to' say, that. the same means of mischief Which have, been employed might be practised during peace., . 1 ll'rhat, their, would be the effect of such a peace ? If, indeed, they who cry for peace mean no more than that it is to be accepted on anytolerable con- , dition, I do not differ with them : but that is.not what . they mean. If they mean any thing dif- ferent from the rest of . mankind, they must mean that they would make greater concessions ;that they should accept, less favourable terms i . that it is to be purchased at the sacrifice of much,— at the hazard of every thing which may lie called national greatness ; but they do not recollect that even . attempt by which commerce iraa suffered 1 in tfie.country.; might be re=acted by your enemy, witheutany ability on your 'part to make it mat ter of remonstrance.: for, supposing Great Bri tain to retain her commerce, and supposing on the 1 other 'land, the enemy to retain that which we ' have not yet been able to deprive him of, his. rower, the ports of the Continent. might still be shut ag4nst you, ,and you might seal your own nt E1C:11151On, Without tue [minty to prevent it. ry flat, thtm, must occur in this state of things ? Either to return upon your internal commerce, or to seek new c.,).u.se of warfare, in order to re-open the cl4innels which have been shut against ;you. nclieve countrymen; that his first blow :is s •ziand s , s and, his - second at commerce,; they Cte great objects, of his ambition, as, they will be the great • 'securities; of • • his s power.. When those who called • upon the :Electors of Liverpool for•their :nil:Frage% went round, they took with them a short epitome in their pockets of the ex-: petiment which they intendedto make upon a large scale ; bat- it,' was first to , be - Made on a smaller scale with America, The Orders iu C-ouncil were a subject of great remonstrance ; and owing to the , unabated attacks of eloquence -which were made against them, they were recinded: I need not;telh you, thatexperiment has failed, leaving a sufficient argument against the counsels ,of those men who eNpect there is but one way of preserv ing: peace,—by concession : 3 and one' mode of naL tional 8 o . 6 4 ,y—dish on our , 'Gentlemen, the - pther point upon which. the standard was formed, against which. I was called Upon to take the, field, was that of internal Re form. Gentlemen, the vier have often taken on this subect, which agitates the publicmi,?q, has been simply this : that the' evil complained.of'does not exist, and therefore the remedy called for is unnecessary;. 'because I differ radically . in what is thought to be the functions of the Members of Par liament ; . because I think we have the happiness:to litre under a limited Monarchy; becatn:e i think: the ofli ss e'e of the Members of the House of COllllllolls . is to control the Ministers of the Crown, to watch over eyery part of the community, to for get its 'corporate functions, and to act, not as Members from Indenendent States, but to unite their efforts in promoting the - general interests o f f the- country at large.; If this is a-tale 'view of the state of Parliament, and I think it is so in practice; then is the. House; of Commons equal to all that 'can be expected, and the result is that, under which England has already fionriSlied ; and I cannot think illof that Government by which it has .been raised above all other nations,, and, distingnished from them by the brilliancy of its achievements, and the loftiness of its charaCtei. 'lt is upon these principles alone that I have al lowed myself to be offered for the town of Liver pool, and contended against opposite principles 3 and the measure of my satisfaction shall be fall, if Manchester 'approve the choice which Liverpool has made. I can only say,- that whatever may be the, dofects in Parliament, ,so long as the present deficiency shall continue, if it he your wish, I shall endeavour to, make the deficiency as little to you as possible, by representing all-the wants of Manchester. Allow we to return the compliment which you have so 'liberally bestowed upon me, by drinking Prosperity auti success to the town and manufactures of Ilhochester.- 1 -(Three tunes three.) [Mr. Canning was near three-quarters of an hour in delivering the speech of which• the abotie is an abstract.] May the effort,s,of true patriotism ever be triumphant. Marquis of Wellirr, , m.—(Three times three.) • ,Our gallant Army in the Peninulp.., and may their gloripas exampf§ anlioate the nations of Fidropf: to rcnewed enertians for their liberty and indepletidoce.± (Tfiree times three.) Snug, " Britons strike tlonte," FMr..Chesshyre.) The immortal memory of the-RightElon. William Pitt, 'the revered , :riend of cur lii.;•hly esteemed Visitor, and the re* to lied patriot ..Tho so effectually shielded us ha the hour of danger'-- , Jn solemn silence.) , 'should not have presumed to have intruded myself again upon your attention, if your worthy Chairman had not accompanied his - toast with au allusion personally-to Myself, which placed me in -a situation which,.it would have. been awkward for me to have been entirely silent, if I .were not to express my Obligations to a con-, neetion which has been th'e proudest boast and glory of my life. • Gentlemen, if in the humble efforts which it May be in my power to make in the service of my; country, I shall in any measure. be ab to entitle myself to the good wishes which you have been kind enough to.express; andovhat , ever I may aim at which I can perfect or accom plish, I shall ever be ready to avow, that it will. be entirely owing to the example of him, and to his instructions with whom you have done me the honour to couple me in the toast of this evening. It is most soothing to me, and happy for the county, to • find the recollection of those services which Mr. Pitt rendered to the State,. alive to .your memories, and that which his death• has left unacComplished may, yet be performed . by More inadequate instruments. His powers of serving the country were unexampled, and have died with him ; but there lives in the recollection of his fellow-subjects, enough to animate, excite, and reward those who \ endeavour to forward his plans, maintain his . principles, and to walk in that track which he chalked out. Gentlemen, his principles were those upon which I. have already dilated too long. They were those of holding high the honour ,and dignity of the cotmtry, and resisting the hazardous innova tionswhich were attempting to be made . upon the*, lhose were the principles by which, al though. weak and apparently inadequate as this country-is, from its physical state among the na-. tions, to :assume the rank whieh she now holds, hg was :nevertheless enabled, through a conflict the most arduous, to administer aid to the falling, and consolation to the fallen. His were princi 7 : pies by ,which, 'Amidst the storms which had never before threatened this country, he foresaw the danger while, it was yet in embryo, and his firmness resisted and dispelled the storm when it gathered strength which threatened to overwhehn the Con.- stitution. • : Gentlemen, those who pursue the light which his example holds out, may be wanting in abili ty, but will never be deficient in good wishes Gentlemen, I ought to say, whether in or out of. office, it is my endeavour to•imitate his example._ Gentlemen, it has been Any lot to hold, to resign,. and to decline. high office. I have held it with a firm desire to do good to my country ; I resigned , it for reasons. which it is not needful to here re capitulate : I thoUght my means of service were inadequate, and if I lately declined -it, it was be cause it waS not tendered to me with the means which would enable tne to serve my country ‘vith • effect. But, With Mr. Pitt,, to be out of office is not to be against the Constitution. With me to be out of office, is not to be discontented, turbu- of responsibility which any man-who I:ihte;.: - his character, will wisely tlisr7riminate. yn situations no man will to ,be 7 " beyoUd his power, but it does not foil() t he should .withhold a fair and cordial sup; those who havelh4e,means of try (with superior advantages. Gent ?ut of office, 1 claim to myself the of the measures of Government vatir and without .tcar. (ientleimr. , r:y endeavour, as was Mr. Pitt's, .kt-1:e:. rt , in (2 U :yam (Awee, humbly to give all fair aid and suppi to who ever may be the administrators of my claiming my right t:4 oppose -,yhen they Wrcllg, and never considering myself , bound to give nry support to any thing—that ‘ appears likely to di-, mimsh the strength, the : tranquility, the peace," and glory of the Empire. Gentlemen, disclaiming, then, all person: ;41 par tialities, neither attaching myself, to one or other set- of men, , but • hoping that the sele , ,:t.ion nay he such. as : the powers of this great State nh , .) , approve r do whatever hard:. thhse powers shall i.;c lodged, they shall have toy feeble supp)l;t for the executiow of ,them.; and I am sure 'vOu will -all agree with me' in drinking the toast- which the chaitrnan has. permitted .me to give— , May Wisdom,• Energy, and Integrity, anim..te and direct his 'Maiesty's Councils. Several' .other patrintie 'toasts were drank, and about ten 'o'clock Mr. Canniiig retired. On Friday, the principal - inhabitants of War rington also 'entertained 'Mr. 'Canning at a public dinner, in celebration of his election. TILE THEATRE.—Tbe tragedy of Ba'rbarossa was represented again last night, at Covent Garden Theatre, and Mr. BE resumed the part of. Acleptet, which •he performed with more of self possession, and cornsequently with a freer-exertion of his talents. The ,public curiosity is still quite alive to the merits of this young man, and a nu merous audience, atrended, at an early hour. We bave.nothing to add to our last report of his act ing ; - and we inust again observe, that as his age and figure are now correspondent with the cha racters in ,which he s appears, he has stronger pre tensions to the, favour of his former admirers, and more solid claimsto that of the public at large. He was . 'much• applauded throughout his.. perform ance. The rest of the characters were very well sustained ; but BARRYMORE, in particular, dis played such judgment and feeling as . might be ex pected from ..Performer of the old school, lnd which he seems now to bring forward with a zeal of emulation that procures him no small\portion of applause. . The Green-room of .tertiry-Lane. Theatre is stitt,At seems, confined wholly. to the. Performers themselves, and none of .their friends A -, .nd con nections are permitted. to approach 'the awful spot: This regulation, it is said, is extreal.-.ly disgusting; to' the theatrical .conaninnify in general., but th , !y do not venture -to murmur, lest they 'should of fend . the sziristarratical :Committee, who take so much credit to themselvei for the rebuilding' of the Theatre,. that they think they ought to' be in vested with its entire management, confront, ,and. ail its regulations. ,The: are, it seems, notfewer than four Ladies at Drury-Lane Theatre who consider themselves as -entitled to perforni,the character of Mrs. Oak ley. How - the new Cabinet' Managers will be able to settle the respective:pretensions of the fair candidates upon theoeticat principles it is difficult to • conceive; but,opractiwily, though they may adjust the point about The Jealous Wifr, they will probably find it.no easy task to quiet the feelings of the jealous Actresses. Mrs. .To.a.PANis engaged to perform a few nights at Portsmouth, but is, to display her talents in the course of the season on the London boards. It is saul that the number of Addresses pre sented to the Drury-lane Committee far exceeds arty statement yet given to The public, and that many of them. were of -such a description as to, - be a severe trial. of patience on the perusal. If so, a judicious selection should be made, for .if the mass were to be published together, the work. might rather prodnce disgust than entertainment. Though, indeed, if nay be thought that the whole• would constitute a very curious and whimsical miscellany. We understand that Captain FITZCLARENCE is to accompany the Earl of AlotßA to India, in the capacity of First. Aide-de-Camp. The Noble Earl is to be accompanied by his Couutess, a point of great importance to the splendour of the Court of Calcutta, and to the society of the Settlement. smminELD MARKET, Nov. 6. This day's Market 'was not well supplied with different•kinds of .Cattle,; Mutton supports last price ; Beef, Pork, and \Teed, are cheaper, and the trade for the most \ part was somewhat flat: The sales in the Hay-market were rather dull; Hay and Straw sold at last pricc6 ; Clover has got up in price. The undermentioned prices and numbers are a correct statement : To sink the Ofral, per Stone of 81h. Beef; 37 . . 10(1. to • . 83. Mutton, 4s. •Id. to ss. 4d. Veal, '4S. Sd. to6s.'od. Land), Os. t.ct os. 3:1. Pork, 5;. Od. to 'Gs. Bd. Beasts, 790. Sheep, 5 . 800. Calves, 120. Ptgj, 290. SMITHFIELD lIAY-MARKET. Hay, 41.45. to 51.105. Straw, 21. Os: to 21. lOs. Clover, 61. es. to 81. Bs. CORN-EXCHANGE, Nov. 6.-,-Our Market was better supplied to-day. with ( Grain of all descrip tions.than it had beenthe-early part of the week, but by no means equal to the demand ; 'Wheat of middling and inferior qualities sold. readily at last prices, and a few prime samples fetched ss. pe'r quarter more ; Barley and Malt went off freely at the prices mentioned below ; of Oats we had a good supply, but the demand for exportation be ing very. considerable, the former prices were fully maintained ; in other kinds of Grain no altera tion. New Wheat 955. 105 s. I 10s. Fi►le ditto - - 1455.! Rye Batley - - 665. 665. Tick Beans - - -81 s. 84s. Old ditto - -106 s. kali ditto 104 s. 108 s. Feed Oats - - - 495. 535. Fine ditto - - - 5.55. Poland 'ditto - - Fine ditto - Potatoe ditto - Rape Seed - Finz Fluor - - Stwoads New Oat°. - - - Malt , - - - 975. 1075. 50s. 545. 575. Fine ditto - 110 s. White Pease (boil.)110s. 120 s. New ditto - - - 1355. Grey ditto - - - 765. 80s. New ditto - s. Os. 701. 801. 105 s. 1109. 100 s. 105 s. I 'C ,s ~a~~-