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i 1g srf ed im- Gen. erlan& Henry ;hness's LleAtt- ?.titenant n A bm. RSC, re .s to be, gated a 5 Ensign )ciAtion, Iten ant, ) be Se- !I, coal- ~:r laly . 1. At- zts}iire f • at the hitc., Fleet- August" 'averu, 2, and (iintrY, ivencr, I cilia' I , baker, ten, at street, ~rfolk- Cam- Court, tSSa&C, tshiret Dale, ived : Iker. :ner. nen, ivoy Me; ouch the zed , zily. the US° 1.0 this put ~aS- ply . . " Batavia Helvetia , and the..:Cisalpine, are ii ' d edteniiini."—:—We need only refer to what We have ;11-(1 above for a refutation of this assertion; - - -N aples-and Portugal are still in the number of doubt,°'"‘'''s." —lf, ' which i s u n h a p p il y a matter of the Kingdoms of Naples and of Portugal are t he Tmper . :al Rouse of Commons towards the eoneltt , s itm of the last Session of Parliament by a Member of the Old Administration. It seems to us hardly necessary to inquire what were the plans, and *hat the resolutions 'cif the former Ministers ; but still less so, what were the individual sentiments and Opinions of one of the Members of it. A view of the past can - bi.useful only as it throws light on the future ; and it is evident that in the present instance this is not the case...We shall not here enter into the question,whether there is any justice in the hypothetic prediftions of the Moniteur with resped to the future destiny of England, if the principle of keeping all that has been taken *were to be henceforth assumed as the diplomatic basis. We some time ago ex pressed our conviction, that .the present Ministers Were di s p ose d to ma k e a sacrifice of part of their Conquests on the Attar of Peace, and we have every reaso n to be satisfied that we were not deceived in our ideas of the moderate and wise plans which they had purposed to adopt. It could, however, hardly have been supposed, that they would have consented to purchase the desirable blessing of Peace, by con cessions, if the Enemy on their part did not, at the tame time, pay for it a correspondent price. The secret objet} of the Moniteur seems to us to be a de sire of inculcating the idea that France had already, beforehand, made these concessions, that therefore she has no longer any to make, and that England alone, must come forward in future with her resti tutions. It is in this political track that we propose to follow the French Writer, and if this article, like tha t in the Moniteur, occupied some length, it is to it ' eree Qeded that though the road to tr ut h h e s h ort , ( Wien rendered difficult by the obstacles which error throw s in the way. " Of all its Conquests, France has preserved but 42 very small part : all has been evacuated, and the quilibrium of Europe re-established."—lt is not easy to conceive to. what sort of men this is ad dressed. The French have acquired in Europe, ei ther by force of arms, or by the etre& of corruption, the Low Countries, Holland, part of Germany, S witzerland, and Italy. If it be inquired, what of all this they have evacuated, it will be. found to be but a very small part : it may be reduced to a few 'Province s in Germany which they could only pre serve pro tempore, during - the War. All the rest is either annexed to their Territory, as Savoy,. the . Pays de Vaud, and all the vast Countries which are situated on .the Banks of the Meuse and the Rhine, or are occupied by their Troops, as Holland, Swit --sserland, and the whole ,of Italy', from the toot of the Piedmontese Alps to the extremity of the Ap. penines, and as far as the Gulph of Tarentum. This, which is an undoubted fad, and which can_ n ot be contested, proves evidently that hardly any t hing has been evacuated. With resped .to what b as , been done towards the re-establishm ent of ' h e equilibrium of Europe, we would ask s.4:lle_ thor we are to look for it in Holland and Switzerland, compelled to sacrifice to their new Allies, a p ath of their Territory—Compelled to adopt in turn all the ConstitutiOns sent them by their Conquerors, and • finally obliged to pay, to clothe, and to feed the , Troops which keep t4e in in subjedion ?' When We take a view of all . sh e Countries in whiCh the Rep üblican Standard 'al'es triumphant, when. we .See it displayed in • S pain, and spread over Portugal, when we-see. the :trench Goveramen endeavouring to' preServe the ous ac d quisitions which it has made in Egypt, a n niedit 'lt • Sv ing plans for depriving the unolfending '" of new Provinces, it is not easy to con:. "lye assurance greater than that of the Alonitear, in darin g to assert, that " the. French Peop!e have 1:9 desiPe but to li,ve tranTa27l:o , at home, and to ` 7 , , f , .er !hose Nations to remain al pare .7. vho 14 'ou to do,the same."—W.e re' the Arabs, the ilia ete/uter, .nd . the Albanians, the greater part of Whom had perhaps never heard of the French, in disposed to all'ortv them to remain at peace ? After having with equal impudence and impru. d~nre advanced these,prOpositions, which are to be destroyed by the slightest evidence, the French J o urnal immediately says, "L et t h e English Aa'mi ; • ' z ' u ration. imitate this conclua, and Peace soon "lade." If this recommendatiOn were to be fol. 71ed, so far from Pea ce b e i ng t h e result of it, the -9 1 e • World wouldly in.a state 'of War, be eternal • a nd would end in being the prey of two Powers,: England, more strong relatively than France, has imitated the conduit of the latter Only as fir as it Was necessary to guard against her ambition, and to dimioishher. offensive means. Let France set an e xample Of moderation, .or rather lecher_ follow That wltiieh England -his ,afforded her, and Peace will So 3n be-made. " • ‘' at this mbment in existence, eat, the term ApEutr3 be applied to Governments which are unable to pre_ serve even their nominal existence ; without giving up to their Enemies their Provinces, their For tresses, and their Ships ? Of the reasoning of the French Journalist we should conceive the above a :sufficient specimen.— He does not appear to be more fortunate in his:in formation, when we find him saying, that Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and Prussia, have been, and still are in a state of hostility against England.:-- Lord Sr. HELENS is far from finding at Petersbur g h those dispositions with which the English Admihi stration flattered themselves." It can hardly be of the smallest utility to add new hypotheses and new predidions to those which the Moniteur gives us respeding the Elelorate of Hano ver. The causes which have led to the occupation of it by the Prussians, and those which may produce the evacuation of it, are too remote from public knowledge, to allow us to ent2r into such a mass of uncertainty. It is only where we are in possession of evidence that we think it necessary to touch upon the errors of the Official Journal. In conformity with this principle, we shall tram_ scribe one of the four conclusions which it draws from what it has said—'' In the present situation of Natiozs no one is more interested than England in abjuring the principle that at a Peace every thing ought to be retained which was gained when in arms." After having read this, we should be tempted to believe that England had in the present -War lost her Fleets, her Colonies, and her National Glory ; that she was at the mercy of her Enemies, and that she had no other resource than in the justice and relative interests of the other Powers. When, on the con. trary, it is . 'considered that she has in succession defeated the most considerable Naval Powers next to herself, that she has taken from them their most valuable Colonies, that she posses , _:es the whole of India, that she has now the exclu sive Commerce of the whole world, it can certainly never be believed, however the Interest of parti cular Nations may be conneded with that of the rest of the World; 44 - that no one is mare interested than England in abjuring the principle, that it a Peace every thins ought to be retained which tvae gained when in arms." We are far however from meaning to adopt an opinion in direet, opposi. don to this, and we have stated above, that our Government s inclined to make those sacrifices ; but they will be dilated by their nweltrativs, and not by their interest. They should besides weigh in the balance much more than those which the French have made, or rather pretend to have made ; for it is to be remarked, that hitherto the latter have only been made to Powers who were not, or who are no longer Allies of England, and that the latter consequently is, in this respell:, under no obligation to the French. All those which England .will make at a Peace will, on the contrary, be made diiedly to France or to her Allies. This distinc. don is necessary to be made, because in endeavour ing to gain credit for the Evacuations and Restitu. tions made by the Republicans, the illoniteur has am. fully endeavoured. to persuade its Rulers, that the latter having given up:all that it could.give- up, this Country ought neither to require, nor to expeet any farther concession. If the French are them- :selves the dupes of we believe that 'they are the only people on whom it can produce any other sensation than -contempt. . Six Companies of the Brigade of Guards, match ed on Monday' in two Divisions from Chclinstbrd to Chatham. Yesterday morning a CoMmissioned, or Non commissioned Officer, with two privates-and camp_ colours from each Volunteer Corps, assembled in. Hyde Park, to mark the ground each occupied this day. • Yesterday the Principals of the Bakers' Company waited on the LORD .MAYOR, at the Mlnsion house, relative to the setting of the • Assize of Bread, and it appearing upon examining the Reports of the Wealweighers that Wheat and Hour had ad , vanced since their last Reports very considerably ; his Lordship was under the disagreeable necessity of ordering the Bread to be raised two Assizes and a half, or Five Pence in the Peck Loaf,' to take place to-morsow. The price of the Ouartern Loaf will then be One Shilling and Eightpence. To-morrow the LORD MAYOR will hold a Court of Common Council, to consider thefollOW ing Motions, viz. • "That the Court of Lieutenantcy be requested to lay be. fore this Court an account of all monies . raised and expended by virtue of the London kfilitia Ads . ; together with the number of effedlive Alen, at a stated period iu each year, from the first passing the Ads " "'That it-appcnring, frern the best information, that the: Fariners and Dealers in Corn are Still with-holding the Grain from the tegular Alarkets., and the Price Of course continu ally-in ad vance , . . • " : 1,21 3 . 0.1.VED, " That 'an humble 'Petition be presented - to Parlihment, htunbly praying,, That a S ul - Vey of all the Grain from which Breadls rnade,.-be immediately taken, and the returns Made by each Prcprietor or Possessor, - on Oath, throughout Great Britain, , specifyin g the, scparate.q uant i t i es o f Wheat, Wheat Flour, Earley, Barle.t• Flour, Oats, and Oatmeal, Rye ‘lnd Rye Flour: Likewise, that - the ditl rent Grains unthieshed to be returned, to the best of their knon , letlgeand belief,' of • %%hat is supposed thcy.will produce %A, ilefUhfellied," To . receive Repor ts f rom Committees', and on , other basiness, - it;.• i.-- , .-- ,. .--... , 4.- .... N ArA L ,!,:. \'',,, .:ii v r Il fr S n , ~:..........., ~, 42 . ' _ • ki. ..,' -\ ~c •-' , . , ..t . ) I' 4 -__ - , •>A '--•:,..-",..‘".1r-• Y.. 2... G' - ;;;•••%7 .t. _ . IVon illi imperfun: says:m7:x triimem. Sid mihi scrte' datum: FiIiMOUTH, JULY 19. THIS morning artived the Wnisinghtim Parker, Captain Ron Akts, eleven days from Lisbon. Left there His Majesty's Ship PA _ Captain MORRIS, and IGvg,George Packet, Captain Y Esc OMB E, which was waled td sail in . a few days with Mails" for England.—The AniON Frigate was to sail from Lis bon. on the 9th inst. with Convoy for England. The Packet does not bring any thing ftirther relating to the Treaty of Peace bet weal France, Spain, and Portugal. Merchants were getting together their property, to embark, fearing the Treaty may not be favourable to this Country. Passengers per the Wa:singLa m Packet, are Com missioner TOWRY, Mr. O'BRIEN, Mr. REED, Mr. CLARK, and a Portuguese Messenger, with Dispatches. Sailed the Fearless Gun-brig and Dow,* Cotter, Capt. SHARP, with Convoy of Colliers for the Westward. The Prince of Wales Packet is still detained by contrary wind. YARMOUTH, JULY 21. ARRIVED the Zo/us F,rigate, Ann Armed Ship, Griper Gun-brig, and Kite brig, from the Baltic ; Phanix and Difigent Cutters from Admiral Drcic soN'S Squadron ; and L'Espiegle Brig from a Cruize. The Chadatte, of and from qortenburgh to Dub lin, with iron and deals, was Jost yesterday on HappisbUrgh Sand. The Memiaid and jonge wirh salt, are sent in by His Majesty's, Ship L'EsFegle. Arrived the yeAtus, BONNIE, from Hull ; and Copal-or, EMERSON, from Christiana. Juts zr. ARRIVED this day, a large Fleet of outward_ bound Merchant Ships, Colliers and Coasters, from the Downs, 'under convoy of the Raven- Sloop of War. Arrived several Coasters and Colliers for this Port. The women were this day turned on shore from the Leyden Man of War, and it is expe6led she will sail with the Texel very shortly, supposed. to be bound to the Mediterranean. SHEERNESS, JULY ;t. YESTERDAY sailed the Hart hired Brig, Lieut. HARRISON, with five Ships under convoy for the Elbe. - The Ambuscade was warped alongside the Drocb terlund hulk this day, nearly free of the water in her hold : and it is now believed, that there is no hole its her bottom. .- • • Letters were yesterday receiFed from Admiral WARREN, at. the Admiralty. Advices were also received froth .Commodore BLANKETt, on the'East-Inclia station. Admiral GRAVES, with the Division under hk command which returned to Yarmouth, has been . dispatched to the Texel, where he will join the Squadron with which Admiral DictesoNis ailing the Dutch Fleet in that Sea. Admiral POLE, with the remainder of the Baltic Fleet, consisting of Twelve Ships of the Line, and a 'proportionate number of Frigates arid other force, has sailed round by the North to prote(t Ire land, or to reinforce the Fleet off Brest Harbour, All the Cruizers in the Downs have been ordered to sea, and twenty 'additional Frigates and Sloops of War are stationed along _the French. coast, from Havre to Dunkirk. The Sea Fencibles are ordered into alive service, and there has,again been a very severe press upon the River. We are, happy to announce, that the Court-Mar tial that sat am, captain ROBERTS,• of the Serpeni . Sloop of War, has honourably acquitted.him of the charge brought against him of quitting his Convoy. By an Official Return from the Admiralty College at Copenhagen, of the'killed and wounded on board the defence ships in the Road, in the Battle of the zd of April, we find that no men were killed in the engagement, of which ten Were officers ; were wounded, and afterwards died of their , Wounds ;- and 54.6 were wounded, three of whom are officers, who are still living. The whole number of killed and wounded appears, by the same Pfficial.Return, to amount to i,ozo men. Notwithstanding the . advanced, period of the season, • and the extreme heat of :the ,weather; the Dutchess of GoßpoN's . Ball. on Monday was numerously attended. Among the company present were the STA.DTHOI E It, the Duke and Dutchess of 'T)EvolsxlitE, Lord and Lady GALLOWAY, Lady BROIIGH . TON, L'nrd and Lady SEFTON, &c. -Z:Z.C. &c. &C. Ahotit 'half past one o'clock above two hundied persons sat down to supper, after which "the dancinz was resumed, and continued till six o'clock.. In the intervals .of the dancing'Murphy,-the eek bratcd performer on the - Upion Pipes, cutertairied the company with a .variety of Scotch and Irish airs. AXPiESS FROM PARIS, BUN-OFAICE, two o'CLUCY.~ F. WE stop the Press to announce the receipt, ET Exrittss, of Paris Pa/err to the 23th i st, from which the following Extradts will be found most important Rear-Adm. Lilco's, with three Ships of the Line ) the Formidable and the hidompabie, of 8o guns, Cap. tains LOINLIET, CALONDE, and MONCOUSti, the Dessaix, of 74:, Captain Passt Ell A, and the Frigate la Iliesiron, of a guns, Captain MARIII , 7mo, at.: ter having ehaced the Enemy'S Ships which were Cruizing on the Coast of Provsnce, presented them. selves before Gibraltar at the moment when an Eng. lislrSquadron of Six Ships of War were arriving there. On the 4.th inst. Rear-Admiral LtNots had anchored in the Bay of. A/gesiras, expeaing to be attacked the next morning. In the night he sent on shore the General of Brigade DE V FAUX, with part of the Troops, in order to arm the Batteries on the shore. On the sth, at eight in the morning, the cannonade began against the Six English Ships, who were nclit slow in corring within musqket-shot of. the French Ships. The Battle then took place warmly. The two Squa drons appeared equally animated %Vith the resoluh tion to conquer. If the French Squadron had some. advantage from its position, the English Squadron was double its force, and had .several Ships Of 90 gunS. The English Ship the ifantibai, 0174 guns, had already succeeded in placing itself between the French Squadron and the shore. It was half past eleven; and the decisive moment Was come. For two hours the Pormirlablr, on board of which was Rear Admiral LtNots, made head against three English Ships. One of the Ships of the English Squadron, which was ranged opposite tdorteo:the French Ships, struck its Flag at, three quarters after eleven. A moment .afterwards, -the Hannibal, ex_ posed to the fire of the BatterieS of three French Ships, Which fired from two decks, struck its Flag also. At half-past twelve the English Squadron cut their 'cables and sailed away. The Hmin;bal was boarded by the Poi 6cc': , men that composed the CreW, Soo were killed. The first English-Ship which had struck its Flag was set at liberty by a number -of Gunboats and other Vessels sent out from Gibraltar. This battle cover's the French Arms with glory, and shews what they can do. • Rear-Admiral LtNots was going to Cadiz with the Hannibal, in order to her being repaired. . • We await with impatience the accounts of the loss which each Vessel has sustained.—(lllcniieur.) Intelligence from Batavia has been received at the Hague. Every thing was there in the best si. tuationin the beginning of March. Considerable sums had reached several persons who had property in the Colony, on board of Neutral Ships. All the Garrisons in the Isles of Zealand are to be reinforced. {The Squadron with which the French appear to have been engaged, and over which they claim a Vi6lory, was that'under . the Command of Sir JAMES SAumAtt EA, and consisted of the Ca>sar, of -Se guns (the Flag Ship), Captain' BR tiro the Andarions, of 74. gun's, Sir ROBERT 13.Ani,oxi, Knt, the Han idba of 7+ gap s , Capt. FERRIS, and the Spencer, of. 74. guns, Capt. DAttnv ; the Mimes Frigate, of 3argun's, •Capt,' ^ 'Frot.r. ES (suing) and the Unicorn Frigate of 32 guns,, Capt. WEmyssi WEYMOUTH, jut 2O , • Yesterday evening we had a grand esplanade beside the ROYAL FAMIL Y the Company consisted of the Earl and Countess of UX BR I DGE and Baugh_ ter, Earl and Countess of Rossi, TN, Miss EltsK/NE and the Hon. M.r. - EasKINE, the Countess of RAD iraa and her second Son the Hon. Mr, L. BOVVERIE, Lord SOUTHAMPTON, Mr. Mrs. and Miss - Ro s ' E , Mr. and Mr s . D RAX G ROSVENOR, Mrs. DR,,,RE', Mrs. GRANT, Generals GARTH and MANNERS, CoIoneIs.FITZROY and CARTWRIGHT ; atter which THEIR MAJESTIES and Nobility visited STACIE'S Rooms ' where ••they prome na d e d till half.past ten O'clock. This Morning the Krlslq and PRINCE ADOLPHtTS bathed, also Her Ropd Highness PRINCESS Au. • At ten o'clock, the KING, QUEEN, andPRIN. •. Crssts,'accompanied by Earls 1.7 x ER toce and RossLirz, Viscount SU,DLEY, Ladies IZoLLE, PAGET, and, NEALE, the Hon. Mrs. • GRANT, Mrs. DRAK P, Mr. and Mrs. DRAx GRosvt.- iNoa, and Miss t NE, we nt on board the Queen Charlotte yacht, and on their arjpearnnee, tlfey ;.sere saluted by every Ship in the 14 -arbour, Colonel MANN!igGliAn's corps were drawn oat on th: book.. • out, to pay their respeas •to their Sovereign, the band playing .G 9 d rave tbe KiNge PRINCE AUOLPHUS remained at the Lodge. The. B6rkshire Militia had '.ra grand field (Inv, they, went through their.-mailmuvres with great exadnesse . . This morning Mr. Mrs. and Miss Rbst left this I)lace. ,Ye§tetday died; * - at Theobaid's Fii-E; Herts, aftei• a few days. illness, Sir GLORGE WILL lAg Pars, Cq?T, Barr.