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stets within bourids the Persians and Titrilnt able to send 10;',060 men to a foreign territOry. When affairs are evidently in such:a state that it is impossible for us, in this respeEt, to, have any hope of deceiving others, would it not be wiser for us to occupy ourselves in repairing the Misfortunes sVhich we have 'caused upon the Continent, in re met!) mg those which we have drawn 'upon our selves, in endeavouring to renovate our Army, to re-establish our commerce, and renew our con sideration in Europe ? If we are not, -sufficiently powerful to establish our influence by force, we ire,perfeelly enabled to succeed by negotiation and prudenee. Of all nations France is the only one which can put on foot armies more considerable than those which she had announced. The other Powers always deceive those who are disposed to believe them, and finish ,by deceiving themselves. Who would flatter himself with being able to frighten the Emperor of the French by the foolish assertions of an, Ukase, published at St. Petersburgh—what will be, the consequence ? By proclaiming that we will levy 120,000 men, we afford him a pretext to make an effe6,tive levy - of - a number, and thus still to increase his immense armies. Moniteur ; but we know that no Paper publish ed in France, or in any 'part 'of ;the Continent within the grasp of French Pos,.ver, dare insert such an article without the authority of the French Go ! . vernment. The murder 'of . M.::PALm, of Nurem burgh, was not necessary to convince us of the des potism exercised by BOI‘TAPARTE over the Continental Press. There are three other articles in the French Papers, purporting to come' from. Petersburgh, Dres den, and Cassel, to which the same observation applies, viz. that they are French fabrications: The object of the articles from Dresden and Cassel is to convince the People of France, that in the ,event of a War between Franceand Prussia, the ELECTO:IS of SiiortY . and HESSE would not take Ott with 'the ~ latter. the pretended Letter from St. Petersburgh contains a justification of M. D'Ouaatr..„ and some ' sneering observationi upon the Russian Army. The Moniteur of the 'lsth states, that a delay has arisen in the return of the Grand Army from Germany, and consequently that the Fetes are postponed. It then adds that Botia,Aart intends to take a • jour ney in the middle of the autumn, to .Brussos, and perhaps to Holland; and that he will . repair in a - few days'to Fcnitainblean. We. are very much deceived if this journey is not fur a more important objea than a mere visit to Brussels or Holland. Ge nerals NE,l"hiAl'otr . sr, and AUGEREALIhave received permission to repair to Paris, prOably to concert a plan of operations against Prussia. The French Eundi are declining a little—on the 13th they :wpm 64. and, ,on the 62. go. Wise men who c.uly desire the prosperity of their country, hold, one and. all, this language. Those of the opposite 'Party; that is to say, those who wish for War, say that we are too far distant from 'France to be attacked, and not strong enough to do her any injury; we Can,still carry on the War in Turkey, raise an In surpfttion in those Provinces which do- not profess Islamism, restore the Greek RAigiOn, and make the Black' Sea.a Russian Lake. They will not listen to sensible people, who reply that these great pro jects cannot succeed ; that' after some years of pain ful and dangerous efforts, sickness, the plague, and :the Turkish sabre, will weaken: our armies, , that France will then come to . the aid of the Ottoman Empire ;;and, lastly, that' We cannot hope to per suade Prussia, Austria, and England, longer than it suits them, to suffer us to annihilate a great empire, unless we succeed in spite Of them. What - should we do, say - IK.URAJEIN and Ron.i.tr -a - 201 V ?' Encourage population, , nd comMerce.— , "We have an abundant produce, but, without COM., Inerce, this is Useless wealth:- We have an. abund-' ant territory, but without-population, this is use less po er. To sell our commodities we must use dif fereut flags : To keep up tibt population we must have Peace ; still more it is necessary, in order to draw amongst us Foreigners who may increase. it. .No thing thiS can happen during War. .Every one, therefore r wishes that we-should be in amity with France ; that we should be the friends of Peace ; and that should endeavour to deserve and . to ac quire the influence of strength united with virtue. These principles strike the Emperor; they operate ilpon ,his reason, at leastas much as upon his dispo sition ; but he is compelled to yield to that secret sentiinent which brings . to his recolleCtion, 'that there are also in llussia - Chiefs of the ImisSaries. The Chevalier D'Ouiaty is an _innocent vaim, but opiniOn avenges his disgrace; and, what is not less important in his exile,' the - consolation of knowing that his Master, .at the bottom of his heart, prt serves in re!nembrance the powers which he gave Nat, and the instritdions which he detailed to him, in the long • conference with which he honoured bum. Mr. SMITH, the Messenger arrived yesterday from Paris, with Dispatches from the Earl of LAVDERDALE, the nature of which, of course, have, not transpired. The N0 . .)1e LOrd had been much indisposed for se- If we wished to make common cause with Eng land, why wa , M. D'QUBRIL sent to France We know very well that so early as the month of March the Cabinet of the Thuilleries refused to treat with Eilgland and Rdssia united. By this conduCt the Emperor ALEXANDER has floundered deeper . and deeper in the erroneous path into which he had thrown himself. Already has his reign, effaced a number of brilliant and prosperous reigns, whilst' he has excited discontent in his States. The Grand Duke CONSTANTINE only escaped being assassinated by the musket levelled at him flashing in the pan. With twenty years of 'Peace we should become the greatest Power on earth, but every year of War, every yearOf trouble on the Continent,retards in the propor tion of twenty years our prosperity. Happy Russia, when her Emperor heard of nothing but Russia— when he only sought to send his flag into every sea , — but to export her produce into every port—but to draw hither foreign colonists. Then we should be triumphant in Europe, without clothing our families in mourning, without creating alarm in =Councils, without shedding a drop of blood. Every body knows this—all that have hearts truly Russian 'have• no. other • sentiments. Nothing can make against these results, for throughout the ex tent of our vast Empire there is not a man who holds sentiments contrary to this opinion, which establishes itself by means of that influence which great and sublime conclusions always have over the mind. veral days with a bilious affection, which had even confined hini: to his bed, but be was 'in a convalescent 'state when the Messenger came away. This indisposition had unavoidably checked the pro gress of the Negotiation, but . the imprOved 'state of hiS . Lordship's health had enabled him to resume it. The death 'of •Mr. Fox was known at. Paris and was noticed with a slight indication of regret in the French Papers. The event, however, did - not excite much surprise, as it had so long been ex peaed. IT is now - , we believe, finally settled that Lord HOWICK• is to succeed Mr. Fox; and that Mr. T. GRENVILLE Will be placed at the head 'of the Admiralty. Lord FITZWILLIAM, we are informed, resigns his office as President of the Council, in which he will be succeeded by Lord SIDMOUTH. Lord HOLLAND is to be the successor of Lord Sin MOUTH as Lord Privy Seal. The DUKE of YORK arrived in town yester day morning from .oatlands. His Royal High ness had a sele& dinner party at his house in Port rnan-quare. The Navy Board- have made the following calcu lation for seamen; for the year ensuing, commencing from the Ist of January 1807, to the Ist of January 1808: - 120,000 men, including 29,000 'marines. The expellee to pay. and support them it estimated at 10,920,0001. This calculation has been approved by the Board of Admiralty and the Council. • We are sorry to announce, that the 89th Regi , ment, which was embarked a few days ago at Rams . gate for foreign .seriiice, have been disembarked at • Portsmouth, on account of the Opthalrnia having broken out among-the men. • -• • • . Notwithstanding the powerful support with which Lord PERCY comes forward; with, indeed, all the . interest. of the most respepable charaeters in the City of Westminster, yet it is said that certain per sons at anxiously at work to raise, if. possible s , an oppOsition to the fair pretensions of this promising young. Nobleman. • The real friends of the Country cannot wish to disturb the peace of the'city when so' Unexceptionable. a candidate appears, and they, we: trust, far out-number ele&ors of arty other descrip-• tion. Hence an opposition, if it be attempted, will only :manifest the spirit of party, or : motives of a • more contemptible kind, and must certainly be ex posed to the - mortilicatinn of defeat We negotiate like Petty Powers—we conduft our selves Jike weak ones—we aft, in short, as if we were alarmed for our dearest interest. We mix in the affairs of the Continent to do harm, without being able to do goad, and we do still more harm to ourselves, MAILS. ARRIVED-1 Waterford. DIJE-1 Hamburg'', 3 Gottcn burgh,. t Dublin, t Waterford. PRICE. OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE. O'CLOCK. 6311 Ornpium Ccasols - - THE SUN. - - 71 10L1.14 OVIS DICZRZ YALSUM AUDEAT L 0 N D 0 N, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER •23, Paris Papers to the 20th inst. reached town yes: terday evening, the contents of which are highly important. The dispute between France and Prus -3.13 is rapidly advancing to a crisis. The T4rencli Papers lahve received orders to, commence their attacks upon His PRUSSIAN MAJESTY, and there can be but little doubt that they will .soon be followed up by others of a different and Mitch more serious description. It appears that a consi ., derable degree of jealousy and susplcion has subsisted between France and Prussia since the close of the last' Campaign. The preparations made by Prussia, and the threatening movements of her Armiesimmediatelv A:Fleet from thußaltic is arrived in the Humber. The following article is taken from the; Boston P t lper th , received yesterday.:. An arrival at.New-York froin'eharlestown re , orts, that on the 29th ult. a French Squadron, coil sistingOl foUr Ships of the. Line, two Frigates, and, one Brig, were spoke with oti: Cape- Hatteras, steer-' ing for . the Chesapeak. On the ISt inst. this Fleet. was again spoken with, about 70, miles from Sandy Hook, steering N. N. B _ The New-York Editor remarks, it is probable - they will stop at Boston ior water and provisionsild then proceed for Europe.'': .NA FA L N'E WS. beret the fatal /Tattle of Austerlitz, have never been forgiven by 13oNAPAttii, thodgh for obvious reasons he chose for a time to suppress his resentment. The I PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 22.—Arrived the Robert Publiciste of the loth contains an article purporting and Ann, POSTGATE, from Quebec; ELzabeth, to be a Letter frOmHamburgh, but which is evidently . CLARK,-and . Frederick, TAYLOR, from Sunderland.- of Paris manufadure, and inserted by authority. - It . Sailed the Richmond Gun-brig, ,for,Oporto, with states, • that the disposition of Prussia to join. the a Fleet under Convoy. Coalition . last autumn was well known to BONA- The 'Chdnzpion went this 'day into - the Harbour. kAttrz ; but- that instead of giving way to' sen timents of Indignation , which . the PERFIDY .of the KING of PRUSSIA had excited, the Emperor NA POLEON had spared the States and even the honour of the KING of PaussiA, and had chosen, to over look his perfidy, and that he had contented. himself, with demanding the'dismission of Count HARDEN BERG. ' Such language requires no comment; it-is not, it is true, given in official language in the DOVER, SEPT. 22.-A. Frigate, under a heavy press of sail, was seen this afternoon standing aver fiom Boulogne for. Dover ; it is supposed the. Same which carr.ed Lord HAWKESSURY . over yesterday, who has been running down ►he, Coast. • BRIXHAM QUAY, SEPT. 21".--Sailed from Torbay the Libel ty, RedLreast, Daring, and Locust Gun brigs on a cruize. DEAL, SEPT. 22.;--Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, the Kangaroo Sloop of War, Capt. BAKER, arrived in the Downs from off 130u10k,-ne, and landed at this place Mr. SMiTH - ,' the - Messehger, who im mediately 'prOCeeded " for London, Dispatches from Lord LAVDERDA - LE, at Paris., Arrived and sailed for 'the River the .Resistante, CARMAN, from'Cinebec. • Ai The Prospero Bomb has a Signal flying fora Con voy. to Portsmouth. , . SHEERNESS, SEPT. 22.- 7 —The Supernumeraries in the Zealand are turned over to the Tare] 0f64• n ac a• "Capt. CAMPBELL, w hich Ship is to bear the Adini. ! ral's Flag during the Zealand's repairing. . The Forrester Sio . op of War is. commissioned, and Capt. RIqHARDS appointed to the command of her. • Sailed the :?etra - Bomb .for. the' Downs, Capt. WYNY:ATEF ; and ihe Banetta Sloop of War, Capt. PHILLIPS, wit h the trade for Tonningen. Several imprAssed Men and. volunteers .for , the Fleet carne down in a Tender from the Tower. This morMng • Vice-Acimiral RowLET shifted his Flag from His Majesty's Ship,. Zealand .to His Ma- jesty's Ship. Thiel, which Ship,has also hoisted the Royal Standa:d at the main,. and Union Jack at,. the fore, it being tfieXimiversary of the Kings Corona tion. 'At, twelve the Garrison fired salute, ,and tbe:Garaci, Battalion - and Army of Reserv:q,.wcre drawn up. and fired three vollies. At' one 41 4 1. the . Ships at the Great. and`l;ittle Nore fired a salute of g guns together, the fire of ,the I,olole cOnimenging with the' second gun of the l'eit../.; the day being fine, , : the salute had..a grand effcta. The Shthinon Frigate, CaUt. BROKE, was paid bounty acid two months wa g es in advance, ..ind sailed . to join LOrd 41TH. 'DISTRIBUTION OF pßlzr..moNry. To the-Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Privates of the Gdarrison,of St: lielena, who were present when, the Dut‘ii Sop Batavia was carried in, on the 26th instant,.:and .every Friday atier, at NO. 3, Bishopsgate Church-yard. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Me dusa, for the Capture of the Spanish Ship Matilda; on the 23d Od in company with H. M. S. Donegal, their r,:idtive portions orthe proceeds, at No. 23, Noirdlk-street. &NIA, (Al the 3 , ...th inst and :fir three years. - •• • To the Officers and Company of His .viajery's Ship Vir ghtie, for the Capture of the Vengador Spanish Privateer, on tat: 4th of April, , 306, the proceed•ts of the said Capfure ' on buard . the-Virginie,' it Poitsmouth, on; or after the 24th of Sept. in:xnd afterwards at Hunt's Office, Stonehouse, every Monday and Thursday for threelponths. • TL$ the Captain, olicer,, and Company of His Majesty's Ship Acasta, for the C‘ipture of the Dutch Ship Planter's Lost, on the-31st 1803, on the 23d inst. on board, in Hatnuaze; ant every Tuesday and Friday for three years, at Lyne's Countinghouse, Plymouth. To the Officets and Company of His. Majesty's hired Armed Brig Ann, their Shares of De Hoop (captured by the Cruizer, un the iith.Feb. t 805), on the 23th lust. at No, 2Z, Arundel-street; and Mr ave..: months,. • To the Officers and Compaily of His Majesty's Gun-brig Censor, their Shares of the Ffrya (captured oy the Vixen, on the 17th , I So3), on the .25th inst. at No. aZ, Arandel street ; end for three years. • To the Otficersand Company of His Majesty's hired Armed Brig Ann, : their shares of the French Privateer Le Contr.: Altura' Magon (captured by the Craize.r, onthe 17th Nov, 1804), on the 25th insr. at NO. 22, Arundel-street, and for .three years: THE TnEATRE.—The• fine hisiorical-Play of King Henry the Eighth, which \ was revived last' season at Covent-garden Theatre with magnificence, suitable to its high dramatic excellence, was brought forward last night at,. the same place, with equal grandeur. Indeed . the- splendid style: in which this- admirable Drama is represented, renders it a striking obje& for, public curiosity, independently :of its intrinsic me rats, and those. of the Performers. But 'Arie . Play is strongly cast, according to theatrical lan guage, and is 'altogether very ably supported.- -KEMBLE has studied every point 'in' the 'cliaraiSter ' Wolsey, but while he is critically exalt in the detail, 'be powerfully sustains the spirit •of the whole . , • Among his other merits, he nicely discriminated in his deportment" while 'in the presence of the King, and • while' he lorded it over Jiis equals.' Mrs. SIDDONI was very impressive and pathetic in Cathe rine; and POPE gave a bold and animated portrait of the . King.. • CHARLES KEMBLE also rendered- erom well:sufficiently interesting. Aurae-dye as this play was last season, it was still.more so last night, and was crowded at an early hear.. The audience were much disturbed towards the-end of the third at by some unruly spirits, but the cause most probably was the extreme heat of theTheatre.. PACKER, the theatrical veteran, who was the fa ther of the Stage, died lastweek, and was buried.on Sunday in the Church-yard Of St.. Paul , ,, Covent-Gar den.—He had been near half a century on the Lon • don stage, if not Upwards of that perio& He was never fOrmed to take the lead in any - pro Vince of the drama ; but he was a very correct and judicious Per former in those charaCters for which.his abilities were adapted. He, diligently attended his duty; and no in stance is recollected of.any interruption 'of - it by in -eLniety or negligence—an. example well worthy of imi tation. PACKER was .not his real name, but one that he assumed in consequence of some unpleasant cir cumstance which occurred to 'him in - early lie, but which, from the general propriety, of his behaviour, none we- re solicitous to explore or to remember. He was reduced" to • the most teeble and did not make his last awful, exit 'till ," iefe's, candle was burnt out." . . JOHNSON; th 6 sint'r!joicr , Who mail,' so ShicYtllar an escape some years since from tih. Fleet' Piism', lN 4s . yesterday outlawed *for ILA. togii4leis appearance under a,Qoattu6sion ut Liaakruptcy, Ack 47 V; RE I." IEO AND (IA ill-EIGHT. A most excellent .Aquatic Fete and Sham-Fight took place yesterday. At a very early hour ti,e Hon. Artillery Company paraded at the •ArniTiry House, with their Jagers, their ,Gunners ; and Field pieces, and marched to the Tower, where they were met by Capt.WrerELL's Rifle Corps attached to the 6th Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers, when they were immediately embarked on board the first division of Gun-boats belonginn• tofthe, Paver Fenci bles, under the command of Commodore LucAs,'in quick time and good 'order. : The First Regiment of Surrey Volunteers, C;Elo nel.GArrsl(Ect.; • the -Rifle.Corps attached, Captain DABBs ; and the United" Loyal Lambeth and Christ church,: Col. SLADR; mustered at their respeaive grounds, and marched to East-lane Stairs, Bermond sey, where they embarked On board a - second divi sion of Gnn-boats, and.Row-boats,,beionging,to the River Pencibles, under Capt.. DRINKALn.. Th 6 positions 'were so made, that a junelion of the two divisions was - formed; and tirotBeded dol,vn the, R %:er to make an attack 'on the town of Greenwich.— When they arrived - there; they found a very formi dable force to oppose their-landing; a severe firing then commenced froM the Gun-boats and-Field pieces, and was kept ; up, - without- intermission, for solne time, by the Light and Rifles, until the optpsing COrps having both' theirfianks turn ed, and an evident ,unpression made upon their centre, beat ,a retreat, and' by a circuitous route,,i4 good order, retired by the way of Maize Hitl to Blackheath, where .they formed.with the angle of the - park-wall on theirleft, and the - range of deep gravel pits in their front : froh this they were dis lodged by the 'artillery bearing .ori - ;their 'front and the Light and Rifle Corps turning their,fiank ,,, , a new alignem eat was then taken in the.followiug manner :—the Rear on the two:Windmills,—Right, the Deptford . Ritle Corps, the . Loyal Deptford Vo lunteers, the Loyal Greenwich ditto, the Loyal Greenwich Water Fencibles, with pikes, about 40 in 'numben:---Left, the .opposite Brigade was, the Jagers and .Capt. WOFi'LL'S Ritl4S, the Hon. Artil 7 levy Company,theUnited Lambeth arid Christchurch, the ist Surrey Regiment,.capt. DABES'S Rifles attach ed, and two field-pieces on the lett of 'the whole Brigade. A review and shatit" tight of . upwards.ol . six hours duration, then , commenced, the Litlht; Rifle,. and Pikemen, with the field-pieces, occasito r ally Changing. their poSitions, aS the advance or.re treat Qt the line made ,it necessary or expedient., . . _ . If was on the whole the best conducted thing - of the kind We have ever witnessed; whOre • the Corti;. manding Officers werd wholly Volunteers, ar.siitpd, by any df•theli-ne, and - Met with the approbatio'n - of a number of Military Gentlemen ,who were present. Upwardii.,.oU.o,ooo spea.tatois were on•the groundj The Corps, after the vidory was obtained ; partook of refreshments on the - Traund, and. then ina,:efled borne, most of them baving.been under artns'up wards of twelve ho - urs.. Several personsTiradi tiCrAr pockets picked: LIVERPOOL, SEPT. '2O. THE gratifying reception which the PatNci of WALES.has-met with in this town and Vicinity, and which we trust that Englishmen will always; be proud to shew to all the offspring of so excellent.a Monarch as they possess, induced His Royal High ness-to intimate that he should call on the INIAvoa for the purpose of expressing his thanl - .1 to !inn and the' Corporation for their loyal attentions. — The Whole body therefore assembled to meet his Royal Highness, and they each' individually recei , :e leis acknowledgments, tendered with flattering affa bility. He then visited the Botanic Garden, and testified much pleasUre at the sight. Lord DERBY,- with his usual liberality, had an ox roasted whole for the populace, to whom plenty of strong beer was given. _ _ • The PRINCE, to gratify the people, passed through the principal streets, escorted to and from Knowesley by Major VALKNER'g Yeomanry. With that spirit of humanity which he inherits from his benignant Sire, the PRINCE direCted that considerable sums should be given, in his name, to all our Charitable Institu tions. No Court of Aldermen was held to-day.—The LORD MAyoa,..after inspeEting the Returns of the Mealweighers, ordered the price of Bread to be ad vanced 2d. in the Peck Loaf. . ' Curley, the Brighton shepherd, ran on 'Saturday .last, on Brighton . Race-ground, one quarter or a mile, for one' hundred guineas. The limited time was o►ie minute, which he won by two seconds. Berkeley Cravo:kept time. The race was attended by 2)1 the Amateurs. On Sunday morning, at five o'clock, a walking match took place between a Jewess; of the name of Mordecai, and one Mark Levy, for five guineas a side, from Whitechapel Church to the two-mile stone, ,Mile End. Road, and back again. They Started at 20 minutes past five o'clock. At first set ting or! the man kept a short distance a-head, tint was overtaken by the female before they arrived at the one-mile stone; Who, passing him, kept a-head to the end of the journey; where she arrived about four minutes before her antagonist; at -five minutes past six, completing the distance in 45 minutes. A great number of spectators were present at starting. Bets were two to one in fivour of' the man, - he being 0n1y"24, and the woman 46 years or . a g e. A great deal of motley was won and lost on thesoccasion) and the knowing ones were taken in. ,• The propensity of the American Captains for 'the dissemination of falsehood has now becoMe pro verbial, t ,fliS Majesty's Br'rg . Pori illairon, fell ill, about the beginning of August, with a Brig', belong ing to New-,York, and bound from Leghorn to New Orleans, the Captain of which asserted, iu the I';?tYSt positive manner, that just' before he sailed - • L'01 : !d COLLINGWOOD had captured ,and carried into Gi braltar eight Emrich Ships of the Line; . whiali` Vei sels he saw in ,that harbour. The capture of Buenos Ayres .has turned - Out a most ,honourable and profit:3l)le speCtiLltion to our brave Soldiers and , Sailors. The next Adv entitle will be. undertaken by the Votaries of Oante Foriunt , who will commence her Golden !Gifts -ott the to; h of Next Month, and . will present the ,utti of Thousand - Pounds to the. Holder of - the Firat-Irravri Ticket.