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London, England, 1808-12-24 00:00:00

YoN-INTERcoI:RSE REIOLLTIONS

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The Ana, [lowland, arrived hereon the 3uth 61
in 27 days, from Martinique. with ()art of Ow "'''
thoJaliewe, Lee, from St. Vincent's for New 1 A
which was captured and scuttled the end of Srp:•
a French sloop of war and four brig., which r.
taken and burnt an American ship from L0:,2.'
and one 11-oin Liverpool, both bound to the C..:
States. soy. 17.

By this morning'A mail we expect to receit:
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firstilJ; 's proceedings to Cooly-es., on the
of the Embargo. herr.ethi::g may hare f:riu‘ff
to thew which was, the cprrent cute; µr I"%e
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LON DON,
SATURDAY, DEctreca 24.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

The Princess Augusta Packet is arrived at Ful-
mouth, after a passage of 30 days, front New York.
We have received by her papers and letters to the
18th list, the most important feature of which is
the Speech of the Paustomr, to the Senate
and House of Representatives, on the 7th, at the
opening of the Session of Congress. It states,
that it was proposed to England, That on her
rescinding her Orders in Council against the
conatuzese of the United States, their trade would
be opened with her, and remain shut against
6 Prance, n case of the fui:nre of the latter to rewind
her Decrees; and that the some proposition, under
a mollified form, was submitted to France--
Lit that this arrangement having been rejected by
England. and no answer having been received front
France, liar any inilication that the requisite
change in her decrees is contemplated—THE
NANG° NECESSARILY REMAINS IN TSIR EXTENT
ORIGINALLY CIYEN TO IT." In arguing this case,
the PILES! OF.til• dwells chiefly upon the conduct of
England, and charges further, that the expected
reparation for the attack on the Chesapeake,
which formed a distinct ground of completed,
has not been made. In the House of Representa-
tives, on the 10th,Mr.CHUTTRPIDEN moved, "That
a resolution for the immediate repeal of the •Ein-
htrgo be referred to a Committee of the whole
House," which motion was agreed to, upon a divi-
sion, yeas, 83—nays, 9. The consideration of this
important question was fixed for Monday the 14th,,
until which day House adjourned from the 10th.
A string of icit ',160111. entirely opposite, reason-
mendita; a prw.tbitiou of all intercourse with
France and E ,land, was to be discussed at the
same time. 'A he next an rivals from New York
will he of great interest. They will bring the
decision of the !louse of Representatives upon this
important strasum.

It appeend in evidence, before the Board of
Inquiry apes the Convention of Cintra, that the
British Briny sent to Portugal was deficient is
heavy ordimice, the largest calibre not exceeding
nine-pounders. Ministers, whose foresight and
knowledge are now become proverbial, have re-
solved to repair this error, end have accordingly
ordered a train of heavy artillery to be shipped for
Lisbon. It is now getting ready at Woolwich, and
transports fur its conveyance were yesterday en-
gaged for a month, at 255. a ton. Not many daya
leave elapsed since thr sent a fieet of empty trans-
ports to the coast of Spain and Po; tugia. We
know not which to admire most, the vigour or the
economy of Ministers.

It i. assorted, that Sir A IMMUR WIILLSILEY has
been named Commander in-Chief of the British

fortes upon the Continent, in the place of Sir
Joan Moons:. Sir Aistnua is new in Ireland, and
the Treasury Journals assert, that a frigate is or-
dered to Cork to convey him to the scene of his
Military command. What has Sir JOHN MOORE
done to lessen him in the eyes of Government ?
It is very tree they sent him upon • fool's errand to
Gottentinrgli, but that was not kis fault, and he is
generally co..sidered a brave and intelligent officer.
Of Sir Alcratua's military talents we are also not
disposed to speak lightly, bat we may ask, what
bentilt la the country to derive from the change ?
Sir ARTHUR will probably arrive en the field of
bi.ttle iu the moment of victory, or the inommt
of effecting a judicious retreat. Is it intended,
Niece, to act the Cintra scene over again, to has,: a
new Convention. and a in s denouement, disappoint-
ing the hopes and expectations of the nation ? Sir
Haw MUMMA, no doubt, was Commander-in-
eh:clot the date of the signature of the Conven-
tion of Cintra, but the country cannot forget.
that, according In the evidence given before the
Board of Inquiry at Chelsea, he received pri-
vate instructions from Lord Cartuacasau,
,to
consult Sir Aiersue WeLLest.te upon all im-
portant occasions, and that Sir ARTHUR was the
principal actor, adviser, and negotiator, in pre-
paring, settling, and concluding the Convention of
Cintra. The country also cannot forget, that the
merits of that trausaction, and all the parties con-
cerned, are in course of trial ; and that the appoint-
ment .r Sir ARTHUR WELLEsI.ET to a command
an the Continent, is to prejudge the question, and
insult the country that has called for inquiry ; arid
that it is not only an ivault to the country, but a
disrespect to the Throne, which bas promised to the
country that due inquiry shall Le made.

At a moment when the destiny of Spain seem.
to be inure than doubtful, and when, if the arms
and inachointiou. of BONAPARTE shottld prove suc-
cessful, he w ill unquestionably next direct his ac-
cumulate 4 force against Ireland; it i, of all alb-
jects the Inc.! interesting to survey the means
which he actually possesses, and those which be is
pre:osring, to transport his legions from Vigo, or
from Corunna, to Cork, or to the Shannon. After
the proofs which we have seen, in the course of the
present war. that French sects may navigate the
Atianti-c,'and crew reed' the Wew..f 0.t.. • ....c

neitsritludaaffinfr nun Line;rale. of Brest, it trill
deureely be contended, that he may not chile our
vigilance, and put& across front Ushunt to Ireland.
That he meditates., Immures, auto auticinntai the
accnmpli►hmeut of this project, At AO 4110141 d lit-
n,.(l of nine, is obvious. How much it will be
fscilituted, and acccleruted, by the possession or
sulajligntion of Spain., it is unnecessary to state.—
He would then combine in Ins own person the
power which, even in separnte hands, had twice so
nearly nverinmed this country; once in 1588,
tinder ELIZABETH. when Pilule IL sent his Ar-
mada into the English Channel; and again, in
1690, when Loins XIV. gained the naval vietnry at
Beachy Head, over the combined Dutch and Bri-
tish fleets. The invasion of Ireland by James IL
which, nevertheless, cost so minty million., and so
many lives, to repel, could enter into no compari-
son of real magnitude or danger, with an attack
mode by NAPOLEON, as Sovereign of the Conti-
nent, from Denmark to the 3'isgus:. we 'laic, in
fact, only the alternative of contending with this
revolutionary tyrant, either in Andalusia, in Por-
tugal, and in Gullicin, or in Kerry, or in Galway.
Row dexterously the naval Commanders of France
can evade our exertions to restrain their maritime
expeditions, is evident from the successful cranky of
GANyttluoNE, °MTN few months ago. " That able
Officer," says the French Minister of the Interior,
in his Erposi made to the Legislative Body last
tonnes. " with a squadron fitted out at Toulon,
as if by enchantment, and conducted with skill,
has been able to defeat, by able manoeuvres, the
combinations of the enemy, by conveying to Corfu
two years' supplies of men, artillery, provisions,
and ammunition. After having thin rendered use-
less th:• Expedition with which that barrier of the
Adriatic was threatened, the fleet of Adm. GAN-
THEAHNE returned safe, through all the difficul-
ties of a boisterous star it;stion, and ail the dangers
of continued tempests." It lutist be owned that
tins eulogium is too just, and excited no small as-
tonishment w our minds, at a time when our fleA
was cruising off Sicily, under Lord COLLINO-
WOOD.

"The West India colonies," says the French
Minister, " have in like us.i.veer hem, successfully
supplied with provisions, by squadrons of frigates
and corvettes." Yet Lord Mu Lail .Ira continues
at the head of the Admiralty, after such en avowal
on the part of the enemy. " India, prizes t • the
amount of 15 millions, (more than six hundred
thousand pounds) have been the result of the
cruises of our frig An." Well may the comiuct of
our Naval Commanders in those seas, where our
maritime force seems to have been so m issmployed
form a leading object of inquiry and of cow-
plant ! It has been already begun in Leadenliall-
street, arid will constitute, we are assured, an early
sub ect of investigation, as soot) as Parliament is
assembled. But, great as these exertions have
been, sod deeply as our commerce has felt their
effect., it is not to depredation and plunder that
BOIVAPAKTL limits his views. Let us not deceive
ourselves ! It is invasion and conquest that he is pre-
paying. He tells us so without ambiguity or cir-
cumlocution. From the Scheid, round to the foot
of !tidy, he is pressing forward to his object. " Ten
ships of the lirw," says his Mraister, " constructed
in the docks of Antwerp, and fitted for sea, many
months since, are awaiting their destination. The
tiotida at Boulogne, kept up and equipped, is still
in readiness."—Twelve ships of the fine, and as
marry frigates, have hien launched within the year.
Tictiityfre ewe. and as ninny frigates, on the
sleek,, attest the activity of our dock-yards." It ap-
pears that " the bacon of Cherbourg is so far ad-
vanced, that it may be able to contain squadrons
before the lapse of two campaigns."
It is not against France, Holland, and Flanders,
that we shall have alone to contend. Italy will lend
her aid to NAPOLRON. The immense resources of
that beautiful country are all in his hands, and at
his disposal. AIeRAT is able, active, and vigilant,
as we have experienced at Cnpn. and may soma ex-
perienre at Messina. Genoa, Leghorn, and Civita
Vecchia, will all contribute their quotas. The
Corsican knows the consequence of every harbour
and every port. " Spessia." we are told, "is
about to become a second Toulon. Venice, An-
cona, Naples, and all the means of Hollaad and
Italy, are in motion." After so ingenuous a dia.'
closure of his ability and his lineation, we cannot
plead ignomme. Should Spain fall, and that he
add her means of every description to those, of
which he is already po- *rued, we may indeed pre-
pare for the, last extremity. With en administra-
tion constituted like the present, what a prospect
have we before us !

Tice Princess AuvtAte packet arrived at Fal-
mouth, from N•-* York, spoke on the lath De-
cember, n Lit. 7.3. Eit.t, 26 league*, a brig from
for Lmidun, out fourteen days, and on
the end:, spoke a Portuguese frigate, with several
vessels in tympany, steerierto the Westward.
The jampriy, Cos. front Nearfouutarud, for
Jamaica, is captured, and carried into Guada-
luu re.

'the inland pat letters v; eve not delivered until
It fete hour ye.trrday, iu coosennence of the ee-
14:My of the weather. —Se% etei of the hied. *ere
brim 4nt to the Post-office on horseback, where they
did nnt arrive until after twelve o'clock. The
Norwich Mail had not reached town at two. The
11 or.ester, Taunton, and GlouCest-r.s.s.

MAILVARIMT.
The Tragedy of Venice Preserved was peetbitsieql
here last night, for the pia rpose of introducing Mrs.
Beausto NT, in the chareeter of Belvidere. Tice
lady is the wife of the "Imager of the Glasgow
Theatre, on which hoard • 'lie bas sustained first-
rate parts with ccint, w at is sister of Mr.. Mums.
of Drury-lane. Siz! r.....sesses a good person. about
middle-size, a handsome conateriance, and i.raboat
SO years of age. Her voice is foil, and of a onsider-
able compass, and she appears perfect mistress of
the bosiness of the stage. The scenes in which she
was most successful were those with Jailer, where
she says " remember twelve," awl the frantic
scene. Her acting displayed judgment, and a
correct conception cf the part. Ilcr powers were
perfectly adequate to the execution, unit the audi-
ence acknowledged their success by unbounded ap-
plause. The announcement of the piece for repe-
tition was meet favourahly received. The horse
resounded wink repeated braves. Mrs. BewESSONT
m.:is supported by Mr. C. KLMILE in Jellies, and
the manly Pierre, as usual. in this company,
found a perfect repreoentutiva in Mr. Cushy;. The
new farce of The School/er Anthers, followed, with
its wonted success.

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