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IRELAND.

or atm% act. g.
One day last week, as Mr. a clergyman,
was walking to his ftiend's house. nea7 the town of
Ulan, he was stopped by a me', who knocked
lien down. and robbed him of his watch and some
money. While the fe low was kneeling on his breast
and pulling his watch violently out of the fob. Mr
S--- contrived to get hold of his pocket-book,
which contained b ink-notes m a considerable amount,
and threw it aesterously hvb:nd tirn into the d tch.
ithour being perceived. When the man had robbed
l:in, of all he could get. and abused and heat him a
good deal, he went away, and Mr. S—. at ter I king
up his pocket-book ig tin, went to hi, friend's house,
who, when he was appr• sed of the cn cum,' 4 ce. in-
stantly agreed to accompany him i s pursuit of the
lubber. They armed th-mselves accordingly and
went out, but returned after a long and fruitless
search. As they were comm.( up to the boose again
the ladies came out, considerably agitated, to meet
them, when by some accidert the pistol in the hands
of Mr. S--'s friend went off, and pa•sed so close
tc the bead of one of the ladies, AS to carry away
Pan of her cap wits it. Pr- sidentially w:rhout
doing any further mischief thao the consequent
fright and confu.ion creates by such an acchl' It.
Tne private iheatricals in kii.keni y
uncommon spirit : some of the Ger.:len:en SIC •!x-
-cellent performers, and al enterte nnients are se-.
lefted in a manner Last goes hor.our to taste
the condnflori.
Mr. Huerphrey Butler. whose sp!caded equipag e
and fleet cattle were formerly the their - t pit .'ic
Ao,iration, is, we understand about t.i quit th"
"lull. and re•side in England ; a loss tha- will
ftperieneed by the lorets of wit, llan"'"7s I"
an2:able manner*.

FROil SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

dairalty-Ojice, °Baer 3,1604. .
Copy of a Letter bozo the Right Um,. I..nd Keith, K. B
Admiral of the Mum, &.. to William hll,4en, r.m. date,'
on b Art His Maiesty's Ship ►he Monach, off B.,ulugn••,
the ;id Instant.
Sia,
Their Lordships are aware that my attention has,
for some time past, been direded to the object of as.
certaining the most effeaual mode for annoying the
enemy's flotillas at their anchorages in front of their
ports, under protcdion of their land batteries.
Having, on the afternoon of the Lt instant, ar-
rived at this anchorage, and finding the weather
promising to be favourable, and about one hun-
dred and fifty of the Flotilla un the outside of the
pier, I resolved to make an experiment, on a limited
scale, of the means of attack which had been pro-
vided.

The final arrangements for this purpose were
made on the morning of yesterday. The officers
named helow• were put in charge of the principal
vessels which at this time were to he used. The
armed launches, and other boats of the squadron,
were appointed to accompany and protea therm
The C.l3COf, Greyhound, and some smaller vessels,
were direiled to take up an advanced and con-
venient anchorage for covering the retreat, giving
rotes:li. in to men who might !se wounded, and boats
that might be crippled, and far towing off the boats
in general, in the event of the wind freshening and
blow;ng upon the coast.
The operation commenced at a quarter pot nine
o'clock last evening, and terminated at a quarter
past four this morning, during which time several
ve,sels, prepared for the purpose, were exploded
amongst, or very close to the flotilla ; but on ac-
count of the very great distance at which they lay
from each other, no very extensive injury seems to
have been sustained, although it is evident that there
has been very considerable confusion among them,
and that two of the brigs and several of the smaller
vessels appear to be missing since yesterday at the
close of day. I have great satisfaction in report-
ing, that, notwithstanding a very heavy discharge
of shells, shot, and musketry, was kept up by the
enemy throughout the night, no casualty whatever,
on our part, has been sustained. The enemy made
no attempt to oppose their rowing boats to oars.
T.leir Lordships will rot expect that, at the pre-
sent moment, I am to enter much into detail ; but
I think it my duty to state to them my conviction
that, in the event of any great accumulation of
the enemy's f 'fee in their roadsteads, an extensive
and combined operation of a similar nature will
hold forth a reasonable prospect of a successful
result.

The conduct of the officers and men, who have
been employed on this ccc:uion, deserves my highest
corarnaldation : I cannot more forcibly impress
their merits upon their Lordships' attention, than by
remarking, that the service was undertaken, not
only in the face of, but imme.liati ly under, the
%bole line of the enemy's land batteries, and their
field arti:lery and musquetry upon the coast, but
also under that of upwards of one hundred and
fifty armed vessels, ranged round the ;after side of
Cie nay ; and that the Wheel, a.rd rnen, who could
deliberately and resc,lutels auvanco into the midst
of the flotilla, under such circumstances, must be
considered worthy of being entrusted with the per-
formance of any service, however difficult or dan-
gerous it may appear to be, and consequen:ly to be
ighly deserving of their Lordships' protection.
I have the honour to 'tie, 8:e. Is Li
Wilaam Msrsden, Esq.
41,niralty.Oace, 041olier 6, 1804.

Co ,s of a Let r • e Admiral Lord Viscomit N•ilson,
K B C nn nander in Cniar of His %Cairns'. Ships and Yes-
/tit 13 t Nt • titerrailean, to William \larroleis, Eq. dated
oil bowl I.l...Ma:estry's Snip, Victory, at Sc., the 7th Ma-
gma, 1,04.
Sre,

1 hifiewith transmit you a copy of a letter from
Lica:et:a-A Harding Shaw, commanding His Ma-
jesty's brig the Spider, acquainting me with his
having, on the IRh ult. captured La Conception,
French privateer, mounting two brass guns, and
manned with forty-seven men, which you will
please to lay before my Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty for their information.
I am, !cc. Nassom and Baoie ie.
Ili; Majesty's Bei( Spider, Alicata Roads,
MY LORD, Ilth Juin 1304.
I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that
I yesterday fell in with and captured La Concep-
tion French Privateer, mounting two brass guns and
forty-seven men, Alicata, bearing E. N. E. three
leagues ; fitted out from Ajacia, in Corsica, and
sailed from Girgenti yesterday morning ; have ent
her into Malta, and sent ou shore hete thirty-three
of prisoners. She has made no capture since
her leaving Corsica, which has been about a month.
I have the honour to he, atc.

(Sgne.l) HA IlDlho SHAW.
ROA Hoe. Lord Visenuat K B ice,

AdatiraN-Ojicre, Oa. G, I eO4.

Copy of another I.etter f.cvn thp Lithe Hneourable Leni Via
count Nekon,h. b. te. to Wtlkant datert on
board 1112 WjeAy's Suip w.t.ry, at Si., 11th Akt,,ust,
1104.

Ste.

Here With I transmit you, for the information of
the Lords Commis,ioners of the A Imiraity, copy
of a letter luaus Captain Donnelly, of Hi; Majesty's
Ship Narcissus, with copy of one to him from Lieu•
tenant Thosapson, ot the said ship, d.tailiug the
destruaion of several of the enemy's 'outing ves-
sels. Ile importance of this service may be but little,
but the determined bravery of Lieutenants Thomp.
son, Parker, Lumley, and Moore. and the petty
.ffeers, seamen, and motives, employed under them,
could nut be 'tended lam concerned to observe
that L.eut mint Lumley has been obliged to suffer
ampa.ation at the shoulder ;ant s but I have ranch
pica,ure in saying, that this fine young trail is Lad

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recovering ; his sufferings, I am sure, will meet
their Lordships' consideration.
I am, &c. . Nctsou and BCONTE.
Hit Majesty's Ship Narcissui,
MY LOA I), Metes Bay, July 11, 1504.
Last night we attacked about a dozen of the ene-
my's vessels at La Vandour, in this Hay, with the
boats of the Narcissus, Sawhorse, and Maidstone,
commanded by Lieutenants Hyde Parker; J. R.
Lumley, and Ogle Moore, the whole under the
orders of Mr. John Thompson, First Lieutenant of
this ship, who, with his gallant companions, board-
ed and destroyed almost t:te whole, under a prodigi-
ous and incessant fire of great guns and musquetry,
as well from the vessels as from a battery and the
houses of the town, close to which they were hauled
in and well-secured.

I refer your Lordship to the inclosed letters from
Lieut. Thompson for an account of that affair ; and
I beg to add, that it is impossible for rue to express
the praise due to that intrepid officer, and the men
as well as officers of every description under his
command, whose condua I viewed with admiration.
Herewith I also transmit a list of the killed and
wounded, which, I am extremely grieved to say,
amounts to twenty-seven. _

I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) Ross DONNELLY.
The Right lh.n. I..ird ley:count Ne:tun, Si. B.
Duke QI BriAre, de. &c...tc.
Hit M j ,ty's Ship
SIR, I !vat,' 14. w, July 11, lhu4
I beg leave to report the proceedings of the de-
tachment of boats you dad :ne the honour to place
under my command last sight, whose conduEt and
gallantry I c I mot sufficiently praise.
The attack commenced at midnight, under a tre-
mendous fire of grape shot and mu.ketry ; not with-
standing which we succeeded in boarding and :ring
most of the enemy's vessels, cnasisting of ele:en or
twelve settees, chiefly laden. The en •my were
fully pr•pared, and hal taken every precaution to
secure them, they geeing moored head and stern,
with their bars on the beach, and completely profit
tog thee under water ; we however towed one out
in 'pile of vieir heavy and incessant fire.
This set vice, I am sorry to sae, has cost us several
valu tisk. lives. Amon.; tie killed I have to re:, ret
the loss of that psomi.ing young man, W. lioc:i ,
midshipman of this ship, who was shot in firing of
the vessels ; and Lieutenant Lumley, Messrs Be-
dingfield, Watt, Viclor. and Man,:ll, midshipmen
on board, wounded ; I fear the I. ni.ir• ally
together with several seamen and marines sev sely
To Lieutenants Lumley an %lone, of the
horse and Maidstone, I feel greatly indebted for the
steady and well-Jirelled lire kept up front the
launches of those ships under their command ; also
to Lieutenant Parker, of this ship, for his ve, y able
support in boarding and destroying the elie.iiy's
vessels. Indeed my warmest thanks are due to
every rificer, petty officer, seaman, and marine, em-
ployed on this occasion. I am, &.c.

. .
JOUPI THONIFSON.
Roo Donnelly, KN. Captain of His
Majesty Ship Nat( 'bus.
l.st of Killed and Wounded in the PI tat/ of H. Majett..*:
Shits u•alerm-ntioned, on the Niem of the tdtli J.,
1144, in destroying a ?lumber of the Krtsm,'s VIAI4I in La

oetsit....-2 killed and' wounded
Sao killed and 5 rounded.
M•teitiagS —I kill, and 9 wounded.
Total.—.{ k lied and 23 wounded
Ntabea a the ICII:ed and Wow,oducl.
Ki.;ecl

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N 4 ectssys —Thomas Owen Roche, u., l.hipman, AWL!.
ham S ans.() 4, able c aman.
Sea Nrasa.-..W.l:amWthshirs., Lieut of MaLica.
Mal assaosia,-.John Wood, orcisnary seaman.
Woun4ed

NA ac ',suss ...Thom% midsh:pmamin
the hand, 'army.
Jain.% Moon, eassirain, arm and leg, bad'''.
Rotv.rt Campa,n, ably icanzan, th gh, b.v
Tho,ne• Freshwater, able 11!Aa1/11, ar n, badly.
John beakm, a 'e v•an3a.r, burnt by ca.riorvde-.
Slut. Sr. Ivan, able seaman, arm awl rode,
James Me- sore ',arson, Brien, shent.y.
Join Hill, alee ieamau, in the nand

William Shivers, :ideate ..1 marine., amputated Enzer.
ss 5 Lamle., lieutenant. badly.
Alex. Watt, midshipman.
John WI hare% ab • •earevr •
Join pr.sate ,if
Wffliam• ',inate of in rules
MAIL/STOWS G math:pit:tan, V.:ghtl) :n the
thigh
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Rnbert Mansell, ma:ter's mate, in tne b•J'.y.
Thomas James, ale swosh., halls
John P..cton, too:Unary seamen, badly.
Joh.' %V “te: I or‘linare seaman,lT.
Jnhn Whaer,a.., Corp Crew,
Pater abl, seaman, sl gl.tly.
A;ekaleier Horn, ordmary seaniau,
Mathew Watt., ahl- searnAn. slight')
Mtdshvornan and 3 Sea', ; 1 Lieute-
nant, 1 Muter's-mate, J Midshlmen, Seamen, an 4
3 Marines, wounded.
(SLgusd) ROSS DON ILLY,
CAptam and Sense( Utfizet.

A private letter from Paris says, that considerable
repairs have been made during the summer at Ver-
sailles, and the water machine at Math has been re.
established The Grand and Petit friancia have
been, with the Castle of Versailles, en•it cly new de.
corated an I turnished. All the former statues in
the park have been replaced, and new ones brought
from Italy added. The former extensive barracks
have been new painted and repaired ; two new
ones are building. From these cireurnstAnces it is
supposed that Bow AAAAAA intends to fix his re,d-
dence, for a part of the year, in future, at this
beautiful palace of the Bisca sons. 111;expence
paid for repairs here, these last erten atunths,
amounted to ten millions if lire., 410,0001. ; and
they are far from being finished. The ig.habitants
of Versailles, on account of their ingratitude to.
wards the Nauseous, sieservedly ruined by the Re-
volution, have presented a petition to Madame Ba-
ss AAAAA a, imploring her influence with her husband,
to have the new Imperial Court fixed in their toss n,
which is thought to h • ye produced the derred effect.
The very liberal offer of the Rev. SAM 1. PA I.
railing, Vicar of Boston, and Chaplain to the B. s-
ton Loyal Volunteers, upoo their return home, de-
s-rves notice. Being km med into a circle on t eir
parade, be informed !hem, :hat, as a reward for their
nu tOirenly good condisa ..nd soldier-like behaviour,
whilst at Samford, he would marry any of those who
bad been upon permanent duty, without fee, so long
?6 they shalt remain embodied. Which offer was
received with t!.ree cheers by the corps, and with
bursts of laughter by the surrounding multiLude.—
The number on permanent duty was three
aad twenty.

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CITY BUSINESS.

ELECT toe TOR Lour) %ti ok.—At the Enal close-
d' the Poll on Saturday, the numbers appeared as
follow
For Mr. krierntan Perchard . . . . 1711
Mr %611,,n.til Shalt
Mr. Alrforno3.ll,l,,wer

The Poll Books will be azain opened at elevin
o'clock this day, when they will be finilly cast
and the names of the sicessful Candidates returned
to the Board of Aldermen, lw their nomination.
A Court of Aldermen will be held at Guildhall.
to-morrow, to receive the return of-the Sherds for •
the eleeion of a Lord Mayor for the year ensuing,
:Ind on other business.

And on Wednesday, a Court rf Cornmoo Coun-
cil will be held to settle the proportion of the Watch
It ite, to he levied upon the respeeive wards u: :he
City cf London, and on other busir.csi.

A Prnssian ship, which sailed from Middlehurgh
in the island of Walchcren the 24th ult. has been
spoken with by our cruisers on that station. The
Pnissian skipper declared, that within this Last fort-
nigh-, the inhabitants have shewn an open disposi-
tion not to endure longer the tyranny of their French
Allies. i fter dark, hardly a Frenchman dated
walk nut alone, as s-rverai bad been killed and

wounded by the Dutch, which caused the Batavia*
Government to appoint a Bataviao Goteral Gover-
nor of Middleburgh. This General's name is
Orr Es, whose first aft after his arrival was to ar-
rest his predecessor, the French Commander, who,
notwithstanding the interference General Moa.
irr, continued in prison, And win remain there sus.
til Bo mAPAk T A's orders are known. !lc is accused
of numerous arbitrary afls, as imprisonments, to
extort money, and cruel punishments, when en.:
money was not paid, or reused.
Saturday 've received a letter from Iliboa, by the
Cob, rine, arr.:red at Bristol. In alluding to the rc-
cent aflivity in the Spanish port, it states the arse.
oak to be destitute of stores, and the ships to be in
general in the most wretched condition. Our cor-
resnontie:a dnuhts both the disposition and the means
of the Spanish Goverment to create a fleet ; bat
adds, that French Officers had been appointed 13
inspefi its equipment.
Two French sailors surrendered themselves psi:
son- rs cf war before the Lono MAVOL, on hattir ay
they not being able to sloe tit Eng!ish, it was explais-
ed to his Lordship that these men had male their
escape from the escort lam 17 emnloyed in removing
prisoners from Portsmou,h, Soc. bn- their not know-
ing English, when they reached Limon, they coal'
not procure employ, and all foreign ships in the
River Thames heiag so closely watched hy the
London schooner, under the commas ' of Capesis
Show, they found it impos,ible to etferit their escape
out of this country, and were advised :o surtenier.
to prevent their being taken up as spies. They were
ordered to be sent to the office for the reolation of
French Prisoners, and to be passed to the proper place
of security.
Friday Alderman B arson took the oaths on
h s entrance upon the otfice of Chiet Magistrate of
the Borousrh of Stamford. As eieg sot entertain-
ment was provided e the tow-r-haff on the ores. 4
'ion, of which Lord Jr. Hst.sue. and a respeftable
company '-artook
file Sessions-Ball, on Wednesday law, at Norwich.
was attended by neatly all the nohiliti. and ;entry
of the count?. exhibited a numerous assert.
bla'- r f beaut .et .gance, and tas'h ion. The tzlll given
by -lajor.General loser, at Crown Point, on the
following night. .vas tier ued by Lord and Lady
fla soros°. : lajor Gen MI Lam several OWscers
of the nay-, army, ..nd militia, and by m •ay of the p
oriocipal families er the county and city, &c.
'the besui.ifu! Pleasure Ground, and Estate at
li.irrow, when Selo.u..cl to tit • late Ricitsito Pint,
were r Thursday sold by Scut's for sear
Twenty Thousand Pozinds.
By .. Gentlem in who arriv- I from Ruh on
saturdav, we Ar.• tried, that nr: wren ree and
fou. o'cu osk, as tole of the 9at cu-aches, ea. os • ay
to London, stoppe rto water at a 0)1 c hou e I ter
,laidenhead, the coachntars leaving t •e In.-stti • • a
moment. they tan away, tend 'se 'app.
wanierel ,iver Maidttrshead...l colt. T le" 4: I
only four lashes inside passengers, and great
prehensions were estertained crtheir s .fety for some
hours search was i.istandy mail., and only , is*
cf the !swots could found .vbo hidhi ke from
his traces. How -n, by a meth which sun.e
arrived in town, we ars ir.furnse 1. that at si
the coach was found on the common at ...rr
tance front Maidenhead. Some of the price rs
were hurt. but not materially. The tra-es, p
and some oti rr pasts of the car ,age, wer., I,token.
We understand it was a dolt de coach, And the
ladie, who were in the back part all Ilaped out with-
out receiving any injury. save one old iady. whose
eye was a hick cruised.
Mr. HAUGH. living at &Mar, near Carlisle, is
in possession of a thrush, whic! ,s excited the ad-
mirafon of some hundreds of per on.. T/•is I;irsl
(brought up from the neat) he has kegs in a cage
upwards of eight year ; it is remark 13-.0 icr
feather and song. and has never pined beneath either
hurt or sickness, yet it has gra.iuilir !stained a
complete regenera.ion of its legs and ti-et! Als,,it •
the close of the seventh per. trevc mem:,r-s g use
sigos ut decay ; cis from each this;:i there appear.
ed to issue two b unes, like two sienster pi.-es ce•
seated tclzether ; and as one old kg. and 'feet on
the one side shrunk ea.! dirnin;illsest. the new ()on
grounded on the otner, daily acquiting strength and

A most ir.human aft was committed, on Tut.sday
night, in Bathwick fields, i“..ar Bath, on a bane
beLnsiug to Mr. R. DYER, hak-r of tit curt
sone a•rocious villain, with a hatchet, mock tise
poor animal on the skull, which traZtured it, and
drove the piece on the brain. A gent:en:tan pa‘siag
by about nine o'clock, beard the horse r-,,nings
and alm.ost shrivking bac a child—he eaboa assist.
aact a•id found :tins as above dev "'Jed

Warren, C ,
While t;ve hrilliant Lottery is igaing, r,clt^,l
are to be procured, Halle/1M & Co. repeatuiay Ac-
quaint tht Puivl t that they assay depend on being
sup,•lB.l with l'i.lcet, Arid char-s, o t th- most n.o.
derate Ter-t.s, at their Otfice, Ni 26, Cnrnnill, wAr-
ranted undrawa at the Time of put chasing.
N. B. The Fifth Pay's PraP.;l4.
WidaftiarteXt. -

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in) THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.
SIR. -,....a......--
. Refore I proceed to lay before you a few obser-
- htions which I consider Ar favourable to the cause
"‘f the public fuuds, I am induced first to take a
,ursory review of the ohjeEtions so clamorously
ionised against them, not front their intrinsic import-
eke, but frnm the Alain winch they e• cite, and the
teejudices they diffuse; hut, happily, alarm, when
.only imaginary, soon gives way to the irresistible
rce of truth, and prejudice sinks under the solid
• fight of argionent, and free inquiry. First, then,
• are woefully told that we are sinking tinder the
eight of accumulated taxes and intolerable bur-
. ens, and that these have unfortunately increased,
4id still continue to augment. Now all this is spe-
'ems and plausible; but why not Took on the fairer
. ins of the pkhire, and reverse the medal; we
lull then find, that thins altogether necessary, for
i'e security and enjoyment of whet we possess, and
it by presere depression, we all Afford the bright
, "Teel of fieure prosperity and glory ; and that,
bets undisturhed by the din of war, we shall in-
vest/ in public as well as private happiness. Let
's turn our eyes to the Continent : what is there the
• ineloquence of their supineness and inaitivity ? has
. not worded the tyrant of France opportunity of
aggrandising himself at their expence ? and where
tattoos have entirely refused to defend and preteti
hemselves, on account of present inconvenience,
7promtblenotthebeeezaaion forni.cedaistobicotinotnri,lrcrture
ldtyo.uabnled-fvoilid.
• elny ofrec:!iveedeneinmierets
uorfn.mabnuktinFdirenacnhd what have
i
and a grasp which has injured the very vitals of
;their bbeity. and reduced them to,a state of igno-
gninious vassalage ? Such are the evils, under the
blessings of Providence, which our exertions are, in
all human probability, likely to avert; and let Eng-
lishmen, instead of repining, proudly exult that they
possess oie means, joined with the will, to effeei it.
Bet again, the ii.vasion is urged as a just and seri-
ous case of alarm. The threat has now, I believe,
nearly continued for twelve months, and the execu-
tion of it has beendeferred from week to week. flow
• art we to account for this procrastination? I ao-
- vimr—To the vigour, the energy, and the aCtivi-
ty of our government; to that spark, which,
touched with the fire of Frites!' patriotism. has set
the whole nation in a Liam, and has afforded
eheM the just light to apFeciate the excellency of
oar admirable Constitute a. Are we not then in a
state of enviable security (I Jo not mean to encou-
• rage prmumptiaa) t H.Lve we not just reason to
saps& that if the despot of France should be mad
• enough (surely such an attempt would be the effect s
of the grossest folly) to pet his threat into execution,
• it would be the ruin of henself ; the overturning
that system which he has established with such an-
eioos solicitude, and would redound to the glory
ford sever- fiidi laurels to a nation, which he so
=MA detests ? , am far from wishing to lull my
wain into a fatal, an unjustifiable repose; but I
ambit perceive what just cause we have for fear.
agraehasemon, or alarm.
as recolleft, the success of an invading army
girnmsdly depends upon the celerity of their motions,
sad that delays add to the strength ot the threaten-
ink beams it *foils the time for preparation and
r inspeognabli defence. Another objection is. the
• . giespr&of a long continuation of the present war.
I many Centex perceive from whence our objeaors
bssiew their conclusions. Is it not probable that the
1 tweet Emperor of the French may seek for that re-
. ipso, Which is so essentially necessary to consolidate
• great empire—to consolidate into one while every
divided part; in short, to add stability to it throne,
which, he must be well aware, stands on a flimsy
' and tottering foundation; but, if too tyraanic, or
too proud, to make any equitable and I.:ir propo-
tab of peace, should he attempt invasion, shall we
not have a glorious opportunity of term tearing the
war by his destrudion and disgrace ? All event de-
voutly to be wished for. Thus do we possess the
double prospal of either terminating the cootest
by an honourable peace ; or, by a glorious war, be
4 celebrated the delivere,s of Europe from a degrad-
ing and slavish. bondage. Having thus, Sir, endea-
voured to prove the fallacy of the foregoing objec-
tions ; I now proceed to lay before you, the argil-
, "Bents which I consider as favourable to the citric of
the times and the public. First, I argon from
the known abilities rat Mr. Pitt, as a most able
i Snakier, under whose controul and direetien
• the funded system of this country has attained a
scant of prosperity unkeuern to the other parts of
&burr At this moment is not our commerce the
arty of the world? Does it not ft purish under the
suspicion, genius of Britein ? I.lle produetions of
foreign climes, do they nut proudly float on the li-
ver* of England ? Does not every river, every Ca-
nal, nay. every navigable sheet of water, convey
riches. power, Alia splendour, into the emporium
-of commerce ? Where is the man who, desiring.
' cannot procure the rewards of industrious labour ?
The lied fir aspiring genius is open and capacious.
neve we not a navy the terror an 4 admiration of
' Sit World? At this instant our fleet is superior to the
coMbined navies of the lobe, and may proudly
• exult, in the language of Shakespeare,
Let use whole world united cone, we shock there.
Do we not hold in our hands the key, which opens
I or shuts at pleasure the gates of French commerce,
• that at present they can have little or no commoni.
cation with the commercial world? Whet an idea
of power does this suppose ? to he capable of block-
"'ding a coast of 4200 miles in length, so that they
cannot stir, without being tinder the controul, nay
the terror of British cannon, dirtied by the ireeet-
tible arms of British seamen. Where is room either
for despondency or despair, when we have no less
than eOO,OOO of the best disciplined regular forces,
backed' by a superior number of volunteers, inspired
• with the true a.1,,0- pert t eiacio in short is ant
the whole population of the couretry animated
with the same unanimity and courage? Such, them,
are all out internal resources and prospeel.; and if
' we extend our views oill farther, we sic $ Luidcned
• • by the united efforts rt hope and expeetatuni. Can
Russia be friendly t•
-F: ince, trom whom she has re-
ceived such repeated provocations: A:e not Sweden
and Denmark hostile to French intrigue and vit-
. kitty ? Yes; worrier Test Assured, they cannot be
insensible, and (het they feel too with exquisite sen-
sibility the usurpations, the schemes of Amer-waist-
went, and the intuits offered them by the present
flans r.'ipurt in France, and only wait for a success-

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ful opportunity to crusl, by their unites power,
Upstart who unjustly sways that sceptre, which is the
reward of the perfidy, cruelty, and oppression. he
has committed; and let us hope that their virtuous
exertions may encircle the brows of the lawful
Prince of France with that Crown which his virtues
and fortitude so justly merit. With-these prospeas
before us, what are we to suppose when we find
3 pet Cent. Consols, at 57 ? Would not 'a man,
unacquainted with the state of the nation, suppose
that we were in a deiperate condition? If; in the
American war, the price of the funds continued
about 60, when a part of our wealth and commerce
was about to be torn from us, nay, when a large
territory was about to be separated from the mother
country, when America had declared herself to be
an inde,teMient state ; if, with this doleful pi lure
before our eyes, aad in this condition, the funds still
Maintained a respesable price, why, at the present
moment, do they continue to hold down their de-
jeded heads and dry? I cannot, Sir, account for
it in any other manner, but by supposing that some
Literested and artful persons endeavour to sow in the
minds of those, who are not capable of inquiring for
themselves, seeds of despondency and alarm. But
let the people be no longer the unsuspedling dupes
of such men ; let them place that confidence in Go-
vernment which they so highly deserve, and be per-
suaded, at the same time, they are affing on the
most powerful incentive, selt:inierest, and that there-
by they are rendering themselves an essential ser-
vice, since they render their property of more real
value. Now is the golden opportunity; an oppor-
tunity which, perhaps, will never present itself again
to the public. At present, there is no appearance
that the Minister will require much, if any more
money, for some time to come; and that the na-
tional debt is daily reducing by the power of the
Sinking Fund. The instalments on the last loan are
nearly, if not quite paid up ; and, in two months,
nearly I 0,u00,0001. of money will be placed in cir-
culation by the payment of dividends.
These few observations .1 leave to the considera-
tion of a candid and liberal public ; and I solemnly
declare for myself, that I have no interest in taking
up my p-n on this suhjea ; but if they tend to ex-
tirpate prejlidice, or to remove alarm, I shaU feel is.
tisfaFtion in having endeavoured to promote that
cau,e which is the cause of every stockholder in the
kingdom. I am, Sir. with much respeft,
- Your's, kc. Civis.
London, October ♦, 1804.