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London, England, 1809-10-17 00:00:00

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The propriety of slispensing with an illumination,
And applying the money -to swore liedalds stud me-
ritorious purposes. we •have inculcated, from the
first mom• iii that a jubilee was mentioned. tVe
feel grent Medan • in seeing our 1113g4t•Sill$11 geni-
tally adaptosl, and to make it univers4l, we trio,'
that it Wanly necessary to enumerate the great 66..5,
towns, anal distinguished persons, that have ready
cleelared their sentituents upon this interesting sub-
ject.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of Truro and
its iieiglihoarlitnal, lichl at the it was
resolved to present an address. to ibis Mnjesty—to
et/ha into S. subscnption for the benefit of the
looir-swte attend ..slivioe service— to have u grand
dinner at Pearces liatel•-sand a ball iii tile cern-
iog at the asseinblysrouins.
Intionserahle parties art forming is other town;
in inn.., of which, we observe, illuminations %rem to
be very pendently discountenanced. lu many of
the country parishes, howertr, there will Ise bon-
fires, at well as ii:11.6111/161g, 41114 feasting. The
e• St. 3lary's Benevolent Institution," leave con-
vened a meeting at the Bear lim, in Tram, to
consider of the best method of celebrating the

The Corpora•in.s of. the city of Exeter have re-
solved to 'nuke a general collection throughout that
city, " for the porpoor of epptertainiim the poor in.'
habitants on the 33t It instnnt."—The waster cud
brithern of the several 1..44.5. in diet city: have
resolved to attend divine serviev.iesthir
in their formalities; to dine at their 'Pereira Lodge-
rooms, &c.—The corporation and inhabitants of
Plymouth. have resolved to ,go to Church—to ad-
drsa—to dine—to have an ox roasted whole on
the Noe. a display of tire-works„ and a ball, the sur-
plus of the aublicription to be given to the poor.—
At Dork, it had been determined on. to address
111, Nl4jesty to be presente.l by Sir John tit. An-
-1•2;0-10 collect a seelmeription fur the relief of the
peer, and to attend &w in, ice.
The town of %Veyrnouth dleciare, " That pub-
lic dinner% and general juin aliens, are ill winpted
to thin ovensiois, or to the awful times io which we

live; but m the opinion of this Town, the inhabit-
ants, after returning tluanks to the 'try. for
his gracious protection of their King i.ud Country.
slurim; this eventful reign, should, to far as their
means will allow, contribute to the comfort of their
pon -er brethreriond administer to the relief of their
fellow townsmen, now prisoners of war in the hands
of the enemy."

Weymouth also intends to erect a Static of his
Majesty, as is memorial to kite& ages of the virtues
of the Mo►►arch.
Salisbury is raising a subscription fat the pur.
pow- of enabling the poor of the eity and dose of
Salisliory and Fishertot►, to participate in this us-
tinenl festivity.
Mill is promoting is subscription fur the paw,
and hm publish, .1 so•ne eNerllent resolutions, one
of which says, "that it is exp.dient to attend divine
orship on the day, huaahle adoration.
iofer praise awl thatikagivio; lor se many torahs.
bole blessings. to the Greet Disposer of events.—
luso% whilst the horrors of revolutionary war hove
Jrt iid.eil the soil <sf France with ;wire bluod. and
terminated in a ( ;over ',lurid of uedilury despotisms ;
whilst surrounliiig nations have beets shaken to
their centre. still the fairest parts of Europe depo-
pulate/) and laid wait•. these kingdoms have lien
eioeltereil by the Almighty Power, sod permitted to
enjoy in security the blessings of social order and of
a free Constitution, under the auspices of a Patriot
libisiiirch, worthy the veneration of the present,
and the imitation of future ages."
Oxford ►near to abstain from the expense of il.

letrnineting, and in lieu thereof to enable the poorer

inhaln•ants to celebrate, iu decent comfort, the
•
joyous end memorable occasion. lt,ss also propos-
ed to erldwitte the Jubilee by releasing the debtors
now confine-4 in the Castle ofOxford,
Some libtral-mioded Quakers hart signified
their &Ore to ad., 6001. to the donations gieen by
the city of Liratiou, for the discharge of persons

LON DON,
TUESDAY. OCTOBiI 17.

le consequence of the publication of MT. Cell-
NI NG'S s►atcment, sea reply to Lard CASTLIALinieII
charge, the Earl of CANDI.. it is said, intends to
publish some explanation with respect to that pert
of the statement io which his name is impliested.-
111. Lordship wind in town. very unexpectedlts
on Souaiy afternoon. from litimsgste. where he
had gone, with his &tinily. a wrek since. for three
svcrks or a mouth. The Countess and family did
not acronspeny him, but remain at Iltainsgate.

We have calmly and repeatedly perused the in- I
teresting observations contained in the Maaitexis
of the 27111 and 2atli of September, in reply to.
The Gazette acconut of the battle of Talavera, as '
well as to the article in THE Gun, of the 19th of
August, and to that in The Star. of nearly the
same date. It is a composition (we. meals the
French remarks) wine!' we would recommend to
the attentive consideration of every member of the
lute, and of the present Col'inet ; for it is, in fact,
• political mirror, which presents the objects re-
versed ; and which. unless they are incapable of
receiving any instruction or information, may illu-
minate even such Ministers as we have the misfor-
iune to see selected for the conduct of public af-
fairs. Ilf, its one of the Government payers has
fuggested, these productions are really Irvin the
pelt of NAPOLEON himself. a thing certainly pos.
sible, in • local or physical sense, since the distance
of time between the English and French publica-
tions exceed.' five week., they are entitled to Still
greater intention. Lord CHATHAM and Lord WEL-
LINGTON may there see how the Expedition to
Zealand, and the invasion of, or,mther, more pro-
perly to denominate it, the irruption into. Castile,
might have been better managed. EMI the moat
obtuse members of His MAJESTY'S Cabinet, whom
we will not personally specify, but whom the nation
cannot &a to recognisv, may there behold tire por-
traits of their own incapable measures, sketched by
the hand of a master. Such a study may consti-
tute at least as useful an occupation, as dinners its
Downing-strt•et ; though not quite so much calcu-
lated to inspire hilarity. or to dissipate rellexises.
These worthy Ministers, however they may have
been hitherto occupied mid engrossed with closet
intrigues, with quarrels, rivalities. their. and reed-
usivations. cannot hope, or expect, that their dream.
Of that the lethargic indifference of the nation, will
last for ever. Corent•Garden riots, or jubilees and
illuminations, may certainly protract the hour of
account, and occupy the public mind for a certain
time ; but it must arrive. charged with the accu-
mulations of error and incapacity, which they are
daily adding to the heap, and awful in proportion
to its delay. Let us, however. review the subject
of the comments contained in the Manitear. Let
us invite Mr. ['METAL to assist at this entertain-
ment, from which it would be most unjust to ex-
clude the two M-deeinst Secretaries of State ; though
we conceive that it it perfectly nugatory and use-
less to call on their successors to take any part is
the discussion. In the langlinge of Pope_

"Tagether let se beat this ample
Ike what the open, what the covert yield:
Laugh, where we oust—be candid, where we can "

That, in describing the positiun of Bu ts • roam. lid
the exhausted or prostnite*ituation of Austria,at this
time, there are unlrepresentation, concealment,
and fallacy, se are convinced ; and we think it is not
difficult to prove, even to the conviction of 41I•
PAGNY, that his Master attempts to disguise from
.hitoself, as well as from Europe, the impediments
io,isis further progress. Thst, in his observations
upon Lord CiLiritaxi's expedition, in his enume-

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Mien of the force assembled round Antwerp, and
in his picture of the insalubrity or Walchereil, there
is great exaggeration, heightened by, and envdop-
ed is,, a !nantle of irony or of ridicule, which inti-
nitely increases its effect, we are not prepared to
deity ; but in his comments upon Sir Aaritua's
"tut! voyage to the world of fame," in the allu-
sions made to Sepoys, to Theatistaeles, to Treat ca-
tastrophes, and to his fartiniale escape iota Porta.
gal, with half of his array, we profess th.t we see
only a too faithful delineation of an invasion, if it
can deserve the term, which. in improvidence, te-
merity. and waist of all rational chalice of success,
hu no parallel in modern military history. in an-
tiquity, CAMISYSEs' Ethiopian invasion may fur-
nish Sir Aerovit with a model. Ile, it is true, (li-
med in a war against the Lybian sand-, and de-
serts, which swallowed up his army. And what
did Sir Aarucit undertake? Au enterplise, fr‘an
which CnutLes XIL who was not distinguished
for caution, would assuredly have shrunk ; though
we must adinit, that there is some little similarity
between the Swedish campaign, of 1709, and of
Castile, in 1i409. In the first, the Swede attempted
to invade Illuscory, without, as it appeared, having
provided sufficient magazines, or co-operation, in
the interior of Hassle. MAZCPPA deceived and in-
jured CHARLES, as Cusses mid the Junta did
Lord Wasstimeow. Pultnwa and Talavera bad
much the same results. though the former is term-
ed in history a dsjral ; and though the latter is de-
nominated, in The Loudon Gazette, a victory. But,
Cummes XII. whatever errors or miscalculations
he made, when he plunged into the central pro-
vinces of Russia, did not totally mistake. to one
hand, the number of his adversary's force., nor, on
the other, did he leave the p pen behind
him. It is, indeed, difficult to caricature that ex-
traordinary enterprise, which almost tempts one to
suppose, that the General was, more or less, af-
fected in his intellects, by respiring the air of a
country that gave birth to Carty Alms. We
shall return to him again in slue time.
BONAPAnTE, or thrit.e who compose his Mani-
tears, may endeavour to slew that Austria has
uo means of opposing his victorious :inns, if he
shall resume thew. Ile may say, The country
is rxhaysted of Men. as well as of things."
Bat these essertinsrs do not kill. Had he, in
December, 1805, es lie has now, a country us his
rear, not only unsubjected, hut, which has re-
peatedly expelled his troops? Let Ins Duke of
t)awusc reply? Let his Kings of Bavaria
and of Prirterater,;, who hive already sacriticed
armies in the Pustliertlial and in the Viiralberg ;
who wareely feel them:elves secure flian the in-
virsions of the Tyrolese, in Muitich, or in Stut-
wird ; and who, more degraded than the Kings of
Pergemus, of Bythinia, or of Nutnidia, in anti-
quity. wa%t, under arms the stern commands of
ferocious revolutionary Tyrant. who, as he made.
eau likewise unmake them, at his caprice Met
them answer, whether IVAroa.Lori is now, es he
pretends, able to crush and to auliihilate Austria !
—We More been assnred, that. in 17Y7, when lie
made the Treaty of
.Leoben; on being questioned,
why, at oily twenty-two leagues distance from
Vienna. be did not pursue his success, and push
forward, with his victorious troops, to that capital ;
he replied. " Vest pie J'avois tresses ex' amiss, et
Jr ray sties settee." 1 hid thirty in' hand, and 1
stood. The allusion. it is obvious, was takes, from
the game of Thirty-one; and it ad inir ably-, as well as
laconically and clearly, 'Rhine.' his position. to-
gether with his motives of action: NAPOLI:oti
is now nein at Umbras He has thirty in heal,
and he is c!/'raid to drew: By attempting more,
lie hazards all. He will therefore endeavour to
make such a Peace, as, while it appears to rein-
state Faa acts, io some ostensible independence,
and leaves hint the exterior of royalty, only reserves
him for the knife, as soon as he has dispatched the
victims. Spain and Portugal, which require to be
immediately sacrificed. IVhether he will accom-
plish this object ; or whether, encouraged openly
by the Tyrolese, and secretly by Russia and
Prussia, Paxton is will still make another effort,
we do not venture, on our imperfect lights, to
hazard a decided opinion. But, in moseying, we be-
lieve that we know full as much as any of His NIA-
JeSTY'S Nl:misters know on the subject. Possibly,
even more. For it seems difficult to have manifested
a more profound and ruinous ignorance, than they
have done of all the motives, springs, and cause..
of BuIIsPARTS'S policy and actions.—Te-morrow
we may perhaps pursue tins most interestieg end
ample subjs ct.

Mr. Pinworm., we understand, wrote a letter to
her Royal Highness the Princess of War.xs, for-
mally announcing his appointment as F mit Lora of
the Treasury. In thin letter the new Premier con-
doles with her Royal Highness on the loss sus-
tained by the All iiiiii ignition in being deprived of
the splendid talents of Mr. CANNING. but takes
occasion to assure her, that it was not his fault, as he
had offered to agree to any arrangement that Mr.
CA NNI so might suggest, by which a third person
might have been placed at the head of the Tree-
aurt, and he trusted that her Royal Highness would
see in this a satisfactory proof that it was not from
selfish considerations that he had accepted of this
situation. Her Royal Highness, in answer to this
letter, expressed her thanks for the communication,
and her extreme regret at the resignation of Mr.
l'ati %ma. She conduits by complimenting Mr.
Pcuev at. on his courage in undertakings° arduous
a task As the ad tratioo of public affeirs in a
tin.unent of such unprecedented d+Riculty.

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PRIVATE THEATRICALS.

Among the various modes of celebrating the ap-
proaching Jubilee, private Thetuncels are to he
called into action. Tlic fonusing pieces tac iu
preparation
Lord CisTLIMAGIII—Th, False Friend—W/ 's
the LittElf—etod The Dwell's!.
Mr. YIKLEVAL..--The Lest Sao—Pi, Devil t,
Pay—and WI in the Irrumg.
Lord WEIVI M 4, kl. A M CAMOLPi•—•The
Perplexed enttple—l else beheary—and All fur
the Best.

Mr. SAUNDERS DUNDAII—Mc Wised rftlirin
—The Agreeribk Surprise—mul Get money n.J X. •
Mr.CANNINCI— The School for elrrogouce—lm•
purity—Plot and 'onntrrplot—iliotl (htt Platy
Mr. CIOXISII—II'hu //e !rube-.
Seeing is Beieving--esud Bas/Va Jinn.
Mr. WARDLE— Work IT the Uphutdril—n:
Cruel Gift—aud %Yu, Doubk Deceit.
11 re CLARKI.—Tbe Sea-side Ntury—The Biter
nit—and 4 Trip to the Sore.
COVSPIT-G ARDF: N It urr EMl—Liberal Opinions.
—.Mack Ado about Nothing-Iml The Humours itf
Bow-street.