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It is a eircuinstance eleither hollow a'ile to cur taste, one
to our national leeliag, that an hundred years hoer elapsed
mire the death of Dryden (ode of the greatest names is
Eiszlish poetry), without basin foruished oomph le enit:on •
,if Lis Works. la the earlier part uf the last marry, it is
puseslile that the general and oniniennied admiration of Pope,
aid the school of Poetry which Inc founded, iHrertroi IL.
yiuLbe attention &lin a writer euteriur to taste, then 7h
collie; him is genius: deecteist in currectinas, tlsueli far
...poem in energy uf thought and diction'. But as it is loos
mace the public have looked bock a oh a &morale a ey• on
the • ark, uf the arch et and pusrerfal poets of Ca* seven-
teenth ccntiir, it is pr.:sumisl that a esouplete eslitiusi of
Loyileii'a i 'dines, comprehending hie oee:iisl soaks of
t,ley ueecripVoo, wee, now ue eirisivereo es ailing op the
ou:roe-fui blank in !11. :It, ,ntnre Feuillard
he Text is this pchlicatiim is rvrro accurately frirn the
Lest editions The Notes sod Illuste.tioas 'Mauch as ham
be-n 4-ctited ties Editor's sleep styes of the ilepurtaatio
of the task

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FORItIO. ntrniLz.rcrivrE.
PROM THE F AND DUTCH PAPERS. •
ASISTERDAIA, sutl. 19.
According to. letters vicerved from Nlists the
3ast fair of 16tuestise In"stunted oat tinOhnuoitly
good. Of colouial commeditier there wits not one
awnety or last year's sopplyiat *Ai, and this scar-
city woos the ratuse why the Ede thereof was post-
pined till the end of the fah. The articles which
fetched the must advantageous priers were wool,
•coatve woollens, leather, iron, and timber; soap
bits considerably risen iit price. Aloney was not
Irearce; sad, although the paymrhts powccdt.d
very stock, yet they were made, awl much fewer
"retests for non-paytuent occur;ed thau last yeur.
All co!onisl produce was sold at high prices, al-
most as soon us*the was Let was begun. •

PARIS, AIM I.
A Depstation sent to His Majesty by the Go-
vernment ot tltr Seven Woods. has joist arrived in'
this city. It is composed of Nier.brt,. Seordilh,
Melisiii, Melnik, Shear's, mud Vilorito ; these De-
lintics are waiting the retsina of liis Imperial Ma-
jesty, to present to hint Mu, homage, fidelity, and
love of the ininahttniuts of the Seven islands. We
aiwlterstand thAt anew Department is to be formed.
under the name of the Department of Turn anti
A veyron, of which Montauhaii is to he the capital.
The Legislativa Body isstot likely to meet mail the
twoilth of October. .

'AUG. 13.
By an imperial decree of the 34d July, it has
lain resolvard to make a road leading straight, from
Patio to Madrid, by Pau, Oleroa, and Saragossa,
. aad to throw a wooden bridge ever the Adorn and
tire village of ()sae, between Biryonne and Pau, to
to tore tbe bridge or•cr the Neva in the district of
Cam's°, ill the department of the Lower l'yrenccs,
to construct another bridge acre.•. the Gave, and to
improve the road v. hich leads to the watering-place
called Eaux-Bonnes. _ _

lier Majesty the Queen of Spain arrived on the
tub instant in this capital ; left ►t again two days
astizr on her way to Funtainblea►►. It is ruinniireJ
th:►t she is going to join her llnyal Consort.
ItAUDI/RC:li, AVG. 12.
The day before yesterday Baran Itosenkrauz,
Royal Danish Lord of the Bedelsainber, arrived
h;:re on his return from Ilayonne and Pails, an.,
proceeded yeNtrrday on his return to Copenhagen.
I y the way of Kiel. One of the sul►jecta of his
tuisuion was to convey ti Ilis Ai.i.itAy the Emperor
the insigais of the order of the Elepl►ant.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
MONDAY, Amin 21.

On Tuesday, Sete AcnisrErnumt, Turkish
IE4 soy Extraordinary, who lately arrived in this court-
sr-e, in the Biller's, with renewed pacific overtures,
from Constantinople, arrived ut Portsmouth, front
London, on his retain home, in company *ith A.
Sr. J. BAIIII.R, Ev.e. Private Secretary to R. ADAM.
Esq. charged with important dispatchec—They
embarked on hoard the Success frigate, Capt.
A v couun, which sailed the nett morning for

Maltc—lt Inlay he reenlle+•ted thAt the Bittern

fell in with the Hyperion, iu the Bay, which haul
the late Charge; Mtblires (SCIDILI EFFENDI) from
Constantinople, on board ; and that in consequence
of the communications made to him by SEta Actt-
MET EFFENDI, lie returned to London, where lie
is now re-estahlislied iii his diplomatic cliarac-
tee.—Mr. ADAIR is iiegeciating with the Ottoman
Court for the perfect re-establishment of amity

laetween the two countries. Lord Viscount iOCE.
LY PI, with dispattles fuV the Junta at Seville, also
fault in the Satefil, to be lauded at Cadiz.

A tergraphic communication, on Friday, an-
solaced at the Admiralty TUAT THE PROVINCE
OP BIS( AY HAD JOINED THE PATRIOTS, •ND
utsEN It INSURRECTION AGAINST THE Farsicn."
The great road by which JOSEPH BON ra-
welled from Bayonne to Madrid, through Burgos,
:vas through this province. It lire upon the rear of
the French line in Spain, and as its iiihibitants are
',gloom to be brave and loyal, it was, no doubt, its
rrov • autv to France that delayed thu declaration
vf their sentinsciit;.

There wa. R report in Ilse City, on Saturday.
grounded upon the authority of a letter froni Pen-
: sure, statinz, t7i4t a fishing-hoat had arrived is
Mount's Bay, and reported his hiring spoken at sea
the Pox cutter, front Lisbon, charged with dispatches

(emu Sir A. ‘VEl.l.r.st.cti, of the defeat of Gette ral
Nor, viol the euvreoder of the Atavism Fleet.

Ttscre tloo, not nrilear to he any truth in this state-
ment—there is no cutter in our Navy canes! the
Fur.—The For im a friptte of 32 gnus. new in the

East Indier. Besides. as the wind has been fa-

Towable, e+w:• farther intelfigence must bare been
'since rc eeterti urn') a•subject of such importance,
turf the letter from l'ensaime been founded spoil
fact.

We have reeciveJ Pons Papers to lath, and
Dutch Letter: and Papers to the 2341 instant.—
Amon the former is a regular series 4.f the
I.lu.t;terr, front the lath to the i 7th, iurlu•ive.
It is observable, that in this series there is
siot cue article under the head of Spain, tow any
allusion, directly or indirts.tly, to that country.—
The Spanish paper, veiled Ls Abtja Espanola,
published in Pans, to the 17th. also does not
contain a siugle article relati% c to Spaiu, except one
dated liatnburgh, laserting, that the Spanish sol-
dices in that neighbourhood lad taken the oath of
sllegiance to their new hing.lost:PH, a it s loud ac-
daseatious. Where the liberty of the press is so

completely extinzulthed, it cannot be espectdd
that the public priuts should 1101%Clie mach in-
,.
te rest. The private letters frorallolland state, that.
°Met, mud been transmitted from Paris to the se-
veral members of t!.e ofifederation Olds. Rhine,
to (.411 out their t:eseral quotus, the whole of
which, whets assembled, is estimated at 1.20,000.—
It was also stated, in letters received frosts Paris,
that so Meets:assay were the French Ministers em-
ployes!, partiydally since the return of Bows-

PARTE, that (;PllRral ARMSTRONG, !lle AlOb`l4o4ll

Minivter, found it impossible to obtain accer,► to
them. He 41 in 'vain applied for passports nod
a vessel to take Mr. BAILER, the gentleman who
wxr the hearer of the heat dispatcher to him, from
,France to America. lie bud, however, 'obtained
permisAion for him to proceed by the circiiitosia
route of Holland, and of this, not choo,iing to wait
the arrival of the St. Michael (the vessel which
brought him from America) from Englund, be had
thought proper to avail

The more we compare the present situation of
BoNereare with that in which he stood imme-
diately before the memorable campaigns of I sO5
and
.1806, the stronger remiss shall we discover,
for expecting a very different lomat., in case of a
rupture between him and Austria at this time. It
would indeed argue a total want of judgment in
him, if he were to pursue the same system of po-
licy, or of war, when he has an enemy such as Spain
in his rear, with the plan which he executed at a
moment that Spain acted wholly under hisimpultie.
While he was entering Prague, or Vienna, or Breda,
as a Conqueror, the Spanish and English forces
might be in Guieune, or in Languedoc. lf, as
we are assured, the province of Biscay has so far
emancipated itself from the French tyranny, as to
have joined the other insurgent provinces, BONA
PARTE*Sremaining in possession of Spain may besaid
to be most precarious. Ca-alonia and Navarre
cannot long be retained against the inclinations of
the inhabitants, and the united attack of the whole
remainder Of the• Monarchy. It is even difficult to
couceive by what road a French army can retreat
into Gascony, if Biscay is adverse to them ; though
it is certainly possible for a fugitive adventurer,
unincumbered with baggage or plunder, to find
means of escaping out of the kingdom, by way of
Logrogno and Pampeluna, even though he should
be unable to return through Vittoria and St. Se-
bastian. JOSEPH is said to have taken the road of
Segovia, when be withdrew from Madrid ; hilt till
we know something certain respecting his motions,
it is lost time to itidulge in conjectures relative to
the place of his residence.
Many weighty and °lesions reasons will. probably
impel NAPOLEON no longer to appear in the field
at the head of his forces. Whatever attitude be may
II asinine, however lofty the tone that he may affect
to use, and with whatever menaces heusay attempt
to cover his recent defeats, as well as disgraces,
he cats neither collet.' from his servile Seuate, nor
from his subjeets, nor from Europe, that he must
henceforward wet rather on the defensive, than, as
lie was accustomed, offensively. This secret once
divulged, will half unnerve his exertions. Plun-
der, and pillage, and the splendor of conquest, have
attractions for the soldier, and even for the unwil-
ling conscript, which are not to be found in another
mode of warfare. Italy, Holland, Germany, and
Poland, have all been already devastated, and
submitted to military contribution. France
may, in her turn, experience similar evils,
and become the theatre of hostilities. No-
thing can in feet be more unprotected, or open an
easier entrance to an invading enemy, than the Py-
renean frontier, both on the side of the Mediter-
ranean, and on that of the Bay of Biscay. Even
admitting that the citadel of Bayonne were capa-
ble of opposing a long resistance, or that Perpig-
nan could repel a besieging army, those fortresses
do not by any means cover the South of France.—
F min 1,4. Sebastian, or Gnus Billies, any number of
English and Spanish troops may be transported,
by sea, in three days, to the mouth of the Garonne.
Bourdeaux, tl.e second city of France. since the
demolition of Lyons, by COLLET D'Heanois,
ponsesses no means of holdiug out beyond a very
short time. It is moreover well kuowu that the
Corsican Usurper is no where held its melt detest-
ation as in the capital of Guienoe. That opulent,
eominercial, mid maguiliceat city, though not isi-
volved iu carna,;:e and in dames, by its present
tyrant, as Lyons. was by the Comedian, COLLET
D'lleaants, is not less reduced to indigence sod to
despair, by the interdiction of its commerce, pecu-
liarly with England. He is well aware of the
abhorrence felt by the inhabitants of nourdeaux
for his person and Geverionent. Se strongly did
that emiacioustiess opernte on his mit', that he
can.fully avoided et en passing through the place,
on his return from Bayonne to St. Cloud.
If ae look to Languedoc, France is still more
asseilalile. While Barcelona, and the maritime
',laves of Catalonia, as well as the pass of Figoe-
raa, remain in Ilis hands, Ronollon is secure from
invasiou by land. But nothing can protect Lan-
guedoc froni• naval attack. . Cette offers a poi:it
equally vulnerable, and easily retained by a 'wail
that is master of the sea. Siteated es a pe • ails,
connected at its south-west extremity- with the ulaia
laud, it might be defended aping the whale power
of 130111•rAars ; while it would ouen a passaioe late

.the richtNst provinces kingdom. It is only
by an alliepce with Spain, from the pores of that
country, and with) the co-operation of the Spanish
people, its well as of the Government, that these en-
terprises can ever be successfully undertaken. In
an its:auspicious hour did the Corsican, elevated to
the somtuit of power, outrage all the decencies and
rights of human nature, u the persons of the plus ♦t.
FAMILY of SPAIN. Vainly would he retract that
flagitious proceeding, which, instead of elevating,
has, we fully: believe, consigned to their primitive to-
significance and obscurity. the BoNAPARTL family !
Too happy, if these rettegatio Kings escape the
fate which probably overhangs their Imperial
Founder ! • For no man can suppose that Napo-
LION will outlive his usurped authority, or desire
to survive the fall of his present greatness. The
opinion which his brother LUCIEN entertains of his
durability, may be easily inferred from his applieu-
flog to our Minister at the Court of Sardinia. to
procure him passports. for America. It is indeed
an unqnestionable fact, to w Inch we hare frt..
criently and recently alluded, that I.ut.tEN has
uniformly remonstrated against the immeasurable
ambition of NAPOLEON. So has his mother. So
hliS the Prince of BENEVENTO ; who, whether lo• be
or not the gaoler of Valency, has anticipated and
foreseen his master's a;rprosehing

We still remain without news from Lislion,
though every hour may-bring intelligence. In the
absence of any positive fact, imagination and con-
jerture have disposed of Ji.NOT in various ways.—
Ile has surrendered—he has marched out to meet
our forces—he has attempted to retreat into•tipain.
All these opinions or assertions have been hazarded.
In fact, it might perhaps excite some surprise that
he should not rather have endeavoured to effect a
junction with Marshal Butitsaxs, than to wait for
the approach of the English, without hope of as-
•sistance, ifwe did not recollect that he is obliged to
extend protection to the Russian feet and scatneu.
The ships might, however, he burnt, and the sailors
be incorporated with Jutto•r's forces. lii r'position
is nndoubtedly very critical, and will afford him
scope for all his talents. IVe conceive, neverthe-
less, that he must finally shire the fate of ME Nou
in Egypt. But, we believe, that he will evince
more talents than MINOU did under similar cir-

cuinstanees. In the course of the present day we
may look for some positive information from the
hanks of the Tagus.

The Furrexter sloop, Capt. RICUARD% at Ports-
mouth, is under orders fur Cormana, Madeira, Bar-
badoes, and Jamaica ; and the Resolute, Lieut.
MIMES, for Gijoit. The Forregtrr has taken on
board 50UANIO dollars for Corunna.

A gentleman, who arrived on Tuesday lad from
Holland, reports, that, previous to his departure,
letters had been received from Paris, dated the e2ii,
which announce, that Jossrm BoNAPARTE had ef-
fected his escape out of Spain, and arrived safe
at Bayonne. His wife is said, in the Paris Papers,
to have left that city for FontainWean, the state
prison of the unfortunate King and Queen of
SPAIN.

Dispatches were received at the Adiniralty on Sa-
turday from Sir JAM! SAVMAREZ. The gallant
Admiral, we understand, has intimated to the
Danish Government, that unless the five thousand
Spaniards who have been prevent: d from joining
theircountrymeo at Langeland. should be released,
lie should immediately bombard Copenhagen.

A private lettvr front Holism!, received an Fri-
day, states, that war baweett France and Austria
is inevitable.

Government, we iiiiilerstand, have agreed to the
release of the Kau4iiese ships demisted iu this
country. shiest the iwriod %Iwo Lisbon was lira oc-
eitpiwd by the French troops; hut with respect to
the property taken on bnanl of theta, nothing has
Fern definitively settled.

.....
BOX APUITIL, it 19 said, urged probably
hy the declining fortunes of his family on the con-
tinent, has sobeited,Nlr. 11111.1., the Britirli Minister
at the Court of Sonlinia, to procure from the Boi-
hists Got-eminent passports for himself and family,
to enable them to proeeed unmolested to America.

Goveronaeut have, r undeoraiid, dispatched a
cutter to bring the Ballaut Marquis de N itosAis*
W this muss t ry.

It is supposed that the French squadron which
lately atteuspted to sail from Brest was destined to
relieve Martinique and Goudaloupe, having troops
awl provisions on board.

The brig Rolla, which brought Sir Hose Pvt.-
liAla home. on his being recalled from the Rio
Plata, war lately detained by the Phipp,, of 18
guns, and earned to Jamaica, under charge of a
smuggling speculation to St. Domingo.
Debts to the amount of 5a0,0001. have now been
proved against the late firm of Sir ROGER KERKI-
roir and Son ; and it is supposed that at least
20,0001. more remain to be proved.
lItINAPARTE, profiting by the wretchedness to
which he has reduced the people of Germany, has
drawn from the Northern Provinces a cousidetable
number of seamen. To arrest for the motnent the
progress of fHntiur, the poor mariners of Stettin,
Rostock, Luber, Haltdmrgh, Oldenburgh, &c.
have accepted the bribes hr offered for their ser-
vices; after undergoing a 1.'4;4 probation at 11'esel,
they a-e marrhrd to Illiddh•hurelt, n ;tete they are
fuether tliwiplined and kept tilt they are enibarkcd.
The halefatiza6de, of 44 gun., Culeuits 4"00,
has captured the French m oriette .!Jells, of 18
guns, eight of which only were mounted, and 4.2
man, laden with provision. for Guadeloupe. Time
prise is arrived at Plymouth.