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London, England, 1806-09-17 00:00:00

some observations upon a ns' jell of so Much
interest to .the, immediate 'circle of oar read-
ers- Earl Partor is the etdest son of the puke
of NJRIIWIIIABLILLANW. His Lordship completed
his ilst year in April last, and has been returned
'For Bucks since the Prorogation of Parliament.
His name ani tide carry with them remembrances
dear to the hearts of Englishmen. The property of
his Family in the City of Westminster, at once in-
timately commas him with a large portion of its
iahabitents, and recommends him to their peculiar
care. Mr. O'Ber es founds his claim upon his
long devotion to Mr. For. He boasts of having
been, through a space of twenty-five years, per- I
sonally attached to that great man, and a firm sup-
porter of his party. Tisis is the title which he has
made out to a seat in Parliament for the city of
Westminster. lie calls upon the Eleetots to choose
him, not on account of his own merits, but out
respea to the memory of his departed patron' and
friend. We think the title, however, .deficient, RD
far as it does not shew that it was Mr. Fox's wish •
that Mr. 013aren shoat be his successor. He
has, however, another title, which will not be dis-
puted. He is a worthy man. He also holds
two places, estimated together at 2,a001t a-year,
via, a place in the Pay Office, and the place of
Marshal at the Cape of Good Hope. Let us
not be charged with mentioning this last cir-
ClUastaace as a reproach, and for the purpose of
read :ring Mr. °Taves unpopular. He well de-
serves mare than what he has received, and it would
have been a blot in the charader of his illustrious
patron and friend, if, possessing the power to serve,
he had descended to the grave, without having made
a provision for a man, who, for a space of live and
twenty years, "bad been devoted to his adverse for-
tunes, and had been seen by his side in all his trials
and troubles." Mr. SHERID•II, like Mr. O'Ba Y
is also a Placeman. He is Treasurer of the Navy.
Every claim that could be derived through Mr.
Fox, exists, however, in Ur. BIRERID•Ii, in a su-
perior degrec.—ln all his battles he fought at his
side, and chased in ail his vittories and defeats.
Whether in public or in private life, they had the
same friends, and the same enemies. Nisus and
Ea ay • 1.1.16..PY CAD is and ORBIT RS. were not bound
more intimately together. Mr. SHERIDAN is also a
man of the most brilliant talents ; and, upon that
ground, stands without competition. It has
beets also said, that Mr. Fox exprossed a wish
upon his death bed, that Mr, &teem art should suc-
ceed him in the reiireieritation of %Vestmihster, and
that Governulelit encoi ag'd that hope. These
three Candidates, being all members of the same
party, this division of interest, and collision of
friends, are,attribu:ed to mistake. It is said, that
the GRENTILLES solicited E trl PERCY to stand for
Westminster, under an esroneous idea, that Mr. 1
SHERIDAN had declined it. Should this be the fait,
thc business, so far, will be probabiy accommo-
dated in a few day& The Opposition %niters have
eagerly availed themseives of the circumstance, to
represent the party of Mr. Fox, like &he party of
Mr. PITT, AS bound and upheld only by these great
men. Two cases, we believe, cannot be found
more distina and opposite, than those very two,
which these writers would confound. Mr.
Fox bas left behind him, Lord HOLLAND,
Viscount How tc, Mr. SHERIDAN, Mr. WHIT.
oftsso, and tr --sy more staunch Foxtras, all men
of talents. The party of Mr. PITT contained no
man of genius but himself. The present state of
the Foust Party does not originate in weakness,
but a splitting and division of its Members. Mr.
Pirr's death did not lead to any such consequence.
The University of Cambridge did not prove like
the city of Westminster, an apple of discord among
them. Never did the immediate friends of Mr.
PITT aft in more close and uniform concert, that
sine his death. Had they beets ilsdividoally strong
- —hatted must have provedtruly formidable.

However mysterious Bort AAAAA intended plm
of operations against Prussia may appear to sonic
people who are unacquainted with his former coo-
dal, it obtains general belief upon the Continett.
Existing circumstances sanCtion the presumption,
that his proposed journey to Frankfort is only .a
political cloak to mantle his future military plans,
and that instead of visiting a city where his dt.
iiticity and breach of promise have rendered hits
0410t19, he a(tually intends once more to pm himself
at the head of his troops, and to endeavour to
strike a decisive blow in the North of C.ermAny,
before any Russian support can arrive. He attfullr
carries on a system of negoc:ation with Russia and
Prussia : and, to give a kind of sincerity to his •iews,
pas recalled iris armies from Bentheim and the
Frontiers of Saxony ; yet i. still pouring troops into
Germany, and forcing the Bavarians to commit
sech.bare-facei depredations upon some Prussian
villag,:r, in th_•ir nxighbourhood, as mutt ultimate*
force the CAt.:act to adopt hostile meal
sores. Leiters from Erllngtn positiiely assert)