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REMARKS on a PUBLICATION of M. VOL-
NEV, call d the RUINS, Are.
By the Rt v. WILLIAM COCKBURN, M.A.
fellow of St. Juhii's Co loge, CamiiridLe, and Chiritian Ad-
'mate in that Unitrer.tty.
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THE 1.1t,F. and CHAItAL:TEIt of BONA-
r.tRTE, Drawn frail authentic Sources.
lie W. BURDON, A. M.
Ai.d ornamented will% a stoking Likenea, engraved by
J. A. Kidd.
This Volans* will be found interesting to all disieriptions of
Menders : It contains, inving nutty others, the following Par-
ticulars :—Anecilotes 04 Bonaparte'. early Life—vllis
Exploit, during the three Camp nil), in Italy—His
through Swisserland, and C niversation. with different 1,1.iiv.-
dUes--llis haughty Belsavionr at the Congress at Rs..tadt
Mk PrrseNtatiJa to the Directury—lli, Cruelties., his Letter.,
and curious Proclamations in Eityut--A tint Account of the
iltvolution on the 111Ith Brumaire-4 his Conduct to Logi:owl,
which provoked the present War—llia Cruelties, murder of
Prat* the Doke and Pichegru-4-114 privileged
Altera Police—The Chamber of Hell rhseri!ierl—
Re .tons why we never ..in make Peace with him—llis Cha-
racter, and how it ch.fers from other Tyrants who have pre-
eeded him, more ravage than any that ever exiged in civilised
Cno ke.
Printed for and sill br J Ottelh Ave• Maria lane.

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AIM. IS to the Ladies of (ireenwich and Blackheath, shall

appear to-morroM.

THE

WEPNESD Y. Dr.cssi ecs 10.
It it teported, that some difference in opinion
prevails in a certain quarter, with respell to the
p guardianship of a certain Illustrious Young Female.
We understand that the nearest relative of that per-
conage conceived that the law was the same with
respel to her as with respell to the daughter of any
comrenn sobj,et ; and that the care and disposal of
her person were entirely under his authority.--
Another Illustrious Personage conceived, on the
contrary, that the objea being one of the highest
political importance, the law and constitution of
the realm attached tri him the Jute of interposing
his controul. A late journey to Bath was not, as
Was generaily rumoured at the time, t l e Ignite
the state of a venerable Peer's heakh, but to ascer-
tain his Lo,rdslip's upon this subjea ; and
that opinion, we have heard. was clearly and d
cisively that the law and constitution did perfraly
puthorise dist Most Illustrious Personage's intsr-
iference.--iEut we trust that any misunderstaiding
upon such a point will ..tidy be removed ; for both
the Illustrious Parties can have but one end in view :
Cie welfare ot the objea of their solicitude and
affection.
We understand that French Papers to the 10th
hare been received in to,vis. Fines and shows, in
honour of the Coronation, still continue their career
in Paris ; and the :cc. :utt► ut them arc said to con-
s'itute the principal contents of these Journals.
Amidst, however. all this apparent levity and
titling, we know, from the charafter of the Usurper,
that his dark and wicked political intrigues suffer
no interruption. The French writers adroit the
tho EL ECTOR ARCH-CHANC XL LOR of Germany has
arrived at Paris to negociate a Concordat with the
Porte, and probably a supplemental treaty of Ger-
man indemnities.

A letter from Portsmouth, written on Monday
tight, states, that orders from Government were
•es.eived at that Port, by Admiral MoN-ract:, to
mate apses of all Spanish vessels ; that the gallant
Idmiral communicated the same to all the ships in
hat harbour, and sent off the Ms Wig sloop with
fispitches to that effe.l to our cruisers and squadrons
.long the French and Spanish coasts. The above
etter is trim an intelligent and highly respe:table
•orrespondent ; but we must observe, that several
etters of the same dare have been received from
Nwtsmouth, which are silent upon the subjett.
—lf the information be carrel, it is also some-
that singular that the Spanish vessels in the
kiver, of Aida there were five in the Pool on
donday, have remained free and ulanolested.—
'he Sea Nisi' Ausass t 130 k, who has bees re-
resented by some t'f our contemporaries, as ready
.noted and spurred for a journey, was last night with
is family at the Opera; and, though hehas made some
'reparations for his departure, they are only such
.s the probability alone of a rupture would warrant.
Ve own tha: these circumstances, and many others,
rhich we forbear to notice, are not very consistent
fiat each other. Not kuowSng how to appreciate
he different degrees of credibility to which they

are ;witted, it is impossible frt. us to veal( posi-
tively of the is;ue batween this country and Spain.
The long patience and endurance of the British
Government prove that it is not their wish to go to
war ; but, it is impossible for then to remain, for
ever, quiet spetiators, while the ships of Spain are
ranging alongside the French n tvy, and the trea-
sures of Mexico fib vine, into the empty coffers of
BONAP A RTE. Bu:, however confidently as imme-
diate war with Spain is spoLon of, we believe she
might, by a moderate share of her ships or money,
easily avoid a rupture with England.

The ship under Oldenburgh colours, called Die
Kleine Jacob, from Bremerley, was spoken by
our blockading squadron off the Elbe, on the loth
instant, near Heiligoland, the Master of which,
PETER HEINDRICHS, declared, that the day before
he had sailed from the IN-der, where he was driven
by stress of weather on the 30th last month, in his
voyage from Antwerp to Bergen : on his casting
anchor near Bremerley, R French officer and ten
soldiers came on board, under pretence of search-
ing for English goods ; but, in fatt, to plunder the
ship and the crew of every thing valuable, with
which they filled their boat, after ordering the
Captain, under pain of having his vessel sunk by
their batteries, to immediately cut his cable, and go
to sea. The Captain represented, in vain, that both
the wind and tide were against him ; he was forced
to obey, without obtaining even a pilot as he de-
manded. From these causes, he had not made a
mile before he went a-ground, and lost his rudder.
In this perilous situation he remained during a dark
and boisterous night, every moment expeaing to
be lost. At Jay-light, however, some Bremerley
pilots vtntured, notwithstanding the prohibition of
the French Commander there, Major DACRAIS, to
Sail to his assistance; and, after ten hours hard la-
hnur, succeeded in bringing the ship safe to Bre-
merley. Here, after giving the Commander a '
doucrue of 150 dollars, he was permitted to repair
his damages. The pilots advised Captain Hum-
Dawns not to mention, much less to complain, of
the loss he had experienced from the French pi-
rates, as their officer was the Commander's Aide-
dc-Camp, with whom they had shared their spoils.
During the time the vessel remained at Bremerley,
neither the Captain nor any of the crew were per-
mitted to send away any letters to the owners of the
ship ; and, before he was permitted to sail, the Com-
mander obliged him to sign a declaration, acknow-
ledging himself to have been treated with that gene-
rosity andhumanity which always accornpanyFrencla-
men wherever they command. These, the Capeain
declares, were the very words contained in this cer-
tificate. Four French soldiers were quartered on
hoard the ship as long u it was repairing, who ate
it the Captain's table, and none of the crew were
allowed to go on shore, unless accompanied by a
guard. When under sail, but not out of the reach
of the batteries, he was again, by a shot, ordered
to bring to, when another boat, with another officer,
came on board, and claimed forty dollars more,
due to the fonr soldiers fur their ten days duty on
hoard his ship ; and as he had not sufficient cash to
pay this debt of honor, they carried away his
watch, which the former pirates had missed. Na
one can deny that these men are not worthy to salute
the Brigand BUNAPARTV. their Sovereign.

Captain CoLvti.L's letter seems to hive afforded
the Dutch Government great satisfaaion, and they
have taken care to rive an invidious kind of pub-
licity to it, which cannot be very grateful to their
good friends and allies, the French Imperialists. It
will be found in the last page.

The Russian Squadron sailed on Monday from
Portsmouth tiu Corfoue

Admiral CoMIPITVAt LI% sailed on Saturday to re-
sume his statinn off Brest, with all the ships that had
returned to Torbay.
The FdIOMPI'S sloop of war has captured a
French lu;ger, having on board near 60 men, the
Captain of which is a Member of the Legion of
Honour.

Admiral Dacitv is to hoist h's flag at Portsmouth,
and proceed horn thence to Cork, to be Second in
Command on the lriih station, for which, we un-
sierstand, a very considerable re'eforcement is in-
tended to the squadron of frigates at present station-
ed on the coast of that country.
The Juirs, Mt TCHLL 1., from Stockholm, for Hull,
is captured, and carried into Helveot.
Yesterday a Court of Direr ors was held at the
Fast India Honse, which adjourned at six o'clock,
till this day.
By letters from Bencoolen, dated in August last,
we learn, that the WG'.frr Card., Captain E. 11.
Boer), had sailed from thence for China.

•
At a Court of Aldermen held yesterday at Guild-
hall, the price of Bread was reduced half an As.
cite, or one penny in the peek loaf, so commence
tn-morrow : the quartern loaf will then be sold for
16;cl.
Mr. Alderman Newsom's* was elefled, by scru-
tiny. Colleaor of the Orphans' Duty upon Coals,
in the room of the late Mr. Alderman H•iti
deceased.

The adjourned lippesl of the inhabitants of St.
Michael, Crooked-lane, iiniinst the rate or assess-
ment, made under the late Aft or Parliament, for
the relief of certain incumbents of livings, was
quashed, iglu! new Asscsivrs were appointed.-

• TiIEATRE,

DRURY-LANZ.
Yesterday, the following notice was posted up in
411 the avenues to the Theatre, ar.J in all the most
conspicuous and best frequented parts of the town :
Theatre-Royal, Drury-Laue,
'A Tuesday, 12 o'clock.
" The Man Arr of this Theatre has just received the follow •
lewiag Notes, which, with great respect, and the uttm•st toil •
cent, hr I.ly. before the pub;ic ; it is imitecessary to .31.1, that
the thatiee of the Pity is unavoidible, and he retiuts:s their
indulgetke to the Comedy of The Wonder."
" SIR. " Tuesday, Twelve e'C:uck

I am extreimaly concerned that it was not in my power to
Rive you earlier intelligence than the endorsed aililtes-ed to vou
by Dr. Pearson now conveys. I did not conceive yeiterday„
that my $0,1.i md..pootiun would h tie prevented his Appear-
:ince this evening, or my regard for the interest of the Theatre,
aiiit my respect for the Public, who patronise hint with such un-
paralleled generosity, would have caused me instantly to have
apprised you of it. 11l as ho i., lie is even now desirous to
play rather than be thought deficient in either of these re•
streets but I all contulmt that nt Übe; the public nor the pro-
prietins would accept such a mark of his zeal at the risk stated
by Dr. Peas,,. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant,
To R. Wroughton, Esq. " W. HENRY BETTY."
" Sllt, " Tuesday, half.llo.l Eleven.
. . •

- .
"Oir heing called in to Ma.te! H_ttr,s.sterdav, 1 did not
consider his indisposition of such a nature a. to ,ustify my in-
terference with his earliest desire not to disappoint the pidalie,
by changing the performance advertised fur this evening.
But this morning, 1 am dzcidally of opinion, that he cannot,
without the greatest hazard, attempt to appear on the stige
this evening. 1 am, Sir, your:, itc
" R. Wrenghton, GEORGE PEARSON."
The effeCt of this notice wall discernible in the
appearance of the house. The doors were not
besieged at an early hoar, and the lobbies were not
filled with the overflow of the boxes. The dress
boles and pit were, however, all full, and there
was, what is generally considered, a good house.
As soon as the curtain drew up, Mr. Waountiros
came forward, and thus addressed the audience :

" I.ADIAI AND GAN LLLLL N,
" Notwithstanding llut stray measure has been taken which
the time would allow to apprise the public of the unavoidable
change of Ilia Play this Evening, it is possible that many
persons may have entered the Theatre onacquaiii ed with the
disappointment I refer to.

" I feel it therefore a respel I owe to them to read front the
printed Niitioe which we have endeavoured by every means to
circulate through every part uf the Town."
Mr. WIOUGMTOM then read the two letters
from the posting-hills, of which the above is
a copy. The audience being prepared for the
change, this intelligence was received with some
plaudits. It was evident, however, that while the
condu.l of all parties was approved, the disappoint-
ment had produced universal regret.
Mr. IVitouuirroes, in continuation,
" And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, in ursier go prevent un-
certain expectation., or iiiture disappointments, I am directed to
say, that with a view to a perfect re-estiabhshment rif his health,
the Yawn; fission will certainly not appear again at this 'rhea-
tre until after the Ch.istruas HoluLays ; the Propnetors being
determined to look to his health as their first object. 1 am
confident that a generous Public, whatever may he their tem-
porary disappointment, will approve and sanction the motive
which ingests this precaution.
"l have rattly, Ladies and Gentlemen" obtrude for a moment
more, to reluest your indulgence to the substituted Ciini.,ly,
tit who h Mr. Ellistrin and %Ili...Jordan, and the other Perform-
ers, with the ut.nost chearfolneo, undertook their parts At the
shorted notice"

The audience applauded ; Tne Wunder vat sub-
stituted ; and Mrs. JOID •li, Mr. Exxicrom, And the
other perkrmers, exerted themselves in a manner
that proved their zeal to compensate for the disap-
pPintment.

Messrs. JONAS and Ptpt.ey, for the gratification
of their friends and the public, have been very alive
and liberal in their endeavours to engage the Young
Reirrat to perform two or three nights at their the-
atre in Lewes; but, unsuccessfully, as appears by
the following, which :s the copy of a letter received
by Mr. PEN icy, from Mr. HOVGI4, his Preceptor :
SIR, " Imiadm, Dec 13, 1504.
" Mr. Blanchard /hewed me a letter he got from you, respect-
ing Master Betty. 1 have conversed with Iris father upon the
subject,-..the ri:sult is, that as he has been highly blamed or
suffering his son'a playing six successive nights in Covent-
garden, Ise Matti del irr,e pow polo, .fer, which, he confesses, is
very liberal.-.-The ynit.ig Gentleman has gm a fresh cold, wit,' in
these few days, which must be very detrimental to him in ills
performance tho evenin: at Drury lane.
" 1 Alll, Su, TOW'S, obediently,
(Signed) .4 W. 110(3011"
Mrs. Br Lt. isiocors, the public win be sorry to
hear, is at present seriously indisposed. She was
on Sunday ordered by her Physician to take 25
drops of laudanum for her cough ; instead of
which the whole contents of the phial (at least 300)
were, by mistake, given to her. The consequence
was, that the was in the greatest agony during the
night, and lies at present dangerously ill at her house
in Bolton-street.

Mr. COOPICII.—A letter lately received in this
city from a gentleman in England, gives some in-
formation relative to the visit of Mr. Coos sit, the
tragedian, to that country, and the prospe.l of his
returning his station on the American stage. Ac.
cording to these accounts, the death of a sister, im-
mediately upon Mr. Coorte's artival at London,
prevented his entering upon his professional duties
till the return of MIKE from the continent. A
negociation with that gentleman followed, which,
though it did not terminate in his renewed engage-
ment at Drury-lane, produced a warm disagreement
and quarrel between Coast and the Managers.
This was succeeded by the death of the partner
(Ricissanson), whose• invitation brought
Coors, from America.

The AffAirs of that theatre thus falling entirely in
the hands of persons unfriendly to him, the pro-
jetied plan of a conneetion was, of course, defeated,
though he had received a very flittering reception
from the public ; and, though Lhury-lane WAS ob-
liged, daring that se ison, to play agiaow Covent-
garden, with only Port as the tragic hort, opposed
to both K Z 74 IRK and Coo Kr..

Since that period, negotiations have again b: en
opened ; bin a difference of opinion, chiefly with
respeet to the line of business to be sustained, and a
division of the principal charaelers, prevented any
agreement ; and the company of Drury-Line being
now strengthened by the addition of EL Lis rum, a
valuable and popular performer, all idea of COOTLIIIS
engagementat London is done away, at least for the
present.
These negotiations, it appears, have had the
etre!, of delaying his conternpleted return to Ame-
rica, until so late a perio f, that it is probable he
has made arrangements for the winter season at the
Liverpool Theatre, though his arrival here this
autumn had been confidently expeeted.—(Nrae
Cbronic!e, t.;