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trsardinary sitting.
tt, de Lucche-ini has not yet quitted Paris.
Accounts from Brussels state, that for several
days, carriages, laden with ammunition. have passed
through that city. They took the road to Mays-
tricht.

lIIPT. 17.
We have received the melancholy intelligence of
the death of Mr. Tor.— ( Afeinirer.

s!PT. 18.

From the backs of the Thames to the borders of
the N• ''s. a kind of warring epidemy has seized all
the j ,tl2 nalists. It would seem that their voice is
going t I raise armies es Deucalion made men, by
thrnwieg stars behind him. They form magazines,
they etc. sit whole battalious, they have plans of
campaign seedy traced nut ; some of them already
braid crowns, and Mr. Kotzebue prelude-, they say,
by irvedtive, to hymas of vinory.
To the paroxysms of this warring fever, the death
of Mr. Fox cannot fail to add a degree of heat, al-
though England is to be pitied, it the decease of a
h 'litotes is to bring snout a revolution in the man-
ner of weighing her interesis. Mr. Fox died, with-
out it being known what he could do fur the happi-
ness of his country. We are well aware that the
aothotity of his name may now he made use of to
excuse fresh political blunders. and prepare new mis-
fortunes for Eto ; but. u,.cri All occasions. what.
ever oral be the apeearancei, once %Nould wait for
filets to judge men. We are all liable to be mis-
take's in probishilines.
1 he crass o bids Europe has just experienced could
nest be terminaied without pulis¢al convulsions, from
which she must reap great advantage for her tran-
iipsillity. She may be looked upun as in the last
stage el the disorder whi:b Enelith influence had
hrou,tht upon les. The eretlion of several new
Ktngsli•ms, she abolition of feudal anarchy, the dis-
intititioluedhe Get manic Empire, howevcr necessary
they ens; have been to the tutnre prospei ity of Ger-
many, have r.rtainly met with secret obstacles to te
surnsontred, or given r'se to hopes to be repressed.
1 boss war were to tall, i are resisted ; those who
wished to apparislise traCrlift Ives. have made demon.
gratioos of power, measnreti by the extent of their
pretensioits. A conceder:soon, similar to the One of
the RNuse, has appeared to be forming. for the pur-
pose of binding in the same f.ues the Powers of the
North ; but it is still in the secrecy of cabinets.—
The military dispositions which are spoken of ate,
douhilets, co.:ne:ted with this objeift ; but the cause
should he known before the elietl be decided upon.
Two of the Northern Powers have for these
silt months eihi4ited a singular sbew. They have
assembled their armi, s ; the soldiers of the one
are the colours lying of the other ; they occupy
by turns the sac a territory without &jag a slat
it is only the bulletins of the King of Sweden that
have apprised us of his brieg in a state of warfare.
If the hope of an arraniemet.:, conformable to the
situation the general affairs, has so long held the
swords suspended, we must praise such humane fen-
naent I, and believe that Sovereigns would relied still
more. ere they determined to attack a more formida-
ble enemy, anti to suite use e sistence of their sibjeBs.
Should this equivocal attitude conceal a secret com-
bination, a clandestine accord * ids the enemy of

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Fines, Ad further designs agAiast thee general
Peatt of the Coutinent, we cannot but pity thote who
may have engaged in them. But, for tflir honour,
we by no means think sn: If the negociation with
which Mr. D'ollbtil was charged, was intended for a
scene of some great political cOnpr.fy, the det peaked
of it Must nn doubt he more dismal than the f tree
may have ben tiiiculous. Those sshu sslih to gain
time, have to do with an enemy who is not apt to
lose his. 'this consi.lerat'en will doubtless restrain
their impatte.:ce ; and, upon weighing all the in-
teri'as, we shall nut believe the warlike cries of cur
brethren, before we i.ear the gender of battles.

terlasausoN, a 00.89.
The Chevalier D'Oubril is disgraced. He is to
be sent into exile. What, however, is the reproached
with ? He aged with the usual powers, and, pre-
vious to his departure. the Emperor Alexander, dur-
ing an audience of three hours, gave him particitlar
instrudions. ln,the Council also, shish pronounted
his disgrace, the Emperor hesitated a long time be-
fore he delivered himself up to what we call here
the English fadion. Kurakin, Romanzow, those
persons, in short, who are of the most consideration,
and who are the most worthy to exercise some in-
thence in Council, likewise hold sentiments favour-
able towards M. •)'Ouhril and his mission.
The levy of 120,000 men, which is talked of in
the late Ukase, is one of those inventions which
may serve to amuse the coffee-houses of Europe. It
is for us a great business to raise 90,000 men to re-
cruit our army. When one reads in the Ukase of
a levy of 120,000 men, in order to raise the number
of troops to 600,000, whilst it is known that we
have nut so many as 180,000 troops, one cannot
help smiling at the boast which reveals too evi-
dently the gross snare laid for the credulity of
foreigners, who, not knowing Russia, may be thus
caught. The writers of the Ukase could only have
hit upon this ridiculous phrase, in order to endeavour
to make it public that we have an army of 600,000
men. It would be much better to display this innu-
merable army in tire field ; but, unfortunately, this
kind of demonstration is not to our taste. The po-
pulation of our empire is known, province by pro.
vince ; it is not sufficient to explore the riches of
some part of our soil, and place at a distance the
weakness of our immense deserts. If we have
600,000 troops, how happens it that France, the
greatest and the most populous nation in Europe,
has no more ? The 600,000 men which we certain-
ly have, France has, and has shewn Europe that she
can send tiveaixth► of them beyond her frontiers ;
whtlst, with the efforts of several armies, and with
the most alive recruiting for three years, we can
scarcely repair our losses, keep within bounds the
Persians and Tartars, and he able to send 100,000
men to a foreign territory.
When affairs are evidently in such a state that it
is inspossibis for us, in this respel, to have any
hope of deceiving others, would it not be wiser for
us to occupy ourselves its repairing the misfortunes
which we have caused upon the Continent, in
remedying those which we have drawn upon our-
selves, in endeavouring to renovate our army ,
to re-establish our commerce, and renew our con-
sideration in Europe? If we are not sufficiently
powerful to establish our influence by force, we
are pet fedi? enabled to succeed by negocia:ion and
prauenee. Of all nations, France is the only one
which eau p•tt on toot armies more considerably
than those which she had announced. The other
powers always (lees-ire those wt.o are disposed to
believe them, and finish by deceiving themselves.
Who would flatter himself with being able to fright-
en the Emperor of the French, by the foolish asser-
tions of an Ukase, published at St. l'etersburgh ?
what will be the consequence ? By proclaiming that
we will levy 1?0,000 men, we afford him a pretext
to make an effedive levy of a like number, and
thus ,:ell to increase :is immense armies.
Wise men, who only desire the prosperity of their
country, hold, one and all, this linguage. Those of
the opposite party, that is to say, those who wish for
war, say, that we are too far distant from France to
be attacked, and not strong enough to do her any
injury; we CAM still carry on the war in Turkey,
raise an insurreition in those provinces which do not
profess Islamism, restore the Greek religion, and
make the Black Sea a Russian Lake. They will

not listen to sensible people, kilo reply that these
great projels cannot succeed; that, after some years
of painful and dangerous efforts, sickness, the plague,
and the Turkish sabre. will weaken our armies ; that
France will then come to the aid of the Ottoman
Empire ; and, lastly, that ae cannot hope to per-
suade Prussia, Austria, and England, longer than it
suits them, to suffer us to annitilate a great empire,
unless we succeed in spite of tliem.
What should we do, say Kurakin and Roman-
row ? Encourage population and commerce. ‘Ve
have an abundant produce, hut, without commerce,
this is timeless wealth. We have an extensive terri-
tory, but, without population. this is useless power.
'l.O sell our commodities we must use different flags.
To keep up our population we must have peace:
still more is it necessary, in order to draw amongst
us foreigners who may increase it. Nothing of this
can happen during dim war. Every one, therefore,
wishes that we should be doe friends of peace ; and
that we should endeavour to deserve and to acquire
the influence of strength united with virtue.
These principles strike the Emperor; they operate
upon his reason, at least as much as upon his dis-
position; but he is compelled to yield to that secret
sentiment which brings to his recolleftion. that
there are also in Russia, Chiefs of the Janissaries
The Chevalier D'Oubn.., is an innocent 'Aim, but
opinion avenges his disgrace; and, what is not less
impm tint in his exile, the consolation of knowing
that his Master, at the bottom of hi, heart, pie-
serves in remembrance the powers which he gave
him, and the instruaions wlach he detailed to him,
in the long conference with which he honoured
him.
If we wished to snake common cause with Eng-
land, why WAS M. D'Oulord sent to France ?—We
know very well that so early as the month of Ma: c::,
the Cabinet of the Tonilleries refused to treat with
England and Russia united. By this condua, the
Emperor ...ire:miler bas floundered deepor and deeper
the erroneous path into which hefiad thrown him-
self. Already has his reign effaced a number of
brilliant and prosperous reigns, whilst he has excited
discontent in Lis States. The Grand Duke Con-
stantine only escaped being assassinated, by the Yaw-
-1 bet Icrclkil at him flashing in the pan.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, *Sietszussit 24.

The new Ministerial arrangement, in consequence
of the death of Mr. For, WAS given in Tae GLOBE
of yesterday, as follows :
Earl Ftrawitcts se resigns the Presidency of the
Council, but retains his seat in the Cabinet.

Viscount Sinuous- it exchanges the Privy Seal for
the Presidency of the Council.
Loid flai.t. AND ObtALIS the Privy Seal, and a seat
in the Cabinet.
Viscount Howse resigns the Admiralty, and
succeeds Mr. Fox, as Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs.

Earl Seracsa resigns the Secretaryship of the
Home Department, and succeeds Viscount Howie
at the Admiralty.
Mr. THOMAS Gasevit.t.r exchanges the Presi-
dency of the Board of Cont oul, for the Secretary-
ship of the Home Department.
The New President of the Board of Controul is
net yet finally settled.
It will be seen in the above arrangement, that
some new Members are added to the Cabinet.—
When it shall have been carried into effeet, the ex-
isting Cabinet will be one of the most numerous ever
known.---ille removal of Earl Fit zwit.t.tast from
iberelgiency of the Council was at his Lordship's
request.

His MAJBSTY is expefted in town this day, when
this subjea will probably engross his attention.—
Until the arrangement shall have received the
Royal sanaion, it would not be respeaful, or
constitutional, to consider it as fixed and certain.—
We may, however, presume, that it well be the ob.
jea of his choice ; and, therefore, foal OS liberty
to observe upon it, as an event that may be an-
ticipated with confidence. The enemies of the
present Administration appear to have groanded
1 their hopes of success, in an attempt to excite
jealousy and suspiciln among its leading Mem-
bers. Mode et Ince,a, has been their ptinciple,
their motto, and rule of aaion. Lord Gua-
ymas was told, that he was oily a whet in
a Cabinet of his own for:nation, and that the
Foaites had the ascendant. Mr. S,,saits•s was
assailed in the same way. The offi.:e of Treasurer
of the Navy, a place which Viscount Mst.vaxa,
when he could pick and choose, prets-tred to every
ether, was represented as unworthy of Mr. Sme-
ars so's notice, and he was told that he was dis-
graced by a place unaccompanied with a seat
in the Cabinet. The new arrangement Las exposed
the impotence of these attacks, and d ssipated every
guilty hope founded upon them. It shows; that
all these iasidiou, a:tempts, and mischievous coon-
eels, have hat no effea uppn Lord Gaaavetta.--
The same disinterested, manly, • sad gamma spirit,
that sought to place Mr. Fez at the head of

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the Foreign Department, now wishes to behold
Viscount Howls; succeed to his place. This libe-
ra:ity is the mote striking, as Mr. Tuossas G4ts.
vet sa, his Lordship's brother, is pecidiely
fled for the office of Foreign Affairs. I.lrd Hot.-
i.• O is also brought into the Cabinet; and thus,
at the moment when a few faaious intriguers
flattered themselves that the Forms were extin-
guished with the life of their great leader, they
appear in greater strength than in the late arrang,
ment. When a body is animated ardguiJed by such
a spirit, it is idle to talk of parties. Parties only exist
where the Members have different interests, ptinci.
pies, and views. In the present arrangement, there
is but one wish aad one principle. 'lle Ftutircx
and the Caserta'. its are consolidated in one indis-
soluble mass, w::hout difference or distir.-lian. We
cannot, however, be angry with those writers wilt:
prophecied the utter estinetion of Mr. Fox's ftiezds.
upon the death of that great man. Judging be
their own selfish and sordid views, it was natural
for them to presume that the GRENVILLIS, unre-
strained by the weight and talents of Mr. For,
would trample his friends under their feet, and con-
sult only their own aggrandizement.

We stated yesterday, that the French troops had
marched from the Coast for Germ any.—The Paris
Papers brought over by Mr. Sol [To, the Messenger,
come down to the 20th, and corroborate this iseel-
ligence. The has which they disclose, and the
observations in which they indulge, are all indicative
of an immediate war between France and Prussia.
The camp at Meudon began to break up on the 16th.
A delay has arisen in the return of the grand army
from Germany, and the military face at Paris are
consequently postponed. 800 AP A nrE is also prepar-
ing to leave Paris. Part of his stud, and detachments
of his guards, have already left that city. Holland,
is avowedly his destination ; but there is strong
ground to believe that be is going to put himself
at the head of the army which is to aR against
Prussia. Marshals Nb;v, D A VOUST, and Am.
meat:, have been summoned to Paris, probably to

receive new commands. The political strinures
is the French Papers, we con,ider still mote
decisive or war, than the fans which they an-
nounce. Nothing short of the dire& sandian and
orders of a Government, that exercises an absolute
tyranny over the Public Press, could encourage the
Paris Papers to indulge in so much abuse of fo-
reign nations. They fabricate letters, which they
date Petersburg, Cassel, Dresden, &c. purporting is
contala the sentiments of the people in these res7cc.
ti►e cities. In these letters, Prussia is charged wits
perfidy, and made the subjea of much other vulgar
abuse. The power of Russia is depreciated,
and her policy condemned ; and Saxony and Hesse
are falsely represented as having refused to co-ope-
rate with Prussia, although it is well known that
the Hessian troops have joined the Prussian army.
' This species of literary fraud and imposture is
daily increasing in all the Continental Papers, within
the influence of Bon A r ART e, and cannot Ise suffi-
ciently exposed. The Stock-jobbers of Paris, hoar•
ever, seem to understand how the tide runs, whes
this pLmnomenon, of a Paris Paper, unmuzzled,
makes its appearance. The Five per Cents. which
were so high as 671 on the 11th, were on the ISth
so low as G 2 1-sth.

The troops embarked at Portsmouth sailed oa
Monday, in fifty transports, under convoy of the
Fury and Hearty brigs. One division will prn:eed
!Iva to Plymouth, and join the other troops ernOa:k-
ed and embarking there. The other division Ina
proceed to Ireland. _

The 9th Dragoons received sudden orders
Sunday to break up from Deal, and march to
Portsmouth, to be embarked for foreign sets, ze.
They set out on Monday morning.

The Funds suffered a depression yesterday. in con'
sequence of the warlike sews from the Conneem.

Yesterday 'a Court of Direnors was held at tae
EAU India Hosse, when the following ships were
taken up for the ensuinc season, and wet* tl:us so-
tior.ed, viz.
3"1051, Trart Briton, Blitann.a, and NJU 11,;' 011,
for Bombay and China.
Henry Addington, Cuitierkind, and Caffoells, for Mat's'
aid Chins. .

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ADlufrekea'af-tafsl:n. Montrose, and anidletwn°lLet4 H.TelnranalTia Chi", i"t St • lieleps
and Rental
Admiral Ginter? and Ca.the Then, for tbe Corsi and Be
°sl^'^dune 'Wing. Lent u..c.a, .
We. for the Cuts( and B.y.
Mettealfe an 1 Lee venah.re. ter Denby.
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Airly Caul., fur St. Helena earl Wept.
I:ofted Ku. id rot as 1W ...ewer. to: St. Mersa MIA at
Surat 1.1.00 u.,
LA Camillo, Conti-. Ho,a,
and Westford, ter China.
Captain Stacie was sworn into ate commscd cl
eke ship Bromism.
Mr. Pacts Will Id a veil ramilerable distarci
from trArn ..den the Meeting took plAce t.
Crown mod Anc:vir, Lisa 11.ureday. Lter+"e
assuredly would Lave aturnicd; and imtredio:sl
after Mr. tasato•a's relinspushing the main,
gaiehed honour that was proffered bras. s:.•:$1 hart
ruined Sit kasecrs Buitoar r.
We hare this day insrrted as advertiseent
Mr. Pasta's. to the Bleßors of Weltn`i"“l
wbich is well i...nrth the carasJeratioa of (very ing
druilent cola 31