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Treaty of Westphalia, Russia elm by suriiiio, a
it were, into the system ot Europe. Ihe uaiAtier
of power was deranged tov.yds the middle ot the
elcr,hteenth century, when Russia, taking advantage
of the blindness with which Austria had struck the
trench Government, united with her to oppose
Prussia, which the Cabinet of Versailles had attack-
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ed with sn much folly, when it ought to him em-
ployed all its efforts to create in Germany the Pi us-
wan power, it it had nix already existed there.
Could not RUSSIA better evince her solicitude for the
equilibrium of Europe, than by undermining the in-
dependence of %roan, which was y Lived by the
Revolution of 1772 ? or. by preparing the annihila-
tion of Poland. by the first partition, in which every
observer beheld the germ of the most dreadful
commotions ? Is it then. also, to insure the balance
of power in Eutope, that Russia bas employed
against the Ottoman Pratte the force of her arms.
the resources of and repeated invasions?
At one period {which can never be obliterated from
the memory of all mankind), in 1791. the same Mi-
nister who governs Great Britain at this moment.
raised a cry of alarm against Russia. There was
nothing less than an opposition the most decided in
public opinion, and even in the Parliament, to pre-
vent recceir se to arms.tor the purpose of defending
against Russia the equilibrium of Europe. And
what was the objeift then To obtain rme amelima-
Linn in flavour of Turkey. in the conditions a peace.

What, then, can the present Minister say now. when
the Emperor of Russia is as well obeyed in Constan-
tinople as at St. Petersburgh
" But the time of politicil rombinat;ons is passed ;
It has given place to a jumflio s of hateful passions.
It must be confessed, that the most perfeet harmony
reigns, in this respell, between England and Rus-
sia. We reed no other prrof of this wonderful con-
cord, than the very mission of that Nogociator, whom
they have affeeled to announce to Europe as the An-
gel of Peace ; who was every moment to set out and
to remain; whoze journey was so tardy, whose re-
turn was so precipitate.
" You have not forgotten, Gentlemen, what was
the agony of Englani ; her ships wete wandering
through every sea, to learn where the French ships
appeared ; every try she saw the arrival of new
battalion: •n our coasts ; the necessary barks to
tramport numerous armies, united in those ports
best situated for sending nut the expedition. All
was prepared ; they only awaited him from whom
arittory is never separated ; bur, in the midst of these
most formidable preparations, his heart has not, for
one single iastanr, swerved from tla• wish for peace ;
he strove to cherish this generous hope so long as
Austria was not ready to throw down the gauntlet.
. I appeal to your memory, Gentlemen, that h srdly
. had we learned that the Russian Negotiator had
gone back, than we learned the movements of the
Austrian troops. Thus they professed a desire for
peace only, that they might the better prepare for
war; and whilst they anuoom-ed the noble ambi-
tion of restoring triogoillity to Euterpe, they dis-
posed themselves to ;#1 ire it in .loud.
" It is impossible ro dissemb4. Gentlemen, that
England has obtained a great advantage ; but is it
over us or over her own allies

" Our August Monarch, in preparing to punish
the perjury of the English, flattered himself, that
the calamities of war would not be extended to the
Continent. He had teen so ge.ierous ! could he
have suspe.cted perfidy? He is so powerful! could he
have imagined that they would dare to defy him ?
When a coalition, conduitted as a conspiracy, cotn
to interrupt the execution of his projetts. it does not
result, that they must be abandoned. The whole of
his forces will not be direned against England, but
will &spine with her the sea, at the same time that
he subdues the provinces of her allies. Perh3r,
even she may prepare for him other triumphs. Has
she nut made the flattering menace of employing a
part of her troops upon the Continent ?
" In a word, should the chances of a Continental
war answer the hopes we are authorised to form,
from that moment it will be decided, that the for-
tune of England must bend under the ascendancy
of France.
" If, then, the British Government, for the moment,

diminishes its dangers, if it turn the thunder on
its allies, it is only over their blindness that it tri-
umphs. How has it happened that Austria has so
soon forgotten so many reverses? How does it hap-
pen that she is el completely ignorant of the differ-
ence of the epochs ? When she adopted this system
of eternal enmity, of fallacious negociations, of
wars incessantly interrupted and rekindled, she re-
garded time as a precious auxiliary. All was
changeable is France, except the courage of her
armies. Troubles incessantly starting up, threaten-
ed every day to annihilate the result of the most
splendid vietories. Every instant abided reason
to fear, that all the recourses of administration
would be at once destrord. Too well ac-
quainted with our mi.f.irtiinet, to which they arc no
strangers, Dtar enemies cl,soled themselves for the
loss tif a battle, with the hope or the news of an in-
surreeion. But what have those times in common
with the present ? Etcinal agitations hive given
place to tranquillity the mou profound; the fury of
change is converted into the spirit of perfeaing.
The energy of the nation, which had been absorb-
ed in civil troubles, is aow entirely turned to useful
labours. 'lle seiitimenu of domestic enjoyments is
so much the more lively, as they have been so long
■nd grievously suspended. Every day, from one
extremity of the empire to the other, vows are ad-
dressed to Heaven for him who has restor2cl to the
state her splendour, and to her citizens, repose and
confidence in the future. Our enemies have no
snore to watch the play of factions, or to hope in
storlria; this would be the grosse.t error of the
strongest credulity.
•4 If they cannot in this point deceive themselves
so tar upon the state of the empire, they must know
still Letter the armies which have left them immor-
tal remembrances. The boiling courage which dis-
tinguished them in the war of independence is not
grown cold. Never was ardour more truly great,
'serer was the confidence of the troops in themselves
mei in their leaders, carried farther. Those senti-
ments w:ich produced those exploits, those prodi-
gie4, which Europe cannot for a long time forget,
exist in al! their force. Every probability unites to
peenn:se us triumphs still more brilliant, if possihle
Those warriors who have acquired the admiration
of she ward, nave never been inflamed by passions
arse ,ten-rous, or sequenced motives more pow-
e:.et over me be.uts of the brave. They go to

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combat under the eyes of their Heitareb, whom tatty
love as their country Ala their glory ; t:.%
combat under the eyes of him, whom even his ene-
mies have named the first Captain of his age.
"There is another title, Gentlemen, which he has
not les, merited, and of which he has shewn himself
yet mire jealous, it is that of Pacificator. The
Comp:en-sr of Montenotte, of Arcole, and of Ri-
voli, rnght have conduded his army to the capital.
Ile pi efet red stopping at Tolentino, to give peace to
the Soveteign Pontiff. 'I he General, constantly
vidorinus, who had subdued Friotil, Cann ile, Ca-
rinthia. and Styria, might have been tempted to
one march farther, of two days, to enter the capital
of Austria. lie preferred 'addressing to the Arch-
duke Charles the language of peace and philan-
thropy, which will secure to him, from age to age,
the blessings of posterity. From the time he took
in hands the reins of Government, what has been his
first pursuit? lie proposed peace. After having
borne refusal,, after having surpassed, in the bril-
liancy of Isis vidnries. the nation's hopes, he chewed
himself still ready to negociate. Already we have
had occasion to remark to you, what patience he
manifested in granting successively to Austria the
differect armistices which preceded the treaty of
Luneville; with what alacrity he caught at the
first words of peace, which escaped the Cabinet of
St. James's. The strongest proofs might farther
be adduced, to sh w to what an extent the
lore of peace is invariably implanted in the b-art of
leis hlaje•ty. Since the violation of the Treaty of
Amiens, we have many times had to tremble at see-
ing part cider threaten his life, and we have been
compelled not to doubt but that the British Govern-
ment has vlcratrazed these frightful attempts. Has
not the Emivror read his just resentm-nt, to listen
to the voice of humanity? Never could his rights
have been claimed with more eloquence and mag-
nanimity, than in that letter to the King of Eng-
land, the reading of which has filed you with such
religious tenderness. The same sentiments inspired
his Majesty in his late relations with Austria. Al-
ready a thousand circumstances combined to betray
hastily intentions ; the Emperor fot ced himself to
dount ; he demanded explanations front the Cabinet
of Vienna ; he returned to the charge, to obtain
new infurmation ; he endeavoured to open their
eyes to their true interests ; he pressed all the
neighbouring States to j i, their remonsti :airs to
his. He went so tar as to impose silence on Its pride,
to oppose instances t f reasoning to their injurious
allegations; when the atmies of Austria, invading
Bavaria, have annihilated every other resource but
that of arms.

" This heroic mod ration has then been fruitless
for peace; however, it will not he altogether with-
out produce. The F.mperor will find his reward in
the gratitude t.t his people. The more the Mo-
narcn has shewn hi. solicitude to spare it the sacri-
fices required by war, the more the nation will dis.
play its zeal and energy to &tend the cause of
the throne and of the empire. Those who
now provoke us, are the same enemies whom
we have already forced to acknowledge our in-
dependence. They now conspire against the glor y
the Emperor and the splendour of France. The
Emperor and France, more united than ever, by
the ties of good will and fidelity, of affeCtioo and
admiration. will oppose to an odious aggression,
the irresistible alhance of strength and genius.
" These sentiments. Gentlemen, we participate
with all the French ; it is for us to carry to the
Throne the affecting declaration of them. The
Commission, of which I have the honour to he the
organ, proposes to you to order. that there shall be
drawn up an Address to His Majesty the Emperor
and King, to express the indignation that his faith-
ful subjects have felt at the news of the hostile pro-
ceedings of Austria and Russia ; the gratitude with
which they have been penetrated, in learning all that
His Majesty has done to avoid the sacrifices insepa-
rable from a new war ; the dispositions they feel to
multiply the alts of devotion, the most sanguine, so
avenge their Prince and their country; to shot ten
the war by decisive success ; and to place the Em-
peror in a situation to di9ate to his enemies a glo-
rious and permanent peace.'

M. lathers (de la Gironde), M. Auguste Jube,
and M. Albisson, followed in a strain of flattery to
limaparte, of bombast respecting his power, and of
abuse of England.
Mcssieurs Delaisbe and Carrion Nizas were also
heard ; after which all the speeches were ordered to
be primed, and the Committee was charged to pre-
pare the Address. The Sitting then closed.

STUTGARD, SIFT. 24.
Letters from Munich, dated the 22d, bring infor-
mation, that the Emperor of Germany and Austria
had arrived there the evening before at six. His
Majesty was to continue his route on the 22d, by
Landsbcrg.
The Archduke Ferdinand had also arrived at
Munich, and was making dispositions to proceed to
Suabia. The Austrian Clmmandant at Munich
has put the Eleaoral chest in a state of sequestra-
tion ; but it is thought that he cannot derive from it
more than the sums that will be necessary for the
payment of the Civil Officers.
It is confirmed, that all the Austrian regiments,
which are on their march, have received orders to
halt, wherever they shall be, when this order shall
be made k.lown to them. The motives for this un-
expeded measure are yet unknown ; but people are
d;sposed to augur from it a favourable omen, a more
fortunate turn of the negotiations for peace, which
are known to be still carried on under the auspices
of Prussia. A Bavarian Officer had arrived at Mu-
nich with dispatches from the Efettor, and set out
on his return some hours after. Ile Austrians have
advanced, in several direr:lions, upon Suabia.—One
of their columns has taken a position at Bothwell
and its environs, and sent out patroles towards Kni-
bis, and iri the vale of Kaiche. This is the corps
of General Aulenburg, who, after having advanced
on the Banks of the Lake of Constance, has entered
the Landgraviate of Nellenburg, and provisionally
established his head-quarters at Stockach.

...... ORTOILPT. 25.

The French troops of the Army of I lanover ar-
rived in the environs of this city on the 22J, and in
the evening of the same day the Senate was assembled
to consider of the demand that had been made of a
email number of rations. 'rite first di v:sinn of
the Galloaatavian army, which, after having passed
the Rhine yesterday, had rested last night at Weil-
i..acher, marched thtougls this city this morning,

LON DON.
THURSDAY. (krona 10.

Tie following communication was yesterday
transmilteilfrom the Admiralty to Lt.oiro's C Alec-
House :

•I/MIIIAtTT-OT/tCL. 9Tw uCT..IIIIII,

id intelligence c4sn,n,mic:oe.l by tin; Nbjesty's ship Dryad,
and Ira...antra by Admiral Lnd Gmdiler, WI Cork. :34 of
Uctober:—.

' On Pie Ist of Oztaber, at tihte •..N. spoke an Ame,icin
ship that had i.e-n hoarded by the r:h tis French tr,g.iti-, in
.a 4. 49. 4). I.nt 11.

S.kturiay, 28tI Sei.te br•r, fell in with th,• F ench
c insisting right sad. and one English 74 (Sfi) iw tow. Two
French fiieatrs, eiiA one brig, uerring N wma E. The
blig took Au Englith brig in ilea of u.. Fula( Euglisb ships in
tuw i eight English yezet in all."

A letter from Capt. Wat.corx, of the Isle,
dated off Crookhaven, in Ireland, the lsz. insta.tt

•• That he had brern closely pursued by a c art of the
Rochefort squadron, hut provalent ally had map:A_ In the
pursuit, he was obliged to throw overbrurd above 12 tons
of his cargo, ch,efly sago ; and, as then were same slime put
on there from the fleet otf Brest, he should embrace tite 0i..,..r_
twilit., of that eorovny;to proceed to Portsmouth ; when he le :t
the Calcutta, she was eiseee-4 by twe line of Kantt ships of
the ele.ni, and conceived there could be no hopes of her es-
capt og."
Extraft of a letter from Cork, dated Oft. 3 :

" The Indus East Indianan arrived at Crookharen last Tues.
day (Oct. 1). FrJrn %V. Perkins, her purer, whis arrived here
this day, we !vain, that on the 21th nit in lat. 49. bJ long.
10. 04. the Calcutta, 56 guns, Captain 111.1616 ff, having
under convoy the Indus F is, of London; and Sells*, of
Milford, South Sea withers ; W lhelmina, Prow-an, detained
by the Calcutta, near St. Helena ; Maria Casuisna, Swede;
end Two Brothers Won Indwitsan ; saw fifteen sail, seven of
which were supposed to be ships of WIN and on the following
day, on. of thorn, a frigate, engtged the Crimnod who
made the signal for the c,oiroy to .eparate, which they d
accordingly, and all escaded, by the gallantry and skilful ma-
nouvres of Capt. Worairlf.
" Before the Ildus lost sight of the Calentta, she sac a line
of battleship beat down upon her, sad swims her with Eie bow
chasers It is ronjecturesl, that the remaining eight .liips were
part of the Leeward Island Suet which had been cadtured ; two
of them west taken in sight of the links.. S itooley last, an
English frigate, off Ushant„ was made a,qa, lilted with the
action, with which information she preceded to Admiral
Corn wal I is ."

Another article from Cork, of the 2J, after men•
tioning the engagement with the Cairosa, adds,

" The remainder of Inc convoy were since teen safe at
d•llferent times. Tb. Trench squadron were olverved to have
opwarde of ten sail of merchantmen in company, supposed
to be captured-.lii.t from this eirosinstinicc, much appro..
herivion has bees excited, that thry hid fallen in with a body
of the Leeward Island inaneward.bound fleet, some advanced
ships of which, as we already mated, passed this eaaina few days
back, steering to the Zanward.
" Admiral Lord 0...M0rt arrived yesterday at Cove, in the
Tapue fririate,Cyt Lake. fits Lordship was saluted upon
entering the harbour. by the ships of war sod batteries."

I.

Ertrad of a letter from an Officer Itelong'ng ta
the Experiment, Botany Bay ship (last from Cismaj,
dated Falmouth, 9th Oftober, 1 805 :-

" ship Fix ;intent, touter the command of
Witlrow, him' Chloe, with a cavity nf tea.. au 06 .this
Coo account, w captu:cd oo q., 27ili
It. 37. S. lung. 22.31). P. after a cheer of thi.ly ho.irs, Ly the
Napoleon P: each privateer, cotton ,niest b. Lavtein Af.l, L,
t,el•stig:ng t, St. klalues out faur rouzitht.
Iron, rake Bay (Cape of Go-id Huo-), mounting siateen
potiuder., four 19-pounderi on the grw sleek, tau 35%.0iine•r,
six 61or slers on the upper deck, and cur)iita
Wool, rame up, we cniag with,. ! al( pin*. Om, I •
half an hour ; wheat our brace. awl tiler Win; shot any, •
rigg rig shalt red, some thirty-twig shot, Isetwean vital a
water, two feet wafer in her hold, which made the ship
; throe of our men were bad.,
ohm inageable, obl ged Captain Withers, with reluflance, ~
order the
.col;tui two,,,bethse cotetrclt prise the Napoleon had token
Courson Withers, the Surgeon, land fourth Officer, were volt
ta the Isle Franee, iis the Experiment. Nlyseq, the chs4
and third Officer, with the Purser, Wet, take, u hood tit •
privateer, and *Gilt to the Cape of timid Hope, w 4 •r. w •
matte friends, who prwcurod a cartel for -E• Helen,,
.t•.,:.?
days After our arrival at the Cape; kern tkeuee, I g,t a pr..
uge in the Africaine whaler, which has escaped being tip.
torsi, by the Rochefort squadron, which I attribute to the gal,
lento, of Captain Woodruff, of Ilia Majesty's ship Coinage,
who engaged the enemy, although superior, till wt had lane
to make our escape

It appears from the above extraels, that the Cal-
cutta has not sacrificed herself in vain ; and that by
her gallant resistance of the enemy, she afforded her
whole convoy an opportunity to die& their escape,
It was impossible for the French squadron to get
into port while the wind continued easterly; and
there is every reason to hope, that one of our squa-
drons will fall in with them. We nu Jerstand Sir
Ricit• an ST RACII•t4 was detached fram Cie Chan-
nel Fleet, with an adequate force, within twelve
hours alter the aclion with the Cal:utter, and that
Admiral Sr 'RUM emu sent a second time in pursuit
of the enemy. On board the Calcutta man of war,we
are sorry to learn, that there were several military
officers, who took their pasaig2 fro.n St. ti p
England ; among other names, ay.:. heard Ccq
CAMP BELL Cat.Lamota, of the Bth Regiment.

We gave yesterday some extra& from the Paeit
Papers to the 2d, and the Dutch Journal, to tl:e
6th. The late hour at which we received ;bent NI
'Fnesday night, prevented us from extraCtiag t' at
they contained worth notice. The respeaive armies
upon the Continent continued to approach each
other, but had not yet come to blows. The in tic
body of the French Army has passed the Rhine, 1.1
etree divisons ; at Mentz, Strasburgh, and M tn-
heim. These movemeota took place between the
'24th and 26th, inclusive. The last division of the
Gallo-13.eavian Army m ached through Frankf,v;
on the 27th, and proceeded to Asehairenhar ;h;
whale the French Army from Hanover ads' incest to
Carlstadt. A letter from Munich, in our Paper of
yesterday, stated, that the A • rian Army had re,
ceived orders to halt; but a Duch Paper, of the
4th, adds, that the halt was only for fotty-eight
hours, upon the expiration of which the columns
were again in motion, on the '2lth, and advancing
through Suabia and Bavaria by force .1 marches. The
Emperor of Gram aro( left Vie ma en the ISth,
arrived at Munich on the 21at, and was expelled at
Memmingen on the 23d. BOMAPARft: was still at
Strasburgh on the 27th, and M ass Err • has taken the
command of the army in Italy. and issued a Pro-
clamation to his troops. The proceedings of the
Tribunate on the 26t1t, which. we promised to give
yesterday, arc in the preceding column.
The French Funds are 54 1. 85 c.

Orders tame to town yesterday, from Eli, M
:err it, to countermand the preparations that were
making fora Privy Council, intended to have been
held this day.
Yesterday. a Court of Direftors was held at fLe
East India-Clouse, when Captain JUNO 1,•)C K, ,t-AS
sworn into the command of the ship David Scott,
consigned to Madras and Bengal.
The following extra ships were taken up, and
thus stationed, vie.
Sir W am Jtaana;ey, 547 tom, and Sovereign, frao (ono, lair
M4.lraa and bongs%
FAMO• 411 i ton., Capt. 3. V Rik., 1 Exprinv-w,
Capt Pater ; Nlon..tc tiOO ditto, Cant
and Alexanlet,GW ditto, Capt J k. Frank I.si, tw
and Bengal.
The Court adjourned at six o'clock, till this Jay.

The Porrkir sloop of war, with the fleet under
convoy, for England, sailed from Lisbon, on the
I 4th ult. The Inrourimet frigate, with a fleet from
England, arrived at Lisbon on the 17th.
A Letter from Captain &ACK, from Oporto, ar.
lived at Falmouth, states, that he sailed with the
fleet, in company with thirteen or fourteen sail, un-
der convoy of the Orp4ers, frigate, on the 15th Sep-
tember ; on the 28th passed a fleet of vessels, sup-
posed to be the outward-hound Lisbon convoy, and
made Scilly the following day.
Adm;ral Lord Gain:ince arrived on the IA inst•
at Cove, in the Tipaac frigate, Capt. LA It Z. H..
Lordship was saluted, upon entering the harbour,
by the ships of war and batteries.
A few days will determine the doubts entertaii;rd
for sonic time past, respeCting the Meeting of Par-
liament before Christmas, fin the dispatch of bus,-
nest. The time for the Meeting, according to the
last formal prorogation, nearly approaches. A pro-
clamation must, of course, speedily isst e, and
which, in all robability, will be in SattV.l yi. G -
tette.