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from the great loss tttat was sustained in uegoliatiLig
them ; bot that the side of disposable property to
meta the current ricrac s has ust been omitted, and
that among these etymon's, timer of the war were el-
way* regarded as the first; and far indeed from teeing
aide to obtain tiny disposable fun's by this measure.
treat advantages were held out to those who would
;my partly in cash for their purchaset ; thus, there-.
fare. the credit bills. g:ven us preoonts. indensui-
firma tttt st or ii•!er whatsoever other title, had not
diminish •d any resource which the national estates
may have furnished to the treasury for immediate
exigencies. Wait respect to the staff establish-
M. its, which were supposed to be numerous and
expensive. I told the Minister' that according to
my judgment its Imperial Majesty had been
badly inforined ; that I did not believe the King
could •It ive appointed more generals or Wheels
of the staff than those which were necessary;
nor admitted guy of the old ones beyond those
to whom that respect was in justice due, fur
having supported the cause of His Majesty, and
baring remained faithful to if ; and that these last
had not consumed the funds of the treasury, ins*.
much as I had reason to doubt that pay lied ever
been issued to one of them (0). On this point also
I wish I had been exactly informed. because I ant
persuaded there is much exaggeration in what hip
been ttete.l to the Emperor. A shot summary of
' all the wit)* establi.liments and appointments, which
it appoint to Inc may be easily made out in the
office of the war derirtment, would dissipate the
unfavourable iinpressain that appears to bare here
made in tl.is particular.
" The ides that the Spluish corps and regiments
rfe injurious. because they desert. and go to in-
crease the numbers tit the enemy. after putting the
treasnry to expense. is very prevalent here.aud there..
fore the formation of them is considered as prelims-.
tore. I have represented Lathe Minister that no Men.
titre was snore neeesiairy ant politic thaw that, be-
cause no gavervineeut can exist without alince ; and
althoogli it is certain that at first much desertion pre.
trailed, it was never en frequent or general as was sup-
posed; that it decreased from day today. i o proportion
as lire pub!. c nand was calmed, and the reduction of
the provinces extended ; that at present it was to be
hoped that it would he reduced to very little or no-
thing. because the greater number of the hands of
inaurgents had diiippeared. which took the name
of causes, and there remained only the pugs of
binditti ft)). which offered little attraction to those
who were eislisti.d under the Royal banners; that
the Spesish corps, when employed its garri-
eons, would letve the French troops free and
disposable fur the operations of the
as the French Generals wished. who Wormed
that their caps ware Imperiled in order to
preserve the tranquillity of the provinces 'heady
subjected. The *lister appeared to doubt, that
there were French Gentral• oho were of opinion,
that it was of advantage to form Spanish corps,
though he believed they .r 4 approve the far-
motion of civic guards. But as I sin positive that
the-e use General., and those too of Much note.
who not only swore of the formation 6f regular
entries. but promote and retonsmend that measure
with real. I was etiabiell to colitirtis and support.
the proposition. But I could wish, from the nil-
portanee of this subject. that those Generals would
mar their nntimrmts known here, together with
the sole foundations on which they rest, because
we Cake!' are lint elititie.l to much credit( in this
head, mid pos-ibly may incur the suspicion of
being ill thoposell.
" It remit:us only to site .k of the goodness with
which it was stated that the King treated ill.** of
the opposite party, in granting Ilee.n &VOWS end
benefits. I could hare wished to explain to the
Miaister the favouralsle resolto produced by the Re-
ferral ainivaty granted to the Andalusian% when the
King penetrated by the Sierra Monroe ; how his
beneficence gained him the hearts of the
hsbitants of those provinces. and facilitated the
taking possessiou of them without bloodshed,
and with what promptitude and ease it term..
elated a campaign, which would have been the ingot
gboious a Is poo.ible to conceive, if it had not
beers for the unfortunate resistance of Coatis, ra
twined by the artifice* end the gold of the English ;
but the Minister mote the 'sena of the goodness
of H. M qesty revert to some individuals, who hay-
ing rebutted the opposite navy, had obtained re-
wards and employ fneni• in tie royal errata*. I
then said there we-e but few who were iii *how- rir-
cuoistanceit„ and that they were men remaikohle for
their situatiou• and for the rink and iharacter they
held among the insurgents; that His Majesty
thought it useful to whew these examples, in order
to isivirre enonlenCe Into tlie,r alto were still ea-
verilig with respect to ibeirsti!vrvissimi to him ; amp
there was yet no ;mend to repeat having placed
these perlo4l6 in tile places alma Iv they occupied ;
that it had been sought b: all meson to daisilsi•la
the strength of the iiisargentv, Awl thud out she
least elf-el nal of these rues,. had been the admis-
sion of ;lie Generals and Officers who VOlOntarily
sits. red to easel iota MY Illf,ny'st wen tee, nu lakinc
the prosier oath of fi hrlity ; and that if this 114,1
tf_.- reit elf • lice to seine a the Wigs Mil pathless., of the
K us. that 4"411 owi..g to a were wawa
hid+ ..tight not to iospe le the grand wink of
reuit.ting the nation.

*. 1 have relatTil to your Excellency all that
p tits-4 in 'lli caoterenee with the Duke of Catiore.
I said no in of the notniter of French tronist rin-
tila!ed tae S,tani4ll war, nor of the quantity of
•pe'Cle yhicn thy Fr.nicli Treasury Itad sent to that
n.piont. nor upon ,'ml other points shich the
tonclied 'won ; toreros/ I neither k4ll any
c..rt.c3 data revectinz them. nor did I think it
,td.,,,ittle to In ,ke the,n ntsttrr of discussion.—
Your El.celleuey will hare the goodness to trains.

(41 11 • toport Mrs we leing femur& osoolie.•
;E. pted !curie. wri!tea rnrza.lore liberally nreeraleel
• th iiio•uutebms 1171;11o)isteerti, etre are mussily sowing
WWI 101 IZCIr.

Col lotple, Blake, Routataa, awl
alb.:.. I. it to concert, greater oropudesur But
if • r au 1., aZarIVII Aplllll4l arum, •4 if there are oily
collcatl44ll, rn'ita of haniittr, way are them • I armor Ferrule
4.liri. or spai. 1 rhavetiare at A goat so • dint float
titorettre ths riiht at Woes per atom's that
r.a.r. *end. ? Thia eapeive meat he *past, particularly at
a guar whoa hi. i ep. tit/l:ea, (41110: wear rev .tort MI
aa kM toe .ta 10 the hepatitis/4 at Oita letter,
sad as has Nee ...prated loamy times is thin areal otlrare.
(lot Throe wier& iorarat a great arid ior retiretioa. TUN
are Ropy pn..4, not ismaarta to the t timer alum, that
the seemul part is tau Lhasa wka. La. a Levis to
+pas.

late ail that I hate stated to his Majetti.,Frar
his sovereign information. and to tedium w n 9•
cording to his royal pleasure. what is to be.. 11111840,
or corxemest oa future uccaanins touching the;*
suldtcts, There will not be much that raFiipeal
we. according to the best of any judgment ; and
coaceire I liaise omitted but few observations cal-
culated to prove the regularity. the prudence, and
the wise views with whit* fEs' Majesty has acted in
the matters which have given rise to the statements
and reprtewntations which have been laid befur.... me,
by order of the Emperor. The instructions anal in-
Ibreuation that were communicated to ins have al-
ready fatly prePrial my seal. During my conversa-
tion with. 11w Minister, I took occasion to read the
letter which the Minister of 11'ar had sent to me.
written by the intendant of Solomauca, the 24111 of
March last, giving a sad picture of the state in which
that province was, mad of the difficulties which oc-
curred in earn ing into effect the coatributions im-
posed by the Marshal Duke of Elchingen ; end
before the sitting; was terminated, I also read to
him the letter which the Regent and Council of
N directed to the Minister Secretary of
State, of the date of April 30. complaining of the
conduct of the Governor, M. Dufour. in instigating
the Council of Government erected by himself to
make a representation, or to adopt resolutions
contrary to the sovereignty of the King. Upon this.
without approving or disapproving of the conduct
of M. Dufour. he told me simply, that the Govern-
ment established in Navarre and the other saintlir
Goveruinensa Isere military mrasnres. I will treat
this point more extensively ai soon as I can find an
opportiriey (II).
• God preserve. your Excellency may years.
" /*Ms./one. mn, is 1.1.
"Ts the Must Eacrlleut Senor the Duke of Santa Fe, the
" Most Mintiest Peuor Minister of Foreign A Mears."

(i t) It ra known that this point touches him to the quirk;
and at filet s'gfil it ia clear that N:ipeleim, not hieing (vane
to any explanation not it, with brother, or his brother's
Illinisten,:line niter till this moment elei4oeil to coinutuni-
mite hie intentions rpm bilis head In them, if we are to
judge by the puhlWity d kin acute of the stir February,
cud the tither decrees dispatched to the French Giverimes
tat the other side of the Elmo. IN tba mean time hr amts. s
them with ambiguous answers, and with the hope that a
definitive resolution will tureen the wrung dune by the for.
r decrees. Napoleon being ell the time employed in pre.
paring another ntw decree which
.will extend to the right
batik of the Coro the disposition already adopted ou lit: left
hank, 11.14 like that which has just been eanied into rani
in Hamill, a50,98,11* right and left bask of the 3k....
(Remainder in our next )

ENOLIIH COMMERCE.

(FROM THE PI: ULACISTE

11.131111U111:11, AVO. 3.

Since the union of Holland, the in.gasifies of
11.4ittuland find no longer any vent, and are quite
cl.n.kked op. The quantity of merchandise which
i. lust is inNinceirioli'. Every moment we see new
tonsgmain • funned, but all are full, and most of
the bales remain unpacked. This example is sin-
giilar, and chess to what a ilegree the distress of
England sAteu Is. Cuter this point of view, it
cannot be doubted but that the union of Illolland
is a terrible blow to the commerce of England; and
fe remains to be asked, why that measure has been
so long ilc?isyeil ? It is evident that if Hoftend had
been form. rly united; England would have sooner
experienced the hornbk crisis in which her Mon-
eu-rec is now placed. Bankruptcies succeed each
other in Loudon. Her Exchange loses 10 per
rem., and her Bank Paper has ceased to po.srss
the Character proprr to that kind of paper. It is
new gully a paler money, which is every day farther
discredited.
Twenty ires*els of war, with 600 merchsntmen,
have entered the bah ie. havii.g no other object thau
to minuted and drpn.it the cargoes of these ships
on the ConiineTit. Tile Danes have captured Sn,
the carves of witch ure estimated at above 40 mil-
linos. The Russians have confiscated more than 80.
The-e res-ele sail uptive (Alia colours ; thez here
false papers, fareedestinations and false h rench
licences; tipy yeti ttwaberlret AnstOrans. Spaniard',
and Hamlaingliers; they have even'felim certificates
a aligns from French Consuls. They stick at no-
thing ; but all the only succeeds ;if= ; sod if.
as is reported. Prussia carefully int the en-
trance of Colonial produce, and if French troops
occupy Mecklenbuneb, where English merchandise
his su gum! a market, and srqere the contraband
trade is citified on with mull activity, Esigh.h com-
merce will expenence"lbY these nieu.utis new ob-
stacles.

Tie Wagrait priraseer he. just been captured
by the Etegbah in the port of ritr otrittnd. 'Phan cir-
cumstance will prove still more fatal to their cont.
suffer. It Auer% the French the hest re owns in'
agilllll4klltr 11....5er.1011 of 4he coaosuf the C worry.
and is future the contrahantt trailers will be pur.
611141 %nth more I irtainty and `renter safety.
Wheat we hear in our cunt aseicial hons.•s who
prioes at Hclagultud ; alters we recollect that all
'Mr.'. articles of il:erch,n4lsre. Vie one half of ultich

nsm t Le necessarily s pure loss, soil the ether h.tr

of which is .lestnie;l to he confiscated to the profit
of Fr thee and her races—that all those hasty ship.
ments which remain heaped up is depots, without
being able to find their way to the Cot.t.nent—
1, that alt those haz.oluus speculations are at
I the same that discounted by the Bank of Loudon—
'
when one sees the vast crowd of Ottoman vessels
arriving even day on the coast of France and Italy,
loaded with Colomsl produce from Malts. to be con-
' signed to conti-cation. and to add immense resources
Ito France; and when one consolers. at the same
time, that those same articles of auerchandile have
I been all Jiscouared attotidoli by the Bank—when,
I. I my. we consider in our coanting-rooms all those
I circu.nstinres. we naturally ask what is this peper
tof the Bank of Lond.iu Is it paper that can he
exchanged for cash No! it is inspossibleSo realise
I it. A. is proof of this. it is now at a discount of
twenty per cent. Is it a paper that can keep op

. . . .
coessuerciel credit. so.l dust has not already gone
beyond its natural Inuits ? What 'is money ?
Money i, oot INe reore-entstion of caistst, but
the repretentstive itr tire n•ufrart. If oe voirpoie

. .
that too tuilhous are liter...try for the circulatiou ul
Frauce. it is that the prcduce of the laud and of
the revivifies to France recliners the ezpilnyinent
and innocnem of two bat If, matelot of
*Weir, we had only 1.0:,er-swooty, mkt instead of
puttnig in circulattun th 'monist oection.y to re,
preoeut the value of thi usufruct. we wnii!.l put
to 13 room a sue of Fewr repescutiiii the

tnlsl,44' . lidera; valtie, thin trim., wa4l4
acqui,iy any greater degree of 'slue, ;an ..groducily 105e..341 it fell to the rate Heel,. f
circulatton. Such is the histoty of thy n„,
of France, and ranch the ouulysis of al: at .."
felt et ‘'ient..a. :The quantity of paper at
:3
not outituestt the sign of the circulation, •
the intinnsie value of the sign 4111:11111•IIPx Ili * portion It Its accumulation. This is thy N.,: alsotor w tat is now as iu LoiLion.
drives bad trade. Instead of 'I,
of Exchuoge, representiog the Mt' I. of I lith merchants, it is obliged to d:scuttot r are the equivalent of goods Itentwd up of „„*,
houses and magazines. cud which must weal
srvi,rdi years witnout hotting a matkai, rh
result of this is the deterioratiou of the Gnats
~
ing medium, the fall of the rate of ezehen...
certain symptoms of decay cud distress. TU.,
culators in Europe will one day he wanttidted
having so bong giveu their confidence to s sat
founded on commerce, which ouly exists by t
merce. and which, in consequence of ic-jart at
SUM, is reduced to the necessity of tarrying
trade by means of armee* only—au map;
which. depeudiug on the caprice or peitialny
Ministers, a wholly at the surrey of the pew,
*Aces.
England boasts its Civil Constitution, the pf).
'echos' and the right, which it returns to it,,,,
ice's ; yet • merchant, who is the most useful Ci•,
ten its that nation, estrum woke s slciimest sib's
the permission of the Ministir's Clerks; with..,,to
licence. whit he cannot obtain but by false.
The English. who adopted licences, have tilifigg
France to do the same, and to snbatitute rapnee
the general principles which form the commas
rights of commerce. They have in so doing 'ii.,
• most severe blow to good Filth, to morals, and it
the eery essence of trade. How ! have they on
discovered. that the asontent it tras rolutre/ is
have licences for tradiogr Commerce von thfa
shut out film, the COMMOI, Laura ? Cciald the
enemy have done them a greater aril thee sAg
they have thus done themselves ? Areorihno•,
the most sensible men who have c.ne ft.ta Ei.g.
land say. that within the last three 3eat, Cat
nation has completely altered ; that nu) Inst
but intelligent arereleauts trader' in merelonlyy;
that caletalaWsus founded in wisdcria hait ;trot
I otien .to intonsideram reveries ; that the pm,
454', or using false retiree. false passiturs, atriLl
11;:eoces, leas attacked the morality of the our :4.
nitrous port (tithe nation; thel, eta one word,.—
the spot+ df t)treeayears, the progrrs. of thus resod
drpratifition bus attained suet, a pi.iot, ao to
reason so expect the speedy i/ovrtifall rif a p 4.4
which will have been lost by the folly and maim
she permits to regulate her destiny !

GOTTEMSURGII MAIL.

01E280, AVG. IS.

Orr Gazette of this day contains the folhavite:
article :•—•• The Prince of Pont* Cerro, ti-derest
Serresotte, wee born in 170 Y. A* hers. be has
Flroved biotite!f invincible; as *televise% be bee pa.
meted the Welfare and prosperity of Fiance, with.
out any &dash views ; as conqueror, he bec.me
guardian *tiger of Hanover; and as philantinanor.
he bas deserved, and elmaitted, the blessioti.sti,f
Swedish prisoners. As a private man, he aril
all excess and pageantry, and with the Clint rend.
metre he inspires Ins hopeful son, who is 11 yisr. eat.
4! Should it be objected. that he is not of high
descent. I answer, that the sueressire step. at:no
be bee beer obliged to tread, in artier to errs va
height white he is odw pieced, have aside hint Sc.
quainted sash thee eoncertis sod relations of all in.
termini' dasilh'ititnis in life; end hie p•ron .1 mei!,
which fttiseJ hith ft oto oue exalted station to
*lhereilitahnot but be tits more euniunt. 55 it Ira
uot:4apporteil by city of these birth-lights, to what
projr.hce or rut/tons frequetitly, yet oneieserred.y,
mania the highest Ake' 'ef:iptate.
a As to his religion. he ii no Raman Cathn!:r,
but a Protester!: His terms, therefore, differ I).A
little from orr own, timely in mutters a:te„et'e:i
tedium, and the transition from his relyton to yids
will be so little Atrcy,piible as to 1.-are tin VOID
either for blame ,os reproach. To less the Sft,•
dish tongue, will prosy au easy task to a aim like
him. Our Frederic and Adolphus Fredetic sere
(Iceman Prince.. 11i30 not ae.prtioted with our
attar. whiin they ascended the Saedmh Terns?.
awl yet these memory is still blessed by tbeSeede.."
•LO. 17.

Th. choice of Prince Pante Corm oshtir to thr
Croon is tin luntz••r emitter of doubt. it to allow',
parblecty opoken of. and on the 3tst inrt. the fossil
de rionn of tiro Diet will be onn..ranced.

Great advantages are expected to result to err
co ry front this choice. and the financial radars
rags.arn`% of the Government will be su.maiiiit4
by a voluntary loin from the Prime of richt rsti•
bons of BASIC:, &UST% at a low interest ; the i,.
scut state of our Governmenti will Is! goarsoicel
to u•, anti further benefits alfuitieti, as soon 11$ the
maritime situation of Europe will admit of thew
and what is of still greater consequence. we Po'
ceive in the present notuination an earnest of It
future restoration of Finland.
miters. AVG. U.
The oluj-ct of the journey of the Count of G.!.
torp (Gustavus Adolphus) was to procu•e the sa
cession to the throne of Sweden. for his sons Le
Prince Gtodavos.
King Louis of 11103 and has found himulf
much indisposed at Toplatz, that fur same da: Ihe
has not left his chamber.
The Dutch Vice-Admiral. Bless Van Teslencr
accompanied the King to Toplitz. and is 'l.O there'
Hr must not be coofnutteled with his lithe:, the
Dutch Admiral, who bas not left Amsterdam.
GRIMM *vs. 7.
The Secret Committee has now held two smog!
but of the moult of their deliberations stt'i rrspeu•
to the succession to the Thrace nothing has be'
made.kaooo. If we may he permitted to c.r ,
titre, the choke of the States will fel; ureic
el tear brother of our late Crown prince. 1 '••
•
deficit Christian ofiiolatem Altzitatenburp

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