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-otintebs Cratileir.
1/446—•Rorringam, L. Harvey, Clarg C. lieward, Dun-
s my, Midi, B:a.:kwood, C. Glynn, And ',ter, L. 'Stewart,
Dis:lopp, J. B...mtpick, Sltenield,
Wadthouse, Marsham, litoniley, and Visa:cam.
• Mistresses—lLl:, M..k. Ani, lla-, W•Murne.,., R. Moore,
Conyerc, Stevens A. Pendia!, C. Lour, D..wA.m, raker, G.
Dori Pahnep, K. Benyou, Steele, I Er4l:in.e, Kee.ie,
ReArrm, Douglais Haniniers:ty, Thellusm, ill 414,
Bennett, Palmer, Carter, C ry, Wheeler,. Widdie; CornwatliA,
Dickens. litieclettet, Glyrio, Peacock, Wi Gas-
ling, Lineton, C. South, Parker, Smith, and MtAiltleil.
./lies-s--Stanley, !fall, Goovenor, Hrv, Middl-ton, Wel-
btrrthA, Conyers, Stool, Blicio.it, Prachall, Dorey,
IT C C•myers, IloAl..rick, Montague,
11,tham, 11.11Aie, Keene, tw.. DougiaseA, I lainmersc.y. I Lund-
ton, Duckworth, tn., two Illarices, Edwart,
Cowin?, Ileum" Cory, Wheelar,
Dickens Biahopp, Bouverie, Smderick, Gordon, Edward, and
FALiktier.

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The Fit r.NCII ANI BA iSADOK did not leave the
L %DV MAI 0 ESS'S rout till three o'clock yesterday
morning.
The Lonn Maroa baying given orders that there
should not he more than one rank of carriages al-
lowed from the west-end of the town to the Man-
sirtn-house, many of the company were departing
w'oen others had not reached St. Paul's.
Mrt,. Fr rent antrer's Rout, this evenin7, at her
house in Tilney-street, is evpened to be the most
fashionable and numerous thts season. _ _

The Btrittey Club will dine this day at the Free-
ma srms"l'a vern.
Viscount CAsyt.tistAnit gives a Cabinet Dinner
this day, at his hous: hi Cleveland square, St.
James's.

Lord Viscount Baomt and his Lady will conti-
nue at his father's, (the Marquis of C., RNW ALLIS')
for the reniainder'ot the season, at his house in Bur-

lington-street.
Mrs. WLDDLE'S Grand Dinner, yesterday, in Up-
per Brook-street, was numerously attended.
THOMAS WILSON, Esq. of tower Grosvenor-
street, was last night much better, though not de-
clared out of danger.
Last night Mrs. CORE'S Rout, in Hanover-square,
and Mrs. Peowoce's Rout, in Devonshire-place,
vied with each other in powers of attraction.
Lord J. Mves ev, son to the Duke of Arnot., is
declared out of danger.
Mr. Fox, who presented the address for West-
minster, remained near an hour and a half at the
Levee, yesterday, after he had present?d the address.
Miss De Cesi r is so much better, that she is ex-
petted to return to this country in a few days, fully
able to resume her theatrical duties.
English Csmpany at .Naples.—Lord and Lady
Pevesieev, Lady &Nee Peelev, Lord and Lady
Mover Ce9tet.t., Mr. and Mrs. SIDNEY BowLEs,
Mr. and Mrs. ROBSON, M:. and Mrs. Eeeitroe,
Lord At HORPE, Lord MONTAGU, Lord newer,
going to Constantinople with Mr. DRUMMOND, in
the Atlttheia; Sir Cueitees DOUGLAS, Lord ABER-
DEEN and Mr. GORDON, going to Constantinople in
the ilfedwa, Sir HENRY BCRIIARD NEAI.E and his
Lady, going to England immediately ; Lord GRAN.
rite st leaves this place for England to-morrow.
All the above company were at a Ball given by the
QUEEN on the first of February, at Favorita ; a
most magnificent entertainment. Th English gave
a ball in return, that cost 4001. Nothing ever ex-
ceeded the gaiety of Naples this Carnival.
Lord Den a e's stag-hounds had a very severe day
on Monday last ; they enlarged a stag at 10 o'clock,
at Smithain Bottom, near Croydon, which ran
through Colsdon, Clialdon, down to White Hill,
to Bletchingley, through Burslaw-park to ()Inwood
Common ; then across the river Mole at Mason's
Bridge, across the Brighton road at Dover Farm,
and again across the river at Rice Bridge ; then
close to Gadbruok Common, and laetly to Leith,
where he was run into by a few hounds, in the pre-
sence of Mr. CH A RLLS MORTON, the I hinting Sta-
ble-keeper. at Croydon, (being the only head nun
in the field, who swam twice through the river)
after a run of two hours and fifty minutes. It is
said, by the old sportsmen, that no hounds could-
have run better ou such a hot day.
Lord ELLENBOBOUGII, on Tuesday, entertained
at dinner the CHANCELLOR of the Exeureeen, the
LORD CHIEF Jesrice of the COMMON PLEAS, Lord
CARLLTON, Lord ELDON, Lord REDEsDALE, Mr.
WICKHAM, Mr. Melte:nest, &c.
Several German Professors from the Prussian
Universities of Halle, Frankfort-on-the-Oder, and
Konigsberg, have been invited by the Emperor
ALB/lASI/ER to assist in the establishment of the
new institutions for education, about to be ereifted in
Russia.
The new Opera forth-coming at Covent Garden
Theatre, in which Miss MORTIMER is to make her
debut, is said to be written by Monk Lewis.
Ophthelmia is now prevalent in Dublin. Wash-
ing the eyes with camomile tea is said to be of great
service.
'1 he Leicestershire hounds (Lord Serrates) have
had uncommonly good sport, and are in no want of
foxes, as has been erroneously stated p so far from
it, they have frequeotlykilled a brace in a day of
late, after some very severe chaces. The leading
riders this seaeon have been Meuse. CHDLMONDE-
LEY, FORRESTER, GLIIMAINE, SMtrtr, W ARDLLL,
GOLDHAM, MLYNT.I.L, LIND°, and LLOYD,

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ventleman of great reyeteta-
bility, now residing in America, we have recived
long letter on the present relative situation of that
country and Europe, from which we preient dur
readers with the following interesting extra& :

" The present is a critical moment for America,
and the cause, in my opinion, is equally interesting
to our•common country. No man, whose oyes are
open to what passes in Europe, will deny the posi-
tion, that no projeet is too vast, nor the pursuit of
any object too unjust, for the enterprise of the French
Government. She has an implacable hatred for
England, and a bitter enmity at her naval and
commercial superiority ; hence she will avail herself
of every means to gratify the' first, by rendering
Herself her equal in the latter points. Foiled in at-
tempts upon our East India possessions, will not the
battery be changed, and direaed towards those in
the 'West ? . • •
" The insufficiency of the . French navel power
will not allow her to hope, depending wholly there-
on, fin success in the enterprise ; and, to my view,
is, taking a course very different, and generally
hut little- ,contemplated in England, but which,
when matters are at maturity, will eehibit a scene
of great magnitude, and which, if possible, she will
be provided against. We well know all events are
under a Supreme .dirdlion, or pertnis.ion ; as such,
it i; unbecoming to hatchecrrors on what may ne-
ver Ireppen, bus it is. no feet_ so to be supine, and
negleet to provide against ovik which may take
'lace, and especially it there be grounds for such an
apprehtnsion. . . .
'; America is the best friend Great Dritain has, as
well as her best customer ; her extensiv trade is no
expence to her, and since she is receiving justice at
her Inuid:,. forgets formes injuries she has. suffered ;
begins to !eel the force of common language, com-
mon manners, and it wants but little
.to bring all
parties to a eonvii.tion of the necessity of a common
interest If lam not deceived, the time is not far
distant when it will be fully cemented.
" At the meetitrt of Congress in November, the
speech a the Pr.aident displayed. a delightful view
of the state of the country. Decreased debt—di-
minished taxes—And an overflowing treasury ; the
beet feelings were exulting in the fact, the labourer
well rewarded, the cultivator wealthy, in a word, the
country happy. But, like all that is human, this
state of things was too delightful to be of long du-
ration ; for a very few weeks have only elapsed, when
we have been seriously alarmed by intelligence from
New Orleans, stating that the Spaniards had shut
that port against the United States.
N'srhoever makes himself acquainted with the
necessity the passage to the ocean by the river Mis-
sissippi is of to the inhabitants of the country West
of the Allegany Mountains, and the impossibility
of their having any other means for their exporting
the produce of lands, as fertile as any in the uni-
verse, must be convinced of the importance of this
measure to them, as well as the concern the whole
of the Union must feel upon it, especially when the
position of New Orleans is considered, as the only
place of deposit for the said produce, to which ships
of buithen can approach to take those produaions
to market.
" I think I must have impressed you with the im-
portance it is to the settlers, who are very numerous,
to enjoy either New Orleans, or some Dort not much
higher up, as a place of deposit, in the Spanish ter-
ritory. I need nut attempt to describe the conster-
nation felt at the sudden privation of it by the Spa-
nish Government; 1 ought, however, to say osten-
sibly, and proceed to state, that by a treaty with
Spain in 1795, it was stipulated for the Americans
to enjoy this tight of deposit for three years, and so
much longer as it should be found not to be injurious
to Spain to continue it, with this reserve, "that in this
contingency some other convenient spot should be
assigned as a substitute." Now she has taken away
the one, and made no assignment of the other. •
" I have said ostensibly ; for it cannot well be
considered as any other than a French aft, as it is
understood in Europe, and the speech of the Presi-
dent announces' that Louisiana is ceded by Spain
to France. Some believe, and it should seem the
Government of the United States &fleas to believe,
• it is an as of the officers, not authorised by the
Court of Spain, as she has appointed a Minister to
that Court on the occasion. Would I could believe
it, or that the dispute was only with Spain! the con-
test would be soon settled ; but it is unreasonable
even to hope such a thing.
46 Spain has her security in quiet, unmolested in-
terference by the Americans ; she has her all at stake,
and a dispute with diem would involve an empire it
not successful, and if so, she would not gain a penny.
No, it ie with the mighty power of France, as well
as her talent for intrigue she has to contend—not
only with the lion but the serpent. Whatever be
her plans, my refleaions lead me to conjeaure, and
the .nore I contemplate the subjea, the more am I
struck with the mischief intended, first to America,
then to Great Britain, as an ultimate alteruative.
If she succeeds in one of her views ; or if not so, she
can wound at least the latter, while she distresses
exceedingly the former.
" By shutting up the port or New Oilcans, she
shies s her power to distress the Western States of
. the Union, and it will produce one of three effeas
--either a purchase at her own price, a war to ob-
tain it, or, which I must fear, a separation from the
Union of those States.
" She will not, I think, accept of any terms of-
fered by the United States; some talk of 40,000,000
dollars; half that sum well applied may produce
some refleaions—we know " beaueoup d'argent" can
do much, but 1 believe ambition will predominate.
Besides, I much doubt if it is a question simply, of
what is now Louisiana but includes Florida also—a
little world of itself, whose situation and soil is ca-
pable of affording the greatest military and com-
mercial preponderance to France ; as it is an
empire, it will be retained in spite even of any
thing America will offer. If war be resorted to,
the immediate consequence will be a recurrence
instantly to the shameful pratlice of sequestrat-
ing all the enemy's property in the dominions of
France, and the capture of all vessels within her
reach, a measure detestable in its principle, and
in France will amount to confiscation.----America
has nothing to oppose to this, as she has absurdly
admitted foreigners to the rights of citieens on
a short residence ; besd:s, her trade with France is
on the other side, as French goods, only with a few
exceptions, are not in great con-gumption here ;
hence a war is to be much dreaded on account of
expeneer and its immediate consequences; and re-

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Mutely rap irret a Teel tie t hit tr alteroati I
is still mora so on all accounts, -riz. a separation of
the Western from the Atlantic States. , " •
• " Be this produced by the• revolutions of war,
' or simply by intrigue, Amerita and G:cat Britain
are deeply interested. A disrr eifibering'of a part ,
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will probably lead to a disunion of • the whole • the
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mischief is not to be then calculated—diffe7ent
Statcs will take different interests, and as they ebisii, ,
become the Allies of France and England,
as those shall prompt. So far the irnmediate-wel- •
fare of America is involved. Let •ue examine the
relation to Great Britain in these speculations. In
a purchase .she has little to do—The payment of so
large a sum will drain the country of specie, and•in
a small degree died remittances, as it will affed the
exchange, and perhaps increase the imposts on her
manitlatqured goods. .But the effe.d of d war (even
if as I think she must) even if she does not become
a party, will serinu:sly.itffea her trade ; for Lin' will
America be able to pay for what she pill-chases,
even if her merchants can obtain credit? Look next
to a separate Empire on the Ohio, and the Missis-
sippi, under French influence.
" Will not • this new Empire be brobght to
assist France in -her attempts against the -British
West .Indies, the first war that takes place between
the two countries ? if so, the necessity for an equality
itt European marine will be no longer made apparent,
either for the contention of fleets, or the transport
of troops in the West IndieS.
" The rivers of Ohio and Mississippi, although
unnevii;able to large vessels in ascending, are fully
so for descending, nearly 1500 miles inland, from
the mounds of the latter, through a country abound-
ing with all sorts of materials for ship-building, and
thaton their banks, and to any extent. It may be
sai,l, a fleet stationed in the gulph would intercept
an such attempt, hut it is to observe:l, that as well
as the great e.,:pence, the difficulty would be great,
as well as that it would not be necessary to sail in
fleets. Single vessels running out of the river, would
find a security under the lloro of the Havannah,
and rrii;?,lit watch their opportunity to elude ottt•
crteser.

The geographical. situation of-the country is be-
fore us, and shows the Western States may have a
mean sof navigating the Missisi;iPi ; they are out of
the reach of thr, United States If disposer! to secede
from the Union, and could not be compelled to con-
tinue in it.
The French, if they are so disposed, will not
fail to work upon this engine.;. the Government i%
new, and dependant on opinion ; popular, it affords
opportunities to demagogues, ambitious or corrupt,
to mislead. 'i hey have to offer them an exclusive
trade to their West India posse:sions ; and as masters
of Spain, to those also of that country, in time of
peace : and in war promite them a part of the
spoils of- the enemy,—War to them would not be
so alarming at home, as to any other people, from
their local position ; and if we Consider the charac-
ter of the men, it is not that of the quiet peaceable
mechanic, attached to home and its domestic en-
joyments. They arc hardy enterprizing•emigrants,
more or less hunters, inured to fatigue, and eager
to secure wealth at all hazards. On the whole
view of the subjth, should the Federal Govern-
ment discover either an indisposition, or a disability,
to preserve to them the rights to the Mississippi mt.
vigat:on, I fear much it will be followed by serious
consequences to it, as well as to the interests of
('r.:at B:

We have not been surprised at the little interest
which the new Civil Code of France has created in
foreign natkus. Before there is a guarantee for the
Laws and Customs of a Country, one can be little
curious to kro.v the morally or the manners of the
people. There is one point, however, which ap-
pears worthy of attention in the positive regulations
which the French Legislators are desirous to sub
stitute for nature, habit, and religion : A parent is
to have the power of imprisoning his son under six-
teen years of age, in the public jails for one month ;
and from that time, till the expiration of his mint)+
rity, for six months at a time
The present general disposition to invent and to
believe, is unprecedented. The labour of the Jour-
nalist is thereby not a little increased. it is expeael
of him, that he should notice these rumours, trace
them to their source, separate ;he probable from the
improbable, and guard his readers as far as he can
from being the viaims of the designing. His task,
is certainly not an easy one.—Wit all his caution,
he will frequently find, that he is no match for cun-
ning ; and while he is endeavouring to unmask the
deceiver, he will sometimes himself become his dupe.

The regiment quartered at Tynemouth Barracks
marched into North Shields, Dockwray-square,
Milburne-place, &c. about eight o'clock on Monday
evening, and guarded every aveauc leading into the
country. The ()Ulcers and dew of the Lapwing then
formed themselves into divisions, and took every-
person they met with, which occasioned such a ttl,
milt, that the inhabitants were under alarm the-
whole night. Gentlemen, merchants, mechanics,
sailers, labourers, masters of ships, all were indiscri-
minately swept away. Many were taken to the
guard-house in Clifford's Fort, and some of them
were confined there all night ; others having their
cloaths torn in the confusion, losing their hats,
shoes, &c. were set at liberty by the superior of-
ficers.

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General SP RENG raitT EN, who was honoured, in
the year eight of the French Republic, with a mis-
sion from the Court of Russia to France, the first
which, since the revolution, manifested a happy re-
conciliation between the two empires, is now on a
journey which has led him to the western extremity
of Russia. In these distant regions he seems to have
cherished the molletion of the flattering reception
he met with in France, a mark of which he has lately
given to Mad. BoNAP ARTE, by seleEting for her a
most curious choice of different kinds of Tea, which
he has sent to her from the very borders of China.

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