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London, England, 1809-10-27 00:00:00

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WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
• The Jacobin' are extremely desirous •af
engaged is a war with Great Britain. Navei was
a poor country so totally unprepared for such no •
event as is ours at the present tithe. Not a single
city or town in the United States can be said to be
fortified. Our navy hos perished by the hand of
violence. Of this 44 iitfint IM-stifles" little reinaigs
except gun-boats .and twvt-ketches ! And what
reiisua, we liSk, can nalf):411 beings place on such
plastlengs ?—'d'cre the whole extent of our coast,
tewiu the Main to the Mississippi. lined with theta, it
is crer►t'to he doubted whether they untold present
our ,!ipexclr to a fleet consisting of al.niut a dozen
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ul.i•fa,uioned 74's.

. But, say the Jacsbins, in case of a war with
Great Britain, the Canada* is It open to us a field
for splendid achievements...lt t.cu t impossible,
to the zvent of such a war, that se siviuld be able
iowshew the Canadians what Mr. Jcder.on calls a
" bluudg preati." But is it not proba',ite, in the
16ertn time, th it. a British fleet would prewnt woor
view,. pleas desolate 4 by the ray.iges of will.—
places where toss's had flouri,iied, and uhere cities
had once reared their spires
Admitting, however, that thi, fortune of war
should, at thii expense of much blood and trea-
• sure, put the Canada, in our possession, of
use, we yak, would they be to us? Had we not
tirritory enough privions to the pureliivie of Loui-
siana? /Live we not now a great deal too much?
And are we etlll greedy for mom?

Our cities and hangmen, are defecierle,s ; the
sources of our revenue are continually diminishing;
the tereopiir policy bur nearly broken dun n the
energies of the pewple ; and, in such a condition.,
without it nary, and without resources, with a 071-
Li44:04 foe our CommoodersimChiel, maid with
Digages to head our reginteilts. in this so pitiable
state of things the.Jacobius are striving, with might
end main, to.p!nitga 124 into the dieadful wirer-
.t.ntity of a war wish Great 13ritain ! Engaged
in such e war, under such cireumstaoces, and
with sticli • Centred. and inch Colonels, nee pro-
spect before us would indeed Lie melancholy. lee
such en uwetpial contest, there would he no !au-
ntie to Ire required. Dufeet and disgrace Would
iiseSitahly be ours.

But the moat awful consideration remain., to br
iregge.sted. A win. with Greet Britain, at the pre-
sent crisis, would, of enure, involve us in alliance

with France! and it i. too nhvious to require
Instration. that American liberty could uvt Wag
survive such an event !

A.trly 'Mete month of August last, n meeting lift%
held in the town of Lexington (Ken)), at *lima
the following was one of the litltiolut:miswhieh
were adopted :--

" Rooteed—That whilst we disciples tlse preteuslaw of
proaeribiog to our Gowernmeeetlo.ewerse itlitylr ought to
be parsited, ender exist tog eerearateocse, we de nut hesitate
to oruse our oPstaion, that the Prealre annanorce4 as the sue..
resew- of Mr. ErsLiae, or Imp Giber resaledt Mivaµec *Qua
Great Drama, ought nut to be rreemar
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FOREIGI.V INPELLI6ENCE,

FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS.

PARR!), OCT. 13.

According to letters from Gerona of the 48th
General Blake hud, two days before, made an
unsuccessful attempt to introaluee a convoy of sup-
pliiW into that fortress. On flits occasion be lost
a number of men k lled, and Soo prisoners, besides
606 Inules,•and 1000 sheep and oxen. This corps
had come foci Biscay, but was forced to snake a
precipitate retreat.
OCT. ifi.

Ilia Exrellenry the Grand Chancellor of the Le-
gion of llonnur,excrcibing prorisimially the bloc-
tions of the Grand Chancellor of the Three Golden
Fleeces, haw notified, in consequence of orders which
ILa Majesty the Einperor, and jiing has deigned to
communicate to hint in • letter, dated Schoen-
brimn, October 0, that no Frenchman, of whatever
degree or Loodition, may receive or bear any, of
the orders of the Golden Fleece, such. orders he-
Mg incompatible with that of the Three Golden
Fleeces, created by Ilia Impeiial and Royal Ma-
jesty.— ( Moniterr. Oct. 17.)

ILOTTERDAI4, OCT. Is.

Thee are adricrs from Constantinople, uhitsti
Initiation, that the Porte had rejected the proposals
of the English Ambassador Mr. Adair, resp.•cting a
free passage through the Dardanelles; and that he
would most probably be ouster the necessity of task-
ing his departure, should he continue to insist that
certain islands in the levant. should be occupied
by English troops. The same lettersilay, that
successors had been appointed to certain officers of
high rank.

MAMOURCII. OCT. /3.

The fortresses of Mattftehin and tiirezorro ear.
render.. .A to the Russians the former on the 17th,
anJ the letter oo the of August. In Molts-
chit; they mode 3,000 Turks prisoners, audio Girs-
%. n 1,000.

STAVIBI'ILGH. OCT. I I.

The French and Bavaria° troops are posted
',Dug the Tyrolean frontier, and ure in sufficient
force to pveverre the peace of the neighbouring
Steles. In limier Swabia, Geo. La Grange has
adopted the requisite measures to frustrate any at-

LONDON.
FRIDAY, oi.Toug 47.

We have retired Moteiteurs to the 19th, and
Welt Papers to the .d 2241 inst.—They contain
nothing tending to confirm thew:count of the eon-
clnsion of peace betaeen Fiteuel and Austria.—
We continue to think, that BONAPAUTN reserved
that important intelligrocr, to giVe edit to his re-
turn to Paris ; which. from the firing on Monday,
on the French coast, and tl.e tenor of the news in
the Paris Papers, probably did not take place us til
the 20th.

Three Gottenburgli Muds arrived yesterday, with
letters and papers from Sweden to the 18th inst.
Minivters have beeossippointed.hy the Sw.edish And
Datii%h Governments to negociatr. a pose* between
the two coostrieo. They are to mget at Joidte
ping, a town of Sweden; in th•Trovinte of Suns.
-kW, add it is ripectelltbei the' peace will lie cue-

elude,' before the end of next month. The aqua-
droll, tinder the conunand of Sir .1 A cs SAVIIIAREZ.
lbws urriveti at Cariserona, where it experiences- u
friendly reeepti.iin. The Swedish imperil contain
nothing else °luny interest.

The Jubilee is pow over, and file populace have
conducted themselves upon the to:Lesion iu a milli-
ner that reflects the highest credit upon their
&sod sense and loyalty. The riots at Covent-
tiarden, which have been too lonA Nufftred to dis-
-giacis the Metropolis, have nearly subsided. We
are, of course, now become anxious to learn what
new delusion is to be brought into play, todivert the
attention of the public from the great and essential
interests of the country. It is a fact, however in-
credible, that Otis mighty empire has been, for ■
length of time, without evcii a complete Nominal
Ministry ; and that we know little wore of our af-
fairs, than that Mr. PERCEVAL is promoted to the
rank of First Lord of the Treasury, and Mr.
Czotsz to that, of Secretary in the Admiralty.
This new Lord of the Treasury has certainly derived
great benefit from the riots at Covent-Garden ; a
scene that ought not to have been suffered in any.
country, possessing a competent police, even fur
a eight. It will, however, require• something
more piquant, to tickle the piddle palate, and pre-
sent every trash be his rank and station ever so
(ow, from asking where is our Nlinistry, and of
whom is it coin itosetl, and how are our affairs to be
managed in future ?

The IN'estttinster Sessions commenced yestere
day. The Grand Jury. we understand, did not .go
into the cases of the Covent-Garden rioters, which
are before them, and formed the subject of Mr.
MAISWARIM.:•S charge. In this, the • Learned.
Chairman gave a very cleitr nod 'well-considered
explanation of thelaw upon the question ; which,
upon reference to nor report, iu a subsequent
• coltnnii„ will he found decidedly in favour of the
Mauageis.—At the coinnieueesoeut of the Coveuts
Gardon riots, the stock.jobhers' city Priat was
most foriout in ite encouraiitment of them ; then
i. %hipped rimud to. the Munagerii.-.and, now, it is
with the rioters •gaiii. Such Protean versatility anal
barefaced disavowal of all consistency and principle,
are unexampled in the history of the public prtsa.

The following paragraph is copied from an Even-
ing Print of 'ye.teiday : •
" A report, which was cireulateJ more than a
wet k since, boos been revived in the City, and with
more centidelice than et tirst—that rouse kind of
ne4rociattoil has been carryin4 on, through so indi-
rect cha ssssssss between the British titiveriament and
that of Ffl111CP, the obit-ct of which is the re-esta-
blishment of a general Peace. The Alacciuir 11' Elr
LESLEY, it it P4.1(1, is nhout to proceed to Paris, in
further pursuit of this viand (object; the way to
which. it is understood. has been smoothed by the
mediation of a great Northern Power,. and islitw.e
interference was the chief cause of the prulougation
of the eirgociattious at Attonburgh, which are now
entirely dosed. The evacuation of Spain is said to
be the simple caudate*. on *Melo Etigload is to he
admitted a party in a Gem nal Co.itoess of Euro-
pean Powers. The diaisns of I'ortu4al, as an in-
• lept-titient State, to Lebonte suttitct to future dui.
cusaitni."

1 lir Valiant, 4, Capt. Stloart.atter, arrived tit
P 1 mouth, on Tnetaiiiy„ frow the cone. of Crunce,
with 14 fret wat,r in her hold, Itutiikc strlick no
rock oil the (Ikon:sits, on Sunday last, the sLtil
inst. ilia MAJ Ohl!) Sl, nor:1140e, 3S, Cold.
Sir (koar:: C01.1.1%ft, come home with her, to
protect the t.;•ew, iM cast ET any lucher

It has oftcr itoacesiintnlele, while this
country is at e•;.eu sar with Itiise,il, that our Go-
vernment should lee V .rte i)g ItlVltlftill that
enemy, owl weer make aay eirrions attempt to
uu-
Roy theme although we [aliment a force of such
power in their own seas. 1;y a letter, which wt
have seen, frog an Engiis:i L;entkinsti, dated at
Peterieliurgh, in the con of august lest, the Ike
surprise at our seems to be entertained
there ; while, from the saute letter, it would appear,
that there is tty no 'neater thst stagnation Or trade
which, we have beets often told, has created such
discontent aud dejection anion 4 the principal hotly
of the people. After ruentionints, the complete/
controuf which How SPASTIC isosse,srs over the pee.
Nies of the country, the Gentletniiii writes to his
friend here : The English Gover t ttt rut scent not
inclined to take any steps to let the Batsman* fel
that they are at war with /hem ; it appears the
strangest sewt of warfare Ilia' perhaps was ever car-
ried on. Higher prices stem never paid here for
Itaislan produce than this summer; trade gems en
almost as brisk as ever, to the total excluiiim Of the
Iffantlishiawd to the very great profit of foreigners,
which is not a little vexatious."

The followissieu—aysl promotion hos taken {shire
Fifty Captains are.ino.le Atlmir.tk ; 54./ Commanders
mode Post ; b 0 Lieutenants mode Comm linters, and
30 Midshipmen ilitade L.eatenants. This will make
'four vacancies of Com tnissioners of Dock-yards, nod
soar of Colonels of 'Atrium, provaleil they accept the
promotion. The Hon. Commissioner tiltuT, at
Portsmouth, and Sir R. BARLOW. se Chatham, sre
two of the Commissioners included in the arian4e-
mi-nt.

Extract from a private letter, dated Lisbon,
Oct. 10:—w Lord WELLINGTON ea arrived. Ile
was received at the Commercial-apiece with all the
pomp of a Sovereign, under a salute from the
castle. Our Dragoon Guards. the Portuguese
regiments of voltinterrs, horse and foot, militia,
&r. were all under wring. A royal carriage a /sited
him, but he preferred riding en lionteliack, stud
was acco-mpaiiied Marshal BaREStiONIS, who,
with Sir Roaaar WILSON, is now here. It is
currently reported that our troops are iitiriog front
Spain, towards this country, and that Portugal is
to he defended, if possible. A brig of war, just
arrived from Cadiz, brinp an account of a :leafy
gained by *DIALS aver the FICII4I, seer GOMM.'

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