The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-23 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, SEPT. 15.—Some circumstances, which
there was no reason to eipea, have operated to
delay the return of the Grand Army, and have, in
consequence, defered the period of the:Fetes, which
were announced for the beginning of 06tober.—
(Mortiteur).
The exhibition of the piEtures of the. Louvre com-
mences this day.; that of the produas of Industry is
fix-ed- for the bath insi.

Marshals DANOU4T, AUGEREAU, and Nat, have
obtained permission to come to Paris to pass a few
days.
His Majesty has given orders in his Household
respeeling- the journey which he intends to make
a-hunt the middle of Autumn to Brussels, and, per-
haps, to Holland. A part of his equerries, and some
detachments of the guard, have set out before-hand.
It is thought.that in a few days his Majesty will
' eproc'eal to Fontainbleau.
The Conservative'Senatd held on Saturday an Ex-
traordinary Sitting.
'M. DE LUCCTIESINI has not yet quitted.Paris.
Accounts from Brussels state, that for several days
• carriages laden with ammunition have passed though
that city. They took the.road to Maestriclit.
SEPTEMBER 1 7. We:have received the melan-
choly intelligence of the death of Mr. Fox.—(lll9-
titettr). •
SEPTEMBER 18.--From the Bank; of the Thames
to the borders of the Neva a. kind 9f warring epi-
delny has seized all the .togrnalists. It would seem
that their voice is gping to raise armies, as Deucalion
made men', by throwing stones behind him. They
fortn magazines, they recruit whole .battalions, they
have plans of campaign ready traced out : some of
,them already braid crowns, and M. KOTZEBUE pre-
.ludes, they say,-by inve&ive to hymns of .viEtory.
To the paroxisms of this warring fever,, the death
,of Mr. Fox cannot fail to add a degree of heat, al-
though. England is to be pitied if the decease of a.
Minister is to bring about a' revolution in the man-'
ner of weighing her interests. Mr. Fox died with-
out it being known what he could do for the good
of his Country-., We are well aware that the autho-
rity of his name may now be made use of to exeuse
fresh political blunders and prepare new misfortunes,
foi-Europe—but upon all occasions, whatever may
he the appearances, one should wait for bas to judge
'of men.' We are all liable to be mistaken in proba-
bilities. , • •

The crisis which Europe has just experienced
could not be terminated without political convul-
sions, from which she must reap great advantage
for her tranquillity. She may be looked upon as in
the last stage of the disorder which English influ-•
trice bad brought upon her. The erection of several
new Kingdoms, the abolition of feudal anarchy, the
dissolution of the Germanic Empire, 'however neces-
sary they may have been to the future prosperity of
Germany, have certinly met with secret obstacles
t:) be surmounted, or given rise to hopes to be re-
'pressed: These who were to fall, have resisted--
Oose who wished. to aggrandize themselves have
made demonstrations of power measured by the
extent of their pretensions. A Confederation simi-
.lar to the one of the Rhine has appeared to be form-
ing for the pUrPose of binding in the same fa'sces the
Powers of the North-4ut it is, still in the secrecy of
Cabinets. The military dispositions:which are spoken
of are doubtless conne&ed with this objeet—htit the
cause should be known before the etred be decided

'upon.
. Two of the Northern Powers have for these six
months exhibited a singular•show. They haveas-
sembled their armies ' • the soldiers of the one see
the colours flying of the' other they occupy by
turns the same territory without firing a shot : it is
onlythe bulletins of the king of Sweden that have
apprised us of being in a state of ',warfare. If the
hope of au .a.riangetnent conformable to the situa-
tion of the general affairs has so long held the swords
Suspended, we must praise such humane senti-.
meats, and believe that Sovereigns would.reflea still
more et-e they detC:rmined to attack a more for-
midable Enemy, and to stake/the existence of their
subje6ls. Shorild this equivocal attitude conceal a
secret combination, a clandestine accord with the
'Enemy of France, and further designs against the:
general Peace of the Continent, we cannot bUt pity.
those who have engaged in them. But, for their .
lionbur,• we by no means thijlk so. If the Nego—
tiation with which M. D'Ortarat was chargedi was
intended for a scene of some great political comedy,
the den6ueinent of it must no doubt be more dismal
than..tbe. farce, may have been ridiculous. Those
who wish to gain time have to do with an Enemy
who is not apt to lose his. 'This consideration will
doubtless restrain their impatience ; and upon
weighing all ale interests, we shall not believe the
Warac cries of our brethren before we hear the
thunder of battlt.S.

....
NAPLE..;, Aj.rG. 2.9.—The English bave attempted
'a descent in. The ..i.‘farsh of I\l9ndragone, but 'they
were repulsed by tbp inhabitant 4.

ROME, AUG. jo..—Tl)is morning, at half" past
-one, "a shock of an earthquake was felt, which for-
tunately caused ho accident here, but has done con-
siderable dai,nage in other parts of the Pontifical
States. At Villetri, the Palace and the 'Cathedral
have greatly suffered. The,church of Our Saviotir,
two Chapels, two other C,hurches, and several houses
;were thrown down, At Frascati, Zagiaroli and
genii, much damage was doge; the Convent of the
observance was destroyed, and the Church opened
four parts. At Aricia a Church was thrown
'down ; and at I'viarinO several hoilses • were much
damaged;, maw,: of the inhabitants wounded, and
some - - .

BP:1; N E, SEPT. 7.—We have received inforina-.
tion, two days since, of, a dreadful accident which
has. de,tro)cd several 'villages in the canton - of
Schweitz, siivate between the lakes of Zug and
Lau,,v.rtz. M. M. FR EU DEN.REICH and CEILAT..
IT , Direaors of the Mines, set out yesterday even-
circltr of Government, to give aid. The
~,viog are the details of this'clisaster, the most
tir,.,l:!fni recorded in'the Annals of.SWitzelland :
,f Oa Tuesday, the 2cl of September, at five in
the evening,.the KnipPenbuhl Rock, which formed
the summit of Mount llosenburgh, was.on'a sud 7
fi,ri detached from its situation, and at the same
time part of the . mountain, of sevgral feet in thick;;,
pess,..on the western side, and about 8(.) feet its
thicix,es; or 41e east side, gave way and fell into the

valley which separates/the lake of Zug from that r;f
Lattwertz, overwhelming the whole of the villages
of Goldan, Reethan, Bussingen, 'Fluzloch, three
parts of that of Lauwertz, and some houses in the
village of Stein. The fall of one part of the moon,
tain into the lake of Lauwertz, about a fourth part
of which is up, caused such an agitation in the
waters of the lake, that they overthrew a number of
houses, chapels, mills, fire.- along the southern shore
of the lake ; amongst others the mill of Lauwertz,
where fifteen persons were killed and buried in
the ruins of the bUildings, all the parts of which
were dispersed with such violence that the. founda-
tion only remains. This mill was situated 50 or 60
feet above the level of the lake.. •

" The waters also beat against the village of See-
ven, situate at the extremity of the lake, and de-
stroyed some hOuses. Two persons were killed.
In the villages ,overwhelmed, not an individual
escaped. Upwards of 1000 persons have been the
viuims of this disaster. A society of travellers, 13
in number, were on the road from Arth to Sch weitz :
nine who walked first perished ; the other four, who
were about 40 paces distant, escaped. Those who
were killed were, M. M. RODOLPH JENNER, of
Brestenburgh ; Col. VICTOR STEIGNER, of Berne ;
CHARLES MAY, of Ruth ; Doetor LUDWIG, of Ar-
bon, in Thurgovia ; Mademoiselle DIESBACH, of
Berthoud; Madame DiEstActr, of Watteville ;.
Madame FRANKHAUSER, of Berthoud ; and two
guides, of Arth. Five minutes sufficed to complete
this disaster.

" Ai Schwertz, some persons ,heard the noise,
and saw at 'a distance the vapour which covered the
place.where the accident happened, and which was
carried towards Zug, on tho opposite side, with a
strong'tsulphurous stnell; The falling of the moun-
tain, extended from the summit to the opposite side,
beyond the lake, a distance of three leagues. from
north to south, and a league and a quarter from west
to east. There is nothing notv to be seen but me-
lancholy ruins, through the whole of that Country
which presented-the richest communes in the can-1
_ton of, Schweitz, inhabited by a brave and taitliftil
people. Only thirty persons remain out of this- in
teresting population.
" Several circumstances attending thiS everkt are very
remarkable. Enormous masses of rock were carried
through the air to prodigious distances. The rocks,
in falling,drew with them immense masses of earth,
of from ten to eighty feet in thickness ; and num-
bers of these masses; totether with large block's of
flint stone, were thrown on the opposite shore, to
the height of from eighty to one hundred feet. One
can scarcely believe' ones eyes while witnessing these
phenomena. Every instant houses are seen, some
forced on one side,- others cut in two and separated
at great distances; and others carried rnore. than a
quarter of a league froM their foundations.
" The Lake of Lau wertz has lost about a guar-.
ter.of its-extent ; but its recovered part is filled at
present by, the waters of , several brooks which no
longer flow. That rich plain, which was so beau-
tiful, now presents a mountain of near 100 feet in
.height, of a league and a half in length, and as much
in breadth.

" Mount Rosenberg bears E. N. E. from Arth.
It is" its western part which 'has fallen down ; that
which was on the side of Arth, after descending di-
rea towards its base, was soddenly thrown to the
east, and thus Arth, Zug, and all that side of the
'bake were szwed. The thickness of the mass car-
ried down appeared to be two feet on the western
side, and upwards ,of 150 on the•east side. The
Knippenbuhl seemed to have announced this mis-
fortune so early as the year 1774, when it detached.
itself from the mass of the monantain. The. Isle of"
.Schwanau, 'elevated on a rack in the middle of the
Lake, experienced also some damage, particularly its
church. The good Hermit was fortunately at Ein-
siqdlen. The 'long road of the Lake is broken in a
thousand place-3.
" Succours have been sent with the greatest
promptitude.•• Six hundred workmen from Zug
and Schweitz have gone to the banks of the Lake of
Lauwertz, particularly to the mouth of the Seeven,
This small river was so obstruaed by ruins of
all descriptions—.wood, trees, houses, &c. that
without prompt assistance the safety of all the
houses below Schweitz to Brunnen would have been
menaced.

" One man had the good fortune to withdraw in
time under grOund; with his. servant and a child
which he held in his arms., In one house near Arth
is still' living a poor.man who hid both his thighs
broken. During the search which has already been
made, twenty persons have been discovered dead at
the entrance of the village of Goldau, men, women,
and children—some haying their arms, others their
heads, others their legs separated from their bodies,
and the bodies some cut in half. We have coasted
along the foot of the Riga, where the greatest part
of thoSe who survived this catastrophe took refuge—
alas ! not more than thirty.
,An old man whom we
met, said to its —" I had sons, daughters, and a great
number of grand children.: I had a wife and other
relations-4 alone remain." A little girl said—" I
have no longer father or mother, brothers or sisters."
A woman had lost, her mother,— husband, brothers,
sisters, and five children.

" The village of Goldau and Rcethen, consisting
of. lib &uses ; that. of Busingen, df 126 ; and that
of Huzloch, have totally disappeared, Of LauWertz,
Which lost 125 houses, there remains ten buildings,
all much damaged. Stein has lost two houses and
several stables, which were in great numbers in all
these- villages.

" P. S, Twenty-years since GeneraI,PFTFFER pre-
dieted this catastrophe, from the knowledge which
he had of the nature of the mountain. A Professor
Of Schweitz said that above Spletzflue was a sea of
Wafer, which bad undermined the, rock for several
years, and that below•there- was a cavern of great
depth, where the waters were engulphed. The
quantity of water which has fallen during the pre-
ceding years has hastened this catastrophe, and the
rains of some weeks past -have decided it."

DRESDEN, SEPT. 4.—M. DE GOTE has taken
his departure from this Court, much discontented.
Our Eletior has deplored that he will not refuse to
Maintain his relations with Prussia as they are at
present; but, that before he entered into any new
engagement, he would wish to know the extent of
it—that what had been proposed to him was of thi.t
greatest importance to his House, it being no less
than the Sovereignty of Saxony—but that teorn tho
moment lie should unite himself with Prussia, for
sl4ch an object, ire should cease to have a will of h 4

Own---he must renounce the guarantee which, arose
out of 'the sy§lern.of Europe,- and his-tenitorivs be-'
come merely a Prussian Province—that he 'had not
armed, nor would he arm-=that he had nothing to
fear from France, who had declared to hitt' that
she would recognize the Sovereignty of his States—
that, she would exaa nothing .front him—and that
she would leave him to act in whatever manner
was suitable- to the interests of his House and. -his
Country—that he had the best understanding with
Austria, and his other neighbours—and that an arma-
ment on his part.would only. be an useless expence
to Saxony.
CARLSRUHE, SEPT. 10.—The intelligence of the
refusal of the Emperor of Russia to ratify the Treaty
of Peace concluded at Paris on the 20th July, has
produced here, as it has in all the South of Germany,
the most unpleasant sensations. We are informed
that all the Russian. Ministers accredited in Ger-
many hawk about a paper transmitted to them from
St. Petersburgh, in which the Court of Russia en-
deavours to justify the impolitic step which it has
adopted. It now appe4rs that the return of the
Grand Army to Prance will not take place. yet.
This, we are induced to believe from the great
number oeCouriers who pass through this coun4
try; and from many other circumstances. This in
telligence was so much the more unexpeeted,"
fifteen days etude the marchl,of the depots and .I.*
inforcements from the Left.' tank of the Rhine
had entirely ceased, as well as the transport ()lam-
munition and artillery. We
.saw even -pals on the
military roads, detachments of Cavalry and Infan-
try,• and convalescents returning to France; the
Artillery had also began to rove towards the Rhine,
as well as a great number of carriages laden with
ammunition.

As to any thing furtherrif we may:believe the in-
telligence circulated here, the present cuujnndure
of affairs in Europe will only, accelerate the sur-
, render of the. Provinces and States which' the
Princes of the Confederation ate to acquire. It
is; believed that this surreflder will be immediately
Leffeaed. .

Private letters from' Switzerland.' deny: the report
which had been circulated of that' Country being,
about to accede to, the 'Confederation of the Afiine..
They assert that it never was in
.Contemplation, and
that no'Communication.had been Made to the I..anda7,
man, 'or to the Govermbent of the Cantens relative.
to any. such projea.- . • ••' .
CA S SRI.; SEPT. 2.,—The Court ofTerlin has
fled to our Ele&or, to follotv its „movements, and
put his troops on march. Our Ele&or signified to
the King of Prussia, that he-saw no motive for these
movelmnts, that if they were directed against Rus-
sia, our Court could not:take part,. having no subje&
of complaint against Russia ; that if.qiey were occa-
sioned by any supposed assembling of troops on the
part of Austria, either in Bohemia or in Silesia, our
Court had still less reason to occupy itself. -With
thepallt being known that the reports of, troops
being thus assembled, were unfounded, Austria be-
ing only occupied with the arrangement of her Own
affhirs, and having no wish to seek 'a quarrel with
any State ; that if they were intended to guard
against Sweden, our Court could not intermeddle,
not having any thing to do with the quarrel between
Prussia and Sweden ; lastly, that if these movements
were' di're&ed against France, it was still more suit-
able to us to remain neuter, that Power having de-
clared to our Eleelor; that it would leave him per-
fectly tree and Independent, to fake whatever part
he.chose, and we certainly having no --subjda Of
complaint against France. Our Prince added, that,
he; being besides in • the 'van, he could not but in-
treat the King'of Prussia to allow him to.remain
neuter, and pre; erne. its tranquillity. ,
Attached as we may be to Prussia, and devoted
as we may be to her political system, it is -impossible
not to be astonished at a great armament, which can-
not be explained, and which in 'every point of view
is entirely useless.
General RUCHEL,. who is looked upon as the Don
Quixotte of all these preparations, .and some hall-
dreds of young Prussian Officers, of whom he is the
chief, wish to seek adventures, in order to better
their lot, and imagine themselves to be ,great soldiers,
because at the Parade at Potsdam they know how
to defile like machines, and to remain immoveable
for_ hours. These are the persons who agitate the
Court and the City. It wereto be wished that they
should come in Onto& with a battalion which Had
heard nothing of all these Wonders of military i„m-
moveability, when they would' receive a corre&ion
which would doubtless be very useful to them, and
would teach them the difference which 'subsists
between an army of parade, and .thee veteran bat-
talions of CESAR. Our old. soldiers, such 'its BRUNS-
WICK, MO LI;ENDORFF, and XALE.REUTH, .run to
arms in pure obedience tcrthe orders which they re-
ceive, and without comprehending any thing of these
strange projeas. •.
The Kitco of PRUSSIA 'doubtless put an 'end
to the business, by discovering the petty projeas of
all these petty agitators, and by sending the Chiefs
to ;.; )andau. . •

FRANKFORT, SEPT. B.—According to .a letter from
Jassy, dated the Q4th of August, the milithry.prepara-
tions:of the Russians and the movements of their
Troops on the Dniester, which.it appears 'to be their
intention •to pass, cause much inquietude ir3 the
Country. It is thought that their design is to invade
Wallachia and .Moldavia, in case the Peace with
France should not be ratified; This fear has'been
augmented in consequence of the arrival at Jassy
of a Russian Major-General, who was proceeding
to Constantinople, and who circulated the report that
the Peace would nor, be ratified. The movements
of the Russians on the Dniester seem; however, to
have for their obje& to . keep the Turks in check,
and prevent them from failing with all their Forces
on the Servians, with whom Russia constantly keeps
tip_an understanding. It is worthy of remark that
Russia, in menacing the Turkish Provinces by thepfe-
sence of an Army of 100,000 men, is anxious
at the same time that no inquietude should be caused
on the side of Poland, and by a&ing liberally to'ob-
tain..the good graces of Possia, .who, through the
intercession of Russia, hP.s obtained an entrance into
the Black Sea for her Merchant Vessels. It is still
said, that Russia is negotiating for Peace with Persia.
FRANKFORT, SEPT. Q.—Yesterday evening the
eanuon announced the ceremony appointed to take
place this day. Similar discharges were repeated this
muming. About ten, the Members of the Senate,
the CoNges of Nine,and Fifty Lone, assembled in the
gre4t 444 cif Barter, whero soon afterwards at rived

M. M. DE' ROT And DE HICiii3TETN,
from his Royal Highness the Prince Pritta:e. The
surrender of our City was made by. M. L.I.MBERT,
Commissioner from his Majesty the Emperor of the
French and King of Italy. The p.m's verbal of the
taking possession having been signed, the Baron
D'ALBINt, Minister of State to his Royal Highness
the Prince Primaterproduced his-powers--.-- -His Ex-
cellency has continued provisionally the Civil Autho-
rities and Administrations in the exercise of their
funaions. In the midst of the Sittincr, after the
Speech delivered ,by M. LAMBERT, the "Hall re-
sounded with cries-of Vive L'Etnpereur Napoleon,
Vive le Prince Primate.'

Marshal AUGEREAU received yesterday a 'Courier
from Paris. • Reports of war have since that been
renewed.

The -Eleaor,al Prince of HESSE has quitted Hanau,
with all his Court. The haste with which he packed
up his effea,s,' and the care which he took to carry
off what }vas most valuable, seem to indicate that
the Court. of Hesse, whose intimate connexion with
that of Prussia is known, fears that 'warwill imme,
diately break out:- _ _

FRANKFORT, SEPT. 6.:---,The Grand Army under
the command of Prince ALEX. BEwrniErt, Minister
of War, whose head-quarters are still established at
Munich and Ulm; is now composed of the follow-
inc.- Corps :•
A
1. The Corps of Marshal AUGEREAU (head-quar-
ter at Frankfort). It occupies the two Banks of
the. Main.; • these.on the Lahn extends on the left,
to the borders of the Seig, and, on the right, to
those of the Necker. Part of these troops are can-
toned on the frontiers of the Principality of Wurtz-
.
burgh. . .
The Corps of Marhal BERNADOTTE (head-
luarters at Anspach). It oecnpiei the Margraviate
.of Anspach, the City Of Nuremberg and its territory,
and the Principality of Bamberg.
3. The Corps of 'Marshal. iNlowrira (head-quar-
ters at Bischafftheim). It occupies the Western part
of the Circle of Franconia, 'comprising the Principa-
lity of. Wurt 7,burgli, and the States of the Grand
Master of the Teutonic. Order.

The Corps of Marshal DAvousT (head-quar-
ters atbeffingen). ; • It occapies the whole of Lower
Sw.abia, on the left Bank of the Danube,- as.also the
Principality of Eidhstet.
'The Corps of Marshal NET, (head,quarters at
Memminn). It occupies the whole dr Uppe
Swabia, upon-the right Bank of the Danube, to the
frontiers of Switzerland, tlie',Ver4lberg, and the
Tyrol. - -
6. The Corps of Marshal Souvr (head-quarters
-at Passau). It occupies the whole of Lower Bavaria,
the Principality of Passau, the Fortress of Brant'4u,
and the Upper Palatinate,
- 7. -The Corps of Cavalry,. which are now attached
the different other Corps of the Army, are no
.longer under the orders of any particular chief.
8. The Corps of Marshal 4FEBVRE, the head-
quarters of which are ' established . at Augsburgh,
forms a kind of Corps of -Reserve. • •
Letters from the borders of the Lech assert, that
the march of. the Troops, to return-to France, will
shortly take place. But on the borders of the Rhine.,
it. is generally thought that the stay of the Grand
Army in. Germany will be prolonged some time far-
ther. We shall soon receive more positive news
upon these different destinations.
AUGSBURGIi, SEZT.B.—:Letters from Venice state*
that they labour yyith inconceivable celerity in the
Dock-yard of that City, lin construeiing new Ships of
the Line and ether Vessels of War of all descrip-
tions. The Fr&ich have transported thither their
a(tivity, and in a short time there will be assembled
in the Port -a Fleet sufficiently resPeCTable to keep
within bounds the English and their Allies. The
Cornmerce of Venice is no longer in that state of
stagnation in which it was a short time since. Al-
though the English have declared Venice to be in 4
state of blockade, and although this. declaration,
notified in all the ports of the Adriatic Sea, has
spread great consternation; it is, however, true, thitta
in point of fad,. the commerce of that place 14 not
interrupted, and it is a lung time since any English
Vessel has been seen in the Venetian 'Seas. • 'rho
merchants and speculators profit by this, and ever"
day are seen to enter or depart a number of met'-
chant Vessels.- -

AUGSBURGiI; Sgrr. 10,7-The day before yester-
day there again passed through this city Woo Aus-
trians, Prisoners' of War, on their return boalPs
escorted by Bavarian troops.

• ;
OT. PETERSBURGH, AUG. 22. The Chevalley
D:p hiLievsdeir, disgraced.,
he
aced.repHroeaciled v
is to
with be sent
He aintoto exile.oed
What,t
with the usual powers, and precious to his departure
the Emperor ALEXANDER, during an audience of
three hours', gave him particular instruclions.
Irk
the Council also which pronounced his disgrace, the
Emperor heSitated a long time before he delivered
himself up to what we call here the. English fattion-
KURAKIN, ROMANZOW, those persons, in short,
who. are of' the most consideration, and who are the
most worthy to exercise some influence in Council,
likewise hold sentiments favourable, towards
M.
D'OUBRIL and his mission.
The levy of 120,000 men,' which is talked of in
eeouses' of Europe
thelate Ukase, is one of those inventions which
may serve to amuse the .coff
is for us a great business to raise 00,000 P]eb to
re-
cruit our Army. When one reads 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 not so many as 180,000 troos, one cannot help
-h. It
smiling at the boast, which reveals tog evidently
the gross snare laid out for the credulity of fo:-
reigners, who, not knowing-fiussia, may be thus
caught. The writers of the Ukase-i.eeuld-onii have
hit upon this ridiculous phrase in order to cude-a-,
your to make it public that we have an army of
600,000 men. It would be much better to displaY
this innumerable army in the field, but unfOrth-
tunately this kind of demonstration' is pot to MK.
taste. The population of our Empire
is known
province by provinceit is not •sufficient to ex-,
-plore the riches of some part of bur soil, alid place
at a distance the' weakness of our .comense de-
serts. If we have sit hundred thousand troops; how,
s
happens it that France, the greatest and the rrnrol
ut
populbus, nation in Europe, has not more
has,
ce .
GOO.OOO men which %Ire certainly have not, Fran
:and.nas shewn Europe that she can send ti-si-x.tbs
of them beyond her frontiers; whilst, with the efforts
of Several armies, and with the must active recruit-
ing; for three years, we can scarcely eetxlir ourlc*ss"

stets within bourids the Persians and Titrilnt
able to send 10;',060 men to a foreign territOry.

When affairs are evidently in such:a state that it
is impossible for us, in this respeEt, to, have any
hope of deceiving others, would it not be wiser for
us to occupy ourselves in repairing the Misfortunes
sVhich we have 'caused upon the Continent, in re-
met!) mg 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
ire,perfeelly enabled to succeed by negotiation and
prudenee. Of all nations France is the only one
which can put on foot armies more considerable than
those which she had announced. The other Powers
always deceive those who are disposed to believe
them, and finish ,by deceiving themselves. Who
would flatter himself with being able to frighten the
Emperor of the French by the foolish assertions of
an, Ukase, published at St. Petersburgh—what will
be, the consequence ? By proclaiming that we will
levy 120,000 men, we afford him a pretext to make
an effe6,tive levy -of-a number, and thus still to
increase his immense armies.

Moniteur ; but we know that no Paper publish-
ed in France, or in any 'part 'of ;the Continent
within the grasp of French Pos,.ver, dare insert such
an article without the authority of the French Go!.
vernment. The murder 'of .M.::PALm, of Nurem-
burgh, was not necessary to convince us of the des-
potism exercised by BOI‘TAPARTE over the Continental
Press. There are three other articles in the French
Papers, purporting to come' from. Petersburgh, Dres-
den, and Cassel, to which the same observation applies,
viz. that they are French fabrications: The object of
the articles from Dresden and Cassel is to convince
the People of France, that in the ,event of a
War between Franceand Prussia, the ELECTO:IS of
SiiortY. and HESSE would not take Ott with 'the
~latter. the pretended Letter from St. Petersburgh
contains a justification of M. D'Ouaatr..„ and some
' sneering observationi upon the Russian Army. The
Moniteur of the 'lsth states, that a delay has arisen
in the return of the Grand Army from Germany,
and consequently that the Fetes are postponed. It
then adds that Botia,Aart intends to take a • jour-
ney in the middle of the autumn, to .Brussos, and
perhaps to Holland; and that he will. repair in
a- few days'to Fcnitainblean. We. are very much
deceived if this journey is not fur a more important
objea than a mere visit to Brussels or Holland. Ge-
nerals NE,l"hiAl'otr. sr, and AUGEREALIhave received
permission to repair to Paris, prOably to concert a
plan of operations against Prussia. The French
Eundi are declining a little—on the 13th they :wpm
64. and, ,on the 62. go.

Wise men who c.uly desire the prosperity of their
country, hold, one and. all, this language. 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 Can,still carry on the War in Turkey, raise an In-
surpfttion in those Provinces which do- not profess
Islamism, restore the Greek RAigiOn, and make the
Black' Sea.a Russian Lake. They will not listen
to sensible people, who reply that these great pro-
jects cannot succeed ; that' after some years of pain-
ful 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' We cannot hope to per-
suade Prussia, Austria, and England, longer than it
suits them, to suffer us to annihilate a great empire,
unless we succeed in spite Of them.
What-should we do, say -IK.URAJEIN and Ron.i.tr
-a -
201 V ?' Encourage population, , nd comMerce.—
,
"We have an abundant produce, but, without COM.,
Inerce, this is Useless wealth:- We have an. abund-'
ant territory, but without-population, this is use-
less po er. To sell our commodities we must use dif-
fereut flags: To keep up tibt population we must have
Peace ; still more it is necessary, in order to draw
amongst us Foreigners who may increase. it. .No-
thing thiS can happen during War. .Every one,
thereforer wishes that we-should be in amity with
France ; that we should be the friends of Peace ;
and that should endeavour to deserve and. to ac-
quire the influence of strength united with virtue.
These principles strike the Emperor; they operate
ilpon ,his reason, at leastas much as upon his dispo-
sition ; but he is compelled to yield to that secret
sentiinent which brings. to his recolleCtion, 'that there
are also in llussia- Chiefs of the ImisSaries. The
Chevalier D'Ouiaty is an _innocent vaim, but
opiniOn avenges his disgrace; and, what is not less
important in his exile,' the-consolation of knowing
that his Master,
.at the bottom of his heart, prt-
serves in re!nembrance the powers which he gave
Nat, and the instritdions which he detailed to him,
in the long • conference with which he honoured
bum.

Mr. SMITH, the Messenger arrived yesterday from
Paris, with Dispatches from the Earl of LAVDERDALE,
the nature of which, of course, have, not transpired.
The N0..)1e LOrd had been much indisposed for se-

If we wished to make common cause with Eng-
land, why wa, M. D'QUBRIL sent to France We
know very well that so early as the month of March
the Cabinet of the Thuilleries refused to treat with
Eilgland and Rdssia united. By this conduCt the
Emperor ALEXANDER has floundered deeper. and
deeper in the erroneous path into which he had
thrown himself. Already has his reign, effaced a
number of brilliant and prosperous reigns, whilst' he
has excited discontent in his States. The Grand
Duke CONSTANTINE only escaped being assassinated
by the musket levelled at him flashing in the pan.
With twenty years of 'Peace we should become the
greatest Power on earth, but every year of War, every
yearOf trouble on the Continent,retards in the propor-
tion of twenty years our prosperity. Happy Russia,
when her Emperor heard of nothing but Russia—
when he only sought to send his flag into every sea,—
but to export her produce into every port—but to
draw hither foreign colonists. Then we should be
triumphant in Europe, without clothing our families
in mourning, without creating alarm in =Councils,
without shedding a drop of blood.
Every body knows this—all that have hearts truly
Russian 'have• no. other • sentiments. Nothing can
make against these results, for throughout the ex-
tent of our vast Empire there is not a man who
holds sentiments contrary to this opinion, which
establishes itself by means of that influence which
great and sublime conclusions always have over the
mind.

veral days with a bilious affection, which had
even confined hini: to his bed, but be was 'in a
convalescent 'state when the Messenger came away.
This indisposition had unavoidably checked the pro-
gress of the Negotiation, but. the imprOved 'state of
hiS.Lordship's health had enabled him to resume
it. The death 'of •Mr. Fox was known at. Paris

and was noticed with a slight indication of regret in
the French Papers. The event, however, did-not
excite much surprise, as it had so long been ex-
peaed.

IT is now-, we believe, finally settled that Lord
HOWICK• is to succeed Mr. Fox; and that Mr.
T. GRENVILLE Will be placed at the head 'of the
Admiralty. Lord FITZWILLIAM, we are informed,
resigns his office as President of the Council, in which
he will be succeeded by Lord SIDMOUTH. Lord
HOLLAND is to be the successor of Lord Sin MOUTH
as Lord Privy Seal.

The DUKE of YORK arrived in town yester-
day morning from .oatlands. His Royal High-
ness had a sele& dinner party at his house in Port-
rnan-quare.
The Navy Board- have made the following calcu-
lation for seamen; for the year ensuing, commencing
from the Ist of January 1807, to the Ist of January
1808: - 120,000 men, including 29,000 'marines.
The expellee to pay. and support them it estimated
at 10,920,0001. This calculation has been approved
by the Board of Admiralty and the Council. •
We are sorry to announce, that the 89th Regi,
ment, which was embarked a few days ago at Rams-
. gate for foreign
.seriiice, have been disembarked at •
Portsmouth, on account of the Opthalrnia having
broken out among-the men. • -• • • .
Notwithstanding the powerful support with which
Lord PERCY comes forward; with, indeed, all the-
. interest. of the most respepable charaeters in the
City of Westminster, yet it is said that certain per-
sons at anxiously at work to raise, if. possibles, an
oppOsition to the fair pretensions of this promising
young. Nobleman. • The real friends of the Country
cannot wish to disturb the peace of the'city when so'
Unexceptionable. a candidate appears, and they, we:
trust, far out-number ele&ors of arty other descrip-•
tion. Hence an opposition, if it be attempted, will
only :manifest the spirit of party, or : motives of a •
more contemptible kind, and must certainly be ex-
posed to the-mortilicatinn of defeat

We negotiate like Petty Powers—we conduft our-
selves Jike weak ones—we aft, in short, as if we
were alarmed for our dearest interest. We mix in
the affairs of the Continent to do harm, without
being able to do goad, and we do still more harm to
ourselves,

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER •23,

Paris Papers to the 20th inst. reached town yes:
terday evening, the contents of which are highly
important. The dispute between France and Prus-
-3.13 is rapidly advancing to a crisis. The T4rencli
Papers lahve received orders to, commence their
attacks upon His PRUSSIAN MAJESTY, and there
can be but little doubt that they will .soon be
followed up by others of a different and Mitch
more serious description. It appears that a consi-
.,
derable degree of jealousy and susplcion has subsisted
between France and Prussia since the close of the last'
Campaign. The preparations made by Prussia, and
the threatening movements of her Armiesimmediatelv

A:Fleet from thußaltic is arrived in the Humber.

The following article is taken from the; Boston
Ptlper th , received yesterday.:.
An arrival at.New-York froin'eharlestown re-
, orts, that on the 29th ult. a French Squadron, coil-
sistingOl foUr Ships of the. Line, two Frigates, and,
one Brig, were spoke with oti: Cape- Hatteras, steer-'
ing for. the Chesapeak. On the ISt inst. this Fleet.
was again spoken with, about 70, miles from Sandy
Hook, steering N. N.
B_ The New-York Editor
remarks, it is probable-they will stop at Boston ior
water and provisionsild then proceed for Europe.'':

.NA FA L N'E WS.

beret the fatal /Tattle of Austerlitz, have never been
forgiven by 13oNAPAttii, thodgh for obvious reasons
he chose for a time to suppress his resentment. The I PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 22.—Arrived the Robert
Publiciste of the loth contains an article purporting and Ann, POSTGATE, from Quebec; ELzabeth,
to be a Letter frOmHamburgh, but which is evidently . CLARK,-and.Frederick, TAYLOR, from Sunderland.-
of Paris manufadure, and inserted by authority. -It . Sailed the Richmond Gun-brig,
,for,Oporto, with
states, • that the disposition of Prussia to join. the a Fleet under Convoy.
Coalition. last autumn was well known to BONA- The 'Chdnzpion went this 'day into- the Harbour.
kAttrz ; but- that instead of giving way to' sen-
timents
of Indignation , which .the PERFIDY .of
the KING of PRUSSIA had excited, the Emperor NA-
POLEON had spared the States and even the honour
of the KING of PaussiA, and had chosen, to over-
look his perfidy, and that he had contented. himself,
with demanding the'dismission of Count HARDEN-
BERG. 'Such language requires no comment; it-is
not, it is true, given in official language in the

DOVER, SEPT. 22.-A. Frigate, under a heavy
press of sail, was seen this afternoon standing aver
fiom Boulogne for. Dover ; it is supposed the. Same
which carr.ed Lord HAWKESSURY. over yesterday,
who has been running down ►he, Coast. •

BRIXHAM QUAY, SEPT. 21".--Sailed from Torbay
the Libel ty, RedLreast, Daring, and Locust Gun-
brigs on a cruize.

DEAL, SEPT. 22.;--Yesterday evening, at seven
o'clock, the Kangaroo Sloop of War, Capt. BAKER,
arrived in the Downs from off 130u10k,-ne, and landed
at this place Mr. SMiTH-,' the- Messehger, who im-
mediately 'prOCeeded " for London, Dispatches
from Lord LAVDERDA-LE, at Paris.,
Arrived and sailed for 'the River the .Resistante,
CARMAN, from'Cinebec.

• Ai

The Prospero Bomb has a Signal flying fora Con-
voy. to Portsmouth.

,
.
SHEERNESS, SEPT. 22.-7—The Supernumeraries in
the Zealand are turned over to the Tare] 0f64• nac
a•
"Capt. CAMPBELL, which Ship is to bear the Adini.!
ral's Flag during the Zealand's repairing. .
The Forrester Sio.op of War is. commissioned, and
Capt. RIqHARDS appointed to the command of her.
• Sailed the :?etra- Bomb .for. the' Downs, Capt.
WYNY:ATEF ; and ihe Banetta Sloop of War, Capt.
PHILLIPS, with the trade for Tonningen.
Several imprAssed Men and. volunteers .for, the
Fleet carne down in a Tender from the Tower.
This morMng•Vice-Acimiral RowLET shifted his
Flag from His Majesty's Ship,. Zealand .to His Ma-
jesty's Ship. Thiel, which Ship,has also hoisted the
Royal Standa:d at the main,. and Union Jack at,. the
fore, it being tfieXimiversary of the Kings Corona-
tion. 'At, twelve the Garrison fired salute, ,and
tbe:Garaci, Battalion -and Army of Reserv:q,.wcre
drawn up. and fired three vollies. At' one 4141. the
. Ships at the Great. and`l;ittle Nore fired a salute of
g guns together, the fire of ,the I,olole cOnimenging
with the' second gun of the l'eit../.; the day being
fine,,: the salute had..a grand effcta.

The Shthinon Frigate, CaUt. BROKE, was paid
bounty acid two months wages in advance, ..ind sailed
.
to join LOrd 41TH.

'DISTRIBUTION OF pßlzr..moNry.

To the-Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Privates
of the Gdarrison,of St: lielena, who were present when, the
Dut‘ii Sop Batavia was carried in, on the 26th instant,.:and
.every Friday atier, at NO. 3, Bishopsgate Church-yard.
To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Me-
dusa, for the Capture of the Spanish Ship Matilda; on the
23d Od in company with H. M. S. Donegal, their
r,:idtive portions orthe proceeds, at No. 23, Noirdlk-street.
&NIA, (Al the 3,...th inst and :fir three years. - •• •
To the Officers and Company of His .viajery's Ship Vir-
ghtie, for the Capture of the Vengador Spanish Privateer, on
tat: 4th of April, ,306, the proceed•ts of the said Capfure' on
buard.the-Virginie,' it Poitsmouth, on; or after the 24th of
Sept. in:xnd afterwards at Hunt's Office, Stonehouse,
every Monday and Thursday for threelponths. •
TL$ the Captain, olicer,, and Company of His Majesty's
Ship Acasta, for the C‘ipture of the Dutch Ship Planter's
Lost, on the-31st 1803, on the 23d inst. on board, in
Hatnuaze; ant every Tuesday and Friday for three years, at
Lyne's Countinghouse, Plymouth.
To the Officets and Company of His. Majesty's hired
Armed Brig Ann, their Shares of De Hoop (captured by the
Cruizer, un the iith.Feb. t 805), on the 23th lust. at No, 2Z,
Arundel-street; and Mr ave..: months,.

• To the Officers and Compaily of His Majesty's Gun-brig
Censor, their Shares of the Ffrya (captured oy the Vixen, on
the 17th , ISo3), on the .25th inst. at No. aZ, Arandel-
street ; end for three years. •
To the Otficersand Company of His Majesty's hired Armed
Brig Ann,
:their shares of the French Privateer Le Contr.:
Altura' Magon (captured by the Craize.r, onthe 17th Nov,
1804), on the 25th insr. at NO. 22, Arundel-street, and for
.three years:

THE TnEATRE.—The• fine hisiorical-Play of King
Henry the Eighth, which \was revived last' season at
Covent-garden Theatre with magnificence, suitable
to its high dramatic excellence, was brought forward
last night at,. the same place, with equal grandeur.
Indeed.the- splendid style: in which this- admirable
Drama is represented, renders it a striking obje& for,
public curiosity, independently :of its intrinsic
me-
rats, and those. of the Performers. But 'Arie.
Play is strongly cast, according to theatrical lan-
guage, and is 'altogether very ably supported.-
-KEMBLE has studied every point 'in' the 'cliaraiSter
' Wolsey, but while he is critically exalt in the detail,
'be powerfully sustains the spirit •of the whole., •
Among his other merits, he nicely discriminated in
his deportment" while 'in the presence of the King,
and • while' he lorded it over Jiis equals.' Mrs.
SIDDONI was very impressive and pathetic in Cathe-
rine; and POPE gave a bold and animated portrait of
the. King.. • CHARLES KEMBLE also rendered- erom-
well:sufficiently interesting. Aurae-dye as this play
was last season, it was still.more so last night, and
was crowded at an early hear.. The audience were
much disturbed towards the-end of the third at
by some unruly spirits, but the cause most probably
was the extreme heat of theTheatre..

PACKER, the theatrical veteran, who was the fa-
ther of the Stage, died lastweek, and was buried.on
Sunday in the Church-yard Of St.. Paul,,, Covent-Gar-
den.—He had been near half a century on the Lon •
don stage, if not Upwards of that perio& He was
never fOrmed to take the lead in any -pro Vince of the
drama ; but he was a very correct and judicious Per-
former in those charaCters for which.his abilities were
adapted. He, diligently attended his duty; and no in-
stance is recollected of.any interruption 'of - it by in-
-eLniety or negligence—an. example well worthy of imi-
tation. PACKER was .not his real name, but one that
he assumed in consequence of some unpleasant cir-
cumstance which occurred to 'him in- early lie, but
which, from the general propriety, of his behaviour,
none we- re solicitous to explore or to remember. He
was reduced" to • the most teeble and did not
make his last awful, exit 'till ," iefe's, candle was
burnt out." . .
JOHNSON; th 6 sint'r!joicr , Who mail,' so ShicYtllar an

escape some years since from tih. Fleet' Piism', lN 4s.
yesterday outlawed *for ILA. togii4leis appearance
under a,Qoattu6sion ut Liaakruptcy,