The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-22 00:00:00

FOREIGN IN7'ELLIGENC.E.

MILAN, JULY Letter fromsAncona,of the
20tht inst.-communicates to us the following .Pro-
clamation, which was brought -from' Ragusa, ;141
,1
was published on the. Bth inst. by General-
RISTON

RAGUSAN

" Your troubles are ended. General MoLiToR„
at the head of his brave Division, has arrived in ti.ri?e
to deliver you from the Russians, who destroyed
your ,property. The perseverance, the resignation,
and the courage, which you have displayed during
o. days of siege, secures to you the prote4tion of
the .Emperdr of the French, as well as the esteem
and attachment of all Frenchmen. You have suf-
fered-much. Ishall fulfil a duty the most dear to
my heart in placing under the eyes of Majesty
the losses you have sustained : his paternal heart
will bleed'; but be will 'know how to dry up your
tears. History presents few examples of the lion:
rors arid barbarities which the Enemy 'have per-
petrated, and of which you . haVe been the viEtirris.
Overpowered by numbers, though not vanquished,
the French were for once forced to yield,—and to
retire into the City of Ragusa, where they' deter-
mined to defend themselves to the last drop of their
blood, rather than abandon you to-your enemies.
The Russians, Oter having exhausted your re-
sources, wished to obtain possession even of your
Country. Furious at being prevented by the French,
who marched towards the Mouths of the CatarO,
and not daring to make war as honourable Enemies,
they resolved' to ekcite the Greeks, to whom They
-described the French, of whom they were ignorant,
-as the enemies of their Religion, who werecome with a desig-ri of taking -possession of their'
property, though the whole world knows
,that ~the
French respeft the Religion of every people ;but in
order to excite these Greeks in multitudes, they:
promised them the pillage of your property, -assert-
ing that you had invited the French. A consi-
derable number oftroops are already arrived ; others
are on their march : they, render our forces for-
midable to such a degree as to make those of the
Russians tremble They have disobeyed thei4-26wn
Einperot, who commanded them to iurrendei the
Mouths of the Citaio : they have armed.agairtst the
French a people, who, by the Treaty of. Presburgth, -
have become the subjects of the Emperor of The
French, to abandon them afterwards, as they have
abandoned the GreekS in the Morea. Ragusans
let order and -tranquillity return. Return to your
occupations—reckon upon the' French as always
your friends, and that the Emperor NAPOLEON will-;
approve himself your father. ,
(Signed): " ALEXANIiER 'LAURISTON."
" Ragusa, July 3,180."

PARIS, AUG. 12.—1 t is .pretty generally
in Europe that there exists only one man) of:NA:M.IW

_
it may be said that the destiny of Nations depdlids'•
upon him.: The J0i,0714/ ',Cle Paris . is not at zrlVOf
the same opinion ; , or, atJeast, it this day, designates`_
another personage,, on whom it confers this bahoneit
that personage is
,Mr: Fox. It does not hesitate, to
affirm, that upon, the state of health cr disease of
that Minister depends Peace Or War; and that, if
he shOuld die,, we. must expe& to see that last
scourge fall heavy upon two Nations for some years
longer. '
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- This asSertiba.is so much-the more gloomy in
its first . asped, . because- Mr. Fox is dangerously
ill,' and he was. lately said to be dead, in the same
Journal. Fortunately,, in refleelina •on the subject,
we •May take a. little comfort ; and xv,-, •.re among'
' the number of those who do not thin!: that the con-
.elusion of peace, or •the continuation of war, is es..,
sentially conneeted-, with the existence of Mr, F04.,.1
Those persons
.ill know • the chargter and spirit fef
the English people, who imagine that they demand,
either peace or war from complaisance to an/Miiii,-
ster; ' If peace was not conformable to the wish of
the nation, if the nation did not feel the want or it,
neither Mr. Fox_ nor any other Minister would
labour to re-establish it; he would not even dare to
speak of it'. Thus, it is not at alln favour which
Mr. Fox has conferred upon France, in entering.
!into a negotiation with her to terminate the war.
He has been led to it; as'any other wise man who
fills his office would have been led to it, by the'
force of circumstances, by the influence 'of events,
by the necessities of his nation ; aboveall..by the
extraordinary fortime of France, . and by the enor- •
1 mous preponderance which she has acquired 'in t et
last war--a preponderance which has become irr --:-
sistible and discouraging to her enemies. • ' ,: . '-:
Mpr r: Fox, snore enlightened perhaps than his •- 7.
decessors.'or at:least, enlightened by events which.
have deceived all the calculations.- of England, has
felt the . necessity of termittating,a struggle which
became more and more ,unequal, and winch only
presented to his ' nation dangers without advan-
tage. He has perceived; that Great Britain hav7
ing prospered very ill during a war. wlin she had
for Allies two Powers
.more forrnidahle than filer=
self, would not probably support it with more
success when single.' This refleclion, which strikes
every one, could no longer escape o man of sense'
and whoever may !)e the successor of Mr: Fox;
if that, Minister should sink under his diSeaSe,
will doubtless feel, that - the negotiations • begun
by that Minister were'. founded on too good ' tea-
`sons for it
,to be, the interest of England • to break,
them off.

We'are Very far from desiring the death of a
Statesman so distinguished as Mr. Fox.: we only
wish to shew, that we have no reason to dread
that event ; and that the only occasion we should
have to regret a similar )oss.would be the interest
which it would inspire in the rest of Enrope._

O.I)SSA, JULY fo.—The new. Russian Colonies
in the Southern part of the Empire, and on the
borders of the Black. Sea, are increasing with the
greatest rapidity. All the colignists have good
houses, commodiously armnged,4and they enter-
well-founded hope. of deriving frem'the lands
whith have been granted to them the most solid
riches. ln the course of the present year about 250
new families have settled in the envirotO'of this city.
The Duc De RictlEiaut.7, Governor Cenetal, who is
lately returned from a tour which he Made through
his Province, grants special proteEtio4 to new colo
nists.

FRANikEVET, AUG. 4.—A1l the Princes of the
Confederation of the Rhine have declared their ad-
.
here:ice to France. Onc;.s.knows tlot", therefore, the
meiinin;-'of a DeCintk'n deliveri:d to the Diet, of