The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-24 00:00:00

POLITICAL SITUATIOIV or EUROP.L.

We.huve been, favoured with a copy of a. Pain-
phlet, 'published at Paris in the end of September,
entitled, Coup d'Oeil sur la Situation Politique de
l'E.urope. This performance has the name •of Jo.,
stcpx DiAcoo -in the, title-page;- we have heard it
attributed to 13A stultE ; , but it certainly comes .out
under the prote6:tion of the Government. It con-
tains a short sketch of the situation of Europe ; and
the views it presents are interesting, more from its
being supposed to speak the sentiments of the French
Government, than from the ability with which it is
written, or the information which it bespeaks;,---
•What indeed can be thought of,a writer who grave-
ly states, ..that Scotland is ready, to break out into
rebellion, and that the English Government was'
seriously alarmed at a report, that Lord WELLES-
LEY was about to .declare himself independent in
India ! •

• The abuse of this Goyernment is so outrageous,
that. the failure of the Negotiation must have been
expeded when this Pamphlet was written,,. The
artifice and address employed by ~our. Ministers, in,
raising up opposition to France,.are named, while
they are-reviled in extremes. Our pbwer is repre-;
,sensed as formidable to every State, at the very ma=
rent when we arc described as on the verge of de-
struction, and catching at every straw to save us a
little longer from•sinking. This inconsistency, ex-
hibited in the most glaring shape, is to be fbundin
All the works 'of all paragraphists and pamphleteers
of the Frenchßureaus.

There are some hardy prediaiAs contained.
the pamphlet before us. War with Prussia is.an-
licipated ; and, in -that case,' the House of Branden-
:burgh Will, cease to reign. Indeed, if BONAPARTE '
'is successful in the:present War, we doubt whether
be will stitfer•the King of Prussia-to reign,.even in
'any modificatiOn'of royal disgrace and degradation.
To Spain, the annexation of Portugal is held (Altai a
consolation for her losses,, and the reward of her-
fidelity.- The extin&ion of the Pope, as a temporal
power, is more.than hintedat.
Austria, however, is evidently the objea of much
jealousy, and the French Government is not easy as
to her present intentions. - The most unequivocal
hints, however, are given, that if in' this case she
joios the coaleSced Powers, to whose cause she is
known to be favourable, FRANciS. I. will cease to
rfign, It is.adinitted in this work, that all the
'Powers in the neighbourhood of France would. seize`.
the first opportunity to break their chains,. and Allis
seems to be held out as sufficient reason for de-
'polishing t hem. , .
AS coming from the French Government, this
performance is curious. and will be read with interest.
It is too long, to be inserted entire to-day, but we
shall finish it to-morrow. , .

When. history shall deliver over contemporary
Nations to the Trit;•43al of Posterity, future ages
never believe that England would sully herself
with crimes which have ensanguined the globe.' Fu-
ture ages retard your .course, you will groan with
horror at the recital of the offences of • the Cabinet
of St. James's. It into gratify the ambition Of that.
odious Government that entire generations have
been precipitated into endless night.
In tearing asurter the Treaty. of Amiens, the
Cabinet of St. James's has afforded to Europe a
marked proof ot us perfidy. , In breaking that
Peace England has placed trance
,in
,a sitation
making war with success. Yes, Great Britain has
demonstrated the weakness of her means and the
ignorance of her policy,—she has.discovered to the
illnstrions Chief of the French the vulnerable side on
which that Hero may strike. Vainly the Genius of
England conspires—the hour of her destruction is-at
hand. The British Empire is shaken to its founda-
tion—Scotland is in a ferment---Ireland tiles off her.
'cliains'in the workshop of Liberty--4ndia combats
her .oppressors,--England is nothing more than a
volcano—already the revolutionary lava, circulates
-in lidr bosom, and threatents to devour her. To-
'nforrpW's; sun may shine on the day of 'her
It is in vain fOr a new Coalition to pretend to pre-
Veut the fall of this Colossus, which threatens to
break down the universe:underthe weight of its do-
.tnination. What ! shall the intrigues and the gold of
the. Cabinet of St. James's be powerful enough to
resist the decrees of fate ?

" Europe, fatigued with war, expeas,• in" alarm,
the result of:those Negotiations :which must decide
its fate. • - •

-" The political horizon is obscured.' The North
is the pciint. where the elements of war take their
-station.

The sloWness With which Austria set .about
executing the -conditions 'of- the Treaty of Pres-
burgl)--,he 'cession of the Dutchy of Lauenburgh
tne Swedes, and the entry of the English into
the. Weser—the reconciliation, or rather,: the pre-
tended quarrel, between Prussia and Sweden, in or-
der to conceal the true cause of their xespeative ar-
matnentsthe refusal of the Emperor ALEXANDER
to ratify the Preliminaries of a Peace WhiCli he de-.
manded, and the assembling of Russian troops, in
Puland—the Entrance of British Squadrons into the
Tagus--the intimacy and secret
,connexion which
subsist between the Courti of. Londim, StockhOhn;
Vienna, Lisbon, and' Berlin—the influence which
England has resumed over the minds which dire&
.these different Cabinets, and the obstacles which
she- has created to impede the progresS 'of
.the I\ a-.
gutiations set on foot with France—all announce
the renewal of hostilities. The hopes of Peace,
however, although doubtful, are not yet destroyed.
- " The Cabinet of St. Jamei's employs all the 're-
sources of its genius to renew the horrors of a
--War Which has eusahguiued Europe. The impar7
tial observer must be convinced of this .on taking a,
view of the political situation of the different States
of the Continent since the rupture of the Peace of
Amiens, and also since the ratification 'of the .PeaCe
•
of Presburgh.*
[Sweden is stated to have first- .manifested her ha-
tred towards France, in preferring the'subsidies of

4! The blood of the Russians still stains the plains of Au.
sterlitz;'and yet they dare to menace Fiance. On what do
they found their hopes, these insane Sovereigns, who exist
only by the. generosity of their Conqueror ? The Emperor
A LEX AN DER, defeated in Moravia, was not made a Prisoner
of %%, ar, because the Emperor NAPOLEON ‘vi fied to Spare
trim that shame. anNets I. reigns over •A ustria only
because it was the wish of the Chief of the Preach to sufErr
lihn to re-ascend his Throne. tit EDER IC WILL IA M had
been cliaced from his States, if the F reach Armies had m.arch-
•ed to Berlin .after the battle of Austerlitt: What would have
1,'...0tn0 of Saxony, nesse, 6rc, ix, lyithout the wasoticratiw
ti ervncli ilcro

. .. _ . ~
the Court of London to the friendship ;of the Em- 1
peror Naroaacea. It is Wined to the. King of.
. Sweden, that rather than take part in the War, be
. had better observe its progresi; and be ready to.-pro-
fit by the 'Revolutions which environ the Throne of
Rus\ia, to resume his ancient frontiers: The weak-
ness of Sweden is conntiented Upon ; and the Swe-
dish Monarch is told, that he. had better learn to
govern his own subjects before he attempts to gitc
laws to other Nations.]
" Prussia, long faithful to her engageMents, did
not suffer herself to be seduced by the. fallacious
promises .of England. She refuted the gold
of the Cabinet of St. James's, and would •not sell her •
soldiers to a 'corraipt Government, of which she
knew the ambition and the perfidy.
. • " It is astonishing to see the Court Of Berlin now
renounce that system of neutrality which it had adopt-
ed since the Treaty of Basle. FREDERIC WILLIAM
will have to render an account to posterity of the
motives which determined him to Coniprornise his
glory, the interests of his subjects, and the security
of his Kingdom.
" The Armaments of Prussia, under existing cir-
cumatancesais a political problem which succeeding
events can alone resolve.
The darkness la.,hielt enveldped her diplomacy
is diSsipated ; every thing prOvesathat the mistirider-
standing which appeared to prevail between the
Swedes and Prussians was nothing but a specious
pretext to conceal hoStile views 'of another nature
• than those which were supposed to exist. ' .
1 "If these military preparations are directed
against France,,.: they will lead to a change.in the
dynasty of Prussia,. and the gold of England will not
j 'restore Fartnaarc \VILLIAM to his Crown.*
" The wise neutrality of Dentnark procures for
her great advantages, and she may yet hope for the
'dismemberment of the Germanic Empire. In con-
sequence of that dissolution, the Hanseatic Towns
may lose their liberties, and become. the recompense
'of Princes faithful to. France.
" ' Previous to the late' bbraibardriaent of Copen-
hagen by the English, Denmark. had not been del
'solated for near a century by the scourge of war.
She owes this long peace to the wiklotn of her di-
plotnacy.
.411 her Treaties tieing foundedain cotat
mercial relations, must necessarily present' greater
stability. Whilstahe Danes follow the counsels of
the Minister. lERNSTOLIFF they need nOt fear the_
disturbance of their tranquillity. ' - - .
• ' " The Counts-of OLD ENBEAC. are not ignorant
that England, jealous of the prosparily Of Denmark,
Waits for a favourable opportunity to shake off, the
yoke which the Sound imposes upon her 'Marine.—
Great Britain envies the Danes the calumerce of the.
Baltic—she has pretenioni to the Ports of Bergen
and Chriatim atal wishes to appropriate to herself
the iti',lsti *II. tar of Noti,vay.
'" The tragical death of PAUL I. seemed to have
.-
separated for ever Russia from England, Theae no"'
,anger existed a point of Cantata betweet these two
NatiOns, the reciprocal interests:of which opposed .
every species of alliance, sinoe the top' great powers.:
of the one must be a 'sabjekof continual fear to .
' the other. The 'Cabinet o' 'St. James's, however,
not having armies to oppose to the French, must ne-
cessarily purcllas,t soldiers, and it takes advantage of.
the cupidity et 'those Kings wha have the weakness
to sell the blood of their subjects, in order to smooth
the difficulties which stand in• the way-Of its am-
bition. The Cabinet of St. James's spreads its gold
in the channels of corruption, and colleCts at the,
Court of St. Petersburgh the fruit Which may be eX-
peLed from its profound policy. . .
" CATHARINE 11. more able than her successors,
J profited by the French Revolution to seize the
J 'finset part of Poland ; it is known with what address she
' laboured' to excite a war against. France, without
l engaging herself too much beforehand. After hav-
ing acceded to the proje&s of Prussia and Austria,
j she bounded her succo'irs to the making of great
promises, the result of which was, to, unite to the •
English Fleet a squadron for the purpose of exercis-
. ing her Marine, without comprOmising'it. '
" Russia, armed by a perfidious Government, has
the imprudence to transgrest the limits which Na-
ture has placed between France and her States.—
The terrible experience gained by the soldiers of
ALEXANDER in the Plains of Zurich, Wertingen;
and Austerlitz, ought to have cone6ted the Court of
St: Petersburgh of its foolish enterprizes, and taught%
'it that it can do nothing against a Power which has
always conquered the savage hordes of the Volga
and the Tatiais.
";.The Heir of PETER the GREAT will perceive
too late the errors which he now commits. •.
• i' Russia has far a long time Axed her 'regards upon
the MOtea, Malta, and the Archipelago. The Eng-,
lish flatter the. ambition of the Czar, WhO leaps
with joy at t hej idea *of seoingtheMascovite standard'
wave upon the Mosque of St. Sophia. They flafter j
these hopes they` promise to aid him in realizing_
the gigantic chimeras 'which flattered: the ambition
.of his ancestors. The Cabinet of. St. JaMes'a
plunges -him insensibly into the abysa. Such is the
etteet of its astute diplomacy, which must operate to
the ruin of those improvident dings; atid 'to the 'in-
pry of those Nations, who cannot resist its Coun-
cils and"relnse its gold. '
[The Porte is alluded 'to for the purpote of stating
that French diplomacy triumphed at length at Con-.
stantinople, over the intrigues of the Cabinet of
' St. Jamea't, and succeeded- in inducing the Grand
Signiorto withdraw from
.his 'alliance with Russia.'.
The. Empire of Manomar is stated to be 'every
where falling ; that seditioti is organized in its .Pro-
%times, and Constantinople surrounded by Civil \Vara
Russia,it is urged, seeks to seize upon WallaChia
and Moldavia. ' The Turkish Empire,'it is stated,' is
menaced with a Revolution, .Which must lead twits
' ruin. It depends, however, according to this.Au-
that., upon the will of France to "fix • the period of
• ,this catastrophe, while the fate of the Turks in Eli-
rope is alledged to be in the'. hands of the Emperor '
NAPOLEON.] ,
, "If the Dutch had had less' attachment to their.
,1
! Commerce and Mari ne,Greatßritaitt would never have ,
thought of. making War upon them ; but this honest
and industrious people quitted their marshes to
form establishthents in all parts of the Globe ; their
Fleets rivalled those of England, and disputed with
1 her with,,advantage the supremacy of Commerce in
i the East Indies. These united motives were more

* Can the Cabinet of Perlin forget that the natural ene-
mies of Prussia are Russia; who envies her the possession of
pare of Poland which she was obliged to cede to her, and,
Above all, ,AnStr:a, 111!ICI! preserves against her on implaolc
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'than sufficient to.,dettir,iline the:. of ft
..T:uncs's to arm against the ibtriviitiv,..who lime kit
the necersitv of calling .to the l'hrotio 4.f Holland a
Pripo of the .bi.po4 of NApoLgois: the Gl:vot, tf,
retathe. blows tvh,ich they must aitt at the
itup.lacable Albion, . .

ANECDOTE OF SiR HOME, POP thai
gallant Officer, Sir HOE POPHAM, commanded the
Romney, in the Indian Seas,, one of his Mids:,n) •
wrote to him, requesting his interest to get
Mate's_birth in a Country Ship ; on the It' '' Pt 1,(
Which Sir HOME sent for him, and asked him who..
(her his request proceeded from his dislike to the
service in general, or from a wish to serve under
soMeotherCaptain Midshipman replied, "Nei=
tiler,, for that he felt a sincere attachment to His
Majesty'S service, and had ever considered it the
higheSt gratification and pride of his IEiC to sail
under the command of Sir HOME." " said
Sir HOME, " I have a wish to serve you, but must
insist on your explaining your reasons for t
cation." After some hesitation, he replied, e' Sit, the
Gentlemen of your quarter-deck have ell fritndS
who can, and do, supply them with money ; 1
not, and my slender finances will not allow me to
keep pace with their Mess, nor can I bear the tuor.
tification of living by myself". .‘
Sir. HOME, " if this is your only reason, t doubt §Ce
why the service should lose a valuable Otlicei for a
little paltry cash ; what you require for your mess
draw on nie for ; I wilt answer it. I know wt,.o
yo can you will pay it, till chat time arrives never
consider yourself in my debt."
'The anniversary of the day on which the late
Admiral Lord Viscount DUNCAN overcame thc.,.
Dutch, was celebrated on Saturday the 13th in,t.
itI'MORREN'S Dundee, of which town his Lord-
ship..
was a native, by a numerous and highly re.
speelable meeting of the Camperdown Club, ALEX-
ANDER RIDDOCH, Esq. in the Chair. The p:l*!•eiice
of the . Admiral's two. sons, Lord Viscount:
DUNCAN; and the HOn. Captain HENRY DUNCAN,
11. N. gave peculiar pleasure to the meeling. After
The memory' of the N9bie .4,lmiral," many appio-
priate and loyal toasts were drank.
night
to SIDDONS was sufficiently recovered last night
to perform Lady-. Macbeth, at Covent-garden Thea-
tre, 'and with sq much etre& as to show no symp-
toms other recent illness.' KEMBLE exerted himself '
very ably in the murderous .thane, and CHARLES
KEMBLE was uncommonly successful in. Mucyhqf,
particularly in, the manner of receiving the account
of his domestic calamities. • , ' •

The story Arhich has lately been spread in thea-
trical Circles respecting an A&ress and a .certain
Baronet, is, it is said,.a gross and unfeeling misie-
.
presentation.

The LORD •CHANCELLOR has appointed Tuesday
next, at two o'clock, to receive the Loc.° MAYUkt
Elea, at his house in Lincoln's-innifields.

. On Tuesday - last a man, havintkt2tie appearance
of a country farmer, went to the Bank of England
with. a draft upon. it for 1301: The Cfirk to whom
he gave it,asked in what manner he wisbed to res
ceive payment ? to which he answered, in'ten-pound
notes. The Clerk immediately called out aloud to
another in the office, to pay the Gentieman 13 tens
(1301.), wEiCh the other mistook for 30 tens, mak.
ing 3001. The countryman received the notes, put
them in his pocket; -arid -Walked away. In a short
time after that tranSa4tion be repaired to Smithfield •
Market, and there boasted, in the hearing of several'
personi, that he had c‘,done the Bank." One (it the
persons who heard this boast immediately gave in-
formation at the Bank, and upon inquiry the mis- ,
take was discoVered. An Othcer having been call-
ed in,' the Clerk who paid the money went with him .
to Smithfield Market ; and, after a long and careful
inqUiry; discovered that the stranger to
,whoM the
'3001: had been paid bad left town at three o'clock,
in the tuid-day-coach,- for Birmingham. The clerk.
and Officer then took their places in the mail-coach,
which set out in the evening for'Birmingham, in .
pursuit of him.
The person who has- been defrauding the Public
in Shropshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, and the
neighbouring counties, by well-devised artifices, aiid
by asstiming the title of an Officer of rank in the
Army, has been taken into custody at Tamworth.
He was apprehended by means of the father of a
young woman whom 'he seduced from her home;
near Shithall, the father having traced his daughter
-to London, and from thence. to Wolverhampton,—
The impostor N'as, when taken into custody, play-.
ing the partof an Offic.-r in the recruiting service,
and he. had succeeded in obtaining money for sub-
sistence at several country towns. .He was charged
by.the father, whose' name is Pottinger, with ob-
taining from him, by false pretences, 151.; in pay-
ment for which he presented him with a filitious
bill. There are about fift:3-•charges instituted against
the impOstor, -Most of which are by people of rank
and property, who have been led astray by his in-'
sinuating address, and, duped by his artifice.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Ocr. 24.
This day's market afforded a niiddling supply of
different kinds of Cattle ; ,Beef and Mutton sold at,
last prices;' Veal and Pork are-somewhat dearer, and
the trade for the most part was rather flat-'—The sales
in the'Haymarket were not liv'ely ; Hay and Clover
fetched better prices than Monday's market ; Straw
has fallen in l rice.—We subjoin a corre& statement'
of the prices and numbers :

To sink the Otral per stone of 81b.
Beef Ss. od. to Ss. 6d —Mutton ss. od. to ss. 6d.— Veal
75. cd. to Bs. od.—Lamb os. od. to os. od.—Pork 6s. od. to
'"Bs. od.

Beasts, SSo. Sheep and Lambs, 47c0. —Calves, icor.—
Pigs, 310.

SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET.
Hay 31. Iss. to 51. os.—Clover 41. os. to 51. tos.—Straw
11. los. to zl. ss.

CORN-EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 24.—The contrary
winds, prevent further arrivals of Grain coastwise,
to-day ; expecting large supplies, very few sales are .
made of Corn in general ; Samples of good Barley
and Malt are dearer ; Beans of both sorts likewise;
no White Pease, prices nominal, and Grey arc
dearer ; there are very few Oats of good quality-,
which fetch a small advance; the prices of Flout
continue without alteration.
wheat 60S a7O a 86s ad Bents - 44$ s t'oS
Fine ditto -88 s a 92s ad Tick beans P3B) a 46$ od
Rye - . 40s a 44s od OatS 22S a 27S a 32s odo
Barley - 42$ a 48$ Od Poland ditto 331 a 34s ad
Malt 72$ a 78s JAI Rape Seed 20. fi.. cid
White Cease 7,-,S a 78a oct Fine Flout a 7cs oul
rey ditto 4gs a sa's ad Seconds . 654 a 7vi ob

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h(fray tools' pl.';.•."ce ThurTsciay-
o'boat a teii:kTly:ii:; near t I.c• nouse,
s on board lost liwir r This
1.-; : it is said,
of too much s'pirtts
.k placthlx.'tw,en a rutniber of
and those ,
Northerns being' iliull'2,Jrc.;iiter
Wety °titer.-
oil sail accident was 'o'wilig. to

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the contest, or by suffocation
clo-;ely hatched dosvn; we have nbt
be ett rrt to. learn. SoMeriting very :criminal
nave-1..,1 to tilis6tistroplie, which shunid be
rTV,.S?I4"Tied «ith ut loss of thne.
The:Arorth Downs4llre Regiment of Militia, com-
manded by Sir J. Bi.":“A:woOff,'Bart. on WednegdaY
befure marched tlirongh Ddhlin,' in t*6
vi)rls.,
,on their route froM:'Arkiow 10 Drogneda,
lA4lciethey arc to -GP quattercdfol-'ilie winter. • •
lost-.thy conveying the ail irotn Wrickloir
_W-ArkloW ',3l)ppcd about:the liottr of half Past
foirreaoek yes-to-clay morning, by a single robber,'
,v'.'hb robbed hi, ii.(d.the whole Mail, containing th'e
bags of letC!rs ‘.vhich wpre•dispatehecl from the Grc-
nZ-t-al Post QHi t'or the following post towns, viz.
Aiidow, • Breath,vity, Gorey, Enni:,corthy, Terns,
()Nair, aitci Wey,'fcrd.

The Eiirl.of H.q.ltt.NcToN arrived at Limerick on
the from Birr; on his tour' to review the "Troops
in the Scitlth of Irelimd.-

.Lord CIILEMONT. is net only pronounced out Of
dai*er by his Physicians-, but faSt apProaching to a
recov6-V. • HiS.Lordship's disorder was a-dysentery.
- Candidate has yet declared himself to stand
for the representation of the County'of Louth in the
7rnperll Parlianient ;- i:vaCancy for which has oc-
curred ".,y tile death of the Venerable Earl CLER.
MONT, and the elevation to the Peerage of Mr. Fott.-
'FESCUE. laOrd 'JOCELYN is in his .minority, and
therefore at,pre.sent ineligible. 4,

M4RTE4I,O TOWERS.

[F toil, a Cotrespondent.)

The construCion of the Martell° Towers having
been much misrepresented, • I wish. that, through
the medium of your Paper, a proper idea of them
may be given to-the Public. It is well known that
the coast of England is easily accessible through a
tract commencing Sandgate, extending over Rom-
ratv-Marsh, - and terminating with the chain of chalk
hills rise to the West of Winchelsea, and are
continued through Sussex and a,considerable part of
Hampshire. In this 'Ma,. a considerable numbs of
these military posts have been: formed. Three of
them are in fire immediate neighbourhood of Folk-
stone, and prote6t tneexttberant vale. below the ,ser-
rated ..rock of. Shorts-cliff. Two of these are ,of
spoilt dimensions, and Con'sist Merely of a circular
toWer, With parapets ct'lt
.into embrazureS, and
nioutitecl 'with cannon. - Other is of much larger.
prop6rtions ; priiicip:l materials of this
hive strtiettire.have been supplied from the ruins of
the ancii.nt Castle Of Sandg-iite,on the' scite of which
it'is.ercdted: Both till :towet, and advanced',
;. so that a cannon-shot striking..
ag,:iinst'py:p-at.tol it, is carri.c4 off in an angle-pro—.
pt,...iioned to 01. dire:;:tiopigiyen to` ball, 'aild.the'.
dOweter, of 'the builgitiV e' .it stritces. It,
inci‘ities a' battery compbSed-of eight' 24-011nders'
oiitYbi_-Frapet;raild 'i piece of nl-finery: of a' pro:
. _
drilinis' calibre. on the Summit
.of. the totter all'
WO' tire
,Supportcd on pivotS;-tbe
dinini2,- motion, b7iti:ng preserved by obeels whed
td..the ' carriages, which "run iii gooves; Nothing
mOre to the perfeation.of a machine,
nimsiveand pooderouSothan . great
unitiounit; a motion; so that the iliertki of-the
i..erat 'parts do not aet in opposite directions;
.and. the
Ctif these -is in this case'hap-
ps pfc,,Ate at -the impelled. and
vvo kiug points, in co,,rsF? determine. :ill the rest. •
invo'y,.., the coin..
plex 6clva ta.;o3 he 'battery' frof hit,,?,, cp. echarpe,
se, and -ccimaroya. • Vie wi die. is booth:
pi'oof 5 and in ibq-in-serioris sutlicicift space for the
accommodation of sixty' man, after covered w.!.y
is' :flso'-iirolided iii case tit the necessity al a re-
treat. - Whit is'to be the magnitude of the piece
of artillery- for which, the pivot at the summit. iS
p'relvared,-1 cannot' tell ;. we know there have been'
iihinbiteds hicii•would 'carry a ball' of' three bun-.
dyed 'pounds.
From. such an edifice, on the near approach of
the Assailant-F., bombs might be used without mon;
far-pieces., as Was done by the Venetiabs against
the Ttirks before Candia : the latter' having possessed
thernset;,-es of the ditch, the boinbs were rolled down
upon the Enemy• on sloping planks provided with
ledges.
-Ile-whole history of modern War has shewn the
utility- of these Minor fortifications ; while the more
extensive, by the number .61 men' required. for their
.defence, and. the gnailtiiy of provisions necessary to
the support of the garrison, have offepin
I:cm...more beneficial than injurious to-an invading
Enemy. Tue resistance of General Pao,-
vERA, at the .defiles of Milesiiuo, even in a ruinous
castle, against all the military talents and superior
-frJrce of General,AuomtEAu, will illustrate this ob-
..
servation.

Every large Ship is a combination of floating bat-
teries ; and these resources are necessary to prevent
surprise, .ottin accessible shbre, when we consider:
the nutuvy.ous advantages of a, marine_ovFr
battery. Tile former has the power of bringing het?
different, bit(rie`sitO converge-to one.. point, and of
011112lfig-the of •attack, so as to do the gieatest
possible execution,; she can
,also lie where slid will
be least exposed to the Knqiiy ;but thp chief •
r~ci: its cOrisist 't he t ofa mucu greater
Ininriber- of cannon against a fort than the fatter can
poi b y.• engage. with .1;e .
AleP>ides thee; faiourable circumstances in the
attack, a, Snip ltas also peculiar. means of defen.
pasi..j., lit; rapidity. through 'her !sides,-
l'X.'rlit:(•ll out of the inirnediate line
of :their :course i• ti,e I..yeighty•rna,;,ile soon
Atters-: and (iti ,troys -of a par,!pet, and
pro. I.IIC. A iii:,;NdiVA.:i.:,;:tV:oot Lay tine fragiiint,s of. the.
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Yeterday, at Laipbeth Chuich,_Robert Mittrie, Esq.
Cjasiolv., to lic)010fs, only daustoet of the late T
ril ;.u-
-aW.Hopldirs,' , 13eitts'.1 ' • '
The satne clay, Ntr:;Richlrd. Wiltiathl,, of the Strand, to
Misslewis, daughteaßf Lywis. Esq. otSt,ir.ae4's=
palace. _
Lately, at SheliftieMallet,-WPC. /3-!'own,'Esq,'•of Store:
'House.; Glunt2sletshire; to Miss' Brottglabn; (I:lug:lien:if the
late it.itgitton, Lsy, of Bovvlish.,,
On Saturiff, at gitstiti4'tpri,
M.C. Hill, only'diiiglitet of Chatles Hill, Esq. of
House..
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