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RENOVATED HEALTH

T. has been- too frequently thO subjeti cif just and
general' reprobation; that men.destitute Of the elements of
the medical art havr offered themselves as candidates . for
public patrocage haggle profession of physic. :For the purpose
of doing justice to the result of our studies and experience, al.td
to prevent us from being Classed among thbse ernpirics Whose
imprudent pretensions have, unfortunately for'society, been
too favourably received, we beg leave to submittuthe liberal
and enlightened a faithful statement,of our Pursuits and ac-
quirements. After having received a regular medical eAuca.
tion as 'the pupils of 'Messrs. Grinded atbd Bliiard, 'whose
ledures and practice we carefully attended, as professors and
surgeons of the London Hospital; we entered ourselves as
students in that justly celebrated school for Medical acquire-
rent, the Royal College of Edinburgh, and were instruded
in the different branches olanatomy, surgery, the theory and
practice of physic, chemistry, midwifery, botany, '&c. Zec.
by those eminent professors, Drs. Monro, Gregory, Black,
Hamilton, Duncan and Rutherford,. We trust we shall not
be deemed presumptuous in saying that our proficiency and
acquirements are not inconsiderable. Having for a long series
of years made Venereal Complaints, and the various diseases
of Debility, the particular objector our studies and practice,
it will,. we hope, be allowed that we have acquired superior
knowledge of their treatment and ewe. In slight and recent
cases of infection a perfed re-establishment ;s completed in
the short period of two days ; and in those of the utmost in-
veteracy, .where other practitioners have failed of success, a
proper perseverance in our plan of treatment ensures to the
patient a safe and radical
Amidst the melancholy variety of disorders which are the
effects of a habit' long and most unhappily pursued lby the
youth ,of both sexes, there are none more alarnaii9; or. more
distressing than those deficiencies and debilities which fre-
quently prevent or embitter the matrimonial state. To su,:h
persons it must be niconsolation,to know that ttgeViritiyinow,
by a new,and infallible mode oftreatment, be tetorefi,t?,flatif
greatest of all hurnanplessings; a
_Strong many, and vigor-
ous constitution. I'd, all- cases Of ;debiliPY`,'ltuni vjiiiteve(t
cause arising, as well as in every .4ieciel; of:venereal infection,
we may, be consultedby patieryisi elpier;se,x the:great- ,
est secrecy and hononi. Hio`urs4t!onsiiltation at hOMe from
ten to three, and from 6 in the eveni•k•lill-.iiiNk-itight.' •

•
Patients in the country equested to state the particu-
lars of their case,agerair.,i
closing a retnittarnie tar advice an'al6oicilies, the same
will he given, or sent tb;any park At. 'ate itingdotri. 'Ailenti
that secrecy so essential to our urtdettakia g, the postage,ot
letters may be added to .the account tor medicines.. .
CITIMIE and Co. Surgeons;' No. 1;."7, Hatt on-garden;
(3 MesstS: Currie.and-Co.lAraire Certificates' from the
above respedahle rol'essors,.6l London :an it-.l4tinilivigh, lot
the diligence; skill, and hurl-Nllv, with which t.he).: per-
formed the (trifles 'assignea-lhein during.the at'=
tended r heir .Leatures and 'la ..

To TROMAVI AY,LOR, V,sq.

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Sir, ,-` . - . . Na;:4,4lo4'l3ridg&street, L6hilgßA I
.
T CONSIDER it .out an-aet:4f justice dt4e tctthe i
merits of your LE AK E's jt.)s,filLii N Ti'sl LLS'i _tta:uo:ll- j
municate to you the following Cuze.whitAtilascrecylkt,lyibeith ,
pertorhied by thefn :".: An Acijuaintance, or mine, by the 1
breaking out_ of an old Venerea4,CornplalniVitientleti by-a i
compliation of dispiders•arising therefrom4tunntscreduced al- i
most to•a Siteleton;,iand .although he,.badvOie,.;,be.s.t medical
advice NVilich coUld'be 66tained, and tried,? vihteryOCPatent -,
Medicines.. nothing could be proCitreit Mucci': Sr4lllrei IT.) '11'i)1 .}
his case,larcto do him any service : the. rethained,iir a movt„rei.
duced -and pitiable situation for two years, unable to ,fitlip..ty
his profession, and scarcely able towalk-or even to stand on ~
his legs ; in. fad no one who kneW 'him ever supposed it pos-
sible tor. him to recover. tie was advised at last to try your
Lcakes Pills--he cud so, adhering. strictly to the direClibris
given with them. fte`hiul'lnit t,iken Mitre thap. tWo boxe,3 he- I.
tote 'he'fountl•an alteration .ibr the' better : this 'encrittraged
him to: parieeed,-aiii by itaking a few boxes more fie found 1
his appehte and strength )ii•tivally return, aid,is* sow I
liealths and stout AS any 'man I. know , You are welcome, l
Sir, to :der any person to nie.for a confirmation of the'ftholte
acwun; Uit should be doubted..,-, . .•1
• l' am, Sir, your 'obekent hUinbleseivant, '' -
Library, •Folkstone.- - ' 'THOS. PURDAY
. . Prepared and Sold ,by the Sole Proprietor, • !- .
Taos. TA Y 50 it , 'NJ onbcr of the .Royaf Col lege.of Surgeons,
London, at his House; Nb. 9, NeW Bridt.:e-street ;
Where, after a Constant residence of more than; 'Forty Years,
in a -pradice - particularly directed to the Cure of Vene-
real ComplaintS, and those incidental to the Parrs of
Ger.ersation in both Sekes; with' that' inviolable secrecy
`'which' Men of his Profession should alWays observe, he
fiatters!himselt, the advice.and assistance he gratuitous-
ly' administers to Persons taking this Medicine, will be
esteerrled by a discerning Public, as an .iadvatitaie seldom
tA bt- obtained, and-void of ambiguity. • '
. Also sold, by his -Appointment, for the .convenience of
thoseliving. at a distance, at the Perfumer's; No. 35, St. Al.
ban's.:;Street, Pall' Mall ; the TOysitop,.- No. io.t, OxfOrcl-
street ; ill r. Dishorough's, No. .7, "Fish-street4hill; —Mr.
dtaxters,-Suuth-bridge, Edinburgh; Mr..„M‘ittniald's, Glas-
gow ; Mr. Bull, Danie-street, Dublin; I'Mr. Whinge's, Li-
verpool ; Mr. Atkinson's, Manchester ;- and by .one Person
in every iconsiderable Town in Great Britain- and Ireland,
in Boxes of only- 2S. 9d. each,, sealed up with full and
plain difetlions, wherefiy persons' of either sex may cure
Aheittselvt. s with ease,,speed,,:secreev, anti safety... .•
N.. B. Every Box. sold in .Ureat lintaut is sealed up with
a Stamp, Oil which, by favour of the Cointhissioners, is print-
. ed. at the Stamp-office, •-1-,. Taylor, No: 9, New Bridge,
street," to imitate waicis 4, Felony, and al/others are court.
.1,4.,-;t4tta, . . ..

LNDI4.

The following ?i an ektraa horn an -accoultt
given in The. Bombay Courier, of the'destru&ion if
the remnant of the Dutch navy, in the Indian seas;
at Grissee, by Sir EDWARD PEI:LEW, of Wl*ll an
account was given some time ago in this Paper
On the sth of December, Sir EDWARD'S forei ar-
rived off Point PUnka, on the Island of Java, and im-
mediately proceeded up the harbour, as tar as the
shoal water would permit the line of Battle Ships to
go, which did not extend beyond Sadavo.
From this' place,- a Commission was dispatched,
under a Flag of Truce, tolreat wiih'the Command-
ant of the' NaVal force, for the surrender of the
Dutch Ships then lAiig in a dismantled state at
Grissee.

Mr:CoNmA., the Dutch ComMandant,however,-
in violation of the rights of nations, thought propii:
to detain • the boat, and plai:e the Gentlemen, st-nt
on Cornrnisiion, in arresti• under an intention'
afterwards dispatching therri toßatavia.
of this, as well as of his refu4al to accept of am/
conditions, haKing. been sent by Mr..Cow,Ent. to the
-Admiral-, it was:fortunately defeated by the Line of
Battle Ships being, on the following morning, light-
ened, with an activity highly creditable, ashen the
whole of the 'force proceeded to Grissee,- over a bar 4
which it Was ccmceived the Line of Battle Shii;.t
could not pass; silencing oni their passage a ,bai icrt•
of twelvt: guns, at Sambalingam; on _Ow nand k;f
Madura, which fired hot shot at the. Ships, a few -Of
which hulled several`of them.
~,Tne battery at Grk-.
see also fired a. low. .ineffeetual shot. On - the 11;:-
proach Of the Squadrim to Grissee, th:!' Gent
'of the Coniarksion and the bo.tt'screw-were-rernoV-
ed to Sourabaya.
On' the following morning,. however, they were
rel6sed by the Go% et nOt in- Council, of rim Settle-
nient, in consequence.of ,the representation on tht
part oft-he Commisson, of the unjustifiable eondud
of the Dinch CoMmandarit.
They returned-to the Fleet, accompanied by a d-e=
pnta`tion of- three of the Dutch Meinhersi.who went
to disclaim all concurrence -in the violent measures
of Mr. Co wnt.n, and to receive the terms of final
_ .
adjustment.
BOMBAY, FEB. 16, 1808.—Ic is with sincere CorL
cern that Governmoht announces to the army the
death of,that very 7esp4able Officerrl.Nlajor Gett,, rat
.BELLASiS, late Commitraling Officer of tlte forces,
who departed this life on Thursday the 1 1 th inst. lie
a very unexpe&ted attack of sudden illness, as he was
in the meritorious discharge of his duty,. at the
litary Bciard,_ ther'eby terminating a long career of
zealous and faithful.services.
In consequence of ths•tnuch-lamented event, the
important trust of the command of the army devolves
on Major-Oen. JoNEs,-the remaining Officer on the
Staff, who is according 'authorised to re-assume the
same immediately. .„.

INQUISI lON AT GOA.

. ;. (Bombay Courier, 204 Ee 1-808.)
On the 6th.,inst. arriyed.tk Re.v. Dr. BUCHANAN,
in a paramar from Goa, where he had been making
soine inquiry into the present state of the
tion at, that place; Dr.liubloAis.has relinquished
intention of going:hoineroy:af route over
and,pmeeedi to England by the present fleet, in ttit
iibn. Company's Ship Charlton.
It appeini that the Inquisition at forrnert
so. well..known for its sanguinary proceeoinghi,

still in
.operation, and-that it e4i,erczsLo .snutnor,lcv,
under circumstances which demand the iinruedidic
interference: of the British Government: It i.-td

been. supposed that the power of the loqUisition at
.Cioa had declined with that of the parent loquisition
in Yorttigal. But this is not the case: OircutnianCes,
iti".liidia'anciEhrope; 'during -the last two centuries,
have. not been the gatii:Ail Alkogressive civilization ,
has enlightened Europe,xap4,,nearly abolished its
spiritual Inquisitions._ Rttandia remains in the
darkness and bondage.pf ignqrance.. . The Inquisi-
tion at Goa extends its controul in a greater of less
degree to theektrLhe tiouridary Hiudostan, and
materially f Ist:4he= honour Land, character,of. the
BritishGovernmentv3ind of sthe Christian 'Stith,
which that GC)VrHil.lCHt,prOfe.SieS. Goa is properiy,,
-i-city—ofCliurehes';'dßtitainihg- in its province is Re-
vittilip4WltieSt s; 'whe hitveeeparted:tartrom
the Ini-
;r of even;their own Churcth. Dr. 4t;.-
' cu-IANAN'S visit has, it seems, excited 'some alarm
them ; for they are setisible 'that their
ib riiMiy-particillars, ib dOatrinq.atid
4ouldlae's:undetnnerl by a General ec)lllNil.cailed- by
the Pope himselt. ,There are in the
.Arc,:liepigeopai
'Province 'of Goa, 'nearly three thousand 'Priests,
Occupying nokardw of two hundred Ind -fifty Ctit-
pels:.and. Churches. This- is •the ?bietarchwikich
holds M. chains the Christian Chutch
.in t he :,East,
_and whose power is silently increasing under tlie
trangrlil 'GovernMent of the EngliSh, 'whose .apathy'
Or negted suffers the' ROrnish-superstit ion • to con:-
firm its dominion with unce.asipg„ activity evc!y
province of Hindostati., is. the ludian.
qunity which looks out with'anxiety• for tile ari.V.,
vat of BUONAPARTE, the great Restorer ofAlie=Cd-
tholic Church." . Dr.. BUCHANAN'S Letter.. to- liie
Archbishop4of Goa, Metropolitan of the East,
be published if it be .deetned expedienh•-.0 that
Letter, written on the spot, in tliecotivent, of
the AughSeinians at Goa, lie :i'dVerts to the
had witnessed; arid to the7infortniftion he
ceived from the loquisitorl thentselvt's ;,.
urges the 'Archbishop to recolohietnd
of POrtbgal to refrain froth '.usurping- tiny, longer
spiritual power in .the British States; and to (27-:
cle.avour -to repair-the . injury, done to
.thro,ugli the crimes and long duration ot. the
by the iminediate abolition of that. tribinial.
The Archbishop is requested to. exeitlii4. own
-authority in reforming' the 'abuses in the Colleges
at Goa, for the education of the Priesthood, and .

in the Priests to begin the soldy of the
lioiy Scripturt-s, and to cease frurn rnixin, the pure
filth with Iti'dizin superstitions, and from preaching
a corrupt Christianity to the subjeLas of the British
GUltintnetit.

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11OLL'•1 QUIS DICQAH FALSOLI, AUDEAT ?

L 0 ND 0 N,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1808.

The Article which we present to our, Readers,
this day, extraded from The Corunna Gazelle, on
the subjed of BUONAPARTE'S absurd attempts to
blockade the Continent against England, will, we
doubt not, be deemed particularly interesting. The
reasoning it contains is built upon solid grounds, and
sufficiently exposes the ignorance and folly of that
man, Who, whatever may be his military know-
ledge and capacity, is evidently a mere child in mat-
ters of commerce, or so blinded by his ambition and
revenge, that, in order to gratify those feelings, he
is driven to the most visionary and frantic measures,
such as would render him the laughing-stock of Eu-
rope, if, unhappily, he were .not at the same time
her scourge and oppresscir. But it is not only for
the good sense, the knowledge, and the cogent ar-
&UM:l'lll3 which this Spanish Document exhibits that
it will give pleasure to our Readers, for it shews that
Spain possesses able Politicians, as well as undaunt-
ed heroes anst virtuous Patriots. If such men are
suffered to take the lead in that Country, and there
can be little doubt that they will do so, Spain can
Slave nothing to fear, for her Statesmen will have
wisdom to secure that independence which her he-
, nes hive so powerfully asserted. .It is truly gratifying
to find, that though in the midst of warfare, and with
the Enemy in their Country, the Spaniards are ca-
pable of speculating coolly. upon subjeds of general
policy, of pointing out the folly of those measures
which have been so servilely adopted by many States
of Europe, and of holding forth to those States their
true interests, as well as the probable consequences
of the measuress.alluded to, with respea to the mad-
man himself, who has ridiculously devised them,
and has so oppressively endeavoured to carry them
into execution. That they Contain the seeds of his
own ruin we can have little doubt, as the misery
which he has brought upon so . many Countries of
Europe, as well as in America, and the ColonieS of
most European States, operating' with the other
parts of his conduct, have rendered him the objea
of universal disgust and detestation, and the world
is impatiently anxious for his downfall. His attempt
upbti Spain forms the climax of his turpitude and
tblly, and must add contempt to all the other ad-
verse feelings which the whole of his career has ex-
cited. His fall, indeed, seems to be rapidly ap-
proaching, and whenever it may happen, it will
raise little surprize in refleding men, who must ra-
ther be inclined to wonder that his course, marked
as it is by every species of depravity, has been suf-
fered to continue so long. But one of the most in-
teresting parts of thiS Spanish Article is that which
relates to this country ;• which, as it truly says, has
bid defiance to all BU ON APA'l'Vrit'S weak endeavours to
injure her; and which basr.rien, in spite of those
endeavours, above.. the
,pitifel efforts of ignorance,
malevolence, and stupielity7'

Letters were yesterday received from Cadiz, dated
the 23d ult. They were "bijught by the Redwing
they of course bring no additional news,..but they
state that the rejoicings in Cadit for the glorious
• I,
SUCCeSs'of tie Spanish ArmS under General,irA-
_
Nos, were, as might naturally be expe6ted, unbound-
ed. It appears from these Letters that some doubts
are entertained as to the manner in which the •Ar.
ticle in the Capitulation with DUPoNT, respethng
the conveyance of the French Troops to France, is.
to be carried into execution, for if they are conveyed
in Spanish Ships, particularly Ships of War,. the
French would, there can be very little doubt, seize
them as soon as they reached a French port; and if
the French should send Vessels for them, they of
course would be captured by our Cruizers. General
CASTANOS was, according to these accounts, direEt-
ng his mdrch to Madrid, where it was supposed he
mould artive about the 3d or 4th inst.

A report, was yesterday circulated that the Rus-
sian Fleet in the Tagus had surrendered to Sir C.
COTTON. This report was founded upon a Letter,
received by a respe6lable House in the City; from a
Gentleman on board the Dasher Transport. This
Liter, after, stating that the Expedition Under Sir
H. BURRARD had made but little way on account of
contrary winds, adds, that a Frigate from.the Tagus
had informed them that the Russian Fleet was in nnr
possession. The Frigate alluded to was probably
the Alcmene, which we kno,a; did not bring, any
such intelligence. We have no doubt, therefore,
Ciat. the report originated in some mistake.

Several Letters were yeste:day received from Sir
A. WELLESLEY'S Army : some of them are dated
On the-Ist inst. On the, morning of that day the
sth battalion of the 60th, the 95th, 36th, and 45th,
disembarked,
,and marched towards Lavos, where
they were to be encamped till the whole were land-
ed. On the 2cl the Commander
,in Chief proposed
to disembark the bib, 9th, and 38th regiments;
and on the 3d .the whole of the Troops would be
landed. The last to land was General CRAUFURD'S
division, consisting of the 40th, 71st, •anti 91st. A
proportion of artillery, &c. was disembarked every
day.

Yesterday, at twelve o'clock,. his MAJESTY arrived
in town, from Windsor, and was received at the
Queen's Palace, by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes.
of YORK KENT.
At two o'clock his MAJESTY held a Private Levee,
which was attended by-7--
The Duke of l'ortland. the Duke of Montrose, Earl
Bathurst, Earl Camden, Earl of Chatham, Lord flawkesbury,
Lord Heathfield, Lord Somerville, Lord Mulgrave, Mr,
Rider, Mr. Perceval, Mr. Grey .11e, and Mr. Canning.

The following had the honour of being presented
to his MAJESTY :
The Rev. Mr. jenkinson, Prebend of Worcester.
Co•onti Sir George Smith, on being appointed his Ma-
jesty's ,Aid.de-Camp.

Mr. RIDER laid before his MAJESTY the proceed-
ings of several Courts Martial.
No Council was held ; and his MAJESTY left
town for Windsor, at half-past four o'clock.

Dispatches were received at the Admiralty this
morning from Admiral ROWLEY, Commander in
Chief of f Jamaica.
Lord MutunAvE will give a Cabinet Dinner this
day.
The Convoy bound to Oporto, Lisbon, and the
Mediterranean, -will sail under convoy of His Ma-
jesty's Ship Success, from Portsmouth.
The Boats belonging lb the Strenuous Gun-brig
very gallantly cut out, from under the batteries of
Lcuteville, the St. Jaques French Sloop, of Cher-
bourgh, bound to that dace, on the night of the 7th
inst.
The Fleets for the East Indies and the Leeward
Islands are passed Gravesend.

We have received a Letter from an Officer on
board a Frigate cruizing in the Gulph of Florida,
dated the 20th of May, which states, that notwith-
standing the Embargo in ail the Ports of the United
States of America, that these seas are covered with
Vessels under the Ameri6n Flag, some of which
are floundering about in • the Gulph, under an ex-
pectation of being sent into a British port, under a
pretext. He adds, the Governor of the Havannah
has made a considerable demand of the American
merchants residing the're for provisions of all species.
A Spanish Schooner, laden with Cochineal, a prize
to the Hebe, has been carried into the Mississippi
by the people put on board of her from the Frigate.
The Elk Brig, Captain COGHLAN, on the New. Pr-
ovidence station, has of late made some very valuable
captures.
Extract of another Letter, dated June 30, 1803.—
The American Colle6tor. at New Orleans having
given up the Vess'el alluded to, to the Spaniards, the
English Agent demanded restitution. The Collector,
finding himself, some time afterwards, to have
erred, offered 20,000 dollars to have the matter
adjusted, which has been refused. The Melpomene
Frigate, which. took out Vice-Admiral ROWLEY to
his command at Jamaica,. has gone down to Vera
Cruz for- money, and 'shortly may be expeaed in
England. Lieutenants H. S. JONES and W. R.
Slit ITU, of theGuerrierre, on the Jamaica station, have
been promoted to the rank of Commanders; the
former is appointed to the Griffin, a French Ship
lately captured by the Baceltante,, off Cape Antonio,
on the coast of Cuba ; the latter' to thf. Hunter, vice
DICKENS, exchange 4.

The advises just received from India, as far as
they have yet reached us, represent our affairs in
that quarter as wearing the aspett' of the most per-
feet tranquillity. What particulars have come to our
notice, are of a nature no less to engage the attention
of the Empire at large, than to embrace the interests
of those individuals who may be more immediately
concerned in the transa6tions that have there taken
place; and it cannot butbe saiistaetoty to observe,
that the general result is equAly•tavourable to the
general and particular, interests of the Country, We
:long since heard of the intrigues of the French Go-
vernment at the Court of Persia, and of the susses,
with which they are supposed to be attended; but
we now have the satisfa4ion of knowing, that they
have beew:seasonably and ably bpposeti by Colonel
MALCUOLM, avhotn Lord MINT() had sent on a spe-
cial mission. to:Persia, tocounteraii-aild frustrate the
L-citemes WhiCiaUONAPARTE has been so long ma-
turing for the subjugation of our Indian doMinions.
I'be British Ship' int he river of Calcutta have cap-
tured Danish property txy,the amount Of ONE
MU.-
LION sterling ; and the Russell, 74, Captain CAUL-
FIELD, has taken a Danish Ship'. with dollars on
bOard, amounting to .800,0001. We have also to
add, that Admiral DRtTRY has safely arrived in

The Fourth Report from the Committee on the
Distillation of Sugar and Molasses has been printed.
It recommends that 'the planter. should refine his su-
gar before he imports it, and enters into calculations
to prove the advantages of refining in- the West In-
dies. It also recommends that sugar be employed
in fattening cattle. Experiments to' prove the uti-
lity of this latter plan, it says, are about to be insti-
tuted, and recommends a redu6tion of the duty on
sugar.

There were great rejoicings on Sunday at Boulogne,
in celebration of BUONAPARtE'S birth-day.—The
rockets were seen in the evening from Dover flying
in the air in every diredion on . that part of • the,
French coast. But the people and the troops at
Boulogne knew nothing yet of his disgraceful flight
from Bayonne, and that: of JOSEPH from Madrid,
with the defeat of the French arms in Spain.

It was reported at Corunna that Geri. CASTANOS
had intercepted a letter wriven by BUONA PA RTE, ad-
dressed to DuroNT, ordering him to quit his situa-
tion, join another division at the French, and with
their united force attack the army of Galicia under
'Gen. BLAKE..

COR Au ou ,T 8.

(FROM THE COHUNNA PAPER.)

Is the Blockade of the Continent against the English
praelicable
•
If the old and the new Continent were under the
domination and sovereignty of one sole Monarch,
and it were possible that on all the shores, and in

the whole circumference, of the earth his orders were

Obeyed and executed, unopposed by cogent neces-
sity and circumstances, then the blockade of the
Cbntinent might be praaicable and effeaive. But
to ordain, or expe6l, that one kingdom or empire,

which even has not the command of the Western

part of the Continent of Europe.7—that all the other

Potentates, without any attention to their situation,

relations, and wants, should willingly deprive them-
selves of the benefit of commerce, and forego the

necessaries of life and comfOrt, raise and consign to

destru&ion the surplus produce of their countries,

and give up the resources which industry 'and navi-
gation procure, is a pretension extravagant and
impra&icable in foreign dominions, and unjust
and tyrannical at home. It is well known, that
ports are the sources' of the wealth of States, and
the channels through which specie and all articles
both of necessity and superfluity pass. If this entry
to public prosperity be shut to mankind, they will
be restriaed to the bare prOduce of their soil, and
be, through the want of specie, reduced to indi-
gence. Without this specie they cannot be brought
to raise, keep up their armies, proje& and achieve
conquests ; it has therefore been ever wisely
said, that that Power would command the Continent
which could hold the dominion of the seas, and
whose navigation and commerce would at the same
time flourish. In despite of these gl,tring truths,
France has for these 19 years past never ceased pro-..
jeding ridiculous, chimerical, and impradicable
enterprizes.—She has had the levity to declare
the Continent bloCkaded to the English, before
she had secured the possession of the CoastS of
Europe. This novelty captivated all the credulous
insensate admirers of fantastic extravagance, whilst
it met with condign derision from the Statesman
' and the reileding mind. In faa, the report of TAL-
LEYRAND, the approhation of the Senate, and the
imperiOus Decree of BUONAPARTE on this particular,
are illustrious subjeas of farce, and precious stuff for
the pen of Playwrights. And, indeed, what elin there
be imagined more preposterous and ludicrous, than
to decree, whilst engaged in a hazardous contest and
warfare with Russia, Sweden, and Prussia, unpos-
sessed of the free controul of Denmark, Spain, Au-
stria, Portugal, and Turkey, and even before the
redudion of Calabria, and the expulsion tram
the Adriatic and the Mediterranean of the POPE
and the Queen Regent of ETRURIAi that the
whole Continent should shut up its ports, to the

English, sacrifice its commerce and interests, and
barely because NAPOLEON is pleased to ordain it
so ? He has however Ordained it, and the exalted
imagination of the sanguine and visionary French,
already saw the English Navy annihilated, and Bri.7
tain crushed.

What sad picaures did they not make of their si-
tuation ! Inalion, famine, discontents,. and
Lions were. successively agitating Great Britain ; there
were who in positive anticipation already beheld
King GEORGE humiliated, and. soliciting Peace pro-
strate on his knees before the hero of the age, and
the arbiter of the destinies. So vast is the influence
of error in the realms of ignorance !. But the ill-
fated, proscribed English, so far from retrograding,

have made still greater strides to wealth and power,
whilst in France and Spaiti specie vanished, and
even the opulent began to feel themselves constrained
to assimilate their regime to that of porters and coal-

heavers.
The Colonies, both Spanish -and French, were
by this Decree openly put to 'the verge of revolu-
tion, anti driven to the necessity of consulting for
their independence. The Allies, who derive their
whole support :from commerce, to prevent their
ruin, were forced to renounce the prote6tion
and alliance of .NAPC;I:EON ; their armies were on
the eve of falling to pieces and dispersing for want
of means to keep them together; destitute of conr,i-
modities, and unable even to convey them, their
maritime forces being reduced
_or overawed, the
Inhabitants of America were on the point --of bemg'
driven' to the necessity .of operling their ports to the
English. This projea then has .been monstrously
absurd : BUONAPARTE was no doubt aware, that, they
could not be the meansof wresting, the trident from
the hands of England, or of releasing the ports from
their. blockade, or of taking recipro-vengeance : it
•
was too clear to him that England -had the forces to
block us up, and that he had none to prevent it.
But lie had noblei• objeas in view : the Continent
•
was to be partitioned between his Family, and this
expedient was by him conceived to be .the most
effectual way to conceal his scheme from the French,
who were to be dragged to the shambles like beasts
to be slaughtered. And thus he masked, under the,
veil of national interest; the ill-disguised one of his

own family. This Decree has been nn ohccnre
of the premeditated articles of the Peace of Tilsit

and of the division of Europe into ti.ve Empires)
of which he, the proje&or, was for the present to
seize that which would extend in one line. from
the mouth-of the Vistula to Corfu,- confined icy

other direaions by the Baltic, the Ocean, the Me-
diterranean, and the Adriatic; Russia was to hold the

remainder. Necessarily must there have entered

into the consummation of this prole&, the subjuga-
tion of Spain, Portugal, Etruria, the States of the

Church, the Hanseatic Towns and Denmark, and
finally Austria, which yet remained to be pared
down. These were all comprehended in the De-
cree of the Continental Blockade, which was the
'plausible means of colouring the entrance of his
armies into Spain, preceded by Proclamations, de-
claring; that they came solely for the purpose of-
compelling the common enemy to keep withiti
his own bounds, and inducing him to a Mari-
time Peace. The French entered upon the stage,
and began to net. They no sooner had obtained
desired footing, than the mask was thrown off, and
rapine ,and desolation or Chiefs and Cohorts became
.
the order of the day. The English, without, com-
parison more sagacious and wise than the French,
have seen and predicted in the execution of the
Decree.of the Blockade of the Continent, the over-
throw of the monstrous Empire of Fiance, and the
emancipation of Europe ; they have saved their Al-
lies, and consigned other Nations to the lessons of
experience ; and, in fad, they have all been unde-
ceived ; they have unanimously resolved to throw
off their shackles ; they have disclosed their semi-'
meats; 'and thrown open their Ports to the English,
who, with a generosity equal to their power, have
dispensed to them unreserved aid; the comnie-
nication having been opened, they find that
Great Britain stands more flourishing, undaunted,
and exalted before them. Let them blush at their
credulity to the French; let them consign to the
flames their fallacious, seduelive papers, and for ever
disclaim their friendships. Struck with shame, they
acknowledge the error of- their adherence, and Ira/
everlasting friendship to Great Britain.

LOTTERIES.

Two Reports from the Committee of the 1-rotl#!
of' Commons, appointed to ascertain to what-degree
the laws passed for the purpose of obviating the
mischiefs attendant upon Lotteries have operated/ I
have been published. In the first Report, the Coo'
mittee propose the following Resolutioni:-
Ist. It is their opinion, that in case it shall be thought
expedient to continue State Lotteries, they should be-limiteo
to two yearly, of not more than 30,000 tickets each ; that 's
days of drawing should be eight instead of ten, and that
number oftickets to be drawn should be kept secret till
dose of ibedrawing each day, care being taken that too toPPg
shall not be left to be drawn on the latter days.
2dly. That no persons should be permitted to deal In t•°.,
tery tickets, except those who...take out a licence, and OOP
Agents.
3,11 y. That to prevent persons setting up Lottery Office:l
as a cloak fbr carrying on illegal insurances, no person shou.,
be entitle.: to a licence unless he shared one hundred and MP
tickets, instead of thirty, the present number.
4thly. That all Lottery Offices should, not be permitted to
do business before eight o'clock in the rooming, or after eiglag
o'clock in the evening.. •
sally. That the pradice of illuminating Lottery Offices,
for outside slim, exhibiting Lottery bills and schemes up
hoards, carts, or carriages, in town or country, should IA r
subjected, on conviction, to a considerable- penalty, or tbe 7,
party imprisoned for a limited period. . -
6thly. That the exemption of Lottery Office-keeper; frcT3
the jarisdietion of lustices of the Pease, and Police MAO'
trees, should be discontinued As inexpedient.
In the second Report, the Committee enter more
particulatilty into a consideration' of the ill effetts of
Lotteries-, and appear to think that it is impossible
to devise any,system of regulations to render therP
an efficient source of revenue, and, at the same tiro° .
divest them of all the evils and calamities of which
it has hitherto proved so baneful a source. It says OP
punishments inflided by the statutes upon offenderl
aaainst the Lotter Ads, fall on the ignorant sp9
the destitute, whilst the wealthy offenders hold,thePir
in utter.
.contempt. The effects of the Lottery, undea
its present rettriaions, idleness, dissipation, 00-
poverty, have materially increased, sacred and coo" '
tidentiA trusts are betrayed, domektic comfort is
stroyed, madness is often created, 'crimes„ subjea::
ing the perpetrators of them to the puniShment 0),
death, and even suicide itself, are committed, o'
fully appear by evidence submitted to the Cony
mittee. Such fatal attendants upon State Lotterie
this Committee are afraid will always continue, s°
long as State Lotteries are permitted to exist. 1.1.1:
Committee conclude with their opinion, that 05..
money paid to Government by the Contraaors
not equivalent to the distress occasioned to inani
persons, ultimately forced, to apply: for parochial re" •
lief.

A few days since a robbery, singular for its flo"
dacity, was perpetrated at the stores belonging to 14
china-merchant in Temple-lane, Dublin. Two lei'
lows, 'leading a horse and car; stopped opposite tl'°
premises between eight and nine o'clock in the moto'
ing, and with much composure unlocked the door 01
the stores, from whence,without the least appearance
of hurry or alarm, they proceeded to remove a larg
crate
.of earthenware ; finding it, .however, some"
`what too ponderons to' he lifted with facility ()1; :
the cart, and perceiving a groom employed in
'
avocation at an adjoining stable, the villains had to
'consummate impudence to request .hiS'asSistance)
bn
which they quickly accomplished the business,whe,
thanking him for his aid; and wishing. him goo,v
inorrow, they deliberately bore off their booty Widl,s' •'
,turbed and unsuspected.
cORN-EXCHANGE, AUG. 18.—The supplies
Theet this day are short, but the trade is dull 1`
N\ ,
sale, and past prices are hardly supported; 8ar1.)4
and ' Maltare each rather cheaper ; W kite Pease a
again lower ; Grey also ; Beans of the two kinds
likewise; the quantity of Oats on hand are co_
considerable, and this trade is named at little ','aria
tion ; Flour fully at the quotation.