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We now proceeci to consider the question of. Se.
enrity for the future. It has been asserted, that in
ceding to France, the Colonies we have conquered
from her, we have deprived ourselves of all security
against her possible, breach of Faith. But would
that good Faith have been better secured if we had
retained them ? If France ever feel disposed to vio-
late her engagements, she can died her purpose as
Well without her Colonies as with them. For they
afford no immediate power which the Mother Coun-
try did not enjoy before. It is true, they may
eventually enable her to procure Sailors and to equip
Fleets ; but this very supposition defeats the ob-
.
3eaiOn, by spewing that it is her interest to re..
main tranquil, in order that she may be enabled to
accomplish that objet. Sailors and Fleets are not
6° easily made : they are the works of infinite
labour, persev6-arice, and time. If on the other
liand, we examine the effeas of these Colonial
Possessions on Great Britain, we shall not be able
it discover any possible benefit which she could have
derived from their retention. She has already Co.
lorries so extensive, as to occupy her whole popula-
tion and marine ; and by prudent and wise measures
there is not an able bodied Irian of her Empire who
may ever want employment. The conquered Ctilo-
ties were useful. to her merely during the War,
because they enabled her, to maintain an unparalleled
maritime force, and to deprive the Enemy of all
eommercial resources. These objects no longer exist.
In Peace, it is her interest that France should im-
Prove these distant possessions, which must 'ever be
dependant, in case of a war, on that power which
otrunands the ocean ; it is likewise her interest
that France should be Commercial, because, as
NONiESQUI EU wisely observes, " Peace is the na-
tural effeEt of Trade." The more Commercial
Prance becomes, the mote her ambition will de-
rease, and the less there will be .to fear from it. In
'proportion as her People extend their Commercial
l)eculations •(in the present infancy of their Corn-
tuereial State), they will be more averse from the
Zeilitis of military adventure. Besides, the spirit of
°llltnerce engenders in the mind a certain sense of
"at'l justice, which cannot fail, now that the French.
overnment confesses itself to be sufficiently great,
to be a strong barrier against another War, and con-
sequently, a powerful security to Britain for the
future. •

Indeed we could not have obtained by the re_
nervation of any territory, a security so estimable
d satisfaCtory, as that which results froth the in-
ward feeling of the People whose Government have
%ncluded the Peace. The very circumstance of
the improvement of her Colonies will afford an oc-
:tljation to the French Government, and divert it
.to
schemes of Continental disturbance and hostili-
-)' the revival of which would be produCtive of the
retest unpopularity in that Country. Thus, our
Is_
r't security is the aEtual cession of those very Co_
sniess which have hitherto afforded to the timid
4(lillueh field for animadversion. It is a received
axiom in Geometry, that the greater the extent of
"°dies, the more their circumference is relatively
3111111. This would have been the exalt. situation of
this Country had .she retained the Colonies which
she has ceded with so much prudence and mag-
.4llilnity. The real power of any Country does
t consist so much in the facility of:making Con..
:14'-sts., as in the difficulty. an Enemy finds in at-
tang it. But the increase of territory compels
Iliv in
ernent to expose new sides by -which- it
0,4/;.. be attacked. As therefore a Government
4gut to be endued with wisdom, in order to
;crease, it ought likewise to have an equal share
of Prudence to limit its power. The inconveniences
an immoderate enlargement of territory ought
Creti to be warily avoided ; for all grandeur, force,
and
Power are relative, and, therefore, as
.1 MONTE 5-
observes, ,‘ care must be taken, that in
endeavouring to increase the real grandeur, the re.
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ltiVe be not diminished."

Further, has it es,-aped the rccolleaion of our
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16 ntrYtnen, that in the war of Ousen ANNE, when
stte benefited by colonial commerce, .and before
t eland had availed- herself of the courage, good
l'rise, and numbers 'of the people of Scotland and
rqa
t, ndi we made such efforts, even on the Conti-
ct4t) as astonished all Europe ? This was the ne-
Ivii,t7Y consequence of population and industry,
.
clrelc: ltszi Mr. filiNi E to remark, he would as soon
114:4 that all our rivers and springs should be ex-
‘vh stet)) as that money should abandon a kingdom
do there are people and industry. This refiec-
tt: naturally prompts us to consider, in a National
Nse' a -very material distinaion between the ter-
',:et and arcideNfal power of -a State, a matter
tyllY little attended to by the opponents Of Peace,
o,l°. draw all their comparisons from the aaual
*tto(llti°ll of France, without refleaing-that compa-
il)t:s are no proofs. By permanent power, we
\,Z.11, a natural, inherent and . perpetual ability in a
Ile '41114'3 which, though always in being, may not
ways in aaiol7, or n,)t always, Advantageously -

direeted ; by aceridental power, we mean, a for-
tunate or accidental disposition or exercise of natural
strength in the whole or in part.
To conclude.—We made a just and honourable
Peace, and such as might be expeaed from a People
with whom War was the business of necessity only.
Our Vidoties received lustre from a greatness of
lenity and forbearance ; neither the foul finger of
disgrace, nor the bloody hand of vengeance have
put a blot upon our fame ; and when the
.necessity
for War ceased, the world must confess, that as we
drew the sword in our just defence, we used it with-
out cruelty, and sheathed it without revenge or
dishonour.

The Hamburgh Mail which became due yester,
day, had not arrived when our Paper was put to
Press.

The ROYAL FAMILY heard Divine Service yes-
terday, as usual, at Windsor.
HIS MAJESTY will hold a Levee at St. James's
Palace on 'Wednesday, when the KING will receive
the Addresses of the House ofLords and Commons,
'oh the Treaty entered into between thiS Country
and the Court of Russia.
On Saturday the Pit txcE- of WAt.Es left Town,
on a visit to the Earl of EGREMONT at Petworth,
from whence His Royal Highness will go to
Brighton for some time.
Mr. LISLE, one of His Majesty's Messengers,
arrived yesterday morning at Lord HAWK ESBURY'S
Office, with Dispatches from the Republic of France.
The Right Hon. Lord GLENBEiVIE is expeled
to leave England in a short time, for the Govern-
ment of the Cape of Good Hope.
The last accounts frOm India state, that Marquis
WE L LESLEY had been constituted Captain-General
and Commander in Chief of all His Majesty's and
the Company's Forces to the Eastward of the Cape.
of Good Hope. The Commission entrusting him
with such extensive powers, is dated in Aug. I Soo.

Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN HAM' LTON, of the 8 st
Foot, is appointed to be Deputy Quarter-Master-
Gcneral to the Fortes serving at the Cape of Good
Hope, vice Major-General F4AsE.R, placed on the
Staff in India.

Letters from Madras,
.to. the 4th of July, state
that the Nabob of the Carnatic was on the point of
death., His disorder,Was-an abscess in the back, a
complaint prevalent and fatal in Hindostan, and that
of which Hyder Ally died..
. .
The Beath of this Printe will el:fed a very con-
siderable change in the political condition or the
India Conipany-, and.will -be an event of great im-
portance to the numerous creditors of his Highness
in this country,. as-well as in Asia.. The Company,
who, it is expeded, will assume the sovereignty of
the Carnatic and pension his heirs, will likewise be
responsible for his debts. • .
The abscess, which originated between the shoul-
ders, had extended itself nearly over his back ; and,
at the date of these letters, it was not expedcd he
could survive three days.
Two Troops of His Majesty's 21st Light Dra-
goons arrived at Cork on the 4th inst. from-Lime-
rick, under the command of Capt. MURPHY,. pre-
paratory to their going to Bandon and Tallaglf.

MONSIEUR and most of-the French PrinCes have
been since Monday on a hunting party at the Earl
of CHoLmoNDELtv's "seat in Norfolk, where they
will remain till .:ThurSday, After • returning to
Town for a short time, Their Royal Highnesses are
going to visit the Earl'oftvlolßA, in Leicestetshire:

. .
The report that` Sir' JIDNEY SMITH" arrived in
this countrx in the. 'TArlosh, garb it appears,
wholly without foutidaton. If the, prevalence of
envy and malevolence-Wei-et:not so well known, it.
wOuld be difficult to account' for: the invention of so
pitiful an attempt to 'degrade the reputation of sot
meritorious a charmer:

Advices are arrived from' the 'Royal at
Port Jackson, where:shejtad..landed the -Convifts,
and was proceeding,to.6taheito.with,the Missiona-
ries, to join •their,-,brethren in that Island.:;. There
was much sicknes among the
.Convias-on -board
that ship, of .whorn.upwarcls of fortythad.died,.and
the. tender attention- of the Missionaries. exposed •
them to the same infeaious•fevcr, • from which all
had recovered, except one.of the: name of MORRIS,'
consulnptiveiy inclined, who died after they. ar-
rived at Port Jackson.

On Saturday Lieutedant-Colonel • PARRY, " to-
gether_ with several British and French Officers,
just arrived from the East Indies, preferred a
complaint before the LOR a MAYOR against the
Master of the Blossoms Inn, in' Lawrence-lane,
far having detained their baggage, because they
refused to comply With• an unjust demand Marie on
some of them for rot. and on some others for Isl.
purporting to be charges incurred at an inn in Deal.
The Lord Mayor_ considering this an extraordinary
proceeding, sent for the Book-keeper of the waggon
belonging to that inn; who produced an order from
Cross, the Master of the Three Kings at Deal, de-
siring him to make the demands in question, and to
Stop the• trunks that came by the waggon if they
were not paid.
The LORD MAYOR told these Gentlemen, that
he would be happy to give them any assistance in

his power; but he did not know haw to proceed
with• respeet to the demands made by the person
At Deal. The Book-keeper, then said, •he wanted
no more than three halfpence a pound for the bag-
gage, and it was- agreed that the complainants
should receive their property on paying that money;
his Lordship at the same time observed, that an
Action would lie against the Master of the Blossoms
Inn, if he detained it.

A Melancholy accident happened on • Friday. in
Harley-street. As a young Gentleman was mount-
ing his horse, the vicious' animal endeavoured to
bite him, and the r moment the Gentlernan had
placed himself upon the saddle,' he set off full speed
upthe street; and. dashed- his-rider with such force
upon the pavement, that little'hopci-:ire entertained
of his recovery. • -