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lic judgment ebbs and flows; with the course cf.
an adventurer's success. With the mubitude, to
be prosperous is to be wise.; and the unfortunate
are always reckoned "weak, in proportion tothuir
failure in the lotzery of the blind goddess. The
world is too apt to he caught at once by the tin-
sel splendour of the hold and' forward, instead .of
waiting to appreciate the Sterling e-c:flue•of the
ore that 'stands the slow hut undeciqvitig test of
'fire.; nor can I concur in the practical ;correct^
mess of Mr. NECKAR'S discrimination, who ap-
pears to me to give undue credit to public dis
cernment, when he says, c, Les Nations ressen.i-
-• blent aux. viellards qu'uile longue experience des
• erreurs ct des injustices des 'tontines wrench) soup=
• conneux et defiants ; et qui accprdent lentemeot
• leer estim.e et lour approbation.' My own ex-
perience Of. the world's general precipitancy of
decision leads. me, to a conelivion directly oppo-,
site to that of the Swiss philosopher.
Having weathered the storm, and brought
your bark to her moorings in quiet anchcirage,
you will not yet however, I trust, my Lord, he in
too great a hurry to disarm entirely the gallant
vessel you have fought aud piloted so well. •ilad'
the Usurper met the fate 'which justice called fur;
had we got totally quit of the whole adulterous
(if fame says true, incestuous) family, the cg-
ti p eche confusa domus ;' had all his gang of plun-
derers and assassins been either executed or trans-
ported from the soil; for I cannot repose much
confidence on all these reforMed bandits-=these
sudden counter-revolutionary adhesions to a cause
which they think just only because it is at present
prosperous ; they come too much under BURKE'S
description of deserters from principle, listed
with fortune, they cannot see any good in suffer-
ing virtue, nor any crime in prosperous usurpa-
tion ;' . had all the soi-disants, or most of them'
(for I can allow some few exceptions), beep done
away with, then, indeed, might the virmous Mo-
narch whom we have so mainly contributed to re-
store, the-benevolent Louts, have been safely en-
trusted to the love and guardianship of his loyal and.
affectionate subjects. But as it is, I confess, my
Lord, that I have very extensive doubts, so much
so as to reach all the way front Naples to Stock-
holm ; to the former of which Places I do not
like the neighbourhood of
_Elba. In short, Hir
Lord, I agree completely with the Editor of this
Paper (h), that after the escape of BUONAPARTE
from justice, I (10 not see how one of the Al.
lied Sovereigns can conscientiously sign a warrant
fur the execution of any 'criminal,. however

atrocious.

" You will not, therefore, my Lord, suffer the
repose of Europe to hazard any future distur-
bance; nor, for the sake of a few additional
na-
lions, which the wealth of Britain will never miss,
permit the Allied 'Forces to• quit the territory of
France before the state of the public mind is so
fully ascertained as to render the security of the,
Royal House of BouRBON h 0 longer a matter of
the,
slightest question. IVhat confidence, for in-
stance, can he reposed in such a man as Cainkrz-
COURT, WllO, even if his tale be true, of which
doubt, notwithstanding he has contrived to sa-
tisfy the virtuous ALEXANDER, too good himself
to suspect others of evil ; yet, if it be a fact, to
what does its evidence amount ? that he has only
convicted himself in the alternative of rank cow-
ardice, in bearing the stigma of atrocious vii-
lany, and branding his eternal fame, for the sake
of adding a few short years to the petty span of
human existence : Wduld either his princely vic-
tim, the noble D'ENOIIIEN, or our gallant coun-
tryman, the murdered WRIGHT, have borne it ? I
will answer boldly for both their injured spirits,
libelled even in the bare supposition—No, Hot fur
a single instant I

' Let no such wan be trusted.'

" But let us place our greatest hope in the
strength and correctness of MAcur.AvEL's estimate
of 'popular feeling Illud tamen haud obscurant
est, populos jam semel ad defectionein prolapses, übi
etenim sub lmperio fererint redarti majori cum diffi-
cultati amitte (i) And, though Ido not like the
number of By ONAPARTE'S former adherents that
seem to he admitted, widiout a question as to
their former conduct, to the same rights and pri-
vileges as those who have suffered so much for,
the sake of loyalty and justice ; nor am 1 quite
satisfied as to the line of connexion wl,ich seem
to be establishing itself, all the way. front Elba
through Italy towards (.1e) Vienna, I ant vet will;ng
to trust to the good . sense and patriotism of the
majority of the French nation, aided by the woe-
ful experience of vliat they have already suffered,
to prevent the recurrence of any very serious.evil
and one should hope that the very knowledge
of the Corsican's unfeeling and selfish character
must absolutely prevent any thing like personal
attachment to a man who, in himself, is so com-
pletely incapable of friendship or affection—

Palem progenies hominum si pri3ca tulisset,
Pyi ithmius fu Bret Theseus uffensum Orestem
Desereret Pylades, odisset (.astern Pollux.' (1)

Since it has hcen thought proper, however,
with what prudence I doubt, to spare his forfeit
existence, may he quietly sink into the solitary
insignificance to which he seems doomed—a pu-
nishment, were it 1,,,0t for, the sake of example,
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" But, consigning 'him to the ohliVion he de-
ser es, let us consider what yet remains to- be
done in other quarters of the globe, and espe-
cially beyond the Atlantic; where the admirable
and successful exertions of the little Army un-
der the gallant PREVOST seem .to entitle them
to that speedy and 'effectual reinforcement which
you will now be so well able to spare for their as-
'lltance. Greater effects have, perhaps, seldom,
if ever, been prOdUced by so small a force; bat it
*t7Ul now be proper to give ;he scale a decisive
turn at once, and, adding strength to zeal and
science, effectually punih the • folly of American,
aggression, and give ourrexcellent Commauder in
that part of the worldpan opportunity of acquiring
his share of the honOurable rewards so liberally
and properly bestott7ed on those who have dis-
tinguished themselves in command in Europe.
" And here, my Lord, bJore I conclude, allow
ttte to suggest, what has often struck me, that,
considering the numerous naval and military
claimants in proportion to the few red ribbands
to be given away, and to prevent the.necessity of
bestowing any of them on -the Meritorious ser,
rin....of the public in other departments of the
State, so as to keep the Order of the Bath en-
tirelras a military honour,, there seems,to be a
call for the institution of a new Order for such
Persons as have served the State conspicuously.in
"it employments, but whose official or personal.
rank does not entitle them to the higher distinc-
tion of the Garter, but to rank immediately after
the Knights of the Bath. Nor can any era offer
amore appropriate opportunity for such institu-
tion than the conclusion of a general Peace ; and
to a general Peace, thank Heaven ! we can now
With safety look forward, nor fear to exclaim, •

At nubis, Pax alma vent, spicamque tenet° r
" FALKLAND."

(a) Sues, Tuesday, 29th March, 1814.
(6) It will, propably, he in your Lordship's recollection,
as it is perfectly within mine, that, in an early stage of the
French Revolution, an expression dropt from you in the
House of Commons, which was then much criticised by the
oPposite side of the House, with respect to the practicability
of a march to Paris; perhaps, now that the fact has actually
tome to pass, and that, most singularly, in your Lordship's
own administration, some of those Gentlemen will he able to
furnish us with hypercriticisms on their own strictures.
(c) Ci.andian in Rufinum.
(d) The reply of Louis XVIII. tothe Mayor and Magistrates
of Dover.
(e) Letter I. Times Newspaper, Wednesday, 9th February,
IEI4.
(1) Dante. Inferno.
(g) If I were ever so much disposed to deny my former de-
c'slon 011 this head, my opinions are recorded in print fur
l'lm'ards of twelve years past ; and the " Litera scripta ma-
llet" would rise up in evidence against me. But all who know
rue know also my opinion, and will also recollect how most
°f them either ridiculed or seriously combated my early and
to constant predictions of his downfal, from the want of ability
attain his power ; though I am ready to own that I trem-
Pbled several times for the opportunities offered tohim, if lit
vdpossessed common judgment, to.contirm and consolidate,
Lae
oneentrating and contracting, his authority. But, per-.
ps, the annals of the world cannot furnish any other in-
staucc so prominent of the
_ " Quos Deus volt perdere prius dementat."
(a) see the admit able article on this subject, Joy the Editor
of Tun FAIN, in that Paper of the Ilth April,
(i) This Context of this passage, in
.lachiavel's Princeps, is
so curiously illustrative of the disappointed hopes of the coin-
inthklnitY in general, when led into revolutionary troubles by
arts of a few interested individuals, as well as of the rea-
sable ons why the chief Leaner of the Revolution himself is not
to secure the Permanent attachment, or prevent the de-
_ ectian of those who were next immediately employed under
him in the transaction, that I cannot avoid saving your Lord-
s.pi I) the trouble of- referring to your library, by transcribing
woole paragraph front his 3d Chapter.:—
"She eitina metiora cousequendi illceti bomities, lihenter
stattnn reruns prmsentium sui principis mutatum volunt;
eztaue opitihine adducti arum in cum qui rerum putitur, ca-
Pere student. Qui in re falluntur inaxime. Nam re ips£
denaum sentiunt in pejora se esse delapsos coneilia. Et hoc
iPsattt item ut fiat, ex alia, re gine a mourn est et pervulgata,
accidit, quee novo principi, eos ad quorum procurationem est
evectus, turn copes alendis, tom variis incommodis, et quas
nova adoptin secum trahit iii6nitis injuriis, seulper laalendi
sausain Wert: sit, ut et eos quos in occupaudo imperio prius,
Imseras, insensos habeas, et qui to in illud invexerunt, in
amicitia retinere non puss's!'
I refer only to the number of Buonaparte's connexions
:Luich seem to be settling in Italy, and towards Austria, and
possibly influence which may hereafter arise in that quar-
ter, without the smallest inference to any collusion implicat-
Ins the present views of the Court of Vienna.
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Oft the State in establishing .stich a Con-
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stitutlon as will secure the freedom and happlhess
of the people, and, at the smile time; maintain
the just rights and independence of the Throne;
that intention he distinctly tkpressed iii the,
declaration which he issued at. St. Onen, Bat
neither of these objects can be accomplished,
if the plan of the Constitution which was pre-
pared for the acceptance of his MAJESTY
,were adopted. We endeavoured yesterday. to
sbew that the Senate, as at present constituted,.
has no possible claim to hold such a controuling
power in the Constitution of France. We do not
wish. to speak with indiscriminate censure of all
Members of that Body ; but we may surely ask
upon what grounds, and for what services, they
claim for themselves now, and for their descend-
ants for ever,
,the right of controuling the wishes
.of the' ing and-the People of France. They are,
as we yesterday stated, unconnected either with
the King- or the People. They were chosen by
BtJONAPARTE, and paid by hint to answer his own
purpose ; and that purpose they did answer as
long as he had any chance 'of maintaining his
power, or paying their salaries. When that
Usurper seized the sovereign authority in France,
he did not think it quite prudent to declare'
himself an absolute Monarch ; he therefore
thought to delude the people by constituting two
Botties,.called a Senate and a Legislative Body ;
but he meant to make them, and be did make
them, perfect cyphers. To the Legislative Body,
if freely elected, there can be no objection ;
but the existence of the Senate, as at present con-
stituted, is-incompatible with the establisbnient
of a free Constitution. They are paid by the
Crown, and we have already seen bow devoted
they can be to the Power by whiel they are paid.
There are many other minor points,. which we
think highly objectionable ; but they all sink in
comparison with the one to which we have alluded•

A Dutch Mail arrived last night, with Papers
to the Bth inst. The Helder, the forts, and the
fleet, were given up on the- sth 'to the Sovereign
Prince of HOLLAND. The fortresses of Naarden,
Wesel, and Deventer, have been also surrendered.
The principal contents of these Papers will be
found in our last page.

Colonel CAMPBELL, we understand,-has sent to
Government a minute detail of all the circum-
stances that attended the removal of BuONAPARTE
to his destination.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED PARIS, MAY 7.

Lord WELLINGTON was at the Opera last
night, and received with grand Vices.
" The escape-of BUONA PARTE was narrow and
miraculous. Colonel CAMPBELL, and other Of-
ficers, mounted the top of his voiture, and abso-
lutely defended him by force against, violent as-
saults, stones, and missiles of every kind. At
length he disguised himself in parts of the dress
of Russian, Prussian, and British escort,,and fled
on horseback. It is a curious fact,- that he as-
sumed the name of Lord BURGHERSH."

The Francis Freeling packet, with a'Mail from
Lisbon, is arrived at Falmouth, but the mail will
aot'be in town until to-►norrow.

The Court Martial upon Admiral STIRLING is
terminated. The charges were for taking money
for affording the protection of King's ships to
merchantmen. The Court decided, that the
charges were in part proved ; and the sentence
was, that Admiral STIRLING should remain in
the I-Tall-pay List, and that he should receive
no further promotion in the Navy.

A Eiony of the isTew French Cdristitntion has
been received in town, is said to be ofliCial •
We have already givell an outline of it, and at
preset have not room td enter into particulars
nor is it necessary that We should, as it will soon
be the subject of the most solemn discussion by
the highest Authorities of France. Twenty-fiVe
millions of francs;exclusive of the private demesnes
of the KING and those of the Crown, are fixed
for his MAJESTY'S annual expenditure. A pro-
portionabre provision is to be made for the other
branches of the Royal Family. The ConscOption
is,
,of course, to be abolished ; and due regula-
tions are form4d for the Army, And Peace and
War Establishments, which are td be fixed accord-
ing to law. The Legislative Bodies are to .deter-
mine the important qUestions of PEACE and WAR,
subject, howevef,..to the following restriction :

"War cannot be decided upon but by the special Decree of
the Two Chambers, upon tile formal and necessary proposi-,
Lion• of the KING, and sanctioned by his MAJESTY.

" When the Legislative Bodies shall deem the causes and
objects legitimate and admissible, war shall be declared by
the KING in the name of the French Nation. It shall then
be defined national, and the necessary supplies shall be pre-

"Aram Twe Chambers,shall decide that warought not to
made, the KING shall order hislvlinisters, on their responsi-
bility, to adopt, without delay, measures for the cessation or
prevention of all hostility.

"'lt apkitains to the KING to conclude and sign all Trea7
ties of Peace, Alliance, and Commerce, and other Conventions
with Foreign Powers, which he shall deem advantageous for
,the State; but such Treaties and Conventions shall not take
effect until they be ratified by'the Legislative Bodies."

There are many other points relative to Public
Liberty, the National Possessions, Political Rela-
tions, Military Preparations, &c. &c. which we do
not think it necess,ary to notice till the whole shall
be discussed, arranged, and adopted.