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"'Those, Sire, who 'renewed these barbarous
tactics of their sqvage ancestors, were ill-ac-
quainted with the heart 'of your Majesty. It
would have volantarili renounced the trophies
which were to be purchased by so- much blood,
and so many Woes -to humanity.
". The ardour with which we see arriving from
all the departments of the eMpires under the co-
lours of your Majesty, the numerous soldiers
called -forth by the Senatns Coma/turn of last Sep-
tember,_ 'furnishes an example of what your Ma-
jesty may expect from the zeal, patriotism, and
warlike spirit of the French, to snatch from the
'influence of our enemies the various portions of
'the Continent, and to conpter at honourable and
solid peace. _
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May your Imperial and Royal Majesty ac-
cept the 'tribute of the gratitude, love, and in-
violable fidelity of the Senate, and the French
people." •
. His Majesty replied as follows
gATORS,

'" What you halt said is very agreeable to me:
I have at heart the glory and the power of France;
but my first thoughts are engaged by, every Ihing
that may perpetuate internal tranquility, and
place rily'people for ever in security against the
rage of faction,. and the horrors of anarchy. It
is upon theserenemies o:. the happiness of nations
that,' with the consent and love of the French,
have founded this throne, to which henceforo•
ward are attached the destinies of the country.

" A timid and eowardly'soldiery ruin the inde-
pendence of nations ; but pusillanimous Magi-
strates Tdestroy the empire of the laws, the rights
of the throne', and social order itself.
". The noblest of deaths would be that of tbe,
soldier who falls in . the field of honour, were not.
the death of a magistrate, perishing in defence o
his SoSereign,_ -the throne, and the la;ts, lucre.
glorious still.

" When undertook the regeneration of France,
I intreated of Providence a determinate number
of years. Destruction is the work of a moment,
but one cannot build up again without the assist-
ance of time, The greatest 'want of a State is,
that of courageous magistrates.

".Our father:- had for their rallying cry, The
King is deud,--long lire the King ! These few
words cOmprchend the principal °advantages cf
the monarchy.. I believe li,,,have deeply studied
the spirit which my people have shew.n in diffe-
rent ages ; I have reflected on what has hapileu.

.
We have been touched with the recitals •con-
tailed in the last Bulletin of •the Grand Arm Y—
. admiration must not be excited by the deve-
lopment of the most august character duri,-.g that
month perils and of glory, when tiie
of the heart could take away none of its -rigour
from the intellect !

" What sentiment must not be inspired in a na-
tion truly generous, by the faithful picture of its
unforeseen losses, on perceiving that the tutelary
genius of f-r-o.nee has known how to prevent their
effe-:.t-s, and to make thimi the occasion of new glo-
ry Your Majesty never appeared more fullyat the
.summit of your destinies, than in those moments,
when fortune, by arming the elements, seemed to
endeayOur to remind us that she could be incon-
stant.

" Let out enemies exult, if they please, in the
material losses; which the rigour of ,the season,
arid the severity of the climate occasioned : but
let them calculate our fortes ; let them learn there
are no efforts.or sacrifices, of which, after the ex-
ample of your Majesty, the French nation is' not
capable, in order to release your glorious plans.
" In return, Sire, for your-, labours and your
paternal cares, we can only offer to your Majesty,
in coinnion with your whole empire, the expres-
sion of our sentiments of 'respect, admiration,
and love. We venture to hope, that your'Majes-
ty will-deign to accept this tribute with the same
goodness with which you have invariably honour.-
ed the- fidelity and devotion of'your Council of
State !"

His Majesty replied as. follows :
‘ Counsellors of State,- every time that I re-
enter Prance, my heart experiences the most
lively satisfaction. if the people testify Jo much
love for my son; it is because they' are impressed
with a conviction of the advantages of monarchy.
‘" It is to that ideal system; to those dark me-
taphysics, which, in pursuing with subtlety the
search after _first causes, seek to found upon their
basis the le,f.);isla'tion of nations., instead of accoui-
mOthating. laws to the knowledge, of the human
Heart, and. to the lessons of history, that.we must
'attribute all the misfortunes which our favoured

France has experienced.-These errors necessarily,.
4iir in realit34, did lead to the regime of men of blood.
'Who proclaimed the principle of insurrection to
be a duty ? Who flattered the people by pro--
claiming a sovereignty which it was incapable of
- exercising ? Wlic deStroyed the sanctity of and
rc::peet for the laws, by mailing then depend, riot
upon the sacred principles of justice, the nature

of things, and orciy il justice; hut 'solely OD the will
' • of an assembly- composed of men, strangers to the
knowledge of civil; criminal, a thuinistrativC, polici-

• 61, and -military laws ? When a man is called to re-
gencrate.a State, he must follOw principles-dirccily
-opposite.. History paints the human beart : it is
iii historythat lac must searcli for, the- adantages
sand canvenien cesof different 'nodes Of leirislation
Soda ant - the principles Which ,the-State Council of
. a great empire shoul*never lose sight of ; .it must
unite-to them a -courage superior to every' trial;
Auld after the exatnples.of the PreSideuts Harlay. and
‘loie,, be, ready to :perish in defence of tie
timereign;.n rune,- and the' Laws,
1

" Can any thing tend more ~to debase and en--
slave the mind than tha's to cramp its energies—
to depress its fatuities--to debar it front the right
of private judgment, from the, exercise of its rea-
soning 'powers, nay even. from freedom of re-.
rearch, in regard to subjects of the highest im-
portance', anal, forcing its regards froth the -sacred
oracles:of truth, to make it. look up with super--
stitious,awe to mere mortals, as possessed of in-
fallibility, and is holding, in their individual cha-
racter, the keys of Heaven. ,Can any thing be so
formidable, either to civil or religious feeedoin—
so dangerous to those liberties whichinthis emit],
try we so highly prized, and which it was the
main object of the Revolution to preserve and to
perpetuate, as such a system of ecclesiastical-po-
lity combined with such religious principles ?
Can we, wonder at the effect of such a combina-
tion in producing that wide7spread tyranny,
which, for so mats,/ ages, was exercised by the
See of Rome It is true,
,the reformation has
delivered some of the nations of Ettrope from the
galling chain of papandespotism, and it has, had
the effect of lightening the pressure of that chain
upon those which are still bound by it. But not
link of the chain is broken. Neither the eccle-
siastical polity, nor the religious principles of the
Church of Rowe, can be said" to have experieuced
the least alteration. h still maintains-its despo-
tism Over We mind—it still demands implicit he-
liefand, of course, implicit obedience. it-still
requires its members to believe that it is infallible,
because it has decreed, that 'it cannot err. it,
still proclaims itself to' be the only true:. Church,consigning to perdition all who are not within its
pale. In short, •it is :still as absblitte 'and as in
-tblerant as ever, ".IM deMands blind 'and servile
submission—it admits of no diSsent—it allows no
freedom of inquiry, no right of discussion, no
liberty, of conscience.
Notwithstanding all :this; we are told ethat
there can be no danger in admitting the Roman
Catholics to power, because the question between
as anththena is purely one of religious differences.
Never, surely, did the geosSness of fallacy so
clearly indicate the badness of a cause, as in the
use of such ern argument.--What has. the
tion to do with the doctrine of the real presence 3
with that of purgatory; with that of adoration of
the Virgil many---of reliques and images ; or
with any of the-merely -religions opinions, or su-
stitious ceremonies of .Roman Catholics It is
clearly the despotic and intolerant character of
popery—its practical effects—its influence on our
social state—its invariable tendency to arbitrary
power and religious persecution--its irrcconcile-
able hostility to our rights and liberties, civil and
religious—and its claims to a foreign supremacy :
these are the grourds of that jealousy and appre-
hension' with which welook on the religion of the
Church of Rome, and Which induce us to guard,
our establishments, in , Church and State; with
such vigilant -care against the influence of that
religion. It was on these grounds that our fore-
fathers acted at the time of the Revolution, when,
with the aid of a foreign Prince, they effected the
deliverance of their. country from " Popery and
arbitrary power," and endeavoured for ever. to
" secure its religion, laws, and liberties."
"If there he any truth in ' the - foregoing .re-
Marks, Popery as hostile as ever to our rights
and liberties,---to our Protestant-Establishment—
to our Constitution as settled at the Revolution.
But, notwithstanding the triumphs obtained over
it above a century ago, itis again endeavouring to
force itself into the seat of power; and by the sid
of similarpretexts, to obtain-an
,exemption from
all disabilities and restrictions whatsoever. Thus
is the quetsion now before us the same -as that
which occurred at lire time of the Revolution.—
We have the same enemy to contend with—the
same dangers to avert—the Same artifices to guard
against—the same interests to defend—as our an-
cestors had on that memorable occasion. And ,
can-it he suppos-ed that a compliance-with the de-
mands-cif thiseenemy„that the admisaion of Papists
to the, highest situations of power and authority
in Abe State and to' the exercise of legislative
functions—would give satisfaction to the r cople
of these realms ? If such a suppOsition be well
founded, a great and marvellous change hasein-
deed taken place ; not in Popery, that is unchang-
ed and unchangeable—but in 'British Protestants.
,But, surely, it would be Mote just to the, ehar,-i-c-
-ter of those Protestants to conclude, that they are
-ready to imitate the example of their forefatheri,
and, if necessary,-to pass through another revolu-
tion, if it were found impossible otherwise to pre=
serve their invaluable constitution.
[To be continued.]

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The Southampton frigate, that was reported to
be lost tit :New OrleSns, 'arrived at Jamaica on,the
6th of October.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—A fine infant was burnt
o,cleath on rhnrsday morning, , in George7court,
:Strand.- It appeared that the Mother, who lodg-
ed in the first floor. of a 'than-lan's house in the
court, we'll out to purchase., souse rolls, leaving
the child albne on the floor ; On her return, she
found 'it had by some means contrived to reach
the fire-place, and its clothes having caught the
flames, it Was literally burnt to a cinder. Tho un-
fortunate mother has ever since remained in a
state of distraction. ,

• UNIoN-HALL.---Price, Pratt, Evans, fiction,
King, :litmus Allen, Samuel Allen, Bobby Fat, ay;.ct
_Mills, the men in custody on suspicion of bein7
concerned in several robberies, were -again exa-
mined on Saturday before Mr. BIRSIE; when Mr.
Wooley, Wood-street, Cheapside, attended, an
swore to some of the linen found in house,
as being his property.
Susan Nichols, servant to Mr. Woolley,
that on the Ist inst. she made up a parcel of
6,mOngst which, were die things now produced,
and gaye it to the Orpington carrier to be taken
to her master's country-house. The parcel, how-
ever; never went, having been loSt by the way.—
Gregg, the Orpington .carrier, stated, that •he re-
ceived a parcel from Sarah Nichols, and put it
into his cart ; he went, as usual, down. Kent-
street, in his way out of town, and soon after he
had passed the prisoner house, he missed
Mr. Woolley's parcel, together with another.
both having been taken out at, the back of his
cart. Collingbourn,Glennon and Goff, stated, that
the articles produced, were amongst those found by
them in Mills's bed-room, who at that time said
they were his own, that he had them from his
brother, at Brighton, and they had been in
his possession some months. The prisoners were
all remanded for further examination.

George Peart was charged by Goff with a breach
of the Hawkers and Pedlars Act, in going from
house to house hawking stockings, &c. for sale,
not having his name marked on his pack as re-'
quired by Act of Parliament, and 'without hav-
ing taken out a license as a hawker. This
offence tieing proved against him, he was fined
101. and costs, which he paid._
Saturday night a farmer from Yorkshire, was
robbed in Whiteshapel, of his pocket-book, con-
taining a draft for 40/..,and four one pound notes.,
He had been buying some meat: in the market
a few minutes before, when he was suddenly stop-
ped in the street, by a man like a butcher, who
hugged him in his arms, and, at the same time,
picked his pocket, and made off.

The, paper parcel lost from Matciaam's Wells
and Salisbury Coach, on the nth of September
last, and which teas advertised with the (ON. of one
hundred pounds reward for its recover, was pick-
ed tip, shortly after it bad been dropped, near the
turnpike-gate between Promo and Warminster, by
a boy employed by the game-keeper of the Mar-
quis of Bath. The boy chanced to hear his mas-
ter read the advertisement, and on his naming the
reward, exclaimed,—" My mother twill have it !
she has got the parcel, and it is full of trione:Yl',..
It appeared that immediately On ,pici•:ing up
.'be
parcel he had given it to his mother, t-.,h0 had
opempd it, and tookout some of the notes. How
-
'ever, Messrs. Williams and Co. of the. Wells and
Shepton Bank, to whom- the parcel belonged,
made up to her the full reward of 100/. and have
recovered 3911. lls.•

On Monday noon last, the Ldeedemon;an • f 6-•
gate, .of-38 guns, a Y cry bindsome vessel, was
launched at Portsmouth Pock-yard; and no cir-
cums-tanee3 occurring that could diminish the cf-
effect: of the sight, a great number of per-sons were
mast highly pleased by it. The'.-command of her
'ha§ been g;.yen to Captain J. JACKSON, NVll(icom-
manded the Poictiers when the Rochefort sgtia‘
dron was chased. .

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1 appreciate
,the pr9ofs of -attachment which
. the (ouocii hasgivehinverycircuuristauct.
.1 accept ;i4.i'entirnents."

LONDON: Printed 1)Y THOMAS WOOD,'of No, 22, itusseft-oolirt,,Brydges-stroet,.• Cortiit-garden; and Published by WILLIAM AI&MIGER SCRIM; •South Melton-Malt, Groisvotior-squote,
At the I.lli No, 112, Strand., where Alcertisemosty, Orders for the Paper, Leiters for the Editor, &c. (Past eta,"); 114148 t be ;addressed.

" That hiving heard the narrttivt read, arnl
the evidence given in corroboration of the facts.
therein, stated, and Very maturely aid dolib6rateiF
weighed and considered the same', the C(r is of
opinion„ that the loss of the said wc.3
occasioned by cxfrenic thick wea.!. pre-
-vented their 'seeing the land for 36 hoe
with the violence of the currents, (11
them and the whole of the convoy, as w,::1
many other vessels, on the coiist•of-Rugen, where
'the said gun-brig .vas wrecked : toe Court, are
therefore of opinion, that no blame Nvbati.tvel• is
attached to Lieut 'William bllctson King, the
Commander, the officers or company of the said
gun-brig Centinel, f9r their conduct on the occa-
sion.of her loss ; hand do therefore'adjudge the said
Lieut. W. E. King, the officers; and crew, to bC
tiny acquitted.
it has recentiv been discovered that 4ron, at it
reel heat, may be sawed with a common saw, in
the manner of wood. In this way a block of iron
may be sawed into iron planks for numerous
purposes. At a white heat it is found to cldg
the saw.

Saturday, at Hatton-Garden, John Aston nits
committed for assaulting Mathews, tile Police
officer, at- a publie"-house in Holborn, kept by
Gregson, the pugilist, where Mathews had been
sent for to quell a riot which the prisoner and
othet(s were making there.

~• EMAIL
On the 22d inst. at Chaleot-House, near • Warminster,
the Lady of L. A. Davidson, Esq. of ation.

MARRI ED.
On the 19th inst. at St. Pancras Church, William John
Bridell,Esq. of Guildford-street, to Margaret,, fourth daugh
ter of the -late William Posting, Esq. • -
Major Lushingtim, of the Hon. East-India Company's S?r-
vice, to Mrs.. Grant, of Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-
Square.
Oh Saturday, at Christ Church, Cork, Mr. William Nash,
to Miss E. Berkley, both of-that City. •
On Friday, the 6th ult. Ensign Stanley, of the 15th, t 9
Miss Smith, daughti.ir of Captain Smith, of the 3d Royal Vs-
teratp., niece to-Mr. Smith, a Director of the Bank of Eng-
land; 'and a near relative of Sir William Blizard.
On
,Saturday, the 19th inst. Ninthw'ood Church, Isle of
Wight, Captain Dieterick, of the. Depot, Lymington, to Mur-
tha, third daughter of the late Philemon.Ewer,
Simian, Hants.
On the :!sth inst. at Southarantol, Captftin lt,olle-rfs, of
Royal -krtillery, to Caroline, Laud ohs. of the late Ctii,iri• •
Maitland, Esq. and grami-daughter to-tlic late General
laud.

DIEIS.
•
Do the 14thinst.• Francis Gibhi, Eig. of Orches'on
lu N•wember last, It't Ciudatl Rodrigo, of 1 wound he rc-

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ceived in the retreat from Burgos, Lieutenant henry Elwin,
of the 44th Regiment of Foot.
On the 25th dust. in Chaueery-ian.., in the 55th year of

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a•-e, Richard Haighton, Esq 7 (A' Toft, in the Comitv Of CAW-
bridge. • .
'On Friday last, in Hill-street, Berhelev-square, at a rery
advanced age, Edward Wines,. Esq. eldest son of the I:ite iii-
_
shop of Bath and Wells.
On Saturday last, at Aston-Honse, Oxfordshire, in the 3?-th
year of iii, a-;e; Geneioal Jo'an . Caillitud, of the East-India
Coaipany's Service. . • ,
The same morning, after a 3hort,iithes3, Joseph, youngest
of the ,Rev: Thomas Taylor, in ring's-road, bejioril-r.iw..
On Sunday last, Mrs. Tint, wife o: Robert Tuff, Esq.. of
Stoke,Newiog-ton,,in the std year of her age.
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