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London, England, 1804-01-20 00:00:00

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9-14 E PRINCIP.,4L OFFICERS.- of HIS MA-
I. 1" s Rl.);\' A(... Notice, That
Ptof;oilds 'wilt be recd' 1 ill'argarer.r...s tree:,
&•;z before .I'hursti.ty title 2.6 th • instant, from such
~P.'rsits as may t',F wide, take the S4ply of hi 1,114 E
for tte termed o f tae di.freitt Cps undo' the due 3iarr
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t vepartme,t. •
' Pattellts of.tbe ii tile to 1t supplied,' 'nay 6e ,:demed, upon
application art ,Ptincip.l4Stvekeepa7.% Olfiie•at 'the :rower, and
the lerins and Cioaltirms'4 tie CO,ntra'R may 6e it,,,Et•n at the .Se-
ert,tal'i Office in • .i Mai*-tret's-.,tre4- any day" 6e-
twten the ovurrzj Ten anti Four o'Cio• k,'where the Proposais are
to be di livered, sealed 'up a,tl marked cm tat outside, P ropsals
for the Silly's, of it..:1,;1,:;•s and Caps ;" but no PropOsal can be
admitted after the sai:t 26th instaw.• .
. 'lsyOrder of the (lased, •
R. II: CREW, Secretary.
, •

To T. TAYLOR, Surgeon, No. ch New Bridge-street,
London.
3IR, Edinburgh, May 2, tgoo.
IN the Spring •of 119+ I was afflicted with. a
Venereal Complaint, which I treated with indiffer-
ence for livemonths ; ,but. was then .obliged to apply co a
regular Physiciap, who put a temporary stop to the viru-
' knee of the Disease (by mercurial applications) for some
• time; but growing,. in spite of all medicine and the advice
of the first Gentlemen of the Faculty here, .worse and
worse for two years, was reduced to a state almost un-
paralleled and:-beyond description,. being an .entire. leper,
and ulcerated from head to foot.----My head, throat, mouth,
nose, legs, • arms, 4t.c. have been alternately in danger of
-becoming useless'; in short, I have had front twenty to
thirty eating ulcers on my body, and nearly totally de-
prived of,sight.—lt would be yoluntinous to parucula_
rite all my ease—suffice it to say, there never was, or ever
will be, one of a more dangerous, or of a more compli-
cated nature. 1 was long looked upon by my friends, and
imagined myself, beyond all hopes of recovery;
.and, in-
deed, in' my then condition, death was preferable to ,my
more, than miserable state.' In this dreadful situation did
I drag a most miserable. existence, ,till` Divine Providence
• threw in my way a Newspaper containing the case of
Mr. -of Plymouth•—my friends react it, I. could
sent and procured .sorne of - your LEAK E's PATENT
PI LLS, which, by using from time to
.time, am note; and
.have long been, (after' morelhan4four 'years indescribable-
distress),•in as good.a state of:health as ever I enjoyed;' as
proof of this, I had a tine, thriving, healthy child, born to
me a few months .ago.. In gratinate: to Goa, and in hopes
of rendering _lnv. fellow-creature service, I request you to
ptibiish this; and you ;nay at any time refer persons who-
wish to be satisfied of the truth of this, or further parti-
culars*, to me or my friends, by letter cr.person.
As few cases for badness will eve: equal mine, and none
exceed it, I have trout e.r.perience every reason to assure
mankind, that in your LEANKE's PILLS they will find
sure, speedy,. safe, and radical cure, for the most dread-
ful stage of the Venereal Disease, which is called a C0N...,
fIRMEn Lie's. 1. T.
* Insurmountable family reasons prevent making my'
• name and address pqblic ; but creditables persons really
wanting information may also be referred to, me and 'my,
friends by Mrs. S. Clark,' Ramsay-Gardens, Edinbtirgh.
• Prepared and Sold by the Sole Proprietor,
T. TAYLOR, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons
in London, at his hOuse, No. Q NeW Bridge-street,
Where he will give' Advice without a fee,Jo--personit tak.
ing these Pills,. and will answer patients. letters, if post-
paid, on the same terms, obserVing :in ail eases the most
• inviolable secrecy, no person's name',or case having been
mentioned, but at. their own particularrequest, by the Pro--
prietor,..doring the course or more than thirty-six years,.
that he has had the conducting of an extensive sale of 'the
. above -Medicine, and• the practice arising therefrom.
They . are also, sold by 'his Appointment, ior the conve-
nience of those living .at a distance, by Mr. Baxter,:
South-bridge, Edinburgh Mr. Macdonald, Printer, Glas-
gowe to whom also Mr. T. refers for his address; at the
Perfumer's, No, 35, Sc. Alhan's,street Pall-mall; Mr.
• Robertson's Toy-shop, No. 103, Oxford-street; Mr. Dis-•
borough's, No, 7, fish-street-11W, nearly opposite the .MO-
nunient ; Mr. Steel's, Bookseller, No. 1, Union-row, Little
Tower-hill ; -M... Cailwell's, Dublin; ..and by one person in
every considefable town in Great-diritain and Trelanil, in
Isuxes.otlly9d, each, sealed. up iwith full, and plain
-directions, whereby persons of either Sex- may cure them.
selves tal.th ease and secrecy, . .
B: Every itox sOid• in Great Britain is • sealed imp
With a, Stono.
_on which, by favour of Commis-
onuses, is proved, at the Stamp-011iee----" T. Taylor,
No 6, New .•.rid.4e..street," to, imitate wnich is felony; and
all Others ale counterfeit.

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TO THE OF TkE‘SUN:

SIPS

We cannot but reniark how fmd the FrenCh
Journalists are oldr4wing a Coinparisonl)etween the
idtigl situation of ,England and the United states i
of attributing to the lattei every thing proper.us
and happy, and Of refusing to the former all vrest,r.t
felicity or flituvexpedation; They are either igno.
rant of, or Wit 'not:admit this (kith, that no par2l-
lel can eubsis...t, etweeo the two nations. The views
as well as the loCal ana-politica,l situation of the two

countries are very different. -England has to son.
tend with a treacherous and formidable foe to her
Commerce and Liberties; whilst America is happily

fir removed from the storm, and derivin4
froth the contest. May no internal dissentious or
French perfidy disturb her tranquillity, and may she
ever gratefully.aeknowledge the mitercal proteetiotP
she received in her infancy, and be sensible that
her prosperity depends on that of her parent, Eng.:
land.

These.invidious comparisons are meant to excite
jealousy between the. two Countries, or to increase
the.nurriber of Emigrants: But the prudent and
dustrious Briton should be cauticua of renouncing a
certain livelihood for a precarious speculation, and
the true American gepublican cannot be more Of-
fended than in hearing the sacred appellation of
Republic applied to the base and degrading Des.
potism of France.
• -

The following, among many others of the like
nature, is an extract from a French Paper, and said
to he taken from an American- journal, though
nothing is more common with the French than forg-
ing ietters and paragraphs.. The reason is obvious :
,they dare. not. write on home politics, or make a
single observation to the di:ipaiagemene Of their
Rulers, consequently they are obliged to furnish
maiter for their insipid Paper 4 per fas et wfas, and
their 'interesting articles are translated from the
London Prints. • .

" It is not 'wonderful (says the :11.16morial Ant;.-
Brita'nipte) that toreigntrs appear always to be
mistaken in 'speaking of the progress of the civiliza-
tion,- ccinimerce, and industry of the United Stases.
The imagination with difficulty follows this progrvss,
and what the Observer has remarked exists longer
whilst-he describes it:, • • •

The rapid. increase of the towns of PhilAdel-
:phia, New-York, and Baltimore, is almost incredi-
hle- witnased the erection of'seven
-or eight hundred houses in the space of last year
only. .The system of forming great roads and na v
gable canals is in a state of progressive improve.
merit, and essentially contributes to our internal
prosperity.

-" This prosperity of America presents a pidure
which the human eye has never contemplated, and is
derived partly from the mildness of the Govern-
ment, from its paternal solicitude, from the protec-
tion it affords to all kind of industry ; from that
moral force which ads like that of nature, without
parade and without ostentation, producing millions
of alive, industrious and enlightened men, alwi.ys
employed about their true. interests; because they
are identified with' those of the State."

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" In Great Britain (says the Sentinel) the whole
nation presents the appearance. of a grand parade ;
nothing is. spoken of but military evolu:ions; no
other business but levying of Soldiers ; no other
occupation but fanning camps or fabricating arms.
Not a book appears, not a line in prose or verse
that treats not of invasion or .defence ; the very
women are invited to augment the patriotic funds
by their mite..- Surely such a situation of affairs is
truly alarming to a mercantile, agricultural, manu.
faauring, andreligious people., •
" How long can England remain in this situa.
tioia ? Nothing can be more ruinous to her than
the interruption of her commerce and manufaftures.
Her Public Credit depends on her trade. Let 80.
.NAPAiTE suffer her to continue in this state some
nionths longer, and he will do her almost as Much
injury is by effeaing an invasion. Let us call to
mind what we. experteuced in the War of Liberty.
The town of Boston fixpeaed the appearance of the
British Troops, and ahe affairs of the Capital were
greatly 'distressed. Our port was blockaded and
we were obliged to draw all our 'merchandise from
Salem:, Jet us call to .mind the embarrassment. of
our Mercluints. \V were. living- on
,succours de.
rived from the other States, and without their kind
generosity we should have been the Most wretched
of men. If a mere local evil, confined to one
town, was so injurious to us, what destiny awaits
England, every County of which is at once in the
same situation ? With us, one part of the Country
came to the relief of the other-; Boston Was'supplied -
by the other. States; bat in England the. evil is ge.
neral, and nothing is thought of but making Sol.
diers.—Extiaa from the-lna'epenelent Chronicle."
. „
So much for this Writer's knowledge of the state
of England. :Let 'us hope -that 'the approaching
summer will find successful employment for our
Troops, backed by some sincere Ally, if aMnntTlD-
dation cannot be obtained without force; and in
the proSecution of a vigorous` War, May., we see
again that Stateman at the helm, whose very name
still strikes our enenales with terror. He was it is
true unfortimate in Many of his projeas, but it was
owing to the treachery of others. He has gained
ekperience from that treachery; and will doubtless.
• keep a watchful- eye over. Generals and Agents fat
'''the` future.

if any man is capable of deserving well of his
qtrintry, and of applying to himself these words it
is Mr. PITT : ;mita 02:4-r4 Rempub/ica4
erie salvor:.

/Temp e, t 9.

W. W.

MR. ERSKINE's OPINION* ON THE VOLUNTEER

ACTS.
To.morrow Morning will be published, in g,O

THE OPINION of the Hon. THOMAS ER_
SKINE on the VOLUNTEER ACTS; more espe-
cially on the RIGHT of MEMBERS of VOLUNTEER
CORPS to RESIGN, after having been regularly entered on
she. Muster-Roll. '

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QUIS DICZRE FALS'i2g IitIEAT?

LONDON, JANUARY 20, 1804.

WE received this morning the Monnenrs to the
gth inst. The FIRST CONSUL returned to Paris on
the 6th inst. at seven o'clock in the evening ; so
that the invasion will probably b po:tponc,l fcr
some time longer. There is a very short account
of the capture of their Gun.boats by the Archer;
they, however, reduce the number of Boats taken

from-five to three, ard console themselves by sayinn,
that the EngliSh suffered severely, and by giving a
poriapus and circurtistantial account of the capture
of the Grappler Gun.brig, which run ashore near
Granville. One of the Mon tears contains a letter
*ivied GtO FAziroLl,
,Captain of a vessel be..
longing to theJt.epublic of the Seven Islandi, coin-
piainihg of the treatment he experienced from two
English Frigates, one of which was the Amazon.
lie'Atates that the English Captain.went on board
his Ship and robbed him of wine, linen, &c. We
merely notice this Letter, to skew the contemptible
fAsehoods to which the French Official Paper stoops
to caliirnniate an Enemy whom the Fleets and Ar-
mies of France are afraid to. encounter,

The Blockade of Genoa by the English is said to

uc :•cry stri6l.

The Fun4s are 53. 75.

A Gentleinan very recently arrived from France,
states that the Amy of AUGEREAV, assembled at
Bayonne for the purpose of over-awing Portugal,
has aaually reached Bresi, in the vicinity of which,
_liztween thirty and forty thousand Troops are now
stated to be assembled, ready-for embarkation. We
have. no doubt that the Brest Fleet will take the
first opportunity of pushing our. Its destination
of course [Mist be mere conjeEture., but we think it
not, improbable that Egypt is as likely to be the
point it will steer for as Ireland, Admiral CORN_.
V.7ALLIS, we have no doubt, lthwever, will keep a
good look out after it,, whatever course it may take.
BONAPARTE, we apprehend, was at Boulogne
daring the whole period of ,his late absence from
Paris. lie arrived on the asst ult. at the former
race, was there till the sth, and reached Paris again,
it appears, on the evening of the 6th. Surely by
this, time his lorg.boasted preparations for the In-
vasion must be nearly cornpleteWhy then did be
not push 'out his immense Flotilla .while he himself
was present ? Probably he did not wish to be an
eyewitness to • the discomfiture and destru6tion
which he cannot but suppose, whatever he may say,
most certainly await it.

W 2 this day present to our Readers the Opinion
of the Hon. T. Easz.lNE on the interesting point
resceaing the Right of Volunteers to withdraw
themielves front Military Service. It will be seen
that this Opinion militates against that of the
Crown Lawyers, but it it given in so clear, for-
cible, and argumentative a manner, that we think
it must carry convinion to every mind. While
we regret that this and other points conneBed
with the Volunteer Service, should ever have
been agitated at all, we cannot but now ad-
mit the necessity ..of , their being finally settled
aid decided on. We hope and trust this decision
will be such as to give general satisfaBion to all
those who have so nobly stood forward in the de-
fence of their Country. Mr. ERSKJNE'S Opinion
be read with interest by every Volunteer in the
ik:i•gdom, and we trust that every one will endea-
vour, in considering the question, to emulate the
reinprance of the able Advocate, for maintaining
the Volunteer Service inviolate from compulsory
tmnditions, which can only tend to weaken and

degrade it.

Yesterday morning the DUKES of KENT and
CAMBRIDGE breakfasted with THE IP. MAJESTIES.
A great number of enquiries were made after
His "VIA J ESTI' 's health, and the general answers
were, His MAJESTY is much better.

PRINCESS AMELIA took an airing in a coach-
an,l-four.

In`
the evening THEzzMAJESTZrs had a Concert
and select party.

Ni-111.17L
NEWS..

DEAL, JAN. lg.—Came down the 2,7onne:Va Sloop

from the Nore.
In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Brilliant, Perseus,
Autumn, Ronnetta, Speedwell, Basilisk, Abundance Store,
ship, Deptford Lighter, with the Outward-bound as per last.

SHEERNESS, JAN. tg.—A,trived His Majesty's
Ship Cyclops, from the Downs.
Sailed the liesuv;us Bomb, Capt. O'BRIEN.
A Court Martial was yesterday h!ld on board
His Majesty's Bomb-vessel Fury, on Capt. SNELL,
Officers, Pilot, and Ship's Company, for the loss of
His Majesty's Sloop Avenger, off the Weser : the
Court was of opinion that no blame attaches to
Capt.SNELL, Officers, and Ship's Company, but to
the Pilot, who was reprimanded for his ignorance.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Came in from the East-
ward, a frigate troop ship, with the loss of her
main-top-mast. Cart. HEATHCOTE, and the ship's
company of La Suffisamfe, lost at Cork, who came
in a tender, were sent on hoard the Salvador del
illundJ. of I I 2 guns, Admiral Sir J. Co LroYs, K. B.
A Court Martial was held on Capt. HEATHCOTE,
on Saturday, on board the Flag Ship, for the loss of
His Majesty's sloop La Su.,,,csante, of 16 guns, on
Spike Island, in the Harbour of Cork, on the 7,;th
of December last, in a violent gale of wind ; when,
after hearing the evidence for and against Capt. H.
the Court acquitted him of any miscondcdt in the
loss of the said sloop of war.

Last Friday, including the S:l.-'Tifmteis ship's
company, sgp volunteers and impressed seamen were
discharged into the Flag Ship, and as soon as new
slopped, were distributed on board the Temfraire,
98, Rear-Admiral BRIAN ; La Francaire, 40,
Hon. Capt. MURRAY ; L 2 Bacchante, zz, Captain
DASH WOOD ; and other ships fitting for sea in Ha-
M9aZe. Several hundred men are hourly expeCted
round from Londonderry, Belfast, Cork, Water_
ford, Liverpool, Chester, Bristol, and Milford
Haven. Last night by torch-light, the tide serving,
the le;:crahle, 74., was towed into the Dock, a_
stern of the Warrior, 74, and lately occupied by
the Terrible, 74, Capt. Lord H. Pot:LETT.

. .
It is supposed if the re;:erable, of 74, is found to
want much repair, she will be paid off; her
Officers and-Crew are at present on board the Ritpil:,
of 6o guns. Part of the latter have been turned
over to other ships. Remain in Cawsand Bay (as
per last), seven sail of the line.

Th. Plantagenet of 7 4.•3{.; ns,lion. Capt. DE Cot.TR-
CEY, in the gale of the z;:li uit. was forced into
Penzance Bay, and rode it out in that Bay. The
Hon.- Capt. DE CCURCEY, ever attentive to the
interests and welfare of his Country, as soon as the
weather moderated, sailed to regain his station off
Brest, and aivally, singly and onsupporred, blocked
up the French squadron 4.3 hours, and was found by
the ships, as they joined, alone on his station, as
if the lookout ship of the inshore Squadron.

It is important for Mariners to know, that the
Light-house ereded about twenty-five years ago,
on Montrose Ness, is now taken away, to make
room for a new Battery to be erected.
Captains MASTER and FARQUHAR, are appointed
to the respeaive Commands of the Meteor and Ache_
ran Fire-ships, fitting for service at Woolwich.
The Sally, DokNArr, from Vigo, is arrived at
Exmouth, and 'reports that the French Privateers
have sent in there several English prizes.
A Letter was received in town yesterday from
an Officer on hoard ills MAjEsTy's Ship Donegal,
by which it appears that Sir RICHARD STRACHAN'S
Squadron was cruizing off Cadiz on the 3d inst. all
well. They had not taken any prizes of conse_
qtaence, but were in a State of preparation to take
immediate advantage of' a rupture with Spain, in case
that event should happen, which, the letter adds, is
a matter' f general 'expeaation in that Cotmtry7

Mvice. was yesterday received of the arrival of
the Swift hired cutter at Plymouth, from Tortola.
She sailed from that place on the 31 ult. in company
with. the Chichester Man of War, and a convoy,
which she parted in a severe gale off the Western
Islands.

The-boats of the Scourge Sloop of War went into
the Texel a few days since, where-they perforxed
the bold enterprize of cutting out a Ship called the
Stranger, laden with timher, and hound from Mcmel
to Hull, which had been captured off the Dutch
Coast by the noted BLAc KNIAN. The
3t Yarmouth on Wednesday. prize arrived

The DUKE of YORK transaled business at the
Horse Guatds yesterday, which occupied His Royal
Highness several hours. Col, Hot, c and several
other Officers of the first eminence were present.
A Morning Paper says, that the Earl of MoIRA
will certainly return from Scotland as soon as a
successor to him shall be nominated. The reason
assigned for this is, an objeetion on the part of
Ministers to comply with some dispositions which
his Lordship thought necessary for the Public Ser.
vice. Lord Mot RA has acquired so Much just po-
pularity in Scotland, that his removal at the pre.
sent moment will be generally considered as a cir-
cumstance peculiarly unfortunate.

The Court Martial on Lieutenant. Colonel Boys
yesterday assembled at Chelsea Hospital, pursuant
to adjournment, when the Colonel entered upon his
defence to the charges preferred against him, and
afterwards proceeded to examine the evidence. It
was expetted the trial would close this day.
The most splendid liveries on Wednesday, were
those of the Dukes of ST. &nail's and PORTLAND.
The black st;,ckings anti yellow clocks, belonging
to his Grace of ST. At. BAN'S livery, is ancient and
noble. His Grace went to the •Drawing..room
through the Park and Great Court-yard of St.
James's. The Dutchess went in a chair, with five
footmen in front.

We are sorry to fiud Fits MAJESTY's lameness
prevented his attending the Drawing.room Or,
nesday, but we are hAppy to hear it does not afFett
his general health, Sir FRANCIS MILMAN is in
(134 attcndance upon His IVIAIEsTr.