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Wg received this morning the Paris Paler., to
the 2-z.l inst. Letters from Hatrover state, that
the French Army in that. Elettorate is about to he
;educed to i 2,000 men, and that the remainder, under
the command t)lGeneral Mott T E it, is to form a
part,of the Arny of England. It is said the Plate
in all the Chun. hts is to be given up for the service
of the State, or, in other words, forthe use of the
French.

It is stated in the accounts from the //ague, dated
the 16th, that the RatiEcations of the Convention
roncluded on the :sth of June last, between the
Yiench, Batavian, and Italian Republics, relative
to the military operations against England, and the
prt tvhic!l the latter Powers ate to take in the
War, were executed at mussels on the 24.4 h ult.
The Funds are at 55. .va,

Tin a g is no part of the praAke or the States-
men of this country. which Foreignets more admire
than the cessation of till party.cliffereoces the mo-
ment the Country is really thought to be in danger.
This general rule .was never exhibited in' a more
sti iltin point of view than in the cour'se.of the last
Session of Parliament. Although no general 'idea
prevailed of the sufficiency of the Members of the
Government for the cfficcs they Ailed, yet the Mi-
nister had only to propose his measures and they
.were adopted—almost all party-spirit and all re.
viar opposition was drrived7—it seemed to be
tacitly agreed that ad Parties were to assist, none
impeie or embarrass the measures of Government
—Tun 1111-11;4.114 of Tarei were voted with
,searc:ely :one dissentient voice—not because these
were &opposed to be the best seleacd, but
-beeause great exertions wire admitted to be ne-
cessary, because it was considered to be incon.
.sistent with the general feeling to scrutinize tra-
'tamely the means proposed for such exertions-7
Energy was universally admitted to be -wanting its
the Administration, and even where difrerencei
vailed between the Leaders of ditrerentpartigs and
the Members of Government-, the objed of the
former was •itllllolt invariably to give more efficacy
andAnore energy to the measures which were pro.
posed ; and' instead of thwarting the plans which
the state of the Country called for, and which were

tardily and languidly brought forward, the Leaders
of the oppoN ft: Parties stimulated Ministers. to
every step both of vigour and precaution. If any
one lamented the weaktieNs of the Adminibtration,
(:Is indeed almost every body did) the anaxer was—
" Yes, hot BON Al' mt-re is, at our gates,"—and
Mt. Sts e It! DAN, recently bCCOMe the Advocate for
an Administratiin which he had before nespisect,
which lie had represented as an 4,l;;liaistratLin the
bra;at, of cvbich bad been inoeied Oat," advised
the'PeOPle emphatically, " not r. 2 ,r/Nri,4,r with 'WI
the Minister, but Wll ER P. rival the. Enemy ?"

Since the recess of Parliament the some feeling
sccrns to have pre vaile4l. The most patriotic and
puSlic.spirited efforts have been m to give effeCt
to every, measure which the Administration bad
brought forward for the defence Of the N and
although the views of the Government upon this,
point appelr to have been gepeatedly changed,
although one decision upon the subjeft seems scarcely
to have been taken before it wit superseded by
another, yet this fleauation bas not, ;Intl we tray
will not damp the ardour or spirit of the Nation,
That same determination to to the hest they can
for the Country, whether those in whose bands the
teins of Government are intrusted, are stronger or
weaker, will we hope still animate the People to such
exertions as will repel our present danger, and amply
secure our safety and independance.

But the greater our danger and the more,
citly the Mioislers have been entinsted, the more
responsibility attaches upon them. We wish,them
to extricate (II from our difficulties ; but without
firmness, without decision. without energy, we have
no chance of escaping from them. There are not
times in which Crbinet after Cabinet should meet
without comin&tOt.teCisiol). Iminediately upon the
Declaratirm Of War aglitist France, we ;aid W.ir
,hoold also have been declared against iltilland,
I,‘;;Jlnst tip,rin, and against the Italian States ; but
was giVen to Flolldnd to ge.t ltutne some o 1 her
and to send out orders for putting her Cu 4
,oies irwto a Siatt. of,Dafence, anti. War was then
i!cti,,,,tl---The'ricar ha. pen

when the Spanish Possessions are fortined against
an Enemy, and her Register Ships are safely arrived
in Port, War will then be declared. Spain is and
must be our Enemy by the Treaty which exists Iw.
tween her and France ; and can we be dupes enough
to believe that unde.r buck' circumstan et s the CHI Vlr
CoNsUL will consent to her Neutrality ?

If- we wished to produce other instances of want
of foresight and deckion, we should say, " look
to Ilanover;" but w,N rather wish to point to those
objeas where such qualities may tend to good, than
to I:c:fir to thoSe twerisions where the want of them
has been fatal ; and abOve all we say, " look to the
State of Ireland"--We ate unwilling to. say, though
we know much upon the Subjea, whether the con.
duff of Government towards that Country has ex.
hibiked precaution, Vigil:lnce or promptitude; but,
for God's sake let these qualities be displayed for
the future. If •a wavering and unsettled System is
adopted with respea to that People, Ireland will be
lost to us. From the circumstances of that Coon.
try we cannot raise Volunteer Corps in every part
of it as we can ,in this, and we must trust to its
defence both against internal and 'external Enemies,
in 'a great measure to Regular Force. If the flat.
terers of Mioisters tell them, as they did through.
out the whole of the last-Session of Ritrliament, that
every thing is tranquil there, and there are but
few (or as they were told none) disaffeaed, and if
they believe such representations, they are most
grossly, and will, we fear, be most fatally deceived.
Vie forbear to enter further upon this subjefl, but
we know enough from Private and Authentic Cot.
respondence to render it our indispeniible duty to
exhort Ministers to the .most scriou'i and the most
timOyattention to the Affairs of that part of the
British Empire ; and we again repeat our earnest
recommendation of Circutnspeaion, Firmness, and
Decision.

On Tuesday evening the ROYAL FAMILY walked
on the Terrace at Windsor ;, the Staffordshire Band
played several charming tunes At dusk fiuutt
NCO EsT lES Wird to the Castle. Their Royal
Highnesses the Princesses AUGUSTA acid AMII'L lA,
attended by .Lady J. Tut YN N E took an airing in a
SJciable in the Great Park, till after .7 o'clock.
At t t o'clock their Royal Highnesses Princesses
AUGUSTA and 41 WA FIT!, 'with. the Princess
attended by Lady ELGIN,
CHAR LO:TTB of Wiles,
paid a ramming visit to the Earl and ,Countess of
UXBRIDGE, 4t their house in Windsor. The
Royal Visitors staid hear two hours, and partook of:
some refrediment, during which the Band of the
Staffordshire Militia played several favourite tunes.
It is said in the Dublin Papers, that the whole of
the Dublin Yeomanry are to be reviewed in the
Photribt Park, on the 6;11 of next month, by the'
Lord Lieutenant.

Am of GLOUCFISTER arrived at
Carnarvon on Saturday last, and set off next day
with Lord Bu LK LEY, to His LOrdship's seat at
Barron Hill, peautnatis.
Lady Ct. Alt Ei With her children and their Tutor,
continue at Carnarvon.

Yesterday a Court of Direa ill was held at the
when Captain jotiATHAti lizitC}l
East India House,
was sworn into the command of the Company's Ship
Britannia.

jAtae3 NEt Ln, Esq. of Chelsea, was unanimously
appointed Commissioner for the Cdrnpany fur general
purposes under the Income Tax.

The court adjourned at six o'clock till "Inesday
'next, and afterwards entertained the Scrutineers on
the annual EleWon, at the L ,ndon Tavern.
Mr. Mooge, who succeeds Mr. Lewts at the
W..ar.Officr, is the Gentleman who was sent last
year to B,vitzeilaOd, but unfortunately too late flit
his Mission to be of any, use to the poor Swiss. He.
is the Brother of Major-General Mooar.
A Letter from Hainburgh says, MaRTI ER is
served in the Elettoral Palace of Hanover by the
same persons who were menial servants to His Royal
highness the Dux I of CAma I nos. His .High.
neas, at his departure, having generously paid them
their wages several months in advaoce, the French
General has thokight proper to put them in requisi.
Lion to serve him till that time grar;s.
• ". By Letters from Berlin, of the 13th inst. Count
IlAtrow VrZi the Prime hililiister„ has quitted that
Capital, and retired to his estates, by order of his
Sovereign,u
Ncw.York P‘ipers to the 2.34 ult, are received,'
from which we, have made extritth. They 'stage,
that the British 'Force has blockaded Ogadalave.
This is very probable, as that,Diland was the next
designed for attack, afiet the capture of Tobago.
Orders have been received at Plymouth to prepare
for the: reception of 40,060 troops in the Western
Distria, Of this number 20.,000 are to be sta.
tit:tied in the immediate vicinity of Plymouth. It
is said there are to lie temporary Barracks built in
different parts of the distrid for their reception, to
ei6e the innkeepers. About ! too of the Army of
:'Reserve have joined the gth'and 28th regiments of
font at Plymoutlij On Monday morning the North
Devon Regiment, Col. Lord Boa t NotioN, marched
fiCtn: Mill .I.lty Barracks thr, ugh Plymouth, and
encamped on the I 'eights of Effad, near the three
mile stone. This regiment is to be replaced by
patt. of the Army of Restive.

Captain Cot.tzutiouN, of the 48th Regiment,
took charge. of the Dundee quota of the Army of
Reserve, on the 17th inst., It'is understood that
they are to be incorporated with that..
The Crres, frigate, Captain Joni STAYART, is
miler sailing orders, with, ;A large convoy, for.,
Malta ,utd Cchrfdtar. His Majesty's ship
tau, Capt. Lit Gitoi, is also ordered to secii,
store,,lii';), with all dispatch from l'ipmitith
for Malta. Nl,,)st of the newly appointect
in. the Civil 1./..pariniet)t. ttri. :the G-kvq1111;47:1t.
Melia ~ out intssct%cts in' her.