Star.
London, England, 1808-09-16 00:00:00

ELI;DINL:TON PtdN'l IN ; CROUNDS.

lIIJDDING and NELSON beg permission to
4-5 acquaint Nobility and Pali:, that they have just COI*.
rleted (and alga have in a great state of foree3rdnese), a selec.
variety of novel aed su;.erb Printed Furniture+, which they trust
in design and caluurinz, will be found far superior to any yet pro-
duced.—To be seen at their Warehouse, l3ond street,
which is teBukst hi supplied from their NianufiFtory as ahnee.
N.B. V.irkus ra•tirrns of last year's Printing at reduced prices,
ort!‘y the attert.nn of the Trade, Hotel anti l'avcrn keerers
It'tkptietors of furiish,ql houses, Bce.

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AM; of all the ROYA L E. 7), 'lints tr:
th !i••••sus of Leeds and Cfnamor:s---; nog; s—Special
Jur:es—lnclia Inreetorz—llttrqu!s CUZIO, agb
and th.! Cat ; CLaruttrisies of the Lord Cita:lc:ll°r, Jue;:,
of the Admiralty, Coursel, and tierk•ants ; with a 1. kt•
to Colonel Cordot, on the suppresse4 l'amphh.t eiied "
Plain Statement." in v••rte, with 3 Carieatt.re.
Also, a 2d Edition Of ;he Letter to les Majesty, rtaritl the It,
some and srrvices of all the Royal-Dukes, parLiuular;y toe Dukes
of York and Ker..
Published by Wm. Horseman, No. 8, lianssa7-stri.es, Oxford-
street.

S,
PlLSl3Ulty's PA'rENT AY.TISCORBU TK'
DROPS are to be had genuine, wholesale AA retJii, at tat.
llowil :—Must e. Dicey and NJ. 10,
Church-yard ; Newh. rry and Sons, Nu. 4:, St. l':.ul's ; Shaer and
`Edwards, No. 60, St. Paul's; Butler, Chcini‘ie ; Hneratt! and
Evans long-lane; Payday and Son, Fleet ; John:tone,
-No. 15, Greek-street, Soho; Brodie and Co. Canal, 'Smart-. ;
Bowling and Co. Borough : at Croydon ; and Newport, Isle G.:
Wight. The genuil.e medicine has the worsts—by the King's Pa-
tent—ezpvssed on the Pottle Bill, 'W and rapper, and the King s
linty rioted in black ink, in bottles of ss. 6d. 101. and ti. Us. duty
tolzhowded, u issital, at the only Dispensary, No. Is, Soho-square,
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TO EF. SOLD EY AUCTION,

A: ;he Swan, In Bedford, on Thursday the 29th of September,
about l'hree of :lock in the Afternoon,

A COMPACT FREEHOLD FARM, Tythe
!1 free, and Land-tax redeemed, with a good Farm House
An I Out•bu'klings. Two ether Houses and blacksmith's Shop,
a:!,1 about 50.1 Acres of inclosed Arable and Pasture Land, in the
occt.patinn of John Achwell as Tenant at Will, situate at Bain-
liur t, on the turnpike road from Bedford to Itlmbelton. Also
ore third part of the Manor of Belniturst and of the irapreprtate
Great Tythcsthere.

For further particulars, apply to Mr: Caldecott, Solicitor, im
Rugby. Warwickshire; or, r. John Turner, of liolnhurst;sad
the Tenant will show she Premises.
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THE UNI LED KINGDOM, with SIXTY MAPS.
This day was published,
In one very large and closely printed --olume, Svo. (corresponding
with Watkins s Biographical Dictionary) accompanied by sepa-
rate Maps of every County in England, and by various Maps
of Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, price 255. completeits boards;
or 30s. coloured,
A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
1- THE UNITED KINMIONT, compiled from PARLIA-
NIF.NTARY,GOVERNAIENTAL, and other AUTHENTIC
MODERN DOCUMENT'S and AUTHORITIES, (each of
which are annexed to the respLcave articles, or particularly de-
sc, ib..-v1 in the preface), and containing LEGAL, ECCLESIASTI-
CAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, ANTI-
QUARIAN, COMMERCIAL', AGRICULTURAL, and .STA-
TISTICAL ACCdUNTS of every COUNTY, Hursoaen, CITr,
BOROUGH, MARKET-TOWN, PAIIISH, TOWNSHIP' HAMLET,
TTTHINO, RIVER, CANAL, CAPE, MOUNTAIN, BAY, Ma-
lI,OUR, RUIN, GENTLEMAN'S SEAT, and thir remarkable object
or place in ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLANp, IRELAND,
amide various small Islands dependant on the British Empire.
By B. P. CAPPER, Est).
It would be useless to specify to whom such a Wortkaig:
be
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abovedescribed would useful, because it would be di
discover any Class of Persons to whom it would not be Indl4
sihie for daily and hourly Reference.
To establish its peculiar Claims to Conlidsnee and general Pre-
ference, over every other Work of the same kind, it is airstrip
necessary to mention that the Author was the person employed
by Government in condensing and completing the Repairs pub.
-halted b 7 Parliament; of the Population and Coltivation of Great
Ilritaln, and likewise in arrangiag,the Clerical Returns, and the
corrected Lists sent from the diftvent Clerk; of the Pease. Ike
has consequently beat able to render It an Authority an most of
the Topics on which be treats. •
Printed for MOCSIARD PaILLIPS, No. 6, Bridge-etreet, neck.
friars, and to be had of all Bookseller, In Great Sailtain lad kp-
and, in bawds, and in various bending. ,z •
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Lame& atel; :•( be S Id,
rr H E lA, o ING C, .j V.
80 lfogc!'e.:ds a:o1 2 Tierees WhiteClays:a ..r.ugAr,
267 Barrels aud .48 Bags Cutlet.
41 Bales Cot:on.
1 Case Bark, in pcwdcr.
3 Bags Bark.
Just landed from the French brig Letter of Marque '4 Peirce
Caner" from Martinique, of 5..; siior d couditico.
Also, sundry Curdsio,, Sails, Anchors, EVA:i it'd ernes, la:•ly
belonging to said Br*, (the Hall lasing cakeu by Coy a .ent)
price to his Majesay s 'flip Seine, D. .4tkins; Esq. Ca, ;am.
Afterwards, Sensory Cordage, Anchors, Grapnels, Si,ail and
other mein, Stores salved from Six Fai.Nell CtlAsss MAR It es,
destroyed by His hlajestys ship ARILTUTST, MICU•LL ~LR4
moult, Esq. Captain.
Also, the Chasse Marees, MARIE JULlEN—Length 51 Vet
11 iacLes ; Breadth 16 fee! r. inches ; admeasurs s 58 47,94 .1 ons.
Aud sT. ETIENNE—Length 41 feet 9 inches; Breadth 14
feet 4} inches ; .Admeasures 3 4-94 Tons. (Round stormed,
calculates! for lighters, or the eaa .aing trade), and their Cargoes,
coiaisting of Staves, Deals, Cordage, Anchors, &c.
Also, the Spanish Schooner CAKMALITA ; square stern;
Length 55 feet I Oainches ; breadth 14 feet 11 inches; admeasurss
50 6.3-94 Tans. A bawl), little vessel for the Coastiasg or New.
foundland Trades. Phr Cargo consists Salt. Ali con.lemucd
to his Majesty's ship Alteruv3r, Captain M. SE t moos.
About Isn Tans Portugal Salt, landed ex he Her tr, from
J.isbon, restored to the Claimants (remaining unclaimed on, it
former sair) which will be osq up in suitable I.ots.
Afterwards, by a virtue ofes Cotrunissios of Appralaement and
Sal; 9 Casts manufacturedTobaeco,
1 Tub Wire,
• Ex Wanksainkalt, front Holland.
And about 15 Tons (more or less) of Logwo .d, sabred front
the wrecks of the Unity a, d Betsey.
For Viewing, Catalogues, and further In ormation,- apply to
Mr. JOHN HAWKER, Merchant, Plymouth.
Plymouth, Sept. 10, 1808.

lOR .s.kl.e BY PUBLIC -,estie i lON,
At the London Inn, Plymouth, on. Tuesday, the 27th day of Ser
tember next, at 12 o'clock in the Forenoon
THAT beautiful copper-boaomea, fast-sailing ship
',GER
DIMENSIONS.
Extreme length aloft 109 feet
Length on beck - 97 feet 2-I Inches
Breadth 25 fete ;4 inches
Height between Decks - • 6 feet 8 inches
D.pth In the Hold r 12 feet 7 inches
Admeasures - 270 tons.
This is one of the matt beantiful ships ever brought •into the
port of Plymouth: she a neatly new, firmly built of oak, and
copper-fastened, s..fis tt..corrunoaly fast is corvette built with a
figt.re head, and pierced for 20 guns. 91. e is well calculated for a
packet or transport, or for the apanish ityaz.ls, or a -y other trade
where dispatch is requisite—has a large commudiJus Cabin oa
deck, and excellent accommodations for passengers ; and, being
abundantly found in all kir:ds of good stores, may be sect to sea
immediately, at a very trifling expence. Captured by rod con-
demned as prize to h's Majesty's brig Growler, Lieut. Richard
Cressmati, Commander.

For viewing :lac Ship and Stoats, and for Inventories and fur-
ther pArticalars, apply to the Agent, Thomas Cole, lsq. George.
street, Plymouth.

SURIULY.—TO BE 001.0 BY E -a:
NIGHT'S HILL HOUSE, with suitable
OlAces, Coach House, Stable, /he. and upwards of One
Hundred and Ten Acres of Leal, the property of the late Leers
Tuna Low„

Further Particulars may be known on application at Mr
James' Office, 5, New Boswell-Court, Lincoln's bin, London'
where a Plan of the Estate way bG seen,
N. B. To be viewed by '1 irkets only.

SOU HERN PART OF tic.VONSHIRE.
FOR SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT,
HE MANOR or LORDSHIP of WEMBLYRY,
A. in and adjoLing to the Parish of Wembury, with the Rights,
Royalties, Fisheries' River Dues, Tolls, PriviLges and Profiti
thereto belonging. And a new built Mansion Howe, new built
Farm Houses,and other convenient Buildings, Gardens,Orchards,
Meadows, Fields, Closes and Parcels of Land, Woods and Cop.
pice, containing altogether about 944 Acres, (about one-third of
which is Tythe-free) awl let to good Tenants at very moderate
rents, amounting at presert only to £1349 per annum, but which,
from, the expiration of some Leases and the dropping in of Lives,
must soon increase to a much larger :um..--One half of the Pur-
chase-Money may remain on a security of the Estate..
For particulars, view and purchase, application to be made at
the OfE-c of Mr. Edniund Lockyer, in Plymouth.
Eymcv,th, Sept. 10, 1808.

FREEHOLD ERENVERY_ AND MALT-HOUSE, WITH
CAPITAL DWELLING.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
At G areaway's Coffee-house, some time in the month of October,
of which due notice will be given,
AVALUABLE concern in the Above hranchei,
capable of greatly extending i-s Trade, Which now,. ansl
has for some year., consisted of upwards of $OOO Barrels of Stroag
Be, r annually. .„
The situation is undeniable, teeing within SO miles of the Me.
tropblis, in a capital Market Town up6n the banks of a navigable
river, and is as compact as any trade in the kidgdoco.
There are VT Freehold Public Houses attached, let to .yearly
tenants, Otitis en extensive free trade; also a number of Privet.
Houses, which, together with the Brewery, possesses localinfia•
ence of considerable importance.
Cards for viewing the Premises may be had, and further putt. '
Mar. may be known, by application to Mr. Swithin, Bridge led,
Tont-T-street ; or to Mr. Snow, No. 4, Breacliotreet-hill,

TUNS l J.I.L HOUSE, KEN F.
At the Rose In Sit.ir.gbaurne, on Wednesday, the filth day at
September instant. at Four t:Click in the Afternoon (unless
previously tlia.yased of by Private Contract, of which node's
wig be 'given ttin paper) •
• A CAPITAL FREEHOLD MANSION, called
TGINSTALL HOUSE, with Stables, Yards, Coach House,
Dove House, and other convenient Buildings. extensive Gardens,
partly syall.A in, and tie whole well stocked with choice Fruit
Trees, a biz.: Grove aad Shruhher4, with about thirteen Acres
of very rich M.eatfow and proeuctive Orshatd Ground, and a
.:mil C•kt raze adj,si•sine, very pleas ntly situated in the Parishes
Tunstali arid Bordt a, in the County of Kent, within the distanes
of °he mile from thu pnst Ti.wn o l :,ittingboutne, 17 from Cas..
otetbery, 11 from iiPaleterene, atd 41 from le-g 700, in a good
Sporting Country, nbn-ttecPug with Came. A Pack 0 Fag
Hounds, and a Pack 04-tarter, ate kt rt within four miles el
the Mansion, wtic."-i coca stand? hunt du:- ng the season.
The above Precnifts are now in the occupation of William
Marton, Est. ender a Leese, nine '.•sws wler:4, will be men.
pirsl at Michielinas next, ley who., lene the slime Way be
viewed by apptyfic at the House. •
t restAu•ther trarticelars, apply to Messrs Pearson sad Us, So.
liFjtars. W.141111e Tranple,.Loodm ; or to Messrs. Da Luaus and
`tqabuto., Sodtiiois, tat rWord, in Kent, who are seehesfee.l to
-4f Sale of the Erlateby Private Contrast.
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FRANCIi PAPERS:

PARIS, SEPTEMBER S.

The Senate assembled on the sth, under the Psesi-
dency of his Serene Highness the Prince Arch Chan-
cellor ; the Prince Arch Treasurer, -the Prince Vice
Crawl Elector, and the Prince Vice Constable assis-
ted at the sittings.
The Ministers fOr Foreign -Affairs and of War
communicated the following reports : -
A mess.tge from his Majesty w4s also read to the
Sena a
;AEPORT OF THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO HIS
IMPZRIAL ANDEGYAL MAJESTY.

It will be for the interest of Spain as well as ofi
France, that a firm hand sb.tild re-establish larder
it J
her admini.tration, the disorder of which has cripr4e4
her Government, and leads to that ruin towards which
she is hastening V. ith rapid strides. A prir.ce, thr
friend of Fiance by sentiment, by interest, having nn,-
thing to fear from her, and not being an object of
distrust to her, will appropriate ail the resources of
Spain to her interest, prosperity to the re-establish.
ment of her marine, and to the success of the rause-
which unites Spain to France and the Continent.—
Thus the work of Louis XIV. will be re-established.
" What policy suggests, justice authorizes—Spain
is really in a state of war with your Majesty—her
communication with England was an hostile act—
' her proclamation of the 15th of October was really a
declaration of war, which would have been followed
, by an act of aggression, if your Majesty had not con:
quered at Jena. In that case the departments on the
left of the Loire, which your Majesty had left with-
! out troops, would have been obliged to fly to repel
this new enemy.
" The French Merchants in Spain have lost their
indent privileges, the laws of the customs were direc-
ied chiefly against French commerce, and were re-
markable for their arbitrary and perpetual variation.
—These variations could not be known, no publicity
Was given to them. It was only at the custom-house
that it was learnt that the law of one day was not the
law of the next. Merchandize confiscated, often with-
out any pretext, was never restored. All the appli-
cations made by, or on behalf of the French, were
rejected..
Whilst Spain was thus making war in detail on
the French and their commerce, all her ports, and
chiefly those of the gulph of Gascony, were open to
English commerce. The law of blockade proclaimed
in Spain similar to that of France, was only.rendered
the meansof favouring still more the contraband trade
of England, the merchandise of which was spread
through Spain into the rest of-Europe.
Exclusive, however, of the considerations which
I have stated, existing circumstances do not permit
your Majesty to refrain from interfering in the affairs
of that kingdom. The King of Spain has been pre-
cipitated from his throne—your Majesty is called up-
on to judge between the father and the son. What
part will you take ! Will you sacrifice the cause of
Sovereigns, and sanction an outrage committed ,
against the Majesty of the throne ? Will you leave
on the throne a Prince who cannot withdraw himself '
from the yoke of England, in consequence of which
your Majesty must constantly keep on foot a power-
ful army in Spain ? If, on the contrary, your Majesty
determines to replace Charles IV. on the throne, it is
known that it cannot be done without overcoming a
great resistance, and shedding 'French blood. Can
that blood, of which the nation is prodigal for the de-
fence of its own interests, be shed for the interest of a
foreign King whose fate is of no consequence to
.France ?—Lastly, can your Majesty, taking no interest
in those important differences,' abandon the Spanish
nation to its fate, whilst already it is agitated by an
extreme fermentation, and when England is sowing
the seeds of trouble and of anarchy, ought your Ma-
jesty to leave this new prey for England to devour ?
No ; certainly not. -Your Majtsty, therefore, occu-
pied of necessity with the regeneration of Spain, in a
manner useful to that kingdom, and useful to trance,
ought neither to re-establish, at the price of much
bloodshed, a dethroned King, nor abandon Spain to
herself; for in both cases it would be delivering her
to the English, whose money and intrigues have pro-
duced the dissentions in that country. _

Ilayonoe,April 94, ten.
" Sire—The security of your Empire, the consoli-
dation of its power, and the necessity of employing
every means to compel a Government to make peace,
which making a langninary sport of mankind; and
in violation of evely thing held most sacred amongst
has adopted the principle of perpetual war,
iruixne on your Majesty the obligation of putting an
end to,the anarchy which menaces Spain, and to the
dissentions which agitate it. These important cir-
cumstances render the choice of a line:Of conduct ex-
tremely important, they involve .coCsiilerations which
interest in the highest degree both France and
Europe.
.0 Of all the States of Europe there are none
whose fate is more necessarily connected with that of
France than Spain. Spain is to France either a useful
friend or a dangerous enemy. An intimate alliance
Must unite the two nations, or an implacable enmity
separate them. Unit)? tunately that jealousy and
distrust which exist between two neighbouring na-
tions have rendered enmity habitual.' ' It is thus
that the ensankiined page of history attests the rival-
ship of Charles V. and Francis I. whith was not
less the rivalship.ottlie two nations than of their So-
vereigns, and which continued under their successors.
The troubles of the League were excited and fomen-
ted by Spain, who was no stranger to the disorder of
la Fronde; and the power of Louis XIV. did not
begin to rise until after having conquered Spain, he
formed with the then reigning House in that King-
dorn an alliance, which, in its consequences, placed
the crown of that kiniden upon the head of his
grandson. That act of provident policy gave to the
two countries an age of:peace, after time ages of war.
" This state:of things, however, ceased with the
cause which gave birth to it. The French Revolu-
tion broke the permanent connection which existed'
between the two nations. Then came the third Co-
alition, in which Spain, prodigal to France of protes-
tations, of friendship, secretly promised her aid to the
coalesced Powers, as • was -discovered by the papers
communicated to the English Parliament. The Eng-
lish Ministry determined from this motive to under-
take nothing against Spanish America, already con-
s:dering Spain as an Ally, and Spain, as well as
England; looked forward to the defeat of your armies.
Events set aside that expectation, and Spain remained
friendly.
K At the epoch of the fourth Coalition, Spain
sheared more openly her hostile disposition, an be-
trayed by a public act the secret of her engagements
with England. That famous Proclamation cannot
be forgotten, whioir preceded by nine days the battle
of Jena, by which all Spain was called to arms, when
no enemy threatened her, and which was followed
by measures promptly elective, since the military
establishment of that kingdom was raised from
118,000 men to 110,000. A report was at that time
spread, that the army of your Majesty was beaten,
and that Austria was about to declare against you,
and Spain im tgined she might declare herself with
impunity. Tbe victory of Jena confounded her pro-
jects.
" The moment is arrived to give to France on the
side of the Pyrenees a permanent security, so that if
et er she is exposed to new dangers she may, instead
of having any thing to tear from Spain, expect from
her aid, and have recourse to the Spanish armies to
march to dekud her. •-•

" In its present state, Spain is ill governed, badly
united, or rather not united at ail, in a-common cause
against England. Her marine is neglected; scarcely
are any ships to be seen in her ports, and those in the
worst state ; the magazines are badly supplied, the
workmcn and sailors not paid, whilst in her ports
there are neither redoubts nor batteries, nor arma-
Meats. In all the branches of the Administrxion
the most horrible disorder prevails; all the resources
of the . Monarchy are dilapidated, the State loaded
with an enormous debt, is without credit. The pro;
duce of the customs, Ind the estates of the Clergy, !
destined to diminish this debt, have another destine-
tion.given them. Lastly, in the penury of its means,
Spain abandoning totally her marine, occupies herself i
with the augmentation if her land force. Great
evils can only be cured by vest changes.
" The most pressing object of solicitude with your
Majesty is the war against England. England an-
n unces that she will not come to any accommoda-
tiOn. All the overtures of your Majesty have been
rejected or neglected. The inability to continue the
whir will alone indiice England to make peace. The
war against her, therefore, cannot be carried on with
tOo much vigour. Spain possesses maritime resources
',which are lost to her and to France. It is necessary
that a good GovernMent should give them activity,
improve them by a judicious organization, and that
your Majesty should direct them against the common
enemy, to arrive at length at that peace which huma-
nity cars for, and cif which all Europe stands so much
inn ed. Every thing that leads to this end is legitiinate.
The interests cfFrance and those of Continental En,
rope will not all• w your Majesty to neglect the only
means by which the war against England can be ear-

Tied On IPA. th-sirccest.
"The present situaticn of Spain compremiscs the
-security of France, and the fate of the was against
England. That country, which possesses the greatest
snai itime means in Europe, uses them the least.
44 Sire—Spain Will tic, be to France a sincere bind
frythful friend, norcaa.the wilr against England be.
continued, wish the ho of arriving at peace, until a
&minor% interest sball unite the two houses reigning
In Franco stnd Spain, The dynasty which governs
Spain, through its OR O. its recollections; its
fears, will be always the secret enemy of France,
• sin enemy the more perfidious, because, pretending to
be fr;endly, and .yielding Avery ti to France while
victcr Ca% it be ready to overwhelm her Ole mo-
MK her destiny becomes uncertain,

" I have stated to your Majesty the circumstances
which demand a great determination. Policy advises,
justice authorizes, the troubles in Spain inforce the
necessity ; your Majesty ought to provide for the se-
curity of the Empire, and save Spain from-the influ-
ence of England.—l am, with respect," &c.

°Eatiwi not a few have fallen victints to their con-
alumi ageonshF•oppolihs
is:eetionnseetotpl otopulardiffittusemistisalts,
oamnd athderegreadfault.
'est part of Spain. Will your Majesty permit England
;te he able to say " Spain is one of my provinces, my
'flag, driven from the Baltic, the North Sea, the Le-
vantaand even-from the shores of Persia, rules in the
ports of France ?"
No. never, Sire ?—To prevent so much shame
.insclinisfortune, two millions of brave men are ready
to scale die P.y fences, anclabe English will be chased
fitom the Peninsula. If the Frencht geht for the !them,
'or the seas, they must, to conquer, gin by wresting
Spain from the influence of the.tyrants of the ocean.
If they combat for peace, they cannot obtain it until
they have chased, from Spain the enemies or peace.
If your Majesty, embracing the future as well as the
-present, aspires to the noble object of leaving after
you your Empire calm, tranquil, and surrounded by
powerful friends, you must begin by securing its in-
fence in Spain.
" Lastly, if honour is the first sentiment, as well as
the first of object of Frenchmen, your Majesty must
promptly inflict vengeance for the outrages committed
lagainst the Frenck name, and the atrocities to which
so great a number of our countrymen have fallen vic-
tims. Frenchmen established in Spain for more than
twenty years, exercising in peace their usual industry,
and almost regarding Spain as their country, have
been massacred. Every where French property has
been seized. The Consular Agents of your Majesty
I haft expetienced a treatment which would not have
been suffered even in the most barbarous countries.
What estimation, what consideration will the French
name enjoy in Europe, ii, in a country so near to us,
atrocities so infamous and so public remain unpu
nished? Reparation ought to be had for them—but
a reparation consonant to Frenchmen by victory.
" It is no small advantage she probability of at
, length meeting-the English, of fighting them man to
, man, of making them also feel the evils of war—of a
' war, of the dangers of which they are ignorant, hav-
ing '
only caused it by their gold. The English will
be beaten, destroyed, dispersed, or at least they will
make haste to fly, as they did at Toulon, at the Hel-
der, at Dunkirk, in Sweden, and every where where
the French armies have been able to find them ; but
their expulsion from Spain will be the ruin of their
cause. This last check will exhaust their means, an-
' nihilating at the same time their last hopes, and peace
will become more probable.
" The wishes of all Europe will in this contest be
with France. France and Russia make common
cause against England. Denmark supports with
honour a contest which shealid not provoke. Sweden.
betrayed and abandoned by the ally to whom an in
sane Cabinet has sacrificed her, has already lost her
most important provinces, and is hastening to that
ruin which is the inevitable effect of alliance and
friendship with England.
" Such will be the fate of the insurgents in Spain.
When the contest becomes serious the English will
abandon Spain, after making them the sad bequest
of a civil war—of a war for foreign interests, and for
anarchy, the most cruel of scourges. It will be for the
wisdom and beneficence of your Majesty to repair the
evils of which they will be the cause.
" The Court of Vienna has constantly testified to
your Majesty the most amicable intentions—indig-
nant at the policy of England, she has recalled her
Minister from London ; sent back the English Mi-
nister who was at Vienna shut her ports against
England, and placed herself in a state of hostility
with that power. She has added to these measures
an interdict in her ports against the admission of ves-
sels, which, under a neutral flag, ire only the car-
riers of English produce and ruerchandize. Your
Majesty has cultivated this favourable disposition ;
has testified to the Court of Vienna friendship and
confidence; and has several times intimated to her,
that France takes a real interest in her prosperity.—
REPORT OF THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFTAIEs. Latterly, however, this power has carried its arma-
" Paris, sera 1, ism ments beyond measurc.....:ts military force is out of
-" Sinn—l have the honour to pmposeto your Ma- all proportion' o its population and futances. Your
jesty to communicate to the Senate the two Treaties • Ministers, Sire, only wish to remark this in order
which have placed the Crown of Spain in your hands, that your Majesty may perceive the necessity of ang.
and the constitution which under your auspices, and menting.your force for the purpose of still preserving
enlightened by your advice, the Junta assembled at the relative superiority which exists between the power
Bayonne, after free and mature deliberation, have and the population of the two empires.
adopted for the glory of the Spanish name and the " A new revolution has broken out at Constanti.
prosperity of that kingdom and its colonies. nople. Sultan Musrarna has been deposed.
"If in the arras is made by your Majesty the " The Americans, a people who involve their for-
security of France feas Zen your principal care, the I tune, their prosperity, and almost their existence in
interest of Spain herself has however been dear, and commerce, have given the example of a great and
in uniting the two states by the most intimate alliance, ! courageous sacrifice. They have interdicted, by a
the prosperity and the glory of both were equally the general embargo, all commerce and all navigation
objects proposed. The troubles which have manifested rather than shamefully submit to that tribute which'
themselves have particularly excited the solicitude of the English impose on the navigation of all nations.
your Majesty in deprecating their progress, in fore- I " Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and Holland, are
seeing their sad-consequences, in hoping to prevent i peaceable, and wait only for a maritime peace to,exert
them by persuasive means, and by measures of wise , all their industry.
and humane policy. Your Majesty interfered as a i " That peace is the wish of the world, but England
mediator in the midst of the divided Spaniards, shew. opposes it ; and England is the enemy of the world.
ing them on one side the anarchy which threatened " The French nation, all Europe knows the efforts
them, and on the other England ready to profit by made by your Majesty to obtain peace ; they know
their divisions, and to make use of them to suit her' that your enterprises are the immediate result of the
convenience, and pointing cut to them the way by ill success of the attempts which you have made to
which they might be saved from this double danger, obtain it.
by a constitution wise, provident, able to provide " The devotion of the French people is without
all which they stood in need of, and in which liberal , bounds • and it is more especially under circumstan-
ideas intermixed themselves with these ancient insti- ces whisl are so essentially connected with their ho-
tutions which Spain wished to be preserved. nour and its security, that their sentiments will be
a The expectations of your Majesty have been de- evinced, and that they will shew themselves worthy
(viva/. Individual interests, foreign intrigues, and of reaping that harvest of glory and of honour, which
the influences of foreign corruption have prevailed. your Majesty has prepared for them. I am, with re-
Why is it so easy to lead nations to their ruin by let- spect," &c.
sing loose their passions ? In a former report, I have I ••••••
made your Majesty acquainted with the influence MESSAGE OP TILE EMPEROR AND RING NAPOLEON TO
.which the English were acquiring in Spain, the nu- ! THE SENATE.
merous party that they had formed, the friends whom ! SENATORS--41y Minister for Foreign Affairs will
they had acquired in the commercial towns, by hold- lay before you the different treaties relative to Spain,
ing out to them the prospect of a revival of their and the constitutions agreed to by the Spanish Junta.
trade; I had pointed them out to you as authors of , My War Minister will-acquaint you with the wants
thrsedition which overturned the Throne of Charles and the situation of my armies in the titifferent parts
Bra and the ftvourers of the popular disorders which of the world.
arose at that Epoch. They bad burst through that "I am determined to carry on the war with Spain
salutary restraint which keeps the people in submis- with the utmost vigour, and to destroy the armies
inn, by operating upon their interests. The populace which England has disembarked in that country's.
of Spuin having shaken off the yoke of authority as, The future security of my subjects, the prosperity of
pined at governing. English gold, the intrigues of commerce, and a maritime peace must alike depend
the agehts of the Inquisition, who were afraid of on the* important operations,
losing their authority, the influence of the numerous , " Myalliance with the Emperor of Russia satin-
tribe of Monks in Spain, who dreaded a reform, have guishes every hope which England can entertain from
in this critical moment occas oned the insurrection of her projects. I have no doubts respecting the peace
several Spanish provinces, in which the yoke of the •Je suit molar* a fewer s apires ir'leparbedry; plus grand
I more prudent class has been either mistaken or stifled, Siva, et • detruire lea armies ra tAleglaterre a a&a wage.

of the Continent, but I neither will nor ought ,
upon the false calculations and the errors of t.
Court% and since my neighbours increase their
mies, it is a duty incumbent on me to increa7
" The Empire of Constantinople is strugglini
the most violent convulsions ; Sultan Selim, ."
. Emperor the. Ottomans ha.velad for &length ,
has just fallen by the hands of his own nephi
This catastrophe has.deeply affected me., I
fresh sacrifices on my people, confident of tilt
port ; they are. necessary, in.order to secure
from heavier sacrifices, and lead them to the grand
result of a general peace, which ought alio to be coo-
sidered as the moment of repose.
" Frenchmen, my projects have bit osie nblect in
view—your happiness apd the pernlatieni well-beini
• of your children ; and it t know yon fight, you win
i hasten to comply with this new .cail; aendered neeee„
I wiry by the interests of the country You have si
I often assured me of your affection...l -will behold the
Sincerity of your sentiments itivhe alicrity with which
you will, second
sprojects that are so jntituatelycon-
neeted with your dearest ititerisii, With the honour
of the Empire, and with mfr. glory.
I " Given at the Imperial Palace of St. Cloud, this
4th Sept. 1808. (Signed) iiitroixes."

REPORT OF TIM WAR aimessian TO Eth atALIESTY, fae.
PEROR AND DWG.
" Sire—l have the honour of lating before your
Majesty the state and situation of your Majeare
armies in Potent', in Prussia, and in Silesia, in Den.
mark, in Dalmatia, in Albania, in Italy, Naples, and
in Spain. I annex to it that of your Majesty's armies
of reserve, at Boulogne, on the coasts of the Rhine,
and in the interior. Your Majesty will perceive that
France never before possessed m( r: numerous cr
better appointed armies, and that they were never
better kept up or better provisioned.
o different
ocfcaaosiooeiveapieedtat as.
Notwithstanding,
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sp a
consequence
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Spain,
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which
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tion as inconceivable as it is painful, of the division
under General Dupont, your Majesty has notified the
resolution you have taken of assembling more than
two bundled thousand men, beyond the Pyrenees,
without, however, weakening either the armies in
Gervonly, or that of Dalmatia. For the attainment
of this end, a levy of eighty thousand men appears to
be indispensible. Your Majesty can ~nly take these
eighty thousand from the four classes of the consct ip.
tion of the years 1806, 1807, 1808, and 1609
" It is ascertained by the registers kept in my office,
that independently of the men who have married
within these four years, the conscription for these
years might furnish six hundred thousand. In taking
from that number a levy of eighty thousand men,
your Majesty will have called out only one censcript
out of seven, and the vacancies in the armies will be
tilled up with soldiers of 21, 22, and 2S years of age -
that is, with men fit a3l prepared to undergo retie
fatigues of war.
4, .lor has it escaped your Majesty's foresight, that
such an augmentation of force would necessarily in-
volve an increase of expence of several millions in the
War Department. It is not your Majesty's wish the,:
I should detain your attention with that object in tilt
report : your Finance Minister has taken upon hitdas
make good that charge without, in anywise iiiireat.
ing the taxes established by the last law.
" It is true, Sire, that the custom observed of lap
years, might, to a certain degree, induce a pith o 2
your subjects to corsi kr themselves as released from
the duty of the conscription from the moment, that
upon the total mass, they had furnished the colitis.
gent seqUred for the year ; and under this point of
I view, what I propose to your Mjeity; might appear
to require from your subjects a sacrifice ; but, Sira,,
there is no one but knows, that by the wads of the
.law, your Majesty would be authorized to call to
, your standard, the whole of the conscription, nbt e.*
of the last four years, btu even of the auteaide, t Yearif
and even were there qaestion of a real sacrifice, wlkt
sacrifice is it that your Majesty has not a right to ex,
pest from the love of your subjects Who among
us is ignorant that your Majesty wholly sacriEies
yourself for the happiness of Fiance, and that
the speedy accomplishment of his high designs, dl.e
repose of the world, the future safety, and the te•
establishment of a snaritime peace, without atifith
France can never enjoy calm and tranquility,
" In proposing to your Majesty to declare, that
henceforth no retrospective call shall take place on
an antedecent conscription, I only pataidipiite,' sirea
your paternal wishes,
" I think it expedient, at the same time, to prorate
to your Majesty to-order out the Conscription of the
year 1810, and to determine the amount of it, om
the present instant at eighty thousand men, toftirefth
the means, as occasion may require, of forming camp'
of reserve, and of protecting the coast in the spring
time. This conscription would be raised only under
the apprehension of a war with other Powers, nor
would it be called before the month of January neat.
" Sire, it is a,misfortune inseparable from the pre-
sent state of Europe, that when one power exceeds
tion, the with encreasieg
amount of tiptoewfe7ceeasotlporotp4o4enscioned to its popula.
theirs in the same proportion.
" England, independent of the immense num*
of her seamen, has on foot an army of more than two
hundred thousand men ; nor is she occupied in every
session of her Parliament with any thing so much as
with the increase of her sand forces, The armies a
Austria have been considerably enereased, France,
although she has armies more numerous than all the
' other tsowers, has, notwithstanding, fewer men under
arms than any of them, compared with her population,
" Your Minister for Foreign Affairs assures me
that a strict alliance subsisted between your Majesty
and Russia. The armaments of Austria have often
• excited my solicitude, The same Minister assulei
me,
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! either as precautions, or as the effectolapprehensicani
which are forcibly impressed on every Couit, by the
' uumerous4gents which England conunueels par oa
the Continent.
a But if it does not belong to the business of ,my
departiitienj to dive into the views aid interests
aE
States, and explore the tortuous labyrinth of politics,
It is at least my duty to neglect nothing to meter"
Majesty's armies maintain, at all points, that jest m•
penority which they, ought to possess. The tar".
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