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moreover to hope that neutral ships will
vigilance of the English cruisers ; the
- of the coasts of the etttpire will favour
enterprise&
resources ought not tO, be undervalued,
nothing. Trantie will submit to a
situation, which can only change with ,
new exertions : but her enemy shall
of the main basis of her prosperity,
communication, her relltions with the 1
she no longer sees any but friends or
will not be less fertile, her industry will I
not maintain itself the less, though deprived of some
materials which it is not impossible to replace.
e To this last proposition I am rather anxious,
Gentlemen, to direct your attention. You have ad-
vice to give, and examples to hold out to commerce.
you must already foresee the effect of the privation
of certain materials, more especially of cotton, and
of ingredients for dying. cotton, of which a quantity
has been gored up in France:. that which we shall
*rive from the Levant, and that which, at a more.,
ean. t period, we-. shill real" !ions our indigenous
topic, liitsoF4ssfUlly essayed, will suffice to
'supp
ort, in a great measurer our manufactures ; but
is the expectation that some of them may experience
:itieations, we must have recourse, as far as possible,
to bow and fin, in order to provide occupation for'
those manufactures who would no lcinger he employed
with articles of cotton. It were desirable that we
could circumscribe our consumption within the pro-
ducts cf the materials the growth of our soil, and re-
strain the unhappy effects of habits and taste con-
tracted for manufactures, that would render us de-
pendent upon foreign countries.
The materials for dying may become scarce, but
many of them may be replacedtby the productions of
our soil. We will dispense with the rest by a slight sa-
crifice of some colours, which may please from their
apparent greater beauty, without adding any thing to
the intrinsic goodness of the article. Besides, no
small reliance is to be placed on the genius of our
manufacturers o it will triumph over those difficulties.
"The channels, which in spite of these usurpations,
Will remain open to importation, may not suffice for
the consumption of sugar and coffee ; these objects of a
secondary utility may become scarce; but the great
mass of the nation will not suffer from this temporary
privation : habits of indulgence too widely indulged
will be counteracted and restrained by the rise in the
price.
" And besides, is it to be supposed that the Great
Nation will allow itself to be intimidated by the pri-
vation of some futile enjoyments ? Her armies have
endured, without a murmur, the most pinching wants:
that great example will not•have been held out in
vain; and when we have in view to re-conquer the
independence of the seas ts when we have in view to I
rescue and redeem commerce from the ruinous acts of '
piracy that are juridically exercised against it ; when
, we have in. view the vindicatloi of the national ho-
sour, and the breaking down of thoie lures carding;
which England is attempting to erect upon our coasts,
the French people will support with the dignity and
the courage that belong to their great character, the
momentary sacrifices that are imposed upon their
taste, their habits, and their industry. The com-
merce of Europe will seen, no doubt, be rescued from
oppr?stion. The interests of nations ; the honour of
Sovereigns ; the magnanimous resolutions of the
most powerful of the Allies of France ; the power and
wish of the hero who rules over us ; the justice of a
cause to which Heaven will grant its protection ;
every motive concurs to decide the contest; nor can its

issue remain uncertain.
Accept, Gentlemen, the assurance of my sincere
esteem. (Signed) " CRETET." •

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, JANUARY v.
feel some Apology due to many of our Friends, for the late
boar at which the Sraa was published yesterday, and which
occasioned many of tour Country Readers to be disappointed in
rectitirg the Paper. We have only to state the real truth, and
we are co:lli...lent our Friends will forgive the disappointment—

One of the Pages met with an accident while carrying to press,
,and was necessarily recomposed.

PRIM? OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Couols, for January, 414 H—Reduced 63H—Omnium 1 1 pre.
Exchequer Bills, Is. dis.

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raris 3o semis to the 96th* Ult. arrived last night.
Their contents.ire of considerable importance. Na*-
sumo,' has rdnrned feeds Venies.to Milan, and from.
the latter place .has. issued a Decree, dated the 17th
ult. and which was published at Paris on the 24th, I
imposing new and severe restrictions on the trade of
Neutrals. This Decree is followed by a Letter film
the Minister of the Interior,' calling on.the Feopirof
the Great Nation to bear with the privations brought
uPon them by the war of blockait, and to turn their
st:tntion to the use of substitutes for those articles
of which France may for a time be deprived by the
eperation of the °oder of Council issued by the British
Government.
The stile of these documents is curious. Napo-
LEON'S Decree of Blockade is kept in the back-ground
Ist° the share it had in producing the present de-
rangements in commerce ; the Order of Council is
held up as the tyrannidal act to which all the evils ill-
fitcted on the industrious pursuits of enterprising ma-

auftettrers and merchants are to be attributed ; .and
the ship: of all those nations which iubriiit to the re:
strictions of the Order.of Council .are declared to be
dersittimented ! ma -therefore gota and. lilvful
in the French ports, or .when captured by French
ships of war.

Against this Decree, there is no appeal on the
ground of a vessel having been compelled by twee to
go into a British port, or to submit to starch—On the
contrary, for that very reason, all such vessels art to be
condemned ! - •

The motive of this Decree cannot be ascribed 'w the
hope of profiting by the petty seizures to which. its
execution may gi •.! rise. N.4I:POLOON pays a dpeper
game. He wars against the present system of:com-
merce, because it gives resources to the only Covent:.
meet that has dared to stand out against him f.lle
knows the Mconveniercei to which this lystern, will
subject the people under his Rile ; but this is a sacri-
fice called for by the devotiOn of patiiMisM, and they
are reminded that the antsy has suffered greater 'psi-
vaticnii, without a Mrutnur ! In other words, every

remonstrance, if any shall be hardy enough to remon-
strate against the measure, will receive its answer
from. the point of the bayonet. Thil, he knows, will
secure submission at home, and therefore the system
Is to be undeviatingly pursued for the grand object 0f.4
ruining the commerce of England.

Let no Briton misunderstand the terrb—the cont.
mercg of England !—the tyranny of England !-the.
crimes of the.Englisk Government,!. and similar .1 , .epi
theta, employed from time to time in the French ,01E-,
eel Paper, have all butor.e tneaning,—ENG4ND itself !

American Papers to the 7th uh. have been received.
The debates in Congress seem to breathe hostility
against this country, although the more moderate
party are still sanguine in the;v hopes of an amicable
adjustment. Ample extracts from these Papers, will
be found ih our preceding columns.

. .
Private letters frOm France, ofd 6eiy recent date,
were received yesterdiy. They mention an extraor-
dinary movement pf.trours in every direction, .the im-
mediate object of which: is not stared.

By an American vessel which left Bourdeaux about
12 days ago, we learn that Or report is current in the

provincial towns on the coast, which we mentioned a
few days ago, that the august Jossentrit is to exchange
her Imperial Crown, as consort" to thelmperor, for
the Iron Crown, which she is to wear on her feminine
brows, as Queen of Italy. Her place is' to he occu-
pied, say these same French repo7ts,-,by a Russian
Princess, the sister of the Emperor ALEXANDER.
Somewhat less improbable than this tale is ano-
ther, which concerns the projecteif change in the
South of Europe. NAPOLEON is so Anxious to secure
the co-operation of his brqther Luctrx in. his plans,
that he has offered him, as the price and reward of a
reconciliation between them, the CrOwn of Spain.—
Thus both of the BovazsOy thnines will support a Bo;
NAPARTE! In the mean while the Prince of 'Ant%
RIA3 is to be indemnified by the Crown of Portugal.
We have some time since heard that BONAPARTE,
on appointing him to the command in chief of the
combined Spanish and French troops, intimated that
" he was hereafter to govern the people he via% to
conquer." We suppose, that in exchange for this,
NAPOLEON might require some of the provinces of
Spain adjacent to France. While we are disposed to
consider all such reports as of slight importance, we
cannot deny that the conduct France is pursuing in
Spain justifies any suspicion whatever. We are ja-
i formed, that, sine:. the begin uing of December up_
wards cf one hundred and fifty thousand troops
have marched through Bourdeaux to Spain and Por-
i tugal. This is a force so 'vastly superior to all that
an be necessary for a conquest which must be yielded
without a struggle, that we cannot but btlieve the ul-
timate view& of the Master reach much further than is
yet publicly known, or is, perhaps, even definitiTely.
resolved by himself.

The Gazette shortly contain some instructions
to our Merchants iespedting the mode. to .be pursued
in the trade to he carried on between this Countiy
and the Brazils. Liberty is to be given to ship and
export such articles of traffic as hive heretofore seen
usually sent and admitted into the Portuguese mar-
kets ; and a iegular Commercial Treaty will be con,
clude:d with all convenient Speed. Lord STRANGINA6
is making preparations for his departure, and many►
of our first Portuguese houses are alreafly preparing,
to establish their firms in Brazil.. .

• • -
Dr. PARSONS, Master of Baliol College, is elected
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, in the
room of Dr. RICIIARZS, Rector of Exeter College, de-
ceased.'

.The new Pantomime at Covent-Garden is likely to
meet with as much approbation.as the famous one Of
last year. The action of the Pantomine at Icrurplane
is . greatly improved, and wa4 last night *attended by a
crowd of spectators.

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That useful hints are frequently conveyed by fabu.
lous history, is universally acknowledged. We learn-
' from it, that Fortune's Temples were particularly
crowded at the commencement of every new year,
' under an impression that her earliest votaries would
Ithereby gain her smiles throughout the year. What
a seasonable hint at the present moment ; when the
wealth-giving Dame will soon have to bestow above
350.0001. in the State and City Lotteries which are
now depending!

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