Star.
London, England, 1802-03-22 00:00:00

OPPOSITION IN INCILAND.

The circtimnance of a double oppofition in Eng-
land is highly worthy of obfervation. The old
()mention, founded on the rational and philofo-
phical principles of the Whigs, and the partizans of
the old Minidry of Great Britain, men animated
by the principles of the new fyllem of oppofition,
and actuated by the fentiments of the former Mi-
nitters of the country. It is inapollible to allude
to the deli:ription of thole enlightened and able
men who compote the &II dais, the names of
Fox, Of SHERIDAN' of ADAIR, &c. and of Lord
STAN HOrr, Lord HOLLAND, and others in the
other !mooch of the Legiflature, contrafted with
thole Of WINONA lA, ELLIOT, and LAWRENCE, with-
out at the fame time perceiving that the opinions
of thefe two dales are different in the molt ellen-
tial circumflances. The points in which they dif-
fer are particularly worthy of obfervation.
It is not now our objed to form any ellimate of
the talents or virtues of men connected with thole
two kinds of oppontion, but it may be more inte-
reflingto appreciate their principles and their prac-
tice. If Mr. Fox is a man of the highen intellec-
tual powers, fitted by nature to defend with the
molt interelling eloquence the liberty and civil
rights of the human race, Mr. WINDHA:4 is an in-
dividual of a realefs fpirit, denined to give his
fupport to a fyllem for protraCting the continuance
of a deltrudive war, and giving every potTible aid
to a ruinous fyftem of miniderial defpotit'm. Thus
it clearly appears that the fimilar conduct of thefe
two kinds of oppofition is the fame, while their
maxims and condud are wholly dillimilar. The
ancient oppofition equally difplayed their princi-
ples by a fpirit ofhatlility to the war againfl Ame-
rica, and againit the freedom of France. The
new oppofition, on the contrary, kern to inherit
the ferocious imprudence of Lord NORTH, and
unite their efforts to procure a confederacy in
Europe naiad a people %%Imre only objet was to
conlitute their own form of Government, and to
form a Conanution agreeable to their own defire.
The oppofition of kox and SHERIDAN was con.
Randy founded on the maxim of afferting. that
die pi ineiple of the war vas one which had for its
objet the livery ti; nrankind,.tht dillipation of the
treafures of nati,ms, and the fliedding of the blood
of human beings, for the purpofe of ellablilhing
derpotical form.:: of government, or favouring the
notions of individuals of the moil dangerous and
delPotic views. The oppofition of fuch men as
WeisoNANs, Ei.i tory, and others of a flmilar dif
notition, is built on the invariable maxim of eter-
nal hollility, the exiitenee of a grand military ella.
blifhment, and the lopport of the exclufive and
violent prefeeratfm of univerfal commerce.
According to the old oppofition, who Live at
all times voted for seneral peace, the war waged
againfl France has been ,us unjg and impoblic contc,l,
founded on pinc:p/ flUveofive of the fiber,' 6f the human
rare, and which hat involved the dejiridiion of a number
of men, at which humaniiyAudderr.
Agreeably to the maxims of the new oppofition,
who, loudly exclaimed againtl the Preliminaries of
Peace, the war againn France has appeared fo jun
and le neceffory. that they have not hefitated
declare. that the Eir,::l3 nxion ought to continue armed,
whether it it in afiate tjpeace, or whether the war (ball
be e-enewed.

The principles on which the opporgion of the
party of WINDHAM! and GRENVILLE proceed, fup-
pore that it was expedient to rinfe to the French peo-
ple the right offorming their own Confiitution, and, by
an abfurd jealoufy, it was requilite to re-eftablifh
the Empire of the Bourbons, and the ancient fyf-
tem of defpotifm. If we may give any credit to
the fpeeches of Fox and SH ERIDAN, it is a ground
of rejoicing to England, that by the incapacity of
her &Unifiers, fhe was unable to procure the repo-
ration of the Bourbons, or of the ancient defpo-
thin, and that this failure is the molt thud ground
of the continuance of a general peace. Who are
the individuals then who can tefufe to the old -op.
pofition the tribute of applaufe, for having contri-
buted all in their power to prevent thole miferics
which, during twelve years, have afflifted the hu-
man fpecies, or extending the fexereft indignation
to the new oppontion, who have done ail in their
power to prolong that contell which has defolated
and ruined fo many nations? But !till the new op- '1
pofition call to their fupport and to the aid of their
fury the national honour, which they denominate,
tbt treafarre of the fate and the fume !Wort of
its ps o pakr. Far, however, be from us—tar be
from the people of Europe, this falfe.and cruel de-
finition of national honour, or, more properly, of
the Ex-Miniflerial pride, or relf-fufficiency of a few
individuals,who now defpair of being more power-
ful. Surely national honour does not—no, •can.
not confift in waging war againft the libertyofany
people, or in troubling the rcpofe of nations for
the fake of individual opinions, or in fupport of
efpecial conneCtions. Such men as Lord HAwk E 5.
FiURY and Mr. A DIU GTON, who have given a
luftre to their ministry by the important virtues of
moderation, of jultice and of wifdom, in jgoing the
Prefirninaria of Peace, and in labouring inceffantiy
accompli fh the work of general pacification,
have a much higher and jufler conception pf the
lational honour and fpirit—the happinefs of na-
tions.confids only in peace.—jorraal des Defi:yiars.
Om rasniows.—France has always giiten the
fafflion to Europe, and her fuperiority was not dif-
outed before the Revolution even by rival powers.
l'ntrfia and Ruffin invited to their capitals French
terateuts and philofophers. Our arts were every
vhsre uanfplanted, and our manufaitures were
:!.read over the whole world ; our fafhions, follow-
el =kilt the (flows of the north AS. twig the

Equator, proved the induftry and ingenuity of onr
artith, and (hewed at the fame time that frivolity
may be pardoned in becoming ufeful.
About the time of the American war, Englifh
fafhions, manners, and cuftoms, began to be intro-
duced. The tour of the Duke of ORLEANS and
fome grandees of the Court made the dinglonlania
univerfal. Honks, carriages, clothes, ladies' head-
drefres, all was Englith, when &ft the Revolution,
and then the war, changed this propenfity, and
dcftroyed, if not the talk, at leaft the ufe of Eng-
lifh produetions and mann:re.
A juft fentiment of national dignity will, no
doubt, finial wha t circumaances and laws hadbeg un.
Let us difplay that pride which commands reipeit,
without !Ming that amenity which aura& affec-
tion. We tl nil refume all our advantages, and
among others the empire of faihion, (feeptre de In
mode). From pride, if not from prudence, we will
allow our manufacturers and arias to fill the limps
and equip the beaus and elegantes of London with
the produCtions of their induftry, without ailing
in exchange the gVotefque modes which (hock tape,
and which the charm of novelty even cannot ren-
der fupportabie. If Frenchmen with to be honour
ed, if they even with to pleafe, if they with to ap-
pear to advantage before the brave—and the fair,
let them be French in their heart, in their manners,
and even in their drefs. The war has fulpende'd
the aftivity of our arts, but has not iml•lired their
perfection. Our manufactures are lefs extenfiec,
but they difplay equal tittle. A French military
man with a Ruffian or Englifh lint, a Paris e'le-
&ante, dretred in Englifh or India muffin, do an
injury to the nation which the law cannot reach,
but which ought to be punithed by ridicule and
public indignation.—Mtmikur.
26 VENTOSE, MARCH 17.
The Brun Gazette of the 27th of February,
which reached Belgrade, by a airman announces
that the GRAND SEIGNIOR has granted a general
pardon to the revolted Jaratraries, and left them
the choice of a new Paella.

The Brett Courier of the 2r R Ventofe (March
12) contains the following paragraph :—‘, By a
telegraphic difpatch, the Romaine frigate and the
Curieux corvette have received orders to make
t.hanfelvcs ready for fc:t. They are to be utAct
command of Citizen LACAILLE, who is a Poll
Captain. The dellination of thee two veifels is
unknown, but they wait to weigh anchor only for
the difpatches they are to carry, and which the te-
legraph announced to be now on their way to
Brea. llte corvettes la Bacchante, and la Ve.
fiive, from Havre, have entered this road. Ge-
neral of I)ivilion Q.EANTIN, V.:10 is here on his
way to St. Domingo, is to embark in one of there
vetlAs."

I.e:ters from Madrid contain the following ob.
fervaticns rcipating the Spanifh army:—" The
plan for the rcformaLion of the army is completed :
it is to be reduced to Sixty thoufand men, and di-
vided into bodies of fix thoufand each. In this
number are not included the Swifs regiments, nor
the King's houfehold troops, who will form a body
of fixteen thonfand men. The army, in time of
war, will amount to a hundred and twenty thou-
land, in addition to whom there is a dilpotableforcc,
confifting of provincial militia, who will be called
upLn to enter on adual fervice on any emergency."