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had maintained last night, that a hen America char- LONDON.
ref' this country, in a formal declaration, with the WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2.
commission of acts degrading to its character and ho. PRILE t)F S POCKS This DAY AT ONE el'C LOCK.
Hour,the English Government ought most decidedly Reduced 57f1-4 per cent. 72 7lf 173-5 per Ct. 291 90 89i
to have refuted such charges, of which it was alto- Cons. 58ifti—for ac. ssii se 581-.-Om. 44—Bonds 4s. 9s. mss.
Bk Stock 21.5.--I.g. Ans. 14 13-tbs.-Esch. Bills. (Sid.) Is. 24. 11.
issnint a declaration no less for-
other incapable. by
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and authentic. \Vi:h respect to the question of . s
• the peaces, he could not go so fir as Paris Papers to the 29th November have been re-
peace, on
that no pe ought to be made at any time ceived : they confirm, or rather repeat, the rnn*Jur
to ,1,
with the man wielding the Government of Fiance : already noticed, of Bosaeanre haying arrived at
{;tat be thoug,ht. that there existed in the present Go-
1 • nt of France a determined system to pull down] no longer disposed to doubt the fact of his arrival
this country from the high rank it occupied, and to?
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mien what that man considered as an usurpation on I were' but, that nothing particular had happened to
part. The Ruler of Frante wss not hostile to 1 his army since the last Bulletin, as the French Jour-
our power and acquisitions only, but to our menu-1 mils insiniffte, we cannot believe. Korusore's ig pre-
fad:wars, otir commerce, our navy, our glory, our . cipitate retreat" after the battle of Malora • I vitsc 1, was
Uery existence. He was, therefore, of opinion, on I
no doubt a rapid movement, calculated to bring him
the ground alone, that to throw out an idea of peace
in the way it was proposed, was to let down the dig- still closer upon the flanks of the retreating army,
pity, the honour, and the strength of the country.— which has literally cut its way to Smolensk. The 1
)Ir. Canning, after'animadverting on the, impolicy of French Papers abstain from all mention of the posi- '
nor conduct with respect to America, in admitting Lion! of the Russian armies—this is following the
Ue fictitious decree of repeal on the part of France,
exam le e of the recent Bulletins, and is a most favour-
and that America possessed the right of separating
herself from all nations, concluded with requesting able omen. BONAPARTE is either totally ignorant of
the Noble Lord to inform him, what was the precise the numbers and condition of the various hostile
sate of our relations with America, and whether we armies around him, or he is prudent enough not to
were at war or in aegociation ; or whether our state alarm the Parisianswith' de •
tails which could only
was that of half war or half negotiation, and which
Alf was likely to preponderate ? as he thought, and serve to increase their apprehensions for the safety
lie spoke with perfect sincerity, that a situation of un- of their countrymen. There is great reason to
teruiory was worse than even that of a certainty of believe, however, that the Imperial Katerfelto, whose
greater evils. peculiar talent for mystification has been evinced
Lord CASTLEREAGH maintained, at some
so conspicuously in his recent Bulletins, has nothin
length, that the Orders of Council, grounded as they g
were in the law of nations, had been in no instance but ~ darinen visible" to ateer by in his calculations
, departed from. in favour of the probable success of respecting the real situation of the Russian armies.
any negotiations with America. The Right Hon. —The numerous vollies of huzzas from the Cossacks
Gentleman bad asked hint, what was the actual state wi •
Itch have resounded in his ears, before dav break
of the relations between this country and America ? - • -
and 4 meal-times, during his flight, furnish abun-
He hesitated not to answer the Right Honourable
Gentleman, that they were placed in a state of war, dance of evidence that his scouts are not so service-
sever relaxed but when consistent with the best views ' able as they have been to him during his campaigns
of the country's interest. With respect to the pro- iin other countries. Russia, we have reason to believe,
position to which he alluded last night, as being still
now affords the solitary instance of a country whose
pending, he could say no more than he had already
said; it was not determined, and therefore it would Population is so cordially and so unanimously cogs-
not be proper to produce any documents relative to ged in hostilities against French invaders, that not a
it. The proposition had gone to a greater length single peasitnt has • :o do eraded himself as to become
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than Ministers had a right to expect; when an answer a spy, and not a single soldier has so far forgot his
favourable or unfavourable arrived, he would imme-
diately lay it before the HouSe.
honour as to become a desert..l- !
Mr. STEPHEN and MT.CANN)NG severallyexplained. While the French accounts are thus necessarily
Mr. WHITBREAD asked a question—the Noble . silent with respect to the Russians, they are frivo-
Lad had said, that if a favourable or unfavourable 1004-
y minute so far as the Positions of their own
answer should be received from America, he would tops are concaned.
immediately lay it before the House. How long did I
be mean to wait for that answer'? The 9th corps, under VacToe, which had previ-

Lord CA STLE REAGH answered, thatwhenever
Admiral Warren's answer arrived, that any, or no
'communication had been made to him on the subject,
he would immediately lay it before the House.
Mr. PONSONBY rose, and, in a speech of some
length, explained his reasons for pursuing the line
he had done on the foimer evening. If he had
been in the House in 1793, he would have voted for
Mr. Fox's Motion to tend an Ambassador to Paris,
to prevent the breaking out of the war ; and for this '
I reason, because the whole question was, whether the
bovernrnent of France, as then constituted, was fit
to be treated with '! and as he was of opinion that
' one independeist state should not interfere with the
Government of another, he, of course, conceived
that a treaty might be concluded with the Pro-
visional Council which then ruled in France ; and
he would have confined himself to this opinion, that it
was more easy to treat for the prevention of war than
ler peace, particularly as no disclosure of the circum-
stances of this country could take place, His Honour-
able Friend had stated, that there were persons who
entertained an opinion, that no peace could be made
with the present Emperor of France. Now, if his
'Honourable Friend could shew him, that such an
idea was cherished by any of his ajesty's Mini-
sters, be pledged hiinself to vote with him for an
Address to-morrow ; because he thought the
French Emperor night be treated with as well as
the head of any other Government. His Honour.
able Friend had said, that the Address only pro-
posed to the Prince Regent to examine whether a
peace could be made on proper terms. This cer-
tainly was a mitigated character of the measure ;
but still it implied orw of these two things—either
that the Ministers were not willing to enter into a
Pee:didn't— or that the necessity of peace is so
Itgerat ditto it becanie the duty of the House to
interfere. Now, if the first assumption were true,
It would not be safe or constitutional to address
the Throne, to seek for peace—the Address ought
to be for the removal of Ministers. On the other
hand, if Ministers wat ts ready as they stated them-
selves, to enter into it negotiation, the ground of
an Address must be, that they mistook the situa-
tion of the country, and did not see the necessity
of making peace, even if they could, and that, there- I
fore, the House must interpose. He did not thick
&country was in that situation ; and, holkevet miti-
gated the form of Address might be, if Why inter-
tered at dIl with the known prerogative of the Crown,
if would be telling the enemy that the distresses of
the country called for peace. He, therefore, could
not consent to deviate from the ordinary system of the
constitution, not having that information which the
Cabinet Ministers alone possessed.
Mr. WHITBREAD, in explanation, called to
the recollection of the House, the very moderate pro-
positions for peace, offered by Bonaparte, immedi-
ately aftei being chosen by the French as First Con-
rad, and the arguinents urged against it; and he was
afraid Ministers were at )he present moment actuated
by the same motives.
• Mr. eANNlNG'asked whether Ministers intended
10 bring on the Question of the East India Corn-
Pony's Affairs before the Christmai tecess
Lord CASTLEREAGH ansiVered—Certainly
net : but it seas their intention to do so as soon after
the recess a; possible.
The Address was they read and agreed to, and or-
&zed to be presented by the whisk' House .
Mr. H. .A.DPINOTON presented several Ac-
' founts, accordin4 to the
_Order of the Council, le-
sFettinz the Specae...7-.Ordcre4plie aq. the Table.

ously been assembled at Smoleitsko, is said, in one
article, to be united to the 2d under St. Cyn, behind
the Oula: in another article, it is stated to be divided, :
part having reinfi.rced St. ca n, and part being sent'
to the support of DOMBRGIV:ACI, who is at islohitow.
The latter account, which ;s prof ably the m-ire cnr-
rect, agrees peifectly with what ne have learnt of
the movenmts of the Russian armies in this qu irter.
St. CYR was driven from Pob ask, by the c: mbined
attacks of WITTGYNSTEIN and SfElNiliLL, and forced
on the 23th of October, to fall back upon Nov, y
Lepel, which is situated behind the river Oula ;
whilst DONIBROWbRI, :titer having sutfeted much from
the enterprising expedition of General GRAM, in
the latter end of September, must have been reduced
to still greater straits by the sulisequeut approach of
General Tsclitclianow to Minsk.
Tha 7th corps, under REGNIER, and the Austrians
under SCHWARTZENISERGI, who not long ago threat-
ened to drive Tostmazow across the Dnieper, have
been compelled to retreat into Prussian Poland, and
are said to be collected in the UeighbourhoDd of
Bielsk, about halt way betneenWarsaw and Grc;illio.
This appears to be, in fact, the only communication
now kept open with the main army ; and this, as it
leads to the magazines at Wilna, &c. will
doubtless be protected with the utmost care ; but
sill it shows the French forces every where standing
on the defensive—every where reduced to.extremities
—and in no small hazard of having all their skilful
and systematic arrangements rendered wholly in-
effectual.
This view of the general state of the French affairs
leaves us not without hopes of seeing the great line
of their operations in Poland broken in upon, and
their magazines on the Niemen captured or destroy-
ed ; an event, which, ,if it did not annihilate what
remains of the Grand Aimf, would, at least. leave
it, at the opening of .a future campaign, in such a
state of destitution, asp beinate an object of little'
terror to the Russian Empire.
In addition to all theft surmises we think It-pretty'
plainly appears that the detached Russian armies have
succeeded in completel7`cutting off all intercourse be-
tween Smolensko and France, by the way of War-
taw. The most recent intelligence from the French
armies Iras been always received through Wilna and
not Waisaw, which is on the straight line of commu-
nication.

CADIZ MALI. AND DgI'AXSL:IFS.

The GLEANER keiCh has arrived at Falmouth, in
• 4,„K
ten days from Cadiz, with Mara and dispatches.—
The most important intelligence brought by this
opportunity is, that the communication between
Cadiz and Madrid is again open. in consequence of
thi French having suddenly Kt the litter gaps; in
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order to make an attack upon Ceneral HILL . efwe '
he could join the Marquis' bf *outset ~ `The -
Cadiz letters also state, that MAsakt4A. had to en the
command In person of the Oily of the North, which
consisted of 40,000 infantry ond .5000 colvalry ; and
that the Marquis of WELLINGTON had beeti; in con-
sequence; compelled to retreat. Witb all this we
were already made acquainted throtigh the medium
of the Corunni papers. The following ate extracts
from the Cadii papers :

“ SALAMANCA, NOV. 6.
” Senors Villanezo, Cortolania, and other autho-
rifes, which left Madrid, have arrived here. The
Marquis of Wellington was in Arivola, to which
point General Hill was falling back."

" TALAVERA DE LA REINA, NOV.S.

la On the Ist instant, the enemy already occupied
both sides of the Tagus, and at six in the evening of
the same day accomplished theii- entry into Madrid;
but it was only to march in and march out. On the
2d, King Joseph, with all his retinue, did the same.
Up to the present time, they have only advanced as
far as Navalcarnero. All the army is encamped, and
according to intelligence consists of 42,000.i:eat;
among them-5000 horses. Our army has itibead..
quarters in Guadarama, occupying all the passes.—
On the enemy's entry into Madrid they took some
English infantry. Madrid separates the two armiei ;
"either sleep within it.
" CIUDAD RODRIGO, NOV. 9.

" A person who has just arrived (3 P.M.) from
Salamanca, says, that on the 6th, at ten at night, the
Authorities and many people had abandoned that
city, on account of its being reported that the enemy
were approaching Lord Wellington, and had thrice
offered them battle, which they refused."
" BADAJUZ, NOV. 12.

d, The correspondence has been dispatched to Ma-
drid, in consequence of its having been evacuated by
the French."

" MANCHA-REAL, NOV.II.
66 The head-quarters of the 4th army are here.
Senor Merino is in Infantes.

a This army will amount to about 17,000 men,
and it is believed will join tot expeditionary one from
Aliearit—although this cannot lie accomplished with
much celerity, on account of the scarcity of pro.ii.
tons, which will retard its march."

" CADIZ, NOVEMBER S.

H We are assured, that the allied troops are again
re-concentrating towards Cabezon and Arevalo, ip
consequence of the movements of the French, and
that Senors Villanezo, Corte Carria, and other indi-
duals of the Government, have taken the previous
prec tution of retiring to Avila, leaving at the head
of the hert.ic inh i)itants of Madrid, the worthy Pa-
triot, Don Pedro Saint de Baranda."
" CADI/1, NOV. 11.

A Swedish vessel has arrived in the neighbourhood
of Liverpool from New:York, which place she left,
on the 27th ultimo. The recent defeat of tht Anse-.
rican force ia Canada Is ascribed to the MilithCoNbe
United Statts, having positively refused to itarCh
across the lines into the British territeries,
cessarily reduced the invading army to a mere hand•)
ful of men. If this statement be correct the war
cannot be of long continuance, The Americans? 'in
enumerating their loss, mentitaGesena RANSIMAR,
as wounded, and a prisoner; and.biajoc &MTh& as
having been killed. .

" The write from Granada, under date of the 4th,
that an Aide-de-Camp had arrived froth Lord Wel-
lington, to inqnire the-reason why General Balla-
steros, with his army, had not appeared in Alcaraz
on the 13th October, agreeably to the instructions he
had previously received. Senor Viri'is, with the last
division, was in Penos, and Senor Ballasteros had

stopped in Lora, on account of his requiring to be
twice bled, for the benefit of his health. General
CAllega has been appointed Viceroy of Spain."

" GRENADA, NOVEMBER 4.

" The disorder which has reigned and still reigns
in this city is dreadful. General Ballasteros assumed
ail authority to himself, and rendered the Constitu-
tion and Laws of no avail. Contrary to all the prin-
ciples sanctioned by the Cortes, he formed a Military
Commission to judge all thos; suspected of infidelity ;
under this pretext, he has ill-treated a multitude of
persons, and put them under arrest upon the most
unfounded and even anonymous accusations. No one
raised his voice against this military despotism, very
like that of the French, and not less desestable. We

believed that with the dismission of that General, the
'taw of the Empire would have been re-established,
but the disorder is the same, proceeding from one
"Acess to another ; thus it is that many persons odi-
ous to the people by reason of their adherence to the
Finch, have been set at liberty ; and by a ridiculous
purification, many criminals are going to be set free,
none having been punished :—nothing which the
Constitution orders, is observed, many are detained in
prison without being informed of the reason within
15 or 20 days."

It will be seen from our Port Letters, that the Do-
WA and ROIit7LUS men of war have arrived at Pons-
itiontb, &nit Lisbon. Ifwas at first reported that
diiPatches from the Marquis of Wraxisurow were
received b 7 the above ships ; but we understand that
Gorarnment have received nothing later from Co-
runthsibin the 21st ult. and we believe that nothing
later is known of Lord WILLLMOTON'S movements
thin the 9th nit; when his Lordship's head-quarters
were at Rueda. It is, however, very probable that
his Lordship, dice that period, has fallen farther
back, particularly if Mjurshal SOULT has pushed for-
alit A *Coiii. 46Ali islley ci the. Tasus.