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As the coarse of *trivets is determined before.
Aby direction of mOunialos, so ire flay ay
At England's ionise Owe! and its historical ins.;
4ivaces has gees Jpeedestined and ordered by the
natural. farm of dig old world. NO country lies so
Well protected es thisuestfenced groupe of islands—
ihirgteatiagh to eoi* a population which CAS repst

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,but not so extensive, that strongly
s divide it within itself and break itsfoWer t.
with this, incomparnblywell situated for commerce
with may' M, and belly, inhabited by* people
in whom the' Osdic Mood is so happily mixed with
the Getman, as to Produce a Nervous, enterprising,
intent race of men, endowed with such gifts of,
fortes% this empire may justly; aljedge a natural va
eatien ti .the Sovereignty of the Sea. In &Mee
;types k meghtio extend its &tuitions on the CodPv
[Mhis7 Silt it soon perceived thit Id MOW nit
peek against the warlike MO thlti,i44it it.
"it In modern times, Vie, when the Soothes*
end Western. worlds were aped, it-quickly directed
thither Its whole attentileotas scrawls into the
ground, in distant Colsmigh`the roots of the powee
which blossom: in theislealik. .
a The modem an of Navigation annihilates dim
tant e. and the remotest possessions lie in a narrow
circle round the sett of empire, brought near for itt
own. use, but far beyond the reach of *enemy, who
Wert covet them.
• *Since this time, England, suit apt. to itself, hoe,
Withdrawn from-the proper sphere-of the. politics of
the Continents it has an interest, in preserving an
equilibrium, of power, and to prevent the misery of
any overgrown power,
..because in the latter: case'
addl,, it must be inevitably involved in the fate of the'
Continent, but in the former, freely now above it. It
called upon to be the guardian of the repose of the
Continent, maintaining by its interference by word
and deed, the duration of the ancient once established
order of things... Its only cam is to hinder any Co-
lossus •from arising, which, setting one foot on the
shorn: of the Continent, may place the other on the
happy Wand, in other respects, it may leave to every
olie the fme-developoment of its powers.
• o The minds of a people, which with persevering
activity, stnaggling with the wildest elements, is
constantly crazing in all quarters of the Globe, sure,
of tilsveys funding again at home liberty and plenty,;
are not made, for narrow beamed selfishness t, and
this the Orr!! beano the seas are threatened .witl%

111111WAIWISMIUP U••••• ••••-lc am.les .1.5 *MUM If FVIIIIM7I WITZeTri
can. have n 6 Weald influence; except accidentally. r
" The commercial concerns are differently situated.

much the same position Here Eneteml is in. pretty
• With regarktb the Continent, as in another country
Hiirarcky to ultra-montane Europe.. As the
latter strove-to bind all nations in spiritual bonds, so
does Britain seek to draw them into the great circle
of its universal commerce. That all the roads
of the world shall proceed from its ports ; that all
the magnetic meridians upon which vessels sail
over the ocean, may cross in its metropolis as
at a pole ; that the whole mass of moveable
goods may receive impulse from it; this is its in-
cessant endeavours, the object of all its exertions.,
is become the heart of Europe for the circuits.
ILion of goods ; in the two Indies it has its roots and
I suckers; what. it imports from these it manufactures
L with restless industry, and exports then the produc-
, tions both of nature and art to all parts of the world;
and, giving and taking, imparting and exporting, it
gives impulse to the circle of commercial intercourse.
It is this plait in the European social union of which
alone Entlaisd it jealous; to maintain it is the sole
,object of unlace ; every thing else is subordinate
to this, and eibiekk feels to be its natural distinction.
The
constitutions on`the'Cintinent may assume what.
ever form is most suitable to the respective nations,
even the territorial divisions may be made arbitrarily $
'provided that Irony have a share all is indifferent to it.
is It is inffnitely mere important to England whe-
ther Russia and Prima* abolish or continue their re-
*faints on trade. It Is the friend of those countries
.that ,itre open to its industrious active spirit, and it
renounces, it must hate and combat these which are
closed against it.
Gs It is not, therefore• so much the interior of Ger-
many as its circumference that is an object of its at;
tendon if all is thercopen and accessible-cif its coop
merce can penetrate without check and delay, its de-
mands are satisfied, and flourishing itself it is willing
that others should be so likewise.
We may infer from the present bustle in the Navy,
that Ministers place no reliance whatever, on any as-
surances given by the American Commissioners, of
the pacific disposition of the American Government.
The press on the River vintinues very hot, and this
service will, it is understood, be continued, till 10,000
able bodied seamen have been obtained.
Yesterday there was a very numerous meeting of
the inhabitants of Southwark convened under a requi-
sition to consider of a Petition against the Property
rTax f several resolutions and a petition were read,
jearly similar to those which were passed in the City
A :London,
"TEO Gurittai itewaan.--Lost, Thursday the 22d
December, Igo. 4 Bill of Exchange, No. 276, for
it 2281- kg!. bd. *drawn by Messrs. T. and W.
Earle aiffß. of Liverpool, on Messrs. Vandamme
and Soil. of *bent, dated the 15th October, 18/4,
at three inrinths date payable to the order of Messrs.
T. W. Belie and Co. Aid by them endorsed to Henry
bbOit. Est). Whoever -will bring the same to Mr.
Win Francis, New Boswell-court, Carey-street, Lin-
coin's Inn Fields, shall receive the above reward..
N. 0. No further •Reward will•be offered.

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has Wed paved or posted at
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liover..as stated in yesterday's ifopiii
following letter it would appear that stas,
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Ensros...i. X inding IR nay arrival In lOWA t , wos,
that it is genetallg rtiported that the Prenth packet-
is itist, wilt O (4 w** 40 passengers dab**,
..t port and Dover. I' tats the liberty of istrwelillit
...t. to insbe that the packet-beat l'lmiestrle, Captain LAME;
seasel from Calatt.oti Satitrtlay alterniloali 7th Wt.) whh many
. ,of whoml was ohne and after 24 hours' ineecc•stal
your to malie'ati English 'port, put line Dunkirk. where ail
*were safely •landed, and many ire since arrived, by way of Ca-
rids, in England. By insetting sas statement you will ease the
anxiety which the lase galea bare occasioned* those wise have
Mends on the peint ef satirising from France."
its. FALMOUTH, DECEMBER IL
. Wind W. more moderate.... The fleet for the last
illy
hours have rode with perfect safety, and quite
of each other.
1 PLYMOUTH,. DECEMBER 21.
14eCame in the Betsy, Fiuusir, from St. Makes ; and
Sally, JAMES, from Morlaix.—Wind calm.
Sailed the ULYSSES, with a fleet for Africa. The
lOutward bound West Indiarwen hive sailed to join the
Swurrsurte man of war at Falmouth. The wind
shifted this mangey/le the East and blows strong,
which hartifeeswipy4ebe Mediterranean duet from

PORTSMOUTH, IncEmsEft at.
Atrived front_ the Downs, the PWENIX, MENAI,
14 SWAN cut:ex.—Sailed the CALYrso and DAPHNE,
Soeidaug ; the HOPE, with a fleet for Cork • the
t.Leetzuwr, with about 15 sail, to join the West-India
at Falmouth ; the ARCHER, for North Arne:
fie a ; and the Monarch transport, for Plymouth.
.His Majesty's ship Mose, Commodore OWEN, got
under weigh this afternoon, but has brought-to, and
will sail again this evening or at day-light to-morrow
morning.—Wind Easterly.
Sailed the ,Ntone, for Halifax, with Commodore
Oweay.—Wind N. E.
MARGATE, DECEMBER 22. •
The BRITANNIA Packet, Captain Fox, arrived this
ittorning from Ostend, and brings dispatches from
Oberst, which were forwarded immediately for Lon-
don. She left Ostend at six o'clock last evening, and
Made the North Foreland at two this morning, and
came in about six. No intelligence had reached Os-
tend
of the .loss of the BRITISH Quash Packet. Cap-',
tain Fox reports, as well as he can recollect, that
there were about ten male passengers and three lads,
besides' the crew of six hands, including the master
end mate, making in all nineteen when she sailed
for Ostend, at two o'clock on Tuesday the 13th inst.
**kb a fair wind, and every prospect of a steady pas-
sage. 13y Captain Fox's report, we make out, that
three of the passengers were a Mr. Jell, a coachmaker,
a person named Walker, and another, Duval, black-
ths, belonging to this place. Besides those, a Mr.
James Cuthbert,-of Deal, an English gentlemen, and
a French lady,'also an, hornier, which accounts for
seven out of the number. Of three lads, two were
the sans of Mrs. Laming; widow of the unfortunate
owner of the vessel t*), 4
CORK, DECEMBER. IS ,

BEEMCDA FLERr.-•-His Majesty's ships IPHIGENIA,
Atptain A. Kirso, and LEONIDAS, Captain W. KING,'
,rich the greater part of this ill-fated convoy, are UT.
&red, this lareagshe ail time of their putting track.
Apprehensions are entertained for the safety of the re-
mainder of the ships —Yesterday arrived his Majes
ty's ship PELICAN, Captain UAMBEIts scarcely
'anchored when she was ordered to sea, as well as the
EUNEDICIL, in pursuit of a privateer, said to be off the
Old Head of Kinsale.

LIMERICK, DECEMBER 17.
Within the memory of the oldest inhabitant of this
city there has not been so tremendous a hurricane as
was experienced here yesterday morning ; it com-
menced, with the wind at W. S. W. about three
o'clock in the morning, being then about low water.
raising the tide (the spring tides falling off) to an
height never before known in this port. 'Three vessels
I burst their cables in the Pool, and proceeded up the
river with the most surprising rapidity, carrying all
the small craft that lay before them, until
,they
stranded between the new Court House (the railing
of which one of them struck and carried away) and
the Golden Mills; one of them, the Pax (a large'
Norway sbip), in ballast, has been got off with some
damage; another, the brig Caroline, of Bideford,'
laden with provisions, bacon and butter, for London,
remains stranded, but received no damage, and will
get off the next spring tide, by having about, twii;
thirds of her cargo discharged. The other is the 'slim)
Elizabeth, of Greenock (about two-thirds of A
cargo of coals discharged), lies in a very danger° ,
'state on a reef of rocks, about half a cable's length
from the Caroline, with her stern right up, and her
head sunk,in the water. ..!,; 4 V. l!'ii .

This morning, AMU StralfitWayS, for house-break-
ing; Jain: lilegeanis, for Lighway robbery; and
Amos, a Lascar, for an unnatural offence; were
executed before the Debtors'Door, Uld Bailey, a few
minutes after eight o'clock. Strangeways was con.
,ducted on the scaffold, attended by a Catholic Cler..
Hyman ; Magennis soon afterwards came forrd,.
attended by the Ordinary of Newgate ; and next
their fellow-sufferer Munoo, the Black, attended by a
Priest of his own country.—The unhappy culprits
met their fate with becoming fortitude.
AITICLII or TUX PlACl.—Yesterday. at the rising of the
Court of Chancery, LOD—. came into Conn, and, walk
lag up to the Register, slid!), under his Lordship, presented ewe
•pleces of parchment to his Lordship, which were handed to the
Register to read toher Ladyship. Theywere Articles of the Peace,
exhibited by the Lady agabtst her Noble husband. A motion was
made by a young Barrister, after the reading, for an order to the
Master, to hold the husband to sureties in one thousand or IKnpa
hundred pounds to keep'the peace towards his wife, and dtedh
precedent in point, adding, that the husband In this case was worth
at present At 5,•00 a year, with considerable expectances hi future.
—His Lordship having himself read the articles, ordered the sure-
ties to be taken In the sum of fifteen hundred pounds. 'I he Lad;
withdrew, and joining her kaiak attendant at the door of the
seat, retired through the Lord Chancellor's private passage to the
Court. Ihl was the first instance of the kind we remember
and was owing to the rank .of the parties and privilege of the
Peerage, since such articles are taken usually before the Judges
tithe Court of King's Bench or ordinary Magistrates.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, DEc. 2^.
Although we bad a good supply of Wheat this morning our
prices remain, the name as on Wednesday, but the sales were not
brisk. Having a very large arrival of Barley, that of fine qua-
lity was readily taken off, but a great deal of inferior remains un-
disposed off. In Peas, Beans, and other articles, there is as si-
IMICICIL
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