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London, England, 1805-06-25 00:00:00

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The mailer of a neutral veffel, who has arrived irk
town, Rates, that on leaving the Texel, on Thtirfday
fall, the whole of the tranfports at that anchorage,
amounting to about feventy fail, were fully watered
and proVitioned, and ready to fail on tome expedition.
Tisey were to be accompanied by five fail of the line,
two frigates, two brigs, and two corvettes, which
were then lying in the harbour.
The above flatement is in Come degree corrobo-
rated by a letter from an Officer on board one of our
veffels now cruizing off' the Texel, dated the 17th
infant, which fags—" We Rill continue cruizing off
Ibis places yefierday we boarded a veffel under
Pruffian colours coming out: from the miller of which
we learn that the enemy's force confifis of five fail of
the line and three large corvettes in the Mars Diep;
one line-of-battle Ihip, which has been hove down,
and put in a complete condition for lea, and a large
frigate in the Niew Diep. The whole were preparing
for fea. Several corps of French troops had of hue
marched in for the purpofe, it is fuppofed, of acce-
lerating the works that are carrying on."

We are altered, on atobstity taw said, arc cam rt6or
that Government have been, fome time, in peer
fan of certain fats, upon which they believe. it
to be impoffible that there Aould be the fmalleit
truth in the report, which for fome days created
alarm, of an attack having been made by the French
ow ja maica.

A few dius ago we noticed, orgy for the pnrpofe
eventing our Readers from being impofed upon
by it, a rumour that Mr. PITT aad LordStomouvu's
friends were at complete variance—founded on no
other cireumnance but the necdfity each found them-
fel Yes under of alning continently, and that too on a
point which could nut in itfeif be conlidered as in.
uniting a political quenion,

Thole prints which believed, or wj4 to believe
the ablurd tales that were circulated—who were'ac•
tive in contriving or giving them currency, have
found themfelves involved is a number of contra-

A paragraph appeared in a Morning and Evening
Paper of Saturday tall, Rating, that in the debate of
latt Thuraty Mr. Fox expreffed himfelf to the fol-
lowing drat, viz.—" nut it war wow hi: firiev: Bird
fettkd refolve net to boob to or acqt of an, public fit' 4a-
tion ; but that he jhould flipper:, to the heft of hi: abiltiel,
the nseafures of shoji who were sow !oohed los at hit pc4
tied frietuit,fhald they come to Ise in coucert with the pro-
fess Afitsifler."
The condemn drawn from this real or pretended
fpeech was, that a new coalition was on the tapis,
&c. and the public were favoured with many fagaci.
OW remarks on the benefits that would refult to the
nation from a " combination of talent."

The negociation, if there has been any of the kind
alluded to, has ended in nothing. It is fairer, how-
ever, to believe the fiatement of one of the parties
than any fuch vague (peculation,. The words that
have been put into the mouth of Mr. Fox are, by his
friends, denied to have been ufed on the occafion al-
luded to, or indeed on any occafion; and they feel
themlelres fo much hurt, that they have taken con-
fiderable pains to remove the imprefGon which this
pretended fpeech may have produced. The follow.
ing are the terms in which they give this contradic-
tion, and the words which we quote, and which have
appeared in all the daily papers into which they could
gain admifflon, may be confidered as an official op-
politico manila° on the point:
After quoting the above exprefGons, put into the
mouth of Mr. Fox, they fay—" Such are the words
imputed to Mr. Fo; in the paragraph alluded to.—
We are enabled, on the authority of perfons who fat
dole to Mr. Fox, and who liflened moff attentively
to that admirable fpeech, TO CONTRADICT &VERY
WORD CONTAINED IN THC SAID PARAGRAPH. Not
only is there not a fyllable of truth In the alledgment
of that paragraph ; but the idea attempted to be
conveyed by it is as tulle as the words are different
from thole really ufcd by this eminent perfon. Mr.
Fox, undoubtedly, expreffed his with for a compre-
henfive Adminifiration, and declared that no perfonal
views of his fhould Rand in the way of In defirable an
objea ; but he DID Nor drop one expretlion that
could be conflated into an approbation on his part of
any of his friends (of whatever defer*tion) forming a
junflion with the prefent Miniftry, whom he charac-
terifed, with his ufual ability, as meriting that con.
tempt in which they are univerfally held by an in-
dignant public." '

The ufurpatione of France, which we Rated yef-
terday, have produced that general feeling of indig-
nation which might be expeded. Human nature be-
ing the fame every where, we are confident all the
Powers of Europe mull feel equally indignant ;
though fear and (Are prudential motives may make
them Rill endure a fyßem, which only tends the more
to increafe the danger to which they are exporecl, the
longer thcy ab►lain from retiftance.
This country has fet a noble and animating ex-
ample to Europe. Every Rep that has been taken
by the Corfican, fince his firft ufurpation, tends to
prove the neceffity and police of the war in which we
are engaged, and tells us, in legible charaders, that
we have no choice left but either to continue it with
vigour, or fink ignobly into that gulph in which a
number of States, once as independent as our own,
have fucceffively been (wallowed up.—We have no
itternative but perfeverance, or annihilation as a
great, powerful, free, and happy people.

But while we talk of vigour, we ought never to
allow our indignation to hurry us on to aft: of mad-
nefs, for that would only be feconding the views of
our adverfary, and being acceiTary to our own de-
itruftion. We hear many, indignant at the aggref
lions of the French, exclaiming why pe do not Ilrike
Come grand blow ? Why are Minifters fo inaftive ?
Why do they not employ the force with, which they
are entrufted, in punifhing the perfidious foe ?—This
is not the kind of vigour which Prudence can ap-
prove. What—wafte our means and refources at a
time when we 'Ali Make no folictimpreffion on the
enemy r Redoce ourfelves to a hate of imbecility by
mad expeditions without any folid objeft I Such a con-
due would be folly. !knitters have judged much
better in continuing rather to aQ on the defenfive.—
We were threatened with annihilation—our object in
the war not the fubjugotion of France, but our
own prefavation.