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London, England, 1806-01-18 00:00:00

obtain, perhaps, a pelee....We might fopplicate 80.
warmers for mercy, and put off the evil day. What
might refult fiom fuch an armiilice, it is not necelTary
here fully to dircufs; for, infatuated as the people are,
it mull be hoped they will not yet cry nut for quarter.
We fee no peace Inc the country,and we fee one only
certain refult of the war—invafion. Lan year k was
the cry of our hopeful fpeculators, Bo would
not come, he knows better than to croft himfelf among
: the Continent has been crullsed, and even this
=deft hope has died away, that NAPOLION is afraid
dos- But the main redoubt of their arguments is yet
impregnable, for we are now told that "be cannot
cane." The Officers of the Navy fay fn :—a Britith '
Admiral Paid fo in the Houfe of Commons, and a
Britifb General echoed the affertion, which proved it
beyond the reach of incredulity. We moil quote
the words of Mr. PITT himfelf, however, before
we fubmit to this confellion of faith. Our Minifler
aliened at a time when B , great as his
power was, had not yet attained hi's leviathan matu-
rity; that it was not unlikely, by daring efforts on
the part of France, fame fixty or tensity tlioufand
foldiers might be thrown upon our fhores with arms
in their bands. Mr. PITT has feldom ovet:rited the
poffible afehietements of BONAOARTI.
Sixty or feventy thoufand Frenchmen in England
is, however, a ferious anticipation. We reckon on the
final conqueft of thole men. Be it fo, but as we value
our political falvation, let us beware of confounding
final with immediate vhtory. The conqueft of even
a final army could not be immediate; and what
muff enfue from even a fortnight's conteft with io
evaders on our native foil What, but the truth
of that Icarian fyllem of paper credit ; thole waxen
whips or imaginary wealth with which we fupport
eurfelvei, remote from the danger, but which mull
precipitate our fall before its full blaze. The conti
nuance of one army in Britain would open the way
for others.
The era& of commercial credit, which no man in
his fenfes can deny to be the confecpence of a pro
trailed bnme-ftruggle, will he a breach in ow
Wooden Walls, made not by the gallantry of the
Trench, but by the failure of our payments. Tbt

foie fafety of Britain then, under Gon's proteftion,
Mott tett on our own arm. By making extenGer

ptepatations. by soaking every man know the ute of
his sun, we rhall become an invir cible people.—
Much is faid of martial ezercifes deftroying the in-
dart of the country. They need to do no fuch
thing : fyftem, indeed, and common fink, nsuft be
purfued in every thing, and uplefs the diaates of corn
moo fenfe be attended to, drilling and training the peo-
ple to arils may be made a burthen and a grievant.
But this is not neeeffary—by the eighteft effort and
precaution, military inftruaion might be made a
healthful esercife, an eafy, and a pleafant duty.—We
have feen what has refulted on the Continent from
confiding in Handing armies alone—Had the people
of Germany fought in mars, we Mould not have feen
fo difaftrous a conclufion.

The following noble and diftinguillted perfonages
had the honour to be of their Mayarriss party on'
Thurfday evening :
Ladies—Caltborp, Mansfield and Wak!erase.
Lordo—Thynoe, St. Helen's, Heady, Anal, rff.., and Sudtey.
Coloods—Wlnyard and Grey Me.
Major Paget, ace.
Y:fterday, about one o'clock. her MaimErt and
the Princeffes AUGUSTA and EL,ZAIITH honoured
Lady Common.' Pinot with a vifit, at her apart-
'Dents in St. James's-Palace.
Yefterday, the Dukes of KINT and CAMISILIDGI
dined With her tdayisry and the PRINCESSES. In
the evening their Mayssviss had a facet party.
Yefterday the Duke of You tranfteted builnefs
with his May wry, for a confiderable time.
Yefterday the Duke of Momoss had a long con-
ference with hit Royal Highnefs the Duke of YORK,
at his Office, the Horfe Guards.

The baggage of his Royal Highnefs the Duke of
CANIIIRIDGI was yelterday brought to town from
Harwich.
Mr. Prvt's indirpontion is of PI very ferious a
nature, that it cannot poffihly he expeCted he should
.attend Parliament on its opening. Apprelienfions
we underhand are now entertained that he has a
dropfy in the chelt.
The Marquis of Scroo and family are arrived in
Graftonßrect from Ireland.
The rumour very generally circulated ycllerday,
of Mr. Monk°, the American Miniaer at this Court,
having received intelligence of the adjUitTIICOI of the
differences between the United States and Spain, i>
without founstation. It is prnbable that the deciti.,n
of the Spanifh Court, to execute with good faith the
Ripulation of the treaty between the United States
and Spain, which fecures enemies property in Ame-
riean veffels, has given rife to the report.
The Officers of the Army of all ranks look, with
much reafun, for an encreafe of their pay. Since the '
augmentation of pay to the fubalterns Min', every
necefftry of life is proportionally much dearer than at
that time. The pay of a fub.altern Gfficer is at pre.
fent hut barely fufferent to ibohe bhp. How is he to
live then. particularly on a long march, expofed to
the rapacious and unlimited demands ()fan exorbitant
innkeeper ? Yet he is expelled to live (or rather
darn) like a Gentleman.
On Wednefd.ty morning a numerous field of (pont'.
men affernbled in Stationer Park, Suffex t and the
Duke ri RICK MOND'S fox hounds threw off about half
pail ten o'clock ; after beating all the plantations and
covers at Stanmer, they drew off to the Wealth,
near nitchling, where they continued beating the
ewer until runlet, without finJing a tingle fox!—
Between two and three Mukha !milkmen were in
the field, and rektor° has a greater difappointment
been exyericacctit