Star.
London, England, 1805-08-27 00:00:00

PRANCE.

PARIS, AUGUST s 6.
The following Note appeared in the Makeur of
this day, upon an article inferted in molt of the Eng-
- tifh papers, tice ;idarlanee of which was, .tisat• the
iiritiPa Government had given orders for the deten-
dun of American flips, having cargoes on board not
gipped front the United States
" the commerce of one people profpered. Re.
mote from Europe, (imagers to the prefent war, that
people were exercifing the free indultry which be-
longs to an independent Rate. England is at length
tired of forgetting with refpeet to that people the na-
val fuperintity wuich enables her to opprefs all na-
tions and all feast and the American trade is at length
aimed at. Sugar and coffee have jail formed part of
prohibited mercaliadifeit is quite as culpable in the
eyes nf England.to coney fugar and coffee, as arms
and warlike ammunition. It is not fufficient, that, by
corrupting (nine faithlefs Minifters, the has impofed
upon feVeral powerful Princes a barbarous Legifla-
Con ; that fhehas didated by menaces, the fame laws
to Wtaker /minces, whole Minilters fhe might difdain
corrupting the now places no limits to her violence.
Nobody hereafter (hall navigate but upon her ac-
coont, a?ad to fell her articles alone. And this order
of things, In humiliating to all (tales, does not fix the
. attention of the powers of the world ! It is that
which England wilhed when the precipitated ltuffia
Into fuch (*.Ore Aeps. So long as the Northern Power;
had any fentiment of their commercial independence,
the Engl;fh were forced to keep within certain bounds;
but When the Court of St. Peterfburgh, influenced by
corrupting iktrigners, or directed by carrnpted in-
trigisers, cars ied its condefcenfion fo far as to give an
ffi ocial charaaer to the moll contemptible pamphlets
of the wort Euglifla Gazette writers, the Cabinet of
London noldnzer doubted that its eyes were Phut for
a long time. ‘Vhe'n England thought too The was
?tire of Andria, who jbe it precipitatiag into war by
in,tede.ng iser io mat in 'Tyra and in Italy armamrnts
which cannot Lot be costarred as a cononercement of Vi-
tals, the miler' to tear that any State would te•
turn to the fentirnent of its dignity. She threw
off OIL mall( immediately, and it is by the rlmeti-
cans that the ha, begun the application of her new
pretenfi OpprefTed Europe ha, hit one reafona-
ble de in: to I.rm, and ought to place its refources
in one tingle hope, the re-eftabli%ment ;1: !he naval
power of France. Before a few *months are
the outages done to the commerce of nations, whole
pacific difpofitions were bellknown to England, will
be qaadropled—that is what Sweden will have pre-
puce! by her Diesriles and her childifh policy—that:,
is what Anitria will have gained, why thews herfelf
fo little jealous of the honour of her flag. Since the
Vencti -sus have difplaycd the Imperial Eagle, they
have e too iet.ced more outrage than when they na-
vigated tinder the fallen figs of the Lion of St. Mark.
The Grivernment of Venice was weak ; it had reach-
ed the age of decrepitude, yet it Rill proteded its
commerce. But England has the fatal and temporary
advantage of blinding all nations to their own inter-
efts. Ihe more he oppreffes, the louder the cry
againit the oppratm of France. Happily France
tf,,es not filar herfelf to be impofed upon by thofe
cries—Ate I.c..rws the impotence of them."—Motiteur.

In the /:70:::::or of the igt initant the following
pafro.ge is extr?Fre,l from a Morning Paper of the zd.
" The encny's preparations in the Texas at Breft, at Ferrol
stud hide 11 in a!l their other ports, are known to be in a great'
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ftate of forwa:drecs, and Bonaparte is about to fet nut for the
Vaal - The attt rapt upon Ireland is expedted to be made first,
with a view Of creating a Jiverlhnt in favour of the grand effort
naiad England, wlllch ii to be made at the fame time from the
torts of the Channel and thofe of Holland. Whatever anxiety
wad may fe►l noon this failed. we have certainly no fenfat ions of
/ear. Come when they may, the enemy will find In prepared to
eltaftife remerity,and vim the daring enterprife to their own
certain dAtrueliou."

Upon thefe ohfervations. the Monitrur contains
the tollowing curious and extraordinary comment in
3 note :

" data, doe: not the may come ? We than fee
'by the iffue wht.le temerity will be chatlifed. We
know your Cotmitander in. Chief ; we have ken him
at Flondkoot and in Holland; one third cif the army
of Bnulogne would be foificient to turn hit daring en-
tertr:zer to certain dejltu3ion. But whatever you may
fay on the fin:jai, you know, as well as we do, what
you have to eve& from a conteft by land. As to the
Tharritinse war, you undoubtedly have acquired and
.hitherto preferved a real fuperiority, but you were
indebted for it, you Ail' are indebted for it, to trea•
etsery. It was treachery that delivered up to you 30
Aatseit (hips at Toulon; the treachery of the Prince
of Orange acquired for you 13 Dutch hips; it was
treachery, in Short, that doflroyed at Qyiberon all
the then forviving oacers of our ancient marine : in
fpite of there advantages fo odionfly acquired, and
'which we do not difpute with you; our fqoadrons at-
tack you upon your own coatis; the Shannon is
blockaded, not by !mail veflels, as you fay, but by a
.out and fine lquadron. Your colonies had even ar-
akanged the terms of their capitulation, and fent agents
no treat with Vta.tt Ives 4 hut that was not the ob-
:pet of his iniffion, and in fpite of the obliacles which
he encountered in returning to Europe, though his
'voyage latted so days, though he' 101 l so days by
!onttary winds, he paired through the center of your
iquadrons, and effeded 11:s illation. His object was
/tot to attack your commerce, and yet he has done
4ou damage to the amount of twenty millions
fnearof one migon fie t ling), In India a tingle French di-
-vifion made captures from you to a greater amount.
'One brig has taken a whole Newfoundland convoy
'off the Orkneys ; our frigates traverfe every tea : not
.s day gaffes without hone one of them entering our
:ports, and you have not yet captured one of them.—
In a word, you boafted that you would attack our
'advanced line, which, however, has often attacked
your cruisers, fo far from the batteries, even in the
*riddle of the Channel, and in fuch a manner that
your !hips' your Tigates and corvettes, have fought
Amity Intheirfuperinr failing. But two years have
been fpent its preparing for the defcent, and the de-
kent has net yet been made ! It will be made, un-
'leis you make peace. It will be made perhaps
in oneyear, perhaps in two, perhaps in three years ;
'but Itfore five years fliall have elapfed, we (hall have
humbled your pride. and that fupericrity which trea-
chery' hai given you. As to the Continent, think not
/hat you may have allies there. You are the enemy
of all nations, and every people will, exult in your
lamili.ttion. But though you fbould fucceed in cor-
iupting Lome females or Come Minillers the conk-

[quinces would not be favonrable to you ; we iliould
cenainly.acquire a new line of coall, new porttl new
countries, and we Arnold reduce your allies to filth a
degree, that we could afterwards turn our whole at-
tention to the naval war.. It is a fingular conceit in
you to think, that we could pretend, in one day. one
month, or one year, to accomplifh the reduetion of
your coloflal power. Time is one of the means, one
of the iffeneial elements of nor calculations. Him
recoutfe, in filch a fituation cf things to confpira-
cies, to affaffinations ; well and good. This fpecies
of warfare you are no firangers tn. It is already re-
ported that Dealt& is thinking of returning to Mu-
nich ; Sreacza SMITH to Stutgard, and TAYLOR to
,Caffel. France will not fuffer them to fet foot, not
,only on, the Continent, but in any place within five
.or fit days march of its armies. Diplomatic aft&
fins are out of the proteftion of the law of nations.
We eapeEted to fuffer Come lolfes when you declared
war. We might lofe Martinique, Guadaloupe, the
Ifles of France, and Reunion. What have you done?
You have reduced yourfelves to the forty fyflem of
blockade, which does not prevent our fquadrons
from traverfing the feat. Continue to blockade our
ports; but keep your eyes fired on the beacons on
'your own coafls, and live in perpetual alarms.
' Should your infulted nation, continuing to be
the dupe of tome men, who have divided the Go.
vernment of England between them, not compel your
Oligarchs to make peace, and to be perfuaded that
we are no more thole Frenchmen that have been for
fu long a time fold and betrayed by weak Minifters,
inaaive Kingt, or greedy Minreffes, you are advanc-
ing towards an' inevitable and fatal delliny.
" We defire the peace of the Continent, becaufe
it is in the fituation in which we wifhed it (tumid be.
—We might have augmented our own power, and
weakened that of our rivals, if we had thought fit.
If there be any State difpofed again to dillurb the
Continent, it will be the firfi victim, and its defeat
being rcflefted hack upon yourfelves, will render your
dangers more imminent, and your fall more certain.
" We repeat it; a WI and reafonable peace alone
can lave you. One of our adages is already proved,
and, fince you cannot hope for fafety, but through
the Ailiance of a Power of the Continent, hey yen
can cla netting againfl France, and France will never
fuller that you only lhotild have vefTels on the leas ;
tL.e.feas are the properly of all nations."
Bp a dccrcc of the Emperor and King of Italy,
dated St. Cloud, July 27, all.Britifh merchandize is
prohibited in the kingdom of Italy ; and it is ordered
that what may come to the Cuftom.heufes (hall be
forfeited, and that all Britlib merchandise which than
be found in the country after the tft of Oanber, !hall
; be feized.

The Emperor is Dill at Boulogne, where the molt
renowned French Generals are now affethhled. On
the lath init. he revieved the divifion of General
LIQRAND. This Jay tke Emperor's birth-day will
be celebrated at Pat's with much fplendovr ; public
amufemcnts will take place every where, and feveral
public buildings will be illuminated:
Travellers from the Tyrol and Aufirian Italy fpeak
with aftonithment of the quantity of troops and wag-
gons that bluck up all the rods. It is difficult for
paifengers to travel, fo covered are the roads with
foldiers and artillery.

A circular letter to the Magifirates has been pub-
Wiled at Vicuna, ordering great circurpfpeetion to be
ufed with tefped to foreigners, the Government hay.
ing reafott to believe that foreigners were concerned
in the late dillurbances in that capital.
The frigate la Prefidente is arrived from Martinique,
and brings the moll fatirfaeory intelligence refpaling
our eftablifhments in the Well Indies.

According to the advices received, there were only
300 troops at Barbadnes when Admiral DE VILLE-
NEUVE failed from the Weft Indies; and they had
prepared terms of capitulation, in which the Ifland
offered the Admiral 366,000 dollirrs, 1.20 merchant
velfels, and 800 Spaniflr and 'French prifners. The
Governor of Antigua was alfo ready to capitulate;
but he was obliged (to lave appearances) to make
fome thew of refiliance,withvo men and the militia.
The other Englilh colonies, having fewer means, ma-
nifefled the fame difpofitions, and!s•ould have ofered
no refittance.

The Maniteur gives the following intelligence, dat-
ed Boulogne, Augult 13 : , •
Yellerday a hrilliant adion was fought between
a fmall divilion of our flotilla and the Englifh erui-
zers, which had been confiderahly reinforced. Ad-
miral LACROSSE lent out at noon a -divifion of five
praams, thirty gun-boats, and about forty pinnaces,
armed with heavy howitzers. The Lieutenant of the
Navy, COQIIEBERT, commanding one of the gun-
boats of the guard, was at the head. Capt. MoRAs,
who commanded the whole fquadron,'• failed out
above two leagues, to meet the enemy. On teeing
this movement, one Englilh (hip of the line, two fri-
gate, and about thirty brigs, ranged themfelves in
order of battle. The enemy tried feveral times to
break our line, and threatentd to run us down. with
his large (hips ; but teeing that this did by no
means frighten our feamen, he did not pertorm
it. The action was' .mots bri(k, and the whole
camp and the town have had the pleafure to fee
the enemy fight retreating, and nor little (qua-
dron purfuing him feveral leagues out at lea. The
frigates and 'hips of the enemy have received a
number of (hot, and an Englilh brig has 101 l her
main-top-malt. For this time, the Englith (hall nnt
fity that our coa(l-batteries have given us the vic-
tory,. as the little !quadrat was two leagues and a
hAff from (pore. Our (hips have received no da-
mage. The wind being very low, the fea calm, and
the attack made with the greatelt activity, the
enemy had to fear getting into the midit of our line.
—The ardour which animates our land and lea for.
ces is calculated to enfure all manner of fuccefs. The
(hips and forts are not itrong, unlefs men of courage
make them fo. The naval officers will certainly give
an official account of this at:lion. The alarm was
general on the Englil4 coaft. At one o'clock feve-.
ral frigates, corvettes, and brigs, got under way
from Percy, below the Downs : at four two (hips of
the line, two frigates, and one brig, failed from the
Downs • and lailly, in the evening, there were fixty
veffels of the enemy in fight. It is by fuch engage-
ments, that the flotilla acquires that contidence in
its firength, that promptitude in its movements, and
exadtnefs in its mance tines, which will qualify it to a.l
fuch an important past in the events of our Naval
wars."

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