Star.
London, England, 1804-09-08 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND FRANCE.

me Paper. of which the lb/lowing is a trandation, bus been sal-
ved* circulated throughout all that part of Germany +Wit
has net yet fallen under the yoke of France. On the Coadnent
k has been confidered as a kind of danivitriel enfwer to the
pendant obtemations which appeared In the Oddal Paper of
the French Government, under the head of CeVadir#4."—
ne reafoolng, and the important fads width it embraces, have
created a very great fenfation among the Northern Powers;
Wad are to us fulficlent inducement to lay it before our Roden
at fall length :

is There is no reafon why the formation of an army
of s or 6eoo Ruffians, in the Republic of the Seven
;Rands, thould give rife to much political conjeaere.
Such a meafure is, undoubtedly, a very inferior part
of that general 'Cram which Raffia thinks it ineom-
laCnt on her to follow at this moment. The attention
of the political world flatidd not be direaed to an ex
prdition of 6000 men; it is the whole of Use fyftem
tliat we are to look to.
" Twelve pumas are gamely elapfed,duce Ate:-
!mines -the • Flair ordered that t t tiooo men fliould
be raWsd in his empire; and that levy has been fo
effeasally executed; that they area at this day, formed
into Istimeats, and perfealT difciplined. This levy
,bes isereafed the Ruffian wolitary force to upwards
of aocpoo *defiers. and 60,000 gamen. Adcl
thefe, jel,ooo irregular mom which are already
embodied, and too,boo More, which inay be egos-
bled in a flaort tithe, eeafifting of Kolaks,
kites, sod the different Hordes of Tertian, every man
of whotbk•Opon the prim& of being allowed to plat-
der, 4.610 gladly enrol himcelf; with filch a force
at its eottimaiul, can ithe aged, if Raffia has a right
to the eberafter the aftollam, in an age when the
power of the firougeß is the only one that is ref-peeled.
•ta ;t*saufi, be acknowledged, morally (peaking,
that it is to France that Raffia is indebted for the
brilliant &satiate which the now occupies, anti which
cannot berleniedto be of the very firft order. The
petJpo front *hence this commanding and promi-
nent polition was occupied by Ruffle,,, may be dated
from the commencement of thatadiftem of tyranny
oda Moltke: which France his seflablifbed a•fyf-
tem •ofrinvafion, of rapine, and of oppreffion, iiiiich
tints been exerelfest wherever its power could reach;
atad about all, *tie it became apparent, that its am-
litione views were direaed to no refs an objelt than
die attainment of Uoiverfal Monarchy,. Sion that
lime, Raffia bra become the &kid of the weak, and
Alexander, gated on his throne, has churned the
claarager of the protettor and arbiter of empires,—
Can France wraps!, her to lay slide this dignified
charalker t Let her not deceive hetfelf in imagining
to eau. toga is not in the Striation of an atter,.
who pats on the purple to play the part of a Ring ;
de is not an Warr, who appears what Rae really is
toot; the attitude of the ties befits her, becaufe Ike
poirefe: both his fbtce and his dignity : the is a Co-,
lota power, whofe eyes have been nnfealed by the
fapits of others, and viewed, in her true light; a
Coloffus okbe moft formidable defcription,

44 :Whither, tuiria will unite herfelf to PrnfGa or to
Maria, wisether the attaches hetfelf to England, or
Banda alone, the mull alvtays he refpee.sble, and
'Simons the firll order of powers. Refpe&able, as long
ar the than follow a fyllem of jußiCe and ditinteref-
tednef., and that, confident in her Ilrength, the /hall
openly refit a plan of univerfal defpotifm,. and lay
open to the world the violation of rights the moll
(acted ; that impious violation, whirl has been fa
well defcribed In the thong but temperate note,which
Was prefented at Ratifboo. •

a Rena, it mei be admitted, can never be a eon-
&arable gainer by indulging a defire of ceinquefl—
sd.
She is e tenrive enough already; bet boundaries are
fucii,Ao flu nevi not with for any alteration in
e; The May be a gainer, and fo may Europe,
the
by aim ea equences orany war that the plain dealt
intild fitifight of her Sovereign may induce hini
to de&e. •

"9avnea Is naturally of a mild and amiable
,difpofssiba. but in whatever concerns the principles of
jetikice, ht is decided almot to obrlinacy ; and they
knovi him bat little. who imagine that the Note to
the Diet of Ratilbon was foggefied by NUR cos, and
his adherents. inveterate u their hatred is fuppofed
to be.

it What is the great danger to which a war with
France would expofe the Ruffian Empire ? it does
not follow that the Ruain army is to match to PA •
Fit. No, nor can the French reach Peteransrgh,
Mofcnw, or the Crimea, (lace they are not able to
detach a Illogic fhip, the'whole of their navy being
blockaded and confined to tl:cir.its. • As to bat-
tles and marches, brave as the French are, they are
but men like others : they cannot cxcerd tile limits
which the laws of naturehave placed to human efforts.
vt Will it be faid, that the commerce of Rullia will
be 'fated by a rupture with France i Certainly not ;
for with what article does the (ripply that country
none diredly. What does the import from thence?
Articles of luxury, which are prohibited. It is true,
the receives tome wine from France t but with that
article the is, at preterit, plentifully fupplied; and
even if be were not, the could do without it, as Ilse
did during the former ruptnri.
Will it be :alerted that France could do infinite
inifcgitif to Rill:GA, by the troubles that her emitik-
ries could excite in the interior of the country ?
Of aU the errors in political calculation, this would
be one of the groffa. The people of ROE* are
t!.o.e which a„ -roach niated to a Rate of nature :

except the ravages, and they are the only people 11
the univerfe who neithei know how to read or who p
but hill they are not Barbarians. They knave iss?
Government but their own, which they fear and of,
fpeef. They honour their Sovereign with the title of
a God upon earth. They have no other civilisation
than the prapical one which their Sovereigns thought
it ufeful and neeeffary to introduce. Malone, car-
penters, joiners, lockfmiths, armourers, and artifsns
of all forts, and all excellent in their kind, an to he•
found in Raffia in abundance, and fill they initstr
not how to read or write. The ftrangers who refide
in Rtafia are regarded by the natives as a parcel; of
teethes who abforb their wealth. After this defcrip-
tion, let the emiffaries and infligators of France at-
tempt to kicite divifions in that Country, anti they
will find that the Government with a tangle blaft can
eradicate them.
"It certainly true, that the population of Roe.,
fia, compared with its extent, is mint (mall ; but
this, hOwever, admits of Tome explanation. In the
firft place, the population is not equally diftributed
through the Empire; and again, there are parts of
Raffia which are abfolutely uninhabitable. Befides,
where is the necelfity of augmenting the popula-
tion of the country ? It is the duty of a Sovereign
to make his people happy ; lent it is not fo clear
*that is his dirty to• intreafe the number of them. In
a moral point of :view, war is afuredly 'a very
great calamity ; but in a political confideration, it
is forliedides a necetary evil, sad sit & good refulti
from it.

" The Ransil forte. at this moment paid and
provided, and aftually under arms, is even mote
than fufficient to encourage their Sovereign to de-
Clare War. It is fai4that the military Areegth of
this country is embattled en the Perfitut and Tarte-
rian frontiers ; quite the contrary. On the whole
line between theCafpian and the fee of Ochotelt,
there are only 7 or Sono men, and there is no ne`cef-
fity for a man more. if we,look to the &nation of the
country, the number of forts, Me impede deigns, and
the difpofittott of the contiguous countries. In time
of peace. between the Cafpian.and the Black Sea,
there may be about 13 or 13,000 men, hot at piefent
there are from so to 25,00.0. no account of the peen.
liat.eirenrnilances of the hoftility which is carried on
in that vicinityr There are. moreover.. ?s or 30,000
troops on the frontiers of Sweden; and notwitheand.
ing all thofe &citations, there are Rill loo,ipoo
difciplined and hardy troops between the Black Sea
and the• Baltic. One hundred thottfmid of fuch gal-
lant and hardy men, if once landed in Italy, would
not be fo eafi,ly erniquerell.ai tome of the French po-
liticians are pleated to ftipioli. Let them only bring
to their reeolleition the gallant atehieventents of tt
handful of Ruffians, who, in the left war, in one cam.
psign, drove all Italy and Lombardy before them,
and they will find that the moil renowned French
Generals were defeated one after initother, and 'that
even at Zurich: 4tuffia gained admiration, notwitit.
dandiog the faults of her Generals, and thalbackwird-
nefs of her allies.

All; this terve, to prove, thit a declaration of
war on the part of Ruffle agaioft France, would be
tutficiently formidable to encourage the German Em-
pire, now crufhed by the latter Power, to occupy the
troops of France, and by that means to afford an op.
portunitt to Italy, to Switaetland, .to Portugal, to
Holland., and to Hanover. to !hake off the Gallic
yoke. -As to the irrojeft of invading England, it is
an abfolate chimera, a cattle Its the air, which ass'
never be fuccef►ful ; and even *ere it fb; it muff
prove deffrudive to the reft of the world. England
is at this moment at the higheff point of elevation—.
the can never decline if the continues where the is, for
higher fbe cannot be. But ho* can England, who
only e.aalsiby her induftry and her trade, preferve
her prefent Atuation,unlefs by upholding the balance
of the world ? It is then the obvious intereft of Ruffia
to Aft England, who by its fytlem thould be friend-
ly to all nations; and to reprefs France, the felfifh
principles of whole Government are inimical to the
greater Powers of Europe, and oppretCee to the
(matter."

Yetterday theCnrnmitteeof Hackney coach Owners
wa ted upon the Commiffery.Genera) with the Him-
ra' offer of tot 6 carriages, pp bodes, and too

driver..

Preparations are making for ere Bing in Hyde Park
a magazine for gunpowder, much more eztenlive
th in the prefent. The building will nand in the nook
between the northern bank orthe Serpentine River,
and that part of Kentington Gardens which projetts
in a fort of half moon. The bafetnent Ramey will be
of (lone, the upper part •f Wick. About twenty
workmen are already employed.
Three Brigade Generals'are appointed to the Se-
vern Difir ;a ; and the following arrangements have
taken pl.sce

For hor.tr a at. exam t froths Southern extremity of the Storm
DUI* 1...1). 1,.ch.,i,04 the Besflol Cavalry and Infantry, Brigadier-
General Monte. General Officer I Lica. Col. Traverie, Inipetling
richt OCic..r.--Hea.l.quarte, • Bath.
For Ot C STlllllletit I (with the exception of the BMA Ca-
valry), Major Gencrol Fflher, Generrl °Steer; Lieut. Col. Pro-
byn, Infpeaing Field Otheer.—Head quarters, Beata
For WA acnrtatatat end 14111tIollOstlIOY Brfradkv Ge•
Gera Binshan. Chncral Meer I Linn. Cal. Fiorito'', Lieut.
Col Bromley, Infmaing 11cld Offactva...-Head-quarten, Wor-
CCM. r.

For MoNMOVTI,3III2Z,FaICKNOCEIIIIIII,IIIId CL•11101110.4111•
Sift as Brig adic r Ger cra!L.y borne, Gertenl Odic./ . Liam. CaL
Bromley, I Aust. CaL TtLadca lafpcedus FILM Otikera—lisid.
Tuna' Abugavcany.

FOir CAIIIII6AIIIIIIIII' CAIIIIMITTI/NIRIIII. &Ad Naimoli,-
OR ltt, 1.4..j0r Genf rsi Oafroyne, C.aseril
,OBricer; Ltqt. Col
Stcwart, lapc.ting Fisk Olken —Peadiaartas, HaveTfatJwal.

NAUTICAL INTELLICEML
Matta THIS DAY.—.Wtod Laa
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Vistaed

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, .
AMIOUT.IIa bar?: y.—Put back by contrary winds,
the Prince of Wales packet, which failed ye(erday
'far Litton. Arrived the Harlequin armed flip, from
Plymouth.
Psruourn, Servant= 6.—Sailed the Patscess
Borst, of 98 guns, to join the Channel fleet. The
NIPTUNII, of 98 guns, and the PLANTAGINIT, of
174 guns, have received their•bullocks on board this
morning, and will fail in the evening to join the fleet;
likevrife failed the Teowittinc r, or i 4 ggns, for Cork ;
LaiT MsVeit•Lito of 14 *gunk to the Weiward ;
IdokeciveaMt, of s 4 guns, on a cruise, and Hatena,
of 18 guns, with feveral 'hips for the Well Indieset—
Came in the Beergaaod, Ittarseaswous, from Hohn•
thunds lade* with timber and deals, for this port.—
the. Bourdon= packet, of Philadelphia, Capt.
Heonsirs, from Pluladelphta, for Bourdeatst ; the
tels iktalned aadfent Is here by the Betimes, of 18
One, Capt. Moonier, and finer liberated.
Porrestotra, Bsrr. 7.—Arrived the Adventure,
and the Rambler, —, bound to the South
erilllots lE:—. rave the Media, bound W
g_aeloor;, Troiaig Downs.--Soliltd the boa cutter,
a convoi for the Downs.—Wind S. W.