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should endeaver 10 make diversions either

or ireland; measure by no means lm-
practicable though certainly not so desir-
eblc BY the people whom it would be pros
tessedly intended to succour as heretofore.
An invasion of ireland at this time though
1t would certainly End allies ia the despair
ct the people of tina. oppressed nation,
would not obtain so cordial. general, and
confident an aid as when the banners of
France waved only in the name Of a free
nation. The Irish could expect no better
fate under the present rulers OF France than
Holland or Switzerland; and perhaps the
people after all their. struggles under the
hope OF emancipation from their tyranny Of
600 years, might 6nd themselves reduced
to more inyeterate bondage Of possibly
as the price of peace and concession.
Que trait appears palpable in all the pro.
ceedings of the French ruler. He has
turned his attention to the marine. Refer.
ence to the wonders performed by Colbert
in the organization Of the French marine
under LoGis XIV. has been constantly
made by politicians. GaIIlcaa aad Anti.
Gallican. II took Colbert four years 10
collect fifty ships ofwar of all descriptions.
But there had been previous effort made
by Richelieu, in the preparation of mate.
rails and artihcers from Holland. The
French rulers of the presen, day have re-
,rieyed disasters unprecedented In the an.
nails ofth world, and in shorter space.
The French marine may be SAID to have
lost It's vital power by the DETECTION of It's
naval commanders. The destruction of
the naval arsenal at Toulon and the battle
of The Nile, seemed TO render all the expec-
tations of France from her navy forever
hopeless-Yet by a system novel and bold,
men have been formed to the radimen,s of
sramenship without quitting her hasbors.
We allude to the constructors of gun boats,
praams, &c. and the discipline introduced
in the management Of these craft Inthis
con!rivance, the variety Of objects which
have been obtained are no less remarkable
than the general effect of forming class OF
men prepared with habits Of activity on the
water, be removed to the more enlarged
sphere of naval discipline. In accom-
| pishiog bis main object, these have been
likewise accomplished: workmen IN naval
architecture have been formed; the fruits
of their industry has been distributed in the
bosom of the society to which they belong /;
and they have kept their adversary in a
constant state of alarm and at an expence
| little short of an actual warfare.
During this period, thirty seven sail OF
| the line, have been launched, and great
number are at this moment on the stocks
! many near launching; and BY the junction
of the navy of Spain, the system of block
AIDE appears to be rendered totally fruitless
and nugatory. Il, .
The system of French tactics on the O.
cean, appears to be of the Fabian kind
aud from some hints thrown out 10 the
Moniteur, it would seem, that every Oh.
| iect was expected to be achievedIby delay 8
by detrdsting the adversary while the pro-
| gres of naval discipline and the increase o.
ships of force were pursued. with yea
ncessa6t and astonishing.
The only apparent hopes which the com
bined powers can entertain, must not bs
from their proves in the field, nor from
their success against such system on ths
ocean nor from the colonies of France
which are no longer obstacles 10 her enter
prizes nor deductions from the unity of he,
force; but from some hopes of organizing
a force uGthin tie bosom Of France which
| may cooperate with the powers combined
| or from some calculations that may be- made
upon the dormant but not the destroyed loSi
Of liberty, which certainly largely prevails
/ in the armies Of France.
On the FIRST ground of hope We can onI1
say that they have before been repeated,
entertained and bafhed.
OF the latter we offer no OPTION.
NEW YORK, October rs.