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ment, and will soon be restored to our manufactures. Among our manufactures there is one which is almost peculiar to France, which Colbert kindled up by his genius. It was buried under the ruins of Lyons: government has exerted all its endeavours to extricate it. Lyons is again restored to splendour and opulence; already do its manufactures impose a tribute on the luxury of Europe. But the principle of their success is to be found in the luxury of France itself; it is in the changefulness of our taste, and the mutability of our fashions, that foreign luxury must look for its aliment, it is it that gives motion and life to an immense population, who, without that encouragement, must lose itself in corruption and misery. -There will soon be at Compiegne, there will soon arise on the confines of La Vendee, a number of Prytanees, where our youth will be brought up in habits of industry, and instructed in the mechanical arts. From that source our dockyards and our manufactures will one day draw inspectors to direct their labours.-Fourteen millions arising out of the barrier tax, and ten millions out of the extraordinaries, have been employed during the year 10 in improving the public roads, in keeping up the old communications. New communications have also been opened. The Simplon, Mount-Cenis, and Mount-Genevre, will soon open a triple and easy access to Italy— a high road will lead from Genoa to Marseillesa road is chalked out from Saint Esprit to Gapanother from Rennes to Brest, through Pontivy. At Pontivy establishments are to be raised which will have a powerful influence over the public mind of the departments of which ci-devant Britanny was composed-a canal will introduce into it new sources of commerce and prosperity.-On the banks of the Rhine from Bingen to Coblentz, a necessary road is cut through inaccessible rocks. The neighbouring Communes associate their labours to the sacrifices of the public treasury, and the people of the other bank, who ridiculed the folly of the enterprise, are astonished and confounded at the rapidity of the execution.-A great number of workmen are employed on the Canal of St. Quintin.-The Canal of Ourcq is opened, and soon will Paris enjoy the benefit of its waters, and the salubrity and the embellishments which they promise. The canal intended to unite the navigation of the Seine and the Saone, of the DaBube and the Rhine, is almost entirely finished as far as Dole, and the public treasury already receives in the increased price of wood, to which that canal opens the approach, a sum equal to that which it has furnished for the continuance of the work.

(To be continued.)

DOMESTIC.

GAZETTE.-His Majesty in Council on the 24th Feb. was pleased to re-appoint Thomas Hare, of Stow Hall, Esq. Sheriff for the County of Norfolk.

Dublin Castle, Feb. 11, 1803.-His Majesty has been pleased, by his Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, to grant the following Dignities in the Pecrage of Ireland, viz.-To Edmond Henry Viscount Limerick, and the Heirs Male of his Body, the Dignity of Earl of Limerick, of the County of Limerick :-To William Power Keating Viscount Dunlo, and the Heirs Male of his Body, the Dignity of Earl of Clan

carty, of the County of Cork:-And to Charlotte Baroness Newcomen, Wite of Sir William Gleadowe Newcomen, Baronet, the Dignity of Viscountess Newcomen, of Moss Town, in the Coun ty of Longford; and the Dignity of Viscount Newcomen, of Moss Town aforesaid, to the Heirs Male of her Body by the said Sir Wm. Gleadowe Newcomen.

BANKRUPTS.-Corbett, J. Milk-street, Warehouseman.-Richardson, J. Manchester, cottonspinner.-Spence, T. Blackburn, shopkeeper. Thompson, W. jun. Wolverhampton, grocer.Spence, W. Upper-Catton, Yorkshire, coru-factor. Boyles, J. Wellclose-square, wine-merchant.Staples, L. Wapping, Staffordshire, warehouseman.-Le Souef, P. Great Winchester-street, merchant-Reddish, J. Sutton, cotton-factor.-James, S. St. Philips Gloucestershire.

Births.-On Friday, the Hon. Mrs. Ryder of a daughter.

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Eng. Wheat prq. 45s. to 59s Hops per cwt. 00s to 00s Rye. 32..35 Hay per load....73..140 Barley. 20..24 Beef, per stone 4s.4d. to 6s. Malt. 40..45 Mutton 5s. od. to 6s 4d. Oats 14..19 Veal .... 6s. Od. to 7s. 4d. Pease (white).... 33..39 Pork.... 4s. 8d. to 5s. 8d. Beans (horse).... 30..34 Tallow ........45. 3 d. Flour per sack.. 44..47 Av. of Sugar pr cw 40s. d. Seconds........ 40..44 Salt, per Bushel 13s.10d. Coals per chal....50..00 Bread 9d the Quar. Loaf.

SUMMARY OF POLITICS.

STATE OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.Under this title, the public has, within these few days, been favoured with a long paper, signed by Buonaparté, the beginning of which will be found in p. 306, of this sheet. This statement will, of course, be received with great caution, particularly that part of it which relates to the revival of commerce and manufactures; but, while we totally discredit all that is said about the riches of France, we are very far from entertaining any hopes of her weakness arising from her poverty it is the voice of Mars and not of Mammon that rules through her domains.The Consul's observations with regard to the powers of the continent discover the same degree of contempt for truth and decency, with which he has but too often insulted the world, and which insult the world most righteously merits at his hands. -What he says, however, relative to this country, has a still higher colouring: his choicest tints are always reserved for us. After having stated, that he has an ambassador at Constantinople, engaged in renewing and fortifying the connexion between France and the Porte, he observes, that he should have a right to complain of English

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vernment pledges itself for the preserva"tion of peace on the continent, and hopes "for the continuation of peace by sea; a

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peace which every people wants and "wishes for, and to gratify this wish, the "government will do every thing compa"tible with the national honour, which ha

nour is essentially connected with the "strict execution of treaties. But, in England, "there are two parties, which are disputing for power: one has made peace and ap

pears determined to maintain it; the other "has sworn an implacable batred to France. "Hence the fluctuation in the opinions and "councils of that country, and an attitude "at once pacific and menacing. WHILE 66 THIS STRUGGLE OF PARTIES SHALL LAST, "there are certain measures which pru"dence compels the French Republic to "take: five hundred thousand men ought to "be, and shall be, kept in readiness to defend or "to AVENGE ber.-Strange necessity, im"posed by miserable passions, on two na❝tions who, from common interest, are equally "attached to peace.-But, whatever be the "success of intrigue at London, it shall not "draw any other nations into new leagues; and "the government says it with a laudable "pride, that, ENGLAND, SINGLE-HANDED,

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GAINST FRANCE."-This fact, this humiliating fact, was acknowledged, ratified, signed and sealed, by the disgraceful treaty of Amiens, that treaty which, according to Mr. Sheridan, every man in England was "glad of," that treaty at which Mr. Fox rejoiced, because it was " glorious to France and to the First Consul." The nation, says the Maidstone patriot, "may be subjugated, but the people must eat." The same sentiment, the same acknowledgment of inferiority to France, of want of power to contend against her, has been made fifty times over, in the Houses of Lords and of Commons; the world now regards us as sunk into the crowd of second-rate powers; and, what is still worse, what puts the final seal to our doom, is, nine-tenths of the base people are ready to join in the confession, nay some of them even rejoice at it as the best, most effectual, and only infallible security for the durability of the "blessings of peace!"Buonaparté has been well informed on this topic: he has traced this temper of mind through all the vehicles of public opinion, and he has, in this last address to us, made a very artful attempt to prevent the impair.

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ing of sentiments so favourable to his views. He tells us, in substance, that two parties are disputing for political power amongst us; that he approves of one of them and disapproves of the other, and that until we have silenced the party which he does not like, France will keep five hundred thousand men ready to make war upon us. It is impossible to read the hints contained in this part of the statement, without reverting to the Proclamation addressed by Buonaparté to the Swiss, for whom he was then preparing a new constitution of government. "You have afforded," says he, "for two "years, an afflicting spectacle. Opposite fac"tions have successively taken possession of "the sovereign authority." (1) He next reminded them of the "miserable passions," by which they were rendered continually wretched; and concluded by expressing his determination to interfere, to put an end, for ever, to this "struggle of parties," and to provide for the lasting peace and happiness of Switzerland. The rest is known. we again beg the English reader not to mock the poor Swiss; for the saying, though trivial is not less true, that mocking is catching. We do not say, that Buonaparté will order English deputies to repair to Paris, in order to receive his instructions; but, we will just take the liberty to ask, what would be the consequence if he were to insist upon the expulsion of Mr. Windham from the Parliament as the only condition of keeping peace with this country? We do not say he will make such a demand; we hope he will not; but we put the case, and should like to know the opinion of those who are the possessors of that precious capital, which is, in the last resort, to save us from the arms and the machinations of France: we should like to hear their candid answer to this question; whether they would not consent to, nay, whether they would not clamour for, such expulsion, rather than see the three per cents. reduced to 47? But, without having any such sudden and violent effect, the hint of Buonaparté will operate not less efficaciously. It has set the lovers of peace and plenty to thinking.

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have already discovered that it is by no means so unreasonable as some people may imagine. And, indeed, what use are parties of? What good do they do? They are continually making ill-will! If it were not for them, there would be no war, no need of fleets, nor of armies, and, of course, no need of taxes, except just to pay the interest of the national debt; an, as a proof of this, does not Buonaparté say, that if it were

(1) See Vol. II. p. 423.

not for these high-flying hot-headed fellows, he should now disband his five hundred thousand men? What a shame, that two nations, that forty or fifty millions of good sober, honest, and industrious citizens, should be kept in continual hot water, and be continually burdened with taxes, merely to humour the whim of a handful (not above two dozen) of "quixotic alarmists!" -This is the sort of sentiments, which are fast gaining ground, and that too through all ranks of life; and, we shall very soon hear it asserted, within as well as without doors, that it is time for all party divisions to be put an end to. In short, there will, ere long, be only one party, and that one will be composed of those persons, who may be honoured with the special good will of Buonaparté.-This is the second direct attack, which the government of France has, within these six weeks, made upon the liberty of the British Parliament. The former was more insolent, but the latter is in the name even of the Consul. Yet, not a word is said about this in either House. MR. SHERIDAN, who moved to have Reeves's pamphlet burnt by the hands of the common hangman, even MR. SHERIDAN, the great champion of the liberty of speech, says not a word of these publications from Paris, which circulate, in every shape that print can possibly assume, from one end of the United Kingdom to the other. Great and terrible was the outcry that he raised against the founder of the loyal associations; but, not a word does he utter against Buonaparté : no brilliant sallies: none of those borrowed jests that were wont to set the House in a roar: even the

powers of plagiarism seem to have failed him alas! poor Yorick! Quite chop-fallen!-As to the fact, respecting the evacuation of Egypt and Malta, we have no doubt of the correctness of Buonaparte's statement. Some little delay, some paltry shift, just to save appearances, will first be tried, and then the evacuation will take place, after having cost this country a million or two more than it would have cost, if the evacuation had taken place agreeably to the treaty of Amiens. Not that we ourselves regret this: we sincerely wish that a pole tax were laid upon the nation for the purpose of supporting the dignity of the Addingtons. In answer to Buonaparte's assertion, that " England, single banded, is

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no longer able to contend against France," the demi-official paper, of the 3d instant, observes, "We trust it will not be necessary!!!" There spoke the Addingtons! There breathed the soul of the noble highspirited youth, who proposed the march to

Paris!" We trust it will not be neces-
sary!!!" And, do we yet call ourselves
Englishmen? Have we the impudence to
affect to be descended from those men, who
held it as a maxim, that one Englishman
was as good as three Frenchmen?
"We
"trust it will not be necessary!!!" Poor
whining creatures! And yet the hirelings
of this ministry have the effrontery to re-
present the editor of this work as a person
whose labours tend to lower the spirit, and
to degrade the character, of the nation!

tals, who, while their knees knock together, affect to see no danger at hand, may amuse us with our wooden-walls and such common-place subjects of boasting; but, is there a man of sense, is there a man of truth, is there a man of honour, in the whole country who will seriously and sincerely deny that we are the slaves of this Corsican? -Mark the different doctrine in the two courts:-in Westminster Hall, it is held lawful to republish any articles from the Moniteur against bis Majesty:-in the Royal Court of Jersey, it is held unlawful to republish any articles from the London papers against Buonaparte!!! The cases are exactly in point, but with this aggravation, that the injunction at Jersey goes to prohibit the circulation of what is written, printed, and tolerated, in the capital of that Empire to which Jersey belongs!!! And yet we call ourselves an independent nation! We may continue to do so; but, we shall not, by that trick, deceive the world: we cannot hide the disgraceful fact from ourselves, much less shall we be able to hide it from those, by whom we were formerly hated, and who have now exultingly changed their hatred into contempt.-But, in the midst of all these assaults, these new and hitherto unheard of, assaults upon what has been called the liberty of the press, where are the champions of that " inestimable right," that "palladium of free men?" Where is Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Grey, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Erskine ? where is Mr. Fox, "the patriot "Fox," who is said to have lived once, during the whole of a long hard winter, upon nothing in the world but the liberty of the press? What! will he give up his meat, drink, and clothing in this way, without a struggle, without a grumble, without one single word of remonstrance! He has, indeed, learnt la science de se taire ! Corsican, we thank thee for having humbled these men! How forward, how bold, how audacious were they, when they had to contend with a poor, feeble, faint-hearted British ministry; how resolutely did they maintain the right of Citizen Lee and thousands of others to defame their own Sovereign, his fa

MR. PELTIER'S TRIAL, which was noticed in our last, and respecting which a letter will be found in another part of this sheet, is mentioned here only with a view of comparing some of the principles, laid down by the Attorney-General, with the practice, which, a few days before, received the sanction of the Royal Court of Jersey. The Attorney-General had been asked, why, if Mr. Peltier was prosecuted for libels against Buonaparté, the republishers of the infamous libels, in the Moniteur, against his Majesty and his late ministers, were not prosecuted. The Attorney-General replied, that he did not prosecute the London newsprinters for republishing the French libels against his Majesty and his ministers, because it was evident, that they did not originate with the publishers, and were given merely by way of conveying information. The proceedings in the Island of Jersey furnish a pretty comment upon this maxim, and show, at once, the rapid, the fearful progress, which we are making towards the goal of slavery.-For several months past, there has resided in Jersey, in contempt and defiance of the orders of government, one of those persons, whom the French have sent into the King's dominions, under the title of Commissaires des Relations Commerciales, and who, in general, are very expert engineers. The commissaire at Jersey, though acknowledged in no public ca. pacity, had the insolence to prefer a complaint against the printers for inserting paragraphs from the London papers, offensive to Buonaparte, and to threaten, that, if the practice was not punished, Buonaparté would certainly revenge himself upon Jer-mily and his sacred office! Where is now sey. This threat had the desired effect: two of the printers were brought before the Royal Court, on the 5th of February; and, though they were pardoned, for the first offence, seeing that they had done nothing but publish a faithful translation from the London papers; yet, a positive injunction was laid on them, not to publish, in future, any thing offensive to France, even from the London papers!-Has not Buonaparté got his hand in the country? Poor paltry mor

their resolution? Where is all that deciamatory bombast, in favour of the press, which was wont to ring through St. Stephen's chapel from the year 1790 to 1799 ?

NAPPER TANDY'S LETTER TO LORD PELHAM. This letter, which will be found, at length in our last sheet, p. 275, is worthy of our attention on account of one passage only. "With respect to my life," says the condemned traitor, "I never thought I "owed any gratitude to your government

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"for it. I owe my life to this great and generous people, to the first of men, to the "hero, the pacificator, who said, that, if I "fell, I should fall with eternal lustre. Now, it must be known to every one, that this publication would not have appeared, if it had been displeasing to the French government. It is little matter whether the traitor speaks truth or not: he will be believed by nine-tenths of his readers, particularly in Ireland; and, indeed, there is no reason for not believing him, since even the government papers have not ventured to contradict his statement.-What a lesson to the disaffected in Ireland! A traitor, who had borne arms against his country, who had even invaded it at the head of a French army, who had been taken, tried, and condemned, now publicly proclaims to the whole world, that he was set at liberty in consequence of a threat of Buonaparté ! Never was there so direct, so forcible an encouragement as this traitor holds out to plots, conspiracies, and rebellion. Such an example would create treason almost under the very ribs of loyalty! Who knows what share the triumph of this villain may have had in stimulating DESPARD to the bloody deed, which he had planned, and which he was upon the point of executing? It was given in evidence against him, that he told his associates, that the attack on the Tower was postponed, because "he expected money and news FROM FRANCE!" (2) No weight has been given to this circumstance. Great care was taken not to sift it, nay, not to touch upon it again. In this, as in all other instances, where our safety is concerned, we have discovered a fear to be informed of the truth, an anxiety not to see the horrible abyss into which we are falling. We seem to be actuated by exactly the same feeling as those unhappy wretches, who draw a cap or handkerchief over their eyes to hide from their sight the dismal apparatus of death.

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ENGLISH MANUFACTURES. In our last sheet, p. 271, we inserted an account of the proscription, if we may so express ourselves, which the Swiss, at the command of the French General, have issued against goods of English manufacture, and, indeed, against merchandize in general coming from England. In the mean time, such regulations, in consequence of the same influence, have been adopted in Holland, as must, we think, very soon shut our staple manufacture out of that country; while in Piedmont and in

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Spain measures have been taken to cut off from us the means of coming at the raw silk of the former, and the fine wool of the latter. As to Piedmont, it is now, thanks to the Richmond Park Ministry, the 27th military division of France, a quality which puts it, together with all its products and resources, under the absolute, and, indeed, the lawful, controul of Buonaparté, but, the ministers having affected to consider Spain as an independent power, the edict passed against us in that country would seem to have rather more of the nature of an act of hostility on the part of France, at whose demand it has been passed. It is well known, that the manufacture of the finest English cloths absolutely requires a certain proportion of Spanish wool. The vain attempts to supply the place of this commodity, or rather to obtain the commodity without having recourse to Spain, are fresh in every one's memory, and have only served to prove the absolute necessity of importations of wool from Spain. The French have been duly apprized of this circumstance, and, as it was foreseen and foretold at the time of making the peace, they have already taken effectual measures for obstructing, or, at least, im. posing a burthen on that importation. Our dealers in Spanish wool, have, to their great surprize, found that there exists, in Spain, an edict prohibiting the exportation of wool, except it be sold to a Frenchman, and, we believe, unless it be also shipped first to France. The consequence of this measure is, not altogether a want of the commodity in our manufactures, but an enhancement of the price. Our capital, as the wise young Lord Hawkesbury told the planters of Demerara, will always (as long as it lasts) command the raw material; but it comes at a higher price than if we possessed our ancient political power; it comes loaded with a duty which it has paid at Havre de Grace; it comes charged with a tribute paid to France; paid to the nation which has more political influence than we. The trade is now carried on in this way: a partnership is formed between a house in France and a house in England. The former purchases the wool, brings it to France; and the latter receives it from France, paying, of course, a handsome profit to the French house. This is a curious mode of obtaining, at an easy rate, a share in the profits of English industry, a portion of the interest on English capital. France is a sort of sleeping partner in our national firm: she has her full portion of the benefits, without appearing in the drudgery and dirt of the business. If we complaio, if we ask by what right she insists

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