Lisle; and their ignorance of the politics of foreign courts was proved by their dispatching (at a moment when they ought to have dreaded a new and formidable coalition) their ablest general, with the flower of their army, on the wildest project that ever a disordered imagination could conceive. Attached firmly as we are to the cause of general liberty, we shall not regret to see French ambition humbled, and a seasonable check given to a career of conquest which threatened to bury in confusion and desolation the European world. More will, however, depend on the prudence of the sovereigns engaged in the new confederacy than on the valour of their arms. Happy for them, for us, and for mankind if they shall know when to stop! Let them beware of again goading to desperation a nation, which, with all its faults, is brave even to heroism, and skilled in the art of 1 war above its contemporaries. The confederated powers will, we trust, embrace the first favourable opportunity of restoring peace,---for it is peace, and not war (we again repeat it), which will effectually abridge the power and set limits to the encroachments of the French republic. If peace were restored France would then begin to feel the wounds she has received; and we will venture to predict, that it will be long indeed before she will be able again to embark in a war. In the mean time contests will inevitably arise between the different factions in the interior of the republic. They will weaken one another more than they can be weakened by foreign efforts. The present ill-constructed fabric will inevitably fall; and a government will, we trust, be instituted in its stead more favourable to the liberties, the peace, and happiness of mankind. PRICES of STOCK for the Year 1798. Bank Long>hort 1798. 'P et Stock. red. cons. cons. N.B.-The highest and lowest Prices of each STOCK in the Course of any Month are put down in that Month. p.ct. 3p.ct. 4p.ct.{ India India | Old New S. Sea; Irish In: New Ioan. Ann. Aun. Bonds. Stock. Ann. Ann. St ck. 5p.ct.p.ct. Ann 18145 4 521 40475145945 par. 149 485 3 dis. 144 48 53 6146 59449 9: 144 94 a 86 94 52 49 54 49 53 245 91 17 7 48 51 6344 10 2 pr. 13 5 7 8 61 44 9 July S125 49 50 63% 75 76 14 6 150 48 53 69 462 10 119 47 49 61 74 73 13 61 144 48 48 3888 13 5 5+54 13 4 07 08 13 5 00 07 12 0 021 O O 7 50 00 Sept. { 131 50 50 65 79 78 14 6 2 1501 72481074 17 8 o $292 49 774 78 I dis. 1474 71481 10 13 5 7 50 |