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FROM LATE LONDON PAPERS. In our expeditions, almost solely owing to the incapacity 01, our governors, this country has frequently been humbled ; but never has shebeen so familiar with disgrace a# Within these few month* It is now, for the first time, tli.it the ‘spirit of Great-Britain has been oblig ed to>iuccumb to the genius of Turkish taciics, •and pine before the predominance ot Mussul man arms. When admiral Duckworth failed in his at* tar,k upon Constantinople, and scarcely esca ped. with a fugitive ambassador, horn being sunk in the streights of the Dardanelles, we told the public that consequences which they . did not expect would attend this Turkish tri umph If our readers will refer to the Mes senger of April the 26th, they will find the fol lowing paragraph. Speaking of our flight, from Constantinople, we thus proceeded s—“ It may be added, that the Turks will lie animated by their unexpec ted success to efforts beyond themselves. We have seen the cflcct of this principle, in the late vigorous resivance of the South American Spaniards The lecapture of Buenos Ayres inspired them to acts worthy of their ancient renown. The Turks arc not naturally a cow ardly nation; they aie ignorant, bigixted, and without discipline. Their bigotry lias hither to prevented them from a .strict union with anv European nation. Perhaps it is not a very wise policy to introduce a state of things in which this bigotry ui.l gradually give way to more immediate considerations. We may pet hjps throw them so completely in the hands of I' - ranee, that it will become impossible to se , ver them in future. The Venetian states might be rendered more complete by the acquisition ol some of the Southern Provinces under the present dominion of the Porte.” May we not now demand, of our readers whether we have predicted lightly !—we have f.cen a British commander fall into a Turkish ambuscade—we have been out -generat’d by a race of men who were the contempt of all the military of Europe ; and who knows but that our brave soldiers, ere this, may be compelled to a most galling captivity—that they may be compelled, in the arrogance of unexpected con quest, to walk with their arms pinioned be hind them, to take possession of an enemy’s galley, and tug at the oar under the sign of the Ottoman crescent. Heaven avert from us this disgrace ; but it is not improbable. We have scarcely yet experienced the fu 1 effects of the fatal incapacity of the late minis ters—we have drunk deep enough ; but some dregs yei remain—the distant thunder is rol ling onward: ; every moment brings it nearer to us—Our root is unthatched ; our stack of cliimnies beat down ; our doors are unbarred ; our windows are open—and, what is worse than all, our spirit is consuming away under muhiplied disastets. Let us then beware of the next clap—Heaven only knows from n hence it will come, and whether or no a gal lant (olonel, now out on another expedition, inav not be the next conductor. How is it we tail ? iJur soldiers neither want bravery nor discipline, nor, commonly, do our officers Want talents, or judgment. I lie con i’iv.nice, the lolly, are all at home. Our ex peditions co nmonly tail from some misman agement or another in the different boards and departments of stores ami supplies. The gen tlemen who preside at these boaids are so in tent upon their pensions and their profits, that they never have any time to think of their bu siness. At lluenos Ayres we weie within an arc ol failing for want of powder ; at Constan tinop'e we were put to the route for want of land troops; and at Alexandria we have been beaten for want of biscuit. Our troops Wanted prov lsions, or they would not have ventured an attack upon Rosetta. W hat then is the conclusion ? Why, that government not hav ing supplied them with necessary stores, the whole burthen of the disgrace must fall upon their shoulders—and yet, good lord ! what swarm of contractors we have 1 we have bis cuit-bakers, clothes’ contractors, and powder dealers, enough in all conscience:—we see them daily sporting at their country villas, and shining in their equipages through our streets; and yet not one ol t ietn can lie found to do their duty. They are ready with nothing but their votes—it is really a monstrous insult up on the common sense of the country that vve should trace so many of our grievances to tins vermin rare. \\ e may lose every object of an expedition, because a worthy city-baronet should not chance to draw his own in time— but so it is—the rat that gnawed the bell-rope brought down the steeple about the congrega tion's ears. The Hamburgh mails and French papers have reached us this week in unusual abun dance, and the intelligence they bring is of no common interest. Dnnizic is at length in the possession of the French—vve were prepared to expect it, but it js not on that account the less calamitous—the capitulation took place on the 20ih, and the garrison, the dower of the allied army, justify ♦heir surrender from the total want of warlike ammunition, and provisions for subsistence. It was supposed that the Prussians, or the Russians, would have made some attempt to prevent the fall of this city ; but no other at tacks were made upon the French than those petty and unsuccessful efforts of the 15th and 16th ; and thus, whether from the superior force ol Bonaparte, or his generalship ; or whether, as is more probable, from the weak ness and unskilful conduct of the allies, the ci ty ol Dunizic, the strong hold of the Baltic, and the only remaining post of strength in that part of Prussia which the French did not pos sess, has at length fallen into their hands, and the w hole face and prospect of the campaign has been changed. Will not a question here be put, which may involve some imputation upon the conduct of Great-Britain ? \\ ill it not be demanded, what have we been doing, whilst Dantzic has been suffered to fall into the enemy’s hands ? Was it not one ol those objects of the war vv hich, from being accessible by sea, should have been more particularly the concern of Great-Bri tain —ls it were not judged expedient to send an expedition thither or a fleet, was it not al ways in our power to supply the city with pro visions and ammunition—and not, whilst Eng land was the mistress of the ocean, to suffer the best town of our allies to capitulate from want of those succours which vve possessed abun dantly, and could convey with ease ? Was it thought to bear more upon the primary and es sential objects of ilie war, to storm the passage ol the Dardanelles, and scatter, with our grape shot, a few painted mosques and huts on the shores of Constantinople—was it wiser, or did it discover more of the hearty zeal of partici pation in the common cause, to attempt bully ing the Turks, than to succour Dantzic—to at tempt to steal some petty conuting-housc ad vantage, and compel the easy residence of our factors and merchants at Constantinople, in preference to can ying our assistance and co operation to that p int which was the common focus of hostility, and upon which hung the fate ol the campaign—perhaps the destiny of Europe ? Was Alexandria, because it was a mere British object—a tiling that would tell better at the Exchange, as opening an avenue to speculations in commerce, and new ruin— was Alexandria, vve say, tube preferred to Dant zic—a mere out-post ol the way, to • city in the heart of it ; or were the waters of .he plata more favorable to a gala and a triumph ; more adorned with golden sand, alius piuze money, than those of the Vistula, which over flowed with bitterness ? The imputation of this scandalous neglige'x:e on the part of Grcat-Britaiii, iu other wads the loss of Dantzic to the allies, must be shired we believe, equally between the late and pre sent ministry. Both, we are persuaded, cculd have prevented ii—neither did. We have heard of a story which is somewhat applicable in this case. A poor fellow, being much indisposed, but in no danger, at first calls in a coxcomb 1 a physician, who gives him medicine that much abated the chances of nature, and threatened to bring him to death’s door. The physician is dismissed, and another (as great a coxcomb) is summoned in his place. Instead of tailing im mediately to counteract the treatment of the first, he stands still, rubs his hands and does no thing. “ You see,” says he, *• the state that this pretender has reduced him to, and he now wants me to bring him round. Bu;, no ; if he dies, he proves my opponent a fool in the face ol the world ; il lie recovers, I only get hall the credit. My place in the public “opinion is worth more than my patient’s life ; so let the first medicines take their course.” Here is an illustration of the conduct of the late and present men.—Our present ministers will not consent to takeoff the heel-taps of their predecessors; they wish them to pay the whole reckoning of their folly, and they will not ex ert themselves to counteract the operation of those counsels which they disapprove, iest, by engrafting something better on a bad scheme, they should lose the chance of a more com plete exposure of their rivals, and give them a title to share with them in success. However it may be, whether from our fault or not, Dantzic is gone. . The French are now in a fruitlul country, and may receive supplies both by sea and land. An immense force is set at liberty by this capitulation, and the strength of the main army will be augmented in proportion. 1 here will now, vve believe, be no general battle ; at least the allied armies can have no interest in offering one. If they were not strong and confident enough when so large a detachment of the enemy wasoccupied in the siege ot Dantzic, how ran they venture it when this force is released ? \V e dread any intelligence of more fighting in Poland. A general battle must, in all pro bability, be the ruin of the allies. An armis tice, or a negotiation, is the only way to get out ot the scrape. We speak this from our most mature t eduction ; it is useless to deceive the public. In the British Court of Admiralty, (Doctors’ Commons) on uie 3d of June, the right honor able Sir William Sco t, proceeded to the adju dication of the following case : Holla, Collin, master. This American ship, laden with a cargo of hides, and bound from Montevideo to New-York, was seized (on the g-ound of a breach of blockade) in the Riv et Plate, on the 29th November, 1806, by bis majesty’s ship of war Medusa, and carried, first to Maldonado, and afterwards brought to the fiver 1 hames. The court, in this case, was ol opinion, that there was a competent au thority to impose a blockade, and accordingly condemned the ship and cargo. The High Court of Errors and Appeals for the state of Pennsylvania, have lately held their sittings at Philadelphia. Os seven causes, which came up to them from the Supreme Court, they have reversed the judgments giv en in live. 1 his is, perhaps, among the most striking instances that can lie adduced of the uncertainty of the law, and must painfully af fect every man who properly appreciates’ the importance of a clear and certain svstetn lor the administration of justice —All?. lit. FROM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER. THE DESPERATE AND DEPLORABLE SITU ATION OE ENGLAND. A writer has ai last appeared in F.ngland, of sufficient talents to discover, and candor to un veil, some truths which demonstrate the deplo rable, the desperate situation of that country. He is the same person who lately attempted to vindicate the maritime usurpations claimed by that nation, in opjiosition to the common sense of all mankind, and common lights of ail other nations, entitled “ war in disguise.’” He has at length, not only opened his own eyes, but appears willing to afford equal rays of light to all other persons, in another work, entitled, “ the dangers of the country.” The whole work, extending to 142 pages of small print, deserves the serious consideration of every politician, as well as philosopher. There is scarcely a page which does not contain something im portant or interesting; and the whole exhibits a picture of that ill-fated nation, which cannot fail even now, when our indignation is raised to an enthusiastic height, to excite our commis seiation. How truly deplorable the interior of F.ng land, is may be inferred from the following extract: “ There is indeed an attachment to the land that gave us birth, which depends on no elevat ed sentiments. For my part, lam not assum ed to avow a love for the very soil itself; a weakness w hich has made me shed tears at bidding it a long adieu ; which has made me view it with transport at my return, indepen dently of the thought of every rational object ol attachment comprised in the endearing name of country. I blush not to confess that in a distant climate, the expectation of death has been embittered by the thought that my dust would not mingle with my native soil. But the patriotism that deserves ‘he name, is com posed of nobler elements. It is a filial sense ol honored duty, animated by reverence lor all that is excellent and amiable in the society to which we belong. It looks back on the glory ot our ancestors, it looks up to tiie dignity of the tlnone, it looks round on the wise and be neficent institututions, the mild and equitable laws, the freedom, the happiness, the viime by which the social edifice is adorned ; till glow ing with a generous enthusiasm, it exclaims, this is my beloved country! I received it from my fathers; I will defend it with my blood; I will transmit it unimpaired to my children! “ If such patriotic feelings at this awful mo ment be peculiarly seasonable and important, let them not be chilled with the sad reflection, that t/us same beloved country is polluted by the most sordid and barbarous crimes ; that though dear to ourselves, she is a curse to a great por tion of the globe ; that her wealth generates, and her power maintains a greater mass of hu man wretchedness and guilt, than even the pes tilent ambition of France, perhaps than all the other political crimes of the age.” II the conduct of the British government and her Dundasses, Cochranes, YVhitbies, Hum phries and other pestilent and infernal scourges has not cured the last of her admirers, of their mistaken regards and zeal; if there yet re mains an insulated, / larricidal American, who would rejoice to see his country crouch to British insolence and injustice, let him coun tervail il lie can—these plain confessions, these voluntary declarations of a writer, whose ardent attachment to that country, and whose lamen tations over her miserable destiny can neither be doubted nor mistaken. If George the third, all malignant, stupid and obstinate as he is, should ever cast his eyes upon these quotations, and retain one drop ol the milk of human kind ness in his bosom, he will surely, at that same moment, order the sword of desolation and wretchedness to be sheathed for ever. He will stop the effusion of human blood. He will dry up the tears ol the care-worn and war-worn world and will cause his heralds to proclaim, far and wide, Peace—Peace. Yet, if George and the demi-devils , who are his confidential counsellors and agents, shall shut their ears against the admonitions of truth and justice; if the nation is 100 heavilv en shackled to stand erect and break her chains, then it will behove all other nations to with hold and interdict with that miserable country, all further intercourse ; not only to deny to them the common priviliges of civilization, but to shut their ports and ex-pel them ii om their bavs rivers, anchorages and coasts. Great-Britain has pretended to a pre-eminence, an audacious pre-eminence, over all other nations ! Anil will the other nations tolerate a complication of crimes, of insolence, of injustice connected with such internal misery, as have excited these eloquent denunciations? Will they long er open their ports and arms to those “ whose wealth generates, and whose/tower maintains a greater mass of human wretchedness and guilt, than all he other fiolitical crimes of the age ?” Oh, no! we have been compelled to draw the sword of defence. It is now brandished with defiance. Every bosom is animated with feel ings which can be appreciated only by those who unite a love of liberty with a love of coun try ; and we will support no other intercourse with those who have polluted their own country by the most sensual and barbarous crimes. Who have by their nefarious conduct, rendered the British nation a curse to a large portion of other nations. Harsh and dissonant as this language mav he to the ear of a Briton, he must hear it, not mere ly because it is the language of truth. The Britons must t>ear more, they must prepare their minds to hear that their native island will be interdicted by the civilized world, that all other nations will form a social and federative compact, not merely to support the freedom of the seas, but to treat that nation as pirates and free-booters, unless they will, speedily make reparation for past injuries and give ample se cui itics and assurances that they will become a party of the social and philanthropic league, and consent that the ocean shall be free, and that the American colours shall protect, not only the vessel, but every person und every thing whch a vessel wearing those colours shall contain. A VIRGINIAN. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, yfr'HENS, July 23, 1807. On the 19th day of this month, the board cf Trustees convened in the apparatus chamber, from whence they retired to attend the nume rous assemblies convened to hear a sermon ad dressed to the candidates for degrees, by the reverend Hope Hull.—On Monday the 20th, at 10 o’clock, A. M. a procession was formed at the north end of the avenue extending from the north part of the college through Front and Baldwin streets. The procession, conducted by Mr. Waddle, sheriff of Clark county, moved in the following order, viz. 1 he students of the grammar school—the freshman—sophomore and junior classes—the candidates for the first and second degree—the board of trustees, the secretary, and the president and executive of ficer of the college. The academic exei rises were performed (on an elevated stage under a spacious arbor erected on the north front cf the c6lleee\ in the following order, viz : 1. A prayer by the reverend Hope Hull. 2. The Declaration of American Independence, read by Mr. Tutor Lewis. S. A La-in Salutatory Oration 3gainft party spirit, by James Meriwether. 4 A French Oration in support of Dr. Price’s opini on, that the proper business of education is “ to Uadi how to think,rather than what to think,” by John Al len. 5. An Engliih Oration advocating the of the ancient languages, by Thomas Greer. e. A Comic Dialogue, by Hamilton, Greer, Meigs, O’Neal, Rutherford and Meriwether. 7. An Engliih Oration in defence of the liberty of the Teas, by Samuel Wil iam Mtigs. 8. A Greek Oration on Education, by Thomas Hamilton. 9. An Engliih Oration on Agriculture, by George Putnam. 10. An Engliih Oration in favor of a palfive com merce, by Jofph Woodruff O’Neal. 11. An Engliih Oration in favor of an adlive com merce, by William Rutherford. 12. A Comic Dialogue by Greer, Hamilton, Meigs, Meriwether and Rutherford, 13. A Poetic Oration by James D. Jackson, candidate for the degree of A. M. on the powers of the mind, and the advantages of a liberal education. 14. The Valedictory Oration by John Douglas T he picsideul tueti, with the public consent of the board, conferred the degiee of Bachelor of Arts on John Alien, John Douglass, Thom as Greer, Thomas Hamilton, Sniuel \\ illiatn Meigs, James Meriwether, Joseph Woodruff O Neal, George Putnam and William Ruther ford. The degree of Master of Arts was conferred on Gibson Clark, Ebenezer H. Cummins, William H. Jackson, and Thomas Irwin. The degree of Bachelor of Arts was confer red on the reverend John Hodge, master and principal of the grammar school in Athens ; and the reverend John R. Thompson, Bachelor of Arts of Columbia College, Nevv-York, was ad mitted ad uendum. The exercises were concluded with prayer by the reverend Hope Hull. In the evening of Monday and the forenoon of Tuesday, the board attended the exercises, in elocution, of a select number, amounting to twenty-one, of the young gentlemen of the three lower classes and of the grammar school. Major Nicholas Long, Major Elijah Clark and E. Simpkins, esq’rs. who sat as judges of merit, declared the preference due in the following order, viz. In the Junior Class, to John Davies. In the Sophomore, to John Atkinson, In the Freshman, to Robert Scott, In the Grammar School, to Thomas Morel, John Gunn and Robert Billups. A numerous, respectable and elegant audi ence appeared to be highly gratified with the transactions of the occasion. In the valedicto ry oration an honorable and affecting mention was made of the loss sustained by the state of Georgia, in the death of that illustrious, sincere and efficient ft iend of science and liberty—the honorable Abraham Baldwin. It is said that the case of MWeill vs. Bright , See. which has lately been heard between the supreme judicial court, in this town (Boston) is more important in its principle:!and consequence than is generally known ; as it involves a con sideration ol the validity of the confiscation cf estates of absentees. The cause, we under* stand, has been fully argued. On Saturday, Julv 18, the argument was opened by Mr. Williams, in behalf of the demandant., who claims as heir of Archibald M‘Neill, the absen tee ; and by the solicitor general, in behaif of the tenants, who are in possession under the commonwealth, holding the premises as a confiscated estate. On Monday the attorney general closed the arguments for the tenants, and on i uesday, Mr. Dexter closed on the part of the demandant. As this case has drawn in to discussion some of tht principles of the re volution, and the commonwealth is interested, to an immense amount, in the consequences cf this decision, it is hoped, that when the court have decided, a faithful report cf the *argu. nients of the counsel and the opinions of the judges will be laid before the public. It is extremely difficult to overcome old and bad ha bits. An inftruttive story is told of a man who used always to stop at a certain house to take a dram. He formed the resolution to pass without flopping, and on his way, said to himft-lf, “ Stick to it, resolution ! flick to it, relolution.” After he had passed, he said, “ well done, resolution! Come back now, and 1 will treat you !” Baraxce