The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser

PARIS, AUGUST 20.

Letter from the Minister of Police to the Mayor of Paris.

"Sir—After the peace of Tilsit, the English, who were lost if war ceased upon the continent, wished to burn Copenhagen. Now that Austria is ready to receive peace from the conqueror, the English would burn Flushing; they threaten with their bombs Antwerp, whose dock yards lately so deserted, have rapidly increased, at the voice of our emperor, the fleets that were preparing to conquer those of England.

"The English flatter themselves with being able to set fire to our coasts. Of her own accord, all France would fly to their defence; but we must regulate this noble impulse, in order to render it useful.

"What is the force of Napoleon's army of reserve? ask the ministers of the cabinet of St. James's. We can now reply to them. The army covers in its rapid march the roads from Paris to Antwerp: let them send their agents to count it. Let them know that not a soldier from the armies of Napoleon will quit his standards to come and defend the territory of his empire.

"What Frenchman would not take up arms when the soil of France is touched by the enemy? Are not the French armies national guards, and the national guards armies? The audacity of the English only prepares a new trophy for the trophies that are to decorate the feast of peace.

"Sir, you take a particular interest in the glory of this capital.—Too often our enemies have accused it of having energy only in tumults.—Let it at once confound the calumnies of its enemies and their incendiary hopes.—On the east and on the west, France is victorious 200 leagues from her frontiers—she will also triumph in the interior, in order that no kind of glory may be wanting."