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H, OF LORDS. March 28.

Lord Ellenb rough pi f n'ed a new B'l! in the roomm f that on ifh Chalk ng. By this Act fever offences, which are not fo at prefent, are rendered subject to the punishment of death. He pointed out feveral other regulations; after which the Bill was received.

In the Commons the fame day, the Chippenham Committee reported, that C. Brooke, efq is not duly elected; and that J. Maitland, the petitioner, ought to have been returned.

Lord Eufon moved the difcharge of J. Trotter, who was in cuftoly for a breach of privilege, which brought on fome debate,

Mr. Tierney and Mr. Sheridan were against the d fuffal of the profoner, on the ground of its encouraging difobed ence to Parliament The Lord Advocate, Mr. H. Browne, and Mr. IV. Dundas (poke in favour of the notion; and Mr. Fox against it; after which it was negatived.

On the motion of the Chancellor of the Excbeque, a Committee was appointed for inquing suto the expenditure of Ireland, and the fums advanced to that part of the kingdom.

Gen. Gafccyne obferved, that an undue preference bad teen given by de rees to the importation of foreign fal: into Ir-Find; that the bushel of the litter weighed 84lb. whilst that of England, when imported into Ireland, weighed but 56h.; yet the -duty was the fame. The want of an equalization had fuch an effect on the falt trade of Liverpool, that in the frace of five years it was reduced, on an average, to 82.000 bushels. If the weight and meafure were equalifed, the revenee would not lofe more than 13,0col. He concluded with moving to bring in a bill for equaliz ing the dut es on falt imported into Ireland.

In a fubfquent converfation, Mi. Gerry obferved, that it was in contempl tion to level the foreign bufhel to the Eg fh, and the duty from 25. to 1s. 4. a bunkel.

A debate then enfued, the refult of which was, that both motions were withdrawn.

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COMMONS.

April.

The St. Giles's Burying Ground Bill was paffed.

O the question for conft 'ering the report of the Pancras Workhoufe Bill, $a F. Burdett tated, that although the Bill had been much altered, it was ftil highly objectionable: he hoped Counfel would be permitted to be heard again?t it.

Mr. Bing poke in favour of the Bill, and Mr. Fox against it:-Mr. Fox declated, that it disir,inch.fed rearly 70co perfons, by placing the rights of sh&t ng their own officers in the hands of 65 perl ns for ever. The Houfe divided; for the question 855 against it 40.

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A long convert ton took place on the claufe of the Militia Bill, which authorizes the Loras Lieuten n's to grant commillions to officers who have ferved m the

Telord Chancellor took a view of the fubject a fome length, and feemed to argue generally in favour of the Bill, which Army, although they might pot poflefs

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the neceffary landed property.

The Earl of Radnor difapproved of this claufe; but Lord Hobart declared that the meafore had been recommended by friends to the Militia, to fupply the deficiency of Officers.

The converfation then turned upon the Militia being fent out of the country; when the Earl of Carnarvon thought the prefent Billa vilation of the compact between Government and the Militia: he dilliked the Brith Militia being feat to Ireland, but he had a much greater objection to the Irith Militia coming into this country.

The B at length proceeded, with fome trivial amendments.

In the Commons the fame day, the Eaft Grifted Committee reported, that the fitting Members were doly elected, and that the petitions were frivolous and vex tious.

A fhort debate took place on a motion by Sir F. Burdett, that the petition against the Pancras Parish Bill be taken into confideration,

Mr. Sheridan feconded the motion, and made many objections to the Bill.

Several Members gave their opinions for and against the motion; after which it was negatived.

The third reading of the Bill was then Atrenuously opposed; but, being over-ruled, it was read, and paffed.

J. Trotter was committed to Newgate, for prevarication before a Committee.

Sir J. Sumarez's Annuity Bill, and the Exchequer Bills Bill, were paffed.

April 5.

Mr. P. Moore too's his feat for Coventry.' The Solicitor General moved to bring in a Bill to empower the great Law Officers of England and Ireland to fell, mortgage, &c. the property of Lunatics.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought up a report of a furvey that had been taken with a view to the improvement of the Scotch Highlands. Referred to a Select Committee.

The Ghancellor of the Exchequer propofed that the first day for confidering Electron petitions fhould be the 28th April, and two other petitions every Thurfday till the end of May; and as there were no hopes of making any ballot after that time, he fhould propofe to put them off pro formâ till Auguft.

The American Commiffioners' Bill was palled.

On the fecond reading of the Coroners' Bill, Mr. Hobboufe oppofed any additional allowance to fuch perfons; for, though the fituation was bad and unprofitable, he thought it must be good for fomething, or the whole intereft of the county would not be called in to get the place.

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Mr. Shaw Lefevre spoke on the fame

grounds; and moved that the Bill be read this day fix months; but the motion was negatived.

April 6,

The Carmarthen Committee reported that J. H. Williams, efq. was duly elected.

The Berwick Committee reported that neither the Sitting Members nor Petitioners were elefed; but that the election is void.

Sir W. Scott, on moving to bring in a Bill for regulating the laws concerning the Clergy, entered into a statement of the nature of the exifting laws, and of the effrontery of informers; and obferved, that the prefent Bill would be fundamentally the fame as th t of latt Seffion; its object being to lighten the rigours in fleted by the exifting laws upon the poor ftipendiary cu13'es, &c. He afterwards moved, "That leave he given to bring in a Bill, to render more effective, and to regulate the laws respecting spiritual per ons holding lands, and refpecting refidence within their bene. fices." Leave granted.

Mr. Dickenfor juntor moved to bring in a Bill to repel certain laws relating to the Woollen Trade. He flated, that there were no lefs than 23 as exifting on this fabject, but 13 of which only could poffibly be ob yed.

A petition was prefented from Mr. Martin, an American Loyalitt, praying the fun of 6,613% awarded to him in 1786, but which he had not been able to obtain.

Mr. Tierney moved, that the fum, with intereft, he granted; which was agreed to. Mr. Cory moved for 250c/ for the fupport of the Inith Lying-in-Hofpital. Agreed to.

H. OF LORD S.

April 7.

The Royal Affent was given, by Commition, to the Militia and 24 other Bills.

On the motion of Lord Hobart, after fome oppofition from the Earl of Carnarvon, the Houfe adjourned to the 19th.

In the Commons the fame day, the Inn keekers Bill was palled.

The Clergy Refidence Bill was prefented.

The Chancellor of the Excbiquer moved for an account of the produce of the revenues vested in the Governors of the bounties of Queen Anne, from the time of their commencement; and alfo an account of the application of fuch revenues, with the number of benefices, amount of the fus plus revenues, and the purposes to which they were applied, datinguishing each year. Ordered.

The Chancellor of the Echequer then moved that the Hufe do adjourn to Tuefday fe'nnight; which, after a flight oppo fiton from Mr. Patien, was agreed to.

On the report of the Committee for granting relief to the Merchants of Grenada, Mr. Wilberforce oppofed the Bill, on account of a want of fecurity for the loan.

INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE Tuesday, May 17. This Gazette contaus an order in Council, directing that general teprifals be granted against the thips, goods, and subjects of the French Republic, or to perfons inhabiting within any of the territories of the French Republic. It also contains a proclamation, ordering an embargo to be laid on all ships in our Ports, belonging to the French or Ba tavian Republics, or to any countries occupied by the French Armies. The Gazette likewife contains a Proclamation for granting the war bounty of Five Pounds to every able feaman who shall enter on board .the Fleet; and another, declaring, that any British fubject found on-board an ene my's fhip, with intent to commit hoftilities against this countrry, will be liable to fuffer death.

Admiralty effice, June 3. Adm. Cornwa!lis, in a Le ter, dated Dreadnought, at Sea, 24th ult. inclofes the following:

Doris, at Sea, May 23.

Sir, I have the honour to acquaint you, that while, in obedience to your order of the 18th, inft. cruizing off Uhant, in his Majefty's fhip Doris, under my command, I fell-in with the French Republican logger l'Affronteur, commanded by Mons. Morce Andre Dutoya, Lieut. de Vailleau, mounting 14 long nines, with 92 men. As the made fail to efcape me, I fired a fhot wide of her, with the hope that the would then have fhortened fail, as I was gaining faft upon her: as this was without effect, I fired a fecond, which the returned, and kept up a running fire till the inftant I laid her along fide; nor did the then give up a contest fo fraught with temerity, until the First Captain and eight men were killed, and 14 wounded, one of whom is fince dead of his wounds. 1 am happy to add, that the damage on our fide confifts only in one man wounded, and a few thot in the hull and rigging.

I am, &. R. H. PEARSON, Letter from Capt. Mansfield, of the Minotaur, dated at Sea, May 30. Sir, I beg leave to acquaint you, for their Lordships' informat on, that I this erening faw the French Republican frigate La Francaile fafe off the Dodonan, ageably to fignal made by the Hon. Adm. Cornwallis. She was captured by his Majesty's thip under my command, on the 28 h of May, in company with his Majefty's fhip Thuaderer, having chafed from the Acer, and during the ch fe was joined by the Albion, which hip had parted from the fleet fome days before in

Some amendments, however, formerly.
propofed, being agreed to, the Bill was or-
dered to be read a third time on the 19th.
(To be continued)

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.
the thick weather. The prize proves to
be the Republican French frigate La
Francaife, from Port-au-Prince 35 days,
Capt. Jurien. She is pierced for 28 twelve-
pounders on the main-deck, and 16 nine-
pounders on the quarter-deck and fore-
caftle, to of which were in her hold, and
had on-board 187 men.

Admiralty-office, June 11. This Gazette contains letters from Capt. Wallis, of the Naiad, announcing the capture of L'Impatient French national corvette, of 22 guns, and 80 men;-from Adm. Montague, announcing the capture of a small armed French privateer, having 22 men on board, by the Boadicia;-and from Lieut. Senhouse, ftating his having, in the Hind revenue cutter, captured La Felicite, French cutter privateer, a Dutch West Indiaman, a Dutch galliot, and a French brig.

Admiralty office, June 18. [Tranfmitted by Lord Keith J Sir, Immortalité, off Calais, June 14. I this morning, in company with the Jaloufe and Cruizer floops, chafed two French gun-veffels on fhore, on the Eaft part of Cape Blanc Nez, and, with the flood-tide, ordered the two floops to anchor, and endeavour to destroy, or bring them off, fending our boats to affift in fo doing. I am happy to inform you, that, after about an hour's firing from them and the batteries, they were filenced, and taken poffeffion of by the boats, under a heavy fire of mufquery from the Cliff by which Mr. Charles Adams, mate of the Jaloufe, has been badly wounded.-The veffels prove to he L'Inabordab'e schooner, and Le Commode brig, carrying each three guns, 24-pounders, and one 8-poun der, and appear very fine veffels. I am, &c. E. OWEN. [Tranfmitted by Sir J. SAUMAREZ ]

Sir, Eling, Guernsey Road, June 14. I beg leave to acquint you, that yefe terday afternoon, Cape Frehel bearing S. S. E. five or fix leagues, I fell-in with, and, after an hour's chace, captured the French lugger privateer L'Efpeigle (n open boat), of St. Maloes, manned with 12 men, and armed with fmall arms; out 18 days, and had not taken any thing. Being 17 men thort of complem nt, I judged it prudent to fee her into port, and am concerned to state, that, in gerung a tow-rope into her this morning, though the neglect of the man at her heim, the got under the bows and was funk.

I am, &c.

W, ARCHBOLD.

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THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND FRENCH GOVERNMENTS bounds with the strongest proofs of the perfidy, ambition, rancour, and infolence, of the First Conful. The pici. pal topics which the papers embrace are, Bonaparte's uniform infraction of the fpirit of the Treaty of Amiens, and his constant appeal to its letter-the compulhon exercifed over the public journal in the free city of Hamburgh, and the infult upon this government, which a friendly and neutral state was forced to publish-the attempt to overthrow our Conftitution and change our laws at the bidding of Bonaparte, and the attack upon the true Palladum of Liberty, the Prefs-the pretenfion of excluding us from the Continent of Europe-the voyage of the incendiary Spy and Commercial Agent Sebaftiani—the infamous atempt to fend agents of the fame internal character into our own fea-ports -the oppreffions of Switzerland- he violation of the Treaty of Luneville-the breach of faith-the injuftice of burthening Holland with troops, contributions, and an uninterrupted fy item of vexation and oppreffion.

which may be hoftile to the Governments
of any country with which his Majesty
may be at peace, his Majefty would feel it
inconfiftent with his dignity, with his ho-
nour, and with the common laws of hof-
pitality, to deprive them of that protection
which individuals refident in his dominions
can only forfeit by their own mifconde."
-No. 9. Mr. Merry (June 19) mentions
having reported this Note to M. Talley-
rand, and had been required to repeat the
wifhes of the Chief Conful, who required,
he faid, no more than the British Govern-
ment had formerly folicited from France
in the cafe of the Pretender.-No. rc. A
letter from M. Otto (25th July), officially
demanding the punishment of M. Peltier,
for a libel against the French Government,
and alfo the attention of his Majesty's Go-
verument to prevent the calummies of the
Courier de Londres, Cobbet, and other
writers, calculated to disturb the harmony
which fubfifts hetween the two Guvern-
ments. No. 11. Lord Hawkesbury (July
28), in reply to the foregoing, oblerves,
that "the calumnies to which his Majesty's
Government, and many of the beft fubjects
in this country, are frequently exputed in
the public prints, muß neceffarily convince
a foreign Government of the difficulties
which exift, in a Government like that of
Great Britain, in preventing the abufe
which is often unavoidably attendant ou
the greatest of all political benefits;" but
that he had referred the Number of Peltier
to the Attorney-Gererat for his opinion,
Is to how far it was within the operation
of the low for the punishment of libellers.-
No. 12. M. Otto (Auguit 17), after mea-
tioning that he had communicated the above
to his Government, is directed to observe,
that the particular laws and Constitution of
Great Britain are fubordinate to the gene-
ral principles of the law of nations, which
fupci fede the laws of each individual State.
If it be a right in England to allow the most
extenfive liberty to the prefs, it is a public
right of polished nations, and the boundea
duty of Governments, to prevent, reprefs,
and punith, every attack which might by
those means be made ag att the rights, the
interefts, and the honour, of foreign Pow-

Numbers 1 and 2, between M. Otto and Lord Hawkesby, relate to the appointment of Gen. Vial and Sir A. Ball, as Minifters at Malta.-No. 3, from Lord St. Helen's at Petersburg to Lord Hawkesbury, April 23, 1802, expreffes a fear that his Imperial Majesty will decline to gurantee the Conftitution of Mala-No. 4, dated May 7, from the fame, but rather contradictory to No. 3.-No. 5, from Lord Hawkesbury to Mr. Merry, June 5, 1802, explaining § 1 of Art. X. in the Treaty, relative to the return of the Knights to Malta, fhewing, that in the event of an election having taken place before the conclufion of the Definitive Treaty, it should be confidered valid. Mr. Merry is defired to requeft the French Government to invite thofe of Auftria, Rullia, and Proffia, to accede to the arrangements.-No. 6 contains his Majesty's confent to acknowledge the Mafter that may be elected by the Pope; and that of Bonaparte, on the fame point.— No. 7. Letter from Mr. Mery, dated Paris, June 4, 18-2, to Lord Hawkesbury, detailing a converfation with M. Talleyrand, in which the latter exprelled the withes of the Chief Couful, that the French Princes, Bithops, and adh rents, thould be removed out of the British domicions.No. 8. Lord Hawkesbury's answer [icth June] difclaims any defign, on the part of his Majelty, to engage in or countenance any projects that might be hoftile to the Government of France; but, while the fo. reigners alluded to continned "to hold a conduct conformable to the laws of this country, and thall abllam from all acts

ers.

He obferves, that the Papers circu❤ late by Georges, and the former Bishops of France, were defigned to excite refiftance to the Concordate, and hofti ty to the Conflituted Authorites of the Republic. He notices meetings and plots for like objects in Jerfey; and concludes with requiring, that Government will put a stop to the unbecoming and feditious wr tings with which the English publications are filled; that the individuals mentioned in his (M. Otto's) letter of the 231 July latt (oc given) hil be feat out of the find of Jerfey; that the ex-bilhops of Arras and

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St. Pol de Leon, and all those who, like them, under the pretext of religion, feek to raife diffubances in the interior of France, fhall I kewife be fent away; that the French Princes he recommended to retire to Warfaw; that Georges and his adherents be banished to Canada, as propofed by Lord Hawkesbury; and that furh French Emigrants as persist in wearing the orders and decorations belonging to the an tient Government of France, fhall be required to quit the British Empire. In recurring to the fubject of libels, M. O to remarks, that although Ministry cannot influence the law in regard to native writers, yet the Alien bill poffeffes them of the power to remove an obnoxious foreigner without recourfe to a Court of Justice; and he requires the enforcement of this law, promifing a perfect reciprocity on the part of the French Government.-No. 13. Lord Hawkefbury, in a letter to Mr. Merry (Aug. 28), fully replies to the obfervations in the preceding Note; premifing, that a frank explanation of the line of conduct which his Majesty had adopted, was neceffary to prevent perpetual initation between the two Governments. In regard to the offenfive and unwarrantable paragraphs which had appeared in the English publications, as the French Government had not only retorted, but in their Official Journal had extended, their attack upon his Majefty's Government, they have no fight to complain if their fubfequent appeal ror redrefs had failed to produce the effect that otherwife would have attended it; that bis Majefly cannot, and never will, in confequence of any representation or menace from a foreign Power, make any conceffion cubich can be, in the smallest degree, dangerous to the liberty of the prefs, as fecured by the Conflitution of this country-a liberty jufly dear to every British fubject. The Conftitution admits of no previous restraints upon publications of any defcription; but there exift Judicatures, wholly independent of the Executive Government competent to take cognizance of libels against inftitutions and perfons, as well foreign as domeftic, and which are bound to inflict punishment on delinquency. Foreigners, like natives, being fubject to the operation of thefe laws, it would be improper to apply the provifions of the Alien Bill, enacted for fpecific purpofes, to an offence amenable to the common law. Lord Hawkesbury next refutes the affer. tion of M. Talleyrand, that the cafe of the Pretender furnished a precedent for the application of France for the removal of the French Princes., In alluding to the emigrants at Jerley, his Lorothip obferves, that molt, if not all of them, had left the Mand. Refpecting the ex-bithops, he remarks, that if the allegation made against

them by M. Otto be proved, even by any publication in vindication of their own conduct, although in reply to the Pope's Mandate for refusing to conform to the new eftablishment, a proceeding in which they would be juftifiable on every principle of toleration and juftice, yet, as it would fhew that they had availed themselves of their fivation in this country to excite the people of France against the authority of that Government, whether civil ore clefiaftical, his Majefty would take all the means in his power to compel them to leave the country. His Majefty, to obviate any caule of jealoufy, was about to remove Georges and his adherents from his European Dominions; but Lord Hawkesbury difclaims the purpofe imputed to Minifters of tranfporting them to C nada. As to emigrants wearing the ancient French Orders, his Lordship remarks, that very few perfons eligible to do fo were in England; but were it otherwife, his Majefty could not, confiftent with juftice and hofpitality, adopt the fevere expedient recommended by M. Otto. After remarks on the irritation which must result from notes fimilar to the one in queftion, his Lordship expreffes the defire of his Maje@y to maintain Peace by every confiftent means; "but," he adds, "the French Government must have formed a moft erroneous judgment of the difpofition of the British Nation, and of the character of its government, if they have been taught to expect, that any representations of a foreign perver will ever induce them to violation of thofe rights on which the liberties of the people of this country are founded.

HIS MAJESTY'S DECLARATION (given at large in p. 466) notices, in a moderate, yet firm and dignified ftyle, all the fubjects of complaint; but it may be proper for us to ftate (recorded as it is by the British Ambaffador) the language of Bonaparte himself.

Lord Whitworth, in his letter of February 21, to Lord Hawkesbury, fays:

"I received a note from M. Taileyrand, informing me the First Conful defired to converfe with me, and that I would come to him at the Thuilleries at nine o'clock. He received me in his Cabinet with tolerable cordiality, and, after talking on different fubjects for a few minutes, he defired me to fit down, as he himself did on the other fide of the table, and began. He told me, that he felt it neceffary, after what had paffed between me and M. de Talleyrand, that he should, in the most clear and authentic manner, make known his fentiments to me, in order to their being communicated to his Majetty; and he conceived this would be more effectually done by himself, than through any med um whatever. He faid, that it was matter of infinite difappointment to him, that

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