Star. — London, England, 1807-03-27 00:00:00

to abandon it altogether, in deference to the feelings' of his Make(ly. Any man who has a jolt mind, cannot bu: be aware, that this muff have been a painful facrifice of perfonal feelings to public duty. But I trufl that wherever that kind of facrifice be comes neceffary for loch an 01,jeit, no man will be found more willing to fubtnit to it than I (hall.— (Hear! hear ! ) " Having agreed to give up this Bill altogether, we did at the fame time feel it neceffary, for the vindica tionof our, char-after, to infert a minute in the proceed. ings of the Cabinet, dating the grounds upon which we were induced t.) give up the meafure—that they would not prefs any proceeding which might appear to be bane to his Majeßy's feelings, but that from the opinions and principles they had on many occa lions expreffed in Parliament, and from a jug folici tude for the intereff of this Empire, they mull confif tently referve to thernfelves the right of fubmitting at all times for his decificn, Inch meafures as they might deem advifable and expedient for the benefit of Ireland. From this minute it did not appear that they declared more than this, that after facrificing a great public meafure in deference to his Majelty's will, they ex preffed their intention to offer horn time to time to his Majelly fuch as circumftances and duty fhould imperioufly call for. Now, in the garbled extrait from this minute, which appeared in the newfpapers, the grounds upon which we were induced to aban don the Bill, were altogether omitted. It was not Rated that we, in that lac, ifice, ailed in deference to the perfonal feelings of his Majelly, which we had no difpofition whatever to violate. But the moll remark hble omiffion was this, that the words, fubmitting thefe words •• for his Majefly's decifion" were alto gether left out. The objeft of this omiflion was eafily intelligible. It ferved to give a falfe colour to the tranfailion, and was calculated therefore to anfwer the purpofe of the writer, who thought proper to publifh an artful mutilation of a confidential paper. " With regard to the propriety of inferring this minute, I would appeal to any man of right feeling, whether, in plaice to the King and to ourfelves, we could abftain from recording the ground upon which we ailed t One courfe only remained for myfelf and my colleagues in the fituation in which we flood, after withdrawing a meafure of great public moment, through refpeft for the feelings of the King, that is, to infert the minute referred to, thus recording the ground upon which we had fo aited, and expreffing our intentions for the future. Looking to our own reputation—looking to the maintenance of our con fiftency—looking to the probable introduftion of a petition from the Catholics, could we, with any fenfe we owed to ourfelves, hefitate to record that which meant only to exprefs a refervation of that right, which, if we had confented to abandon, we mull have rendered ourfelves unworthy the effeern even of ourfelves ? To this minute I would refer for the vin dication of our view and conduit both with regard to our Sovereign and our country,and particularly again& the charge advanced againft us, which can only be fupported by an invidioufly garbled extraft from that very minute. But fuppofing we had omitted altoge ther to infert this minute, with which lonic perfons iffea to find fault, how &mad we Rand in a certain event ? Let us take it the other way—that I had come down to this Houfe and withdrawn this Bill, without making any Ratement whatever of the gronndsupon which I was induced to adopt fuch a pro ceeding—and that afterwards, upon the introduition of the Catholic Petition, my colleagues and I thould declare our opinion in favour of it without any pre vious intimation of our intention to the King—What would his Majeay be difpofed to think of us, and what fort of charge would this Houfe be warranted in making againa us ? Way, therefore, nothing can more arongly manifell our deference for the King's opinion, and our difpofition to adi with franknefs and candour towards his Majefty, than this precife minute—which only means to teferve to ourfelves the right which belongs to any individual Member of Parliament, of bringing forward any meafure which !mislay think neceffary for the public interefl. But what will the Houfe think of a propofition being &flintily made to us tantamount to ao abfolute fur render of that right ? Not contented with the facri fice which I have fo often mentioned to the feelings of the King, it was aftually propofed to us, not only that we (hould withdraw the latter part of the mi nute, but alto, fubflittne in its place a written obli gation of a direftly oppofite nature, pledging our felves never to bring for s'ard again the meafure we had abandoned ; nay more, never to purpofe any thing connefted with the Catholic q2eflion (a loud cry of bear, hear ) " Much as this propofition may aftonifh the Houfe, I feel fully fatiAed, from the opportunity which my official communication has afforded me of judging of the nature of his opinions, that he is aituated by the pureft motives. Of the benevolent intentions of his Majelly for the interefts of his pecple in his tranfac tion, fo far as he is perfonally concerned, I entertain not the (lighten doubt , but of hia advifers I can fay nothing (loud cries of ear, li<ar). But I will appeal to this Houfe and the country whether fuch an obli gation could be patiently difctiffed, much - Ids rub fcribed, by any man who ever entertained a coned notian of public duty, or who was nnfulceptible of a feeling worthy of a refpeaable public Ration ? Nced I add that this propofition was fuch as my colleagues and my fell found it utterly impoffible to agent to ; and h,!sing relpeftfully communicated our diffent m it to the King, we on the next day received an intimation from his Majelly that lie mutt look out for other Miniftei s. Theft Knitters lie has accordingly facceeded in finding, and on Tuefday lag my col leagues and I delivered up the teals of office to his " This is the hiftory of the whole of this tranfac tion, with relpea to, which fo much mifreprefentation ha: gone abroad. My defire is, that every farther • particulat connoted with it in any degree may be made known—that all the paser,s, which can bf col-. fated, and which arc ealcitlated to elucidate the cafe, may be publifhed : only la. them be fully publifll,ed— let not any mare garbled ex:rails meet the public eye. But perhaps the inilance I have expofed may ferve to prevent any farther attempt at fuch impof: tUr4. . 4 If his Majeßy fhould authorjfe his prefent Mi. niters to lay before the Houfe any farther informa tion or documents on this fubjtB, it will alked me confiderable gratification. Every difcgfiloak of the matter will be entirely agreeable to I trutt that, in the Ratement , Iliac made, I hart: eilablifhed a fullicient guard againh any further mif• reprefentation. I have fhewn, I hope to the fatisfac. lion of the Houfe, thefe three important faits—th, That the Bill referred to was nut propofed in this Houfe until his Majefty was fully apprifed of it ; zdly, That whatever mifunderhanding might have atifen, the fault was not with us, as his Majefty was afforded ample opportunity, in the documents laid before him, and in his communication with us, completely to underhand the object of the Bill ; and 3dly, That when we found the Bill was dif agreeable to his Ivlajetly's feelings, we, in deference to thefe feelings, immediately abandoned it, accom• panying that abandonment by a written minute, frankly intimating to his Majefty our future inten thins, exprelling, however, our refolution of fubrnit tine thofe intentions at all times " for his Majefly's dectfion," and declining a compaft which was little likely to be advantageous to him, as to be honourable for us. " Any points in this ft atement which do not appear fully fatisfaCtory, I (hall at all times be moil ready to explain. I have already Rated, that our only feeling and with in this tranfaCtion, was to promote the ge neral interefts of the Empire, and that we were by no means aduated by a preterence for any clafs of his Majefty's fubjeds, but an anxious folicitude for the benefit of the whole. So far from joining in any thing like a proceeding, calculated to diminiffi the attachment which any clafs of the King's fubjeds ought CO feel towards his Majefty, I declare that no man can be more anxious than I feel, to produce a diredly oppofite effed—to diffufe loyalty towards his Majefty's Family, and in particular, to promote the perfonal cafe and comfort of his Majesty. If indeed I did not feel an anxious with for his Majefty's com fort, I (hould be guilty of great ingratitude, for I have had the honour of experiencing, during the (port time I remained in office, massy marks of his Majefty's perfonal kindncfs, and upon my retiring from it, I had the extreme fatisfadion of receiving his Majelty's allitrance, that, the infiance of this Bill alone excepted, he fully approved of my conduct. So that, on my retirement from office, I had the happinefs to receive the high reward of his Majefty's approbation (hear! hear !) •' But, to return to the pledge required of my col leagues and me, I truft that all Minifters of this free country will feel, that to fubfcribe to fuch a pledge, would be not only unconititutional, but highly cri minal, and that no public man will ever be found to accept office upon fuch terms (4 loud cry of bear, hear !on the Oppolitionfide of the Hotrfe). I [hall not any longer occupy the attention of the Houfe upon a fcbjedt which I have no doubt will be frequently brought under your confideration. Satisfied that I have in no cafe ailed inconfiftently with the precepts of confcience and honour, I leave the fads I have related for the confideration of this Houle and' the Country, hoping that the refult of that confideration will not in any degree ferve to damp the fatisfaftion which the retrofpea of my conduit-in this tranfadion , is calculated to infpire." The Noble Lord concluded with expreffing his hope, that Inch a motion would at an early day be fubmitted to the Houfe as should be calculated to bring under difcuffion the principle upon which he and his colleagues had aded. With a view to fuch difculfion he wiffied for a Ilion adjournment, he meant Monday week; but as the difference between that and the pet riod propofed by the Honourable Gentleman was very immaterial, he &odd not think it proper to prefs any opptifition. Mr. HUSKISSON raid a few words in vindication of himfelf from the i.tapieion of being in any way concerned with the partial mifreercfentations and fuppri (Bon of the minutes of the Cabinet. Beide% he thought that Ode minutes might have been very inno cently communicated to others,iwho appear certainly to have made a very improper ufe of that communication. Mr. FULLER aired the Noble Lord (Howich), whether he had Paid that he brought in the Slave 'trade Abolition Bill as an , individual Member, or as one of his Majelty's Minifters ? Lord HO WICK anfwered, that be had exprcf.ly Rated that his Noble Friend (Lord Grenville) and himfclf had brought in and fupported the Bill, as individual Members of Parliament, and not as Minifters. Mr. FULLER aced if the Noble Lord would anfwer him, whether the Seals were taken from him on Tucfday ? Lord HOWICK replied, that he had Rated that he received his Majefty's commands to deliver them ti,s on Tuefilsy evening, and that he bad reigned them yetterday morning. Mr. BRAND gave notice that he would, on this day fortnight, fubmit certain Refolutions to the Houfe, exprefive of his opinion of the conduit of his Majelly's late Minitters, and of the grounds on which his Majefty had been advifed to difm ifs them from his . Councils. General LOFTUS did not like the term Emancipation, as ap plied to the Catholics. The People of that Country wanted no thing more than good order and induitry—they bad aright to ferve on Juries, and adt as juftices; and he did not with the Houk to part with the idea. and under the hnpreffion of flavery in Ireland. The (tieftion of Adjournmei t to Wednef, ay the Bth of April, was then put, and agreed to. The Report of the Idit Budget. voted yeiterday in the Com mittee of Ways and Meins, was brought up, and agreed to ; and, on the Motion orsir JOHN NEWPORT, Ms were ordered to be brought in on the feveralitsfolutione. The following new Writs were ordered to be Med. viz for Buckieghantibire, in the room of Lord 7 Rebid& who ince his eledion has accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Trea- Wry ; for Halfeniere, in the room of the Right Hon. C. Long, now one of the Joint Paymaners of his Majefty's Forces; for Beeral- Ron, in the room of Lord Louvaine, now one of the Commiffionera for the A ffairs of India ; for the County of Eslinbeirgh, in &croons of the Hon R. Dundaa Saunders, Prefidcnt of the Board of Con trout; and for Monmouth, in the room of Lord C. Somerfet, now one of the Joint Paymzfters General The Houle adjourned to Wedncfday femiight. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARSH 27. THE CONTINENT. LAI night French pape►s to the tEith and Dutch to the 22d arrived ; and this morning two Mails from Gottenburgh, two Hufum bags and a Mail from Lilbon• Part of the sop,ocols fent by this country to Ruffia has been allowed to remain at Gottenburgh, part payment of a fubfidy due by Ruilia to Swe- den. The bullion left there for that purpofe is 6¢ eafics of dollars containing 5000 each. The French papers prefent no news from the Army,, but, to keep up the fpirits of the Natant, hir ;paw Righnefi the ircb Lhan elier of tbe Empire re• quelled the Emprefi to fanaion a Fete in honour of the vi&ry pretended to have been gained at Eylau, and in gratitude to the heroic achievements of the l Emperor and hip Grand Army.—The details of this nonfenf; am too unintersaing to occupy atu columns. A late? from Gettenbargh dated the 16th instant, Rates that accounts had Oft been received that another revere battle took place the end of left month, between the French and the allies, near Braun(berg, which ended in favour of the latter. Other letters fay that after the battle of Preuffifch Eylau, five French regiments came over to the Pruflians, to which they were neceffitated by hunger. To this we have to add that a Genthnan who has arriv;cl in town from Altona, which place he left on the twenty-fir& initant, and Heligoland on Monday laft, Rates that, before his departure, he law a letter from Thorn, which communicated the intelligence of a battle fought in that neighbourhood between the Allies and the French army, in which the latter was •defeated with the lofs of upwards of thirteen thoufand men, five Generals, forty feven pieces of cannon, and fifteen Eagles. This important conflia commenced by lkirmithes on the 24th, and finished on the 28th ult. The greateft reliance was placed on thefe accounts at Hamburgh, as the Pruf. fian Officer by whom they were tranfmitted is well known there. The Gentleman alfo mentions, that the Duke of MICILLEMBERG gave a grand dinner on the occasion yefterday fe'nnight. A letter from our Correfpondent on the Lower Elbe, after Rating fome intereßing particulars refpeEt ing the battle at Eylau, which our limits do not permit us to Rate this day, adds—" It is difficult to get at the truth of events that are palling, 'owing to the fineffe and indußry of the French in converting every ficirmith into a battle, and every defeat into a fplendid victory. I have learned, however, from what I confider the beft authority, that they have fuffered another fevere.defeat in a great battle fought at Salfeld. They are faid to 'have there fuflained a his of 37 Generals killed, and taken prifoners, 20 Eagles, and upwards of 170 pieces of cannon, with an immenfe number of prifoners. It is expefted the Ruffians will crofs the Vißula, near Dantzic." ANOTHER PRIVATE LETTER. " Altona. March to. Ig The advices that have been received here, fince my laa, from the combined Ruffian and ProfliAn ar mies, are of the moa gratifying nature : the French, if things go on **they have begun, will have no far. ther oceafion to iffue their bulletins, to impofe on the credulous part of the public, as they will be obliged to retreat much quicker than they came. " Onthe tR intl. General BEIM Icsates head-guar. tern were at Heilfperg, the chief town of Ermeland, in EaR Ruffia, fittiated on the river Alle, where he had received the infignia of the order of St. Andrew, 46 a token of the great fatibfaaion his Sovereign feels for his fignal Cervices, and this mark of diftinaion was occompanied by an addition to his friary, of ;2,000 roubles. He had broken up from Konnigf berg already en the 24th ult. The Proffians, under General Letlocq, were on his right wing. General Leflocq's head-garters were at Peterfwald. On the 26th oh. the French gained an advantage over the Ruffians, and occupied the town of Braunfberg, on the Baltic, from whence they diflodged the Ruffians; but the latter returned to the attack on the 27th ult. when both parties became alternately matters of the place, and alternately 101 l it again. Thefe manias were molt bloody ; and the bravery and lion•like courage, and perfeverance of the Ruffians, after daily battles with the enemy, from the 26th ult. till the Bili inftant, maintained the field of Braunfberg, which was fecn in flames on the Bth infant. In this place, and near Heilfperg, the French left near 15,000 dead on the field. Neat the latter place, the French General Lefebre is raid to have been taken prifoner, with 6000 men. Though the French had a confl derable force, confifting of their own troops, and the German and Polith troops, at Elbing, yet, by the latell accounts, they have been driven back, and General 13 ennigfen kept continually advancing. The Ruffians are about toreceive two great reinforcements, each of Bo,coo men, one of which will be under the command of the Grand Duke Conftantine. A private letter from Berlin, of the 14th rout. rays, that Talleyrand, befides a great number of the diploma. tic corps, returned thither via Breflaw, in Silefia, thinking the other road no longer fafc. ronapatte was daily expeaed. is According to the Berlin Telegraph the lateft news from ORerode, the head quarters of the French, wa of the 'loth inf. at which time Napoleon was Rill there. 4 Rates that nothing new had then occurred." We laced, two days ago, that the Porte was on the eve of declaring war againft this country. The Britifis Ambairador, and a number of Englilh mer. chants embarked in confequence on. board the EN ortstou, and made their efcape. On this event taking place, the Poste addreffnd to the Foreign Minifters the following _ _ NOTE. u Though under the friendly conseetion which the Port has confluntly maintained with the Englifh Court, nticaufe for a coldnefs between them exifted, and the former contented itfelf with anfwering to the firange demands made by the Engli(h Miniiler, in a conference which he had Come time ago, that. it was at war with Ruffia, and at peace with England, yet notwithitanding, white the Porte flattered itfeif that the laid Ambailidor, after maturer confederation, would delta from pretenfions that. are fo contrary to the dignity of nations, he has renewed them in a Note, which be announced his intention of delivering, in confequence of the conference, and to which he re- Itinired a 'written *ewer, and withnut annonneing ht. departure, or withc ut any reafon for it that is known, has fuddcnly embarked with his people, and force of the- merchants of his nation, on board the Englifh fri gate that lay in the harbonr, and failed away at mid• night, after cutting the cables. His &appearance has caufed univerfal altonifhment. Firft, in a note which he left to bedslivered to the Sublime Porte after his departure, 'he • has-men tioned as the chief caufe and lubjeft if 'tut:VW/it. the refufal of a pafiport for a Courier to 'be' Rat to the Dardanelles. But as he had received. no refufal on this fuhjett, it could nor be the tank of his de. parture, and it is generally known, that not • the fmalleft ftep has been taken againft either hhn, or any of the Engin fubjeas here, that could endaitget their fafety. 44 Things Banding thus, it would have been ne• ceffary for the Sublime - Porte, confiding in Diving Plovinewcs, to ad in a manner fuitable to the cafe, face the termination of the rnifton, which the laid Ambalfador made by his unexpeEted departure, and without having received an anfwer, is IlibJeet to many explanation, the 'Sublime Porte would not depart from the principles of equity by which it is ani• mated,; and, asit cannot believe the Englith Court will a& in a manner contrary to juftice, has given into the eutlody nfldr. Hubfeh, the Danith Charge d'Affaires, and Attornei to the Ambaffadnr, all the effeits and furniture belonging to the latter, and while it grants its protettion to the Ertel and their families, who hirve.remained in the country, it has provided for their 'fafety in the whole'Ottoman Em pire. And that no damage may accrue to the Giiips belonging to them, it has given orders, that they Wall remain in the mean time in the Rate in 'which they are. The Sublime Porte, to prove its petfeverance in the moderation and juflice that has conftant!y guided it, and which it has alto obferved on this occation, has estafedthis official note to be compofed and deli. vered to all the Minifters of friendly Powers, to be communicated to their refpeftive Courts." “ Given the zjth of the Moen Z)hacie, in the tut of the Hegira —(Feb. 4, 18 0 7 )” Yelterday, at two o'clock, his MAJESTY held a private Levee, at the Qeen's Palace. 'roe following had the honour of being prefewed to his Ma'am., upon their fever4lappintment,, and kifred hands. The Earl Of CAMDEN, PECfidtlit of the Council. Lord Mina- AVE, Firit Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Cu K LIES SOM tasET, joint i PaymArr of the Forces. Ent of CHICHESTER, no: of the Poftin ifte/N General. Earl Barmy sr, Matter of the Mint and Prefuicnt of the Bowl of 7 rade. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mr. ROBERT DUNDAS SAUNDERS, Prefident of the Board of Contrail. Mr. Lotto, Johrt-Paymalter of the Forces. Lord I.ovaixe, Member °fele India Board. Mr. Pate &VAL; Chancellor of the Exchequer. After the Levee his MAJesTY held a Privy Omit cil, at which Mr. PERCEIVAL and Mr. DIJIIDAS SALIN. DERS were introduced and fworn in. _ His Msjarry gave audiences to Earl Canoga. the Duke of PORTLAND, Lord Hawassautv, and Mr. PERCEVAL. _ _ About five o'clock his NI/4153TV fet off for Windfor. The following is the extradt from the Minutes the Privy Council, referred to in, the debate of ha night, as having been improperly i)ublifhed in a Mor• ning Newfpaper : the words printed in Italics were left out in that publication, as our Readers will find on a perufal of our report of Lord GasuviLLe's fpeech in the Houfe of Lords : "'f 'hat they trutted that his Welty would fee the indifpenfible neceflity of their exprelling, on withdrawing the Bill, the Strong perfuafion they felt of the benefits which would tefult from a dif ferent fource of policy to the Catholics of Ireland ; and they fur ther Rated, that it was indifpenfilsie to their chat-aters, that they thould openly avow thefe feritiments, not only on the prefent op. cation , bat in the event of the Catholic Petition coming forward : and they further infifted, that to prefent deference to his Mika, might not be underltood as reftraining them from fuhmittiag " for bir ANN: dostfooa," from time to time, (uch meafures as circurottances might require refpedting the state of Ireland." FA LMOUT 111, MAACK 14 ....Arrived this day, the Prince(' be' Packet, Kant,, with Mails front Lithom—eleven days plias& Left lying in the Tagus, his Majetty's Zips Lively, Raven, !fit, Richmond, and Martial; alto the Prince of Wales, Triwnibend, and rtuddand Picket —the latter arrived out in four days, tie Willingham Packet left Litbon nine days before the Auckland: it is fuppofed, from the strong gales from the northward, that the is driven to the wtftward— the convoy had not arrived out.— TM Printers Mary Packet, Poems, with Mails from* the Leeward Monde, after a mane of 48 days from Tortola, arrived as Pairefies yetterday : on the aid February. in lat. 36. 33. long. 45.5. (poles the brig Rana. which had loft her rudder, and had been obliged to throw fifty hogtheads of (opt overboard - on thatch inftatit,tle rpm:eche Diana Packet, with Mails, from Muria; 'telecom : pany with tor fit days, and parted in the night. Paffengers by the Printers Mary Packet aro...Colonel Armftmng, Major Mat Mahon, Captain Holmes, Captain Tradd, Lieutenant Yeliding, Mr. Sinus, Mr. Croil, Mr. Gotten. The Princefe Mary arrived at Barbadoes on the todi January. and found lying tame his Mt- AY . " Dip Northunbaland, 74 Eros ; Cant - da, 74; &Villa, 14: and Hafifas, 18 gons.---Wind.oittrong gales at Raft. PLYIRIBT It, Mallet 230. r-came in the Afillia and Anna, Capt. Jammu, from Arundel., with timber, for this port; Aisle, of 36 guru, from a airier; Curer, of 8o guns, from Portfmouth ; and Pluto, of xB, from a cruise. The San Jofef, of xlc guns, is gone up Hanonseto be paid off: the ere* are to be tamed over to the Ville de Paris, of no guns. PORTSMOUT MARCIE s6.—Soiled the Fury born, with a convoy for the &was, and Favourite (loop of war, with the Nor. thuroberland, Jupiter, Mdantbo , Emerald, Jenny, Urania, Re liance, Cdfu, haste, Enterprise Kingiton, and the Friends ' tranfports twin convoy for Gujnfey. Wait out of harbour his Majettfsllllp Bninfwieln—Wind B. Dove& ' NIA acs at 0-Attired let night the !kip. Eagle, Capt. thsoLso, of New York, from Minfteniam ; left the Texel only two daysago, but brings no particular news, cztept that it is ge nerally believed in Holland that Boomartea Wary of the Bth ult. at Eylau,. was a &fret, and that timid he again meet with am ' titer inch defeat,, his powerwlY be attatlr at as cod; but MTV precaution is token nut to let the difafters of the army be known. —Sailed the Kangaroo !loop on a cruise, alio the Slip Medford. Captain BA of Bolton, with gin, feeds, Ste. from Andttr. dam, bound to Lo ndon. YAILMOSITAL, IVIAIICS 260-Sailed on aerate the Stately and Malabar, and Ctebet frlgate.mi-•Arrived the Agloceart, and Re folution, 64 guns each, Arid and Alert limp of war....Aod rt. nada with the Majettle, Roebuck, Didtator, and Lynx... Time Whets outward bound, have put in here wind bouud..--Dot P. M. A frigate is now working Into du* Row* foPPered to be the Arladae frigate. LONDON: Rriotetlaad pubUftet4 by LEVEL KENT, (of OW tetturpnace, Lazebetb).at the STAR-011MB. No. t, caw • initti, Rideat at* sttfs Stas OnTri, Telnpitali• •