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I • CITY OF LONDON TAVERN, Dec. 13, 1303. THE COMMITTEE appointed on the 9th of De. t e mber, by the MERCHANTS and INHABITANTS of LONDON, to attend to the Application of a General Subscrip tion in aid of the brave SPANISH PATRIOTS, now struggling in the Field to defend their Country front a foreign and cruel In vader, cannot discharge that duty without making an earnest Appeal to the attention of their generous Countrymen, of all rinks, in behalf of a Nation and a Cause so interesting to all the " sympathies of Britons. A people contending for their independence, liberties, and se curity, from foreign tyranny and oppression—a nation:friendly in its dispositions—honourable in all its national conduct and character—fitted, by political and commercial interests and rela tions, to be closely connected in alliance and friendship with Great Britain, and now struggling, with heroic fortitude, in a common cause, against a common and most formidable foe ; std.' firing in the arduous conflict the greatest hardships, and endue- ing the severest privations, has---surely, strong claims of every kind on every inhabitant of these islands ; and though the greatest 1 exertions have, with the general approbation of this nation, been made by Government to afford the most extensive, speedy, and effectual aids of treasure, arms, ammunition, military stores, equipments, and clothing, for the maintenance and support of the Spanish troops, together with the succour of large bodies of Bri tish soldiers, it is still felt, that the generous manifestation of the popular sentiment, and such further aids, of various kinds, as a general and libera l Subscription may supply, cannot but have an effect animating and consoling to the Spanish soldier, and con vincing to the Spanish Government and people, of the perfect. union in opinion and sentiment which on this subject subsists throughout these islands. The Committee rely, with confidence, that the good example et the public Corporations and Companies, and of the Inhabitants of the Metropolis, will be followed by the principal Cities, Towns, and I hstricts of the United Kingdom, in order st. form together an coffering worthy of she great cause for which it is made—of the high character and affluenceof the Empire which presents it, and to be accepted by the gallant, disinterested, and high-spirited nation, to whose brave defenders it is cffcred. Amount of Subscriptions Advert' • ADDITIONAL S R. E. Ware - 10 0 0 £86,774 6 7 'UBSCRIP !lONS. Rev. R. Omerot, Vicar of Kensington -1 1 0 Rev. M. Grant, Rector of Norton, Pem brokeshire - - 1 1 • Mite of a Protestant, per Down & Co. 010 6 W. Wilberforce, M. P. 10 10 0 OYD'S. Mrs.Williaxns,of Wim• pole-street, per Ran som and Co. - 5 5 0 An Evening Party of Ladies in Walcot place, Lambeth 17 6 6 M. M. - - 100 0 0 Subscriptions are received at the. Mansion House, at Lloyd's Coffee-house and all the Bankers in London and Weitminstcr. Lists of Subscriptions are ready for Subscribers and others at the City of London Tavern. T. Smith, Alderman 52 10 0 T. Redhead &J.Parry 52 10 b Nall,Northorpe,&Hard. wicke . 52 10 0 Sir Thomas R. Dyer 100 0 0 • Two Friends,sol.eathf_ - per M. Tunno 100 0 0 . AT LI D. and S. • - 2 • • John Stirling - 10 10 0 Mrs. Mary Proby 1 1 0 Miss A. Proby - 010 6 Col. G. Doveton, per Clark and Sitrion 10 0 0 THE COMMITTEE for MANAGING the SUBSCRIPTION for the SPANISH PATRIOTS have received numerous solicitations to recommend to the CLERGY and MINISTERS of CONGREGATIONS to exert their power- , ful influence in aid of their great object, on the approaching FAST DAY. The Committee de not feel competent to such a general recommendation as the wishes of their numerous Correspondents point to; which they the less regret, confident they should leave the cause of the brave Spaniards to the spontaneous impulses of Britons, on a day when they are called on to consider this awful crisis ; and to offer up their Prayers for the favour and assistance of HravaN in the just cause of self-defenee, from the arts, cruel des, and oppression, of a perfidious Tyrant and Invader. STATE PAPERS. In traninnitting the answers to them by aa iefeintlijet to Paris. I have the honour to be, Ste. (SiSeta) OZONGI CANNING. His Excellency M. Chatnpagny, &c. &e. &c. No. Vll—(Translation.) Letter from Mr. Secretary Canning to the Russian Ambassador, at Paris, dated Yoreign Office, lath October, 1808. • • Sex= —Having laid before the King, my master, the two letters, which his . Excellency the Count Nicholas de Romanzoff has trine. mitted to me, from Erfurth, I have received his Majesty's cora , mands to reply to that which is addressed to him, by the Official Note which I have the honour to enclose to your Excellency. However desirous his Majesty might be to reply directly to his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, you cannot but feel, Sir, that from the unusual manner in which the letters signed by his Im perial Majesty, were drawn up, and which has entirely deprived them of the character of a private and personal communication, his Majesty has found it Impossible to adopt that mark of respect towards the Emperor of Russia, without at the same time ac knowledging titles which his Majesty never has acknowledged. I 'am commanded to add to the contents of the official Note , that his Majesty will hasten to communicate to his Majesty the King of Sweden, and to the existing Government pf Spain, the Proposals which have been made to him. tour Excellence/ will perceive that it is absolutely necessary that his Majesty should receive an immediate assurance that. France acknowledges the Government of Spain ,as party to any Negotiation. That such is the intention of thrEmperor of Russia his his jetty cannot doubt. _ His Majesty recollects with satisfaction the lively Interest which his Imperial Majesty has always manifested for the welfare and: dignity of the Spanish Monarchy, and he wants no other ass*• ranee that kis Imperial Majesty cannot have been induced to sanction by his concurrence or by his approbation, Usurpations, the principle of which is no less unjust than their example is den- . serous to all legitimate Sovereigns. As soon as the answers on this point shall have beetireceived, and as soon as his Majesty shall have learnt the sentiments of the King of Sweden, and those of the Government of Spain, I shall not fail to receive the commands of his Majesty for such commit- nications as may be necessary to make upon the ulterior objects of the letter of Count Romanzoff. I have the honour to be, &e. (Signed) oxoaca CANNING. To his Excellency the Russian Ambassador at Paris. [No. VIII. icthe same as No. VIT. but addressed to M. do Champagny.) CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE RUSSIAN AND FRENCH GQVERNMENTS, RELATIVE TO THE OVERTURES RE CEIVED FROM =FURTH: No. IX. OFFICIAL NOTE. The King has uniformly declared his readiness and desire to enter into Negotiations for a General Peace on terms consistent with the honour of his Majesty's Crown, with fidelity to his en gagements, and with the permanent repose and security of Europe. His Majesty repeats that declaration. If the condition of the Continent be one of agitation and of wretchedness ; if many States have been overthrown, and more are still menaced with subversion ; it is a consolation to the King to reflect, that no part of the convulsions which have already been experienced, or those which are threatened for the future, can be in any degree imputable to his Majesty. The King is most willing to acknowledge, that all such dreadful changes are indeed contrary to the policy of Great Britain. If the cause of so much misery is to be found in the stagnation ef commercial intercourse—although his Majesty cannot be ex pected to hear, with unqualified regret, that the system devised for the destruction of the commerce of his subjects has recoiled upoh its authors, or its instruments—yet is it neither in the dis position of his ajesty, nor in the character of the people over whom he reigns, to rejoice in the privations and unhappiness even of the nations which are combined against him. His Majesty anxiously desires the termination of the sufferings of the Con tinent. The war in which his Majesty is engaged, was entered into by his Majesty for the immediate objct of national safety. It has been prolonged only because no secure and honourable means of terminating it have hitherto been afforded by his enemies. BM in the progress of a war, begun for self-defence, new obli gations have been imposed upon his Majesty, in behalf of powers whom the aggressions of a common enemy have compellyd to make common cause with his Majesty ; or who have solicited his Ma jesty's assistance and support in the vindication of their national independence. The interests of the Crown of Portugal and of his Sicilian Ma jesty are confided to his Majesty's friendship and protection. With the King of Sweden lus Majesty is connected by ties of the closest alliance, and by stipulations which unite their counsels for peace as wells. fcr war. To Spain his Majesty is not yet bound by any formal instru ment ; but his Majesty has, in the face of the world, contracted with that nation engagements not less sacred and not less binding upon his Majesty's mind, than the most solemn treaties. His Majesty, therefore, assumes that, in an overture made 41 his Majesty for entering into Negotiations for a general Peace, the relations subsisting between his Majesty and the Spanish Monar chy have been distinctly taken into consideratipn—and that the Government acting in the name of his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand the Seventh, is understood to be a party to any Negotiation in which his Majesty is incited to engage. (Signed) GEORGE CANNING. No. X.—(Translation.) Letter from Count Nicolas de Romanzoff, to Mr. Secretary . Canning, dated Paris, 31st October 1808. Received No vember 4. Ske—trhe immediate departure of the English Courier who conveyed to me your. .Excellency's Letter of the 28th of this month, obliges me to confine myself for the present to the ac knowledgment of its receipt. I rejoice that my arrival at Paris has enabled me to receive that letter myself, which was addressed to the Russian Ambassador; and M. de Tolstoi, who held that 'mist, having been recalled by the Emperor my Master, in order to his being succeeded by the Prince de Kourakin, I am happy to find myself in a situation to correspond directly with your Excellency. I have the honour to be, with sentiments of high consideration, &c. (Signed) LE COMTS NICOLAS Dle ROMANZOTT. To his Excellency Mr. Canning, &c. &c. &c. No. XL—(Translation ) Letter from M. de Charnpagny to Mr. Secretary Canning, dated Paris, 91st October, 1808. Received Nov. 4th. SlR—His Majestyy the Emperor my Master, having left Paris, I Am not wining to wait his orders to acknowledge the receipt of the letter which your Excellency did me the honour to write to me on the 28th of this mouth, and which I received this morning, as also of the official Note which was annexed to it. I shall lose no time in forwarding these Papers to his Imperial Majesty; and, as soon as his intentions shall be made known to me, I shall hasten to send another Courier to your Excellency. I am with the highest consideration, &c. (Signed) CIIAM,AGN T. His Excellency Mr. Canning, &c. &c. &c. No. Xll.—(Translation.) Letter from Count Nicolas de Romanzoff to Mr. Secretary Canning, dated Paris, 16th-28th November, 1808. Re ceived December 6th. SIR—I transmit tc your Excellency my answer to the Note of the 28th October, which you were pleased to address to Count de Tolstoi ; and I hasten to seize this fresh opportunity of renewing to your Excellency the assurances of the high consideration with which I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) LE COMTE NICOLAS DE ROMANZOTT. No. L—(Translation.) Letter from Count Nicholas de Romanzoff to Mr. Secretary Can sing, dated Erfurth, 110th September (12th October) 1808. — Received October 21st. Sir—l send to your Excellency a letter which the Emperors of Russia and France write to his Majesty the King of England.— The Emperor of Russia flatten himself that England will feel the grandeur and the sincerity of this step. She will there find the most natural and the most simple answer to the overture which has been made by Admiral Saumarez. The union of the two empires is beyond the reach of all change, and the two Emperors have formed it for peace as well as for war. His Majes., has commanded me to make known to your Ex cellency, that he has nominated Plenipotentiaries who will re pair to Paris, where they will await the answer which your Ex cellency may be pleased to make to me. I request you to address it to the Russian Ambassador at Paris. The Plenipotentiaries named by the Emperor of Russia will repair to that city on the Continent to which the Plenipotentiaries of his Britannic Ma jesty and his allies shall have been sent: In respect to the basis of the negotiation, their Imperial Majes ties see no difficulty in adopting all those formerly proposed by 'England, namely, the (hi Possidetis, and every other basis founded upon the reciprocity and equality which ought to prevail between all great nations. I have the honour to be, with sentiments of the highest consi deration & c. (Signed ) COUNT NICHOLAS DE lOMANZOTT. To hi s Excellency Mr. Canning, &c. &e. No. ll.—(Traaslation.) Letter from his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and Bo naparte, to his Majesty,.doted Erfurtb, 12th October, 1808.— Received October 21, Sire—The present circumstances of Europe have brought us together at Erfurtb. Our urst thought is to yield to the wish and the wants of every people, and to seek, in a speedy pacification with your Majesty, the most efficacious remedy for the miseries which oppress all nations. We make known to your Majesty our sincere desire in this respect by the present letter. The long and bloody war which has torn the Continent is at an end, without the possibility of being renewed. Many changes have taken place in Europe; many States have been overthrown. The cause is to be found in the state of agitation and misery, in which the stagnation of maritinte commerce has placed the greatest nations. Still greater changes may yet take place, and all of them contrary to the policy of the English nation. Peace, then, is at once the interest of the people of the Continent, as it is the inte rest of the people of Great Britain. Wt: unite in intrcating your Majesty to listen to the voice of humanity, silencing that of the passions ; to seek, with the inten tion of arriving at that object, to conciliate ail interests, and by that means to preserve all the powers which exist, and to insure the happiness of Europe and of this generation, at the bead •of "bleb Paoyinettea has placed us. (Signed) ALEXANDER.-.-NAPOLEON. (No. 111. is a duplicate of No. I. but signed Champagny.) [No. IV. is a duplicate of No. 11. only with the signature of Na poleon First.) No. V.—(Trar.slation.) Letter from Mr. Secretary Canning, to the Russian Ambassador, _ . • at Paris, dated Foreign Oillce, October 22,1808. Sir—At tke desire of Count Nicholas de Romanzolf, 1 have the honour to acknowledge to your Excellency the receipt of the letter which Count Romanzoff has been pleased to write to me from Eriurth, dated the 30th September (12th October), as well as of the letter annexed to it, addressed to the King my master. j shall lose no time in laying these two letters before his Ma jesty, and in transmitting the answers to your Excellency by an ll,aglisp Courier. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) GEORGIE 041NNINO. To his Excellency the Russian Ambassador, 84c. Bte. &s. Paris. No. VI. His Excellency Mr. Canning, &c. &c. &c. No. Xlll.—(Translation). NOTE. Letter from Mr. Secretary Canning to M. de ChamPagny, dated Foreign Office, 2i'd October, ISOB. Sir—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Er. cellency's letter eff the Ith instant, from Erfurt, inclosing a let. ter addressed to the King my master. ebeil lose no ticm in laTins these letters before his Majesty, and ~~ ... . bail . Unaided to the two Intp.fers, that he is Ulna agagesnent with those who have takes up arms in Aber fifteen years of War, Europe has a right to demand Peace. The interest of a ll t he Powers, including that of Eng land, is to render it general; humanity eommandisit ; and such a desire, surely, cannot be foreign to the feelings of his Britannic 41:s:. How can it be, that he alone can withdraw himself eh an object, and refuse to terminate the miseries of suf fering humanity . The undersigned consequently renews, in the name of the Emperor his august Master, the proposal already made, to send Plenipotendaries to any City on the Continent which his Bri tannic Majesty may pleas to point out ; to admit to the Con gress the Plenipotentiaries of the Sovereigns in alliance with Great Britain to. treallupon the basis of the wipe/aid:, and upon that of the respective power of the Belligerent Parties : in fine, to accept any basis which may have for its object the conclusion of a Peace, in which all parties shall fled honour, justice, and equality. The undersigned has the honour to renew to his Excellency Mr. Canning the assuriglees of his high consideration. (Signed) COUNT NICOLAS DI ROMANZOIII. To his Excellency Mr. Canning, &c. &c. •&c. No. XlV.—(Translationk Letter from M. de Champagny to Mr. Secretary Canning, dated Paris, 28th November, 1909. Received Dec. 6th. Sett-1 have the houour to transmit to your Excellency the answer which I bare been commanded to make to the Note which accompanied your letter of the 28th of October last.-1 have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, &c. (Signed) CHAPAPAGNT. To his Excellente, Mr. Clfining, &c. &c. &c. London. No. XV.—(Translation). NOTE, The undersigned has laid before the Emperor his Master, t Note of his Excellency Mr. Canning. If it were true that the evils of war were felt only on the Continent, certainly there would be little hope of attaining peace. 'fbe two Emperors had flattered themselves that, the object of their measure would not have been misinteefreted in Leaden. —Could the English Ministry have ascribed it to weakness or to necessity, when every impartial Statesman must iecognize in the spirit of peace and moderation by which it is dictated, the characterlstiehre of power and truagreatness ? Erato-tee and Rus- , sta can carry on the war so long as the Court of Lemon shalt not recur to just and equitable dispositions ; and they are resolved to do so. . . How is it possible for the French Gcrrernment to entertain the proposal which has been made to it, of admitting to the Negocise tion the Spanish: Insurgents ? What would the English Govern kient have said had it been proposed to them to admit the Catho- 1 lie Insurgents of Ireland) t France, without having any Treaties with them, has been in communication with them, has made them promises, and hp frequently sent them succours. Could such a j proposal have fend place in a Note ' the object of which ought to have been not to irritate, but to endeavour to effect a mutual con ciliation and good understanding ? England will find herself under a strange mistake, if, contrary to the experience of the past, she still entertains the idea of con tending successfully upon the Continent, against the armies of France. What hope can she now have, especially as France is irre vocably united with Russia ? The undersigned is commanded to repeat the proposal, to ad mit to the Negociation all the Allies of the King of England, whe ther it be the King who reigns in the Brazils; whether it be the King who reigns in Sweden ; lie whether it be th,e King who reigns in Sicily: and to take for the basis of the Negotiation the Chi Parade:is. He is commanded to express the hope that, not losing sight. of the inevitable results of the force of States it will he remembered, that b e t ween g r ea t P ow e rs there is no solid pease but that which is at the same time equal and honourable for all parties. The undersigned requests his Excellency Mr. Canning to ac cept the assurances of his highest consideration. (Signed) No. XVl.—(Translation.) Letter from Mr. Secretary Canning to Count Nicolas de Ro manzoff, dated Foreign Office, 7th December, 1808. Sin—l shall lose no time in transmitting to your Excellency, by an English Courier, the Answer which the King my Master shall command me to return to the Official Note, annexed to the Letter of your Excellency, dated the 16th (2.Bth) of last month, of which I have the honour to to acknowledge the receipt. I seize with avidity this opportunity of renewing to your Ex cellency the assurances of the bask essaiiisreasis witiveliai I have the honour to be, &c. (Agned) CLOROZ CANNING. His Excellency Count Nicolas de Romanzoff. . . No. XVII. CSAMPAONT. OFFICIAL NOTE, dated Foreign Office, Dec. 9,1809. The undersigned, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has laid before the King his Mister"the note transmitted to him by his Excellency the Count 14khOlal de Xi*: manzoff, Minister for Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the Empe ror of all the Russias, dated on the 16th (28th of November). The King learns with astonishment and regret the expectation' which appears to have been entertained that his Majesty should consent to commence a Negociation for general Peace by the pre vious abandonMent of the cause of the Spanish Nation, and of the legitimate; monarchy of Spain, in deference to an usurpation which has no parallel in the history of the world. His Majesty had hoped that the participation of the Emperor of Russia m the overtures made to his Majesty would have af forded a security to his Majesty against the proposal of a condi tion so unjust in its effect and so fatal in its example. Nor can his Majesty conceive by what obligation of;l e n= a of interest, or by what principle of Russian policy, his Im jesty can have found himself compelled to acknowledge the tight assumed by France to depose and imprison friendly sovereigns, aad forcibly to transfer to herself the allegiance of loyal and in dependent nations. If these be indeed the principles to which the Emperor of Rus sia has inviolably attached himself ; to which his Imperial Ma jesty has pledged the character and resources of his empire, which he has united himself with France to establish by war and main tain in peace, deeply does his Majesty lament a•determination by which the sufferings of Europe must be aggravated and prolonged; but not to his Majesty is to be attributed the continuance of the calamities of war, by the disappointment of all hope of such a peace as would be comestible with justice and with honour. The undersigned, 3c.c. (Signed) GEGRCIE CANNING. No. XVIII. LETTER from Mr. Secretary CANNING to M. de CIIAMPAGNT, Dated Foreign Office, Dec. 7, 1808. Sir—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Ex celiency's letter of the 28th of last month, and of the official note therein inclosed. As soon as I shall have received the King's commands upon the subject of that note, I shall not fail to transmit to your Ex cellency by an English messenger, the answer which his Majesty 'may command me lo return to it. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, &c. (gifned) GI.ORGI CANNING. No. XIX. dFFICIAL NOTE, dated Foreign Office, Dec. 9, 1808. The undersigned, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has laid before the King his Master the Note transmitted to him by his Excellency M. de Champagny, dated the 28th November. He is especially commanded by his Majesty to abstain from noticing any of those topics and expressions insultihg to his Ma jesty, to his Allies, and to the Spanish Nation, with which the Official Note transmitted by M. de Champagny abounds. ' His Majesty was desirous to have treated for a Peace which might have arranged the respective interests of all the rowers e n g aged in the War on principles of alum.' justice: and his Ma jesty sincerely regrets that this desire of his Majesty is disap pointed. But his Majesty is determined not to abandon the cause of the Spanish Nation, and of the legitimate Monarchy of Spain : and the pretension of France to exclude from the Blepxiation the Cen tral and Supreme Government, acting in the Mille of his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand the Seventh, Is one, which la *fajta) , could net admit, without acquiescie in an usurpation eudi* has no pa rallel in the history of the •The endemism& fee. • The undersigned, Minister for Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russids, has the honour to reply to the Note of the iBth October, signed by Mr. Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to his Majesty the King of Great Britain, and addressed by his Excellency to the Russian Ambassador at Paris. That the admission of the Sovereigns in alliance with England, to a Congress, cannot be a point of any difficulty, and that Russia and France consent to it. But this principle by no moans extends to the necessity of ad mitting the Plenipotentiaries of the Spanish Insurgents ; the Em peror'of Russia connot admit them. His Empire, in similar cir cumstances—and England can resollect one particular instance, — has always been true to the same principle. Moreover, he has already acknowledged the King Joseph Napoleon. He has an nounced to his Britannic Majesty, that he was united with the Emperor of the French for Peace as well •as for Nt'ar ; and his Imperial Majt sty here repeats that declaration. He is resolved not to separate his interests from those of that Monarch; but they are bath ready to conclude a Peace, provided that it be just, ha• pourable, and equal for all parties: The undersigned sees with pleasure, that, in this difference of opinion respecting the , Spaniards, noshing presents itself which can ebbe; prevent or delay the opening of a Congress. He derives tis Persuasi9 l / in this respect from that which his Zritatinic Ma . aletlag without date, wbieh was saboswpasiod by 2 note, a at „ dtalicA December. 1 shall transmit the whole for the inforn.a. don of the Emperor my master. • I avail myselfi of this opportunity to resew to your Excen etc ., *it assurances of the high consideration with which I have the h sour to ha, icc. (Signed) COUNT NICOLAS b 8 ILOISANZOFY, His Excellency Mr. Canning, &c. !cc. icc. London. No. XXl,(Translation.) Letter from M. de Champagny to Mr. Secretary Canning, d ate d Paris 13th December IWe. Received December H. Sir—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Er. cellency's Letter of the oth instant, together with the OlEcial Note which accompanied it. I shall lose no time in laying t Note before the Emperor my Master. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to your Excell etc , the assurance of the high consideration with which I have c : honour to be, &c. (Signed) CHAMPAGN T. His Excellency Mr. Canning, &a &c. &a. pARLIAmEltrdiRr PROCEADINo.f:. , R HOUSE ,OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JAN. 20. Lord WALSiNGHAII p: mated a Petition from Lord Boriag. don. praying for a - divorce. The Proceedings in the Congstory Court in the Divorar cause, Lord Boringdon v. Lady Boringdoa, were delivered at tl w Bur. Lord WAr.stsronate presented a Bill for divorcing Lord Es ringdon from Lady Boringdon, kis now wife, and enabling 16:1 to marry again, which was read a irst time. Colonel DRINIMATItI presented the 7th and nth Reports s f the Conunissioners of Military Inquiry, the former relating is Foreign Accounts sod the Dep.:meat of the Chaplain Geserd, and the latter to Miscellaneous Amounts.—They were ordered to lie on the table. The Earl of Liviaroor. phatanned the Correspondence relating to the late Overtures from Pranging Rusaia.—The .paper were ordered to lie on the table. r • On the motion of the Earl of 14vazeota 1., tke Lords were Es dered to be summoned for Monday and Thursday. Adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, A new Writ was ordered for Westbury, in Wiltshire, in tl.e room of Glynn Wynn, Esq. who bad accepted the Chiltern IIL,- dreds. Mr. CREEVIT gave notice, that on this day week he would move for the Paper relative to the Affairs of the East India Cum pany, which he had endeavoured unsuccessfully to obtain la - t Session. The Seventh Report of the Commissioners of Military Inquiry was brought up, and ordered to be laid on the table, and to be printed. Mr s STURGES BOURNE moved the appointment of the Grand Committees of Religion, Grievances, Justice, and Inde, together with a Committee of Privileges, with other •)tAnkar ; Orders ofthe House.—All these motions were, of course, agml to. ERPUPTH CORRESPONDENCE. Mr. CANNING brought up the Papers containing the Correspondence with France and Russia, on the subject of the Proposition for Peace from Erfurth. Ordered to lie on the table.—Mr. Canning observed, that it waf, of consequence that these Papers shot.ld be taken into consideration as soon as possible, and he ,I should therefore on Thursday next, make a proposi. tion to that effect. 1 CONVENTION OP CINTRA. Lord H. PETTY, i pursuance of his notice, rose to move for the Pa especting the Expedition to Portugal. He understood there would be no objec. i t tion to produce them, and he hoped that no unneces. sa dy would take place in laying them before the 1 1 House.- He professed it to be his intention to call the attention of the House to the subject as speedily as possible after the production of the Papers. • A short conversation took place between his Lord. ship and Lord CASTLEREAGH, about the mode of wording the motion, so as to procure the Paper con. wining the alledged disapprobation of his Majesty cf certain articles of the Convention. Mr. RYDER suggested, that by adding the words . Proceedings - - --- and all , founded upon the Report of the Board,"---would attain the object. The motion then stood thus : " That there be laid before this House a Copy of the Report of the Board of General Officers, appointed to inquire into the muses that led to the Convention of Cintra, togethtr with the Papers and Evidence submitted to the Board, and also any pro ceedings founded on the said Repott." Lard CASTLEREAGH pledged himself that the Documents should be produced as soon as possible ; and expressed his hope that no delay would take place on the part of the Noble Lord, in calling the attention of the House to the subject. Lord HENRY PETTY wished to know at what time the Papers might be expected. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered, that, as the proceedings were voluminous, and as another copy of them must be made up, the Papers could not be produced immediately ; but he could go t state any particular time. PRIVATE BILLS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after adverting to the convenience that had been found to result from the arrangement made, with IP. spect to private business, for these two last years, proposed the 24th of February as the last day tor re ceiving Petitions for Private Bills ; the 27th of March as the last day for receiving the Bills themselves ; and, the Sth of May, being about five weeks after tLe Easter recess, as the last day for receiving the ports on these Bills. Mr. SHAW LEFEV RE expressed his sense of tht• convenience that had resulted from this arrangement, and hoped that the plan would be persevered in. The SPEAKER said, that he would, as formerly, call the attention of the House to any application for an eitension of time.---The Resolutions were then agreed to, and ordered to be printed. BOUNTY ON EXPORTS. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS adverted to a llill pass ed last Session, for a Bounty on the Export of Irish Salted Provisions, and asked the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite (Foster), whether he meant to move for a similar Bounty to the English Merchants, or to move fora Repeal of the Irish Bill. Mr. FOSTER replied, that he certainly did not mean to move a Report of the Irish Bill. DUKE OF YORK. Mr. WARDLE gave notice for Friday next , of a motion, relating to the conduct of the Commander in Chief e with regard to Promotions, Exchanges, and Staff Appointments, to Commissions in the Ar m y . and Staff of the Army, and to raising new Levies. VOLUNTEERING FROM TIIE MILITIA. Lord MILTON mentioned, that an apprehencien of ;tting 111c11 acquiescing , 'the world.— (Signed) oitoitox CANNING. was entertained, that the measure _ permit' g (No. XX.—(Tranlation.) to Volunteer from the Militia into the Regular ArmY, Letter from Count Nicolas de Romanzoff to . Mr. Secretary Can ning, dated Paris, lit (13th) December, isos. was again to be resorted to. He wished to - know fro m itseelved De- the Noble Secretary, whether this was in contempt t . camber 17th. tion, as the plan for augmenting the Regular Army, Sir—The Messenger whom I bad dispatched to law Excel- which the Speech adverted. lency is returned to this place, and has IKON* its .the letter to which you did' me the honour to write to U 311,661 diellik atDe cember.Lod Some Isoursafterwards, the Meetedetielskeeitemegad. to give an explanation to the Noble Lord ; but, celleScy llae eat to Paris,tlellwred tow Gun rairlismagasfi l ' A boved, it wa4 unusual to give any explanation it • -