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SAITZERLAND. Botta. Maaca v.—According to a decree of! the Semite, the condo& of the external relations! of ti. Helvetic Republic, which according to the etnnit.:Camal Decree of the agth of May, tBot, l wa% ir.truned to th: firft Landammann alone, is now from hencefirth committed to both Lan- dammanns and their Stadtholders. When the votes are equally divided, the Landammann who happen% to be in ace, has a caning vote.--For tome time the moll abford reports have been fpread on the partition of Switzerland, on the cetlion of a part of it to the ei-deraar Grand Duke of Trscanv, &c. The Flnate, in order to re fore there reports, has now decreed a Pi ilaama thil to the Helvetic People, in which among other things it is f01d..." Not only does the Treaty of Lnneville eftablifb peaceably the inde pendence of Helvetia, but the protnifes received from the FIRST Corson. of the French Republic.l affure it anew." Of courfe it mull be confidered by the high contracting Powers, al an affront to rye credit to the contrary. While the Govern= roent makes this known for the quieting of the na- ' tion, they are convinced the nation will further 'aloe above all things, the fame of being inde pendent. FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL to. 'The following is the fpecch of the Cardinal Legate a /a!, rr, when introduced to the Fu•T COVSUL " General FIRST CONSCIL-It is in the name of tl.l Sovereign Pontiff, and under your aufpices, General Flasx Coamt. that I come to dilcharge, amiJft the French people, the auguft functions of Legate a latent. I come into the midft of a great and warlike nation, whole glory you have exalted, by your ccnquells, whole external tranquility you I have fecured by an univerfal peace, and whole happinefs you are about to crown, by retloring to' them the free exercife of the Catholic Religion. This glory was referved for you, General Conful. The fame hand which gained battles, and which figned peace with all nations, reftores fplendour to the temples of the true Gon, re•edifies his Al tars, and re-efiablithes his Worthip. Confum inat'!, General Com.ful, this work of wifdom, which has been fo long defired by thofe under your Adminiftration. 'Nothing thall be wanting on my part to contribute to that purpofe. The faithful interpreter of the fentiments of the So vereign Pontiff, the firs and moft pleating of my ,duties is to exprefs his tender fentiments fur you, and his affation for all the French. Your delires (hail regulate the duration of my refidence with you ; and I (hall not depart, without depofit ill in your hands the records of this important Imitlion, during which you may allure yourfelf I flail attempt nothing contraty to the rights of the Government and of the nation. As a pledge of my (incerity, and the fidelity of my promife, I re. fer you to my title, my known franknefs of dif potitinn, and, I may add, the confidence which the Sovereign Pontiff, and you yourfelf have re puted in me. " The Cardinal Legate then figned the formula of RA oath, in the Latin language, by which he en gages to obferve the conaitution, laws, Ratutes, and cuiloms of the Republic : TORN OF THS OATH. JOAN BAPTIST CAPP AAA, Cardinal, Prdbyter of the Holy Roman Church, nominated Legate • Were of the Holy Apoftolic See to NA►ALLOtte BONA IFAILTE, Fla% Conful of the French Republic, and to the Wrench nation, (wear, and promife,oa the wore. of a Cadinal, by my (acted orders, and with my bands laid ou my loran, to the Firft Conful the French Republic, Ciat I will neither perform the offtee of Legate, nor tile the power intrufted to me by the Holy See, but while I remain in the Republic, and -s lnrg as it (lull pleafe the Firft Conful of the French Republic, lo that when informed of his will in this refped, I Mall immediately lay aftele the title and sights of Le gate and at the fame time when my legation is at an end, shall depe:fit in the hands of ant perfon whom the Firft Conful of the French Republic may appoint, a righter of every thing I have likewife (wear and promife, that I wiU obferve the conftitution, laws. ftatutes, and cultoma of the Republic, nor will ever do any thing derogatory to the Government of the Republic, or to the authority, jurifdittion, rights, liberty, and pried• gel of the Gallica., Chureis.--bs teftimony of which kave luhferased diet"! pm.ein 5, and aifized to them my real. - - To this adJrefs the Futrr CONSUL made the following anfwer On account of the apoflolic virtues by which you are diftinguifhed, Cardinal, I behold you.with great fatisflation the pofleffor of an extenfive influence on the confcience of man. You draw from the Gofpels the rules of your con dud, and confequently you will contribute much to the estinflion of animofity, and the eflablifh ment of union in this vaft empire. The French nation will long have reafon to rejoice at the happy choice that I and his liolinefs have jointly made of you. The refnit of your miffson will be for the Chriflian religion, which, in all ages, has ope rated fo much good to mankind, a frells Cubic& for exultation. Tile enlightened philofophcr, and the true friend to man, will exprefs his fatisfaetion at this appointment." The Legate then prefented a number of perfons attached to his million, among the number of whom was M. F.rfkine, Auditor to his Hormel's. following are the cimunftances attending the prcfcntation of Cardinal CAPRARA -to lIIC C..:PIFF'CONSUL. The Government carriages :were fmt for his Eminence to his Palace; at one o'clock be repaired to the Thuilleries; he was prnctled by a detachment of Grenadiers and of Ge ndarmerie, with trumpets,&c. There were in his train ten carriages full of Eecletiallics, and the pro cern( n was doted by a body of also cavalry. The Legate and his fuite defcended at the principal' entrance of the Palace ; the Crofs was, as is uftial, carried before his Eminence, and during t;lf' ceremony was placed at the door of the Coun cil Cl..ember. To-day the Cardinal Legate confecrated in the Mttropolitan Church of Notre Dame three Arch bahops, one of whom was Abbe BERNIER ; an nt•ier to.: former Curate of Panthemont ; and the third the Abbe CANNACERES, appointed to the Lachbilhoprie of Rouen. PifRLJAMENT.ARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OP LORDS, THURSDAY. APRIL 15. Their Lordfuips in a Commit ;re of Privikzes, Lord We i SINGLIAIS in the Ch lir, received fame e v idence irefpeding the pedigrees of Lord Vifeiniut Curzon and Lord Redefdaht. in I , conformity to one of the late (tending orders of the Houle. Prayers were then read, atter which the Royal Afirent was Riven to thirty-three Bills. Among thefe were the following Public Ada : the New Loan, the Affeffed Taxes Bill, the frith Revenues and lei& Corn Trade Bills ; the reit were of a local or private dcfcription, and among the farmer were the.Galway Gaul, and Dundee Brewery Bill.. The Lords Commifflonera were, I.ord Alvanley, Lord Pet ham, and Lord Wrliinghani. The Bilis before the Houle were forwarded in their refre tive P ages. The Earl of Rostix, purfuant to his notice of yefterday, moved for the appointment of a Set, Et Committee to confider of the heft mod.: of proceeding with refpeft to perfous prefer ring claims to lei& Peerages, or to fit in the !ionic as Reprefen tative Peers of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, &e. The motion being agreed tn, a Seled Committee was ac cordingly appointed, confifting of the fcveral Peers, whole names were moved by his Lo rdihip. . _ Some private buGnefs was difpueed of. The Malt and Beer Duty Bill, and the Servants and Houk Tax Bills were brought up from the Commons by Mr. Alexan der, and alto a few private Bills by Sir John Moore, Mr. Pane, and other Gentlemen. Thefe were feverally read a &ft time, after which the Houk, on the motion of Lord Pelham, ad journed for the Eider Reeds, until Monday the 26th inftant. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The CHANCELLOR of the Excite - use's Refoln tions, on Wednefday, refpeaing the National Debt, are as follow : Melnd, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the (um applicable under the 16th and Sad of the King, ow the Elk of February, stk.*, to the mini:lion of the National Debt, to gether with 2oo,ocroL pa annum, would, without the annuities which will expire, extinguifh the whole in 45 years, being a Sorter dme than the two funds, if kept reparate, upon their prefent eftablithcd footing, would do, together with zoo,ocol. per annum, and one per cent. upon the 97,000p0cL funded this Seffion of Parliament. Realved, That It is the opinion of this Committee, that the fum of soo,cool. to be paid annually under the 26th of the King to the Commiffloners for the extinCtion of the National Debt, from the sth of April, xBO3, be vetted in CommilLoners, to be governed by other regulations. Refoire& That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the funds under the 26th and 32d of the King should be eonfolidat ed, and be continually laid out at compound interrft, till the whole National Debt is extinguifhed. Refoired, That it is the opinion of this Committee that the annuities which (ball expire, Mali be applicable to the public ferrite, in fuck MUM as Parliament dull provide. APRIL 15. The Houfe went to the Houfe of Peers, to bear his Mafeity's Commiffion read for the Royal Affent to feveral Public Bills. The. Malt and Beer Duties Bill was read a third time and paffed. The Carriage and Horfe Duties Bill was read a third time and paffed. The Houfe went into a Committee on the Bill for the better prefervation of the Health and Morals of Apprentices in the Cotton Trade. The Report to was received and the Bill or dered to be read a third time on Monday the third of May. The CU•NCELLOR of the EICUKUIR prefented feveral Papers relative to the Bland of Trinidada, containing an account of the Rate of the cultivation and population of that Bland.— Ordered to lie upon the table. Lord &LORAINE moved the third reading of the Eledtion Treating Bell, when, after a few obfervadons from Mr. SIII ILIDAN and Sir W. PUL TTTTT it was deferred till this day fortnight. The Port of London Improvement Bill was read a faxed time and committed. TREATY OF ►FACE. Upon the queftion that the Houfe fbould at its riling adjourn till Wednefday next, Mr. WILLIAM Et.Licor claimed the attention of the Houfe. He could not, he raid, permit the Houle to part without availing himfelf of the op portunity of ;silting his Majefty's Minifters, whe ther they could Rate the time when they expelled the ratification of the Definitive Treaty with France would take place, and alfo what interval would elapfe before the fenfe of the Houle was taken as to its merits ? He admitted it was not aridly re gular to refer to what was not a Parliamentary Document, but there were copies of the Treaty in circulation, which no doubt contained the rub dance of it ; he therefore felt himfelf juftified in referring to the fubjell. He fhould not deal with that candour to his Majefty ' s Minifters and to the Houle he had on all occa fions obferved towards them, if he did not Rate openly and fairly his opi nion, that there were circumftances couneeed with the Treaty, the confideration of which would re quire a longer interval than was ufually allowed to tranfaLions of a fimilar nature. In all former Treaties it had been the prallice to renew former exilling Treaties between— Mr. Caccaarr rote to order. He defired to know if it was the intention of the Hon. Gentle man to follow up his obfervations with any fpeci fic motion ? if it was not he was certainly out of order. Mr. SPEAKER obfcrved, as there was a motion before the Houfe, it would be better for the Hon. Gentleman to confine himfelf to it. Mr. WILLIAM ELLIOT faid, if he was not regu lar in referring to the Definitive Treaty, becaufe it was not before Parliament, he would refer to the Preliminary one. He was Hating, when the Hon. Gentleman interrupted him, that in all for mer Treaties it had been ufual to renew former Conventions, which had exifted between the nego tiant powers antecedent to the war. Upon refer ring to the corrcfpondence during the negotiation. at Lille, he found that Lord Malmetbury infifted on the revival of former treaties, becaufe it was im portant to this country, and to all Europe, they Ihould be revived; and on the other hand it was infifted, on the part of France, that they thould not be revived, but be rendered null and void, becaufe their operation was injurious to France. It was therefore extremely neceffary, in explanation of this treaty, that we fhould— Mr. Exalts was forry to interrupt the Honour able Gentleman, but he muff call upon the Speaker to fay, whether the train of argument he was put-- riting (bear ! hear! faid malty of the Honked) could pollibly apply ? The only queftien was—Whether the Houfe Ihould adjourn till Monday ? Mr. Spama faid, as far as he could form a judgment of his own, certainly the Hon. Geode man's arguments did not apply ; but he uniComaly conceived himfelf bound to take the 4 - prance of the Hon. Gentleman, that before he fat flown he would fatisfy the Houfe he was addrefling himfelf to the fpecific quellion. Mr. WILLIAM ELLIOT infifted his obfervations would apply in this way, namely—if he was not fatisfied with the anfwer of his Majefty's he Amid oppofe the motion of adjournment for fuch a length of time. He was of opinion, Parlia ment Should no: confine its inquiries to the parti cular treaty kilt concluded, but ought to extend them with a view to afeertain to what degree the country Am.: I be alfeCted by the non-adutillion of former treaties. That the country would be ma terially affected no man could entertain a doubt In proof of this he fnould nbferve, that it was well known our poffeflioni in the Eaft, with the excep- Sion of Calcutta, were derived from the Great Mo gul. and therefore France clairaed a participation of all the advantages we pale:Fed. It was for that reafon this country had endeavoured to fectire, by treaties with France, the exclufive right to thole pofleirions. It was fo in the years 1763 and 1783. He was not (peaking of what pretenfions France might bring forward, but what the actually had advanced, for it was owing to die circum fiance of a French corvette having been fent up the Ganges, that the Convention, at which Lord Auckland Allied, was entered into for the purpofe of arranging the queftion. Mr. ALEXANDER laid he felt it his duty to call the Hon. Gentleman to order. He would fubmit it to the Houle, Whether any Gentleman had a right to enter into a long difcutfion relative to a fubjeet upon which no queftion could be put to enable the Houk to give an opinion It was ir regular lie Should be allowed to make a fpeeck when there was no pollibility of a reply. Mr. SPEAKER Paid he was not fatisfied that any thing the Hon. Gentleman had as yet Paid applied to the queftion. It was not his province to govern the Houle, but he thought the Hon. Member ought not to be fuffered to proceed. Mr. Wss. ELLIOT again maintained what he laid did apply, for if he did not meet with an ex planation, he Should oppofe the adjournment, and it would' then be necetfary for the Houle to con tinuc fitting till papers upon the fubjed were laid before Parliament. It was the pratice adopted with refped to the loft Treaty, to have Papers laid before the Houle. He was perfuaded he was l in order, but he Should not proceed if it was con trary to the pleafurc of the Houfe. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER obferved, that as it fcemed to be the general opinion of the Houle, the queflions put to him by the Hon. Gentleman were irregular, he was at a lois to know how to give any anfwer to them, at the fame time he was defirous of communicating to him and to the Houle all the information in his power; he therefore hoped he Should hare the indulgence of the Houfe while lic fl a that he had reafon to fiippofe the period was not diftant when the De finitive Treaty, ratified by the High Contracting Parties, would be laid before Parliament, but it was impoilible for him to Rate the precife time — (Hear, hear!) _lt did not depend on his Majefly's Government. As to the fecond queftion, with re gard to the interval which would elapfe previous to the Treaty being laid before the Houfe and taken into confideration, that would depend more on the Hon. Gentleman and his Friends than on his Majeny's Minilters. It was not ufual for his Ma jelly's to call upon the Houfe to appoint any time for the difct:flion of a Definitive Treaty. The comments of the Hon. Gentleman rendered it extremely unfit for him to refer to any of the concluding parts of his ohfervations. His corn ments were improper, as the document to which they related was not before the Houfe. He could only afire the Houfe his Majefty's Government would be prepared to enter into a jtiftification of their conduct at a proper time, but they would not enter into any juftification or into any Statement of what the Treaty did or did not contain, or Should or thould not have contained, till the proper day had arrived, and till at least the Definitive Treaty was in the polleftion the Houfe. The (tteition was then put and carried. PRINCE OF WALES. Mr. TYRWI4 ITT laid it was not the with of his Royal Highnels the Prince of Wales unneceiratily to trouble the Houfe: his Royal Highnefs had judged it the moll proper proceeding to take the opinion of his principal Legal Officer with refpefl to his Pe tition of Right, but that Gentleman was at pre fent difabled by dines from giving any opinion. He therefore no:w role to give notice, that early after the Reed's, he thould lay before the Houfe the ulterior &yids upon the fubjeet as the ground of fuch Motion as he lhould think it his duty to bring forward. NABOB OF ARCOT. Mr. SH ERIDAN laid he was informed the Morn ington Ealt Indiaman, for the arrival of which he had, at the requeß of his Majcity's Minißers, pullponed his motion refpeeting the late proceed ings in the Carnatic i was not expected to arrive till June. As that was the cafe, he could not, con. fillently with his duty, defer thefirbjed. He Ihould therefore bring it forward after the Recefs, being perfeftly convinced whatever Reps the Company might have adopted, nothing but the interference of Yarhament could procure the young Nabob that redrefs to which he was entitled. If Minifters had any expeltation of overlxnd difpatchcs, he would confent to wait a !port time for their ar rival. Mr. VA NSITTA RT Paid he had made the necelfary inquiry, and was alfured the Mornington was daily expeded. ADDRESS OF THANKS TO THE LATE MINISTERS. - Mr. SHERIDAN Paid, as it appeared to be the in. tention of a Noble Lord to fubmit a motion upon a fubjca which highly imported the honour of Parliament, he wifhed to know on what day he meant to move that the Houfe Ihould tellify its gratitude to his Majeny's late Minillers ? Lord BELGRAVE laid he did not exaaly know, but he fuppofed about the 4th or sth of May. MILITIA. The Englifh Militia Bill paired through a Com mittee; awd the report, after a fhort converfation between Lord BILGRAVF, thCSECRETARY at WAR, and Sir WM. ELFORD, was received immediately, and ordered to be taker, into further contideration on Thurfday fe'nnight, and the Bill to be printed as amended. CONTROVERTED RLECTIONS IN IRELAND. Mr. WICKMAN raid, he rofe to MOVC for leave to bring in a Bill to continue an Mt of lait Sam I - relative to the mode of trying Controverted Efer lions in Ireland. It would be recolleft‘d by ;;;; Houle, that by the At of Union, thole elediont were to be tried in the fame manner as in Eng land. Conliderable. objedions wer. made againit this at the time, as the great dill:ince rendered it a matter of extreme inconvenience to the parties. whillt the expence was, in confequence, very con fiderable. Thefe objedions were forefeen at di. time of the Union, and admitted ; but they werr anfwered in the only way in which they could he anfwered, that they were forne of thole d4cultiei which mull necellarily attend every great political meafure. Thefe objections were hated hall Sefton, when a Bill was brought in to remedy them. That Bill was only to continue for a year, which v.oi now nearly expired, and was intended as an cape. riment ; but as no proceedings had been had tin der it, if it was not now continued, no exper!rnr;:• could potlibly be made upon the fubjed. Accor ding to the provifions of that 13;11, the Committe.• appointed to try the eledion were, at the requeit of either of the parties, to appoint a Committee li n Ireland, to examine evidence relative to the fob jcd, and to report to the Committee appointed here to try the eledion. There were alio fever.l other regulations contained in the Bill, v: hick he fhould not trouble the Houfe by repeating. l-h; object now was, to continue that Bill ; but at the fame time, he had no decided prediledion for that particular plan, the only object of Government being to promote the' convenience of the Gentle men of Ireland, and to cave them expencc, as far as the fame could be done conliftently with fub kantial and the principles of the Conftitn. tion. He was particularly delirons that this fhould not be confidered as a party queftion, and that the meafure fhould meet with a full and fair invelli. gation, for which time would be given. He con cluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bil', to continue for a time to be limited, fo much of the Ad of lait Seflion, as related to the trial of Con troverted Eletions in Ireland.—Leave given. Mr. WICKHAM fhortly afterwards brought up the Bill, which was read a firlt time, and ordered to be read a fecond time on Wednefday.—Ad joumed. I.ONDON. FRIDAY, AFRIL z 6. Cr GOOD Fatoar.- T Holiday at all the Public Offices PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Ct. Red. 76tt t Short ADD. 5 3-16 t 3 per Ct. Conf. 77t f t India Stock 2211 530231 1 4 per Comsat path . Inth s per CURS. 1031 1021 5 pet C.A. lost zOttf 1051 Earle+ Ws je. to ss. prem. S Per C. Ann. 1[797 106} f Onutitun s 41 prem. Long Ann. 21 11-16 t Conf. for May ace. 741 78 COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amfterdam, to s 8 aU. Cadiz 38 etre.% Genoa 47 f " Ditto, at Eght 10 zo ' Madiid 32 paper Lisbon 71 Rotterdam, zo z 9 aU. Ditto 38 * cired. Oporto 7 Hamburgh 33 121 U. Bilboa effect. Palermo 90 Altona 33 2 1t U. Legh2lll 5 pence per uz. Cadiz 32A in paper N.4ples 4 4 Dublin 13 Path,' day a date, noth. done—Ditto 1 Ur. 24 3 ET. Venice, 57 Livres Picoli Miceli* per 11. ftcrl. Pt!' OUNCE. New Dollars, ss. 7d. ; Silver in Bars, nand. ss. 9.id. This morning we received Park journals to C." ig.th inflant. They arc chiefly occupied with a:1- dreffes to the FIRST CON sui., from different public bodies, congratulating him on the relloration of Peace, and bellowing on him the higher} p”orzy rics—many of them filled with fulfome adulation, and bellowing epithets of praife, little, if any thing, fhort of blafphemy. They are not worthy of room in an Englifh Newfpaper. Private letters from Paris, received yellerday, (late, that late accounts have been received from St. Domingo, which are reported to be of a difaf trous nature. The French army is Paid to have fuffered confiderable lots : General Ho mBE per, with 'too men, having fallen into an ambufcade, and every foul in the detachment perifhed. It is reported, likewife, that ROCNAMBEAU had (offered a fimilar difafter. The journals received this morning give a Te legraphic Difpatch from Breil, mentioning that Good News from St. Domingo has reached that port, and is on the road to Paris. Good News" is fo vague an expreffion, that we can infer nothing from it. We apprehend, had it been of a very favourable kind, its fubliance at as "Ma defeat," or the " fubmillion of the Blade which could have been oxpreffed as eafrly as the form they have adopted, wotild have formed a part of the difpatcb.—The French Funds arc at 55 c. PARIS, 22 GERMINAL, (APRIL 12.)-A. De putation from the Tribunal of Caffation having waited on the Cardinal Legate, C. MURAINE ) Prcfident, made the following fpeech:— Monfieur le Cardinal-46 Religion and juilice mutually fupport each other. Happy the States where the aftion of the Laws is at the fame time aided and tempered by the influence of Religious Inftitutions ; and where the falutary effea of thefe Inftitutions is enfured by the wifdom and proteaion of the Laws. Since, by the enlightened will of the Govern ment, powerfully feconded by the zeal of his Ho linefs, and by the ufeful labours of your Eminence, this happy union is re-eflablifhed in France, the fira Body of the Magiftracy, the fira organs of the& Laws, the alliance of which with the prin_ ciples of Religion is this day renewed, owe to the Head of this Religion and his Legate, the more particular homage of their refpcaful gratitude, and of their vows for the complete fuccefs of your molt augutt miffion."