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o- , 1 , 11V FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 26. The Negotiations between France and Helvetia, which weie carried on at Paris, will be continued at Berne. _ _ __ _ Letters from Vienna fate, that Lord MINT° has been recalled, and will be fucceeded by Mr. Wvanams, formerly the . Britifh !dialer at Flo. Tenet. The people in *it city are alarmed at not re ceiving any news ;born Egypt. The people of London .ou ght rthet tO be alarmed at the filence efthe Admiral* Communications between France and Egypt are di f f i cult a and the !mirage from the Nile to - the Thames ought to prcfent no obstacle to the Britifh pride.—Gazette de France. General BESSIERES let out this day at half after one, to meet the Infant Duke of PARMA called to the throne of Tufcany. This Prince will be con. fidered in France as travelling incognito ; he will flop at Paris at the houfc of M. d'A zaaa, the Spanifh Ambaffador, Rue de Mont-Blanc. C. Duaoc, Firft Aide-de-camp of the Fill Con fal, out this evening for Peteriburgh :he was accompanied by C. Lscetac, an Officer of the Guards. People here fill perfill in afferting, that Lord Wurrworra will come to Paris as Negotiator: it is added, that the Firft Conful requefted that the Negotiation fhould be carried on at London, but that the Britifh Government preferred Paris:— Gate:re de France. C. Musser, brother-in-law of the Counfellor of State, THIRAUDEAU, has been appointed Pay sinner General of the French Army, defined to at againil Portugal. The laft difpatches from Holland announce that 17 fhips of the line, 6 frigates, and fome other (mall veffels, are now completely armed and equipped, and ready to fail at a moment's notice. This armament forms two divilions : one in the Texel and another in the Meufc. FROM THE PARIS PAPFRS. • LYONS, APRIL at.—A report was fpread here that the FIRST CONSUL had been poifoned : the alarm among the Citizens became general ; the Prefea publifhed a proclamation to contradia this report, and infpire the Citizens with confidence. Awl-wear, APRIL 23.—Vice-Admiral Ni EL LY, Maritime Prefea of Dunkirk, is going to infpea the ports of Flufhing, (Mend, and Antwerp, in order to examine their Rate, what armaments they are fufceptible of furnifhing, and particularly the recruiting for the navy in the nine united depart ments oithe ci-devant Belgium. This °Ulcer will infpea alfo the Gallo-Batavian divifion, armed and equipped in the Scheldt. HAG U % k ik? R i L ea.—The Batavian Government being informed that the greater past of the Britifh Thips - have quitted the coati of the Republic, and that the principal ports are now free, has ordered the embargo to be taken °flail the merchant flips in the ports of Holland. In confequence of this ineafure, all the foreign velTels which had taken in cargoes, are preparing to fail. • FROM THE LAST NAMBURGN MAIL. VE WIC I, APRIL so —By accounts from Ancona, of yeflerday's date, the French have embarked 6000 Cifalptne troops for Egypt, on board of (mall barks (traboccoh. ) Admiral Warran's fquadt on is now cruifing off Palermo. C6NSTANTINOP LI, MARCH 26......PA5V1AW OGLU is raid to be dangeroufly ill. He had previoufly retreated to Wtddin, and has been del - tiled by' many of his followers. A few days ago the flag of the Seven United IGands was hoifted for the &ft time on board of a merchant-veffel, with great folemnities. Mr. MARGATI is gone from hence to Smyrna, as Conful of the new Republic. At Zante difturbances have broken out, and the in habitants hoified the Britifh flag, in hopes of get ting under Britifh proteilion, but the Englifh Con ful there has refufed interfering in the bufinefs. Et statue, APRIL tB.—The greater part of Admiral PA &gra': fleet has aElually pallid through Drogden, for the Baltic. In failing through, two Englifh (hips got a-ground, and the commanders wiThed to perfuade the mailer of a Dantric velfel, to take fome guns on board, from the heavielk of their (hips, and to convey them through Drogden, on being paid for it, which he refufed ; upon which the Englifh made themfelves mailers of the (hip, which the captain immediately quitted, and went on (bore. It is fuppored that this bufinefs will be arranged by Minifteroal negotiation. Coreturscam, Aratt aB.—There is now only one (hip of the line and force (mall armed witch of the Englifh fleet remaining in the Road of Co penhagen, as the rell, confifling of 37 fail, failed for the Baltic on the t6th, in the evening. Ad miral Naisow has received a paffport to return to England by the way of Hamburgh. The Englifh fleet in the Baltic will endeavour to prevent the jun&ion of the Ruffian and Swedill• fleets. Admi ral Rasa tit, according to the Taft advice' received, was off the ifland of Moen. The Swedifh Envoy, Count OssNsrtaaN,hlS delivered in a memoir to our Court on the fubjeft of the late armiflice. APRIL al.—Lord NELSON by command of Ad. miral PARRIR, is gone to join him with threeihips of the line. He paged over the Grounds in a way hitherto deemed impoflible. He failed in the even ing in the ROYAL GRORCIII, while he afcertained the (tatc of the water by lanthorns. The Swedifh fleet has returned to Carlfcroon. We have received accounts by feveral veils that the Swedifh fleet was fete fall week at Bornholm, but that it went away again. The Englifh frigate the AMAzoN oral parfued by the Swedifh fleet, of whole failing (he grit gave an account to Admiral PARRIR,..- The Citizens Lau& mon and BIRTHI El were treated with every mark of diflinaion ; and die Cacwo Pottscr gave orders that they Paould be (hewn 'he Int tifkations and all the works of de fence. We are are aflured that, in topfequence of etc negnciatior.s now cart ying on, neutral naviga. aloft will agam enjoy all its liberty, ainfiftently with he pm:topics of the Northern Confederacy. - PITIIISKtiIGIi, APRIL A.—His IMPRR/AL MAJZsry has been pleafed to irfue. among others, the following general orders : The regh tents of life-guards mall refume their former 4enomina tions..—Major.General HAMPER, who had bean difiniffed, is again taken into the fervice, and em ployed in the army.--Major-General EM ME, like wife difmiffed, is again received in the fervice, as commander of the ad battalion of the PREORRA scti aux: regiment of life-guards. On the 15th, the following were re-admitted into the fervice Lieut. General Bswictistn, who had been dif miffed ; Major-General Tscitarsentam, Major- General SOCK ; Colonels Rajswsei; and TSCHA p- LIZ, as MajorGenerals.--The Vice-Admirals, Marquis de TRATEEs and MA K AROW arc appointed Admirals • the Counter-Admirals MossoLow and WILSON FRISTMAN, Vice-Admirals; and the In tendant-General and Vice-Admiral Count WoiNOWI TECH, Admirals."—Many other perfons are likewifc taken into fervice again, or promoted. APRIL 7.—This day's Court Gazette contains the names of a number of officers of rank, in the army, that had been difmiffed, but are now again received into fervice, among whom, are Lieuts. General Rasssxoi, KORSA PLOW, and GLASENAP ; Major Generals Prince DOLGORUCKI, and At an new, &c. The following are aharafts of Ukafes, figned by his hareem. MAJESTY'S own hand, and fent to the Senate, in the courfc of laft month. On the 14th. 0. S. On occafion of the irre gularities that had taken place in the Peterfburgh regiment of dragoons, and in confequence of the invcftigation of that bulinefs in the year 1798, a number of ftaff and other officers were renderei unfortunate, in different ways : forne of them were I deprived of their rank and nobility, and confined in fortified places ; others were conveyed to re mote diftrias, where their places of abode were affigned to them ; and others, though they were fent to their villages, yet remained under the in fpeftion of country magiftrates, under the real-ie. ton not to quit their places of refidence. Such is the oppreflive condition of 13 perfons mentioned in the inclofed lift, all of whom we moft gracioufly pardon and liberate ; reftoring to fuch their rank and degree of nobility, as bad been deprived thereof, and allowing every one of them, without ' exception, to rcfide wherever he may with." On the 15th.—" Our attention being incefrantly direaed to every condition of the people entrufled to us by GOD, and wifhing particularly to alleviate the oppreffive lot of thole perfons, who are con- I fined on account of bulinefs inveftigated in the Secret Expedition, We herewith enclofe four lifts— `t.4of thofe who are confined in fortreffes, and have been banifhed to different places, with the lots of their rank and nobility ; 2. Of perfons im prifoned and banifhed in a limilar manner, but without having loft their rank and nobility ; 3. Of filch as are detained in fortreffes, and have been banifhed to different places, for the purpofe of eftablifhing colonies, and to labour, but hold no rink ; and 4. Of fuel; as have been fent to towns and villages, where they-remain under the obfer vation and infpation of country magiftrates ; all perfons named in theth lifts, We molt gracioufly pardon, without exception, raife them again to their ranks and degrees of nobility of which they had been deprived, ordering Our Senate imme diately to difmifs them from their prefrnt places of refidence, and to allow them to return whither foever they may with ; the infpetion which had been ordered over the latter, is likewife herewith revoked. We entertain the fulleft hope, that all thole who enjoy this Our mercy, will endeavour to render themfelves deferving of it by their con dna." The tiro of the above mentioned lifts con tains the names of 28 perfons • the kennel, of 64; the third, of 41 ; and the fourth, of 23 : in all 156. The Ukafe of the 15th alto Pays : " Our Ukale, fent to the War-Office on the 13th inflant, order ing, that all generals, Ralf and commlffioned of ficers, excluded by fentence of court-martial, of without trial, be confidered as having obtained their difcharge, is likewife extended to all civil officers, who have either been excluded from the fervice, or who have been difmiffed without trial, and without legal inveftigation." The Court Gazette again mentions the courfe of exchange on London, which is a 8 pence. ORDIA OF MALTA. We, ALTIANDER I. by the Grace of Goa, Em peror and Autocrat of all the Ruflias, &c. As we -are defirous of giving to the Sovereign Order of Sr. Joan of Jerufalem a proof of our affeaion and our particular good will, we declare that we take the raid Order into our Imprial proteaion, and will employ every care to rhaintain them in their rights, honours, privileges and property. To this end we appoint our Field Mai-Chat Count NI. COL•Vi Volt 801.TICOFF to exercife the funCtions and authority of Lieutenant, or Deputy of the Grand Mailer, and to afremble a meeting of the Grand Council, therein to announce that it is our intention that this Imperial Capital fhould be con fidered the head-quarters of the Sovereign Order of Sr. Joan of Jerufalem, till circumllances firall enable them to chute a Grand Mailer, agreeably to their (latutes and ancient form. Till that mo- ment (ball arrive, we, as proteaor, dire& that the Holy Councils (hall take upon them the govern ment of the Order, and communicate this our re folution to all Tongues Priorates, and call upon them for their own advantage to fubmit to the decrees of the Council. We, by this prefmt de claration, confirm the two grand Priorates blifhed in our Empire, the Ruffian and the Catho lie, in the enjoyment of the property, privileges and adminifirations conferred upon them ; and it is our will that they bedireaedby Count Nicoxsus SOLTI KOFF, in our name as Proteaor. As Coon as in concert with other Courts, a place and the means for holding a General Chapter of the Order of Sr. Jonw of Jerufalem can be fettled, , one of the firth objeas of our exertion will he to caufe the fame to chute a Grand Mailer, who is worthy to prefide over the Order, and to re-efta brills it in its former fituation. Given in our Ceuct at St. Per/lbargii.tbe tfith Match, (o.g ) 17 ::4. S ) iki, sad Fir 4 at Our Raga (Signed) AAAAA (Cvseterfiguel) 7 be Grand raw.noir Count VUS rain LI S. TatOITURS or RUSSIA, Arita t6.—A letter Front Peterfburgh, of the 6th inflant rays : " It is with great pleafure I inform you, that the office for,,liquidating debts will be clofed, and we expea from the mild and excellent meafures of the pre fent Government, that the fequeflration will alto be removed from Englifh property in a few days, which then will be returned to its refpetlive own-1 ers. The exportation of all kinds of corn is free." Another letter from St. Peterdargh of the 7th dates " The liquidation-office has already re ceived orders for fufpending . all further proceed ings. It is (kill expected, that the fequeftered pro perty will be given up again to the Englifh in a few days. The Englifh commerce is again free." KONIGSBERG, APRIL I6.—Our Gazette of this' day contains the following accounts from Rudia " His IMPERIAL MAJESTY has replaced in their refpeeive regiments all generals and other mili tary perfons that had been difmiffed. A confide rable promotion has taken place in the navy. Any books vvhate ver may n ow, bei m porte d into Rutile, but they are to be fubjeet to cenfure as in other States. All Freemafons' Lodges throughout the country are prohibited, but clubs and other private lock ties, ferving for amufement, are permitted, and, the police is ordered not to obftruil them in the lead. The Order of Malta is not diffulved, but the wearing of its drefs and infignia is fufpended for the prefent, Ronnd hats are now generally wore ; hut the hair being in an unbecoming man ner, and the wearing of large pantaloons is pro hibited, particularly when perfons have bufinefs to tranfaet with their fuperiors. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29. The kith Permanent Service Bill, the kith Tea Duty and the Irith Bounty Bill on Importation of Wheat, Barley. Rye, Data, &e. were read a third time and paffed. The feveral other Bills on the Table were forwarded a Stage each. Five Bills were brought up frornthe Commons and prefented by Mr. BAKEIII, Mr. LASCELLY4I, , Mr. STILILLIC, and others, and read a firit time. Mr. Clerk was heard from three to five o'clock for the appel lant, Colonel Fullerton, in the Appeal Caufc Fullerton v. Sir Hugh Dalrymple. The further hearing was adjou►oed to Fri day nezt.-.-Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The London Maumee Company all, and the Royal Af- Coronet Company Bill, were red a keond time. Str WILLIAM GEAttY, after Rating Ihortly the great ineoll. venience of allowing the Sale of Hops privately, fubmitted to. the Houfe the propriety of citabliihing a Public Marker for the Sale of that Article, and begged to lay before the lioufe the Petition of a number of Hop Planters to that effeet. Mr. WtoLay Caiil, that as the time for prefonsiog private Petitions had &spied, it might be improper to receive this Pe tition, as the parties interefted in oppofing it might be taken by furprize. The Petition was brought up and ordered to lie on the Table. --- Duckworth's Divorce Bill was read.* third time and palled. A Mcfrage from the Lords Bated, that their Lordlhips had agreed tothe kith Tea Duty Bill, the Irina Cool Duty Bill, the Irdh Vote of Credit Bill, and tome Private Bills WEST INDIA PRIZE COURTS. Sir WILLIAM SCOTT laid, he rote in purfuance of the Notice he had given to move for leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of His Ma jelly's Prize Courts in the Weft Indies. On the importance of this fubjed it was unneceffary for him to trouble the Houfe, neither was it neceffary for him to enforce the propriety of adopting the beft regulations fur the Government of thefe Courts, becaufe he was fure the Houfe would feel that while we were enforcing our own Rights, we ought to refped thole of other Nations. When the Courts to which he alluded were firft eflablifh ed, our Commerce in that quarter of the world was very trifling. America, at that time, corn. pofed a part of the Britifh Empire, but the was now an Independent and Neutral State, whole friendfliip Was of great importance to this Coon-. try: - - She pained a great Commerce, and there fore, it was neceffary to attend more particularly to the deciaon of Prize Caules in that part of the World. The defies which experience had proved to exift in the Conftitution of thofe Courts, ren dered it an indifpenable duty upon this Country to • make fome alteration in them. But when he faid this, he begged to enter a flrong Proteft againft in opinion which had been circulated, that it was .he Errors of tbofe Courts which had led to that hoflile Confederacy which had been formed againft us. The Decitions of tbefe Courts could not have 4een the caufe of that Confederacy, becaufe, in fad, the Commerce of thofe Powers by whom i• was compofed, was but very little affected by them. Therrade of Denmark and Sweden, in that part of the World, was extremely (mall. The Tract( of Prulfia was infignificance itfelf, and that of Ruffia abfolutely nothing. The only Power who had any reafon to complain of the Decifion of thofe Courts, was America, and fhe did not be long to the Confederacy. He thought himfelf bound in juflice - to his Majefty's late Minifters, to Rate, that they had, upon , all occallons, manifest ed the greaten deftre to remove every juft eaufe of complaint. It was, however, of great import ance, that fome alteration thould take place in the nature of the Jurifdidions, and that inftead of the numerous Courts now calling in the Weft Indies, there fhould be but two; the one in Jamaica, the other in Martinique, and one on the Continent of America, in Halifax. This reduction, he hoped, would produce the molt favourable areas, be eaufe it could not be denied but that it &onetimes happened,- that Perfons were appointed to prefide in them who werenot altogether fit for the fituation. He did not with to throw out any indifcriminate cenfure, becaufe many of thofe Perfons ought to be fpoken of with great refped. But it was to be re. collected, that their emoluments depended entirely upon the quantity of bufinefs they had in thole Courts, and that they had nothing whatever to do in time cf Peace; it was not very furprifing that they mould be rather unprepared at the commence ment of a War, and he had, in general, finind,- that the talents that were to be purcbafed cheaply were feldom worth much. As the profits of there Courts depended upon the quantity• of hufinefs which they had, and as Crnizers had a right to take their Prizes to what Court they pleated, it I undoubtedly might lead to an undue facility o f condemnation, which it was the object of this Bill to prevent. Another benefit that would refult frow this meafure was, that when the number of Court: were reduced, there would be leis danger.of elud. ing this procefs, by removing from one Mind tc another. Befides, there was reafon to hope, th at after this regulation, the Courts would be attended by a mote refpeetable.Bar of Advocates, for it now ' appeared, that Suitors were fometimes obliged to bring Advocates from one Ifland to another. It was alfo an objet of great importance, that the Regifters and other Offices lhould be placed he. yond the reach of corruption. If there princi. pies were fupported by regulations that would give them due energy, he had nn doubt but that every ground of complaint would be done away. In the firft flace, it would be neceifary that th: perfons appointed to prefide in thefe Courts, Mould be men of knowledge and experience in this kind of band's, and alfo men of unqueftionable charader ; and it would remain for Parliament to decide what falary they ought to have : undoubt edly it ought to be one that would place them out of the reach of corruption. There were fome other regulations which this Bill would contain, fuclras arrangements in cafes where his Majefty's being ilationed, might not be able to go to the Maas where the Courts were. Another regula tion was to enable the Judge to difpatch the. car • goes to Europe to be fold, becaufe, by felling' them in the Weft Indies, they did not bring half their *vane: He concluded with moving fur leave tit bring.in a Bailor the better regulation of hi; M a , jelly's Prize Courts in America, and the Weft h.- dies, and for giving a more fpeedy execution to the decrees of the Lords Commifiloners of Appeal.. The CHANCILLOIt of the Exert yEt feconded• the motion. Mr. Joirarrox laid, that after the very full and able manner in which the Learned Gentleman had treated this fubjea, he would only trouble the Houfe with a few obfervations. It appeared to him that the mifeondua of thefe Courts was greater than had been (fated, and as a proof of his affer. tion, he begged to refer to the papers which had been laid upon the table. If Gentlemen would examine thefe papers, they would fee, that out of three-hundred and eighteen caufes, not above • thirty-five had been-confirmed by the Court of Appeal in England ; a very great number of caufes remained for hearing, and fuppofing the number of reverfals were in the proportion he had before !laud, then it would follow that there mull have been an immenfe quantity ofneutral property unjufily detained by .this country. He was far from throwing any blame upon the Courts in this country, but even by reverfing the decrees of the Courts abroad they could not do ample juftice to the parties, becaufe when the cargo was fold in the Weft Indies, the party could not recover above half the value. He lamented that Minifters, who mull have known of the improper conduit of thefe Courts,-fliould have fuffered it to continue fo long without attempting to propofe fome remedy. The conduit adopted by this country was certainly one that fhe would not have fubmitted to in other, and it fhould be ref ollefted that in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, we maintained the very propo fition for which the Northern Powers were row contending, viz. that freebottoms madcfree goods, and therefore it was obvious that 'the Northern- Powers were ailing exaaly as we fhould have done. It had been Paid, that America did not form a part of the Confederacy againft us, but he wifhed to die, whether the had not adopted the conduawhich theft Powers adopted before they entered into the Confederacy, viz. fending their veffels under a con voy ?—lf any of our cruizers had, under thefe cir cumstances, attempted to fearch them, it might have driven them into the Confederacy. There was an eftablifirment which had been made at the ifland of Ceylon, where there had never been an eflablifhment of a Prize Court fince that ifland had been in the poffeflion of Europeans. There had been Judges, Begifters, &c. appointed, with very large (alarms. He was, however, glad to find that Government were now difpofed to as upon theft principles of moderation which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had manifefled upon a former ix canon, and he hoped that lonic regulation.. would be made in order to accelerate the proceedings is the Courts of Appeal. DR. LAWRENCE Paid, that as there was no dif ference of opinion upon thia queftion, it would not e neceffary for him to trefpafs long upon the :attention of the Houk. Many ofthe obfervations which had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman arofe from his being-unacquainted with the nature of the bufinefs, and it warimpoffibte that he should acquire full information from the Papers which were laid before the Houfe. The Hon. Gentle man teemed to think that nothing had been done to remedy the inconvenience arifing from the abufes which exiled, bet in point of fart, orders had been fent out calculated as much as poffible to counteraa them, but cafes were conflantly ari. ring which no human prudence could forefee. The clecifions which took place at the commencement of the War were fuch as were confiftent with the regulations previoully exiling, and the 6rl (weep of Condemnations took place before the orders fent from this Country reached the Weft Indies; and it certainly was neceffary to take fome time for confederation, before a change was made in the whole fyllem upon which we had hitherto afted. As to the delay which had taken place, the Honourable Gentleman fhould recoiled, that a confiderable time mull neceifarily elapfe before the Appeals could come over to this Country, and before all the neeeffary Papers and Documents could be brought over. If the Honourable Gen tleman could fuggeft any means by which deci lions could be accelerated, it would give him great pleafure t but he was fate, that no court in this Country had proceeded more indefatigably than the one in queftion, and .that not the (manta un necelfary delay had taken place. He perfealy agreed, that the abufes which might have hap pened in the Weft Indies, could have had very lit tle effea in producing the Northern Confederacy. becaufe their commerce was butvery little affeeted by it. But it had been flitted, that America, like the other Powers, had appointed Convoys; that, however, was at a time when America was in volved is a difpute with France, and orders t ri Ow the c 'lnc Kim its p gra grea the(