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FRANCE. PARTS, MARCH a/. - - The Englifh refilled laft year to conclude a na val truce. The principal reafon 'of thiir 'refufal as, that the French wilhed to fend fix French' frigates to Egypt. Citizen OTTO had demanded of the Englifh Go vernment paffports for fix learned men, Members of the Comrniflion of Arts, to return from Egypt —The Englifh refufed them.' In the courfe of the winter there entered Alex andria and Damietta, more guns, balls and men, than the fix frigates would have carried. Of the fix learned men to whom England re fufed paffports, three are arrived ; the other three werenot returned from Mount Sinai when the laft veffel failed. (Moniker.) —French Funds 53f. 63k. Three fmall (hips which came from Havre ' ar rived this morning at Paris in full fail. The crowd of perfons upon the bridges and quays to fee them was very confiderable. On the 22d of this month the Minifter of War gave a very brilliant Fete in honour of the Peace. It was conceived and conduEted with great tafte ; all the parts of it were executed with great preci fion. The Ladies difputed the prize of youth, of elegance, and of beauty. From them the eye turned to a numerous concourfe of Officers, who united decorum with grace and gaiety with urba nity. The Confuls, Minifters, a great number of Members of the firft authorities, and the Diploma. tic Corps, affifted at the Fete. We Thal] not de tail the different parts which contributed to the magic effea of the decoration of a room, built as it were by enchantment, in the fpace of a few days, in the Minifter's garden. But, an ingeni ous idea was particularly remarked; throughout , the extent of the falcon , and from the bore= (if the molt dreadful inliruments of war, were feen flandards crowned with laurel and united by Ilie branches. Happy allegory, under the vei of which we recognifed the image of the benefits of Peace, iffuing even from the bofom 6f the furies of War. At the extremity of the Saloon a The atre was ereeted, and a Piece analogous to the tic cafion was performed. A Banquet fuceeekled, and then a Ball—The Fete Jailed long after day bfeak., HAVRE, MARCH 19. 'The entrance of a Swedif4 Chip into our Port, after a paßage of 56 days, without having met with an Englith one, proves that that Nation, occupied in her preparations againß the Powers of the North, has no longer leifure to make a chain of her fri gates along our walls. This will give us ionic refpite, and favour the expeditions of our (hips of war. The entrance of this flip into our port, con- Randy blockaded by three frigates and a corvette, has nothing miraculous in it. Every day we few French flips come in and go out, under the con voy of luggers, cutters, and gun-boats, going and coming from Cherbourg or Dunkirk. With a perfeft knowledge of our Bay, and by taking the neceffary ptecantions, one may navigate freely in fpite of the blockade. FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. CONSTAIIITIPIOPLE, Faa. i4.—The Prince of Wallachia has obtained Tome fuccefs over PASS was Oct.ou.—The Porte feels very uneafy at not Peeing the Spann Minifler arrive, though the re quifite firmans have been difpatched feveral mcnths ago.—This Government is perfellly fenfi ble of its lunation. It knows that it cannot but lofe in the conteft Which is on the point of taking place between the Army of the Eaft and General AaaaoaoMay. It equally dreads the fuccefs of . either of the parties.—Admiral K e ries fquadron is anchored in the Bay of Macri, and the troops are encamped on a defert coaft covered with fnow. Being obliged to hold frequent commur.ication with the Turks, and the camp of the Grand Vi zier, they are under continual dread of the plague. They have been upwards of two months in this difkgreeable and tirefome condition.—The Cap tain Pacha cannot fail before the end of April. A few frigates only are yet got ready; and, inftead of being able to carry any troops with him, he will fcarcely have the neceffary complement of crews. The army of the Grand Vizier is deftroy ed by famine, the plague, and detertion. Five. firths of the Grand Vizier's domeflics, and all the Europeans, in his camp, have died of the plague. So great•are the numbers of the dead, that all the • trenches made by General BowAraars, at the liege of Joppa, are converted into tombs for the Turkifh army. The works on the fortificatOns are entirely furpencled, and the relics of the Grand Vizier's army, about 7 or R,OOO men, have been formed into nine feparate corps, feveral of which have been fent towards Damikus. The natives of Egypt hold the Turks in detellation; and the Englith cannot vifit therm in a more unwelcome manner than under the ftandard of Mahomete On this account their pal ti cans here afi . t.i t that General Aat itcy;ombY has a fufficient force to ad without their afflftanse ; that he will take polTedion ofAlez dria, and there wait the arrival of a fecond Eng lifh army. HAMBIJRGH,MARCH 20:—A Courier arrivedhere on Monday hell, the bearer of a Bill of Exchange for Two Millions of Marks Banco,drawn at fight by the French Government un the Houle of CH•PFAU ]tout a. The difpatches contained an cm der to com pel CHATEAU Roues to pay this Bill in fevlnty-two hours, audit) cafe of refufal to call upon the Senate for die amount, referring them toC APE tv ROUGE for reflitution. The latter, on his part, afferted that he owed nb &eh rum ; the Senate, on the other hand, declared that they could not compel CNA f RAU Rooaa to pay before he fhould be corn. p e lled to do fo by legal pmeefs ; and, betides, that they could not pai for Min. The following arc arrived as the ?Talons of this enormous de. mind. The Hmtfc of CNAPEAV Rocca fent some years ago, large quantities ofgraio to France, the thips in which it vas fent were taken by the Eng9t, and the Governmeat of I-lan:burgh pro ;tad to reimburfe thzm ; hat ALL a CPIAIPRAV ROUQE flopped payment, he pretended that he had little to hope from this reflitution, and Cue eeeded in compromifing the debt fora trifle. - The French Government now afferts, that at the time when he made this arrangement, he had already obtained what was promifed by it, and that he ought, therefore, to make reftitution. We know not at prefent how this difagreeable affair will end. VIENNA, MARCH I I.—We sue affired that Lord MINTO, the Englifh Ambaffador at our Court, will foon return to London, and will be fucceeded by Mr. WICKHAM. A body of 12,000 are marching towards Triefle to form a camp in that neighbourhood, a precau tion neceff.try at prefent, when the Englifh are collecting there a great many forces, under the pretence of embarking them for Malta and Egypt. GENOA, MARCH 9.—A company of merchants has been formed here, to trade with Egypt ; they have already difpatched three velfels Wen with provifions of every kind. Letters flora Leghorn Rate, that the inhabitants of Longone and Porto Ferrajc, have at length de termined to drive the Englifh from their port. We learn by the fame letters, that the felucca, which was carrying the tranfported Liguria& to Capraja, has entered the port of Leghorn. PARLIAMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, MARCH 3s. The Order of the Day being read, relative, as we could underhand, to the confideration of a pro pofition which the Earl of Ct.aas had given notice on a former occafion of bringing forward this even ing, and which in lome degree involved a queftion of Privilege, the handiag Order of the Houfe for the non-aamilTion of 11 rAngers was moved and ftria- ly enforced during the whole of the debate ; in confequence of which we are precluded from stating what took place. About ten o'clock the debate in.queftion doted, and the (hangers were re-admitted. Their Lord (hips were engaged in the tranfaetion.of the routine butinefs, and thortly after adjourned till to-morrow. The Order relative to the Ira Matter of the Rolls' Bill was, we underhand, difcharged, and fixed for the fecund day after the recefs. HOUSE OF COMMONS. This being the day for calling over the names of the defaul ters for Great Britain, the Gallery was of eourfe shut during the early part of the evening. After our admithon into the Gallery a Metfaga from the Lords informed the Houle that their Lordthips had agreed to the Bill for Explaining and Amending the t 3th of his prefent Majalty refpating the Cultivation of Potatoes ou Waite Land+, without any antendmenta. Me DICILINSON gave notice, that after the reeds he fhould move fir a Bill to terminate the pending profecutions againit - - the non-rdident Clergy. - , The report of the Committee on the Brewer Petition was referred to a Committee of the whole Houle, to fit on the 14th of April next. The Report of the Committee on Ira Supplies was brought up, and the feveral Refolutions being read were agreed to. The Bill to indemnify Millers whole premifes have been or may be deßroyed by the mob, and the Bill for the better regu !Mon of the Poors Rate, were read a third time and palled. The Houle went into a Committee on certain kith expences, and feveral refolutions being agreed to, the Honfe reftuned, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The third reading of the Potatoe Fallow Bill was delayed till to-morrow. Mr. SHERIDAN adverted to the motion of which he had given notice on a former day, for the cri mination of his Majefty's late Minifters, and stated that as he had already fnfficiently explained the nature of the motion, it was now fufficient for him to mention that he should bring it forward on the loth of next month. He trufted that his Majefty's prefent Minifters would communicate to them this circumftance. Mr. Sheridan alfo alluded to a cer tain paper, avowed by his Majefty's late Chancel lor of the Exchequer, in the cotirfe of the debate on the motion for a immittee on the State of the Nation,' and flated his determination to move, on a day previous to his other motion, that the Houfe fhould take that paper into their ferious confiders ' lion. In the courfe of his remarks, the Honoura ble Member charaiterifed the paper as one of the ' moft dangerous and unconftitutional produaions . he had ever teen or heard of. _ _ _ _ . The AvroitttEv Gyulai (poke to Order, and thought it was very irregular, as well as improper, for Members to make fuch harfh affertions regard. ing papers which were to form the fubjea of a motion. Mr. SIISILIDRII thanked the Honourable and -Learned Gentleman for his fuggeilion, and owned that, if he had been allowed to give free (cope to his feelings, be might have been in danger of tref palling in point of Order. Mr. Ross thinking that Mr. Sheridan had not fufficiently explained - the nature and objea of his motion for cnminating the late Minifters, wifhed that he would enter into a fuller explanation. Mr. Sunman, on the contrary, contended, that he had formerly explained his motion in the moil explicit manner, and as the belt proof of this it had been detailed instil the public papers. To prevent any mifconceptiOn, however, he was now willing to repeat what be had before Rated—that the ob• jea of his motion was to induce the Houfe to come to a refolution that the prefent difafirous Rate of the country is the confettuence of the obftinacy, ignorance and incapacity of his Majefty's late Miniflers. Mr. Jowls &fired to know whether any more papers than tbore mentioned in the late debate on the fubjea, were meant to be produced refpeaing the treaty of El-ATifch ? The COUNCILLOR of the Excii Kyle raid, that he had no commands from his Majefty to produce any other than thofe then fpeciied. On which Mr. Jones gave notice that he thould be under the neceflity of taking occafion after the recefs to move for the produaion of fome other papers relative to this fitbjea. The Cmaticzttoa of the Excitant/ea intimated that, to morrow in a Committee of Ways and Means, he fhould bring forward the proporals for the Lottery. costrenatearios PROM TNt THROW!. He at the Lone time mentioned, that he timid to-morrow lay before the Houfe a communication from the Throne, and mould afterwards move for the appo;otment of a Secret Committee, to take into confideration the Rate of Ireland, as alio the practices of certain feditions and difafFetied perfons. Mr. TIERNEY wifhed to know where thole difaf feeled perfons were to which the Right Honourable Gentleman had alluded ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEnSTER replied, that he meant to fpeak of feditious and difaffeaed perfons in Great Britain. Mr. SHERIDAN wifhed to know whether it was meant to be infinuated that there was any connec tion betwixt the feditious in this country, and in Ireland ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHVVER however declined entering into any farther explanation.— , Adjourned. LONDON. WIEDNESDAT. APRIL ti - PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT OXE O'CLOCK. Confab 37F-hir stoney syl-mOonium 3/ pram per Cent.96l. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY : Bank.Stoek Imp. Ann. Is 3-16 3 per Cent. Red. fliut Omnium 3:1 3 4i 3 per C. ConL 37i 38 37i kith Dcb..-- 4 Per Com Conf. Oast Bank for Act. t per D. Navy 960 India fur Ace. Imp. 3 per CS7ii Conf. for April3Bi 37i DUBLIN, MARCH 17. —Price of Stocks this day : Government Debenture. 86--Tsuldivi PAU. pB4. . The Hamburgh Mail due on Wednefdag r a ft, arrived at a late hour raft night. Its contents are intereiting : it brings an account of our Fleet hav ing appeared in the Cattegat on the loth tilt. ; but the negotiations with Denmark feem t.bave failed; and Mr. DRUMMOND and Mr. VAN3ITTART; ac cording to letters from Copenhagen, have received pail - ports to return home. Important news, there fore, may foon be expected from that quarter. Letters from Brnnfwick Rate, that in confe. quence of the anfwer of this Court to the Taft Pruf. Gan Note, a Pruffian army is to take poffeffion of Hanover. The territory of Hamburgh, Bremen,&c. is alto to be occupiei by Pruffia. There is a report from Vienna of the 14th, that 6000 of Sir Rata t, ABERCROMBIE'S troops had landed near Damietta, but it does not feem to deferve much credit. . For the other articles by the mail, we refer to the foUowing columns. We have given from the Taft French Papers the declaration of the EMPtaoa of RUSSIA addreffed to the Northern Powers on the fubjeft of the armed neutrality : as it tends to throw farther light on that confederacy, it may be confidered as of fome importance. STATE PAPER. LEIPSIC, MARCH 8. It is now known that the Northern Convention, concluded at St. Peterfburgh on the 16th of De cember Taft year, was occafioned by the affair of the Danifh frigate la Freya. The following is the declaration, never before publifhed, of the 16th of Auguft 1800, by which his Majefty the Emperor of all the Ruffias invited Sweden, Denmark, and Pruffia, to concert relpefting this Convention for re-eftablithing the rights of neutrality : Europe has made known the unanimous appro bation it gave to the meafures taken by the great er part of the Maritime Powers, for eftabUfhing the principles of a wife and impartial neutrality, when, in 1780, a Maritime war between two great Powers impofed on the reft the duty of watching over the fafety of the commerce and navigation of 'their fubjefts. This aft, founded on juftice, muff have been generally approved; and it was then only that the bafis of the Rights of Nations was re eftabliftied. Rana at this time had the valuable advantage of bringing to a conclufion this falutary work, and of becoming, as it were, the regulator of the different meafures to be purfued in order to conciliate univerfal refpeft. Each of the Powers which wifhed to accede to it, found in it innumerable advantages ; and Ruffia took this arrangement as the bafis of all future treaties of commerce—univerfal fuffrage had made it a fort of code for nations, as it was alfo the code of hu manity : general interea fecund the maintenance and execution of it. But at the epoch of the aiffolution of a great power, when the fatal influence of that event made itfelf be felt by all others, when all political ties were broken, or, received a new direftion in the war which was the refult of it ; a war fo dif ferent from all others, fo fertile in variegated and extraordinary events, which deftroyed all preceding combinations, too little care was taken to give a new fanftion to there principles : when the public attention was, as it were, abforbed by events of fuch high intereft, it could not be di reeled with fufficient conftancylowards the means of enforcing a Ittle obfervation of thefe falutary ftipulations. Befides the equity of the Belligerent Powers muff have offered means of prefervation, and Neutral nations thought they were affured of a futhcient guaranty, which would enfure refpeft to their commerce, and to their navigation al lcaft, on the part of the regular powers, whoa a new event fhewed them how much the is. dependance of crowns might be endangered, if they neglefted to re-eftablilh the principles and maxims; on which the protection and fafety of the Neutral powers reft in the cootie of this war. On the t sat and zsth of July, fome Engliflt frigates fell in, with in the channel, a Danifh fri gate convoying fome Danifh veffels bound for different ports. Though the Dania Captain de clared that his , convoy had no contraband rim chandi ze on board, and though he refuted to fuf ferthan to be fearcheZt, he was attacked and oblig ed to yield to fuperior furies. He was imme diately condoned into an Engliftt port. The fist care of his Danifh Majefty, a friend and ally of his Majefty the Emperor of all the RufGas, was to inform this fovereign of that event, and to elk, under what point of view fo manila an infranion of the Rights of Nations, and the _principles of Neutrality, the bafis of the Treaty of Commerce between Raffia and Denmark, was to be viewed ? Though his Imperial Majeffy was then perfuad ed that this infraftion on the part of his Britannic Majeity could be only the effee of a miltake, that he would be as residy to difuvow it as inclined to ,give to the Court ofCopenhagen a ju ft fatisfattion for tht infolt offered to his lag; his Imperial Majefty then fore-raw, for the purpofe of preventing ftich alts in sfutare, the neceißty of re-eflablifiting the principles of the Neutrality, under the protation of 'which his own fubjeas as well as thole of all the Neutral Powers might enjoy the fruits of their indultry, and the advantagesof Neutral Nations iri all the Peas, without being afterwards ended to arbitrary meafures, which none of the belligerent powers are permitted to exercifenainft them with • • impunity. As the manifeft intereft of his Imperial Maje fty, both in regard to the navigation of his own fub jefts and that of his ports bordering on other na tions, requires that the feas which wafh the coafts of the Ruffian empire fhould be fheltered from fuch alts of violence, be invites the powers who poffefs ports in thefe diftrias, and particularly his Majefty the King of Pruffia, his Majefty the King of Den mark, and his Majefty the King of Sweden, to con. cert with his Imperial Majefty refpeaing meafures which will be fuccellively communicated to them for re-eftablifhing in their full force the principles of an armed neutrality, to fecure the liberty of tbe fear. He makes known by the prefent declaration, that he is difpofed to employ all the forces of his Crown to maintain the honotir of his flag and that of his al lies; to fecure his fubjeas from every infraftion of thofe rights refpeaed by all nations ; and to pro cure to them, under the proteftion of their refpec tive governments, the advantages of the liberty of commerce and navigation. His Imperial Majefty declares, with the fame , : fpirit of candour and impartiality, that in forming a rule for the esaft obfervation of the rights of neutrality, he has no intention of infringing any one ; and that the meafures he will in his, wifdom purfue, and the condu& of his officers and commanders, will be guided by fuch views of rigorous juftiee, that the belligerent Powers than not be able to deny the neceffity, as well as the beneficence, of the intentions by which they have been diftated. By the erprefs order of his Imperial Majefty, his Minifter addrefres the prefent declaration to his Excellency Baron de STIDINI, the Ambafra- dor Extraordinary of his Majefty the King of Sweden, with a requeft that it may be immedi ately communicated to his court. (Signed) cowry aosrovstx. COUNT PANIN. PETERS/MIMI, MARCH 6. The trade and commerce being allowed as be 'fore the War, a new courfe of exchange has been introduced. According to the Court Gazette, of - the 6th inn. the ruble was 49 fous. ststmaua, MARCH 21. The mon aaive preparations are making here to °plink the Englifh fleet, fhould they attempt to fail through the Sound from the Cattegat, by the Ifland of Anholt. According to fome ac counts the Englifh fleet has (offered fome da mage by the late norms. The Englifh frigate the BLANCHE, of 36 guns, Captain HAMMOND, arrived yefterday morning with a flag of truce from the North Sea. She caft anchor in the road, when an officer from the Da nn cutter-brig ftationed here immediately went on board her ; and loon after returned, landed and went to the commandant of the fortrefs. An hour after Captain HAMMOND, accompanied by another Englifh officer, came on fhore in his own boat, with a flag of truce. They were received by an officer of the garrifon, and immediately concluded to the commandant. Soon after the Englifh Lieu tenant, accompanied by an officer of chafreurs and twohuffars proceeded toCopeAagen,anddelivercd the difpatches, in confequence of which Mr. Dem N• stoat; had a conference with Count Beasstoave, and faun after left Copenhagen, togeth ' er with Mr. Van strraar. The Englifh frigate fainted the foil inf . :, and the falite was, as ufual, returned. In the evening of the day before yefterday 359 Militia from the regiment of Zealand arrived here, and were quartered in the town : more are' exi pelted. The ntmoft activity is nfed here in pre- i .