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of the COUNTY of CAMISRIUGE. To the GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, and FREEHOLDERS OE writzuw, NOTWITHSTANDING the ;foe of the con tett, which has jolt now doted, I beg leave to return you my wartncit Thanks for the very flattering fnpport you have rendered me, and to allure you of my filed determination to offer tuyklf a Candidate for the honour of reprefeating the Cnuray of Cambridge at the enfuing General Eledlion. In con ilikration of its near approach I feel unwilling to give the County any farther trouble on the prelent oecabon. It was my misfortune to be prevented tram entering upon my canvas fo early as 1 had intended, I wild therefore to Inform thole GM Venice Made votes were engaged previous to the declaration of any Intention of offering myfelf at the late Eledlion, and the Frreholden at large, that I than lok no time In perfunally pay ing them my refpcdts, and in loikiting the honour of tbs..r fur fur., and inurells at the approaching Elcdtion of the new Par- Eamcnt. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your very obedient humble fervent, CIIARI.ES SOMERSET MANNERS. C. Monday Limning, May to, Igoe. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, MAY Mr. Clarke (the Adv:•:ate from the n.r of Scotland), was heard on behalf of the AppellAnt I.afbky, on the fecund Ap- peal In the complicated Caufe from the Court of St fihn. The Bithop of Litchfield and Coventry moved to fulpend one of the Standing Orders that bore upon a Bill, now pending that relates to his Lordfhip's crate.—Ordered.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The London flit Market Bill was read a fecond time and committed. Mr. Baker moved for and obt,dned leave to bring in a Bill for regulatin3 the Admeafurement of Coals in the City of VAR tr.infler. • The Report of the Manure Bill was received, agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be ingroffed and read a third time. Mr. CbariLs Dundas gave notice of his intention of bringing in a Bill to repeal a Claufe in the Atlt 13 Geo. 111. relative to the Poor. The Houfe Duty Farming Bill was brought in, read a Bra and °r lerv! to tw read a fecond time to-morrow. Lord Hawk ibury brought up a Copy of the Treaty of Ba dajot,,and of the Treaty between the French Republic and Por tugal. He alfo brought up a Copy of the Articles figned at hltifcove, the nath ifoor,between his Majefty and the Em peror of Ruff:a, and the Ads of Accclßon of the Northern Powers. He moved they fipauld lie on the Table, and informed the Houfe they were printed, and ready for delivery. The Bill to prev,nt the feereting parts of Bank Notes fent by the Poft was brought in, read a firft and ordered to be read a fecond time to-morrow. Mr. Alexander brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply, which was read and agreed to. Leave was granted to bring in a Bill to continue the Mutiny Adt for a limited time, and the Bill to continue the Ad to re guLut the Marine Forces while on Ihore. Ordered, on the motion of Sir Wm. Pulteney, that there be id before the Houfe an account of the q uantity of Linen and ----- - - - - Hempen Yarn imported Into Great Brims for Ten Years up to the year 18os, diftingnifblng each. Aro of the Flax and Hemp, and the flax and Hemp Seed, Imported for ac fame . _ period. The Militia Pay Billwas read a third time and paffed. The Houk went through a Committee an the Legacy Duty Aft. Progrefs WU reported, and the Committee ordered to lit again on Friday. LOTTERY. The Houfe Refolved into a Cununittet on the Lottery Li eunce Aft. Mr. VAN3ITTAII7 Rated the alterations which he meant to prop's& in this Aft, which were, that every Lottery Office in London and VVeltminfter, mould pay a Licence Duty of sok but that fueh Licenced Offices Mould be only Ethic to a Duty of tot for any agency office it might chute to eßabillb in any part of the country. That every officer in the country Mould pay a duty of sat and have the fame redudinn for agency offices in any part of the United Kingdom, except in London, Dublin, or Edinburgh. The Hon. Gentleman moved refolutions ac cording to his Ratements.which were agreed to, the Houk re turned, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. . INO. The Houfe rcfolved itfelf into a Con :mince on the Adt re fpeding the privilege of Franking. Mr. VANSITTART Paid, that (ince the Union this metier good not on perfectly legal grounds. He therefore moved feveral refolutions to regulate this privilege with refpes to the whole of :he United Kingdom, which were agreed to. The Houle refumed, and the Report wm ordered to be received to morrow. 100 All. The Houfe in a Committee on the Sugar rrawbaek Bill, adopted a refolution propofed by Mr. VA NSI ,that when the average price of refined fugar mould be under 435. per cwt. a boorty of is per cwt. mould he allowed on the exportation thereof from Great Britain, and that when ms. a bounty of as. per cwt. mould be allowed. There refolutions were extended to refined fugar exported from Ireland. ILVACR MEDICINES. The Houfe in a Committee on the Medicine Doty Adt, agreed to a new kale of Duties on Medicines, and t' a refulu don that the venders of Medicines in Leedom, Victtminiter, Southwark. and within the !knits of the Two-penny NA, and twenty miles thereof, mould pay for a licence cc& per annum; venders in all other places to pay only ice. The Report was ordttal to be received to-morrow. DEFINITIVE TREATY. Lord HAWIEESSURY moved, that the Order of the Day for taking into confideration the Defini. five Treaty of Peace tbould be difcharged, in order that it might be appointed fo r Thurfday. His reafons for withing to delay tie debate upon the general quefiion of Peace was, becaufe an Hon. and Learned Member (Dr. Lawrence) had given notice of his intention of bringing forward on this day a previous motion for Papers relative to the Claims of France and Holland in the EaR Indies; that previous motion the Hon. Member had agreed to poßpone till to-morrow, in confequence of its being perfonally inconvenient to feveral Gentlemen to attend to-day; and as it might be neceffary that his motion be difcutkd before the quellion of the Definitive Treaty, it was but reafonable the latter Mould be appointed a day later. Lord Timms obferved, that a motion of an Hon. Friend of his Rood for Thurfday. Mr. Gm was of opinion there ought to be al lowed at !call an interval of one day for the Houfe to confider the Papers intended to be moved for, and he fuggefled the propriety of poitponing the debate on the Definitive Treaty till Frid;y. Lord HAWKISBUIY Paid, lie was aniions to have the fubjeft difcuffed as loon as pollible, anti he. could not content to protraet it beyond Thurf day. Mr. Dr YT thought even Friday too early a day. He moved an amendment, that the word Mon day" fhould be fubltituted for Thuriday. Central MAITLAND WaS of opinion, that it was ii;tiortant to the tranquillity of the public, that the ger.eral quellion fhould be difpofed of as earl) 15 pt frible. He cenfured the condita of thott Mt mber. who availed then-Selves of motions for papers to make fpeeches which they knew could no• regi , laey be anfwered. Mr. GRi v infified that it was of the highe ft pub lie confequence that the q'ieftion of a Treaty of Peace, the molt important that had ever been made, Mould be th oroughly tmderttood ant brought fully before Parliament. Lord HAWRISBURY, General MAITLAND, and Dr. Uwe E CIF feverally explained. Mr. BRAGG' faid. chit the debates which bad been introduced upon motions for papers were cal culated to alarm the country, it was therefore ne ceffary the whole queftion should be brought &illy to iffue, that the people might know in what fitu ation the country flood. Mr. Sit Litman Paid, there was more contention about the day than the matter required. He thought if papers were granted in purfuance of the motion of the Hon. and Learned Member. the Honfe would require time in order to look into the information. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was of opinion, that the objea of the Hon. Gentleman, who had ta nked lo many intermediate debates, was delay— they had been gloated by a defire not fo much of moving for papers as of making fpeethes. He confetied, however, that in the fentiment which induced them to do fo, he recognized a deal of Bran feeling. After force further converfation between Mr. Witinoast, Mr. ELLISON, and Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. DENT agreed to withdraw his motion. Mr.SH situate then moved an amendment, tub. aiming the word Friday. Lord Tamt'LE feconded it. Lord HAWILISBURY laid, it would be attended with lesions inconvenience to pollpone the day. Dr. LAWRENCE, Mr. JON is, and General Gas. COIGNE laid a few words; after which the Houle divided upon Mr. Sheridan's amendment. Ayes 23—Noes 75—Majority 52. The conlaLration of the Definitive Treaty (lands of courfe for Thurfday. HormintAs, ITC! General GA scoicsE role, purfuant to notice, to move for certain information relative to the Deli nitive Treaty, with i-efped to the right of the fut.- jeds of this country to cut wood, &c. in the Bay of Honduras. He Paid he underilood that the Spaniards had conceived that right to be given up l by the Treaty of Peace, and of courfe that their opinion was very different to that which Minillers had explained to the hook. Upon this point he thought the fulleft information ought to be laid before the Houk, but the point upon which he principally dwelt, was the omiffion in the Defini tive Treaty, of any Ripulation to fecure to Britifh Settlers in the islands to be ceded, the right of re moving their property, notwithilanding the num ber of memorials which in the cootie of the nego ciationhad been prefented to the Noble Secretary of State, of the amount of Britith capital vetted ini their eftablifitments—not Ids, he was well alFured, than ten millions ; though their fettlements were for the moll part known to have trebled in pro iluee, during the years 1799, 1800, and act, through the exertions of British indullry. Having defcanted at confiderable length on the confequence of allowing to much Britifh property to fall into the hands of our great commercial rivals, and on the fevere treatment of the merchants, who would now be obliged to conlign their produce to French merchants, inflead of their own countrymen, if they could prevail on themfelves to remain in eftabliihments from which they would not be fuf fered to remove their effeds ; for their negroes particularly mull, by the laws of France, remain attached to the foil. He Paid it was his intention on a future occafion, to bring forward a propofi lion for the relief of there merchants. He remark ed on this omillion as a deviation from the prac tice in all former treaties, efpecially thofe of 1 763 aid 1783 ; when the cafe of our merchants in fi milar circumllances was carefully provided for.— He concluded with moving, That an Addrefs be prefented to his Majelly, praying that there be laid before the Houfe an account of any explana tions that may have taken place between our Go vernment, and the French and Batavian Govern. ments, refpeding the removal or transfer of Britifh property belonging to any efiablilhments in the Wands, Colonies, and Settlements, which his Ma jelly has engaged by the Treaty of Peace to rellore to theie Governments. The Hon. Member added, that if it ihould be Aced what good could refult fiorn now enquiring into this bufinels he should fay, that it was not yet too late to obtain relief for the merchants interefted. Lord HAWIIESIIIIRY oppofed the motion as un ufual in its nature. It called for explanations of what had occurred in the progress ola negotiation which was now brought to an iffue—an explana tion which it would be improper to grant, if not imptable filtisfaaorily to (tate ' unlefs other parts of the reprefentations of our Ambaffador, upon which great ftrefs might have been laid, were coupled with it ; and it was to be conlidered, that many of thole communications were made under an implied obligation of fecrecy, to violate which might be dangerous to the confequences of Peace. It was undoubtedly true, that many reprefcnta lions had been made to inifters upon this fubjeCt, and that endeavours had been made to procure the heft arrangement for our merchants, the refuk ofthefe endeavours were on the table, in the Treaty of Peace, and it would be for the Houfe to judge of it. With refpeel to the claims of there fettlers for relief, it mull be conlidered that thofe in the Dtitch Colonies had, for the molt part, veiled their property in thofe Colonies long before the war.— [he cafe was fomewhat different in regard to fuch as had fettled in any places to be furrendered fence :hole places had come into our poffetlion—but it muff be taken ,into account, that even theft per ions had embarked their capital on mere fpecula ,ion, aware of all the rifle in Colonies which had been juft captured, and which they could not by any •means be fzeured of having annexed to this country, in the conditions of Peace—the pretel; :ions of loch fpeculators to relief from Parliamen: :le thought flood evidently onvery different grounds from thofe on which fettlers in our ancint Britilh poffeffions would refl. Dr. LAW a ENCE conceived the motion merely ti reek for any agreement which the contracting par -ies might have entered into on this importan lubjea. This intiirmation could, in his opinion, hi furnilled without the danger apprehended by the Noble Secretary of State ; and it was neceirary, in osier to fatisfy the merchants, and to enable the Howe to judge fairly of the merits of the peace. Mr. Windham, Mr. Grenville, awd Mr. Baker .fpoke in favour of the motion. Mr. Vanfittart and Mr. Harcourt againft it. It was negatived with out a divifion. General GASCOIGNZ then moved " for Copies of the Memorials and Petitions prefented to Go vernment on this fubjcEi." This motion was fup. ported by Mr. Windham, Dr. Lawrence, Mr. Grenville, Mr. W. Wynne, and Lord Temple, l on the ground that it would futon the Houfe with a full account of the lofs which Brit& mer chants were likely to fuftain by the omiffion com plained of in the Definitive Treaty. Lord Hawkefbury, Mr. Bragge, the Secretary at War, the Attorney General, and Mr. Vanftt tart, argued that the papers applied for were un ncceffai y, becaufe the lofs complained of by the memorialifts was admitted, and becaufe as they were the ftatements of interefted perfons, they could not be documents upon which the Houk would rely in the way of evidence, or upon which they would pound any proceedings. The motion was negatived.—General Gas- COIGNE next moved for an account of the quan tity and value (Wall mahogany, log wood, and other dying woods imported into Great Britain from the year 1787 to the year 18or, diftinguifiting each year and the place from which the fame had been imported." Alfo '6 an account of the quantity and value of gum Senegal, cam-wood, ebony, and red wood imported from Africa during the years 1790, 91, 92, and 93, diltinguilhing each year, &c."—Ordcred. The Hon. Gentleman alfo moved for a ftate mcnt of any information which his Majefty's Go vernment may have received of prohibitions affec ting the trade or navigation of this Country with iliac powers with whom we have jull concluded a Treaty of Peace—impofed fince the tigning of the Preliminary articles. The Hon. Member ad ded, that his objet was to have information offi cially laid before the Houfe of thofe proceedings which were quite notorious. Lord HAWK ESBORY raid, that his only objection to this motion was, that there was not in fad any office in this Country from which the information fought for by the Hon. Member could be obtain. ed. Government had heard fomething of the proceedings alluded to, but had had no official in telligence ; for it was to be obferved that we had as yet eftablifhed no regular agency in the coun tries with which we had lately been at war. The motion was rejected.—Adjourned. I.ONDON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 12. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. ConL for money, 7.4.-Ditto, for acc. 74 4 per Cent.44-omnionn, it 4. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY : Rank Stock rpo 191 190 3 per Ct. Red. 7317x+ 531 3 Pa Ct Cost 74i 73i 74* 4 per Cent. 8911 88* 5 pea C. A. 101 5 per C.A. 1797 to3ll Loos Ann. 201 7-16 Judie Bonds 131. In 10. prem. Imp. 3 per Cent. 7z f Imp. Ann. mit Exeheq. Bills 6s. to 41. prem. Omnium par I pron. Coal for May aec. 74{ COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Anderdant, to Is aU. Cadiz 37/ eon. Genoa 47; Ditto, at fight to to Madrid 34 per Llibon 69 Rotterdam, go t 6 2U. Ditto 38 lee& Oporto 691 Hamburgh 32, 721 U. /311 boa 371 Palermo 90 Altona 32 8 U. Leghorn st ponce per oz. Cadiz 34 In piper Naples 44 Dublin is Paris,: day's date, 23 t I—Ditto 2 UL a 3 13 Bourdeaus UL a 3 t 6 Venice, 371 Lines Pisoli Effedlivi per tL Re& This day we received the French official journal of the Bth inilant, the principal contents of which are fubjoined. None of our fete of the other jour nals have reached us. Our Readers will perceive in the reply of the FIRST Cdusut to Msmou's short addrefs on his introduaion, an acknowledgement that the famous battle of the 21ft March was an unfortunate one for the French in Egypt. Hitherto they claimed the advantage. PARIS, 17 FLO/LEAL, MAY 7.—General MIN= has arrived at Paris, and has been prefented to the FIRST CONSUL, who received him with every mark of dilin&ion. General Wpm, Paid—a Conful, in prefcnting myfelf before you, my grief for having been wit nth to the lots of your fillet cooqueft is renewed in the livelieft manner." The Film Cossut. replied, II The fate of battles is uncertain. You did every thing after the unfortunate affair of the Both Ventofe (March 2 al) that could be expeEted from a man of cou rage and experience : your long refinance at Alexandria has contributed to the favourable Min of the preliminaries figned at London; your good and prudent adminißration gives you a claim to the efteem of all men who know how to appre ciate the influence it has on public profperiry.— I am perfealy well acquainted with every occur• rence that took place in your army. Your mu:- fortunes no doubt were great, but they have made you lofe nothing in my efleem, and I shall embrace the carließ opportunity of openly exprel ling it, that public clamour may affix no (lain on ; our conduit." A Deputation of Fifteen Members of the Tri bunate repaired this day, at two o'clock, to the Palace of Government, and being immediately 'fltroduccd to an audience of the Confuls, C. SI NI ION fpokc as follows Citizens Confuls-...Never were the congratu lations of the Tribunate called forth by events fo memorable. It is no longer a brilliant but a bloody and bitter hand of laurels ; they are tin fruits of a glorious war, (often edand matured by peace. As a companion to the magnificent pie. sure which the Orators of Government exhibited to us yefterday of the fituation in which it plate Europe, we can hold up that of the Interior the Republic, fo embellithed by a compat ifon the pall, fo rich by the ameliorations of the pie. fent, and fo happy the hopes and pledges of the future. A new career is opened before the French people. Their Chiefs will be guided in it by the fame genius and ability ; will be feconded by tire fame efforts ; will be followed by the fame attach. meat. Thofe armies by whom they have been Caved, defended, and aggrandifed, deferve %vor of their country; he who fo often led them oa. to viaory has the fame right to the National gratitude. There rights are every where infer& ed. I fee them on the Standards of thofe brave Soldiers fo proud of the glory of their General; they are engraysn onthe fummits of the Alps, as well as on the Plains of Italy. But they have not been traced out by vidory alone; they are attested by other monuments. Who paci. fled La Vendee; put an end to the laft prefcrip. tions ; reftored peace of confcience, liberty of wor. !hip, and to families beloved and unfortunate members ? But I am too precipitate : I am afraid of appearing to bellow praife, when it is only ne. ceffary to be juft, and to exprefs in a few words a profound fentiment which ingratitude alone could Rifle. We export that the firft body of the nation will become the organ of this general fentiment, the exprefflon of which the Tribunate can only vote for and with. Whatever it may be, Chiral IFt RST CONSUL, it will add to your honours, the teftimonies of public gratitude, fo valuable to a great mind. You will belong to the French pea ple by that one bond more, far Stronger than that of power and dignities. It will attach more than ever your happinefs to the happinefs of the nation, and your glory to its liberty." The FIRST CONSUL replied—" The Govern. ment is deeply imprefted with the fentiments w hich you have manifefted in the name of the Tribu nate. That juStice which you render to its opera. tions is the fweetelt reward of its efforts. It ch. ferves there the refult of thofe more intimate com munications which enable you to appreciate better the purity of its views and ideas. For my part, I receive with the moll lively gratitude the with expreffed by the Tribunate. I defire no other glory than that of having completely difcharged the talk impact' on me; I am folicitous for no other reward than the affection of my fellow Ci tizens, happy if they are fully convinced that the evils they may experience will be always to me the molt fenfible of misfortunes; that life is dear to me only on acount of the Cervices I may be able to render to my country; and that death even will be attended with no bitternefs, if I can behold in my laft moments the happinefs of the Republic as (mire as its glory." In the fitting of the Legillative Body, Floreal 17, (May 7, Prefidency of ItABAVT, junior,) the Order of the Day having brought on a ditcutfion on the projet of law which completes the credits opened to the different Minifters, for the Year to, GILLRT Latecossetaim teas Paid, CitizensLe giflators.—We have the Catisfaaion of bringing to the Legiflative Body the with of the Tribunate in favour of a law which has not been the fubjee of a tingle obiEation. The projet of law in quef. tion may 'W confidered as the real Budget of the current year, for it contains the whole of the credits and eapences. The latter amount to five hundred millions (above twenty millions Sterling), a fum which, on the &ft view, may appear very large. Let it be compared with that of the year 7. In that year the ordinary ex. pences were eStimated at 416 millions, (about 17 millions Sterling), and it is known that the extra. ordinaries amounted almoSt to the fame Cum. For the year 8, the Directory required more than 800 millions, (above 33 millions Reding), and the Lc. ginative Body found, that they had attained to the utmoft reduction poffible, by voting the turn of 6co millions, (25 millions Reding). In the year 9, the credits opened were 522 millions, 4ts millions of which were contributions of every kind, raifed-in France ; 87 millions in the countries occupied by our troops; and =millions arofe from the fate of na• tional domains. The (urns required, and the credits fucceffively opened, were in the 7th year 7so mil. lions ; in the Bth year 593 millions ; and in the 9th year 522 millions. The demand fubmitted to you for the year to, amounts only to soo millions, fu that there is a comparative diminution of rso mil. lions in regard to the year 7 ; of 93 millions in re. Bard 'to the year 8, and of 22 millions in regard to the year 9—. diminutions which can be alezib• ed only to the reformation of abufes, and the rc• eftabliftunent and maintenance of good order, :n every past of AdminiStration. The Legiflative Body having deliberated eft the projed of law, it was fandioned by a major:ty of 252 votes to 5. The Prefident read a meffage from the Ti ibu• nate, containing the with of the Tribunate that a