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Frosts the LONDON GeIZETTE, Nay 30. DOWNING•STRZET, JUNI I. 1801. A depatch addreffed to the Right Hon. Heuer Do tapas, of which the following is n copy, was this day received at the cake of the Right Hon. Lord H , one of his Majetty's Principal Secretaries of State, front Lieutenant-General Tatocs, Commander in Chief of Lis Majefty's forces in the Lt:Mined and Windward Charibbee Wands. Martinique, April 27. 841-1 lofe not a moment in having the honour to communicate the information which has been kith now received, of the Ifiands of St. Eaflatius and Saba having ftirrendered on the aI ft infant, to a detachment of the 3d regiment of foot, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel BLUNT, and Capt. PERKIN s, of his Maefly's fhip ARAB. The enclofed extraet o f a letter from Mr. Prefi ' dent Tnorasow, commanding at St. Chrittopher's, ordering Lieutenant-Colonel Bttnyr to proceed on that fervice, and of Lieutenant-Colonel Btuar's Official letter, acquainting me with the refult e will explain to your fatisfaaton all fuch cir emanates as your may wien to be informed of. I have only to add, that the officers charged with the conduBing of this fervice, have acquit. ted the nsfelves with fuch judgment and prompti tude onto merit and receivemy entire approbation. I have the honour to enclofe to you herewith, copy of the terms on which thefe Wands were fur rendered, and have been placed under his Ma- Ws Government ; but am unable to tranfmit by this opportunity the return of ordnance,as there is not fufficient time at relent to have it made out earrealy. Signed) THORIAII. RIGOR, LittlL SIM* of LIWIr front Lientenant.Colonal JR,orre,V Ilteglenent of Yaw i. to Le ntenant4eneral Twos. Mt Ardiatins,Aped as. I have the honour to enclore an order addreired to me by the Prefident of St. Bite's, in "eonfe.' queue of which I embarked on board his Maier ty's ihip Axes, Captain PIRRIIIe, and an aimed , fchooner,his pose, one hundred men of the Buffs, with .Lieut. &sown and ten men of the Royal Ar tillery: we ftutmxwed the Wand of-St. Euthatius on the morning of the 2111. which furrendered by capitulation I the terms of which accompany this, and I hope will not be difapprovad by your ga cellency. They had no provi fi ons in t he garrifon, and very little.in poceMon of the inhabitants. From the extent of the battetles it will not be in my power to forward, by this opportunity, Lieutenant Brown's report of the ordnance. (Signed) /ben. BLUNT, Lieut. Colonel p uffs. Istroit ofa letta from the Predawn of Se Rites, to Lieut.. nosoColosel Burn". of the 34 Reshotet of Foot. dotal Balinato, April so. I have jolt received information that the Wand COL Ruthann: was evacuated by the French on 16th inflant. Rfader thefe circtuallanees and - confidaring that ' , II favourable opportunity now prefents itfelfio ac =the poffeffion of that iiland,and thereby give y to the iflands in its neighbourhood and YddliniKit amber of negroes who have eloped from = a awd which may be loth by delay; yon will • embark with one hundred men orthe *Aim beard his Majeity's Ship ARAB, Captain ths, and take poffeffion of the Ifland of St. 'us, which you will retain until his Excel. • General TRIG QS'S pleafure thereupon be (Signed) acw..- .Aftides of Cbrinationpswofol to Liostensw-Coionelltunr, onsomending Ibe yOli of VOM.OWI Joao Paeans, 111.:Comeedlier dfldendede liejabee Aaaa; of IMO MN* W 1)11114REIkonak, Captain Coinitembot of the Abed if ihasfiedlia A* Tholtdriltseits of fa Esiblise It=iffitilies sky eo drdepiellenaeod tbs tree watedie stab b 01 bowslids owl entire podding of ihob pore* of er • densinkeeknigulediewer. 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A Ave arponstioo of needing mole In tbb Mot Anfirso—The eseomeges of St. Zuftatios whirligig's, to die ilmisedbidiess as tho other esoweered Idoeds. big i V. gooTbe imam Mead hare Sidi be at the menet of ts Moja). Artwer....Tbe prelim to be yen the fame footing se the Me* drew in Ws offer ossymosed Elands. An. VL The prelim in this and will deemeder the no 6 Irelbeto kb ,10diumie Majoby% Arorm. sal marsh oat Web tie booms of vow, and Sod be yrovided aesrp nos to Wank owl a wild ie poporsd Isom Onm es Net defow.....frbe lows enbs tomedarid se lies easel' Oh Waft. newlbee imerdi out with Pe batmen of era ; doom to by Aeon tier owns; MOMS aids tide lkiewrine, .11111 be powlisi ebb • pitons so Marthrifos. whops *eh Iv seaside the OrrowniChief willesnados andasbaer pset of **Aged& Art. VU. Al monewildon c t=sZs, with en ineentary them,. AO beide= opts Aahrer..4 o effier when odd is appointed to naive in owns weighs Aneseof sway ddeription. Art. Vitt The property of tbe Wary Ann be repiebAss diet el the inbehisome. , Anfeawo—Their pirstcyropetey will be based troths& . 14,1 x. Thew Ail be yews a bed • wooth's gime Nellie et as WONT leak their mime Wools NW their depanare br well time win be allowed previonseetbdr dernignes fee Nisilehree. . Aieb i t i libeelesei, et die military Awns. even of beferier • mai, es rends se *dr parole I. ebb fiend, it lbsO be Apar& Aoterer~Assedg so thetr taWg tlm oath peeferibid, and ssulaflio tbildblnse se peaceable ilboacidiwy //the forinsing Ankles convey a ilsobk . oweidog. it - - ' b a ~smplabod let Lwow of dr espksinsw. Abram. Art. d Baba it included M the Cwitadatios. Anfor s ri s zr, (.• nonfat.RODA. Memo,, Coleatt joule Psueiae, C.aptaia. !A RODA. . Atoms ILL•vr. !Amt. CoLisa jinn Purina, Cortaia. (A Ire. Curt) :1 4 11 iPhr 4 ) 1114.10asifirs, Mil. Ste. I. ..... Ne, AllatiltALTY-Os TICS, Mit 1. Copyof,a Letter from DUCKWORTH, CM. mander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Veffela, at the Leeward Wands, to EVAN NSTRAN,EIq. dated alutinique. April 27, 18.4 t. Sir—On the 16th inft: de French garrifon eva cuated the ifland of St. Eufiatia, carrying with them fieldpieces, and as much powder with other plunder, as their veffels could Row, which circum fiance having been communicated to Prefident Timmy sow, of St. Chriftophers, he very judici oufly availed himfelf of the moment, by making the Ipplication (of which I enelofe you a copy) to Captain Pram NE, of the ARAI, which he diredly complied with; and on the sift, Colonel Bsuirr, with a detachment of his Majefty's 3d regiment of Buffs, and Captain PERKINS, of the ARAI, took poffellion of the Wand, under the • accompanying capitulation, which included the ifland of Saba..." The ordnance ftores taken in the ifland of St. En. (beta confift of forty-eight pieces of cannon of dif ferent calibres, 338 barrels of powder, with a quantity of ailed cartridges , as alto mulket ditto; with fome shot, Ste. (Signed) j. V. Ducitworrn. A RAB,St. Zuftada, April 22, zgoz. Sir—The enclofcd is a copy of a letter I receive ed from the Prefident of St. - Kitt's, in confequence of which I immediately proceeded in compliance with the contents, afterhaving embarked the troops at Sandy Point, on board the ARAB,arid the Spa tint armed fchooner her prize ; I have to ,inform you that after having fent into St. Euftatia to be acquainted with their refolations,oo the morning ' of the sift in& I received the enclored articles of capitulation. (Signed) JOHN PARKINS. Balk Terre, April so, clot, • Sir—l have jtift received information that the ifland of St. Eullatia was evacuated by the French on the ifich in& and confidering this a favourable opportunity of acquiring the poffeflion of that ifland, I have to request that you will take on board a detachment of the Buffs under the corn. mand of Lieutenant-Colonel BLUNT, and proceed to take poffaton of the .ifland of St. Euflatia us his Maiefty's name. &Ca) AO& THOMPSON, dent of St. Chriftophers s Foe the articles of Capitolation fee Lieutenant-Genaal Tait:roes Difpatch. St. Euflatia,April 22.180 t. Sir—l have to inform you of the furrencier of this Mend yefterday to his Britannic Majefty's' forces, on terms of capitulation, in which your ifland is included ; you will therefore have to re vive the Officer that will hand you this, and leave the Bridal flag behind. (Signed) DANIEL RODA) RICHARD BLUNT, Lieutenant-Colonel. JOHN Psalms, Captain of the Altai. • PARLIAMENTARr PROCiEDINGS. NOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, JUNE 3. Higginbotham, lately a Porter at the office of an Evening Paper, who had been fentenced to three months imprifonment,by order of the Houle, was, brought to the Bar, and reprimanded; he was then ordered to be difc harged on paying the fees. On the Order of the Day for taking into con fideration the refolutions of the Houfe relative to Wade Lands being read, The Duke of BRDFORD moved, that a Coln. tnittee be appointed to take the fame into confider ation. The Committee was appointed accordingly. The Houle, having refolved itfeW into a COM raittee ou the General Inclofure Bill, and on the motion of Lord CARRINGTON the preamble and title of the Bill being poflponed, Lord Roistra obferved that, from the terra which was due to that Houfe, as well as the at; tendon which ought always, to be paid to their Lossillhips' time and convenience, it would be'eso7 teary to withdraw the Bill. He had read • the Bill, and found that there were near soonest:: clanks to be introduced into it; moll of thefe deuces not only met his approbation, but went to re. move many of his objelkians to the Bill. It would, however, occupy to mnch time to move them all, one after another, and to debate on tome of them; 'that it would be impoffible to get through the •aftnemittee that day ; and therefore he thought diffkft mode would be to withdraw the Bill al together, and to introduce it again with all the Caen forming a part of it; then it would not be nineffary to move and debate each Chute one after the other. • Lords Caaatisorow and Rammer (poke in fa ints of the Bill, and againft its being withdrawn. Lord Gasxvites laid, the Committee, of which be walla Member, had turned its fcrious attention to the fobjea of the prefknt fcarcity, and dill mote to the adoption of fuch rneatures as might tend to • the recurrence of a fimilar calamity. For popish they had examined perfons from all posoliollldse country, and from their evidence it that the heft means to accotnplifh this a t- be to promote and encourage the eel tivation of all thole Lands that went under the denomination of Waite Lands. .The Committee baying. after mature confideratioa, concurred in the fame opinion, thought proper to frarrii the preterit Bill, At this late period of the &Ilion, be could not content to the Bill being withdraw beeaufe that would have the elle& of throwing the /till otit altogether. The Duke of Ceaaesca wdlsed by every means to pole the objea of the Bill, and for th at p ur . e he would move that the Chairman do report • s, and elk leave to fit again. —His Royal ig nets afterwards withdrew his motion. Faxd Route* did not conceive that the with drawing the Bill would caufe it to be loft; and he thOught there were fame parti of the Bill that might affat the revenues of the Church. F.ord Galiovises faid there was not a man in that Houfe, or in the country, who would to ibropultinfly fupport the rights of the Clergy as Unfelt; he would not even content to any modi. ion or companion for tythes. But, he con ceived. that part of the prefent Bill, which went to make a companion for the tythe of the lands intended to to cultilated, would be as beneficial to the Cturrh as m the public. Lord C4,srsovus was ecpully a friend to the prL rent Church eftahliihment of tins country, anal v, 41.1 be ac reedy as his Noble Friend to prevent Mc revetmel u the Chinch from brio: altered. The Clergy were entitled to their tythes, becanfe it was the law of the land that they fhould have them; and as that law elated time immemorial, he would not alter it. ~He wits not then difpofed to difcufs the divine right of tythes; but however firmly the right might be eilablithed, this teas a truifm which universal experience had confirmed, that the eftabliffinteut and celledion of tythes did in a very gteat - clegree retard the improvement of agriculture. The Earl of 'WARWICK faid, that whaiever ad vantages might be expeded to refult from the pre 'fent Bill, it would be produdive of but very little benefit to the public, if it did not contain Come provifion for the relief of one Oafs of men ; he .meant thole poor cottagers who ufed either to oc cupy fmall lots of ground, or maintain their fami lies by their daily labour. Thefe people had no yound now to cultivate, and it was impoffible for em either to procure employment, or to earn ftdficient to maintain themfelves and families. He thought therefore, that in common juftice as well as po licy, a provition fhould be made in the Bill ' for allowing them fmall portions bf the land which might be enclofed. • After various obfervations from feyeral other Peers, the Chairman proceeded to read the Bill. On reading that Claufe, whereby a certain num ber of perihns having a right of common in the lands to be enclofed might make a compofition for tythes with the content of the Redor of the Parifb, The LoRD Citatacsttoa laid he did not con i fider die ccinfent of the Incumbent to be fufficient; I be peiMpi might be the perfon leaft interefted in the prefervation of the property of the Church. A Man with one foot in the grave might content to a compofition that would be. highly injurious to the Patron of the Living, as well as to the revenue of the Diocefe. He conceived, therefore, that be fides the content of the Incumbent, that of the Pa tron, the Ordinary, and the Balton, fhould be ob tained.—An Amendment to this cleft was made and agreed to. Lord Surrote made Tome obfervations or the vexatious pradice of Tythes in general ; and'the injurious effefts they had on religion. The feveral Claufes being read and agreed to, the Report of the Bill was ordered - to be received to-morrow. The Committee on the Clergy Ineligibility Bill was ordered to be poftponed till Friday next. . , HOUSE OP COMMONS. Noop's Patent Paper 818 was mad a third time, and pared. Sacral Accounts were prefented front the Poll-Office, the Treafury, and the Scotch Excifc, which were ordered to be printed. Mr. Saattor reported from the Committee appointed to con fider the Expiring Laws. Mr W. DUNDA 9 gave notice, that he fhould on Monday move the Houk to refobrc kid/ into a Committee, to take into confidential the revere! Accounts relative to the Malts of In dia, which had been prefented on the Bth of . Lind POLKSTQ NZ gave notice, that he m oon Monday mai for lure to boas in a Bill to regulate the Corn Trade of tbeVt- y of _Loadqa. He Elated, that he was induced to take Waqed up tfront the arguments ufed in a very iodide PaMph let =r ow , to prove that the frequent fluduations in the Ink from the fraudulent pradices of Corn-fadtors, byrboin he ildkved this publication was alutoft immedlatdy rup he aeller to avid de Iniprellion it was calculated to am Th i tiribeit JO be intended to introduce wind! . Pi th certain regulations, thine- Oki= N &is *Need with milted to Bakers. It rite Virg k lb t!als read li t l e over a t to r t i o t e t PA; this S eco fild by beam, Emilie as roesls. . Ms mocha of yefterday, which he kid ha Wen to hi confequence of the abfence of a =IL - in his place, for an account of the if a,672,404.Wa1eb was Sated in di allinlaill en= ... the lndia Hank to be due front destedillet le - aer.wailiwiiiiWieOTlO•ldeetlas to the motion,but cos at a 10111Widlat Was lIIT objed at it .-The account was sedum& , . . Tin aspaeltal the Menace Lady Aberawabii Ate. wiW Illa *llll illist • 01 awl rwwedema to; god tie Dill ordered to Isfarimetweme. • . ' ILIIIP_I!_b1 Lehi^ the Id ib Spirt UMW% 888, sad the , 'OIS/Sery• BM anse rah a thtiCSIPI and alma' witted foe someerow. Mr. Gm peatastedaPeddastrom Peal Thaws Leaseitre. ;Mre of the hard lops a t lacy biros be bad tof- Me yen her and attitiVrtre un used the Habeas 1-(nP1 11 - stailoliderehie fpacs id daah mod *Ong ihr e as the table. Mr. Vassrrd r sal. mewl for a at the wbek Hook •Wwearrow, to coolie* of the se sad fres the Ifiandet Malta—Ordered. . BAST-INDIA 11011014 T. , Mr. 'DUNDAS gave notice he &cold, tomorrow fe'nnight, bring forward certain Rattans:a of Eat India Finances. IRISH MARTIAL LAW. ' 1141Tifil Martial-Law Bill was read a fecond time. On the queftion for committing it on Tuef diY next, * W.W.11, Possor BY obferved, that Ireland was at,prefent perfeely quiet, and he thought meafures of this nature only tended to increafe dilatation in that country. He therefore moved, that the Bill thould be committed on that day three months. 111 Mr. D.'llaowit laid the lime rcafons trilled as ore for the neceffity of Martial Law in Ireland. ; 'Mr. Pb,. MTh SY'S motion was negatived without a I#lvifion, and the Bill committed for Tuefday next. :. • coma. The Hoare, in a Committee to confider of the Exiretation and Importation of Copper, Fir. N. VAN SI TTART moved certain Refolntions, which were feverally akteed to. " ill. To mask the lempertastaa of Copper after I t time to he limited. " at To cunt& Ws Mildly, by Proclamation or Order In Council, to prohibit the exportation of Copper to any place within else blabs ot Swope." Mr. Islicaosts thought this Refolution might injure the County of Cornwall, but • Mr.GaIOOR was entirely of an oppofite opinion. • dd. Tim the Dads sow payable ea she isepartatime of Core lemela wok and assemble.. -e_ kil l g r ts•idraplay, ameontin to ant-half the . Te w • dim I Drawback on Copps imperted,'• Report to. morrow. RCITPT. MT. JONES, after re-urging the arguments he fo frequeutly expatiated upon, relative to the isfradion of the Treaty of El-Arifeh, and the ca lamitous conlequences which had tefulted from Oat event, moved, that an humble Addrefs be anted to his Majefty, praying that he would gracioufly pleated, to communicate to his faith Ad Comnavns by %.hofe advice the iultrudioas sirer• illised to the.Comrtiander in Chief alt d e Medieee rencan, enjoinieg him not to confent to the return of the French troops td France, nor to filter them to capitulate on any other terms than as prifons.s of wen The Addrefs then went on to nate the whole lubflance df Mr. Jones's prefatory fpeech, enlarging on all 'the confequences which had re. inked from the iefruetion of the Treaty of El. Arita; to the prefent period; and, among other fubjets, embracing the Northern Confederacy, the invafion of Portugal, the ocenpation of Hanover, and the threatened invafion of Great Britain. Lord HAWRIISSURY obferved, that the queftion had.he en fo repeatedly agitated, that it was almon necdlefa for him to trefpafs on the time of the Houle by laying a fingle word on the Cubic& , efpecielly on a day when bufinefs of the molt n ee mentous and urgent nature was pending. He fhould, therefore, content himfelf with laying, that in no one part or bearing of that tranfahhiou was the honour of the Brea nation in the flighted decree compromifed. theWi NDMAM,in a hfpeech of confiderable length and profound logical application, vindicated the condua of Macre in the Reps they had taken re lative to the convention of El Arifch. He obferv ed, that the whole argument refulved itfehf into two points —was the decifion right at the time ? and what were the confequences which refulted from it ? Only the firs of dick propofitions could, in aria jullice, involve the comfit& of Minifters. The fecond was entirely fortuitous, and beyond the jurifdietion of human agency. With refrocet, there fore. to the firfl, he had no helitation to declare, that not only at the time, but even now, with all the experience, of pall event; before his eyes, he was convinced that his Majefty's late Mittifters had aeted wifely in the part they took. As to the fe cund propolition, though many ftrange reveries of fortune had occurred, Rill the country had fuffi dent ground of exultation to compenfate and con folc it for all the lots of lives and treafure it bed fultainsd. The Right Hon. Gentleman then en tered into a comprthenfive review of all the cite cumftances conne&ed with the treaty, which, he contended, did not, in the remoten degree, ailed the charaeter and good faith of the Brea Govern ment ; on the contrary, it afforded an illuarious inftance of its inviolable honour and magnanimity. From this topic he trailed on to the effth which the gallantry of the Britilh forces in Egypt mail have on the future operations of the war. Hitherto the French had been taught to look down with con tempt on oar foldiers; but now they had learnt a Teflon, which melt materially weaken their arro gance and Pelf-confidence. Hitherto they had con ceived thentfelves invincible. Other nations in Eu rope formed the fame opinion of them. To this it was that the Frenhh, in a great meafure, owed their fuccels.—e" Perunt s gqia plc varmint." But now Europe,and the whole world,had been taught a very different leffon, by the exploits of our gal lant troops in Egypt. • • Mr. Nlcnoites Nil, that thelpieth of the Right Honourable Gentleman had only Rill further con firmed him in hi, •opiniqn of die expediency and ,neceffity of the motion. It was abfolutely proper that the Houle fhould know even on the grounds of reafoning maintained by know. Right Honourable Gentleman, through whafe coonfels the convention of El-Arifch had been let afide. If that Rep was merltoridus, ae bad been Rated, it was highly proper that its author flsould' be made known, in order that he Plight receive the penile due to him. He could never fartetion with his concurrence the infinnation thrown out by the Right Hon. Gen tleman, that an invidious dininftion was made between the army and the navy, end that there was a general difpofition to undervalue the merits of the military. On the contrary, the' army was entitled to the higheft praife ; but Mittifters, by their want of wifdom, and their culpable inatten tion, rendered all their zeal and gallantry fruftrate. The very fates Rated by the Right lion. Gentle. man condemned him. Mr. Geer teflified his furprize at the line of conduel purfued by the Right Hon. Gentletnae► who had diverted himfelf by combating phantoms Of his. own creation., No imputations had ever been thrown out againft the gallantry of the Blida fel diety it was merely the injudicious manner in which their Cervices had been milapplied. that formed the topic of anisnadverfion, followed the Right Hon. Gentleman throngleedl his mazes, and mulled that the arguments on which he found ed the exculpatioe of Milliners only added to the meafure of their guilt. Mr. PITT, after defiting that the premier, and the preamble ei* of the addrefs, might be read. obferved, that, with a view of faring the time of the Houle, lie had no objeltion to acknowledge, that both himfelf and his Right Hon. Friend near him (Mr. Dundas) were refponfible for the come fel which diaated the inarnetiom fent to Lord Keith. He then entered into a general review elf the (*ea, and vindicated his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Windham) from the mirconftruCtion which had been put upon his fpeech. Mr. MARTIN returned his thanks to the Gentle. men who had fpoken fo handfontely of the courage and !kill of our Army. He was glad to ray, that he never heard an individual Cal any thing to the difedvantege of our Militeti, any more than our Naval Force. He could not help willing, how ever, that our Military exerGeos were made with little more difcretion : He =, that they were, we might Cave many lives. Sir GIORGI DALLAS defended the condna of his Majefty's Mini tiers with refpeit tcAtirs. Mr. Rosso,. (poke warmly an favour of the mo tion. What were the confequences efnetconfirming the treaty of El-Arifch? They were incalculable. If we now lucceeded in driving the French out of Egypt, atter the expenditure of fix or keen mil lions, and the lots of Joao men, we Resold not do Co good a thing as the Turks had Owe for UL We should be obliged to keep an army of lceoc° men`; and Egypt would be the great boas Cl can tuition at the negotiation. Mr. Et lases oppofed the motion, and cot:0- C D" of the fre q u e n cy w ith.whieh the qucfboa been brought forward. Mr. Pm as raid, he beGived belhe fit?' jam of his bringing this Cuhjein forward, hut r