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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, APRIL 29. On the motion of Lord HOLLAND, an account vrai ordered to be pi-crewed of Ache penflons granted oo his Mak.Ry's Civil FAsbialiment from the IR of January, acezx The Loan Cuancettoa read a letter from the Duke of York, and another from Lord Keith; the former acknowledg ing the conmiurdcatiou of their Lordibips votes of approbation, Lord PILLIAM brought down a bleffsige from his Mikity to the fame effed as that preftnted to the Commons on Tuefday, 'Native to an eftabliatnieut for their Royal Ilighnelfes the Dukes of Suffolk and Cambridge, On the motion of his Lord- Alp, an Addrefs was voted •en. 0j alluring his Maj4ty ofthtir reidinefs to concur in any prorthun to be made for the younger branches of his family. DEFINITIVE TREATY. Lord PELHAM prefented a copy of the Definitive Treaty between Great Britain, France, Spain, and Holland, which was ordered to lie on the table. Lord astiviLLafaid, that finding no further proceeding was at prefent propofed with regard to the Treaty, he fhould now give notice, that, on Tuefday next, he would move the Houfe for fix ing a day upon which it (hould be taken into con fideration. Lord Aucazsan conceived that it was of im portance that the doubts which had been fluted by the Noble Lord, as to the effea of the non-re• newal of former Treaties, in fpecific terms, Should be firft inveftigated. The fubjea ought to be pro bed to the bottom. It was of fufficient magnitude itfelf to require a separate difeuffion, and it was more particularly =diary that it Should be gone into, from the importance which was molt juftly attached to every thing which fell from that Noble Lord, not only by this country, but by all the ci vilized world. His Lordfhip's obfervations were certainly mifreprefented in the Official French Journals but a reference to No. 110 of that paper, would thew that they were confidered fo as to give them the fulleft eft& In difcuffing this fubjea, be would dwell more particularly on the Treaty of 1787, and the confequences refulting from it during the fire years which elapfed between its conclubon and the commencement of the war.— He could for perfonal reasons, have wished that the Noble Lord had poltponed his notice for fome days, but having no choice left confiftently with his own views, he would give notice that he Should br::ig in a motion fur the inquiry alluded to on ,Nl,anday next. Lord GitfirivoLut faid, that as his motion on Tuefday would only go to fix a day for the final difcullion of the Treaty, there might be fufficient time for Lord Auckland to bring on his prelimi nary enquiry, if he Should be difpofed to pollpone it from Monday. He agreed with him, that the fubjea was one which ouFht to be probed to the bottom. Now that the 1 reaty was aftuall7 rati fied and proclaimed, the queltion which it involv ed was no lefs than whether we had, at this mo ment, a maintainable empire in India ? As to the mifreprelentation of his fentiments in the Morrow, he felt little unealinefs ; for it had been his fate to have every thing he had fwd. and every thing he bad done for the lag ten years, mifreprefeuted in the Official Journal of the French Government. Lord PELHAM observed, that he could have no objeaion to the notice given by the Noble Lord who had kilt fat down. On the contrary, the Houle would do him the jultice to recollea, that on a former occafion lie flated it as his intention net to propofc any proceeding upon fubmitting the Treaty, but to leave the matter entirely to the dif erction of their Lordiiiips. As it was underttood mat the motion on Tuefday would go only to fit a future day for difeuilion, lie thought his Noble Fr:end (Lord Auckland) might defer that of which he had given notice. Lard Avatar.% after fame explanatory Wet. vatious, poftponed his notice accordingly from Monday to Thorfday. Lord Hollowr acquicfccd in what had been re marked with refpat to the necality of a full in vefligation of the confequence of making no refe rence to former Treaties. If there could be any hefitation as to the neceffity of enquiry, it multlbe removed by the effe& which teemed to be given to what had been raid by the Noble Lord ("polite ; and he would venture to Rate, that if at any time the pretenlions apprehended fhonld be lit up on the part of France, they would be found to have the llrongeft fupport in the oblervations made by that Noble Lord. Their Lordihips were-ordered to be fummoned in purfuauce of the preceding notices.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave notice, that in the Committee of Ways and Means to-morrow he (hould pro pole to vote the I.ottery for the fervice of the precut year. NIL L ZIA NOE ft brought Op the Report of the Committee of Supply, granting allowances to the Dukes of Suffer and Cambridge. The Refolutions were read and agreed to, and a Bill ordered. The French Wines Importation Bill, and the Bank of Eng land Reßridlon Bill, were read a third time and paired. The Sugar Drawback Bill went through the Conunitteer- Report to morrow. DEVINITIVI MATT. Lord Hewvszsuay, by command of his Ma jelly, brought down the Definitive Treaty of Peace. Lord HAWKIISSURY raid, that having brought down this important article, it could not be ex peeled that at prefent he fhould fay any thing upon the merits of that Treaty, but merely men• tion, that it was not the intention of his Majefty's Government to found any procedure thereon.— This determination, be was well aware, however, did not preclude any Hon. Gentleman from mak. ing whatever motion upon the fubjeet he might think proper, and Should a day be fixed for that purpofe, his Majefty's Minifters would then ex plain fully and fairly the grounds upon which they had concluded the Treaty. He begged, how ever, that if a motion of the above kind Should be made, that it might be of a general nature, in order that the whole fubjeet might be embraced at once. His Lordfhip concluded by moving that the Treaty do lie on the table. _ _ Mr. Wiimm ass obferved, that the mode of pro cedure fuggefted by the Noble :Lord had his entire approbation. Upon Monday next he fhould give notice of the day upon which he fhould with the Definitive Treaty to be taken into confidera tion. Mr. Gm wished to know whether Sweden and Denmark had acceded to the Treaty of Pe teriburgh Lprd HAIVZISSURY replied, that there Powers had acceded to the Treaty of Peterlburgh. The Raifications had not been received, but they were hourly expeded. The other orders of the day being dirpored of, the Houfe adjourned. LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 30. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: 3 per Cent. Conf. for mostry,.76l 77—for May ate. Mil. Reduced 751 76-4 r aw Can.s4—New 5 per CULL 1051-- Olds per Cent. loat—Omalum, 4 prem. Yefterday wt received Paris Journals of the 15th. They du not contain much news. If the French Government have received any difpatches from St. Domingo later than the 6th of March, which feems extremely probable, they have not thought proper to publith their contents—a circumilance of a fur picious nature. That a meafure of grace in favour of the Emi grants is in contemplation, is now certain. In the Journal de Paris of the 25th, in which ROZDEIRER, Counfellor of State, is concerned, we find the fol lowing paragraph : 4 " The three Counfellors of State, REGNIIR, ROEDIRIA, and FOURCILOY, went yefterday, at three o'clock, to the Senate, to prefent, in the name of the Coasuss, an Aft of Amnefty in favour of the Emigrants, and to explain its mo tives. It is expelled that it will form the fubjetrt of a &maw Coafidtaw. It appears that the Go vernment has found by the experience of two years that there are no means to fecure to the citi. zens unj u lily placed,upon the lift, an erafure, which 'they are juftly entitled to expeft, and to avoid the erafures infidioufly 'obtained by real emigrants ; in fo much that it has condemned to the hard alter native of allowing the innocent to languifh ware &did, in the chimerical hope of punifhing all the guilty."--= The French Funds are 56 f. Bo c. Left night the Definitive Treaty was laid before both Houfes, and an interefting converfation took Iplace in the Houfe of Lords, to our report of which we refer our Readers. Yenerday morning his Mayarry, accompanied by his Royal Highnefs the Duke ofCv MBILLAND, took an excursion to Kew. .Her MAJESTY and the Paisicassis, with the Dukes of CLARENCE and CAMIRIDGF, partook of an elegant deurw at the apartments of Lady CHARLOTTE num in St. James's Palace, from whofe windows they had a view of the proceftion. Her MAJESTY yefterday held a drawing-room, at St. James's Palace, which, on the occa,ion of the happy return of Peace, was moil uncommonly numerous. _ The prefentations to her MAJESTY were, F,arl Astmearr, who killed hands on being appointed Lord of the Bed-chamber; and Mifs Co -rah by the Contact's of Ros s At half-Pali five the KOYAL FAMILY returned to it)* Quesm's bode. FRANCE. PARIS. 4 FLOILEAL. APRIL 25. Cid= DUBOIS TN.utVILLE, Charge d'Affaires and Coromiffary-General of Commercial Relations of the French Republic, at Algiers, writes, under date of the sth MIL that the treaty between the French Republic and the Regency of Algiers, given in our Paper of the 16theand rati fi eil by the. Fits CONSUL, has alfo been ratified by the Ihr ip the moR folemn manner. Citizen Dubois THAINT/LLR haying requeßed, in the name of the FIR sr Co anti., that the Cifal pine (lave , -LuIGI IMPERATORE, ( h ould be fet free, the Dry replied, , 6 Since Bottaraityt demands him, he is no longer mine; I give him np." This Cifalpine has arrived in France, on board the Fu ret, with the difpatches from Citizen DUBOIS THAIKVILLe.--Monitear. This day a folemn thanklgiving for the peace and reflorotion of religious cltablinsments will take place at the church of the Protedants at Paris, in the ftreet of St. Thomas-du-Louvre. The fervice will commence at half pail twelve. Places are refereed fir the Contlituted Authorities. In yettei day's fazing of the Tribunate, jaccdi e- MINOT reported from the Committee in favour of the law relative to Public Inttrutftion. His fpeech was °lilacd to be printed, and an adjournment took place until to-morrow. • It was officially announced at Bale, on the 18th, that the Valais is to he crated into an independent Republic. The French Government, however, re ferves a paffage for its troops. The lelFer Council of the Helvetic Republic has iffued a decree for fufpending the operation of the new Conftitution, and lot convoking an affembly of the matt eminent Citizens in the feveral cantons, on the aBth inftant, at Berne, to deliberate upon the Conftitution of the z9th of May, t Bot. Among the Citizens thus denominated, we find the name of Mr. Nzczze. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. FRANKFORT, APRIL 17.—Accoriling to intelli gence received to-day from I.emburg, feveral of the Imperial regiments, particularly cavalry, quar tered in that neighbourhood, have received orders tu hold themfelves in reodincf. to march at a mo ment's notice. Their dellination is as yet a ferret. From Hungary, they repeatedly make mention of vigorous meafures which are employed in Fruition Poland to raife recruits. PROCLAMATION OF PEACE. The account which we yefterday gave of the Proclamation of Peace, though drawn up in g reat halle, was, we find, fo corrat ar to leave us little or nothing to add refpating die Proceffion itfelf, which moved exaiFtly in the order, and with the fame attendance then defcribcd. We ihall only add fuch new circumilances as fell within our obfervation : The cavalcade arrived at Temple Bar about one o'clock. An hour before this time the LORD MA volt, Aldermen, and Sheriffs had arrived at the fame place from the Manlion Houle in grand pro talon. The LORD MAYOR and Sheriffs in their Rate carriages, the Alder men in their private coaches, accompanied by the Officers oldie Cit'•, the Militia, the Eatt India Company Volunteers, and an im menfe concoufe of people. The Lost) MAYOR and Sheriffs alighted at Temple Bar, and went into the houfe of Meffrs. CH►LD, DENT, and Co. Bankers. The Rate carriages palled through the Bar, empty, and turned in the fpace newly widened for the pro jeCted improvement to the weft of the Bar. They then returned through the Bar, and refumed their Rations in the line of Aldermen's carriages. The Lord Mayor held in his hand the ancient fceptre, which is regularly transferred, when the Lord Mayor is fworn in, but feldom or never ufed in public ; it is about eighteen inches long, made with gold and glafs, ornamented with pearls and precious Bones, round the Coronet ; at the top is the Britifh Arms. As foon as notice was brought to the Lost) MAYOR and Sheriffs of the approach of the Heralds and flute from St. James's • they came forth and mounted their chargers. The Loso MAYOR was not favoured with Adonis, but he beftrode a very fine chefnut horle, thoroug hly trained to the grand pas. The Sheriffs had alto beautiful horfes. They were all dreffed in their robes and chains of office-- the LORD MAYOR with his key—the Sheriffs with their wands. They were received with grand ac clamation of trumpets and other mufical inftru ments ; and they took their ftation within the Gate, which was flint and guarded. -On the approach of the procetlion on the Weil minfter fide, the Horfe Guards filed off, and lined both fides of the way. The Beadles of Weft minitcr—the Officers of the High Bailiff, and the Conftables did the fame, and made a lane for the Knight Marfhall and his Officers to ride up to the gate. The High Conflable of Wellminiler went firft to clear the way. Sir JAMES BLAND I3ORc us, as Knight Marfhall, dreffed in his mantle and collar, moumed on a beautful cream-coloured charger, led by two men in fhabby dreffes, went up to the gate, and the Trumpeters having given three diftinel founds of the trumpet, the - Knight Marfhal knocked thrice with his Itaff on the gate, which was opened, and he paffed through, and de livered into the hands of the Lord Mayor, a paper with the fign manual, demanding, on the part of his Majefty, admiftion into the City,to makePtoclama tion of the Peace. The Lord Mayor fignified his af fent ; and the Knight Marfhal with his fuite,return ed to the Heralds, and announced that the pafrage was open. The Cavalcade then moved on, and the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs took their place in the line immediately after the Heralds, and other Officers of the College of Arms. At the bottom of Chancery-lane the whole halted, and the Trum peters having made their found, the Herald read aloud his Majefty's Proclamation. The Proceffion 'then moved on through Fleet-ftreet, up Ludgate hill, through St. Paul's Church-yard, and into Chcapfide. At the top of Wood-greet the Caval cade again halted, and the Trumpeters haying founded thrice, the Proclamation was again read. At the Royal Exchange it was read with the fame ceremonies for the Jail time—and the procetlion proceeded through the City, and returned as de fcribed in yefterday's Paper, with the addition of about zOOO Ealt India Volunteers, with four brafs cannon, &c. We are happy tofay there were but few accidents; but Tome of them were diftreffing. The roof of the New Church was crowded with fpeftators, like that of molt other edifices in the courfe through which the proceffion was to pars. The area below, which, is enclofed with a parapet wall and iron pa lifadoes, and elevated above the level of the fireet, was alfo filled with people. A melancholy accident happened juti as the Heralds came abreaft of this place. A (tone railing runs round the roof of the Church, adorned with !tone urns at equal di fiances; and a man on the outfide, in the bow on the call ern end, happened to be leaning his hand upon the urn before him. As he ftretched forward, it fell off. Newcallle ftreet, the end of Holywell ftreet, and the fouthern fide of the Strand,all com manded a view of the fpot ; and, all .the windows being crowded, and the attention being drawn to that quarter, feveral of the fpeaators FAW the Lone in the commencement of its fall, and raifed a loud fhriek. The Church being very high, this notice excited an alarm before the none reached the ground, and feveral of the people below ran from their &nations ; but whether into or out of the danger, they did not know. Two young men were crufhed in its fall. It came in between them, but rather more upon the one than the other. The former was 'truck upon the head and killed upon the fpot, and the other fo much wounded that he died on his way to the hofpital. The bodies were •t &ft carried into the church, and a furgeon at tended, but his art was of no avail.. A young wo man was alfo taken away apparently much injured, and feveral others were hurt,but whether by flying fplinters or the preffure of their companions, they do not know. The urn, which weighs about zoolb. buck in its defeent the cornice of the church, and carried part of it away, but this was the only ob flruetion which it met in its fall. It had, however, the good effect of carrying the Lone forward in an oblique &ration upon the flat part of the area. Jolt as the proceflion arrived at Temple Bar, it being one o'clock, the Park and Tower guns were fired. The flags from the churches were dif played all day. At ' rcmple Bar the crowd was fo thick, it was with difficulty the two Horle Guards could make their way through; but at !alt they fucceeded in fqueezing out an avenue, the women_fhrickinz and the preffure ma dreadful ; fo much fo, t: it was found neccifary to let part of the through the fmall gates on the titles into city, to gain room for the Heralds to come I T , the Horfe Guards then drew up on each tide.op:ii ing a narrow avenue to Temple 11<tr.—WL,, the proceffion was going along Fleet-ilacet, at child (lipped out of a woman's arms in a on:: p.i of !lairs window, but the mob caught and 1ay,:,4 it. Nothing remarkable occurred till the proet:t: lion reached the top of Wood-Rreet, CheAptidt where the Proclamation was next read witlio::; any remarkable circum(iance, except that thtr was lea applaufe here than at any other pa:t. - When the Procefflon came oppofite the Nlasiiii houfe, a fcaffold built.in front of the Mani - ion-Lou : . gave way. The brother of the Lady Ma)orcf , , Mr. HADLEY, it was Paid, broke his leg. NI:. Di xoN, Common Councilman for Tower was alto feverely bruifed ; and about 20 t .t,.!.• were Rightly hurt. The proceffion having reacl.e:: the Royal Exchange, where Alderman ; was in military command, the Proclamation s read amidit very loud and reiterated huzzas. procefflon paired along Cornhill and Leaden:Jai:- Urea to Aldgate Pump. It then doubled arm tt turned to the Nlanfion-houfe, where !.-a4 MAYOR returned thanks to the valico. Vrien. teer Corps drawn up thereabouts, their Lar,-. playing, in which talk he was engaged al (1 half an hour. He invited their .14 2 !TITTIM ders, as well as the Aldermen, &c. to dire him. The Horfe Guards efcorted the Herald back to the Herald's CollegeinDoaor's Comronn , , and proceeded to St. James's, with the Knig:.: Marlhal and his men. A part of the City o:li,:ets attended the Military out of the City. As they went along, they depofited the three maces at Is H miwooo's, on Ludgate•h:ll. After the ceremony of the proceffion was ore: yefterday, the Lord Mayor, with Alderman Fhb bert, Alderman Newman, Sir William Staines, Aldermen : Combe, Alderman Shaw, Aldctruan Cadell, Alderman Clark, Sir Wm. Leighton, and Alderman Curtis, Price, and Le Nlctitricr, w!:c commanded the refpetlive corps, with about forty other friends, fat down to an elegant dinner to cc.- lebrate the joyful occation. A luperbciltertainment was yefterday given at the Bank, iu honour of Peace. A very curious part of the iPe6lack was formed by Temple-bar itfelf. Every cornice, that would afford a footing, was crowded ; and the top of the edifice itfelf, without a railing, or any kind of ter, was entirely crover:d with adventurous fPec tators, [landing upright upon it, and giving a moii: extraordinary complexion to the Villo front Fleet ftreet. A platform and fcaffolding were tormcd round the flatue at Charing-crofs, and filled witi. an elegant company. The hen fe, as ufual, had many riders as could get upon his back. were ranged upon the theds at Exeter 'Change, which were filled at half -a-guinea each perfon. The Heralds, &c. were richly dreffed, and their horfes richly caparifoned; their appearance re called the golden days of tilts and tournaments— and the recolledlion of thole days was (till heigh rev ed " with (lore of Ladies iri every window, whok bright eyes (in the language of Mis.rou) might be Paid to rain influence," and to have enlivened the ilowly•moving Proceffion. ILLUMINATIONS. DRORT•LANITittATIVE WAS fuperb beyond the powers of .err.. feriptior. The inunenfe fire of the build ing, and its towerin; vatiou above all thofe that furround it, ictorded the proprktur4 prodigious advantages, which they improved with the earmark titbit. The inhabitants of Athens or of Rome Lever re ceived more pleafure from a naumaehia, or a fight of gla diators, than the populace of London kit night from Dray- Lane Theatre. During the day the Unrin .Fttg was dif played from the fununit of the building, but towards evening, this was replaced by a model of a man of war, fo large th4t it is matter of the greateft aftonillment how they were able to hoilt it to fuel, a height. Flags and Retainers floated from her topmafts. The front in Ruffel-ftritet was illuminated with grt3t tafte. At the top was a Dow, with an olive branch ; farther down a Crews, odd, (prigs of laurel, and the letters G. R. and below the word Pt.aga in lamps of the greactt brilliancy. It was on the welt front, bowever, that pains and expence had been chiefly lavilbed, and to be Pure nothing fo grand was ever before Peen in London. Five colonades of the Corinthian order rrfe from below to the top of the digs which forms the box lobby. and teemed to fupport the whole. between them there were trastfparencies exhibiting Pra.e, Britannia, Fellff, and other ap propriate figures. Among them was &ft, a very large and beau tiful tranfparency of 'the implements of War. Cannon were teen vomiting forth their deitritetive contents, and the dead and the dying appeared at a diftance. contrail thus proctored heightened the effedt to a wonderful degree. This wax illr• mounted by a Wbeat Sbraf, and the words 14.4 e and Plenty, in eharadters feeraingly each three feet lung. Olive branches extended a great way on each tide. There was next a Cireskr Traajearrwy, with the arms and embb•ins of the United Kingdom. Above this appeared a brilliant In^e rial Craws with the two letters C. R. ; and a t th e t o p o f a ll v. a; an ine ft inUilly fine tranfparent painting of a Dsve, flying di.sv wards, and bearing an Olive Irailib in its mouth. The number of lamps was aftonifhing ; they were beautifully variegated and uncommonly vivid. But the chief merit of the decor:- tioni was their tableful arrangement, and of this thicriptiat we can convey no idea. Though the kale was fu great, a COM.. pkte frtunetry and proportion were prefervcd, as if the who;r had not exceeded the fine of a picture frame. The molt per fedt ftmplicity was conjoined with the molt inCUnCIAVAWC 111:11. nificence. The fpeflators were !truck with the preparations, but when the lamps were lighted, the Theatre refembled the cattle of a Genius, Inch as we read of in the Thuufand and One. About ten o'clock the mob, which then filled all the adjnir ing arena, was furprized with the firing of a ky-rocket from the roof of the Theatre. This was followed by fplendid fire works, which hatted near two hours. They were conducted by a firit rate artift, and from being la off front fuch a flare. the etket wa4'allowed, by all prefent, to be beyond whatever they had before witneffed. At hilt the Chip placed by the tie of Apollo began to open upon another, computed u'' cumbultilde materials. A mock engagement enfucd, and the latter blew or, !hewing all the beauties of Chinefe fire. The finale was truli grand. The crowd teftilled by loud and repeated hozzas theft' at' miration and their gratitude. Their feelings mutt have be. n participated by thoufands at the sailtance of fon:ra: auks front the fpot. The illuminations and the file-works wi.uld perhaps, to greater advantage at Fulham, Wanansurth, Kov. Richmond, and all to the weftward of the metrupoli. COVENT GARDEN TNEATRE till - played a finely execimd tranfparency, under which was written '• London the Mart the World." On each fide were two telltale figure., etillat tical of Induftry and Commer c: , Th e l am p s dlplayed r!:c letters G. R. and a Crown, and two mouuments, [mall tranfparencies. krom this Theatre A number of filo works were thrown up during the night. The Orkait Monis was illuminated with the Crown, initials G. R. and the word Phut in full I,:ngtla. The Lit ri.i TitATRI, Haymuket, G. C. R...avar!....ptc: 4 lamps.