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- Ceylon ; the Spaniards were f o r the same red . , ent ided to comnuseration, yet we took front them To return the ships, would be to tell Eu- In' t i at we l t s(' committed an offence, and were now °ll l.f our fault. Such a measure would be clan our ally the Ring of Sweden. r..•. -- jA gES HALL supported the Address; when 0u ... ... ti0n b e ing called for,. the House divided niittblTAddress44—Against it 105—Majority 61. '".z.,,,ned at belt past nine o'clock. wicuTITE EV ENI T G STAR. LONDON. • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30. 190,01iTOCKS. THIS DA l lt t ; AT ONE . O'CLOCK : C ol4 r - o • Üb' q 1154}4 . Bills , . ditto Ss. preen . — Navy TT; lun Pzern ' lludoor. STOCKS YESTERDAY. Aike shut • India Bonds, par Is. aSC tile. C0p.1414, " • Ez. Bills, Is. es. pr. English Tickets, 211. se. IFIC IIL Cr ' l , L3pf gCsa tons. for ace. 544 13.16thi * AP. iri e wee the first to announce that Government gasst i o g "Noe thoughts of taking possession of cluti, co the African coast, opposite to Gibraltar. Ice be e * that nothing prevented this from being (w i g aga, but the necessity of paying attention Is * s ituation of Portugal, while its government at to the line of conduct it should follow. marriage of a dispatch about the same period I t o oc casioned some unnecessary movements of our isto i n the Mediterranean. It is now understood Genera l pasvosr's Expedition is intended to co te with that under General SPENCER, in an at act tobe made upon that place, prior to its proceed_ sg to iwifax, which is its final destination. General h o ar left Englvd in the PIO:ELOPE frigate on the igt b of February, accompanied by the BANTERER f r i g *, ad a fleet of transports, having on board the 7t h, 9th, 13th, and 22d regiments. The Expedi itco it is supposed, will rendezvous at Gibraltar. IVeanderstand that the ships of the fleet preparing ft t he Baltic are to sail in divisions or singly, as soon as they can severally put to sea, and not wait till they „, a ll ready. There is certainly no reason for delay, they have no chance of encountering an enemy on I t pone. Sc Sannzt.Hoon has hoisted - his flag on board the ( r aanr. Two other sail of the line.have also worked sods Downs—they are destined for the Baltic. Sir iffi SAVMAREZ,. Commander of the fleet, has re_ r his final instructions, and has left London. ;sleet will sail the first fair wind. The Dutch, it seems, are actively engaged in all septets in constructing gun-boats. Above .500 are sd to be already in a state of readiness. The in_ igrr oldie Government is unremitting in its endea lust° promote the augmentation of its naval force. he aid that a treaty has been negociating between fan and Denmark, for the man n ing of the French kith Danish sailors. BONAPARTE offered to take loins pay Danish seamen to man twenty sail of the he, which he has completely equipped for service, rid have soon in a state of perfect preparation. Pi Courts were agreed upon the terms, when the oltn, who were informed of the arrangement, made their determination not to fight under the corn or in the service, of any foreign Power what- er. They would tight the battles of their own So_ nn, but would not condescend to become merce_ es. This impediment was not altogether removed' m the last information was transmitted ; but we *rstand, that it was expected that's junction of the vu forces of the two States would still be effected, 'reit is, after all, a point of etiquette which prevents thErimmediate union, and BONAPARTE, we believe, *hot sacrifice any imagined or expected bent fi: o augur of ceremony. He may sell or lend hiss) ips to the King of Denmark ; they will still be employed the same warfare, and, whoever be the nominal Coma :alder, will act under the same orders. There :eaething however in the resolution and indepen awe of mind which the people display in this instance, t':ch we cannot help applauding in an enemy. gereral lenerc were received yesterday from Lisbon C 4 dates to the 3d iastant. One of them, in particu., c'or, is from high authority, and states, what has l 'erl already atEnned before, that the kingdom of ' Ntngal is now on the eve of a famine, a calamity long been foreseen and dreaded by the tin_ ..rtaaate natives. The town of Lisbon having been racer than any other place in Portugal overrun by hti ch troops, is the first to experience the effects of v "" r titY• Flour, which is sold in America at two " l 3 per barrel, in Lisbon will fetch thirty-two . , a 1 lower classe; of people, who are destitute of 1 "le7 to Purchase at that extravagant rate, are li -1111 starving in the streets, and the most distressing 'motes arc daily witnessed. General JCNOT dispatches parties of horse daily to scour the country for corn ; hotthe fact is, that the nation is completely drained, and that the farmers never ceased to furnish the lurk ets as long as they had more to spare than sup lied their own families. But now, wherever the ? tenth come, they seize all, without considering the &tante state of the owner. Advices fronlSevillehave reached town to the 17t illast. That place is Ailed with French, and the P r it P l e are astonished at the daily arrival of fresh rralch forces in Spain, now that Portugal is cern- Pittely nuoued. The French force in Spain is not 1111111 an 100,000 men. iv,fritleAL . ... .. THE NEW Fittdal itrablLlTr --- . • On the II th fast: it two in the afternoons his Se retie Highness the Prince Arch-Chancellor of Dee Empire, in pursuance of the command of his Majesty the Emperor and King, repaired to the Senate. Hit Serene Highness was received with the aetustomnd honours; aid having caused the Act by which the' Presidentship in the Assembly was . assigned to him to be read, delivered the following:— ". Gewrtvami—The Statutes which I firing ybu, and which his Majesty the Emperor and King has been pleased to communicate to you, are to give life and motion to the principle asserted in the-Sew:fur Censubem of the 14th of August, 1806. The general sentiment concerning the advantages of that principle is not doubtful. 'Were there any scruples to be yet resolved, I should appeal to the experience of ages, and to the language used by the greatest writers on political philosophy, who have considered the exist ence and support of hereditary distinctions as being in .tome measure estential to Monarchical GOVerWlitte • The privileges which such an Institution establishes, the rank which it introduces, the fame it proposes, are ' the food of honour; and this hontsut is at the same time the basis of that Government to which the power of national character has brought us back. •It is thus become necessary for us to fill up this , 'chasm in our political system. 44 Yet you, Gentlemen, well know that the estab lishment of institutions, on which hangs the destiny of States, depends on a concurrence of circumstances of which the legislator must cautiously avail himself. He fin•ls reasons for . hastening or retarding his mea t sures in the genius, deities, and powers of the people Ito whom his institutions are to be adapted. Laws and establishments have, like plants, their soil and their season in which they are able to take deeper root. It is in France especially that all those springs may be called into action, which are moved by the love of power—it is in times so fertile in wonders that the emblems which fame has chosen are to be eternised for coming ages. A purer source of distinction cannot exist than that which we have now in view. Titles shall henceforth be shared by all who, by their services and their attachment to their Prince and their coun try, have already distinguished themselves, and whose reward is assigned them by universal gratitude. . 44 Europe, which is witness of our political esta blishment, admires the powers of a genius, which has been able to bring it to a happy termination. She is covered with our trophies, and will receive witty re spect names to which our Sovereign has been graci ously pleased to add new lustre. Great models will impose great duties upon future generations ; and the lexertion of poWer, which this obligation will render necessary, will be for France a never-failing stream of fame and prosperity. These considerations have in duced his Imperial and Royal Majesty no longer to defer the benefits of aii institution which unfolds all the dignity and greatness bf his oNect. 44 The Statutes which you shall hear, contain the consequences and the developement- of the principle which was established in the Senates Consultum. The principal end of these provisions has been to fix, in the projected institution, the rudiments of utility and permanence, to purify its source from corruption, and by the establishment of Imperial titles to eradicate tlie last roots of a tree which the hand of time has thrown far away, and which cannot flourish again Lieutenant General Sir G. LUDLOW, K. B. arrived under a Prince not less great through his understand at his residence at St. Stephen's near Canterbury, on ing than his power. Every thing that could be fore- Friday last, to resume his command of that district. seen has been foreseen. The Argyleshire Militia, quartered in barracks at 46 The new order of things raises no wall of separation Aberdeen, have completed their quota of volunteers between the citizens. The regular distinctions which to the line, having spiritedly furnished 221 very fine are thereby introduced, arc no infringement upon the young fellows. rights which render all Frenchmen the same before The Report of the Military Commissioners respect- the law ; on the contrary, they strengthen the same ing the Medical Departmentr proves demonstratively, rights by promoting morality, and guiding those in a variety of flagrant int Inces, t h at some o f t h e general sentiments which many want, when they are M.D.'s know how to prescribe for diewudtee. not supported by motives of honour. A career is Saturday se'nnight, Mr. JAMS, Watson, Master still open to all, of virtues and talents. The advan of the Bee, of Newcastle, when non board his tages which are given to tried merit will not be op vessel, in the harbour of Peterhead goi g , fe ll overboard pressive to the merit whic h i s yet unknown ; a praise and was drowned. His body was found next day. ' ' worthy and laudable emulation will rather be stimu lated by so manrobjects of desire. A meeting of honour, which, it is feared, will " The first Statute determines the titles, and con prove fatal to one of the parties, took place on Mon- netts them with the great offices of the State, and day afternoon, in a field adjoining the village of with those who are constituent members of the body Waltham, Bucks, between Lieutenant H—l and Mr. of the State. Thus the Departmental Electoral Col- W. a Gentleman of fortune at Waltham. The dis- leges derive more power and solidity by the honour pute originated in consequence of the Officer, who given to their chiefs, and that to which their members was on the recruiting service, having persisted in can arrive. The decree does still more than this; it forcing his addresses to a sister of Mr. W. against the secures to those who may have received this first mark consent of all the family, the lady having permitted of the satisfaction of the Sovereign, the power to his visits. A casual rencounter took place on Sunday, transfer the same over to their children ; it enables the when a horse-whip was introduced, and on the Lieu- servants of the Church to confer upon their rephews tenant calling again on the subsequent day a duel . that title which others convey to their descendants: was the consequence, and Mr. W. wounded his an- and this sort of adoption will draw the bonds still tagonist dangerously in the hip. closer, which at present connect the order of the COVENT-GARDEN.—The revived comic opera of the Priests with the great family of the State. The Le - Travellers in Switzerland, was repeated last night, tolgion of Ht'nour cannot be unaffected by the approach a very crowded and fashionable audience. The whole . mg establishment : especial provisions render it the representation was highly creditable: to the several , first degree in this hierarchy of fame. The title, ho performers. The new airs, duets, &c. are so happily' noured as it was before, appears to have acquired a blended as to form a characteristic unity with the' new splendour ; it becomes an inheritance of honour original musk, so generally admired. The most pro.., which the descendants will be eager to increase and minent harmonic favourites were, InctErmax's " Say, render more honourable. Fame !" Mrs. Dicitotss's " Sweet Bird ;" BELLAMY'S " The second Statute determines every thing ~ His vows to Julia ;" the Tippling Duet between which concerns the establishment and preservation of MUNDEN and Esteev ; FAwcETF's prattling burlesque; entails of estates, which may serve as an endowment the celebrated fishermen's glee, which was encored ; for the titles. These estates are of such a nature, that and the sweet simple duet, near the close, between i they can never be changed, nor, if possible, ever les- Isctznow and Mrs. DtmcoNs ; and MUNDEN'S pastime 1 send in quantity. They are unalienable. In case song, which was detailed with great humour. Indeed ' reasonable grounds should be assigned for destroying the whole opera abounds with the sweetest melodies I them, this power shall not be exercised, but upon that the superior talents of Mr. SHIELD have hitherto i condition that the estates shall be replaced by others produced. The drama of the piece was sustained by . ' i of the same size. All these wise precautions, and the the most successful combination of the best acting. ! special circumstances arising from them, are entrusted Yesterday a conger eel was taken in the Wash at 1 to a Council, who are to assist the confidence of his Yarmouth, by a fisherman, which measured six feet% . Majesty. They are to watch over the execution of length and twenty-two inches in girth, and weighed i the formal arrangements, respecting as well the in three stone seven pounds. This eel, on finding no way . l terests of the family as the establishment of the entail. for escape, rose erect and actually knocked the fisher- i The kind of preliminary censure with which the man'down, before he could take it. Council is charged, shall incessantly remind all Yesterday, a Miss BLoosarixto addressed the Loan classes of the State, that a regular and honourable life CHANCELLOR, requesting of him to examine some pa- is the only way which caa,..mesAluct merit and talents pers relative to a suit she has in Chancery, and to to the same end. . • -. , 'give his opinion. His Lordship informed ber, that "In the union of theie two Decrees, you, Gentle he would the first opportunity. She replied, she men, will recognize the same rains which makes knew how great men often made promises, and never every part lead to the same end, and thus attains the thought of them more ; but she was determined opt object desired. The Senate will co-operate in these to leave him until he appointed a day for giving his profoundly studied expedients , which multiply sup. judgment. The CHANCELLOR appointed Thursday. ports around the family of a Monarch who has Miss BLOOMFIELD stood directly before his Lordship, eternised the veneration of the universe, and the love between the bar aad the bench. of ell Frenchmen. Above all, he ehan. reC . °raise the . . . . -- - POMOUTH9 MARCH IC Came in the Ctillingwood, of and froni keiv Provi= dente, MARMADURZ SAND 69 Master, for London. — An American is also arrived that has been detained by the Caroline privateer, of this port : the latter was afterwards seen in company with a French ketch pii vateer, but Which was the captured vessel, could not be ascertained. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 29. Arrived the Symmetry, DAwsON, from the DoWns, bound to the Brazils. Sailed his Majesty's ship Argus, for Cork. The transports which were ordered into harbour and embarked troops of the 20th Light Dragoons, disembarked them yesterday. His Ma jesty's ship Melpomene has a signal flying for the masters of vessels bound to the West Indies to receive their convoy instructionE.—Wind N. E. DEAL, MARCH 29. Sailed his Majesty's ship Skylark, on a cruize.— Wind N. E. YARMOUTH, MARCH 28. This morning arrived the Forrester sloop of war, and has brought in twelve sail of fishing vessels, which she captured on the Dutch coast. The ships In the Roads are the Roebuck, Majestic, Safeguard, Sappho, Forrester, and Swan. Wind N. E. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, MARCH 59.-Sailed the Harriet, I.ynch, for India; William and Emma, Hayes, for the Cape of Good Hope; Enterprize, Boyer, for New York ; lane, Scott, for Quebec; Princess Royal, Richards, for Dublin ; and Providence, Jones, for Cork. The following important notice was yesterday posted up at LLOYD'S " By letters from Holland, dated the 12th of March, it ap pears that the French privateers cruising on that coast, pay no respect to licences granted by the Dutch Government for import ing goods from England. Dispatches were'received yesterday from the Chan nel fleet, which state, that there is in the Road of the Isle of Aix, a French line of battle ship closely watched by two of our men of war. Dispatches were yesterday received, dated the 19th March, on board his Majesty's ship STATELY, in Got tenburgh Roads. Monday the BOMBAY, a fine new 74 gun-ship, was launched at the King's Yard, Deptford. She went off the slips precisely at half past three o'clock in grand style. One of the boats of our men of war off Lisbon having been lately sent on shore for water, a small party of Portuguese soldiers, headed by an officer, who were stationed to guard there, suddenly threw down their arms, and requested to be taken on board. —The Portugueze officer assured the Captain of the British vessel, that the whole army of Portugal would gladly embrace a similar opportunity of escaping from their tyrannical oppressors under Juxor. The 53d regiment, under the command of Colonel Btwonaat, marches from Weymouth to-morrow, and following day, in two divisions, for Blatchington Barracks. sodem rniiiziedt teitichitifti tiffitiffe eilstence *elite hi &tire fie,. and, as k went, Maid' the fame of France participate in his own immortality." The Speech being ended, the Prince Arch-Cho& tenor caused the following two Stattites to be read by one of the Secretaries to the Assembly : FIRST STATUTE. " napoleon, by the Grace of Goo and the COluilititioa; dec. Sc.c. " Having considered the &mow Ceiendhas of the 14th Anew; 1806, we have decreed and ordered, and do decree and order 'as follows : " Aar. 1. They who occupy the great offices of the Empire, shall have the title of Prince, and of Serene Hisbnelts. " 2. The eldest sons of the great Dignitaries shall, in their own right, have the title of Dukes of the Empire, as soon as their fa t aLra shall, far their benefit, assign an entail, yielding an annual in= come of 200,00 n francs. This title. and the entail, can pass to lineal and legal descendants, whether of the body or adopted, from male to male, according to ;be order of birth. " 5. The Greet Dignitaries ces ensign to the eldest of two sons an entail, to whieb the title nfi Cllent shall be attached, agreeably to the prescriptions contained bow. " 4. Our Ministers, Samson's, ter Counsellors of State, who are named for life, the Pralines's( the Legialdtive Body, and the Archbishops shall, durinolll6lll.es, retain the title of Counts . For this putpose their lettempellini shall be made oot under the • Great Seal. - , • " 5. This title shall deecilleliena male to male (see Art. 2) ; and with respect to the Aanllllllheln, to those of their nephew whom they shall hayed:we" they applying to the Prince Arch- Chancellor, in order to receive letter patent, on the conditions afterwards expressed. " 6. Those who bear this title shall, in a manner to be here , after prescribed, prove that they have a certain income df 30,0i30 francs in estates, of a kind from whence entails may be made ; o pe-third part of which estates shall be attached to the tide men tioned in Art. 4, by way of endowment, and pass over With the same to all those to whom this title may descend. " 7. Those who bear the titles mentioned in Art. 4, may, In behalf of the eldest of two sons, assign an entail to which the title of Baron shall be attached, pursuant to the prescriptions aloe mentioned. • ; " S. The President of our Departmental Electiond Assemble., the fink President and Attorney General of our Coun6i:ofiCassa tion, the first President and Attorney General of our ber of ts Accoun, the first President and Attorney General of Court of Appeal, the Bishops, the Mayors of 37 goed cides,who bad the right to be present at our coronation, shall, during their lives, rate the title of Baron, viz. the Presidents of the Electoral As semblies, when they shall have presided in the Assembly during three sittings ; the first Presidents, Attornies General, and Mayors, when they shall have exerci sed their functions ten years to our satisfaction. " 9. The provisions of the sth and 6th articles shall be applied to those, who, during their lives, shall have the title of Baron, ex cept that they shall prove an income of 15,000 francs, of which a third part shall belittached to their title as an endowment, amt descend to those who shall inherit the tide. " 10. The Members of our Depar tmeatal Electoral Assemblizs,. who shall have attended three sittings of the Assemblies, and ful filled their functions to oar satisfaction may apply to the Arch ; Chancellor of the Emperor, in order to petition that it may please us to grant to them the title of Boron., which title shall descend, &c. as before : the applicants are to prove an income of 14,040 . francs, one third to be attached to and descend with the " 11. The Members of the Legion of Honour, and thonieadln: hereafter may receive this distinction, shall bear thetitle of 10/406. " 10. The descent as in the higher titles—the income to be it /cast 9000 francs. " 10. We reserve to ourselves the right of granting such titles, as we may deem udviseable, to the Generals, Prefects, Civil and Military Officers, and other our subjects who may have distin;. guished themselves by service rendered to the State. • " 14. Those of our subjects to whom we shall have granted these titles, shall use no other arms than such as shall be contained in the Letters Patent of their elevation. " 15. We prohibit all our subjects from assuming titles of dig nity, which we may not have granted them, aad all our Civil Officers, Notaries, and others from giving such titles ; enforcing as far as it is necessary, all the laws made against those who violate this prohibition. " Given in our Imperial Palace of the Thuilleries, the Ist of March, 1808. NAPOLEON." [The second Statute contains the provisions con cerning the establishment of the entails, and fixes their effect in relation both to the persons and their estate i.] The Public will be gratified with an animated like ness of Captain Rouzns, the late intrepid acting Commander of the Windsor Castle Packet, and a View of the Queen's Head, Islington, in the 315th Number of the European Magazine for March, which will be published on the Ist of April, price Is. 6d. by J. 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P. Donn, A. M. Rector of St. Mary at Hill, was requested to preach the Spica' Sermon, at Christ Church, on Easter Tuesday, instead of Dr. ANDRZW/M CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, MARCH 30. Owing to the continuance of contrary winds on the coast, the market is still with very few arrivals of Corn in general —Samples of prime Wheat this week fetches rather better. price--Barley, likewise—Malt and White Peas at small variation—Grey are heavy sale—Beans of the two kinds are not cheaper—There being btit short supplies of Oats, causes this trade at a further increase m eice—Rape Sled is higher, and thctorms of Flour sualippati**ratiop. an IM4 ii i $ 11 i ll " 1 " 11 L ; Wheat,. 44. imp t 44. Dart (doper. as. Od. Fine ditto, i11e41116 . Tick 4l.l44l* 45.. s lit N. Rye,45,,504., ~-, • . ~ Onci,SOolni. 4os. • . :11, 412 0 . OnTilie . , _ •. . . - Paha dillm s Sys. 4Ss,Od. M•sitlia-lif _, ...• - .. L. Pokitforikto 00s. 45. fd. White Pus glOkli!!:-. ) fsie Sytis t ig 11 , 51. Oe. . Oriy ditto ._ . 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