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allirm•Pimemweemons”..F.Ao FRENCH PAPERS. - - PARIS, APRIL 6. • REPLY TO THE NOTE 01 M. THE BARON DE KRUSEMARCL• M. Heron —I have laid before his Imperial and Royal Majesty. the Note winch you did me the honour of addressing to me on the 27th of March. . What is "moat damning of *edam censiderathe ,may be re duced to what follows : hat Prussia solicited and concluded an alliance with France bi 16 . 0, because the French Armies had approached nearer to the Prussian State., than the Russian Armies. - Prussia declares in tun, that she violates her Treaties, because the Amman Armies have approached nearer to her States, than the French Armies. Posterity will judge, whether such conduct be faithful, and worthy of a great Prince, conformable to equity lbad.seund policy. ~~y • It wilt always sio justice to the perseverance of your Cabinet In its principles. In 1792, when France was inwardly agitated by a Revolution, and, from without attacked by a formidable enemy, appeared like to skit, PrBssia made war on her. Thee years afterwards, and at the moment when France was triumphant over the coalesced powers, Prussia abandoned her allies, she left the side of the combination together with its for tutte, and the King of Prussia was the first of the Sovereigns who bad taken up arms against France, that acknowledged the Republic. Four years had scarcely elapsed, (in 1799) when France felt ' the vicissitudes of war—some battles had been lost id Switzer ' landancritaly; the Duke of York had landed in Holland, and the Republic was threatened both fmm the North and the South. yortune had changed, and Prussia changed with her. Ant the, English were driven from Holland—the Russians were beaten at Zutich—vittory again came under our colours in Italy; and Prussia became again the friend of France. In 1805, Austria took up arms; she carried her armies to the ibassubel she took possession of Bavaria; whilst the Russian troops paised the Niemea, and advanced towards the Vistula. The union of three great powers, and their immense prepara. Alone, app.-aced to presaga nought but defeat to France. Prussia could not liesitine an instant; she armed herself; she signed the treaty of Berlin : and the mane's of Frederick the Second were callid upon to witness the eternal hatred which she vowed .against France. When her Minister sent to his Majesty to clic . earn the law to hint, had arrived in Moravia, the Russians had I lust lest the bottle of Austerlitz, and it was owing to the gene ♦ -rosity of the French that they were allowed to return into their sawn country. Prussia immediately tore the treaty of Berlin, con 'eluded only slit we..ks before , abjured the celebrated oath ofPots dam • betrayed Russia, as she had betrayed France; and entered .jnto fresh engage:mans with us. But from these internal fiuctua- .tions in poleics, proceeded a real anarchy in the public opinion in Prussia; - an exaltation took place in men's minds which the Prussian Covernment were not able to direct—they supported it, and, in 1806, declared war against France, at the moment when it was their best iotereht to-keep up a good understanding with her. Prussia being entirely conquered, saw her herself, above -bee own hopes, admitted to sign, at Tilsit, a peace by which she received every thing, and gave nothing. In 1.6f:9, the war with Austria broke out : Prussia was again going to change her system ; but the first military events leaving *no doubts of the definitive result of the campaign, Prussia was : ' goveenerl by prudence, and did not dare to declare herself. In t oil, f...ie preparationsenade by Russia threatening Europe ,with a new war, the geographical situation of Prussia did not permit her to remain an indifferent spectatress of the events which - were about taking pl.!ce; and you, M. le Baron, were charged so early as the month of Mar :h in the same year, to solicit the • alliance of France; and it is useless for me to recal to your re membrance what passed at that period. It is useless' for me to ,repeat either your reiterated instances ur your warm solicitudes 1 His Majesty, remembering what was past, at first hesitated what part Is. should take. But thought that the King of Prus-, sia, enligidenedhy experience, was at length become sensible of • the versatile eoiicy of your Cabinet. He felt himself obliged for the steps wi ich it had taken at St. Peiersburgli to prevent the! t rupture. It was b:sides, contrary to his justice and his heart to declare war, merely fur the considerations of political corset- , nieuce. lie yielded to his personal sentiments towards your So yeeidgn, and eunsented to make at adiam e v. ith him. .. So lung .as the chalices of war were favourable to us, your Court chewed itself faithful; but scarpely had the premature rigours of the winter attacked our armiefun the Niemen, when the defer-', tion of General D'Yorck rewakened suspicions but too well founded. The equivocal conduct of your t:ourt in so weighty a ... circumstance; the departure of the King for Breslau; the tree-, • Cliery of General Enlow, who opened to the enemy the passages .. . . • of the Nether Oder ; the public Ordinances, to excite a turhulent . and factious youth to take up arms; the junction at Breslau of i ' men designated as Chiefs of the disturbers, and as the principa! t instiga• ors of the war of 1806; the daily communications' esta blished between some Court and the head-quarters of the enemy, bid for a long title, left no doubt of the'resotutiens of your Court ; when, M.Baron, I rece,..ved,your note of the 27:h of March, and it has therefore caused no surprise. i Prussia wishes, it is said, to recover the inheritance of her an • cestors : but we may ask her, if, whet she speaks of losses wince ' her fair reicy has caused her to suffer; we has not likewis. .inede sone: acquidtions to put into tha scale ;—il, among those acquisitions, there be none which she owes to her faithless po licy ? It is, that she owes Silesia to the abandonment of a Frrnch _ __ army in the v. ails Prague; and el her acquisitions in Ger puny, to the violation of the laws and interests of the Germs ,. tdc Body. Prug.a talks of her desire of obtaining a peace founded on a pad basis; but Low ts it possible to reckon on a solid peace with a power which believes herself justified when she breaks her en gagements according to the caprices of fortune ? Hit Majesty prefers a declared enemy to a friend always ready to abar4on him. I will not carry these observations any farther ; I shall content rtyselfwith asking, what would an enlightened Statesman, and a friend to his country, have done, who, in thought, placing him self at the hehu of affairs of Prussia, from the day when the re volution in prance broke out, would have conducted himself ac 'cording to the principles of a sound and moral policy. • Would he have engaged Prussia in 1792, in a war, in which she must leave the chances in favour of states more powerful than berse:t ? Had !le done so, w ould he have advised to take up arms before the Revolution was finished ? If. nevertheless, he ba•l ,been led to acknowledge the Republic, . . „ . would lie not have persisted in his system—would he not have endeavoured to derive advantage from it, and to profit by those 'senilments with which France would have been inspired for a 'Prince, who, for her sake, braved the prejudices of the times ? 'fie would have established the influence of Prussia in the North, by alliances; the Monarchy of Fsedertek would have been more * firmly established, and Prussia would have founded her interior )sappiness and her consideration on a strict union with France.— ; lie would not have suffered himself to be puffed up, Ur 1799, by the transient success of our entmies. '-' ' Re would in 1805 have repulsed, with policy and dignity, the alliance by which England, Russia, and Austria had unitedly en tered into reciprocal engagements to constrain Prussia. Never theless, if di awn away by unforeieen dreumstances, he had taken an oath on the tomb of Frederick, he should not have violated it after Use battle of Austerlitz ; he should have taken the'only ho nourable way in a false determination, by remaining true to those , :Whet who were maltreated by Fortune. If in 1812 he had thought he might forget what Rush had .. _ .. done in favour of Prussia at 1 Boit, whatever circumstances per mitted; and if he had signed the Alliance with France, he ought to have remained faithful to it. He would have found iii tin t expect,d es•-ats, an opportunity of causing Praceia, notsenn -1 standing her weakness, to act a fine part, and to manifest decided sentiments, and of which he might, lit (attire time, invoke the honourable remembrance. This faithful resolution would have secured to Prussia the esteem even of her enemies. She would base served not their bate, but their true interes:s ; fur Uetieral ow D'Yorch would not have betrayed, and the Russians would ntot have passed the Niemen ,—General Bulow would not have be frayed, and the Russians would not have eassed the Oder; and would not have exposed themselves to the catastrophe which is eatens them :—M short, *France, feeling the want of a Modia. for between her and Russia, would have found it in faithful Prussia, and would have conzented to aggrandize for the interest el her system, and for the peace and repose of the world, which Is her sole view, a Power, whose sincerity had been put to the proof. • • At present, M. Baron, what remains for Prussia, She has dune tolittig for Europe ; she has done nothing for bet ancient Ally; she will do 'nothing ibr peace. A Power; whose treaties are citify eonditional, cannot be.an useful Mediator: she guaran tees stothing ;- Ole pi nothing bat o subject of discussion; she is lot escoobarrier. The tauter of Provioaxce has ;hewn itsvifi ~ • ! • . , to the eft is ce this wthitilii.le predated tbon ee littlish oieestaidy Guards••-Thiefoadteffien, Seeetiery to the *We, false Meade, and snub the •it has given Ide Me fatty can lady t i r u iltragivelY no power sufficient to insure the , of the making the dies. * The are only to be taken from the int ratite" in ten tise•asent if the other'. ~N army, end their presence In the corps they command is noir a In terminating my trap's:43olM with you, M. Bat" 1 usury. If they were taken front iree elevated tellits,they would tulate myself in keying to espress to you his Majesty's satisfies. fail of the intended end, and be eentretl to the btaltitti°9l be' don with your conduct during the tin* that you have resided cause there would not be placed at their had thee, whoofare ti near to him. He pities you, bodras a military man and as a be especial', responsible for the safer of the Emperor and h man of honour, that you should britkietsod yourself obliged to family ; men who are cloathed with'''. first discoidal! ! ! goo army Asa such a declaration. ".---"---.. ' and in the,State. I have the honour to transude yeicsbe*posegseei which you 64 The body guard is otherwise not neadhi he the present . have requested of me. moment; the gees d'arnies, the troops of the gitniben, and 5 or I beg you, M. Barop, to aer4inhe assurance of my high eon- 6000 mat of the Imperial Guard, he& of bine .ind hot, which sideration. • • (Sign Ina ottaz ox Lissome. are now at Parts, and are compost siren Megan, not so able Paris, April 1, 1813. to go to war, and young men , commanded by O ffi cers d'Elite, Then follow a great number of Note s in the Magi- guarantee the maintenance of gocid order in the Capital. - 4 9 It is nevertheless useful to proceed to the formation of these tear, •on the different passages in Count Krusemark's comrades-of Body Guards, and to strengthen the army with ' Letter. The only points on which they present any men, still In the Bowes of their age, whose profession is arms, novelty, are those relative to the occ u pa t ion of the and .tio are languishing out of employment. Prussian fortresses by the French in 1812, and to the 44 It even necessary to open a career for young people who are Prussian offer of mediation in February . diers—but who having attained their 24th or 25th year, consider (1) The Convention (of 1808) stipulated nothing concerning themselves as being thetetoo old to run the chance of a slow pro. the fortresses of Pillau and Spandau. France declared (ID 1812) motion in the military career. ' that she had need of either Grandents or Colberg, and nothing 9 9 It is with this view that we have conceived the dispositions was said concerning other places. The King desired that these of Title 11. might be passed over in silence; but it was agreed that France I 99 The men called to compose the 4th regiments shall eke*, might occupy them, without any formal disposition to that e ff ect ! equip, and mount themselves at their own expense, but they being inserted in the Treaty. They would certainly have been have the certainty of obtaining the Brevet o f Officers, after a named among the excepted places, if it had been intended to campaign of twelve months : and they shall be capable of admit. have excepted them. It was in consequence of these disposi. sion into the formation of the four companies of body guards, if dons, made by the two contracting parties, that they have been they shall be promoted thereto when the campaign is finiabed ; occupied in concert, and under the circumstances stated In the they may even be employed in detachments of three or fear hurt- , following Extracts : deed men, to assist in the service of the Empress, or that of the (First Extract.) DI BT. MANSAN. King of Rome. LETTER OP Id. THE COUNT " These regiments shall receive the pay of horse chasseun in the Imperial Guards. Berlin, April 24, 1811. I "In fine, the Members of the Legion of Honour, or their I have, in conformity with his Majesty's orders, made known sons If they have net a sufficient fortune to do it tinwares, the considerations which moved him to desire the occupation of 9 - maybe eq uipped and mounted at the charge of the Legion. These Spandau. The dispositions have been made, and are entirely put in execution. • united advantages will no doubt lead the children of the Mem • hers of the Electoral Colleges of the Departments and Circles of The King has not hesitated for a moment; but he was,never- ' theless a little hurt, considering this demand as 4 mark of re- • Municipal C the ouncils, the sons of the most respectable pro pie in the departments and the communes , and In short all maining suspicion, which he ardently wishes to see dissipated. 1 - • ' those who are depositaries of the public authotity, to Inscribe There are no mere than 80 Prussian veterans at Spandau.— ; themselves m these regiments ; and there will be no excuse left One French battalion, with a battery of artillery, is In the.town, , for those idle young people who complain of having no employe and one con.pany of artillery in the fortress. The Prussian Cum- . mandant remelts there. meet open for them, and who too often give cause for Ind mending their excesses. • (Second Extract.) " Title 111. makes a call for 80,000 men of the first Baas, as LETTER FROM N. COUNT MARSEN. well for recruiting the Army, as for forming-an Army of Reserve, - Berlin, April 28. but from which are excepted such men as were married before I have the honour to inform your Excellency, that the arrange- the publication of the-Senatus Cunsultum. . "This call will gin soldiers of the age of from 21 to 26 years, memo relative to Spandau are already put in execution. According to the new dispositions, the garrison of Spandau . and consequently men in their full vigour, and capable of enter ought to be augmented, a General of Brigade should be established =lug into the corps as soon as they sbaU have received the prelimi nar tbere,and the magazines will serve to content the corn and other y instructions. . " The cohorts formed by the first call on this Ban have al. articles appertaining to the French srmy. ready proved what we may promise ourselves from the new call I have this morning mentioned it to the Baron d e Hardeeberg, in a conversation that I had with him. He answered me, that Proposed. every thing would be done as the Emperor desired. He always "We do not dissumulate how painful this appeal must be to the last classes ; but what French Citizen does not fe e l i t prefer assures me, that the only pain the King feels, is, lest there sbould able to make a present effort, to avoid making greater ones, and remain any suspicions or doubts in the Emperor's mind, of his - intentions, and of his disposition to make every possible effort for from which the same re alts could not be expected ? seconding the views of his Imperial and Royal Majesty. " Exclusive of this, the calls, and their fixed times, should be I answered him, that he ought not to attribute to suspicion, determined by arras of the Council, and these executive measures those measures of precaution, which are nevertheless as muc h ! shall be taken in the most proper manner to prevent all injustice - for the interest of Prussia * that of France; that, although his a nd difficulty. Majesty the Emperor bas never marched but •frOm victory is " You well know, Gentlemen, the spirit of foresight which always guides his Majesty's designs :and thus to prevent every victory, he had never omitted taking the most minute precau kind of dancer and even of inquietude, he bas deemed it peces tions, evereat two or three hundred leagues in his rear; that no thing appeared indifferent to him; and that he is, perhaps, the • wry to organise an Army of Reserve, whidi encamped on our frontiere, will, at the same time, watch for their defence. and only man to whom it has been given to perform such great actions, maintain order among our Allies. without forgettirig the least detail of the very smallest matters. M. de Hardenlierg then ent e r e d i n to my wa y of r To., IV. renders disposable the 90,000 men of the Colo and as he is master of his subject, and is no man of thinking; forms, he scription of 1814. who had been destined for the defence of ow perceived nothing in this alliance, but the- great end of saving western and southern frontieri; they will form the Army of Rey. I serve on the eastern frontiers, where they will fill this new sire. Prussia : and he concluded by saying, that if, aft e r all, t h ere should remain any mistrust on the part of the Emperor, he hopes tinatio n. that the cotistancy with which Prus s ia will p rove herself a faith- " To the honour and courage of site National Guard, the ful ally, will entirely destroy it. Emperor confides the defence of the six great ports of she nil& (si r ed) •ritz COUNT DR SAINT MARSAN. tary marine; it is to the National Guards that he eatables the care of repulsing any attack of our enemies on the roans of the . (Third Extract). Empire. ' LETTER FROM COUNT Da SAINT MARSAN. You have not forgotten, Gentlemen, with what ardour the Berlin, April 29, 1812. inhabitants of our coasts marched against the expedidon directed ' Yesterday evening I was at the house of the Duke of Reggio, to lite port of Antwerp. with Count' de Hardenbcrg, and M. de Narbonne. Tee dis- " &telt is necessary to direct this zeal, and what happened course was about the orders given concerning Spandau; and M. in 1809, has shewn how Important it is to organize the service elf the National Guard, in such parts of the Empire where It may the Duke of Reggio convinced the Baron de Hardenberg t hat these measures ought in no wise w cause the Kinglny inquietude, be deemed necessary. nor cause him to suppose that his Imperial and Royal Majesty " 1 hose departments which am especially called upon to con cur in the defence of the ports, are designat e d in 'fid e IV. entertained any mistrust; that it was such precautions as the Emperor takes always and every where, and that they were " The National Guard shall be organized in the departments, commanded by circumstances. The Minister perfectly entered ,fit shall be found needful, and the companies of grenadier and into the sense of the Marshal, and assured hint that they were I chasseurs completed in such a manner as to present a force of disposed to do every thing for the benefit of the common cause ; , from 15 to 30,000 men, in every circle, effective, present„aad not only what had been stipulated, but likewise every thing that always disposable. might be useul; and that besides, the affair of Spandau was con. "it is from the bosom of the Senate, Gentlemen, that his formable to the strict terms of the treaty; because neither Majesty will select the Generals whom he will charge to preside S t andau nor Pillau bad been excepted, like Colberg, Grautientz, . over the organization of these companies, and to take the coin. and Potsdam, by the stipulation, which says that the whole nand of them. In giving the citizens such chiefs to guide them country between the Elbe, the Oder, the Vistula, and the NM- in those sentiments of honour as have so many clai m s on the men, might be occupied by the Fren ch army. general esteem it was his Majesty's wish to encourage the cone.; I render account of these expressions of the Chancellor to dente of the dation* Guards; to render their obedience more and your Excellency, that you may th e better be enabled to judge of ; e a sy, the manner io which this Minister regards the positional Prussia. I consistent with the duties of the service. (Signed) COUNT Di " Not more than from 1500 to 3000 men from each circle ST. Will be called into activity, and these will be placed at those J (2.) Prussia was in full negociatlon with the enemy when she ' points where their services may be deemed necessary, and will made the proposal of acting as a mediator. It was contained in be relieved every three months, In order that they may not be a note addressed to Count St. Marsan, at Breslau, on the 15th of . too long detained from their occupations and business. February. It is sufficient to remark the date of this document, " The contingent of every circle shall be in readiness to s and give the exact expressions of the Chancellor of State, to form ! to such points as may be attacked ; but will not be parted from an opinion of the decency and good faith which dictated this pro- the r families, excepting in such cases, and then may for the time position. the danger may exist. 111 It has occurred to the King, that nothing could more advance " '!'his contingent reduced to the lowest number of 15,0011' the great work than a truce, in consequence of which, the Russian men for each circle, will give 90,000 men, to which, when we and French armies should retire to a certain distance, and este- join 20,000 Gard es Cot es , 60,00 0 o f t h e m arine troops, 20,000 lines of demarcation ; leaving an intermediate country be• workm e n employ e d in t h e great poets ; the local natio nal guard, tween them. Would his Imperial Majesty be disposed to emit' about 40,000 men in the depots of the land army, who are wide. into such an arrangement? Would he consent to give up the in reach of the coast, and lastly 6000 men of the Gene d'ArMia l guarding of the fortresses on the Oder, Pillau, and the fortress distributed in the same arrondissement, the defence of our calla of Dantzic to the troops of the King. and withdraw his army will be found to be secured by upwards of e 50,000 men, lode. behind the Elbe, whilst the Emperor Alexander should withdraw pendent of the reserve of grenadiers and chasseurs, who are sat all tits troops behind the Vistula ? The King has ordered Gene- entered in the first contingent, and which will besides smn ID ral Krusemarck and Prince Hatzfeld to ask his Imperial Ma- upwards of 120,000 men more. jetty's opinion respecting it. He is also sounding the Emperor 1 "It Is nevertheless by means of this measure, which dole net Alexander as upon an idea coming absolutely from himself, mid call out more than a thousandth part of the population tithe which can in no manner compromise the resolutions which his six arroodissetnent, and merely for a temporary lervice ; that Imperial Majesty, your Sovereign, M.Count, may take in this the 90,0 1, 0 men of the coosaiptiou of 1814, have been rendered respect. His Majesty will regulate according to this hie ulterior ' dtspostable. proceedings. Accept, &c. lIARDUIRZRG. " The actual situation of Europe, the necessity our enemies Breslau, Feb. 16, 1813. are under of dividing their forces in Sicily, in Portugal, and in PARIS, APRIL 13. Canada, banishes every idea Of our coast being attacked, but . I however improbable an attack may seem to be, it is su ffi cient The follow i ng i s the Report of Count Defermont ! that it is not impossible, to induce his Majesty, in his great wit . not to hesitate in applyin g the measures which have been to the senate, on the plan for calling out an a ddi- ' awns tinned force, in consequence of the wa r with P russ i a : proposed to you. 41 By giving your sanction, Gentl e men, t o th em , you i nsure 46 MT LORD AND SZNATORS---YOll have just heard the cum- the defence or our coasts and our ports, and thus the Empire menace dons which' leis Majesty has ordered to be made to you ; ' will have an army of 400,000 men on the Elbe, one of 200,000 existing circumstances render an augmentation of our military ' in Spain, and 200,000 partly on the Rhine, partly in the 22d mi force indispensable; it is the object of the Smatur Cwirkkinai Which Mary division, and in Italy. we are charged to present to you. " And it is in the view of such forces that our enemies tem " if we must regret the defection of our Ally, it is better to ceive the ridiculous idea of dismembering the empire, - knit to Y allow our departments to be giv en ind . tee him dpenly in the enemy's ranks than be exposed to his daft treacheries. The disposable force of ' Phissia is not such e but that Thisstruggle is the last. Europe will take dal calculations. Th , s the Empire may make her repent of again having entered into a a definitive situation, contest with her; but you know, Gentlemen, that if wewish for the events of the winter of leiS will at least have been of advantage to France, by causing her to peace, it must be obtained by successes , that will guarantee its know her friends and her fors, the exten t o f own means, the dttrabiley ; and to obtain that object, it is much bett e r im me - devotion of the people, diately to employ great means, rather Mad gradually exhaust dy nasty : , and their attachment to th e Imperial overtures in feeble efforts. [This project, after having been referred to a special commis "P . ehe fi rst title of the Project puts 180,000 men at the di s - Mon of the was adopted and decreed' by the Senate, in the sittings posal of the Minister at War, to be added to the active armies. " Ninety thousand men taken of the Conscription of 1814, Colonel lIot7LAy followed Count DFFEICOON, and whose levy has already been authorited, will only find a' change in their destination. s thus developed the motives of the 2d project of the " Ninety thousand men are to be levied agreeably to the dis- SenatUS . Consultum. After going over all the recent position of Fide li..md Ili. 6f the Proj e ct. ' events i n the North, he thus proceeded Ihe defection of Prussia may augment our enemy's forces a 41 Suds, Gentlemen, was the condition of those countries, when with 80 or nr ' ,000 teen and it Is therefore right and adviseable the m i sfortunes which'e rigorous and premature season occasion to encreaee the army of the Empire in the same proportion. ' ed the Grand Army, reanimated among our enemies those hopes " Title 111. creates four regiments of Hone Guards of Honour, which our vhitoties bad disconcerted. - ill the whole to complete 10,000 men: • • • " AU kind of intrigues have' been horned to. A new coalition " The Depart/note have demsoded the fetutstioa 61 comPaq Is formettinthe Nbree; and rrus.ia, believing teat she , -- t skew do hatred With tellmelty, Me at the world an 'um* it an 'doss perfidy. 44 The collated, la their tranmetioni, have ceded Norway to Sweden, and promised our Haniestic poeseesians to Denmark, re as indenntficatien. * The Danish Goverment has rejected an arrangenteat, wish, by despoiling it of an important part of her States, Zees ken lathing in return but a chimerical hope, and the cenainty „of, an eternal war wish the empire. A wise and esliehtened Prince has not forgotten the outrages of Evg,aand, he has felt kp true interest, and remained faithful to us. " Nevertheless, the enemy has approached our Hanseatic De- Pments, and has there sow n th e see d s o f trou bl e an d revo l t . Pid be have been blinded to such a point as to persuade their. 'bathe saki have withdrawn then from the obedtence they owe to his Majesty t " How, because a tempest which prudence could pot fore. me, has dispersed a part of mar victorious army, ar enemies tier themselves that they may, vs their pleasure, dispose /sr our territories accorilieg to their ambition ! They believed that they can dictate the law to us, and draw us into 4 disgractkil peace! " Without doubt, it would soon become necessary to burnout fleets, destroy our docks, and reduce our navy to 30 vessels, inf. they have dared to propose to as. " Deprived of our Colonies, and the advantages of a maritime commerce, we should furthermore renounce nut Continental power, and suffer our manufactures and our national industry to perish, and become in every respect the servile tributaries of fia England ! No, no! the Nation is of the same sentiments with her Sovereign. Fall of confidence in the firmaess of his charm. ter ad the resources of his genius, she will never suffer the lean attempt to be made await the dinky of 'his Crown; she will deplore that it may regain all No energy to replan-sock Take pretensions. " She has already made known its mile asstlmenis, and we shall see her persevere la time wkliimehskes eerauscy. 06 You, Gentlemen, who are the principal organs of this ge. wrests people, you will show yourselves its worthy interpreters by sanctioning the measures proposed to yen. si What we are especially charged to present to yes is as we said at the commencement,in the cases provided for by our coo stitudon. Since the enemy has defiled the territory of the Han. static Departments—slue be has excited these disorders and se. ditions and that he hes there raised culpable hers, it la evident that hie empire of the constitutional and common law, the ear. else of which presupposes a regular and peaceable state of align, should be there euspeaded, mad 'Lake way fur obvert/et eatraer diary measures may be commanded by circumstances. 4 This suspension is, however, only for three mouths; every thing beds us to believe that it rill not require more than that time to Wog those departments again under perfect submission; and we have no doubt that we shall see all the good citizens, all the enlightened people of those countries, concur of theiuseives to the *actresses of the measures which ids Majesty will take to restore there the government of order and law. [This project, after having been referred to a special Commis sionA was adopted and decreed by the Senate, in ,the Sitting of 34 pril.] • .- - PARLIAMEhTdRr PRO.C.EEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL IL The Earl of GLASOON took the oaths and hie seat. A few of the private Bills before the House were forwarded, after which thair Lordships adjourned for some time during pleasure. On the resuming of the House, the Piccadilly Parented Bil was read a third time and poised. • A few private or local Bills were brought up from the Corm mons by bins W. Rosner, R. VAirostiot, sad other Members, and respectively read a first titan Mr. Lamm presented aeveralaceranti from the Stamp Oiket pursuant to former vomit 9f their Lordship, which were ordered to lie on the table. The addition' Customs Doty Bill, and the Snuff and Tobacco Excise Bill, which were read a second dote on Saturday, semis rally passed through Committees of the whole House, and were rejorted without any amendment. Lord ERMIN, presented two Petition from cerridn Clergy, Freeholders. and others at the County of Cornwall. aping the Catholic Claims, which were ordered to lie 0 0 the table. On the motion of the Earl of DAR n Lair, variety of accounts relative to the military force of the eineutry, preparatory to hie intended modem after the recess. were ordered to be laid before the House. On the footlos of the Earl of CLANOARTY i the Passengers' Regulation 818 was read a second Urns, and cudered to be cows- On the suggestion of the Earl of Haaaowlir. the farther*** sideration of the Report al the Cumuli Stipends Bill was defer, , ted till Thursday. THE SINKING FUND DILL. The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose on the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill. His Lordship stated, that it was fottaded on the Act of Mr. Pitt, in 1792, and the subsetp,sent Acts of 1798 and 1799, for making a Sinking fund, that should, in farty.five years, pay off the national debt. The Noble Earl went into a general statement of the ads vantages which the country might expect to derive froni this new measure. The most prominent advan tage was, that it would enable Government to carry on, if necessary, increased and vigorous war, without additional taxes. He was prepared to meet the ar gument, namely, that the Bill would be ,a breach of taith with the Stock Creditor a and his Lordship con tended, that there was not the slightest foundation for such an idea. The Marquis of LANSDOWN opposed the Bill, ' and expressed his opinion that it was a total dew cure from the original undertaking in the Bill of 1792. That Act was to prevent the accumulation of debt ; and with reference to the present Ili% it was made the ground of increasing the debt. If the old system was persevered in, the fund, at the end of ten years, would be one twenty-sixth of the debt,: by the new system, the Fund will be one fifty-fifth part of the debt in ten years, which was i falling,off of half the produce. The Noble Marquis conceived that it was dangerous to admit any innovation of such importance to the original system. The Earl of LAUDERDALE opposed the Bill. His Lordship could not agree to the doctrines of either the Noble Earl ar his Noble Friend. He did not believe that the Bill was a breach of faith to wards-the Stock Creditors, but he deprecated the measure, and all the precedingAcu for the establish , went of a Sinking Fund. Any Sinking Fund, in his Lordship's opinion, was a fallacy with respect to an i y real saving to the Country. Lord SIDMOUTH said, he would not deny that something like a contract had been entered into be. tween the public creditor and the Government with respect to the Sinking Fund ; but the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne) had relieved him from considerable anxiety, by expressing his opinion that the public faith would not be violated ay this measure. The substantial interest of the public creditor was provid ed for in the Bill. That fact was sufficiently proved by his Noble Friend (Liverpool). The taxes which it would be necessary to raise, under the proposed system, would be much less than under the former one. This was a most important consideration. In 1786 and 1792 there was no plan in the contempla tion of Government to provide for the service of the year except by loan. Ihe prospect held out by the present plan was sufficient to animate every mind. — It was, a measure most beneficial to the country, which held out new proofs and new grounds of Con f‘dence. The Marquis of LANSDQWNE explained;— after which the Bill was read a second Cm., and the House . adjourned. . ' 1 1 . 1 ' 3 I d th 4 lik in bac wai pro ply