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e- ~:mirable pipei...4kelii-.) It was otve firft duty atter having solemnly joined in the assertion Of 'itch a cause—a cause of which none could forget the obli gation, and in which none could have a separate in. terest to divest ourselves of every feeling of selfish. nes s, and ear/1y idea of exclusive advantage. A se paration of interest, or a separate peace, in a confe deracy formed for this object, and maintained upon these principles, were alike detestable. To accom plish so sacred a purpose, no effort in war and no sacrifice in negotiation ought to be spared. It was our duty to use our acquisitions, not as the means of obtaining separate advantages for ourselves, but as acquisitions subservient to the great and common ca use, even though made before the formation of the confederacy. Our first duty was to Spain, to Portu gal, above all to Holland, and to the other States of the Continent, as they had successively proclaimed their independence, and united mailer one standard. Independence not merely nominal, but practical and substantial, ought to be secured to all, on terms, into c the detail of which it was obviously impossible for him to enter, but which ought undoubtedly to be of that nature Which should take from any par ticular 1 state the power of successfully encroaching on the territories of its neighbours. This was in other words to restore a balance of power in Europe, that balance which had perhaps most nearly attained perfection in the year before the partition of Poland, and but for the weak and criminal connivance of France and 1 Great Britain at that unprincipled spoliation, all the : calamities which have since afflicted them might have been avoided. Amnng the eminent Statesmen of this country there was but one who at that pes int' raised his voice against the acquiescence of the Bri tish Government in that transaction—this was the late Marquis of Lansdowne, wee resigned his office 1 in consequence of his expostulation with the French Government upon their seizure of Corsica, the smallest , if the independent Powers in the Euro pean system. He pretended not, therefore, to say, I what was the precise or lowest point of security with i which the British Government ought to be satisfied ; this was a _definition which it required more informa tion of actual and present circumstances than he was in pousession of to prescribe. This it was the pro. vince of his Majesty's Ministers to determine. The 1 few hasty ideas which he had submitted were de listtred under the preisure of indisposition, and per haps he would have acted more prudently in remain., ing silent on this occasion. He trusted, however, that the expression of his zeal for the maintenahce of the civil liberty and ancient Government of Holland would not he considered as indicative of any luke warmness towards the cause of its dependence. Hei trusted, that in enforcing the dictates of justice_ and the rights of neutrality in favour of the only Repub lic now surviving in Europe, he should not be sus- , petted of entertaining an indifference towards the in tegrity of independent States. In whatever else re mained connected with the discussion, he had been anticipated by the excellent State paper to whiCh he had always alluded. He should conclude, therefore, by moving, that the words Ist of March be omitted, and the S.:4th of January insetted. Coronet ST. PAUL, in a maiden speech, observed, that what had fallen from the Hon. and Learned ge il ttvievatt might Apply to any thing in the world escaff i x t the Amendment h e h a d propose d. H a d ante a notice entered in the hooks of the House, for A. &Minh m enquire into the state of the British Constitution, or into that of the Constitution of almost any State in Europe, his speech Might have applied ; but ; to the present circumstances, it was totally fo reign to the question. The fact was, however, that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had been deprieted of an opportnnity of making a speech on the East-India Question, and a speech he must have, which had pro euced the present effusion. He was glad, however, that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had, in his ob servations, given him an opportunity of doing justice to the conduct of Ministers, into whose hands he felt not the smallest hesitation of trusting th e management of public business Miring the proposed adjournment. —He could hardly express the warmth of feeling their conduct had excited in his breast ; and he con siuered the attack made upon the Hon. ;rad Learned I Gentleman, as one of the m o st juiced he had ever heard of. r .f laugh.) He had expected that the House should meet on that day, merely to congratu. late one another on the unanimity which had hitherto prevailed in Parliament. He had heard with the ut most satisfaction on former occasions the candid ex pianetions of the Noble Lord (Castlereagh,) the manly declaration of the Member for Bedford (Mr. Whit. b.ead), and the eloquent speech of the Member for Liverpool (Mr. Canning), all coinciding together to wards one great object. He had expected something similar on the present occasion, instead of which, he had been compelled to listen to the speech of the Ho nourable and Learned Gentleman, which he could nut sufficiently reprobate, as destroying all hopes of unanimity in Parliament. Mr. WHITBREAD.--" I heard with pleasure, front the Hon. Member who has just spoken, who, from his manner of expressing his feelings, must have felt very strongly when silent [a laugh] his satisfac tion at my conduct ; but' when I afterwards heard also Iris approbation of the conduct of the Member for Liverpool, 1 felt rather surprised that the Hon. Gentleman was able to chime in with both of as, as there are no two men whose views of political subjects cari be more discordant. A s to t h e speec h o f m y Hon. and Lear n ed F r i en d (si r J. M ac ki ntos h) w h o ts opposed the adjournment, on the accession of hose talents I congratulate the House and tie cowl y, and than whom, on questions of public law, 'ere is no one more competent to instruct the House, wonder at the application made of it to any party, J still more at the epithet finical, which the Ho irelile Gentleman who spoke last, was pleased bestow on it.— (el laugh.) —Though I agree with r Hon. and Learned friend iii all his geeeral pt in les, and concur completely in his wish pa oppose lung adjournments, I should contradict the opi. , ns which I have declared respecting his blapsty's eistets, if I concurred in opposing this mooon of ;ournment. If any thing had erccutred to diminish confidence in them, 1 might be justified in my position to the present motion ; but instead of any rig having occurred to diminish it, the adoption s night by the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) of the Lenalid Declaration, dated at Frankfort, December : Ist, incre a sed that confidence.—(Hear, hear.) — acing this Session I have not only withheld my op sitions but even given my support to measures .in thv ? or! baf THE EVENING STAR. LON DON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1813. ST. TII6IAAS . II Day.--Holiday at the Bank. This day being a Holiday at the Bank, no business was doue there ; but, the Stock Exchange being open, there wore many bargains there ; Omnium opened at 11 and afterwards rose as hi.,h as 12, for money ; and, though much business was doue in the Consols, very little Omnium appeared in the market. Yesterday, in a Second Edition, we gave a short account of the recent successes of the British arms in Canada. To-day, by being put in possession of Que bec and Montreal Gazettes to the 12th, we are en. abled to give more ample details. The check given to the American General HAMPTON, by the Canadian militia, was more severe than we at first imagined— three hundred British frightened out of the field $OOO American troops ! Several reinforcements had reached our little army in Canada, and more were daily expected. On the Lakes, Sir Isfats Yza has not yet gained the superiority ; but he is not idle, and great exertions are making to add to his liale squadron, by building additional ships of war. Paris Papers to the 18th instant have arrived.— They contain some interesting information. The success of the Marquis of WELLINGTON on the 9th instant, in driving the enemy under the. guns of Bayonne is confirmed, but the French .claim advan tage on the 10th and Ilth. These seem to have been confined to driving the Allies from two emi nences. As to the nonsense about pushing two divi- sions into the Nive, and taking 1200 prisoners, these are items which we are so accustomed to see counterbalanced by the statement* of the Generals 0 bpObled ta them, that tee net►er hie them into the account, The ptiblic attentit* is next called to Switzerland : there the Allies are titid to have met with a check, in being informed thet the Swiss were determined to maintain their neuttality. Prince SCHE/ARTIENBARG'S head:quarters were previously removed to Freiberg (not Friedberg, as stated by mistake in the Bulletin issued by Clorrernmeut on Saturday), for the express purpose of tiling the temper of this neutrality. Frei berg is in the direct road to Basle, and the Prince's march in this direction lays France open to him at her most vulnerable points. It is not without reason, therefore, that such pains are taken by BONAPARTE to attach Switzerland to his interests. The Swiss Envoys arrived at Paris on the 12th. On the side of the Rhine, the greatest alarm still prevails, notwithstanding the studied efforts of the Ranch Government to conceal it. " Every thing is in a good state"—" all is tranquil"—and " rein forcements daily arrive" to the French armies now in the field. These are so many lullabies to that part of the population of Frince which is removed from the seat of war. It is, of course, the interest and the wish of BONAPARTE'S Government, that neither the flame of insurrection, nor the chilling damps of ter ror, should extend. BEnt2HARNois, the Viceroy of Italy, claims farther victories in Italy : the last he gained were detailed by Admiral FREMANTLE, and the Austrian General, NUGENT. We, expect their confirmation of these claimecrat present before we can believe them. The French Editors s4y, that their troops still oi top,' all the strong places in Holland ! After this, who can believe a word contained in their journals? Letters have been received this morning from the French coast, by one of the first American Houses in the City, stating, that an embargo had taken place in all the seaport towns in the French Empire, and that it was expected that for some time no vessel would be permitted to sail from that country. We have also received the following letter from the Coast. We cannot learn, however, that any person of the description to which our Correspondent alludes, has arrived in Town : 46 DOVER, DECEMBER 20. g , We have a report here to day that a French Offi-I cer passed through Canterbury, early this morning s for London, having landed at Margate from the Coast of France. I cannot, however, pledge myself for the accuracy of the report, but you will be Able to ascertain the truth of it. Passed by this day the ship General Miranda from the Cape of Good Hope." Dispatches were this day received by Govern ment from Sir GEORGE PREVOST, confirming the in telligence of the Defeat of the Americans in Canada. These deAt.ils add nothing to our own statements on the subject : they w ill be published in the Gazette of this evening. A Mail from Malta and Gibraltar, and Lisbon Papers to the sth December, arrived this day. The latter contain no news. By the former we learn that the ravages of the plague at Malta, and the fever at Gibraltar, have nearly ceased. A small English squadron (consisting of two frigates and two brigs) has captured, and carried into Ponca, Forty-four sail of richly laden Metchant Vessels, and Twelve armed Ships, their escort : " GIBRALTAR, NOV. 26. 44 The Malta packet has brought accounts from that Island to the 2d, and from Palermo to the 4th. The number of deaths in Malta was reduced to three per day ; and from Sicily, we hear, that the Parlia ment had been dissolved. lIRAD•QUARTERS, GIBRALTAR, NOV. 26, 14 The Inspectors of Districts are requested to corn. ply with the following suggestions from the Board of Heath : " Recommended, that the Inspectors of Districts be requested to report all cases of sickness, previously to the removal of the patients to the Lazaretto, that the sick persons may be visited by a medical officer before they are taken from their habitations. It is further recommended, that the Inspectors be requested to report to the Board. by Saturday next, the %th December, if all the houses and dwellings within their districts have been cleansed and fumigat ed, agreeably to the Proclamation of the 9th inst. N- Should there be any houses still shut up, the In spectors to be requested to notice the same in their report, that some steps may be taken to prevent their being occupied till the orders in question have been duly complied with. . (signed) " F. STOKES. " A. LUTZ." " GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE, NON'. 27. " By the weekly return cont. , incd in this Paper, it appears that the number of new cases at Gibraltar for the •%\ - ek ending Nov. 26, is 16' ; anJ deaths 3." " LISBON, DECEMBER 4. " The Yellow Fever at Gibraltar, the Plague at Malta, and the Black Vomit at Cadiz, have all ceased, or so nearly ceased, as to cause no further alarm to the inhabitants of those places. This may be con fidently relied on." Mr. WHARTON, we understand, has resigned the office of Secretary to the Treasury, on account of ill health. It is said that he will be succeeded by Mr. S. LeSHINOTON, and that Mr. BROGDkN will succeed the latter as Ci'jrman tif the Committee of Ways and BREAD.—No alteration in the rice this week—the, Quattern Lo4f, Wheaten, 111.1.; Househo:d 9t• NaP4L INTPLLICBNCE. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The following accounts have been received at the fast -India House tl.k morning, via. The Cambrian, country ship, ft-cm Bengal and Ma de; s, arrived off the Isle of Wight the 19th inst nt I sailed from Bengal the 15th July, and Madras the 4th August. Arrived at St. Helena the 10th October and sailed from St. Helena the 24th October. The Sir Godfrey Webster arrived at Bombay in May last, with the loss of her masts. The Diana left Bengal the Ist of July, and was passed by the Cambrian on the 21st of September, to the eastward of the Cape i• 1 Gold Hope. It is stated that his Majesty's ship DAEDALUS was lon off Ceylon, on the 4th. of July-..a1l the crew and packets saved—the ships for China that had been un der her convoy sailed fr.= Madras the 4th August. The Earl Howe had gone into deck on the sth July ; and the North imptnn, which was to have sailed in company with the Cambrian, put back, leaky. ; i • %emc e ee tinder otainary eitettniiitattceS, t Cottla tick hate coecurted—especlilly on the occasion of the Mutiny Ilill, When an assurance being given to the House by the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Castle reagh) that an adjoUrnment for a period longer than usual would be convenient to public affairs. From A knowledge of this circumstance I concurred in giv ing to the Crown a power for a longer period than it has ever before possessed, and under circumstances which I hope will never again exist. Without re mitting any of my jealousy of long discontinu. ances of Parliament, I am willing to confide in those who, I trust, will merit my confidence.— And I feel that when I again appear in this House. I shall be entitled to call his Majesty's Ministers in a more strict manner to answer for the exercise of the discretion confided in them, than if I withheld in any degree my concurrence in granting it. I concur with my Honourable and Learned Friend, in regretting the change of the Constitution of Holland—in re gretting that by the person now called the Sovereign Prince, at the moment of his restoration, this Con stitution should be thus completely abrogated, and I hope that ere long his promise will be performed.— Bur on the principles laid down by my Honourable and Learned Friend (Sir James Mackintosh), and believing the declaration of the Noble Lord (Lord Castlereagh), it is impossible that any notice can be taken of this subject in Parliament.— (Hear, hear.) And as to Switzerland, in the possibility of Great Britain taking part in an ageressinn on that country, I see no probability that this contingent event, which I trust will never happen, will call for Parliamentary interposition before the first of March. It is because I see that the march of the Allies is guided by mo derate counsels—counsels in opposition to those pur sued at the beginning of the war, that I repoe this confidence in Ministers ; and I am gratified that the Paper which I have mentioned has been circulated before-the recess of Parliament; so as to have given opportunity to his Majesty's Ministers of publicly re -1 cognizing it; because the existence of such A declara tiou must put an end to the absurd follies which hate been revived by some—of punishing France, of teach ing the French people. These wild, wieked and mis chievous chimeras must now be put down; for the Allies have done what I anticipated a magnificent alliance would do : notwithstanding their victories, , they have adhered to their stated object, and have not altered the principles, or to u'lh their own words, the " conditions" on which they will receive peace. Taking this Manifesto as my guide, I hope that peace is already a chieved ; but if peace is net yet conquered there is not a man in this House or in the country who will not concur in the further conquests which may be necessary to procure it. Throwing on his Majesty's Ministers the responsibility of the confi dence which they demand, and in the spirit of confi dence, I concur heartily in the Motion of Adjourn ment. Mr. ABERCROMBIE expressed his concurrence in the sentiments of the Honourable Member (Mr. Whitbread) respecting the Declaration of the Allies. He regretted that the state, of affairs in Holland pre vented Parliament from being then able to judge of the expediency of the revolution that had taken place in the Government of the country ; but thought that whatever related to that might in the mean time with propriety be confided to the Prince of Orange, while ' he continued to participate in the general sentiments ' respecting the independence of Europe. j Mr. PROTHEROE complained of the protrac tion of the Session of Parliament till a late petiod of the summer, but did not oppose the motion of the Noble Lord. 'He applauded the conduct of Mr. Whitbread as uniting all that was honourable in loy alty with all that was consistent in patriotism. Mr. GRENFELL was convinced of the propriety of the motion of the Noble Lord. It was his humble opinion that if ever there was a time when Ministers ' could ask, and when the House could grant such a mark of confidence, that time had arrived. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY differed from those who approved of the adjournment till March. In whatever mode the House might repose confidence in Ministers, it was not authorised to do it hi the way proposed. It was the duty of Legislatures to be at their posts. The Original Question was then put and carried, j and the House adjourned till the let of March. PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 19. Arrived last night the ship Pliceinz, Hiller, a trans. port, No. 77, having sailed from Piirtsmouth the 26th November for the Cape, and was totally cis. blasted the 3d instant in I it. 46. 2. N. long. 9 ; and on Sunday, the sth instant, WAS ho.aded by the ship Dauntless, from Gibialiar, who rendered her every assistance.—Sailed the Misurrox schooner with a large convoy to the Eastward.—Arrived the schoo. ner Gleaner, of Guernsey, from Valencia I brings no news.—Arrivpd, tUe French sloop .1.4 Rose Marie, from Bourdealix to Morlaix, laden with wine, ke. captured by his Majesty's ship EUILOTIA on the 15th instant, off Belleisle. The following losses were yesterday on Lt.orres Books, in addition to those before-mentioned : The Catherine, BitAos, from Bnstol to Liverpool, put into Milford on Friday, with 4 feet water in her hold, and must unload. The Adventure, from Passages to Bristol, has been taken by the Juno French privateer, and retaken by the NIGER and TAGUS. The Maria, PARK, from Majorca to Gibraltar and London, was burnt at sea on the 2d November, part of her crew arrived at Malaga. The Montreal packet, GARROW, is arrived in the Downs t she sailed from Gibraltar 25th ult. with s► fleet, under convoy of the REDWING, and parted on the sth in a gale, off Lisbon. The 0. P. transport, bound to St. Andero, is taken by the Eto ile and Sultan French frigates. The Mary, —, from Newfoundland, was captur ed 4tk inst. off the Western Isles, by two French fri gates, and nearly diem asted.• She was fallen in with, off Cape Finesterre by the POMONE frigate. The Conceiaco Minerva, —, from Para, has been taken and retaken by his Majesty's ship Rovatosns and parted troth her the I 4th inst. The Inspector, SrURTON, from the South Seas for London, was spoken with 6tl: inst. with loss of bow• sprit, fore and main mast, &c. A large llermuJian built schooner, full-of Inez'', supposed to be an American privateer, was between Scilly and the Land's End on Thursday. The Gal• lant Schemer, —, from Smyrua to London, was taken on the 3d of October, by the &bid' French privateer, and carried into Corsica. The George, Jutasex, from Archangel to London, is wrecked at the Helder. The Thomas Jefferson, CONWAY, from Tenerife to Belfast, was taken and burnt the 4th ult. by the Lion French privateer :—on the 6th she captured the St. Felix, CUENZA, from the Havanna to Malaga. The Vigilant, —, from Smyrna to Liverpool, was taken the sth ult. near Cape Palos, by the Ba. boili French privateer. The Phoenix, HILLZR, has put into Portsmouth, with damage ; also the Messenger, --, bound to Halifax, compleatly dismasted. The Declaration of Ministers last night, in both Houses of Parliament, will be read with interest. They admit that Peace was offered to the enemy, and by implication we learn, that the terms were rejected. Unremitting vigour and a perfect union of sentiment. on the part of the Allied Powers, are all we now want, to bring the contest to a glorious issue. In neither of these gland requisites do the Allie, seem to be deficieist. They continue to prepare their armies for enteting France, and there are no sinip. toms of defection; for even the Saxons, not contented with liberating their country, :ay pushing forward to be present at the issue. At present, in short, we think there is no chalice of any of the Allies making a separate Peace ; and •• ALL Ott NONE I" has been the uniform answer to the separate proposals of. the French Negotia►tors. This unanimity has more ter rors in it to BoNAPARTZ, than the march of a hundred thousand men to attack him in his capital. •• Is is not." says the eloquent author of the rd.kine Politire aG l'Europr." the extent of country which.the allied suet , . reigns have rtrconqueted, that forms at present the most brilliant part of their career; it is the genero sity, the unanimity, •_he justice which produced se much success ; it is these things that give than their highest title to the admiration of Europe, to the blessings of posterity. The grandest pint of their conquests is that obtained over every sentiment of jealousy, over all superannuated pretensions, and this it is no longer in the power of Bonaparte to seattla from them. To tarnish tileir gloi yis his only hope ; let this glory remain spotless." and the stistAnce, ready immense, between these great sovereigns and him, precludes for ever any of those connections Which henceforward would be a scandal to the page ' of history." 1