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• its Government ; • what he had aheady slated, he trusted, would be sufficient to ind'ice the Howe to •idopt his proposition. The Right Honourable Gentleman said, an application was made to Go: vernment for such a measure as this nn the 29th of November last by thirty-six of the MAgistrates of, Westmeath. The Government, however, determined 11')t to have recourse to this step, if it was possible to avoid it ; but, notwithstanding Government gave vssible aid to !he Magistrates in the execution of the existing laws, they were found ineffectual; and at the Assizes in March last, the Jury presented a me-. morial, signed by seven Noblemen, the High She. riff, and a number of other Magistrates, praying fur a revival of the Act of the 47th of the King. - The Right Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to read letters from different Magistrates, of Westmeath, t2;ieen's County, &c. some of which were dated as recently as the 27th of June last. He did mit Mean to say there were any men of talent amongst those infatuated men ; but the objects he wished to attain were the safety of the well-dispo;ed, and preventing the misguided ever being united under any leader of He had no fear of sedition. He believed there never s% as a time when so little difference of political opinion exited in Ireland. He asked no buspensian - rf the Habeas Corpus Act ' • but merely for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for restoring the Peace of Ireland, in such parts as unlawful com binations shall be found to exist. Mr..ABERCROMBIE thought it would have b'een more satisfactory if the usual course of appoint ing a Select Committee had been adopted. It would then have satisfactorily appeared to the House whe ther the evils complained of did exist, and whether the proposed remedy was adequate to the evil. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, there had been a Inost anxious wish on the part of Gnverr.ment to avoid coming to the House at all on this subject. They had been obliged, however, to come ; but had delayed till too late in the Session for the appointment of a Committee. Whatever power, however, the House Should now vest in the Elcecutive, be trusted it would give them credit for a wish to exert it with all possi ble moderation. The Noble Lord also declared his opinion that this being no conspiracy of a seditious or political nature, there was no necessity for the ap pointment of a Select Committee. He thought the appointment of such a Committee would be unfair to Ireland, since it would give to the conspiracy a cha racter with foreign nations; and a consequence which it ought not to bear. Sir H. PARNELL was in favour of a Committee. j Sir F. FLOOD highly approved of the principle of the present measure. He was of opinion the no tot iety of the disturbances was sufficient to do away the necessity of a Committee. He considered the proposed measure as one of mercy, inasmuch as it would be a warning to the deluded wretches what would be the effects of their crimes if persevered in. He congratulated the House and the country on the putting doWn the Catholic Board, who, pretending to be the friends of the Catholics, did all in their power to bring the Catholic name into disrepute. This Bill called upon the lower orders of people to go to bed at sun-set. There was nothing oppressive in that, as they were obliged to get up before day-light. , --(4 1,210.) 'there cc.; tainly was nothing oppressive in calling on a poor man to go to bed at an hour when every ho. nest man ought to go to rest.-:-(///ausi.) Mr. HARVEY, Mr. SPENCER, Mr. FILZGERALD, and Lord ...-V , cet.rn supported the iiieashre. After a few words from Sir N. COULTIIURST and Mr. D. BROWN, leave was given. The Bill brought in, read a first, and ordered to be tead a second time On Monday next. SPIRIt TNTERCOURSE BILE. tar. VANSITTART proposed his two ke'solu- Coes of which he gave notice on a former night. Mr. HUSKISSON declared his opinion that no measures of efficacy could be adopted till the Mode of collecting the duties in Ireland was altered ; and the duty taken as in this country,.not only on quail titys but on strength Also. If the present measure 4 pas adopted, it would deprive a class of persons, who bad paid .1€400,000 duty on their stock noWrin hand, of the opportunity of selling that stock. He should, therefore, move, that instead of the 22d of July, the blanks in the Bill be filled up with the Ist of October. Mr. VANSITTART asked what spirits the Hon. Gentleman intended his amendment should apply to Mt% HUSKISSON said, he meant those spirits made previous to the Ist of October. Mr. FITZGERALD defended the Bill ; as did Lord CASTLEREAGH, Sir N. COULAIIURST, Mr. HAVi- TWAIN, Sir F. FLOOD, and Mr. VANsITIART. Mr. J. P. GRANT opposed it; and Mr. H a VSKISSON replied. The House then divided—For Mr. Huskisson's Amendment 62—Against it 4;3.—Majority in favour of the amendment 19. The House reseuneat and the Report was ordered to be received on Mesita) , next. The other Orders of the Do were then disposed of ; and the House adjourned at Half. past One q'Clock till Miinlty. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, JULY 5. Count kuppin, and the Prince his son, dined yes taddy with the King at the 'lima!flies. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. SITTING OF TIM 4l "H JULY. M. Vaunt rose to make the motion of which lie had given notice. The liberty of the press, he said, presented an important question, which has been agitated in various countries, and which has always been decided differently, according to times and places. It was a question on which France had at all times adopted only such measures as were dictated by circumstances ; but we had never been called upon to discuss it in a true point of view till now, under the Prince who happily governs us. It was he who proclaimed the liberty of the press, on the very day of his glorious entry into his capital. It was he who, in the ..:th article of the charter, has • said—"Frenchmtn have a right to publish and pint their opinions, while conforming to the laws which must repress the abuse of - this liberty." Here the Orator observed, that the phrase " Li berty of the Press" could hardly mean that the right of publication should be exercised without responsi bility. Of all civilized nations, the English was that which was governed upon the most liberal principles ; but among them the abuses of publication were re pressed with severity. Among a crowd of examples, he could mention the name ilf a celebrated authcr,' who died in prison because he could nut pay the heavy fine to which he was condemned. The next question was, would it not be better to prevent the evil, than to punish it after commission He acknowledged that it would be desirable to abolish the censorial power, that natural enemy of freedom of thought and writii.g ; but that was not possible— it was only necessary to set limits to the authority of the censors : such was the only way of reconciling the rights of authors with the interests of the state, of religion, and of morals. The censorship, with pro. per modifications, might he used, as physicians some. times empley poisons in the composition of their me-' dicines. He must also strongly contend that printers should be Made responsible. Thus only a mound could be raised against a torrent of worthless publica tions from so many pamphleteers. He concluded with moving, that for the more ample discussion of th e su' , j.cr, it should be sent tc a Committee, who ruay examine the subject in all its bearings. M. FAURE% motion was unanimously taken into consideration, and sent to the bureaux. M. DUbIOLARD.—A month has elapsed since the Cohstitutional Charter, proclaimed in this Hall, gate us a tiew political existence. The eyes of Europe are fixed upon us. Our constituents expect improve ments .ia the various branches of the public admini stration. The time is come for probing the wounds of the State. France survived, as if by miracle, the convulsions of a long anarchy followed by a reign of iron ; she has survived the most lavish waste of men and property. She was menaced by general and approaching disorganisation; she requires some grand measure which may restore her to moral health. Of palliatives and partial remedies, the effects would be important, when the mass of humours is infected.-.- Let us, then, see the whole extent of the evil. l knew ' how people were deceived by the 'expositions which the late Government gave of the state of France ; the truth was totally disfigured in those false and fantastic statements. Bat a detailed and faithful picture is necessary to our legislative labours. I move, there- fore, that a humble address be presented to the King, requesting that his Ministers may forthwith place un der the eyes of the Chamber a picture of the state of the kingdom, under all those views which interest the Government and the general prosperity. The motion was taken into consideration by the Chamber, and will be discussed in toe bureaux.— The printing of the speech was negatived by a small majority. THE EVE N ING STAR. LON DON. SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1814. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Reduced 691f—Cons. 69f ex. div.--for acc. 7911 4 per Ct. b4li-5 pet Ct. Navy 9; y} ex. div. • Onthiunt, 31; pre.—bank Lung Anus. 161 Iss. 14s. pre.—Etthequer Bills, is. Si. pre. We have received Paris Papers to the Gth. They contain some farther proceedings respecting the pro posed Laws for securing the Liberty of the Press, but matters are evidently still crude and indigested. In, a farewell Address to his Army, Marshal St'cIIET informs the troops that they have been fighting for many years for the repose of Europe : we dd.:l- from his Excellency on this subject. A Proclamation from the French Minister at Way alludes to a spirit of disaffection to the BOUIUMS as being manifested among the French prisoners of war, who have returned hom this and other countries.— These persons will of course be narrowly watched. Since writilg the above we have received Paris Papers one clay later : the Meniicur contains an Or. Aonnan . ce_organiiin o , 7 the new Council of Stre. In the Chamber ot Deputies, some judicious regu• tatiohs have been made for the religioiss observance of the Sabbath and other Holidays. The new law regulating the Liberty of the Press has at length made its appearance : it was presented by the Abbe MONTESQUIEU in the sittings of Tuesday, after an eloquent speech. The la* enacts, that every work, consisting of up wards of thirty printed sheets, may be published,. without previous examination or censure. A Censor ship is appuintcJ, hlwever, for publications of a more limited number of . sheets. An Officer, called the Director-General of Printed Works, is appointed, by whom two or more Censors are to be selected, front a list furnished by the King ; and if two of these Censors judge the work to be libelous or immoral, the Directot-General has a right to prevent the printing. These CellS/TS are to report to the Peers and Deputies the names of the works which they have suppressed. No Journal or Periodical, Work can appear, without the express authority of the King. Authors and Printers may demand the revision of their Manuscripts by the Censors above mentioned ; and in the event of their approval, the former are to be free from all tut ther responsibility, except to indi viduals injured. 1 All Booksellers and Printers must be licenced by, and take the oath of allegiance to, the Kin 7. Licence to be withdrawn on conviction of an infringement of the L.tws of the Press. Ail non-licenced printing-offices to be destroyed. All books may be seized 'which do not bear the real name ar.d address of the printer, or such as are made the subject of legal complaint, for any part of their contents. A filc of 1000 francs fnr the first, and 2000 francs for the second offence, is imposed upon every printer who neglects to declare his intention of publishing to the Director-General, or does not deposit with him a copy of the work previous to publication. The want of the Printer's name subjects him to a penalty of 3000 fr.:ncs, awl a f.tlie name or address ,übjehs hiM to 6000 flacks penalty. Copies selted for a contravention of the law of the above, to be re stored on payment of the Sm. All offences under this Act to be punished by the correcti#nal Police. The Law to endure for three years. The King's Ministers having retired, the Lail was referred to a Committee, and will be discussed at a future Meeting. PARIS, JULY 6. His Majesty has for some time used the baths of the Tuilleries, filled with factitious waters, to re semble those of Barreges, and has received great benefit from them. They have alleviated greatly the pains which he recently suffered from the gout. His Royal Highness, who continues at St. Cloud, visits Paris every morning tb take the baths of Tivoli. The King of Sardinia has expressly prohibited all Freemason Lodges from meeting in his States.— Printers and Booksellers are also prohibited from printing or publishing any book which his not re ceived the Royal sanction. Games of chance are also forbidden. A Dutch Mail arrived this morning with the fol lowing intelligence : " COPENHAGEN, JUNE 21. " The English Ambassador, Mr. Foster, embar ked yesterday for Gottenburgh, whither other Pleni potentiaries of the Allied Powers have followed. On Sunday they all had an audience of the King, to take leave, after which they dined with his Majesty at Fredericsberg. " His Majesty has given these Commissioners a ktt,r from his Majesty to Pi ince Christian and to the p....•p1e of Norway : also an order to all rerscns in office n..t: sof Denmark renewing the orders already given liy his Majesty. They have likewise charged themselves with particular orders from the King to the Commandants of the fortresses in Norway. " It is to be hoped that the mediation of the great est European Powers will have a favourable influ ence as well upon the people of Norway as upon Pt inceChristian, and that they will submit to a change produced by circumstances and sanctioned by trea ties : if they refuse they will expose themselves to be cut off from all the rest of Europe. nr.USSELS, JULY 2. " The negociations between Amcric.t and Eng land will shortly commence at Ghent, tinder tin: me. diation of Russia. It is said no English trcops are to be garrisoned there while they last. " Lord Lyncdock and General Murray, as also our two Deputies, are returned from England. The former, it is said, have brought orders to General Vin cent to continue his functions as Governor of Belgium is far as the Maese. The Deputies have obtained the remission of the contributna of five millions, irt posed by the last Governor, M. V. IIor:t, and a di minntion of the burthen of quartering foreign troops. 41 The reserve of Geneial Bulow is artived : to morrow we expect 12,000 men at the head.quartert 11 General Borstel." By the Halifax Mad of yesterday We received an ibundant supply of American Papers, from which we have given some extracts. The National Intolli :mer affects to treat the rigorous blockade of the' American Coast with contempt. The extinction of Box/se/miles Governthent, which was fully known in America in May list, had called forth no plaudits on the part of the Democratic Journals, of which the National IntelApgar is one. They rather doubt the facts and one of them even goes the length of fabri cating a ic ounter-statement that BONAPARTE had re entered Paris, at the head of two hundred thousand Men, after annihilating the Allied armies. Great alarm prevails. throughout Virginia, in consequence of the movements of the BvitiVl armaments off tha: Coast : FROM TIIE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER-MAY 18. " THE Bltalsll BLOCKADE.TiIiS measure of the enemy, therefore, be its object what it is avowed to' be, or be it not, can only injure his own interests:- 1. By pteVenting, if it be effectual, or, at any rate, by impeding, the importation of his manufactures' into this country in neutral bottoms : 2. By irritating neutrals by a system of fictitious and illegitimate blockade, by which they will be immediately ag grieved, and cannot but resent it.—As to the motive of this sweepi ng measure , as respects ourse l ves, we ado not consider it at all indicative of the present feelings of the British Government, because adopted try or.e of its agents at a distance tr:)m the theatre of our negociations with the enemy, who could not have been apprized of their progress, and probably has had no reference to their existence. The temper of the enemy can only be correctly ascertained by the first dispatches of our Ministers from Gottenburgh. At least suck is our impression." THE WAR IN VIRGINIA. OFFICIAL. COPY OF A LETTER FROM WILLIAM LAMBERT, F.SQ. TO TUE GOVERNOR, DATED LANCAMTER COUNTY, NEAR KILMARNOCK, VIRGINIA, APRIL '29, 1814. 4 1 Sin--At the time of writing my last letter, it could not be ascertained to what extent the depreda tions of the enemy ou the Corotomin estate were carried. It appears since, that they took 69 negroes, (42 the property of Jos. C. Crbell, and 27, the pro perty of Chas. Carter) and about 60 sheep. On Sa turday morning, the 23d instant, they landed on the Rappahannock, near Wind-mill or North Point, and plundered a poor man of the name of Hinton, of al most every thing he was worth. As they were car rying off the last remains of booty, a detachment of militia fired across a creek upon them, on which they dropped a bag of meal, &c.—ran with all speed to the barges, and made off to their ship, then anchor d near the point, threatened vengeance, in the hearing of our militia and the inhabitants. On the Monday following, the ship sailed up the bay. In the course of this week, five of their large vessels were seen fr•lm different places in Lancaster and Northumberland. It is expected, and not without reason, (list farther attempts will shortly be made by British troops, to land and pillage the people of this quarter." EXTRACT OF A LETrea FROM COLONEL Ile KRELL RASP SETT, TO THE GOVERNOR, DATED WILLIAMtBURG, MAY 4, 1814. " SIR-I beg leave to report, for the information of the Executive, that on visiting the post at York, yesterday, I found there two deserters, one of them calling himself John Crawford, chimed to be an American, and said he was born in Newcastle, Dela ware ; that he had been brought up in Baltimore, and had been impressed three years and a half in the Bri tish service. A copy of what in substance he corn ' municated, t have enclosed.• " The other said his name was Johannes Francisco, born in Leghorn, and spoke but little English. He reported that the British had captured two hundred stand of arms, with ammunition, bound to the Eastern Shore." The vessel alluded to was dispatched by the Exe cutive to A ccomac ; but she had or. board or.ly eighty muskets, and some ammut,ition. " • Mr. CR AW FORD'S STATZSTENT.—HCW3SbOrn In Nerrclrle, Delaware—impressed whit. in the West Ithli..s—has been three and A half years in the Bri:ish serviec—catue to Bermu.la in Feb. 1813, in the Nr.s LIANT, 74—came to the Chesapeake in the Chat , . sene beg about two months ago—about iii week% since, two ne-. goes were sent on thorn near Gwynn's island, with 40 dollar* each, to entice other negroes dr. On an up the Bay tbe enemy were erecting batteries to p-otect their Hospital, the men being sick with the flux.. The ntmes were trained e v ery day s One 74, 3 frigates, I hrivatut t u!t-t... in the bay. One negro woman was delivered of a chi.! a few houriaf:cr gc•ting cn board front Comm:Lit." ;.s EXTRA&I' OF A DISPATCY FROM COLONEL FistrOrt tilt/SE 0 TOL 00VEUNint, DATED bIIDDLEsIa, 111 Y 6, 1811: " On the 2d instant, a topsail schooner li-orn /i,1 1 .- tintore for Norfolk put (into Jackson's Creek ; tiNlt armed sloop and small schooner pursued her, and i:nally succeeded in cl:r ing her out. On wh i ch occasion, Ensign Reveer and gltrd of ten men, by a well-directed fire, drove them from their fitst at tempt, but they soon returned reinferce.i, and the guards amrr.unition being exhausted, fluidly suc ceeded." Arifrill. lA'l EL LIGEIVCF. The President, American prieatevr, of 1 gut and 32 men, from Car:hagena, Was taken 7:11 May, in tht: Mona Pass Age, by the triel!e. lie ,crooner Pl•a.ie, from Nt via to &much, ii t; Yen by the Hawke, American privateer, •cn• In: America. The Progre.., WeAmor!sitt!, f , .111 Ilt.:r...rlra to Lonion, pct into Creta.l3 the 'lb:lt Arril, le;:ky, h tvi••• • ; Ik-eu or. the !IN-. C l l:rdla -4.-ho• Int?, Mit( thhogine to ILl•tiz, laden wth ruin, &c. La. let-en Wit.", a...! tottlcen by .tbe Iste. trierte, rarrittl into Pt. the it et Nl2r..h. Tl!e Thoops and Sally, fr,,ni to Lontion; Ontario. Pet er,front Alit....n! to Gs rem e!t ; I lArnith, INtryt. rant to Ih-rowel; t , c.m Liverpool to the 3al 71c ; Sticcert, from Cm 'r to VCA t. rau.l2.ld, hare 1%-en titten by Americtn ; ; ric;ettrs, Inlce ruTaint, atad lute at. Jived a! Huirar. The Dioniv o privateer, of .1 rut! an.! nten, arrived at Ifs. loth May, rize ro ti.e I:.Benhia .loop of war —.he +aged front Avid, and had sea& the following aap . ures: Mr Urrtn, from Cork to Newf.%csuilaivi-.;•st•nt her for Arri -ries; Mary, Moore, from Cork ro t2u.i.ec; th • riarmoity, and the Piovidence, fioin hiaryport to P 5.•; wash and hifesiirehle-both scattled ; and the Traveller, Crook, from St. Ju!its's to Qt.ole-e. She alio chased ou ,hare the Recoc...r ) , r .Try. ten n Andrews. 1 Creole, Berryman, Rom Meicina to quathlrnip-, having carried away her bowsprit, put 4nin St. kite. the I !;111 May, and was taken ponession of by th.: liatnbler privroa, hetnnsiog to that island Ilu k sh Jones. 'llion.as, from Belfatt to Gilatla'anTe, is re. taken by she Spitfire slilop of %vat , and :ark . ..A at Po- s•vollis. The Martin, Darby, from St. JJnimnro 5 ,, St. Thu:Oas i s, I, de. tained by a sloop of rear. and sin; into St. Ki t e., The Sir Andrew Plarnmor, Port( r, f. ern I.ttidon to the Southern Wltaletfisherf and 14.11.1 iii., wa.. ea; turt d in septenibtr last, by the I:15, -X Atneri:an triga at the and taken in•n the Marcr;:tas Porrfuoca U, JULY B.—Arr.v.t! the CrtArr en r,,, the V.'e.t Indies, la , t front lilt tic ; firsites and Cy/Antra front Plymouth, and the ARCII; K front Cherburgii. Ywot.rday 1:111 . -1 in the Hugh lone., Thom At in wer, reel/num.] tr rent an Ame rican privateer by tie! Sri mar., on Ids voyage !root Belfast to Guadaloupe. Yesterday, soon atter one o'clock, the Cn•int LA CLIATRE was in:m,luced to the Itkumr, at Carlton-house„ by Lord CA.III,EIMAGII, as Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Mr. Cum.'.En, the Assistant Master of the Cr'.eew nies, as Ambassador from his Most Christi.in ajtic..b - Louis XVIII. His Excellency had a p• • ;:c dience of his Royal Highness, and was cloudy received. • • The Duke of WELLINOTON will set off on his em busy, directly after the rising of Parliament. An Hotel, suitable to his dignity, is taken for him at Paris, at the annual rent of C 2500. In our list of the Minority on the question for the expulsion of Lord CCC! tnNe Ole name of the lion. DOMINICK BROWNE was omitted. The follou ing is slid to be an outline of the prin cipal arrangements relative to Germany, proposed to be submitted to the Congregs at Vienna : The Emperor of AUSTRIA to resume his title of Emperor of Germany, and to receive the Tyrol, Sals. burgh (which have been actually ceded to him), the Brisgau, and the Ortenau. The King of Pauuta, in addition to all his former territories, to have a considcr-ble part of Sayauly, in cluding Wittenberg and Leipsic. Mentz, it is said, is to be ceded to his Majesty ; Au,tria keep;ne Spiics. Swedish Pomerania will be given up to Prussia. Bavaria gets Wurtzburgh and Aschaffenburgh. wi , t i hs c o m m a e En a u. ccession of territory from the _K_i_ng_t,f \‘RT VAUXHALL.--The Public are most respectfully in. formed, that on EX" ill be e' nificent Fsrs an. immediate desire o) LINOTON, Who, aL will honour the G; sign 4s. I)o3ri open , begia AL MONDAY NEXT Will be given a mag- ic! FINZAVORILS, at the express and of Field-Marshal the DUKE of Wit.- tecompar.ied by a numerous suite, Gardens with his presence. Admis- pen at Sem, and the Concert to