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no by a. :ut IJ fe- re ng ifo ;ht rs yea )cr of , it ne 1.1 {.) tile hat fed any Ply tkr nes: Co sln has been doing in relatiOn to Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Turkey, dee. &c. Malingers arrive daily from France,but nothing is allowed to tranfpire. There was a Cabinet Council yefterday on the matters under difentfion. We are unwilling to Rate all we have to fay upon the fubjed of Violations of the Treaty of Amiens, becanfe Negotiations are (till pending which may yet poffibly end in Peace ; but we con tend, that if the Conditions of That Treaty refped ins Malta, have in vain been attempted to be car ried into effdt, and that his Majefty's Minillers then fay they (hall keep poi& (lion of the Ifland till new ftipulations are agreed upon—and the CHIEF Comstri replies, by infifting upon the immediate evacuation of the Ifland—if this is, in fubflance, the Rate of the cafe, it is not Great Britain that violates the Treaty in this refped, but France. There is another point alto on which we (hall venture to touch, becaufe in doing fo we implicate no perfons, and becaufe it Cannot have efcaped the notice of thole who have watched the progrefs of France fence the Signature of the Treaty with this Country. We were in poffeffion of the Viand of Elba at the time of the Signature of the Pre. liminaries—it was sot ceded by us to France, --but as if the CH Its. Consul. was determined to exclude us even from the chance of obtaining a Port in the Mediterranean, France has fence an nexed that !nand to her dominions. Now we silk, by what principle has this been done which would not equally apply to the annexation, on the part of France, of the Cape of Good Hope, of Su rinam, of Demerary, of Ifrequibo, or of any of our conquells which were ceded by us at the Peace, Est set ceded to Feenee P We have teen it Rated in ?Ix Modena', In a manner fufficiently arbitrary, that we have no right to interfere with France on the Continent of Europe ; but we have never yet heard fo monfirous a propofition as that we have no right to maintain thole Powers in poffeffion of our own eonquefts in whole hands we have thought fit to place them. If it were otherwife, it would have been afaree at the Treaty of Amiens to have ceded any conqueft except to France—hut the diftindion of a cdfion to France, or to Holland or Spain, was relied upon by the French Negotiators themfelves, and relied upon alto, and with great propriety, by his Majctly's Minifters, in their jußi lication of the terms and conditions of the peace. In the event of war, and whenever the fubjed is tally dices:fled, we have no fear on whom will reft, in the opinion of every impartial man, the breach of the Tomo of Awing. Any infinuation that Minifters have taken advantage of the abfence of the French army employed on the expedition to St. Domingo, to enforce pretenlions which they would not otherwife have urged, will be completely difproved whenever a full difelofure takes place of the cirenmaances which have led to the prefent critss, FRENCH JOURNALS, To the sift inft. inclitSve, arrived jai as this Paper was putting to prefs. The Moniteur of the zoth gives a copy of His Majefty's Menge to both Houfes of Parliament; on the loth intl. refpeding calling out the Militia. It follows the fame con dud, as it did on giving the Lift Meffage refped inf the prefent critic Not a tingle remark accom panies the communication. French funds 59 f. The following Articles from the Gazette de Frames are important : Beatty, Mateo s3.—We jnft now learn, that troubles have broke out at Werdenherg. Troops have been feat thither :is great hafte. It is laid that the Sub-Prefed and Members of the Tribu nal have been dragged to prifon, and that the criminals have been let at liberty. We are not without the fear of difturbances which may take place in the Democratic Cantons, and particularly Glaris and Uefietwald. Eighty families in the canton of Bale,malliof them is eafy cirenmftansec, I•ave embarked on the iliac for Holland, with intention of proceeding to America. RITISSON, MARCH ta.—A new incident has aiiien to retard tic progrers of affairs. The Impe tial have uneeptedly de,lared againft fcveral difpolitions of the general recce, and have perfided, notwithftanding every teprefentation to the contrary made to them. The EMPEROR pro tale againft all difpofitions relative to the mediate Chapters, Convents, and Abbeys of the Heredi Lary States, including thofe of Anterior Auftria ; iinderftands, that the obligation impofed on the I.lcdor of Bavaria not to conftrod new fortifica tions in the fuburbs of Palau, extends to a radius I around that foniScation, which than be de termined ; enters a previous proteft againft every collation in; his favour, of any indemnities %.;!;atever for the Billoprie of Eicbftet, which Coll be contrary either to the rights of the }Toole of Auftria, or thofe of the fapreme c;lief of the Empire ; makes a formal demand th.it a deliberation (ball be entered into on the new organization of the Diet in general, and of Vie College of Princes in particular feparately from 1215 general rn' eel demands the re-eftabliflunent of parity of religiall in the two Colleges fup ;mired; refling on this principle, demands An augmentation of votes for his auguft lioufe, as well as the confirmation of all the difpotitions of the treaty of Wenphalia, not abrogated by the general rem. We omit other demands of lets im. portance, which have alto been brought forward by the Imperial Miniflers. This incident has given rife to particular con ferences between the Miniflers of the Mediating Powers and thole of the Kum of Pruflia, the Arch- Chancellor, the Eledors of Bavaria, Hen Caffel, Wirternberg, and Baden ; and in the fitting of the Diet, which took place yefterday, M. de ALBIN' read a note of the Mediating Powers, which made the greaten fenfiltion. The Underllgned, &c. having feen the Protocol of the two Sittings held by the EleEloral College and the College of Plinces of the 26th February and 7th of March: He fees with pain the difcuffion entered into in regard to the propolition which has if from the College of Princes. There was doubdefe no reafon for deviating from eftablifhed fortes, in a folemn oteafion„ where two high mediating Powers are parties concerned. Nor was there any reafon fir paffing over in filence the Note which the Minifiers of the Mediation had the hotfoot to deliver to the Diet on the 27th of February. But fuch is the importance of the deliberations with which the three Colleges are occupied, that the underfigned cannot be too carnet in requefling that of the Princes not to give any confequcnce at prefent to the difcuffion which has arifen. The Diet petfealy comprehends the extent, the nature, and the confequences of the care taken by the Mediating Governments for caring the tranquillity of Germany. It has before its eyes the refult of the Negotiation concluded with thole commiffioned for that purpofe by the Empire. It is no longer a new negotiation, but a full and entire ratification which is recommended to the patriotifm of the Eleaors, Princes, and States of the Empire. All private intereils ought here to be diffolved in the common intereft. The underfigned refers, therefore, with confi dence to the note which he had the honour to de liver to the Diet on the ryth of February, and to the report which the extraordinary Deputation made on the 25th of February. He eamealy de. mends that no divifion of views may divert that attention due to the memorable ad, which ought to be clothed with eonliitutional fanaioo. The underfigned thinks it his duty at the fame time, to moderate the uneafinefs manifefted fince the fitting of March 7. The Eleaors, Princes. and States of the Empire, who receive as indemnities, objets more or left affeOed with rights belonging to his Imperial and Royal Mai earr cannot receive any prejudice from the 4th Article of the particular Convention of December 26th. The fame Aa which confers there objets on new poffeffors. defines the precife meaning of their poireffion. Nothing remains to be defired, in regard to the perfpicuity of the phrafe, which terminates the firft line of the firft paragraph of the plan of the indemnity. It ezpreires the per. lea underlianding of the mediating powers, and of his Imperial and Royal Majefty. It is in this text that each finds the folution of the doubts he may conceive. The refer+e in favour of the Eleaor Palatine of Bavaria, which is at the end of the fecond pa ragraph, is the expreffion of the fentiments of jullice by which the mediating Cabinets,• thole of Vienna and Berlin, as well as the extraordinary Deputation of the Empire, were equally animated. But in meditating on the ulterior means of mak ing an application of them, it is underitood that they ought to confine themfelves to thole perfect. ly compatible with the plan of indemnity, fuch as it has been this day delivered to the Diet. The underfigned, full of refpea for the liberty of fuffrage, will avoid making any observation on thofe tending to propofe additions, modifications, or retrenchments, in the plan finally agreed to be. tween the Mediation and the Deputation. He re fers to the wifdom of the Diet, which will appre ciate the intentions of the Mediating Powers. (Signed) Lemur. 111sroo de Sulam Ratifbon, March 9, ski. The Diet has deliberated fince yeLerday on the contents of this note. We are affured that every thing has been fettled in regard to the difference of the propofitions made by the Miniaer Direaor of the College of Princes, and the Direaorial Mi niau of Meat:. On Tuefdar died at his houfe in Lower Brook fireet, HIKILT BIICILIT PORTMAN, Efq. Lord Miaow amended the Admiralty this morning. A letter from Dublin, dated the t9th moll. rays, " Our preparations here are carried on with vigour, and the Ipirit and difpofitions of our Yeomanry Corps rife 'to the exigency of the moment, and meet the confidence which Government places in their exertions. This morning the Commander in Chief, Sir WILLIAM MIDOWIS, fent for Col. Maser, who is at the bead of the Artillery de partment, and inlirnifted him i• have in conftant readinefs a confiderable park of flying Artillery, to move at a moment's warning, as occafion may require." NAUTICAL. INTELLMENCE. FALMOUTH, MAICH H. This day arrived the Prince Adolphus path:, Capt. longs, with mail froni Liflidn, in ill days: the left there the Walfingham packet, Capt. Ito. BELTS, which was expelled to fail with the mail far England on the gth ma. The pairengers by the Prince Adolphus ire, Mr. HU3EON, Mr. and Mrs. lox s, and Monf. JOURDAN. Alio arrived the brig Beaver, of Guernny, hav ing on board yooankers of cantraband (piths, fent in by the Hind, revcntie cutter ' Capt. ALLCN, who fent the p e opl e o n b oar d t he HUN rca ilcop of war. The HUNTER alio attired this evening. Yeflerday failed the Duke of Marlbro' packet,' Capt. Pk NROSE, with mails of the zd intl. for Bar badoes and Jamaica. The pallingers by her are, Capt. SHAW, Mr. SIIMPER, Mr. Dou,om, Mr. EVRARD, and Mr. LINDSWGRTH. Alfo filled the fchooner Mary Ann, PASCOE, for Plymouth. The Princefs Elizabeth packet, with mails for the Leeward Iflands, is detained for orders.—Wind E. S. E. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 22. Arrived off the Sound this morning, and failed again immediately, the Mary, Captain CRAWLEY, from Teneriffe, bound to London, with sine : the failed from thence fix weeks ago, and brings an account that a few days previous to her leaving the Eland, the 'hip Simon and Bell, cf Lnndnu, Captain Aivriioxy MOLL, was totally wrecked at Madeira, and out of her whole crew and paff-m -gers only eight of them were laved ; mod of the latter perithed. Sailed the French ship Tobago, Capt. Jon"' de WIrT, from Dunkirk, bound to Tobago, laden with fundry merchandizes : the put in here in dif trefs, and has had an extenfive repair. Came from Hamoaze to the Sound the NIMBLE, of 14 guns, Lieut. CoOHLAN.—Remain in Caw. land Hay and the Sound the Coutiosuz s of 74 guns, and the HOmrsa, of 18 guns. Sailed the Johanna Petronella, Capt. ALTJNA. from St. Übe's for Amfterdam ; the Boaoicia, 38 guns, Capt. MAITL•ND, deftination not known; the Stadt Copenhagen for the Streislits; and the Jane of Plymouth for Li(hon. PORTSMOUTH, MA R C:1 e 3. Arrived the Warrior. DODDS, from Bar:),ulnes —fpuke a Dutch Chip from Batavia, and a French (hip from Guadaloupe. FROM LLOYD's LIST. DIAL, Malice 23.—Arrived the Alert, Salter, from the Streights, and failed fly the Rlver—Wind S. W. OILAVIIIIND, MARCH 23. —Paged by the Mamma, Spat ton, from Cadiz —.Sailed the Kingitou ko.dafon, for Madeira. The numerous depredations committed by the Soldiery in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford Bar racks, have been aridly inveltigated, by order of his Royal Highnefs the Commander in Chief.—• The refult of this enquiry has heen highly exem plary to the fervice, (as will appear by the official Document annexed), affording, at the fame time, the molt effeaual protation to Civil Society, from the liceutioufnefs of Military Infubordination : (COPY.) " liar& Guards, March 18, aftoj. • - - " Sat —I am direlted by the Commander in Chief to cape' et I , to you, the cztreme cement with•whkh kit Royal Highnefs received the reprefentatioos made by certain Magiltrates of the County of Fees, of the Enormities which have been lately committal in the vicinity of Chelmsford, by the Regiment un der your command. Though his Royal Higitnefs entertained, in his own mind, little doubt as to the mule to which elide difgracefol inftances of indifcipline were to be attribeted, he avoided giving any opinion on the fubjeft, till all the cireum Roues eel the thereto were haveftigated, and bad been re ported on by a General Officer, on wink judgm ent, diferetion, and impartiality his Royal Highnes cps place the molt per fed reliance. After there previous Reps, his Royal Highnefs judged it proper to make a detailed Report of every arcum- Rance which had come to his knowledge to the King; the re• felt of which I am now to communicate to you by his Royal Highnefs's command. • His MORT is pleated to dired, that it Stall be txpreffed so the SO Regiment, that the coodusli of certain Injeiduab of the Corps has been fuch, as has brought difgracc on the Re giment; and, both in a Civil and Military point of view, has incurred his Moiety's higheß NO.:afore. His Majefiy patti cuboty laments, that certain Officers of the Reitman have been molt fcandaloully delicient in that seal, energy, and sell vity in the ditcharge of their duty, which the eireumflances complained of fo Strongly demanded; and that infixed of co operating with the Consinanding,ollicer, and uniting him in Ha endeavours to curb the licentioufnefs of the Soldiers, they have rather endeavoured to prevent the difcovcry of the Wen den, and by the rerniffnets of their own cooduet, have fet an example of kailfdpilue, which has produced the end cffeß which might be expcdtaloo the men. • His alefty will not allow Officers, fo defliture d thole feelings which a duc feat of what they owe to thensfelvta, and a proper regard for the honour of their profeflion, ought to have infpired, to occupy fituations of important command and re fpcdtability in his ferv;ce, while others of approved talents sod zeal arc removed from the allive duties of it. On this priori ! le his Majelty is pirated to direct, that Lieutenant-Colonel ohn Dyne tikerrett, and the Captains Aernftrong and CGrantof the Sgd Regiment, San be immediately placed on half-pay. The Commander in Chief &lea% that you declare at the head of the kid Regiment, which is to be under Arms au the accretion, there, kis Maklty's Commands; and you will take that opportunity of impaling the meaty of each individual (sating hhoklf, In order to wipe of the Stigma which the mit condo!! ((It is to be hoped) of a few, has brought on the Regi ment. To the Others, It Is particularly neceeary, that you &add addrefs yentrielf; for it Is by their endeavour, that the Difeipline of the Regiment matt be mitered. In their Ration, each individual omit be a benefit, or a detriment to the Service, and the Conunader in Chief dares they may he molt folemoll aural, that his Royal Niglio& confiders it as much his indif penkide duty, to recommend to his Malefty the removal from his fervice, of any (whatever their rook may be) who fall ma der the latter defeription, as it is his inclination to promote the inter:As and welfare of thole, whole conduci is calculated to fupport the dffelpline of the Regiment, and to ent itle thesis to the favour and protatio• of their Sovereign. • • It is his Royal Highnefes command, that Lieutenant. Colonel Skerrett, and the Captains Armitrong and Grant, Sian isnanallately quit the (barters of the 113 d Regiment. 1 have the honour to be, Sir, Yost nioß obedient ►amble Servant. ( 81 8 12 cd) HAta• CAVIRT. Adistaet-General et the Perces Lieutenant-OmM Jewel Beerona. or Officer commanding the 83d Regiment. GENERAL ORDERS. Horfe Outdo, ilth March, tllo3. it is the Commander in Chiere *alum, that the melded Copy of a Letter to ,he Colonel ot the SO Regiment Orli be read at the bead every P. eat in tie Serving, mid entered in the Reghnental Orderly By hi Royal Hishnefes Command. Haw. CA Adjutant. Oaten! at the hem AORFOLK ASSIZES. THETFORD, MARCH 2: _ ASTLEY, ■ART. V. HAM° 10, FS Q DIFA MATION. Mr. M'INTOSH open , .d the pleadings : He (*aid, this was an aCiion hronght by Sir Jacob /Utley, Bart. againß W. I). Har wood, Efq. and the declaration Hated, that a !bort time before the fpeaking and publifloing the fa!te Ind fcandaloos words therein con•..r•:ed, the tiff had leered in a former Parliament, as ;:li;g1: of the Shire for the county of NorfOlk, and at that time was a candidate for a feat, as fuch Knight of the Shire; in the prcfent Parliament ; that the Li-. fendant, well knowing the premitee, but can Pris. ing to injure the plaintiff in the aeon of the free holders,and to cattle and procure him to bel soked ' upon as a man of no integrity, and as an attiftin, and a murderer, did, on the 6th day of July Lift, publicly Rate, that the laid Sir Jacob Miley was A liar, an Altai% a coward, a li:oundrel, and a murderer, and that he had murdered his own fa ther—to the damage of the Plaintiff of too:mi.— The defendant had pleaded Not Guilty,and ui , on that Woe was joined. Mr.EitsKlNE—•" Gentlemen of the Jury, I have the honour to attend as Counfel, at the desire of Sir Jacob Miley, Ban. by your favour and indul gence one of the Reprefentatives of this County. I attend to fubmit to your judgment and confide. ration an attack made on his honour and charac ter—an injury at all times, and under any circum. (lances, moll grievous, but heightened greatly in the opinion and feeling of the Gentleman who ap plies for your verdict, inafmuch as this attack was made in the public face of the world, and at a time when lie was not prefent to enter on a vindi cation of himfelf. Above all, at a period wbenhe was foliciting the fuffrages of his fellow fubjefts to reprefent diem in the Great Council of the king dom—a troll which, permit me to fay, nothing thort of the molt unfullied integrity ought to a& or receive from the judgment, wifdom, or favour of the people of any part of the empire. The cir cumfiances which go to the conliitution of this caufe, are fo pettedly notorious, that there is not a mail, if my voice was loud enough to extend to , he limits of the county, who would not be per feed), acquainted with them—confequently all the oblervaticms and reflections which 1 fliall have to addrefs to von, mull have occurred to every perfon preient ; and it is for this reafon, I feel myfelf under no (mall degree of embarraliment in performing the duty which is required of me. Gentlemen, notwithftanding the hot debates which have taken place at various periods in this land, on the fubjea of the liberty of voting and (peaking, with refe rence to public characters, and fubjedsofil public nature, yet as regarding private Gander, nothing has ever been brought into queftion. Lawyers, moralifts, and all crafTes of mankind, have uni. formly been agreed. The reafon is plain ; there is an invincible tenfibility in the mind of every human being, for the good opinion of his fellow creature ; it is a principle implanted in the brealt of every individual, for the moll beneficial purpofes; it fits him for focial life : it fo llrongly pervades every department of life, that there is no perfon, what ever may be his rank, birth, fituation, talents, or qualification, who is not aiftuated by it. It is the principle villtich, operating on the human break is the parent of every focial duty, and awakens every fentiment that is great and good. If I were to a& you what, at the late awful and critical pe. clod of the country, has Simulated our brave countrymen to deeds of fplendid and glorious at. chievement ? What is it, when the thrill fpirit.flir ing trumpet founds to battle, urges man againft man, army spina army, and navy again(l navy ? What is it has made Bridal valour triumphant in every part of the world ? What is it but that prin ciple, the effedsof which I have Sated. Do yon think a man fits down to moralize upon the duty he (hall perform to his country, by athfting in a well fought battle ?—No : he confiders only how, when he returns to his native home, he lhall be received by his friends, and how his name will be refounded from mouth to mouth; and the fame he (ball have acquired, and the glory he (hall have atchieved, be celebrated among thofe of whore eacem and good opinion he is molt anx ious. If we look back to former times, we may find the truth of what I am Sating exemplified, in the conduit of the Chrillian martyrs. When they felt the flames that were on the point of cnnfuming them, it was not only the reward of an heavenly crown they anticipated, but they looked forward to the applaufe and admiration of after ages. In fhort, the love of reputation, and the defire of a good name, is the foundation of all public and private wo rth ; and it is therefore that the law of this country, ever attentive to the bell intereas of Society, gives an action to a man who receives a reproach from another, of that which if true may fubjed him to punilltment. It does this that So. cicty may live in peace and tranquillity ; for it is in vain a man is in the enjoyment of riches and the luxuries of life, if in confequence of his cha rater being dedroyed he cannot look his neigh. bour in the face. There are the principles which mull govern this caufe—The fads I ought rather to refer to, than Rate—they are familiar to every one of you. With thefe preliminary otsfervatkins I will, however, now proceed to Sate the fads— The Plaintiff and the Defendant had been compa. nions and friends for as yeats—They lived to gether during the remoter part of that period in habits of friencilhip, which are or ought to be habits ' of confidence. There is no confanguinity half In endeared, as the fpontaneous confanguinizy of friendthip ! A man Eves himfeif not in one of the common fituations of life when he is with l.'s friend, be feels he is with his brother. I do nut fpeak of any obligations which the Defendant re ceived from the Plaintiff. He was not, I admit, in a lunation to require them; bathe received his hofritality, and every favour urged by friendthip which ought to have made an imreffron on his mind. You know that Sir Jacob Miley rented the County in former Parliaments, upon the advancement to the Houle of Peers of the worthy and Hon. Gentleman whom he fucceeded. Yon know too, that Sir Edward Miley, the father of the prefent Plaintiff, recently died, and