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DUTCH MAIL. HAGUE, APRIL I s.—After the arrival of a cou rier, dispatched from London by our Ambalrador at that Court, Government gavc orders to Vice Admiral Ha RTSIN it to fail for the Mediterranean, where he is to fuceeed Admiral Ds Wurrea. A part rf the (hips which we have at Lilbon will join thefquadron of Vice Admiral FIRRTSISR. The Englilh Ihips of the line, which were cruix ing at the mouth of uur rivers, have been fucceeded by a certain number of frigates, and tome cutters. The troops which were on board the transports, farming part of the expedition to Louifiana, had, for certain reafons not known to the public, been ordered to difembark = and for feveral days this d.fembarkation was carried into execution, but it 11 is fince been fufpended, and this circumliance is confidered as favourable to the continuation of peace : The troops, however, already difembarked remain on (pore, and have been dißributeJ in dif ferent cantonments. It is probable they will be again embarked, if the public conjeaures are re. alined. We learn from Ratilbon, that in confequence of a Convention, figned by the Minifier of the Duke of Oldenbourg, and the Minifiers of the Mediating Powers, at the Diet, the toll of Elsfietr will Rill be maintained for ten years, at the expiration of which it will be definitively fuppreffed. Aran. 16.—General LACUS, Aide-de Camp of the FIRST CONS UL, fet off yellerday morning on his return to Paris ; but the object of his million is not known. The fame day Government re ceived difpatcbes from the Batavian Ambalrador at Paris, the contents of which are raid to be of a peaceable nature. This day a great number of packages, with fur niture for the Englilit Ambatlador, arrived here from London ; they were all unpacked, and con veyed to his Excellency's hotel in the Voorhout. The preparations at this hotel, which had been for force time fufpended, are now reformed. ITALY, MAtCH 28.—According to tome ac counts from Naples and Leghorn, feveral Englifh !hips of war of the fleet of Admiral BICK ER TON have made their appearance off thofe ports ; as al fo off the Morea. The report that the Englifh had taken poffeffion of Naples and Leghorn, and that feveral French (hips dellined for thofe ports had returned without entering them, is without foun dation, as is alto the report that the French fleet was in full fail for the Morea. VIENNA, APR I L 6.—We have a report here, that an alarming infurrettion has broken out in Con flantinople, and that that City is in the greateff confufion. Of the foundation and particulars of this report we have as yet no further advices. CONSTANTINOPLE, Matta, ts.—The Porte has received advice by feveral Couriers, that an unex peeled Revolution has begun in Arabia, of which one Abdul Mechab is at the head. He has collec ted a great number of Partizans from the envi rons of Mecca, and the interior of that extenfive country, and by his fanatical delufions, has pro cured a great number of vagabonds and wander ing Arabs to join his armed troops. His doarine tends to overthrow the prefent Religious Conaitu lion of Arabia and Turkey. He teaches, that the prefent Mahometans are bafe and wicked, the ene mies of GOD and Man ; that the GUIPID Sticps tog, who refides at Conilantinople, has ufurped the facred and heavenly dignity of fovereign Calf ; and that it is the duty of his followers to put to death, without pity, all who acknowledge him as fuch ; as that belief is contrary to the facred doc trine of Ala, he declares that he will immediately advance to take polfeflioa of the cities of Mecca and Medina. The maffacres required by Abdul Mechab have already begun with incredible fury ; and the Par tizans of the prefent eflablifhed religion are flying on all fides to efcape this terrible perfecution. The army of this blood•thir'ly leader of fanatics is ad vancing with hatly 'lrides towards Mecca. The Porte waits with anxiety for more circumaantial advice: of this unexpeCted Revolution. FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL si. The Commitrary of Marine at Boordeaux has received the following letter from Citizen Basins, _ the Colonial Prete& at Martinico, dated ,7th of March : lam fo much of your opinion as to the means of preferving tranquillity here, that ever fince I took polrefilon, I have enforced the Black Code with as much rigour as it was exercifed be fore 1789. The Men of Colour, who under the Englith Government enjoyed a greater degree of moral liberty than they did under our old Govern ment, begin to be accullomed to the rellriaions now placed upon them. I hope, therefore, the Colony will remain fafe,notwithltanding its neigh bourhood to Ganda:wipe. _ We make every ( h ip coming thence, undergo a fpecies of quarantine, in order to preCerve our (elves from the fpirit of infurreaion, which un fortunately prevails in that ifland. I fend you Come Decrees which have been p . sded rcfpeaing the Fi• sauces and Commerce. You will perceive the meafures which I thought neceffary to adopt in favour of the Mother Country. I have drivom ad fomw Engrjh Merrimnsis solo were fettled &Iv, whole indußry was very injurious to us. Wine is at this time very low in price, but we entertain hopes that the Enghlh will come and purcbafe tome &only. I encourage the Spaniards to fettle here. and do every thing I can to break off all connexion with the Englilh Colonies, particularly Trinidad; but you know how difficult it is to conquer cullom." COLONY or Sr. DOMINGO.—" Oa the aßth of February, the divifion that failed from Leghorn, confining of feveral thoufand men, landed at the Cape. This reinforcement invigorated the hopes of the inhabitants: all European commodities im mediately role in price, though the confumption of fuck articles has not increafed. Confidence ' augments in proportion to the falutary meafures which .4.e reforted to for putting down rebellion. General Rocitamax•u, is, at this moment, 'rant tearing his Bead Q.9 . .uters to Port-au-Prince ; the Civil and Military Authorities are alto repairing thither. The ltebels have fallen back two leagues from the Cape.—The campaign, it is believed, will loon be opened ; a few hundreds of the Blacks have already returned to their habitations on the plain ; they are allowed to come in, but very little confidence is repofed in them : thofe who formerly brought in vegetables to the town were kindly treated, and they received in return fait and other provifions ; but now that their numbers greatly encreafe, it is thought proper to be more cautions with refpedt to them, left they, as they formerly did, fhould accumulate provilions, &c. for a fu ture day. This meafnre has given offence to Tome of the Rebels, who have repeatedly attacked our foragerhand killed feveral of them who refilled to go with them. The epidemic diforder has fubfid ed, and what is equally fortunate, we are about to enter into the molt favourable feafon for Euro pean continuums." FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. BRV3SELS, Aram 15.—We have received of& cial intelligence here from Paris, that the Film Consut. will arrive in this city between the sth and loth of May. His route will be from Paris to Amiens, Lille, Conrtray, Bruges, Offend, Ghent, Antwerp, and Brae's. In this City he will make the longeft ftay ; and it is here alfo that the Minifters and other perfons attached to his fuite will relide. The nest. Comm!. will then proceed by Liege, Maiflrich, Ai:-la-Chapelle, Co logne, and Mentz, to Stralburgb. Sraassuaatt, Aram 17.—We are employed here in re.organiting our national guard, and in giving eclat in particular to the fuperb picked bat talion, which is to ferve as a guard of honour to the Flan- Cow sot.. The corps of cavalry alfo is renewed. Betides the troops of the firft demi-brigade, which have returned from SwilTerland, we cape& here sOOO infantry, and a regiment of cavalry, fo that our gatifon will be raifed to t 1,000 men. It appears that there troops will form a camp at a (mall diflance from our city. . _ . Many foreigners of diftinetion have hired lodt ings here during the whole time of the Ray of the FIRRT CONSUL. BERNE, APRIL lo.—The 42d demi brigade pro. ceeded on the 7th to Lugano. Two battalions of French troops have already paired St. Gothard.— They will be followed by five others. Thefe troops will proceed to Milan. VIENNA, A►RIL 10r.-.The politics of our Court have never appeared ambiguous and crooked but at the periods when it maintained a connedion wi.h England. Being now difengaged from every foreign influence, it purfues, in an invariable man ner, and with a rectitude worthy of ferving as a model to all Governments, the courfe it has traced out for the re-ellabliffiment of peace. Whether England has again endeavoured to engage it in her arrangements, or that the has found it inac ceffible to every kind of diplomatic intrigue, it is certain, that nothing announces the flightelt alte ration in its pacific difpofitior.s. It is, therefore, believed, that there is good reafun to hope, that ' the ratification of the conclufum pf the Diet Cub witted to the approbation of his Imperial Majefty, will loon take place, or, at any rate, that no diffi culty will arife on that fubjett. His Royal Highnefs the Archduke Palatine of HUNGARY, who fet out lately for Peteriburgh, has been received on the frontiers of Ruffia, with the moll diflinguithed, civil and military honours, and in a manner highly flattering to our Court. PARLIAMENTARr PROCEE.DINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, APRIL *3. The Hoak in a Committee of Privikges, Heard Counfel, and examined evidence In the Cbandos caufe, and Warr. d further proceedings until Wednefday Read the (maul Bills on the table in did: refpettive Rages, ani adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Bin for amending two Ads for t►e better Preferential' of Hides for making Boots and Shoes, was read a Bet time. Admiral B brought up a Petition from the WOOBO2 ClotL-Weavm of the Counties of Cliouceitcr, Wilts, and S.s merfethire, 'gala! the Bill no•w depending.-Ordered to ikon the table, till the fecund reading of the Bill. Sir ROBZIT BOSTON gave notice, that he &odd to-morrow !awe to enlarge the time for exchanging the Lifts on the Mid dk fel ElinfUon. The Lunatic Maw Itill was pottposed to Friday. The Comnitte on the Corotters' &p was phrased to Wed nefday. lITATIt OF TN/ NATION. Mr. Farm' laid, that in conformity to the willies of feveral Gentlemen in the Houfe, he role to put off his Motion, which Rood for to-morrow, on the State of the Nation, in hopes that fome aom munication might, in the mean time, be made.— If, therefore, the Right Hon. Gentleman oppo li:e to him would lay, whether he thought he Ihould be able to lay any communication before the Nonce, on or before Friday, his motion might be altogether unnecetary ; but if no information was then laid before the Houle, he gave notice that he would bring forward his motion on Tad: day fe'onight. The Cnaiscitt.oit of the Excceopaa Paid, it was impolLble for him to fay, whether his Maier ty's Mini fters would be able to make any commu nication on or before Friday; but the Houfe might reit attired, they were anxious to do fo as loon as pnffible. In the mean time, he mull confider the Hon. Gentleman's motion as provifional,and there. fore begged to know diftinaly, whether, if any communication ftiould be laid before the Hoare later than Friday, for inftance, on Monday, whe- ther the Hoo. Gentleman would then at all events bring forward his motion, or would think it necef fary to poßpone it to tome future day Mr. PATTEN laid, he found a difficulty in an fwering the Right Hon. Gentleman's queftion, as he could not diflinaly fay whether he fhould bring it forward, in cafe of fo late communication as Monday t but that he Ihould be guided by circum fiances on that bead. Mr. Gass was lorry the Hon. Gentleman was not more explicit in kis notice. He winked to know of the Hon. Gentleman, whether, if no commu nication at all took place, he meant decifively to biing forward his motion on Tuefday fe'nnight.— He lamented the delay which had taken place, and which he believed to be the mot extraordinary that was ever known. The public mind was in a (tate of the great& anxiety, and, in his opinion, could not too loon be relieved from fo painful a &nation. The Sfi*[s i faid, there was no queftion before the Houfe. Mr. Fox faid, that all notices were irregular ; but fine it had been the enfiont of the Houk to fan.tion them, he thought they mould be fuch as the Houfe could underhand. Mr. PATTEN then faid, he would certainly bring forward his motion on Tucfday fe'nnight. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION BILL. Mr. Fox brought up a Petition from the Mayor and Aldermen of Nottingham againfitheßill now pending, praying to be heard by Counfel againft the fame.—Ordered to be laid on the table, till the fecond reading of the Bill. Mr. Fox then (aid. that as the fecond reading was now fixed for Wednefday nest, and the parties only came to town to-day, he thought that, in order to give due time for confulting with their Counfel as to the moll effeCtual way of oppofing the Bill, further time fhould be allowed ; and he propofed that the fecond reading thould be on Monday next. Mr. I. H. BIOWNII, the Chairman of the Com mittee, and the mover of the Bill in queftion, de precated delay. However, after fome converfa tion between him and Mr. Fox, the fecond reading was fixed for Friday next. NAVAL ♦BUSES. Sir H. MILDNIA Y laid, that before the Chrifkmas reeds, a Bill had palled, appointing Comrniffioners to enquire into various abufes in the civil depart ment of the Navy. He wifhed to - know, if any Reps had been taken under that appointment, and what had been the refult ? He gave notice, that if no information was laid before the Houle in the mean time, he fhould make a motion on the fub jeoft, on Wednefday fe'nnight. GRIAT GRIMSBY ELICTION. Sir M. W. RIDLIY moved the Order of the Day for taking into further confederation the Report of the Committee on the Great Grimffiy Elation ; which being read, he moved, that John Simplon. the Mayor of that Borough and Returning-Officer at the late Eleition, be called to the Bar.—Order ed, and any Counfel attending on his behalf. No Counlel appearing on inquiry —John Simp fon was put to the Bar, and the charge read over to him ; the purport of which was, that he had, as Returning Officer at the raid Eledion partially and unlawfully rejeded votes that ought to have been admitted, and admitted thofe which ought to have been rejeaed. The Svcs a a.—John Simpftsa,what have you to fay to the matter alk:dged againft you The Clerk went to the Bar, and toot down his snfwer In writing, which was afterwards read to bizn, and was to the foftovring purport:— " I ant a poor mos, and have a wife and five children. I rent a fmall farm about coL a year, ,sol. which Tuo to quit in a Mart time. What I have done proceeded frees Ignorance, for which I am very Cony, and beg jmnion of the Houle far having offended it by my miftoodudt. He was ordered to withdraw. Sir M. W. RIDLIT then Paid, that from the man's anfwer, and his appearance, be was inclined to think he might be aauated more by ignorance than evil intention, and he was therefore ready to look on his offence with a lets rigorous eye, than he had done at the firß view of the bufinefs. In executing the trult which had been conferred on him, he had followed the mode of proceeding adopted in the cafe of Shoreham, and would nut longer trefpafs on the Houfe than to make bis mo tions. He then moved the two Refolutions of the Committee.- 0 That John Simplon, Mayor and Returning-014:er of the Borough of Great Grimlby, had, at a full Conte, Ste. *dad wink the Refolutions of the Hoak, and committed • breach of the Privileges of the tame. ° That on the day of Eleetion, be had aped illegally in the execution of his Me, and in breach of the Privileges of the Houk." The Refolutions were both agreed to. Sir M. W. RIDLIY then moved— • That the fad John Suntan, for his laid offence, be taken into the euftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending the Houk" —Ordered. A New Writ wu ordered to be hued for the county of Not. tiodham, in the room o• Lord W. Cavendilb Bentinek, With once his Eledion, has excepted the Chiltern Hundreds. IDINSUROM ROAD BILL. The Hon. Mr. DONDAS moved the Order of the Day, far taking into further confidention the Report of the Committee ao the Edinburgh Rood Bill. General MAITLAND oblaved, that leveral mean ear proyements might really be neadary opal the high Roads in the county of Edinburgh; but he was of opinion that fuck improvements were parchafed at too dear a rate, whoa per. chafed by injußice and partiality. k was to the manner that fuck improvements were to be carried into ere& that be oh jetted. The whole examen were now entirely and escladvely to be paid by a few indaftrions men, he meant the farmers of the county of Edinburgh, by taking off an exemption which hitherto =Med upon carts carrying manure through that earacety, an exemption which had aifted upwards of ,to yarn. He elmeght.thet in common jaßke, if the mikes meant to the reeds, they aught to take fame other method to the mosey; and fed a one as would Dot bear fo hard the firma's. He did not mm to fay, that that let of met eagle not to bear any mere el the espenee of repairing the roads. but that the whole of the money about to be raife/ fee thee purpofire, aught by no means to be takes oat of the poc kets of the poor, inftead of the rich. He moved, that the /314 flboold be rocormaitted, and propofed, that the chute taking away the nemptione mould be improved; and ha had Ofthen• titian in thinking, that U that point be rectified, the rumen Omani be rated In properties to the tax on carriages ufed by Gentlemen for the mere purpofes of luxury. The Loa o A ovocsr c of Scotland infifted that the Farmers of the County reaped the benefit of thole reeds as well as say other Members of the community, and that they ought to contribute towards thee general improyemeses. He knew of no ream why they had enjoyed rack examinees for wide , a pedal them so Team 11 Gentlemen have too king and molt notaßly enjoyed there *damages, while the Roods were maintained at the mean of otherindividnele; and now, when k is prepsfed to bring back the regulation to a jolt principle, they melt unjuttly oppec it, as U they had oo memos of repay * deadeyes. Mr. DICIIIIIMON. Mr. HOIST, Bad silo W 111.141Litea,f ;eke in favour of the Farmers. The Haw Mr. MINIMS 8114 CAIINTIi MAITLAND (poke ac enatidesable length In [smear of the DIM Tbe Houle divided..• Foe the ite-coeniakment, 65...- Agana It, 64. The Coaunkteee d Ways and Mate and Supply was fermi till Wcdocklay.--Adjuranali LONDON. TUESDAY, APRIL 67. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT OINE O'CLOCK t 3 per Cent. Reduced 64i. 3 per C. ConL money, 6sf f f 6s. - Ditto, for acc. 6.5. New 5 per Cent.9B/ f 99. The Motion which Colonel PAT ram intended to make in the Houfe of Commons this day, our Readers will fee, has been put off for a week, in confequence of 'the Minifter having declared that he could not fix on any fpccificperiodfor commun . *. eating to Parliament the refult of the Negociation. We have always infifled that the Minifter could not tell what the iffue would be. Indeed it would be to fuppofe him endued with prefcience. We urderftand that Colonel Parran was requefted by feveral Independent Country Members, not to em. barrafs the Executive Government by any Parlia mentary interference pending the Negoeiation. Lalt night two Mails arrived from Holland. Br thisconve yance accounts have been received of an un expated Infurreftion having broken out in Arabia, where a man of the name of ABDUL Mecums has collated a great number of Partizans,and threatens the overthrow of the prefent ReligiousConftitation of Arabia and Turkey. His followers are excited to maffacte indifcriminately all thole who acknow. ledge the GRAND SatcNtoe as Sovereign Caliph, and he has declared that he will immediately ad. vane to take polfeilion of the cities of Mecca and Medina. The Partizans of the prefent eftablifh. meat were in confequence flying on all fides, and the Army of this blond-thirfty Leader was advan. cing with hally Brides towards Mecca. A report has reached Vienna that an alarming Infur ration had broken out in Conftantinople, and that that city was in the greatell confufion. Private Letters from Holland mention, that the late ftormy weather has done fo much damage to the Dutch Fleet at Helvoetftoys, that even if it was willed to fend off the expedition to Louifiana, it would not be prafticable for a month at leaft to come. By the Dutch Papers we alfo learn that there is a greater bufile in the Naval Department of that country than has been before obfervable for tome time. Admital Haaruma bee been ordered to fail for the Mediterranean to relieve Admiral Ds WINTER, and this is faid to be in confeqmweed difpatches received from the Batavia° Ambara dor at London. It is plain to us, however, that this movement is conneited with certain prawn eerted meafttres in whirl France probably takes the lead ; for we find by a letter, received b., the left Lifbon Mail, that Ds Wurraa's (gumtree had already been ordered to fee. We here prefent the letter alluded to:— LISBON, APRIL 7.—," The Dutch (quadrat, commanded by Admiral Da WIMTSR, confilling of three !hips of the line and lone frigates, has been fuddenly and unexpeetedly ordered to tea by to (loop of war from Holland. They are laid to Oa returning to Holland. The French here tell us pofitively that them will be no war. The Fuss. Comsat., they fay, will make conceflions, by giving up places, which be can retake at pleafure ; the Englilh will give up what they can never retake. They add, that. a certain Journal in London reprefents the Englilh nation as fo decidedly loft to all fen& of national intereft and dignity, as to fupport the Miniery in abandoning their moll important conqueßs, to ob. taro a temporary peace, which will enable Bora- Parrs to commence hofblities with a certainty of fuccefs in two or three years. We hope better things : we remember that the vigour of bOniary, in Seising Madeira and threatening Brun, laved ' this country from fubjugation." By comparing the above letter with the accounts by the Dutch Mail, it is plain that this Movement is a part of a fyflem adopted fine, the prefent mif underftanding between this country and France. — A little time will throw more light upon this bu finefs. The Dutch Papers alto contain letters from I& lan, Rating, that in confequence of an order from the Firth Conful and Prefident Bomarmurs, fevers' perfons who filled diainguithed offices in the Italian Republic have been smiled. The real motives of this order are not known—but the intelligence. it is Laid, is certain. This day we received another day's French Journals, viz. thofe of the aid infant. The Afar:deur contains tome details of rather a curious nature, and which thew in a ftriking point of view the foundaties which Bo AAAAA ra prefers for the fecurity of his power. In the fitting of the Leginative Body of the sift intl. the projea of a law for granting lands under the title of a fupplementary national reward to veterans, afrembled in the 26th and 27th military divifions, was paired by a majority of 2to to 11. Nationil property, to the amount of ten millions (above 400,0001. Ruling) has been fet apart for this purpofe, and the veterans are to be formed into permanent camps. Saws. Orator of tisa