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b r NUNBLR 1599.) ARMY CONTRACTS. COITMISs,tRY-GENERA (►Erie Gat AT G LORGS.ITriI EST. I Lu. Hp 1908. OTICE is hereby given, that the COll- v3OSSAEY GENERAL is read:i to rtcr••... Proposal. car Aa6 /ark allies Majerty's Troop • a. may 1.. e Etreampcl r •gk i aurae qf the per eat Year, P. eke fulen , lie,7 BR BAD, PU L, FORAGE, an! STRAW ; *Nth hi be Beat is eee r &fire the ad Dopy' March (abseil-- I met ewe soli be receive.' after Rkerra &Clack fa that day), air", b i P. 44 the pasta4e mast be paid, tit.— Di srucrs. COUNTIES. intb Britain: , : bra.......... Plodloesßoftimsd, Cumbeikad, West -Inaelpaa, and Durban ; • ;;: ......... Matt and Lincoln ; Suirolk, Cambridge, Limning don, sail Kum.; ':nllr to . Been ad ;klutz • W e st Hash, Willa , sad Dawes; ; • of Wight Isle of %Wien ; Det...., C.Wliw3ll, and aDuwart ; no . Gletitts.lt WOrCUSTr, Hrrefasit, . . FRIDAY, 1433 RU, r be coconepitaied by a letter from two Peisor gas t props ettgilin to `income b,,u a. with the iessicricerin the tar of Two Thousand Pounds, the deo pesfureenne of tlie Contract; sod ao Pro val will In noticed, mikes .ussde oa, or 2111At7*4 to, a rata Ter.der, sod thePritas expressed to wurcis at leogtb; ai toter the Party, or an Agent fur kir, pepoustly at rad at th,Y fuilowing'day, to know the decision Hoorn; ad Maar n em.bappea, that during the maelstrom of the Cermet no g - Asps sh,:oht be mita:aped, the esparto of bt Caatract sill Boost paid, in the first intone, by the !stouter, to be a/ousted to him by the Commissary tonal. Partlealarsof the Contracts may be had upon application I Cos (Mite, betecco the boom of Tea sad Four ; at the tee of Xe. Deputy Cuomo:ivy Gmetsi LAU lush; at the OLot of r solusiit Commissary Raw- Guertisyy ; and se Om Urice of Lt. Assistant Coat i !my Dumaresq, Jerry. _ • VICTUALLINUPOFFICE., Fro. P, me. lIR COM MISSIONERSIvr rieutt:ting Ku Perjadys Noe, de keret kriUl . . - .Au u , n .. Trp- LAY, the let of Mirth terzt, they 1,41 , it rec.te to moil* l'....+•ri E. ontting (r+.21+1 4 n'), .rnd treat Iw Two I:414- 3 nED ..d FIFTY THOUSAND GALLONS of WJST Ism. 17 / "M, tO be aldirerfd, fre if thitr, fowl Wortionomo in of it Anil hare terra Bonded, et,e UV i R t o,e ears' !f eame e. A, ;ad the remake:, i* ere Monti ittlesedareie elle vi lle; slit rittaativz Storer al Partsmeeth, lifee ' estb; ea a, M the tiallocia! proportion+, cis. PnitttinlOtt H PLYMOUTH I bo,pos i Oddirm CORK Pr Cod tie yolks Coitratd(ii which arm um raw Oats eateafaiiit) saw fa win tit tie Siarathdis 11 . addee +M • AEI n 1e Itsitt“..ll aPeek Of that *Call en be celice rat t.c Peed 14ee 001 i IMIPC* es the said Thiaday, the ue IV5d sea ; set mks. the Per6Bo ash. seta the reader, ar eon Prrun as his MAW, athiadr, t. asst r when eared for. Iiti•UMIL4 PSJISIAN AND OTUE& MSS. LAW. 1001iS, ex. K. IV BE SOLD isif A CCTIeN, h M. next was •fot the subStenee of such information as Ills' Majesty's Goverment' bad recearCd during the month of October, relativeto any more rigor. OUS execution orthe French Decree. _ _ Lord HiSokisit3 item iressed considern hie doubts in what metier the communication *ought for by the Nellie Baron could be laid before Parliament. The ernernatent might hive received information relative to the conduct of the enemy, from chan nel' perfectly authentic, as to the - fact ; but the substance of whose- information could not be sub mitted to Parliament in en oTheid Manner. In other cases, it compliance with the Noble Lord's motion might probably be attended with dangers to die sourCes from wbenee this country received its intelligence. But he was sure the Noble Lord, by a review of the public newspapers in the month otOctober last; would find accounts of au inter viers . bet Ween the Grand Judge and the Head of the I Clll iIITI IL, at 1.4 Grea atom, in Pall-Mali, 'RIP I:AY. Obe 19tIt lost. at tee .re ee..o. : IIA eery rALVARLE COLLECT lON of RARE and Cl RIOCS (11114Aff sad other Ma of Ow late NATHADi ILL 1 1,1011111.21 Able, Raq. deopmed; among which is an Uo.qao ropy of the Lon . eotoydete, present. d to the late Pl'. mato by Bop; lti.st !Ala, the font Copy eLts..t ; • superb rigs( the. Curse tat ate. ly peemetAl it. the koog of Yam I. - 16 F.:affect !divt t..r : a etellecti.nt at fto prawiasts tribe& l .. 111 , 1t,', preortited by Attie . b Dart* Uoique ; a at LIM. Mee. tdoerretieg She maw of flail ; Music, lowa* fir bed ; sod eaellese rera wad intrtesting Ms ills, Mill .3antlfaid odd amilesihilietl with maim...re AI Sae woe time will be SOLD, a askaabla sad bitreesting panel of amiss( M. Littera of tie late Bribe" Bantu, Iratbrat ai ilartboroattia, tie Primates Anne other rave.tt laai- asters Id the woe: sad a few Boats, among al d are toarrissaa'a Daneet, tortrebta. amnia: Dart's tl tat- Palmer ; St. Paul's • Staab* at Large te•l‘f li. • il.ord Pruitt-tar, .carte, U. Nip be newel sad Cabilmeee sot IAPERLIL PARIJAMEAT. LIOISSE OF cahld be laid before parliament, or the country. Bitrl ORLY considered the reasons of the Noble Secretary for refusing' the Motion of his Noble Friend bath extraoruivary ahl.itreonclusive. The information required was most important, and above any other the least likely . to produce any in convenience by its disclosure. Did His Majekty's Ministers receive intelllgeote of the rigorous me.: cntion of the French Decree from any accredited agent of a neutral Power ? In such cosiewhat end could foltnw from its being communicated ? or was it received by aoy remaining Consul of this country in any part of the Continent? The Noble Seen.— tory has put the case of So ninercial men having made the communit2tiois to Government. But .even cm this averment, what objection can be made to subailtiing the substance of that information to either House of Parliament? With respect to the alleged interview between Bonaire:l.e and the Grand Judge, he could not charge his recollection with ever having read of it in any of the public pmts. The Duke of MonTasisc was decidedly averse to the p.oduction of papers which tended to disclose to the wean/ the sources of oar intelligence, mid would, iu its.edect, destroy ear means of being ac quaiatad with the conduct and intentions of the enemy. Lord Easetat observed, that from the words of the Orders L. Council, it seemed that not only had the i 'rench Decree been acted upon ! hot that ate ,„...i :Or Post % t o t ed op froi. the COMMIS the Treasurer *2 !` ay.', Retodathea, and the Broad Trade Bill. They . it. many lead a lot tisse, and &Hood to Is vended. Ler.l Gas a• t Lt., %Olmsted te the throw • II Nib *at ee u_tite sand be gives of the oreur-d rearimm of the lire. Trade Big. Three sere too po..ats coomecled 'nth it, which I,e would Otra take seeawoo to MIAMI their Llll4 171 ii e Zis: Mill ttiLti•C LI the 111111101i311011 of huTars .wra It,. 1.1-3 , 4 tat.. thi totudry, an.,o r the fro woo state •1 ow 11.. r: India I:.:,:tiat, end the other was As die Mee we amid alert the tate Act far the Abolition of the nut. rade. more rigorous exectit on, ' the inference was, that it had beau executed first in one mode, and subtle queotly in a more severe manner. Moister, ha,- lug made such a statement, in those Orders of Council, surely it was not unre-a,onable to call up eu to state, as men of honour arid veracity, whether they ever knew of a single instance on which it wad earned{ Lto practice! It was not the names or the dates that were required, it was merely the substance of any communication, or even any assertion from themselves, on thoir own harbours, whethe , t:pert was even a solitary in..tauce of that decree haviag been in any she,* executed. The Loan t:olscEr.tue expressed itis opinion of the imposeihility of coin dying with the present motion, without a disclnoore or the names and dates. On that ground be certainly opposed it. The motion was then read, 'I That =humble Ad dress be presented to His Majesty, praying that he would be Teased to order Copies of all information received previous to the issuing of the Orders in Connell relative to the more rigorous execution of the French Decree of November, 1806, to he laid on the Table of that House.'' DEBTOR AND CREDITOR RILL. Tre Eari of Minks, is coos•qaeoct of au applscatiof sa4. to 1,1.-n b, s Leartoui Frirod, porp,.mel ll.c ,r.ond :euita: of tl.:. Dcbtoe mad Creeitor 11 U , saga Fr.clay, ItLe O t t rf Ma.els hen the victims Was put, the LORD CaAi• citton declared his opinion in favour of the coo tents, and on a division being called fur by Lord Iltst et as, the numbers were uRDERS OF COUNCIL. The Earl of Criatist:. gate omit e of his iffies t:so of subinittiog a uit,lio IA riotsda7 nett, relative to the tibial t ) ui tne Orders of Council, rut their direct vsolauca of the existing Statutes the relus. Lord CaLairtaas ruse in consequence of a pie s to owe for i!ic imelut:tioa of certain wi,;(•!a he rem.ideral ututeruilly "toe fad coaaidaratiou 4..1 the enters of Council. its', Orders it was set forth as the gronods on ):::t Wessels had *deter's:into to adopt such a af manthne soil commercial policy. that the fe uet Uevrrarsenttsoistew hut &writ the Legi luting ctnber. hatl begun to act upon a more Tarot , - taxation of the French Decree of Novel:uteri lOW It vas apes- the; nature *and construction that 1.1.. erre that *sae Orden hung, mid . _ en..trotft 27, Proxies io 47 Nua-CoaltUti ILA PrMir , IS Majurity *pipit Mirka444-3 IJORITY. Oilmen ter, Chola/assetley, Holland. Nadu k, Cooper, ( :two , il!e, Setatre. t o St. % ions', Aoc k laud, Bedford, Grey, 1-: , Irian, Beam. Sidra lath, Moira, ea, tole. St. Jobs, II otelawson, Albsissida. Dorsky, Ellenbo rough, hoary, King, I An d-rilale, glillillers Scream Salkok. mon I es. Bale, - Sballestoary, Dm vbr.aake. Berodutd, HI and ford, Devi, v _ - 2 Thant, Busalyn, Bolislity, Huila's/4k Lena, Boeing! theory, Sawed, Cana, VUIII, lefeodip, Car : itkJ!, Fife, r, Suitthaiiiptes, FLEET. Lord Simmer.' Cabe, in consequence of his pro traded motion. to submit to tbeir Lordship, a pro position in which the honour and character of the country were materially insplicaded. He was net in any degree inclined to renew the discossina on the justice or injustice of the measure, by which the nary of Ilenniark had got into the pos.. aes-lon of Ilia Nia : edv. After time two &bat," which had so rece:oly taken place on that subject, he would not trillint g appear to mate,- v. 'le the der.ska of their Lor ps, by any renewal ofthat toj,ie, although his owe opinion of its complete inindice re,aained 'mattered and matter. able. But the motion to which he now confined fire . he • onhl not foraCelV::Opnr. fiiisT p: m- i ninisei:win one VI whi , :h even those with whom .T 4 alhai ll ster, could refuse to Parliament i;il 1 he di ;_:.d oa the ymerinne occasions, could net ...etistatien, to lir^ production of which no ci',;(.c- have as oh;eetiou. Inde-d, epee the treunds of az eesttast of secrecy could attirdi. The tint th • nr4ent and cruel necessity, o 3 which aleue 1 4 4 1 r h• at cold move for was, a copy of the ie- Ministers have ventured to intAi7 tleir coodnet, sent to the Officers of Customs, reistire Le croft confider the restovelion of the Danish the eisentioa of these Orders in Council. The navy as a natural co_oirinaoos, the moment whea . - ,rp (il kßios-It I, 11l OMPECr, rerrcsuas. ..8....-- -, --- --- -- ----_ . . ~ . --- nnadb, sad [work Wats, ; French G overnment, when, in answer to certain rib west— altste?,' SA,. Laacaiditra A" North questions put by the former, Bonaparte expteastd Webs; . • - , Irani!' to hsre the dacke of th'e preeeding year Mt . . . t he mast rqtkiiit iirEcittioa alit lest C..... • ' it " ' Wawick, 'Wand, Smiturd, Nora.- neutrals. It was evident ttril commercial men that amptos, OatorJ, and Baritmenana ; were the pet lions mostlikely to hear of such an or- s foe Ward. of Garrui.ri, Jersey, and Aldt..rucy. der beiailuetid upon ; and he could tot see how Chtiset Proposals fur Brasil and Fue,l , _,F""g °, al "; ;heir communication to His Majesty's Govermneut - i - . must be un wle . f t" ? I A ni ? trkt ' t a ...'l'," is. . - mold be laid before 'Parliament or the country. _l.-rittob littto,',.. RI 19, 1808. that necessity was removed tecaure, had ever read on that alibied, he wua fully per suaded, that what necersity had crested, the tame necessity did limit ; therefore it was, that be con sidered it 'the Jut) of Parliament- to defend the character of the country, by coming to a resolution to keep the navy of Denmark in a situation to be eventually restored to the Sovereign of that inde pendent state. He said eventually. because he wished to abstain in the moat strict manner from auy encroachment on the prerogative of the Crown: Wheu the House considered the nature of the offer made - by this country to the Crown Prince, when it reviewed the declarations and summonses of• tnc officers who cbtiontinded on that expedition, he aas convinced that the.true duty of the (-man , was to refrain from employing for its own ser:ice the ships taken from that poser, nader such circnuntonces orregret and culsonty. The - Noble V iscon%t wad deltrent passages from those documeids, and nest adverttd to the probable uhjeeUea that he should hear, of those clod/nations beL sepdihr weed by the resistance of the Danes, and the subsequent declaration of hostilibt_s. Would sot Cie House take into its comiderntion t h e ;-otives of exoneration, and the ratural result of the ofr'er that hud been made ? Was it not to be expected that reoiatance wonid follow from the tdternattre that Siiiiistc rs had °Warred to that gallant and dis tinguished individual, the Crowd Prince P What else hut exasperation could be pr Turned from - our mosult on an independent, friendly, but defence less power ? It was impossible to expect any otter result. Scarce had a few mouths elapsed since the Court of Denmark was informed by the late Go vernment of this country. that whilst it persevtred in its cuurse of strict neutrality, it should receive the protection of Great Britain. T.le next com munication it received, the mode in which thr promise was realised, were by the bombardment of its capital and the seizure of it= marine. Den mark heard all our charges of hostility eviinst Russia, bnt felt every ettaelt herself. The' Noble Viseonut nest contende f el, that, -in ordrt to convince the world that our unduct towards Des:. mark was the consequence of anindispen ah!e nr cessity, it was the duty of the . Howe to be p remed by what, in emelt cases, the Law of Nitiote provided. HO quoted from the Jura leelii of Grotius, that a natine acting Imo° such a prin ciple had a riihf to make restitution to the state against whom the fteereesion was made, the me merit when the releiions in which both countries stood were changer% and from the effect of which the aeceasite had ceased and be omit determinate. There also remained an additional indmement with him to submit hie present motion ; He had made accurate inquiries into the stale and condi tom sof thew skips, which he mow toneleritoteHr was the intention of Ministers to preoare for the actual service of this comer:. Indeed, there was little doubt of the truth A smelt rumour, as he found that the reports of the snereeors employed to inspect them were now on the table of the other House of Parliament. The result of snch inquiries was, that from the manner in which they were built, and the mode of their wear and tear, they were not in any degree likely to snit the naval service of this country. Moreover, he had been informed by the most respectable and intelligent persons, conversant with those subjects, that it would cost much more to fit ant theDar.ish ships, than would be necemery to complete the whole of the British shipping now upoi, the stocks in the various dock-yards. As well then open evere principle of justice, upon every vie* of truth and policy, and to prevent an improvident expenditure of the public money, be called upon their Lord ships' acquiescence in the resolution which he should have the honour to move. The Noble Vie-on:It conjured the House to reflect upon the proud cha racter which Great Britaiu had hitherto main tained ; a character. to rriarnph over which, the man who new presided over the resotirees and go vemmeie of France, would prefer to all the Newels which by his genius and hie talents lie had obtained at Lodi, Austerlitz, Jeue, or Friedland. The House should appreciate the peel-ratite effect this re e itntion would have with Rossi*, a country with which Great Britain had more points of 11114011 and he, of collision than with any other state on the continent of Europe. It was but telerday this nation was assembled in its veered churches to implore the forgiveness and the pro tection of the Almighty Ruler of the Cniverse. The first step to insure those Meetings wile to de serve them; and in his sight the first and paramount recommendation was to be just and cotisciestioae. His Lordship then moved a resolution, "that no measures should be adopted relative to the Danish ships, which inielit prevent their eventual restitu tion to the Danish Monarch." Lord BOILINGDON contended, that there never was • more novel and unprecedented motion sub mitted to the consideration of Parliament. It was not only not analogous with any former precedent, het was. in its consequences, fraught with miwhief. What would bare been the cousequetice, if the Parliament of this country hod acquiesced in a motion to deliver op the ')Coulon fleet at the con clusion of the Treaty of Amiens ? It was cer tainly a ~-round on which these Noble Lords, who difFeied with His Majesty's then *invents, might, with more plausibility, hare brought forward a re solution. similar to that proposed be the Noble Viscount Did the Hoene feel justified to agree in sods a peoonstion on the reizare of the Spanish ships, prieioas to • decherstiou of hostilities ? No such proposition eou!d be adopted, because it was incompatible with every principle sia which this coseitry or any other was aecttitersed to act. He had beard mach sit the conduct of the pistriotic Crown Prince. as he was called, and of the deters mination of De.iinark to pr merge a strict neatra lity. The history of the transeetioos of the lost Uwe vests would, °creosol. &gond isateriall l / 2 from wlneh a dilereat cosalosiest esidd be very ary testi) . dednesd. Mar (PRICE SEXPI 'Lord Estumnosounn replied to the observe- 11 F timis of the Noble Lord who preceded hint. He said, that it was a general, arid perhaps true, re mark, that nothing was more unlike th •n a simifc at least it was so illustrated in the comparison 'lade 17 the last speaker, relative to the late attack on Copenhagen, and those precedents to which he alluded, in the cases of the Toulon fleet and the subsequent seizure of the Spanish frigates. lie never was a very sanguine admirer of the latter transaction, but still there were features. and cuonstances connected with it, which justified to • certain extent the actual.comerencement of he' s tilities. With respect to the principle of the sr.- tack on Copenhagen, be disdained to coquet with such a transaction ; he pronounced it as the mom tireprinciuled violation of every sacred duty, every re:Teeted riuht, that he had either hewn! sr wad of, since he ;as enabled to form any mtioisl opinion on human motives and events : it con - mewed in unpmsoked injustice, and terminal d `llltiateenfirl robherr. He world feel ashamed to reade in that situation , where it was his province , hoped daily to dispense justice, unless he gate to that ootrogeons proceeding the true character which he felt attached to it. it was true, that ti Ministers bed seised pima the unequipped ships of an unpre cored and defenceless nation, and they had %%afted than to British ports, followed by the cares of the whole pputation of Denmark. The only means of recovery item the font stein cast by this measure upon the character and gee& • faith of the country, were for Parliament to ads quince in the resolution of his Nolte lire objection of the 'Coble Lord (floringdon) arose from the subsequent resistance of 'Denmark.. Upon no principie of eiftity, or of prolific law, ceuld it stand for ft moment, became it van tilmr::l result of the ot7er this country bad aed of the alternative en which lifter n" procceded to act. In dl east's where ag win grounded on an eltiderit and inclispern cenitr the resistruice of the Power on wl arrgression wag Matte, never did change the relation in which it stood, and . the istratieu reititation whiCh it' possessed on the cal neceisity. Suppose the arrilaeons case two persons were ttruguling on the rum wh'. , :h was competent onty so the safety. arentd the ezertior'of viclence oat of the individual poshed off, constitute of criminality, by which lie was sabjeeti sequent punishment? Or let us con • 'dinitry instance,' There the r;et a corned into pra.dire br a bAig r:ght was properly ezeremed on the power who sestvise,i,• bet thence no forfeiture attached Istire capr. erttlettflrfcaelfoVis - alTrifinhigen. There was nothing to provoke hostility, the Danish people preserved a strict political neutrality. They . rnn ducted thernse!res as every other power in suniiar circumstances would, merely by taking advantage of to extended commercial intercourse, aril{ withia the strict letter of their national (mermen's. Ia such a situating Great Britain committed an ag religion, attended with the moat incalculable evils to that nation, and therefore was bound to take the proper occasion for absolving - Itself from the charge of injustice, either by specific restitution of tie shies it had seized, or by a substantial entre/tea tine far the injury incurred. The Learned Lord, after a variety of similar unanswerable bbsen - ationr, delivered in a most animated and convincing man lier, concluded by giving his most decided support to the proposition of the noble Noble Meyer. The Loan CHANCELLOR contended fled the se rimiest' of the Noble and Learned Lord, if well founded. went mach further than the remedial** then proposed. lithe measure of seizing the Danish navy was, as it was designated by that / 0 4oble Lord, an art of robbery and outrage, then the mode of re dress he had recommended was a species of penu rious justice. If this country had robbed We t mark of her ships, it was the duty of theme who thoiveld so to mote far their hein. restored forth ! with . He, however, ?ad a far different opinion; I so much se, that he should cernider himself dt graced and dishountirei, unless he awned to Pate !lament and the cutinti7, the full share he had taken in the prosecution of that measure. Whom the Learned Lord nest indulged in his strong of that occurrence, he trusted he 'mid act upon the sense principle that he was wont to do at the Old Bailey, that ass, when he charged the Jury, he would at the same tune detail the evidence. Ala respect to the illuAration of the exertion of the right of search, he was inclined to make &dif ferent inference ; becanst ho convideved that the exigence of that right precluded that of the carrier. Would the Learned Lord say, that any effort of toe latter to resift the search was not a breach of loss trailer, mad directly went to provoke and tomtit/ hostility' The Learned Lord melt adverted to tt a Cases of Toulon, the 'leisure rf the Spanish frigates, and the capture of the Dutch ship( in the year 1795. He considered those prevedc.ts directl:. in point, and conclusive aganiet the adce.tien of s resointiom calcolate4 to injure the ruost evential int:rests of this *clutter, without the most remote hope of producin; the slightest afivenMge. Lord He LLA3CD ably replied to the statements of the Noble and Learner.. Lent on the Woolsack, and contended, that he had most ev:.dently mis takes or miseuderetecd the view ci: 7 the question, as it was taken by his Learned Friend ;Eilenbo rowels). The motion did not pr•e.eed on say re ference to the justice or injustice of the L.te pro ceedings against Denm rk ; ft entirely kept that consideration out of its compealteartion. The question was, whether, having mired 1110 " snips without any previous manifestation or sci -f hot ' tility In the part of Desimerk. this etenove was not bound, in strict jostiee, to canape itself to the alleged necessity:and to restore to it that pro= at a period ohm-prowetty, the danger shall hue by tie devimhle conclasi..o of a peace ? la bear kfig in mind the situation of that Power, and 1 - - 411