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~:. .......- zoir repeated to be personally addressed to him by tee Noble Lord, which now induced him to rise to address their Lordships. It struck him with some degree of astonishment, that the Noble Lord should 1 .eleliim now fur verbal evidence on that extraneous matter, which he had before refused to take from Used Yarmouth. It did so happen. however, that when the letter of the 14th September was writ- t n, on the same day M. Talleyrand told him, that the Emptier of Russia had refused to ratify the t y, and requested he would write to his Court span the subjtat saying at the same time, that the French Government would be then inclined to eater into more favoutable terms, and de siring hint to write for further instruaions. While on his legs, he begged leave to say, how much the circumstances corroberated this feel, and how touch the evidence of Lord Yarmouth strongly and equally corroborated it. Whether the Noble Lord should look at the Papers themselves, or whe ther he should look to the verbal communications of Lord Yarmouth, they most all thew, that throughout the Negotiation, he had the tat puddle solely in view. To Mr. Fox's letter upon this sub jets". being a confidential communication to M. Tel leyrend, no answer was received until the month of June. The Noble Lord had said, that Talleyrand stated to Lord Yarmouth, that the French Go vernment had been anxiously looking out for some person in whom they could confide, to make these pacific overtures ; and the Noble Lord complains that Mr. Fox had taken no notice of that in Isis corn egunications with the Minister of France; bat Mr. Foe would have aged incensistently and irregu larly, had he done so.• The writtvn comnrini cations or the French Gvernment, Mr. Fox answered in writing ; and by the Noble Lord's referring to the Papers, he would find, that the verbal communication was answered by a short note. The Noble Lord, by referring to the Caine Papers, would also find, that Mr. Fox wrote . two notes upon this suejea ; the Best was, a friendly ,communication horn Mr. Fox to M. 'Talleyrand, and the second was a formal and official note. When .herd Yarmouth went of Palls, it he had not re ceived the instruaions contained is those Papers, then such supposed instruaions must have been a complete forgo y ; but if the Noble I .ord would-only take the trouble of turning to Lord Yarmouth's dispatch, of re. I Oh of July, he would see that, in a previous communication with M. Talleyrand, that Noble Lord positively refused to hear of any overtures to wards a peace, until the French Minister should re. turn to his former grounds, of treaties ; upon the principle of ate mildest ; and, coming more strialy to the point, he referred to M. Talleyrend's own wows „wilt this subject. These observations were alone appiicable to the particular peke in question, and totally inapplicable to that which the Noble -Lord st tted. M. Talleyrand had said, that a chance of circumstances must materially alter the terms of regoetation, and Lord Yarmouth found it the more strialy necessary to adhere to the fotmer preposition. What were Lord Yarmeuth's . ex pressions to lernseff ( Lord Lauderdale) upon this point ? He told him. he not only had a verbal me. wet satior. with M. 1 alleyrend, bet he also sent him a 'written note. which remained totally unanswered be the French Government. He considered there seas a mater i al difference between making a mere assertiere 111. • riter, and a wetter decurnenr, which semeined wholly uudeteed. It the Noble Lord had CAT chilly examined those Papers, he must be pa wl:red upon des point ; hut he says, no such pro position as ads jewelers was ever made. But upon this point theie.could not be possibly any stronger evidence then that of Lord Yarmouth's frequent communications with the French Government, iteith verbally mud by written documents. Their Lord ships were aware, that, iii a eenversatinn with M. l'alieyrand, that Minister declared ally Negotiation. upon the basis of tits pa:sash', could not stand ; and referred to a paragraph in the Emperor's Speech. where he says, he can only treat for peace with ' lkngland, upon the principles of the Treaty of Amiens. To such a principle they could not agree. The Noble Lord, therefore, should not have wil e fully confounded what was merely in itself a friendly communication between two parties, one of wh.om, he was certain, was sincere in wishing to bring about the happy event a a permaeent and * honourable peace. With respell to the proposal to negotiate jointly with Russia, no man could read those Papers, but he must be convinced that they were originally nothing more teen meetly a civil communication between two persons. One thing snore the Noble Load had observed upon, he felt it necessary to reply to: and that was, complaini -g of his teturning from Paris sooner that he should have done. All he could say upon this subj..% was, again to request the Noble Lard would peruse these Papers, from which it was impossible but he must ace that, under all the circumstances, on the contrary, he bad staid too long at Paris. The Noble Lord would see, by those Papers, that he was daily asking passports, in order to return to Eng land, and they were as uniformly delayed by the . tench Government. On the 4th of September, a communication was made to hunt of the noreratifice- It tion of the Treaty with Russia. An accidental in , disposition prevented hint horn attending to buss ' nese for a few days more; but the moment he dis t overal the real views of the French Government, ' front that moment be lost no time in pi eller ing tor Ida departure from Yetis. Under such circum stance-, he wished to know how the Noble Lord himself would have aaed. He concluded with saying, that nothing but a tense of that duty he owed to the public, should have induced him to trespass so long, upon the patience of the House; but he telt himself celled upon to make those obser vations. it answer to what had fallen team the Noble Lord opposite. The original Motion for the Address was then t put and carried, ace. 6:. and the House adjourned, 1 at Eleven o'Clock, until Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Bowyer's Lottery Bill was read a second time ; and upon the motion of Mr. PKTER MOOR F., t%.. ordered to be referred to a Committee. Mr. CALCiI F r moved to discharge the order for site considetation of the Dublin Elation Petiii.N), and gar, notice, that o o y next he should more that the said al ken into con sidcratiqn upon aboul.! then • r , ~ _ Mr. STIAW wished to know what reason the Honourable !Wisher had for postponing it ? Mr. CALCRA FT replied, tl.at he hoped, upon that day, he should be able to give a very sufficient reason to the H ;use. Mr. Vansittart brought up a Bill for continuing the Duties upon Sugar and Tobatco ; also a Bill for continuing the Duties payable upon Pensions. Places, & c. both of which were severally read a brit ti me,- and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The order of the day being read for taking into consideration the Accounts of outstanding Exche quer Bills, presented yesterday, Mr. vANsurrART moved, " That the same be referred to the Committee of Supply ;" which being granted, The House resolved itself into the said Committee, Mr. Nocuous& in the Chair. Mr. VANSITTART stated to the Committee, that in moving the necessary sums fur the payment of Exchequ4 hills outstanding and unprovided tor, he had the satisfaElion to inform the Committee, that, from the very f!ourishirg state of ape Funds, and of public credit, it would not he necessary tor him to move any increase beyond the issue of the last year. A vote of credit had beets granted at that time, for torn millions, the whole of which had been paid off, as well as the issue of Exchequer Bills, up to the month of March last. It was, there fore, unneces.ary to increase ele present issue. Mr. DEN't" asked if the public had the option of taking hills or money ? Mr VANSITTA RA' replied in the affirmative. Tise Committe.f then agreed that a not ex ceeding 1,500,0001. should he grAnteci to His Ma jesty for the payment rf the outstanding Exchequer Bills before mentioned. and the House resumed. . i CONTEsTru ELECTIONS Mr. ADAisiS.pu;Sttxnttoneitce,erroved to dis charge rise order for taking ihto consideration the Petition against the Eleaion for the Ben*"110 of LinlitLgow, in Scodand, which had been fixed fLir the 3d ,t March. and fixed it for the 19th. WHITOREAD postponed his notice for puffing rff: the.co•.tsideratirm of the Petition up .n the Thettcrd El/idiot). until Montlay next. The S;'EAK ER then informed the Hruse, that as several F.leaion Petitions were to be pre-ented. and as two of die first class had been appointeJ for the 13th inst. it would be for the a .11se to C,insi.ier upon what days they would appoint the consocka tion of such. Those Petitions agaitht MerrOers who were returned fur more than one place. being entitled to precedence. The following Eleffion Petitions were then pre sented, and the periiids for taking them into consi• deration, were appointed its fellows:— Ten of Nottingham the El, ctors in 11;e interest Mr. Birch, sgainit Mt. Sin ith—Thurulay, 22d January, inst. rough of Shafte.bory—agantit the return of Sir H. Pop- Itara—Tue,day, the ;al Match. Borough of Dolton, in the County of Ff.-, and the other Boroughs of that Drnstritt—Tuesday, 24th Mures. linrough rif Giuudicital--againet Geo. Sumner, Eq.—Thum day, sth March. Town of laticartr•r--ogainst filessit. Dent and Cat. thorn— Tuesday, 1. th March. Buttbugi , of Ta.3otto .he same dlr. &tough of 111tIonine Putt.-Coro Petitions-a-on the same tar. _ Bowish of Ito/14mi Pet:tiring, swaingt and Cognimi, tur riots totgor)—.l'huisdat, tgai March. Botovith of Chiveliuteh Petitions, aganiit tit• R.llO Hon Ggo. Paw. and Mt. Sturga, Houtitc—P•aisday 12th Much. lictnogh of Last 1. 200 COMM' --Turn& r, 17th of Match. Borough of Newry, Count Detrn--( re the same day. Cite of Ed.nbu , gh—..g.tax.t Sir P. Murray. 011 lite ' , Olinda of hme bev.e one of the A udoors of the Exchequer so Scortinul, oral leer grubs bribery and corruptiuu.---Thutolo,. March 26. The following Petitions were then presented, in addition to those already before the House ; for t' P consideration of which, days had already hren pointed, and they were accordingly nrd.red to be taken i:Aci consi•leratinn at the same time. City • Dublin, Borough of Shrewsbury, City of Glasgow, and Borough of Malmesbury. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned till to-morrow. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. OOTTENBURGIi MAILS. (Extra! of a prit..tte Letter.) sTßAt.sume. inc. 4. It is apprehended here, that the French will at• tack this {•lace, and I should not be surprisA at thrir entering Pomerania in a d ew days ; reports are not much to be depended upon ; but it is said they have taken possession of Mcekienburgh. In reverige for a severe drubbing they have got from the Rus sians, the conduct of the French officers and soldiers. wherever they have conquered, bias been the most infamous that can be conceived. . bf C. G. Every thing is yet quiet upon oar borders ; 7000 French troops. under the command of General Michaud, forming the advanced Ruard of General Monier's army, hare, it is said, to•day entered Ribiiits. A :lumber of the Swedish troops who were made prisonrrs at Traver/mode. have been lucky enough, in their nay to Spandau, to make -;leir escape, and arrive here daiiy. Thobe who leached Spandau were immediately sent off from thence to Mayne. OOTTCNBUIOII. DSC. 16. This day an English and Russian Courier hare arrived from St. Petersburgh, with dispatches for England. they state- that almost all the Russian .roops had departed for the frontiers, and that Ce. neral Kaminsky left St. Petersburgh a few days before they were dispatched, to take the. chief com mand of them. These couriers had sot heard of any battle having been fought, though such an ev.nt -was hourly espefted. Daily couriers were passing between St. Petersburgh and the. army. It would appeal that a perfe good undastanil. ing subsists between Russia and the Porte, which latter the French Minister, after a good deal of in• triguing, has been obliged to quit ; and, it is said, that the Reis t 1 ends, who entered into thesein trigues. has been strangled. Tbc Rusrian army, nn the frontiers, amounts to between three and four hundred thousand men, bevidcs a consiJet able corps of Pita lane. One • of the Swes 'i c 'i sl4s, which was t tkan by the _ the mom were taiidea. sllla Mat PrisOherS. pot under the guard- of seven French soldiers ; the wind becoming fair, one morning, while the Frenchmen were below, the Captain cot his cable, put to sea, and /nought the ship safely into Carlsciona ; she has 500 stand of arms on board, besides the French men. It would seem as if a battle, and that a severe one, had been fought between the Russians and the Eterch. A letier horn Elsinore, received this day, states, that a ship had arrived there from Stet tin. in 30 hours:the Captain of which said, that the French hid rearived a severe check from the Rits sians, after a bloody battle, in which Bonapatte was shot in the cheek, but not killed. By 411 accounts from Denmark, it is thought she will preserve her neutrality. ntc. 19. A Letter has just been received:sere from Alton*, stating, that the French have been defeated twice by the Russians. Ai.other Letter, from D.tntzie, of the 2d, says, that they have evacuated Thorn. and that there is not a single French soldier on the other side of the Vistula. Bonaparte is calling his troops to him from all quarters ; and the letters from Stralsund stets., that there are not any French troops in all Pomerania : from this it would appear , that he expeas to meet a formidable resistance. SCHWERIN DEC. 11. By order of His Excellency Marshal Monier, Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth, Public Notice has been given here, that all communication and commercial intercourse with Great lhidin, is ab colutely prohibited—that no letter or parcel, com ing tram England, addressed to Englishmen, or wt ittcn in the English language, shall he for warded by the respeCtive Post Onices—that all goods coming from Great Britain, her Ma nufactories and Colonies, as belonging to the Eng lish. shall be sequebrA erl, and that no ship coming horn any Britian Port, shall be admitted into the harbours of this counts y. _ _ PARIS, DM. 10. A letter of the Minister of ‘Va,, of the ;?4th November, add d to the Prefeas of the differ ent departments, informs them, that the Prussian prisoners of W4T are to he employed to give addi iiiinai inflivity to menufattures, and supply the want of hands for various operations of agriculture. Se. viral Prefects have also adopted the resolution of employing them to amen I the cross-roads, and thus to render them useful to the State. Four nercliaritinrn, which sailed from French ports. are arrived sae in Naples, although they %vete part of this voyage chased by an English brig. Troops sr? continually marching from the inte r;or Franc-, to reinforce the Army of Reserve des tined for the u p Ado tu i.f the conquered countries. KING's THEATRE Evening, the Grand Retinue Opera, entitled, LA SibillitAselin; after which, a Ballet, ent.ihel, Balmiest IT I.IIIIUMACIS. TIIILATRE-ROYAL. DRORT-LANT..—This Evening, Toe emis.i. Or NAMPO' ; stir; which. T• 1 1 ,1.1; or, 1116 hermit or Wei ; b which will be added, Talc Es- S TtiCATRIF. ROY af., COVENT-GARDEN —This Even i..g. Too Mth•v Wsvar or WINDSOR ; +lien which, I.lll{llll , alll• Myrna& Googol or. Ts% GOLDEN Esri. THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, SAIURDAY, JANUARY 3. Five Gottenhurgh Mails became due yesterday ; three of them arrived before two o'clock, and the fourth iti the evetting. They have brought Ham burgh and Alma Papers, to- the 20th List. The latest news from Posen is of the I I th, at which time Bona rairra's head-quarters were in that city.— The letters and papers from Gottenburgh, which are to the 20th, repeat the reports of the defeat of the French by the Russians, but they do not appear to be entitled to much credit.-Three Messengers, one of them from St. Petersburgh, arrived, yester day, at the Foreign Office. A report prevailed, that they had brought an account of the defeat of the French, and of their retreat across the Vistula, with the loss of 33,000 men killed, wounded, and taken prisoners.—Some of the Papers have stated, that the Russians had retreated to Kaminiac, the capital of Podolia. This is an error ; they only retreated to Kaminia, about IS miles east from that river. The followirg officio! c( terd-ty ma:le to the City:--- was yes- SIR, " Du+wing-street, Jan. 1, 1806. " I have the honour of acquainting you for the information of the Merchants concerned- ilk elm Traci* with America, that the Treaty of Amity, Navigation, and Commerce, between His Majesty and the United States, was, yesterday, signed by Commissioners, respeaiv.ly appointed for that purpps•, by both Governments. The Treaty will be immediately transmitted to America, but until the Ratification on both sides shall be exchanged, it cannot be made public. (Signed) " Howtc►." Tu PSIIty Samson, Lag. Changan to alas Committees of Amerman Merchantt." This Intelligence was communicated to the seve ral Coffce Masses, frequented by Merchants concern ed in the American 1 rode, Last evening. The Aralend Packet has arrived at Falmouth with a !via. in ten da)s passage from Lisbon. 'lle letters will be delivered this clay. The Channel fleet sailed on Wednesday, to re sume its station off Ushant. We understand that His MAMMY has been pleased to hire the vacant blue ribband, and the Lord Lieutenantcy of the County of Susses, to Its (,race the Duke of NORFOLK. A Messenger has also ►een dispatched to his Grace the Duke of Scut- THUM &&&&& ND, with His MAJUSTY'S gracious offer of the con:mita& of the boo regifnent of Oxford Itliaoz_ !- •••• • • • TfIE STATE OF Acrril, POSSESVON , --"rne•-"7 — • (TR ANSL AT kito tratiM'ittt LATI'( ) His Britannic M ajesty and the Emperor o f t h e French havi-g mu.te,:By agreed to enter int o Treaty of Peace up at th • bouts of the air psui.l. ri ot , except in the eise of Hanover, which shill be re stored to His Britannic Majesty, the Plenipoten tiaries respectively app to arrange the condi. tions, hue Agreed upon the following Article : • Article!. The se* eassidars, or actual state of pa:settee. hiving been determined to tie taken as the bias of the Treaty, the two Powers make the fo'dowitig ackiarwledgineirt s r t . spectively j France acknowledges that Great Britain is In posressioo the Sem. Great Britain acknowledges Shut France is in possession of Italy, Holland, and such parts of Germany as are enueserata( in this Article, ( here follows the enumeration) ; Art. 11. The King a Great Britain acknowledge* the title. of Emperor of France. King of Naples, King of Holland, 1( 0 4 of Reveille King rifWirtenihnrgh, s ;rand Dukeof Berg, Fria,. of Neulchatel, Prince of o.itievento, and Prince ot Pao,. CinreJe This scknowledgment in to be construed as no further than a simple acknowledgment that the above,. are in passenion of Napoleon &Malian°, iin,lo. Laois Bonapane, &v. His Britinsic iron., a!I interference in the dornestic concern, of France, it iv. presume to give any opinion upon the legatos.) tit macr a any Of these titles. Att. 111. Tate undersigned hate alto agreed, dirt the w Fir. sidet4, or state of Actual possession, shall he subjett to changes upon just equivalents. Groat Britain bring the undoebted and acknevindgag esreign of the Sea*, and the Seas therefore lire.n . l her propene, the following article, are agreed upon, a. the exchange*, or jail equivalent. to which the wripios;deirs, with respect tn her possession and property, the Sean, i• Great Britain exchanges t: . permission for the free ea. elation of that part of her teroesoions called the Baltic le Pw res.els of His Imperial Majesty, for an ample compeesati o , and netidaction to lie Riven Mr the British Property avowal aag c infiarated, against the Law of Nation., :is the N..utraleie, a of Hamburgh, Lub'ck, and other., awl .ww fot the Irieldb4 of the neutrality and indeiwoileoce ut thine towns Art. IV. He. Poitannic Majesty curoeura to exchange the permisOuri of the tree navigation of that part of ti l e v.% L irioetaion of Great Nntaun, wlw.ll it deoonimated the Germ ta..ean, for an indemnity, to be granted to Hi. Sicilians j•wiy, fur the loss of Napt s. That indematy shall coasts: at Corsica and sonic oth •r Island. Art. V. H.. Britannic Majesty consents to exchange the pvrmissinn of the free navirttian be the voi.ets of ibs Ironer,' Majesty of th it part of thc seas the postestiois of Great V,. tam, which 1, denominated the M.-ditertaneau, fur an tildes,. nity to be fumidied to the King of Santini& "lo exchange the per misoon of the free navigation, by the votively of fits Imoerial Ataiesty, of a° touch of the seas a. ti situated betoceo Toulon and Smyrna, and the adjacent imtts f a the rv-establiehment of the independence ~f Genoa : . . ' To exchange the pion ssion of the free N/Vlg.l inn, by the vusejt of lirs !aspens! Mainly of that part of the seas dmo. mialted the Atlantic and Pacric Ocean, for the restitution ti Austria of all the territories ceded to Bavaria by the Treaty sf Presburg. Art. VI. It is agreed, that a Deputatinn shall be sent io the Clint of London, to express the contrition of His Impend Majesty for the murder of Capt. Wright, in the emple, at wh•th contrition shill be recorded on a tablet of marble, to be plated in the Hall of the Tbuilleries, usiratly approprueed to the Erving audicoces to the Ambassador* of Foreign Poe These snicks are ;drawn u,r in the Latin language Awn., Hrs Britannic Mairstv Imaing determined to depart from do custom too prevalent hitherto of carrying on diplomatic cones. pondence, and of drawing up treaties M the French Intg,tge. Signed by the respeCtive Eerirpotentrav,.. The Duke of CUMBERLAND hun'ed with floe K stag hounds on Tuesday, in the neighbour. , hood of Windsor. Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPHI A, and A IT ELI A. rode on horseback to St. Leonard's Hill, and honoured Mrs. HARCOURT with a visit. Wednesday, Her MAJEI.TY and Princess ELLE s. BEIM honoured Mrs. tla sena r with a visit, ar,d went to Frogm:re to dinner, where they were rut by the other Princess's, atter they had taken a ride on horseback by Cranbourn and Win:triad Plaia. The Duchess of YORK likewise came there from Oatlands, to dine with Her M AJ ass- Y. Thursday morning, His Maassry, accompanied by the Dukes of YORK, Kent . , Cumazatano, and CA MBRIDOE, Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and Am Li*. took an airing on horseback, hy Craw , bourn, attended by Mist Ecettron, Generals Sstri- Ckft. HARCOURT, FITZROY. and Colonel Tar Lox. Her NI *a ssr r, Princesses ELIZABETH and Wilts., tool. an airing on a carriaye to Cranbourn Lodge, and honoured the Hou. Mr. and Mrs. VitLizas with a morning visit. Captain Knott is appointed to command the Gr brlliar, of 84 , guns, in the room of Captain LAKI; 'and Captain Feszta to the Prvtre, of 9d guns. Mr. 11A Rroßn Jon RS waited on the Secretary, It the East India House, yesterday, to announce his arrival from lirgelad„ where he ailed as the Com. pony's Agent ; we understand he came through Russia. Next Tuesday week the Grand Lottery will com mence drawing. In Capital Prizes this is far richer than any former Lottery, inasmuch as it contains Two Prizes of 30,0001. each, in addition to the usual number of great Capitals, less Capitals, and smaller Prizes. HODGES and Co. Stock-brokers, Cornhil', Oxford-street, and St. James's-street, are selling the 'rickets and Shares on the best teems, and will pay all Prizes on demand. From the aspeil of public affairs, the new T ear seems• Jig with important events. Their final issue, however, is not easy to determine. 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