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He was pleased to express his unwillingness to in terfere with any discussions that may he already de pending, on any public ground, though it must he obvious, even from the topics introduced into his own speecH, that it would be impo,ihle to debate the present motion without a corn i ,lete reference to the ~, eneral subjea to which the motion of an Hon. Gentleman (M:. Paten) must necessarily and pe culiarly apply. A considerable part of the Noble Lord's speech went much beyond the point of the Cape of Good hope; and I can scarcely imagine, that he would have ti•rnaaded the explanation, :t had been at first aware thdt it cruld not be distinaly appended, or without eni . oracing every topic e,,lt neacd with the general question. All that he now wishes for will be comprehended in the motion pro. posed to be submitted on Tuesday - next, and if any pgrtial question of this kind should at all deemed proper, I should have hoped ' , at it svotid not have been made at this precise pawl I can assure the Noble Lord, however, tlia- his Majesty's • tviininers are as willing as any othet persons to af., ford explanation and intormati‘m un ti,e subjet of the Cape of Good Hope, and every other question euntseaed with his Maj.siy's ltiies~a a. They are also fully sensible -that tilt House IiAS 1 right tz.:ftpcst, that it has tlia power iv derniaLl and would be dispemitaverapcitp that ycivelf S g ' mkt /awl at t of eyry thing the smrt mousing end eortoll. i.. 1 the lioittebe4 of the hiathentatood sod Pintail). phteal Stltflet4 rriuted fin G. Ketusteii Pleieverett• Uwelei Sidi Ad Brsdfuta and Beisah mad todiapw: ° a * The tiveluitievbf thii Westi'M comply gni: f.stt tr.tit vog.iit44 expedition. •#8 titii“ °"lPlW"P 7r li r i r il/i Pr lr'r--'-'"lllii * ", 4 . I sjp i ". • • .1 01 .. . . , .. ' 4 7§ - r -A. ...-A /4 -i , .. •'' 9 •!* 1 14 i • . ...., 13 v./f',7, • '.% 4 • it . • A 0 0 • A Ad - . .4 4 r 4 e 0 p • ,c, -, ‘, /A It! .1 .-- ~ s i • , ' I ii: .R TI S E R • . . . . . . t ~...._ _-_-_-_-_.-.7:-:..----:" ""—"."" .._. ._...._:. _ , - -- low- --.. i- / ' • zr --- [pn ICE SI X PE . NCE • ,_.---- T. the Cape of Good Elope, or to the island of Mahe. .. . Subsequently to that period, Bonaparte made a communication to the French nation, similar to , what is given here in his Majesty's Speech at the opeutng of every Session of Parliament, and iii I I : which he professed to inform them respeaing the ce the mar- state of the French nation. In this review there .. in of York, was little that breathed much of hostility towards `1 ~ wife, stand- u s. Th e Fi rst C onsu l, i n d ee d, o b serve d, th a t F rance •. he Bar, and had reason to complain of England's notfulfillingthe . I . of the mar- condition, of the Treaty of Amiens, and still conti- # is produced need its troops in Alexandria and the Cape of Good ~, ed as a wit- Hepe ; and added, that intelligence had been re- e 1 , r Jchn Faw- ceivcd by the French Government, that English e marriage vessels had arrived at both those places, to convey some ques- the troops home. No explanation on this head had • i he intended since been given by our Government, but it is rea- , 1 ieque4 that sortable to infer, that the inforination was true ; for, 'nor hearing we r e it otherwise, it would be absurd to suppose that, . , in the face of all Europe, Bonaparte would assert it. ~ ,• The language be made use of was of a pacific and ue Bill, and conciliatory tendency, for were Bonaparte hastily I ed through •-disposed, it would have been mote to his purpose to ( , med. have inflamed and irritated the minds of the French 7 people for what might have been represented as bad faith and a breach of treaty. Taking, then, Egypt and the Cape out of the question, there re- dr past five mains no object of discussion; left, except the Island iness of the of Malta. In this also I find myself obliged to refer to the foreign documents already resorted to. From . ' these we learn, that in consequence of some former i difficulties or differences respelling the eleaion of a I' t pursuance Grand Master of the Maltese Order, it was as esterday, in on the suggestion of England, that the above should ondences of be refereed to the Porte. With regard to the pia- • ''f n possession 1 .. ranteeing Powers, and their proceedings, our the negoci- Ministers have left us in the dark ; but from 1 sjeet, if any, this, I wish the correspondence lately published between M. ms of inter- de Pug, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Grand Master, and Mr. Alexander Ball, the English considerin cussions be- Governor, we find that the guaranteeing pow- g • 1 ors have declined to interfere or undertake the •1 ruse and the able and in- charge ; but, it cati hardly be contended, that Engl . :nal is on that account authorized to retain • 1 -. ninn y , no the islands, according to the terms. f the treaty, 1 I 1 pre per, the which did make the surrender conditional,' and ;scussion al- only stipulated that the power there turned should . 1 CO which it be invited to guarantee the independence of elle • rover I my- . L place, and the maintenance cf the order. I again •-' t opinion, I epeat, that I Lire no intention whatever by this ye the eene.• 0 motion, to extract prematurely from his Majesty's . been giver Ministers, the subjedt of any subsisthig discussions, f the Minis- . , en which they may wish to be silent for the present, ,revious and hereibre set and therefore confine myself entirely to the retention of the Care of Good Hope; in demanding an expla- . nlicitlY say sub- nation upon which I think myself justified by all the onor of dicially with circumstances which have hitherto come to our with forei n knowlv've. In the first place, it has been seen that g - and apolo- his Map. stv's Ministers sent orders to surrender it ; ' I may have they afterwards scat orders to retain it ; and 14 e • . • , rroduce an days subsequently, in a fit of weakness, tho ug ht y proper to countermand them. It is understood, 1 the House, that in 20'hours after the orders were given for the II urge but retention, which having been done by recapture, • I le propriety . may be construed into an ea of hostility, there came 4 . r, and shah .. that message from his Majesty which has since kept ch this im- the nation in a stare of anxiety, and it is therefore few words 1 material to know, by a comparison of dates, what rer to Unsidereso conneetion there was between them:" d me as declarations His Lordship then mated, ~ that there be laid be- larations I am fore the House Copies cf rill tile orders sent out for nent. • , the surrender of the :are of Good Hope, in virtue io our CV11 , %1 IS the Definitive Treaty of Amiens ; also, of all the holding aey orders sent for its retention ; all correspomeence currents are • with and from the Officers abroad, relating to it; he Govern- and also, cf all discussions, if any, on that subjeet neunate, as, Iv tween his Majesty's Ministers and the i leech Re- i unofficial s d pubiic, together with their respective datas."— . .•A nise had only m or l Y - [These objeas were ail included h• one motion.] e The SPEAKER was putting the question, when se, and that Mr. White, the Clerk, appeared at the Bar with the retain it.— list of the Dames of Members remaining.on the re- pe leis been duced list of the Committee eppointed to try the ter in which , merits of a petition cemnlaining of the late Taunton is matter of eleaion, which were as flellow 1 ttion. We . 'r the signa. J. Fuller, Esq. R. gingham, Esq. i J..l.9wther, Esq. G. Sh.ith, F.sq. orders were .T. Bailie, Esq. W. jaues, El. confermity H. C. irs•:, El. .J. 11. Wil:lsmis, Esq. also known, w. rock, Es.. . L. ,, rtllVill:aut Stutut. me of the in- J. lirugi n, F. 41. Wi;iLin Burrows, Esq. W. Sturges, Esq. ns, a consi- snd military woetieers. , ports. No D. Gilef., Esq. for the Pe- 1 ftcwian4Brnion, Esq- tot t , ttohcr. the Sat ng !tolentl.er. the House, !us to ledge The debate then proceeded upon Lord Folkstone's nude by the motion. c ; but it is The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHF.QUER— orders were " I cannot help remarking, Sir, a strange incon- U • RI possession sistency between the declaration with which the No-. FitIPAY, APRIL 29. 1803. lie the• Ns:as and symility will lie iniblished t in twee Volumes (ktarl, rrHE POLITICAI. and CONFIDENTIAL 1 I:9II.ttIiIe,POSI)EI*CE ior LOUIS the SIXTEENTH, wat3 Otrtervat:mi nit earl' Lena. HELEN MARIA WILLI/I%IS. 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George Markham, Dean of \ - oi. with Llitabeth Evelyn button, h;s. now wife, stand ing for this day, Counsel were called to the Bar, - proceeded to adduce evidence in proof of the . riaste. The register oldie celebration was produced ai,d sworn to, and a servant was examined as a :less a the La oi . adultery, committed by John : ceu, but no personal witness of the marriage cekbration was-brought fur ward. After some ques tions had been put to the C:)unsel as to the intended settlement on Mrs. Markham, or any bequest that might have been made to her, the further hearing was adjourned till to-morrow. Two Bills were read a third time. The Sugar Duty Bill, the Irish lteirenue Bill, the Innkeepers' Subsistence Bill, passed through Committees of the whole House HOUSE OF COMMONS. TIIVRWAY, APRIL CS. The balloting being over at about half!. o'clock, the House pruceedcd to the business day. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Loud FOLKSTONE—" I rise, Sir, in of the notice I had the honour to give yesterthr j , order" to move for copies of all correspondences which his Majesty's Ministers may be in respecting the Cape of Good Hope, and . ations which have taken place on that subjec. with the French Government. In doing this, to be understood as by no means desirous tering. in the least with any subsisting discussions tween the negociating powers ; though, consic' t:.e length of time during which the House coultry have been kept in so disagreeal convenient a state of suspense, there are doubt, who would think no motion imi object of which would be to take the di , together out ct . the weak and feeble hand has so long been committed. But however self may be disposed to incline to that shall not now offer any tending to involve nil question, particularly as notice has of another motion in a very few days, if tens do not render it unnecessary by apt satisfitelory communication. I shall therefr out by declaring, that it the Ministers expl' that the motion I meant to have the honor mining would be likely to interfere prejudiciall' any existing negociation, or discussions w powers, I shall abstain from making it, gise to the House for whatever trouble I _ already given theme—(This did not prods observation from the ministerial side of -* and the noble Lord proceeded...l—l shall a very few observations to enforce the of the motion I am about to offer, not enter into all the details in which portant subjeCt is involved: but in the few have to say, shall have occasion to refer . documents which cannot of course be considered authentic by this House ; I mean the di:O n:lade on the part of the French Government. driven to have recourse to these, because Government has been so tenacious of witiihi information, that the only authentic duct received, have been made public by the ment of France. This is the more unfortui from the communications made throug)- channels, the House and the country has the unsatisfitelory information, that sometimes ders have been given to give up the Cape, at others, counter-orders have given to The last accounts tell us that the Cape finally given up, but the indecisive manner the business has been condueled, affords very material and important considerei know, however, to a certainty; that after tune of the Definitive Treaty of Amiens, sent out for the cession of the Cap; in with the stipulations of the treaty. It is ai that in the month of Oelober, at the time , vasion of Switzerland by the French arms, derable stir was made in this country, ar preparations were going forward in our • official iefortnation has been laid before by the Ministers of the Crown, to enable of what sort of interference, if any, was made British Government on that occasion ; pretty generally understood that orders then sent out to retain or retake the possession of that important station ; and the French documents inform us, tlrat the possession was re tained by tie extraordinary mode of re-capture and capitulation. As information has been so long withholden, it is time for the I louse to exercise its right of demanding from ills Majesty's Ministers a full :uti explinatien, without being confined, as at present, to the statements contained in the French documents, which we are net allowed to consider as official. By adopting the motion I have now to submit, this result at least will follow, that on comparing the dates of the several orders seer wit, with that of the Message, which has kept the country in such uncertainty and alarm for these two months pest, we mate lie enabled to sec I:ow far they were both ceneeeted. Ido not conceive how the disclosure of this can much interfere with any other discussions between the two Governments. The Message stated, that there were important ne goeiations pending, and that preparations, were in the limn time, going on in the ports of France and Holland. The french, however, deny the truth of this, and deny that any discussions were pending or any armaments makinl o i r n ir tports alluded to, but *lie bad been .' in the same way for a considerable time before, and ever since the con. elusion of the peace, and during the time of the* eiareion ef Parliament. It is, therefore, impossible to conjeaure what these discussions c ould be, to 'which the Message relieved, eixert they re.beted to 00 - - S-- -