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~,~ ~; my mind. As I ennletstarel the Message, it states had been urgel by the Diredore, that the enntsan simply, that the dist-amino. between the English and f oe building ship, of lift) tone should be stopped: reach Governments have terminated : that Lerd iinti the ques7lon came to h. da.kied. The Whitworth has left Paris; and that General An- l e ird obsetved, that the ugh& of furnishing the dreossi has left London : that his Majesty is alai,- dnelt %nisei% with a large portion ortimber, and giv pointed in his espeetasioos of Pear ; and that he lug the Royal N ivy a monopoiy, migot be produteti relies mettle gsyssi dieposition of the House and the by machos an at ye iineetigetioo Imo the subjea, Country, for assistance . aod %orison in acme cause, and by allowing the ships hi the Company's seeviee (a reliance which twee; can be deceived, when the tonneke at least two or three' voyages more than jnstiee of . the cense has been proved) against an those already granted. He hoped the House would enemy whose ambition is stated to have involved rot depiert nom the protedion which it had ever at= him in a war. On these maoers I cen gis Ino forded the Last-11)&3, Company, and concluded opinion. Asiiming that to be the case, and that with tibscoving, that before the present Session w ills Majesty's Ministers will be enabled to prove that niiaated, he should be able to call its attention to the to the puhlic, I am sure I am speaking the voice of . general principles of the motion. the country—[/fear! lie r! was exclaimed J—when Sir WILLIAM PC LTENEY said, when the Bill I say his Ala . ,esty may securely rely on us, on this seas brought in, it would be highly advantageous important and trying occasion. What I want to to investigate the same in the fullest manlier. — ask is this, Ido not coned from the Message that Leave granted. , *dual orders have been given fo r the commence- In a Bill for preventing frivolous arrests and vex men; of hostilities, yet it is impossihle fir any one, :elms law-suits, a clause was introduced by Mr. who has beard the rumours of the dae, to entertain Fitzgerald, extendinee the same to Ireland a doom with reseetel to orders having been given for The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER issuing Letters of Marque and Reprisal. If that is moved, that the Clergy Non-residence Bill might the case, the Message is deficient in not conveying be postponed, in the absence of SirWilliarn Scott that informatiori winch is so understood by the Adj ourne d. country. :sir, here I should cease, li n t I cannot help remarking the shape in which the Message is made. It does now appear that it was not necessary for Lord Whitworth to have arrived It does appear, that a communication might hits:;: been made before to satisfy the mind of the country ; rt, on Friday we were told, that because Lord Whitworth could not arrive, there could be no proceeding. We were told, that it was not fit the House. of Commons, the legitimate organ cf the nation to receive informa tion, and es press the wishes of the people, should sit to receive that information which was conveyed by various other means. I have said, Ido not ob jed to the proceeding of the Noble Lord. I h o p e he will answer the question ; and here I cannot help lamenting, what is unprecedented in the annals of the colliery, if these orders have issued, that we are at this moment involved in a is ar with France, without the House of Commons having had one opportunity of deliberating upon the cause which has plunged the country into such a situation." Lord HAWK e SUM V.—. l The question put to me by the lion. Gentleman, I can have no objec tion to answering. I have no difficulty in stating that t inters have been given lb; Letters of Marque and Reprisal. As to their not having been men tioned the Message, I know no other reason than that I do not find it has ever been usual to state them in the Message from his Majesty at the corn meocement of a war. As his Majesty's Govern ment can have no disposition to conceal the fad al -1 :ded to, it will, of course, be made known by pus chars-660n. As to what the 'knowable Gentleman said in the latter part of his speech, that it might net he poiner to deliver the Message from his Ma jesty, or any officiel commuoication, till Lord Whit worth arrived, I have only to observe, that it never was asserted that would he the course; but it was asserted, that under certain circumstances, it might be more prudent : and 1 have no difficulty in saying, that evems here occurred since that pet iod, which have confirmed me in the propriety of the state ment I then made. The circurnoance which has since occurred, and has induced his Majesty to send this Message, was the certainty of Lord Whitworth having left Paris, and of the French Ambassador hiving left London, which puts an end to the offi cial channel of communication between the two countries. The lion. Gentleman did not object to the course I have taken : I therefore have only risen to answer his question, with respectto the or ders for issuing Letters cf M o prque and Reprisal.— There can be no oisposition in his Majesty 's Minis ters to conceal the fad ; and if it is not stated in his Majesty's Message, it is only because it is not usual." Mr. FOX--" As the Noble Lord has moved for the discussion of his Majesty's Message on Monday next, I hope and trust he will do every thing in his power to expedite the papers ; and though it may not he strilly regular, yet I hope he will lay one part before the House, Ss soon AS it can be got ready, and the following part the next day, in order that no time may be lost. i he only thing that strikes me as necessary to observe at peseta, is this; we have not the stilled regularly before us, but surely in the present state of the two countries, the advan tege of having Letters of Marque and Reprisal four or Lye days sooner, is nothing in point of importance, con Tared to having the question decided by the Houseel Commons, unembarrassed by the considera tion of Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and the events whit h issuing them may produce." Mr. 'l'. GRENV ILLS—'• I rise merely to ask a question, with a view to the information of the e and my own itiformation. The question is, whether the papers to be laid before the House are of the description which it was the intention of his Majesty's "Misters to lay before Parliament, inde pendent of those immediately refereng to the late negotiation. I mean thccc which his Majesty's Mi nhteis stated, on the tedi of May last, it was their intea ti. nto lay before the House. r take it for panted, the papers are of as large and comprehen sive a description, as they were on that day described to be." THEATRE-ROr.4L. DR UR 7 - . LANE. TH:S EVENING will be ri n eie Conarrly of TI - It MARRIAGE PROMISE. • CharVier4 l 4 Mr C. Kernb'e, Mr. l)w yr, Mr. Dow tnn, Mr. I Ig•lliniowortli. J,:u. Mr P.O.,:mr, Mr P -,7e, Mr Mr Purser. Mr rt.in. Mn MLA Mellon, Mrs. M,tirtocks, Mrs. Sparks, Mrs. Jordan. To whiril w II be- arltlA, LODOIGK A. On Satunta , ', `posirivey for rh-11. , tune this Season) the Travdy of Pts.trro. W.th the W"widtor, Dap. BY COMNIAND OF TIIEIR MAJESTIES. THEATRE.ROTAL, 11,11"3111RKET. TIT'S EVENING will he ”resenterl NO PRELUDE! Br Mr. ELLISTON sod Mr. W ALORON. Tn c with A PROLOGI.TF.! by Mr. ELLISTON. After which a Comedy called THE JEW. Sir Stephen Bertram, Mr. CFL‘PM AN, Irrislarick, Mr IT. KE1.1.1% Charlia Ratcliffe, Mr. I. PII.IIER, Saw . ..leis, Mr. 11.1 R rLFY, Mr. ELLINTON, Jahel, Mr. NI %THEWS, Mrs, Itstcliffe, Mr, CLEL %NI% RaHitre, Mrs. GIP.P.S, !sirs. Goodison, Mrs. WARD, Doris Mrs. KEYS. To which (bs Commai.d) will be ads! THE AGREEABLE SURPRISE. Lingo, Mr NIATHEIVS. Laura, Mrs. TWINS, Mrs. Caeshire, Mrs. W.ARD, Cowslip, Mrs. GI AIS. To-morrow, 'Mr. Rlisset, from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, Fill make lois first a ...esrance, in 'lt:. Charact of Sir John FaFtiq, in tb-: First Part of King Ite.nry the Foortn. With the Spoird Little Pickle, by Mrs. Jo:nison, lase Mrs. Carter); being her first s l yest:um,: un this, sail fourth on any Stage. THE BRITISH PR .ASS. LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY IT. The die is now cast indeed, and war appears to be ineritahle. Last night a Message was brought down to both Houses of Parliament, from his M JEST Y, stating the rupture of the negotiation with France, the recal of Lord WTI I TWOR T H, and the de. parture of General AND a tosst. From the wording of the Message, some entertained a hope that it fell something short of a declaration of war. The an swer, however, given by Lord I IAWKESSURV in the House of Commons,to a question from Mr. Gass, has removed any doubt that could be entertained upon the subjea. His Lordship stated, that Letters of Marque and Reprisal have been actually issued. We are, therefore, now at war -with France, and may every moment expea to hear of hostile operations. A report to that elle& was in circulation so early as yesterday evening. An express, it was said, had been received at the Admiralty Office, from Dover, stating that an English 74 and two frigates were, upon the preceding night, Sin Chace of three French frigates between the ;lorth ForAand and Dungcuness, supposed to have slipped out of Dun kirk to join the fleet at Brest. The seventy four is said to be the Leviathan, and the frigates are presumed to be the Penelope, and the Sirat.— The account was brought into the Downs by an English collier, which stated that the Leviathan had got between the French frigates and their own coast, and was gaining fast upon them when the collier lost sight of her. War being decided upon, all reports and speculations upon the subjea can in• terest us only as matters of curiosity. Hopes it seems, of a pacific termination, of the dispute between this Country and France, were again entertained in the City yesterday morning. Although it was gene rally understood that Lord WHI T WOR TH had left Paris, positive assurances were given, and sanguine hopes were entertained that he would spend some time upon his journey to afford the Fl RST CONSWR an opportunity of renewing the negotiation. It was even asserted, that his Lordship had returned to Paris, at, the express desire of 130 N APARTZ. Amidst these reports, the Funds opened at an advance upon Sa turday's prices, and purchases of three per cent. Ctmsols, were made at 62i and C2l.—As soon, however, as it was ascertained that General As- Damen had left London, they fell to 60i, It and at the close of the market to 601. At that time no hope of peace remained, as it was well known also that his MAVIS/ Y Message to PATlLiinent was in Lord NAWKESBURY-- 40 I have ro difficulty in informing the lion. Gentleman and the House, that the papers to be delivered are not confined to the inimesliate objet of the negotiation which has just terminated, hut will embrace all the material discussions, from the Treaty of Amiens to the Fe sent motnent.." The question was then put and carried in the affirmative. Lord CASTLERF.AGII moved for leave to bring in a Bill for amending an Aft made in the 39th of his present Majesty's reign, for regulating the . Shiring. Interest of the Yatst•lndLi Company. His Lordship stated, there was's() part of the East- India Company's concerns the reqvured regulation somuch as their Shipping lutenist. According to the present system of contraaiag fsyr their ships, none mesa taken up to pcdown more than six voyages, which were not sufficient to render the vessels so employed incapable of further service ; the conse quence tberefele was, that they were sold to mer chants and others, who were adverse to the interest of the India Company, or broken up. by which a quAntiry of useful timber Was constantly lost, that might be worked up in his Majesty's Navy. The slips built fur the Company's service of :200 tons bursitis, required nearly as much timber to build them es air frigates, and those of SOO tons were equal to tin ‘4 ofd At this tinw it %saw neces- Loy that Le hatiNuaded, runt it , ....,. f pr4aration. With respeit tu Lord trot Tworrit's • motions, it appears that the delay in rcc,:iving the dual answer of the French Government was 042C/- s i n :led by the accident which Vet , the riftsr CUST SL La on Monday se'nuight. Lord Wurrwoarit re ceived the Minister's dis Patch by Mr. 8/Ler..TETI at one o'clock on that day, and intended to have de livered our final answer in the afternoon, but having had intelligence of the Ft lasi. CoNser.'s fall, he de layed presenting it till next day at noon. lie accom panied the delivery of it with the' demand of a final decision in thirty-six hours, announcing that his orders weretm quit Paris at the end of that pet iod. On Wednesday evening his Lordship received a note from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, stating that the Cuter CONSUL meant to refer the whole business to the Council of State. The Council sat from I hur.sclay morning till late in the afternoon, when the determination of the French Government was made known to our Ambassador, who, in consequence of it, dispatched a Meisenger to London at nine on Thursday evening, : n I sat off himself a!)out eleven. He breakfasted at Chantilly on Friday morning, and dined and slept at Breteutl. He had previ , usly sent—off Mr. SILVLSTER, the Messenger, to announce his departure from Paris. About two o'clock yesterday Mr. Sirvesr en ar rived in town, and delivered his dispatches ; and Mr. HeNTrt, sen. was sent clf with an answer to his Lordship, who, accord:ng to report, was to re main at Calais until his arrival. Mr. Iluti•rett set off at half-past four o'clock from Lord lloenaT's Office, in Downing-street, and a report was imme diately raised that he was sent after General AN• DrsEoss!, with a proposition to induce his Excellency to delay his return This,• however, was an idle speculation. The Message sent to Lord Warr- WORTH was for the purpose of announcing to him that his Lordship's dispatches had been submitted to a Privy Council, at which War was finally decided upon. We noticed yes terday, that even in the event of the return of the respeaive Ambassadors, their Secretaries would be left behind for a few days. Our state ment we find to be correct. Lord Witerwoarit's Secretary remains at .l'aris, and Mr. Puicra Lis, the Secretary of General ANoneossi, remains in Lon don. The door, however, is not therefore the less closed against Peace. The stay of the Secretaries is necessary for the purpose of arranging domestic concerns, and winding up the business of the em bassies. Mr Poltra Lis yesterday granted upwards of 100 passports for France. The renewal of the war between this country and France, has proved of essential service to America. Private letters from Paris state, tha t the American Minister, Mr. MONROE, has com pletely succeeded in the objed of his mission, and that within these three (lays the. French Government ha: ceded to the cirfre, jean: the palm i..n of Louisiana. The Americans, we hope, arc not so weak and so besotted as not to know to whom they are indebted for this boon. 'I hey must know that they owe it to England, by whose spirit and energy at this try ing,moment it has been extorted from the anxiety and fears of France. It is further stated upon the same respeaable authority, that a sum of 6000 dollars, due from France to individuals of the United states, to obtain the payment of which was one of Mr. Mosaoi's principal objeas, has been given up by the latter, the American Minister hav ing consented that the Government of the United States shall take' That debt upon itself. Yesterday morning we received Paris Papers of Friday last. The Monisreur takes•not the slightest notice of the Negotiation, or of Lord Wit 1 T wo glues departure. Some of the other papers mention that our final answer was delivered to the French Go vernment on uel,lay. The Gazelle de France con firms wnat we have already stated, that our Am bassador had orders to leave Paris in '36 hours afterwards, in case our terms were not accepted. It is said, that the FIRST CONSUL, when he re ceived our final dispatch, asserted, that he found some contradiaot y demands in k. He added, that he would not give an immediate reply, but would take some time to consider of it. The Gazette de • France says, that Lord 'WHITWORTH left Paris at a quarter after ten on Thursday night. It appears by accounts from Petersburgh, inserted in the Paris Tapers, that the points in dispute be tween Sweden and Russia have not been adjusted. A Petersburgh article, of the pith of April, says, " Our hopes of peace have vanished; and our troops begin their march on the I Eith." But what can Sweden effea single handed ? She must submit to whatever terms Russia chuses to impose upon her. The French Funds have fallen to 52 3-1 oths. The discussions with France having ended in war, a change, or more properly a modification, of Admi nistration, will immediately take place. The attendance in both Houses of Parliament yesterday evening, particularly in the House of Commons, was very full. In the House of Peers the Prince d Waits Silt upon the Woolsack with the Lord Cnnyeal.i.en. .. REPoRr. 0 'flie Committee, to whom the "S•!rc:sy and Itcport " of the Coasts and Central Highht'ids of Scot " land, made by the Command of the Right Hon. " the Lordc Conunissioners of his Majesty's 'Urea ," sary, in-the Autumn of 1'10‘..!,” is referred ; aad who Were empowered to report their Observations and Opinion thereupon, from 'lime to Time, to the House !laving prneeeded to the investigation of the various m a tte rs contained in the Survey and R..poit refercud to them, hats thought it their duty, w.tld as little ile:ay as colaible, to +mho' it to the cohsideratim of the I louse, s a ris inh u me,,,rj a , ,1„., have receivA ton the subj , ect o: tine cline titian, a Inch have -11- r...dv taken place, and wick are wtill goo foiward, to a ee l .: d•raide extent, in the Ilighland; or Isla 1 of Scotland; that part or the subject referred to their consid •ration seems to them most immediately to require the anent:on of Parliament, rot only on acedunt of its interesting nature, but on account of t e abuses and suffering's by which it appears to be attended. inforniation is contained in sty* ral Reports (min the High lan I Society of Scotland, and is cowirmed !,y varines oth:r do cuments, and by such parole evidence as your Committee haVe been able to proci.re, and of which they have =sieved, in the Appendix to this ltepott, such Extracts as appear to them most material. Your Committee will immediately pigeeed to the Investigs. lion of those measures whied, by giving employm.mt at home to the industry of a hard : rdce of people, may prelarki them from tilt necessity of 12 ki. g stiliiistened in daunt countries, and which wilt at the sante tame promote the general improve ment anal prospetity of the erapir.! ; but, in the invan tnne, the) think it neceiaLry to c.Ol the most serious attention of the House to the stiffer.ogi and hardshils Which those who have already emigrated, appear to have endured, for watt of prop.-r tr. , atinent on t cur passage, wench , in the o pinion ol •y ei ,,c,, A . mittee, demand Plc immedidtd interposition of l'arliaineut, to prevent the reculrense of similar calamities. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that persons, ech e-min from ditheent parts of the United Kingdom, have, se various itistalices, antlered gr.tat distress and Inindslii•.), at ) ac .. c .unt of the crowded state id the vesaels, the want ut a sufficient dock of provi.i.li, water, and alter necessaries fur the voyitri, and in various other respects. • . That it is the o:iinion of this Committee, o:at it is exped:ent to regulate the vt , .:seli carrying pa-setivrs from the United K ingdom to hi. Majesty's plantations and se'tleinenbi abroad, or to foreign rails, with aspect to the number of passengers which they shall be allowed .o take on hoard, in proportitni to t he tonnage of such v"sel:, as we.l as with respect to the pro vision of proper necessaries for the voyage. :a Mr. St I.N'EST ER, the Messenger, came on horce back into London yesterday morning, and came with great speed. On his arrival at Whitehall. where the stones are extremely slippery, his horse stumbled and threw him, which sprained one of his ancles and bruised his ribs very much. Ile was to have returned with the answer to the dis patches which he brought from Lord WHITWORTH to Calais with all possible speed, but on account of his uufortuente meat Mr. HUNTER, senior, was seufwithiis ans rto his Lordship. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, attended by the Countess HAR... R I NHTON and Lady C. WYNNE, in two coaches and four, with their usual escort, took an airing in the neighbourhood of Hampstead and Highgate, and returned by Portland-place, Cavenuili-square, Bond-street, and St. James's-street. About h.ilf past nine, his M AJESTY and the Duke of CUM BEfti AND, attended by General Gxvinotr,„ rode in the neighbonrhood of Chelsea, o-.'er Battersea Bridge, through the fields by Clapham, and re— turned, by Stockwell, over Westminster Bridge, about twelve o'clock. About two o'clock his MAJESTY held a" Privy Council, which was attended by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Lotto CH A NCI:ILIA, the Cman. cc:twit if the EXCHEQUL P., the 1-ukes of Poier. tame and ROXBURGH, Marquisses SA Limey and Coettwat.tts, Earls Sr. VINCENT, CHATHAM, HARRINGTON,WESTMGnL AND, DA RTMOVTN,LOTdIi PELHAM, HOBART, HA WP ESBURY, CATHCART, Mr. HI LEY ADDINGTON, and several others, The Council broke up about three o'clock. The business is supposed to have been upon his MAJEST v's Mes. sage to Parliament. After the Council broke up, Mr. E., DDINGTON had a long private audience with his Maar..si Y. We have been informed that, with respei M the great, point in dispute, Malta, BONAPARTE never, during the whole correspondence, gave the least hope that he would consent to our holding it for a (riven time. He has declared that ho would rather give it up for ever than suffer ds to keep it for a stated period. Even the island of Lampedosa is refused us. The free .discussion of the affairs f France by the British press ha; given the great:st offence to BONAPARTE. He has frequently com plained of it. It is said, that he desired our Co. vernment to prevent the internal affairs of France from being discussed either in Parliament or is English publicaticins !! !—We believe this will bs found to be the fad. Lord NELSON has received orders from the Ad miralty to be -in readiness to leave town at twelve hours notice ter Portsmcu.h, where he will embark for the Mediterranean. Captain G. !quite ay g . )es with him as Captain of his flea. His -Lord ship's baggage was sent off last night to Ports mouth.' Government purchased nearly the whole of the wheat at Mark-lane on Friday last, at an ad vance, on the preceding market-day, of two shillings per quarter. Private letters from Paris, of the lt.!th, state, that in three hours before TA E. I. E Y RAND sent Lori W HITWORTH his passports, he had a conference with tke Austrian, Russian, Prussian, Danish, and. Swedish Ambassadors, who afterwards. sent couriers to their respective courts. On Saturday night an embargo was laid on all shipping in the river Thames, with the exception, we believe, of Russians, Swedes, and Danes. The same measure would, no doubt, be a dopted in all Ole out-ports, as soon as the orders could reach them. Lord KEITH is in town, hut it is not certain that he can remain till Thtirsday to he present at the In stallation. He does not, we believe, return to Ply mouth, but hoists his flag at Portsmouth, or the Downs, to take the command in the North Seas. Timber of all kinds, but for ship-building in par ticular, has increased in price nearly 50 per cent. whhin the last ten years. Thursday morning early, there was a very hot press at Leith. A great many hands were pith.' up and taken on board the ships in Leith Roads ; and some of them being landsmen and apprentices, after ef being examined by the regulating Captain, were seat ashore again.' Large quantities of provisions have been sent from the Vidb s taling-othce, Portsmouth, within these few days, for the use of the fleet, at present in Torbay. .~ -- -- WS 4