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After the disposal of .some routine business, and some appointautits for Appeal Cowes, the Howse adjoavued until a quarter before three &cluck to•morrow, wheal the examina tion of evidence on the Orders in Council will be resumed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir Joni, FAU. Chairman of the Committee on t►e Christ Church Election, reported, tbet the Sitting :limbers form illey elected, sail thst the Pptition eras not frir•oloue 1110, . _ _ —...----. Sir Josue NTWPOIRT gave notice, that he would, to. morrow, move for an sceitent of the Offices granted forJoiut Urea and 1t lterinsion, in Ireland A Person from the °liken( the chief Secretary in Ireland, prreelted certain Papers, relative t , i the Maynnoth College. or..f.reit by the House. Laid on the table, and ordered to he printed. .4 Petition rmi presented from eertain Inhabitants of praying that the Bill for erecting a Bridge over the Phases, near Vanahall Turnpike, might psis Mau a lau.--Imid on tie: tank. Air. Mt:Lamm presented a Petitlsm of eertuie other Per suSis, RI( 11131 i said 8111.--.TaMed. The eous.deratiss of the Donegal Election Petition w postponed t i the 3d of May. The of the Commissioners for the Arran,- rit sod Pres. rvattoo of the Itecurds of the Kingdom, s.. Ter as related to Scotland, sera pretested to the Tattled. - - The Orden in Council Indamaity Bill was rritorted, anti ordered to be read a third tiostto•ntornrw. The Surrey Hour's Roca Collectiim Regulation Rill was read a third time and gassed. Mr. CA Les A rr wisircd to know whether Government had tithe" any steps is consequence of the late Report of the Commuiaineni of )lilitary Inquiry, in which anuse state- Runts of an entirlAidoll nature had bees wade, atfectio; lb* 1111eMest Hoard ? The Cx•scri.cost of the EacorQurn answered, that the 'abject had not yet come under ha . t ithe, he baring been so nisch occupied since that Report had been cir culated. The Irish Cad InAM Bill was committed, mid ordered to be mad s third time to-morrow. _ The Irieb Cotton W.Pli sisd Peruvian Dark Prohibitios BM, was read a third tine aad pa►eed. DUBLIN POLICE BILL. Sir ARTHUR IiLLUILET movell the second reading of this Bill. Mr. SHAW, Mr. BERIESFORD, Mr. GRATTAN, and Dr. DUIGENAIt, severally objected to hurry ing this Bill through the Howie, till such time as the Irish Members were all assembled, as they looked upon it as infringing the charter of the city of Dublin. The CHANCCI.LOR of the EXCVEQUEII, Sir Al- TIMM. Vi'sLui.si.war, and Mr. flusatmos, argued, that there was no intention to hurry this Bill thrudgh the House, nor to prevent the Corpora. Lion of Dublin seeing it. The object in view was to have it committed, and the blanks tilled up its early as possible, afterwards to reprint it, and send it over in a more perfect state, for the inape, ahm of those interested. Upon hrins;ing up the Report it might be amply discussed. ' r JOHN NLWIIPOILT said, ha should never eon 'lent to the ritsciple, that because a Charter had granted cedilla powers to a Corporate Body, who neglecte I that which was committed to their care, that Charter was to be so strongly binding as to leave the city of Dublin without a police. lie could prove, that almost every Police Act that had passed, had trowelsed, same or less, upon the pri orileges of such Charters. With respect to one kkart of the Dublin Police, as it now existed, hr was happy to find that some steps had already been taken, by the appointment of Superintending fllhigistrate., to prevent that money, which was granted for public purposes, being devoted to pri vate emolument. The Bill was then read a wool time, and er- dared to be committed on Friday next; but after the order for committal had been entered by the Clerk, it *centred to the Speaker, that this being partly • public and partly a . private Bill, it was ne-" reasary, by the rules of the House, that days should intervene between the second reading and the commitment of Bills relating to Irelativr. It would therefore be necessary that a specific no tice, for die purpose of dispensing with that regula ting, shold.be given. Sir ASICHUR WELLESLEY accordingly gave a notice to that effect for to-morrow. Mr. Lusieesueove rose and expressed his wish to know the truth of a Report he had heard is to King's Meaviengers having been sent over to Ire land, at the public expense, for the purposes of bringing over witnesses to give evidence upon the Downpetrick Election Committee% Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY answered, that there was no truth in surly a report. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed if, and the Houseidjoerned. T' A :11BER or P.IRLLEVENT. • ° intve he.t..(l tuai.y appments advanced the pilley of ne4oci4ti.l4 it peace with but have not vet heard any sufficiently 4;ogekt to convince me of the wi.dont of delaying tut event which seems to lie so dtsirable to all man kind. For 1.5 )ears have we now been at war with that power, and constantly has the object of it been changing : At first the restoration of monarchy ; idly, the restitution of Flanders to the Emperor ; 3111 y, the possession of Malta ; and athly, the Right of searching Neutrals:—such are the differ ent motives which base occasioned such immense loses of Wood and of treasure to be sustained, without their having been able to obtain the objects they had in view. But how h longer are we to proceed in this ruinous state? Till parties are convinced that Bonaparte has changed his na ture ? That he has no more cunning left in his disposition ; no more aversion towards this country ; and that it way then only be safe to con clude a Peace with hint ?—lf we wait till then, I am idiaid we may wait long enough. But this cx pectation—this false hope, I am full• persuaded, is now the only Annulus which actuates us to proceed in a course, which becomes more intricate and dangerous every day ; therefore, pregnant as it is With the ninon alarming cousequetacce, I can not refrain from attempting to examine into the nature of this plienotuenoa, which seems to confound our sense and understanding, and to inquire bow far the character of this age differs from, or corresponds with, that of a former one, handed down to us by history. No one can read the f'iatory of the Reign of Charles the 2d, without feeling great concern at the conduct of the English Court and Parliament at that period, in dissolving that close union and confederacy, which, during a course of nearly 70 years, had subsisted almost without interruption or jealousy between England and Rolland ; and in pleading the moat unjustifiable motives ever de vised, in order to indnlgc their own passions, and to ruin one of the most flourishing and industrious states in the world. Ikre we behold a must dis pleasing picture of our own character, which ex hibits avarice, envy, and injustice, in their most hideous colours. On the other hand—we cannot help admiring the vigour with which the I)utch began to arm themselves, after having tried every art of negociatinu heron they would conic to ex tremities. For it was a maxim of that great Statesman, De Wit, who governed the affairs of the Republic, that no independent Government should yield to another any evident point of reason or equity, and that all such concessions, so far from preventing war, served to no °thee pu►pose than to provoke fresh claims and insults. Louis the 14th at that time filled the Throne of trance, a sovereign whose ambition was injustice; whose finances were in very greatorder; whose naval power was formidable ; and whose armies were excellently disciplined and eery numerous ; whose high spirit and unsubmitting temper the King of England experienced. It is, therefore, with equal regret we learn, at the time the general liberties of Eu rope were menaced by that Prince, and an offensive league was forming betweeu England and Holland, In order to oblige France to relinquish all her con quests—that the Dutch Minister should express himself io the following terms, That evEr I since the reign of Queen Elizabeth, there had been such a fluctuation in the English Councils, that it was not possible for two years together to take any sure or certain measures with E n gland." And it is with great abhorrence we discover the weakness and perfidy of Charles, who, after having con eluded the Treaty at Aix-la-Chapelle, which gua ranteed to Spain the remainder of the Low Coun tries, which bad not been conquered by France, and by which all Europe seemed to repose hers if with, security under the wings of that powerful confederacy, formed shortly afterwards an alliance with the French King. It is also with the utmost indignation we find that Charles, before he entered into the Triple Alliance, with Sweden and Holland, to protect Flanders front the sudden pretension of Louis XIV. in right of his wife, had privately made advances to France to prevent his bein g ; obliged to enter into that Alliance—had also written apologies for it to his sister, the Ihtchess of Urines, and to Louis the Fourteenth, as soon as the Treaty was finished (notwithstanding his Aliiiister had taken the greatest pains to bring it about, and re ceived unbounded applause for his success;, and soots after catered into a secret treat y , for the pur pose of subduing Holland, upon condition of his , receiving a subsidy of several millions of byres from the French King. To this end he made the podension to superiority in the English flag, and seine abusive pictures which only represented some ships on fire in a harbour, construed to be Chat • ham, the grounds of quarrel, the most ridiculous i almost ever recorded ! But what ought it to Coll cent men of great minds, whether a poor man or a war rich man should salute them in passing by ? The more fotrengtli and the lees pride men have, the. more they es. dispense with trifing,ionours. 7 --! lf they are conscious of their owp strength, 'Of their own courage, they should disdlin to notice /4101 which suit only ctfeatitiate minds, but by no 111PaRIS tho l e of unions. It is not the character of generous valour to make every one stoop to pay linti homage, much less to act like au liirptisitor awl a suspicious searcher. Such conduct, there fore., consequently incensed the Dutch io a pecu liar manner against the English. By the offer of a close alliance for mutual defence, we had se duced that Republic to quit the alliance of France, but i:o sootier had she embraced these measures, tliad we funned leagues fur her destruction, with that very Power, which we had treacherously en- . gaged her to offend. Ac such, therefore, was the conduct of England, or rather of the King of En glumd at that period, the question then is, what has been the conduct of Frauce during the present We have seen her triumphant on every part of the Continent, in the same manner as we have been on the ocean ; have wren her aggrandizing her do minions to a prfAligious extent, and even forfeiting her word and honour, in order to rule over other countries. We have seen her. Chief imposing new constitutions upon neutral states, creating Kings and degrading k:atperors. riolating neutral tern- tones, assitssiouting an illustrioue Prince and • re nowned 'General, poisoning his soldiers, and de claring himself on one day a 31tisselman, and en another day whatever hiefancy dictated. But all these outrages seem to have been the result of des peration, and not the deliberate act of a mind which had the opportunity of weighing what was most salutary for establishing its real welfare. For if the dispositions of individuals prompt theta to be more obstinate and furious the more they are ha rassed and goadid, we may draw from thence this conclusion, that the method the Princes of Europe adopted was not the most congenial nor the best suited to the temper of the French, to bring them back to teat state of harmony from which they had deviated. Is it then even now too Fete to succeed in so laudable an undertaking ? la it unpraiscworthy to he of a disposition inclined to peace ? If not, let us try to heal all the wounds which have been inflicted ou both sides. Why should we fear to bring about so desirable au event! Because it will afford an opportunity to France to build a fleet, and beeome'eur rind again at sea ? Because it will contribute to keep our own forces in good discipline, by knowing we have a neighbour who will require to improve and cultivate that discipline, which alone can inescrie our naval supetiprity, and prevent as from falling into a state of supineness and inactivity ? Would . it not be well to conclude a peace, but in older to secure it, at the same time, to keep a large reserve of seamen always at hand when the fleets are laid up, by allovribg a select number of the best and bravest anousi allowances or fiensimus, where by they might always be at hand when required, and upon every emergency ? For, of ell regula tions, those respecting our brave seamen are the most scandalous to thossountry and the Govern ment. Uow many fine fellows did we not See at the conclusion of the last war dismissed the service in an unhandsome manner, and begging about the streets for want of employment ? The differ ent scenes of this description iu every town in Faighttul, particularly London, were distressing le,ond example. But this want of regulation with respect to seamen is likewise dangerous, and highly injurious to the country, as several,ships have been known to be lost owing to the ignorance of the crew, and that at the beginning of a war. Would it not be well to conclude a peace, but at the same time to fortify ourselves with the addi tional security of a good internal force ? 1 mean a continuation of that system of Volunteers, and a strong Militia, whereby every Englislitniut will be able to take up arms, in defence of his country, if required, at any future period. Will it not then be well to conclude a peace, since every person, truly brave, has no ocea lion to fear another, especially when he pos.c4ses every means of defence and strength to repel the assaulbof the aggressor ? It will be wise to cunt.i. der these questions most maturely, particularly as one of the two digicagiiirs no longer exists, which presented itvelf at the time Mr. Fox carried ou the late negotiations with the French Goveniment : viz. the necessity of admitting Russia as a party to the treaty of peace ; and the other, namely the re tention of Sicily, might be removed, by siluptinz either of the following plans, vis.— Either by prevailing on the King of Sicily to give hie free comient to accept of some just equiva lent. to be first submitted to the ciinsidemtion of the Government of this country as to the fairness of it, anti to be duly guaranteed : Or by prevailiug ou Franco to wave this claim, ou coudition of our giving to Ler some eyuivaleot Ti in the East or West Indies. And it will be on o 1 say, to consider the aftwegolu g questions most maturely, before we proceed to St. 4 the emherg, 611,1 to re-kiudle the flame of ear iu the North of I.u. rope ; before we•embark in au caerprize as r ,,,4 and as dangerous as the wars of the giants a.y a i wa heaveu ; before Sweden becomes so etivelopvd oa all sides, that she will not :waits have the 0p 7 , 0 ,, tnnity or alternative of muking any other pia., thou such as her enemies may ideate to dictate t her as a conquered and ruined couutry. For se should consider, that, although the people of that country are naturally brave, and are governed h i a King, who is lo pattern of unexampled fortitud e stet magnanimity, still they never can be able, with force with which it will be in our power to assist theta to etaud against a torrent which has overwhel m , every thing hitherto in its wey ; and partietilarir as this torrent is become more irresistible as it rolled along, by receiving the form of auxiliar ; its own original strength. If Russia could te: stein its rapid course, bow can it be po-sthl,f row Swedes to cepect to succeed iu east an undertaking ? How can this Govertimeut be so incousidenste sad cruel. as to satritise a country which evhy thinhiug mart must co o . elude win Eiji a victim to 'that sword, has disarmed every Power on the Contimmtl And do Ministers consider all this while to %Lot t degree of resentment they are rousing the posmo s of the ltussians, instead of endeavostring to &nu, bate them ? Little do they know the nature of mankind, if they suppose such conduct a ill pro w favourable to England. Have they been educstA in the Works of the Romans, only for tie purpose of filling their minds with that oar, like rage which marked the character of that people ? and are the principles of Christiar.it be entirely slighted, and looked upon as alien% only to our private meek of life? Such nelti could have been the sole intention of them, sad unless some stop is put to this horrid system cf warfare,. the SUM misfortune we must expect to Is. fall us must be the veegeatice of hearten. L. toh therefore, endeavour most earnestly to conclude peace, as, if upon the terms offered when Mi. Fa was alive, I do not see how it can be dishonour able. Miceli et, me. Your'o, FAties. BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, VIRMSDA)", blunt 31. • , it is unelcessary to dwell apse the hopertarvo at the Debate in the House of Lora's; 'en Tuesd night, of which a correct report was given, excite sit*, is Tat BRITISH Pans of yesterday. We feel it, however, a duty to explain the dream. stances under which that Paper was lett without competition, and permitted to enjoy so great an advantage over all its contemporaries. The duty so impelling is not a selfish consideration, hut arises from an honest regard for the Liberty of the Press, is support of which we have never bees among the least forward. We do, however, f d that we have almost forfeited our delta to ths title, in not having broken silence sooner upon s subject which presents one of the most alarrarl arid frightful symi,itotas ever exhibited by a fret people. For some weeks past, the public hale read, in almost all the papers, that there were foie deludes iii the lisuue of Lords, upon the Oe ders in Coward, the case of 'Denmark, Pie toga', &e. ; that the House sat until a Toe late hour ; that the Members most distingui.e l •eti for e%perieure, eloquence, and talents, oil luta sides, muds lung speeches; and that on a di‘l,:ca the numbers were so and so. Such were, in er nert►l, the reports of the important debate* in 1'. , - liament in the daily newspapers. At the seine tine might be read, in the saute papers that thus leek' noticed' Parliamentary - debate, whole colonist. the must contemptible trash, upon the meutirst a c t most puerile subjects, and more space was givot t, a boxing snatch between two pugilists, than to t! attack upon Copenhagen or the Orders in CuO.W. But they were not satisfied with thus markiiig t h en contempt of the debates in Parliauseut. The. openly branded them as the wrasglings slid brat.- hugs of faction, and disappointed Luau; and ages them, The Cmrier, actually complained of it J a viemace, a must intolerable nuisance, th:tt tip MAJESTY'S Miniqt•Ts should be troubled uitl: • I‘ji things as debates in Parlitoticut. Snt h bit: I, the lang-inge of the prints devoted to the 31i..1-0 who felt that their patroivi were completely out of the field itt argument, and tuttu.ally to hide their defile. The htagtuige of the c,,, tion and neuirsil prints w3s ; but Ito f !end uet beeAlot, to toe so iiitic:i us,iwilated to of the Treasury Journak, we will By n Stwplinig Orsh!r of the 11.)J,e of 1. estrungem uro prohibit:A ti' t;t:s.• nntc.i. If mous P.l,t. .t , warlubcred cvcry Li. C 11,.11 Doti in li of 1, late add grea pre* to al .;.‘1 II TN to t the Pet too Jot far be! COI Pr ref 0 the 411, PI col