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T •--- - - .. Majesty's Ministers, at a proper time shewed any reltidanCe to withhold every degree of explanation .rid information relating to those important objeas. In the mean time, I can by no means accede to this -notion at the present period, as it could not be en tered into at this time without risking disclosures which might be produaive of public inconvenience. I -bell therefore propose, that the other orders of -jle day be now read, .:hick will he equivalent to .Ice previous question." When the Speaker was done reading this Amend nent, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER again submitted whether it would not be more eon- sfetent with order, for the Noble Lord to put his• eeot:on in the shape of an address to his Majesty, by vrtlich his objet would be equally attained. Lord FOLKSTONE expressed himself ready to e.•nliirni to an thing which might be thought most sensistent with the usage of the House, and the al teretion was made for putting the motion in the tinm of an Address. Mr. WINDHANI —" I am sure my Noble Friend dues not mean to embarrass the proceedings of Government, and I am confident that if his sla jesty's Ministers will say that the discussion would te in any way prejudicial to the negotiation now carr;ing on between them and the Government of rrauce, my Noble Friend will not hesitate to withdraw his motion; i do not, thetefore, think it necessary to enter into the merits of the question. I rise merely to remark briefly upon vita has fallen from the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on such of his observations as may be construed into a reflation upon my Bonen/able and Noble Friend. I can safely say that, from all I have been able to collect of what has been said since I come into the House; my Noble Friend has not rendered himself in any manner liable to the imputation of inconsistency, ith which he is charged by the Chancellor of the Lschequer. My Noble Friend declared that he would not urge his motion, if the agitation of it should be prejudicial to the negotiations now pend ing between this Government and France. My Noble Friend is therefore g liberty to state the reasons why he has brought forty: rd this motion, and he is perfeelly regular in doing so, in order to spew that he does not mean any suck embarrass ment. As to the aliedged connection between the present motion, and that of which an Honourable , 'slember (Mr. Patten) has given notice far Tuesday nest, I cannot understand why such connection, supposing it to exist, can be a reason why the in lonisation required in the present instance should be withheld. 1 can easily conceive the solidity of the etle2r nseson assigned by the Chancellor of the Ex c'tetrier ; I mean, that the distlosuie required might Fruve prejadielal to the pending negotiation ; but I .sae no objesaion upon the ground of its connection with the metion which stands for Tuesday.. That thio"lk a reason that operates the tont: ary wa y ; iTUte objet of the present motion constitutes a the question fixed for Tuesday, it is per well timed new, and its connection with the subsequent motion is thetefore an argument' in its favour. But all such reasons, I allow, may be overruled by the consideration that the discussion of tll4 motion might prove injurious to the negotiation pending between this country and France ; and, if that be the case, we must rest upon the authority and responsibility of his Majesty's Ministers. My Noble k riend, therefore, must be ready to rest under a declaration f. - om them. that the information which he requires cannot be disclosed now without prov ing injurious to the public interest at the present moment. I ant sorry for it, because it delays the impatience that is felt for information upon the sub jea, and because the reason is of that kind that must debar us from it on Tuesday, or any future day, if his Majesty's Ministers shall think, fit to re sort to it." Lord HAWKESBURY, —" Sir, I shall only offer a few words. 1 was not present at the begin ning of this conversation, and, therefore, I can anly speak upon what I have been able to coiled my Right Honourable Friend, and the Right Hon. Gentleman who has just sat down. I should rtainlv objed to the address as worded. The Noble Lord leas, professed that he did not mean any motion that could embarrass the negotiation carry ing on between this country and the Government of France, and yet the latter part of his motion calls for a disclosure of the circumstances relative to the Cape of Good Hope. Wow I tninic that this is one of the poiats involved in the general question, and that it is inipossible to discuss it without disclosing information as to other points connected with the -negotiation. But, independent .of that considera tion, I objedl to the time at which the motion is pro. duced. I entertained hopes that at the present time no detached motions would he brought for :.rd. The 'louse has a right to expect full infor mation upon the proceedings which arc now, and have been for some time past carrying on between the Government of this Country and France, (a loud cry of Hear . 1 Hear!) but the right way is to look at the whole subject, and not to take up a detached part of it, or to provoke a discussion upon a point that mmt involve other things iweessarily 'comiefted with it, respteling which, disclosure would be ma n testy improper. 1 think it would have been more proper to Wait till a communication shall be made I . fAili his Majesty, or a general motion shall be brought forward, than to male a motion of the partial nature now submitted to the House. It will het the duty of Ministers, a: the proper time, toenake comniani;ation in which they shall state fully eve y thing that appears necessary for the infon.ta tion of the I ionse, and when such communication iraall have been made, it will be the duty of the House to see whether it be .Itisf:atory, and if not, what subsequent informatiots may be access and move for it accordingly. With resped to what has fallen hum my Right Hon. Friend (the Chan ...llot of the nliequer) I beg to say a few words aa order that h: may not be misunderstood. My (tight Hen. Fricati did not say that the produaion ar the papers and informatioa called for by the motion, would be prejudicial to the negotiation acraiing with France. 1k said only, that the motiar• %fix& led to a ditclatere of pal: that mil& he pram-- 'ire of jtablit imosrutaitacc, and therefore wished ti .00ttld not he iKessed.'" reply---a The Noble --h I h A peson from. the East-India Company pre senzed certain accounts, which were ordered to be pinted. Mr. HARVEY brought up the Report of the Coroners' Bill. Upon the question that the Report be received, Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE wished to postpone the consideration of the 'report till Monday, to obtain information resring the opinion of the Magis trates of.the di crentcotinties. A convercationtheii etweed between Mr. Harvey, - ansittart, and Sir Puiteney, when the, question put, atai straagcrs ordered to conntedpol iota M 414 01 1 ,1 10 ideirs". l l l . 4 ladjoUgMk , : r . Nidtr - • • • • Mb ~-- : , "A' :. relates to orders oto re mote a date as Odober last, TRRIfiltE-ROria , !MITA n.I.,ANE. and what injurious effeo they ,rims EV ezitNo will he er' ed a New Conted Y tmned cast her upon. the MARRI p AGE PROMISE. discussions commenced within, some weeks past, I. . gamble, Mr. nw.yei. Mr. noir. do not perceive:. The ' The Noble Lord has' ?Ise declared . The Chars:ter:to Mr. C. ton Mr 1 lellitivwortli, Mr. Bannistur, inn. Mr Paltnl, :?.r. it unfair to bring forward a several and separate Pope, '• Mr. Powell, Mr. Pow'', Mr. Evans. MN. nuwee, motion at a time when a general motion upon the eineeetion, Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. S,Ktrlc4, Mrs. Maddocks. subject is hanging over the House."—His Lordship To which will be added, . • proceeded to say that he could b y no means admit FORTUNE'S FROLIC. this as a general principle, that when one Gentle men gives notice of a general motion, other Gentle men are to be excluded from bringing forward par- , ticular motions on the same subjed. The argu- LON DON, ment of the Chancellor of the Exchequer had the same tendency to preclude any Gentleman from FRIDAY, APRIL 29. bringing forward a motion on a subjea respeding which a previous notice had been given by another A very interesting conversation took place yes- Gentleman. This, he contended - , would be the terday evening in the House of Commons, our rc means of defeating any attempt at enquiry, in any case whatever, if :any Hon. Gentleman thought port of which may be relied up on for its ac c uracy. proper to give notice of a motion, (he meant no It was produced by a motion made by Lord Fo LK-. refledion on the I ion. Gentleman who • had given STONE, for the production of copies of official pa notice of a motion in the present instance) he might defeat the intention of othe rs b y putting it off from pegs, and discussions with t he French Government, day to day. This would be an improper situation relative to the Cape of Good Hope. The CHAN.- , •for the House to be placed in, and he rose for the cer.eoa of the Excel:quiet opposed the motion on purpose of offering thee few words in justification the g round of irregularity , as con s t itutin g p art of of the motion he had the hon o u r to make, since Ile found himself precluded Iron' persevering therein. the motion upon the state of the nation, which Mr. FIX rose for the purpose of stating his ma. n stands for Tuesday ; and also, because the ex sons in fixour of the previous question. The en- planation which it might involve could not now be roe se, he said, should be confined to no one question. given without the risk of considerable public in- Th.: Noble Lord had urged n paricular question, and the Right Hon, Slrentletnatt'had answered that the convenience. Mr. WINDH AM, who followed, ar ob::ed of his motion would' be included in the mo- gued as if the CHANCELLOR of the Eticee.eura had tion on the general question. Now we had to consider whether it was better to enter upon the merits of the said that the information called for by the motion motion made by the Noble Ler2', or wait for the could not be now disclosed without proving injuri general motion. For his own' pare be had rio hesi- ous to the negotiation pending between this tation in declering himself in favour of postponieg country and France. This called up Lord HAWKES.. the discitssion to the period of making the motion on erav, who contended that the CHANCELLOR the general state of the nation ou Tuestlev next ; because we ought to determine on the preliminary of the Exeirequt a did not say that the produCtion question before we enter into the 'details; and he- of the papers contained in the motion would be pre,. cause the motion of the Noble Lord would be in- judicial to the pending negotiation, and that his chided in the general question. revery person who had honoured him with an approbation of his sen- Right lion. Friend had only said that it might lead timcnts must know, that he was always of opinion to a discussion of points that might be produdive of that the House should not be timid in demanding public inconvenience, This was the strid course of information ; but he was averse to any partial or premature proceedings. • Every one must be con vthe.cnnversation, which we are the more anxious to vinced of the necessity of going into some inquiry lay down with clearness and precision, because we on the state of the nation, but he thought it better know from recent experience how variously it will be to have the general question taken into consideration. Mr. J AMES MARTIN (Mem ber for Tewkes- tortured and twisted by many who were not present bury) said, he did not mean to f l a tter the Right at the conversation, and only know it by report.— Hon. Gentleman under him, (the Chancellor of the We have little doubt but some of the persons will con- Exchequer) but since he came ireo Administration, sider the caution of the Minister upon this occasion he had given him his support, because he considered his eoriduCt marked by integrity. He had the ho- as a proof of his fears, and that his hopes of making nour of having had a seat in this House for many a communication before Tuesday are on the decline. years, and had often beard the word responsibility Unquestionably it would have betrayed a consciousness used, but never knew it produetive of any good—(A of that kind on the part of the Minister had he posi langh)—and as to ministerial responsibility , h e would nut give two-pence for it.--',.1 loud laugh.) tively asserted, as Mr.Wte DHAM would supp ose, that tl lie question for residing the other Orders of the the disclosure wouldproveprejudicial to the negotia- Day was then put and carried. Lord Folkstone's tion. The papers called for couldnot,fromtheir num motion was consequently lost. ber, be laid before the House, in all probability, sooner BOSTON ELECTION. than Monday.—To say then that the disclosure The list of the Members chosen as a seled Com- would be prejudicial to the negotiution, would be mittee, to enquire into the merits of Petitions, complaining of an undue Elation for the Borough to say that he did not exped to be able to make his of Boston was reported as follows : promised communication on Tuesday. In any other Henry Holland, ::.q. flan. G. C. Berkeley, case the disclosure would come too late to cited the J. B. %Vakti, 17... 1 . Hon. Edward Finch, • Samuel Scott, ir ' sti . Lord Archibald Hamilton, negotiation. But the language really used by the WiAitm Mid.iieton, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. CHANCELLOR of the Exciteocett, and enforced by John Black*,.urne, Esq. lion. Frederick West, Hoii. John Scott, Thomas Creevy,E:q. and Lord H A WKESBURY, is perfectly innocent. It throws Geswge Pocock, Esq. Henry Joddrel, E.q. 1 no new light upon the subjed, and leads to no new Mr. FOX brought up a Petition from the Mayor conclusion. " The disclosure required," . sayMinisters, and Corporation of Nottingham, praying to be heard by Counsel against the B ill now before the " might lead to the discussion of pointy that mig ht be House. The Petition was ordered to lie on the Table, i productive of public inconvenience." W e do not and leave given to he heard by Counsel. i -pretend to know all the points that the present Lord CASTLEREAGH moved, that there be negotiation embraces, but we do not know any laid before the House, an account of the Sales of the East India Company , from the Ist of March, o ther answer a rodent and cautious Minister could p 1802, to the Ist of March, 1803. Also, an ac- give, unless he had actually at the time, the defini count of the Stock of the Company, by compute- tive and irrevocable answer of the French Govern tion, exclusive of the capital Stock, to the Ist of March, 1803.—His Lordship said, that an Ad of men: in his pocket. Parliament had expired relating to the appropria- The House was very fully attended. With the tion of certain parts of the profits of the East-India exception of Mr. Peter, all the leading Members Company to the support of the volunteer corps of the East-India House. His Lord shi p enlar g ed on were present. the utility of the corps, which he termed trust-wor thy, as being composed of the di ff erent servants of this East-India Company ; the superior officers be ing persons who filled the higher departments ; the inferior officers of another class of respeEtable per sons; and the privates, of the warehousemen, and persons in the lower situations. Provision had been made, by a former Ad, for two battalions, exclusive of the artillery, which lie wished to encrtase to three battalions. He therefore moved, that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of the whole house, to consider so much of an Aft of the 23J of George 111. as related to the appropriation of ct•rtaiu parts of the profits of the Last-India Com pany. . The House having resolved itself into a Corn- pears to be re-estantisneu tee — 8 „.... mittee of the whole House, Mr. Alexander in the lakes were cantors:el in Upper Egypt. Chair; the Chairman was direded to move for leave to bring in a bill for the appropr i a tion of cer tain parts of the profits of the East India Company midst of the English - for the support of the establishment of the volunteer - i• tell s hi ps o corps of the East-India House. Leave was given, and the Report ordered to be . t " ' brought up to-morrow. Mr. VANSITTART brought up a Petition from certain pero:ns against the Irish Law Courts' Bill, Which was referred to the same Committee to which the Bill was referred. THE JUTISH PRESS. Egypt has certainly been evacuated. The Moniteur of Monday last, which, together with the other Paris papers of Sunday and Monday, we received yesterday, has brought the confirmation of this intelligence. Rear-Admiral LENseiosEc, who is arrived at Toulon with the squadron that conveyed the French Ambassador and suite to Constantinople, returned by St. Jean D'Acre, Alexandria, and Malta. He left Alexandria on the 30th March. The English had evacuated it on the 17th. Since their departure, says the Moniteur, tranquillity ap pears to be re-established in Egypt. The Mame lukes were canton.ed in Upper Egypt. At Malta the French Admiral anchored in the midst of the English squadron, which consisted of ten ships of war. The Egyptian army, amounting to 4000 men, were performing quarantine at the Lazaretto. The French squadron carried to every part of the Levant Commercial Commiu;onerr, " who were re ceived by the Turks with " a delirium ofjoy." The FIRST CONSUL'S approaching visit is to ex tend to Ostend, where great preparations are making fir his reception. The French Funds are a little higher. 54 1-10. The Hamburgh Mail which arrived yesterday' ,er x de- Yesterday the dispatches for China, by the Gan/ %etre final closed at the East India House, and livered to Me purser. tlonicAencli vessels have lately touched at C :ib raltar, from Marseilles, on their way to Louisia na ; :nee :OM :a's clothes, loose trowsers, great coats, and round 1 iats, lOtainifFe:ftwthienreecsohanielllPS7Ctirly:VlVladi tedhdieSsolln•.vilteehr(epaldiaslcsederrnse'gselsaernsd.diendTmfl hi which dress they appeared on the public pa rade SOW.' at guard mounting, with the most p erfc czaia, By an English brig . (the Albiones:), arrived a .t Gi !trait.* the 7th April, in eight days from Genc a, w learn; that 5000 French troops emit-irked ther v fi g: weeks ago for St. Domingo ; they were so uns villing to embark, that they were obliged to shoot t wo of • them, as an example to the rest, before they could be induced to go on board. It is obvious that the French troops will not .in any case be withdrawn from Holland, for so una .nimous are now the people of that country, and sc impa tient and indignant under the French yoke, that the moment an opportunity presents itself, we believe they would to a man sacrifice their lives in t ,heir last ditch, z tither than submit again to French fratCrni cation. Great exertions are making in Fran ;e, in the Departments of the West, to discover and seize concealed arms.—The Prefect of the Iv lame and Loire, in his letter to the Mayors of th at Depart ment relative to the subjeCt, observes, ' We feel too much the importance of this measure , under the present circumstances, to neglect its exec ution for a i f e sta bli s- single instant." The Society of the Friends of the Scienc e nd at W a rsaw, whose present President t s venera ble Bishop ALHERTnaivoi, one of then lost eminent Polish Literati, has lately published the firsrvolutne of the Alemoirs of the Society under the tide— Annual Transadions of the Warsaw society of the Friends of the Sciences." The complenient of Boon L t.'s Club i .n St. Janies`v street, is 400 members ; and there an no less than 170 candidates for the first vacancy. The Marquis of sLANoroan, Tio Lo WT Fi ER. Lrd MORPETII, Colonel ST tostav ; Lord CAR ansi.TON, the Marquis of HERTYOaD ;and the Duke .of NORFOLK, were purchasers at I. .glen and So literary sales, which close d' on Tuesday • DESOIECI COR‘I ARTIN, who has been long con fined in the castle of Ham, but resit lei, at present in the town of Bar-sur-Orne, ( )uc) has lately claimed, as his property, the tray° . Is in Portugal.' printed under the name of the Duke CuArzi.tr,„ with B;;RGOING'S notes. The celebrated Baron ToT, pr operly TuoT, native of Hungary, and author of the , f Memoir et sue les Tures et les Tartares, &c ." being driven from France by the Revolution, i found a kind and generous protector in Count THEW lORE BATHYANI, passed his latter days at Tatzmansc lorf, in lituagary i , 'and died there in 1793. At the Imperial printing-office i a Constantinople. the present diredor of which is . ri.soua-RetisiAre Erten!, the following works ha• .'e lately left the press : A large Turkish and Persian IpiCtionary, Burhan Katij; a Dictionary of th e Turkish, Ara bian and Persian Languages, Lehoso betollagat • and a collection of loganthmetical tab les. The latter, printed without a title, contains t i nere columns ef figures, which appear to be tolerably corred. These tables are solely intended for the use of the corps of engineers and bombardiers. . Colonel Noel gave a grand The attkal Entertain ment on Tuesday evening, at hi s house in Caven dish-square. Two balls and a masquerade ar eto be given next month, under the sandion of the . PRINCE of WALES, and the Duchesses of DEVONSIIIa E and St. AL BAN'S, The Board of Agriculture rest imed their Sessionc on Tuesday, at their house in S ackville-street ; the Earl of BEIDGEWAT etc, and the Right Ilou. Isaac CoRR v, were chosen Honorary] Arlembers. A sum equivalent to forty lc uis d'ors has been lately sent by some person, who has chosen to con ceal his name, to Altona. It is to be given as a premium to the author-of the t 'est verses in honour of Klopstock. The verses are ; to be submitted to the Professor of the University of Gottingen, and Professors Wi:land and Nurdes , who are to decide on their merits. By letters from Stutgard oft he s'h of April last, we have inforthation that the Court of Vienna is now negotiating to enlarge, t 'y purchase, or ex change, its new acquisitions is . Upper Swabia, so that it may add to the Tyrol and Voralberg the whole territory between. the La: ke of Constance and Upper Bavaria, and may esters( I the frontiers of the two former countries as far as B empten. Mr. EDWIN COOPER, a TOw thful artist of Burr, much distinguished in the neigh .bourhood as a pain ter of animals, was lately enip loyed to take.a por trait of a blood mare belonging to his Royal High ness the nuke of YORK, new at Barton ; and also . of Sir CHARLES BuNnuaY'c celebrated mare _Elea nor, with the jocl:y thereon; which he effeded so' much to the satisfa &ion of his employers, that ho was adVised to of'er them for public exhibition at the Royal Academy, Somerset-house, where the painting of the Duke's mare was accepted, but that of Sir CHARLES . S returned, assigning as a reaso., that it was a copy from Stubbs, although the latter never saw either Eleanor or the Tider ; and it is believed young COOPER has never seen a'single painting by that celebrated artist. The following rescript, by which 'the present Eledor of BAVARIA has sandionedthe publication of a periodical work, undertaken by Mr. VON Aac•r in, under the title of " The Genius of the Bavarians," and intended to record and celebrate the most memo.: rahle ads of Government, is an appendage worthy of the above mentioned ediel. " During our reign we have constantly endeavoured to prove, both by public. ordinances axid deeds, that we know how to appreciate a reasonable freedom of thought, and • the liberty of the press, and that it is our earnest wish to excite and promote in ottr dominions kite./ rary ativity andineinal culture. We shall, there fore, the less obstru& your intention of editing a periodical publication, recording the most important trairsadidns and events of 6u: :reign,'_.tssfwer hte sa tisfied, that every Goxerit t orailakh from' part stootivor biti math* :tar. loshaa.,* contrary to cart the ,most bereeicool,tv tales of etc agii o o4: ...-MAXl3htelOWCiteriPASibilk t, . ; .. ;41 • . 1.-rw.i FOJLSTONE, is 3 reply—" The Noble Mr. and S I.Grd has objetted to the maim) which I have had. question was again %be honour: to ,being futwasti, upon. two grounps. 'Me Ea-st objeEtiun is, that for tururma- 771;li assa was ,aoi ; In ghat aff4ol the.negotiatiPiik4twoe 4 lWAP4 ntr Y. Wee fikotplvtisned uJ Prance. Now thc iliiomation WiilC 111 k fps morning brings no news. Between three and four o'clock yesterday morn- ing dispatches were received at the Foreign Office from Lord Wurrworrit ;. and about the same time iwiH . a French Messtsgattartived 'at .Gein. 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