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ty in divi dual lobo voted upon it i n ei t her House ; h e saw no reason why a . pers h o i t: the enjoyment f a reversion should not give - op p ibit Isar Il as any other, w itho ut , impropriety I .•, :e rev. A statement had re eu n • eats. I er im,ical. that His Marsty's Ministers •-• ra•anxious to defeat the Bill, and that they chitSe ,mink from the odium, not to rejen it manfully; be i ng a measure they did not wish to appiove, A• ?fay Artfully got others to do that which they hot do themselves. He could not, however, . t hat this could be credited throughout the Intl' tot it was a certain tact that Ministers i s e lves differed upon it. He had been more 4 rou-Able to it than a Noble and Learned Lord in ,thrr House. and neither of them bad been abl.: in '• t h e other into x change of sentiment. Nc irg valid be mare distant from ..thi s thetruthiskthaa .Aticeation , that the opposition to was ,ieJ on by the secret intrigue of Ministers, and 'elate he trusted that such reports would be re. te j. Mr. MOWBRAY expressed great satisfaction :hearing such a declaration from the Chancellor t the Etch( flaea• Lord HENRY PETTY also expressed sundae t• heating the Right Hon. Gentleman so de sentiments, but he disapproved of the corn. tire itabacience which he had stated as the a far hi. supporting the original moues it JO.IN SEBRIGHT merely said a few ds etpretstve of his approbatiou of the motion, his surprise at the decision of the House of nos. WHITBREA D said, he could not ez_preas tech satisfaction at the declaration of the Right Hon. Gentleman, as the two Hou. Gentlemen who preceded him had dose, because. he had placed his homer concurrence with the Bid in question in a very different light from what he had originally seemed to entertain. l'nis could not be at ad sans. fictury to the House. It appeared to him that by fair former silent acquiescence its that measure, t . Adounistration had, in a rnaiuter. pleged comsa t to support it ; but it he could sot inter thus t :tar stience. he night be allowed to inter it f. words which they had put into the laang's s, the commencement of this Session. It w o w -echllected. that the Committee of Fs. lance ...enrecoMm..nded to the public attention a t ttic opttsiog of Paeliament. Such being t h e 'ease, W 44 n a this the only one measure which List I , nolcul Cotruniuee had Weaselly re r.•11.,,...th-J Cis the peculiar attention of the finew! Was not that nocomm.maation the ori. Right cause of the inttentaetiels this Bill The Right Honourable Gentleman, however, seemed to view it as a mere milk and water oinsore: and from that, he (air W ) differed from him materially, eeJ he bsdeved the euulic would also join with him in that opthion. Ile conceived that all the Mi. Donis were pledged to support st ; bat any one of them was more so than another, it was that Minister who had delivered fiNest)'s Speech. ( The Lord Chancellor). Sup. posivg that the dill really went to curtail the Pre. togative or tile Crown, that would not be with him any oajabon to it ; for certainly many ressom might be shewn, why is ought ea be very mach our. tail.?, it flaying very meek raseelaerlearr IW. The measure being comedied with tecerieny, was, in deed, one that oug:u mom assiduously to be per. *mad in by the Haase of Coll4loas, in par. titular, as that was a subj.@ in which the pub. ought ta be gratified. nod they deserved to be in. it would create an agreeable salaatran in the pudic mind, and would certainly tend to make cern disburse with more Osamu, than they other v,ie could be supposed to do. It was highly pro. en, therefore, that the House of Commons should pers-vvre to the utmost in recommending it to the Lor,ii. He ari.aell, indeed, that this could have beta accomplaited this Session, so as to bring the Ali:lister. immediately to the test, whether they were well disposed to a measure, which they them selves had already confessed was of importance to the public. fhe Question was then again put from the Chair, and carried neat. rens a ' Addicts was ordered to be presented to His Majesty by such Members as were of His Majzstys Hou. Privy Council. DUNGARVAN EISCTION Pi:Dutra. On the motion of Mr. FOSTER. the adjourned tante upon this Petition was resumed, and a long but .iratneresting discussion took place upon the propriety of enlarging the time for the Petitioner entering into a reeogni4ance. Upon this subject a division took place. or was about to take place, upon the propriety of examining evidence, when simmers were ordered to withdraw, and during their exclu sion witnesses. we understand, were examined at the Bar, to prove the allegation of the Petition. Upon cur re-Admission to the G illery, we fouud Mr. Whitbread on his leg., on the mutton of ad journing until Thursday. which, during the exclu sion of strangers, we on ••• stand had been made by the Chancellor of the Escaequrr. He, (Mr. Will !TREAD). wished to impress ikon the House the peculiar state of the empire at the present period, a seat: which perhaps held out to view one of the gloomiest prospects. cartainlv unequalled in the hi.tory of Europe. From such on emergency, it was probable that events might -yen in the shortest Parliamentary recess. to influence a prudent Ministry not to ad . Majesty, in the situation of thangs, to pro is Parliament. Wan respeft to one foreign Aube!). for a considerable time, our eel.- is sorb, that the House and the coantry slid ara whether it was at war or at peace. An isatinr had leen since sent to that country. tut tor him, however anxious for information. it his iatiration, to press any observations or les of a aware calculated to throw embarrass- I the way of Administration, or of the system with reaped to that Power. Neither did for any ioformation which to them might unadvisable to communicate. Sot as the of a very short time might remove the ob . it any existed, to such a communication, or lead to the knowledge of events. with Parliament ought to be acquainted. there contended that it was highly proper that anent should continue sitting. there was upon which he was, ani. no doubt, .tne and the country, ex:reinely anxious to be He o :ant the late Traty betaken Franc* and Rauh. By an article ha that Treaty, a new policy was proposed, and the mediation of Russia, to bring about a peace between this country and France, was accepted, under certain conditions. by the latter power. He was therefore peculiarly anxious to learn front the Right Hon Secretary (Mr. Canning), whether any communication had been made to this Court from Russia, since the ex ecution of the Treaty ? It might not be thought advisable to ask whether any, or what overtures, were respeaively made 1 But with this salutary policy, he would most strenuously, ardently, and sinters!) , impress the King's servants, a policy h e b a d previondy and uniformly recommend• ed, which, though not sanlioned by the voices of many within the walls of that House, was duly ins priete i upon else hearts of many, both in and out of it ; namely, to erica every favourable op portunity for a pacific negociatinn. And the present period, if deverously used, he was led to consider both favourable and opportune.— Let it be tat in the true spirit of peace, for any op.. petits attempt will only lead to aggravated evil, and advantages will probably result, such as to enure this country from the calamities of war...a. Returning to the question before the House, he hoped, that under such a gate of circumstances, with a treaty of peace, eveciotti by Prussia, which has guaranteed our exclusion frooi the Prosian port ; at a moment als.), wh,s; c hipeditastis had sailed, with the objea and deqinftion of which, both himself and the 11 aise were of course time quainted, hut to which public opinion had strongly assigned objects, whose accomplishment would tend to bring a fresh enemv on our back ; when, to whatever pan of the world our view was ditched, it was only to look no enemies; sorely, such a crisis was not the one for the King's servants to re. commend a pro: ogation of Parliament. When the House ndleded, that trom what passed in a previous pan of the evening, with respeft to our West India Colonies, there was almost the certainty of having a material part of to. public revenue Wail nished ; that wh- I a vote of credit had been grant ed, unelanspleo n its extent. and which by that cc- tent seemed to justify the opinion, that it was Mi nisters' intention not to call Parliament together for a long time; when expeditirinl had aaually sailed, their objects and destination unknown, but which must lead to events of a nature necessary to .be promptly communicated to Parliament ; it mug be allowed, br every man. that these were wrl- grounded considerations, and ought is infiu. lice the servants of the Crown wit to persevere in t e de termination of advising His Majesty to prorogue on Friday. With regard Motu relations with the United States of America. and to the recent events to wh:cli tlt e e s s i tlic mind was in that quarto" direfted. it was a to repeat the anxiety of the whole country to be liberated from the suspente. Upon that point be wished to ascertain whether Ministers were pie paced to make to Parliament the communic turn, which, in a previous part of the Session, was pro- Iliad by the Right Hon. Secretary (Mr. Can lain), or to give any explanation of those ghetto).- Maces with which the cottony has been more re seedy made ac.mainted Mr. Secretary CANNING deefared it was note his intention to enter into any argument relative till the advice which His Majesty's pokiest Govern• meat should deem proper so give on the protege. don of Parliament; but he roes to do what, spots all occasions. he would esteem his duty, namely, to answer such questions as any Hoeourable Member-) of the House should put to hint ea public events. conneded with the office which he held, and which were not Incempatible with the corn& exercise of his dunks. The Honourable Gendensan (Mr. Whitbread). had alluded to the late treaty between Russia and France, and expressed as anxious wish to be informed Waether any communication had been received by the British Government from the Court of Russia. since the execution of that Treaty In answer, he bad to acquaint him and the Hone, that a communication was received from the Court of Russia, offering its 'unladen to segoci ate between this country and France ; but that the communication was not attended with the 'treaty of Yeses, with any of its articles, or with any reference to that express stipulation in the Treaty which immediately applies to die proffered mediation. This communication from Russia was received on the let of this month by the Britisn Government, and yet, to this very hour, the only information which Ills Majesty's Ministers have ob tained relative to the Treaty between France and Russia, as to its articles, and, above all, to the particu lar oni-, which, under specified limitations, refers to the mediation, was the same as that by which it was first communicated to the country, namely, the in. sertion of the Treaty is a French newspaper. To this direct communication from the Court of Russia, a conditional answer was sent by the British Govern ment. lVhat the nature ni the condition was, the Hon. Gent. could not expert him then to explain ; but, at the same time. he wished the HOMO to carry in its recolletlion, and to keep continually in its mind, that this answer was sent in eeenplete igno rance of the treaty or any of its stipulations other point upon which 'he Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Whitbread) was most anxious to be infottned, was the state of our relations with America. In giving every explanation in his power, there were two points in which he himself was anxious that the con do .% of the present Government should be under , stood. First, that whatever was the present state of our relations with the United States, it was in no degree attributable to the conduct lit the King's Servants; and next, that it arose nut of the system adopted by their predecessors. His Majesty's Mi nisters. on their accession to office, found a treaty, to which the faith of this country was pledged.— Whatever might be their opinion of the policy of the principles recognised in that Treaty, they con ceived no more sacred duty, no line of policy more clear. than to suffer our relations with America to proceed in the same line in which they commenced, to advance in unison with the impulse with which they originated. They had determined to give every support to a measure to which the national diameter was pledged ; so that if it failed, no blame or censure could possibly be imputed to them. Un der such impresions, he bad to assure the House. that no new or varying instructions were either given to the British Ambassador in America, or to the naval force stationed off its coasts. by the pre. scot Government. And therefore to whomsoever the proceedings which led to the late events and agitation, (a question demanding what it must re ceive, great and serious exatoin.ition) were to be attributed, it would be found that Ministers were no farther responsible than as the Represent atives of the British Government. With respect to the information sought, he could only say, that it WAS last Saturday the British Government received the Proclamation of the American Presi dent, sent to them by the British Ambassador, in AlWerica, as an extraft from A newspaper of that conntry. To that moment the Minister. were without any intim stion of . re presentation upon the late occurrences having been made, either by the American Governmett, to she Biiush Ambassador. nor had they received any of cial communication from the Asnericisa Minister in this arum y. In consequence of being put in possession of the Precedect's ProclatnatC.n, he had no later than that day an interview with the American Ambassador, in order to ascertain whe ther he had received any official representation of the recent came of agitation from his Govern ment The result of the inquiry was, that he had not. Thus the Right Hon. Secretary presumed, that he answered the Hon. Member on these points, to be informed with revel to which, appeared his (realest anxiety ; and :se himself %sesta happy in being so fortunately able, unrestrained by official duties, to have u in his power to quiet that anxiety. On the other two points of inquiry. as to the nature of our relations with the Ottoman Porte, and the ob ka of the expeditions which so lately sailed from oar sense, be should, on the first head, only say, that it was the determination of Ministers to accord with the wish expressed in His Majesty's Speech, it the opening of the Session, upon all occasions mani festing a desire to preserve the in stual good under standing which had so long subsested between the two Courts. With respect to the objeft of the ex peditions, the House could no:, surely, in the pre sent situation, expel him to enter into any explana tions.-.(hear! A•ar advice which His Majesty's Ministers might deem advisable to give on the propriety of a speJrly prorogation, be wnuid no; then discuss ; but he con.idered it a perfectly new principle, and nor recognised by the princip:es of the thitish Constitution, that becau e there was a probebility of important and critical circumstances occurring in the interval of a recess, therefore that Parliament oven not to be allowed the cud.- nary time of recreation, prescribed by long establish• ed usage. Mr. WHITBREAD explained, that it was not for any attack upon the prerogative, but upon its ealinary and beneficial exercise, that he adverted to the intended _prorogation. Relative to the expe ditions, the Right Hon. Secretary raisconce.ved burn : he did not demand explanation, he only in stanced C.e probable events to which they might give birth, as arguments to prove the necessity of keeping Parliament sitting. The Questeoa of Adjournment, until Thursday near, was then put and carried. The ordinary grants at the conclusion of a Ses sion were then moved and agreed to. The .'FAKER informed the douse, that John Bagwell, Esq. a Petitioner upon the eleilion of the county of Tipperary. had not entered into the porn recognizance* ; nor hid Fre leriek Falki- Insw, Esq. for the Coll3t . ; en.t the.re• ortaive orders for tot • ... leutsuus wto comi titration were of tour discharged. Adjourned at rain clock until Thursday next. • Me. Sheridan'. motion on the State of Ireland was postponed to Thursday next, in order to have the fullest and most deliberate discussion. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. TONNINGEN MAILS. CoPtlMA•gis, JULY 28. It Is report"d here that the English will place all the ports of the Baltic under a stri& blockade. The latest accounts from the Duchies mentioned nothing of the return of our troops colleted there; but rather render it probable that no exchange will take place there in this respect before the beginning of the wint:r. AVG. I. This day, at noon, it was reported on the is change here, that an English let of About 20 ships. had been seen in the Cattegat. Travellers who have arrived from Sweden. as sure us, that a part of the Swedish cavalry and hussars, which had been sent to Pomerania, had returned to Malmoe. B.rron Herdenherg is gone from Memel to Rip. (lianeburirk Cor►espvndenfen, 4ig. 5.) rIONTICRI Or POMIRANIA, AUG 1. Many of the mote opulent inhabitants of Stral sund have left that city, and gone re Rugen or Swe den. On the 23th of July, his Highness the Prince of Neuhchatel, Minister at War, passed through Dentatio to Swedish Pomerania, whence he re turned on the SOth. His Swedish Majesty has again had an interview with a Piench Olficer of high rank.—(Hanebargh Correlponaentrn, Aug. 5 - - WARSAW. JULY 22. The General DireCtory has just issued a procla mation to the inhabitants of this city, in which we find the following passage:— " Despise all the false reports which the Inveterate enemies of pular country tircuiate....the greatness of soul or Napumun is your rtgio—mar fate cannot he determined at this moineiat-.. an impenetrable veil must conceal it fur some time from our eyes--let as Mere the sublime wisdom of him who commands the half of the w0r1.1.-••Ravish the denten of soar hearts—be p ene t ra t e d with obedience—and resign . sourwlves to the confi dence you ought to have in his gonslines--yeur happiness de pends oil it. The least murmur, the least opposition to his will, may dismay all that you have hitherto done." The following is an extra& of a private letter from Altona, diesel July 31 :— •rWe have this day received the important Intelligence from Schwerin, e the date of the 47th July, that the Court et Mecklenburgh had received advice, that the French General, Molitor, was et that time in Stralsund, visaing for the soften der of that fortress to the French troops. Flags of truce were continually paieng mod amassing, and every hour the result of this important negocialien wm expected to transpire. The King of Sweden is repotted to have em►arked f,tt Malmo,. It is said, In the engagement of the 19th, Hu Majesty, who was asseonspanieS by Mr. Pierrepolint, the British Mints ter et the Court of Stockholm, was in great danger of being taken primmer." W• HAW, JULY 43. The Turkish Ambassador sent a courier to the hied-quarters to inquire of His Imperial Majesty, whether he sbould remain apt Warbaw. follow Wm z into Saxony, or return to Constantinople ? the Em peror, we are assured. in answer. desired him t'i rr ma here. In consequence, however, of a later s ' (der,: thaeMintsser hag set out for Vitnna. wio:re le' will wait • for commands: he has left his 4etary here t,) receive the omnaands of His erial and Royal Majesty. • BRESLAU. JULY 18: Wir,hal Maness arrived here, yesterday moth ' " 1• • ing, rutin diriGrisod Army, on his w.ay to P 7145. A 11451BURC, JUL'? et. Our Journ a l c o n t a ins the following art!cle from trieste, dated the tOth of this Moot!): A sown a 3 OH Russian Admiral Siniavia • bad leartied the de. pities of Sultan Sella*, te save ordeis, prehal)lf wit's a view to inspire the new Bohai ' Must. ,ha, with favourable sentimants towards Ru•ci4; nn: only to raise the blockade of Smyrna, bet :n suffer 411 vessels 14den with provisions, fur Coast tottnr.p!s, • o pass freely from the Archipiago through the Dardanelles.' m, Jut.v 30. His Highness the Prince of Parte Corvu arrived he". yesterilays at nine in the evening. OF Tilt BLit, AVG J . We are assured that His Majesty the King of Pro•sia will not in future ieside at Berlin. but at Koningsberg. ALT^IIA. 4111:(3. 4. There is a report that His !martial 11 ghneis the Grand Duke of Wurtzurgh will be made King of Fran.onia, and that Anspstrh, /4e:en/burgh, Bamberg, and Bayreuth, will be added to his territory. We had flattered ourselves that the calamity of war would soon terminate in Swedish Pomerania. but this hope is not yet reliaed. The accounts from Strtlsond are of the 30th of July, at which time hostiiities had not yet ceased. According to the report. wehave here, the first asserahly of tbo Rhine will immediately be held at Frankinrt. etaismr, Jo 4.1• (Frlrt the Tetegrfflph.y CONVZNnow between the undersigned Nlajor General the Ponce of Neurtehatel on the rme part, and Field Marshal Count Kalkreuth, on the other, as Pienipotea• tones appointed by their Sovereigns so conelticlogr Cots- rention, conformable to the 29ili Article of theilltrity of Peace concluded at betwe...re his I , l3jeiltil she Em peror and Kin; Napoleon, and his Nlar , ty the King of Prussia Art. 1. Comniissioners shall be appointed. with/nit tip. lay, to erect Nits on the boundartee of the Cliiiehv of Warsaw, ancient Prussia. the territors of ilantzie. ..n the bountlanes between the Kingdom of Peessta and Westphalia.' Art. U. The town of Tilsit shall b. given op on the 20th of July. lioitigiberg on :be 2.5 th. and by theiget August the &pantry tells. Pasairge. 011 IV hie» the afity • had its position& On the 40th August anetent PI" +SA shall be evacuated to the Vistula. On the sth of September the rest of Ancient Prussia tee the Oder. shall be evacuated. The boundaries of the territory of Danizic shall ba. r' traced in • circle of two leagues round the env, and mark. all by boundary poles, bearmg the arms of Entice, 1.)X114; lie, ' Saxony, and Prussia. On the Ist of October the whole of P 51133111 to the Übe. shall be evacuated. *Silesia shall likewise be restored by the tat of Ortobltr, SQlll.it I.s tWO months end a half it spire evacuation of the kingdom tai P• is shall he csuied into effect. The ',act ot • *l--:in•-• , - of-efaglzkisug,tituate.on the right Beek of toe have, o the provinces of Peenzimie 7•••=seeralk, shall not be till me Ist of No vember, • a ,lipe shall ht .1461,.., beyond which no troops shall a s ., r_sch Berlin. With respect'to Stettin, the time of its evacuation shall be fixed by life Plenipotentiaries. Six thousand French shall remain in that city till the moment of its evacoatu.n. The fortresses of Spandau, Custrin, and in general :al' the places in Silesia, shall be give n ti p t o t h e troops of His Majesty the ing of Prussia 011 the tat of October. Art. 111. It is understood, that the artillery, provisions for war, and. in general, every thins in the fortresses of Palau, C,olherg, and Oraudentz, shall remain in the state th-y at present are. The .score shall he observed with respect to the for tresses of Glatt and Cosel, if the French troops have not yet taken possession of then. An. IV. l'he abovementinned arrangements shall be carried into execin ion at the appointed nines, if the con. tributiosa imposed on the country shall bate been paiii ; and it iaanderstood that the contributi )))) .111 AI be cono dered di paid, when sufficient security is ;riven foe it. and such aeshall be accepted by the lutendanGGeneral of the army. It is likewise understood, that every contribution that shall not have been made publicly known before the ex. change of the ratifications, shall be null nod of no effect. Art. V. All the revenues of the Kingdom of Prussia. from the day of the exchange of the ratifications, shall be paid into the treasuries of the Kiag and on account of his . I\I3.ICSIV, if the contributions which ha, c l,..coiste payable front the Ist November I soli, to the Jas of the ratifica tions, shall have been discharged A.t. VI. Commissioners shall be appointed on both side to accominodate, in a friendly ni.ooter, all disputed points. They shall repair to Berlin ~ n the e3th of Jilly, that there mac he no obstacle to die r , ice tflon. Art. VII. 'The French troops and prisoners of war shall be maintained by the country, and front the maga zines in it, till the day of the evacuation. Art. VIII. If the hospitals, at the time the troops shall withdraw, shall soli contain patients, the Frvnth sick in their shall be taken care of, and supplied with all by the administration of the Kiog, without, on that accown, ceasing to be attem:ed by their officers of lit ilth. Art. LX. The present contention shall be carried into full and complete &eel. in witness of which we hate stetted it and affixed w It our seals. 3.larAtal ALIIRAINDPR BERTHI6III. (higlicd) Field-Marshal COUlit KAL.cagunt Konigancri:, luly 17, 15.7. an y hulivi t. f or he i4vi c f a fever stoble 6 IS ly w hiterer. ass ta.hiti fere Mail ' to shrink i t being a tha: tt•eY • sirru'.l I.OE to of suPP^s e o Irmo y, themsbre fatourAlll, 7 the other I re g eisualt of) thing roc .1 tile iiiitga c:riieJ 011 rr :hetet:re •• cte I l ei • • M ^t the Et Lord .rat hi :late his s parattve teasnn Sir J( • wa rds et' aid his Lords. a . Mt. is inch sad Hon. Get preceded f /finer CE wry dies seemed tc fictory tc lori t Mar to i • :ril se I S, r, wow *once Use Y4Se, wa O Lat llci••rr.tich, Boatel ginal eau kfight H. view it as ▪ that, he sea he b. in that nurses w to one of is tetto.illy II') talel rail( ttii • lOgAtlte • any ohj,:i ▪ miglit be q. it tr.easure I deed, one as severed it s- ocular, at ought i A sn. It wt If puLiic mi Cern dish of couli re Fa, there of pers-sure a Levi.. I e- ken ace° rf wet e we'd • selves ha It th" pubti. ae *Ube (2 ▪ Chair, an St ordered i ti- Members de Council. DO he On the iinildte up tg but iinint of propriety ru entering ii t- division tc to the propri it. were orde ny 501 witne ( sc. : : c h ur a :: 'Pt! His tngite hh P ‘ver ( , find W 4 DOC kani diratum. It IP4S nu sot Ir a , inquirie s ?Dents ia ronuci ne CAI L. atvear interv a l ireinns, zati n %Nab so, fire he ralsiante nether the Hoa ird3road FR /NI THE FRENCH ANL) DUTCH PAPERS. Hallot•ae,Jtttt al. His Highness the Prince of Pont. Corvo is ex. reed here in a few do's. According to what we learn, a change is to take place in the countries of Gottengen And Grubenhagen. which report says are to be united with the kingdom of Westphalia. 'Aim /*LT 48. Yesterday, at fire in tie rrnuirig. His Gfaje•ty arrived at St. Cloud, in very go 41 bath. At nine his arrival was anGounced by vary di.obargcs of cannon. ItANKFOII7, JCLY 49. The rnarrirge of his Higtness Jo:ince lemmti with the Priricr , s cf W•asrrit.erg. Mill be celebrated by proxy ca !VIM nugun. at Stuttgard. The I Ws. bcit.g the anniversary of the Emperor Nap- Ison's Coronation. be has incited the Prince Primate to be present on the occasion. PI , I ili