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partial quotation, as a person who had violated the ' cantintence which Denmark had repined in hind, and had actually calumniated the Couat:y uiid Go vernineut by which 1w had been so treated. The Crowu'Prince had also aeon unfairly represeeteklea Prince, the most distinguished for that high 'spirit of honour and maginutimity which has on ail oe. casinos characterised the . Illustrious House of • Brunswick, from which.he has descended, and the proud blood of which has never been.vitisted in his career. Besides, it -was a most irreeoncileeble proceeding to justify the measures tAken against ' Copenhagen, not by the production of documents, , iinmediotely referriug to the period when that ex peditiou was undertaken, but by papers apple <Ade to other and more remote circumstances, and dated months before the late changes on the Con tinent had taken place. But even of the previous corresiondauce much had been withheld, purticu lady that . relating to the expressed deteninnation ' of the Crown Prince to support an lionounible and a strict neutrality, and his positive denial of li e ni naval preparations beyond the customary and , . nary repairs made at that origami of the year. Moreover, th e re was a communication expressive of the intention of that distint;uislied character to concentrate the Dullish troops in Zealand, and leave Holstein to its fate, In case the French Emperor should attempt to force him out of the line of his es enb ; confiding, • as he did, is the resourcai i re Cem possessed of defending his Manta • ions against French aggressioo, when aided g c ; l' t e lre British arid Swedish melts. Why, urn, wise these papers not produced by Miinoters ? livensiste their production would give the true character to the late attack upon that unotfeuding power, and because the good sense of this country wooed not then suffer itself to be imposed upon by the delusion 40 artfully propagated, that the unprincipled attack upon Copenhagen was the Nitration of the country. The Noble Earl con - eledad by assuring the House, that he had it from isme of she most remeetable Naval Officers in the service, that when the British Expedition sailed for the Baltic, there was en preparation, either in the Danish ships or arsenals, to justify the 'pre . . !tension of any hostile disposition Mastitis against this canonry. a, Lord Hawaasavar rose to explain, and pro . onunced a high panegyric on the ability, tjuc lute ' . . and the public services of Mr. Gurtcke, the R • od jf.tway to the Court of Dramadt. Gastivt4x reminded the Noble Secretary, that though that*Roase pronounced in its wisdom the attack on Copenhagea both just anti politic, that it was not the only public measure on the . Omits of which they pronounced a similar previous opinlen, and subteeviently agreed to require, by pia elimination of the lketaanto the accuracy of - ' the dairies) : (Alhofing to the °Mersin Council on Which emilawee will pow be heard.l ' • Lord Mus,ciaava opposed the motion, and al- Wad to die mission of Mr. Adair 'to the Court of • Rambla M. the year 1791. He Malted to know front 'the Noble Baron (Holland), counected as he was with the greet character, supposed to be well se etogoted-witli the object of that mission (Mr. Fox) whither he *could' =plain its nature and its ten "' - Leta tiott.axe, t i c: the is doe of great eeitatios sad mends feeling. &considered that r the question of the Noble Load to him could have • so other oloject, thee to awaken the most distress ing lielite,go.-feelings of regret be meant at the iecomparable law he had sustained by the death of that ever-to-be-lamented ' relative, to he con • meted. with whom be should ever prise as the *soot minable teueideration of his life. Ills own youth sad inexperierent, it the tu ne alluded to, must . have convinced the Noble Lor.l.,that he could not be acquaintedwith the cirtyisetagees to which be directed his 4iiiestioli:- ' ,• , 1 „, b Lord Muaoaays briefly explaitie , i, b ond the astitien was negativo without a division. • On the motion of Lord II AWIESSUIY, the Houle resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill grounded on the Orders in Conned. Upon the chime impeding certain restrictions span East India ships—. . Lad Gairami.te propoed an amendment. for the e tr i lear of tempting those ships belomoug to the East India Company, in order, to remove all dubiety oi,von the subject. - This was objected to by Ministers, as being to . tally ituisecewary. 'the Noble Lords on the opposite side expressed theineolves very strongly upon the anreasonableness of such a', objection. The amendment out put, cud negatived without a Ilivirion. Upon which, Lord GIIIIIVILLS rose, sod observed, that after moving an amendment, which was merely intended to elucidate the law, and remove those dubieties which evideatly eziii;ed in the minds of &tine of - the Noble and Learned Lords who had spoken, he deemed it in vain to attempt oinking any ahem liens apa the Bd. and 'honkd therefore retire, and . ' • leave the Ministers iu the fall enjoyineat netjists own measures, imperfect .aari improper us they • V ela thi s th e whole Opposition Lords rose, in order to retire, when Lord II iwarseuny iuti meted, that if the Bill should go through the Com mittee without any ameuclinent, (this *burro:ion created a roneidereette degree nj risibility on the per: t f the Oppnaition,l- ho shonkl propose, that as to morrow 'night he iucouvenient for the third reading of the Bill, oa account of the necessary absence of many of their Lorilghips, it might take place upon Monday next. Thb was objected to on account of Monday , . being already fixed for hearing the Petitioners against the Orders in Council ; and Tuesday was suggested in place thereof. This again being re • anted by Lord Hawaesnuar, the whole of their Lordship, on the Opposition Benches retired ; there being then no one to oppose any of the remaining Clauses, they were passed through the Committee, pro furies. end on the Home re, - Mg, the Bill was ordered to be remora third time to-morrow. At thie o'clock• the House adjourned. HOUSE Of COMMONS. A Niessart war brought op bow the Len* 10113.Witi He, (Lawns. Am that Haar.. tut %awed $1 11.04.1)C0ra Wks cowry. withuot araworttarat. . Mr. Mt cnnanall isetehe betegitt np the report of At !trailed tier f cutout, satin, dlghthe Sitting Members wog rink elected, nod the petition was mother frieptima our yews the, The SPE astit the Heine, the etanaideration of the Petition fur Weritneinntee, preferred by the Iti:ht Hue. Rirbrrd ilnsalry Siu n.i u, having beer hued fur Tueuisy last, cud the Petitioner not 41 , 04 appeared by himself, ue hie Counsel, in one boor after the appointed time., the order had born iiitwlterged, sad ha had issued en :oder to the Ckrk of the Excluipter tupriareelf bp due tourer of law, in order that therecognbasieee catered into by the Petitioner be ta lented. •_ _ _ _ . . Ur. RYNG presented a Petition from the Commissioners of Sea era against the -Bin fur °guiding a bridge ore, the Tiallats, opposite Simakamtpton-street. ()Meted to lie ea the table. _ y _ _ . _ Mr. Irving, Inspector-Deneral of Exports and Deports, presented nevounts of the anneal consomptiun of Barley sod Oats in the distilleries of Scotland; an account of the amber of ship empltled is the trade of t►e port of Lon t!iio ; tlx tortuop of the sat vessels, sod the number of men employed in navigating them. Also an aecoent of the qutintit or dyed moue exported to America and Denmark, from this kingdom, mutual to t►e Order of this House. These .tetnantis were ordered to lie on the Table._ The en aver tAma of the EXCHTQUut moved, "That in consequence of the deficiancy of Members in the Holm that day, which had bees appointed fee the seleetiou of two Malice. Petition Committees, the same of the Members absent Moth" be reported to the House to-morrow, when be Proposed to move the House should be called over, end such persons se had bees absent should be committed to the cue y of the Serinvat at Arms."--Ordered. Mr. WHIT! beought op • eenveteil list of the O&M% or three Members appointed to try the merit, of the Stirling Petitim, which are es follow t Peter Beane, jun. EA. Jolla Maitland, Esq. Lord G. Thyme Sir J. Dauheoud Kinp R. W. Talbut; Esq. William Richardsou, Eat W. M. Pitt, Esq. J. Rateell, Req. A. M'Kemie Fraser, Esq. J. D. Percher, Esq. Jueepli Marryst„ Esq. William Adams, lisq. G.Fitagerald Hill , Eaq. Sir James Mostgoosery. Jolla Irving, Esq.' _ Mr. Forts tweaght up a Rill for amending the former Art, passed fur prohibiting Ireland fruits haring any trade with India, but through the part of Ludo*, which wu read a first time. The second rending, at the suggestion of by Jon, \r /PORT, Vag fixed Lir Monday neat, and the Bill was ordered to be printed. Mr V. thane the Attorney-General, gave notice he would to-morrow lanai before the Herm, some measure fur the better regulation of criminal bieursiationa bled Is the Kw& Bench. Mr. Rove brought tip the Report an the Pilot Bill, which eias ordered to be received on the t3th of April. Mr. Htteatmot shoved the Order of t►e Day fur the t►ird reading of t►e Melt Welds( Bill, w►ic► was greed to, and t►e Bill reseed. NU WHARTON b.ollht the Report of t►e Committee Mr Mande, whialemas lir. Weeny** beirtight ter t►e aerate ea t►e Irish Beak Token Rail, t►e Report 111111recelemd, the Bill eirderied to be eagivased and reed • t►ird time iIbISISTIPIV. IRISH •MUSED TAXER. The Right Hon. MAURICS FITZGERALD wished, IT pnesible, to alleviate the distremes experienced by the middle °Mom • of people in Ireland, by the uneipial alisessinent of taxes for county purposes. The Manner, he said, in which suck asummeuts had been hitherto made was extremely inaccurate, and sidieet to error, mud the application of the money so raised commie* improvident and inju (liciono. He Loped, ou mowing the papers he was uhout to apply for, he would be able to found some prover:ling on them of general utility. lie then moved That an account be laid before that House of the different presentiments passed by the Grand Jury, in the differeut counties of Ireland, at the Spring Mod Summer Assizes of the year 1807 ; particularising the purposes to which they were ap plied ; also copies of the query books of the Clerk k . of the Crown, and the number of Joys each As size lasted." Mr. FOSTER said, copies of the query books would be extremely difficult to obtain, since in each year there were upwards of lu,ooo entries on them, eurh of which consisted of five or six lines at least. Such copies would he ext:etnely voltunnious, and could seareely he tiny consi lerable use. Air. FertimaALD observed, the labour would be equally divided in thirty-two parts, upon the officers indifferent counties, a , slconsielened the in formation to be dented from t >is soaree al' the most material importance. Sir JOHN NEWPORT stipporte 1 the propriety of his flight !loot. Friend's motion, end bore testimony to the correctness of his statement, relative to the unequal assessment of the county taxes. Alter some obiervations by Mr. FOSTER and Co lonel ri.soov, the papers were ordered, to be fur nished. Sir JOKY NEweore moved, " That therA be given to thisilouse a Copy of the Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Trustees of the ish Linen Board, dated the 7th October, leos, n-parting the deficiency of their funds ; n Cope of the Pt ix:ceilings of the Linen Board on the 15t1h of October, isofi. when Mr. James Corry eras sus pended in the esecution of the situation lie then held under that Board ulsq the Memerial of Mr. Corry, and the Schedule of his Accounts annexed to that Memorial, with several other private papers from the said office. An Account of the several sums of money paid up to the 1611 i of May, 1806, into the bands of Mr. Etliterd Park, Architect to the said Board, with the bahuseeof his Aueomit . let remaining due to him by the Board." The intention of the present motion s the Right I lonour aisle Baronet observed, was to examine the ham per iu which the funds of that great natioirol itisti tutiou were applied, and hence to prove the pre seat constitution of that Board was totally, unfit far the purposes of tootrouling and conducting the affairs entrusted to its charge. Mr. FreveLe said, the funds had been usefully and eronomieally applied, particularly so far us related to the transactions with Mr. Park. Ip this instance the Board had applied lame slims of mo tley to extend the warehouses and (Allies of the establishment, so that instead of $0 aoartinents, constituting the whole of the Linen-hall, as for- Merly was Of ease . there were now 5 or GOO , and the Ilan had become the depot of linen to the amount of nearly two millions sterliag. Sir JOHN NEWPORT raid, he did not mean to steuderon this system acted on by the Board, but only to show that the fluctuating nature of that Bound was such as totally prevented them bring a tit body to govern and direct a grand national concerti. The persons who composed the Board this day were frequently not those who composed It two or three days after, hoice the valtiab:c commeneryl by the one, vim suffered ahasetimes to decay, because the original promoters were no longer Members of the Board which should 'harry them into execution. the Papers were than ordered to be furnished. Mr. liesitts•on obtained leave to bring in a Dill fur upisiiiitins( certain Commissioners for in sretitig certain. Duties to he granted int Malt, be s not, he said, hurry the measure through the /louse, but should, alter it had been read a second tune, more fOr its kiting committedsit some distant day. ORDERS IN COUNCIL. The Order of the Day for the sectmol reading of the Orders in Commit ludemnity Bill was then moved—the. Bill read—and ordered to be coin; muted on Monday nest The CHA NCELLOR of the EIGHLQUER moved the Order of the Day for the House going into Com mittee on the Orders in Council. He wished to inform the Hight lion. Gentleman opposite (Mr. (Tierne)), that the mode of proceeding kid down last night hail been too vague cud micireem scribed ; the Order of the House, he believed, was to let the Petitioners establish their case, as far as they could, by evidence, and then let the Counsel close the whole by his observations. Their case being then concluded, the House would next con sider the Counter-Petitiou, and the evidence brought iu its support after which,. the Peti tioners would have no right of replication or fur ther examination of witnesses. Mr. 'FiltaNtv thought it hard the Petitioners should have no right of cross-examining those wit nesses on whose eounter-evidence so much of their ea s e depended. The SPLARER conceived the Order of the House to be such as that stated by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He estublished the custom lay an appeal to former precedents.; ,lie in 'termed the Petition on the Tobacco Bill, is which item:ince, after the Petitioners had closed their case, several excise officers had been examined against the Petition, whom the Petitioners were not suffer ed to examine. The House, in no instance, were bound to any precise quantity of evidence, but might at any time call in additional evitlenee to that produced, either for or against the Petition. In the instance of the Tobacco Bill, the Committee, after hearing evidence agent 4 the Bill, still conti nued to sit, idler they had procured all they wish ed. They neat finned resolutions, on which a Bill was brought before the House and read. The Committee still sat, sad soon - after entered into further resolutions, which Were brought before the House, and then, end net till thou, the Commit tee broke - up. Such might be the conduct of the House on this or any future occasion, if it should be thought convenient for the public business. The Order of the Day was then read, the House resolved itself iuto a Committee, Counsel MIA ad mitted, sal the following Witnesses examined : Mr. Garland, of Poole, connected with the New foundland Fishery, and Mr. Pollock, an eminent cottou iniumfocturer, who resided a considerable time in America, proved, that the Orders in Coun cil would be destructive of those two branches of our commerce. Mr. Mann and Mr. Ratbbone were called in for the purpose of completing their evidence on some particular tope s, and proved the injury sustained in their trade with America. The CiLiIRMAII then reported prop, and ob tained leave tortit again on Tuella ay next. Some conversation then took place between Mr. TIERNEY, the CiLtriceiwa of the EXCHLQUEN and the Arroftwer and Souctwoa-Genxitat. ; nfter which, the Petitions were ordered to L taken into further consideration on that day. The erri deuce was ordered to be printed. Adjourned at half-past nine (idea. GIBRALTAR MAIL. 61111•LTAR, rre. sta. The Imperieuse, Lord Cochrane, arrived last night from the Eastward, with the intelligence of the Carthagens Beet having sailed on the loth of this month. The Imperiense brought is • ith her • French corvette, of to guns, and four Spanish utrr`haot vessels, which she cut nut of Almeria • few days ago, after a pliant action, in which I.ieut. Caul. Bald, her Find Lieutenant, god one man, were killed, and eleven wounded. The Imperietsse saw tire sail of the hue three dugs ago, off Cape de Gantt, steering this way, ■up word to he the C,arthagena squadron : the Windsor Castle, Nymph, Leonidas, with t►e Minorca and Redwing, put to sea this morning is conscipimiee of thettlouvc intelligeoce. I ES. 16. We learn from the Prize Master of an Americas brig, de tMneel by His 'Majesty's stoup Surinam, that on the :nth loagitade of Cape de Galt, be fell in with a strange squadron, consintiag of six sail of the hue, sad one brig, which he is of opinion were either Russians or French. The brig gears chose to the detained vessel, which hove-to, and skewed her colours; on gloving which, • signal of rival appeared to be MAC from the sqitailron, as she hauled her wind and junked. Ti ry lime steer ing to thelotased. The following - account, received by the Masters( a• Amnesia ship frame New York to Marseilles, shirk arrived yesterday, may serve to spare us a multiplicity of conjectures ss to their maim' is...On the nth, is latitude 37, longitude in. no. le fell is with • Preach squadron, consisting of one threw-decker, four 74'4, a heavy frigate, and s brig. From the frigate he learned, that, taking adiati- Lige of the late heavy gales which had Mown oar cruisers oil the moot, they had effected their escape floes Rochfort wt the *.Ol, and, in disabling Cape Piu.sterre, had steered to the Southward, in the loogitnde of 11.0. to avoid our look out frigate. After examining the American ship they rusts used a southern coarse. until they reached the latitude of 3 - ,..i, alien they hauled to the eastward, sod fell in ith the coast of Barbary, abuts ten or twelve leagues to the southward of t'apr Sperm( On the 81ii they lay-to till sun-art ; about sia tt came to blow hard at S.W. with rain, when they entered the Cut under douhle reefed topsails, and were abreast of Ceuta about twelve o'clock at night, when the American lost sight of them in • squall. This vessel was boned to Mar. seines, bodkin.% in with the Hydra, off Carthagena, was ordered to radars to this port, in cookomity with His Majes ty's late Orders in Council. As the Hydra has sot seen the enemy's squadron, we think it probable they have paned to the southward, on the coast of Barbary. TVE..29. The Carthorse squadron have put into the Ray of Palma, is Hie lased of Mojave, where the Hydra frigate left them three days after, ha►is; watched them from their Whs., as the meth last. AME RICA. FEB. 14, • The Bill passed to-day by the House of Kilos. seutatives, permits the importation of a ll i a l,„ cies in vessels of the United States, which 61164 country prior to the 14th I)ecember kit; d ie tap , bargo was laid the Yid of that mouth, and mese. quently no weasels are now liable to the provisieas of the Non-importation Law, except those skis kit the country between the 14th and 9.id cember. This very important amendment rd yesterday introduced into the Explanatory Bill, a thin noose, and whilst most of the Headier' were stamliog about the lire. Mean. NICHOLAS and Newton said a fv words, but in so low a tour, they were heard but b q few. The majority of the House thought the BL,I very safe, while in the , hands of these Getaivui. and gave no attention to the subject. f 4.leula whether half the Members know at *Aid iliteratut that the Bill contains any such provision. tEL 12. No particulars transpire of the pending htsrp. station ; hut to jedge from the eoeveraatiaes I have had with weU informed people. law of opinion, that usatters will be amicably wheaten; it is expected, that the President will make a core. nineiratioe to Congress in the course of next week, acquainting theta of a satisfactory reparation basis' been made for the affair of the,aesapralcs. As soon as Mr. Madison is able to auend to besine.s, it is expected a bug report on our relations salt France will be made to Congress. res. 14. I cannot help repeating the report which was mentioned, on Friday. of a Treaty basin actually been framed between Mr. Rose and oar Goieru ment. It is also said. that Mr. Nourse, bother to the Registrar of the Treasury. is to carry this Treaty to England. sissr-Toax, FM. 40. It is supposed that Congress will adjoins this month, to meet early in May. THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, FRIDAY, Mac■ As. Government, yesterday, received dispatches trout Mr. Ross, brought to Falmouth by the Nedra packet, in_ 43 days passage from Americo. They are supposed to be favourolde, but Mr. RO4O mission related, we believe, exclusively to the star of the ellesepeake, and the reparation offered wo such as might be expected to peeicestisfactory to America. Letters from Washington to the :loth state to that effect, and add, that Mr. Rose experienced a very gracious reception.—.only a few of the letters and journals brought i.y the Packet were delivered yesterday. A set of New York papers, to the 34th last, were received at LLov to's, where they exeited a great sensation, and to gratify the impatient curiosity of the com riany, it was found necessary to paste them on a board, and move them through the room, in on!, c that all present might see. them. We have made some extracts, from which it appears that a Bill has been passed to amend the Non-Impertatins Act, by which all vessels that cleared out front America, prior to the 14th of December. are es• empted from the operation of that Act. The gene ral character of the news from America may lx considered purific. Mr. MADISON had, been Collfilled by indisposition, a circumstance which appears to have retarded the negociation. It was thought that Congress would be proroguil until the Ist of May, to allow time to receive ail answer from Euglwni to dispatches about to le sent uhf by Mr. Nowise, brother - to the Rugist:.ir of the Treasury. The einbarg,o, however, bad not been taken off alien the Norton sailed, and private letters state that the differences between the ta , ) countries remained in the same state in which they have been for sonic time. The consequences of the emhargst began to be seriously felt. AU articles of imisortistiern hail risen coo-ideriably in prime. while those of American produce had decreased proportioimbly in value. The Afar!borough pucket, with a Mail from it arrived at Falmouth. The follownc.: ti an extract of her Journal : " Monday, Jan. I*, (at Jausaira.) fader this date Cap• lain Bell oborrves, a fleet wan avpidated to sail from James , . on the author April, under convoy • of His Msjesti's ►t:g .im those and Drake sloop. Os the art►, sailed the Cruid.'a. with • wail for Fahnunth, ruder aoavuy of Ills Msjerl , ship Sandwich. a;th, Arrived•tbe Croydon and Brach icl:. the former hailer sprung lwr bowsprit u 8• Caw Bay, and len two toeo overboard. with, Arr:ved the Rent-Drir, farts, Magda., Barchatite, lugletield ; the forgoer broaght 111 a Fratwit whouner privateer, of s goes, pierced fur 12, carrying eighty-five roen, takes off Cape Fraarnie ; Batchaute bruuOit in with her the Spanish brig Car.' fru= Cadiz,lion..il to Vert Cruz, la Ira with cochineal, hid sager, and hellion, to • cons.dceabk as mut ; she cam .! 14 gnus, hot titre* theta nv,chowd when eh-used by the Po thank. Baikal tLc Cruplott, under col , l of the s.,' wich. February 7 i retired Ilia M wit 'a br:s Dada,' Inas the S Lust • Parte Lang timer- sea. Fet the the dite Etat ('ac 1114 bi 4 Gu iut4 he of Be wb