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the erew out of each neutral, whom they replace by an equal trumbetof spies, whose continuance in the port lasts as lot% as that of the ship. er However grcat the precautions may have been whirl rift have hitherto prescribed, relative to nett , 'els admitted into the ports, it is possible they may net be Galant to frustr, psis manoeuvre ; and for this purpose, you must use the follow , lag meats': " You will recommend that a very rigorous ex talk ;nation shall be made of the crews of all neutrals which may come into the ports of your distrift ; and if from Ma visit it should result that any Eng ' Tishman, or other suspicious plerson, is found on • board, he must be immediately arrested, as well as the rest of the crew ; they must be interrogated , and with every precaution necessary to the discovery of the truth. " Should a Captain of a neutral vessel be con .. vieted of having received on board, and introduced '• into France, men sent from English cruisers, with oat having made such declaration on his auival, will be treated as an accomplice, d' spionmaze, and his vassel confiscated. t 0, In order that no pretest of ignorance may be • allkged bj the neutrals to evade the rigour of these • • ,arrangements, It is desirable that they should re stive the mutest publicity. (Signed) " DrCRIS. " DOULOGNS, APRIL 525. Arrived here yesterday a flotilla of 64 ships of PP different sizes, which sailed from Honfleur co the s3d, under the command of Capt. Hamelin. Its junaion was elicited in sight of the enemy. L'ORIENT. APRIL et. • An English cutter, of 12 guns, having struck on rock near the harbour of Douclan, was got off train; but soon after sunk. The crew saved them selves in a fishing boat, and took refuge in the Isles ef Glenant, where they were made prisoners by some pinnaces from Concarneau. 1 mats, Aran. 27. Conchs the Adjun of the General Staff at • • Wieners, has published a waft on the necessity of tensioning the Consular authority hereditary. s, The city of Lyons, and the whole department of Ilse illsona and Loire, have sent an address to the ' rirst Causal, by a deputation, in which they say, es It il v dse wish oifisirty millio ns of Frenchmen to Ind salt means ' ' render France happy, and to Onstnett - all the atiestpts of fathom; and this means isC say they, .0 to render the first magistracy in a giggle family, and, consequently, in the family of Idea veirb now invested with it." A privy cooncii,.which lasted several tours, has main hem held at St. Cloud. Geier Moreau is very comfortably lodged in - and his wife is permitted to visit him preset** of the guard. The report that the Touloa bet had been seen • bleeseilles, is much doubted the Mealiest makes so mention of it. A somber of persons were lately arrested in La Veindie, on suspicion of having favoured the land ing of some English spies ; but they have been set at liberty ; it appearing that there were no grounds for this suspicion. They write from St. Petersburgh, that the imp. Isak dale of the Grand Duchess Maria, favourite sister to r His Imperial Majesty, with the Hereditary Prince of Sate Weymar, are fixed for the 22d of July, the old Style. This is the name's day both of the Empress atDowager and of the Grand Duchess the bride, and very day that the Hereditary Prince of Saxe. arrived Lut year at Peterhof, where the Imperial Court then resided, to celebrate the name's /ay of the Empress Dowager. Great preparations are now making for the festivities, which are to be continued for ten days. The marriage ceremony is to be performed in the Imperial chapel at Peterhof 1 respective frontiers between Sweden and r.9lleneentk are now to be arranged during this sum iner, according to the frontier treaty of 1751, and jrasetakeendos of 1791. The offer of mediation by the First Consul on this occasion has been &dined by the two Northern Courts.—( Lc Ckf Callao.) IThe gladness of Bavaria is arrived at Carlsruhe, wa a visit of adieu to the King and Queen of Sweden. • 'The French Engineers sent by the First Consul So draw a cones map of Hanover, and to point out all the bet military positions, require three years to compiete this undertaking. The performance by a company of affix, ue , , at L i the Coen Theatre at Hanover, in honour of Ma t^4 * s e Desolles, at the request of General Berthier, was exceedingly brilliant. The boxes were &co ilea with green garlands, and orer the Theatre ik was a transparency, with the Is;:ters 1.. D. (Louisa I:treaties). A numerous orchestra, from the chosen hods of the principal regiments, assisted in the re possocation of the Opera, Lcs Eprear,l V.l , M oves. • Clowserml Domoulin had composed several airs in ho nour of the day. At 10 o'clock, a transparent bal kon was interded to be let of. but it caught fire by accident. \ TH E BRITISH PRESS . LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY tI. Much of the doubt and uncertainty which have hitherto hung over the New Ministerial arrange ments was removed in the course of yesterday. At ten o'clock in the morning, Mr. ADDINGTON waited upon His Manna' at the Queen's House, and delivered into his hands the seals of office, which were immediately given to Mr. PITT; and in the evening, in the House of Commons, Mr. Loma moved a new Writ for the University of Cambridge, in the room of Mr. PITT, who has ac cepted the offices of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Such has been the result of the interview which Mr. PITT had on Wednesday evening with His MAJUTT. Upon that occasion, as we stated yesterday, Mr. PITT laid before His Maissr v the difficulties which he had met in the formation of a new Ministry, and the reasons assigned by the parties who had created them. Far, however, from having the desired ef felt ; we believe the representation only confirmed His Msnar v in the course which he had previously proposed to take; and Mr. PITT was desired to proceed to form a ww Ministry with the re striaion originally enjoined, namely, the exclu sion of Mr. Fox. Mr. PITT, it is now evi dent, has c..me into office upon these terms, and has been since aEt ively engaged in carrying His lii A- Jur y's commands into execution. Hitherto, how ever, he has not, we believe, made a great progress. As the Gatsvittts, the Wasousus, the Marquis Of STAFFORD, Mr. CANNING, and a few others of Mr. Pi r's old friends, still continue firm in their resolve to decline aay part in an Administration founded upon the proscription of Mr. Fox ; Mr. PITT is obliged to use some of the materials of the departing Ministry in his new strueture. The Deke of PORTLAND. Earls CHATHAM and WESTMORE LAND, and Lords ELDON and CASTLIIEAGN, it is said, remain in office. The• other principal Members, we understand, will be new. Of these, Lord Mct.vilLt 1111 to succeed the Earl of ST. VIM. CLNT, as first Lord of the Admiralty. The rest remain uncertain. Lord H►watsauar has been invited to continue in office ; and, as he has taken time to consider, will probably consent. Lord H aa 'owns, has been also solicited to come in, but we understand he has firmly resisted the most pressing intreaties of Mr. T.rr. Any hope lately entertained by Mr. Fox and his friends. of being able to bring him into power, is now fled, and the new Ministry may espeft a fotaii4able opposition from that quarter. TM' must prove a great dis appointment to all who wished to see an Admi nistration limped upon a broad and solid basis, and comprising the most distinz,t:shed talents in the country. Looking at the critie.ti state of the nation, and conceiving that it required an Admaiistratisin formed of all the strength and alsility of the co.:n•w, we confess we were nnrious to see Mr. F. is the Cabinet. Whatever might 1•e his p for France, we do not consider him as the less fond el Enzland on th it account. An Administra tion, in which every party in the kingdom would have been represented, was, in our opiaion, of all others, the most desirable. It would hare co ll een. trued the "'bole spirit of the country, anil added mate to its seentity than 100,000 bayonet!. This, it may be said, is very well in theory, but not re- docible to pra4lice. Such discordant particles as tie PITTS, WIN VH MS, FOXES. and GRENVII. LES, We are told, could never at in harmony. But why not make the trial ? The worst that could hap- pen is only Is hat the country is now suffering, without the chance of the experiment. Had they all come into office, and quarrelled, the stronger party would have prevailed, and the other must have resigned—the aced of which would be, to put us precisely in our present state, to give strength to Opposition, and weaken and embarrass • . • the Minister. - But however different the principles and views of Mr. Pirr, Mr. Fox, Lord Gam VILLE, and Mr. NVINDLIAM, may be, we do not think so meanly of them, as to suppose they must quarrel the moment they met in the Cabinet. The pressure of the times, the critical state of the coun try, and of all Europe, would be a bond of union, which ought to secure their concord, until they had weathered the storm that threatens us, and the vessel of the state was moored in safety.—The country, however, has not arrived suddenly and unexpeftedly at this crisic. A strong tendency to it has been visible for several days past ; and, if it has not been loudly deprecated by the partisans of Mr. Fox, it is because they fondly hoped that tht power and influence of his party would have surmounted the difficulty which he had to encounter. That hope, however, being now removed, and no chance remaining, they will, no doubt, be henoeforth loud in their abuse of Mr. PITT. As we stated, in a former number, we do not, however, conceive, that Mr. PITT'S honour is compromised by coming into office without Mr. Fox. There was no ;oat. tion, expressed or understood, between them. On the contrary, Mr. PITT has uniformly avoided every appearance of it. The history of the Session shews distinaly the relative situation in which Mr. Fox and Mr. PITT SLOOd. The GRENVILLIS and WIND* Hems, forming what was called the New Opposi tion, had been long struggling to overturn Mr. AD ot soToN's Administration ; but they could make no impression upon it. In this state of things, they found it necessary to call in the aid of Mr. Fox ; and Lord GaEnvlLLe undertook to bring about an union, and did effefl it. Thus reinforced, they re newed their attacks upon the Minister, but with ve ry little better chance of success. In the mean time, Mr. ADDINGTON, by setting up for himself, by re fosing a prompt obedience to every suggestion of Mr. PITT, and refusing the latter the merit of every as that was laudable in his administration, had com pletely alienated Mr. PITT, and, from a friend, converted him into an adversary. The Minister had thus two foes to contend with ; but, as they aged without any mutual understanding, he did not feel the less secure. This was the state of parties before the Easter Recess. The two weights were never in the same stale. Sometimes Mr. PITT was with Mr. ADDINGTON ; and sometimes the GRENVILLE; d.. 1 not interfere. In the mean time, they were enabled to form an estimate of their separate forces, and to direa them with more address and eat% The New and Old Opposition, thus united, accordingly agreed to bring forward a series of questions after the recess, consisting of such only, as, from their knowledge of Mr. PITT'S sentiments, they could rely upon his support. Mr. Fox's motion upon the state of the nation was the first of this series. The result is known, it shook the Minister in his seat. Mr. Pier's own motion followed, and its result, by overthrowing the Minister, rendered any farther exertions of the Geese mil and Fox Party super fluous. If this be the true relative slate of the three parties, Mr. Pi r r's honour is not compromised by coming into office without Mr. Fox; on the contrary, the Gas eels ses are bound to Mr. Fox, they courted his alliance, and cannot desert him without a breach of faith.— All the praise, therefore, lavished upon them for disinterested condu& might be spared.— They could not do otherwise without covering themselves with dishonour. But while all must, under these circumstwices, aceuit Mr. POUT of breach of faith, soma miy question his prudence. It is true, he will meet a formidable opposition, with diminished forces; as the most powerful of his old friends swell the ranks of his adversary. But if there was good reason to fear that even the leaders of that Opposition, they who were to reap all the honour and glory of the vitt ory. could not agree in the Cabinet, who can expea that all the privates in the ranks will be true to each other, and hearty in the same cause? Here are materials in abund ince for Mr. Pier to work upon; and, from his experi ence in dividing and sohdividing an Oppositiol, he may safely reckon up m bringing over not a few deserters to his camp. Beside:, he has that at his back which is a tower of strength. He has the Kiss's name; the Kis° restored to l-zaith, and in the view and eyes of his affeaionate people. The k t se's illness proved fatal t 3 Mr. ADZING 3!4'S Administration. The slowness of his recovery prodaced dmbt in the m nii of sat it and fele in all. They considered the Minister a l only possessing a precarious and-entamentary pow, and it was the natural efeft , of sliatlfeeling to rralile that doubt and fear.: Her!, then, !sir. Pint senses one great and essential advantage ov•- c i„, predecessor, independent of all the advantages whi c h he derives from superior talent, iniLencc, and m i . neflions. But until the new Administration shall be completely formed, no one is competent to cAlct.. late its probable duration. \Ve can only say tFst an Administration, including the leaders of of parties, would promise to be more laitiop.-. zed give more satisfaftion to the country, than any Al ministration upon a narrower basis, and of such materials as remain in Mr. PITT'S hands. 1 11 On V urnerol ith th, ;Id Gall style of them, had be, he: dr, g by Vii:. and 13 which cell's, Vas. 1 bc,tutil cited b tion fa Conce genet. and ii T!,e s At a late linnr last night, we received Paris PA pers to the 2.7 th ult. The stew order of things is rip.r.. ing f...t, and the Imperi il diadem will soon he ca. tailed upon the little upstart Corsican and his heir s for ever, in the fare of all Europe, and in defence and in derogation of every legitimate Prince uroe the Continent. One ground of hope, however, remains to the honourable, the virtuous, the lorai. and the good. It is the short lived existence of the various systems and orders established since the downfall of the old Monarchy of France. Since the French revolution, every vidorious lac. tion has changed the mode of introducing a constitu tion, decreed by rebels and obeyed by slaves. The Constitutional Assembly, after thirty months of deliberation, finished a constitution not only con. trary to their instrudions, but without at all cot. suiting the people, which they forced the unfortu. nate Louts XVI. to accept in September 1791, though, by it, anarchy was proclaimed and order annihilated. The Lislative Assembly destroyed this constitution, and the National Convention tie creed a republic in 4792 with the same precipitancy, ,withottt regarding the welfare or opinion of their countrymen. This republic subsisted ten months, viz. from September 1792 to August 1793, without any constitutional code. The passions and crimes of tip members of the National Convention go verned France; and the atrocities of ROBES PIERRE and his Committee of Public Safety, tyrannised for, eighteen months over France and her National Con, vention. The republican constinition of equality, as it was fabricated in Roacselia RE'S Committee of Public Safety in 1793, Was approved by the Na tional Convention, and accepted by the French na. tion with more unanimity than any subsequent one, because the French republicans had no choice e but between this constitution or the guillotine. After the death of Roommate, Sr evts, and the constitutional committee of the national convention, were fourteen months bossy in manufsaduring the Diredorial Constitution, which was laid before the people, who, at that time, enjoyed some few weeis .freedom, and therefore rejeAed it with a large ma jority; and when the .regicides of the national con vention insisted upon its observance, the Parisians resisted it with arms in their hands, and eight thou. sand of them were killed in the streets of Paris, ca the tith Oflober, 1795, by &amass, and BONA.. P ARTE, for daring to claim the liberty of a free eledion of representatives, and the choice of a con stitution that would make France happy, in puai‘hiegber radios' oppressors. This constitution. whicit B.;mirsnea's cannon' organised in 17:6., his bayonets destroyed in 1789.—At that tits-. external defeats, and internal disasters and trou'ales made the nation submit to any change that pro mised to be for the better. Besides Doe:Arai:es Agents every where proclaimed that his deterM.ns tion was to restore the Bourblits and Monarchy; he therefore met with little resistance, thou; b not one-sixth of the citizens who had a right to vote, gave their consent, bin remained silent.— Even in 180 4 2, notwithstanding the glorious pee:F. cations he had just concluded, only one-twelfth cf the Citizens wrote down their names for a CORM late for life; and of these, many were bribed by the many millions by which this step towards a grate was purchased. In such a manner have the f r:re - Kings of tadion obtained power, and such ia origin of Pus AP ARIL'S usarpation, which ; • intends to make hereditary in his foreign and : family, to the eternal shame of Frazee, and t..e humiliation all Europe. Mr. LISTON, our late Ambassador in 1-Ular.d, and more recently employed on an extraordinary Mission at the Court of Denmark, arrived on Wed nesday at the Royal Hotel, Pall-Mall. He came hsime by w•ay of Norsv and landed at Leith. eu•:u sccou whia c? Ti Dispatches for Admiral DLCILWORTH were rn Wz,tne, ay n:ght torwars:ed to Faimit: h, ! 0 Le rut on board L:e Aarcs4 frigate, bound t.) the Ws :At I :dies. s c 'A . At Voir LEY, pleb' ROVC at h TOl _ Letter• reached town on Wednesday. from the Me diterranean, which mention, that the plague has bra ken out at Madrid, and that numbers were came' off da;ly. We have seen letters dated the Liter Clt nt !starch, from Barcelona and other Spanish pas, which are si:ent on the subjed. by of xr boo The Lords of the Admirahy bare sent to :or t l Kerns and Admiral Coiosiwat.i.ts cParm<- sions, for the purpose of promoting such 04.-erz ,1 • squalr..n., as may be des:Tying theci, t raro: el Commanders and Lieuten.ot4 . In, the apartments of Coacher', mid the confi denpial friends of General Pichegrn, was found a portfolio with papers of the greatest consequence, which have compromised a number of persons who have been since arrested. This Conchery, as well as his brother, had great pretensions to loyalty and ability, but by not destroying or burning these papers, he certainly aged the part either of a rogue or a fool, as he, for weeks after both Moreau and Pichegru were in the Temple, escaped the researches of the Police. These papers will be published after Couc'sery's trial.—Journal Des DV, szseurs. Krappitz is the name of the estate in Silesia where the Prussian Minister Count Haugwitz is exiled. Some ascribe his disgrace to the influence of England, others, and with more probability, to that of Russia. The report that the First Consul has presented him with a gold snuff-box with his minia ture, set round with diamonds, worth four thousand louis d'ors, we have season to believe, is unfounded ; at least, if such a present has been made, it was before this Minister's disgrace, and, no doubt, with the consent of his Sovereign. (Le Cileyen Francais.) The report, that Citizen Mehee has been appointed a Counsellor of State, and a Member of the Legion of Honour, is premature, though the services he ha rendered his country deserve every reward a just and grateful government can bestow. In defeating eeriest/to/ British intrigues, be has prepared this cer tain discomfiture of British armies. (Lt C•teven Franon,). The 5 per cents. consols, are at 55 francs, 40 cents.