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• L i • i it ~~ r • p ~. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. FILIDAT, Jar. so. I.ord WALSINGRAX presented a petition Milk . Lord iinfingtlon, for leave to hriaig in a Mildlf• Divorce, which was bviiered to' be hid 'spa Ills' table.. Mr. Sphiax appeared at tbe bah 8011 . waited Rapeni relative to the proceedings iu • , Consistory Coon{ of BM Bishop of Loadon, in .altsj clue of Lent 13olinolon r. Lay 'Boringdon, arl.ieh were also ordered to be laid upon the table. •Afterwerals, upon the motion of Lord N'sr.siece. that, a Silt of Divorce between Lord and `Lady Illo'ringdon was brought in, and read a Aro time. Mr. DILINKW•TEII presented at "their Lordships' Per. the Seventh and Eighth Reports from the Conrt, of Milisury loquiry ; the Seventh was con. cerainc Forego Accounts, and the Chaplain Gette rs! of the unity ; and the Eighth pnt regurcied Miscellaneous Accounts. Ordered to be laid upon the table. The Earl of l o textront. preheated Paperh con taining the Correspondence alluded to in His Ma jesty's Speech. between the Government of Great .Entetif. - anil those of e'raitce and Roman, relative to the proposals for peace made by the last-tnetitioned powers from Erfurth. Ordered to lie on tl.e table. Tit • Eerl of LINCRPOOL then moved," That their Teril.hipe be munitioned for 3lutiday, and also rhility next." Ordered. After some routine 'business, the Mouse 401jourit td tall Monday. 1101.'SE OF COMMONS. The SPFAIIIIIIeS emit watt, upon motion, ordered to he i-sued for the election of a Member to 41.rve• in this present Parliament for the borough of AVest. port, ia the mom of Glynn Wynn. 1% lin has efeepterl of the office of Steward of His Majest's Lltil tent Hundreds. The Seventh and Eighth Reports of theCotnrnis ►immers of Military intents :sere 'unstilted, und 61- tiered to lie on the Tatar. The Standing Orders astral at the commence ment of every *tripe-o' Parliament, such as the meeting of time folseGrand Cousinitfees, the rego- I 'toms of Electinits, fee. like. were severally pro posed and mm reed to. Mr. Secretary CAN wutfa, presented at the Bar of the Ilouse the several papers :mil documents whir Ir herd passed bete/ern Ili, Majety:s imoverioneirt and the Po.reni of Frame and itmissia, assembled at Erforth. relative to Ne,minations for Peace, which were oedema to lie mi ilie table. tie also gave notice. that lit would, eii Thrigplay nest, rums, l e that the House do take the saina into considera tion. crrcvENT;ny nr cINTRA. Lord Herter PI,TTY .` That an Linville Admires* be p.esentril to His Itlinesty, prayilig,, that be would be gram:Musty t armac,' to order to he laid before the House, C nm of the Proceedings et the Board of General ()hirers appointed to in. quite into the circumstances that led to, and at tended, the late Convention of Pinery, together svith sneh elneurneAtii US were laid before them." lie observed, that from the -olicarreoce expressed la.t imi g ,;.t to this his iiiteatioil, ha trusted that Imo ovosition would lw gives, to his motion ; and as It was his iiiteution to follow it up, he wished to ha th.r earliest passable day for milling the attention of time House to !he %object matter of it. Lord CisTI.XIMAGN expressed his willingness to meet the question as 1)011 US possible, and suggest ea, that as His Majesty had in his Speeds ex pressed h;s disapprehatirm of certain parts of that Coovention, it would be proper to mold that to the motion for papers. Lord 111F.NRY PET ry declared his ignorance in what words to embrace an ohjeet, of the existence of which he believed no mall until yesterday had entertained an idea. lie, however, amended his mo tion by adding thee worth, " and of any proceeding* foonderl thereon." lie further presumed to fix a time entering into the dimanission of the subjeet. Lord Csisvi.e.axmion said, it would be impossible to nix any precise period, as the papers themselves were very volumi moue, and WOOl.l of Callfie occupy a one considerable time in preparing them for the inspection of the Homo. The Motion, as amended, was then put, and agreed to. PRIVATE BILIS. The CIIANCIILLOR of the Exenyoutut,ariverting to the neceesity of not suffering private business to break w upon public discussion towards the latter end of the Session, moved—" The it be a Stand ing Warr of the House, that no Petitions for Pri vate Bulls be received after the 24tli of February ; Clot tio Private Bills he sutiered to hr nitroduem mi tarter the 27th of March; and that the in 'nod for r!eeiving the Reports of Committees ii t such P.ivate Bills. be to the rub of M:m." Mr. Sit 1W 1.14 hoped, that such a resulu- ton would hr strictly loillerctl to. The Sri's 21,At stated, that he should, le 1.. 41 practice for ..eci,tai eurs !wick, take ca.e cull the attention of the House to al: such cases Mg + houhl appear to require an extension of the time preserilreo. The ito,Liots was put :tail agreet4 1:r. Alderman ( - Lim% ndreetirm •to a homey I ,,tsiitill 'III the last '44 ..sion or Pitritionetit up,, the (*piltitAlluti of Irish suited protisioas, wietorslttri hr i•iformed, whether, opt:oldie error of eamtinuitig e.at Ifrotnity, it was iatinuted tt. silend at to the F. • 21..i.in,c1.0.? he Casuct.i.hus of the Excursive' for ire :l,A, I Mr. Foit4ll,, dirt :int (*altruise lionselt called .11 on in %rooter MIIV inestion u , ,tou u sultiect al'it th. 1, ilaritt Alt Mr. Wsuov.t.t. wive cutlet of hr intention of to thus 11.41. a. OD ncs:. a lit.- Lion no the sot j.-es of the conduct of the Com ntarokr-in-Cili-f, his Royal flightiews the Duke ol York, reepccti...4 . proamtions. the dispiratioti of . ..m.mis4ions, and toe turning of mew Lows in the A .rusy. "'TOUT, Lee , : Vora - ro to, inform...l v tiethei it urns th iotcotina of Min istreei to in tar num prit.ol4lotoll 'Wm the su:iirct of I uluntreeing I Jac Irwin regoldr ? Lord t'AsTt.Lic tot' kit not conc..ive it e l asoal POlO.l. into particulars of soy Motion intended. Mr. Wm rnar..4o, on couleur), held it to be wwist parlliamet►faty ; nothing being mare mimes than to call on Gentlemen to explain tbo ware. sad object of any measure iatended to be oropmmil. The SPIIIASIda laid the tule down to be, that Ilakoet generally might bevelled for, hilt that no. Gentleman was bound to i enter before hand into detail of any measure intended to be pt.._ ADDRESS. Mr. Roatxsoo brought up the Report of the ,Camtnittee appointed to prepare au Address to His Majesty, in answer to his most gracious Speech. The Address was read a first time; and, upon the motion for reading it a second time, Mr. WILL/ 1114 SMITH rose to offer a few obser rations on the Speech itself, with which he did not wish to detain the House, last night, as not in tendieg to oppose the Address. In the first plaice, he did not wish to he concluded by his silence to have given his assent to the several topics 4:mount'. ed in the Speech, a practice he knew to he too coonnsonly used against those who did not express their disapprobation. When lie locked back to the last sixteen years of almost uninterrupted war fare, and the various opportunities which had of themselves of entering into tirgociatiou with the enemy, he could not help Iselimg struck with the singular circumstance, that however unfavourable were the terms upon which we might hate concluded peeve upon tarp 01/111/f -tunity, yet it had itivariably happened, that the auceveslimig negociation had brought with it still less favourable mid barmier grounds for pacification. In making this remark, he did not mean to lie un derstood as expressing any disapprobatimi of the late refusal to oiegociate ; nu the contrary, he wnnl.t state, distinctly state, he thought Miimisters were perfectly right in their refusal. What he inea•mt was, lie did not wish to be tied up from saying that dos time might clone when circuoustanceii might reader it not only necessary, but proper, Inc via to enter into negociation with the enemy, with out necessarily including Spain in such negocia lion. A word or two relative to Sweden : lied last night asserted, that if peace shoold appear•uceriontry for her, it would not he opposed. Now, if this were the (*AM!, surely she mast be al lowed to he the best judge of the existence of that necessity. Granting this, then, was it improbable to suppose that she would he obliged, as the price of that peace. to agree to join in the attempt at our exclusion from the Baltic ? In the mean time, we were regularly paying her a subsidy of no less than 100.0001. a mouth, as the price of her alliance ; and who shoot(' say that this very inoisey might not necasoarily be laid out iu fivrtifying such points, sod taking such measures, us should be necessary to kite effiraey to that coalition into which the neces sity of lois affairs might drive lain against our in terests ? With respect to Portugal, lie could tint help remarking, that Ministers had affected to treat the ',object with a lightness and pleasantry, that might well betit their superior talents awl genius. But lie could not shut his eyes to the fetal truth, that we appeared fest verging towards our last stake—he meant beyond our own homes ; and lie could not but think there was a certain du gr:ee of gravity betittim: the dignity of that House, and the sense they ought to taitertaia of the awful situation we were placed in. which lirctione neces sary to make them be looked up to by the country. Ministers dewed they were to he considered as culprits; he hoped they were not. I:ut if, after carrying on the war ill the manner they had, failure should he the issue—if our armies should he, a s it Were, plural sub film, sure he vas that great anal' heavy blame must full somewhere ; either no the planners, or the executors, or perhaps on both. There appeared to hint to be a dismal fatality at tending on us for many years; if there he a Provi dence that rules, it serrocil to be more remarkably visible of late years; that Providence may lee said to operate by second moms, by the agency of virtue and wisdom, affairs prospered ; by that of vice and folly, followed misery and mishap. Should it ap pear, Nino investigation, that Miiiisters have dune every thing they could and ought in the service of their country, then will they stand exculpated ; if otherwise, then will blame be their portiou,:mil they will stand in a very di:Wrent light before toot coun try than they now oti exultingly affect to think they do. The Address was read a second time, ag reed to, and ordered to be presented by the whol e House to-morrow. Upon Motion, ILA 'Majesty's Speech was ordered to be taken into consideration uu Mouda).—Ad journetl. STATE PAPERS. CDRRE.SEONDENCE WITH THE IDILAIAN AND FRENCII GOVERNMENTS, RELATIVE TO THE OVERTURES RECEIVED FROM ERFUKTIE rat , los .1 IJRPTIrf COMMAND, I 0 00111 not sr. , ' PARLIAMEXIL No, l—Letter front Coast NitOW de Itratuottatr to 4r. twerrtary canning, dated }Worth, Jut). Setd.--Oet. ! 'sue. ketvived Oct tl. ( . LATIO%.'. SIR—I send t• ~or E iwellesiey u letter which the Emperors of ikussia uud Frame write to His Majesty the King of England. The Emperor of Russia flatters hisiewit that England will feel the graoJeur mid the ,iocerity of this step. She will there hod the most Natural and the most simple answer to 11w overuse, which has been made by Ad. mina Saumarex. The union of the two retinae. is Iseyond the reach of sill change. stud the ton 'terrors hove formed it fur pease as well as fur war. I 114 Mujebty has commanded use to stake known to y our Excellency that he hus noutiouted Pleni potentiaries who will repair to Pori*, where they will await the answer which your Excellency bossy be pleased to make to sue. I request you to address it to (h. ItUlsieltl Atillahailt/r at Piano. 'list Plenipotentiaries 11.1111 MI by the F:iiipertir of ltussia repwr to :hat city on the Cowmen, to which the Plesiipotesitiaries of Ills Mita • • Ma jesty and hicallies shall have been sent. In l'lptrt to the la-es of the negotiation, their Irap.•usl ' .Lys lie. ate 110 difficulty 111 liiirlit nab all tietb‘e f.)rdeerly proittawd by England, name ly, the uti pnuidetig, and every other basis laureled 'spots the reequocity oral equality huh ought to prevail between sill peat nations. I have the laicisar to be, with sentiments of the highest consoles:onm. &r. (Signed) Crottust NICOLIst . DE. Rolla:cum. To Lis rtterilettey Mr. fuming, %Lit...Ulan heat Ins 1114orty the liraperar of ail tlss = s ad Skwapsomi, lr Ilia Majosty, skied 14111411 id, un.,4lsoelied oriobet at (osanst.orson) film —The present eirrinn,taisees of Europe hai‘ brought us tie,:rtiter at Erfurt!. Our dtst thought is to yield to the *lsl. and the wiuds of every people, and to seek, hi a speedy pacification with your Majesty, the inns efficacious remedy for the miseries which oppress all thalami*. We make known to your 51Mesty our sincere klcsire to this respect by the present letter. The long and biocide war which has to-li the Continent is at an rud,l without the poskibility of !wing renewed. Many changes have taken place in Europe; many states hake hetn overthrow...— The cause is to l i e fouml in the state of agitat and misery in which the stagnation of maritime commerce has placed the greatest nations. Still greater chaises may yet tssir• lam r, and all of them contrary to the policy of the kaluii•li Peace, then, is at once the iiiterc,t of the people of the Continent, as it is the iuterera of the people a Great 11e smite me entreating your Majesty to listen to the r tact. of hilmaitity. silencing that of the 'lnv stoats 7 to seek, wills the isiteistiGn of arrik..4 at that id t ject, to conciliate ail isaeresas, Icy mra4 s to preserve all the voss el, %%hail extvt, ras.l to insure the happiase-ss of Europe and of this ri.iserstio.s. at the head of a Providence Inks placed os. (Sigurd) A Lit ANYISR. acimaon. N., 111 —Lesse r f r om M. De Ci.owspagny, to Mr strerrtory dat.4 Fara.ll4, Octototr tat 1001,.—.itetelVra (WILAIIILATIoN.) Stn —l have the Ino 1111 l rto tniiismit to your Ke. eelleney a letter. whien the Emperor of the french and the Emperor of all the Russia's write to His Britannic Majesty. The graiolcur and the since rity of this step will, without doubt, be felt. That cannot be :Attributed lo weakness which is the re sult of the intimate coutiexion bower° the two greatest Sovereigns of the Continent, united fur peace as well as for war. His Majesty the Emperor has commanded me to make known to yoor Excellency, that he has nominated Plenipotesitiarieff. who will repair to that city on the Continent to which His Majesty the King of Great Britain and his allies ►hall send their I'l.• ' •..ntiaries. With r4spect to-the bases of the neveiution, Their Majesties ate disposed to *Mold tHose formerly by England 'her self : •Isistnely. the ail possisktis, end any other basis retinae:4l upon jtistiee, slid the reciprocity and sith.firsat - ' notions: _ . I have the honoitr to he. with the lii4hest ke. (si gi o .1) CHANPAGNY. His Exec-Henry Mr. Canning, &c. kr. IV.—Letter (rim Bonaparte and His Majesty the Eni piTor of all the Itiessiaa, to Hi. ilajemiy, dated Erfurt/a, Ustuace IJ, I sUs.--Itect•lved Oriolocr (TRISSI.V:ION • sir.r.—The pre..eot ....0.m0q,00.e4 of Europe have brought us together at Frforth. Our first tinnight ield to the wish and the wants of every people, and to seek, in a speedy . pacification w i t h y our m a i, sty. the ilitovt I'iBettCICIIIII remedy for the miseries which oppress all nations. We make known to your Majesty cur sincere desire in this respect by the present letter. The 10 1901 nod bloody war which ban torn the Continent is at au end, without the pt ..I of reiieweil. Many changes have token place in Europe; lowly states have been overthrown.— The cause is to be found it, the state of agitation and misery in which the stagnation of maritime commerce hes placed the greatest nations. Still g reater changes may yet take place, and ull of them contrary to the policy of the English nation. Peace, then, is at once the interest of the people of the Continent, as it is the interest of the people of Great Britain. 1"..e unite in entrenting your Majcety to listen to the voice IS biturinite, silencing that of the pas sions; to seek, with the intention of arriviiig at that object, to comiliale all interests, and ley that means to preserve all the 'powers which exist, and to insure the liappmess of Europe mid of this generation, at the head of which Providence has placed us. (Signed) NAPOI.EnN. ALEXANDER. No. V —Letter from Mr. Nceretary (*mining to the Russian Asahassiotor, at Yaris. slated I'm-tips OtLer, October Mos. ',TRANSLATION.) Sin—At (lie desire of Count :Nicolas de Ito tuanzoll, have the honour to acknowledge to your Excelleney the receipt of the letter which Count Ronimiaolf has boil, pleased to write to me from Erfurth, dated the h September (I.2th October). us well us of the letter annexed to it, addressed to the King nsy master. I shall lose ito time in laying these too letters before H.s Majesty, and in thisinitting the answers to 3 OW ElCClAlleltey by an F.liglish courier. I have the honour lie, (Si L meil) thiottut CANNING. To Isis tardletory the Russian Ambast,ador, Sic &co. P.rss. No. VI —teller trots Mr. Secretary Cowin to M. de ChainpAgtly, dated Foreign Mite, October 52, tw o s Slit—l have the I 00000 our to ackitowtolge the re. ceipt of your Excellency's letter of the llth from Banal', inclining a letter addressed to the King my flinger. I shall lam no time in laying these letters before His Majesty. and iu tramonating the answers to them 6) an Eugli•lt totespeng,r to Paris. I have the tumour to be. Ste. (Segued) aoSta a CAN c:. Hi. literetimay 11. Chatapariy. tee. 4.e ha. Val.—Letter trace Mr.setretan Casting to lice Rus hee itadresurier. sa Poe* dated E..resga t October Os, svgs. tsaaast.svtax.) Sta--Having laid before the Kitts; my Master the two letters which his Excellency the Count Nicolas de Komausoff has transtuttn.l to me from EriOrth, I base received His Majoity's commands to reply to that which is addrrsard to him, by the official note r. inch I have the honour to inclose to your Excellent 7. flowerer drvirous His Majesty might he to reply directly to Its , 11.4e4t , t the litspetur of ft moth., you cannot hut. feel, sir. that from the utitootal manner in which. the Letters signed by If. Impe r ial Majesty. were drawn ups mild nirieh entircly deprived them a the e haraetrt of a ;nitrite and _ ?email cemottlicatioa, 116 nijiaty has Cowl it ussposoilde totd e ,* that mark of respect towards the Etuperov of Knosios. without at the issue time aeknos kriging title* which His Moire? never has acknowledged. I Hilleomtssnde.l to add to Ilse cootritts of the official note, that His Majesty will hasten to cool ies •ate to I his Majesty the Kit4t of Sweden. and to life existing tiovernowad of Spaim the proposals which have beeti made to him. Your will perceive that it is slams lutely necessary that liis Slejehty should receive an immediate assiarame, Matt Framer acltstostletheres the Government of Spain as party to coy negus.4atioo. Tlisit such is the intention of the Emperor of liras, Fhis Nlitjestx cannot doubt. his Majesty reco;lects, with satisfaction, the lively Interest which Ills Imperial Nittjewly IMO ways itianifested for the welfare And dignity fit Il e Slani%la Nionirchy. mod he *aids uo other amoral rr that Ills Imp-rill Majesty centiot bete Ipuro tt.- duvet{ to suot.t:oo. by his cots( strewr ur hr prktiostion, ustirpsdiusi, the priticsp!e cf whi.lt :s uot it s. nnjn.t tll4it ltie4r Chasuplt is dangerous t.) ail legitiluate StHer•q;4Litt, as the til/Ml,:rts on thin uctint shall kite. lweit re,s•iveti, anti a. . ll.r Iltivst/ hare learnt the statement. t't the Ni., 4 and tlio,e of the (lore•naitl,t ~, . t fail to rt , 111.11f5 •1 ;Se C. , 111 ttttttt l ' hat Ur 1111 Niail . V.ty ;• r much eninintinic.toon, WI it mu). niuke unon the ulterior tAjects of the lettt r Count nunaitizutf. I have Ow honour to be. &c. • ltiezneil; (igoact CAtirrts,;. To his Excellency the fussiwi Arnbsts,utue, at Pains. No. Vlll.—.Lettcr from Mr. Seer lay Canning to M rimairriy, dated Foreign tshc., Ottuber IS.L Sie—l laving laid before the King my imas!e the two letters which your Excellency trausitinaa•l to me from Erfurth, one of elm+ was addressed ". His :Majesty, I hate ret.eivril His Majesty's cm : naiads to return, in 'unwer to that letter, tl.e Official Note which I have the hoeuur herewith to inclose. I am commanded to add, that His Majesty a ili lose IN) tittle in tornintioiestiog to the Sweden and to the Cove iiiii mut of Spain the pi,.- points which have been etude to His Majesty. Your Excelleney will see the necessity of an a-• surance being immediately afforded to His iMuje.- ty, that the•-ashnissioit of the Governinem of Spaiivas a party to the negociation is understood anal "agreist to by France. After the answer of your Excellency upon tlait point 114 hove been received; and so soon as :Ls .:Majesty shall he in possession of the sentimetais the. King of. Sweden and of the Government of Span', I shall receive Phi Majesty's commands ia ointimiticate with your Excellency:oa the remain ing points of your letter. •-•- • I have the hoiolfr 'to be, Ste. (Signed) GauaoE CANNltilth No. IX.-.OFFICIAL. NOTE. The King hats wafforittly declared his readiness and desire to cutter into negotiations for a general peace; on terms consistent with the honour of Has Majesty's crown, with fidelity to his eugageinents, anal with the permanent repose and security of Eu rope. His Majesty reheats that declaration. If the condition of the Continent he one of agi tation and of wretchedness; if many states hove been overthrown, and inure are still . pienaced with subversion ; it is a consolation to the King to re flect that no part of the eon% ulsions *inch have el ready been experiet,ced, or of those which ere threatened for the futtbe, can be its any degree ian putuble to Ilia Majesty. The King is most willing to acknowledge that all such dreudful changes are indeed . contrary to the policy of Great Britain. If the cause of so much misery is to be found in the stagnation of commercial intercourse ; although His Majesty ca tbe expected to hear, with un iptalilied regret, tied the system devised for the destruction of the commerce of his subjects has res coiled upon its authors, or its instrunients--yet 11 it wittier na the disposition of Ilia Majesty, nor in the character of the people over whom he reigns, to rejoice in the privatintis mid unhappiness even of the nations which are conthitied nailed him. Ills Majesty anxiously desir s the termination of the sufferings of the Contialead. The war in which His Majesty is engaged. was entered into by His Majesty for the immediate ob ject of national atiftity. It has been prolonged only because no secure and Isouourable means of ter minating it have hitherto hceu atlorded by his enemies. But in the progress of a war, begun for self-de fence, new obligations have bean imposed upon Hi. Nlajesty, in behalf of powers whom the allures *ions of a common enemy hare compelled to make common cause with His Majesty ; or who have solietterf His Majesty's aissistutter and sooport in the vindication of their national independence. The interests of the Crown of Portugal and of flis Sicilian Majesty are yotifided to HIS Majesty's friendship anal protection. With the King of Sweden Ili* Majesty is cea meted by tics of the closest alliance, and by snot lotions which mute their counsels for peace as well as for war, To Spain His Majesty is not yet betted by ;WY forma itistrottient ; but Hit. - Majesty has, iu tl.e I, free of the world, contracted with that nation en gagements not less sacred and not less Wieling upon His Majesty's mind, than the most irelema treaties. His Majesty, therefore, assumes that, in an toes • tore made to His Majesty for catering into cegas. vitiations for a general peace, the relations subsist ing between His Majesty and the Spanish Muuw chy have been distinctly taken into conaiderroon and that the Government acting in the nacre of His Catholic Majesty Fenliminal the Seva oats, es understood to be a party to any negotiation wide' His Maj.-sty is iitvited to engage. (Signed) 6KORCE CANNING.. NO. X....l.itter from Count Nicolas its Rosasasuff, in 3lr. Secretory Casting, dated Paris, Jig October, :sue. Received Nov. 4tli. (TRANSLATION.) Sta—The immediate departure of the Enghsh courier alto vonveyed to use your Excelleray '- letter of the .01h of this month, obliges oar to tontine tuyself for the present to the ackato!vieall, meld of its receipt. 1 rajoice that any errata{ a :. Paos has etadelesi use tai receive Ilia% latter ilaysett,