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ur - . • !VANE OF LORDS, %Vcox►so►r, MAacm 19. Warll,l.FN MANUFACTURERS' BILL. After the Bills mem the Tahle were forward:'.!; among which the Nugar Duties Drawback Bill will read a third time. and passed t and the Arne:ken Commerce Bill, the Irish and English Militia Pay and tee:thing Bills, and the M.litia Buhsiterti Rill, were reed is second tune ; their Lordships, agreeably to the Order of the Day, re solved into a Committee on the W, ollen hlanulaelu rens' INfalsinghem in the Chair. Counsel on the part of the Petitioners against the Bill set rr then called in ; Mr. Adam proceeded with his areerments in their behalf. After the Learned Counsel had been heard a short time, Earl SPF.NCER expressed his opini.rn, that the line of argement adopted, was not strelle relevant r it seemed to go against the prineple of tee Hi!!, and not against its provisions. The latter were si. miler to those of hilts formerly adopted, in similar cirzunuitances, by their Lordships ; the Committee, he conceived, was not the proper stage for the di:- el...tire' of the principle, it would therefore be useless to h'ar the Comis farther on Oat heal. He ac etelingly m wed !or then- withdrawing. heti FITZWILLTA NI, though he felt rather hostile rn the system of Suspendin4 Bills, yet, un. dee the reels ir oucum.taoces of the case, he was induced to :Naomi the present measure. After a f w words from L eel AUCKLAND. the question was put, and the Cuubsel ordered to with draw. I he Bill was th-n agreed to by the Committee, without amendm •nt; and the House resit...Ong, the Report was received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Lord Aucklend presented a Petition from certain Master Menefeeterers and Clothiers, in Yorkshire, preying to Ise heatd, by their Counsel, against the B 11, on its third reading. This "VAS reef iced, and being read, the question was pat with reel to the Prayet of the Petition. Lord SLI.b.NBOROUG hi repressed hi. disap probation of wliAt WAS prripesed. on the ground of the P titian not being it ., t ~.et the suspension, hut against the term of its continuance. For this, the allegaiiiins were not stifficie t ; 'lacy should shew, hoe. some prtienl ir intrust we, prejediced by the measure. A general ohjeeion, as to the geranium of tint!, was not sauficiear. Stith a hiar of proceeding. was, he thonght. a covert mode of attacking the principle of the 14 li. Lord llt LLAN U dissented from the sentiments of the Nohle and Lea:nc.l lend ; and argued, that, upon the whole, it was teir the Pstitioners should be so heard. Lord ELLENROROUGH spoke shortly in ex plena, ion. Err! SPENCER expressed his wish, that no idea eboul 1 go abroad. of any unwillingness, on the part of that tloase. to hear arguments on behalf of the Petitioner'. The present, as applying to the third reading of the Fiill , was not I able to the ohjeelion of the former one home d cision was obviously necessary te be made ; but then it should be coolly and dispessiona:efy dense In his own mind, he felt it advisable to reel such a bill as the present, until note genet:al arrangement should take place. Lord FiLLi NI3OROUGH observed, he should be wiry to int. rrupt any eroceedings their Lord. sht;ps 'night think m ce.eary ; it cei tainly might be a soothing circumstance to the Petitioners to be heard ; but he could see no advantage that could, in the present circumstances, result ficnn it. In to- Morrow's discussion, should this appear, he would. with pleasure, accede ; as lie now saw it, he thought something more specific should he alleged on the part of the Petition. rs. He thought it shoeld not b- rurely at the election of parties to occupy the time of the House. Teequestion was then put, and the Petitioners were metered to be heard, by their Cottnsel, to-morrow, on the third reading of the Bill ; And olio those who petitioiled for the Bill. Mr. W. Diodes brought up from the Commons the Scots Benkrupts' Bill, which was MI I a first time; as was also a Private Bill, presented by Mr. S. Le Fs% re. LIABILITY OF WITNESSES. The order for the third reading of the Bill to declare the law in this re,. a, being read, Led ELLENBOROUGH rose, and observed, that upon further and rnaturer consideration, he was induced. for Li• risen pert. and on that of los Noble and Learned friend, who was prevented by business from trmaiuing in the liouw, he had to say, that such was also his opinion, that upon the whole. it wreild he be:to to withdraw the Proviso and ad d.• in ial Clause altogether fr:'rn the Bill ; the legal considerations which had induced surh an opinion, were generally stated by his Lordship ; among sehich, the most preminent seemed to be,-the great additional burthen which the Proviso and Clause would throw upon His Majesty's Judges in the different Courts. What seas now proposed, would go to leave the Bill esaftly in the state it was presented by the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack. He concluded, by moving, " that el that pert of the Bill, beginning with the words, • provided nevertheless,' be expunged. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in consequence of the proposition of the Noble and Learned Loud, quitted the Woolsack. Ile adverted to the steps taken in that House, previous to hi; bringing in the present 13iIL He said, the answer delivered by the Judges had been satisfaelory and clear; and, upon the opiniens of a great majority of these Judges, ilic Declaratory Bill was brought in. Earl STANHOPE expressed his tretisfaetinn at the proviso being withdrawn, which he consßle!ed as the most objetl;nnahle MT discussed in a House of ParEam: m ; still the Bill would not be to his satifeelien, as the declaration was too peremptory and unqualified. Lord HOLLAND made a few observations, ge nerally, in supnort of what fell from his Noble nn the lVnnlsAck. Lord ELLENISUROUGI I seol.e in explanation. Earl S I ANHOPE also expleired. The question was then put upon Lord Ellenbe rough's Motion, for expunging after the words ,hove-men!ititied; which WAS ordered accordingly; • read hird time, their Lord. -aad the Dill bring read a thin abips adjaurami :..atto-tnurrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. A new Writ was ordered to be is'sn.7d fsr 'the eount; of Kilkenny, in Ireland, in tho loom of the Riltt Hon. Wm. Brabazon Ponsonby, Esq. now Lord Ponsonby. Mr. Bond, and another Member, took the oaths and their seats. The Scotch Creditors' Bill was read a third time and payed. T:ie Customs Expiring Liws Bill, the Excise Expiring Laws Bill, and the Felons' Transportation Biil, were severally read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. Mr. VANSITTART moved for an E , tSma•e f the sums necessary to pay the Exche:;•ier due in I SOti —Ordered. He afterwards brotrillt up the 10,.500,0011 chequer Bills Bill, which was read a first and or dered to he read a second time to-morrow. Mr. Williams, from the Commissioners of Naval [rgniry, preseated at the Bar an A ..count of the ex pence, of the said Commissioners, in each year,from t'le time of their appointment, to the end of the year 1805.—Ordered to be printed. IRISH NittzriA SER VICE RILL. Mr. Alexander brought up the Meport on the Trish Milit.a Service B.ll—and, on the question that the Amendment be read a snood time.— Mr. LEE adverted to the sentiments delivered rn a former night by an Honourable Memhi-r (Mr. W. Keene) with whom he coincided in opinion ; and expressed his wish to have the Iris:: and En- Militia made the same. The two kingdoms were now united, and the Militia should he so likewise, for the general defence of the empire. l'he objel of the Bib w.is to enlist 10,GiO men from the Irish Militia. If you ask the Irish to come here to defend this part of the country, the English Militia should be allowed to do the same. He would nit now oppose the Bill ; but in an en suing Session he should think it his duty to bring the question regularly before the House• ; and the mode he meant to propose was, that every Militia soldier should he hereafter enlisted to serve in each country of England, Ireland, and Scotland. lie thought the Rill should also he an annual one. General TABLETON thought this discussion premature. Ireland was at present in no danger of invasion, and Gentlemen ought to wait till the general military system was brought forward, be. fose they offered any plans of their own. Lord FOLKESTONE coincided in opinion with Mr Lee, that the Bill ought to be annual. Lord CAS FLEREAGH said, that had His Ma jesty's late Ministers continued in office, their inten tion was to have brought in a Bill similar to this, and to engraft in it a clause to enlarge the Irish Militia, and to empower the Colonels to permit the enlistment of a certain number, not more than fif teen men from each company, and by bounties to fill op the vacancies. As the bounty in Ireland for a Militiaman was only three guineas, the regular army might thus he increased, without any very heavy expence. He had no objenion to the present Bill, but mentioned this by way of information to His Majesty's Ministers, ut what had been in con templation. Mr. VANSITTART thought it better to wave all discussion on this subj4t till the general military system was brought forward. The resolutions vere then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to he read a third time to-morrow. Mr. DILLON postponed his motion, which stood fot this day, till to-morr ow . ___• Mr. Wright, from the India Board, presented certain India Papers. pursuant to the orders of the House ni the 27th and 29th January.—Ordered to be printed. INDI P PERS. Mr. M. ADDINGTON having moved that cer tain orders for India Papers be entered and read, said, he saw so little reason to suppose any objeflion to his motion, that he should, without further pre face than what he had made yesterday, when he gave the notice, proceed to move— .. That the sad order, may only extend to each parts of the slid Papers as uuy tic dact.lSed without prejudice to the puts. tic service." On the question being put, Mr. FRANCIS objeEted to it, on the ground that it might be made a precedent that may operate in jurinusly not oily in questions relating to India Affairs, but in all others. He was sorry the Right Hon. Secretaries of State were not there to hear what he said on the subjed ; but he thought it ex tremely dangerous to establish a precedent of this nature, and allow Ministers a power of withholding information which they did not like to giire, from the House. Mr. H. ADDING TON said, the motion ap peared to him sn unexceptionahle, he could not suppose there would have been the smallest obj:c tion. So far from establishing the precedent, he had found it ; and thought it very extraordinary the House should, in Jane, 1805, think that to be right. which, in March, 1806, is wrong. Suppose the Honourable Gentleman who (3*Z/ea to this mo tion, had moved for documents relating to the late Confederacy, could he deny, that Ministers have a discretionary power to withhold, on their responsi bility, stub parts as might be injurious to the pub lic service? The same discretionary power had' been given by the House to the late Board of Connoul. and he could see no rea on why it should be denied to this. Lard FOLKESTONE said a few words against the Motion, and hoped Mr. Francis would persist in his opposition, in which he would stand by him. Mr. Francis and Mr. H. Addington severally ex plained. Mr. Secretary FOX said, he rose with some dif ficulty, to speak on the present question. He had no hesitation in saying, it was somewhat extraordi nary, that a power should he given by the House, last year, to the then Board of Contronl, which was now denied. Had this been made a question last year, he should have thonght differently on it. He agreed with the Hon. Friend who made this Motion, that in the case of a Motion for Dispatches, I.etters, &c. it is always the custom to move for Copies or Estraels, and not for Copies only ; and there a discretionary power is given to Ministers to withhold (on their responsibiluy, doubtless) such pavages as they think may, by their disclo•ure, in jure the public service, or derogate from the faith of Government. As to the matter 01 Precedents. ha thought, it, iu the grxiting all other papers, MIMI as to came rower ::as be.”l:er7,l 10 the B ‘ai d of etootroul. the )ioo:ihn sou4lit th pass. It it were a new qiiestior he muot own he would 'T ied it. 'l'he same hal b een done the other night on the papers relative to Surat, and he thought it unnecessary to take a new step Mr. BANIC3 thought the House ought to take great care to set no ill precedents, and - he objeded to tnis motion, because the Right Hun. Gentleman, who spoke last, had owned that he supported it only because there was a precedent for it, and that if it were a new question he would reject it; such a precedent should, • therefore, be dose away as soon as possible Lard H. PETTY agreed with his Right Hon. Flie:11 nom' him (sfr. Fox) as to the respontibi lity of alir.isiers , and thought that in this case no thing rm , r;.• was asked than what hat very lately becn a.ceded to without any oSjeaion. He was convinced his Right Honourable Friend, who brought forward the motion, had no s iew in it but what arose from a salutary caution ; but as the House seemed to think the precedent not a good one, he, wishing for one, to revert to the former prac- tice, would recommend it to his Right Hon. Friend to withdraw his motion. Lewd CAS I'LEREAGH thought it his duty to state to the House why he had Adopted this mode I,f proceeding. In a former Session, many papers had been moved for on the subjea of the Malsrattas. These papers could not be given, without disclosing the names of those who had givers information to the St isish Government, which would have been :.ighly injurious to the public interests. He had, therefore, applied for a discretionary power to the Board of Controul, to withhold such parts of the rapers as might have the areas he hid mentiolied ; and he thought it only just and tight, that Ministers should have a discretionary power to withhold what would be injurious to the public interests, or derogatory to the faith of Government to disclose. Mr. BASTARD said, he attached no blame to the Aight. I lon. Gentleman who brought forward this motion. Mr. IVILBE3FORCE expressed himself in debted to the Right Hon. Gentleman, and to the Noble Lord, for the candour and liberality with which they had acted. He repeated the argumen:s he had used en a former night on the sane subject. Mr. ALEXANDEIt said a few words against the motion. Lord TEMPLE said. he thormlit the question had grown into an importance it did not deserve. Lord MORPETII thought the responsibility of Ministers should lae whole and entire, and hoped the Motion would he withdrawn. Mr. H. ADDINGTON said, ever since his Right Honourable Friend's °Nation, he wished to withdraw his motion, but seeing many respe&i . ole Members desirous to deliver their opinions, he had refrained from doing so till they had spoken. lie assured the House he had nn idea of there being the slightest olajoelion to it, but as there was, he would, with the leave of the House, withdiaw it ; which was ...:cordingly Alone. A Message from the Lords informed the House, their Lordships had agreed to Lord Collingwood's Annuity Bill, and the English and Irish Sugar Drawboa Bilis, without any amendments.—Ad journed. FORLIU.V lATELLIGENCE. %RIR, MARCY 6. EXPOSE OF THE STATE OF TIIE FRENCH EMPIRE. (Concluded fr,m the Bat TIM Pats, of yesterday.) But here, and it is necessary to declare it boldly to the na tion, that its safety requires that a numerous array should be kept nn foot; that fleets should be cunstructsd, and seamen rsised to protect our commerce, our colonic', and out ri K l,l.. These circumstances require productive finances. 'fhe lure. rur thinks eight hundred millions will be necessary in time of war, and upwards of six hundred daring peace; as the fate of a country should never be left to the mercy of an obscure plot, nor may Intrigue of a Cabinet; but in all cases, it should be ready to make head apinst any storm, and silence the jealous efamours of its enemies. It W the will ut the Empera, as well as the denim of the whole nation, to augment oar Navy ; and, as te. 104 Shiite ships in the late engagements, it is a hew motive for retiuti 1.1 j,,g our ardour. A great num►er of our cruisers are scouring the sees, and have attacked tire commerce of our enemies in the reinottst regions. Our whole diddle shall shortly revive by the return to ifs banks of the conquerors of Ulna and Aus wane. But all those warlike measures sliAl be nothine more than measures to peace, and even of a moderate peaca, in which we shall secure the pledge of nut being surprised and seta,' upon under the most sails and perfidinue pretences; it were otherwise b.•tter to endure still the miseries of war, rather than make ■ peace which would expose us to new Ins-es, a nd affect fresh aliment to the bad faith and avarice of ear ene mies. The yaw of Piedmont with France, two years ago, renilm ed aecessarf the unto,' of Genoa, which is a port ra, it. That of the city of lieneu, fur a long time occupied by the French, and defended by them during the Second Cualerion, is a conse quence of the will and iedependence of that Repuhlic. This union does nut increase our strengh on the Continent; Eng land slime had the right to cantabile of it; nor was it the cease of time war jcst. tercninateil. The iman took place in Jane, and in the mciltb of April the i.abilitt of Petersburg had been seduced by the intrigues of England. The abasement el France, the dispossessing her of her provinces, was decreed. It was nut only rime kingduna of Italy, of which they would have deprived its; Pied: ttttt at. Savoy, time Duchy of Niee,even Lyuia, sod the rticed Depaztnieuts, Roland, Relent, the iortre , ses en the Ntease, them were the conquests proteribol to the con federates Ly Faiglanalt an.l to this they certainly would not have cookoed themselves, if they had triumphed user the pc r severance of the Fie nth people. England attaches no great interest to Italy. Belgium is the true ground cf the hatred whWit she h.ors to us. Hut lioltaad, the liuspired mid ten departments of Francs., the kingdom ofitaly. irealtill, Dalmatia, Istria, #l.ll Naples, ere now under the prutedlion of the laspeiial Eag4 ant the union of thore States only 'Lode us the means of hang lon. nsidable on our franniessand come Byres's, Winemberg, Maiden, and several of the principal pew:nut Germany, are war Ahies. Spain, Arm to its purple, hAi manif..sted a laudable dili gence, valour, EA fide! at . In firmer wars, I:nghan•t and Russia bad ;atomised the Entperoe of Auer.' an a..gmeritatens in Italy, to draw lion into warp but loaf \t snout, 'setter informed of the slat• of things, has eciinuarlelved the danger of being in alliance with England, I al the •fain of Italy to France: leaving merely gained •c pussessinn of his States through !be mud. , ration and Illag/I inanity of the Emperor, he knows that he rot unls hot in the frieudshqs of France Wm rep..., and happiness which his subject , . want more than any usher nation in Europe. _ . Tim Emperor of Russia, unable to do pis harm, will feel, teat the true policy of his country is c.nrc►ntetcd in the friendship of France; •very thing, as well as his ge .uiriv eery, is con centered in the liberation of the seas, and in the refusal to re. C1,1 , 16r principles which are detionental even ro the mallet: State+, and which lay them to sustain buinlaarthrients and bleAsee., rather than submit to acknowledge thLso wan , ..ris2 Coveter, after each viavy, afered peace tuAu,tria. H , : I •ANt;A-.1. 'A Age tli, w it-7,taa .!.?,4 wwi us Iww,l and hds too tu•atil t otstfai tp,,, 1./ o w e He at.,. "fret it to Env' .i 41 . 311 n..t to fo-co that P...wer to proceed from the p•o!trimir chr e " made in lithe. as It t, &4 Au•tr.a Roo:t from tikt t•Pon of Poland; bet be has& right to rein t to 6, 44 o t e ajha.iece too: unions 111LiCil fentY the now ititenatto,p. Wins of the F-ench Frt,sire. Toekey cont , utted under Ilse yoke of Res." ); the Rosperoe's chiet am', b. nett ne I bintatia ton his hatotr, in Katy to protect the InJet au:tient of uur Mlle., a n d 10 . 4, able him to maintain hi. itole,e.l.rittier, which is u( 111 , / portanee to Furore than to ant other hover. Th e yore, Coalition, h....resonated by the Treaty of Cams. Fewmine had the farour.,ble 6.e Entree* of the 46?.1eium, the fonitier-sed.ration of the Rhine, the brin,.°.tw of Ituliand under the tnteratiee infito•nce of Fotece, powt, 4 ; c , .n.itiest of the States now (witting the Kinednro of The Second CoAition rave it P,cdmont ; the Thild Willy. Ve nice .In.! N3ples u n der the rderative se‘te m . . Let Enclaioi be fin Ally eonyinc..il of her imbecility : not try to operate a fourth Coalition, if it were, in the ture of thing, ;.o sable ty renew . ' Such have b.sn the exertion. of Government f,r the.;lo l and pn,aperity of Frame; the Emperor looks only to what mafiosi, be ;lime, olich he criii.idrie as superior to *hat 4, hict already porfortnel; but it is n it conquest :hat he pr . j ee r s . It ; has exhausted ouditaty g:orv. No Want. 11.011, 4 these bloodly !amyl., which he has been compllled to gather To perfeEt the puhtic admini•tratinn ; to make it Fr conc.. o r lasting happiness for his people, :a tell as of an inere,,,,, c prosperity; to reiitt., his acts the les•oti and the exany' e of a pure and ►levated inora!ity ; to ni"rit the bleiyingt nor the pr►seor, but futons generations, whose interests iris ~c . cupy 11,5 mini such iv the glory which he au.. to arch is the reeompence which he promisee him• elf, for a hr. devoted to the most noble, hut, at the same time, the ur e a pailful duties. lIAAIEURGII MAILS. TkANKFUIti. Rt APcti 4. IVP are as!ured, that it is now determined, that the Prince Royal of NVittemherg shah marry a Princess of the Imperill House of France. It is said that the King. his When, has made the de. mind, and that the Emperor Napoleon bas his consent. triesic, staircii 3. The surrenckr of the province, lately ced:d by Prussia, will take pace in the course of the current month. Wesel will he given up by Prits , ims on the I I.h, and the French will evacuate II mein about the end of this month. Neufchatel and Va. 'engin must he delivered up by that time. We ate are yet ignorant of the destination of these two small states. A Hursisn army, of 300,000 men, is coltenirz on the frontiers of Austria and Prtlssla; ar.d an ex traordi,utry Irvy of men has been besides ord,::ed thtoughout the Rus.ian empire. AUGSBURG, MARCH S. The commission of this free and imperial c:.s. ceased yesterday, when we were incorporated with the Bavarian 114,rnarchy. NUREMBERG, MARCH 7. This morning. between one and two o'cl c L•, be tween two and 3,000 French entered this city, without having given any previous information to the Magistracy. Their arrival has strangely sur prised us. ALTONA, MARCH 14. The Austrian Ambassador at Sr. Petershurgh, has received orders, in commitn:catin;t the Treaty of Peace of Presbnrgh, to rtrzlare, at the same Lim.% that the said 'near) , contai Is no secret Articles. It has been stirula- d in the Convention con cluded between Prussia and France, relative to C.e ces,inn of different co:Lades and territories. that the French troops shall soon repass the Rhine. The report still continues, that ~ 11. Emperor of the French will give the Duchy of Cleves to the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, as as indemnity; and also the Duchy of Berg. Prince GAZA IN, and the English Isfr:ster, Mr. PILIIMPOINT, have received order, from t!.tr Court, to release, in the name of their respeaise Sovereigns. His Majesty tie King of Swancv. from the engagement he had contraaeil to occur. with his troops, the country of Lauenberg. It is believed, in consequence, that His NI aJcsry will soon quit the said city, and retire to Swedish Pa merania. LATILACT Of A ►IIVATI LETTIII 111011 HAMBCAGN, DATID MAICM 14.. • On the 1 I th inst. an Estajette arrived at the Prus sian Minister's, in this city, whose dispatches state, that General Count Kalkreutn is about to quit Pa. derborn, in consequence of certain circumstances that have arisen between the Prussian and French Cabinets. Notwithstanding the Convention hi.,- tween Prussia and France, the armies of both chime Powers remain on the war establishment. A Russian courier attived at Berlin on the Bth inst. with dispatches of such great polilical import ance, that from every quarter of the Prussian de sninions, advice has been received, that war between France and Prussia is inevitable. The last letters from Westphalia mention, how ever, that the city of Wesel and its environs, will be ceded by Prussia to the Batavian Republic, so that the river Lippe will form the frontier between the two countries. Cleves, Embden, and all the Prussian part of Ftieseland, is included in this ces sion. The provinces thus c ed e d, are to b e governe d by Prince NAPOLEO N Louis; who is to receive the title of King sif Hoaand or Batertnn. 'I he Frenc's also intend speedily to occupy all she Gtrmin Pro vinces between the Rhine and the Weser, as they call it pro: 44 , 14/o. Private advice, from Paris, of the With inst. sults that Count Haugwitz, the Prussian Envoy, is on t 1..: eve of his dera•ture. lii, last conk rences with Bo naparte were, it is said, extremely animated and violent. It is certain, that the French troops only remain in the Sooth of Germany, for the purpose of attacking the Pt ulsians, if all the stipulations and dainis mide by 11,snap.itte to Count Haugwite Are nut agreed to by Frederick William. In the meets time, private letters of respellabie authority have been received in this city from bt. Petersbutgh, state that the Duke of Bruns wick has negociated a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, between Russia and Prussia, and the military preparations in the former country are continued Without intermission. By letters from Berlin, of the fhb ;lucent, it seems, that war between Prussia and France is un avoidable. A Prussian garrison will, it is said. speedily occupy Flamburgh. and the Duchy cf Lau enburg.—Great magazines are forming for the Prus• sian army. Bonaparte's pretensions are said to be endiess. r-- T. Trui 1 he Iwo and just then inbt: Eat( f:orr Carl was L n• some prop t-in i;•••v1 f 1 r. tit b b by ( to uc Cle I hzd DUI cork or T , pCin r. Is and I art!!