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in his bosom, who fines not feel d►em deeply at the ' , resent moment. Moderation and Forbearance are words which do not belong .to the transaelion to which we allude. Can any man peruse the Corres- pondence, and not feel for the wounded Honour and bignity of his Country ? The Government of France appears to have thought that His Majesty's Ministers were disposed to 'subMit—it encroached upon this presumption, and has, at last, pushed its pretensions too far. People may wish that Minis ters had brought the Negotiation to a point at much earlier stages, but no man can doubt that they have gone far enough for the maintenance of Peace. But in proportion as they have conceder!, in that pro portion must the Spirit of the People be roused against France, when they see that Concession, in. stead of conciliating, only produced new Indig. So far from throwing blame upon Ministers for the retention of Malta, we think the most difficult part of their justification is that which relates to •periods prior to the discussions respeaing that Is. land. We not only approve of its retention, but we wish also that they had retained some other of our Conquests, because a hostile and inveterate 4is. position was evidently manifested on the part of France towards this Country, previous to the Orders being sent out for the Cession of several of them. Whatever afforded evidence of that 'hostile disposition, demanded distina explana. lion and satisfaEtion, and the Cessions to be made under the Treaty of Amiens, should have been with 7 held till, such explanations had been given. We refer particularly to the sequestration having been continued upon British propbrty, without re dress or satisladory answers given to the Repre. sentations of His Majesty's Ministers—the send , ing secretly Military °Pert under the pretended charatter of Commercial Agents, to the Ports of this Country and Ireland—the insulting demand to re. strain the Liberty of the Press, and to abandon the Emigrants who had taken refuge in our Land— ,• the annexation of Parma, Piacenza, and .Elba 'to the French Republic, and the violation of the lode- Fender= Of Sev;tzeriand. Upon these, and many other point's, we shall hereafter have to enlarge, We think it due to our. selves, however, to observe, that there are none of the topics contained iu the Papers laid before Parliament, upon which we did not give, at the time they arose, the most accurate information to our Readers, and they will all be found to have been commented upon in our former Numbers, some 'of , them at least six months ago. We were amongst those who wished for the preservation of Peace, if it could have been preserved with safety. A peru. sal of the Official Correspondence will convince every man that it could not, and we have now to call upon the Nation to maintain that Honour and Dignity in War, which we were not suffered to preserve in Peace. Even Mr. Fox will hardly find an opening in the peruSal of the Official Correspondence, for fur. ther submission, or for the renewal of a Negotia tion which has been but too long protratled. Yet it is still said, that he talks of the possibility of preserving Peace, and severely condemns His Ma jesty's Ministers But we shall hem.. his opinions shortly more distinaly from his own lips. As to eny chance now of returning to a state of Peace, every hour renders it less probable. The Media. tion of Russia, certainly the most powerful Me. diator, is much talked off;—but is it likely, alter ell that has passed, that the Ft RST CoRsU L will abandon Malta P Will he accede'to the last Projet proposed to him by our Ministers ; and, above all, will he discontinue that tone of arrogant and in. • Gutting superiority, incompatible with Peace he. twcen the two Nations, and which has, perhaps, more than any other circumstaece, led to the lire. sent crisis 'co the arrangement proposed in the last un- OffiCi;ll Communication of the French Govern. mein, our Ministers evidently could give no . ac. quiescence, as these - places belong to an—lnde. pendent Sove!eign, and the Whole proposition, indeed, was so clearly- meant to gain time, that it was unworthy of being lbs. one moment enter. tabled. We have said for the last month, that the l'egotiation was protraded by the French Qovern ment merely for the purpoe of maturing its Plans, isnd consolidating its means of making an un presion upon this Country. It has likewise been anxious to save itself as muck as possible in those p o i n ts in which it was itself the most vulnerable. We have before stated, from sources of information peculiar to ourselves, that orders bad been sent to St. De/nit/go, for the Fleet and remnant of the Army to return immediately to Europe, and that it was . a part of those orders; if it did not make the Freneb Cciast before the tstqft h May, to keep to the Southward, and get into a Spanish Port, Tile vessel that tprried out . these orders has re turned to lira; in ten weeks from the time she ;eft that rtst, The 'very trimsroissiort of such — Orders, which took place on the 12th of March, proves, among many other things, the pre. determination in the mind of the CHIEF CONSUL for War, while he was amusing us with the shew of Negotiation, which . he never meant should have a pacific issue. There is no one aEl,' indeed, of this extraordinary man, ever since the Treaty of //mien:, that does riot evince a most inveterate enmity to this Country, wholly incompatible with a decent observance of the relations of Peace and Amity. We refer to our Port Letters for very important, and at the sa:ne time very distressing news, par ticularly that. from Brest, stated in our Plymouth Letter. Lord NELSON sailed yesterday in the 1 1 ;elory ,from Spithead: He steers for Admiral CORN. wm,Lis's Peet off' Breit, from whence he pro. ceeds for the Mediterranean. We received this morning the Path Papers of the 18th inst. It appears that strong hopes of the restoration of Peace are still entertained in Paris, though we cannot discover from what source those hopes are derived. The First Consul had a long interview with the Deputation of the Tribunate that waiteel upon him on Monday, and he gave them particular details of the nature and progress of the Negotiation with England. In the Sitting of the Legislative Body on Monday ? a Deputation of Twenty.four Members were ordered to wait upon the First Consul. The report of Russia having offered her Media. tion, is renewed. It i 0 said that the Ets.tvltßOK has offered to guarantee the independence of Malia, and to garrison it with his troops, until England and France can agree upon a definitive artangetnent upon the subjea. Letters from the Hague state, that the French Troops in the Batavian Republic are to be aug. merited to 80,000 men, and that they are to be 'commanded by General VICTOR. The English Squadrons continue to cruize off the Texcl and the Meuse, but they do not stop any Ships coming in or going out. l),putatiorvof the Empire having at length terminated its labours, was. dissolved on the loth instant.-:—The French Funds are p. 23. This morning arrived a Mad from Holland, and two from Harnbagh. According to Intelligence from Vienna, 40,000 Austrian Troops are to he detached to Italy, to cover the Frontiers of Dalmatia, htria, and the "Venetian Territory. The French Army in the neighbourhood of ',usage,/ is stated to be daily augmenting. Great movements have been also observed amongst the Prussian Troops in Westphalia. The accounts from /MO repeat, that a French and Italian Army is assembling on the frontiers of the Papal States. An Envoy Extraordinary from the Landiurtman of Switzerland to the First Consul, has set out from thence for Paris. His mission is suppo'sed to relate to a desire expressed by th::' First Consul for the formation of some Swiss Regiments. Letters from Stockhoba, confirm the intelligence of ihe disputes between Russia and Sweden having been amicably terminated. Apprehensions are entertained in Holland, of a War between the Bey of Tripoli and the Batavian Republic. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, His MAJESTY left town for Windsor. tier MA.j MY ' and the Put t , :c asses MARY, AUGUSTA, ELI hA. urnt, and Am et.' A, left town about twelve o'clock, The PR INC ESS Sum lA, fiom indisposition, did not leave town. Yesterday the knights of the Bath who were installed on Thursday gave' a grand (entertainment to His Royal Highness the DUICeII of YORK, Grand Master, of the Order, at the ThatChed.liouse vern in St. Tames's Street. 'The tlinnei was the most sumptuous possible, and the wines various•and rich. We understand that M. PORTALIS I . the French Secretary to the late Embassy,. left town yesterday morning at.sivo'clock. • _ General Alluittosyi, we believe, quitted .this: Country with great regret. It is but justice to him to say, that his cotOud while "here' recom mended him to the high estimation of all ranks and . deKription3 of people. The Duke of ilEnvotkp and the Dutchess of GORDON, with her daughter, are o n 'their return home. They were at Al)eville the night Lord WH I Two RT H crossed the channel. Lord Wrt TTWORTII and the Dutchess of Dortsre stopped .at Chantilly cm tl:e Right they left Paris, on the Friday night they kept at Amiens, and reached Calais on Saturday evening. Every person ctoncurs'in their* admiration of the dignity and grace with which the DU KE of YORK went through, on Thutsday, the ceremony of the Installation. 1112 Chapel ,cxhibite c l ong o f the .grandest sights imaginable. m4erstand that a regulation has been made at-the House of cainrn mh, by which wa, :g er s will not, on 'Monday, or tiPon any future.ttecastun, bc_,.altniiced into the Gallery before four cot:lock. • ca t oill Lott two, of the ',Royal Navy, pee. se w e d to His 1\444841'T WOucactiy hy py, OIC liol t/IPlfiikt NAVAL NEW. ' PLYMOUTH, MAY r9.—Early this morning arrived here the Dutch Ship Vrow Constantia, Capt. Tu. NET sksz, laden with a very valuable Cargo of Coffee, Sugar, Cotton, Bcc. from Surinam, bound to Amsterdam : sailed on the 23d March, and was detained yesterday morning about ro leagues S. W. of the Edystone, by the Doris Frigate, 0f:36 gun;, Capt. Ps ARSON, belonging to the Channel Fleet. On the preceding day the Doris fell in with a large French West I ndiaman, richly. laden, from Tobago, but not being then apprized that Hostilities had commenced, she was sutrered to proceed. A Seaman is arrived here who left Brest ten days since ; he states that a great many English Seamen, as well as Ship wrights, are at that Port ; the latter consisting chiefly of those discharged from our Dock-yards, who are allowed by the French Government Two Guineas per week, for wages. and lodgings free of expence. Sailed the Galgo and Hunter Sloops of War, to the West ward. , • DEAL, MAY zo.—Came down from the River His Ma jesty's •Sloop Kite, with Rear-Admiral Sir jAmts Swu mAa tz on board, and sailed through the Downs for Ports mouth. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Gelykheid, to join Rear. Admiral Tilos. NBOROUGH off Gorce ; and the Archer Gun vessel on a Cruize. A. large Dutch Ship was this morning sent in by the Cruizcrs from this Station ; but her name and destination have not transpired. HARWICH, MAY 20.—The Prince of Wales Packet, Captain ANTHONY DEANE, arrived this morning from Hel voetsluys, with the Dutch Mail, and upwards of twenty passengers. The King George, Capt. SANTER, and the Prince of Wales, Capt. I-Ixn a , also arrived from Cuxhaven, with the liambro' and Bremen Mails. These Packets left Cuxhaven on Tuesday last; the Diana, Capt. STEwART, was then going in, and His Majesty's Ship La Constance had arrived to Convoy the English ships now loaded at Hain. burgh to England. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 2o.—This morning, at ten o'cloCk, Admiral Lord NELsoN embarked from the Sally_ port, and proceeded to his Ship the Vidory, and at noon he got under-weigh, and is now clear off the Wight, with a breeze from the North East.—His Lordship hi gone to sea without his stock of wine, though it was almost hourly ex_ petted from Guernsey : his private convenience is always subservient to his zeal for the public service. Ills Lord ship touches the Grand Fleet under Admiral Coa.NwALL:s, and, if necessary, leaves the Vidory with him, and moves into the Ainphion Frigate for the Mediterranean, where he wilt be Chief in Command. TM QUEEN': BALL, AT BUCKINGHAALIWUSE. One of the most magnificent Balls ever given by HER MAJESTY, took place on Thursday evening. The company began to assemble as early as eight o'clock. About half after eight o'clock the IN INCE Of WALES, Dutcss of YORK and CLARENCE, ar rived. At half after nine 1116 whole of the com. pany being assembled, the dances commenced with a dance called for by PRINCESS AUGUSTA. Her Royal Highness opened the Ball -with the Duke of SomeRSET. Next followed Duke of Rutland, - - Princess Mary. Marquis of Worcester, . Princess Sophia. Marquis of Lome - - Princess Amelia. Earl of Aboyne - Princess Sophia of Gloucester. Lord Villiers, . Lady . Sarah Fane. Lord Fitzharris Lady Mary Thynne. Lord Lovaine, . Lady C. Paget. Lord Macdonald - Lady A. M. Stanhope. Lord Charles Somerset, - Lady NI. Bentinck. Lord Charles Bentinck . Lady C. Cadogan. Lord Stopford - Lady C. Stewart. Captain Legge of the Navy, Lady Percy. Lord Mark her, - - Lady C. lenkinson. Lord lames Murray - Lady F. Somerset. • Lord Edward Somerset, - • Lady C. Thynne. Captain Pierrepont, (Navy) Lady C. Murray. Captain Upton, - - Lady C. Greville. Mr. Townshend, - Lady G. C'Vcil. Mr. Cadogan, Lady M. Fitzroy. In the third dance the Duke of GORDON (who had been for some time in conversation with Their MAJESTIES) desired to know the name of it, and on being told Sir David Hunter Blair, laid down 'his bat and sword and joined the nimble throng, having the honour of the eldest Lady THYNNE for a partner. The fourth dance, Mrs. Gardner a troop, was called for by PRINCESS MARY; and the fifth, make ye be fain iofidlow me, by the PR INC ESS SOPH lA. At the conclusion of the latter, the corn. pany adjourned to supper,- it being then half after one o'clock. The supper was, as usual, a very sumptuous one. The tables were ornamented with every fanciful de. vice in frame work, which the ingenuity of art and nature could furnish. About two hundred and fifty covers were laid, and about that number sat doWn at table. At half after two the ball recom. menced, with The. Zodiac Waltz,' at the request of the PRINCE of WALES, anti another dance which followed concluded the ball at four o'clock.— The PRINCESSIIS danced the whole night, which is very unusual. Their MAJESTIES were in high health and spirits, and conversed with their visitors with their usual condescension. • Every. apartment in the QUEEN'S Palace was ap. propriated for the entertainment and accommodation of the visitors. The Ballroom was most superbly illuminated, ; The sofas in this room are of white velvet, beautifully painted by Her Royal Highness the PRINCESS ELIZABETH. The decorations of the supper tables consisted of naval flags and tro phies, triumphal arches, and appropriate ornaments. This was the latest party ever known at the Queen's Hciuse. Their MAJESTIES did not retire until the clock struck four ;'and the , company fol. 10 1 4 , 0 as soon as their carriages could get up. The first dance hati,pcocceiled but a short time, when,the Marquis of Lox NE was taken so extremely ill, .that - he was obliged to retire. The Amethyst . Frigate, Captain CAMPBELL; is Ordered to sail immediately fur Hambuigh, to bring over His Royal Highness the Doke of CAMBRIDGE, and Prince WILLIAM of GLOUCESTER. The Council for Prizes,- at Paris, have declared as legal prizes . the English ship taken by the intrepid, and the Porc4ee.t3ken by the Bellows privateer in the East . Indiei. Thursday evening was married by Special Li.. cence t Captain' Sir Wm. tANI Bot.ToN, of the Rgyid Navy, an proxy to Vi , :count NELSON at the Instaliation, 'to Miss CAMIE R,l NE BOLTON, daub.. ter of TtionsAs Bot.ioi, Isq. of Cranwicit, in Norfv.)lls 4 an 4 Niece to Viscp oin NtooN, Lila' REPORT. COURT'OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 2 a. MR, GARR OW moved for leave to file a crielinal. information against certain Magistrates, whom he named, of the Town of Nottingham, against whom charges hat! been already made in the Report of the Committee on the Nottingham Eleelion. FTe moved this upon an :lidavit Which imputed to them that they were in the course of following •up, and had expressed a determination to pursue, at the next Eldlion, the very praelice which had been reprehended by the Committee, namely, that of ap propriating out of the Corporation Purse, of which they were the Guardians, fur Public Purposes, mo-: ney to defray expences which 'may be incurred in their opposing one Candidate, (Mr. Coke)) anJ supporting another, (Mr. Birch,) and for pArtY views, which were stated to be dangerous to the Public Peace. After a good deal of discussion, the Court granted a rule to shew Cause. • The following is handed about as a correa list of the Home Staff 'Military Appointments : Sir DAVID Du NDA s, K. B. General in Chief in the Ficids.:. LIEVTENANT.G;II6IIALS—Gardiner, Sir fames Polecats Lord lOulgnive, Earl of Chatham, Sir Henry DalrymOcc • Simc.oe, Sir lames Craig, K; B. MA joa-G Ft ERALS—England, Lord Hutchinson, R. ners Loftus, Hewitt, Sir Lyre Coote, K. B. LW", Cradock, K. B. Fitzroy, Garth, Barton, Sir f.St.W I Erskine, Cowell, Stavely, Churchill, Ludlow, biqflt,.. MAI oa-GIN z R ALS—Earl of Cavan, Whitelock, Lortlol' Somerset, Marquis of Huntly, Benson, Finch, Leslie, Wynyard, Thornton, Grosvenor, Hon A. Mackenzie, Lion. I. Forbes, Lord Paget, Cartwright , The first division of the Hertfordshire _Militia! under the command of the Marquis of SALlsaust, marched on Wednesday for Colchester Barrack4r where they are to be quartered, and the second ‘ ll4 vision were to march this day for the same Place* On Wednesday morning (in consequence of Order received from the War_Offiee on Mond s P the first division of the Derbyshire Militia, Wag,' ing of five Companies, marched from Derby on the ft route for Dover Castle ; the remainder of the Ite• giment will follow this morning. The Dorset Militia are on their march k r Brighton, where they exped to stay some lilae. time, and then go into Camp in that neighbourhood.;' COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. Last night MTh LITCHFIELD had her Benefit at this Theatre, which, was well attended. The Play was King yam, a s i . altered by Dr. VALPY of Reading, for represe nr n v. tion by his scholars. Liberties of that kind mq, be taken with our Immortal Bard for thepurp ose private theatrical:, but we cannot approve of Oe n ; on the Stage. Much of the SHAKSPERIAN spirit hal evaporated—Some patriotic passages were •receivea with enthusiastic atyrobation by the audie nce' such as— Her Fleets and Armies Shalt carry England's glory thin' the Wor4, And serve their K.IN c to the last gasp of England's Freedom is seated on a rock, _ Which tMts cl:.:sance to the power of F iance. In several other instances applicable to the pr e ; sent circumstances of the country, the audieneegav ea • ample testimony of the public feelihg ; they evince. genuine English spirit which spurns &aloof° .° and is ardent to chastise injustice and oPP. re i ji i i re . ss ' Died at Bath, after a long and P ai r% d which she bore with uncommon forti tu i , (4 :, - f Pir la. he of Wlll. lAM BUR ROUC Esq. IVleoluc• ment for the Borough of Enniskillen. W publishing The new Pocket Edition Of SHAKEstsA ig ' tes ° to Pla each, by Mr. K EA /ME Y, is the most beautiful Tu l L . in distintt Plays, with t w its size and moderate price, that has ever Wear"' ' Miss ADAMS'S beautiful style of Dancing, her figure:and chaste manner of performing Coluttibi7f have made it quite a new charader ; and g° g ri g different from the old hackneyed manner of trey "the the Stage, that the Spedators seem surprised Oi l, variety of elegant steps, and gracefu l attiruu` which she combines with the greatest Case propriety. of It must give great satisfaCtion to the Am ate4l.l l ' sacred and sublime Music, and particularly to 111 4 admirers of Handel, Purcell, Boyce, H a y dn ': other great masters, to hear that Mc. Pitt , ~Vl . „ duCtor of the meeting of the Three Choirs at cester, has engaged Mrs. Billington, Miss r r i e _ t/3 2 4 - ; Miss Cantelo, Fanny Koss Melville (from t'l e ,.. ec Chapel Choir) being her first appearance in poo. 11 : some FtMiale Chorus - singers from, Lancn:tr,' Messrs. Harrison, Incledon, W. K n yvet, 01 1 ° 41 " t"; tleman, who will be aided by a Band sel'er i tch any that has preceded it out of London, in 4 ";h B are a considerable number of Performers 10:411,40 King's Concerts ; a meeting unusually e ttra "" - may therefore be fairly anticipated. BIRTH. , Arg . C. On Thursday the igth inst. in Gower•stro et, Hutton, of a Daughter. MARRIED. r .1 for* On Tuesday the 17th of this month, at Swansea, ‘-' 14 "; in glnshire, John Rees, Esq. of kilymaenllwyd -Hou, l s "rit , tne County of Carmarthen, to Miss Anne C. Vander 5 il co • youngest daughter of Elias Vander Horst, Esq. Arn gr Con astsul at Bristol. crate, L week, Horace St. Paul, juri. 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