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011. . IVIIIO. Trench o . .. MAILS. - Hainb44ll 2 ,- PRICE OF sTocKs, 'Mil DAY AT WIWI/ O'CLOCK. Consols .. —57 i 57* Omdiurn ft 2} a 2 disc, THE SUN. •OL{N QUI* Dicing IALIUM AUDIT? LONDON, JUNE 17, 1803. YESTERDAY forenoon a Privy Council was held at Windsor, at which were present the KING, the DUKES of YORK, KENT, and CUM! LIMAN!), Lords PELHAM, WESTMORE LAND, and CASTLEREAGH, and Mr. HUEY ADDING TON. Letters of Marque and Reprisal were ordered to be issued against the Batavia:: Republic. The Message which was expelled yesterday, was not delivered. It will probably be so this day. Yesterday Mr. SHAW, the Messenger, sailed from Dover for Calais, with Dispatches for M. Tnr.. LITRAND j and Count de ',AMOY, a Russian Nobleman,landed at Dover yesterday morning early, and reached Town in the aftcsnoon, with an im. portant Dispatch to Count WORONZOW, the Rus. sian Ambassador, who immediately made a corn. munication of its contents- 4) Lord HAWKIIII. SUMP. It is now understood that Runia has made a specific proposal of Mediation between this Country and France; and it is even asserted, that a Negotiation for Peace is at the present mutnent atlively carried on by the Russian Ministers here and at Paris. 'We trust that no measure of this kind will retard or cheek our preparations for an aftive prosecution of the War. The very observa. tiont which we this day insert, made by the French Government, on His Majesty's Declaration, prove how little disposed to Peace are the minds of the persons who direa the affairs of France. The very idea, however, of such a Negotiation being on foot, has naturally had an effect on the Stock Exchange. Omnium, which was at one time yesterday at 4:per Cent. discount, left off at 3, and this morning it WAS at X. Ws received last.night the Paris'Papers of the 13th, and this morning the hioniteur of the 14th, and a Brusteh Pa l ter of the same date. We'have extrattea from the Molitor' , of the 13th the Official Comments of the French Government upon His D ec l a r a tion...Me have not room at present to enter into any observations upon this extraordinary produdion, if indeed any other ob. aeriation be necessary except that of stating that it is drawn up exadly in the style of all the pro. duaions that come from the same quarter, that is to say, with a sovereigncontempt for every thing like the appearance of truth; with a great deal of strong assertion, and a great deal of artful sophistry. The FIRST CONSUL appears at length to have made up his mind to venture upon his journey to the Netherlands : Official information has been re. ceived at Brussels, that BONAPARTE meant to leave Paris in the course of this week. Letters from Constantinople, of the 4th ult. con. firm the account of the Porte having determined to observe the striaest Neutrality in the 'War between England and France. It is also added, General Rawls applied for permission to garrison different parts in the Levant with French Troops, which the Porte absolutely refused. It appears that Couriers are constaiStly passing, between Paris and the French Army in Hanover. General Rare passed through Nimeguen on the 6th inst. on his way to the Army. The French Funds are 49. so. Tut fate of 114 mover, though the Invasion of that Ele::llratt by the French was long threatened in ease of a renewal of the War,. has not failed to excite a consitteraWe 'sensation, as' holding out the little proNpen. there seems lobe amongst the People oftheCUillirlf7t:t TO reist the progress of the French Ants, to whatever quarter they maybe turned. — Had His Majesty's Hanoverian Subjects had any reasonable hope of support from any _'of the Con. tinental Powers, we have no data but they would have made a vigorous and patriotic effort to prevent their Country front 'becoming a prey to the licen t6.l'nett a 3 French Army, and the despotism of the French Government ; for the ILmoverians have ever proved themselves to. be a. royal and a brave ? collie, and their patriotism and spirit would have been animated by the rresenee of a PR INC z at their he ad of the illustrious -House of their Hereditary Sovereigns. Rut . no sui , port seemed likely to be. extended to them by , any neighbouring Power, and their resistance without this was hopelese, and would Intve only formed.a pretext for the French to ravag e their Country with fire and sword. - Whi le We thus however may find some excuse for thefeehle resistance en the part of the Hanoverians to the progress of the Enemy, we cannot but be surprised at the apathy shewn by the Great Powers of Europe to this violation by the French of every principle of Justice, and the Law of Nations. We allude more particularly to Russia and Prussia.._ Can it be considered as a matter of indifirerence to them that , the Neutrality of the Empire should thus be violated, and the march of ‘ a French Army di reeted towards their own Frontier, particularly that of the latter ? There must be something more in their motives than meets the eye of common ob. servation. Both inconvenience and loss must accrue' to the Subjeds of Prussia in particular, and indeed to the whole North of Germany, from the Ports of the Weser and the Elbe being shut up by the French ; and the reasons must' be powerful that would induce Prussia, and the Powers of the North generally, to submit to this suspension of their trade, and degradation of their National`Honour. Where are we to look fur their motives of adion, or rather of in.aftion? We are afraid we must look at home for them. We are afraid that the opinion of our present Administration is not very high on the Continent, and that the 'great Powers there are unwilling to enter into any very close connetlion with us, be. cause they cannot have a firm reliance upon the ability and vigour of our Ministry. We beli.ve we are not altogether unfounded in this conjeaure— but be that as it may, we feel it our duty to inspire confidence and unanimity at home, and we wish to roue the Country to exertions suitable to the dan gers with which we are.threatened and surrounded. These dangers are apparent to the great, and pro. videnr, and comprehensive mind of Mr. PITT, and he has stated his conception of them in the House of Commons, in the most eloquent and energetic language. gut the Country seems sunk in a degree of apathy that we consider dangerous in the extreme. We wish not to alarm, but to stimulate our Coun. ' trymen to a proper degree of vigilance and exec. tion. Let us consider the aelive - and enterprizing Enemy with whom we have to contend—let us not too confidently consider the Strait which so for. tunately divides us, as too secure a barrier against the execution of his daring and desperate projeft of Invasion. Too great a feeling of security is the height of folly in the present circumstances—let us be duly prepared and heartily united, and we have nothing to fear ; but that due preparation can only be made by a spirited and consentaneous exertion. Yesterday morning about ten o'clock, His MA• 'ESTI'', accompanied — by the Dtricrs of CUMDER. LAND and CAMBRIDGE, PRINCESSES SOPH IA and A hrz t. A, attended by General GARTH, Colonels FITZROY and SPENCER, and Major DEs a Row, took an airing on horseback in Windsor Park, and returned to the Queen's Lodge soon after eleven o'clock. About half past twelve His MAJESTY and Suite went on horseback to Ascot Heath Races. HER MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES AUGUSTA, ELIZA BETH, and MARY, and the DUKE of KENT at. tended by the Countesses of CHATHAM and AYLES. BURY, and Ladies ISABELLA THYNNE, and MA. TILDA WYNYARD, and Miss GOLDSWORTHY fol. lowed His MAJESTY CO the Race Ground in three open carriages, and arrived at the Royal Stand soon after one o'clock, where. they were met by the Earl of SANDWICH, and a number of the Nobility. Soon after the arrival of the ROYAL FAMILY, the horses started lOr the plate. Tulip was the favorite at starting, and won the first heat. Mr. SHARP'S Stag-hunter won the second and last heat, which was a very good heat—each rode his own horse. About two o'clock a Messenger arrived at the Royal Stand with Dispatches from the. Secretary of State's Office, and after HIS MAJESTY had perused them he returned an answer by the same Messenger to London. , The ROYAL 14 - A IA I LY appeareo much pleased with the day's sport, and between the heats walked on the Course and partook of some refreshment pre. pared for them. His MnMAJESTY 'S' Stud at Hanover was removed some tittle before the French entered that Country, into the Territories of the DUKE of BR U NSW I CR. Mr, LtsToN, late Minister at the Hague, will embark immediately at Yarmouth, on board the Amethyst Frigate, for Copenhagen, in (purity of Ambassador.. Yesterday, a Deputation of the Lottery. Office Keepers waited, by typointment, on the CHANCRL. LOR of the EXCHEQUER. The proposed Lottery is to consist of Schooo Tickets (with liberty to the purchasers to convert that number into 90,000), to be drawn at three separate periods, viz. in Septem. ber, January, and April next. Ten days drawing in each of these periods. 'On Monday next the bac. gain is to be fixed. Yesterday morning the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards had a grand field-day in Hyde Park, under the command of General FINCH, previous to their being reviewed by His MAJ BSTY next week on Wimbledon Common. Yesterday advice was received at the East India House of the safe arrival at Portsmouth of the Earl o Afenwing tam (private ship) from Bengal and Ma. dras. The Co/amerce (whaler) arrived at St. I Mena on the z6th of April. Yesterday the Judges met in Lord ELLSNBO - room, at Westminster Hall, and chose their Circuits. HONlE—Lord E Ltwaoitouq v y, and justice 111 ATit. NO ItTli F. RN—Baron TuomsoN, and Justice CHAMIIiI. NORFOLK—LORD CHIEF BA a aN i .and.Baran HATUAM. OXFORD—IIIStiCC LAWASNCI, and justice Li BLANC. v i riEsTUßN—Lord AO/ANL:Ir, and Baron GRAHAM, NI I DLAND—lugita Gkosi, and fusticeitocoa.., N 3 VAL . NE IV S. PLYAIOUTII, jutii is. the Prussian Gallitit vcr,ay,ting, Capt..[. r ! : o, from London for Chaiante. in • ballast, with loss eftri.aiii,tuast, carried away by lightning on Sunday n)orning laaf, ,ofFtlie_EdystOn a e.'.'. • Arrived -the French , Brig Frorn d pada loupe, with sugar, Sc,, captured fiy a Tender, belonging to His Majesty's Ship Prince. Int .‘ PORTS,M OUT a 6. His gajestY's Ft igate Amazon, Capt. I,)itz,b'peraftM v DA Y, from a Cruize. • • His Majesty's Ship Royal.i'SoyAreign ii .ii.schek u i iif the Harbour to Spithead. .; (;?fici : • HARWICH, JuNrs 16 --The ,praissian, Shlagytes , Twee Cebroders and Snell heyd, arrived-herg Tith.rAsAFci n, gers from Catwick, from tvhorn we yzenall Soldiers marched into Rotterdarn a fcv%)091 4 .17 3 : The Neutral Schuyte Twee'Gebroders.sailed.4gain ,ffir Catwick this afternoon, with .Forcign Passeoger4 t4At.JIAYPi • been some days detained at this place hem the WAnt of aYEAtIi t , : convey them to the Continent; on which account. Q9`ff/51 1 families lefa this place yesterday on tbeirreturn to Londoui. (A , Remain six H3lllblirgh and Bremen Mails, with the Pr4l9a : , of Wales Packet, Capt. A. pith Ng, Diana, fr antic the A uu•kland, Bin DC P., and the Aggressor Cun-,rissel Several Transports arc this moment arrived with , Treops, from Scotland, intend:4 to be encamped in this neighbous.:f hood, YA RMOUT/tio t6.—The Rising tun, Prt EA FINK, from the North Sea, bound to Flydatn, with fish and salt ; and De Henste Kemp, MAATYNUS BOOFNISERC, from the North Sea, bound to Rotterdam, both sent in here by the Penelope Frigate; Twee Gebroders, Po six, from Rotterclarti to Lre don, with butter and cheese, sent in by the Aggressor Brig. Arrived in the Roads, Hound Armed Sloop, and two 'I gins ports from Leith, and sailed this morning for Ipswich, with the Loth Regiment on board. FALMOUTH, ju N a 14.—A rtived this day the A merican Ship Brutus, Captain JOHN BUNCE, 29 days from Peters. burgh, Virginia, with tobacco, for orders : did not speak a single vessel on her passage ; the Swedish Brig Emanuel, Capt. DiROMAN, from Alicant, with barilla r and wine, for Rouen, detained by the Ailive Excise Cutter, Capt. KINS MAN, which is also arrived c the Emanuel has Wen 4o clays from Alicant, and is gone into quarantine ;• and the English Brig Bee, BULLY, from Zanre, with currants, for orders. On the tzth inst. arrived the Brig Maria fane, Capt fos. M. SALTER, with rice, 58 days from Charlestown ; the Mafia Jane sailed in company with eight sail of Dutch Mer chant Vessels, and there were then ready with full cargoes several French Vessels, all botinil for Europe. The Ship Oughton, of Glasgow, drove on shore in a gale of wind at Charlestown on the Isth April, but it %Vil expedicil she would he got ow with via) , little damage; 011 the milt inst. ow Scilly, saw a Sloop of W.o . (Biig) take the Dutch Brig Nierlands Unie, Capt. SCIIM DT, from Alicant, with for Middleburgh, and sent her for Plymouth. Yesterday morning early sailed the Ant until Sloop,of War, Capt. J A CK6ON, with the following Ves!:els under Convoy The Prince of Walcs,Trelu with tin, &c. lbr London; Rochdale, Tucker, with winLs, ; Anderson, Morely, with collet, sugar, &c. and New I.lope, Carr, for Lor,don ; also Betsey, Bray, for Newfoundland. And late last evening the of Wales Packet, Toon, for Lisbon, with Mail of the 7th inst. and Townoend ditto, DODU. with Mails oftlic isfinst. for Now York and Halifax. DEAL, futvic i6.--Sailed on a CI liZe. the Lark and Charwell Sloops. Arrived the Crnizer and j;ilouse Sloopb ; and remain wish the Raisonahle, Celykheid, Autumn, Fury Bomb, Archer and Vixen Cun.b►lg9, Earl Spencer and Tiwis Indian►cn. DOI'AR, JUNE i 6.. SHAW the Messenger, sailed this morning with Dispatches for M. TALLE YR AND. Arrived this morning from Calais, M. Dc gAN SKOY, a Russian Count, with Dispatches, which it is said contain a Proposal of Mediation between this Cuuntry anti France. COXHII4TH CdMr, Jura 16. TN It Derbyshire Militia, now quartered at Maid. atone, 'have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to take the field at Coxheath cm the shortest notice. The Regiments now at Ashford Barracks have received a similar order. CORN EXCIIANGE, JUNE 17. WE have to-day several arrivals of Grain, the Wheat trade is dull, and prices appear rather to give way; Barley and Malt remain .in the late state, extremely heavy of sale ; Pease and Beans sell- at, nearly about last prices ' • Oats sell briskly, having a demand for Public Service, and are a rising article ; terms of Flour are unal tered. Wheat sat a slisit 64s ad Tick Beans • 28s a 31% 6(1 Fine ditto - Oss a:663 od Oats - - gas .a 22 a 251 Rye - -32 S a 35N Od P0:311d ditto . 26) .1 27S ad Barley . its a 2js 6d I Rape Seed - - A i a 39 , Malt I _.- - 4os a 4iS Od I Fine Flour' . OS a 54., oil White 'ease 425 AOson I Seconds ... • Cs 4 SQ S Beans -. 3oc a 35s ad ,SOUTHWARK ELECTION, IgINTII DAY.— The Poll•clased at one o'clock, by ,proclaination from the High BaililE The Candidates then came for. ward, and the High Bailiff declared the numbers as fullows Fot the Right Hoe. C. Ti F. 11 INi Y Sir T. TuaTON, Bart. - 1 573 149: Sir WATK,IN Lewis then declared, that Sir T, TURTON having demanded a Scrutiny, he had granted it, and had fixed it to comtnincc on Tues„ day morning next, at ten o'clock. Mr.`TIRRNLY made a short speech, lamenting his being so harassed, and was followtd by Sir T. TURTON, who briefly explaii.ed that, he demanded the Scruti n y on a fi rm conv itli on t h at h e h a d a l arge majority of legal votes, as well as disputed Of farmed. votes, and fully hoped.for AUCCCSII. At two o'clock the tiustings.btoke up till Tueiday, next. Mr. AootscTotc, the Right Hon. the Chancel lor 9f the Exchequer, • was yesterday OfilWil for a Militia-man 1 Di e 4 on Vv e d neif i g y last, the Igth inst. at his house in Queen.ktrutte, London, LawARD DICK. ' 1 " 5 ") Esq. giatsthill•Housc, in WarwickAire. P.4l?frS; DECLARATION OF THE thig Or fl.( LAND, AND TILE 01 ,. VAPILMS ItIS MlNliTEkte, ACCUM- Nlia SY JOM& 04iSSMV AT lONS. " Declarations of 44'iir are, it is knonn, not iipoals either to reason or justite. Frequently ih those kind of ads,amungst 'the motives alledged, we find leelamations store or .less founded; one may be perntitted to eXasperate grievances, to eitaggerate complaints, Or to live 1 atror.g colour to fads, in order to make them tell ; but we do , not thittic,. that there 'w7asfever asSeMblett in a Paper, consecrated by the name of King, a greater amber at' aiscrtinns'lcitownto be untrue, of Improbable 'CUSittiollaa and forceddetiuetions, than arc to hi fu'und in all • the Pages cif the /Ong Declaration of the KINO 'Ot Err Ae HistrOtWill mi.-other means of enlightening irostertiyi r l illtiVie4iieet to the true causes of th ose events Whicli Nl4isi'llinit the Papers destined to justify the "dliegatiob j s of thik kaltifetto, they wi ll stiffice to inform ages tkithel,4 , `lritras betiiht gravity and the solemnity of en. and . li#OkiA, who , htive bean the itolato i tis thli‘Colleiltnn which t h e y tie 3 dit riing'rtfielr reptoacitess, turns afainii;kirkeiyi;L, 't : titl4i4'tiiis then.' of all "thok 'ads of in ,justice tkith:i:jioh Miff to chargilrittee. ‘4 'grieV.Mett, /;,; (11;tff,,kit,1 anti the developcfnent ottneir anted r ineaStiret. Let us • amine suceeisavely'the Koyal t f)ec;l'atati';i', -oifi,es of Ministers, andthe i c;:irespoildemi; of their ; and let us stop the Iteader:;iioi' u pon all the passagei i ; f inft r ujiOn thos . ! which fonn the in t palpable proofs, that fire L Go vernment by the publication of theSe Papers could itself Or us, of its perfidy; of its miserable policy, of lig Shartlei\il4l.l - . , " What if amongst those who read those observatiOns there shall be found thOse who look to the future, who take a perspedtive of the evils which must result from this War Commerce pursued 02 the Ocean, disorganized on tire Con. tinent, the chain of its ColltleditnlS broken, its adlivity pa. ralyzed, towns destroyed; fields ravaged, shores stained with blood; lastly, two Nations almost out of the reach of injur. hag each other by the accustomed mode of hostilities, forced to await the event of War, to conceive and to execute against each other extraurdinari enterprixes. • Behold what every friend of humanity must foresee, freezing with honor, and before so terrible and so near a . prospod, what man so insert. sible as to reject a sentiment of violent indignation against the Government, abused or perverted, which after. having taken a determination which must give birth to a great cala mity to Nations and to, ages, throws itself' upon the judgment of:its , eoteinporaries, founding the motive of its decisions upon inisfortunes. " I)ut if ellimded Humanity authorizes its name, and for its defence the language of just reprobation, the interests of Tnitti command a calm .and cool refutation. Simple but positive Notes. joined to the Declaration and to the Cones. - pon,,k-nce of the ,Alinisyrs of fits Bk trAaate y, will suffice for that refutation. " England has tleclare.t War because she wishes for Warp and bccaLhe she wanted grievances she has Made them, France had wanted to make them, it' she had wished to found them en the fads collected and transmitted by her Diploma tic Ageots, other motives and other grievances would have been seen than those of England; but the French Govern. merit h's already made known its Opinion, that what might suffice as a cause ter a Duel cannot be sufficient to justify a War. France is drawn Into the War,. not by motives of Its own choice, not by views of its OW4I, determination, it is not a Wiir even for tit.: ot Malta, but solely to repel _ an unjust aggres-sion. " The whole explanation of the =due of Franc* hitt this single proposition : the French Gevertlinelln NS con. stantly shewn and prayed Its desire, which might be heard every where, and France has been attacked. " Let us see how the English Government explains and defends its conduct," [Then follows the first passage of Hie MAJ ES. TY 'S DtChiratioll.) " The discussions between France and England corn =need at the epoch of the King's Message, the Bth of March, the first ad which constitutes on the part of Eng land, a state of negotiation, is a letter of Lord Hawkesb.-try; (Attic ti•th of March. irarn the period of that Note, to the 7th of April, the French Ministry received three Laconic Notes, of which two had simple incidents for their objett. On the 7th of April, Lord Whitworth announced tho alter native of his departure, The flirts cj Nlx Mujety fir the ntaiisteptamer of Peace are reduced to 'a vague and indolent Negotiation, which on the 21st day, lost thz appearance of a pacific disposition. Fif teen days afterwards, the English Ambassador peremptorily demanded passports; fifteen days after that he quitted France; Stich have been the eil.rtr Majesty Jo- the siailite , :wvet, of Peace. We shall make no remark upon the rest, of this passage. The zeal and spirit which the People have manifested, the honour of the Crown, and the dangers to which the King's States arc menaced, are phrases ofcourse." [Then follows the tWct'next periods of the De.. clarßtian.] These two paragraphs.cyplain themselves, the first is an culogium - on the justice of ft is BRITA NN IC LST Y, who since the I.);!ace ha; had the generosity to treat the French in England upon the same footing with the inhabitantt of lire men, of Lubec, of I.cipsic, and of Frankfort. On the delays of the Tribunal, the chicanery of lawyers, and the repu l ;nance -of English debtors to discharge their debts, the Government ofthe Republic kis not thought proper to pub. licit the complaints which, it has received on the part of French creditors. it supposed that iu , these kind of grievances,' there was something 'Of impatimy, exaggeration, and perhaps injustice, but by the perfect equity of n:4 positions, Icy r e ailvnY G f the 11, Nib 11,i5i,4444d0r it lib if spe+7 16 ibis ,pecia'of cedstplaims, it had no rc;:uolt to ittiV oB4 that it could be made a subjeltior an article of the Maui testO. " Here the assertioniorthe British Government,, with re_ sped . ' to the reiterated rennurr.vicil of Is, ,411. , !%.?fiva'r.r. is proved untrue, The French colle&ion of Orfii ; ial Papers "proves that no Paper was presented 'ort. this -Arbjeet. The Illiglish' Collettion presents not cven..ii trace of any step taken upon that subject, or any Reclamation ; but ,sin ce the Englibli bm cuv c .,,,,„. *i . As (it:ermined to creet into a political trio. al: vancic d i ed inutility of the elliarts of it* Mirlis4,l%, _ .., .. time, i s re is i o •r i for surprize that in a colittlion so artiit,irily compiled, madc, divan), and arranged, according t...,, the taste of those who published it, a Letter, true or cuppos4, .t,ipo.f. ilAwrcissuay, or hiurtv, or WRIT woarit, did Lotap. pear AS a justificatory Paper tilt' that Royal allegation., .4 W e ;l i s p day that of violences committed 01 tho PIC