The Sun. — London, England, 1803-05-20 00:00:00

~~,::~y..:. relatel . to the Commercial gents, and ‘.•/).tt representations had', been made ' upon the subjeel to the French Government, The next information he wanted, was . the date of the Patier of Instru4lions which had been sent to a 'French Agent in Dublin. The next Paper• he should. n n ve for, related to the sending of French Troops into- Hollan&t he wished to know what__ 'Talon.- s: -..trees had been rtuttle.to.the French Government on that. 'CsiJerabke stress had been laid • upon . on EXpreSsions in the review of the state of France Whicle•had been' laid before the Legislative Body ; he should move. for, to copy of the remon. sirances Which had been made upon that subject. shetild also moire: 4 ldr a copy of the Answer to the Tnote presented by our Minister at Paris to the French G,O,Coint;:ni on the subjett of Switzerland : also . for the' date of the orders sent out from this Country not ro gitie.up the Cape and other possessions, which We were to deliver up by . the 'Treaty of Peace • and also fur an account Dimly intelligence received by Goiernmentrelative.to the Cession of Louisiana by France to America. There was a report in .eircu lation,- that such a 'Cession: had been made, and if it were true, it mast have come to the knowledge of Ministers:* The last Paper he should move for, •was the substanee of the infortnation Ministers„bad received relative to the Armaments in•the Ports of Fiacte and HollAt;d. He quoted two cases from the jourtials, the opt in 7756, the other in 7732, when Motions of a similar tendency had been granted.— After shortly contending for the necessity of pro, diming. these Documents, he concluded by moving for the radii:llOn of .the first Paper. - Lard IMO' ICEBURY said, that although by the. Rules, of the House no more, than one of .the motions of . the,Hutt..Gentleman could-be put at one time, 'yet 'the Eon. GCIItICM4II had candidly stated them altogether, with his' arguments . with . uhich Ile supporte:l their prodation, his - Lordship said lie should assign r:!asons for, the individual vote he. shoukl„give on this occasion, and take a short A , iew o f what he thought was right to be done. In t he .fir .0 place, he laid thisAown as a rule for himself, and submitted it . , to the House, that nothing should be done now which might operate to prejUdge the question which was to be discussed on Monday. Thcre were, however, some things very material to be considered by the livuse. If the Finn. Gentleman t ..Uppose4 that fiis Majesty's Minisrers , considered Qny one particular subjea of complaint, and made /hat a substantive ground for `War, without consideving them in the a gg t egae, be was ;matt. a mistake. .Government had done in this case, what lie apprehended Government should always do on a like occasion ; they had judged of whale mass.as it stood before them. His jesty's Declaration, and the• Papers now before the House, stated a number of fats as causes of corn. plaint against the Government of France, some of whic,h might in themselves, and independently .of any co n oexicn with. other circumstances,. be piaci, liable-,.causes of War ; whether ,they were so or not,: lie would not ok;w consider ;'yet it would, he presumed, be admitte,i, that althOugh not one (ff.:them was a ju:Aitiable cause' of War, yet all of them united might form ,a body of evidence, Mani. festing an hostile in the Party opposed to us, •k a rPnt fr,..n on the de. session on our part. lie wished, therefore, th.it the House, in considering this question,, would bear in mina, that in each particular instance His Majesty's Ministets, as he should contend, would appear to lie actuated by a desire to Preserve Peace, as long as it could he preserved with honour ; and that on the part of France there was a systematk eonduti, ;searing proof', in a great number of instances,, of an hostile mina towards this Country. He stated this as the general view which His Majesty's Govern. men; had of this subj...d, and the ground on which they instiiied their condud, and on which they should submit it to 'the I-louse and to the Pnblie.' ; With regard to the first point in the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, namely, the representation or tertian ctrance made by. our Ambassador at Paris on any pf the sUbjcaS of complaint, to learn whether any satisfadory .o saver had been given, instead of waiting: for the result of all the Negotiation, he bad to observe, that the words of the Declaration are, not that . satisfailion had been refused,, bur that np sa!istaaory answer had been made, for there was an obvious aistialion between refusing alto. settler to give a satisfa4ory answer,, and evading it ; the one being a dire 6 instati . the other some. thing vety different, The Hon, Gentleman was riot quite correct when:he said there was. no Wm:- oration in this partietilar, for 'my Li n d Whit. . "• • worth had , stirted some conversation lie had had mitb the Chief Consul himself,.on some Firticulars of this nature; and having made these few. obser vations, his Lordship said, he should not. objeCt to this motion of the Hon. Gentlernan for ho one piuld desire morellian he did, to give as ample in. farrnatio„ as pogs iw e upon every branch of this inost imporract subject. With regard to the second .point in the, motions of the_flon. Gentleman, namely, that which related to COmmercial Agents sent to this Couniry from France, he had to observe, that although in this case there Was no. proof of an hostile antowards this Ciontiy,' there was touch ,suspicion that these persons had instratirmi . of a nature stated' in, the Appendix of tittioport. His Majesty's Govern. trent thought it improper that they should' be so continued in this . Country ; staled that, - not in a Note to the French Ambass,ador, but desired that they should be ordered to withdraw, and several of . them wtre withdrawn accordingly; but no'written reprcsvniation, upon this subject existed, With respeet to the third Motion of the Hon. Gentleman, n tmety, on. the ad ftemonstrance me on the subject vi Repre'sentatio - n to the 'Legislative Body, his Lordship fad no difficulty in staring, that no formal Itcprescotation was Madc on that subject, neither' did his LOrdship conceive 'it to'be a subject capable of a. forthal Representation. Very considerable doubts might be entertained on that subj4t,' but 'it made. part of the manifestation of the ho t iiii e mind of Fraite towards us—.4ll'which tvould be for tht conslderaticin 01 the House and of-the Public. With regard to the Answer respeetingSwiterland,. the.state of that transaCtion was this :—Thc House would see by the Papers before it, that the Cont.: ronnication upon that SubjeCt was, by a note firer. caplet' -.There; W 33 Ditra:ch diecvn M. Otto, . Minister Plenipotentiary fox Wa have to announce the first Capture since the 'commencement of Hostilities. Yesterday a Vessel (we should suppose Dutch, from the name) from Ceuta for Amsterdam, laden with Wine and Brandy, Was sent into Do;ver by the- Fixes Gun,vessel. A Debate took ptacein the House of Commons last night, on the produAion of some further In formation relativit to , the Negotiation between this Country and FranCe ; but it was agreed on all sides, that nothing shquld pass that miiht operate to pre. judge the question tube discussed on Monday. It did come out, however, in the Debate, that Fremce, in order to quiet the Americans, had made a cession to them. of Louis/out. This proves how much the Chief Consol was afraid of provoking the United States to a War with' him, of which 'there seemed a trong probability, and %t hich the measure that he has taken was certahily the b'est, if not the only means of preventing. This Cession, however, is made under colour of its being received in liquid& tion' of certain Debts by French to American Sub jetts, and which the American Government now undertake to pay. VestertlAy Cabinet Council was held, after which Mr. StrAW was seat to Paris with a Dispatch to Me. TALam, , Secretary to the British Embassy, whotn Lord Wn rwottr it left behind. There are those who still think that Peace May be restored. His Majesty's Declaration certainly holds out every fa cility for an arrapgertnnt bet,veeen the two Coun. • tries, but this arrangement must be the result of a New Negotiation, and should such he entered upon, of which we 'at present see little or no hope, we shall prosecute the-War, we trust, with vigour, till we are assured Secure and honourable Peace. Consols were this day tit twelve at 60. Tam morning we received Po7;s Palers to the 18th inxfant. The Moniteur is entirely silent with reA p e ei to the prer> , :nt situatiun of al lairs. Ihe 3 . 4rlrez/ der Veliits is, .huwever, thure communicative: it sr 3t es, that reports of Pegce still continue.. 1 r i s it, the enntie nt S 4 turdity, an I.4traorain.tty Courier arrived horn Petersbursh„ with dispataie, bic h. as that His Nttjesty the EmelittoA will Interpose filiptnrerful and pacific mediation with respea to the difference* whichhave arisen betweeii Fratrie arid Eagland.. - It is added, that in come— quence. of this important - news, a Courier was7itu mediately expedited to London. It is certain that private Letters from Petertburib confirm what hai already been said, that the Emperor ALExiiitnart. is resolved to use all his influence to maintain the Peace of Europe." The same Paper states, thit the dispute between the United States of AMerica, and the Court of Spain has been happily tenni.• Hated, and that a concession is spoken of, as having been made to the United States. Letters from Brett state •the return there of the corvette La DifigeNte from St. Domingo, which was sent from that Port to the Colony ten wreks since. Aid.du.Camp . to the First C‘lnsul, is expeaed at Brest., The accounts from Brursetr, continue to speak of the march of troops towards the Batavian Re. public, and military preparations in that quarter. General VICTOR. is, it is stated, to resume the corn mind of the French. troops in that Republic. From Vienna it - is stated, that in the event of a rupture between France-and .England, the QUEEN. of NAPLES and her daughters Will' prOceed to Vi eana,..expefting that the two Bzlligerent Powers will not ensure the tranquillity of the: Kingdom of the two Sicilies, on account of the importance of in Ports. • By.the same accounts we learn, that the Court of Vienna has addressed a declaration to the English and French Ministers in that Capital, stating that His.ImpERIAL MAjEii'Y had decided to preserve the most strip`} Neutrality, in the event of Hostilities between France and England. - Letters from Peteriburgh, dated the 19th ult. state, that the Swedish Ambassador in that Capital had r eceived a Courier from Stockholm, who brought the Intelligence of the restoration of harmony be. tween the two States. • Tne . F,rench Funds were on Monday 52. 60. Tuts morning arrived a Patch Ma;!. It is said that the prevalence of the Plague groatly contributed to our so speedily evacuating Egypt. An article from Berlin of the 7:h, states the re ceipt of intelligence from St. Petersbursh, that the EMPEROR. Of RUSSIA was determined to pre s erve the striftest Neutrality, but at the same time was willing to mediate between France and this Country. Colonial produce has , risen t s per Cent. Twenty-five ships richly laden, are expelled at Amsterdam from Batavia; and others from the Dutch West Indian Coloniea: Private Letters from Paris say, that General MARsiINA will rake the Command in Italy, Mo- REAU in Germany, and MACDONALD in the Ba tavian Republic.. Yesterday being HE it M t j ESTY'S Birth-day, she gave a grand Ball and Supper. The Company be. gan to asst•mble at ei412 . 1 .. . o'clock; Tbere were pre tent—the PRINCE 01 WAL ES, the Dukes ofYou, CLAa ONCE and t.'UMBEttLAND, Prince!, “fWALEs, Dutchess of You, Princets Sop II lA' of GLOUCES TE R, Minister, and the following No bility and Gentry Dukes—Montrose, Gordon, utland, Duccleugh, Portland, Somerset, Roxburgh, eautOrt, and Athol. lifarguissis—Dottglas, Waterford, Salisbury, Bath, Worces ter, and • Lout.; • . Earls—Partrnouth, Effingham, Romney, Roslin, Mount edgecumbe, Courtoun, Swahili Morton, Chesterfield, Li verpool, Winchilsca, Gailoway, .Eglintoun, Grosvenor, Westmorland, and Mansfkld. Viscounts— Sidney, and Lonsdale. • Lwdr--;Sornerville, •Stamtbrd, Auckland, Boston, Hobart, Grey, Smiley. C. lieresford, Pelham, Marsham, .Henley, Berkley, 13ulkeley, Stoptord, Souttianipto n , Dalkeith, Cra von, 'Douglas, Boston, Limerick, Montague, Cole, Mac donald, Amherst, Villiers, Delaware, Arroyos:, Catheart• Ilagot, Arden, St. Helen's, Craven, Lovaine, hioritgomery, two Paget% llorringdon,,,Brome, Melville, C. Thynne, Ternpletoint, Magian, R. Manners; F. •Spencer, Ken-mare, Eldon, Hinton, Dungannon, F. Bentinck, Cniriley; Cavan, Boston, C. Somerset, C rantliam, Harris, Binning, Raduor, Longford, and• I: M.irray. C;enerals—Whitham, and Forbes. Colovels—Thouras, Greville i Falmouth, Whitham, Win ' y awl, Fitzroy,• Luntley Stopfbrd, and Capel. Major Thornton. •• • . • Caltaills_—Legge,. Grey, Pierrepoint, and Murray. . • —H ot).. C . Rawdon, - Hon. Townsend, Hon. Priee, Him. Yorke Ashley; Villiers, Delaware, Hon. SleWarts E hot, - and Yorke, • • thaihrxres:-: , M,m;trose, • ituthincl, DowAvr Rutland, BHC OCUO, Sumaniet, Marlborough, Aliorthurnbzrl46d,. fait ? .11c1 it.thp). • ' „ Mari /ones —4sewar,er Bath, .Bath, Ely, Salisbury,..Do`wp . sh H ire, eadfordaw (laughter, Hertford, and Worcester. Cairn:mei —Aylesbury, Dowager Sidney, Dartmouth, Mor ',ton,•Uxbridge, Effingham, .Rosiiii, Liverpool, Control-in, Stafford, Sr . Vince at Chesterfield, Essex, Ha r ring ton , Spencer, carcliglot Gsusvenor, and Main - esbury Pit ountes.res C fis tI e rea g h S I Ane y 'and l,onsdale. Ladies-7Starnford, Grey, Digby,, Auckland, Boston,' Hobart, C. Beiasyse, Sudley, two Berestbrds, Pelham, C. Town send, Sheffield, C. Duncombe, two Marsitains, Healey, Erskine, Stoptind, C. Jenkins, Soutitampeon, Dalkeith, Mansfield, Wairlegrave, Cardigan, Douglas, Boston, M. Winyanl, M. Stewart, Ashley, two l‘lefttaght, Buckley, M. Greville, C. Greville, 4iphost, Letrini and two,daugh ters, Dela Val, Carrington and two ttatigt}te4, Al. Hamilton, A. Cecil, three PerelvalS, C.)tlicart, Alden, I. Stewart, Lovaine, - Montgomery 'and two alters, 'three Pcrcys, Clive,, Duag e innpo t NI. 4cluitick • Cranky, M. Fitzrey, Euston, A. S raft*); Ilawkesbury, Sonierse . t,. Radnor, two Dorscts,. and Portarlingten. Hon. Mrs. Howe:: Slines - -The<two Thyrlcs, and Grwies. The Dances commenced about nine o'clock.—At tivelvp the Company, -consisting of about 280, sat down to a. most elegant Supper, after. which the re.cornmenced, some particulars of which we give to.inotrow, • :o,,olthree o'clock the Company 6eparated. ~ .I%.tettlay morning llit hln j ESTY, attended by at CliE5TintrIELD anti General qW,YLIN;, t;:()!, .10airing to Kew, where His MkTESTY staid time, anti.intipetled the new P.thice, anti other improvements there. . . NA I L E If' S. PLYMOZITII, MAY 18. SAILt Dille Revolutiegaire, Sirius, and A . flletLf Fri. gates, for Torbay ; and Rakeer Curter, on a Cruizei Arrived the Pickle Schooner, of 1 2 guns, front a Cruize. No Vessel whatever is permitted to sail from tide-. Port, in consequence of the Embargo laid . on yes. France, in, London, and that Dispatch s'as at that time made , and ad‘fressed, to the Pavarian. Minister, Stating,. -Whai the French intended 16 fartheiradiont corresponded with their. professions was not MA tier oftlifficulty to deterrnitie,. butit was not now matteeof discussiOn. Ilia Ma, jesty's Ministers - had ,nothing to add to what., wa, already known - on that subject. As to the Or deri for the evacuation of tiv. Cape of Good Hope, his Lordship had no Objection to, lay them before the Home. With-regard , to Louisiana being ceded by France to America,. its theyourse.of a very few days •a docUment had been received, and he-Would agree to the motion:for producing it as it was, only making this reServation„ that as the Hen. Gentle_ man had not' communicated his Motion to `him be. lore he catne.to the Home; he had no opportunity of pieparing it, and therefore he did not pledge him self for any given time. On the subjed of Troops evacuating Holland, no representation was made. On the subject of preparations made in the Ports of 'France' and Holland, as stated. in His Majesty's Message, his Lordship felt it . his duty to object to the Motion. He did not say there were no cir cumitances in which such information might not be given, but in Miscast, the information, he thought might be prodthive of considerable inconvenience ; similar information some years ago having pio. eluted a good deal cif inconvenience. Upon this sub_ jets the Noble Lord expatiated a; considerable length, to they the ithpropriety of giving this information. LoniceISTLERLIGH contended thai there were Suffi cient proofs in the Papers upon the Table, of the ‘E' xpedi lions which were . fitting out in the Ports of France, and" which inight certainly be convected to the injury of this Country. . •_._ • Mr. iS'u satAo anct••Lord HAVIKESE URN' severally ex plained. • Mr. 07mm - A ir was of opinion that no danger could re sult from the produdioa of the information in question. Lord CASTLLREAGR explained, The CHANCELLOR of the 'EXCHEQUER said, that the fad of Armaments existing in. the Ports of France anti Hof land were sufficiently.proved, and it' the information called for by the. Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gary) was produced., it 'could throw no further liOt upon the subjetit. Dr. Li..witzbicx and Mr. W. Szavin supported the Mo tion. • 'The SECRETARY at WAR and the Mita - rt.& of the ROLLS .Opposed it. • • Nit. WiwonAta explained. • Arr. , GREY made. several obttervations upon what had been urged against his• Motion, and conclucial by pressing strongiv.the. necessity of its adoption. The "CIIANCE.I.I.Oft of the 'EXCHE.QUER Mr. Git xy, and the MASTER of the Itor.Ls severally explained. $k LiJURENCE P.IRSONS said . a few words in oppo. itiOli to the Motion. - . • - The question wa, then put on the several Residutions, when the first, third, and eighth were carried ; on the second, fourth, fifth, and sixth the previous question was.rnoved by Lord HA wicssau )1;y, and. carried.—Oa the seventh Lord FOLK t sToNt moved the follow irtg amendment : " And alSo - the date when the DiSpatehes were received in England, an. neunc.ng ,the retention of the Cape of good !lope." . The Motion as amended was. then carried. On the ninth .:Itcsolution the Thousdivided , •. For :it .:59-1-Apillst it 136—Majority 77. . • Adjourned at eieven till to-morrow.. MM DUL. AR RIV,ID. Holland t French o - - t liainburgit 2 - - - - P I:1 CE OP STOCKS, THIS D 1 7 AT Twzt.vz O'CLOCK. Consols - Ga T 14 = ti IT N. _._~__. SALSAS QUIS Ale*Rl PALSUM AUASAT ? LONDON, 11Z4Y 20, 1803. terday. PORTWOUTH, MAY 19. ARRIVED this day, the Yaw Nicholas, CCU. 1) I IT, from 'lreland. Admiral Lord NELsoN is expeLled to sail to. morrow for the Mediterranean, in His M4esty's Ship l'iaory. HARWICH, Y r 9. TFrt Ki g Georg Packet, Captain NIL::: DEANE, arrived from tielvoetsluys, with the Dutc:i Mail and Passengers. The Earl of Leictster Packet, Captain .I .ll Pmr: SOIL, and the Diana, Captain OSRORN, With thrns respe4ive .Mails, the former bound -to HelvNt• 'slugs, and the latter Packet for Cuxhaven, are. avoidably detained by a strong contrary wind. Remain the Ethalion Frigate, and Escort vessel. SAILED on a Cruize, His Majesty's Ship ay" Nerve, to the 'Westward ; Charger Gun-brig, to the Northward, and Sfliie ditto, to the Fasviard. Remain in the Downs, His Majesty's Ship Gr?y4bti4 and Lynx and 4rcb`r Gun-vessels. DEAL, MAY 19. The Frosa,, C3pt. FIORDET, from CFUtI. wine and brandy, for Anisterdam, is taken by the Vixen Gun.vessel, and sent into Dover. . ------ INSTALLATION of KNIGHTS of the BATH YESTERDAY being the day appointed- by the Sovereign, twenty, two Knights of this most ho nourable Order were installed in Westmins ter Abbey. It will he recollected 1w most of our Readers, . that 'this Order of Knighthood Wl5 founded by KING IfrNRY IV. ; that it was established by KING Gsozoe I. as a Milit ar y Order in 1725 ; and that:it is our . Order of Meth.' There was a covered platform, with the flooring matted, of an elegant appearance, from the House of Lords across Old Palace.yard, to communicilte with the Abbey, ar Poet's Coiner.. 00 this Procession passed from the Prince's Chamber in 1 110 House of Lords, to the Abbey, about .r o'clock , drums and trumpets playing the march in Isaias, Matta/ie.:is. It was near 12 before they reachru the further end of the Great Aisle, where the QtrzErit re bior. PR/NC/Ina WAL e 3, and the P&1 NC 85529, ed in a gallery t ted up for that putdobe bY I , / , ) :Srea ' l' His Royal Highness the Dtma of' Y" * l g ' i ' t 1 Master, walked last of the Order, I b a ll oast bearers and Attendants following. About , v t incr . Twelve they were all in the Chapel of K i ng' HENRY VII. the gates of wliich were itzlieu"'Y the closed. The Knights were then' installed with C ll7 ceremony we have described on a furore da y . At the part of the ceremony, when the Du? . 0 , YoRR Was about to make his Offering, it v" s s dl6 : it, and the Gold Dish belonging covered there was no Didt for the Dean to rece' v " g to sent for. 'n It 1 The Procession .returned about three 0'c10c...1 the same (rider as it went in, with this differew.:. that the Knights Elett were coveted. the Church Wits CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 20. •••••••111111•111111.1 1 . 111111 Tt;a Trade to.day is exceedinsgel: dull, ii ii ii, d i c l a ' .. e r r ,; e :s i v i . ipg scarce any fresh . Corn come to hand ; Wi`' .4 readily obtains our terms last quoted ; as 410 Milet a re n a d d l\ i lalt with but little of either; Beans and rev is c attC 4 have aits 'in middling quantity, and rather titiV nig; no ve fi ry tiet g u o at o i d on p ' r i i n ce F s t ; ou i r l : pe . Wheat sos a i gs a 431 od Tick:Beans - Si 2 aa - .0 ditto - 641 a 6 5 s od Oats, - ~ i v a a l 0 " o f ItYe - -33 S a 36s od Poland ditto sjs a , 3 0,14 • Batley . 2 41 a 2a s 03 1 !tape Seed,. - - 341i',',4 1 , Nl4lt „- . 44 1 0 4 8 6 6d hoe Flour - 44 9 A 44 4- ,iy nttC P ease 31S :4' 45S•cd SeCOnd dO ~ i 4 0 $ IkanlS - ios. a 351 od The ROYAL l k.nMrLY Went to Windioethis daYs ant l i s r t . ay p t l li T e T re .u t . i e ll ni T o u n esd l ai tie n tid ex ay t. :to J30)(1 . ' 110 04 , where he .remains, we believe, till Monday morning', We yesterday stated the arrival of Lord Wiirright. 11e i" e‘iii7aßlTDßoiin'er Londonbout t o w n el V ; Y e ed o r'i n e i s i d l e ay i,f r e i 10 .His, Lordship was treated on his d e p a rture , 11 •Calais.wi;li every demonstration of respat People, as Well as by the Municipal Officers, 3'r the Military, He was saluted by a discharge e* guns, and all parties seemed to regret t h ; ocessi" his departure. On his arrival at Dover, aim found General ANDittossY, Who had received lar honours, his Lordship sent a 'Message 1° the French Atnbassader, importing a desire to hav!.s interview, with his [Excellency before he left - Country, and requesting that the la tter would P°11:. out the mode fur the accomplishment of that pose. General ANnitgossY returned an, answer 4.9c* presbive of high respect and acquiescehce, but jt ing the arrangement to Lord WHlTwoa.Til• was: then determined that neither bllo lll } l ' ln a° v other at their respective H otels, and an. incervie' was held at a third. place. What passed atrhsitii; terview, we 'du p ot - pretend to ,;,titie: two • 001 ' iiieeting, each of thevia.ted the at -their Hotels, and b ot h expressed their strong sense of the (real:neat. whit;ll t hey had reeeit heir anxious hol their respective Cnuntri i s , and ( r _ that all causes of National differences wo uld suot liib pv_ci Ier""d• General ANi/ItRoSsY then toOk. w e ig e h ttla every testn w imOneLcotvdi:i thltilei4annidospraitialtete"l H : :,: "',