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the Continent of Europe but we have never yet heard so monstrous a prcposition, 33 that we have no right to maintain those Powers in possession of our own Conquests, in whose hands we have thought fit to place them.—lf it were otherwise, it would have been a faree, at the Treaty of Amiens to have Ceded any Conquest except to France—but the dis. tinflion of a Cession to France, or to Holland or Spain, was relied upon by the French Negotiators themselves, and relied upon alto, and with great Propiiety, by His Majesty's Ministers, in their justification of the terms and conditions of the 'Peace. In the event of War, and whenever the subjeft U fully discussed, we have no fear on whom will :rest, in the opinion of every impartial man, the breach of the Treat) of 41rnions. Any insinuation that Ministers have taken advantage of the absence of the French Army employed on the Expedition . to St. Doitsingo, to enforce pretensions which they Would not otherwise have urged, will be completely disproved whenever a full disclosure takes place of the circumstances which have led to the present crisis. In the mean time we call upon the,People fir, that confidence in His Majesty's Ministers which 4 Pending 244:illation demands-;..We call 'upon them to withhold their judgment, not to condemn Ministers unheard ; and when the time arrives fur entering upon a full explanation of their whole con. eklet, if. that condutl has been actuated by a true re. god lo the honour, the interests and welfare of the Ilation, we call upon them, not in the insidious tone of ihnie persons to whom we have alluded, but in the real spirit of sincerity, for that Unanimity which must ever 'frustrate any hostile attempt to injure or to degrade us. • Yesterday morning, soon after nine o'clock, His NIA3Est A. and the DUKE of Cumattar.kt4a, attend. veti by General MANNERS, rode from the Queen's house to Kew, where Fits MAJESTY walked for a considerable time, inspefting the new house which i 5 buiiding,"and other works carrying on there, and returned to town about two o'clock. About half past one, Hatt ,M4itsTy and the rattmEss IVIALY, attended by Lady CRANL/Y v VIOIC an Airirtg in the neighbourhood of Parsons Green; In the evening Ttrark 114/ossitv.i and the rim/cgs:4Es .honoured the Concert of Antient Music with 11)04 vresence. Letters from Cope nhagen, of the 7th inst. an %ounce that Princ'e Witt t AN! of GLA V C gni R was typodecl.there in a few days, His Royal Highness having left Stockholm the 2d inst. The Danish Court are making sumptuous preparations to receive that Prince with all the distinction due to his rank. the King and Queen of SwEnst4 testified the highest reeet at his depsrtute. A Proclamation was issued on Wednesday se'n. etiglit l by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, directing all Civil Magistrates in that Country to cause all Stamen fit for His Majesty's Service, who may be met with, to be taken up, and sent'on board any of Nis Majesty's ships in the Ports, or on the Coast of Ireland. The company at The Ball and Supper, on Thurs. day night, at Dublin Castle, in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, was one of the most splendid parties ever seen at that place. The Ball commenced about twelve o'clock, and' was opened with country dances by Lord LIND,Ay and Lady ANN YORKE, the daughter to Their Excellencies. The dresses of the Lard Lieutenant and Lady were most superb. A person of the name of Ben.Zeman, a Freemason, has been arrested at Stockholm. He is charged with Il v aVing.PrOjeoe4 some very revolutionary measures. L'encrl_ are received, in which it is mentioned, upon authority,' that several Persons of Rank are impli cated in the affair, or at least that they are to un dergo examinations. The letters are dated the 6th instant.. The Sassex Militia are to be embodied at Brigh ton, and at Lewes, on the 3tst inst. COV . R NTRY Etaerrow.:—Tuesday, March 22, at the close of the third day's Poll, the numbers were, For Mr. Moos,, - 290 Mr. SricAr rot:, - 259 Inquiries have hetn made at Chatham by the N A vy.Boa r d, to ascertain the time , necessary to fit ou t g certain number of Ships as . Wocks, to defend the mouths of the Thanks and Medway : it is un. derstuod a sufficient number may be stationed fur the purpose in the course of a fortnight. " Mr. EDGEWORTH, who, in concert with • his . Daughter, .has produced several works of an in -I"l4liie, mural, and humourous description, which do h onor to themselves and to ßritish Literatures.. '•vas lately at Paris, As soon as the name of this 53ehtiMiat) was heard in that Capita), it excited the J ea ,h ) 9V of G overn ment, and he was immediately ", , t9t,ted out of the Country, upon a suspicion that fi e wimbother to the amiable Confessor of the on. nn ue Louis SEI Z I.' Mr.. EDGOVORIII left i r 4t1 5 tot a few days, and in the mean tune hie friends Interposed and satisfied the_ French Government, that tho ug h a t h e sarsie name; he was not related to the-Gentletnan 'alluded to. Mr. EUG - E woßvi wa s then permitted to return to Paris ; but he had tOO much spirit to remain in a country, where even the - nitne of a virtuous man is offensive to the Go veruurtnt. On Tuesday died, at his house in Lower Brook. S treet, HENRY BERKELEY PORTMAN, Esq. Yesterday:a nun being pursued in Stepney.fields - Y a Pr e"-gang, making a leap over a stile, he e nt 4ll %led hi 3 toot between the bars, which broke it in two'pl acts. They immediately took t° a neighbouring Surgeon, and gave him some money for his present cetief . NAVAL NEg's. FAtitiOUTH, MARCH il. SAILED yesterday, the Duke of Marlborough I Picket, Capt. PENROSY, with Mails of zod inst. for Barbadoes and Jamaica: Passengers by her are, Capt. SHAW, Mr. SEM? ER, Mr. DO BSO Mr. EW ART, and Mr. Li NDSWORTH. Also sailed the Schooner Mary Ann, PAsco, for Plymouth. This day arrived the Brig Beaver, of Guernsey, having on board Soo ankers of contraband spirits, sent in by the Hind Revenue Cutter, Capt. ALLEN. The Cutter having on board .a Lieutenant, Midship. man, and Boat% Crew, boarded the Beaver this morning off this Port, in order to press such of her Crew as were eligible to serve in the Navy, when they were informed by the Captain that they were from PeterSburgh, laden with pitch and tar; but on going below to search for men, on removing a few tar barrels, they were found empty, which gave a suspicion that all was not right ; and on, searching further, the casks'of spirits were discovered. Hands were immediately sent on board from the Cutter, and took possession, and the whole of the Crew of thii-Brig were put onboard the Hunter Sloop - of Wail, as fit Subjetts to serve +lis Majesty, instead 9f de. frauding the Revenue. Arrived the Prince Adolphus Packet, Captain Jowls, with Mail from Lisbon, 18 days passage. Left there the Walsingbam Packet, which was ex. petted to sail with Mail for gogland on the 9th inst. Passengers by the Prince Adolphus are:, Mr, and Mrs. JON RS, Mr. HUDSON, anti MODS. JOURDAN. Previous to the sailing of the Packet,,advices had been receivti at Lisbon from Spain, that BONAPARTE hadinsisted on the Spaniards immedi ately sending 7000 Troops to garrison the . Island of ; also that a number of ißritish'Troops had landed in the Island of Satdinia. The Princess Elizabeth Packet, with Mails for the Leeward Islands, is detained for ciders; PLYMOUTH, MAstcu 22. ORDIRS have been recently received here, to sus pend, for the present, the mounting of any more guns on the ramparts of this Citadel.. The Ship Mary, Capt. Cst&tit, E from Teneriffe bound to London, passed this Port to the Eastward this morning, after a passage of six Weeks.--3y a Passenger who landed from her, intelligence is te-, ceived, that the Ship Shun and Bell, of London, Cart. Mo ta., was wrecked in a heavy pit of orindat Mrs, a few days previ6us to his leaving that place; only eight of the Crew and Passengers, were saved, and there it ,reason to fear that very few, if any, of the latter. ailed the Tobago, t apt. DE WITT, for Tobago. PORTSMOUTH', MARCH 23. Tuts day' came into Harbour, liis Majesty Ship Orpheus, lately arrived from the Ea'st Indies, to be paid off. Arrived the Warrior Transport, from flarbadoer., with Troops. , Spoke a Dutch Ship from Batavia, a►nd a French Ship from Guadaloope. JIARIVICH, IN/I4acti 23. THE Prbtre of Wales Packet, Captain ANTHoNY Ds ANS / arrived this morning from Cuxhaven, with the liamburgh and Bremen Mails. Forty Casks of Foreign Money were imported in this Packet. The Dutch Mail of yesterday is on board the Diana Packet, Capt. OSBORN, and the Hamburgh and _Bremen Mails will be conveyed by the' King Gtorge, Captain FLYN , both. Packets will sail the next DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. The 'Melpomene, Ruby. and Magnanime, fur the capture of .the Island of Cctrce, will be paid as follows, viz. the Mel. POITICIIC and Ruby, at No. 17, Cecii-street,; and the Nlag. at-Downing-stri l et, 'on Friday the isth To the Leopard, "Ilium:is S,urridge, Esq. tor the capture of the French privateer L'ApoUun and La Clarice, a disrri. bntion will he made onboard the Leopard, at Chatham, on Niunclay the t4th instant, Tq the .Prince of Wales, Invincible, Tamer, Unite,. Syren, Amphitrite, Daphne, Lapwing, and Kequin brig, for the capture of the colony of Surniaot and its dependent:les, a final distribution will be nude on the 3ist inst. at the Plough, in Beaufort-buildings. The gun-brig Bold, for the seizure of a sinall quantity of Ketteva, will be paid this day, the 24th inst. at No. 7, Beau iort-lioildings. To the eutter Nile, for the capture of the ship Christian VII. a distribution will be made at No. 7, Beautort.build ings, this day, the 24thinst. -..To.the Culloden, MinotaLti, zealous, Swiftsure, Sealiorse, Perseus bomb, San Leon brig, and her Most Faithful Nla jesty's ship San Sebastian, for the capture of two French felucas, ealted the Sail Antonio and Santa Maria, a distribu. Lion will be niade at No, 13, Barnard's Inn, Holborn, ort the 3 istinstant. On Monday a Ciptain, three SabArens, six Ser_ jeants ' and too rank and file of the Royal Marines, marched from Mill Bay Barracks to the North Jetty Stairs Dockyard, Plymouth, and embarked on board the Mars, 74., now fitting for sea in Hamoaze. The piopriety of embArking Royal Marines ihns•early in the fitting out of men of war is perfeetly obviou, as they are, from long habit in the late war, good seamen, and very fit for rigging and getting ready cgr . sea shies rut into COMlllibiolle lifil.iT,4RY. TH2 rtitnerout depreciations , Cci - dittifteci by the Soldiery in the neighbourhood of Cheirrisford Bar. tack, have been ttritily investigated by order of ills Royal Highness the COMMANDEit IN CHIEF. 't - lie result of this inquiry .has been highly exetn. Clary to the Service (as will appear by the Official DoCuthent annexed), atfording, at the saline time, the most effectual proteiition to Civil Society, l i rotu the licentiousness* Military Insubordination. jCOP V.) " Ibire-Gustlds, 18th Afarcb, 1803 " I aM direeted by the Cum MANOER IN CHILE to ex press to, you, the extreme concern with which His Royal Highuess reeeivezt the, representations made by certain MaOstrates of the County of Essex, of the Enormities which have - be,:n' lately committed in the vicinity of Chelmsford, by the Regiment under your Command. Though His Royal Highness entertained, in his own mind, little doubt - as to the cause to which these disgracefttl in stances of Indiscipline were to be attributed, he avoided giving any opinion on time subject, till all the circumstances relative thereto were investigated, and had been reported on by a General Officer. on whose judgment, discretion, and impartiality His Royal. Highness could place the most per fect reliance. - After these previous steps, His Royal High ness judged it proper to make a detailed Report of every cir cumstance which had come to his knowledge, to the KING ; the result of which I am now to communicate to you by His Royal Highness Command. " Jits MAJEST,Y is pleased to dired, that it shall be ex pressed to the Eighty-Third Regiment, that the condutt of certain Individuals of the Corps has been such, as has brought disgrace on the Regiment ; and, both in a Civil and Military point of view, has incurred His M to Es r v's highest displeasure. His MA sF. v particularly laments, that cer 7 tain Officers of the Regirrieut have been most scandalously deficient in that zeal, energy, and -:Aivity in the discharge of their duty, which the circums4 7 ances complained of so strongly demanded ; and that instead of co-operating with the Commanding Officer, and assisting him lu his endeavours to curb the licentiousness of the Soldiers. they have rather en deaVoured to prevent the discovery of the offenders, and by the remissness of their own conduct, have set an example of indiscipline, which has produced the exact died which might be expected oft the men. " Ilts MA; ss - r v will ndt allow Otftcers, so dcstitute.o f those feelings, which a due sense of what they owe to them selves, and a proper regard ter the honour of their profession, ought to have insPired, to occupy situations of important command and respedability in the Service, while others of approved talents and seal are removed from the adive ditties of it. On this principle, ilis Motif sr? is pleas 'Xi to direct?, that Liellt.-QOl-14H1.1 BYRNE Sr. i.R.FLET r, and the Captains WILLIAM ARMSTkON(I and I,EWIs Gm.,,t 4r, of the Sid Regiment, shall be immediately plated on 11:1.11-pay. " The ComatANnta. in CH/ F dircds, that you declare - at the head of the t 3,1 Regiment, which is to be under Arms on the occasion, these, His Mnizsr cc's Commands ; and - you will take that opportunity of impressing the necessity of each individual exerting himself, in order to wipe off the stigma which the mi4condud,it is to be hoped) at a few, has brought on the Regiment. To the Officers, it is parti. cularir necessity, that yen should address ynurelt ;• for it is by their endeavours, that the Disciplincntthe Regiment must be reztored. I n . their station, each individual must be a be nefit or a detriment to the Service, and the Comm Al: nF.K i IS Cala,/ desires they m ay be most solemnly assured, that His Royal HiOniess considers ir as much his indispensable duty, to recommend to HIS MAJESTY the removal 40111 his Ser. vice, of any (whatever their rank may be), who tall under the fatter description, as it is his inclination to promote the in terests and svcitare of those, whose •eunchiet is calculated to support rile Oiscipline of thi!,! Regiment,. arnito entitle them to the favour and prate Lion their Sovereign. " It is His Royal Highness's Command, thati.ieut.-Col. Siouirezir, and the Captaths AREISTItONG and GRANT, Olga immediately quit the Quarters ofthe S3d Regiment. I 'lave the Honour to be, " Your roost obedient humble Servant, (Signed) " HARRY CALVE wr, " Adj.-General of the Forces." 7zot:s b2/four, or- Officer connhindirl the Skr Regiment GENERAL ORDERS. Mrse-Chraidt, Afu•ch 03, 1803. IT is tile COMM Art DEA 1 N klO6 Pleasure, that - the en. closeti Copy of a Letter to the Colonel of the SO Iteginiel4 shall be read at the head of every Regiment in the Service, and entered in the Regimental Orderly Hooks. 111;; Royal Highatss's Command, HARRY CA I. VERT, Adj.-General of the korecs. "MANDE HONOR AB LE! WE beg to call the attention of the Public to an Advertisement which has appeared in several, of the Papers, calling a Meqting of the luhabitants of. Westminster at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, for the purpose of considering of an Address to Ills MAits-ry, on his late happy escape from a traitorous and &testable Conspiracy. This Advertisement is signed . Norfolk Bedford Derby Rich. Fitzpatrick T. Milltr R. Bent Nortimmbcrlai'd Devonshire • A. Spencer E. Bouveric B. Moseley, V. D. R. AU/. We were glad to read these gignatures to this Advertisement, and we hope all ..those who hav e denied, for these last twelve years past, that there existed any Tteason in the 'country, and that all that Ministers so called, meant nothing more than Par. Mune:oar) Reform, will nuw come forward, join the above Noblemen and Gerviemen,,and make the Arnencle Honorable. it is better that persons should be awakened late than nefvrt, to the dangers whi c h have threatened, and may again threaten their Country. ORATOSttO.—Mrs. Ft; L.LINGT,ON, for the f i rst. time this sesson, gave her powerful.aid to this suhlime,Entertainment at Covent Garden Theatre l as t night. Her voice gave no proof of her recent illness : she sung with her usual power as well as with • her usual' " 'Farm& je 1 . 44 " Let the Bright Seraphirn,4' and $ 4 The Soldier tir'd," were assigned to this great Perfumer, and she Sung them with wont!• rful ahiliey, particularly' the last, which was encored.. Miss PARK displayed great taste and judgment in 4 + What though I trace." INC L EDO WS " Total Eclipse," and Ban. nA . st's $ 4 Lord rt?netither," and " Softy Skeet," were among the prominent merits of the Entertain.. - ment. Miss MUT4 DAY 'was able to resume her .place last night. The House was crowded. Madame noLLA's performance in the .comic Opera of Molinara, by l'AtsiELLo, mctiteti,' in all respetts; the loud and general applause that was bestowed upon it. Her voice is charming, and her style of acting extremely pleasing, which, aided by a very beautiful person, will ensure her a Con tinuation of Public favour.. A new Comedy was read on Tuesday in the Green Room of Drury Lane Theatre, which we un. dersrand to he the produdion of Mr. O, ..I..LtNGHAM, Author of Fortune's Frolk, Lstly Towssst RNA, it is said, is about to give a dress Ball. ,It is to he hoped that other Ladies of Fa s hion will, be induQed ru fallvw sa dew:4r an example. SUN.OI:PICi% HAM' PAST ONE, P. St; , k E stop the Press to announce the , Paris Papers to the 2zd instant. A Dispute is said to have arisen tietv;•cer. At:tria and Prmiz'a and the Mediating l'oweis, in cense - quence of the Emperor having refused to ratify s Z veral of the dispositions of the general Conthi;:i.ll.. The DEY . of ALOIRRs is stated to have ticclar:..l to the French Agent in hiS territories; that on the . event of a formal promise not being iti'.aleaiat, made, that the customary Presents shotil4.l be trans_. mitred to him, he would declare War against the French Republic The French Funds were cta the a 9th EAST INDIA HOUSE. YESTERDAY a Quarterly General Cbiirt ol r ras prietors of East India Stock assembled at the India House, in pursuance of the Cothpany's Charter. The Minutes of the last General Court of the ;nth inst. having been read, the following Accounts, in conformity to the 3d, 4th, and 6th St:Olons of the first Chapter of the Cirnpany's Bye-Laws were before the Courr, viz. An Account shewing the surplus or deficiency Of the Coma pany's at /mune, on the tsit of March, ?gel, and T ;le ist of March, ito3, for malting tho respective appropriarions contained int he 141. the ..t. 33_ Georg 111. chap. -2, sect. An Account of the gitalaitv of Tocrialre occupied. uy intii vidu:lis on ships outward ind itotne , .vani, for the yell - 0367.1 the price that is paid fcr the same, and the profit or lov.; arising to the Company, from their-bzing 'obliged to furniSti 3000 tons, or more, of shipping. An Account of Stock, per computation, on the ist of March, taa3. The Chairman then stated to the Court, that the Court of Dire&ors baying fully investlgated the cumstAnces attending the loos of the ship Ifi , thitlmP and having come to a RnointiOn thereon in c00!.e.: quenee, the same is now repined to the General Court, in conformity to the Act of the 39 Geo. Hi. Cap. 89. The said Resolution was then teaj, beinz lows, viz. At a Coutt of Dire tors, held on Wednesday; the .24 oi. March, " Resolved, by the liailot, unzinitnous!y (more than cigtruiel Directors concurring therein) That the Cotanalider ,tritt crs of the ship lfintlostan, arc fully 'acquitted from 311 tatiou of neglect or miscouitua, in rcspea untie to4,s of '.."iat ship." Tile same was carried unattimously. The Chairman also stated to the Court, that the Court of Direttors hay:: lik4wise luny investigate.l the circumstances atiending the logs of the Com pany's Ship-the Pr;nern Amelia, and haying come, to a Resolution in consequence, the same is t'•ow tee ported to the General Court, in conformity to the aforesaid Ad. The said Resolution was then read, briog at\ 7ollows, 6, At a Court of Directors, held on Wednesday thz, iSth of March, 1503,. s. " Re'solv&l, by the Ballot f,e43fiteen DiredOrf concurring therein), that it is the opinion Lit this Court, that rod Coin. mander and Owners of the Ship Princess Amelia, ate fitlo/ acquitted from all imputation of neg Let or unisL.ontioa in re-, sped of the loss of that ship." The same was carried unanimously. made some few inquiries reipeft., log some of the items contained in the Accounts ; he said, it appeared to him that Government owed the Company a sum of five millions, one million of which, he estimated, was incurred in the Eipedition from India to Egypt. He then examined ocher items, and upon the question being asked, the Chairman stated, that the business of the Accounts was under investigation and discussion ; and that, in its present stage, it would not be proper to enter into explanation. The Chairman then presented to the Court a Draft of a Bill to amend an Aet to empower the Company to take up ships for eight voyages; also to give leave to build in certain cases where ships might be lost, without a survivor existing, as in the instance of 'the earl Talbot, which was read, anti the Court thertupOn adjourned. Mr. WALSH PORTER': PICTURES, THE distinguished merit of this Collation has rendered it an object of peculiar attraction to the fashionable World in general, as well as to the Com:Gist - am. But though the Plaines recom. mended themselves very forcibly to Amateur; of taste by their intrinsic excellence, the success which attended the sale, was in a great •measure owing to the zealous and able exertions of Mr. RISTII. The Sale closed yesteraay, and the Col. ledion altogether produced near rO,OOOl. The fol. lowingarre the prices fpr which the Works of pre. eminent merit were sold : A. °STADE.— Art Interior, with Boors regaling, 17* neas.7 PYNAKER.—Landscare, from the Cubit= de Choiseul, 112 guineas. . DUS Dutch Family at a Repast, 150 guineas. AN. CARRACCl..—floiy i Family, from the Aldotnandini- Palace, Irs guineas. OLL U L I.o.—Tile Seven Works of Mercy, 370 neas. • W. V. DE VELD E.—The celebrated Naval Engal,Frnent, in which . the Dutch Admiral Van Ttotop was. SUM, A noble and truly capital Plante, 410 guineas. SA LVATO Kt) stnall Lan&cape, tt6guineas. W t LSO N .--The very celebrated Lantlseape, with the Story of Phaeton, formerly the possasion at thti late Duke of vonv.wn rex, 194 guicleai: A,. lIEL SAKTI). —Holy l a ably, 310 guiiseas. • CU VP--A Groupe of three Coss in bunny Landscape, 330 guineas. CLA U E--T wo Latttiscapes, 1350 guineas, D. T EN 1 E RS—The celebrated Pieture, coiled " Le Tern - - hour battant,” from the coileition of tilt Dui; de Praslin. 280 guineas. SC HA LK EN—Le Roi depottille, from the late King tsf 1 , rune's collection, 390 guineas. CARA VAG GI 0— I 111411 t Qgtd Players, from the Aldobtan dini Palaee,‘ 370 guineas: LEON AR DO DA V IN Cl,She 'Virgin and Child, 200 1 {14 ! neas. CORR E ClO. Madona with the Rabbit, aco ` gramrt as, The Audience were much siwcited when the Child wih introduced in Alvish Le w ts's Mono Dr.une.--- After the specimen they hrd had cif lii horribl e muse, they feared it was intemied Mr LITCHFI ELD should tat it. Yesterday, near Ducking-p, 4 - Aisne, Whitecha, Eel, a Jew tnoutning-coach lowieti in and cot with pasengeri, wall, by a large stone left on th road, overact. Several of the people were btlti,cd : one was taken to the hospital with a broken lei,