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this Bill would ofre'tlierri ? As tile measure was only to provide for a temporary Suspension of the Laws of Navigation during the War,. it was dif 7 ficult• to perceive how any permanent interests Werth to be affe6ted by it. 'The considerations urged by the Hon Gent: . would be prOper..to be attended to when:ver, if ever, Peace should take place—when a permanent arrangement might be the snbjeet of discussion. Would • one S,hip leSs.go out if this Bill . should pass, or one Ship more if it should not pass ? The inquiry, proposed by the Hon. Gentlernan ; was totally &reign to the Bill. under consideration,Avhicli was solely intended to cast the responsibilitiron the Privy Council, in Whom it ought to reside and in:. whom it had in general cases been Jodgea, sides, it was desirable not to suffer the cases of violation of Law to be multiplied, for the purpose of afterwards indemnifying the parties. It was dif ficult to conceive why any objection should be made tp a measure which was intended only to enable His Majesty to give power to his Governors in his Colo nies to do that which heretofore they had 'done without any legal power. Lord CASTLEREAGH was glad to hear that the American Government did not pretend to a right to trade with our West India Colonies, farther than as our convenience permitted : there were many individuals in high stations in America who had much larger pretensions ; and he did not wish to encourage these pretensions at a time when pro hibitory measures. were meditated in America against our trade, and claims set up, which, if esta-. blished or allowed, would be - fatal to our maritime power. The Bill now proposed, went . to take away the controul and responsibility froM the Governors, who were cognizant of the necessity, and to lodge it in the Privy Council at home, who knew nothing of the matter. To give the power in the first in— stance, would give a facility to the creation of the necessity ; whereas, if the sanction was to rest on the establishnient of the fad of the necessity, more caution would be observed. The United - Kingdom could supply the West India-Islands fully with salted provisions and salted fish ; it was only sometimes that a supply of corn and timber was required from America. He thought a better 'system may be adopted than either a general prohibition or a general' permission. This system would ensure a constant supply to the necessities of the Colonies, at the same time that it would prote& British' produce and Bri tish navigation, and the maritime strength of the British Empire. Whenever our maritime interest came in competition with our commercial interest, the former was uniformly preferred. The question before the House was by no means pressing. He wished, therefore, that time should be given to them to consider how the shipping interest would be af feeted by it. He trusted this measure would not be carried by force of numbers, as the Tortola Bill had been pressed forward, in defiance of the unan swerable arguments of his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Rose). Sir TV. YOUNG defended the Motion,. on the ground of the necessities - of the-Colonies. It was forbidden by law to send more than 32.000 barrels of flour annually from the United Kingdom to the , West India Islands ; and the consumption was up wards of 150,000. The Navigation Ad had been frequently mitigated in time of war—for instance, in allowing British Ships to be navigated by 3-4ths foreign seamen instead of 1-4th. The West India Planters were so dontie&ed, with their consigners Isere, that they could not avoid taking out their ge neral supplies from them, and their own general in terest was the best security.against their encouraging the Trade, with America to. the prejudice of the Trade with Great Britain. The situation of the case was this—the Governors - of the Colonies stated, that unless this measure were passed the Colonies would be in Want of pro Visions. Was it pleasant to re fuse such an application ? Sir C. PRICE wished to go into a Committee of Inquiry, in which the effeet of the proposed mea sure on the Shipping Interest snay be fully consi dered. The decrease of Ship-building in Britain, from the year 1790, was most alarming, as would appear from some Accounts on the subject moved for by him., The Colonies could now be effe&ually supplied by British Shipping. Mr. ROSE wished an Inquiry to be instituted, to ascertain how far the number of Ships in the Trade was likely to be affeded by this 'measure. He was assured that a number .of persons were ready to embark in.the Tradeif this measure did not pass, who would undertake fully to supply the wants of the Colonies from the United Kingdom. Lord TEMPLE stated, that after every inquiry and every exertion of the Board to which lie be longed (the 'Board , of Trade), it was found that a sufficient supply could not be had frOm the United Kingdom. Mr. ROSE referred the Noble Lord to Messrs: Milligan, Henry, and Inglis, who had respedively bad communications with him on the subject. Sir W. CURTIS wished for a Committee of Inquiry to ascertain how the Shipping Interest would be af fected by the measure.• Our Ships and our Sailors were the Wooden 'Walls of Old England. • Sir. JtvrEaf asserted; that Newfoundland alone was sufficient to supply five times the quantity of fish required for our West India Colonies. .After a few words in explanation, between Lord TEMPLE and. Mr. JEFTEMES, The Motion was agreed to, the Report received, and 'leave given to bring in the Bill. Lord H. PETTY gave notice that he should to morrow move that the House should, at its rising, adjourn till Wednesday. The third reading of the Tortola Free Port Bill was postponed till to-mOrrow.—Adjourned. establish, in pretending that the D uc hy .o f Lauen burgh (as well as_ the rest'of the Eleaorate of Hano very is a - French conquest ceded tb Prussia Iva formal Treaty, and that the taking possession of that pro. vinceonght not to be. considered as an attack ou' the Swedish Army. " If; in Corlsequence of his engagements:with the King of Great-Britain, 'His Majesty wished to em ploy all his efforts for preserving to that Sovereign a part at least. of his hereditary possessions on the COntinent, and that at a period when the projeets, of the Cabinet of Berlin were no longer doubtful, he has since found, in the intimacy of that Cabinet with BONAPARTE, and above all in the measures it has adopted against the English commerce, motives too powerful not to adhere,mvariably to that line of con dud which he had traced out 'to himself from the first ; accustomed for a long time to rank Prussiain the class of his enemies, by her alliance with a Go vernment which is at war" with Sweden and her allies, the King, setting out from this principle, only considers that which has taken place. as a necessary consequence._ " In wishing to deprive his Britannic Majesty of a .State which belongs to him; by shutting to his Flag the Ports and Rivers of the North of Germany ; by solemnly declaring at the same time that all this had been done in consequence of an agreement with France; the King of Prussia gives already sufficient proofs of his hostile intentions towards the three al lied Courts. If, after this, he attacks the Swedish forces in Lauenburgh, the King can only interpret such connuel in one way. Wherever the .Swedish j_forces are, they cannot be attacked without the King considering .such attackts a declaration of war, and it is in this light - that - he will view it. " The Court of Prussia pretends, that it does not wish in any case to pass its proper Frontiers ; but, in the mean time, it comprehends under this denomina-` tion a part of the'EleCtorate which is occupied by the Corps under the Count Da LOWENH I ELM, which will never refire froni`it but when compelled by force of arms. If this *Court wishes to colour its aggression by certain pretended rights on Lauenburgh,.andshall strike the first blc,w, in order afterwards to pretend that it was obliged to defend itself, it is not the less certain that every impartial man will appreciate Without difficulty the force of such crooked reason ing, and will acknowledge the justice of that cause which the King, our Master, has determined to sup port. _ " It is with-sentiments of perfeet consideration, that I have the honour to be, Sir, &c. &c. (Signed) " GUS; DE WETTERSTEDT." SWEDEN. CIRCULAR DISPATCH I.OI3RESSED TO THE MINISTERS OF HIS SWEDISH MAJESTY AT FOREIGN COURTS. " Head-Quarters at Griefpwald, April 23, 1806. " SlR,—The Public Papers _will probably have already informed you of the march of different Prus sian Corps, destined, it is said, to take possession of the Country of Lauenburgh, which is at this moment under the prote6tion of the Troops of his Majesty. After the Declaration which his Majesty made, on his departure from Rateburgh, that he would con sider every attack on these Troops as a hostile mea sure With regard to his own States, it is impossible to admit the distinEtion, as strange as it is unexpe&ed, which the Court of 13 , .:r1iu endeavours at present to MAILS. ARRIVED—I Gottenburgh, r Dublin, I Waterford. Dos-1 Gottenburgli,, I Lisbon,, I Dublin, I Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWILLVZ O'CLOCK. Consols THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICIR.E FA.LSUM AUDEAT LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1806. CONSIDERABLE doubts are entertained of the truth of the intelligence brought by the Mails yesterday, respecting the change in the Councils of the KING of PRtsslA, and the disposition manifested by that Sovereign to re-establish the relations of Peace and .Amity with this Country. These doubts are founded 'partly upon the imprbbability of such a change taking place, and- partly upon the circumstance of 'the intelligence not being contained . in the Ham burgh Paper, as was at first supposed, but resting merely upon the. authority of a private Letter from • Berlin. If that Letter should not be thought worthy of credit, then the • only 'new fa& brought by the Hamburgh Mail is, that the Ports in the Baltic are to be opened to 'British Ships, or ra ther that they should continue open, for no of ficial intelligence has reached this Country of their having been closed against us. The Order of the' 28th March, issued by the KING of PRUSSIA, relates merely to the Ports in the North Sea. It states, that " In a.Treaty concluded 'between his Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA and the EMPEROR of the FIZENCH and KING Of ITALY, it is deterinined that the Ports in the North Sea, and' also the Rivers run ning into the same, shall be shut against English Trade and Navigation, in the same manner as when the French Troops were in possession of Hanover." This certainly does not extend to the Ports in the Baltic, but merely to those Ports which were shut against the English while the French were in ,posseSsion of Hanover. The orderi. there- . fore, for continuing the Ports in the Baltic open to British Ships, is only important as it may tend to sliew the unwillingness of the KING of Nils- STA to push matters to, the utmost extremity with this Country, notwithstanding the deciSive measures adop i ted by the British Ministry. With respect to the fa&, of Count HAuowiTz having retired from the Prussian Ministry, we are not in possession. of any further intelligence than that which we laid be fore our Readers yesterday ; and though it does not rest quite upon such good authority as we at first 'supposed, still we are inclined to believe it to•be true: The discontent which prevailed throughout every part of the Prussian Dominions began to wear so serious an aspe&, that it is by no means im probable that his Prussian' Majesty might deem it necessary to make a sacrifice to public opinion by dismissing the Minister (at least for a time) to whose advice the present unfortunate situation of Prussia may in a great degree be ascribed. But we still . retain the opinion Which we- expressed some days ago, that Prussia has placed herself so' much under the cOntroul of France, and-s;6o 4 •.nitted he - self so far, that she cannot now retiiice her §teps; . *without almnit . &Certainty of a War with that Power. —The Cabinet Of 13bflin, however, trfay,and (if it be true that Count HAUG\VITZ has retired) probably will, t.ndeavour to avert as much as - possible the "dis:- a,trous consequences which must result to Prussia from her unprovoked aggression against Great Bri tain and 'against Sweden. The vigorous and decisive measures adopted by this Country and by SWedeli certainly were not expefted by Prussia, and this re . cent order respe6ing the Ports, in the Baltic, and the 14etter written by his ; Prussian Majesty. to the King of Sweden, which we mentioned yesterdziy, were, ,we have.no doubt, intended to produce .a mitigation of those measures of retaliation which have been:al ready so severely. felt in Prussia. The Gottenbrr►gh Mail, which arrived this morn , .. ing, does not throw any new light upon this subje6t. The only article of intelligence which it contains is, that the Prussian Army on the frontiers of Pome rania have received orders not to commence any operationS until the return of a Courier from Paris,. who is houily expeaed at Berlin. It. is note confidmly reported on the Continent, that Louts BONAPARTE is not to be King of Hol land, but that Bo NA PARTE'S Brother-in-law, MURAT, is to be elevated to that dignity. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of CAMBRIDGE and CUMBERLAND left town yesterday for Windsor, on a visit to THEIR MAJESTIES. Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH is - arrived in town, and had yesterday an interview with Viscount Howlck, at the Admiralty. On Otlicer arrived on Tuesday at Dover from off Boulngne, reports, that within these few days there has been a large Camp pitched on the hills above Boulogne, and several Troops are arrived 'there ; they continued pitching'' ents for three ,days, and the Camp is now nearly as long as it was last sum mer : they fire 'on any of our small Cruizers that come in -.shore to see what is going on ; , ,but not many of their craft have been out in the roads. The Paris Papers stake, that Sir JOSEPH BANKS has written.a letter to M. DELAMEE, Secretary of the ) National Institute of France, to inform him that M. M. LACEPADA and CuvIER, Members of the In stitute, ate chosen Members of the Royal Society of London. Sir JOSEPH, in his letter, is said to ob serve,. that• this choice is. a proof of the.respea of these two learned-Societies for each other; a senti ment which,, he hopes, no political dispute between their respe&ive Nations will ever be able to destroy or weaken. _ Sir WILLIAM SCOTT'S Ladylove a magnificent Ball and Supper, on Wednesday evening, at his house in Leicester-square. The house was formerly occupied by Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS, and lately by the Marquis of THOMOND, who married that Gentle man's niece. The fete of Wednesda y night .was of a very splendid description,_ and Was attended by a la - rge.proportion of the higher orders. BAN . K. NOTES.—It appears by an Account pre sented to the House olCommons, that the amount of Bank Notes in circulation is J 74,93,5701. , The Ixports of the United States of America. for .one year, ending On the Ist of 06tober, 1805, aniountecttp 95,00,021 dollars; of which am oun t `the exports of domestic growth or manufaaure were 42,387,602 ; *and those of foreign growth or manu facture, 53,179,019 dollars. • - . AV. SPARROW, the King's Mesenger, arrived laSt night in town; having seen' Counsellor SAMPSON safe on board the Vessel which is to convey him to Ame rica. The Senate of Harnburgh are on the point of be ing involVed iii a very serious dispute, upon a - very trifling subje&, with the KING of SWEDEN. His Majesty has required; that Jhe Declaration in his name, and the letters of CoMit LOWENHIELIVI, should be inserted in the Haniburgh Papers. The Senate; or rather the Deputati Q n from it, who exercise the . censurate of the Press of that City, have demurred to this, 'for fear of offending "PrUssia or France. The KING of SWEDEN, however, persists, - and has, it is said, given orders to his Minister'to' withdraw from that Cie y, in case his demand sh ou ld con ti nue to be refused. The late Lord NELSON, it seems, expressed a strong desire that in case of his death in the Public Service, and a consequent provision for his family by the Nation, that his immediate successor, the pre sent Earl, should resign his Prebendary to • Dr. SCOTT, the late Lord's Chaplaiii and confidential friend. The present Earl, however, has, it is said, Most emphatically declared that he shall' not part with it on any consideration. It is at length positively determined that L9rd HARRINGTON shall go to Ireland as CoMmander, in Chief, for which Country - his Lordship will shortly depart, attended by his, Staff. Though not finally settled, it is strongly believed that Lord CAincAit'r will take the command in Scotland. The followingappointments have recently taken place :—Capt. MACKINLEY, of the Quebec Frigate, to the command of the Lively. Frigate, at Capt. Lord FALKLAND to the command of the Que bec Frigate, in the-North Sea ; and Captain . FAR 7 QUHAR, wild so gallantly defended the 4cheron Bon - lb-vessel. in the Mediterranean, against two FrenchYrigates, to the command of the - Ariadne, of 24 guns. The Royal Sovereign, Royal 'Charlotte, and Princess 4ugusta Yachts, are preparing at Deptford for the purpose of attending their M4JESTIES at Weymouth. The - Marianus'Transport, Capt. JONES, of 350 tons, and the Mediterranean Packet, were the Ships taken in the Bay of Gibraltar, and carried into Al-'' ges,iras on the 22,d of April ; the former was loaded • 'with provisions for Lord COLLINGWOOD'S. Fleet. The Post-boy carrying the Mail from Clogheen to Lismore, was stopped on Saturday se'nnight, by two men, who robbed him of the bags of letters which were dispatched from the General Post Office on the Bth inst. from the following post towns, viz. Cap paquin, Dungarvan, Lismore, Tallow, and Youghal. Nzi 4 7 A L , PLYMOUTH, MA7 2 .--Arrived the Arnticiid, Schooner General Johnson; Cain. Boston, laden with sugar' horrid. Amsterdard; detained, by His Majesty's Ship liant ; thtilarnhdigh Ship Carl, ladeti with cotton; Sce. from ClthleStoni bound tollatnlitirgh; detained by the Min . erva:Privateer ; • and the Daili li Ketch St. Andrew, laden NSCit 11 Wine and fruiti from Ma. laga, bound to. Konigsberg, detained' by the 1111aSs Privateer. Sailed L'Aigle Frigate on a Cruize ti the West•. ward-. tORTSMotTjt, MAY 22.—Sailed the Mercury Fri gate with Dispatches for Gibraltar; and the Whiting Schooner for Plymouth. • The Jamaica Frigate has this day recalled the iu strualions given to the outward-bound- Mediterm nean Ships, and the Racehorse Frigate has now the signal flying. - , Arrived last, night the lsabclla, GOFTOI4, from Sunderland. -`..... DOVER, MAY. 22.—Arrived here this 'morning Captain Cox, late of the Lill y , o f . an d f or Balti mOre, in ballast, from Hamburgh: This Gentle man was cast away in the above Ship on the 20th inst. when four of the crew deserted with the Boat, and left the Captain and the remainder on the wreck, who committed themselves to the mercy of thetwaves, on a Raft ; and were this morning picked up off the North Foreland by alight Collier. SHEERNESS, MAY 21.—Arrived the Agincourt, of G 4 guns, Capt. HENRY HILL, from, •Yarmouth i and'was this day paid wages u p to six months. Also arrived the Sheerness Tender, from Hull Roads, to refit. • Sailed the Bellette for the Downs. Passed by the comet Store-ship for the River., This day the Bonetta was paid' wages up to six months, and - sailed with a, considerable Convoy for the Baltic. The Winchester has the signal flying for Convoy to Tonnin„aen, and the Diligence fOr the Nu ward and Westward. The ininzortalite has been taken into dock to be broken up. Ships at this Port—the Zealand, Monarch, Agincourt, Antelope, Alkmaar, Flora, Venus, Winclielsea, Ceres, Magnamme, Damnless, Swift, Valcon,'lliligence j- and se veral Gun-brigs arid Fire-vessels. DEAL, MAY la. Remain in the Downs—the Edg6r, Chum, and 'Trusty Men of War ; Clyde and Blanche Fit. gates; Explosion, Lucifer,-Deva s t at i on , an d F ury Bombs: 'Speculator Lugger; Harmony Vidtualler ; several (.4; un-bri e ,s, Cartels, and detained Vessels. ROYAL ACADEMY. No. 242. Portraits of Grandchildren of Sir W. Freatlicote.--, W. OW,EN, R. A. Elea. The colouring of this Pi&ure is very splendid, and there is an air of truth, nature, and spirit throtigh nut the whole;, The children are all employed in actions suited to their time of life, and each with varied effect. The most prominent of them, ho - ever, does not appear to us. to have a body equal in proportion to the size of the head. The Artist al together is to be congratulated upon the improve, ment which he has made since last, .} - or. No. zsj. Portrait of the Marquis of Hartingon.—M—A. SHEE, R.A. We Were among the first to the success of this Artist in the provinoe of Portrait, as ; at the cotn mencement of his career, bis works wertwmarkea by . spirit and peculiar fidelity. This is not only a. good likeness, but the Marquis is. represented in suclra manner as to shew, like REAT,TIE'S Edwin, that the original was "no vulgar boy." Something. of the late DUChess of DEVONSHIRE May 'be traced in the • features of this interesting portrait of her - son: No. 290. A Calm, with Figtlresshrimping. —A. W. PALL, COTT. Another excellent specimen of the talents of one Of the most able young Artists of the present day. It is painted in the true legitimate stile. The figures are given with spirit, and the whole is firm and clear. This Piaure; we - understand, has been purchased by Mr. LEICESTER PARKER, a well-known Aniateur. SMITHFIELD MARKET, MAy 23. This day's market was but thinly supplied with different kinds of Cattle ; Beef, Veal, and Pork support last. prices ; Mutton 'and Lamb are some what cheaper, and the trade was not over brisk.--. The business done in the Haymarket was trifling ; Hay has fallen in price since. Monday's , market ; Straw, obtained a better price : and Clover sold at last price.—We subjoin an accurate statement of the prices and numbers : To sink the Offal per stone of 81b. Beef ss. od. to 6s od.—Mutton ss. od. to ss. red.—Veal 6s. od. to 7s. od.—Lamb 7s. od. to Bs. od.—Pork ss. 6d. to 6s. od. Beasts, 375. —Sheep and Lambs, 374o.—Calves, 135. — Pigs 300. SMITHFIELD HAYMARKE7 Hay 31. 3S. to 4L. 4s.—Clover 31: 3s. to 51. Ss.-Straw, 11. iBs. to 21.405. CORN-EXCHANGE, MAY 73 —Wheat is here in middling supplies.; that of fresh quality scarcely supports its price ; others are : dull sale,. and rather . • , lower • there-are several fresh arrivals of Barley . ;: fine NOrfolk Samples fetch the top price ; other sorts have few buyers, and at less ; still with . short supplies of White Pease, and those are dearer ; iu Beans small variation; Oats are-in tolerable quanti ties, and this trade, is. dull of sale, excepting prime Samples ; Flour.nearly keeps its price. Wheat 02S a ,74s , a . 8zs od Beans - - • 4os a 46s od Fine ditto': - • 84s a , B7s od . Tick beans • 3os a 36s od Rye 4os, a 455 od Oats 22S a z6s a ,30s od Barley - 2SS a34S od POland ditto 3is a 3zs 6d Malt -6,5 s a 7is cd • Rape Seed - •• ... White Pease 42s- a-48s ed Fine- Flour 7os a 75s od Grey ditto 345 a 38s od Seconds 65s a Ins od Wednesday evening, as Mr:Tik ices, ofWinche ter-street; 'London ) Wall,' and another Gentleman., were coming to town in a post-chaite, they were stopped near Enfield-Wash by a singlehighwayman, who robbed them of 301, in notes and cash. )-`k -\