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torcl FOLK STQNE gave notice of Lsiniilar Motion* , An the same day, reTeatng the Petition complain, 41.4 of an undue Eleaion and return for West- minster, - - Lord OSSULSTON appeared et 'the Bar, and pre seete,l his Majesty's-Answer to the 4:ddress. It in' eeoeral expressed his Majesty's confidence in the „ of his faithinl Commons: It was read in so line a toneof voice that we could noncatch the par tienlar words. Mr e lionnenS..E brought _r p, the Report of tlre 'Committee on the Expiring Latins. :Ordered to lie on the Table. VANSITTART moved,. that the part of his Mt iesty's Speech adverting to the Supplies should be This being done, he moved that the House hhould to-Morrow, resolve itself auto a 7Committee of fiupply.—Ordered. Mr. G:ttiNT preseoted the, third Report, of the Commissioners of Militery Inquiry.—Ordered to lie • en the teak, and to be printed. TIIANKs TO TILE. ARMY OF MAMA. Serretdry WINDHAM - rose, pusuant to no-- tice, to Move the Thanks of the House to ,the'Offi "x.!ers and Men of the British Army, who hadso high . I .. vr distinguished, themselves by the vim oiy over a su , perior number of the enemy on the plains . Q. Maida. 'The Motion which he had now tOpropose he had no .dpubt would meet with, unanireptis corieur -• rence. Of course it was unnecessary for him to say any thing with . view to persuade'persons to ae;ree to this Motion, _because none could be Aye ; se .tp it. Although this, therefore, must be a • • faVourite - 'ell that he 'Was entitled to Say upon it was, te . poirit out to the sober reffeaion - of the House the ' vast 'im-pertance of this eii.qory, under all,the vari 'ens.aspeds which gave it a claim to rank with the chief achieverhents on our annals—and which served. _ ,to bring to our, remembrance: the Viaories "of Poi'aiers and Cressy, to which in many'rest;ths it ' bore so strong resemblance. This service was distinguished by peculial t charaders. Ifi the.first it :9,:jl(?S ns nativnal -glory,. (#ne- of the. Most valuable poleeessions which, could at present possibly .ac . quire. Thorigh other services might be attended with greater, ithmediate advantages, and contribute highly lo -t he prosperity of the. Country, yet they were not of a chata6ter to:Call. for those honours end distinaions to which - a service of this kind Ives s 9 eminently. entitled. The great value there sure of tliis victory - was, that it ,augmented, in a. degree not often equalled, the military renown . e of the Country. How necessary this Was, nnd how impossible it' was that a great Country, amidst the •.nn e whiCh its prosperity created, ',should : exist Ivil!rout ii, it was needless for him to say; because it was a thing of which every one who had .reflected en thesubjeet must be fully aware. This -military .renown, was at all tiMes necessary, and certainly never was it more so than at the present moment.— All the world was now converted,-as it were, into one universal Camp, where military views, and mi litary services took place .of, every otheieconsider etion, where none could be safe without military renown, and where a'natiOn could .no longer sub sist without it. We were come to that state of society so eloquently described by the Poet, when the soldiei was abioad e and ,when the huebend . man could not he secure in ,his labours unless he "had s arms in his hands to defend . them.. In this-state, pb people could he safe, unless they were of a war like character. To military services, all others were stil-iordinate, and military glory. was the -most ye - of possessions. There was one view in which this vidory Was peculiarly interesting to us, because, though we had pot. lost our military character, yet, tidin.thecireumstances of the wars that had- taken - place, for some time past, which in a great measure . cent - pied our, exeinions to the sea, we h-fd not that op portunity which We formerly had of shewiug :our prowvss by land. And on - this account our enemies bad , wroulght themselves into'an opinion that our mili vary iyoqrs, taking the' word military in ,its largest confined - -to the sea, and that we-were •, fir Itorl k-lbg preportionahly powerful ,by Noun the tendency-et thevi6tOry. _at Alaida was di - 'redly to meet this opinien, and in .this point of view it was er e incalculable importance.: It served to prove that tin:lznik it could riot beeexpe6ed- that raw end undisciplined men should, be equal to - the ve terans of France, our disciplined soldiers were more than a match for them. Yet some had in their ccnVersations and publications given encouragement: to the opinion .9 fithe Enemy._ Ike trusted, however, that this had not gone far, and he was certain that it -had mace no impression on the generality of . the people. Inclearly appeared that wherever they could ' ineet the enemy on equal terms they might promise-, themselves victory. The enemy boasted of their: t3kill and discipline ; but in contest of boats and ships where skill was not of such importance, and where the battle was, as' it were, man to man, we were eenstantly successful when fighting on equal terms. ,superiority so far was clearly established, Ne: - ,i/Z , , not a solitary instance of this sort could be produced in their own - favour on the part of the .Eneniy. But they had contrived to delude them selves into an opinion, that their skill gave them a supeeio.rity on land. On the present occasion they tnanifeSted that confidence which was the natural re= stilt of this opinion; and yet they were attacked in the pesition which they held; _and completely, routed. This victory, filet efore, must be of the greatest use on the-Continent. The EdeMy had, frequently conquer ed by an Opinion of• their invincibility, which they, had impressed upon themselves and others, And by this means they bad often - succeeded wfiere 'there vas no want of courage on , the part of their ,oPpo mins! 'Yet this opinion was eountenanced, and perhaps in some. degree warranted, by their suc- C.eeses, though these were, no doubt,, in many cases, paving rather tostheir confidence - in themselves, and their charaaer with their opponents, than their in trinsic superiority. Possunt quici posse videtitur.— ,NOw to. have breke that charm by this victory, 'the knowledge 'of hick could not be suppressed, not - - ithsrandineihe t . )ower.of the . Enemy over the Con e tinental was of the most inestimable advan . tage. -But he wished her to guard against the opi nion -that such instances were wanting. Our whole , history was full of such instances ; but ,this had; in a great measure, condensed them all, and" proved; beyond a doubt, that our military renown -vas in no degree diminished, and that the charac - - ter which we assumed. was not,ihe delusion of tim e t e unal vanity , but real and substantial. No anion could ever ,have 'been contrived bett..6r calculated .o' - e:eablish this truth. In the language of Sir ':-, , John - Stuart, valuable both On a:.OmA of its own eloquence, and on krecount of his 'accurate' acquaint.- ance with the:liras,' ," it seemed as if the prowess of the two Nations had been brought 'to trial before the Ifa society, of philosophers had . . set Ahern- • selves to 'contrive a rrie hod of trying the prowess of the t\vo Nations, they : could not have planned a more proper one. It was worthy of remark, that in the first 'part of the action,` the two bodies Were directly brought together with the bayonet, which is a case which seldom happened, thotigh often spoken of, and which 'peculiarly served to mark theeharaCter of the two Nations. The affair came to that exao point where the resolution of the two bodies could be fair ly tried. The resolution_ of our troopS held out, and that of the Enemy failed-=-a cOMplete proof of which' was, that hardly a man of our army was wounded with the bayonet. Indeed, the detail of this' would display merits of all sorts, arid prOve no 4 less 'honourable to the skill of the Officers; than to the valour of • the men. Having detained the House so long, he would only in addition me?..!ion some' dr..' cumstances which were not generally known, as they Were not .ascertained till some time after the bat tle. The fad Was, that the viabry "was more de- I• cisive than was at first imagined ; for though Sir John Stuart stated. his own troops'at - belo+,v .5000, and those of,. the Enetny at 7000 ; the faci was, that the force Of the Enemy was not under 8000, • and" this was ascertained 'by 'a list found in _the pockets of one of, the slain: As tcithe loss, the slain, which he stated at 700; were not less than 1300 ; 1,500 wereiaken prisoners and a considera,ble - number -'surrendered, so th.it our army digpOsed„ iu. .one way or another, of not less 'than a body of the enemy equal their own numbers. It was also ascertained, that the enemy's army, including those in the neigh-. - bourhOod, amounted altogether to 13,000 men. 'He 'l,kou'lii:only repeat, that'this victory was of infinitely greater consequence than, One from which more im mediateadvantages might have been derived, asit -restored that half of our military renown which had been Called in. question.' Ire whO contributed to the military glory of his 'Country, did a service beyond - all others. He concluded by moving - • Ist, • That the Thanks of this House be given to Major-General Sir .John Stuart, f6r the eminent ability and intrepidity which he:displayed in the Battle on 'the Plains of I\4llda; against a superior Force,w hichended in tine signal defeat of,the Enemy. .2d; Than the Thanks of this House be given to Brigadier-General Laurie Cole, and Brigadier-Gene ral Ackland, and the other Offieers of. the Army under Sir John Stuart; for having so higilly con tributed to the Viaory on the Plains of Maida. 3d, That the Thanks of this HOuSe,he given to' - the Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of the Arm/ under Sir John - Stuart, for their : valour and gallantry 'displayed in theJiattle of Kilda, and that Sir John. Stuart be requeked - to coninihnicate the 'same to the Troops. • • 4th, That the Sneaker do transmit the 'I banks to Sir John StuaTt, mut the Officers under his com mand. lieutenant-General Sir JOHN DOYLE rose to' Second the Motion, and , spoke as"follows 'Speaker—ln rising to address you, for the first time; I feel, Sir, how much shall ,stand in need of your countenance, and the kind, indulgenee of the I-louse; but I trust that themotives which induce me to trou ble-you, while,they plead rnybxeuse, may obtain for me a-patient hearing, ,- and I shall endeavour to mark my sense of that indulgence by trespassing upon it but for a 'few moments.--Sir, having witnessed upon : Maw. trying occasions that - zeal, skill, and courage, in this instance 'again. So bril liantly displayed, by the gallant Officer and his brave_ • Companions, I cannot reconcile it to my feelings to confine myself to a cool and passive assept. I should' not, 'Sir, trust 'the cause of those valiant men to so weak an advocate as myself, did I not know that they will find a ready and warm advocate in the breast of every man Illave the honour to address..-=. The Thanks of P.trliatneut were never better de served, nor would they be any where rribre highly prized ; and I ft-el that the Motion is not more just ly appliedk than it is happily timed—for as the crisis • is fast approaching when the Country will expea every man should dO 'his duty; what a nobleincite ment will it 'be for Men, not barely, btit -enthu siastically to do their duty, when their. exertions are rewarded by the gratitude of theif Country.L. -f It is upholding and encouraging that high. sense of hOnour, so conspicuous in' the fleets and' armies of Great Britain, that the Country will find its best security—and' it is . because' the measures of the Right Hon; Mover are built upon this foundation, •I that they not only meet my approbation—but, as a demand my grateful acknoWledgmenti. Mr. JOHNSTO:VE would not add any thing to what had beensaid by the Right Hon. Secretary re speCling the importance Of the victory, of Maida,. nor was it necessary, as that had been so. yell de= scribed. He always - considered hint as anxious to promote the glory of the - ..Atmy,•and was. peenliarly happy when he had been appointed to his present. situation. But he thought that the sense sort oldis , f tinetions ought to be conferred on the ArMy •as on I the Navy. In the Navy, the superior Offieers, af- . ter a brilliant viaory, - were always honoured with some marks of distinction, and the bientenants were t almost always 'promoted. He knew that this WaS -not the common prat tice in the Army, and that it Might not be the Right Hon. Secretary's fault, but the present crisis required extraordinary measures; . There was no doubt that the honours of Knighthood and others contributed in no slight degree to kindle, the- spirit and emulation of the Navy. These.ho flours were not to be despised. • Mr. WINDHAM replied, that soniething orthe. nature of that to which the - Hon; defitleinan alluded: had been already done. But the circumstances of. the Army and Navy were so essentially different,/ that the two service Could snot, in respea of ho nours, be exactly assimilated. The Motions Were then agreed to ne.in. c.wz: From the FRENCI-1 P:zlPEli.s'. Pants, Dfx. 9.--The imperial Decree upon the Blockade of the aritish. Islands has already received its execution .in I-Tolland and throughout' all the "Countrie; of :the North• occupied by •the French troops : and the 4--ood of many centuries and of many nations, will,s6oo cause the alarms of a few moments, and,the 'losses of a few • individuals, to be forgotten. This measure, so violent in appearance,' is a henefit'for futuve generations, if it brings all na tions to acknowledge among themselves a maritime code Conformable to that spirit of the. Right of Na tions which humanity has caused to be.adopted in Continental Wars.—Argus. It may be recolle9ed that the late Negotiations between France and England were brought ,on by a letter which Mr. Fox addressed . tothe Prince of BE NEVENTO, to inform him that a person, calling him self a Frenchman, had communicated to hitri a pro jest of at) attempt against the life of the Emperor; projeCt which this pergon had the foolish hope of • making Mr. Fox participate in. This man, upon being driven out - of England,. landed at Hamburgh, where he was immediately arrested . ; and upon be ing brought to Paris, he confessed his crime. • The Emperor, however, on being informed of it, would' see, nothing in so mad a - projeCt but a -proof of in sanity. In consequence the Prisoner was con= 'veyed to'-Bicetre, where he is now in confineMent. He is described- to be a man rather advanced-in years, and totally void of education.,-(Joartifil de 4'Empire.) ROTTERDAM, DEC..I3-.---Two Russian Deputies are stated, in a letter from Bamberg, dated' De cember 9, to have arrived at the head-qnafters of the French Emperor, whose mission is said to be of a pacific nature. • A letter from Trieste, dated NOV. 15, says, " The French troops are 'on their return from Italy to all the fOrmer country, the two Cala brias, and Fort Scilia, being now completely in possession of the'French : besides this, the presence of - the troops in Dalmatia is of more consequence, eight thousand Russians, fiom Corfu, having landed at Marasco. General MARMONT'S head-quarters are at Spalatra." '•lt is said that the• Russian - Ambassador at Con- . stantitiople has regained his ascendancy over the Porte; and brought it to conditions highly un worthy of its dignity and the preent relations in which it stands with France. i• Should the Porte not rescind its acts' "in this respe&, it was thought' the French Ambassador would 'quit Constantinople, itnd leave the Grand Signior to his merited fate for the present.. • It is reported that'Austria has consented to cede to Bavaria, Saltzburgh, Bergtolsgaden, and the In viatel—as also its share of 'Poland-, int case that kingdom should ,be 'restored,; for which she is to be indemnified with her •ancient- possession of Silesia. It seems to be certain that the Queen of Prussia, and theotherbranches of the Royal Family, have taken up their residence at St. Petetsburgh.' The arsenals of the Eleator of. Hesse•Cassel, at Cassel, H 311311, and Zeigenhain, 'were so richly pro vided with every necessary, that no . l6s than two thousand waggons' were required to. carry 'off their _ • contents. The Russian troops _destined try meet' .the Grand French Army, are cornputed at 70,107 men, in fantry, a►icd 15;960 cavalry, having vt , ith 4 thern 9023 draught• horses : they march in - four columns but on the 22d of November had not, at any:point, passO the Vistula, except-at . Warsaw,, which was their point of junetion. * MAILS. ARRIV2D—z Dublin, 5 Waterlord. Duz,-5 'Cottenburgb i t Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS • Tills ',Ay AT TWELVE O!CLOCK. Consols - - - - 6c j Reit. Ann; - - - SS ; THE SU N. SC/LEM (ICUS DICERS ?MAIM AUDZAT ? NEGOTIATION WITH FRANCE. . Lord Howler( presented the Papers relativelo.the Negotiation with France. They would be ready, he said, for circulation this evening WaS sirablc that as little time as possible should elapse be- fore. the '()pinion of the House, was pronounced VII an aahir of this importance.. He would move that t betaken' into :cansideration on this clay fortnight, wishing to he understood, however, that the . motion would not be further postpona ' . The Papers were then . ordete.4 to lie on the Tabre AdjOttmed. - . • ... • . , • - LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1806. - WE received. last night Dutch Papers of a late. date. It is stated. that two Russian Deputies have arrived at BON APAR rE's Head-quarters, it is Supposed , • with pacific propositions. The fatc.i., howevtr, is stated in so, general a way, that we are very much inclined to doubt it. ..The whole of the . Continental Doruinions of the XING of NAPLES are now, it is said, .completely in .the possession of the Frenchi and a part of the .troops that were - I\iaples are re turning into Dalmatia, 's here their presence is wine necessary in crinsequence of a considerable Russian force having landed there from Corfu. The. important faft.of the adjustment, .of the differences between Russia and the. Porte is acknowledged in • these Papers. ," Yesterday a Messenger arrived with Dispatches from Lord STRANGFORD, at Lisbon, which.are sup posed to be of I considerable importance. The mill.: tai'y preparations in - Spain still continue, notwith . standing the . assertions • to the contrary in the French Papers, and- an • opinion prevails that a rupture between France and - Spain is at no great distance. Letters from Madrid and Cadiz mention, that reports were in circulation in both those Cities of the Re-capture of Buenos Ayres : they .did not obtain much credit. .WE,understand that some accounts were yestfir d:ty received, from the East Indies; which were biOlip,bt by an American Vessel, which state, that an untortunate dispute had occurred at Vellore between a Regiment of Seapoys and a Regiment of Native bitingly, about some wornen,,,and it became neces s.ary to send a Reglient of Cavalry to duel the dis turbance. Atnendni'6.nt whic!l-I\ir. CAN la tpdvel to the Address on Frill)", last ,was in length and sub- ' stance 'unparalleled and unexampled in the history •of Parliament. Tile objea seemed td'be, more to . publish a Manifesto, at the public expence, than for the faii- and usual discussiOn upon a difference be tween contending parties at the opening of a Session ; and we cannot forbear to remark, that many.parts of this Manifesto, and of the Speech which preceded it, betray . the most unjustifiable and unwarrantable aspersions, not only upon the Government of the Country,. but upon the known affe&ion 'and loyalty so well deserved, and se a t , certe.rally - and uniformly manifested by the most grateful ofPeople'r4 thebes!. of Kings. We shall forbear to fOIIoW Mr. CANNIN G through the whole-of his Speech, and of this singus lar Manifesto, which he very wisely forbore to press upon the House even for -a second reading : but we. cannot help observing upon the strange con tradiEtion and want of candour, and: even of com. Mon justice, towards His Majesty's Ministers, int some parts of both. The introductory paragraphs Of this EsSay endeavour, by the most fulsome anti adulatory expressions towards qur Sovereiin, tco palliate the offensive and ungrateful attack which h , , made in his speech upon His Majesty's Hanoverian. Dominions, and .which, in the course of the argue meths advanced by himself and Lord CgSTLEREAGHi, was so unequivocally .and decidedly maintained:-. The most prominent feature of Mr. CANNING' censure upon the Government, arose from it& having made the restoration of Hanover a sine qua non, a stipulation paramount and preceding all question of Negotiation. Mr. CA :c NI NG and Lord. CASTLEREAGH did not see that Hanover was an obi. jea so material, so inaportant, so separated, as to make the question of War or Peace to depend upo the resteraion - of it. But His Majesty'sMiptster, I, jealous of his. rights; anxious to preserve his Heredi • tary, his Family` Passessions=—atpiious at the saute time to manifest the dispoition aid spirit of the Country on the outrage and insult she has stistainei!, and feeling at the same time:. that - *no; ccompromi,tiz . . could be made to the honour of, the Kri;o 'for the infa'mous transaAion which had 'taken .place reSpe4- . _ • ing Hanover; found th e y h a d b ut one hue to put sue—that manly, open, generous, and just lito, which. they adopted, congenial to the Peelings of die Country, and satisfaaory to the nattutil - , the inberii, ed partialities of the Sovereign. • We cannot but cont ras t this ,condua with that of Lord *CASTLEREAGH- and. Mr. CANNINd, who, for the abject of securing a hollow, temporary, uncer tain, and distraceful Peace, anZl for the objea of compromising with Prussia, would ' have sacrificed His Majesty's Hereditary Dominions of Hanover, and at the same time the honour, tlid'cliraCter, and the dignity of Great Britain. Can' we give credit, after such opinions and such arguments, to their, .professions of exclusive sorrow at the misfortunes which have unhappily befallen His Mt eoy's Au, gust I,'apaily_? Look to Lord Howicx's eloquent and feeling reply_ to' this insinuation, and will any man in this Kingdom, after he has read it, - say that every Member of this -.Qovernment, ,nay, every being who has a heart to feel, has not deeply deplored the Address from the 11Juset . of Commons does not mention the subjee, surely it may be imputed to any motive but a want of feeli ing. It is by their conduat, and not by their proe, fessions, that the present Ministers of this Countrf manifest their attachment to His MAJESTY and tots his People. If 'they forbear to brealt - through all precedent, by reminding His MAJESTY of his pri, vate affliaions,, they endeavour to alleviate them by recovering his lost Dominions, and by tnaintaininsi his honotir and the honour of England. We shall enter more fully into' the diSclission 'of this curious Manifesto at a future opportunity—ln the mean time we Offer these Remarks, which have arisen from principles of justice towards , a GoVernik ment, whose errors We small stigmatize with 6e' same freedom and candour' as we shall applaud and pUblish its merits. _ His MA4STY came to town yesterday Irom Wind, sor, at twelve o'clock, and after seeing the Dukes of YORK and CUMBERLAND, held a private Levee at thg Qu S Palace. At half-past font - o'clock ais MAJESTY set off ort Ilk return to Windsor. The LORD was under the "necessity of raising. the pi-ice of Bread id. per Peck Loaf to - -day. The Quartern Loaf will now be I's. t id. 'The murderers of Mr. STEEL were .again examiri ed yesterday, and remanded for further examination : A SEASONABLE HlNT.—Christmas gift, °finnu merable descriptions, will now, pervade the whale Kingdom. It is submitted wheth e r a n y present is capable of being attended with so much good to dutiful son, an amiable daughter, an industrious ap prentice, or to. a ,fitithful servant, as that of a sh:;re of a Lottery Ticket, in a Scheme• in which the smallest share May gain near two thousand pounds ? _., ate,, BIRTH. On Friday the tgth inst. at Huintan-Hill, lincolnshhe, Mrs. Heneage, pf a Daughter: • . LoNooti ; Printcd by R. HARltts (of Martlett-court, Bow-street;, and published by W. A. SciiirPs (of South: Moulton-v=o, itt the Suu•OlEee, t 12 , Strad. ~'