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bury. The maor.erib w hich nis Lordftiip made
the requeft was ominous.
** Some circumftances have arifen,” he laid,
“of a nature which! deemit IncouGitent with rr.y
puhiu- duty toftate at the prelent time ; howe
ver, I trull Noble Lords will do tne tlie credit
to think that I would not make the requeft \\ ith
uuf having givtn any previous intimation of fuch
a with on my part, unlcfs the circumflauces
! allude to were of that nature, rfs that all their
lordfhips \tould, were they aware of them,
agret with me in thinking it deiirable that the
difeuffion propofed by the Noble Marquis
fhould be pollpohed.’*
What thefe circumflauces are we prefume not
to decide; but it is probable that thole who (pe
culate upon the re Agnation of Miniflers may hud
ilieinfelves miftaken.
After concluding a very beneficial Lean, for
i he benefit of the country and the Contractors,
Mr. Addington yeAcrday opened the Budget.
The burthens are as moderate as, in theprefent
ftatc of affairs could have been expelled. The
war taxes are to be augmented in tlitir produce
one million.
This augmentation ir upon wine,
from ml. to 19 guineas a ton ; an
augmentation which the wine incr
chJints were told laft year to expelt.
—The produce of this tax is efti
mated at £. 200,000
An addition of 12 1-2 pci cent.
• n the articles under the head Cou
folidated Cuftoms, excepting Wine,
Tea and Cotton Wool, and doub
ling the Duty on Railing & Sweets.
The eflimated produce of this addi
tion is 80<>,one)
£. i,ooo,ooo
This ir. the propofttl augmentation of the
War Tafces to a Million beyond their prefent
produce.
The intcrefl of the Loan is to be provided for
in another way ; it amounts to between 7 and
S09,0001. It is propofed to confolidate thlr
Stamp Duties, rather leflening the duty on
Jftamps ufed in legal proceedings, and increafing
the duty on (lamps for the transfer of property.
The Miniflcr fnppofes the produce of this con
folidation will be 800,0001. which will more than
cover the intereft of the Loan.
Letters from Conflantinople of the Mth cf
March fay, Ali Pacha has been murdered on his
way from Alexaiftlria to Cairo, fuppofed by the
Beys. The Grand Seignor and his Minifters,
in great conflemation, that their governor fhould
have met fuch & fate, have appointed the Pacha
of Acre, Governor of Egypt, to reftorc tranqui
lity, and havefenta fquadron of (hips of Tear to
l'upport him.
A Ruffian frigate with tranfports, having 000
troops, have been permitted to pafs the Darda
nelles fdr Corfu. A fccond fquadron is expect
ed.
Mr. Drake has left Munich in fuch Khfte, that
he would not wait for his oaiTiagc, but went on
.foot.
The celebrated M. Nccker, formerly mftiifter
of Finance in France, died on the oth of laft
month at Geneva, at an advanced age.
An intcrefling converfalion took place yefter
dayin the Houle of Peers^previou^ to the poft
ponement of the Marquis of Stafford’s motion
to Friday next. Lord Ilawkefbury requefted
the poftpor.ement cn grounds which he hid ii
would 1>e inconliflent with his duty to explain ;
he could pledge his credit and character for its
propriety and neceffity. Earls Carlifle, Fitzwil
iiam, and Lord Greenville prefTed the Noble Se
c rotary for a further explanation, which was
firmly refilled. It was further urged, that no
bufinefs relative to the Defence of the Country
fhould be brought forward in the interim, which
svaspartly conceded, Lord Ilawkefbury promi
fmgthat nothing fhould be prefentedofanature
likely to occafion a divifion of fentiment. Tile
above cifcumltance, combined with a great buf
tle in the morning among the Minifters, produ
ced a variet y of reports. Somefaid, that a Re
gency is on the tapis; others that Mr.Adding
ton, is making an arrangement for his immedi
ate re Agnation ; others afiigned other motives.
We do not know which of them ck’fcrves mod
credit ; but it appears that fome important e*
vent is near at hand. Mr. Fox’s motion in the
Houfe of Commons, relative to the Hanove
rian troops, which flood for Wcdnefday, was al
fo polfpontd upon the fame ground.
May 8.
rar. aumingion, we unaenrana, remains m
office only till another adminiftration is formed;
a work we fiiould fuppofe, of no little delicacy
and Uidioul y. Several of our coternporaries,
however, have already fettled the bufinefs, and
have already filed up all the various offices, to
the great furprife, no doubt, of many of the
psrfons whom they have nominated to different
polls. Whether Mr. Pitt will come into pow
er with Mr. Fox or without, we know not. It
is, however, we believe, certain that Mr. Pitt
will be at the he id of the new adminiftration. A
mcffiigefrom his inajefty was communicated to
him on Monday, by the Lord Chancellor ; and
after conveying hisanfwer to the Quccii’shoulc
bis lordfhip had a fccond interview with him
yefterday. It is laid that he waited upon his
m ijefty this morning. We do not hear tiiat Mr.
Fox has been fent for : it is probable, therefore,
that Mr. Pitt lias the arrangement of the new
miniftry. But it is rcafonabie to expedt that
the new ininiflry will be compofed oi the three
confederated parties. Mr. Pitt will, in all pro
bability, be the Firft Lord of the Trrafury and
Chancellor of the Exchequer, arid Mr. Fox and
Lord Grenville, two of the Secretaries of State ;
Lord Loughborough perhaps will be the new
Chancellor—As yet, however, wfe belii ve noth
ing has been arranged, nothing decifivcly deter
mined upon, except the resignation of the pre
fect administration..
It has frequently happened in the hiftory of
this country and its cuuftitutiou, that one of the
three elt.ites has gained fo preponderating an in
fluence, as to overbalance, for a time, tne other
two. In general, the ftruggles have been be
tween the Democratic Eftatc and the Monar
chical or Kindly Eflate. In the prefent iuftauce
the triumph is on the Ariftoerulical Branch. Jt
would be abfurd to deny that the union of a
great body of Peers has produced, on the partof
his Majtrty’s minifters, tiiat determination
w hiefi led I.ord Hawkdbury to the lit p he a
dopted the day before yefterday. From the
manner and tone in which the oppofers of mi
niftry fpoke—from their more than half avowed
wiHi to bring on the difctiffioii of the Marquis of
SfaHbnra mutton, it may he inferred, that they
reckoned, if not upon an abfolute majority, at
Irnft upon equalling the ftrengtli and number3of
theirantagonifts. The dccifive blow hm there
fore been Pmck, not in the Commons but in
tne Louis ; it is. there that rircuinftanccs have
been developed w.iich may have induced hi n
mjcfty'o minifters to retire. The fame effect
was nr ,ducrri when Mr Fords India Bill was
iindiv difciiffion. Hut in that cm fir, the monar
chical and anilocruical brauciiea a&cd toge
ther,
Upon the prefciit miniftry. and upon the pre
fent ftaT of affairs, we Jnrc Jittic to arid to what
we hive to of ten laid- -tiiat retire* when Mr.
A<Jdin;fo» rmy, he vi'hvi.j. witiiout the voice
w me ccumry tiawng in any pan o! it caned Tor
his dnmidion, and with the praifeof having att
ed to ‘.lie belt of his ability for the good of his
countrv. The whole fecret of the oppoiition to
him, and of the approaching changes, con lifts in
thn e words—his Majefty’s iHnefs.
Yefterday Sir Edward Pellew was appointed
by the Lords of the Admiralty, to the comtnand
ot the Eali India Fleet, in the room of Admiral
Rainier.
j The Senatus Confultum, by which Bonaparte
| is expected to be proclaimed Emperor of the
1 Gauls, will, according to the laft accounts from
Paris, very thortly make its appearance. With
j refpeCt to the invalion, the only mention we
fiiul is, that it is not expcCted to he unelertakcn
till all the French and Batavian flotillas have
formed a junction at Boulogne.
Louis Bonaparte has been appointed acoun
fellor offlate, as he is the only one* of the bro
thers of the Firft Coni'ul who lias male ifliie.
This circ limit ance fee ins not irregular to the re
. ports which Hill continue, of the eftabliilimcut
, of an hereditary fucceflion.
On the ad inlt. Admiral Truguet arrived at
Brcft.
His Imperia' Majefty, 'he Emperor of Ger
many, has forbidden all French emigrants to re
lide in any of the Auftrian territories within fifty
leagues of the French republic.
The Senate of Hamburgh has acceded to the
demand of the French minifter, ar.d has, at his
inftanee, permitted domiciliary vi fits to be made
in that city, to difeover any perfous who may
Ik* obnoxious to the French government or who
may have any papers that can lead to the difeo
very of any plots or defigns that may be formed
againlt it.
The procefs againft the perfous in confine
ment on account of the late confpiraey, will, it
is faid, not begin before the 5th of May. Mo
reau will have Chaftau La Carde for his firft ad
vocate and Lamalle for hisfeeond.
A confiderablc movement is now obfervablc
among the troops for the expedition. Several
battalions in the vicinity of Paris arc on their
march for the coaft, to which are daily fent con
fiderable tranfports of provilions.
Purfuant to a Batavian EleCtrtrial Ordinance,
fuch Emigrants only are tolerated in thofe do
minions, who lhall produce documents attefted
by the French envoy at that court, proving their
being comprifed in the amnefty, or expeCting
foon to be included in the fame ; alfo thofe who
have become refidents in that Electorate, the old
and infirm who cannot travel. All the others
are to quit the Electoral Provinces within eight
days.
A private letter from Berlin, ot the 16th of April,
fays, “ The arrival of two Ai<ls-de-Camps of the Firft
Cocful, and three Couriers, has caul'ed leveral reports.
In our diplomatic circles, it is faid and believed, that
they are come to propofe that our King fliall change
his title t8 that of Emperor, and that Bonaparte, in re
turn for thi* compliment, fhall be acknowledged “ Em
peror of the Gauls,” withthe unanimous conlent of the
French nation! our kingisalfotoguaranteethefucceflion
to the throne of the family Bonaparte. It is alfo propo
sed, with a promilk of further advances, that our fove
reign lhall keep Louis XVUI.and the other Bourbons,
confined within the limits of Warfaw ; and to permit
a French agent to refide there to infpedt their conduct, i
I have heard that our niinifters have endeavoured to e
lude a dirvdtanfwer, ar.d though preffed, have declared
that our Sovereign would follow the example of other
Sovereigns, and that our ambafladors, particularly thofe
at St. Peterlburg, and Vienna, fhould be ir.ftrufted to
learn the opinion of thefe court* upon the fubiedt.”
The Swift-Cutter, from Plymouth to Lord Nelfon’s
fleet, with difpatches, has been captured by a French
privateer of 12 guns, and 150 mm, and carried into
Barcelona.
We are forry to confirm the unpleafant account of
the Rolla and Cato, in the China Seas, on their paflage
from New-South wales to China. They were loft in
the Eallern pallage, and no hopes are entertained of
any part of their crews having been laved. The Buffa
lo man of war, which accompanied them, was fafe oft'
Penang, on the 31 ft ol October.
DovKR,May I.—A very heavy firing hasbeenheard
at times id she direction of Boulogne part of yefterday,
and at times all this day j and we are without any ac
count of the rel'ult. Several French privateers have
been on our coaft in the thick weather, and have made
feveral captures. A report is very current, that a flag
of truce is coming over from Calais with paflengers,
&c ; one of ourfilhermen hailed her,but it comingthick]
loft her in the fog ; feveral boats are gore out to en
deavour to fall in with her, and fome light-hnrfemen
are ordered to patrolc the beach between Deal & Do
ver, to hinder any improper perfons landing and getting
into the country, without being properly examined. *
Pi tmouth, April 30.—It has been to foggy thefe
two day* part, that the Sound and Cawfnnd Bay has
been quite obfeured. Laft night two expreflesarrived
for the Commander in Chief of the Citadel and the
For: Admiral, but their contents are not known.
IVIa v 3.
J ne i-iamDurg Mail ot the 25th nit. brings intelli
gence from Paris to tlie I *th, and Monitcurs have been
received to the lame date.
It appears, from a variety oi concurring articles, that
the Coriicau s ambition is on the point of being gratifi
ed with the title of Emperor of the Gauls. 7 he ad
dreflea upon the fjbjedt lpeak a language that cannot be
mifluken, and it has, uo doubt, been fuggefied by the go
vernment iti'eif. I he General Council of the Depart-1
rm nt of Eure, in its addrefe to the Firft Cohful, Cm,
“ You will not forg-.t Citizen Full C’onful.that it is
your high deftination not only to bellow happinefs on
die prelate hut »lfo to feture the welfare of future ge
nerations. The French nation leaves to your paternal
care the choice of the means, its love guarantees its ap
probation of them." And tlie General Council of tb**
Department ot upper Maine ohferv-%—“ Your bene
fits, Citizen Firft Coniul, are the more valuable, fince
they give us a view of new projeiHs, which when ma
tured, will confirm to us abundance and happinefs, and
thereby coiifc.lid.ue your glory and our gratitude.”
It is cor.fich.rtly ftetari, that Bonaparte'sncphew Ne
poleon, the youngefl fon of l.ouis Bonaparte, will be
proviftonally appointed his fucreflbr, under the guardi
anfhip of /ofeph Bonaparte. The Legion of Honour
i‘ alfo to be dye larpd hereditary ; the Legifiative Body
and the Tribunate to be united*and their members to
be divided ipto land-holders, htcruti, and commercial
me n, and their functions to be continued for ten years.
.he firfl (. onlul Is laid to receive every evenin'*, at
Sr. C'ioi’d.a rej«»rt of the examination of the Confpira
fnrs. The confinement of General Moreau is rettdsr
•■d more irkiome by the prefenee of a nightly guard in
his prifon, us it may he fuppofed,from a' humane prin
ciple of preventing fuicide.
A morning paper lays—“His Royal Highnefs the
Prir.ce of Wales, on Monday morning, declared to Mr.
C.derate and others, his determination to throw his
whole weight into the Icale of oppofttion. 7'his, it is1
lidded, poflil ly may have accele, ated the dccifion ta
ken by Minifteri**
I he report of it Urgency is revived an ^'accredited in
the beft informed citcle- ; and the mcafnre is faid to
have the full approbation of hi, Maiefly. Several days
muff elapfc before any final arrangement of the new
Altniftry can be formed. 7 he rumours on this fubjeft
lift too contradictory and ridiculous to be treated with
any furious obfervatioti.
We learn, with great regret, by letters received from
Lift)on, of the 21ft ult that the Hmdoffon, of 54 guns,
captain I.e Gros, which failed Feb. 12, from Plymouth,
with floras for Cibntltat and Lord Nelfou’s fleet, had
f augiit fire and was burnt. With the fate of the ere w
v c are unacquaint d.
It i« now 4 well au.Mt lined fa<ft, that had the Ikmfe
o* Lords come to 4 divifmn on Monday night, the op
poiition would herve lia.J 7l> jnirfoml votes, and 42
proxies; which compared with the Minifleriul num
f hers exposed on that ot a non, would have given h 11.a
l jor ty c-I 1 ft in favour of iht Marquis ot Stafford's mo
tion.
I Ey an account on the table of .lie Iloul. ol Common* j
r» nppearst tm*i .•'.mount of the t.-mpcrnry arid
permanent Duties ot Ktciie, iq F.ngi.uul, out (landing
on booJ.or oth^rwife.nn the 5th of January, If03,was
3,291,7731 9v. 4 ;V--iu. and on the 5th of January, j
1301, amounted to 6.309,2481. 5s. 3 1-4U.
In confeuut nce oi the new arrangements in content- '
plation of the Supreme Government ul India, the c;t*y
; of Allahabad, lront its advantageous fituation at the
, confluence of the Ganges and Juntr?, will become the
grand emporium of the ceded provinces.
This Day at 1 o'clock.
Confols 56 1-8 1-4—Reduced 55 1-3 1-4—Om
nium 4 p,e:n.
NEW-YORK, June 26.
By the arrival of the fhip Diligence, captain
Crocker, front Dublin, we have received Irifh
Papers to the loth May, containing London
News to the 5th inclulive, being two days later
than our advices by the Oliver Elllwortli.
The captain reports that a change in the Kri
tifh mitiiftry’ was momently expected, and that
a Regency was the fubjedt of general conversati
on.
The fubjoined articles are from the Courier of
the 5th.
London, May 5.
In a fecond edition of the Courier yefterday we
mentioned that news had been received of 200
of the enemy’s flotilla having come out of Bou
logne. Early yefterday morning they were feen
from Dover Heights, at anchor about two miles
| from the French ftiorc. During the remainder
of the day the weather was too thick tolee them; ;
but a diftant cannonade was heard fcvcral times;
it is probable that the flotilla only came out to
manoeuvre, and that they returned into port in
the evening.
Severe laws againft emigration will foon be !
publiftied in Holland. The richcftand mod re- j
Ipedable inhabitants, particularly at Rotterdam, !
have emigrated and fettled thcmfelves in En- ;
gland, at Antwerp, or at Embden. They carri
ed their fortunes with them in their pocket i
books.
General Marmont, commander in chief at the
camp of Utrecht, writes to the Firft Conful !
thus :—“ I have the honour to inform you, that |
four large Englifh Pinnaces loaded with troops, |
attacked the frigate Chevel Marin on the 21 ft!
Germinal, ftationed on the Texel. The failors
J were all drunk with jiunch. Tlie battle was
neither long nor doubtful; two of the pinna- |
ces were funk, the other two faved themfelves, j
but loft half their crews. This attack was an
adl of mere ihadnefs, which coft the Englifh i
dear, as they loft fome hundreds of men. The
frigate Le Chevel Marin fuffered no loi's. The j
Englifh probably thought of furprifing her.”
The Courier dc Londres, Hates that Mr. Gold-;
fmith, the quondam Editor of The Argus Newf
paper, publilhed at Paris, is one of the principal
agent semployed by the French government, to ar
reH French emigrants in the free Imperial towns.
He was at Leipiic in the begining of April, and
ordered domiciliary vifits to be made in all the
inns of that town ; blit the perfons he was chief
ly in purfuit of found means to efcape.
A letter from Folkftone, dated Thurfday e
vening, contains the following information.—
“ The report of guns was diftinCtlv heard this
afternoon from the French coaft, near Boulogne;
and the weather was fo clear, that we could ob
ferve three brigs and two lugger rigged veflels
come out of Boulogne harbour, and run along
lhore, it is fuppofed tor the purpofe of getting
to fea. Only one of our Blips has been lten off:
Boulogne, and flie drifted with the tide. The
wind has got round to the s. e. to day, and the !
convoy under Dungenefs are obferved getting
under weigh, for the purpofe of failing before
dark. For the firft time this feafon, a great
number of lights were deferibed laft night upon
the French coaft, which it is fuppofed arifes from
the French troops haying encamped there with
in this day or two. We cannot otherwife ac
count for this circumftance.”
Mr. Hunter a King’s meffenger, was on Tuef
day laft committed to Tothillficlds Bridewell,
charged, on the oath of a Whitefmith, with ha
ving endeavoured to prevail upon him to make a
key to one of the official boxes in which dif- !
patches to our Ambaffadors at Foreign Courts
are ufually conveyed.
Mr. Addington was with his Majtftv yclter- *
day for an hour. Mr. Pitt, it was generally !
fuppofed, was to have been honoured with a
conference, but we underftand that he has not
yet feen his Majtfty. Nothing has yet been de- f
cifivtly concluded ; but we fuppofe that the new
arrangements will he declared on Monday.
The ftate of the King’s health, and the proba
bility of a regency, are queftions oftoo much de
licacy for dtlcuftion in a public newfpaper at
prefent; though they are the iubjeds of conver
sation in almoft everv company.
i ne new Muuftenal arrangements have not I
vet tranfplred. It feems certain, however, that!
both Mr. Fox and iMr. Pitt arc includecf in the i
new Adminiftration. The Lord Chancellor, ar. I
j We ll as Mr. Addington, waited on ms Majefty !
yefterday. Fits Lordlhip, it is faid, will retain *
his fituation, as will aifo Lord Chatham and •
Lord Weltmoreland, the offices of Mafter ot
the Ordinance and Lord Privy Seal. The office i
chalked out by report for Mr. fox, is that of :
Secretary of State for Foreign A Hairs.
Our Paris papers by the brig Favorite from
Bordeaux, are to the 22nd of April, but afford
nothing worth tmiiflating except the following
article, whicn is rendered intereftmg from its
connexion with the preparation carrying on for
the Invafion of England.
The following Mefiage from the Firft Cortful to
the Confervalive Senate has been printed by 1
order of the Senate.
St. Cloud, 23 Germinal (18th April) 12thyear
of the French Rrfutlie.
Bonaparte, Firft Couful of the Republic, to
the Confervalive Senate.
Senators,
The Senator, Joseph Bo'-apartr, grand
officer of the legion of honour, has teftified to
me the defire ot partaking in the dangers of the
army eneamped on the coe.ftt, of Boulogne, that
he may lliarc in its glory.
1 have thought it for f he good of the fta* e, and •
that the Senate would perceive with pleafure, •
that after having rendered important fcrvicea to
the Republic, as Well by the folidity of his conn- !
Ms in circumRanees the moft ferious, as by the *
knowledge, ability, and wifdom he has difpl'ayed
in the fuccefiive negotiations of the treaty of!
Morfontaine, which terminated our differences,
with the United States of America; in that of
Luneville which gave place to the Continent;
and more recently in that of Amiens, which had
reftored peace between France and England, the
! .Senator Jofeph Bonaparte fiiould Ire placed in a *
| fituation to contribute to the vengeance which
the French people promife theinfelve9 for the vi
olation of the latter treaty, and that he fhould
I have an opportunity given him of acquiring a
Hill ftronger title to the Eflcem of the nation. ,
Having already ferved under my eyes in the
firft campaigns of the war, and given proof* of
hi# courage and of bis Ikill in tin- art of war in
tbt rank of chief of battallion, f have nominated
hun colonel commandant of ttie fmirtti regiment'
ot the line, isic of tl>e rhoft diltfngiti/hed corps
ol the aimy, and which i; reckoned a/nonglt
•hof- Vrho, .V.war: p'-vrd In fictions of the
greatclt peril, hav« i **vcr loft their colour*, and
have '•< >y frequently decided ♦he victory.
I tie lire, therefore, that tiie Senate agree to the
reqneft which will lye mad * to them hv the Se
nator Jofeph Bonaparte for leave of abteiicc
from the Senate during the time which the oc
cupations of the war may detain him with the
anil j,
(Signed) BONAPARTE.
The Senate charged its Vicc-Prefklent and Secreta
ries to exprefs to the Fir A Cor'.ul the feminism which
that body partake of with nil France for lii> uluftrious
brother.
The gates of the city of Havre were clof.-d on the
1 . th April, it was laid that the Icarch for an dJhcef
of diftin&ion in the Engliftr navy, who had introduced
himfelf under the dilgnifc of a French Tailor, occaiioued
this nieafure. 1 'lie inhabitants have lieen invited to
niaae known all ftrangers whom they* may have in their
houfes.
The following Is die circular letter of the Eritifh C5o
vernment rcfpc&ing the correfpondence of Mr.
Drake.
CIRCULAR NOTE.
AdJreffd to the Minijlers of Foreign Courts reji
dent at the Court of London.
Downing -Jlreet, April 30//’, 1801.
STR,
The experience which all Europe has had of the con
dud! of the French Government, would have induced
His Majefty to paf* over in filence, and to treat with
contempt all th ’ .;cufations which that Government
might have made againft His Majefty’* Government,
if die very extraordinary and unauthorifed replies
which feverul of the Mitiiftersuf the Foreign Powers
have thought proper to make to a recent communica
tion from the Minifler for Foreign a flairs at Paris, had
not given to the fubjeed of that communication a great
er importance than it would otherwife have poileflWd.
—His Majefty has in confequcnce, directed n.cto de
clare that he hopes he {hall not lie reduced to the necei
fity of repelling, with merited lcora and indignation
“ the atrocious and utterly unfounded calumny, that
the Government of hi* Majefty have been a party to
, vtammiuMuuu. ^uj uccui.ii-iuii ducuuy iiiaac
with equal falfehood ar.d calumny by the fame autho
rity againll the Members of his Majelly’s Govern
ment during the laft war—an accusation incompatible
with the honour of his Majefty, aud the known cha
ndler of the Britifh nation, and fo completely devoid of
any fhadovv of proof, that it may bo realonably preluin
ed to have been brought forward at the preleut mo
ment, for no other purpofe than that of diverting the
attention of Europe, from the contemplation of the
Sanguinary deed which has recently been perpetrated
by the diredl order of the Firft Couful in France, in
violation of the rights of nations, and in contempt of the
moft Simple laws of humanity and honour.
1 hat His Majeft) ’s Government, ihould disregard
the feelings of fuch of the inhabitants of France as arc
juftly difeontented with the exifting Government of
that country—that they Ihould refulii to liflen to their
defigns for delivering their country from the degrading
yoke of bondage under which it groans, or to give
them aid and afliftance, as far as thole defigns are fair
and juftifiable, would be to refufe fulfilling thofe duties
which every wife and juft Government owes to itlell
and to the world in general, under circumllauces Simi
lar to the prefent. Belligerent powers have an acknow
ledged right to avail themfelves of all difeontents that
may cxift in countries with which they may be at war.
The exercife of that right (even if in any degree doubt
ful) would be fully Sanctioned in the prefent cafe, not
only by the prefent ftate of the French Nation, but by
the condud of the Government of that country, which
Since the commencement of the prefent war, has con
stantly kept up communications with the diiaficiicd
in the territories of his Majefty, particuiarly in Ireland,
arid which has aileinbled at this preleut moment on’
the coafts of France a corps of Irifli Rebels, deftined to
Second them in their defigns againft that part of the Li
nked Kingdom.
Under thefe circumfiance*, His Majefly’s Govern
ment would be unjuftifiable.if they neglcded the right
they have to Support, as far as is compatible with the
principles of the I.aw of Nations, which civilized Go
vernments have hitherto acknowledged, the efforts of
fuch of the inhabitants of France as arc hoftile to the
prefent Government. They ardently defire, as w ell as
all Europe, to fee an Order of things ellablifhcd in
that country more compatible with its own happinefs,
and with the Security of the Surrounding nations—but
if that wifh cannot be accomplilhed, they are fully au
thorised by the ftridleft principles of peTonal defence,
to endeavour to cripple the exertions, to diftrad the o
perations, and to confound the plans of a Government,
whofe fyflem of warfare, as acknowledged by itielf, is
not only to diftrels the commerce, to dimifh the power,
and to abridge the dominion of its enemy, but alfo to'
carry devariation and ruin into the Very heart of the
liruilh Empire.
In the application of thefe principles, His Majefty
ha» commanded me tudeclare, befides, that his Govern
ment have never authorifed a fmgle ad which could
not Hand the tell ot the liridefl principles of juftice and
of ul'ages recognized and pi added in all ages. 11 any
Minitter accredited by His Majefty at a Foreign Court
has kept up correspondence with perfons rclidcnt in
France, w ith a view' to obtain information upon the de
fy"* «f tho French Government, or for any other legi
timate objed, he has done nothing more than what
miters, under finular curumftanres, have always been
confidered as having a right to do with rtiptct to the*
countries with which their Sovereign was at war, and
he has done much lot than that which it could be prov
ed the Minifters and Commercial Agent* of France
h ive done towards the dilafTeded in different parts of
His Majefly’* territories; thu* in carrying on fuch
a correspond ence, he would not have in any manner vi
olated his public duty. A Minilter in a foreign coun
try is obliged by the nature of hi* office and the duties,
of his fituation, to ahita;n from all communication with
the difaffedlcd of the country where ho is accredited ai
well as irom every other adl injurious to the filtered*
of that country ; but he is nor fubject to the fame rei
traints, with rofpetft to countries with which hiehove
re.gn is at war. His actions to them may be praife
wortl.y or bl.imeable, according to the nature of the
aflions themfelves ; but they do not conllitute any vi
olation of his public charadcr, except in as fare* they
militate againft the country, or the fecurityol the coun
try, where he is accredited.
But of all the Governments which pretend to be ci
vilized Governments, that of France is the one which
has »hc lead right to appeal to the haw of Nations
With what confidence cun it appeal to that l.aw ? A
Government which, from the commencement of hofti
hties, has never ceufed to violate it! It promifed pro
tod ion to the Britifh fabjed* refid-nt in France, and 1
who might be defirous of remaining there after tire
recalofllis Majedy s Atnbafladnr. ft revoked that
promife without any previous notice—-it condemned
thofe fame perfons to he pi doners of war; and it de
tains them diil in that quality,in contempt of it-, own
engagements, and of the Ufagetunivcrfclly obferved by
all civilized nations. It hid(uppliei] that Dew and barLa o:i»
law, even to individuals who had the authority and
prottaion of the French Anibafladors and Minidei .
at Poreign courts to travel through France on their ie
turn to their own country. It commanded th- ldzure
of an Knglifti packet-boat in one of the Ports of Hol
land, though its Ambaffador in that country had t>ir
vioufly engaged to let the packet-boats of the refpec
tive countries paf* in perfect fafety until notice (hould
be given to the contrary, ft has detained and condem
ned in one of the ports of France, a vcffel which had
been lent thither a* a matter oi indulgence, in order to
carry to F ranee-the French Governor of one of the dif
ferent I Bands which have been (enquired by Ins M.i
jefty’s arms. Its conduct relative to the garrifonof St.
luicia hunot been left extraordinary; the principal
fort of that bland had been taken by aflault, ytt the
garrifan had been allowed all the piivileges of prifon
ers of war, and had been permitted to return to France
with an nmlcrflr.nding tf.at an equal number of Ffigliffi
priieeiei* flmuid be ftlmftd. Yet, notwitbftanding
that indulgence on the part of th- Biisifts Commander,
to which, by the nature of the cafe, the French - arrifon
tt*'M ^»ve «hr flight, ft pretention, tot a tingle pri
foiu r has been reftored to tin* country.
SiAli Lav* b. on the pr: upcirgi ■/ tl . T-. r*' -
ytrethent towards the p-rw or with w»:■ h i- v. j ' r
’a >ai lias irs conduiri l»eei»cutl»...:.:}j\vr* v.-itl. .vi..
•c ientainrd .* peace f Hdvre .. tn»«« I a .. .nl r..‘
’’4 •* there au adi'jitsing ti:;itory vhofe iitdoft-n.
t.nce it h.t rot vuil.itn: * J; j, |«,r the I’ v -rjoi tj .•
t inn.noiit to tlotonnin-l.o»v loug tl >*v v,;j| td( rate
| »’>♦ le nm-trompled oo-;.-_ts. V - i» it too much to Cl
.t.at if the y do fuffer wittiuut com roll I or ri lifii>nco t' -
coutitmar.t ot iuclt murfe of j-rtcrc-tlii > 0ti tht • r
of auv Govoi tim -t.t whatever, tt-y wnl M.f..
oial that (hiutary fyftcir. ol p«blL right, if v t
which the locictit * of Lurope Imve m iit taine-i ... *
lono.i lor -'ge», the liicicd obligation* of humanity >
juilice.
(.Sighed) HAWKZSEURY.
C tptain MaA-rs, arrived at Salem on the ! "fh
nit. from the Mediterranean, informs, that tl e
hrcncli Toulon fleet was really out, and h-d
been feen hy the Britiih fleet under Lord Ntl
fon, who had not been able to bring them tone,
tion :—that the Frt nchconlifled oft* fail of *h'
line, and the Britiih only of 7; and that the
French profefled the determinationof Uiti-1' e
to meet the Britiih, after they had evaded them
long enoitvh to ge* their men under good difcii
pline. We think, however, the Britiih three in
tlu* Mediterranean is ttrongcr than here Hated
Capt. Matters was informed, by the Uicutiu
nant of a Britiih ttiip, by whom he war board
er that a greater part of the men belonging t->
tile Philadelphia frigate, had made a repiefel ra
tion to Admiral Kclfon, from Tripoli, that *he*
were really Britiih fuhiedts, and folicited to be
received on board his fleet as fuch, in ordert&
be releafed from their prefent bondage; nr.d
that it was expected the Admiral would attend
to their reqaett.
Capt. M. fpokc a Danilh vcflel, dirc& from
i ripo.i, the matter of which informed him ?! t
add{;d VnF.K‘?.on wl,icL th‘ dcftrudiml
of the Philadelphia frigate had mode upon the
Tnpohncs, they were now greatly alarmed hr
a report that prevailed among them, that in*-.
ndes the frigates, Commodore Pnbk h ,d 17
gun-boats under his command, entiling againtt
them. . Such a report mutt lerve to reftraiu ?;•
Barbarians in port, and of courfe zncreafe the ; .
curity of our commerce.
From the prompt and vigorous meafure*
winch Commodore Preble has hitherto adotvefl
m the Mediterranean, and from the preparai 1
onshe is faid to have been making for hottifc
meafures, we may expert to hear of fome bold
llroke being It ruck againft Tripoli; and protv
bly, by co-operation with the brother of the
reigning Bev, who is in arms to fiu>n0vt hi,
churns to the government, the powe- of the
prefent enemy of the United States mav he ovt r
tl,rned‘ ISuLm Gun. ”
A London paper of April 30, fays—« A Com
| mercial Tr aty between Ruffin and America, oti
terms highly favorable to the latter, is flat-d to
be on the eve of conclufion.”
Mr Phillips Bookfeller, of St. Paul’s Church
yard, London, has given the Hon. Bufhrod Wafh
mgton fifteen hundred guineas for theEnglifh copy
right of die life of his illuftrious Uncle, compiled from
| his own mnnuferipts. Seventy thoufand dollars were
given for the American copy-right!—It was intended
that the work fhould appear in both countries on the
15th of May.
An Enplilh Oentleaan has lately !*«, making exr.e
rmeuts, in order to afeeruin whether it might he prac
ticable to ereci telegraphs to hold correfponder.ee be
tween Scotland and Ireland, and is fortified that it can
be done ; and that the befl adapted places to communi
cate with each other are Port-patrick and Donaghudee
l.gnt-houf^ He can, with the fame facility, convene
acrofs the Channel by night as by day.
Domestic Intelligence.
Massachusetts Amendment to the Constitution.
The refulutions offered in the Maflachufelt*
Legiflature by Mr. Ely, merit the notice of the
people of the United States; not becaufe at the
prefent time, tht principles they coutain and the
ericas to which fnch principles neceffarily lead
can be in the lead dangerous, but becaufe it i*
all important that m the prefent period of trap
qm.ity, when permanent impreffions may be ex
pected to be made, a clear underftanding fhould
he bad ot the motives of men, who under difiV
rent circumflances might, by the wantonnefs of
an intemperate ambition, hazard the peace an.l
mmoy me unity ot the nation.
bo many indications have been recently made
of a u ule fpread purpofe in the eaftem ftates to
low the feeds ofdifumon, that it cannot becon
hdered uncharitable to pronounce this meafure
a link m the general chain that unites r. bcnly of
men, who have been difappointed in their lofty
hopes o. directing the operations of the general
government, are ready, nay anxious, in order to
regain their abufed power, to fubjefl their conn,
try to all the evils of difmemhermerit.
It is impofTible for a moment to entertain the
behet that Mr. Ely or his federal friends have
i the lealt hope of fuccefs in the propofed amend
1 merit, deftructive ot that portion of n-prefon*
t.on derived from naves. We fay it is impofii
ble ; tor, however, in the abtlraft, we may cor
iider that balls ot reprefentation incorrect, it is
univerfally known that the provifions of the con
fbtution which cftabhfhes if, was one of the rna
ny fe.Uures of coucelhon with which it is rc
i pletc. And, however unequal the feprefenta
tri°",n th« councils of the general government
may , on hi ft view, appear, it is a faff, which
has been demonftrated, that the fuperior politi
cal ftrength in the Houfe of Keprefentatives gi
ven to the Southern ftates ic more than counter
balanced by that acquired in the Senate, and in
the election of a Prefident under the couftituti
on by the eaftem ftates and other ftates not cor
tamii.g (lave.--For inftance, the ftates of K hode
Jtland, Ncw-llimpftnrc, Connecticut, New
Jcrtey, Vermont, Delaware and Ohio, which
accoidiog to the ratio of numbers, would be
oidy entith-d to feven Senators and thirty-one
J*. lectors, have, from the prevalence of a difte
rent pnnnplc, fourteen Senators and thiity-four
ftleCtors. t. lit ablblute gain |,y thefe ftates in
:ic Senate--the inoft important department of
the government ; inafnnuh as it combines lc
pillaiive, executive and judicial powers, repofed
!u th' ,nc" tur ^e long period of fi* year:,
is, therefore, feven votes out of thirty-four,
wluch is equal to twenty-eight votes in the
Jioulc of Kcpr< fentatives. Let us fee whether
the reprefentation of Have* confers upon the
ftates containing them fo many additional men,
bers. By the laft cenfus, which is the bafts of
the preknt apportionment of Keprefentative s
there appear to be in the ftates of Maryland,
Virginia, Smith -Carolina, North-Carolina.
Georgia, Kentucky and TcnnefTee.
Slaves,
* 843,000
From tins number are to be dedufl- >
ed thoie In the other ftates, J 47,000
,eaT'nff -_ 796,0C0
This number of flnvcs, according to the pro
vihon of the Conftitution entitles the ftates con
taining them to fifteen Keprefentatives. The
account then, Hands thus: The ftnallrr ftates,
principally eaftem, without a black population,
gam a weight beyond that to which their num