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fating to this object, shall he notified to t
nil captains of vessels on their arrival, by
the Commandants of ilia Majesty’s |
ships stationed at the entrance of the
Imperial pons.
“ The captains are to declare from
what port they were fitted out, from
whence they came, and the ports thev
have touched at. They are to give a
general description of their cargo, and
affirm that they neither come directly
from England nor her colonies.
If the declaration shall signify that
they have touched at England, the ves
. el shall be obliged to retire, (if it shou! 1
be the Marine) by the stationary Com
m uider, who is to keep a copy of it.
• h;s Administrator shall take measures
‘vith the principal Officers of the Cus
toms for ascertaining the truth of it.
** If the declaration is found to be
correct, the vessel shall be admitted ; if
hdse, both vessel and cargo shall be se i z
ed, conformable to the 8th Article of
the decree.
“ lit* Master of a foreign vessel who
shall refuse to sign this declaration, shall
be compelled to put to sea again, and all
. ommunication with the shore shall be
trictl\ prohibited, umil the vessel shall
have sailed.”
HOUSE O'J CO?»IMOXS,
January 14.
General Gascoigne seeing the noble
Lord (Howick) opposite, in his place,
•.vis!sect to put a question to him on a
.nibject of much importance to the com
mercial world, and involving in a very
fireat extent the interests of hi , consti
tuents. A. letter had been published
lately, written by the noble Lord to a
principal American merchant, which
letter required som further explanation
to remove an uncci t linty that had been
t rented by it, as to th saletv of resum
ing the exportation to America, which
hud been prohibited by the non-impor
•iition act of that country'. He wished
to know from the noble Lord, whether
”-.a* ar t had undergone anv alteration.
At lad not come within the range of his
into; .nation, thac Congress had been as
t make any legislative
m.eration \ .th respect to the act; and
i.e \, not i. -vare vie tin r tile President
o, ’ole ... r.ued States may have power to
moody, or suspend dm execution of it.
In tlm uncertainty he uddv.-ss d him
seli to the noble Lord, for such infor
mation as may make it generally known
w tne trade could be resumed w'ii sa*p.
ty» 01‘ if it wtd still attended with ail its
\
recent hazard of confiscation; in order
that, it there w is no risque, the benefit
ol the trade should be •■njoyed univer
sale ; and if there was risque, that no
individual should want warning to avoid
it. He hoped that the treaty recently
signed, into the provisions of which he
did not mean to pry, would be the
means of establishing lasting concord
and amity between the t.vo countries.
Lord Hawick was desirous to give all
possible publicity to every thing which
it was ot importance to the commercial
worl 1 to make generally known. He
did not know how iar the hon. gentle
man's idea of proper publicity may go ;
but the house must be aware that it was
impossible to give the particular and
circumstantial information, which the
hon. General clesir> d in this case. The
communication made bv him to the
chairman of the committee of American
merchants, was a communication of the
an re lact ol the sig.ung of the treaty.
Undoubtedly, if the treaty should be ra
tified, as there was every reason to c x
p*- it would be, the non-importation
i act would be repealed ol course, and all
j proceedings had under it would be re
versed. I his was all the information
lie could give, lie took this opportu
nity ol answering a question put by a
learned gentleman (Mr. Percival) on a
former night. The learned gentleman
wished to know whether there was in
(his treaty, any reserve to his nujsstv of I
the right to exercise a conlroul, and to i
enforce restrictions corresponding to I
those with tit. imposition of which the
enemy presumed to menace the trade of
his majesty’s subjects with neutral na
tions. H< hud now to state, that there
was in this treaty a lull reservation to
his majesty, of the right to exercise re
strictions cqui\ alcnt to those which neu
tral nations may submit to allow the ene
my to exercise, by their means, again-t
the commerce of his m »jesty’s subjects.
W’e understand that subsidiary trea
ties have been entered into !>v our go
\ eminent, with the courts of Russia,
Swedt n anti Prussia, h/ which we have
engag d to furnish them with five mil
lions ol pounds sterling, to enable them
to ktep the field against the common
J enemy.
1 he progress ol the Russians in Tur
i key continues to lie uninterrupted, and
j may lead to consequen; vs of the utmost
’ importance. A ■ cording to the last ad
j vices, they were distant not more than
three hundred miles from Dalmatia #
and as th ir objt ct seems to he to extend
their line ihitlu r, we entertain hopes of
shortly seeing the enemy expelled from
that province.
Orders have been issued by govern
ment, for remitting the sum ofatXgO'JOl.
to the continent. This sum is the ba
lance of the subside due to our allies by
the last tr. au. A frigate is ordered to
take it (iottenburgh. it being in specie,
and an insurance u as yesterday effected
upon it at Tlovdbs.
A gentleman just arrived from Hol
land, stale.'., that !fe read in a Dutch pa
per or the 3th ins!.. an account of a bat
tle having b< n fought on the Vistula
between the lunch uul Russian armies,
life con Hi ci is rumored to have been
one of the mo ;t dreadful ever recorded.
1 he enemy were repeatedly attacked
in tlu ir intrenchmeats, and their assail
ants as often repulsed. At length,
however, the Russian reserve coming
up, the late ol the day, which was till
then doubtful, was decided in their fa
vour, and the vanquished enemy, driven
v. ith the loss ol their artillery, and an
immense number of nun, (their en
trenchments being choaked with the dy
ing and the d.-ad) to the left hank of the
istuln. This report we give precisely
as it reached us.
gc-iineman w no lately lett Holland,
and landed at Ramsgate on Saturday,
states, that the most rigorous measures
are adopted, in order to raise a new levy
ot 80,000 conscripts ; one mal in each
family was obliged to serve, and the
parents are made responsible for theii
i hildren ; and such is the aversir n tr<
this service, that he saw manv instances
of tile conscripts escort d to join tin
army handcuffed and chained, guarded
by gens d’armes.
'1 he report of the defeat of the French
corps in Dahnat a, by the Russians,
whose landing on that coast to tin- num
l,t 1 ( ^ ^tui thousand, we mentioned some
v etsince, continues to he circulated.
1 he 1‘ivnch ur,si,ted of 5000, under
tile command of general Lauriston, who,
at tiie date oi tin last authentic advices,
"l ie blockaded in Ragusa.
1’y a boat Irom Flu .hing, which sail
ed Irom ihence last Monday, it is said,
account . had uiviv <1 there, that daily
< ng I'.jem nts h id saken place between
’ rr nch a-nl Russi ms for twelve
o'.vs, un to the 2d o funu. ry, and the
i sun ww, that the Fivi.ch w.rc uhi
mateH' defeated, v\Ui l!ic loss of &o,ooo