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At whirls the company of all the Noblemen and Gtotlemen
Gemmel., sad the Bearfacton mot Entails of the 'newel-
ties, is same earnestly solicited.
By Order. JAMES DOBIE, See.
ATSWARDS.
%MAllarglyee, Ewa I Juba labial's. Esq.
ee Block, Petri Laurie, Esq
clariss Campbell, Em. J *IWO E'relluen Esq.
William Cbroilie, Req. rt., Janus M.Lirea.
wahine Fogeys'., E.g. John Stepitesamm, E.q.
William Gee, E•q. , Atexamler Wyllie. Erg.
Tiebab. tea, tlltlly to be had of the Stewude, at lb. 1f ill,
snot Elm of lbe Tavera, arty time on or !,fore the loth
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slant —No screams admitted tw *stem' at the Dieser, eatept
dm., d the ivregi,tewo„ Ti, e-Pt-tAra.4, T,eaaattr, amid
s :twat*.

Note (I). Oes the lab, and even the 15th of No-
vember, none of the three divisions of Gen. Droner,
nor the divisions of General Gardisnne, had joined
the Prince of Eliding on the Testis. It is without
hiving received any reinforcements, then, that this
Prince besiege.% Abrantes, and manoeuvres on both
hank, of the Tagus. We can also affirm, that on
the 16th the troops of the Doke of Treviso had not
yet mused the Guadiana for the purpose of enters
lug the Alrutejr.
The Aleniteur and Supplement of the Sel of De.
ember contains the whole of the Correspondence
lo toren the English sad French Commosseries,
(Nlessrs. fikekeezie ani Dunaoststier), fbr n?Aotiat.
nag so Exchange of Proponers of war, commencing
on the tii•h of NI iv, and ending on the nth of
October 1310. It is of Uncommon length. filling
nearly seven pages of the• Monitenr. The follow-
ing is a brief ebs! ract :
Since the rout nencement of the present war,
Fiance and Eii.4l tail have not had a single cartel Inn
an amateur of prisoners. That w hi cli has opposed,
till this hour. this (deject, so importaot to humanity,
is, it is understood, a difference upon the follow-
tug points:—
Entenod will consider only her mete subjects as
ptteunets. She w.II not extend this advantage of
so exchange to the Germsns, Spaniards, Portu-
guese, and her other Allies, fightios in her cause,
or joined with her umn
The second point in dispute is the espltnlation
of General VI alusaden, on the comtvemt of Hums

but in her proposal for aciirtel,F.iegl eeprsed nee
true views. It was observed, that while site appeers
ed to adopt the principle of the exchange, she held
ont • snare. She endeavoured limier tins pretext
to rith draw the prisoners that she has in Frunces in
exchange for an equal number of French prisoners
which are iu England, and she would then find
some pretext for t:etaining the remaining 90,000
Frenchmen who should renctin unexclituiged,
leaving in France the Spaniards, about whom she
cares nothing. This trick was too gross; England
accepted the principle of a •general exchange, and
at the same time reserved to herself the power of
making only a partial eschange, when she should
have all herown prisoners in London ; for it cattalos
ly was not the value whim she put upon the Spanish
prisoners that would have induced her to respect the
treaty, and send the remainder of the French prisons
ers to France. The English negotiators termed
this a concurrence in the principle of the exchange,
wen for man, said rank for rank, but not to be ac-
' ameeplislied simultaneously; therefore they threw
down the mask, and broke' off the negotiations
when the conditions of a cartel were presented which
should be executed with good faith, aml rainded
opals the principle, that is to say, making an ex-
change of 3,000 Frenchmen and their allies, against
3,000 English and their allies, in the proportion in
which they should 'be found io the in , that is
to say, 3,000 French against 1,000 English efd
-5,000 Aseuiards. With respect to the eapstaletsoa
of tValmoden, they could not come to an agree..
meut on it. England would give no more that&
anen French fOr the 17,000 llenoveniins. Frani*.
from a spirit of cunci.iation, reduced her preten.
sinus to one-third, that is to say, to 600 n Freida,
although it was proved that, of the 17.00,1 How,.
verities, mere than 9000 hail served, or were servo%
iag now to the English ranks.
After this preamble, the Manatee contains" le
official Papers :--
No. I. A Note from M. Dumoustier, French
Commissary.
No. 11. May 25. The project of the cartel in.
closed in No. 1. the.subatence of which is, that all
French, Dutch, Italians. and Neapolitans, who are •
ROM detained prisoners in England, Spain, Vortus
O. or the Broxils, shall be tieliterinniostele set at
liberty. France and her Allies stash do the same
towards England. including Hanoverian prisoners,
towards her prisoners of the above description.
Rossi a and Denmark shall do the same by their
prisoners. and similarly treated.
No. 111. M 23. Note from Mr. Mackenzie,
stating. that es be was not prepared to treat fur a
general exchange of primmer* belonging to all the
Belligerent Powers. he therefore wilts perusissiou
to write to ha Government.
No. IV. May 26. M. Dumoustier declares to
Mr. Mark/els e, that if England will not sec, -le to
the piinciple of general nod absolute liberation of
all the prisoner of wet of the two Belligerent ms..
sea. he is authorised to propose the cartel of 1700,
between France end England, as the ba.is.
No. V. June 23. A Note from Mr. Mackenzie
to M. Dumoustier. announcing that the counter
project is arrived from London. It is in substance
as follow!, :—All prisoners in the possession of oilier
Power, or their Allies. shall be set at liberty in the
manger proposed by the French Government. and
21100 French prisoners shall be set et liberty for
2uoo Hanoverians, being the utmost number in the
British service of those who capitulated under
Couspte de Wslmodeo. It also states the racks of
the primmer., which are t. be deemed equivalent
on both sides; and concludes with an offer to estab-
lish Cotnmissariw,iu Laudou and Pans, to facilitate
the exchange of prisoners in future.
No. VII. In this Note, which is dated July 2.
1810, M. Dumoustier discusses the counter-project
of the British Government. He says, if the principle
of the general liberation of the two belligerent
matses was agreed upon, that *afoot done for the
purpose or adapting rutsaures which woul t annul or
elude Its most important consequences. The French
Government is convinced that the Juntas of Gullicu,
Valrecia,and other insurgentOnvernments Spain,
ett iy submit or disappear from those quarters, there..
fore it becomes evidently impossible to execute with
them the paragraphs 11 and 12 of the Article IV.
of the counter-project of the British Government;
and at the same time it may he foreseen that Elea
laird may refuse to liberate French prisoners olio
may remain in her power after the exchange ef
Engliati prisoners. Thus the adoption of the
counter-project of the British will be no mare thin
• parts' seshange, which liberates the chyle of the,

and part of the French prison-
er* only, and the georral principle of liberation, ori
which both Goveriuneuto are to agree. will be found
deft ieut.

The only sold incoutestable means of executing
completely a concerted principle of a geiier.l ex-
.ehange, is to convey to the road of Calais all the
French prisoners, mud those of the Puoers Allied to
Franre, which arc iu England. To bring also all
the English prisoners, willsa number from tar
Allies of England. calking- together a number
noel to that of the French, or the Adlies of France.
who are prisoners in England. oval there make the
exchange.
By tine mesas au exchange. which °lily depends
ou the wilt of the two Governments. will be effected.
From IL's:ais, the British Government could
transport the Sionish prisoners to the ports of Spain
still in • state of insurrection, where they way dis-
pose of them as wort convenient. Thu plan
simple rod without obstacle. because it snits well
enough both Governments. All the French pri-
soners in the turret of England, and all the English
in the power of France, being liberated by these
memo. the sundae of the Spinals swimmers shall be
exclousged against the French prisoner* in Spain,
end to tins end the British Govenswent promised
itr intervention (..• far as circumstances modem/
it practicable to bring about the exchange).

Nu. VIII. After some nbeervatioue. Mr. MSC-
keusie says :—The principal objection stated against
the counter-project is, that the fulfilment of ins
execution depends upon the will of others. This is
inevitable, in a transaction in whi• h se many diti'e-
trot Governments ore interested. It is impossible
to avoid Milne del 4, or to guatantee, under ell pnr-
siLle the execution of u principle,
however general its adoption may he. Au
*ion similar to this advanced against the Criti.h
counter.project, might be well applied to the
French pr-ket ; since not withstandmg the coon-
ciition of the principle of the nionyrsal exchange
iu some of its articles. the execution of this
principle. as fir as appertains to the exchange
between France and Spain (without corning Guy
other Governmetitl, depends on the consent
of the respective Governments. The only point
proposed, %Aide should be deAnively decided, was
the restoration to France, without delay, end in
sass, of all the French pritiner. in England. mid
to England of all the English primni rs in France ;
a stipulation, all the advantages of which, notwith.
standing the ainguist argument of M. Durisenistier.
is es the part of France. Even according to the
preposition last transmitted, the full execution of
the principle. as to all the French prisoners to
Spain. and the surplus of 9panisk prisoners in
France, would depend on the success of the inter-
vention of the British Government as to that of
Sri. *
M. Dintnustier will therefore remark, that in
estolgiolgog that the execution of a principle, adopt.
ed at the same time by the Engin(' Goverment and
that of Framer. Ahonld not be left at the discretion
of what he thinks proper to call the iusuirectionsi
Governments of Spoils. he subditates for a '
pie really adopted, viz. the general exchange of ell
the primroses en all sitter; the principle put forwiled
by France, rm. the liberation of all the French Os
Posers in England, together witb that of all Nte
English prisoners in France; and theo, because the
measure proposed doers not agree in certain point,
with the execution of a principle which England
does not admit, he complains that it annals or eludes
the consequences the must important, winch Bag- I
load deer nut adrcit.
The British Government has charged Mr. Mac-.
beanie to deflate, that the numb,' of lianureli.ns
baying been fixed after the must attentive re:watches
sod consideeation which. could br given to the sub.

but she never. can consent to liberate only a part.
and abuadun the majority its England without
guarantee or hope.
No. t.. Also her project of a Convention far the
Exchange tf Trimurti, preiritreti by M. Mimosa.
tarn, with the preceding Note, dated the detb of
August.

(Fur the rentAinder of the Correepoodrece see the last pagr)

110CISE OF LORDS. Dec. 14.

Their Lordships met thin iley shout four o'clock,
in pursuance of their adjournment yesierdey.
Esrl CAMDEN presented the several lista of Peer.
proposed by each Lord to compose a Committee of
Twenty-one, for the purpose of examining the l'hy-
siciaiss relative to the state of 11ta 11.14jeity health.
Ordered to lie on the tilde,

The Earl of Litnegorit. moved, that the several
Lists should be referred ►o a :Meet Committee of
that None.—Ordered.
A gslect Committee was appointed accordingly,
and they withd►ew fee the purpose of considernig
the Luts • and upon their return,

Earl CANDI!' presented the Report of the
Committee, declaring the &noising Peers duly
chosen as the Committee of twentymne, viz.
.

Arehhothop of Canterbury. • I Karl Pwlifyg.
The Lord Cheueell.w. Earl flarrouly.
Arehhishop of Tuck. Luke of lloo.r.wee.
Lon. Privy Se4l. rj‘t 0010 Iduluo,olli.
L.od V.rooies,t Carlo' Mao.
Duke Norfo'k. Led Greaville.
Marquis of lamulown. Lord litrdrrdale.
3141q1114 of .liarrcuro• Lord Ellenitoroteh.
Earl Spreuer. arquii of Wellesley.
Lail of Buckwirboussiute. Lard Erskine.
Earl of Lnerpoul.
it *a also ordered, that eight of the said Cons.
mittte he a quorum ; and that they do meet trwmor.
row, at twelve o'clock, fur the purpo%e of exerniir
Mir Hts Majesty's l'hysicians ; and that they may.
adjourn from day to day, until they shall report
to the (base the purport of that examination.
Doctors Iteynolds, Heherden, and Retitle, pre-
ceded by the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, at-
tended of their Lordships' Bar, when the Clerk ad.
nuirisierrd to them an oath, that they would de-
clare the whole troth, and nothing but the truth,
relpaering the preartit state of His Majesty's health.
Upon the motion of the Earl of Lie Barnet, the
(loon. adjourned till to-morrow.