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spirit of a fur neutrality, which this conntry pro.
loses, to prevent Diitish subjects from sffording
every species of assistance to that party in the con-
test for whom every generous sympathy or the
people is excited, while the chips of the Govern-
moot aro employed in protectinr. the property of
the other party, and thereby affording them the
most effectual means of pursuing the contest with

Imp conseqoence of the inside upon purports in.
serted in THE BRITiSiI Pats' of yesterday, we
have received m communication from a Gentlemen
in office, stating, " that these passports from the
Foreign Office ase iu no wise accessary to enable
hie Majesty's subjects to leave the country, and
are only delivered to individuals specially applying
for the same, and recommended by person. of
known respectability ; and that the fees received
upon them (exclusive of the pomp duty) are
paid into the general fee fund of the depart.
mental of the three Secretaries of State, and ex-
clusively applied towards the discharge of the ex.
pence* of those establishments, in conformity with
the:regulations of an Order of his MAJESTY ill
Council, dated 27th February. 1795.—We ac-
knowledge that we felt ourselves Isuinbled and
istonished by this contradiction of our statement
front authority. Having. however, strong ground..
as we conceived, for our original representation we
were not prepered to abandon it as false and un-
founded upon the mere allegation of any individual,
however respectable. connected with office. We
therefore lost no time to make the necessary in-
quiry, and have no reason, for our credit sake. to
regret our diligence. The Office of the Ambas-
sador of the Netherlands. in Buckingham-street.
from its vicinity, afforded prompt and easy means to
ascertain the real fact. On application there yes-
terday, we fonnd a notice posted up in the Office.
of which the following is a copy :---
t 4 NOTICE.
" No Passports to travel through the kingdom of the
Netherlaods will henceforth be given at this Office, except
to Netherland subjects; bat the Passports which indivi-
duals have obtained Cron their own G rrrrr ment, and frosts
the Ambassadors, Mioisters, soil Consols of their respective
countries, midget In Great Britain, will (on being left for
that purpose) 'we've the vile of die Netherland Embassy,
to enable Ilse bearer thereof to go to, or pass through, the
Netherlands."
The Courts of Law preeetit its daily,with cases
respecting the liability of carriers, its which the lat-
ter, when sued for the loss or miscarriage of pack-
ages of large value, plead a notice in their office,
declaring against their liability for any parcel or
luggage above the value of 51. unless entered and
tend for according to its real value. ‘Ve have also
read of N Ego's laws, which were written in small
characters, and posted at a height that rendered
them illegible to. the sharpest eyes; but this notice
in the office of the Ambassador of the Netherlands,
in Buckingham-street. superseding the privilege
hitherto enjoyed by his Excellency, of granting
passports gratuitously to British subjects proposing
to visit the Netherlands. and substituting my Lord
CasTtEatacat's passport. price el. 70. 6d. in their
steed, is not pieced in a corner. as in the case of
the carrier's notice, nor artfully removed from sight,
like Nsao's publications; it is posted conspicu-
ously and prominently in the office, so that even lie
that runs may read on entering the door ; and if
any individual, misled by the accommodation the
office has been hitherto accustomed to afford, should
apply, and he should doubt the negative given by
the Gentlemen attached in the Embassy. who may
be in attrodsoce, he is desired to read the notice.
and be convinced that the privilege has been with-
drawn, mid is now centered lit our office for Foreign
Affairs. We think then we love fully established
this point of our statement, mid that we *hall not
be again told that Lord CASTLEREAGH'S 15.55
ports. at the rate of 2/. 7s. 641. per head, are in no
wise necessary to enable his Majesty's subjects to
leave the country. In fact, un snch subjects,
whether melt, women. or children, can leave the
country without them, st least for the Nether.
lands ; and we have no doubt that on inquiry at
the French Ambassador's Office, we shall titol the
same restriction imposed there. as we cannot
conceive any just cause of distinct' in that
particular betweru France and the Netherlands.
The next material point fur consideration in this
,case, is the application of the money thus raised by
this extraordinary duty of 21. 74. 6 I. on insesporte.
When the rage fur visiting the Cautinent ia consi-
dered. end on reference to the number of packets
employed from Harwich to Southampton, Mc 'suave,
with the daily boasts in the newspapers of the crowd.
of people which they eatery to France and Hol-
land, the, sum thus raised by this pompon tax
must Ire very large. Ott the supposition that the
number of British passengers on that lotig line of
coast. dues not *iterate more than lOU pawn's per
day, the produce would be 1,400/. per week, clear
of the expense of stamp and paper, or 72.8001.
yesiy, being more than one-third of the whole re-
veuue derived from the Lottery. The application
of so great a sum of money is surely a question of
great importance at a moment of such extraor-
dinary financial difficulty and distress. The offi-
cial correction of our statement, which we have
beta called upon to insert. states, that it is purl
into the genteel fee fond of the departments of the
three Secretaries of State. and exclusively applied
towards the discharge of the **peewee of these
establishments, in conformity with the regulations

of en Order of his MAJESTY in Council, dated
27th FebruirY, 1795. We hope some person in
the Offiee of the Aecreittry of State for Foreign
Affairs will condescend to furnish us with a copy
of this Hader in Council. on the authority of which
Lord CASTLEREAMI considers himself competent
to impose this new tax. The French lievolntiott
was then raging in all its fury ; he relations be.
tweets England and the Continent bore no resem-
blance to their present state. The Or.ler in Council
of the 27th of February, 1795, whatever may have
been its object. could not possibly have contem-
plated the robing of so large a sum as is now pro-
posed in this way. Let the fres in the departments
of the three Secretaries he ewer Po large, re
cannot presume that his MAJESTY contenipluted the
amount of this new impost us cotnparatisely mere
candle-ends and cheese-winos. But if this tax
be warranted by the Order iti Council of 1795, why
has it not been sooner imposed'—why ha.s not the
country, sorely pressed as it is, enjoyed the benefit
of it since the peace ? Agin, are we sure that
the Secretary of State is warranted, under this
Order of Council, to impose this new tax for
I the benefit of the country ? It is some consols.
lion to find that the produce is not to lie considered
among the perquisites of office. but if it he oncost.
stitutional owl illegal. the country, however dis-
tressed, would reject the boon. As we find, hew.
ever, that it is to be brought to the public account.
111 and to constitute a feature in the Budget. we hope
that an accurate list of the persons obtaining pass-
porta, with their names and descriptions, and of the
total amount of the *urns received on account thereof,
will be kept in the office of the Secretary of State
fur Foreign Affairs, so that his Lordship may be
enabled to lay a correct report before Parliament,
should it be called for in the ensuing Session.

We have received Paris Papers of Tuesday last.
The late rumour of un nook having been offered to
the King of WIRTEMBERG, by the sudden entrance
into his chamber of four men in masks, is declared,
in a private letter from Frankfort to have been to-
tally destitute of foundation. This contradiction is
important, at a moment «hen a considerable num.
tier of the Governments of Esrope are striving to
blacken the characters of their respective people,
and to represent them as being actively impelled to
violence by a restless principle of revolution.
The States General of Baden were dissolved by
the Grand Duke on the :Bth of last month, in pur-
suance of the resolution previously communicated
to the States by his Highness, although they hail
nut terminated their discuessiona relative to the law
of finance. The Legislative Chambers of Bavaria
were dissolved on the :sth by Duke WILLIAM
in the mime of the KING. Previous to their disso-
lution, the Royal answer to the propositions made
by the two Chambers was read to each, and in
each produced a very lively sensation. The Kura
approved of the greater part of the propositions re-
lative to the publicity of legal proceedings, the better
organitation of the order of advocates, and the re-
pressing of duels, and promised to prepare projects
of law with respect to three matters ; but he ex-
pressed his strongest displeasure of the attempts
made by the Chamber of Deputies to extend its
power beyond the limits prescribed by the Con-
stitution, and intimated, that if the sum of money
voted for the ate of the army were found in-
sufficient for maintaining the military force on a
footing consistent with the rank of Bavaria and
her duties, as one of the States of the Confe-
deration, his Majesty should be compelled to
. provide for the deficiency by sill the means in his
power. This is a very intelligible dire it, and
it is not surprising that it should have excited a
lively agitation in the Chambers. The establish-
mentiwrsmoouf
authority,
Constitution,uthority,
capable
of the e discussionsut
r i.
the Legislative Body. become ludicrous in the ex-
treme, if the King still retsina in his own bands a
paramountingbotahr.
The conduct of hie Bavarian Majesty affords a
:. practical proof of the danger with which the exist-
. rinse of • standing army is necessarily pregnant.
The Count de NIONTEJO. Governor General of
Grenada., having been exiled to Burgas. repaired
to Madrid in disguise, but he was arrested on his
return, and conducted to Valladolid. . Tbie Noble-
man had done the present KING much advice
during the popular commotion% that took place at
Araisjues on the 18th and 19th of March. 1808,
and lie in consequence enjoyed for some time the
confidence of FERDINAND ; but gratitude slots not
rink among the virtues of his Royal Master, end
the Count de Mom-1440 is not the only instance in
which former services, %rem to have marked out the
individual for the peculiar severity of FERDINAN D.
The Counsellor of State, ORELL.I NA, who had
been driven from Madrid. has put an end to his
existence at the house of his brother, who was a
Bishop. This act of derpair is attributed to the
recent events at Madrid.
The French 5 per ceuts. are 71 f. 70 c.—Bank
Stuck 1,441 I. 50 c.

A Dutch Mail has arrived. with Papers to the
sth inst. The public mind in Germany is greatly
agitated by the late arrears.

Yesterday morning the Loma CHANCELLOR.
Viscount SiDmoUTH, and the Vica-Custiceu.on
had audiences of the PRtt•CE REMISE at Carlton
&louse.
About (ow O'clock yesterday afternoon the
Patitca REURNT left Carlton Haute for Brighton.