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4.11% HOUSE OF LORDS-Altman/I ir, MAY 20. •
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.A is The Lord Chancellor ante duet' to Ae Mine about four
„O'clock, and, after putters, the 11,119 upon the tat:6e, all private,
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A The &Me attlesiratry Raises' Rill was rev, a thirst time, avid
pawed, mid a Message sent to acquaint the CW1111110415 there-
with.
Mr. Alexander hrottett up, front the Covi.nena, the Public
BMrmfting Rill, and the Plank of lrrlsuti I'9 v ments 13.11
A feat trivet* Adis were hrer.ight up by sir .1 VV. A., rirrsou ,
Mr Chaplain, and either Gentlemen, and ses,rally read a brit
tamp,
The Hpuse was thou asllourneil during pleasure.
Alinut five &duel( the II ruse r.-tutneJ, and the order of the
dm (upon which their Li-n(11001e were SURlatO.redi !Or ore id
reading ol the
DEFENCE Ac r REPEAL Illt.l.
being read, •
Earl SPENCER rose, and in a speech or some
-.. length, stated the grounds on which he conceived
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4.- it politic, expedient, and proper, that their Lord.
• ships should concur in the above measure In do-
ing this, he rested his case chiefly on what he con-
tended was notorious, namely, the ineffijenc). and
• the oppressive as well at injurious tendency, of
the Aft which the present Bill went to abrogate.
The merits of the present Bill proceeded on the de-
ans-its of the AA alluded to; and on these alone,
and net upon what might h.tve come to their Lord-
Win' knowledge of what passed in another place.
Ave contended the Hnts.e should decide. The
proton measure should be discussed without any
sefetenee to any other which might now be inl the
contemplati-in of, or may he hereafter brought for-
ward by fits Majesty's Government. The mea-
sure which the present Bill went to repeal, had, af
ter long experience, proved inefficient and injurious.
Had it been successful, he should be one of the
first to support it. In point of Gel, the Defence
Bill proved to be mere art engine for raising money,
than levying men. In proof of what he alleged with
reaped to that measure, their Lordships would have
only to rifer to the vs aious documents upon the table.
The Noble Earl then entered upon a variety of calms-
Lstious, drawn from these documents, in . it Jer to cor-
roborate his allegations ; but which our limits do not
allow us to recite. He dwelt upon the small corn-
par.ttive proportion of men supplied by the Parish
Of wass.. who were avowedly the principal engines
in the system; and argued that those men were pro-
dueed at a proportlonably greater expellee than
men levied bystprother mode which had previously
been experintejned. The Bill evidently did not
produce the aels intended from it. He argued,
that even the deficiencies which it was intended to
supply, were very far from being made up. As his
Lordship proceeded, he read extralits from such do-
cuments as he referred to, in support of what he ad-
tranced. A great deal of this proceeded from the er-
roneous principle of relying so implicitly upon the
parish Deicers, whose incapacity to akt as recruiting
officers, soon became apparent. By way of general
illustration, be stated, that within a given period, in
which it was calealated. that for the whole of Great
Britain, 41,453 men would be produced by these
pariah officers, no more than 9918 were altually
levied, leaving a deficiency of upwards of 31,000.
What prospett, therefore, was there of such a mea-
sure being efficient ? So far from it, he contended
that the Defence Bill, in its operation. instead of
adding to the military force of the counuy, aaually
diminished it. Any of the modes of supplying the
army was, therefore. preferable to those provided
by the Bill. To obstruCt the measure of recruiting
the army, to clog the operation of the ordinary
recruiting-officers, could never be the intention of
the Right Honourable rprson who first proposed
this Bill. Added to these objections, when he con-
sidered the immense expeuce at which the men were
obtained ander the Defence AR, he must earnestly
solicit the concurrence of their Lordships to the Bill
before the lliiuse. He therefore moved, I. That
this Bill be now read a Rd time."
The Earl of CAMDEN regretted, that circum-
stances called upon hint to rise so early in the
debate. particularly in opposition to any thing
that fell from his Noble Friend ; he had ra-
ther it had fallen to the lot of any other Noble
Lord ; but, in reference to the situation he filled at
the time the Bill was proposed, and the decided
part he had taken in urging sits adoption, he felt
st incumbent on him to come forward in the present
instance. He differed entirely from his Noble
Friend, as to the cleft and operation of the mea-
sure complained of. He contended the circum-
stances of onr military force were much improved,
by the operation of the Bill ; though, he corfessed,
for some time the measure had not produced those
beneficial effeds which were so confidently expelted
from it. What he intended to propose on the pre-
sent occasion was, merely, that the second reading
of the Bill should be postponed for three weeks, in
which time, most probably, some measure. or
system of measures, would be brought forward, in
the way of substitution. If a Bill on the same
principle, or near it, should be introduced, it should
have his support, He did am sistend to follow his
Noble Friend through that wide field of calculation,
into which he had entered. The Bill in question, he
insisted it would appear from ageneral view, and fair
inference from the documents before the House,
bad been eminently productive, even more than
bad been espefted from it, within the latter periods.
He farther contended, that under the present cir-
cumstances of the country, a compulsory principle,
in whatever should be resorted to for the supply and
keeping up the army, was necessary. It should be
considered, that the measure in question was in-
tended to operate, not only is lieu of the ballots
for the militia, but of those of the army of nurse ;
and, therefore, the great produce which was ex-
peEted from it, might be inferred. A compul-
sory system, more or less. was indispencible ; hut
to repeat the Defence Ad, without an adequate
measure to substitute for it, would be impolitic and
dangerous in the extreme. It was not a fair way
of discussing the merits of that Bill, to refer t i
papers. for proofs of what it had produced in the
commencement of its operation ; but to consioii
its latter prodoetiveness—its of eds even at the pre-
sent moment; they should consider the animal rate
of its produce within the last three, even within the
last five-months ; this was at a ratio not only equal.
but superior to what had been expelled Item it.
He did not cane forward on the present occasion.
with any sp'irit. co/opposition to the weenier, of Hi.
Majesty's Go :ernmeer. be.: merely from the result

of his own eonviainne upAn the subject, and these
remaining the rune, in vindication of his own con-
sistency. His Lordship concluded by moving, iii
the way of amendment, tt that iiisicad of now, this
Bill beread a second time this day three weeks.'
On the elves:ion being put,
Lord ST. JOHN rose, and, in a short speech, suo-
ported the Bill. With respect to the mousafe which
it went to abrogate, he considered it in that light,
toat the circumstance of its repeal would he the best
substitute that could be atforded. He tntirely con-
curred in what Cad fallen from his Noble Friend
( Earl Spencer) whose colivincinp, stittemertts Yen.
dered it unnecessary for him to trouble their Lord-
ships in detail upon the subWita. '
The Earl of WEtiT MOREL AND, ;isms able and
animated speech. of considerable length, of wl.ich
our limits preclude us even from stating an outline.
opposed the Bili, and supported, in a more general
and comprehensive view, the pinp.,siti,,n; adeanc
by his Noble Fried, Earl Camden. He censured
the impolicy which suggested the repeal of the mea-
sure in question, at a moment when it became not
only produaive, but to a degree even beyond what
was originally expelled from it ; and such a pro-
ceeding was still more censurable, when there was
evidently no measure to substitute in lieu of it. In
this part of his subjea, the Noble Earl glanced at
the plan promulgated by one of His Majesty's Mi-
nisters, in the other House of Parliament. which,
he contended, as being of public notoriety, could
fairly and regularly be adverted to in that Reuse.
His Lordship was proceeding to expatiate upon
some leading consideratiods, on which he animad-
verted, and expressed his unqualified disapprobation ;
while proceeding on this ground—
Earl SPENCER spoke to order, and submitted
whether the Noble Earl could regularly enter into
such line cf discussiou, no topics, not only un- I
conneded with the present question, but of which
their Lordships could have no Parliamentary know-
ledge.
On this interference, a short conversation took I
place on the point of Older, between the Noble
Earl, and Lords MULtiRAVE, AWKES-
BURY% and ELDON.
The Earl of WItiThtORELAND then re-
sumed his speech, and continued his arguments
against the bill some time longer.
Lord Viscount SIDMOU VII feeling himself al-
luded us more than once in the course of the Noble
Earl's speech, who spoke last, replied to those pro-
positions, to whi -Is we allude, in the first instance ;
the Noble Viscount then proceeded to argue in
favour of the Bill, en the mounds of the inefficacy
and injurious effects of the Act which it went to
repeal, and which had been evinced by an experience
sufficiently lung. for safely deciding upon the me-
rits of thejmeasure. After some farther observations.
his Lotdship adverted to the illegality of the prac-
tiees of parish officers; strongly condemned the mea-
sures taken by His Majesty's late Ministers, to make
this Bill efficient ; and considered that any advan-
tage which had been attributable to it, arose more
from the measures, antecedently adopted, than any
merit of its own. Ili' Lordship therefore supported
the second reading of the Bill.
Lord MULG RAVE, in an able speech, of great
length, entored into a variety of arguments in sup-
port of the Defence Bill, which, he thought, had
not been fairly dealt by ; as, if it had. lie was con-
vinced it would have answered every purpose. He
therefore warmly supported the motion of his Noble
Friend, for postponing the second trading of the
Bel then before the House.
The Earl of DERBY, in a very animated speech,
condemned the Defence Aft, not only for its insuf-
ficiency, but lions the very principles of the Bill
hull. He therefore supported the second reading.
The Earl of ROSSLYN considered the Defence
Act insufficient. unproductive, and in many cases
mischievous; with all the inconveniences and in-
justice of compulsion, without compelling a single
man. It had totally failed in all its purposes, and
on these grounds he warmly voted for the original
motion.
Earl ROSSLYN, at some length. deprecated the
Aft, and thought even it their Lordships were sa-
tisfied that the ingenuity of man could devise no
other structure to supply the place of that measure,
it would be adviseahle to repeal it.
The Duke of MON fROSF. thought that the
Legislature would do wisely, after the experience
that had bees had on this aft, to divest it of the
imperfeaions that were found to exist in it, and,
instead of running from measure to measure, to per-
sist in this, as it might be modified; assured as they
would be, that at least some of the concomitant im-
perfeaions of all measures, were removed.
Lord DARNLEY considered the defeas of the
Mt to be irremediable, and was sure that if their
Lordships should that night agree to the repeal of
it, they would meet with the unanimous concur-
rence of the country.
Lord HAWK ESBURY defended the Ell, and
expressed his full opinion, as far as he was at pre-
sent able. to form a judgment, that the nsemassies
which had been in outline disclosed in the other
I louse of Parliament as a substitute tor it, were ra-
dically defeaive, particularly as far as regarded the
suboitution of compulsory training for voluntary
servile.
Earls CA RN A RVON, SPENCER, and RA D-
YOR, were warns advocates for the repeal of the
Aft.

Earl GROSVENOR said, that, iu giving his
vote for the repeal of the A.l, he did not pledge
himself to support the military measures which
sere shortly to be proposed.
The House then divided on the amendment,
Contents SO, Proxies 10-40. Nun-contents 71,
Proxies 26-97. Majority 57.
The original motion was than put and carried ;
and at half-past twelve o'clock the Lions' ad-
journed.

11OUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Rain,. !invented a P,fits..ll fns ceitain Meitner, of
linefo,lttLee, praying that Ihe Sol of lan Session oaf net be
revealed; which we. referred s. U.. Cogaranteo on W. other
Petitions reat.ne to that +eyed.
Loped ..10,pe.h rhese..led au e,tintate of the dpbt. awl
:heron of the Last lattn Go.rnineet abroad. Wee the
...monad the trib.rge• ter rise Vac, of Wake's lowed and St.
lielees, ex thereat* 160 6 oi4 end to he on the table
Sir J. !Loom
,bitnAht so toe Inns Temti C"neetten
*lt. sitter a le. ant &divot to ha read a Id tines
un..tvw.

lie almbrnught in the {date A.l4.C,tip Force Repeal
*high was reade first, and ortle'ett to be read • I:rcurol futile
out Tburai y. f •
Mr. Vatisittaregarmlbsted ao Accou-it of Om Arrears ulcer.
rent Balmier-4 Mete hand; et 'rte Crdlectors of the "Ptater,
fro-it Vie S'h of January t; J 4, to tire Si hof Jannary 18.4,dit•
ling each year —..q-iered to be printed,
A Message from the Loots soornoic-d that they had agreed
to the Scots Judges' and kounitaariee of Edinburgh Salaries
Big, and .tree other: of a ovate nature.
Mr. AtIIX.II4I, brought up the report of tbeldibUotillery
n,a,:tel he read a CIA tine to-morrow.
S,• CHAR I.V.S PR [LT. noted for an Account of all Stair
halt an Great &nein, specifying their tonnage, f.rim the.bth
or Januar, 1750, to the b,n of January 1506.—Ordered.
Sir J. NEWPORT pee notice that he should move for
prierprui;iie the Curtner proceedings on the Dublin Pating.lllll.
till after the ,tress,
Mr. Ainx.rnd•r brought up the report of the regolutions
the Via., and Means, for imposing a duty, by
lie e, Meureries, which were agreed to, and a 1131
ord,re,i t o be brought in upon them.
Mr. Charlet Wynne presented an Account of the Instrue.l
trews given to Captains of Ships of War, and Leiters 0(1
Marque.s-etlrde.ed te he orkthe tree.
aLORD MELVILI.rS SALANCRS.
Mr. HUSKISSON adverted to a notice he had
given of a motion for papers, sheeting the grounds
on which the late Board of Treasury rettsittedlia
interest on the balances in the hands of Lard -"le
count Melville ; but, as he apprehended, that the
discussion might interfere with some points of Ile
evidence adduced by the Managers, in supper, of
the Impeachment, he should defer his motion tit
after the judgment should be given.
NABOB OF ARCOT'S DIOTS. ter
Mr. HOBBOUSE moved the ittcond readinio
the Bill for extending the powers or the Commts-
' sioners, appoineed to ascertain the nature of the
claims upon tlfe Revenues of the Nabob of Arcot."
Mr. IV. KEENE, in a speech of considerable
length, but delivered in such a tone and manner as
not to be at all times distinctly heard in he gallery,
stated his objections to the Bill. As the public was
obviously a partner in these transactions, it was
right that Parliament should inquire into all the
disbursements made from the Nabob's revenue,, as
well as any impositions that might have been prace
tined on them. All those who turned their at-
tention to India accounts, must know, that for these
thiity sr forty years past, claims had been continu-
ally ridng up. and sometimes suddenly bursting
out, upon the revenues of these Princes. These
claims, after deliberate inquiry, bad been need&
by the India Government abroad, but, nevertheless,
did not cease to be pressed upon the Court of Direc-
tors here. That Court consequently gave orders that
security should be givenfor the payment of live lacks
of pagodas due to the Company in 1794, but the
Board of Controul afterwards postponed that claim,
and gave a preference to the other creditors. It had
since, however, been explained, that these last Mgt
arose out of the violation of poblic orders, and halk
increased from small to very large sums. from the
extravagant interest that was charged upon them.,
From the illegal manner in which these creditors
aced, they could not be said to have any just title
to recover. In prdof of this, he read an extra&
from the publications, forbidding any of the Corn-
pany's servants to lend money to the native Princes,
at a higher interest than lel. per cent. and making
void all obligations bearing a higher rate of interest.
In confirmation of this statement, he was fortified by
the opinion of an 1100. Gent. ( Mr. Francis) who had
paid great and laudable attention to all India sublet's
who had passed, encompassed with the greatest diffi-
culties, many years of his life in India ; and, after
leaving made a moderate fortune by the most' irre-
proachable means, returned to this country with a
chatatter unsullied and uncontaminated by the
vices and abuses which he left behind him: He
then dwelt upon the various obligations and 'emu
of attorney granted by the Princes of Arcot to Ger-
mans, English, Greeks, Armenians, 4c. which, after
being rejetted brthe government in India, stood,
for a time, at the discount of 991. per cent. After
all, however, by these proceedings, upwards of five
millions were actually taken out of the pockets of
the several Nabobs. The only chance of getting
rid of the incumbrances, was by means of a sinking
fund. The Honourable Gentleman then expatiated
on the charatters of several of these claimants, and
dwelt particularly en that of Mr. M'Pherson, whose
claim amounted to 102,0001. For this purpose he
moved, "thatthe sth Report Of the Committee on In-
dia Affairs be read" (which being dune by the Clerk),
it appeared that Mr. M•Pherson went to India as
purser of a ship. and having ingratiated himself by
some means into the favour and confidence of the
then Nabob of Arcot, became a negotiator, on his
part, against the interests of the East India Com-
pany.
Mr. WILLIAM DI NDAS here interposed, ob-
serving, that however necessary it may be to
know the characters of the persons alluded to,
yet, if a whole volume should be allowed to be
read. as every name occurred, it would be im-
possible for the public business to proceed.
Mr. KEEN E then proceeded ; that,lie said, was
the first report that threw any great light on all
the tranaactions in Inds: and heitead himself a few
pages more, in which it was stated, that Mr.
M'Pbersois undertook to get an Act pf Parliament
passed, to accommodate the interests of tke Nabob ;
and for that purpose came over to England, and of-
fered a present of great value to the Duke of
Grafton, the then Prime Minister. This present
having been rejected by the Duke-, Mr. M'Pherson
thought it might be more effectually bestowed on the
sebordinste Monsters ; and stated to them, that
what he had then to offer, made only a part of a
much larger sum, which would be subsequently
given. Failing in these overtures, he then offered
to lend the treasury of that day the sum of 700,0001.
at an interest of only O. per cent. to be repaid
when they thought proper. Here, he said,,the
nation could not sufficiently congratulate itself
on the happy editis of the Revolution of 1W ;
for, had such a turn beets offered to Charles 11.
or his Ministcts, it would Lye been sufficient
to purchase the Carnatic, aiid Beegal into the
bargain. To drew the ptoll pry of the pro-
ceeding, he had only to obotive, that at the
time this memorial came over, the Nobob himself
was borrowing money at an exorbitant interest, and
offering to borrow more, at an interest of 1201. per
cent. Another claimant he had CO mention was
Colonel Egerton, whose d. mind, as far as he
coned see, was only rounded un the merit of his
being the person who doors: I erd b•azott. and took
him away as &prisoner. He thee adverted to the claim

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of '36,1001. ota the part of Mr. Sullivan, who was re.
presented in the Report to have been, at the same time,
Sccretary to the India Government, and the Nabob
of Arcot ; so that every proceeding of the govern.
talent, and every order it narSys transmitted to
the Nabob in the cotthe of hair an hour. liisr,4
these, and many other grounds, he was against the
bill, though he thoeght the commission was, by
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Mr..IOHNSTONE repressed this surprise o,lt
the Hon. Gentleman should bate gone back inla
transaftion. of forty years, and read reports ma .4,
at that period, many of which"seeire allowed to ~e
no more relied on, than the reveries or Robinsca
Crusoe. He was indignant at the mangier in which
he had mentioned the name of yir John M`Pher.
son, who had proved hinualf a (rasa se his c 011.....
try, and had saved the Company iq ono ye 4
1,200,0001. was afterwards macho ißaraket by His
Majesty, and Governor-Generil in by the
Company, in retnrn for his earnest service ft
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to the question itLelf, ,he did n,rt know he siou: I
vote in it, bat cou.d not bejr to hear as attack .1
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vernor-General of In.dia, he thought it necassarr
the House shendd inquire why a bond fwe 103,01.4.
dated in 1796. and given to bins by the Nabob of
Arcot. should not have bete Ireagtn. &MITI
sooner. What has been the history of all abets
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the mixed emotjoas ,bf lisgnst, contempt, indig.
nation, and horror, 'that such preceeangs should
be allowed, and that 140,0001. a yen should be
set apart to liquidate debts, contracted under such
shameful and profligate circumstances. He should
therefore oppose the Bill.
Lord CA6ILEREAGH begged to offer a few
observations on the subjea, as differing very widely
in opinion from the Right Hon. and Leaned Gee-
'leaven who had jt.st sat down. The simple retral
and stare of the question, he said, was :hi:: as
agreement had been entered into between the India
Company and certain creditors of the Nabob of
the Carnatie, who had preferred their claims for
three debts, which agreement was refitted to cer-
tainCommissionergto inquire into those claims. The
agreement is legal and binding between the parties,
and the legislature is only called on to give facility
to the tratisaseaion ; the only questicn for the Heine
ro decide being whether they will lend their au.'
thority to the Commissioners to administer an exit.
without which no effeftual inquiry can be made.
He allowed a great ploportinn of the claims were
fraudulent, but many of them were known to be
just, and ought to be inquired into. The. Hon: ur-
able and learned Gentleman had not said, that no
claim against the Nabobs of the CATITeriC ought to
be allowed ; and though the public have a rever-
sionary claim, and are therefore a third party, they
are not therefore entitled to be the only party
which should establish the trhunal, by which tke
question is to be determined, and which shall in-
quire into those debts ; a decided majority of the
Direltors were in favour of the agreement, and
were satisfied with the arrangements. An adequate
tribunal is requiste to sift the claim to the ',ya-
wn, because there is a possibility of some claims
being founded in so mu: is justice, as to render in-
quiry necessary. The Company are now become
Nabobs themselves, and therefore liable to thost
debts, which the Nabob himself would be, if he
were now in the possession of his territories. instead
of them. A limitation of the sum had been lied,
and the Company were on'y made liable is the
sum of 136.0001. a year. He ',wild, therefore. ~43
t the Bill, as necessary for the ends of justice.
Mr. FRANCIS said, that the debate on this
subjeft was of infinite importance, and as the attend-
ance of members was now so very thin, he thought
it would be better to postpone the debars until this
day fortnight, which he then moved.
Mr. HORHOUSE thought there was little tea-
um to expeft a tuller attendance on the day named
by the Hon. Gentleman; but, however, lw vkuu,d
nut oppose the motion, though he did oo; see ss:11
the debate should be postponed for such a !curb of
time. • •
11•Ctor LAWRF:NCE said, there was busioese
to come on to-moirow, which would take up some
time, and indeed every day before the holidays. was
occupied ; so be did not think, it the discussion was
postponed, that it could come on much earlier theta
the Jay the Hon. Gentleman had propoi,J.
Mr. FRANCIS then named Fri-1 iy seek, ani
it was agreed to adj,urn the debate until thai iy.
'Die Committee on the Americas luter.oura
Bail was postponed until Thursday.
The third reading of the Property Doty B.H.
which stsod for tomorrow, was &denied
Thursday, and the other orders being disposed Ott
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FORkluft TELLIGENCE.

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VILIiVA, MAT S.
The late embarrassment into which the Coon of
Vienna has been thrown, with resreet to the alriirs
of Dalmatia, appears CO take a pacific turn; and
seem. beyond a doubt, that the Cabinet 61 Vienna
has thought it proper to yield to the oece,nty of
prem.:sing peace. This cooje(ure is toilude.lo4
the tollowir.g circumstances 'lhe French co-
lumn, which had made a movement in advance,
has halted, and the Austrian prisoners have conti-
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made no attack on a..r min, but OAIT lea— veto
actions from the Records of thg House. wiuta
threw a light on tho.present citsesitres•
Dr. LAWitENICIE expretaed• his intprise ani
regret. that YET ahadilli aloft:. this silk.
joct had baccentlibelillete., a' sr'bee no,
so. It was necessity that that etiornio4 inalfOf car.
ruption that had been carried on in India alsooki 13,
sifted and erposed. As to the distaaaa of time,
was nothing—the present debts were tisernodest rs.
mains of claims, which those who truer them now,
dared not bring forward at the period'altuded ,e.
He thought. therefore, the House and the cuseur
were much indebted to the Hon. Genidensan
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of the Flettor of Virarteburg have set nut for that
eit*, and the Prince himself will follow immediately.
S. The Commissary Ghisilieri has been put on his
trial by s Council of War ; and, after each sitting,
the etiquette and interrogatory are communicated
to the French Ambassador.
The negotiations which had prolonged' the stay
of Gen. Andreossy here, being at length terminated,
he has taken leave of His Impetial Maj .sty, who
has presented him with a gold box with his pot-
trait, which is one of the most valuable that has
. been given by toe Court of Vienna for a long.timi,
as it is estimated at 40,000 livres.
We are assured that M. de la Rochefoacanli has
fixed, in the name of his Court, the sth of May for
the latest time when the Court of Vienna shall take
its resolution relatively to the affair of Catarro. It
is probable that it will give way, in every point,
rather thou enter into a new contest with France.
demo*, APRIL 19.
There are at Porto "..rrajn, in the island of Elba,
nine French ships of n sr, which will sail immediately
for Gaeta. That fortress still defends itself with
great obstinacy.
vrmice, APRIL 26.
AU the English have removed from this city; the
reamr part of them in consequence of. orders.
Tamer. APRIL 47.
The lady of Mr. Spencer Smith, by birth, BATC.•
nets of Herbert. who resided at Venice, and
thbors, hersalf 14 peifee becurity there, has been
arreete"nsi concluded to Milan.
ST. PISTILIISRURO, APRIL 26.
A great aflivity is remarked in our. Cabinet, and
there are conferences daily between our Ministers
and the EnOsh Ambassador. It appears fr,m the
last declaration of this Plenipotentiary, that the
change of Ministry which' has lately taken place at
London, will only strengthen the good understand-
ing between our Court and the Cabinet of St.
James's-
Our Cabinet has refused the mediation solicit el
of it to terminate amicably the differences subsist-
ing between England and Prussia, because it feats
to disoblige one or the other of those two courts.
M. D'Alopeus, Minister from Russia at the Court
of Stockholm. has received orders to make repre-
sentations to His Swedish Majesty, which have for
their objeoft re-estabPek a good understanding be.
Sweden and Prussia. His Imperial Majesty
Ilas lately written to the King of Sweden, and po-
sitively assured him that lie will give him, conform.
ably to treaties, all the succour h. shall demand.
He has beside guaranteed to him. we are assured.
the possession of his territories.
APRIL 14.
On the 6th inst. Rear-Admiral Sir Sidney Smith
sailed from G.braltar with the Pomfret of 64 guns,
two frigates, and seven transports. He has a con•
sidesable number of bombs on board. and is attend.
ed by a bomb ketch. Hi. destination is for Sicily.
but first he will pay a visit to the Dey of Algiers.
and by the threat of a bombardment, force Mat to.
swift again the English Consul.
FROM LAST Nit;Nrs GAZETTE.
• Palseel, the 14th of Mr 4,1906

PRESVNT, • lb
The KING's Most Excellent Shiest! in Conner. I
His bliteuty hrei..g taut into eonsiderition tliz prevent ',
Kele of Nainbergh and Oldenbiargh, and the circumstances
easier which several Ves.els belonging to Firemen and Pepsin-
bergh, have strived ie. this Pens of the unitod Kingdom. is
pawned, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to isid-r, •
and it whereby entered, that the ILeabargo new sokeitti .g •pon
all Ships asd Prowls belonging to Newburgh and Oldenburg)),
be taken of: And tt is hereby further ordered, That the Em.'
barge be also token iilf those Veseils belongint to the Teens
of Bream sod papoiriorrh, which had Heated out for Ports
of the Veit. d Kingdoin lirevious to the Prussian Notification,
dated Tweoty.eighth of March la‘t, whereby British ships wove
erxhaded from the Porte of the Prureian Dominions, and fiorn
*swath other Puns ii the North of Europe and that the
saki Ships and Veeele, with their cargoes, not being Prinsion,
w Enemies' Proms'', be permitted to sad se any Poet not
blockaded : And the Right Honourable the Lords Conlon,
stoners of His Majestt's Tretuntry, the Viands Consmissieners
of the Admiralty, the Lord Warden of the Cinque Potts, and
the Jit lie of the High Curt of Aileiiralty, are teleive the ne-
cessary directions beveiu, an stay to them mine/lively apper-
tain. W. FAWKENEK.
At the Court at the Queen's ,alsee, the 14th of May, 1114,
PR ESENT,
The KING 's Most Encellerst Maiertv he Council.
Whereas dune( the interval which has elapsed since His
Marne fooriil himself compelled„ by the hostile measures of '
Illy Mfrsry ttip king of Prussia, to ley an embargo on the
ships soil gee* belonging to hi. subjects, end to place. under
he comicial', such hostile eseasures hey. net been discontinued:
Ad whereas the sewn of Papenburgh es eat but be coast-
dwell as dependent en, and niialloe the absolute matron' of
Pieria i Hie Majesty therefore is pleased, by and with the eli
tie, of his Privy Coonril, to order, ant it is hereby ordered,
that graeral reprisah be granted against the ships goods.
and subject. of the K.ng tat Prussia, and of the town of
Foreshore', (stye and except any ships to which Its
Materty's We're has bean grained, er which have been diteCterl
So blieleased from the embento,) se that as *rill 14 s Majeny's
fivese and ships, as ei.ci all ether ships wad vessel, that shall be
oaininiesiesided by letters of nurgoe or genera repts.es, or
*itemise, le Hi. Mejerty's commissioners for executing the
01/Lit of Led II lit Admiral of Great Bowie, shall and War
loefifilly sees all ships, VOW; and golds b longing to the King
of lefetha, or his sobjefte, or others Inhabiting within the
ternaries of tl.e King of Prunus. or belonging to the town
of Papenbergh. rimeept se aforesaid,) end twirl the tame to
Pedgetent iii any of the Courts of Ad.:links within H. Me-
-1 sty's deininmus; and to that col, Hit iile;eety's ederr...s.e-
Gesseral, with the .td,0i.4.• of the Admiralty, are forthwith to
peeper, the rhaft of a coninaireinn, and present the same to IFS
Miteity at 4Ni tear', authorioing the Conceisootters for ex-
etittlog the Ottice of Laid Nigh Adm.ial, or any person er
persons by them empowered a,r4 appointed, to Woe fonts Lid
vent Letter. of Marque and Reprisals to any of Hit Materly's
"brills or others. Wheal the Vol Consmissoner. I'll deem
b ly qinheed to than behalf, for the appreheeding, sea-ng,
sod tatairag the shirr, newels, and goods betong:ng to Prue-