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HOWSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. PLUMMII premented a Petition from the Nobility,
Centre, Clergy, a•id Freehoklets of the County of Hertford,
on the sobjett of the Tenth Report.--Ordered to lie on the
Table. _ _ _

Ordered, thvt the Committe: on tite Duke of Athol's red
Gott have leave to report front time to time.
. .

The Report on the Rill fie supplying seversl towns in Ire-
land with water, was bruught up and agreed to, and the lit!!
entered to be read a third time.

Mr. HUSKISSON taid, that preparatory to the discussion
which was appointed to take place OM the subject of the 11th
Report, there were certain papers necessary to the elucidation
of the question which it was necessary should be produced.
lie moved, therefore, fur art account of the sum retraining
una;rpiied .out of the ruins gr inter! for Naval Services to the
Ist of September, I fie3—orul also an account of the sums dis-
h..rsed for Inch services in the months of tletubcr, November,
and December, in the sane fear —t)rder....l.
The Wm,. Duty He II was read a third time and pawed.
The !Spanish Wine Duty Ilia was road a second time. awl
ord,7red to be rminnaittud to murruvr. _ _

The Report athe Paymaitet 13..suetark Rill was d,ferred

Wednasdiy.

Mr. ALENANDFR brought up the Report of the Com-
mitter of Way% and Maas the Row Animus were agreed to,
and Rills order,ll tbefetek.

FOSTVR moved fir lace to bring in a Bill to pro-
vide more effettually for Nosing the buttes on lociper,
Paper Dangii.g,' Dearth*, aceoidutg to the *umber of Win.
duvet, Corner s, &r —Ordered.
Mr. ALFX.VSKR Monne the Report of the Wine
Lieenee 101, Ivhscb Woi agreed to, and the !Silt o:dsted to be
read a third time
Mr. FOSTER Zoiniglit up the Irirh Malt Dots Bill, which
wag rear' • br.t, ai.d ordered to be read a se.oud time un
Thnrolvy.
The Corroulttse no the lash Stamp Duty Bill was post•
p riled to Weiturvtay.
The Irish 1) tater. Bill was read a second time, and ordered
to :et committed.

The eth-• th.t4n of etc Day welt read dad pustro3cd..
Ash Itanci.

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THE BRITISH PRESS.

1.1)N IJON,
TUESDAY, MAY 21.

We lately announced that JEROME BONAPARTE,
accompanied by his wife, late Miss PA rrsEsoN, had
eireFted his long meditated escape from America,
and arrived at Lisbon. They came from Baltimore
in the American ship Erik, and JEROME, who was
inrog. under the assumed name of Albert, on his ar-

rival, immediately avowed himself to the. French
Minister at Lisbon, anticipating a most flattering

reception from the Portuguese Government. The
latter, however, fearful of incurring the displea-

sure cf NAPOLEON the Usurper, refused to afford
protection to the wife of haws F., although far ad-
-sanced in her pregnancy, and, consequently, in
a state which gave her an addition title to an
hospitable reception. The Erin is a beautiful little
ship, of about 200 tons, much like a West India
packet, long and low, very clean and neat, and was
fitted up for the sole purpose of conveying Na
and family to Europe. Disappointed of a snug birth

at Lisbon, she set sail for the Text], where she ar-

rive on the 10th lest wt ; but the cruel spirit of the

Mock Emperor of FRANCE had anticipated her ar-

rival there also; the moment the ship cast anthor
in the Texel, she was placei between a 6 gun ship

and a frigate ; and, as if that were. not precaution
enough to prevent this unfortunate Lady from
landing, row guard boats were kept in constant

motion about the vessel during the night. Had
she been filled with the yellow fever from stem

to stern, she could not have been subjetied to a
more severe quarantine, or looked upon by the
Dutch with more terror and apprehension. Its

this situation did this amiable and unoffcnding wo-
man remain for seven days. watched and confined

like a felon in a hulk, and without even a
morsel of fresh provisions, but what the Dutch Ad-
miral, yielding to an impulse of humanity, a crime
which Naroi.zom is not likely to forgive, supplied

from his table. Ws understand that Jewett Bo-

HAP•RTE proceeded from Lisbon to Paris, in expec-
tation of being able to overcome the displeasure of

his family; and, in confident anticipation of that re-

suit, had sent his Lacy in the Erin round to Hol-
land. That hope, which reconciled his unfortunate

wife to her imprisonment at the Tent, having
Red, the unfortunate Lady expressed a wish to re-
turn to America. in which she was resisted by Mr.

P• ursasoN, her brother, who did not think it would
be sate for how to undorcalco so Inn,: voyage, after
so much fatigue and anxiety, and in her present Si.

tuation —Thus rudely spurned and rrjeaed by
Portugal ; a nation once possessing a romantic and
chivalrous spirit; and by Holland, formerly the
muse of liberty, and not daring to touch the coast of
France ; a nation that plumes itself upon its gallan-

try, the sister sad the wife of a BONArAATE turned
her eyes to England, and looked for hospitality and
kindness on that country which her husband and his
family have sworn to destroy. Coact:rt. ANUS has been
praised for the courage which he displayed in visiting
his enemy the King of the Votsct ANS. It required,
however, no courage in the breast of Madame Jr-
ROMS IkiNAPARTI, who, by her alliance to the Cot.
sican Usurper, may be considered the enemy of this
country, to foll'm this resolve. She had been early

taught to expca every thing great, ganerous, and
good, from the English nation. The Era, accordingly
set sail from the Texel, on Friday, and arrived on
Saturday evening in Dover roads, with Madame 80.
KA I Aare and her suite, consistingof her brother, Mr.
W. PATTERSON, MSS. ANDLIUON, a female compa-
nion, Dr. GARNER, a French Physician, and several
servants. The account of her arrival soon spread
through Dover and its vicinity ; the public curiosity
was strongly excited, and on Sunday n-arning the
pier head of Dover and the quays were crowded with
speaators, anxiously awaiting the entrance of the
Bela into the harbour. About three in the afternoon.
the vessel came in, and Madame BONAPARTE, with
her suite, landed amidst a great concourse of speaa-
tors, and proceeded to the City of London Inn.
The Hon. Mr. Ss sr rtmoress was among the fore-
most to pay the attention due to her sex, her beauty,
her sufferings, and her virtues. He conduCed her
from the ship to her carriage ; but the pressure of the
crowd, anxious to catch a glimpse of her, was so
great, it was with difficulty he could make a ;sewage
through it. Madame Box", 'Aar z is, amiss. figure,
elegantly formed, of a fair complexion, teazle eyes,
and a beautiful countenance, full of the most interest-
ing expression. She seemed much pleased with the at-
tention shewn to her, and well deserves the epithet of
the Fair American. But, however great the personal
charms of Madame BoN AAAAA E may be, this detail
would be here much out of place, if her case did
not involve very important political considerations.
In the persecution of this beautiful young woman
we trace the same revolutionary fury that dragged
MARIA ANTOIPUTT/ to the scaffold. In the mut -

der of the Duke of Eeontec, and the proscription
of Madame JEROME BORAP sire, we tee the un-
feeling, remorseless spirit of Rosssrtzsia; a spikit-
stillless excusable in Box AP A ere, fur RosesPlCEiti•
might think his crimet were necessary. to the main-
tenance of his power. Had BON AP ART E been a man
of high birth, and had he, as soon as he usurped the
throne of the Boot BONS, put Princes and Prin-
cesses in requisition, and marched them like so
many conscripts to the nuptial beds of his up-
start brothers and sisters, we might suppose his
pride would be hurt at the marriage of JLROME to
an American citizen. But the contrary is the fa&.
General Le CLERC and General MutA r, upon
whom he bestowed the fair hands of two of kis sis-
ters, were of the lowest extra Linn, and rose from
the ranks. JOSEPH is married to a woman of ob-
scure birth and vulgar manners; and Louts is mar-
ried at the ESIPEROk'S desire to his daughtd
law, FANNY BEAUNARNAIS. the grand daughter of
a West India Planter. It has been his ambiti,,:_ to
degrade Princes and Princesses, and. with a tree
Revolutionary spirit, to elevate the low, the base,
and the wicked. His inveterate hostility to Ma-
dame Jsaciste BONAPARTE must have some other
source than her humble origin. He is jealous and
vexcl that his brother should dare to form a con-
neCtion without the sandioa of his authority. A
tyrant by .nature, all the world must bend to his
will ; and, like a Turk, he will not suffer a brother
near the throne, unless he be a mute or a slave.
While such a spirit di:esls the destinies of France,
who can consider the Revolution and its crimes at
an end? Same doubt the account of Jsitost
Bostaattra having gone (torn Lisbon overland
to Paris to deprecate the wrath of his brother,
and assert, that he was taken into custody there, by
order of the Mock Estezzon, and sent a prisoner
to France. Others suspelt, that he came to the
Texel in the Erin, and was disguised as one of the
domestics in the suite of his lady. A King's Mes-
senger left town yesterday for Dover, to make the
necessary enquiry into the foundation for this latter
report, and to ascertain the objea and wishes of
the Lady in her unexpeetel visit to this country.
When the Eris left the Texel, there were lying in
that harbour five sail of the line ready for sea, and a
great number of transports.

A letter from Barbadoes, of the sth of April, says,
" Six sail of the line and a frigate arrived her! a
few days ago, and sailed again on the &h. There
is a report this morning that the French Fleet have
gone to sea, and were seen two days ago steering
to the Northward. The convoy that sailed from
hence for Jamaica were becalmed between St. Vin.
cent and St. Liicie on the 22J March, and the
French squadron from Martinique were off St. Vin-
cent on the 2Gth March, steering to the Leeward."
From this account it is probable, that the enemy
have fallen in with our Jamaica fleet. Indeed it is
reported, that advices have been received to that ef-
hFL Lieutenant A tr., whose arrival from the
West•Tndies we mentioned yesterday, is said to have
brought an account, that the French squadron had
been very successful in taking our merchantmen,
particularly a number of Jamaica ships, with which
they intended to return to France.

A Letter from St. Vincent's, dated March 21
says, The Eli brig of war, with about 70 sail
of vessels, under convoy for Jamaica, which sailed
from Barbadoes on the I ith instant, passed this
Island only two days since, and were clearly
seen from St. Lucie on the 22d. They were be,
calmed for four days in sight of this Island.—
The French squadron, consisting of five of du
line, three forty-fours, and two or three sloops ni
war, were seen on the 23J from the heights of St.
Lucie, steering W. N. W. and W. at different times,
there can be no doubt, but that they were in pur-
suit of them, and as little doubt of their taking at
least half of them."