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London, England, 1805-02-15 00:00:00

I male an overture of peace to England; it '
met a favourable reception, but your wrongs have
again rowed my restilt:i.ent, and made me her
placable foe." Supposing the overture to be sincere,
we doubt whether any language in His IV',trestles
speech, however violent, be a just cause for recall-
ing the offer. It is allowed to have met a favour-
able reception, and was put in train ; but His M at•
JESTV'S speech was a matter not direCtly connefted
with the business. Pending a negotiation, a bel-
ligerent power does not change its conduet without
an express stipulation for that purpose. Were it
otherwise, a negotiation, once commenced, would

be a virtual armistice. But 26 BON AtAla k: would

have had no right to complain. if Admiral
CORNWALLIS had captured the Brest fleet, on
the day after Lord MULOR AYE answered his
letter, surely he has no right to break off the
negotiation on account of His MAJEST v's Speech ?
—lt charged, and truly, that the general con-
duet of the French Government had been mark-
ed by the ritmost violence and outrage, with an ut-
ter contempt of the rights of neutral territories, of the
acknowledged privileges of accredited Ministers,and
of the established principles of the laWs of nations.
Did then BON• r•RTs expert to silence this merited
reproach by his treacherous and crafty overture, and
that, with the invasion of Ettenheim, the seizure of
Sir GROROR Rosman, and the murder of the
Duke of Esromixt4 staring him in the face, the
King of ENOLANO would pronounce a panegyric
upon his justice, humanity, and moderation ! But
we find from M. Scorn. that a tender sympathy in
the suffering's of Spain has also contributed to this
determination of his Master. Now, at the date of the
everture, the capture of the Spanish frigates,
the grievance upon w!.i4l so much stress has
been laid, was known by ever/ man of France.
With the impression of this event fresh upon
his mind, Boirar•arc condescended to addres.
His MAJLSTY in terms of kindness and con.
ciliation. This self-dubbed Emperor would Ira-
ter ni•e with him under the kind appellation of Sir
and Brother ;" but now. when the remembrance ot
the event is stale, it fires him with eternal hatred
and revenge. The humanity of BONAPARIB IS,
therefore, a weakness to which he is liable only at re-
mote and uncertain intervals, or, perhaps, compas-
sion for Spain is one of his newly acquired virtues.
Having forced her into the war, he feels it necessary
to give her courage, and this appears to he another
objefl of M. Seous's speech. Prussia, Austria, and
the states of Germany, we are assured, are deci-
dedly pacific, and afford no chance to England of a
Continental coalition ; and any hope of an alliance
with Russia has been dissipated by the capture of
the Spanish frigates off Cape St. Mary.--•—•••
BON ar ART! is never slow to represent the state of
the Continent, as it best snits his policy and purpose.
Prussia, ant the petty Germ tn Princes, ahem he
lately exhibited in his theatrical processions at. Paris,
are no doubt as harmless as he could wish ; but the
movements of Austria do not accord with a state
of perfi confio'.nce and tranquillity. As to
Russia, he says, at- refused her mediation,. while
we hare the assu7.lr ce of our own Minister, that
the contrary is the faa. We have, therefore, rea-
son to doubt the truth of every other part of the
tatement.

Yesterday at three o'clock, HIS MAJESTY went to
St. James's Palace, and in a short time after gave
ao audience to Admiral POLE, who laid before His
MAI STSi. the late proceedings of the Naval Court
of Enquiry. His Nl afitst v afterwards proceeded
to the Gr..nd Council Chamber, and, being seated
upon the Throne, received the Address of the
House of Lords front the LoaD Cis A P4C11.1.01t.
His Lordship was attended by the following Noble
Peers :

Dukes —Nd"ntroa• and Athol.
llttrquisses—Hertturd and Thornoort.
Ea ls—Warwi:k, Harnagton, Westmorland, Cortrtown,
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Camden. and Buckingnainahire.
Lord:-Arden, Mulgrave, Napier, Cavtlerearh, St Hail's's,
Walar.igli.lin, Melville, Kenyon, Hiwkeshtiry, Kirkwall,
arid Willoughby de Broke.
HAW, Durham, Winchester, and Exeter.
A few minutes before four o'clock the SPEARLIt
of the House of Commons arrived in state, attended
by the following Members!
Lads—. Lorain,, Fitshorn,, Banbury, J. Thynne, and G.

Sint—J. W. Anderson, E. Magoon, C Pliahop, J. B. Wastes,
W. Sone, J. Nichols, C. Morgan, G. OsMtme, and S.
Smith.
Colonel—,lll.auniont.
Me-sra —Rotc, Scott, Vansittar, t!yd,, Pitt, HuAisson,
Blackinaii, W. Dundas, llotsii Ormsby, and Cunning.
His M aiKsTy, when receiving the Addresses of
both Houses of Parliament, was attended by the
MASTER of the Hone, the Got o STICK, VICE-'
CHAMBERLAIN, COMPTROLLER of the II A;SEHOLU,
the CAPTAIN of the Yeomen of the GI: sap:, tilt!
LORD and GROOM in waiting, and other Great Offi-
cers of State.
After His MAILSTY had received the Address of
the House of Commons, he gave private audiences
to the LORD CHANCIELOR, Earl CANWEN, Lord
Mot•Dssva, Lord MACCELSPIELH, Earl of BLCK-
tNGHAmsHsix, Lord ST. HISLEteII, and Sir CHABLIS
MUROAN, who laid before His MAJIST v the pro-
. ceedings of a number of Courts Martial.
Dr. BATHURSt, it is said, has been appointed
Bishop of NORWICH. The Opposition Papers con-
tinue to represent this as a triumph to Mr. ADDING-
TON ; Dr. BATHURST being more nearly related, say
they, to Mt. BRAOI3I BATHURST, Lord SIDNIOUTH'S
brother-in-law, than to Lord BaTriu es r, the friend
of Mr. PITT.

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