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England ; that an arrangement should be made respecting tke
carriage of the produce of the West indta colonies to &Noy=
ports, without touching in Great Britain; but, lastly, that tier*
would be no relinquishment on our part of the right of searching
merchantmen for deserters."
Mr. PINCKNEY, it is said, having no authority to con-
clude a treaty on these terms, transmitted them to his Go-
vernment. It is still reported that the differences are ill a
fair way for adjustment.
MICIICII.IIII=IIIIIMa
ible progress has been made in the House of
Commons, in a Committee, upon the Local Militia Bill ;
one new clause of importance has been proposed and agreed
to; the compulsory service is to extend to all the male po-
pulation between 18 and 30, instead of 35, as originally
iutended ; but volunteers, up to the age of 40, may enter
into this force. Lord Castlereagh said, that it was not the•
intention of Government to train the men raised under it,
for 20 days successively, but to divide the space into two
or more periods, to suit local and other conveniences, and
to be fixed at the discretion of the Lords Lieutenants of

Coanties.
We understand that it is the intention of Government to
reduce a considerable portion of the British Cavalry, which
are now useless as to Continental service, and since the
general establishment of Volunteer Corps are almost so in
England.
The Merchants and Ship Owners of Liverpool have, it is
said, been informed, that an Order from the Customs has
been obtained, for the removal of foreign cotton wool
coastways, under proper certificates ; and also, that in con-
sequence of an Order of the Privy Council, directions are
forwarded to the Collector and Comptroller of the port of
London, not to require the bonds hitherto demanded of
20/. per ton for British ships bound to the Brazils.
The Osage, with Mr. Pinckney, junior, and Mr. Lewis,
charged with dispatches for the American Government,
was delayed at Falmouth by an unpleasant circumstance.
Her stores were seized, and it was not until after an expla-
nation between Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Canning that they
were. restored, and the vessel sailed.
By the Hope cutter, which is just arrived in England
from St. Domingo, we learn, that information having
reached Jeremie, about the middle of last March, that
Petion's forces were in possession of Port de Paix, an illu-
mination immediately took place in that town, and its
vicinity, upon the occasion. The Captain of the Hope,
however, states, that immediately before his sailing, which
was on the 30th of March, the cause of this rejoicing was
discovered to be unfounded, as Port de Paix still continued
' in the possession of General Christophe.
We learn that a sort of hemp has been produced in Ge-
neral Christophe's. provinces in St. Domingo, very little in-
terior to, and capable of answering all the purposes of the
best Russian hemp. Government is said to have made an
experiment upon both kinds on Thursday last, and to have
found that the Russian hemp did not exceed that grown in
the Ilaytian dominions in point of strength by more than
one eighth. A great extent of country around Cape Fran-
cois will be sown next season, for the use of the British
nation.
The Princess of Wales has a large new room fitting up
in the complete Chinese style, at her house on Blackheath,
for which the most eminent artists are employed. Her
Royal Highness assisted in planning the arrangements,
and, when completed, it will form a room of the most
whimsical description.
Ilse Pope's Nuncio arrived in town on Friday se'nnight.
The Archbishop of Nisibi is nearly related to the Prince
Regent of Portugal. The venerable Prelate, who is up-
wards of 70 years of age, sailed from Lisbon in a Portu-
&nese ship, bound to the Azore Islands, with the intention
of proceeding, as soon as possible, to the Brazils ; hut the
vessel having been much damaged, the Nuncio, with other
passengers, and the owner of the ship, thought it advisable,
for the safety of their lives,to retura to l'ortugal; fortu-

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