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n terminated with its existence. Since
on was u !certain. 1 intended to recon-

ire; your
that time your situatE
stYtute Your 'cities under an independent administration, when
the changes produced in the avorhl by the new . laws of the Brie
tish Couriciltsnidered the project impracticable. It was impos-
sible for Me to give' you stri independent administration, since
you could no Itingerlntatean independent flag.
ti The Decrees of, Berlin and,Talilan are the fundamental laws
of my empire. ' They 'Cease only to have effect as to those na-
tions which defend their sovereignty; and maintain the reiigidn
ortheir, fag. • England • is in a state of blockade as to those na-
tions which submit tOthe Orders of 1806, because the flags thus
siibinittitio6 Vie English laws are denationalized ; they are
I'ngliiii:•'llllicssesnati6ns, on the cnntrary, which feel their own
andlind in their courage and power sufficient resources
to disregard that blockade, by notifications, commonly called a
paper btfickade, and to approaCh all the orts of the empire, ex-
cept thogie'Under real -blockade, acebrding to the known usage
and the stipulations oflheireaty of UtreCht, may hold commu-
nication 'with Erigland. As to them, England is not blockaded.
The Decrees of Berlin and Milan, -flawing from the nature of
things, khan continue to form the public code of my empire, as
long as England maintains her Orders in Gouncil of 1806 and
1507, and violates the stipulations of the treaty' of Utrecht upon
this siihje,ct. •
" England acts upon the principle of seizing the enemy's mer-
chancliZe;aider Whatever flag it might be. The empire has
been compelled.to admit the principle of seizing English mer-
cliandize, or proceeding dram the commerce of England, in
whatever tcrritoty it May be. England seizes in every sea
the p‘assengers, merchants, and carriers belonging to the nation
efie is at war with. France is compelled to seize the En-
glish travellers, merchants, and carriers, in whatever part of
the Continent they Maybe, anti wherever she can reach them :
and if in thii system there be any thing link tonsonant to the
spirit of the age, it is the injustice of the new English laws that
must be charged with it.
44 I have been pleased to enter into these explanations with
you, to convince you that your union with she empire is the ne-
cessary result of the British laws of 1806 and 1807, and not the
effect of-a,ny ambitiouS tealcuiation. lii miy civil laws you will
'sin' a prdtecticie, Which, in'your maritime position, you can no
longer find in the politictil cOde., T hut maratithe commerce,
which constituted yourilrosperity, cannot henceforthbe revived,
but in conjunction With the restoration of my mriirime power.—
The rights of nations, the liberty of the seas, and a general
peace, must be re-congudred at one and the same time. When
I shall have upWard's of 100 sail of theline, I shallaubjugate En-
gland in a few campaigns; The seamen of your coasts, and the
materials conveyed, to the months of your rivers, are necessary
to my purpose. France, within her old limits, could not con-
struct a maritime in time of war. 'When her coasts were block-
aded, she was compelled to receive the lava. Now from the in-
crease my empire has recti its d within the Last six years, 1 can
build, equip,and arm twent y-five sail of theline yearly, without
the slightest delay or obstruction from the existence of a mari-
time
war. •
" The accounts that have been given me of the good. disposia ,
tion which animates your fellow-citizens hate afforded me plea-
sure ; and I hope, in a short time to have to praise the zeal and
bravery of your seamen." -
HELIGoLAND, Maxon 22.—The refraCtory spirit manifested
by the flamburo city shard on being ordered to assume the
French cockade, appears to have been of a more serious nature .
than was at first supposed ;_ and had not the most prompt and
energetic measures been adopted to suppress it, it might have
led to a very general ferment.. They had tbreatened the house
of the French Conitnandant, and hid actually taken possession
of the gate of the town • before a sufficient number of Drench
troops assembled, and forced them to desist. They were *after-
wards marched out of the town, and 40 of them, who conti-
nued to show a' disposition or mutiny were brought LaCk,
chained together, two by two, thus ethihiting to the inhabitant;
of this once free and prosperous city, the most melancholy proofs
of the degradation and slaVery into wiiieh they haves sunk.—
Notwithstanding their fetters, they are said to brie' re-entered
the city with shouts-of 44 ton'>r live the-King of England I" Part
of them, no doubt, *ill be shot. Ten of the guards, in crossing
from Hamburgh to Harberg, threw thernselves into the river,
..‘and were drowned. '
The conscription in the towns lately incorporated is considered
Its a most.grievous mea-ure. Thirty of the young men liable to
be drawn, fled over to this island on the 15th instant, to avoid
.being sent 'to -the 'army. There have been instanteb of wives
having maimed their husbands, by cutting .off their hands,
.to avoid being . drawn, eo ,strong is their .avcraion to the
Ineasiire.
War between Russia and France is atill,talited.of as nnavoiga-
lile.—Sweden has been calls(' upon ta:turskikla lgs6CV Min Or
-&ae Xreur.4 marine= and ;Auk hug,trogr.. ' '

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PAitLIAM.

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HOUSE OF IbRDS.

.MONDAY, nejui..l. • •
Lord ELLRNBOROUGH presented two petition's against the
Debtor and Creditor Bills lately brought in by Lord Redesda!e,
particularly against the clause 1-aisitig the sum at which the right
of arrest commences front tcn to twenty pounds, Soc.—Ordered
to lie on the table.
Lord SIDraouTH, after adverting to certain Papers which he
had moved for tOncerning returns of the number of licensed
pprions who, by the Toleration Act of William and May, 4WI
by the 19tli of his presept Majesty, are alltiwed. to preach the
Gospel in this kingdom, gav't: notice of his Intentidb, sbon after -
the recess, of cglitug the attention of theirtordshipi to thiitse
Acts of Parliarueni, with a vicw of proposing some It retedffar
the prevention pf gross abuses that haVei crept into
.practkce
under colour of those laws.
: The Co.Menercial Credit Lill was lead a third time and passed
—Adjourntd. •

TX:EST) AT, APRIL 2. •
The House met at three o'clock in a Committee of Privileges
on the Banbury l'etrage c:lse
Lord EttSI:INE spoke in favour of the claim for three hours.
Lord Stanhope, the Dul:e of Norfolk, and Lord Eldon, said a •
few worth; the latter Noble Lord moved to postpone feirther
consideration till. Monday next, At one, which was agreed to,.
13 Bills were brought up from the Commons—Adjourned:

•
wrnNrsuAv, APRIL 3,
Loveden's Divorce Bill occupied their Lordships a long tine
the further consideration of which was postponed.
Tile Militia Bill and several other Bilis were brought up frook
the Commons and read a first tiMe.—Adjourned.

• •
THT.InsDAy, 'APRIL 4,, '
MR. WELI,F.SLF.Y POLE'S CIRCULAR LETTER TO-
THE IRIS ii MAGISTRATES. :
Earl STAN Hone, in pursuance of the notice he had given; rose
to make his promised motion respi sting this letter, the purpbrt
of which was, to command the Magistrates of, that part of the
United Kingdom to suppress certain Meetings, under the pOw,
ers of an Act of Parliament of that part of the Kingdom, before
it was united to this country, called " The ,Convention Act,”
and which order, so issued to the Magistrates, was levelled di?
reetly against the recent 'assemblies of the ,Catholics there,—.
[The Noble Earl was proceeding in Ms speech. (The Earl of
Liverpool having moved to the Wo.leack, was conversing eiitly
With the Lord cbencellor.) Earl Stanhope stopped, and said,
that he was in no particular hurry • bur would- wait' till the
Noble Secretary of state had finished his conversation. ge
remembered the other day, that a Noble Lord (we. presuin
Lord Erskine) in an eloquent speech upon the Banbury Peerage
Case, beat so hard upon the trunk of theirl.ordships' tAble, that
the noise being inconvenient, the trunk w!ts removed.—(q
laugh.) He hoped their Lordships would act upon the asuct
principle; and, if he was interrupted much by any irregnlef
sounds, by any trunk upon the woolsack, that they would dir...
pose of them in the same manner.—(iaugiiing.) . The LOrd,
Chancellor good humouredly observed, that the trunks th4t.
came to the woolsack could walk away to Uteir places witholu
any assistance; but he must say, that the noise of
.the truplt
alluded to was too much for the heads of most Noble Lordp-r
Earl Stuff ope expressed his satisfaction that ,the trunks on thp
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n
woolsack ere of so noisy as the other_trunk. ( 4 lung/417.
His I.or lilp, at eonsiderahle length, condenined tl-..e lettes, 45
he contended, it went to irritate aud.ioliarne the Alias of up-
wards of three minions of his „Majesty's stibjepts ; and eqtr
-eluded his speech in moving, that as this letter wa contrary W
the -Convention Act,- it was higAly. eensura.ble, and that tbs
same should appear on the Journals of the Hot*: . .
• The. Earl ofkiv es vow. j.tstified the object of the letter, pnii.
defended 1Mr.13 Me. His Lordship argued,. that the letter wait
an act of kindness to t.lle w!opie tiles:, inasmuch as it went 19
.preyent rather than punish wreng. .
Lord.l-1014-trall supported the xns.4ct in a-spteCh 91 ;tigsli
.4rgtitn vit. .
The LoRD CM% NCEt.I.QR left the Woolsack, and replied t'
-,:ttir ~5 of she Noble LOrtl, but adrnitted
'024
~ £e a slobetilt rhanner." '• ' •
condetnned the letter in strcmg languav4
intdpriricipl4i Contrary to all knostrtrh*.
lity.!sitlßE Ipole, and Earl STANK/AA
alien thcre.lsre4l.—Por the iztotion4;
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aiai4,s4.4 . ' AdjoltrtAtis : • . 1' "

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