The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-23 00:00:00

NEGOTIATION WITH FRANCE.

. Lord Howler( presented the Papers relativelo.the
Negotiation with France. They would be ready,
he said, for circulation this evening WaS
sirablc that as little time as possible should elapse be-
fore. the '()pinion of the House, was pronounced VII an
aahir of this importance.. He would move that t
betaken' into :cansideration on this clay fortnight,
wishing to he understood, however, that the. motion
would not be further postpona ' .

The Papers were then .ordete.4 to lie on the Tabre
AdjOttmed.- . •
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LONDON,

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1806.

- WE received. last night Dutch Papers of a late.
date. It is stated. that two Russian Deputies have
arrived at BON APAR rE's Head-quarters, it is Supposed
, •
with pacific propositions. The fatc.i., howevtr, is
stated in so, general a way, that we are very much
inclined to doubt it. ..The whole of the. Continental
Doruinions of the XING of NAPLES are now, it is
said,
.completely in
.the possession of the Frenchi
and a part of the .troops that were -I\iaples are re
turning into Dalmatia, 's here their presence is
wine necessary in crinsequence of a considerable
Russian force having landed there from Corfu. The.
important faft.of the adjustment, .of the differences
between Russia and the. Porte is acknowledged in •
these Papers.
,"

Yesterday a Messenger arrived with Dispatches
from Lord STRANGFORD, at Lisbon, which.are sup-
posed to be of I considerable importance. The mill.:
tai'y preparations in- Spain still continue, notwith-
.
standing the . assertions • to the contrary in the
French Papers, and- an • opinion prevails that a
rupture between France and -Spain is at no great
distance. Letters from Madrid and Cadiz mention,
that reports were in circulation in both those Cities
of the Re-capture of Buenos Ayres : they .did not
obtain much credit.

.WE,understand that some accounts were yestfir-
d:ty received, from the East Indies; which were
biOlip,bt by an American Vessel, which state, that an
untortunate dispute had occurred at Vellore between
a Regiment of Seapoys and a Regiment of Native
bitingly, about some wornen,,,and it became neces-
s.ary to send a Reglient of Cavalry to duel the dis-
turbance.

Atnendni'6.nt whic!l-I\ir. CAN la tpdvel to
the Address on Frill)", last
,was in length and sub-

' stance 'unparalleled and unexampled in the history
•of Parliament. Tile objea seemed td'be, more to
. publish a Manifesto, at the public expence, than for
the faii- and usual discussiOn upon a difference be-
tween contending parties at the opening of a Session;
and we cannot forbear to remark, that many.parts
of this Manifesto, and of the Speech which preceded
it, betray. the most unjustifiable and unwarrantable
aspersions, not only upon the Government of the
Country,. but upon the known affe&ion 'and loyalty-
so well deserved, and se
at,certe.rally-and uniformly
manifested by the most grateful ofPeople'r4 thebes!.
of Kings. We shall forbear to fOIIoW Mr. CANNING
through the whole-of his Speech, and of this singus
lar Manifesto, which he very wisely forbore to press
upon the House even for -a second reading : but
we. cannot help observing upon the strange con-
tradiEtion and want of candour, and: even of com.
Mon justice, towards His Majesty's Ministers, int
some parts of both. The introductory paragraphs
Of this EsSay endeavour, by the most fulsome anti
adulatory expressions towards qur Sovereiin, tco
palliate the offensive and ungrateful attack which h,,
made in his speech upon His Majesty's Hanoverian.
Dominions, and .which, in the course of the argue
meths advanced by himself and Lord CgSTLEREAGHi,
was so unequivocally .and decidedly maintained:-.
The most prominent feature of Mr. CANNING'
censure upon the Government, arose from it&
having made the restoration of Hanover a sine
qua non, a stipulation paramount and preceding all
question of Negotiation. Mr. CA :c NI NG and Lord.
CASTLEREAGH did not see that Hanover was an obi.
jea so material, so inaportant, so separated, as to
make the question of War or Peace to depend upo
the resteraion- of it. But His Majesty'sMiptster, I,
jealous of his. rights; anxious to preserve his Heredi-
• tary, his Family` Passessions=—atpiious at the saute
time to manifest the dispoition aid spirit of the
Country on the outrage and insult she has stistainei!,
and feeling at the same time:. that- *no; ccompromi,tiz
. .
could be made to the honour of, the Kri;o 'for the
infa'mous transaAion which had 'taken .place reSpe4-
. _ •
ing Hanover; found they had but one hue to put-
sue—that manly, open, generous, and just lito,
which. they adopted, congenial to the Peelings of die
Country, and satisfaaory to the nattutil-, the inberii,
ed partialities of the Sovereign.
•
We cannot but contrast this
,condua with that of
Lord *CASTLEREAGH- and. Mr. CANNINd, who, for
the abject of securing a hollow, temporary, uncer-
tain, and distraceful Peace, anZl for the objea of
compromising with Prussia, would ' have sacrificed
His Majesty's Hereditary Dominions of Hanover,
and at the same time the honour, tlid'cliraCter, and
the dignity of Great Britain. Can' we give credit,
after such opinions and such arguments, to their,
.professions of exclusive sorrow at the misfortunes
which have unhappily befallen His Mt eoy's Au,
gust I,'apaily_? Look to Lord Howicx's eloquent
and feeling reply_ to' this insinuation, and will
any man in this Kingdom, after he has read it, -
say that every Member of this -.Qovernment,
,nay, every being who has a heart to feel, has not
deeply deplored the Address from the 11Juset.
of Commons does not mention the subjee, surely it
may be imputed to any motive but a want of feeli
ing. It is by their conduat, and not by their proe,
fessions, that the present Ministers of this Countrf
manifest their attachment to His MAJESTY and tots
his People. If 'they forbear to brealt -through all
precedent, by reminding His MAJESTY of his pri,
vate affliaions,, they endeavour to alleviate them by
recovering his lost Dominions, and by tnaintaininsi
his honotir and the honour of England.
We shall enter more fully into' the diSclission 'of
this curious Manifesto at a future opportunity—ln
the mean time we Offer these Remarks, which have
arisen from principles of justice towards, a GoVernik
ment, whose errors We small stigmatize with 6e'
same freedom and candour' as we shall applaud and
pUblish its merits. _

His MA4STY came to town yesterday Irom Wind,
sor, at twelve o'clock, and after seeing the Dukes of
YORK and CUMBERLAND, held a private Levee at thg
Qu S Palace.

At half-past font- o'clock ais MAJESTY set off ort
Ilk return to Windsor.

The LORD was under the "necessity of
raising. the pi-ice of Bread id. per Peck Loaf to--day.
The Quartern Loaf will now be I's. t id.

'The murderers of Mr. STEEL were
.again examiri-
ed yesterday, and remanded for further examination:
A SEASONABLE HlNT.—Christmas gift, °finnu-
merable descriptions, will now, pervade the whale
Kingdom. It is submitted whether any present is
capable of being attended with so much good to
dutiful son, an amiable daughter, an industrious ap-
prentice, or to. a ,fitithful servant, as that of a sh:;re
of a Lottery Ticket, in a Scheme• in which the
smallest share May gain near two thousand pounds ?

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