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But the grrangetpettt qt* thelrade. was Out a very

small pail of the 'business of the Commissioners.
l'we most iiiterestingpoints occnrii.4olport which
the Treaty of t 794 was S:14:11t.
, Tlie first of these has already, been very fully dis-.
ccosed in exammink the Eieverit4 Article'; our
insters contrived to insert vexatious
enough to. coutiaue the complaints of Amerioa,
but too weak" to scant: the interests of itiritaiti ;
the censure already pasm.%l upon 016 stipulation can
pe mitigated by noeitplanation. As a coMpromise,
the Article cannot be defended ; because the aEtual
importance of our concession was out of all propor-
tion greater than the value set upon it by America.
But taking it as. a cninfrotnisc,wl)ere is t4o
couts-
terpart, the corresponding acquisition ?
~N,re they to be found in the uther great point of
this nevi; discussion Ts the evil of the 'DESERTING
Oz4tl retrodied .return
.• Lug before the ISTegociationcommenred, it was
110torious. that very;warm. disputes had taken place
betwgen the two Governments, on the of the
imprefornent of seamen, We accused the Americans
of seducing oar". inariners from their allegiance, and
of retaining them when properly demanded. The
American Cinveriiinent, oft the contrary, filled all
Turope, with complaints of the liArsil and injurious
Inethiids which we pursued fur recovering our deL
serterS. The,whole coast of America echoed these
cotrplaintl. What wquld have been said to
nan, who, when he read the appointment of the
Plenipotentiaries,, in the Gazette, had ventured a sus-
piciun n '
subject like this, they would make
uo provision whatever 1 - The most '7virulent 47.
,anent would not have hazarded such 'a Specula;.
tion ! be might have said, "1 aiu afraid of the

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;onceeli fig, spirit of Lord gott. ND spes.tbe'
compfeistioot of Lord 4,UCKL#V4O.for his
covered friends,; I f,!.:ar they will make but a had
Treaty ; they 'will imt apert with firmness ear right
of searching for deserters." , But it could have eu-
'teCed• into no' man's head that the Ministers would
i?euttire to publish a Paper to the world, as the re.
stilt .of, six. niontli's discussion, under the auspices
of the strongest and wisest, its well as of the most
pacific and conciliating 'Ad, inistration that
existed, in which NO 'mention should
.be made of
this, one of the principal subjeas of discussion.

Will it 'be 'pretended, that the ,omission was fa,
ypur4ble to 4ritain ; that our rights and our power
remained,as heretofore;--.let it be so for a moment,
but away'then with all claims to a conciliating spirit.;
let us hear no more of sincerity, openness; and
f ty.

Absurd, however, and inconsistent, as would be
ibis defence of the conduit of the Ministers, they
4tave really no better ; .there is not are, among the
positive stipulations of the Treaty, in which. a Bri-
tish objeet,isobtaitied, or a British Right secured.(o)
We have now, Sir, proceeded tilt-660i the Whole'
Treaty ; have considered what was inserted in
it ; and we have not ,forgotten. what the
leutiaries left but. And what, after all,' must be
our decision upon the whole matter—rupon the
merits of the Treaty, and. upon the wisdom of the
Negotiators ?
We have given to America nearly every advan-
tage which she desired in Commerce and Navigation;
and we have relaxed in her favour a most im-
portant right. Not only have we gained nothing
for ourselves, bat we, have abandoned what we
thought essential to our. interests.

The details of these operations, and the articles in
which both were equally interested, we have so ma-
naged as to leave occasion fpr endless disputes.—
On the three points in which England took the
warmest interest—theintercourse with our C<; Jtoniea ;
—the Seamen ;--..and the Enemy's Colonial Trade,
our arrangements stand thus. We have, on two of
them,' made no provision at al) ;—on. the third we
have: made a bad one.
The censure which ' has been passed upon the
Eleventh Article will, in fad, apply to the entire
Treaty, since, in the whole transatiion, we have
away 'eOncessiens.'• We have not by our.
moderation obtained a reciprocity of advantage We
haVe not induced America to consent to the acknOw-
ledg,ment and security of our own rights nor have
we even made her sensible of our friendly dispOsi-
tion.

The'Treaty, negociated by the Nephew of Fox
himself, the first fruits of that new, SysteM of
Foreign .I.iff.tkrs, the result of that conciliating Di-
plomacy, which was to 'put the FITZHERBERTS,
FAIIIIISES; nay even 'the EnENS and the GREN-
vmuol, to the blush; this Treaty has been re-
jeCted by Jet'veaso4. By the
,man who, in pro-
fessions of Sinylicity, honesty, and liberality, was
the Fox ..of the Transatlantic Continent. And why
was it rejeaed ? because we had not
,conceded
eliough, we had not given them enough of the
Trade tlf India, we had not relaxed sufficiently our
Law" of B/ockade, and Right of Search, we had ,not
promised a sufficient compensation for vexatious de-
tention, our Eleventh Article was. not so liberal as it
otight, as to the Enemy's Colonial Trade.
Am I then not justified in asserting, that conces,
sions have been thrown away) Am not warrant..
ed in withholding from our Ministers the praise, not
only of energy and firmness, but of prudence and
conciliation ?

I am no adVocate for war with America ;
turn indignantly from thoie who wish for war for
commercial
,purposes ; hut 1 would nut go on doat-
ingly heaping benefits upon a people who'return
our blessings with a curse. 1 would not revile
much less would strike; • but 1 would abstain from
unnecosary'intercoUrse with such a people.
If t 4 very circumstance of the rejeaion of the
Treaty, be :not stiftleient to' destroy its claim to me-

(4)- I alluded in my Secolid Letter to the confirmation of li
the first L'en Articles of the Old Treaty. Look tig at the 1
nature of these. Articles, perceiving them to be nearly all of
a teitiporary nature, rather of thedcscription of Preliminaries,
1 than of definitive Arrangements, it did strike, use as un.
1 accountable
.that the tour Negotiators should renew. theta 411
witi; one dash of the pen, without inquiring übieb had been
exkcoted, or buy they had been fulfilled. 1 nistanceckainotig
other articles of this description, the Ag_reements relative to
1 the Rtvers Mississippi and St, Croix. 'lf did seem strange,
i that if the Conimissioners bud adjusted the nutters retetwd
Jorhem, the result should riot he stated in the Treaty, and
1, Oar it they had "al performed, their duty, the same in.
tilt:dual - provision shoulsV -remain :as an agreeanent be.
1 live:en like two COUritriCS. The American Pamphlet to
I which 1 alluded in a fernier Letter, informs me• that the
Ctwo tillbjed6lWW in question remain, to this moment, un.
bellied points. During the Administrationor Alr. A no i la n.
I TO*, it seems a COOYCI10)11 was signed in.l.ondob, by whiCh
• the ". suuject rwitter.of the Fourth and Fifth Articles was
1 completely provided for," This Convention, like our Tres...
ty, . was rejeeted by the President. .1 am ignorant of 1 its pro-
-1%
visions ; but it furnishes . clear . proof of the necessity of
,some new provision, and confirms most pointeillY:thedeubt.
i• ful animadversions contained • in my Second Letter. The
1. case of lioundary," indeed, is particularly mentioned by
Mr. MaNitclll4 in his. Letter of a3d•Septenthei, iSos, with
.I..the " linpressinent nf.Searaen,". as a point .Which oughl to
I beadjusied, becausc,'" with a.view to perpetuate the triettrt-
-1 Ail) of the two Nations, no unnecetsari cause of coliision
I should be left opeti.4 • • • :
1 In this sentiment of the American Minister I cordially: coti.,
curl and this it is winch promPts me to ohjett to the Treaty.
1 Not onry the Articles to which I have just alloyed, but trio
.RigGsb, relating to Indemnificatian for illegal Captures, and
ilthe 1. wriv.tbird, granting reciprocally the " Ainicissilna"
, Pens," art int:14414 in the censure thus occasioned. •

Dutch Papers to the 30th ult. reached town last
night, the contents of which will be found our
subsequent Columns. Mr. ,GARLICKE, who was
some time ago our Minister at Copenhagen, • was
taken by a Danish Cruizer on his return from
Memel ; the PRINCE 'ROYAL, however, immediately
ordered it Vessel to convey .him and his Suit&to the
Swedish Port of Ifelsingburgh. The French have
at length evacuated the Fortress of Brannau, in pur-
suance of the Treaty of Presburgh ; but in ordet.tO
obtain the performance of this article of the Treaty,
there is reason to believe that Austria has been Coin-
pelled to enter into the Coalition against England,and
to concur in the plans of France and'Russia for the
partition of Turkey. An article from Vienna states,
that orders have been sent to London to recall
Prince: STAiIIiEMBERG. Count MIEN', however,
who came over from France a few days ago. in a
Flag of truce, with Dispatches for the AOstrian
Ambassador, did ,not bring any such. orders ; if. ha
had, the Prince would of course before this time
have applied for his passports.

The Transports which formed a part Of the Expe-
dition under the command of Sir C. COTTON, we
are happy to' say, sustained so little damage, that
they will be ready to sail again in a short time.

GENERAL MIRANDA has arrived in town. We
understand that he is still fully convinced of the
PraEticability of an attempt upon. the Caracas, but
whether such a measure will meet with the support
of His Majesty's A,linisters we do not pretend 'to
know. '

A rumour was circulated yesterday that a Nego•
tiatigin for Peace between this Country and France.
had commenced, and it was added that the-objedot
TALLBtRAND'S journey to Holland is merely to
enable him to carry on the Negociation more con.
voniently. We cannot of counte speak upon such
a suhjed with certaintyt.. )but the report does not
appear to us entitled to any credit. The leading
Opposition Paper, in mentioning this rumour, ob-
serves, that reports of this kind are frequently cir-
sculated before the. nyteting of Parliament to-stifle
the first breathings of discontent; but the- breath-
ings of discontent against the present Ministers are
' so very
,faint, that it requires no such artifice to
stifle them..

We must beg to make a
,very short answer to
all the speculations of the Opposition Papers on
the subjeol of Sicily.

The Island is not evacuated, nor has there Been
any intention .of evacuating it. The present, Nhval
and Military force on`that station is considered as
perfeCtly competent in its defence.

But one paper asks, why, if there still remains a
sUfficient force, so great a proportipn of troops , has
ltithetto'been kept in Sicily ? This question must •
.be answered by the late Administration, The pre.
sent fnund a very barge forz:e in.Sitily, and did not
think it necessary to expose the troops, unnecessari-
ly, to the dangers and expence of a sea voyage, when
it NUS quite uncertain in what Bart of the globe their
services might be Wanted. fot

But the whole force, was not in Sicily, a partiofit,
was stationed in Malta, from whence fresh supOes
have' now betin drawn into Sicily,•to replace the

troops that have returned. As fcr,Sir YOI*I4 M )on Els
return, it will be recolleeted that he left Sicily in
cOotolseri'*hen the events.* hich have-happened in
l'iorttit;al Could not be foreseen. He had a most un- t
lonV Voyage to the Sri-eights, and finding that -
0144 pbrpose of gets ing this Portuguese Fleet 09t,,
of the Tagus was-effe&ed amicably before-he arrived, ' •
what had he to dg, being so far cu his way, bat
bring his little army hack -to England, to be .ttpt ;:-
played as occasion might ,require ? Whatever may
be the serviCe,for which General SPENCER was des.,
tined, it is obvious that much time might have 00
lost, if we had-trusted to. orders,seaching. Sir -ranzi`.!
MooaE, to the same effect; not to mention the
,in-
convenience. of giving nothing but written, instruem

Cons.
• It is a little too bad for the friends of the Wet
Ministers to talk of insults offered to Sir Jour:.
Wooiu the present. It is tiotoriotts that 0-
thing but the warmest and [post• soldienlikioieal.
would have induced that most excellent Officer'' to

accept of a command, if comaiand it tney be ailed,.
qnder another General of far less distinaion: ' The
late Ministers sent him to the Ueilterrancan; where,
although no man in the Army had a more forcible
claim to a separate end distinguished command, he
was placed second to the &rather of thi Foreign St:;.'
cretary. 440

Who then. _insulted General Moonr ? And the atr
tempted reparation., if vie are correaly informed,
made the ithont much greater. It is said,' that to
compensate' one of the most active Officers in the
service, for the loss of a high command in'the
pro-
bable seat of War, they offerecl him a District itt
England.

Yesterdair thd_Puke pf YORK held a Public my! .
at hip ptlice, in the Horse Qqards, to .seelit4ry
OtEcers, in general, nppn business, His Ildy3l
Highness gate audiences to Lord HasTumpoi
General PiusEa, upon his return from Alexon•
dria i and c.ieneral MoottL, upon bid oturq froi4
Sicily.

The Pattalions &Guards halonging.to the 10 r,:nd
3d Regiments, that are arrived at. Portsthouth, tiro
Sicily, are' on their march to Deal, where they arP
expeOed to arrive in about ten days.
. .
- YesterdlY Gdvernment received advice that greaC
diSWntions. prevailed at St. Petersburgh, on aCepoin
of the unpopulat rupture ,with Englaod, and thfi
CoMte Novoswrzorr, at a special audience, h4d,
with his office' of Director of the Academy •of Sci!
ences, requested permission to lay'all his Riissiol,
hon Ours at the Emperor's feet •
Further particulars respelling the departure of
the Court of Portugal, gradually transpire. They
We must communicate froin time to time as ,ituLnfr.
thodically as we receive them. •

. .
• The lialsicu RsogtaT went` on board.. the Fleet r2l
.M before M. "AaAtun, the windows ,of whose
. ,
were broken by the mob, in resentment fur n vi'"ii:ha
ing, in their opinion, concealed frpth" them therilr
• ous . and desperate situation of the Country. tid.
was obliged to escape secretly an board a trigate.
Adore the FRINGE sailed, he gave orders that. Oa
guns of the forts,should. be spiked. Tne.Qoyerna
of the Castle,(Lielier) obeyed these orders; hut !"
Governor of the Port St. Julien disregar4cd that
The Fattier: took with him 42. chests of plate..
.g4n• alter his departure, beipitit Or the intia,bi'
tants was not altogethersubdoed they.assetilbtal!
and proposed to talie;;Yicer4 to rise. en unease ~against
the invading French. Their rage was butindleop
•bet the yieeroy deemed it proper to repress, instc4 '
of encouraging, their 'patriotic ar4our.

In some of the accounts Intely:.reeeived fforl,
Holland, the following are said to,: be the Quef,tiuni
and Answers which passed upon the Etcaniinatioa
of the Prince of ASTURIAS.

. . . 1
Fitts/ QuistzoN--What _motive had your Roy&
Highness to conspire against then life of the ICIPS
your Father ?
AwswEit—l am struck with horror and mate",
meat at hearing the question; and I only answer 4
that lam a Christian, and klear God.* . ' - ''..
SaCOND QUESTION—What means the &euntfr' '
sign that your Royal Highness 'carried 'upon yotl# .IT.,
secreted in the lining of your coat--fat .what put' •_,.
pose was it, and who gave it you ?
ANSWEIt--I ant unacquainted ti'ith the manning
of the countersign ; and I declare it was the first
time I put on that' dress. Those who stitched it Oa ' -:I
answer this charge.
Tut ap (4111151'1014—What motive has your. Itort
Highness for carrying on a correspondence with the
Emperor of.the FREI4CH ; and to what end did You
carry it on ? •
ANSWER--The cortespondebce I had with the Env'
peter of the FacNbuis, entire and unaltered, in till.
. possession, and ready to be pnt into the*hands of .tbe,
1(1\4, my Father ; tbr it contains nothing offensive
to his Royal' Person.
had • I:oJriTli QUESTION—WPIithat motivey
Royal Highness' ter having constantly four horSq
saddled, and 'in readiness, indicating' appearances c‘l
1 a Bight ? •
the A
views‘vl z OR I-
ptCnetirntaginnliyrsleihiat thedit given thii order, with
whence Army, from whence I professed'make lt6(a)d6f the
mFarneil;.:sl '
to my Father m'iiiiit I had never done, nainely? 01,
thing relative to, the, teal-adtnrniSinition• and Illia
govvrometit Of the Parke OP rite` PEic&: !IP,
' rhei;t4teiof declinein which he has,'phie.ed the-41W
.40in. _ ~'
..

Then follows the Let ter from BOON APAII'VE to the
PRINCE, with the Sword—already publibbed., to
The two Letters from the Prince of AnvilTA7
the KINO and Qvitat4,- dated Nov, s—already Pu
lished.,
7'llften the Royal Decree, which accompanied sa
•
o I.4etters, to be circulated throughout the nal'oo.
10
for thi• alleviation and comfort of the pe, vicirit
had -been alarmed and afllided by the KiNG'fi