The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-02 00:00:00

OAK PARK

:Mr. VANITTART Moved, that the kJ:IK Bark Bill
shoialcl be read a secp-rvi

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Lord FOLK-STONE rather approved of the Bill,
and knew not but it might-be rT;reeable to the trade.
.But he *thought to it time ought. to be al-,
lowed for them to n,,:-iee of it: He 14refare
proposed, as an amen thelß,ll-should be
read a sepond time oh
Mi. I'iIiVSITTART .;,; ::imsclf at li-
bez'ty such a ;‘,;•.,- ,hld no cob.-
.
jedi-onto put 04.1- th(: re;,cug till
Lord FOLKSTONE said, 1. hat- he was
with this for • thespresent, laid the Bill v;33 ;;- !,-
.ingly ordered to be read a scconi.l iy.
A4P.erson froth the 'Commissioners for Regulatili:.;
certain Offices in ill-2 liouse'of ok;hrti(ins, pfesented
a Report from the'hi,---:o,:clered to ItC cr4 (;ip
Adjourned. . ,

LOIVDO N ,

rAIDAYi JANUARY ISO 7.

Tries morning. two GOtipturgh Bfrtils arriVed„ and
it affords us sincere satisfa&ion to' find that the opi-:
neon which we expressed a few days.ago, respetaing
the falsehood of the intelligence from Berlin, stating
• that the .Poite had declaieci War against Its.iSsia,:is
fully confirmed. It is stated, in
,an article 'from
oottenburgh, dated , the '‘l6th, nit., that a
.perfeet7
''tly good- . understanding subsists .between Russia,
Old the Vorte, and that the French Minister, SE-
,,
•
EA , STIANI bad quitted Constantinople. Reports of
• • - •.
A6lion. having taken place between the•Rusians!
..and French, 'in which the latter are said to have
Vpeddefe.ated, and BONAPARTE
.wounded, were; eir-
'ciliated. at Gotteriburgh ;. but we fear.v.ithout suffi-
gient' authority. General KAMINSKY •has
Petersburgh, •to take the command of the Russian
Army, which is stated to coniiit.6l'lsetimen three
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arid font' hi.lndred thou Sand tnem

.Ine Writing. ate atiol‘e,•. we-received
Ting. Intelligence, by a.. third Gottpriburgh:
arrived this day at .4alf past twelve o'clock..
GOTTENEURGH,' DEC..O.--A. Letter has just
been" received 'here froM..Alt6tia,
_statingAbat the
.Frenchhave been defeated twice by the Russians.
Auother-I..etter.from Dantaic, of the -2(11 Om, that
they glad- evacuated' Thorn, • and .that there is -not a
singfe French soldier:: on tie other side of the. Vi-
s is calling-his-troops to him from
all
,quarters. and the Letters from _Stralsund state,
thatthere-are not any 'French troops PGrng-
,
Tanis. From, this it.would appear that he expeaed
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'to meet a formiiable res',stance.": • .

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WE feel grOt pleasure in announcing to .our
Readers, that a Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and'
Navigationovas signed on -Wednesday last by the
Plenipotentiariespf Great trita.in,and America. We
are not.yet in possession of the terns of the Treaty,
'hut we haVe the most perfea confidence that iliey-
. . ,
will prove perfectly satisfactory to both Countries..

As a 'discussion has arisen respeeting- the basis,. on
which the French Governnient at first yrepo-se:l to.
•Negotiate, -the question ti*. now be decided by a
reference to the language of the Documents,
- to the ideas, entertained by the Negotiator in the
• first stages 'Of the Discussions,'. and to the verbal
conimunications made in the earliest Conferences.
,The import and force of M. TALLEYRAND'S ex-
pressiiin .in his letter of the tst.of (No. 6, in
priut'ed, pdpers) seem to afford:a conclusive testimony •
that the basis of uti possidetis was intended to be offered
when M. TALLEIR/.O:M cleclares,." L'-.Fmpereor
run a dsiret- de co que possede l'Angleterre," whcs
deitibt that these- words -ainonnted to,an ad:-
•., .• • . .•
1,71 i S, siOn'of . . pos4'idet.is; as .applicable to His
.2,1 a-.
jesty's .conqueSts. Pt the 1:Inler Fnince re-
quired nothing which England possessed, Coveted
none-of; the: possessions grigiand, the
conclusion must necessarily pro-
-,pOsed to treat on the basis of aanal
..poSsession,
LOrd s written communication to Mr.
(No- 12, in pri-wed Papers)! .proves tit:it his
,Lordship..entertained such an "opinion ,that time;
•
and though it has been urgedfromthe_ternis of this
cOrornimictltion,- that his o'pinion %,,‘-as • merely the
,result_of inference-drawn from ano'titer expression
,- • •
of ..M. TALLEYII.“4D, yet it is.now, tUllr established
• ,by Lord YARNIOIiTH'S katertient,:.in: the notise of
•
'cot nmons, on l'oesday, (hilt hiSre:filySernation to Mr..
Fox %%,,ns - perfe wel I -foil rid ed -and entireli:.
.•
yoti
• • •
- formatyle With his.conferenCes.at Paris. ,His Lordship,
slid that M. TAI I,Eyn..o4in always gave': him to
. derstand that:the a&ual state of possession, subjea
:to .subsequeni‘exchanges upon •equilialents, was 'the
. .
basis
Of the Negotiation. -11.TAi.Lt ND had
also often stated to thatthe basis of the Treaty
of Amiens would be a source of endless quarrels,
.
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. and. that the Statits 7-quo te Bellum would be
, •to the objeCtion •; and 'that; there
fore, the suite of aEtual 'possession;
..subject to
exchanges- upon just equivalents, • was the :only
that could lead . to. any Peace."L-:.
The adtpiSsion of the basis of uti po'ssideti. by
• the:French 'Government is , thus incontrovertibly,
established, by the weight of concurrent testirno-
ale words of M.. T A LLEYRAND, in his
'Lettei, to Mr. Pox, will scarcely bear any_ other in-
ation, , rind • Lord YA o u'rcii'S Written corn-.,
carroborated by its distinct and
‘qiui,-tit tory statement in the House of Commons on

Tur: ges.olucipp lirpp9seLl la.st 'night by Lard
acid; tech by ljpnw of Commons,

will, we have no dOubt, beproduaive of the molt
salutiry_effe&s. those who are atquainted w h
• .
the Proceedings of the House of Commons r.
•
have observed the serious inconvenience whici, •
resulted from the great number of Private
brought, forward at a late period in the Session. I.
has of late years been the prafiice' of the -House'of
Commons to fix a day early in the Session of 'er.which
no Petition for 'a Private Bill could be received except
under special circumstances. But this regulation by
no'means answered the purpose for which it Vitas in-
tended, which was, to expedite private business ;
because, though the Petitions for leave . to ,bring in
the Bills were presented in
.due time,. the Bills
them Selves tnight be,, and very, frequently were
deferrd- to a very late -period of the Session.—:
It appears' that no less than thirty-one Private Bills
were brought in last Session after the King's Birth-
day, the Resolution proposed by Lord:Howrcx,
by fixing a period Otth May) after whiCh no Re-
port •on:a 'Private Bill ;can be received, will greatly
facilitate•the progress of business in Parliament, and
.
be produetive of great convenience_ to the parties