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London, England, 1802-05-18 00:00:00

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r Le Council of St;te of the batch Republic leas
:Pealed the Decree which prohibited the exporta-
-1" of Butter, Pork, Tallow, and Potatoes.

1 44E result of
da the two great Debates on Thurs.
Y and
sa , Friday, seems to have diffused- general
,
"sfaOlOn over
.the Metropolis, as we have no
"c'uht it will over the Country at larg
toe. Whatever
Presslon may have been made (which we believe.
have been much,over.rated) by_ the repeated at_
to
's
il brought by the New Opposition against the pe-
it4,,,tive Treaty, on occasions when they well knew
*inisters could not, with propriety, enter into
a minute justification of their conduEt, appears
to
r have been completely done away: The day
1)` fair discussion has turned out to be a, day of
nc°4'llete triumph.—lndeed, we never recolleCt a
Ilestion of such high importance, to have been.car-
' ties
by such commanding and decisive Majori-
' -1,-es3 in which no Man has yet dared to insinuate
h"at corruption or unfair means, of any description;
ava-‘.heen employed. In the annals of political dis..
issinn, we •
110, remember no instance of greater can..
Cr' of a becoming deference to the wishes of the
tlou,
%,,,• and of a more bottomed confidence in the
yie7, 3ef-a Cause, than in the Minister's instantly
skCding to the Motion of Adjournment, when the
was under the full impression of the irre-
h bie arguments stated in the speech of Lord
-Iv'esatty.
k
tuought too, and still think, that this was a
the polityc concession. It was material that the House
ty:l4-I'ear, and that the- Country should know,
treat
me
thing that could be said in justification of this
4ti-at measure: A debate of one night would not
tibibi it
°f it. Had it been refused, we might pos_
4144): have lost the unanswerable statements, the
ilat1"? reasoning, and the very satisfaCtory exp
Lord la.
si which are to be found in the speeches of
I\l4 ASTLEREACII, General MAITLAND, the.
of the ROLLS, the CHANCELLOR of the
be -11'QuEltt , and other able and respedable.iMeal...-
into 'We hope very shortly to be enabled to enter
dated detailed examination of the arguments ad_
kt t ill support of a measure for whith Govern-
tra entitled tO the lasting applause and
111itti if itede of the Country.---Perhaps we think
litt any thing, though their posture was
Of 44'14' a defensive one, their language was
Ai rather
too defensive a charaaer. We a.
iuid.. p
moderation ; but they had a right to
4v:taken a higher ground.--The Country would
,
ntl by them. They had taken their'Post at
srtient Of imminent peril, and complicated diffi-
leth aby the gradual operation of steadiness,
most thf, 'llort t'
itude, and sound wisdom, had achieved
tion glorious objeet of a trueStatestnan's ambi..
Linde
*4l r the circumstances in which the Country
Its "ceds---that of restoring Peace on such a basis
1;: the best calculated to ensure its continuance.
been cannot but think that it might justly have
1144,askecl of Lord GRENVILLE and Mr. WIND..
tiori Whitt was the real 6bjeft of their Opposi-
o; this Treaty ? It ought to have been
fr, these two either
to prevent the Treaty
kt,o , °lna- carried into effea, or to induce, the
, P t
° remove those Ministers who had adviled
tMAIR,
tllt's to Sign The former they disFlann,
i ri the latter they prudently shrunk from. Whatt
was their °hied ? Not perhaps to produce an
t,
j.ate renewal of the War—not perhaps the
gie attainment of power to themselves.—
t 4 do ttii their
motives, indeed, we have nothing
their but we are quite sure that the reed
t e -e't language and conduEt could only be,.
it
in the Public winds a distaste of that.
essinl.
Ilakt g' which we had so long panted for, and.
, a
eri t len
gth so happily obtained, to foment and
a wanton spirit of Animosity against that
overn
lent with•whoin the Treaty'had been con-
liatiti; 4". to inspire dissatisfaCtion with, and
)'it' St'
°I; our own, which, fortunately for Great
,
'tote "as'Proved itself untairited'%-viih thei.
said r via.
extravap-ancies. They ought to have
rc
1-itiler break the Treaty—oi dismiss- the
On
)
11 leadinglearurcs of the speeches of Lord
I,Avitt
siltritY and Mr. ADDINGTON Wishall only
that the former appears to us tb'have been
h I,,Y.i'llsrepresented, as stating that he thou
ht
)4;g
414ce insecure. His argument was a general
, tlarnely, that
ost many Peaces had been thought
i"
40 secure, which in the event proVed the
4I1(1
° 't'ice versa : and the inference was,
4terl'ght not so far to rely on the present, as
/,1 rt)m taking such precautions as prudence
4require to preserve it.—Tut we find the
'
latlle Lt. 0k of the ExtiiEUE Ft. expressly aying.,
no reason to be apprehensive about Its
nce--tht he knew no cause to doubt the
'4t 44 4tentions of .the French Government but
t, Y alVearance of weakness onwhich
tyre.
our part,
mien thc:tedi might hold out a temptaticn to France,
" Present Government of that Country, like

• . i
all otheis preceded t, tiiigtit possibly riot ee
able to tesist. The arguments of the former,
grounded on the improved stale ,of things in the
;internal situation of that Country; and on the
necessity of a length of time to enable her to re-
cruit her Marine, led direaly to the conclusion,
that the recurrence of War was probably remote.

This subjet we mean very shortly to resume,
and snore in detail. In the mean time we shall only
observe, on the apprehension which seems to have
been excited by the refusal of France to admit our
ManufaCtures into her Ports, that we have not
been able to discover the smallest ground for it.—
Selfishness surely is not hostility, In giving en-
couragement to our trade, she may think that she
would be discouraging her own, which every one
must see that she must have recourse to every ef-
fort, and employ every means, to cherish and re-
vive. Possibly, even with a view to her own in-
terest, her condua in this particular may be short-

sighted. But it cannot be supposed that she would
ever fail to see in Great Britain, with respe& to
ManufaEtures and Commerce, her most formidable
rival. Let her strain every nerve to gain the as-

cendant. It is a fair and honourable competition
and so far from being alarmed, we could give, what
appear to us good reasons for rejoicing at seeing her
sedulously employed in making the attempt.

•
THEIR MAJESTIES and the PRINCESSES came to
Town this day from Windsor to Buckingham-House.
The KING will hold a Levee to-morrow at St.
James's Palace.
HER MAJESTY will give a grand Entertainment
to.morrotv at Buckingham House.
Her Royal Highness
.the PRINCESS of WALES
yesterday compleated the 34th year of her age,
and in the evening Her Highness's Tradesmen
illuminated.
The ROYAL FAMILY will 011 ThOrsday evening
honour Covent-Garden Theatre with their presence.
The 2d Battalion of the 3d Regiment of Foot
Guards had a grand field day yesterday in Hyde Park.
Yesterday the Dispatches for Bengal and Ben_
coolen by the Cziflan' s Grove, extra Ship, Mr.
ANDERSON, Commander, were finally closed at the
East India House, and delivered to the Purser.
Upon the authority of a Morning Paper of yester-
day, which we generally find to be wrong in almost
every thing it asserts, we stated a report, that an
Order of Council had been issued, prohibiting the
importation of French produce. This is, we believe,
wholly unfounded.
We understand that advices have been received
from France, of an order having been given for all
the British vessels in the Garonne to. be permitted
to land their cargoes of coals, and a similar order
was expected in the other Ports of the Republic.
The Foreign Mail to be made up on Mondays,
does not commence till Monday next.
We have authority to contradict a paragratih
-copied from an Evening Paper of. Saturday,'
asserting, << that the Merchants and Traders
who presented a Memorial to the Lords of the.
Treasury against the alteration to be adopted in
the Foreign Post nights, had received an answer
from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, pur-
porting that their request could not be complied
with, as it was one of the private articles of the
Treaty- of Amiens, that there should be a more
frequent. intercourse between the two countries."
There is not the slightest foundation for this state-
ment. The subject never was agilated at Amiens,
and the proposed alteration is merely in consequence
of an arrangement between- our Post-Office, and
the Diretor of the Posts-in France.

-We have no dairbt of the misunderstanding,which
has arisen between the Court of Portugal and this
country being amicably and speedily arranged. It
seems absurd to ascribe it to the influence of France,
for our Readers will recollea, that the arrest and
imprisonment of one or two Captains and their boats'
crews took place only at the time that General
LANNES arrived at Lisbon.

Very serious apprehensions are entertained at
Paris respeding the operations of Gen. LECLikes
Army at St. Domingo ; and though the official
Paper, the Monneur, is wholly silent, as well as the
Defenseurs de la Pattie, in regard to any very
recent intelligence from that quarter, those most
versed in politics consider as precursors to some
affliEting information, the paragraphs admitted in
several of the Daily Papers, Clough merely stated
as reports from Captains of American Vessels. It
is certain that 15,000 men are about to be embarked
at Flcibbicg, Brest, and Rochefort, as a reinforce-
ment, and that they are to. be conveyed by the
Squadron which has returned from St. Domingo;
it is given out their destination is for Louisiana.
Private letters tfrom Paris say, that the Chief
Consul detected a mutiny in a regiment of his Guards,
who had resolved to take advantage of the grand
review to assassinate him ; and that this was the
secret cause of the arrest of a number of military
men, said to be implicated in the conspiracy,,and of
the order which four distinguished General Officers
have received to quit Paris." We know not what
credit is due to this rumour.

The great Peace Establishment of the French Re_
public, can create little surprize or apprehension,
when it is considered what an immense extent .of
Frontier they have to garrison, and in Countries
not very favourable to the yoke of France.

The Batavian Government are colleding Work-
men of all professions, for the purpose of sending
them to the Cape of Good Hope. They are. going
to ereti both a Printing Press and a Theatre there.
Siveral Players have already offered themselves; a
proof that the profession of the Drama cannot be a
very good one in Holland.

The frost has; in a great measure, degtroyed the
apple blossoms in the Orchards in Devonshire, and
thelVe6t, of England,

icrA PA t :t4i-E WS:

PORTSMOUTH, Mif

ARRIVED the Cullan's Grope, for the East Indies

Arrived the Elizabet, EVANS, from Carmar-
then ; Priscilla, STE WART, frorll Dover ; Hope,
K ITTE a, from Jersey; and Poiton, Bow EN) from
Sunderianth

Sailed the Fielding, SMITH, for Hambror,

SHEERNESS, MAY 17.

YESTERDAY, after Post, arrived His Majesty's
Ship Calcutta, of 54 guns, and Mallard Gun-brig,
from the Westward.

This day sailed with Dutch Searrien from their
Ships paid off at Chatham, the Arrow Sloop of War,
Capt. BRODIE, for Embden.

The Irresistible, Calcutta, Alonzo, and Mallard,
have gone to Chatham ; the two fomet to be paid
off.

DEAL, MAY 17.

SAILED His Majesty's Frigate Phabe, Captain
THOMAS RAKER, for Sheerness.

•The-Bill' now pending in the'Hotise of Comrtions,
for enlarging the powers of the Ad for the relief of
Insolvent Debtors, commonly called the Lords' Aft,
Contains Clauses to the following effed respelling
Members of Parliament : .

' -" And whereas Debt Ors having Privilege of Parliament are
not compellable to pay their just debts, by reason of the fr,:e-
dont of their persons from arrests upon civil process.; to re-
medy such inconvenience, and to support the honour and
dignity of Parliament, and good faithin all dealings, which
require that in all cases the Laws should have- their due
course., and that .none should be exempted, by any privilege
whatever, from doing equal justice to all their -Creditors ;
he it enabled, that it shall be lawful for any Creditor of any
person having Privilege of Parliament (having obtained judg-
ment in any Court of Record) to sue out a summons against
such PriVileged Person; and if such Privileged Person shall
not, within one year after personal service of such summons,
satisfy such Creditor his debt and costs, such Privileged Person
shall be compellable to discover, deliver up, and assign, all
his property, real and personal, for the benefit of his Creditor
or Creditors, in the same manner as if he had been charged in
execution for and during the space of one year, and shall for
that purpose be subject and liable to ail the provisions of the
Ad herein recited, and of this At.

" That nothing in this A6l shall subjed any Person, en-
titled to Privilege of Parliament, to be, arrested or imprisoned
during the time of such privilege, except in cases of perjury,
and in the case made punishable by transportation, Dy the
Aa herein recited.

" But such Debtor having Privilege of Parliament, instead
of being brought into Court, shall be at liberty to deliver in
such account as athresahl, either in person or by Attorney,
and verified by affidavit, and also to mike such assignment as
is aforesaid, either in person or by Attorney, for the benefit
of such Creditors as shall have obtained judgment at the time
of such assignment, and who shall then claim .the benefit
there° F.

" Every Creditor intending to compel any Privileged Per-
son to make such discovery and assignment shall, instead of
delivering such notice to other the Creditors of such Privi-
•leged Person or their Attornies, give notice of such his in-
tentipn by advertisement in the Loudon Gazette, twenty
days before the day on which such Privileged Person shall be
required to deliver in such account as atoresaid."

Sir JOHN CP LPOYS, one of the Directors of Green-
wich -Hospital, has resigned, and Sir WILLIAM
GA
is appointed in his.stead.
seßr
ant COCKELL succeeds Lord ELLtNao_
E
gouGH as Attorney General for the County Pala-
tine of Lancaster.

To_morrow the Marquis of EXETER gives a
grand dinner. to a numerous party of Nobility.
, The Miss MORGANS' Masqued Ball is fixed for
the 2d of next month.
The F&e at Ranelagh, by BOODLE'S Club, is to
take place on the 7th of June.
The pic.nATric the
.9ih of x
s meantonheavt month.eaMasqu7de at their
Theatre, on

- In order to render the intended Fete to be given
by the Union Club, as splendid and magnificent as
possible, His Royal Highness the PRINCE of
WALES, has, it is said, given the use of Carlton_
House Gardens for the night, which are to he open-
ed to those of the Club House, and most brilliantly
illuminated.

Sir WALTER RALEIGH observes, that in the year
1618, the Dutch employed on the Scottish Coasts,
in catching Herrings only, 3,000 Ships and so,ooo
Men ; and in transporting those Herrings, 9,000
Ships and tpo,ooo Men—in all, i 2,000 Ships and
150,000 Seamen. How many more of both might
Great Britain employ at this moment, and with su-
perior advantage, because nearer home ? What a
nursery for hardy Seamen, at once to enrich and to
defend their Country ! Some Establishments are al-
ready formed and flourishing; and Government, we
understand, is about to augment their number, by
improving the natural harbours of those abundant
Coasts.

General AB DAL L AU ME NOU 'S flattering recep-
tion at the Palace of the Thuilleries, may be easily
accounted for. He is well informed of some of the
leading circumstances of the Egyptian Expedition,
which it is as well to keep in the back ground.
Yesterday, in the Common Pleas, the Special Ver-
din in the case of Lord Nelson V. Lord St. Vincent,
was argued. The cause of anion was prize-money,
proceeding from a capture made by a Frigate. of the
Mediterranean Squadron, after Lord Sr. Vincent had
left the Fleet and sailed for England: the Fleet .was,
actually under the command of Lord Nelson when
the capture was made. , On the part of Lord Nel-
son it was contended, that the instant Lord St.
Vincent quitted the fleet, the Admiral who-cora._.
inanded it was entitled to the Admiral's share. of
prize-money. On the part of Lord St. Vincent
it was replied, that there -could be 'but one com-
mander in chief of a 'squadron ; and that till Lord -
St. Vincent resigned the command, OF was super-
seded, the responsibility of that situation,. ana the
profits, belonged to him, and were not affected by
bis returning to England for his health.

•
'The judgment that the Court 'are to give-in this
Cause, will I,le upon the true conskrudion (which is
disputed) of certain words in the Proc)arnation rep=
latiog Prize -money,