The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-06 00:00:00

DEFINITIVE TREATY.

Mr. IV. ELIOT said, he did not think it ne.
cessary to trespass much upon the time of the House,
as from the frank and candid avowal made by
,His
Majesty's Ministers on a former occasion, he could
entertain no doubt that they would be perfedly
willing to facilitate the acquisition of whatever in-
formation might be necessary for the discussion aid
elucidation of that important sulied, the Definitive
Treaty. The first document which he should move
for would be the Treaty of Badajos between Por-
tugal and Spain. There were two Treaties of Badajos,
the one between France and Portugal, which was not
ratified, and the other between Portugal and Spain,
which was ratified, and by which the important
TOIVii and Fortress of Olivenza was ceded to Spain.
On this he should make no further remark, than
that it was a great infringement of the territory of
Portugal. His second motion would be for any
Conventions or Treaties of Armistice or Peace,
which had been signed between Portugal and Spain
in the year r8o1,• and communicated to His Ma-
jesty's Ministers. There was reason to suppose,
that one of those Treaties had formed the basis of
a considerable cession to France of the territory of
Portugal, namely, of Portuguese Guiana. This
territory had been considered by Portugal as of the
utmost importance, not on account of its fertility,
though it was far from being barren—not on ac
count of its commercial value, though it was far
from being unprofitable, but as being the only se-
curity against the attacks of France upon the valua-
ble, though vulnerable Colony of Brazil. The im-
portance attached by.-Portugal to the possession of
Guiana was proved by the Treaty of Lubec in
1713, to which Great Britain was the guarantee,
by which France was not only prevented from tip-
proaching this'territory, but even from trading at
the mouth of the river Amazons. It would.be re-
colleded, that by the sixth article of the Pre-
liminary Treaty, the territorial possessions of
Portugal were to be preserved entire : two days,
however, before the Signature of that Treaty, and
when it could not be known by us at the time it
was signed,; a Treaty was concluded at Madrid
between Portugal and France, by which the. terri-•
tory of France was.extended. to the Northern Bank
of the river Amazons. This naturally excited
public curiosity, and several questions were put to
the Noble Lord (HAwicEssu ay) upon the subje,d,
who appeared at first somewhat embarrassed, but
after some days the Noble Lord gave an answer,
and referred to the integrity of Portugal as settled
by the Spanish Treaty of Badajos which had then
been ratified. It was then that a new construdion
of the word entire was introduced, by which it
appeared that it meant all that France had chosen
to give up. The Treaty of Badajos between France
and Portugal was not then ratified, but after the
signature of the Preliminary Treaty; the French
Papers, announced the ratification of that Treaty,
by which France had completely gained her objeft,
as by the 7th Article of the Definitive Treaty, the
boundary of the French territory in Guiana was
fixed on the Southern Bank of the river Arawara,
of the navigation of which she had obtained pos-
session. This river was but a small distance from
the river Amazons, all the commerce of which it
was in the power of Fiance to control, whilst all
the wealth of South America opened to her view.
Whether she might be inclined to 'avail herself of
these
,advantages was little to the' purpose ; that
Power which, pending a•Negotiation, had seized
upon one of the most fertile territories in Italy,.
would not be induced to stop at the door of
the Brazils, by any impulse of moderation.
When possessed
,of the .Brazils; all the wealth
of Peru was open to their attack, and thus had
they accomplished what they had been anxious.
ly endeavouring to obtain four years since.,—By
another part of the 7th Article, the integrity of
the territory 'of her Most Faithful 'Majesty was
maintained as it existed before the War. It was
painful to see the dignity of this Country so de-
graded as that she should be made to assert and to
contradid that assertion in the same ad, He had
now to follow the progress of French power to
North America,which led him to his third objed, to
move for a Copy of any Treaty concluded between
France and Spain, and communicated to His Ma-
jesty's Ministers previcus , to the Signature of the
Preliminary Treaty. Several weeks after the Sig-
nature of the Preliminary Treaty, there came out
another Treaty, (France dealt in these masked Con-
ventions); referring to another Treaty', by which
Louisiana was ceded to 'ranee. This was a large
and fertile trad, which reached nearly, to Mexico,
there being only the same distance between them as
from the boundaries of Northumberland to the Me-
tropolis. They had heard much of credit and con-
fidence, but here was a Bank on which France
would not fail to draw, and they might long
.rue the effeds ,of this accession to her power.—
It gave her the means of annoying our Colonies
from the proximity of Louisiana ';o Illinois, from
which Canada was at no great distance, and it also
gave them the command of the Mississippi. Ame-
rica had obtained from Spain the. priVilege Of navi-
gating that River; now that the dominion of it
was transferred to 'France, Amerita would be de-
pendent. upoo,fier, and =Pr stipulate with France
for the privilege of navigating the River, ;t was
highly probable that France wopld-pot rant that
pritilege, without stipulating fOr commercial advan,
tages in return ; it was probible that she would not
grant that privilege without drawing. America iato

that system of hostility which she had determined
'to piirsue against this Country. He did not know
whether he might venture to. mention .the British
Flag, but there was atime when the Honour of our
Flag was not among the least of our dignities:
now we were taught to hold it in little estitnation,
and now we were told, that when a great inroad
was made in the heart of Europe, the Powers of
Europe were not to be roused to take notice of it.
It might be said, that all he had predicted was
visionary, and that France was not likely to make
those
,conqucsts which he had• pointed out ; hut
when they looked at the conduit of France during
the whole of the War, when they observed her
subjugating Holland, annexing to her dominions
the Netherlands, , a great part of Germany and Italy,
and making a conquest of Switzerland, and when
they recolleaed that the expedition to Egypt was
considered as a visionary projec'l, it would be found
no visionary speculation, that France might -reduce,
both American Spain and Portugal, and render
them as subservient, to her will as she bad
Slab and Portugal in Europe. The cession of
Louisiana to France had totally changed the
Preliminary Treaty, and he believed if Gen-
tlemen had known of that cession at the rime they .
discussed the Treaty, they would 'have paused
fore they had given.it their sanaion. He did not
charge-His Majesty's Ministers with deceiving the
House, but they should have endeavoured to make
themselves acquainted with the circumstance, 'and
if they knew of the cession of Louisiana between
the signature of the Preli;ninary and the Definitive.
Treaty, they were bound to remonstrate upon the
subjeCl, and lay all Treaties relative to it which
had been communicated to them upon the Table:of
the House.. He concluded by molting his first Mo-
tion—

" That an Humble Address should be presented to His
Majesty, praying that 1-I's Majesty, would be graciously
pleased to give direCtions that there be laid, before the
House a Copy of the Treaty of Badajos, referred to in the
7th Article of the Definitive Treaty of Peace."
Lord HAWKESBURY said, he did not know
whether he should be warranted in going into a
discussion of the observations made by the Hon.
Gentleman, as the Hon. Gentleman had pursued
the mtist unusual .and extraordinary course ever
adopted in that House upon subjetfts of that nature,
and he defied any Gentleman to state an instance io
which any fadion had pursued a more extraordinary.
line of condut than that adopted ;by the Hon.
Gentleman on this occasion. They had frequently
had disciissions on Armaments and Wars, and the
regular method had, been for Gentlemen to state an
intention of bringing forward that discussion on a
certain day, to move in the mean time for such
infornr.tion as they might deem necessary to the
elucidation of the subject, and to confine themselves
in that minion to the necessity of the information in
question. The. Hon. Gentleman had adop;ed quite
a different method, and it was very true, that an
Hon. Member, making a motion, might say any
thing which had the least relation, to the motion,
whilst those who followed him, as had lappenecl in
other places, were liable. to be called to Order if
they commented upon his observations. He did not
mean to enter in' any degree at length into the ar.
guments of the Hon. Gentleman; but should merely
make a. few observations., on two Or three points.
The Hon. Gentleman had, on a former oceasinn,
expressed his_surprise chat an'article should be dif-
ferent in the Definitive to what it was in the Pre-
liminary -Deny. .this article related to the in-
tegrity of Portugal, 'and several Gentlemen had
asked, on a former occasion, whether that integrity
referred to the situation of Portugal before the War,
or to some subsequent Treaty he then stated, that
the integrity of that country was understood to be
founded upon the Treaty of Badajose concluded
between Spain and Portugal, by which the Town
and District of Olivenza was ceded to Spain, and
the River Arawara made the boundary of the. Por-
tuguese dominions in Guiana.. He should have
thought This answer would have been sufficient : ques-
tions however upon the subjed were still pressed with
the utmost solicitude. In the mean time, the Treaty
of Madrid was concluJed, by which it was stated;
that the boundary of Portugal was altered. He
should not now go at length' into . the subjea, but
should merely state, that the boundary fixed by
the Treaty of Madrid was not the boundary esta-
blished by the Definitive Treaty, and that as to the
Treaty of Madrid, His Majesty's Ministers were not
accountable for its provisions. . He could not help
noticing the imputation thrown out against this
Country, of deserting Portugal in the hour of its
danger. Portugal asked assistance of this Country
at a period when it was not possible to afford that
assistance. Two objects then called upon His
Majesty's Governthent for support, and it was
thought better to employ the forces of Great 'Bri-
tain in the recovery of Egypt, than in the defence
of Portugal—he was not 'arguing the wisdom. of
this decision, but it was thought better to employ
the forces of this Country in one powerful Expedi.
tion than in two weak attempts ; the whole of our
disposeable force was therefore sent to Egypt, and
nothing. was left for the defence of Portugal. Por-
tugal, under these circumstance's made two applicae
lions to His Majesty's Government, the one, whe-
ther we would release her from her engagements
with this Country, and allow her to conclude ,a
separate Treaty of Peace, even to the exclusion of
British Vessels from her Ports—the other, whether
the Government of this Conntry would afford her
pecuniary assistance. His Majesty's GovernMent
replied, 'that although unable to assist Portugal, they
would release her from her_ engagements, and allow
her to conclude a separate Treaty of Peace ; they
went farther than this, they allowed Portugal to
enter„ioto stipulations so adverse to this Country
as to, exclude British Shipping from her Ports, and
they proposed to. Parliament a vote of Subsidy for
Portugal, to enable her to make the best conditions
she could. Under these circumstances was there
any one who would state that if Portugal had made
her Peace, this Country was now called upon to
endeavour -to recover any of the possessions which
Portugal tight have chosen .to cede to France by
that Treaty ? With respell to the Motion, he should
endeavour to'save the time of the Houseby making
a few observations tiled upon all the three objects
proposed by the Hon. Gentleman, As to the Treaty
ofßadajos, lie had no objedion to its prauftion.
With reset to the econdpropositioniforCopies of all I

Conventions or Treaties of Armistice or Ouiec,"
eluded between France and Portugal, in the year 1801!
communicated to His Majesty, he had no ohjeaiu..oo-
provided it was confined to the 'Dreary of Madrid,'
With resped to the Other part of the Motion, it was
impossible to comply with it, for the transattions it.
referred to never were. compleat transactions, were
neverpUblished, concerns, to which we were no Par.
ty, and whatever knowledge His NilajotY'sGuverliad
it corm.
merit could have,• they could only, have
dentially, and purely so,. and therefore could not
-be communicated-. It might be said to
_that in honour or regularity they had no powers
which,, reason he,should And it his duty to resist this
part of the Motion of the Ho:rourable Gentleman, ;
but if' the Honourable Gentleman would. alter ten.
Motion to which he alluded,- and confine it to the.
Treaty of Peace concluded at Madrid, he should
have no objedion. With regaid to the third. IVIO-
- which was -for an Address to His MNiestYl
and for a copy of the Treaty between France an
,i
Spain, relative to the. cessions made by Spat'
to France before' the Preliminaries of Peacev,
be such
fora
: between France and us, he could only 'at',
(and the Honourable Gentleman was at liberty:
to make what use he pleased of the faa in aprgi,-;
~ment), that . no official communication was `',ie,
made to His Majesty's Government upon that
,jet. Having stated thus much upon these Moil°flies
it was not his intention to deviate from the Pia .
an
gswwle:hprniiuecclrihtial
was,he w,
which he had several times referred to/ and
which
the
wished eadb
soratihne rfrGo
ienn tallle
loonulyestailohnidewthoicohnewoabssetrtn)
tbiecindimasetdiseseodn;
other side of the House, that the Honour of rthe
he
British Nation was tarnished, or impaired, 01. -so
spirit of the people broken down : this, he ‘-(;a1 in
far from assenting to, that there ways no peri7r:ea..
the History, not only of this Country,but °lvig
World, in which the Honour of the British' „ic
was higher; nor the Spirit of the British "here
mocbusertoviitfrojni°swin'i
greater (which would soon be seen if there `'ene
cause to bring it into adion) than at the Pr' if,
esiftteiro.n wlonutTecniome:rit:ien,fioereheth,:,
moment. It was not now the time to argue r,
lychleiegreni
could nor regularly argue it), that in poinr,°„furrin
commercial strength, there never was a" 'l-e.,(1
which the relative situation of. Great Britain
ent
greater advantage over France than at the Phri h a
hour. That there never was a period in rp,,lcver
Peace was concluded, when the Commercial '1:: to
of Great Britain was so relatively super.°-
oHuoltiracssle'rr(n.el
that of France as at the }resent 11101i1emif.e.
This was a point which was to bediscus'sed her,
after, and he was, perfeetly
.ready for that.diseur
sion—he could, by the Riles of the H,,use., "nty
be allowed to ass,!rt• it now.- He need not sa'' flow
far our Naval Glory, in this War, transcended curry
thing that ever _went before it. How far these-a('
vantages, these :instances of 'riational superiori'reri
were .to considered,' as counteraded by b
circumstances, if at all so czunuiratted,
another question,
and
that was a-question als"l°,a,,
decided hereafter; he-would, at present, -only sfid
he 'was perfectly ready to niaintain, by afr°ll,a
merit, that we had extricated ourselves opt °,,„aer
contest in which we had been enaged, a. riaithi,
that manifested ;in adherence to perfect'} km? ",,,e 0!
and in a manner which proved that the lariguTastte
those .who said our Faith .was deserted, r-11,c,i our
.of our Flag tarnished, our Charaiter
Spirit sunk, was language coMpleatly ouftnin
and the reverse of truth • hal"
Dr. LAWRENCE thc
right to demand every explan
ation from so)n.
as they held their places by the tenure Of gasi°'
?JP Seta
lit, He' then- adverted to the particular con
now called for, and was proceeding to enlorgitive
.the general question of the merits of'ihe
Treaty, when he wasc ailed to Order by
The SPEAKER, who observed, that ;t as.
usual to debate on a Question, after it bad be e.°
sented to. sort,'
Mr. THOMAS GP.ENVILLE said, he was,l„lir•
to differ from any opinion delivered from the 01;-•
but as the three questions relating to time sarn`. Co,
jet had been moved, he thotight it .extrernelY e
,on
sistent with the pradice of the House, to argc
them colledively. I.ol'
Mr. GREY said, it was a new doerine 1(?,!-,
that the assent of any Member, however
Office, to -any Motion, should preclude all 4
quent discussion on it. or!
The CHANCELLOR of the EZCHEQ,CI4 1-0"'
much agreed with what had been said by wedorti ;
Gentleman (Mr. GREY). who had just sat attic
but wished the House to consider whether the te-
which the Learned Gentleman had been ti.rgin ~der
11•
spefting the non.renewal of Treaties, coo I.„,,tiort
the most liberal construCtion apply to the ,(1?or,
.for producing any of the three Papers
Dr. LAWRENCE
.said, that by enteriP•soloo
the subjea at large, it was his intention WI
ce to bc
that the situation of the Country require' -gin
minutely inquired into, when-it was now I'la
ovo.,
a situation so different from what it formerly ita of
rained, and Wilco it was deprived the of the secur 'lO4
all former Treaties. He then adverted to from
; •
of the Treaty which relates to Portugal
eo die'
which he inferred, that this Country had be_iations
graced by a shameful dereliction of the stilw" Jibe
made by the Preliminary Treaty, in favo4rAll tills
integrity of the Portuguese territories. I:3oen-
Was owing to the inexperience; or want neaviog
tion, on the part of our Negotiators, eo the
out the words " before the War." Nel IrdS Pct
French afterwards refused to have these (11°e stua'
in, a subterfuge was found by inserting t/ I,freatY'
tiomof Portugal after some other separarei for.
the
With regard to the condition stipula(ei,y
of
Dutch Republic, he observed, that tine ~o
the
our Flag had been surrendered, as far al thatilles
power of His Majestiy's Ministers ; a"u
„war ret Sea
..
last symbol of our ancient sovereignty
had been given up. thou ht ti e
Mr. JONES said,iti
that if he had vadej,
honour of our Flag had really been coors from
should have followed a very difretent Oct
what he intended to do on the present ois Mss
iog
he should have moved the ,House. to br `kith r.l
jesty's Ministers 'to condign punishment. - 1 00soli
teas- .
Bard to the Papers moved for, he htd! , Lora of
"
argument for their precivainn.

Vtt& On the p(steriors of the Nation ; but he thought
the arguments to prove this, were a posteriori.
, 'le Present Peace had brought comfort to every
fire-side in the kingdom ;• any Motion, therefore,
that tended to censure, he considered as having an
evil tendency.
kr. THOMAS GRENVILLE said, that he
~,,411ould think himself equally blameable with His
4-laiesty's Ministers, if he sat still, and did not
snake some observations on some things which had
fallen from the Noble Lord (HamkEsattßY)-. He
said, it was strange that any opposition should be
made to the Motions made in the present stage of
theb business. One would think, from the debate
tit'Ley had given rise to, that the attention of the
tl°use had been fatigued by repeated Motions for
kiT'aPers. But this was the first day, and the first
'°tion on the sub'efi • and no sooner did a Mein-
' bet presume to ask ifor Certain Papers, than the Mo.
iloll was called faelious. (A cry of " N° ; ";"
'itir"ii the Treasury Bench.)—Not only were his
t;l°n.Friends accused of breaking down the question
t° a fraftional debate; artifice was also imputed
othem. Diu it then require artifice to induce
the House to take into consideration a Treaty in.
v°lving the dearest interests of the Country ? He
;i"ned, that he wished to have this question con.
odered in detail, and, if lie did not do so, he should
ck °Pon himself as betraying the- interests of his
I, -tintrY. At present, however, he should only ad.
1-,e,t to one tiling which fell from the Noble Lord re.
tit.tVe to Portugal. The Noble Lord seemed to say„
?i," because His Majesty's• Ministers had given
at4°gal leave to negotiate a separate Treaty, with
trlulations prejudicial to the interests of this Coun.
1..-Y1 because circumstances prevented them. from
,`nclering her, at that time, the assistance requisite
C)enable' her to defend herself; that, therefore, this
ountryt was released from all obligations to attend
ci° the interests of Portugal in the Treaty. To this
~,oCirine he could not assent. With regard to the
'rapers demanded, he said, that they were neces.
4ary to a full understanding of the subjed, which,
from its magnitude and complication, could not be
obtained without much previous discussion.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
'ieeoncurred with his Noble Friend, in the com-
tlllii!!A Ile had .so ably made on the speech, by which
bMotion now before the House was introduced,
I,lL,the should not have been able to concur with him
bed he said that;the speech of any Honourable Mem.
faa' .°f the House was dictated by Faetion, or by
xiiros motives ; but he was sure his Noble Friend
t I 4t make use of the words imputed to him ; he
faPi'll,uot charged any Member of the House with
1,, "us motives : the words- of his Noble Friend
tidere, " that the conduct of Gentlemen on theother
plae Was as extraordinary as any that ever- took
hcte, even in the most faftious times." He owned
t 'le felt the justice and the propriety of that
mfb„,„
N--,int ; but he felt a difficulty in addressing .the
wan.
n al,y further upon the subject, from an habitual
alls,ftn,for the Orders of the House, which he felt,
by 'nich, he would dare to say, was equally felt
ickeverY Member in it ; lie was impressed with an
Ir, a that he was not at liberty to answer the argu-
lients urged i y
D Gentlemen on the other side, yet
there
two or three points which he felt an in.
tlietion to touch upon, not to argue, for that he
not think he was entitled to do in the present
i Wh,-I,°'t the case. It was stated, in the speech
11ia,," Related the MotiOn now before the House,
I:4;l4'is Majesty's Government must be ignorant
Prell.e Treaty of Badajos, on the signing of the.
t lu'inaries of the Treaty of Peace, otherwise
there could not have been so large a latitude for
hii4„nZ on the subjed of Portugal.—Gentlemen were
thissl/4en on that point, and he was surprised at
I\l4l considering the many explanations of his
,vas 'e Friend upon that very subjed. The truth
taVnit was known that the Treaty of Badajos hadktee,- Place when the boundaries of the French and
1941guese Guiana were defined by the River Ara.
out'; but His Majesty's Ministers were not with.
kh, apprehension that further concessions might
Nret taken place, or might take place, on behalf of
any gal, n its then distressed situation, before
tlf cin
could be made of the Ptelimina-
ttalicifpeace agreed upon between this Country and
to eacies and therefore, with what he would take leave
l‘tit,„:l a prudent caution, as well as anxiety, they
bortteti that no future concession on the part of
of Madridltal should be binding; after which the Treaty
Nati Was signed.—The Right Hon. Gentle-
tlifet who had just sat down had said, that the only
gas tenee entertained by Gentlemen in the House
state only as to the inference to be drawn from a
and
,Tent of fads on which they were all agreed,
R4l t'sne question, he said, then was, whether Portu.
prot"eaci? by her condud, forfeited her claim to the
ttiad!, ton of Great Britain, and to stipulations to be
ky'olo her favour ? He would not argue that, nor
hoti,ther point upon this great question of the-De.
khatay.e Treaty of Peace, now ; he had -promised to
tleit: from .that course, but he would desire Gen.
tat : lieto reconea what was the. situation of Pont].
htatel would abstain also from making a full
ad tOent of the case in this particular, because that
carat en rendered unnecessary, by the able and ac-
treat!, manner in which his Noble Friend had
Ivita,eU the subject ; but let Gentlemen recoiled
tore' tthe situation of Portugal was a few weeks be.
andflci t,i..'e signing of the Preliminaries : they would
-,L,S._ne sin a state in which her independence as
cl'aitt.r.pean State was greatly in danger. In this
tLiaal `,l°° °F things, did Great Britain aft as if For.
1),;,,,Tid forfeited her claim to our proteCtion ?
it4rs'Nelinisters advise His Majesty to take such a
titirlos' as if we did not intend to provide, to the
tont?, t, for her security ? No such thing; on the
fie. berg,4r we stipulated for her independence ; and
in i seenrity we sacrificed many of our conquests
thettie West Indies. This was a price we paid for
bp inter
jjetty est we took in the safety of Portugal; a
!-orto gio°cl Pledge of our sincere good faith to
Is,
apt , whose interests we were charged with hay-
itci oandoned.—A.
• 'tally b
irregularly,Point had been introduced inci-
but which, although
to rigo4.laerlY introduced, he felt himself called upon
lie,ef,' F., and it was upon a subject which could
iyort`-,tall to awaken and arouse the feelings of every
of ti_Y___ Man in this Country : he meant the Honour
tot
sitaßrhish Flag. He knew that Gentlemen did
ed,
they te that our maritime glory had been tarnish-
had only said that it had been counteracted-,

1 in enit by the conduit Of British Ministers ; that
was in substance to say, that the Honour of the Bri-
tish Flag had been tarnished, not by the conduit of the
British Marine force, but by the conduit of British
Ministers. All he should say now was, that he
was glad the whole subject was to be investigated,
and, when the season arrived for the discussion, he
should be able to prove that by no act of omission or
commission, had Ministers brought such a stain on
their Country as that of tarnishing the lustre of as
Naval Triumphs, or in the 'slightest degree disho_
noured the British Flag ; he would go further, and
aver, that if it had pursued another course, they
would have exposed the credit of their Country, in_
stead of supporting its glory, as well as have
abandoned its interest. However, all these were,
and ought to be, reserved for future discussion upOn
the great and general question. He could not help
obset ving, before he sat down, that these Motions
for Papers were made and supported by arguments,
not for a conclusion on the particular and specific
Motion before the House in each particular instance,
but they had all of them, visibly, a tendency to the
main and general question of the Definitive Treaty
of Peace : by which Ministers were invited, in each
distinfl Motion, to enter at large upon the main
question itself; now, with all possible respect for
the Hon. Gentleman who thus continually invited
him to this discussion, he would beg leave to de-
cline the invitation ; he would now only say, that
he was ready, and he was desirous to enter, at a pro-
per season, which was not now, upon all the topics
which had been brought forward, when he trusted
that Ministers would be able to give such an account
of this great matter, and enter upon such a justifi-
cation of their conduit, as Would satisfy the House
and their Country.

Lord IIAWKESBURY, in explanation, said,
that after the conclusion of a separate Treaty be-
tween two Powers ,at War, the Allies of these
Powers were never considered as bound to stipulate
tbr their interests in any future Treaty which these
Allies might separately conclude ; nor had it ever
been done to such a degree as we had at present
done for Portugal.
The Motion was then agreed to.

Mr. ELIOT then moved, That an bumble Ad-
dress be presented to His MAJESTY, that he will
be graciously pleased to lay before the House such
treaties as have been concluded between France
and Spain, between the signature of the Preliminary
and Definitive Treaties, by which any part of
Spain has been ceded to France ; also such Treaties
as have been concluded between France, Portugal,
and Spain, in 18or, and communicated officially to
Government ; which Motions were agreed to.

Lord TEMPLE wished to know from Ministers,
if Austria, Russia, or Prussia, had acceded to the
article in the Definitive Treaty relating to Malta.
Lord HAWKESBURY said, there was every
reason to suppose that these Powers would accede to
that article;" but no dired official' communication of
their accession had arrived since the Definitive
Treaty.

On the Motion of Lord HAWKESBURY, the dis-
cussion of the Definitive Treaty was put off from
Tuesday to Wednesday next.
The Coroners' Fee, and Cotton regulating Bills
were put off to Monday se'nnight.
The Bull baiting Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed on Monday next.
The Contested EleCtion Committee Bill was read
a second time, and ordered to be committed on
Monday next.

Mr. BANK Es gave notice, that he should in that
Committee make a Motion relative to the Nomi-
nees.

The House then, at half past Six o'Clock, ad-
ourned till to-morrow.

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W 7 this morning received an imperfel Set of the
Path Papers. They bring no Intelligence of im.

portance.

Also a Hamburgh Mail, by which we have ac-
counts from Vienna, stating that in Set-via, Bul-
garia, and most of the other Provinces of Turkey in
Europe, the Pachas begin already to resist the orders
of the Porte, and to attach themselves to PASWAN
OGLOU. •

The French Minister, HEDOUVILLE, arrived at
Petersburgb on the Bth of April, and two days after
had an audience of the EMPEROR.

His MAJESTY yesterday held a Levee at St.
James's Palace, which was attended by His Grace
the Archbishop Of CANTERBURY, the Right Hon.
the LORD CHANCELLOR, Bishops of St. DAVID'S,
LIMERICK, LONDON, Dean of CARLISLE, Rev.
Dr. Moss ; the French, Imperial, Sardinian, Nea.
politan, Wirtemberg, and Danish Envoys, the Ca-
binet Ministers, &c.

Dukes—Gordon, Portland, Hamilton, Richmond, and Mon-
trose.
11farquisses—Winchester, Cornwallis, Douglas, Aber.corn,
and Bath,
Earls—Camden, Chesterfield, Fortescue, Mount Edgcumbe,
Castlereagh, Chatham, Roslin, Galloway, Scarborough,
and Athlone.
Picc6/m/s—Wentworth, Howe, Folkstone, and Hcod.
Lords—Grenville, F. Spencer, Ellcnborough, Cozens, C.
Spencer, Pelham, Hobart,Cathcart, Eldon,Louvaine, Bos-
ton, Mulgrave, Kinnaird, Blaney, Rolle,Whitworth,-Hin-
chinbroke, Grey, Radstock; Yarborough, Clonbroke,
Brownlow, Graves, Rous, Courtney, Leslie, Gleubervie,
13;tynin6, Dishy, Downe, Hawke, iind E. Stuart.

Cotton, E. Pcliew, H. James, J. Riddle, 1.. B.
. Purges, R. Ford, 'S. _Catterel,. H. Parker R. Calder, P.
Hales, vgarlvi`f, H. Harver, W: Calder, and A. Clarke.
Admiral Cornwallis.
C;etterals—Burra, Pigot, Trapaud, EdntonStOrie, 13allottr,
Egerton, Lister, and Hulse.
Colo;:els —uoya, Phipps; Englefield; Lawson, McLeod, and
Wood.
Captainr—T.Umley, Paten; Irby, Baker, Hervey, Domet,
' Petre, Sydenham, Pride; Hardrinan, Ditrliain, and
Digby. •
Governors—Bentinck and Denham...
Messrs .—G ordon, Hohhouse, Grenfel, Howard, Dundas,
C. More, Windham, G . Pitt, E&rton, King, Salith,l'orkc,,
Ogle; Folghain, Henlock, and Beckfbrd.
The Presentations to His MAJ ESTT were—
Mr...Serjeant Onslow, by Earl OnSlriw.
His Excellency Count De Shirwiti, by the Russian Am-
bassador.
Count Chitrieby, by the Imperial Ambassador.
Lord H. Stuart, son of the Marquis of Bute; and Mr. H.
Curzon, by the Earl of Scarborough.
Mr. Henlock, by the Duke of Portland.
Colonel Lawson, by the Earl of Chatham.
Capt. Wrigglesfield, by the Neapolitan Ambassador.
Mr. Beckford, by Earl Effingham.
Mr. Hobhouse, by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
Mr. Gordon, by the Earl of Galloway.
Capt. Pater, of the Navy, by Viscount Hood.
Lord Chief Justice Clerk.
Capt. Irby, by Lord Boston.
Lord Kinnaird, by Lord Blaney.
Capt. Lloyd, on his return from Egypt.
Mr. Smith, by Lord Rolle.
Mr. 0 rde by Lord Grey.
Sir R. Calder, of the Navy, on his promotion.
Capt. Sydenham, of the Navy, on his promotion.
General Lister, on his promotion to the command of the
45th Regiment.
Mr. Folgham, by Lord Downe.
Lord Clonbroke, on his promotion.
Sir-li. Hervey and Capt. Argles, of the Navy.
For the first time this season were, Admiral Cornwallis,
Lord Yarborough, and Lord Hawke.

After the 'conipany had withdrawn, the KING
held a Council of his Ministers ; after which, Mr.
JACKSON had an audience, and at half past five the
KING returned to Buckingham House.

Last night the RoyAL FAMILY honoured the
Concert of Ancient Music with their presence.

: We agree entirely with Lord HAWKESBURY in
the opinion which he expressed last night, that a
course more extraordinary than that which has been
taken by the present Opposition, was never adopted
even by the most falious ; entirely agreeing with
his Lordship, that that term can never be properly
applied_ to one heilded by Mr. Windham. Under
the pretence of arguing and discussing the Question
of the Definitive Treaty in detail, the deliberate
plan teems to be to take every opportunity which a
motion for the prodalion of Papers may afford to
enter • into a general view of the whole Question.
The motive is obvious—Ministers seem perfealy.
to understand it.

This day, it is Understood) the Lord Chancellor
was to give his Opinion upon the Claim of Right
preferred by His Royal Highness the PP.ltsc E of
WALES, to the arrears of the Revenue of the
Duchy of Cornwall during his Minority.
The Contra& for the Lottery must, we should ima_
gine, have gone beyond even Mr.Aollr NCTUN's most
sanguine expeflations. The lowest bidding was in
fast a high one ; and the result is a conclusive proof,
if any was wanted, after the terms of the Loan, of
the confidence of monied People. The Plan of the
Lottery was perfealy new, and being in its pro-
fessed objea, (so creditable to the Government)
calculated to prevent, or at least very much to di-
minish low Insurances, was likely a good deal to-
affea the terms of the Bargain. Such, however,
has not been the result ; and the interests of the
Public have not been affeaed, by a laudable atten-
tion to public morals. The Bargain was the best
that had ever been male.

A Committee of West India Merchants and
Planters have had an interview with Mr. ADDING_
TON, to represent to him their desire, that the im-
mediate duty upon raw sugars should be reduced from
zos. to tos. per cwt. The Minister, as we under-
stand, replied to their statement," that, though a
change in the application of the tax might be grant-
ed, the final amount of it could not be diminished ;
and that, if the duty upon raw sugars were to he
thus reduced, an excise duty of three-p+nce per pound
upon refined sugars must be substituted for it.
Yesterday Captains ROGERS and ANDERSON, of
the Admiral and Cullan's Grove, topic leave
of the Court pf,DireetorS, previous to their being
dispatched for:- Madras and Bengal,: The Admiral
Apliu will sail.ftoni Gravesend on Monday next.
By the death of the late Lord GUILDFORD, Mt-
PITT, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, has
the appointing a Successor to his -Lordship in the
station he held as .Captain of Deal Castle. The
emoluments of the situation are but trifling, but
the apartments are very good, and its vicinity to
Waltner and Dover Castle, makes it a
,roost desir-
able summer residence.

Major-General EY R r Coors, who was second in
command to Lord HUICH iNsoN, in Egypt, is by
His Majesty's express command, to be rewarded for
his gallant services, with the Order of the Bath,
with which he will be invested on his return from
Ireland.

•
As Politics are very properly put out of the way,
in the tribute of respea that is so univ.ersally paid
to the memory of the late Duke of BEDFORD, We
most cordially join in every mark. of regard and
regret that can be bestowed. The Statue of him
about to be creted by the friends to Agriculture
is honourable to the Projectors of it, and to the
•Country ; and we have no doubt care will be taken
that its execution will be creditable to the Arts.
The Noblemen and C.;entlemen of the Club in.
Bond Street have very properly invited all the Fo.
reign Ministers to their Fete on the r+th.
We shall be able in a few days to lay before our
readers the plan of the splendid Fete to be given on
the t+th at the Club in Bend Street.

Mr. JEFFERYS certainly declines the pressing
invitations of his Friends to stand as a Candidate
to represent Coventry again.

Too much praise cannot be bestowed on Captain
Ws BLEir, of His Majesty's Ship Savage, and Lieu..
tenant Coos, of the Liberty, for their exertions in
the preservation of the cargo of the ship Princesses,
lately cast on shore near Beachy Head ; they have
already saved full fifty thousand pounds worth of
her property, and by the vigilance of her Officers
and men, have prevented her being shamefully
plundered.

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Abc E ‘frori:ll)ar'itic 1.)_;:i:13 to the N.T.:(iiterranean ;.
Betsey, fit K r N-S; rthal \NryillOtith ; Ziherty, VAR-
REL, Iron LOndOri ; jobatina Maria, CRICK, for
Copeuhazeri to SAUta Cruz, and Drie Getrc,edersi
UcttlcKs, front Eiti!)den.
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