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DOVER; MAY 2g.-.-The Vixen 'Gun-brig, Lieutenant
IlaowN, sent into this HArhOur yesterday the Renomme
French Ng, laden with ruin and sugar, bound to Dunkirk';
and this morning the Jalonse Gun-brig sent in the Deux
Freres French Brio, front CettO, with Wine, oil, and brandy,
bound to Antwerp ; and the Speculation French Brig, with
_gyniothnonds,"ao drugs, for Amsterdam.
FA 1.M.0 UTH, MAY 23.—1 n consequence of an order re-
, ceived last Post by the Agent for Packets, the folio% ing
Packets were ordered to proceed to Sea immediately, with
anti Dispatches, via.

. .
Prince Ernest, PETre z, mails of tSth inst. for Leeward
Islands ; Prince Adolphus, JON es, Mails of 17th inst. for
Lisbon ; Earl of Leicester, Sir Ax 1., MailS•ol the 4th inst.
,for Neto York and Halifax : the former of which sailed last
ivening, and the two latter early this Mornitig.—The Reso-
lution Cutter, Lieutenant GROUSE, arrived last Evening
with-a small French Cutter, (Pilot- Boat) L'Esperance,
which she tell in with off the Lizard. She had been at Sea
(front Havre) eight days, and is supposed to have been sent Out
to warn all French vessels of the rupture between this Coun-
try and France. The Resolution sailed again this day on a
cruize.—Pasied this Port yesterday afternoon, to the west.
ward, a ;lime-decked Ship of War, and a Frigate, supposed
to be the Vielork, of no guns, with Lard NELiONI3 Flag,
and the Amphion, of 3a guns, for the Mediterranean.
The 'fowtishend Packet, DolaV, from lamaica, Duke of
Bent, De NN Is, from New-York and I lalifax, and Walsing.
ham, Ron Ears, from Lisbon, may be expthed to arrive
ao soon as the %Vinci shifts: it has blown fresh for several
days from N. tO.N. E. which is against them.
Passengers by the Prince Ernest are,• Mr. 1.t.0 o, j. W.
Dania Esq., Chief justice of the Island of Nevis, .Incl Lis
Daughter.,
Per Prince Adolphus—Mr. GA ea: ER, Consult General at
Lisbon, and his family ; Mr. G s M... BENNETT, Mr.
I.IiTER, Mr. ANN IRARKE, Mr. LEZSON, Mr. ADA msON,
Mr. PIANKENH At V, Mr. SZTARRO, M. COSTA DE Lt Tr.,
BETSON, M. I. DE AZIVIDU, M. I. POTIER,. and
GILDERNISTZR.

Per Leicester—Major AusrEtr, 6,)th Regiment of Foot
!qrs. AUsTEN, Mr. YEOMAN, Mr. FOREMAN, and Mr.
UNICK.

PLYMOUTH, Mnv 24.—Arrived :he French Dogger,
LcUrand Actrien, laden with salt, from France, bound to
Obtend, Captured on the 22d instant by the Revolutionairc
Frigate; ak.o Le St. Tronquille, of Fecainp, PIERRE Ito-
l'44cr master, laden with mackerel, captured on the 22d lust
by the Pickle Schooner.

Arrived the Pickle Schooner, of IA guns, front a Cruize in
the Channel, with loss of bowsprit.
PORTS.MOUTH,. Myr 2'3.--The following French
Prizs are sent into this Port py the La Minerve Frigate,
Captain 13vt r.t t.:--Le Hardie Sloop, P. Sou TI tr. master,
from llrest to Fecamp, vith cyder ; Marie Brig, JULIIEN D&
PA.uctie master, [rein Ilavre to St. MaloeS, with plank;
L'Esperance, G UNA IRD, from Havre to BOurdeaux, in bal-
last ; La Laboureax, Lore rt r, froml-lavre-de,Gxace, for
West, with plank; La Patriot, La Ci.ncctizz, from
Ilavre for Brest, with plank ; Le Pary Viaorious
from France, with salt.

Passed by, the Sir Andrew Ilamond, DoNnes.4 from
jam:llea, in six weeks. •
HARWI CH, MAY 25.—Government have given direc-
tions to prepare and mount the Guns on the Batteries all along
the Essex Coast.
The Prince of Wales Post-Office Packet, Capt. HrAnh,.
and the King George, Capt. S Awr E 1, sailed this afternoon
immediately upon the arrival oe the Mails from London, the
tanner for Cuxhaven, middle King George fur Helvoctsluys.

Yesterday morning between nine'anil ten o'clock,
}its MAJESTY and thelluke of CUMBERLAND, at.
tended by General GARTH, left Buckinghum.house,
and took an airing on horseback over Westminster-
bridge to Streatham and Croydon, through the
town, arid returned by Dulwich,, Norwood, and,
Camberwell. Ills MAJESTY paid particular attetn_
tion to the buildings and alterations that .have been
matte in those neighbourhoods lately, anti returned.
to finckingharn-house about half past oner:--Hts
MAJEsTY is supposed to have rode near '3o miles.
About half vast two Iles MAJESTY Went' to St.
James's Palace, anti immediately on his arrival gave
an audience to Lord Hon ART, who was waiting the
;461;41 of HIS MAJESTY.

About three o'clock, His MAJESTY being seated
an his Throne, received the Address of the House
of Lords, which was -attended by the PR INCE of
`VALES, the DUKE of` YORK, and the DUKE of
'CUMBERLAND, the Lord CHANCELLOR, the Arch.
bishop of CANTERBURY, the Archbishop of Du ti.
.Llll, the Bishops of Sr. ASAPII, ELY, BRISTOL,
GLOUCESTER, and DURHAM, together with -the
following Nobility.:
Disket—Portlarld and Roxburgh.
Alarquisses—Salisbury and To wnshenn
Earls—Spencer, 'Roslin, Moira, ()minty, Romnev, Cour.
town, Darnley, Effingham, Chesterfield, and Wssunor.
land.
Lords—Limerick, Kenyon, gelsra. Boston, Stopford, Went-
ivorth, Willoughby de Broke, Waisiugham, Newark, Dol..
ton, Pembroke, Cathcart, Melville, Hobart, and Pelham.
HIS MAJESTY then held a Privy Council, which
lasted a considerable time; atter which His MA..`
esnr gave a private audience to Mr. ADDING.
t.r, for near three.guarters of an hour; Lord Pet.'
lIANt had likewise a private audience .of. Hts MA.,
JESTY 'for a considerable time. About five o'clock
His MAJESTY 'returned to the Queen's.house to
dinner. The Duke of CUMBERLAND dined with
THEIR MAJESTIES.
THE THEATRE.-7-THEIR MAJESTIES honoured
the Haymarket Theatre with their presence las;
night, and were accompanied by four of the Prin.
ceases. The Dramatic Pieces commanded on this
occasion were, the Comedy of The Heir at Law,
and the operatic Farce of My Grandmother, both of
which went off with great spirit. The Royal party
received the most loyal greeting from the Audience,
and God Save the King, which was repeatedly sung,
was attended, with the most zealous .applapse.
A Court of Aldermen was bet fi on Tuesday at
Guildhall, when. the Court ordered thu' Price of
Bread to be raised half an Assize.
The LORD MAYOR, agreeably to ancient and
annual custom, nominated the. following Gentlemen
to be put up on Midsuinmer.day, to be chosen
'Sheriffs for the year ensuing, viz,

Edw. Fotster' Esq. Mercer., Wm, Itnw, Esq. grocierer.
Win Webb; Etzq. Vintner. ELlw. Str.ith, Esq. Skinner.
Rowlet, Esq. (Hover. Henry in r sq. Ihrcher.
• Cules, Esq. Wneelwriglit. 1.1.1ei, Esq.- (.11ast-sclier.
Jas. (i-a4(.oihne, Esq. Slter.

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'CONSERVATIVE'SEtiATE, M4Y

Tog Counsellor, of of Stare, Bigot, Prearrentit,
Demilles, and Fleurieu,, Orators of Govermeot,
.have this- day communicated to the Senate, il.e
Note addressed '3'esterday to the Ambassador of
His Britannic Majesty, by the Minister fur Fo..
reign Affairs
May 13.

Under the important and serious circumstances in
which the two Nations ale at present _placed, the
Undersigned, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
French Republic, has received orders to submit to
the British Government the following Note :
.0n the Bth of March, His Britannic Majesty
made known to his Parliament, by a Special Mes.
sage, that several formidable Armaments were pre.
paring in the Ports of France and Holland, and that
important Negotiations, the issue of which was
doubtful, were then pending.between the two Go.
vernments. This extraordinary and unexpeficti
Declaration naturally excited 'the most general
astonishment ; but, the maritime situation of France
was obvious to. all. England and Europe knew
that she had no formidable Armament, either in her
own Ports or in those of Holland. The Under.
signed does not wish to recall to.themind of-Lord
Whitworth all that was yid at the time to which
he alludes. We demanded to be informed from
what soutce had sprung such unfounded information.
The discernment of Lord Whitworth, the fidelity
-of his charatter, could not for an instant permit
suspicion to alight upon hiM.
The assertion that France had prepared hostile.
Armaments was so manilesly erroneous, that it was
Impossible any person could be imposed upon by it.
It produced, however, the effea of serving the
cause
,of 'certain individuals, signalized by the in,
'veteracy of their opinions, and who seek with avi.
dity all manner of pretences to foment troubles, to
inflame the passions of the Veeple of Great Britain,
and to excite a spirit of defiance, of hatred, and
alarm. As to the English Government, we must
suppose, that if, by false reports, it had been led
into an error with respett to the existence of French
Armaments, 'that could not be the case with tespeet
to the pretended existence of Negotiations. The
Ambassador of the Republic ,at London was no
sooner informed of the Message of His Britannic
Majesty, than, astonished that the existence of a
Negotiation should be announced, wizhout any
knowledge, on his part of such a fad, he repaired to
Lord Hawkeabury ; and stnyeding before that time
that a call for a National Armament, founded upon,
two suppositions, equally false, might be made to
conceal a projed to violate the Treaty of Amiens
with respeetto those articles which were not yet ex.
ecuted, he presented on the loth of March, to the
,Minister of His Britannic Majesty, a Note, in
which he demanded the necessary explanations. At
the same time, the Undersigned received orders to
demand of his Excellency Lord WhitSvorth, an ex.
planation of the motives which could have deter-
mined the English Government to authorize, in its
,Message, two'assertions, equally false, in order t 6
enable then') to call upon the Nation to arm, and
'bleak the, bands of amity which had united the two
States.

His EXcellency Lord l'lawkesbury, replied on the
istli of Mardi, to General Andreassy, in a Note,
at once vague, aggreSsive, and absolute. This Note,
far from clearing up'any one point, served only 10
throw an additional' obscurity upon the subject of
the disctission ; it afforded no possible opening to
the desired explanation, and still less of hope that
the discussions would happily terminate. The re.
ply-of the French*Government, of the date of the
29th of March, was as pacific and, moderate as the
Note of the British Minister bad been hostile.
The First Consul declared, that a War with England
was the most remote from his tyishes ; that he was
desirous to consider' the expressions which .had been
used, as not bearing a charafter of aggression ; and
that he could not bring himself to believe that_ His
Britannic Majesty entertained, any wish to violate
the :wait), of a-Treaty, upon which depended
the security of so many Nations. This declara.
tiOn, made by,order of the First Consul, provoked
on the ,7th of April, a fresh Note, in which the
French Government saw With infinite surpeize, an
indefinite demand made of " satisPetion," addressed
to it. The vague nature of-this demand, expres,ed
without any apparent motive or ()Ned, left nothing
to •be distin6tly diScovered, except the equivocal
description of its expression. There was mini.
Tested in t 4 NOM of the British Government, an
'intention to violale the Treaty of Amiens, and to
refuse to evacuate the island of Malta. They
seemed to flatter themselves that the French people
would consent to give " satisladion " upon two
pretended fads, upon an alleg3tion respetting which,
they had perhaps, a . right to demand the same of
them.

In the performance of this affair, Lord Whir_
worth demanded that an arrangetnent should intim.
diately be formes(' upon the basis which had beetl ex-
plained, at the same time giving us to understand,
that in the contrary case, he feared, he should find
himself-obliged, by the orders of Government,
shortly to quit France) and thereby. terminate his
mission. What reply could th.e Government .of the
-Republic make to such hasty demands, to such
strange propositions ? It was only its great love of
Nate that could suppress the indignation to which
they had . given rise. To submits to a cool and
calm decision, which leaves to reason and to jus.
tic& the removal of improper paisions, requires one
to be profoundly penetrated with the idea.of the
numerous victims of 'the discords of Governments,
who ,have no, share in the aggression's which pro,
duce the destructive contentioni ; that the thou.
sands of brave'ciiiieni, who, in heroic devotion,
shed their. blood Only for their Country, have no
deSire to offer offence to powerful neighbouring
people ; that they 'take no interest in the empty
and vain pretensions to superiority. We must trot
only be penetrated with this sentiment, we must
also in every respect subdue our passions.- His
Excellency Lord Whitworth, agreed to write to
his Court that the First Consul could not consent to
a siolatior).of a solemn Treaty,, but that he. wished
for the maintenance of Peace ; that It .the Eltl6ll
Government were desitous of forming any atrarge.

gthntila nut Terns:. to Comp-ly with their wishes. and
that the 'iatt'sN ,f Pith be 'derived from their red..
procal COllloolll's.
These sentiment's were just and moderate ; it
would be difficult to propose 'a Negotiation upon a
basis more liberal: it. is not' foreign ,to the (pies-
tion to observe here, that it was now six weirs
after the Message, in OW% it was announced, that
an important Negotiation of deep interest, and un,
certain issue, was pending, Mien the Ministers of
the two Governments had not:so much as opened an
aflual Negotiation.
Lori Whitworth received new °Welly and pre-
sented successively two Projets of convention.
By the first, it was proposed that Malta, should
Continue under the Sovereignty of the King of Eng-
land and this demand complied with, His
,Britan-
nic Majesty would consent to recognize every thing
which had taken place in Europe since the Treaty .of
Amiens. The King of England promised still lur.
ther to take •measures for e&dttally purs'ishing,
those men, in different parti of England, who had
formed plots against France. The Undersigned
had the honour to observe to Lord Whitworth, that
the first Projet of convention was a palpable viola-
tion of the Treaty of Amiens, and subversive of
the basis of the Negotiation which his Excellency
Was charged to present to his CoUrt ; that, with,
resped to the recognition cffered by His Britannic
Majesty, there was no real case to which it could
apply; that no changes had taken place in Europ4..-
since the Treaty of Amiens, except .the organiz,a-
lion of the German • Empire, in which the King of,
England had, as Eletiorof,l-finover, concurred by
his vote, and ‘rhich was a neeeNsary, cnrv.equener of
the Treaty of Luneville, which had existence lung
before the Treaty of Amiens. -

That the events relative to the'Political situa.
lion of Piedmont,.of the kingdom of Etruria, and
the Italian and Ligurian Republics, had their date
previous to the Treaty of Amiens ; that in the Nr.
gotiation of that Treaty, France was desirous that
England should recognize those three Powers: bul.
that as no agreement was come to, either with re...
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spe.t to that point, or the afftirs of India, as far as-.
regarded the destruaion of several 01 the principal
Scares, anil the invaluable acquisitions obtained by,
England in- that quarter, the discussion of those
°Netts was not entered into, as it might obstrurt
the execution of the ,Preliminary.Atticles, .a ton.
&mental object of the pacification -of the ,two
Countries. The Undersigned observed, in Mine,
that the French Government would make: no de...
mand upon this point, nor' requite any approbation
or recognition of His Britannic Majesty. -The
Underiigned added, that with rspettt to the Bata-
vian Republic, it had been recognized by the,K'ng
of England, in consequence of the Treaty which
existed between them ; and that, by existing 'lira.
ties between that Republic and France, the last
vision of the French Troops would evacuate Viol,.
land 'on, the complete .execution of the Treaty of
Amiens, As to the refugee criminals in London,
and the Island of Jersey, where' they give full
scope to all their vile propensities, and where, in.
stead of being punished„- they are treated as Pen-
sioners
by England, the French Government cirn-
ceivea that, in the at: Uill situation of the Negotia-
tions, he ought not to attach any impOrtanee to
them: •
Lord Whitworth then proposed a second Projet.
England demanded that the Civil Government. of
Malta being left to the ,Grand Master, the Bri.
tish Garrison should continue tanccupy the fortifi.
cations .of the, Island. „This proposition wits 'it's:
praelicaltle,undinadmissible. Like that of the Arst
Projet, it was contrary to Ole Treaty of Amiens,
and .consequently to the, basis of Negotiation pro.
posed by the .First Consul, ; it bore ChataaCt of
Ihh most 'irremediable inconvenience, that of put_
ring an Older of Knights, beloging td all the
Powers of Europe, under the; authority and atbitra,,
ry will of a single Power ; it Was, in fsne, an
dignity offered, to the honour and to'the rciigion tri
an Order constituted by'all the principles of honour.
Thus, in every step of the Negotiation, the Go.,
vernment of the Republic was.dooMed to see the
English Government having only one with and ob.
len in view, that of not complying with the
potation% of the Treaty of Amiens, and of preserv-
.ing Malta to itself, for the reason only. that Malta
watit position of convenience to England, and that
btlol an acquisition would be a " sufficient Gua-
rantee."

But 'what Power of Europe %mild' recognise itself.
to he so
.unequal as to submit to the will of another,
without diseussiow of its rights, and withotit any
appeal to the principles of justice ? What Puwtr,
aboveall, sittiltted as Fraoce has been in the course
of that discutgion, would have kihscribed to the
conditions &dated in the cononercement of the Ne.
gotiatioti, and announced by menaces of War, by
preparations'and Arrriaroctir4, which were prepared
as the means of arranging the rights and'interests of
the two States ?

In one 'case, in some respells analogous, a Na.
tion %%Irak, not fir want of courage, but from the
exterit and population of its Provinces, who tiared
to brave the English Power, hod its Cwit.ti menaced,
the residence of-its Sovereigoexposed to danger, as,
well as its Magazines, its only riches, the fruits of
an hundred years of Pence, anti an economical in.
dustry, rather than subscribe to unjust conditions,
proposed then, as now, for the convenience of Eng-
land, anti supported by a considerable Armament.
Araie men perished ; the Danish Colonies were
seized.; but however. unequal the contest, Honour
left to that.generous 'Nation .no choice, with respeti
to the part which it ought to take. .
- 1,1 the present, discussion, policy speaks the same
tlanguage.as honour; if the British G:ivernment" is
free to conform, or nut to Cia)(01111, tu.ils engage.
meats ; if it mav, in the Treaties Avhich it makes,
distinguish the spirit.from the letter, if 'its Mental
- reservations are. to be admitted as authorized ex.
cePtions ; if, in short, the convenience ol
Is to explain the meaning of Political Conventions,
,shat will be the limit of the concessions which it
Avill.etorayour s4ccessively:ro wrest from the sup.
PtlSett weakness of France ? What will be the inch.
sure of the
,„erdiees which stir
will attempt to impose upon Fl4llCe ?
Now_a_d,vs the c Alvenience ni goghlild eXaetti
guarantee agition,France, and 't-s.tains Ilia Etas

guaraotee against France, anti' Dunkirk was de;.
-streyeall And •ati English. tothiniSsary diaatcd
laws in a Country 'Where Fienet colo'u'rs. '%yee
ing I To-Morrow Reglaiul's toifireiiient•y will de..
wand A g'ujtautee against the progress Of French
industry; and she will ptOpose a duty eon corn:
metce, in order CO stop the progress of Or in.
If wI repair our ports; if we 'Ciinstruft a ram.'
pt.( ; if we dig a canal, if, by any encouragenienr;
we promote our Minutinares, &c. they will require
of us that we degrade Our ports, destroy 'our ram.
parts, fill' up .our Canals, ruits manufatlureo.
they will eta of ?rake that She Shall bccome
poor, and she ,be disarmed, in order to coof.,rat
herself to the coiri,enience of England, and give a
tiqkcient guarantet to herG-wveroment.
Whether we consider the principles or examine
the-consequences, one- is equally struck with the
injustice and the .scandal of these pOtensions. One
may ask whether, :if they were submitted td an
English jury- they cvoulti no be, without hesitts
'ion, Unanimously rejetita.. ' • -
The G ~ernnient of the Republic has a right to
be astonished that the Ministry should
think itself mutt nised to suppose that it would sub.
ink to such abasement. I-low- could they imagine
that the present' Government 'of France would hue,'
in an indolent repose, the recolleCtion of all that it
had done, and the sense of its duties

Are our provinces lets extensive, or less popu.
tottti ? Are wa no longer the same men who have
sacrificed every thing to the maintenance of our
just interests ? And if
~after the splendour, of
our successes, we have bilt!Wil a great moderation,
to what other cause can that, moderation be imput,
eel, It is not to be• attributed to the justice of
our and a consciousn6s.of our strength ?
"!'he Undersigned, in making these observations .
to his Excellency I, ird Whitworth, conceives he
has the right of tcmirking, that the moderate con.
duct of -the Freud) Admioistration for two whole •
months, during which there was a succession of
tlte-i Most offensive provocations, and in spite of
every impressi,,n of resentment, taught to induce
him to appreciate the. true eharAer of The French
GU Yet =lei) t. Whilst, however, die Govertitrient
of the Republic 'waited in profound silence, not.
,withstanding repeated insults, to see if any means
would be adopted to rep sir them, or at least to put •
an end to them, whilst avoiding every thing which
might tend to prejudge whatever might he the final
issue of the bositiess, it shcwed the utmost atten-
tion and eagerness to .examine the means which
might be propowtf to c:.incillate and satisfy the
Eogli•h Government.; it was then that, vt.rbati_r,
and refusing to give any d'claration in writing, his
Excelleuty.Lord Whitworth made, in the name, aid'
by the order of his Government, On the 16th of
April,. to the Undersigned,the following demands :
":That' England bllO4l .retain Malta fQt

pars.
" T!'.;tt England should take possession of the
Island of tamped°5a.,
That Holland hhotthl he evacuated."

-His Excellency Lord .Whitworth moreover ile_
Glared, that these ptoposiiions were the liitima.
turn of his Court ; and that upon the refus'al to ac:.
cept them, he had orders tO qUit PAris after the lapse
of seven days. . . .
The Undersigned ventures to say, that there is
no instance of ►uch a form being given to an Ultima.
turn so imperioui.

What I must Was' alone be disadvantageous.: for
? the English Ministry imagine the French
Nation So weok, that in a ct»tjuntture in which
the rint important deliberation is in Negotiation..
concerning it, it does not .beliefe itself bound to
conform, as to itself, ti, the usages which are ob.
served by all the G svernmentsof civilized Nations?
Or rather is it not because:the sentiment of in.
justice, which weighs Upon the conscience of the
man in a public. station, as upon that.of the private
individual, has prevented the
,British Government
signing the requisition whiCh it has made ; and that
by it step less decided., it 'bat endeavnured to re.'
serve to itself for the future, the means of losing the
traces of its true pretensions, and to deceive; for the
space of one day, opinion upon the origi.n. of the

'rupture ? -
Or, in sliott, the Miniiters of His tritannic Ma-
jesty (knowing but imperially theeharafier of the
First Consul), hoped, by dint of proimeations, tta
exaspeiate him, or to intimldate • Iran, to lead hint
to forget the intete,ts of the, Nation, 'or .to excite
him to some illustrious aft, which they might after-
wards. he enabled to represent in the eyes of ,Europe
as the cause of the commencement of War.

' The First Consul, more than ;any mart in exist-
ence, is acquainted with the evils of War, because,
more than any person whatever, he has been accus.
totted to its calculations and its chances ; he be-
lieves that, in circumstances such as those in which.
we are nOw situated, the fit:it coniideration of Gq.
vernment ought 'to he direCted to the catastrophes
and the misfortunes which may he produced Irmo
entering into a new War S he believes that his first
duty iv, not to Yield to motives of irritation, bur
to make every search for the means to enlighten, and
to assuage the improvident passions of the People.
The IJndersigned resting then, at first upon the
forM of,this eommunication'of His Excellency Lord
'Whitworth; entreated him to observe, that,verbal
and fugitive conversations are insufficient for the'
discussion of such immense interests, all the
fives of which arc generally considered in the Coun-
cils of Nations, after the•most mature deliberation.
In these Councils, and in such circumstances,
mating is judged indifferenr ; the form and even
the expressions are there weighed, examined, de.
bated, appreciated, and serve always both to deter-
mine, as well as justify the step- which ought to be
taken.

If such an imprudent and unaccommodating via.
lation of :ill forms, had been pursued by France,
what would nut have been said, what would not
have been widen in England P There is Ass an
Parliament who knolit
Ut a tor in the two Howes of
not have deelated'that this deviation from general
rules escoblt•heil among Nations under important
c,rcuinstanees, was an outrage to the English
don. In the eyes of all, such an offen,:e
/Live beer, regarded as a sufficient motive for bre..
Gegusiatiopa

.the groun't.of, the 1.//tiilaiu.'m 'proposed;
Undersigued. :las the InMout retithid Elr.
ceilency Lord Wt.itworth, :that he v.as charged to
declare- by a N fr trinsinitted to him he 2d of.
thett the Fs first Consul, remained as ifinnaved
by the thertAces as by tlfe 'injuries cum' alned of;
and Passing by to forget
,the forms .which there h
nd example in history ;of any. Government having.
discarded in such imptirtant circumstances.." • -
That the Island:of LamPedosa did:nut belong to
. France, that it was under the sovereignty of -a
Foreign Power, and that as for the desire of His
Britannic Majesty to haVe it in possession, it did
pat belong to the First Consul eitber, to concede,
or to refuse it.
That the independence of the Order and Island of
Malta, was_ the result of a special artittle of the
Treaty of Ainiens ; that with respea to that, the
First. Consul could not. make any new deteymina.
tion ,without the concurrence, of the two other
Contrading Powers to that Treaty, his. Majesty
the Kingbf Spain and the Batavia!, Republic.
That the independence of the Island of Malta was
guaranteed by his Majesty the Eniperor of Ger.
many, and that 'the ratifications .of that guarantee
were exchanged; that their Majesties_ the Emperor
of Russia and the King of Prussia had 'guaranteed
the independence of the Order and. the Island of
Malta ; that the guaranty of these Powers had.
been demanded by England, as well as by Fiance ;
that it was the duty of the Firsi Consul to accept
them; that the First Consul could not listen to any
proposition • relative to the independence of the
Order and Island . of
,Malta, wittthut previously
making it known to them, and knowing the dispo.
shin,' of the, guaranteeing Powers.
That a more numerous body of French Trdops
• were agiin, on the moment of the Message, station.
ed in Holland, in virtue of a Convention concluded
between that Republic and France; and that the,
Filst C.o.lsul ba.d'-not -hesitated to declare that he
witi evacuate Holland as' soon as the'stipulations oft
• the Ti!:ary 01:Amiens Aall be carried into compleat
execution on the part of England.
To this Note,. which in itssxpressions, in its
exaelness, and abnyi all the preicisiun of its motives,
breathes nothing but equity, peace, and inotira,
tion, his Excellency Lord. Whitworth replied by a
peremptory demand itf. 'Passports, which he would
make use of on Wednesday,., the 4th of May, at five
o'cl9ck in the morning.
The , French. Government sensibly perceived the
.contro" st of such an absolute determination with the

cl4atier of benevolence, justice, and conciliation,
which, .un.ler every circumstance, and principally
in the latter, are al way4.attached to its proceedings.
Nevertheless it believes it .a duty to sacrifice to the
interests Of huinanity. It would not abandon the
hopes of Peace till the last moment, and the Under.
signed remits to his Excellency Lord, Whitworth, a
new Note; by which Ftance.consents that Malta
be garrisoned by one of the three guaranteeing
Powers, Austria„ Russia, or Prussia. - _ •
This propoSition appeared to Lord Whit,worth
himself satisfaaory to the pretensions ,of his Court,
lie sto.petuled his departure, and.took, the Note ad
refireilduni. •• . • •
In the mean tide the Ambassador of the Republic
io LUndon, irifuktned of the' demand of. Lord Whir,
worth, acParis, for his passports to return to Eng.::
land; had received orders, to hold-himself ready. for
his departure. He accordingly demanded }fit pao-
prts,.which were delivered to him the...atnc hour.
The' mezzo terrains, proposed by the French 00.
I.,!rnment softened dowm the article of the Treaty of
Amiens, but it h-ad the double advantage Of al),
poaching as, much as possible, to
.the spirit,of it,
that is to' say, to make Malta indipentlen(of the,
two Nations, and to -cfrer the guarantee st, much
desired, and which the British Ministry pretended
to be the sole object (if their alarms. .;
The' British Government felt the force -of these.
reasons;and the Unhappy consequences which War
entail, but offered no other f,ply than by making a
false charge. The r ith of this month Lord Whit.
worth transmitted a Nt6re, in which :he declared
that Russia had refused that which had been de.
manded of her.

•The guaranteeing, Powers being
three in number,
if Russia. had iefineil, there still remain 'de Em..
peror of germany "ninl ,the King of •Prus,ia; But
bow eculd make known her setitinietitS on

a new proposition, made within a few days ?
land knew. that Rustkiiritnd Pros,ia had. t)rop,,,,ied to
guarantee the Independetuce of Malta' with slight
jrwd,fiotinns, :Ind that the French Gritiernment

hastened to accept the-saia guarantee ; ;rid frbuf the
,fitielity to lIIS. eng:igetuents, which chi,r,ieteristi the
Emperor Alexander, there Wits no doubt 'but he

. . .
would accept the proposition ofirtid to him :.But

Providence, which somettmes,pleas'es to' confound
b.td faith, oo.ordered, that (tt the saute jirre, and eft
the very same moment r!,;!r Lord WI-li/ wotth re.

milted .Note, a Rus,i,tn CoUriir arrived to the
Plenipotentiariei of that. Power, at Pari., inti cat .1.,0n
don, With adr ices, in which his Imperial 'Majesty
manifested, with pecurnir energy, his coneernrat the.
resolution-of his
.itri tannic -Isilaje4ty w retain Malta.
Fie renewedk the assuranev:i of his guaranty, and made
known that he' .wou1:1 ree to, ihettentrod of his
mediation made by. the First Constil, if the two
Powers had recourse Co it. The::Undersigoe.ir hasten.
ed, on the tzth,. to make known to _Lord Whit-
worth, by a note, the error in which his Court
mained, noctioubttng bur that, siinie it was the only.
oblation 'that
.hati been made to the-projet which
had' been preented, from the moment it should

_
know the
.p4:iitiVe and reiterated declaration of
Russia, the Court of London, would be eager to-ad.
here to the placing of Malta in- the' hands of one of
the three guaranteeing Powers. What, Men, Was-
tW astonishment of the Undersigned, when LOrd
Whitworth, withauf entei.ing into any exiianation,
and neither seeking to cowraditi,nor to discuss the
declarations which the. Undersigned had made, to
him. stated the same day,,in a note, that the period
of his instructions was rrived—that he had orders to

set out within thiity,,six hours after the fleliver,i of

. _
his last Note—and reiterating the detnand,of his
passports, the Undersigned immediate), 'remitted
them to him. , ,

Would the'English Anillassadaritaveined-other.
had the French Governmeht -been besieged in
a place battered in breach ; 41)(1. if it had been a

questiun, nut of the most important interests which

the British Cabinet have treated foreight hundred
years, but of a simple capitulation ?
The overture to negotiatz har been preceded .hy
Armaments arrogantly announced. Every day,
evely hour, the resumption of lwstilities has been
,sigitalized. •

=And what is the Ultimatum -which has been pre.
rented 'to the French Government to be signed
witin the course of a day ?
It must consent to give-an Island which does not
belting
,to it ; it must itself violate a solemn Treaty
to its own detriment, under the pretence that Eng.
land has need against it of anew Guarantee, • that
it .be wanting in all'the regard, due, to the other con.
tra4ting Powers, by destroying,, without their con.
currence, the
.Article which, owing to:considera.
Lion for them, underwent the longest discussion at
the period of the conferences; that it should equally
fail in the considerations which are due to the Gua.
ranteeing Powers, by consenting that an Island,
the, independence of which ,those Powers. desire,
should remain for ten years under the authority of
the British Crown ; , that it should ravish from the
Order of Malta, the soVereignty of the State that
has been given to it, and that, this sovereignty-be
transferred to the inhabitants ; that by this spolia.
tiob it should offend all the Powers which have re.
-cognised. the re.eseablishment of this Order, which
have guaranteed ir, and which,
,in the arrangements
of Germany, have secured to it Indemnities for the
losses which it has sustained.

I Such is the basis. ttf this Uftimatum, which
-presents a,series of pretensions,klwayi encreasing in
-proportion to the moderation t.hiclithe Government
.of the Republic has:displayed. 'At first, England
consented to the preservation, of the Order of NIA ta,
andsoltiy wished to subjed the. Order and its States
to the British authority.
•
Now, and . for the first time, the-abolition of
the Ordcr is dentinded.,., ai:d this must be consented
to within the space- of thirty-six hours.
But ,even were the conditions definitively pro..
posed.as conformable-to the Treaty of Amiens and
the interests.of France, as they are contrary to
them, the--mere form of. the.clemand, the term of
thirty-six hours which is prescribed for the reply,
would have prevented any doubt limn remaining of
the determination of the French Government. No
France will never- recognize in -.any Government
the right of annulling, by a single-ate of its will,
- the stipulations of a, reciprocal engagement. ll she
has pertnived , that- under . forms tantamount 'to ~
threats, there should be presented a verbal Ultima.,
- turn of seven days, an • Ultimatum of thirty.slx
hours, and Treaties to Ile concluded before they. are-
nekotiated, she can have no other obje.ft than lo:ie., -
'claim the British Government .by the example of her
moderation; but sho.can never consent. to any thing
that may compromise: the interests of her digt,ity
and of her power.. .
The Undersigned is therefore charged to declare
to-his Excellency. .Lord Whitworth, that noconii-
deration, the form and tneaning,of which do novae-
Cord with.the usages observed between Great powers,
and with the principle of the most perfedequality
between, both States, will be admitted by France..

'That nothing will
.compel the French .Govern*
meat-to di'spose of territories which do not belong
to it ; and that it never will acquiesce in England,
having the right of violating in any point whatever,
the Treaties that have been nude with it.

In the undersigned reiterates thetropnsition
of placing Malta in the handl of one of the "three
gu trafq:ClllBTOWqrS ; and with re:llea' to ;ill the
olojrns iu'relation'to.the Treaty of Amiens, he re.

..peacs the &clarritiuns that the French C;overnment-iti.
rc,;.tdy to operl7. a N'egottation 'with i egard to them.'
If thc,Enlish (3peritrifent -give the signal for'
War, it wilt teittoin for the Giivern'tpent of the
Repulc)lic to Confide in, the jithite of its cause, and'.
itti the, God Col Artnim,'l tic •
111inister tOr Foreign Relations,
(Sigticd) "
•

, •
LLQISLATIV E BODY.
Pit`ESLDENCV OP •LA CipANGE.

SITTIINf:•01t

• r ~

Tb 4 ~fen)her; of the tegislative Body assembled at two.

sitting, Ilia' Court.
A fter reading the preen kierAal of the fist
sellors Of State, Lacitee, .Gaily,-and Fourcroy .w.re intro
, duced. , •
Lacuee read the Message from GOvdrnment
per or Yestenlay).
The President Citizens, ,Counsellors of State, the Le-
gislative Body, partakes the inquietude common to all Frantic
with resp,ea .to the taau of the 'N:egutiatiori, op;:lied fin the
• 4ontititiance'uf Peace with England.
• 4 lz learns- with a sentiment statable to its dignity, With
.the 'sentiment not less great dr less just:, of an Haire coati-
'den-ce in the strength and wisdom of Government, that the
state fit.,those Negotiatio'ns gives reason to
.approach.
• ihg.,rupture.
Hitherto, its dearest wishes were for Peace, because it
appearedto be that of-which the poople .stood in
need, but it nowlees- the more imperious necessity Of sup-
porting the, lirmonr of the French Nation, which C, neat Bri-
tain has dared to treat With contempt, and with Frenchmen,
Honour is their supreme law.
" Citizens, Counsellors of State, the Legislative Body,
anxious to fulfil its duties under every circumstance, para.
ctilatly under those which the. jealensy, the ambition, and
the had faith at the British Cabinet Ii given birth to, will
,:be firm and dfspassionate,• nor will they be aelitated by any.
other sentiments than those atilt: most intimate union with
• le t • Coverninent, by any other intention than thatnisecond-
'l
ing its eirorts,,storattrother desire titan that of its-prosperity,
I..egislators, you :have heard, that the British Cabiget
has treated the Treaty of Amiens with contempt, and pre-
pares to support its pretensions by force of arms. .
" The French, i
Government hat in vain shewn, n'the Ne-
gotiations which it has opened, a desire fin the continuance
of Peace, a moderation whichis the charaaeristic nt true
greatness, a 'humane desire or avoldiirg.the evils inseparable
from War, a desire, which:finals the first claim of the Sove.
reign to the love and obedience of .the,people, and that- firm_
ness whiCh atises from the consciousness bf.tta strength, as
well as trom the justice of its cause. . t
`" England, insensible to those great..'consideratinns, and
blind to its own interests, wishes to renew the tidelle of rum.-
der arid destruaion, which haS:called forth the latnentations
of botlytlernispheres. -
• " I say blind to its own interests, for adthitting that for;. '
tune may be balanced forfora short time between a Nation with
a strength 0f30,00e,000 of, Inhabitants, and one which scarce-,
ly reckons t 0.000,000 ; yet, what advantage„can England de-
mein the last resort froin a contest matt tti man with France. •
. " Besides too. what Nation undertaking :Vat for any other
cause than that of FKlficlefence, can it present real.advantages,
When in the midst of the most splendid tritimphs, and even
-•in the field. of victory, the Conqueror .toust. always erect
tombs by the side of his trophies, and-plant cypresses around
'the laurels spared by the fury-of the combat
• " But it hi unnecessary, to seek in the warlike spirit of
England; the motives of, her menacing attitude; or the pie-
,text of her -proud pretensions, -they are to be found in her
antF,ition and jealousy.-
" She the French Republic advance towards the high-
Pat j;oint of proSperity and or greatness, with a majestiF
• •
" She sees our Commerce, our Arts, and our Industry pur.
sue those courses Which presage that in shalt WWI outstrip
all our rivals. r

she. sees, in short, that our Government by Laws, the
result of protimod, roctlitat ion, and colgenial. with our Man-
ners; by an affinthittiation att,mtive, just; and liiiOnialisi4l.
conciliates the respeel' of the peopie whom-. it inleS,,.anst,
places their hap ft
happiness upon the surest and ,inesi basis: •
• " Behold iii this 'what' England cannot support the sight
of—behold the cause of the Watt Whieltshe prepates tar. us,
and which induces her to compromise her faith, her tran-
quillity, and eyed her political existence, rather than suffer Us
to enjoy the'fires4ings of a longer Peace.
" What Nation but that which displays such a charades!
" I stop myself; perhapa,.if I were to fellow tlichnputse
of my heart, and of thoSe sentiments which 1 read inall vour
eyes, 1 should transgress those bounds olcircumsPeetion
within which. the dignity of 'those eminent functions with
which you have, honoured me ought to confine me. ' •
" In di theult and delicate- cerfjundtures, the great autho-
rities of the Republic ought to discover nothing but senti-
ments in perfect unison with the Government, and the ino.st
pc-ilea harmony with its August Chief, who will direct with
an able and strong hand the destinies of the Empire, and.wilk
'insure to it, by new triumphs, a Peace equally glorious and
durable."
VAUSLANC—'" Legislators, iii the midst of so many sub-
jects of public, and individual hope which surround us, when
every thing contributes, to the rapid progress, of national
prosperity, why should it happen that a Peace, the ohser-
vance of which was so recently sworn to, should be violated,
should be broken by a People by whom it 'was received with
so many acclamations. During the long and sanDlinary 'con- •
filet which appeared' to have' been terminated, the 'English'
.Ministers unceasingly repeated that tney made V. ar only-to
destroy those dangerous, opinions, which from the bosom of
France as from a !Volcauo 'always in dames, sprmd them-
selves throughout Europe; anti meoaced Laws,
•aud Governmenti. ' A Man arose to whom Was confided
destinies at France, an entire change immediately tcok-Pbee,•
the ancient and sacred bases. of the Laws Of 'Nations IVOIRV re-
spe4ed, anti Religion,was re-est;lbliSh:sd. Is it then apinst
the Author of so much good. that all their reproaches arc.
directed, and they accuse him, who, by saving France, pre:"
served all Europe :front that wept Revolution which it was
wished to elfeet by force of arms: , •
" Soon an extraordinary agitation appeared amongst the,.
Btitish.Ministry, demands succeeded, injurious to France aid •
to its I ndeiumdence, the English,h4 inisters dared' to wish to,
Place the Chief Magistrate °it hcßepublie bet ween-disgrace
and War ; he who -had so repeatedly sliewn all the greatness
of a magnanimout soul, answered as became the 'Nation
, •
" Doubtless after having surmounted so many obstacles,
it would have been desirable, it it could have beenutliat that •
union should take place which ought alWays toeXiit between
two great Nations, to whoM the noble and vast field of glory
present morewortliv puisuits of rivalship than the sanguinary
towbar di arin. • What Chief, of any Nation eVer strewed a
greater'love 'kr' ',Peace, or more eagerness.to put an end mall
the calamitica of War ? If it were poslisle to separate the,
history ot the Negotiations of the first Consul tram that
his exploits, one would believe that one'was reeding lilo file
of apeaceable Magistrate, who. was eecapied with nothing
but the; means.. olsecuring Peace ; it is by that admirable
Conduct Ow he has merited The title of Paciti;:atot, it is that
which will convince the Republic, as well as the knowledge
of the late Negotiation?, that he- has employed OW greatest
eflOrts to prevent the War with which- 'we are threatened, it
is that in short which will render-this War truly national.
" Yes, Citizea Leislators, •the Whale Nation. will now
rally morelhanever under the baimers. of Clriet as %ceat in,
the Cabinet as in the Field. The coura,ei of our Warriors
will second his courage, then. warlil;e boloisess his aimirthle
aCtiVity,' and singe we must hive a fresh contest, the:
present themselves with a nizatisl front.
I demand that a I:eputarion 'of twenty-live '
should preitn to (ieveritin.:at our solemn.Comr ,1„;. :toaS
onits noble eti6rt:i for the thaiiitenance of Peai.%., -
dim of its NoptiatiOnse apd las firm. ;
order that that Address may. be the result of tile on:A.:fin:ins
sentiments of tote LegislatiVe Body; I detnandrChat ales be
appointed, lit a,Seeret Committee, a, Committee to4nepare.
the Projet.", • ,
The I.egi,lat:ve Body •theu resolved- itself into a General
Committee.

TRIBUNAT.

Oittlii)ENCY OF COSTAZ.
Ii'ZI,I2IVG uF 1' nr,Arazi..

• The'COunelleors of State 13.ereoger, Mot and Petiet,,..were
introduced„ w nein 13c:renger reran a•Nle:;sage from Covcriintent
(Videotir'lNip'er of'Yisierchly):
The President fetilieilas tbliows--
" Citizcits;'Orators of tiovernent, The Papers presented_
by ,yoy, N% be" an eternal monument lathe
moderation of the French People, from them Eurn;e aitd
posterity will leatn bow far the kirst Nlagistrate, of frame,
has xarrletl hi g lovt, Ot. Peace, • . ,
. ,
‘.4 Although, a vcording to all appearances, the'consequenees
of the War :u1 less formidable to the Republic than. tcdtt
Enemy, the Tribunate., see• with grief this.scourge again
appieciates, xnd doubtless all Europe.wd:
upprociate,,w)it the First Consul, has done to pievent• it.
Our contitteneeitti he Coverninent is like that qf the Nalien,,
• it " knows no. bounds.: ' When in .a Country so powerful as
' France,,,.towhom Nature has bran so prodigal of her favours,
there exists such an union of wishes,. w may look-ftiirward
• to the fittare *lthout inquiettlde, and even with cohtidence.
. " The Tribunate will examine the Papers which you have;.
presented to it, with that care fuicfdelibeiatiOn which is suit-
ed to such serious ,Arcum,:iniees. Iti resolve, and it; steps
will he dettrtnined by patriotism, and to profound sentiment
of nal jetnat . .
The printing of the Message and the President's Answer
were adopted. •
Accosting to.theitanding order, then Paperslransinitted by
•,Governi net, t- were. rolernxl to the exantioation of a Sp4Cial
COMmittee.. appointed by scrutiny consisting of Citittni
(lanais, Mu j
ssy d'Anglas,' Simeon ancourt, -Koch, Fabre
I...i.ude), and Uaru. •

. .
The. Papers which follow in .the Supplements to
the ililortilerir, which. onntains the Message of the
•-i , •
First. 4rntl the proceedings thereupon 'in the
S.tnatef the, Legislatiyc ilatly, and the Tribunate
1 • A
include: all; the .C-sortespondence which passed .be-
tween :the . two .Governments subsequent to the
elevation: of.. Bonaparte to the Consulate, and previ-
ous to'the Treaty of Amiens, which is also inserted.
•
Then follir thrse. obserVations
" Thus Tecaty, of Amiens was concluded, the Ra.•
tifications were exchaived, ang_ France did not on her on
delay to excrete purielitaliy all the Articles. in the space,
cif three months, the,Kingdom of Napless Tateututn. 31'0
the Papal States were•evactiated, -
The.two Nations began to enjoy the lertits of Peace,
hut at .LOridon theWsl-4-action, let no opportunity escape in
Parliament of renewing l-t-ostilities, and from the language
even ofthe.linisters iii the;e•distissions, it scented to r:sult
that they waited only for Opportunities anti alliances co the:
Continent, to break the Peace. -
• • ‘l, A. yenuituit excctalite-men- who survived intestine
Revolutions, ~vhoin.the English Government had em.
played during -the War, were stilt pensiotud, and at jersey
'and at London, ;meditated assassmationt at the same. time,
that they. printed in Periodical Papers, td the French Lan.
guage, every thing that Could excite the indignation of the
Republic.
. - Some eirdevant Priests, unworthy the sacred cha-
rOer, rebels to the voice of Saint Peter, ai,;l who had be.
'come the disgrace of tha Catholic Cliurch, continued to
hold eimsistories at Londan,troni whenct.- they fabricated
htland4es, and excited all their poWer to excite trouble and
disorder in the interior or Fraiwt.

_
After the is Ministers had several fimes.pramised
to litit an end to iibusei., so revolting,. the Government of
the Republi6 seeing till those promises unperfortited, thought
it its duty to -pre,ent on this ocCafion, an Official Note, for
the purpose ofascertainitt4at least, the steps taken by, and
the object of the British Cabinet, and to propose to- it to
prohibtt in England, all that would be prohibited in France,
with'relation to the reciprocal interests of the two Nations."
Then folloivs the Note'of M. Otto of the 16th
of Augyst.
" 'fhis note remained without any official answer. The
Ministry contented itSelfWititannotincifig, that it would give
at Yatis satisfactory
_explanations, but of all that was pro-
misecrimoing was executed. The perhxlical French journals
were encouraged, and spread With a new profusion ; the eon=
spiracies, and the stratagems continued.

" Perivaded.at 13E4,7that on the part of the British'Co-
vernment this was not inadvertence but system, tit.: French
Governnient Made a sacrifice to Peace of the reserametit
which these miserable libels had caused, and no furtherques.
tidn' was madeabotst them...

'fetus during the month of August, the telations of the
two Ctivernment remained without- mutual reclamation, -or
the exchange, of any r#llrocritati°P., •
44 lin'oint, however, did not evacuate Egypt, although
the period fixed for that evacuation tizd already passed by
several months, and the dispositions which she; arAlc at
11.1411* kudicAtcd iiu iotAntionig it,

• ' 'Yt
hee teowie-levielrislatetioN;iiir:iisot:;trsaPiatc,e well'tat as at
Londe i,
-Engraait,:az timtdeclar'i'ethb..th.4;;`‘';3,,d.cL'rws.alQtletll:Jrttlitel
guarantees of :ho Powers designated by the Treaty of, Amiens'
terwards th„:t ‘,.-aited for the homination the Graiid
Master.-- The st:arintees were given, the Grand Master was
appointed, all the obst.i.c.i.!....N‘eri: d w
one aay,viid it •,vB' to
fz expelled that tile transports had passed the S-mits,
would &airy arr:iy the
.Engli3li "f ronps',and that Malta would
tridelivered up to; the Neapolitan Garrison; when, without
any cue planation, without any anterior note, the-King of Eng-
land :Adresse(' to the Parliament- a'••Message, conaived
to
these terms."
Then fnifowa His Nl:tjestk's44lessage.
The Ambassador of the Republic at London, seeing th'at
• - -

the British Goveminent brouglit forw,%rd false assertions in
order to raise the cry of War, acid t t it .alled
titans that chid'not` exist, conceived that this conduct couhl.
be no other
,titan_a projat formed to violate the Treaty of
Arniens, and to farce the Republic into dishonourable shoe.
lations, and therefore he• thought it his duty u) require ea'
planatine, and topresebt the lollowing Note.".
Then follows the Note of General A
the loth of Mdtch. ged Negotia!
" It Was not tat seven days afterwards that
bury trausmitted the AtisWer of the Cabinet,
Then follAws Lord Flawkesbury's A
" comolaints and the explanations ia
Note should have preceded, by a long ii,lerv.it
to Parliaminit. It was at the moment when th
fixed for the evacuation of /vialea were on the
ing, that the dittirent inUtives shoL id have beer
rated on which it was. pretended eitlia.to deter
evacuation; a discussion !night then have ta.
twtxn the two Governments; and whatever nu!
appear in its pretensions,,Negotiation ought dot
been employed by England before it had meow,
•• On the contrary, the British Governmei
proclaimed its projetts and its disposition foi
then published, for the list time, the grievanci
to serve as the motives of its resolutions.
-*4 Thr singularity of this conduct, and the j'
to whisdi it gave birth, did not prevent the firs'
being CAM to alth'irfr ttle note of the British C.
answer was transmitted by Gen. Andirossy. Ii
in the 'hallowing .terrtts.''.
Then follows the Note of Gen. AND
the 29111 uf Match.
" Particular eircumstanceshave given rise"
tulles. English Crnizers were sr.tioncd olUthe
land, and the_:3elin6ccr for foreign Altai.ts add.
,subjeCt, the tellowing Note to the.l3ritish And

Then follotsia .a Not ftom -Talleyr
Whitworth, complaining of a viola;
French territory, by the disembarkation
gands, between Ostend and Dunkirk, out of vosel;
belonging to His liritann'ic Majesty, of tiev""
Engiish :Vessels having appeared off 1-ielvoetsloys,
the Captains o£ which had stated Clint they 1.3 d or-
ders to prevent any French Vessels trout going
and of the report spread in the London journals) ()'
a pretended Letter from the First 'Consul to the
K.ing of England, and "of Vessels being tv reeked
-ne hundred thonsand. stand of arms for Ireland, and
truce,' mica'. answer and also another
daiod ;\Lrebir, deni.oling explanati:ol.r
tlw non.,-evacuation of the Cape of Cia`4/
Hore.
The Answers of Lord. Whitworth follow', d'tt'a
the 6th and i nth of April, in which his LorLichil'i
States, that with respect to the alledged .rit:l3tit °
in
the French territory, the British 4.1.‘ linistets
deavour to Obtain information; that English Fttir,Ae'
had been ordered to crujze off the Dutch.
. lint that-if their Commanders had turd any 1109'
language it was unauthorized. His Majesty
same tithe reposing a confidence in the issuraneei of
the drench ,e..
diticso should:ownvinettriintsnaei
in t,
underthat.
tthtliel,ee L.
of: tiliicsiinj:::ll),
respe& to present cicat.jc.
,English Journals,' the British MiotstV wiercie 0;(..
responsible for the articles which ;IPPc.are`c
'London Gazette—and with reSpat tlic a'
'ell
Good Hope, that orders for its evacuation had
sent out on the'2oth of November. the Roly of
" About the satrir tithe wets:- also-received. " .4 on
Lord 1-lAwke-bury to the Note of the '29111 of alb'sdb•
sate svtie day the 13iit6h Ainbosacior tear''' tht.
joined Note." .t of
Then follows. the Note of Lor'd 1-6,:ckesoto; , •
ot
the 3d of -Aptil,.and that of Lord IVhitvortl' whit..
7th of the sArne month ; the Note °I: L°111;01the
worth containing the British Ultimatum,
,%.-
,00
answer of Talley rand, and, some observatiw"
athat
LsLronnadttredd,dr :a‘,‘:al:l tw:orrt gbh' 1-edteumijanng:l mi
trtdl"lacses.
neydrtainled%c\tioir,orcnsptioiancticoncccel3hin%.vce:, Lot 1
t. 01:
A Note of Tallcyra Lard NN'I itveorth
n. to
lows, dated the tzth of May, which his sinci.
at
laid before the House of Commons, atating. t •
Couut
according to the communication made by
ref
l'vl areoff ott the preceding day, Russia hail out. ,
ctlfer
hlsedake cha
`to
suara nivtieue.,,
lta, but bad fornuilY
to ffi 4U
; 1 by
The remainder of the Supplement is oectiP'e,'- „i
roue additional Papers of an bid date, tol?'"'"?
the guarantee. of Malta.

ROY AL CI /297."'135.--.^.-The new teinporary Ta.i;ric23l.
.Effusion introduced by Studer-last night at the g,.1,1,
Circus, descriptive of the Installation, of ICI"L',O-
- the Bath, was honoured with:the Ilighcst,'O'r;
bation.: •it is to be repeated tliisevesti.ig, it /.
doubt,.the Public will be amply gratified with .s
repetition.
t lb°
The Experiment made on Friday everting
upper ind.of Nets.' Borid-street, With the nodY
vented L'anips and Relief-tors, bas been contl""'-
every evening since. The Crescent. of e3chd..
hibited itc= each Relleaor over the Flame. of
Lamp, is really a novel and beautiful sight ;,564
cannot but recommend to such of our Resderst
may not have hitlierto' witnessed it, to avail theion'o,
selves early of the c:pportunity which the
Stitt
nights more the Patentees,. Smethurst
hen).
PExperiment, will =aul, will continue the ifr/rd t..

. . uso
On Saturday everting last, by special-licimc; at the
of James-Taylor, Esq.. of tile u I ygou, Southampton, „
"'
liaut Purdue Smith, Esq. Fellow of King's Collogo,
m
bridge, to Miss Lucretia .Tay for
,Mon day, Colonel DaYies,'or the Beugal Army, r°
Maria slair, Ihkughter of Colonel Blair, of SEW tinkt
Tuesday morning, at Sr. Martin's inthetields, E• fi '''
Esq. of Panton-sweet, to

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