The Sun.
London, England, 1803-05-28 00:00:00

MEDIATION OF RUSSIA.

Mr. FOX said, .he considered the Question he,
was abbut to bring fdrward, as important asany
that had ever come before the House. With re-
soca to the general Question of War or Peace, he
should have no,objeCtion to discuss it now, if he
had not already dune it ;• his opinion on that sub-;.
jest was well known, with that opinion the ma.
polity of. the House differed ; die Country was at
war, and every treasure 'which ".was calculated to
rencleta that War successfult should have* his sup-
port. Every one, however, must agiee in the pro-
priety and expediency of any measure which was
calculated tta. bring 'that-War to a termination, as
soon as possible. The ohjeEt of his Motion was,
to terminate it by a measure perfectly praCticable in
itself, and likely to be attetided,with the most•be- •
neficial consequences. It was to advise His M-
ajesty to avail hiMself of the disposition* which it
was understood the Emperor of Russia had shewn
to mediate between the two Countriea ; the advan.
sages of such a mediation; .it was not-necessary to
point.out. The mediation* of a grearfioWer was
always of use, even when it did little mote than
lend, its name, as a name thus given to a Treaty,
might give it a sandion in the eyes' of Europe,
which it would not otherwise possess. The media.
don proposed, in this,case, was of a very different
nature. If a mediation had been offered by *the
Emperor of Russia, and if,, as it. was understOod,
it had been accepted by the Enemy, he could not
avoid considering' the advantages which would ec.
crue froM" the acceptance of it on the part of this
Country ; and who so properto mediate upon. this oc-
.casiOn as Russia, who had been applied to to become
one of The Guarantees of the island of. Malta, which
was the principal subject in dispute ? He thought,
however, that the mediation of Russia would go a
great'way further; he thought that from his power, -
his general charaCter, and from a variety of other ,
circumstances, the Emperor Of Russia was the
fittest-Sovereign to. undertake a Mediation of Allis
nature, not only with a view to the general
.points to!'
which that mediation might be applied, but also to
those particular points ,rwhich .fortned• the sub 'ell
of dispute betWeencthis.Country and France. With
• refilled to the general 'Character of that Sovereign,
from •all tile), were able to cnllett, 'the Court, of
Petersburgh had given proofs of 'an eminent desire
tcy..preserve the tranquillity.: of Etirope, and that
France and -England, and all the lesser PoWers,
might lie,at Peace. Every circumstance tended to
prove the \great and strong desire of the Govern.
'meat of Russia for Peace, and it was also stated' to ,
have expressed a strong disapprobation -of the con,
duff of France in various . instances. Now if they
,were to look fiat' a Mediation, there' were two qua_
'idea extremely *eisential, which in this case ex-
isted in all their 'force: 'ln . the first place, ,he'found on the part of RUssia an -eminent desire
of Peace.; and, in the second, a great disappro-
bation of the tonduEfLof France, which was in
a great measure Contiefted with the circumstances
out of which the dispute with this Country- had.
arisen. If such a mediation should be success.
ful, and he confessed he was extremely sanguine in
his expeftation ae to.the result, It might lead to a •
much larger system, and mighthave an extremely
favourable influence upon the general state of
rope. If it was put to him, was he sure that this
would produce-Peace, he should say, that he cer.
tainly could not be sure, but he never looked for-
ward to any result with a more sanguine expeEta.
tine than to the result of the Mediation, of which
he 'proposed that we _Should avail ourselves. He.
thought he should not differ from any one Member
when he said, that of all the eircunistances in the
state of .Europe, that •which gave most wise for
lamentation, was that we had not the pawer of pro_
telling others, and that weinust continue the contest, .
with the certainty.that France would use the power
which she poasessed for the purposeS of ulteriorag-
grandixement,,and of oppressing those States which
were unable to resist her. Ha- hoped then, that
the mediation of Russia 'would have the atria 'of
preventing those, lamentable consequences. What
Power possessed so fair a right, as irwere, to pre-
scribf:Peace to Europe ? Besideh,.,the,Emperor,,of .
.Russia, from peculiar circumstances, might be
ablest to use,stronr langtrage to Bonaparte. The

lite Emperor had a dispute With this COuntry, which
had been sinee amicably settled,'. andsthere was not
the least reas6P to suppose that the piesent En pe-
tor would wish to renew tliat dispute ; but as it
was said with respect to. the Treaty of Amiens,
that there we're many points- in it- unsatisfaftory to
this Country, so in the arrangement with the
Emperor of Russia, there were some points
perhaps onsatisfaelory. to-that Court. ' .- The Em.
peror might therefore ' say to this Country if
you will be bound by 'yourtTreaty, I - will be
bound by mine.—When, ' however, he came to
talk to the Enemy, the Emperorhad 'still stronger,
sgrouncls. He understood- that a pirt of His Ma.
oesty's declaration alluded to a proposal made by
France to Russia, for the dismemberment of- the
Turkish Empire. - Russia it was well known was:
alwaya the enemy or the Ottoman Empire, its
,Princes had had almost an hereditary design upon
Turkey, and if any disinemberment of that Empire
was. to take place, Russia must necessarily gain the
largest share ; but the Emperor of Russia might
say to the First ConSul,
,if I abstain from
.4 -de.
sigoS of that sort, do you also abstain, and
.a system
- might. then be formed and carried into effes`.l, -by-
-which no Power in Europe 'could be enabled to.
:injure' the Ottoman Empire. The Emperor of
Rnssia would also join this Country in any
proposition for the better peotedion of the se.;
condary Powers of . Europe from . the oppression
'of France. It might be said, that France would
accede to .such a proposition only to gain time; it'
might beo, but-that would answer his (Mr. Fox's)
purpose, as the effrtl wools/ be the postponement of
the contest. If Russia proposed any measure tending
-to the security of the "filekish Empire, it must. be_
acceded to by France.. It might be said, that
France might accede, and afterwards break Abe.
Treaty ; it might be so, but if this was the case,
• there was an end of all Treaties whatever. This,
advantage would however result, that if France
broke•a Treaty -thus made, it would not he Great
Britain only that would he engaged in the contest,
but Great. -Britain and Russia conjointly. Much
had been fir:firefly said upon the subjett of Con-
tinental Alliances, . they . -might, be. prudent or
not, according to circumstances ; but if Alliances-
-were necessary, there' was no Power so competent,
as- Russia to reduce the PoWer of Fpice... He asked
whether. we had not a bettee chance of obtaining
the cordial cooperation of Rossia, sifter such a me-
diation had heen'tried and failed, than at the pre-
J:sent moment ? He considered the present as a happy
-opportunity, which if not seized, it might be
afterwards much .to be lamented.. He asked - any
man, whatever might be the Power Of France, if,
when it saw Russia, and 'Great Britain united, the
boldeat Government of , that Country would not
shrink from the contest i The only possible case of
opposition to such an union, .was that of ikustria and
Prussia joining France ;
,but this was stS extremely..
improbable, that it was not worth considering. The
general policy of the Court of Berlin, was pacific; in
Austria the same opinion pretty generally prevailed,
which resulted in a great measure, from the change
of Count:lli and the prevaleme: of the Arch-duke
Charles, who, although not ultimately successful in
the late contest, had obtained by hit conduet the
greatest glory, ,and who appeared 'to 'consider that
-glory as an -additional motive to Peace. Thus, with a
pacific. Court of Berlin, of Vienna, and of Peters.
.burgh, there was every advantage to be gained by ,
the proposed-Mediation, from Whence, in the event
of its failnre, 'as subsequent co.operation of the Court
of Petertburgh might be insured. They would, at
least, if such a Mediatioti failed, entiststhe good
,opinion of Mankind in the prosecution-of the -War,
svltilst, 'the House and 'the Country would be bet.
to
.slitisfied, snit, ,a strong and utianswerableT case-
would be made out on the part of Great Bri.
tain—By -refusing-. that Mediation, we mi&ht bt
• enabled- to prevent,' the 'aggrandizement of I. ranee;
—lf it was 'supposed,- that the mediation of Rus.
• ,4;:l'AViti only offered to. ainceat 4 friendship for
ltarice, then His :Majesty's ;Ministers .. had 'a solid
and unquestionable right to refute it, hut, he did
not believe that such, was the case, nor did he bes
Bette that there
:was any inch' sitSpicipri: .The Me-:
-diction` carrtiat 't late 'but he trusted His
„ 1 period,
Majesty's. Ministers would not hesitate' to put an
end to the contest as soon ,as they could, consistent
with the honour of the Country.. If PeaCe Was the
etfeft of the Mediationest -more solid and. firm league
might be made ; it would not merely be a guarantee
-for. Malta," but a, guarantee fur Europe. ,The tran.
'quillity•of the Continent might 'be preserved, and
all those 'exchanges and cessions-preveated, Which
might be contrary:to the interests.of Other Nations,
and a system might be-estatiliihed, by which those •
isidtiops which hail.anitained-losses might be prevent.
ed -from aceiving further :injuries, and-those wh9 had
gained, might be induced to lle satisfied with their
gains, and aids all forther.eneroachments might be
prevented, 'and. a fur prosped of a long and uninter-
soloed Peace might ensue. He concluded by moving
" That an humble Address- be presented to His
Majesty, praying_ that. His Majesty would be
'graciously', pleased to avail, himself of the disposi-
tion. manifested by the Emperor' of Rdssia to me-
diate between His Majesty and the Governrrient of
France, for the }impose of terminating the War, if
it could be'efKted- consiSiently with the 'honour of
Mi.- Majesty's' Crown, and the interests of the
country." •He also moved, " Thatliis Majesty's
Declaration should he read," which Was accordingly
entered as read.

Lord HiIIFICESBURY said, he •was glad the
Hon. Gentleman had moved that His Majesty's De.
claration should be read, is by' that it appeared
.that Cis Majesty was disposed to enter into
any arrangement which was consistent with the
honour of His Majesty's Crown, and the, inter.
ests of his , people. He should have hoped that
that very passage io the Declaration would have
convinced the Hon, Gentleman that his Motion was
'unnecessary and ill.titned. To the Motion itself
he had 'two objceilons ;. first, that no Constitutional
or Parliamentary ground had been laid down in sup-
port of the Motion; and secondly, that it appeared
that there existed no such ground whatever for the
Motion. All the arguments, on the contrary, bore
on the other side ; and he was sure that if no Par.
liamentary ground existed for the Motion, it cotrid,l
produce nu good, and might produce Warm. lie
trdsted thit respected enough the, Valoable Fri.

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viteaee of that *House, to be COMIIICed
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had no tight to intpfere and give their opinion `vith
resped..,to the conduct of His Majesty's Govern-, -
meter, and.
question of 'War or. Peace. But whilSr he admitted more especially ein.ron that most iaexetant
this, he contended that the Constitution having
wisely inveited His Majesty with the prerogative
of negotiating, and of declaring Wet or lt
some sufficient grounds" ought' to be made out for
interfering with the conduct of His Meiesty's Go,
vernment in that resped. One was, that His
nti
a"
jesty's Government had been guilty of negled,
scene
a
that it ought or ought not to have done.
particular ad, because such and such coot-
qtiences might or might not have resulted 'front
it, in which case it was certainly open to -the
House -to . say that it ought to be -,done. The other
was, where without any such neglea, the systent
laid down by His- Majesty's Mintsters Willi SA :
that -it did not include some particular pointetit
various points, in which case, it was pettedly ot*
petent to the Hoe to say, that such points ouett
Howse
to have been included in that system. 13ot i° ever/
case of this kind, a fair and strongground ought
to be made.oute- In this cane; no fair ground had
been brought forward in support of the motion.--
The measure which the House were called "upon t°
accede to, had not been neglected by His ralajesty'4r
Ministers, neither did the system) they 11013/
down preclude that measure. If any case.sinnildnaP"
pen in which meth a Measure shotild be 011:jotted ne•
nessary or expedient, it was already provided f°r*
Upon this it would leaked be necesaary for Itline,,
do no more than to refer to the last proagtqt"'''
one of His Majesty's Deelaration, in whiee Itaviog
stated all the grievances of which he had coMala d
ed, and the necessity of recalling his Atolossaes
from Paris, and of having recourse to 'alin, ils
Majesty says to ail Europe, " Thai, he 401 r,
ready to concur, even now, in an arrengengt, ;3'
which svisfadion. will be given to him toe the irfr,
dignities which had been offered to his Crewe 31'4
further encroachments on the
to his People, and sufkient security offered e,g3',f,
Wma was this but to spew His Majesty's sincere
disposition for Peaee; and. he would ask, W1.16.1.1f;,
after that, any Achninisrration could-advise "
Majesty to refuse.tolisten to any reasonable, lal,Ar,
practicable proposition for Peace, if Pence ."`,7
be obtained consistently with the honour 01- '''')
Nation ? lie
Tow us to the latter Farr of the.. kin
Geritleman'e speech an the policy of Europe, And:,
Continental connexions, he should neat take-ne "
time of the House, inure especially since there eits
scarcely a principle laid down `by 1 lee flower,
able Gentleman in which he did not .coteille°',ll,
agree, and he-concurred with him, that the `wee'
mode.of lessening the progress of that sysivnti
Part of Frace.
fatal efrefte of 'Which had been felt for the test tea,
years War, and felt as much since the eeeelasien i'l
Peace, was, by the'union of the Ind, pendent Stall
.01 Europe, on broad, liberal, and lair motive'' alai
not on intareeted or :selfish principles; en a gees
and a liberakemilerstaOttint of what truly ct)11/P:110t
the public policy of Europe. fie eg'ced 'is') 30
the Power to which ,he Henouratfle. GeollerA
Wetted, namely,. Russia, Was the P°''' ° try
of forming
others which it was the interest of this Country
the most to conciliate, as bring
Me best cagale:
.meet 'to give us Peace, and oli'm ' a 51) 5 pi
which- the Honourable Gentleman had *Wet , A
he
the- basis of a proper eener°i arrilto
on which the Honourable Gentleman felt
ast Ile.
did; Now, without going intQ 'illbjettS nett
cessarily connected with that, end '''' "4:131" id
might be- some division of opinion grow'ng _lice
to arrest
a debate, he would say, that the ciretiostence at:
weighed most upon his mind with "'Pea tboaay
133 t Peace was, that it had ilot afforded u 3113 Was
the progress of France : bol ihe dicco,,es
made-with 4 view of enabling ualtereafter to ealioula
barrier to the encroachments of France ; hot heic. on
say, most sincerely, from'thehOur Of-the c(linctiticeo
of that Peace, to the present day, no elf"' lb eon
wanting co the part of- His Majesty's Off.
tie feirin such a concert (not with a view 01 " '1 to
tint house /13
ing 11:e Ware. but With.a pore -defensive vies'
anti,
oppose a bertier against fetcher eneroaelve``' i 0 of
whatever disposition eberimight be in some 1300.
Vernii*nt,- yet be mine stete most eenfiddntlyi .cii
tto do jnstice to His MejestY'' nn
efforts had been wanting on their Pei": v'c'lleiel
if successful, most Probably', and perh3l)s ": :I#erit
say, almost" certaiely, the eircumstenees c" '''erei
the House would not .be now debating
were not now to be debated, would have ai4w-ot
the purpose for which they were intended, ' 'oe,
on the s lie
jest before them : but he saw nre,eeither in! tke
ehoeind.mheeenncetmakeenfti,onfnlymtsitiiiinigtiltle'lliacl'li elhoculci"ruerrl;:T.
mediation ineiScierit now, if there was ahat aisPie
render
-sition on the part of the other Powers of to that
to 0
part of the Speech of the Right Hon. GO'iltcni.a a:
wl4ch related eo the offer of rho Mediation tn.''''tee
sia, at a ottitid of the Negotiation which was,l!.o,
it effllloal t' and this brought hint
to be, with a view to the eettlerecot o't tlic (1,1,1i/iris
ree.a.s between His Majesty and n' France', „die
resped to any' offer that had been made of France`,
,„ot
AIN", unquestionably if His Majesty's,Governl"e or
Bats been disnoied.to exclede all consideration', ion
Were not diosed to *explain fully to the Kio he
Government, and- even. at the present erisistr
.„
should have- thought -that the Powers of Eitt°io};
Would'be aditig unwisely' in offering a medi:der,
after a critkal Negotiation' for several sl—et
.After the situation in which this Colon*); ne,,
placed, after the most full, frenk, and explicit ape
elaration on the part: of His Nilajesty, and afterhi eh
evasions and delays on the parr of France, wllicit'
nobody could dispute, the' only purpose fur ewoit.
they could negotiete wes, that if the two- op
tries had any diffienity, they might, fete their s 11-01
- nassa, '
rate advantage, refer to the Emperor of .--. te/obe
his good officee Co terminate their differen',',l,,s
he would:ask .the flouse, whether His irjair.
G'iverninerit would have been jnetified orieeeide
not to t
grounds, todo—What ?to say, g' we are n to
know n'
to enter into the discussion with You, we -„ it via.
-own viewa, bat your's are CO da'ay the i14611e.
ihould
the interest-of this Codotry that the Vt"ii)/1,1 dip( •
be .no longer left orideeided,e fie ther.tlore au,' 'tti'eielt
the ioterVentionsanie snider eiteanertance* in pet
Goveranl"
it did not appear to His iVlajeety's
leh lAy Od
10 be wise to alter the instreelitatte wh..-- t

.N; my I,OrU
1111%1.'01'th, -tftierg tice;TCeg,otia.
lion to a crisis; fur it apEearect;under all
414:-!eircurnstances to Ale ZiflCUlated' frr
'delay on :the part Of Ftgnce::' The' tiOtiOutable:
"Gentleman .
had 'stated what '-great- advaniages
there ).vou1:1 be, both with referepce to carrying on
the War, 'or the gilt•i c 61. Pe ik€,;qn ccinsequence
of ant aceeptin,Yo -the metijation .tits Russia. . He
agreed with the.Hon;Qentlemart in .thiS'partkular,
and he stated. the circumstances 01fith were con_
chided in the year (-Or, felatiVe) to the right of
Navigation; 'and he sai4thas-the Emperor-ofßos:.
sia might.say,. tHat -althOugh such conclusion'of the
-point might besatislaftory to us,' it -might .not be
Stu satitfaetorY to-Russia,---and that-Rusia on some
future occasion, ought .form an expthation to recur
in their antient system on the subjed of:,Nentral
'Navigation.: Now, he would say, there certainly
tvere individuals 'in RUssia• attached :to-that system
of Navigation .at that time.; be would not say
:!here were none of them now ; hut this. lie
:would observe, that the
,great majority of the
per ions in Russia, and ,:even of
,the RuSsian Government,
,were formerly, convinced,
that ,upon this subjezt the interests of Russia .were
correspondent with the interests of Grea(Britain:
they Were clearly cimvinced that the contrary opt
,nion, Which was taken up by the late Enipress;
who, though most 'certainly. a great Princess, had
been,lpfluenCed by the vaniry of being at the bead
of a Confederacy in support of that. opinion, :bat
now; the most' intelligent rrsons in Ritssia were
well convinced of the weakness of that opinion,, and
upon the best foundation, L•caose it was
,manifest
'-that Russia kid little or no mercantile marine what.:
ever, nor could have any,' as all her commerce is
c.irriod on in the vessels .if other Cnuntries, SO that
the interests of Russia 6i-responded with those Of.
Great Lrirain ; :aria if the question aecided in favour'
of Grea(AritLin, on the sti.)i'a of Neutral Naviga-
tion in -178.1, Were not io ait,tl on, Ru,tia:
'would tratie in the Baitir ; 11;i, %vas

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the conektion orall the intelligent per)ons now in
_Russia,' but he ..wOuld not vat the question, on this
narrtiwed gronlA., it was most ungtvstionably true
that by conneetion between Russia and Great
wi:cotild hest set
,a barrier to France, and;
wiCinur or some such conc:rt no hype c,)tild.
he tintertained of •Peace,.itirun a todid foundati,,n, to!
this Culln't ry allt:1 to Eirrope, which must be had on!
,
u3,t and nonoUrahle termfi, but it must not be done
I,y crippling our exertions in the mean time, limiting
our powers,, or paralysing tiur strength..r-Any,mea.
.flute that could have such a tiodeney„ was incxpe-
;tltentJtis objedionoherefore, to the Motion of,
the Hon. Gentleman was, that he laid no
.adevate •
round for it. Had be not shewn to the 116 use that ,
‘.llis Majesty's' Ministers had manifested a disposi_
t)tin to Peace, but, on the contrary, it appeared tram
the declaration, an extraet. froM Which he had read,
that they even now were in their sentiments and
Wishes confornmhle, to those which had been ex-
-I;ressed by the Honourable Gentleman himself,
which were for reace, consistently with the
security and the repose of Europe. He could not
asscnt to this Motion, because it would imply a be-
lief, that Government were, not aOttated ,by that
aetuatcd tbeht. He thought alSo, that
the Motion' might have the effect of unhinging
she minds of • the people, • of Checking:their exer.
tions,-and disappointing' their expeOatiOns4 which,-
* hoped, Were well founded ; these were-the tea.
sons which occurred to him to objed to the MO.
lion of the Hon. Gentlernan.: -It was not to the
general.:sentiolents- of the Hon. Gentleman' he Ob-
jeeled, but he-saw no necessity for the Motion tinder
• the present eircumstanCes, he 'therefore begged-leave
to move the Previous Question.
Mr: Fox said a-few. words in-explanation.
:Mr. PITT said, he certainly did not mean to
'trouble the Hoilie.,for more than a 'siOgle moment.
lie, rose only to state what be hoped on the 4).iesen't
Occasion, anti to obierve, that for the first time in
Ilie'recollettion of any who heard him; for at least
* long period' of yeal s, in that HOuse, -ther'e Was
Itcly reason to suppcise, , the subject
Was most importanti-thei'e was any real or'fadteall
difference of opinion ; he 'rose,' he said, to eiptess
trope that• the "House s old not be brought to a
division on the Hon. Member's prOpOSitiOri; What.
.etter the House might think Of 'the propriety of the
'Motion as an-Address-of Ad v ice' tO His 'Majesty. He
perfenly agreed' with the Hon.Geritlinian in much of
what hehad-expteised in Masi of the general prin.
ciples laid down tfy hint he was' perfectly ready to eon.
.cur. He had heard that Hot4GentleMan with infinite
aatisfatlion; and that-sat isfatliowliao been greatly' in.
-.creased by hearing from his Noble Friend so much ap-
,Pruhalion,of such principles; anti which left no room to'
Itionbt, that-in the judgment of Government (who, in
.the first instance,. had Constitutionally the. duty, of
advising His Majesty} these principles ought to be
their guide, and that no opportunity of acting upon
them would be lost. As-to the p; inciples themselves,
it would be strange indeed if he had any unwilling-1
tress to avow them.. They were the principles which,
in the best part of the History c,f our Country, 'had
been applied to our situation, -in the most itupor.'
tant occasions ; principles which had so often,' con. .
tributed.to our protection, to the protection 'of our
Governtnentr and to the. protetlon of our Country,
and also to a successful
.resistance against'encroach-
tnents, against principles- which had been upheld in
oppositi-n to Fiance so- frequently, upon points of
National va 1 44,--41tat; they had led ,40 ^Mimi& r
that Nation almost as ovnatural.Enemy—Principles
which were deemed, to be liberal
.and prudent upon
all occasions, ever since this. Country interfered with
effe4l -in the Affairs:of the Continent—Principles
which kti to us to watch the Pnwler which threatent
eti, in the first -placer theindependenee of Europe
and, secondly, cc:mod-led: the'seeu.:
tityofGreat-Britbin--7-Principles which k had'often
maintained, and in which he had .4itcn the:itisl4-4
tuneto bi.opposed by that Hon. Gentleman, with a
and vehemence WhiCh he was happy to find hc;d'id:
not now employ, but Used. aigurnout whieh amount,.
ed almost to a contradiction of his former speeches ;
bur he most sincerelyiejoiad. tliat,these
Were, adopted. by, Ahil eLtion.' Gentleman,. for they
certainly were. the. rintiples 'which had con.
tjhuted most to the establishment_of, the d
. a-
rit4sl of,this. Country, and were the foimilation Of
‘4ls-greatnrus as appeared in several periods of it 4,
Iliatoryibut- never• 'mate conspienottsly than in the

COUrSe or the, gist wari 1 tier-Were 1,1,!C.1P,C5 SO!
deeply rooted in his mind, that it was not ootil the!
rnsii-dsnt hatHesilttited of'any further Contistentall
-Connexion, OR he thought it-wotildhe fitting to'
looks 16r-terms of, separate pacification: They weret
principles on Which- ittwas- fit tojudge. of,the-Go-'!
aternment -of which .he had.madest part, .when it besi
rame-often-his duty to submit to the 'House estpen.!
sive.and great Subsidies, ons.which -the - interests of
this- Country. were -hazarded, sand in, some. instancesl.
ahnost ,sacrificed sto the idea. of general., secu.
sitY- tit be aabtained, not. by asquestion of Terms:
or sExpe.ncOs ,as to England, but ~with itsgenetal:
°view ,of ,Security :to the Continent. They were
the, principles which led• him to believe that when
we had no longer ,a chance of tibtaining the -best
means of security, of, rendering.-Europe safe:against
the ambition manifested „by. Prance, we were jus.
tiftetl in , Junking for.,security for ourselves alone,
and which satisfied hid that w.bcn we were making
terms for ourselves. alone, that we were more at
'liberty to .make' concessions calcUlated to prevent
_the evils of protraaed War; than when out interests
,were involved 'withshose Of an Ally. He was
anxious to speak ,sincerels, upon this point, and lie
declared it was not' for the purpose of referring to
'those times when differ=ences subsisted between him
-and the Hon. .Gentleman
,upon these subjects, or
with any wish to renew the discussions Upon them
at present, but he trusted that the Country-Would,
upon thiioceasion have the benefit of the authority
'of the Hon.-Gentleman, to silence those who, push.
ring-his arguments to extremes, yet shelteringsthem.
Selves under 'hiS -authority, declaimed against the
impropriety and impoliey, at any time, or under any .
circumstances, of making British sacrifices tot:Con-
tinental purposes. He did not mean to -contend
that Continental Connexions would justify us in
always interfering in the events which occurred on
the Continent, but on .theaither hand, he was sure
he should not be contraditted, when he asserted that
-oosreat and essential -change'could take place in
;the relative sitnation,of the Posers on the Conti.
the eftiets.of which would not be material to
Great Britain. It, however, by .no means follow-
ed from that position, that we were bound, with
our own separate force, to resist the aggressions
against other,States,, or to avenge their wrongs, if
,other Powers did. act feel therniclVCS bound by in-
terest or inclination to join us : but it-did follow,
_that whether we
_were enjoying the advantages of.
Peace, or engaged- in. the prosecution of a War—
whether :we were negotiating for the. purpose of-
preventing a° War, or tor the purpose,of concluding
a Peace, that it must be the duty of Government,
when they saw a favourable opporionity, to avail 7
themselves of the dispOsition of great - and respea.
able Continental Powers, and to act in concert with
thein tot the attainment of those ()Neel's. The ,
Hon. Gentleman had properly abstained from in any ,
degree derailing his view of the application -of this
Mediation to the principal obje4k in dispute. He
was glad that the Hon. Gentleman had dope so,
and ha would adhere to his example. He only
wished to say,' what perhapemight appear a little
whimsical from him, and might scent as if he wished
lolimit -the VoSsithe •ripplication of the Continental
principles laid' down by the Hon. Gentleman, and
that he was more inclined to contend for separate Bri-
tish interests than the Hon. Gent, himself—he was
willing to admitrthat if there could. arise out of the
proposal of Russia; soy solid ground to hope for,
or -if there could be engrafted upon it, any chance
,of producing a sytem that might restore Peace, ac_
companied with powerful and respedtable Gua.
rantees, not only of the present object in dispute,
hut of-what _rentained of the present state of Europe,
that obje& would be-in itself so desireabic and so
important, that he could-even "conceive that some
.arrangement,. which taken separately might' be less
useful- to,ottrselves, , might, yet 'be admissible, But
upon this no distina opinion could be given before-
hand* because it must depends upon a comparison
.of the circumstances preheated to their choice.
Upon this point. they were ,all agreed, that this
Country ought not to separate itself unnecessarily
hon.) the Qontirtent, on the contrary that we ought
tq t every, opportunity of conneaing and linking
niirselvos with it upon fair and hopoorable grounds.
But after the experience that we had had, that
without any fault of our own, without any depar.
ture trim) the Trelities we had made, without any
failure,
,of the engagements intoswhich, we had en.
teSeds we might still be left to struggle alone with
France, upon our own resources and upon our own
Means :-1.1 we did know, by clear evidence, of the
hostility or of the hostile views of Franee against us,
and that' we had at the Same time in our hands, the
means of resisting that particular danger, it would
became us to know, that what we received as a
substitute for it- should be great and sufficient indeed,
before we suffeSed 'doubt to , arise in our minds
upon the subject—hefore we parted with that sect),
.rity which British valour had gained, and which it
Only 'required British prudence and perseveraoce to
retain. By the acquisition of alliances on the Co-
ntinent, we should alWays gain an accession of power ;
but4tt the same time, he could nor give- up solid and
separate _security fur Continental Alliances. fle
(bought it necessary to.make 'these distinaions, that
we might nor at once adopt those opinions Which had
begun to be prevalent in the minds of some Persons,
that, we: ought at once to -abandon Continental
Connexions altogether : hut he was equally anxious to
avoid the contrary extreme, -and that we should not
indulge prematurely in the dream of lOoking° on tilts
Continent for seeuroy,on points in which the Con.
tinent was not concerned. On thOse. points in
which the interests of
rthe Continent ware not
involved, our own Interests, our own Secu.
rity, must be prosecuted and maintained
.with
vigour' and with firtimess, unless we were content
to Jie,redneecLes low in sapk and power as_. some
State whotie situation every one "concurred in
lamenting. This, subjca might be carried much
farther, arid many observations upon It naturally
suggested thetnielsies to his mind but lie would
not now trespass any longer upon the House, because ff
, ' he lead set out with dedlaring that he would nut
occupy touch of theie time, and -because, upon ge.
neraP.principles., there appeared to be no difference
of opOicip;.=—Feeling thetefori the justice of the
ptinciplei villich 'the Hen Gentle Mans had in his
and .which he had urged upon! this occasion,
Ise .watt inclined' to hope that lid would *not per.
-•.t.

- severe
'in F,iCOYInb 1-113 11110t1Ori OtranSe In IRE
case -orte :two thins -must happen I` if 'it
should beijejettedi or it the :PreVious Question
should be put 'upon it (which he should think th,:
'More :consonant the rules of*Paraionentary
cetOing), it might be a subjeft of mige,nstrtitt ion
elsewhere; and it might bp ,said, you :were less
anxious than fraoce for the establishment of a Syk.
tent which afforded the best prospen for Maintaining,
_the Security. of Europe." If, on the other hand,
.the,lVlPtionshouid be, carried; treat igh w, add
.necessarily, result frdm its being a Vote of the •
House of. COmmoos ; and, besides
,unhinging the
public mibd, it, would 'make that appear to be a
forced .measure, which Would! certainly have more
efied if it canie-as a voluntary Aet.of Government,
Parliament would,. he hoped, at all times, exercise
the Constitutional Right which' it possessed over
these suhjet"ts'; but cases of War or 'Negotiation
(unless where. there weregrouncis.,to ,suspect abuse)
ought to be left to Ministers, with that responsi,
bility necessarily attached to their situation. 'Upon
these-grounds he hOped the Hon. Gentleman would
not persist in his Motion.
Mr. FOX said,' he was sorry the Right Hon.
Gentleman hid 'referred to topics which included
the sentiments maintained by each of .them in the
late War ; the discussion he had no inclination to.
renew,' but in the course of which he believed he
had not been so fortursate as to be well under_
stool.. He .had ,been of opinion' in that War, not
that we should have no Continental Alliances, but
that Or Continental AllianCes in the last War hfid
been misapplied ; and of that opinion was the
Right Honourable Gentleman at-the conclusion of
the War, when we were left without Allies. He
did not afFed any. superior sagacity, but he happen.
,ed -to be two• or three years ,before.hand with the
Right ,Hunourable Gentleman in opinion upon that
subjea. He, supported the Treaty of Amiens, on
the principle that ,the events of the War, and the in.
judiciotit principle of the War, had produced the
tired of making .our influence on the Continent
absolutely void : he thought it necessary. to, say
this, in answer tp the observations of the Right
Honourable Gentleman. As to the objed,of sect).
rity to be taken for the continuance 'of Peace, he
foresaw a good deal of difference between the
Right Honourable Gentleman- and himself, and
therefore when a Treaty of Peace came to, be
feted, that. would be matter for diieussioo. On the
value of the security when offered, the mode 'to
judge would be by comparison, what we sacrificed
with the security we reeived. Having said this
upon the two general topics introduced -by the
Right Honourkle. Gentleman, he could assure him
and the House, that he had no wish for a division ;
but notwithstanding that disposition of his to give
way, he did: not knoW how far he might rot he
. driven to it by the course which might be followed
by the Noble Lord. , &It considered the. right of
the House :of Commons to, advise the Executive
Power upon all subjefts of public policy, to be
such as not to be even so nitre!) as disputed. He
did' not cbarge Ministers with any negligence• of
their duty, but all he understood was, that a Medi.
talon' had been offered 4 :now -it' %las .equal tO'him
whether that Mediation was 'accepted or was about
to he accepted
,: if he heard from. the Noble. Lord
there was any disposition to accept of that Medi.
ation of the Emperor of Russia at this moment,
he should withdraw his Motion, but otherwise lie
would not very well consent to that course. As CO
unhinging :the public mind, it was needless for him
to say he had no such °Neel, neither did he see
that was to be the erred of what he Was
now doing. He had no other wish than that the
Mediation might be adopted, because lie hadno
doubt it would. be refildual. ,On
.the subjed of
the War he should not enter, because nothing
could be ofkred but general 'arguments on the
state of Europe : but" as to the hOpes of Me.
diation the House was agreed; he believed, that
if it be but a vision,' it was ,a vision which we all
wished to see realised. He adthitted that the' Me.
diation did not secure to us an objed, but it would
certainly further the -chance of gaining it ; and
therefore he had no wish for a division, if he was
given to understand that the Mediation would be
accepted. The Noble Lord stated, that the roots..
sition of the Russian Minister had been comniuni.
cated, and that was a greatdeal. 'Whoever loOked
lit this matter, and 'saw,how. the proposition of ,ac.
commodation was made on the part of Russia,. would
be led to wish that it had not been made by 11,4 one
and avoided by the other of the
,parties. • If,
stead of being stated by 'the English Ambassador to
the French Ambassador, or by the French Ambas.
sailor to tbe,English, it had been stated to each of
them by count Mallon'. at Paris, or Count Woron.
zow in, London, the. NegOtiatian would not,have
taken' the turn it'did--kif that he was perfedly.sure.
He did.not know why that.proposition for the Me.
diation of Russia should not; even new, be adopt.
ed. He did nor knoW how 'far French accounts
might be depended bpon, but they certainly did
state the disposition of His Imperil& Majesty the
Emperor of, RuSsia to offer his Mediation, in a
much broader way than any thing we bad heard of
in London. ,If the Noble Lord gave him assurance,
that the Mediqtion would be 'accepted, he, should
withdraw his Motion. It might 'said, that? if
he, had uo7dottlit-of the disposition. of His Majesty's
Ministers, why should be bring forward such a Mo.
tion as this ? Why did he nor confide in them I :To
which be would answer, that although he had no idea
ityoold so happen, yet it might, liappen that the-ad.
vantage of the Mediation now offered might be: lost,:
and lost by the fault of Ministers, a loss, that would
he irreparable, and then lie would have ?is reproach
himself for not calling upon the 1106 e of Commons
to admonish Ministers to do their duty by
,aVailing
themselVes of this most propitious otli.r. Informa-,
tion whither this Mediation would 'be accepted or
not, was,all.,he desired in the first instance, and
what hedesired much more than 'he should soceres,
to his Motion in 1
secoed.. He was happy alit)
to oh Lrve, that whatever v.tfiCiy. of opinion there
1114111 L be in the I louse on some topics, they were all
agreed on this. •
Lord II
//WA:ASBURY rose t o explain, „ He, ss
that with,regard to the Mediation of .which the.
Ho n ou sableiG
.
entletnart had I pOke 0, and the way (ro,
which it came to His. ministers, be.
should- state it t tli Hutisel, 'The distance

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.1.1Untl(1 anti rartSi anti trit-St3IC
the time, made . it inniassible Wet-, -to be'
acquainted with the nattire-of'tht; Media.tiot it mme»
diately -after it was offefed:on the pith of I
perial Majesty; Certainly in the sense in vVhieN he.
underttood the Mediation, it was of the slightest
species of assurance- of Mediation; If indeed it cottld
be ,socallea; in. titer knife he understood it theni
and in that sense lte understood it now. Hid
ship then stated the contents of the Communicatiori
to the following rffeele" The. Cabinet of Sc; Peters./
burgh,: though there appeared a reluelatiee in the
two parties,: offer Mediation, which was nieane
with a view to he offered by the Minister ifi Lobe
don'andTaris, to give you the-assistance you may
desire, and the Emperor, wits be ready to exert
his V good offices, to adjust the points in dispute
between 'the two 'Countries.", Under these 'cit..;
cumstancee the Mediation being so general and sai
loose, and 'corning at such a moment, His Majesty'a
Government thOught they bed no alternative that
to say they ,had stated the terms •on whiCh ther
'were
,ready, to continue at Peace, and probably at
this time that Lurd Whitworth had left Paris I
and therefore looking at that intervention (whatever
effect it might- have at the beginning) it being so
,general, and coming at such a time, and being 140-
loose, it was in the judgment. of 'His Majesty's
Ministers inadmissible ; but at--the same time they
had no disposition, to conceal froth the Government
Of-St.:Petersburgh,'or from the Hduse of Comthons,
that they'are ready to enter ,into any explanation
to the' Government relative to the difference
tween this Country and France, itdd to concert
means that may lead to the restoration of reaces4i-S.
soon as possible.'
Mr. FOX. " Upon:the Mediation of Russia ?"
Lord HA WKE.SBURY. " That His M.tjaaty.'s
Ministers are ready on the Mediation of the Court
of St. Petersburgh-e-on that ground to receive from
that Court whatever their idea may bei.ind,the
ground of their judgment on the subject of arrange.
ment ; or that MinisterS themselves are ready to
state explicitly to the Court of Sr. Petersburg's theiO
ideas upon that subject. That there shall not be
any question of etiquette,whatever to impede this
purpose, His Majesty's Ministers are prepared to
come to a frank and explicit declaration of their
views; hut until 'efetFt.; shall have been given to
these views, Until 'an adjustment has taken place,
they do not consider it consistent with their duty
toadvise His Majesty. to Withhold any exertions
which the circumstances may offer to terminate the
Contest."

Mr. FOX,observed, the Noble Lord having
stated it to be du:intention of His Majesty's Mt-
nisters to leave the: Negotiation to ltussia, -that
.they have no unwillingness to receive, or to origi..
nate terms or views on. which Peace tinay be re.
stored, and that it shall be under the• Mediation
of that illustrious Prince, he had t-o difficulty to
withdraw his Motion.
The House resolved itself into a tormnittee of the whole
House on the Militia Regulation alter a few-remarks
from the SECRntAky at WAR,,and seversl other-Meqbers,
the Report was brought up, and ..the'Bill ordered to be en-
grossed and read a third time on Wednesday text. •
The House went into a Committee theWhole'House ott•
the Ships Burping Bill.
Mr. CORRY expressed his s'ish that the Bill should extend
to Ireland, and observed, he should propose. some Amend.
ments before the Bill went into a Committm.

Sir JOHN. SON expressed a desire the Bill should
pass as soon as possible through the House.
The C4oolll,Duty Bill was read a lirst time, and ordered
to be read a'second time on Wedne4day next.
The eIIATICELt.iia cal' the EXCtittlUEk. movi•d that the
!louse should go. into a Committee on Wednesday next, to
consider and consolidate several Ads rotative to Assessed
Taxes. . , „

The .Comnitittees of Supply and Ways and Means, were
postponed to IVednesday next.
Ttte Ships' Passengers Bills was ordered to be read a third
time on Wednesday next.
The CHANCLLLoR of the Exentoexa gpie notice, that
he should move on Wednesday next in a Committee of Sup:.
ply, for Paying 'and Cloathing the
Fhe Convoy Bill was- read a second time, and committed
to a Committee of the .whole. House on Wednesday next.
The Repott of the Land Tax Bill W 44 further considered,
and the, Amendments agreed to : the Bill was. then ordered
to be read a third time on Wednesday next.
'L'he remaining Orders, were postponed.--The House ad—
journed at Nine o'Clock, tilt TO- rnoirow,

From the LONDON G4Z1(174, May 24., 1803.

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LONDON, MAY 23, 18a3.

Coa Port Letters of this morning will be found
particularly interesting.' That from Portimeutb,
,states the arrival yesterday of th'e. Squadron under
'Sir ROGER Currts from the Cape of Good Hope,
?Ind of that Squadron having taken, yesterday at
noon, a French
.East India Ship, estimated at
;co,oool. value. Tte same Letter brings an ac.

count of the rapture 'of the Hazard Sloop of Wai,
'which event Sir ROGER CVRTIS learned from La

lifirit:rv.. at Sea.
On! 'Falmouth Letter contains some interesting
Intelligence from 4'/, Domingo.
Several Captures have been matte by our Crtizers,
for particulars of which we refer
..to our Nuval
News.

Tits Proceedings last night in the House of
Commons were particularly interesting and impor-
tint. Mr. Fox made his promised Motion for an
Adams to 14 s MAJESTY, to avail himself of the
proffered Mediation of Rupia- to settle the differ. ,
epees between this Country and France; and in
theeourse of the discussion which ensued, Lord
PAWIi.ESTIUItir candidly stated the readiness of
its Majesty's Minisirs to explain their views
- to the Court of St. Petersburgh, and readily to
accept the Mediation of that Power. But his
Lordship repeated what he bad mentioned be. •
fore, that no dire or precise offer of Mediation
bad berm offered on the part of Russia ; it was,
merely of the sliOtest species of asairatice of Medi-
arimi, It vvas however admitted, that, meanwhile;
the contesPinto which we have again been obliged
To enter, 611°4141 be prosecuted with vigour, until
vie..k s of Mediation shall have,been realized ; and
in consequence .of.T4orci FlAwicssautur's candid
statement, Mr. Vox withdrew his Motion,
Whatever may be the opinion of the fublip upon
the gotttion of War, or the. views of a restoration
..Of:Peace„ the situation of the Country is• one of
mueh anxiety,,, We. repeat whit we have before.
urged, becan'i'e every thy. and every._ hour more
folly proves the 'truth 'of our assertion, that a
sTa.oNG GOVERNMENT iS necessary, not only for
Pur welfare, but perhaps for our, very existence.
We cant 9.1 doubt', that even now His Majesty's
Ministers
.are trying, every ground. fur attaining
secure Peace; but if they fail, 'then we more
particularly say, Let us harue' a Governmeut iu
!which the People ha-ye canfirleUce.: We are con.
winced that His Makstyls Ministers have meant
well in everything they have done, but the state of
the' Country is such, that we want' something. more
Than good intentions. The general opinion which is
heard in every corner of every street, .$ That the
Qovernment cannot last as it is at present consti.
,tuted," tends to weaken and undermine it ; and
though the proeedings laid before Parliament re.
apeiting the Negotiation in,ike out the stronseit.
case against France, they do not, at the same time,
plAce the cOnduft of Ministers in an tincxcepticmablC
NI"! •

We are unwilling at the present moment ,to say
pny thing respeeting the condun of the Baard
of Admiralty. If the remarks we have made
upon that condu4, have stitholated itt to addi.
;lona' exertions, we shall have rendered an
portant service to the Country. The First Lord,
dater bavinz tpqre mean cute tent
riot, and repeatedly complained that it was not
accepted or, has, it understood, consented to
remain for the present, if his health Permit, Re.
port says, that LO4l eNIOIR4 and Mt. TIERNEY
art to Join Administration, and that the latter has
been much employed lately upon the Budget, which
the Minister is to bring forward in the course of
the next ten days. Indeed the tnnwre which is
to 14 ptoposed is said to originate with him.

" The state of Political parties is at the present
motnent roost e‘priOrdinary. The prevalent opinion,
that the presets •Administratinn liar not so much the
Ci;nlidence or' the Coonlty as it formerly had, has
created cal.dicOes f,r Office on all sides.t—Mr. For,
who has prol4:o4y seen by experience, how much via.
lent opinions have obstruaed his purposes, has he!
come temperat, and in his Speech llist night, he re.
sinned all 'his former Correa opinions on the suhied
it continental Connofions4, which, in the heat of
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13.111 y, in the course of the hilt wtt,r/' hg Pfl/leti 19
have entirely abandoned;
Lorri Qat,l-,!11.1.0, and those cornered
with
h !Pr tllcttt to be tbc` NnoPit mat milted t),Z

tility to theveaent Admirdstratinn, and we under_
stand he means to propose strong Censures upon
their conduei in the late Negot6tion, In 'the midst
of all these contending Parties," we wish only for
a strong Government—the situation of the Country
imperiously calls for it.
The greatest disappointment and regret have been
universally expressed, at no report having been given
of Mr- PITT'S Speech in the House of Commons
on Monday last. The loss of that Speech to the
Country, we have not hesitated to consider as a
National Misfortnne; it is a loss, however, which
we still hope to• be able, in some measure, to re_
pair'; and though we are unwilling to excite publiC
expedation on a point so interesting and impor-
tant, we cannot altogether suppress our feelings of
satisfaction, at even the faint hopes which we enter-
tain of bang able to procure aSkrtch of that Speech
from a Friend who was present.

Letters of the zd and 3d of April from Jamaica,
mention the wretched state of the Islard of St. Da.
mingo.' The. French Troops were still very sickly,
and fell very fast ; they had also been repeatedly
attacked, and had lost many men in the field,
though the Blacks. had a!so suffered consider..
ably. A reinforcement from France of gOOO
then, -had latelf landed, bat it was thought it
would be quite irrsuflicicot. lt was generally sup.
posed that the Enrcrprize would be abandoned before
the unhea:thy season set in, which begins in the end
of June. These acCOonts, it is to be observed, came
from Saint Domingo. soni time before the or-
ders could reach that Colony. for the return of
the French Fleet to Europe, bat they tend to chew
the hopeless state of the enterprizle against it, even
indeperident,of.the renewal of the War.

This morning -arrived a Mail from Lisbon,
brought to Falmouth by the Waltingham Packet in
17 days, and a Mail from Jamaica, brought by , the
itrinress charlotte Packet in 6 weeks.
His MAJasIY had ordered his carriage yesterday
morning at eight o'clock* 'intending to set off at
that hour for Windsor. Some dispatches, however,
were sent to Buckingham-house, which were soon
followed by Mr. ADDINGTON, who had a long in.
terview with his iVIAJE3TY. HIS MAJESTY, in
consequence, did not leave town till • some hours
after the time settled fur his departure.
The Quttiv will have a Drawing.roorn on Sa.
turday next, which A
beKing's Birth-day ; but
there will not be'a Ball in the evening. •
.On Thursdaythe PR I NC 4. of WALES dined with
a party of the Jockey. Club, at Mr. LAD uawca's, at
Hadley, near Epsom ; and yesterday came to Town
immediately after the Oaks/Stakes were decided.

Captain 'Lou itiG of the Royal' Navy was pre-
se,ned to HEX MAJESTY by the Earl of MoIKA, on
Thursday.

1 Private Letters from .the Hague say, The
French Army assembling near. Nitneguen has for its
ostensible destination the Eledorate of nanover
but it is a curious fats, that this army is encamped
upon the same ground, where, in z6BB, the then
PRINCE oaf ,OR A NCR, afterward KING WILLIAM
under pretence of interfering in the dispute
then' subsisting between Prince CIAii•ONT of 13ava.
uN ria and the Cardinal of- Foas-rauRG, Colleaed
the army with which' he in November in the same
year invaded :England. It is true, that the PR INC tt
of O ANC u hada:Fleet of so sail of Men of War to
escort his Transports; but iv., is equally true, that
the Corsican diaposer of 'llte lives anti the liberties
of Frenchmen,. cares •less about the loss of whole
armies, than the Prince did for the safety of one
single regiment. •
6 Without any intent to alarm you, I have heard
from good authority, that French ',Emissaries have
for tome dap teen hug in taking an account' of the
numbers, the warier, and- the tonnage, V. all Ve.t:els,
even
.Schoits, in -our different Harbours; and that
abed have in the lame vanner tried to procure .the
namei and the number of our 4ailors, but in this
they have been disappointed, as all our Sailors are
attached to the PRINCe of OR ANGE, and detest the
French, and have therefore already begun'to desert
and to conceal themselves. Some official encourage.
?pent from England, at this period, -might bring
you Over many of them. . - •
‘4.1 repeat, again, thai my intention is not to
create Ilarin ; but vigilance, vigour, aftivity, and
tmanimilyi- ate absolutely necessary to connteraCt the
designs of a Man,_ who believes„in no other Provi.
Once but Fortane, and who hitherto, even in' his
most desporate enterprizcs, has never ceased to be
Its favourite. Remember, that if one army should
really attack Hanover, there are already- in this
Country, in Brabant and on the Rhine, upwards, of
i 10,00.0, men, which ate augmenting every day by
fresh Troops.".

An order from Government is stated to have
been received. on Tuesday bj M. COQUEBIRT DE
MQNUR ET, the French Commercial Commissioner,
to leave London within 24 hours, and quit the
kingdom with all possible dispatch, in ,COOlieqUetsCe
of which hi set out on his' return to Pasis last,
Wednesday..
Yesterday HENRY KING, ES+ of the Worship-
ful Ccimpany of Butchers, paid into the Chamber
of London, a fine- of 4.701. and 20 marks, to be
excused serving the Office of Sheriff fur this City,
.
tor the ensuing year.-
Yesterday His tMajesty's Honourable Commis.
,
signers of Licutenancy, held a Court at Guildhall, anti
eleeted-by ballot, -Messrs. BEN W ELL aila LOVETT,'
Oapiain Lieutenants of the East and West Regiments
of'London Militia, in the roomof C.iptain
minis' AYRES and Nictrot.Ast proquite4i-Ciptairts
of the' said Regiinents.
lirelertlay ale I.olldon pran4 pry fcun,. rn bills
of iiiiiittment, against Robert Aolftt, late I)epury.
001 tier of the Bank, Tor ernbt24ling prpperty be.
4n )Zing to 015 P.cnreppr 4PO'c °NOT 4415(it: