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London, England, 1803-06-01 00:00:00

PARIS, MAT 25.

frliE Declaratioti of the Kitlo of INGLAND hits
ilppeareil. It is acconipanied by a volume of Papers
of :4,5 folio pages.
This volume contains 72 articles, amongst which
ten only are official, and several of those are irisigni7
ficant. Sixty-two are extratts of letters from Mi.
risters to their Agents, and from the English Agents
to their Cabinet, letters doubtless fabricated by the
Chancelittle. according to the convenience of Mi.
oisters.

The Note3,,whieh are most important, and the

mast proper to, inform the English reopin of the
' steps taken by the French Government, and of the
true spirit of the Negotiation, have been carefully
suppressed.
• And what appears the last degree of shameless-
ors's, and even of folly, is that in the Note of

I.ord WEITTWORTII, daied theloth of May, printed
in page 112 of the Official Ripers of London, the
most essential passage is omitted, through an un.
iltithfulness which could not fAil to be discovered.

ORIGINAL NOTE TRANSMITTED DY THE
Artu.tssADoa TO TILE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN

AFFAIRS.

Paris, May to, t3a3.

The Undersigned Ambassador Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from His Britannic
- 'Majesty to the French Republic,'-haying transmitted
to his Court the proposition made to him by the
MiOister for Foreign AfF►irs on the 4,th instant,
and that iroposition having been considered to be
imps-alike:He, in consegu; nee ett the refusal of his
Majesty the Emperor of Russia to accede, and at the
same -time l'elaw. the just pretension, of Ma.
jetty"

Iblilte.rtzrainder of the setter is maly Similar .to that
po Low in the Correspondence here. Ihe words marked
in italic:. are those which The Moniieur cll4rge6 the Engl6h
Stfutisters with having omitted.).
This infidelity, committed to cover a false alle.
,gation, which they durst not support, has given
The to another. The English Ministers have in
consequence omitted the Note transmitted in answer
by Citizen TALLzYttAND on the lath of May,
which is to the following effect

" Paris, May 12, 1803.

- -
" The Undersigned is charged to make known
to His-Excellepcy Lard WH
I TWO It TH,
{rom His BritAnic Majesty, that the Ft RsT CONsUL
having propoied in the Nate of the 4th instant,
that the island of Malta should be delivered into
the hands of- one of the three guaranteeing Powers,
Russia,: Austtia or Prussia, it does not suffice to
put an end io that proposition, to argue from the
refusal of his I'..l.:jesty the Emperor of RUSSIA to
receive that depot, since It still temains to be known
what arc the inteltions of their Majesties the Em.
veror of GERMANY and King of PRUSSIA.
'' That besides the assertion contained in the
Note of Ills Excellency, dated the loth instant,
and 'which is expressed in these terms---1 By the re.
fusal cf His Majesty, the EMperor of Russia, to
accede, entirely 9ontrary to the Guarantee which
14ii-Imperial Majesty has formally offered, under
the condition of some slight changes which the
FIRST CONSUL had no difficulty in adopting, and
which.he knows that.the English Ministry refused,
doubtless meditating upon, the strange pretension
of • keePing Malta." •
" Moreover, this assertion is in dire& contra.
diEtion to the assurances which the FIRST CONSUL
hat received from Petersbuigh, since the 'Message
froM Ills BRITANNIC MAJESTY was known, and
which has been renewed by an authentic communi.
cation, which the Ceunt DE MARCOFF made yes.
terday the intentions of his Court.
" whence it resulib that it is imPossible to
reconcile the last Note, transmirred by His illiacel-
leney Lord WH WORTH, swith the new confirmation
which has been acquired of the disposition of His
Majesty, the Einperor of RUSSIA, and he cannot
refuse to believe that fits BitrrAsxtu MAJESTY,
better informed, will himself hasten to give to His.
Excellency different Instructions to those which he
bas received and communicated, in the name of his
Government.

'l' The uutler-signed seizes this occasion., of re-
newing to his Excellency Lore! Wntrway.rw, the
assuranct of his high coniideration.
(Signed)
C. M. TALLEYRAND."

And the English Nation calls itself free, anti the
Parliament represents the Nation.

We have translated the whole verbatim, which
wilt be printed in this Journal, for nothing ought
to be hidden froth the French People.
f they have had the shamelessness
,to suppress
the most important Notes, and to garble those of
which the originals are in the hands of our Govern.
meta, with reaped to objeels so, important, what.
confidence can we' place in the recital of conversa:;
lions made by English Agents, and turned by the
Ministry to suit its own, purposes I
And thui fifty millions of men are delivered up
to be slaughtered.

The giddy spirit which hts for two months seiz-
ad upon the English Government will not allow it
to refed ; it doubtless thinks that we have neither
ink nor

But of what importance to the Cabinet of London
is the ()pinion of Europe, or that of Posterity The
Parliament will make its address,. several of the
IViemhers will be led away by false 'reports, 4tul
this is all that the English Ministers desire.—
(Alsuiteur.) • -

The following. Decree was communicated on
Mond;ty, to the Senate, the Legi;lative Body, and
the Tribunate by the ()raters of Government.

iXTRACT FROM ,THE' REGISTER OF THE DELI-
BERATIONS OS , THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
RiPUBLI,C.. MAY 7.21, 1803.

The Government of the.Republie Waving !tenni
tead, by the Minister for Foreign Affair 4 the Aels
of His ,Britannic Majesty, dated the 'bill of May,
and which are to the following erica :

, Having -tic rd read by thejsilinister. of Marine
tind Colonies,, a Dispatch from-the Maritime Prefed
of Breit, dated this day, announcing-that two Eng.
lish Frigatei having taken two French Mcrchan.
Vessels in the Bay of dildierne, without any pre.
vious Declaration.of War, and in manife3t violation
of the Law of Nations, ,which Dispatch is to the
following efred :
41 'rho day before yesterday two English Friptes
captured two Vessels in the Bay of . Audierne ; the
one was destined fur Quiver, to procure timber for
building,.. and ..the other was laden with salt for
Fecamp.
(Signed) CAVFA.REL Lir,
Maritime Prefect."
DECREES.

Art. I. It is prescribed to all Commanders of Squadrons
or Naval Divisions of the Republic, Captains, of its Ships
and other Vessels of War,- to chase those of the King of
England, as well as those Vessels belonging to his Sub-
jeels, to attack, capture, and conduct them into the Ports of
the Republic. •
11. Commissions will be delivered, in course, to those
French Privateers for which they are demanded, and which,
in the event of obtaining those Commissions, will be regu-
lated, in conformity with the existing laws and regulations,.
or with whatever may be made in the mean time.

111. All the English enrolled in the Militia, from the age
of eighteen to sixty, or holding any Commission from His.
Britannic Majesty, who are at present in France, shall be
immediately: constituted Prisoners of War, to answer' for
those Citizens attic Republic who may have been arrested
and made Prisoners by the Vessels or Stibieas of His Bri-
tannic Majesty, previous to any Declaration of War.
IV. The Ministers ate charged each with what 'cncerits
\Kim the execution of the present Meru, whielt•slia3
be inserted in the Bulleva at. Laws.
The First Consul
(Signed), 'BONAPARTE. •
By the First Consul, the Secretary of st,qc
• (z,i4ncd) H. B. MA ET.

The English Government has then commenced
hostilities by the ruin of one or two 'miserable
Traders, who under the faith of Treaties were
peaceably navigating on our Coasts. It has Com.
,mitted this at of hostility without a Declaration of
War, without any of the forms used by polished
Nations and, agreed upon amongst them, and , in
pursuance of those, odious principles of public law
which it has created for itself alone, and which are
entirely barbarous.
It is with pain that the Government of the Re.
public ses itself forced to use reprisals, and to con'.
stitute Prisoners of War all the English enrolled in
the Militia, and residing in the French territory.
In every thing that is illiberal it will always
leave the initiation to England, but the French Pet).
ple ought to att towards England as she-ads to-
wards France. For too long a period Ecirope has
putsued a difFerent line of condud. This is w:lat
has more particularly authorized England to con-
',thole for herself alone, a public law, to which she
is now so Much accustomed, that every at of just
reciprocity appears to her an injustice.
A Measure was yesterday taken with the English
who were in Parts, which, it is said, will be
adopted generally to all those who are in France.—
According to the diredions, which were given to
each of them, at their place of residence,,ihey re-
paired to the place where the Staff was assembled,
where their flames were taken down, and an order
was given to them, to go to-morrow to- Gen. Jtr-
Not, the Commandant of the place.—lt is thought
thatathe place will then be pointed out to them, to
which they ate to go and reside, until sonic deter-
rhination is come to respeding them, conformably
to the conduit which shall be adopted in England.
It is said that all the English now in Parr, will
be sent to Folortain6/enu.

A Corps of boo Africans, coming from, Breit,
passed through Nano:, nn the 18th instant, On
their way to Mantua, where they are to remain in
Uarriso:t.

Letteri froM Rbtteriiiim state, that eight English
Ships Of. War, of diffcieni sizes, have been dis-
covered lately.cruiziOg off the Port of Brille. The
Dutch Government have given 'orders that all the
Batteries ..which defend the coast of North HollatA
shall be immediately furnished with cannon of a
large. calibre. The, works have been commenced
with,treat allivity in the South of Holland,, as well
as io.the Island of tae Texel.' Several 'Corps of
Dutch Troops are to assemble on the Coasts. The
commerce of Amsterdam is in the greatest crisis.
Insurances have been made to a very large amount
.upon several Merchantmen, and they expell ten or
twelve ships from Batavia with all the riches whiCh
were accumulated there during the last 'War. The
embargo which was laid upon National and Foreign.
merchant ships in the. Port of Ostend and Antwirp,
hai been followed by anothefembargo upon all the
vessels.in the Canals in ~the Interior. These mea.
surea have not beer.: lost upon the Speculators, who
have inconsequence increased the price of all Cola.
vial produce.
tIICUSSILS, MAY 22.- .Within these few days
there have arrived in Dutch Gushier: a -Regiment
of Cavalry, the Bth Demi-brigade of the Line,
and several other Corps, and . some mote Troops
are expelled from the left Bank of theßhine.
General MURTIER, who commands the Army
which is assembling at lilimeguen, and its environs,
has already taken the necessary steps for the passage
of the Waal, so as to be 'enabled to commence
military operations as soon as he shall receive orders
fsom his Government. We are also informed, that
the Regency of Hanover; alarmed at these disposi-
tions has ordered several Regiments to advance, to
that part of the Frontiers of Hanover which is next
to Holland.

1‘411,,A14,'t0.---Letters front .merit state,
that the unexpetled intelligence, had been received
.there, that the English had embarked the' zoo
Neapolitan Troops that were -at Malta, 'for the
purpose of conveying them to /11isina. 'lf this
news is confirmed, it is obvious. that England means
to retain possession of that Island.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, MAI: 5, tSo3.

Mr. BOROUGHS moved the Court for a peremp-
tory Mandamus, to compel an Election of Mem-
bers in the Corporation of Penzance. It appeared
on behalf of the Prosecutors, who were the Mayor
and several' of the Aldermen and Commonalty of
that ancient Town, that they had made repeated
• attempts to complete their numbers conformably
to their Charter of Incorporation ; but that all their
efforts had been hitherto rendered abortive by some
of the present Members contrivedly absenting
themselves from various Meetings, which had been
convened to effeet that purpose, and that the de.
faulters at such Meetings, who formed the Minority
of the Corporation, appeared determined to perse-
vere in a derelidion of their duty, unless the Ma-
jority consented to
,be guided in their choice of
new Members .by the dictate of a very inconsider.
able and triflinknumber of their Brother Corpora.
tors, who had not obeyed a Writ of Mandamus
which had issued, direded to die Corporation at
large in the last Term.
Rule made absolute.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY

TAP LEE.

Mr. Serjeant BEST moved the Court for a new
trial in this case, on the grounds, that a Jury had
given their ve;die't contrary to evidence. It was
an Action to recover dainages for giving a false
and fraudulent charaaer of a person named Brunel!,
by which the Plaintiff had sustained a consider.
able loss. trunell, it appeared, was a chapman,
or retail dealer, and had dealt- for a 'Consider=
able time with the Defendant. In, March, 180),
he became insolvent, and in that situation applied
to the Plaintiff for certain gboda,' which were to be
sold to him on his giving a reference for his charaeter:
Lee was mentioned as capable of 'affording every
information on that head. Tap immediately went
to Lee, and asked if it was safe to trust Brunell
with any gocids. The latter said, th at Burnell
had long dealt with him, and then• owed -him
money ; he had always found him an honest
man, and was ready at that time to lit him
have any goods that he might be inclined to
take. FroM this info: motion, die Plaintiff de.
livered property into the hands of hrundl to a
considerable amount; a short time after which the
latter was arrested and thrown into gaol. Lee,
on meeting the Plaintiff, asked if he had trusted
Brunell with the goods ; the other replied, '" I could
not do otherwise from the charafier you gave me of
him." Lee then denied having said that Brunell
was a man of property. He had only stated that he
had found him an honest man ; he ,laughed at the
Plaintiff, and said, that he did not think, he was such
a,eoAe as to trust the other with his property.. The
aftion was then brought, and tried at. Guildhall,
where the Jury gave a verdict for the Plaintiff. It
as contended, on behalf of the Defendant, that
there had existed no intention to commit a fraud,
and that it was necessary to prove the parties had
tered into a determination to obtain the goods for
their joint advantage, before a Jury could given
verdict for the Plaintiff. This. had not been the
case; it had appeared that Lee only, ;poke of Bru,
nell as an honest man, which he at, that time cansi.
dercd him, from having sold hint goods which had
always been regularly paid for. The Defendant
had nor advised the Pldintiff -to trust that person ;
he had done that from his own inclination', and had
understood the words used respetting Brunell, in a
different sense from what they were intended. Upon
the whole, it was argued, that the yerdia.had been
given not only against evidence but ,the law.
Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD contended, that the De,
fendant had given a charatter t, Brunel}, contrary
to his knowledge of that peison'A affairs ; he had
known that lie was insolvent at-the time application
was made to the Plaintiff for the goods • it was con.
sequently obvious that there had existed a design
on the part of Lea, to mislead-the Plaintiff; there.
fore the verdia given ought nut to be disturbed.
The Court .were of opinion, that the versUa had
not been given contrary to the evidence, but ad.
mitted that the conduit of . the Defendant .did not
appear to come under the imputation of fraud, which
was the groumud of the action.
A new trial, with costs, . was therefore granted.

1311tCH rti. JOCFPII.

Application was`made in this case, for the De,
Pendant to pay the costs, a nonsuit having been
given, owing - to the absence of a material Witness,
name'! Parkinton. Mr. Serjeant Sue sußn sun read the
Affidavit of the above Witness, which miter], -that
he had consolted the Defendant, respeeting his
attendance at the trial, and was by him direfted to
be at Guildhall precisely.at ten He went
at that time, and.found the. cause had been tried,
and the Plaintiff had been nonsuited, in consequence
of his absence..

IVIr. Serjeant BEST contended that the Defendant
ought not to suffer for the negligence of the Wit.
ness, whose duty it was to have been present at the
time of trial.—Rule refused.

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the Sot!t4 Seas • Mentor. ---' mai Ft s,..1;;110,, putt*,
froni Oporin ; from Stettin; taunt',
froth' Lisbon - Wight,' Furl!, from Zarit 3, and Reptuaql•
from llottek•tfam.
5..: lat --the Harr.hrs-,* horse, Ilormear, for
!Tap:, 'Petry, for • ; f,„

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On Thursday
,last, at Mire-le-bone Church, Captairtm
Hain Henry DiN„ley,.)l.lll,; 'Majesty's 6oth Regiment of Focit,
to Miss Ilizatn.:ll Wa:ts, eldest daughter of Matt' Yiguii
Esq.'
leiter-lay, at It:-Iry-le-bene Church, the Rev.' 9en,
Stailley Faber, n. I). Fellow of Lincoln College, to 11141
Scott Waring, Daughter aloha-Scott Waring, tsq. off*:
Ctteihite.

DIED . 1
On the Toth Wt.. Ltsbon, much 'regretted, WOPant
Stephens, E sq. aged 72, Senior Member of the British Falb*,
of that City.
A £CW days ago, Mr. Babington, one of the Membell
Leicester.
Last week, at his seat in Scotland, Admiral Sirat. Mao
san. .
Sunday seinnight, at her house at Vauxhall, Mrs. ?b f,
buil.
On Fealty, Mrs. Tattersall, widow of the Rev. James
tersall, late Re&or of St. Paul's, Coveut-gardert, :Ow
Streatham, in Surrey, aged 78. •

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