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London, England, 1803-03-07 00:00:00

against the First Consul, and should have called
for observations very different from those eon•
tamed in the Moniteur. As to the French Am.
bassador having been present at the Trial, we
believe it was stated in some of the English
Papers, but certainly not in this Paper.—lt then
proceeds to state, that the Prosecution was merely
useless parade and ostentation, and it would have
been better if Ministers would give orders to the
Journalists not to write any more Libels.—Such
orders might be given, and must be obeyed in
France, though, if we may judge from the Columns
of the Moniteur, the Writers in that Paper have
received no such direaions ; but in England, the
state of the Press is fortunately extremely different ;
it is by Court of Justice only, tha.t a man can be
punished for Libels either against the State or
against Individuals.
There still exists a subjea for contention be-
tween Austria and Bavaria. The Austrian Garri-
son, which was on the point of evacuating Passau
on the rzth ult. on a sudden received counter orders,
and the Bavarian Troops*who were destined to take
possession of that place, halted at the distance of
half a league from Passau. This fluauation in the
Councils of the Cabinet of Plenna, is attributed to
a declaration of 'the Court of Munich, that.it will
keep possession of the Bishopric of Eithsteit until
it has received a suitable Indemnity. The Em-
MOP. has in consequence determined to occupy
Passau until his Brother, the GRAND, Dula, is put
into possession of Eichstett,
The POPE has appointed a new Grand Master of
Malta, in 'the person of the Bdrr.LY pz THOMAS!,
a Neapolitan Knight.
The Funds are 64.. 60.

THrs morning two Bata,viNn Mail: arrived, the
intelligence brought by which is rather important.
It appears by an article from Constantinople of
the 'loth of Janu•try, that ;tu arrangement has at
length been made respeding the Beys in Egypt,
by the interference of the English General and Am.
bassador, with whom iConvention has been conclud.
ed on thi3 subjed. Lord ELGI Nis stated to have
officially declared, upon the conclusion of this Con.
vention, that Egypt would be immediately evacuated
by the British 1 mops, which Were to be remov.
ed from thence to 'Matra ; which Islam!, however,
g
tt'is said is for some time at least to be kept pos.
session of by the
,English, and this intelligence
we are inclined to believe to be coned.

We are concerned to htate, that by accounts from
Vienna, received by these Mails, the health of the
ARCHDUKE CHAEL es seems to be in a very ureca.

rious State.

The Debate on Mr.Cist. iiAFT'S, Motion, proved,
as might well have been expeded, an extremelyin.
teresting one.—lt was condoned on both sides with
peculiar moderation an temper.: 'and` those who
found themselves on this delicate question opposed
to Government, disclaimed its being considered as
in the smallest degree political, and disavowed all
sentiments of hostility. The division was the first
of any importance that has taken place in the new
Parliament.—lt is not difficult to account for the
largeness of the Minority,
With feelings strungly'prepossessed in favour bf
liberality on the part of Parliament towards His
Royal Highness, we cannot but think that great
discredit .would have attached to the House, had
the Motion that was brought forward on Friday
been-adopted. The mode that was chosen of at.
taining the objed ,was, in our opinion, the Most
objedionable that could have been. devised.—ln.
deed,. whatever course had been pursued, would
haVe been a call on the House to lose sight of its
consistency ; but that recommended appears to us to
have been indelicate and disrespeettul row; rds the
PRINCE 'of WALEs hiMself. What was it in fad
but to appoint twenty,one individual's'
to examine
into the state of: his private affairs, to scrutinize
and ascertain the amount of Debts, perhaps, of the
.most delicate and secret nature, and, all this without
any sort of authority or sanetitm from the' PRINC,R
himself? Some Gentlemen voted for this scrutiny,
wiihout pledging themselves to stir a step farther;
be its result what it might, as if from the mere
wantonness of unbecoming curiosity ; others sup-
ported it, declaring themselves, ready to vote fur
the discharge of the Debt, whatever might' be its
amount, But supposing the PR I rrc E to have refused
to lay before a Committee so chosen, an account of
what may not improperly be considered his most
private concerns, is it possible to conceive -a , pre..
dicament more ridiculous and degrading than that in
which
,the House of commons would have placed
itself ?

The question of Consistency lies in a very rot,.
row comossi—ln the year t79s an Arr.mgernent
was made by the Legislature for relieving the
PRINCE Of WALES from his Incurn,biances, by a
larg ad,tlPritr,-, to a part pf %which was
approprlatc2 io II: annual discharge of his Dann,

4--,Of these D...bts, an account was given in by His
Royal Hi4hness : Commissioners were appointed to
carry that .4.. d into effl:6l: and there was a special
clause in it, which restrained the PRINCE from in-
curring any new Debts, by declaring, That none
incurred during the operation of the Ad would be
legal.—Wlmt Debts, then is it possible for the
House of Commons to recognize ? It must either
suppose, that the account given in in 1795 was an
incorrect and incomplete one, or must violate its
own Ad by sanctioning any that may have since
been incurred.

Rejoiced as we were at the contents of fits MA.
EsTY's• Message to the House; and at the liberal
and creditable manner in which it was received and
atqed upon, we very much regret that the zeal of
inconsiderate friends should have induced them to
bring forward the Motion, which was negatived
on Friday, and who seem to think with the .old
Proverb, that "Enough is a little more." Nor do
we think that less indiscretion was manifested in the
aCtive and unremitting canvass-for support 'to this
Motion, which took •place for some days previous
to its being brought forward, and which we under_
stand had little less of dilation than of solicitation
in it. We have the Minister's word, that the
measure which he had recommended by His Majes.
ty's Command, had previously experienced the
PR t tee OS entire concurrence and
.approbation.—
Should His Royal Highness, from a sense of honour,
refuse to hiMself the immediate' advantages of this
Bill, .we shall, in common with the Public, be ready
to admire' and applaud such a determination. Of
these means of displaying his amiable qualities, the
intemperance of imprudent friends would have de.
prived him.

We scarcely think it.. worth our while to enter
into a more detailed examination than we have al_
mady done of the FIRST CONSUL'S Address to the
Legislative 80dy.,--On that part of it which relates
to the internal state of France, we have only to ob-
serve, that it appears to us perfedly natural and
fair, that every topic should have been so selecled,
every statement so brought forward, and every ob-
servation so constrated, as to be best calculated to
dazzle, to soothe, and to conciliate. We' are far
from being disposed to deny, that BONAPARTE has
rendered essential service to that Country by the
restoration of its established religion, whatever
might have been his motive cordially assent
to a general remark which this State Paper presents
us with, namely,•!, That all changes are bad, un-
less it is demonstrated by proper evidence that the
result will be beneficial,"--This observation must
of course apply to the French Revolution itself;
which, though it has in the event proved beneficial
to the FIRST CONSUL, even of this there was at
the time no proper -evidence to demonstrate the pro-
bability. Of the reason given for the annexation
of Piedmont' to France, viz, the necessity 'of the
case, wt shall only say, that it appears, as in other .
annexations, to have been a necessity 'which has no

Most of OUT Cotemporaries, we observe, draw a
pacific interettas from the general tenor of the Pa
per on which we are commenting, and particularly
from the passages. which
.apply to' this Country.
For this Opinion'we wish we could discover any so-
,
lid grounds. It says, " That France would be
justified in complaining that Malta and Alexandria
are not evacuated ; hut that British Ships are ar.
rived in the Mediterranean to remove them." What
then are we to infer, :if`either the one or the other
should not be given up ? And we have no reason
whatever to believe the fad, of Transports being
arrived for the removal of our Troops from either.
France can-have no pretence for complaining of our
retention of Malta, which the Treaty of Amiens
itself does not authorize our surrendering till cer-
tain provisionS have been fulfilled, .namely, the
Elation of a Grand-Master, the arrival of the Fo-
reign Troops, and the appointment of proper gua-
rantees. Had it therefore been surrendered, the
People of this Country would indeed.,liave, had a
right 'to complain; and should . the order fOr that
porpose be really gone out, we must fairly avow,
that it would, in our opinion, call for an explana. ,
lion from Government, considering present circurn,
stances and appearances.

One word more on this Paper;--" In England,"
it observes, " rower seems to be disputed by two
parties." Indeed ! And when, for mare than a
century past, has it been otherwise ? This Is no
proof of aft:it/a:ion of Councils in our Government
(of hich we have never been able to discover one
symptom), though it is of a difference of opinion
in the House, But unless this difference cif opinion
is so general, and this straggle between Parties is
so nearly balanced as to warrant the apprehension
that the i‘ Party :which has sworn implafable hatred
;towards France," was likely to supplant that
's 'which has coqcluded the Peace, and seems deter.
mined to maitilain it," we can see no pretence what-
ever for those " prudential Mea Min" which call