Star.
London, England, 1801-12-04 00:00:00

FROM THE PARIS PAPERS.

OrNnA, Nov. 4.—A Ragullin fhip is arrived
from Alexandria with 4000 French troops on their
way to France.
The Engin fhip which entered our port the'
16th of lift month is not yet failed. As fhe is a
privateer the is detained till the time fixed by the
Preliminaries for the cellation of hoftilities. In
vain has the Captain reclaimed at the Minifter's
of Marine ; as he would not leave his arms here
es Apa, and could not procure fureties, he has
been detained, and cannot fail till thtay after'
to •morrow.
Covawilactw, Nov. to.—We are daily receiv-
ing the molt melancholy intelligence rerpening
the damage done by the late hurricane, all the
(hips which arrive from the Baltic bring accounts
of new diftfters. The Laxion, of Hull. hound
for Memel, ftruck on the 3d near the Ifland of
Bornholm, and was inftantly filled with water.—
The crew confifting of 14 men were leveral hours
on the Ihip's fide without any nouriflunent, hit
Captain Jacos WITT, from Elbing, was fortu.
timely able to rave them all, and next slay carried
them to Elfincnr,. We are allured th.it a great
many veffels and above a hundred perfons have
perithesi in the aloe France,:.

STATE PAPERS.

COPENHAGEN, NOVF.MBER 4.
On the 23d ult. a commiffion from the Danifh
Chancery to the following purport, was made out
to General WALT IRADOTIFF, the Coonfcllor of
State, LINIIIISICIOLD, Major SOLIOFCARA, Chief
Auditor, Ros cm sLAND GOISKA, and the Merchant
}biota : NOTE Or COUNT HAUDWITZ TO COUNT STADION.
As his Majefty, in confequence of what happen- I Berlin, Oftebes 24,
ed to his Welt India Wands thiis year, on their fur- The underfgned State and. Cabinet Minifter
render, and while they were in the, poffeffion of bac informed the King of the communication
a foreign power, has given to the perfons above- which Count STADION, Minifter Extraordinary
mentioned, a general order to undertake the ma- and Plenipotentiary of his Imperial and Royal
nagement of the public preparations for the raid Majefty, was charged to make to him within there
iflands, as alto to examine the conduct of the offi• few days. It was intended to make known to his
cers and the other fubjeas, in fo far as any of Majefty the Eleetion of his Royal Highnefs the
them may, in favour of the enemy, have tranf- Archduke ANTHONY, as Archbithop and Elector
greed his duty to the King and their country, of Cologne, and was accompanied with the de- I
Ore above-mentioned gentlemen are authorifed, in clayation, Ira this EleCtion as well as that of
the name of liis Majefly, to fufpend fuch of the of- Munlter, was to be confidered as indifferent, and
ficers of inttice in the raid iflands, as may have unconneEted with every perfonal or farther view,
tranfgreffed the oath taken to his Majeity the and that it could not in the leaft alter either the
king, fo that they ffall not he permitted in this natural courfe of the fecularifations, nor the ap-
refPed to adminifter the affairs committed to propriation of the fame to the Indemnifications:—
them • which niftitsfhall be henceforth conduced That, as on the one fide the Emperor, partly from
by culler officers, whom the commiflion of go- attachment to the Conftitution of the Empire,
wcrnment may appoint for that purpore : further, partly from internal conviction, could not forbear
the commiflion of government are to take care perfiiting in de maintenance of the three Eccle•
that legal proceedings be initituted againtt the frdlical EleCtorates, the Elation which had fallen
rofpended officers of jullice, as well as on the Archduke ANTHONY could by no means,
thof, of the inhabitants of the Minds, sZII., fliati or in any manner, have an influence on the con.
be fr..ind to have tranfgrefred or alautdorli,il the dud ofhis Imperial Majeftyr—Thatinorderto give
dotes incumbent on them as Dana coijects ;
•proof of this, his Majefty has declined the propo-
that a commiffion be appointed in the name of his fition of the Cathedral Chapter of Mnnflcr, invit-
Majcfly, before which, all, without exception, mo log the Archduke to repair to that Bilhoprick.
be 5 it'd to appear, In like manner the corn- and to take poirelliern of it, and that he had at the
million are to caufe to he arrsfled the guilty, wholt fame time given the raid (}tarter to underhand,
44Tences are of fuch a nature as to regime it.— that they Ihould undertake the Gm ermount them-
:Should any one againft whom the commitlion cl felvcs in the mean time, in the fame manlier as if
Nwernment may hire inftitutcd filch an enquiry, the See were vacant.
4.r who lhap be profigutO by the order of the ! If the Lledions of Wisner and Arenfberg art
ftid commalion, totfie foreign ifiaods, be at the to be confidered as mere formalities, the King was
time alafent, his Majeßy permits, in conformity to obliged on his part to purfue thole formalities
the loth Article in the fourth Chapter or the lira which the then prefent circuniil.mees pointed out,
11,0 k of the Danifh Laws, that he he litrnnioncd : to prefersc the :a,eneral tights ; and with this view
to appear, in tit; cootie of fix weeks, before the I leis Majciry canted his known protellation
c.,4nnittlion of Government, or the Cornmiltlon i againfl the Munfter FleCtion, to be delivered to
to be appointed by them ; acc,,ding whit'.: Turn- um- ! the States of the Empire, which by anticipation
mons, legal practedinr, ::re to It: ialoplcd nr,:tind I alfo concerned the EleCtion of Arenfberg, in cafe
him, whether he appears or not, and tb rrL or- 111.01 numrd take
der of his : may come to the of I His Ma jelly doe not the lefs approve the wife
tall perfons concerned, it is to be in tde ;town by I I-obi:ll6mi of ins Imperial Majelly, to pollpone the
a public proclamation from the Comm:a:on tit I further flees which on.: or both of the Chapters
Government, in etc newfpapers oi St. Croix.-- I with to adopt with refpect to the introduc-
Lailly, the aforefai.l Commitlion arc to take fro- ; lion ofthe krchdttke AsTi4oNy; anil if the hufinefs
per care that thole, who Mall be arrefted, or f:tall MI (a 1.% is thus to remain in uncertainty, the
/my:: ;411,icitud:...1 ai confequene, of the prr.eets. tn. I Xir.7 will in like manner abide by the preliminary
itituted agrii.ft them, may have the recel.a,y ; m:..fures which he has hitheito taken.
means of d..nce.., ' but even if his Majelly were agreed on the Taft
nectar IN a- ~rZCT TO point •.vitli the Coot of Vienna, yet he could not
The continuance of ti cetr.:orslinat ; irepoit of %rant his approbation the principle i.f the it,.
the freg!.t of iii;ps, ordered on the it.lth of he- ntai:.tenanee of the three Elec•
bro.' y ! toratcs. This pr nciplc is in direa contradielion
We, ( a•tir 'As the VII. Rec. make I,.nnks n, e IL,) thhf: stirirh 11,‘ Majelly has at all times entre(
that !,y tit, 11111 tutu of swe have ettufght it test in persica agi cement with the French Govern-
neeetrary th'it the extrani,loto) irorr•.l: on , c as one of 11.4.: controlling Powers, and which
frts7,h:. of n the 24115 .1 Fel.a u.tr y arc roond..d on the conttafts which are now to be
I 79t, :is an cerraordow y cr.ittribett tun fr.rthe et-; put" into e recut ion.
tratodinary riccatiols of the State, whit is by our ; In chef._ is to I,c found the ent,/, and tire„,;4l
r.:4l,er of thy it;tll o.:tober lan year, was con- dstrrniinAion, tha the of the flittering par-
tinned to the en.! of the year i;:c Sot, II Id Ire nil: ties are to Ix made tip hy means ~,, s,
furtl:rr railed a-1.1 Icti d :_r, „a. will, and tic , and that in there 10.7 es of the li:feting parties
is.r,L,• moil :,,r.t.:grAy to:or-la:Ai, that according Into. 5c .1,

It is alfo not tct be denied, that his Imperial Ma-
jefty, in this moderation which he has (hewn, could
'have no other view, than thereby to give a proof,
that in this refped he has been guided by no per-
iimal intereil LEWIS CO3EII72EL.

i. According to the 7th Article of the Treaty
of Luneville, the Hereditary Princes who have
led their polka-tons either in whole or in tart on
the left bank of the Rhine ' •
2. According to the gth ATtiele•of the fame
Treats., the Grand Duke of Tufeany, and
3. Houfe of ORANG F, tO which Nutria and
France hid infured a fititable Indemnity, by a
Convention, concluded much earlier, on the gth of
Augull, 1796, which incontellibly makes the
rights and pretentious of the Houfe of ORANGE
equal to thole of the I loufe of TUSCANY. From
the obligations contained in thofe Treaties, it fol-
lows that the powers interdicd mod endeavour to
regulate and to liquidate the maf,i of the real
and to bring ft into proportion with the objets
which are dcltined to produce ;.n equivalent for the
fame. As the indemnification, for the claimants,
pointed out in the above mentioned Treaties, mull
be complete, fo moil it be carefully examined be-
fore-hand, how far the mars arifing and ptelent
ing itfeif out of the Secularifation is Inflictent to
indemnify the parties who have fullained
If after a calculation made, funds follicient were
found to mile or to reftore one or more of the Ec-
cleflaftical-Sces, to which the Eleaoral dignity is
applicable, the King, far from opiiofing it, would
take meafures to fupport in this refpea the wilhcs ,
and views of his Imperial Majefly ; but ft would
be a contradiaion in principle at this time, and
before the mafs of the lotres can be weighed againft
the mafs of the objets of indemnification, to de-'
cidc before-hand, or to pre-refolve on tbe.main•
tenance of the prefent Ecclefiallical Electorates.
As the King is accustomed, in all his declara-
tions againft the Court of Vienna, to be very free,
fo it is agreeable to him to flrengthenanew the
principles which he (hews in all his tranfitaions,
and which he has invariably laid down as the
ground of his conduit. His Majelly has therefore
authorifed the underfigned to lay them again be-
fore Count Srantow in the prefentNote. He full.
fils this duty, and repeats to the Count the atrur-
a= of his high confederation.
(Signed) HAUCWITZ.

P.ARLIAMENTARr PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSD"DECENIEER 3.

SILLS ►ROM mit cmemovs.

The Sec --
at WAR, accompanied by other Members/
brought up, by =Sage from the Commons, the Militia Rczu-
ktioa
Lord G me and others brought up tie Foreign Cm-
refpoodence HUI.
Mr. Srur Mat s and others bron:ht up the Poore Badge Bill.
Mr. Aece.tw pea brought up the Bill to repeal that Bill
which mu laft Bdr:on paired; to encourage the Importation uf
Naval Stores from Hamburg's, and other ports of Germany.
Mr. STU 11l es prefer:ft...4 2 particular Road NIL
APPEAL Or JOHASTOS, GORDON, HASIXERSLET,
AND OTHERS, TRUSTRES UNDER THI WILL. Or
THE LATE JAMES MURRAY, ElgtOr BROUGHTON,
agailg NATION STOTT AND lIISSEZUR STOTT,

The prefent appeal'relates Sllsery on
river Dee, in the fleerartry of Kirkcudbright. I'l
Refeondents are proprietors of the upper &hi,.
the Appellants of that nearefl- to the fca. 1,
Court of Seffion, on the complaint of Meflis. Stot
direaed the creaions of the Appellants to he ,
aced to the era& hate of cruives, as thefe ar
regulated by astute and late tlecifions. The Ai,
pellants claim peculiar prefcriptive rights, an,
have brought their appeal for the maintenance e
thefe.

The SOLICITOR-GEWIRAI. and Mr. ALITXANTIF
had been previoufl". heard for the Appellant,
25 wns the Arroßwir•GaxEßAL for the Refpon
Dents.

Mr. Ana's this day pleaded at g-reatlength alr
for the Refpondents. Almoft all the proprietor
of falmon.filhings in Scotland, wait, with con
fiderahlc Anxiety, for the decifinns. The proprie.,
tors of the upper parts of the rivers arc in general
hoftile to the eadlence of all obilruetive fineries.

li-SoLlt S. OF [FrrOW, IM GALLOWAY.
Froni the earlieft times of the hillory of popu-
lation in Europe or America, the (Almon% enter-
ing the mouths °film rivers, for the periodical
enjoyment of the frefit water, and the depoliting
of their fpawn, have prefented, in .the northern
parts, one of the richeit and moll cafily acceflihle
refources for animal food to the inhabitants. In
Scotland, the Salmon Filhery is coeval in its corn-.
mencement with that age of barbarifm which
knew not the ufe of domefticated land animals,
but fubrifled principally by the chace, and in it
found no prey, rave hogs, goats and deer. The
inhabitants near the mouths of the rivers then
contrived expedients for taking the falmons, which
were rude in proportion to the rudenefs of the age;
and which °but-need Cue pallige of the Mlles up
the rivers, at a time then the people who lived in
the interior country w.-re nut lufficiently aware of
the lofs ss iliCh thus fuffered. The i • roduc-
tion of Chrilianity into Scotland. by recommend-
, iesr the eactufive sue of (int ar certain ftafons, and
by actiti..aizing the 7eople. .lirough their clergy,
with hew arts. oat.:l•uteil in at, fmall degree to
augment t!-.. :.• ;_i..:ce of ti.e falnton•filhery•-.
The cletp,e, leysi!ar a.td Secular, ac-;'tired pail*
firms or. most or, t!le riv•is s:bere falmons were
taken ia abundance ; wailed themfelves, with the
greareft diligence, of t!vt benefits of the filhery ;
and airerted exclufi ; igllts to the fifhing; at thole
mouths of riven which were within their potref-
, films. Others bc7an to imitate their diligence, and
their claims to without regard
to the preten-
lions of the propiictors of the interior comics of
the risers.

Henan, when the curiorns of Scotland began to
be cort:zted Anil tiefined by flavitory legislation,
modes fitting were found to be in We at the
mouths of almoil ali the rivers, which prevented
' falmons from alcencling towards the fources of the
urc,on. The !Mermen of their Loud* ILEA lo long
i and lo generally viajoyi-el the advantage of thole
modes, that tke praftires could only be regulated,
not abolished, in judice to thofe who polf:ife.l the
interior lands. _ _ _ _

Hence the proprietor- of the lands at the mouths
of the rivers were generally allowed to build acrofs
thole rivers walls of liens, with what were called
wooden beds ; the wall preventing the afccnt of
the fills entirely, and the !leeks affording, at cer-
tain parts in the extent of the wall, the means of
taking them. The laws of Davkl the Fifa of
Scotland, who was contemporary with Henry the
Firft of England, permit the ereCtion of there walls
with hocks, which form cruives; define the heights
of the walls and the liruiture of the hecks; and di.
red that the herbs fOrming the cruives fhould,
agreeably to the accullomedpratice of the clergy
at their fifhings, Lit open to permit the free
pall ee of falin, ~s up the livers, from Saturday
alwa) till :sloilday. La every Iticceedin7 reign
theft haws were rev lied and confirmed wigs occa.
Clonal variations. While Scotland continued a fe-
paratc kingdom, many qUalollll relative to the
rights of Misery wei n tiled and decided in the
Courts. Since the tlnion, a property fo eztenfive
and t valuable, has naturally become the fubjea
of match The total annual value of the
falnosi•tifhei v alone, in Seotlassd. cannot be leis
than foo.f/sol. itsrlio^ • it is continually in-
•-rc.ding