Star.
London, England, 1807-01-10 00:00:00

riouss Os COMMONS.

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Mr. MOORIC brought up the Repeet of llowyeee Lamy, 111 L
The Steuart on the k. Gila's Paving Bill was ordered in be re-
committed
Sir JOHN NEWPORT, amalgam, of tits Istbequer for iry-
land. took the oaths and his fat. Tlis Ns& Baronet, apes vadat
his feat, informed the Houle that he made his &Rios fee the city
of Waterford.

A new was ordered to be iffeed, to sleds Member fee
the County of Suffer, in the room of General Lem, who wog
called to the Upper Mem aijucmeinag to the dde and Maws of
the Dukedom of Richmond.

Mr. DlCNENSONinfjesed the Hook, that being chores to
fern in Parliament foe the Borough of Leftwethiel and the
County of Sqtneefet. be made his deaden for the latter place.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT pm nodes that be would. as Mow-
day, stove for Imre es bring ins IHU for eorrefting an error Is an
A.ft of the Foity-lesend of the Riog.ehapter tojtb, for replatbig
Coovoyerted Bleakest. as relating is Ireland. TM *hie!' of
this Bill would be to fupply a dsfesit is the trli Mt i for though
the Comatillionera were (warn to ad they were net empowered
to admlnifter an oath to the Cleri who attended to tale down
the evidence: to empower them to adsainifter Mb oath was the
oiled of the Bill be hoped to be.. the honour of folimittiog to
that Houk.

Mr. CALCRAFT, teeing an Honourable Gentle-
man in his place (Mr. Johnfione) he Would take
that opportunity of giving that Gentleman every fa•
tisfaitory explanation as to the queition that Gentle-
man thought it necelfary to put to him yefterday,
with rept& to the item for powder in charges for the
ifland of Ceylon ; the Honourable Gentleman milked
why the necetriry fupply of gunpowder had not
been furuithed by Come of our fettlements in the EaR
Indies ? to that quell ion the belt anfwer would be]
the fimple llatedient of the fat, that the Governor of
that iiiand had required a Ripply of Ene4 gunpow-
der, in preference.to that of our Ealtern settlements,'
owing to the fuperior quality of the former—and
this too, not fo much for the comparative excel.
lence of our gunpowder, as the passive inferiority of
that formerly fupplied by the lettlements. As to the
apparent difproportion in the charges of toool. for
England, and 7cicol. for Ireland, for worms, turn.
(crews, &c. it was to be confidered, that of the fop►
plies hitherto furni(hed for the fervice of England,
91001. remain unexpended, fo that towards the cat'.
romary annual fupply There was bat a deficit of 9001.
whereas there wa, 33-) remainder to fupply the yearly
demand for Ireland—this Ratement, however, as it
flood, put in thit. cafe the Ordnance Eftimates of Eng-
land to thole of Ireland in the ratio of 7to 3• which he
was free to acknowledge was by no means in the due
proportion. As to the Officers of Ordnance in Ire-
land, they were entitled to every praife for the ttria-
eft economy, and the molt laudable attention to the
duties of the department. If blame, therefore, was
jufily to attach itfell to any quarter, it would rather
belong to this fide. He confeeed that, upon this
head, he was not fufficiently prepared, to be as fatif
faftory as he could with, not having had fuffieient
time to pollif. himfelf of the fulleß information upon
the fubje& ; he Would, however, take the afflict} op-
portunity to enable him to account for this apparent
difproportion.
Mr. JOHNSTONE felt much obliged by the great
anxiety the Right Hon. Gentleman had evinced to
give him and the Houle every fatisfattion relative to
the qiiettions he took the liberty of putting to him
yelterday. It was, however, very natural for him to
fuppors that in that country, where the material of
which the gunpowder was made was to be had, it
could be furnifhed.at a cheaper rate than it could be
contrafted fur in England. As to the requifition for-
warded by the Governor of Ceylon. he (Mr. John-
hone) did not think that the refponfibility to that
Houk relied upon the Governor, but upon the Mi-
nitiers, who were hound to judge of the propriety of
acceding to it. This, too, he felt it neceirary to add,
that he had the fullett reliance in the capability of the
Governor of Ceylon, and thought that that Gentle-
man had given proofs of a Aria economy.
Mr. CA LtRAFT raid, that he had only to repeat
that Erglifh gunpowder had been fent out to the
ifland of Ceylon, upon the pofitive orders of the Go-
vernor, founded upon reafons already fpeeified, that
appeated to the Government convincing.

General WAI.POLE informed the Hoofe that ft was his wills
that his mcticn (of which he yefterday gave notice) tor enlarging
the time for receiving Recognizance. relative to the County of
Londooderry Petition, &cold nand for Monday.
Mr.ADAM moved, according to notice, that the order of the
day for hearing the Aberdeen Petition be difeharged, and that (aid
Petition be heard upon Thurfday, the 16th March.
Mr. DUNDAS taid,that after the rule laid dew's by the Houle
in the cafe of the Thetford Petition. he amid not cooliftently vote
for delay in chi. cafe, where no reafon whatever was (peeiScd.
Mr. ADAM did not state a (pedal nuke. as he thought the
mere mention of the name of the county fondest. It was the
nfuage of that Houk, in the cafe of Scots Petitions, to gram a
further day whenever applied for, sod the rufous for fuch pecu-
liar indulgence were obvious, the daimon Of the country, the nti-
itefity of bringing ap Agents and Ifterifterscooverfaut in the Law
of Scotland. He refted his motion upon the ufage of that Haute
in all cafes of Scots Palatka.

Mr. DUNDAS agreed with the Learned Mover, and gave u
an additional reat..e, that the Lawyers would be employed at the
SeMous in Scotland at the time now ilfed for hearing this Pad-
nom—Ordered to be heard oti the 26th March. .
On the motion of Mr. vaEzmArrn.R. the Houfe in a Cons.
slitter of Supply on the Annual Indemnity Qzali&admit Bill, and
Exchequer Loan MU, reports concerning aell ordered:olSO re-
.
caved to morrow.
Mr. WI f. DBORE brkged hive to alt the Right Hon. Suretaty
(Wit.dham), why among the names of thrift 'Olken hemosutd
with the ;hanks of that Houle foe contributing to the vidtory of
Milda, that of Colon.lofwald was omitted
Mr. WINDHAM replied, that couldereble as were the claims
piths: gallant Officer to fpecial notice, he was yet below thi task
to which the Brian& of precedint confined the mention of names.
Mr. WINGFIELD preened a Petition from certain of the
Eleltors of Penslayn, praying that the time for entering into the
nuttiery reeognisances, might be enlarged. He raid that; by the
28th of the Kit:g Chip. se; Petitioners were reqUirediosentertheir
w.thin fourteen days, but that the fame Ad granted
a diferetionary tower to that Honk to enlairge that time, if the
redone fpecilled ware found tube fatisfsetury. In this cafe recogni-
sances had been catered into, but were °Netted to on the ground
that they weir entered into before the PetitionitfelfwaSprefented.
This Ices produttive of uoforefeen delif.and he therefore thought
' that the time for receiving the fame Mould be enlarged.
Mr. SWAN thought it nett ffary to Mention to the Houk. that
the lignatures to this Petition'irere the nacres of three labouring
men. one of whom had given hint the honour of his vote, though
be could not now account for this ch ,age in his good willies
Mr. PF.R CE VAL was alraid that this motion went to eitahUnt
a general principle of granting the iodulgence Of a diffaiit day to
all parties who were placed in any ernbarnfing lituation, in conic-
tuo.ce'of their ignorance of the necetfary forms.
The SPEAKER willied to know from the Honourable Gentle-
man, whether the motion be was about to fubmit to the Houk
had for its tilled the relief of the parties in this cafe petitioniiig,
cr of all that may hereafter be limilerly eireusultanced
Mr. WINGFIELD had no further übjedt than the relief of the
partieennsi before the Houle, and moved that the Hatter cata-
log into their reeegniunces he enlarged to ten days..... Ordered that
Paid Petitioners do enter into their recogoizances on or before
Monday. the toth January.
Mr. VANSITICA RI moved that the refolutions of that Houle
upon the Mit day of the month be now read. Read accordingly,
and leave given to brio, In a Bill purftiant to the fame refolutlems.
Committee of Ways ail Means un Monday.—Adjolunrd. • •

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, STATE PA.Plat •
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:at 414111114 D iv AUTNOIIIII' fit!valt ciaaerii
1/4 KONIGS2II4O9 O viii ate asellisigs•
steirw • N.
• The battle of the 14th of Bober, oft witalian-
ding the courageous efforts of his Majelly's armies,
has been to unfortunate for the Prams arms, that
the road to the capital, and even to the very heart
of his Majelly's dominions, has been left open to the
enemy ; the King was, therefore, induced to offer
terms for an arailliee, of which he had every ?cake
to expel a cordial acceptance on the part of the
enemy, as in the midd'of the battle he received a let-
ter from the Emperor Napoleon, full of friendly ex-
pretfions ; but to this offer of the armiltice the door
4 acceptance was that, unlefithe King contented, as
the bafis of a peace.-to certain facrifices, incompati-
ble with his honour and dignity.
" The King. whcliferlb the inn extent and mapi.
tode of the misfortunes and dangers which unavoi-
dably forrounded his faithful (übjets, preferred an
immediate and certain tranquillity, to the remote'
and uncertain prolx& of the return of the fortune 4
bar in bis favour ; his Moiety. therefore, itnmedi:
ately took the refolution of making (uch facrifices,
however great they might be, as were compatible
with the interefts of his throne, and accordingly tent
the Minitier of State, the Marquis Lucebeffiai, as
early as the ath of Odober, with ample diplomatic
,powers. to the bead quarters of the Emperor and
King Napoleon. The (strikes which the King had
agreed to, on receiving the £rft &patches from Mar•
finis Luecheffini (to whom, in order to accelerate the
bufinefi, his Majefly had fent Major General Zaf.
trim) were fo adequate to the advantages which the
enemy, by the fortune of a tingle day, had gained,
that fo early as the 3oth of Oaober, they were re-
(peairely acknowledged, and received as the bafis of
a treaty for peace, by the Plenipotentiary, the
Grand Martha! of the Palace, Duroe ; nobs; this
bafis the peace itfelf was to have been concluded
without delay, and the King, on his own part, took
all the neceittry meafures to provide that thofe con.
ditions of peace Should be pnodually fulfilled, imme-
diately after the figning of the preliminaries thereof.
The Emperor Napoleon on the contrary refufed to
`put a flop to hoflilities, and allowed his army not
only to enjoy the advantages they already pofefed,
but to proceed in acquiring new conquelts, and even
all the provinces of the King on the Oder and the
Warta, dellitote of garrifonr, were inundated with
French troops, and thus theft defencelefs provinces
felt all the horrors of war, as well as the capital.
" At the head quarters of the Emperor, eves four
days after the acceptance of the conditions of peace,
b (editions proclamation was printed, publiChed, and
diltributed, tending to produce an infurreaion or
dieurbances and rebellion among the fubjeas of his
Majefly in South Proffia. Wherever the enemy's
troops could find their way the property of the King
was taken polletfilm of, the royal treafures were
!dud ;—it was attempted to (educe the (errant. of
his Majefly from their lawful allegiance, and an oath
was even tendered to them, whereby they were re-
quired to (wear fealty to the enemy.
44 Thofe fats created a fufpicion that the Empe-
ror was not ferious in his intention of concluding a
peace upon the balls already underftood by the Ple-
nipotentiaries of both nation.. The unceafing. but
ineffeasal endeavours of the Plenipotentiaries of the
King, not to break off entirely the thread of commu-
nication between the two belligerent powers, proved
clearly to his Majefly that this fufpicion was well
grounded, more particularly as the pofitive declara-
tion. • That the Emperor, knowing the fituation in
which Pre& has been plated, since the unfortunate
battle of the lath, mud take advantage of that fitua.
don for the conclufion of his peace with England and
Ruins," leaves no doubt remaining with refpea to
the intentions of France.

After this the formally concluded bats for
peace was entirely yet afitle, and inftead of it an ar•
miftice was propofed on the part of the French, qt.
the very moment when it was thought that the bay s
of a definitive peace bad been fettled. and each new
advatuagg gained in the interim by the French, now
increafed the feverity of the demands made upon
Pt uffia.

" After having indulged themfelves in fn many'
illufory hopes, the Plenipotentiaries of the King at
lift thought themfelves juftified in concluding on the
6th of November, the armiaice hereafter infected
terbatint, in order to put flop to the continually in.
crewing denntads of the enemy. This document was
accompanied by the official declaration of the Impe.
rial Minifter for Foreign Affairs, M. Talleyrand,
Prince of Benevento, the contents of which proTe
spore clearly than any thing that had gone before,
that Pruffia would only flatter herfelf in vain, if the
cherifhed the moft diftant hope of a fecure or !ailing
peace, notwiAftanding the unheard of &cam which
the artniflice impored upon her.

40 But if the King himfelf even had indulged fuch
a hope, it was no longer in bis power to fulfil the
conditions in that arrnillke, with regard to the re
turn of the Ruffian armies, becqufe, as the French
troops during the negotiation had advanced even
to the Viltula, flajetly was not in a litpation ao
anp the march of the Ruffian armies, when their
owq frontiers were menaced by the enemy. Thus no
choice was left tq the wing ; he was obliged to ra
• •

fore his ratification of the umiak' which the Grand
Matfhal Moot brought to his head quarters at O.
rode, on the =id of November.

1. If any alternative remained, it was one that irn•
plied the accomplifhing of inipolfibilities, viz to in.
vice the Cabinets of St. James's and St. Peterlburgh
to unite with his Majefty, and agree upon the Ws of
a aegociation with die Emperw_Napoleon for a ge.
neral peace.
" This has been done, and though there were bct
feeble hopes of the fuceefs of fuels as attempt, yet tie
King did not recal the Marquis Luecheifini from the
bead quarters of the Emperor and King.
4. During the time that the King was thus casea-
ting all the refources in his power to flop the Osed.
ding of human blood, he was never thelefs bufily oe,
eapied in bringing forward all the means of refinance
which GOD has given him.

While fortrefes, provided with ample meant
-of defence, Rich as thole of Stettin, Coftsin, Mag.
&burgh, &c. have been delivered up to the enemy ie
a moll fcandalous manner by their refpeeive` com.
menders; the other fortreffes of the country, patti.
sularly thole on the Banks of the Vidula, have ben
now put in the belt poffible (late of defence, and en.
trufted to the command of brave and honourable'
Officers. The reft of the marching regiments which
were quartered or encamped near the Viftula and
Wane, (ball be united with the numerous well dif.
ciplined and brave army brought to the affitlance of
the King by his true friend and faithful Ally the,
Kasper Alexander.

de While thefe united troops attack the enemy. a
new and numerous army, which is begun to be col..
leaed. well difcipliced, and equipped for war, (hall
follow their fellow foldiers to the field of glory.—
Above all, the King relies on the fupport of that
people, who glorioufiy fought the battles .11 the Seven.
Years War, again( almoft all Europe, and who did
not defpond nor waver in their allegiance to their
Monarch. even when the Capital, and the greater
part of the kingdom, were in the poCrelMon of the
enemy ; his Majefly looks with confidence to the
fupport of that people, who, upon that occafion, in "
the midi% of unheard of perils and calamities, evin-
ced an energy uod firmoels which has merited the
applaufe of the prefent age, and fecured them that ,
of future generations.
" At the pretext moment there are even greater
calls upon our ecergies than there were at the period
of the above calamities, We now &niggle for all
that is dear and honourable to us as a nation, or fa-
cred to humanity. To preferve the independence
and exifience of the nation alone the king took of
arms ; this the nation, nay, the whole world knows;
and the enemy will r of be able to deceive the people
by the phantom of a pretended coalition, of the ex.
iftenee of which be cannot produce the leaf% evi-
dence. -

" In her former buggies in the feven years war.
Pruffia Rood alone, or at leaft wiihont any material
affitlance from any other power. She then Rood up
again(! the &It powers in Europe. In the prefent
!haggle the can reckon upon the affißance of the
powerful and magnanimous Alexander, who, with
his whole Rrength, Rands forward for the preferva.
tion of PEW:Ga. PruGla in this great Rruggle has
only one inter& in common with Ruffle; both will
Rand or fall together. With fetch an intimate union
of both powers in fuch a holy flruggle againa an
enemy whufe fuccefs has railed him to fnch a giddy
height, that he knows no limits to his career, the iffue
of the Rruggle cannot long remain doubtful.
Perfeverance in danger, according to the glo.
rim example of our forefathers, can and will alone
lead us on to vi&ory

[Here follows the Armiftice concluded at Chariotteuburgh. on the
setla of Nimember, 18,16. between Marquis Lueeheemi and
Oeseral Zaftrow, co the part of Prue& and Madhal Dorn;
on the part of trance, as aim in our ispar of the mkt Do-
emitter

NOT! or CHAIILIPS TALLIMAND. MSC* 01
DILIVIRED IN •rita TUN ♦IOTI ♦R-

MASTIC& M•S SIGNED.

" The nnderfigned Minißer for Foreign Affaits
has received his Imperial and Royal Majpity's com-
mands to declare to their Excellencies the Marquis
Lutcheffini and the General Von Zaftrow, Plenipo-
tentiaries of his Majesty the King of Proflia., as fol-
tows :

66 Four Coalitions, of which the loft has brought
on the prefent war, were formed againft France—all
four have been conquered : the viitories which his
Imperial and Royal Majeßy has gained over them,
have fubjeCted under his power very extenGve domi-
nions. Thrice has France, aCtuated by a moderation
unerlarnpled in hillory, determined to give back the
whole, or at leaß the greateß Nan of her conqueßst
and hos re•iftablilhed Princes upon their thrones,
without any great diminution of that power which
they had forfeited in confecpence of the Emperor's
yidtories.

al Although the Emperor has thrice aged in this
manner, yet is he willing once more to difplay his
extraordinary moderation, though it might produce,
before the Lige of ten years, even a Fifth poalition.
" In the ;made of thole continually renewed war,
Prance, Spain, and Holland, bare loft their colonies.
It is natural, it if jun, that char countries which, by
the laws of war, have come into the potTelnon of the
Emperor, Would ferve as compenfations fur tilore co.
lonics. But the molt material injury whick the l'ourt!;
Coalition baa stint to Francs: is, ttg the Porto 14,19

IP

loft its independence. Wallachia and Moldavia were
governed by two men who were juftly depofed by the
rode ; but fhe has been forced to reinllate them in
their dignities by the threats of Ruffia ; and thofe
eonceffions on the part of the Porte may be reckoned
ski aitual conquefts by Rutßa ; if, therefore, the total
independence of the Porte ought to be a chief point
to France, his Majefty the Emperor would lofe the
greaten advantage of his viltories, if he were not to
aria the guarantee of the future independence of
that Power.
,4 His Imperial Majefly, therefore, cannot by, any
weans confent to the re floration of the conquered coon-
tries until „the full enjoyment of the rights of the
Porte over Wallachia and Moldavia is acknowledged,
and its total independence recognized and guaranteed.
.4 The Underfigned has the honour to renew to
their Excellencies the Marquis Luccheffini, and the
General Von Zaßrow, the afroi ance of his high con-
fideration. (Signed) "C. M. TALLtYRAND,
" Prince of Benevento."
gt Berlin, November t 6, 18c6.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

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The Fitsysa r gun brig arrived at Plymouth on
Thurfdar and landed a Courier charged with dif
patches for Government, which have fence arrived
in town. We believe the difpatches are from his
Excellency Mr. ADAIR, our Miniller at the Court of
Vienna ; for we know that in the beginning of De-
cember he difpatched a courier to proceed by Malta
for England.
The FERVENT left Gibraltar on the 18th ult. and
palled through Admiral Lord COLLINGWOOD'S fleet
on the 1 t ft, confining of ten fail of the line.
The Spanifh fleet, which had for fome time been in

the outer road at Cadiz ready for putting to lea, had

again gone into the inner harbour—not choofing to
rifque an anion with Lord COLLINGWPOD, who
Watched their motions In clofely, that without doing
fo, they could not poffibly effeet their objeAt.
This afternoon a Mellinger arrived at the Secre-
tary's of Seates Office, from Sicily, with an account
of a new Vidory obtained by cur Troops over the
French in Calabria.

Difpatches, brought by the fame meffenger, ('ate,
that all differences between Ruffia and the Porte have
-been amicably adjured.