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London, England, 1807-08-04 00:00:00

PROROGATION 01? PARLIAMENT.

AND
HIS MAJESTY'S SPEECH TO BOTH

HOUSES.

This morning, at half pact fix, the Right Hon.
ROBERT DUNDAS, accompanied by Lord HAWKES-
BURY, lift town, for Windfor, to attend a Privy
Council to be holden by his MAJESTY, for the purpofe
of appointing a commiCGon to prorogue. the prefent
SefGon of Parliament.—The prorogation took place
This afternoon. The Commitlioners were the LORD
CHANCULLOR. the Archbilhop Of CANTRRBURY, the
Earl of CAMDEN, and Lnrd HAWKE SBURY.

The foil wing SPEECH was delivered by tht
LORD Cnawcset.na, as one of the Lords Cornmif•
ficners en the cccafion

" MY LORDS •ND GSNTLEM

44 We have it in command from His Maidly to
expels the fatisfAion with which he finds himfelf
enabled to give you that reeds, which, after the great
and diligent exertions which you have made in the
difpAtch of public bufinefs, mutt at thin ad►anced
feafon cf the year be fo peculiarly deferable.

66 His Majefly has been gracioufly pleafed to di-
ret us to return you his thanks for the Ready loyalty
and attachmel.t to his Perfon and Government, and
the zealous devotion to the Public fervice which have
charatietized all your deliberations, and molt efpe.
cially to thank you for the feafonable exertions which
you have enabled him to make for the augmentation
of the Military Force of his Kingdom.
GENTLEMEN OF THIS 11)1.11Ss OF COMMONS,
66 His Majefty has commanded us to return you his
warmell thanks for the fupplies which you have
grm.ted with fo much chearfulnefs for the current
year ; and when he confiders tilt proVifion which you
have made f r that contingent and unforefeen ler-
vi es which the events of the war may render necef.
fart', his Majelly has the great fatisfaainn of recog-

rtiz'nr, the wifdom wherewith, in a time of extraor-
dinary d.ffi:ulties, you have ati:zipated the poWble
d:mands which thofe difficulties may occafion.

" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

" His Majelty commands us to affure you, that
he deeply deplores the unfortunate iffue of the war

on ae Continent.

" The immenfe extenfion of the power and influ-
ence of France, and the undifguifed determination
of the enemy to employ the means and refources
of thole countrieslwhich he pelt:fres or controuls, for
the purpofe of effeeting the ruin of his kingdom, un-
doubtedly prefent a formidable view of the dangers
and difficulties which this country has to encounter.
‘, But his Majelly trulls, that the loyal and brave
People over whom he reigns are not to be daunted
or d;theat tened.

" From the recolleEtion of thofe difficulties un-
der which his People have fuccefsfully Rruggled,
and t.f thole dangers which they have happily fur-
mounted, his Majefty derives the confolation of be•
that the fame fpirit and perfeverance wlsich
have hitherto remained unbroken will continue to be
exerted with k.nabared vigour and fuccefs.

" And while his Majelly commands us to repeat
the affurances of his conflant readinefs to entertain
any propnfals that may lead to a fecure and honour.
able Peace, he commands us at the fametime to ex•
prefs his confidence that his Parliament and!his People
will feel with him the neceffity of perfevering in thofe
vigorous efforts which alone can give the charaller
rf honour to any negoti:rtion, or the profpea of fecu-

city or permanency to any Peace.
" His Majelly, therefore, wills thatilis People will
always be I;.Ady to fuppoit him in es ery Meafure
which may be neceffary to defeat the deligns of his
enemies againft the independence of his Majefty's
dominions, and to maintain, againft any undue pre-
f....Minns, and againft any hoftile Confederacy, thafe
:rift rights, which his Maj:fty is always defirous to
rxercife with temper :sod moderation ; but which, as `i
eftential to the honour of hi s ;,rown, and true interefts
of his people, he is determined never to furrendcr."

A finpiilar and awful vifil.ation occurred a few
(lays Avn Birminfthim As mite corpfe of the wife
a a I,tlyini int! men lay in the co `n, piesiiaus to in.
terrnelit, the affliCted bulb mkt dre‘ii near to take his
fiteniell, when he fuddenly dropped down, and,
beitue uicuical Alliance could be procured, expired.
. .

FRENCIf PAPERS.

We this morning received Peri: Papers to the 6th
infant.

An army of 40,0c3 French troop is colleEling on!
the frontiers of Portu.;al, for the avowed purpofe of I
compelling that C 'tut to (hot out the British from I
their trade. This is what has been long espened.
It is worthy of remark, that, in the fpcech.:s and
addrefies made to his Majefly, on the occalion of his
return to Paris, there are n) rancorous or inveterate
expreflions aping this country.
The Mod/cur of the sth, contains a difcourfe of
confiderable length, pronounced by M. de Grolath,
Prefident of the free city of Dantzic, on occafion of
the inflallation of the Magiflracy and of the third
order of Regency, which took place on the a I fi July;
This difcourfe chiefly refers to the advantages which
may be expeeed from the eflabliffiment of the inde.l
pendence of that city, and contains many fulfome
panegyrics on the Emperor Napoleon.
The fame papers contain, under the head of War-1
raw, zoth July, an account of the return of the feveral
divifions of the Ruffian troops into the interior of that
Empire ; this article appears to have been written
principally, with the view of defcribing the fingular
manners of the Kalmucks and Coffacks ; among thole
of the former is mentioned their averfion to frefh
meat : this they hang up without faking until it has'
acquired the degree of putridity, which they with for
when they boil and eat it.
The Paris Papers !late that the late Cardinal YORK
has bequeathed to the King of Sardinia jewels to the
value of four millions of francs. The Cardinal has
alto folemnly declared, as far as a Pretender can
declare, his Sardinian Majefly to be heir to the Crown
of England and Scotland, and bequeathed the Royal
titles accordingly.

The other contents of thefe Journals are of minor
importance. A tranflation of fuch articles as appear
deferving of notice is fubjoined.

BAYONNE. JULY 24.

Every thing on our (bores wars a warlike afpee.
We are in daily expeEtation of feeing French tropps,
who are to form an army of 40,000 men for the pur-
pofe of compelling Portugal to !hut her ports again(
the Englifh.--.7ournal de P Empire of sth Asa'.

PARIS, AUGUST 1.

It is Paid that Prince Jerome, King of WuiLphaliar
is to efpoufe a Prince's of Wirtemberg, and that the
marriage is fixed to take place at Paris about the end
of this month.

It is faid that the Marfhale of the Empire, corn.
tsanding the different corps of the Grand Army, are
named Dukes, and receive their titles from eßates ip
Poland, which they are entitled for fell, and exchange
for others in France. The Generals Walter and
&vary will obtain the fame favour.
M. Champagny, the Minifter of the Interior, win
alfo be created a Duke.
400 UST 3.
Yeßerday; at t t o'clock, the Corps Diplomatique
proceeded to the Palace of Sr. Cloud, and were intro-
duced to an audience of the Emperor and King, by
the Mailer of the ceremonies. At this audience the
Aufirian, Portnguefe, Spanifb, Wurtemburgh, and
Dutch Ambaffadors were prefent.

Afterwards the Inflitute of France, in a body,
were introduced to his Malay. M. Bervic, the
Prefident„ was fpoketaaan. The Emperor received,
with gracious benignity, the homages of the Members
of this Learned Body, and converted a long time
with fevetal individuals.
♦UGUST 4.

A great number of people ;trembled at St. Cloud
ycfterday, in order to fee the Emperor. His Ma-
jelly came out of his Palace at (even o'clock in the
evening, and made the tour of the Park in an open
carriage. His prefence excited the moll general en-
thutiam. His Majefty anfwered there teflimonies of
love and gratitude by faluting the public with that
grace and goodnefs which characterize him. Five
other open carriages, in ont of which was her Ml.

lefty the Emprefs, fnllowed that of his Male!ly.
The peace has been promulgated in all the cities
of the Empire with the greatefl fnlemnity, and amid!'
unanimous and loud repeated cries of—Lag live
Napoleon the Great! Every where the public joy and
gratitude have been manifetted, by fpontanenus illu-
minations, and devices and infcriptions, fuited to the
occafion.

GENOA, JULY as,
Captain Ruffellt, commanding the Imperial galley
/a Belle Genoffe, has returned to port after a cruize of
46 days; during which time fhe has taken two Eng-
in vellels, the one eff Cape Bonne, upon the coati
of Africa, laden with cochineal and indigo, the other
between Sicily and Sardinia, laden with wax and
cotton. There prizes valued at 40,000 piaares, have
i been brought fafely into port by the captors.

On Sunday, as two lads, one the fon of Mr. Tay-
lor, of Charlotte.ftreet, Battlebridge, near lffington,
the other named Rombald, late a pot boy at the Af.
terribly Houle there, but who now lives at a butcher's
oppofite, went to bathe in the new Refervoir, facing
Eld.n.llreet, near Bagnigge Wells ; not thinking it
deep, they leapt in; and immediately funk. The cries
of iorne other boys brought to their affitlance a gen.
tleman's servant, about 18 years of age, who lives in
Brunfwick frigate, and who happened to be near the
fpot at the time : regardlefb of his own levy, he im•
mediately threw himfek into the water, and the boys
entangled about him. With much difficulty he libe-
rated Itimfelf, and fucceeded in bringing out Rombald.
who was carried to Mr. Hanipton's, at the Atl'embly
I Houle, and recovered. Taylor was ten minutes under
water, and could not be reltored.