Star.
London, England, 1802-04-13 00:00:00

STADTNOLDIN AND DIFINITIVE TRIATY.

The Earl of Car:user role to call the attention
of their Lordfhips to fome points which he con-
ceived were of the lag importance, not only to
that Houle, but to the Country in general. His
Lordthip fluff adverted to the recent tranfadions in
the way of Negotiation at Amiens, and particn•
larly to the very extraordinary proceeding which
took place relative to the compenfations to be made
to the Prince of Orange. We underflood the
Noble Earl to call the tranfaeion a fhameful one ;
and after deferibing the general purpofe for which
the National Plenipotentiaries had allembled, by
whom a Definitive Treaty was recently figned,
and in the itith Article of which it was folemnly
agreed upon, that the branch of the Houfe of Naf-
fru, ellabli(hcd in the ci-devant Republic of the
United Provinces, on account of its having expe-
riznecd fame loffes as well with refpeel to private
property,as by a change of conftitution adopted in
theft Countries, a compenlation thall be procured
for them, equivalent to fuch loges. He Rated that
the rifinifters of two of there Contra ling Powers,
Balland and France, retired to a corner,. and there
ithout the knowledge of the Miniiier from Great
Britain, executed a feparate Treaty, by which the
former Power was to be exonerated from any part
of the charge of the Indemnities or compenfation
in quellion, and exprefsly Rating that 11 ch provi-
lion was guaranteed by the Republic of France.
On this proceeding the Noble Earl expreffed him.
felt in ftrong and decifive language : the docu-
ment adverted, to was, to every appearance, official
and regular, and was fanaioned by the quarter
where, in fuch a cafe as that, the power and effi-
cient authority lay, namely, by Bonaparte ; he
thought it extremely unjußifiable, that tll*.-: country
by which tholelllultrionsPerfunages were plunder.
ed of property to the amount of nearly too,oool. a
year, and driven into diftrefs, fhould not at leall
contribute towards the compenfations. It was, he
believed, in his recolleaion,that a Nultle Secretary
of State had Paid, it was judged better to make no
mention of the compenfatron to the Prince of
Orange in the Preliminaries; but thatlefpecial care
should he taken of his intereffs in the Definitive
Freaty. The proceeding alluded to was a moR
ferious confidcration in every point of view: It
became an important queftion, from what quarter
the indemnifications were to be furnitbed, whether
by Great Britain, which was jug emerging from
erobarralllnent and difficulty, or by what other
Country. His Lordfhip then proceeded to make

lame .general obcervations upon the Definitive
Treaty itfclf, wnich he confidered as an obje.o of
the molt ftrious importance; as, by its cperation,
other Treaties, advantageous arra honourable tr,
this country, were to t xdire. The Mich had
irirticular flatter for Pelf congratulation. It was,
in tad, a triumph to them. We could no longer.
nas gate to the Spice Iflands in our own bottoms.
The favourable regulations which were obtained
by the advantageous Treaty negotiated by a No.i
hie Friend of his, were to exitt no more.—Thar
Convention was highly to the interell and fecurity
of this country, not only by the extention of her
commerce, but as it tended to the preCervation of
our poffeffions in India. In that quarter we were
to look for nothing ; by the abrogation of the
Treaty he alluded to, the feeds of frclh wars were
fown in thofe countries. Another beneficial Treaty
was alfo done away—we could no longer cut log.
wood. The Methuen Treaty too was gone, and
our commercial interefts with Portugal effentially
injured. He again adverted to the confiderotion
of the Indemnities to the Prince of Orange, to
which he felt it his duty to call the particular
attention of the Houle, and which was an addi.
tional rearm for allowing a longer interval for
the difcliTron of the Definitive 1 reaty, and may
be a ground for the production of additional do-

cuments.
Tie Earl of Surroct expreffed his hope, that
forte explanation would be given relative to fob-
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teas of fuch importance to the country at large;.
and teemed to with that the Noble Lord would
bring forward a motion on the fubjed.
Lord Pr LHA lit•obferved fliortly, upon what fell
from the Noble Earl who had fpoken before the
laft, and teemed to think, that under all the cir-
cumftances of the cafe, and as affairs at prefent
flood, no fpecific anfwer was neceffary, nor' in-
deed that any was called for, as he conceived the
object of the Noble Earl to be, to profs to the at-
tention of the Houfe the great importance of the
topics to which he had generally alluded, as well
as to a confideration to which he had particularly
adverted; and the Noble Secretary Paid, that he
would not then obferve upon the authenticity of
the fources of the Noble Earl's obfervatiuns, nor
follow him in adverting to pointC whiff' were by
no means regularly before the Houle. •
Lord Get tom Ls rote once more to remind their
Lordfhips of the fubjeas he had touched upon on
i former day. He was aware that it was fome-
what irreular to do fo without a motion before
the Houfe; but they all knew it was eafy for him
to make it regular by framing a motion for that
purple. Indeed a fenfe of his duty would prompt
him to make an immediate motion, and that would
he to move an Addrefs to his Majeity, humbly
praying that he would not fandion or permit the
Definitive' Treaty to be ratified, and the ratifica-
tion exchanged, before exprefs fatisfaßion and le-
amity should have been obtained in refped to the
compenfation to the Stadtholder, and the revival'
and renewal of the feveral Treaties which this coun-
try flood engaged before the war began ; fuch a
motion, he repeated it, a fenfe of his duty would
impel him to make, were it not that it bad been
requefted that no motion relative to the fubjedl
fhould be preffed upon his Majefly'd Minitlers at
that time. His Lordfhip faid, he did not with. to
go over his arguments, when the Preliminary Ar-
ticles were under confideration, a fecond time, but
their Lordfbips could not but recoiled the firers
that he had laid upon.there not being any mention '
made of the Stadtholder, or his interefls, in chore
articles. He was given to underhand, at the time,
frdtn very high authority, (the Lord Chancellor),
that care would be taken of the intereft of that
Prince, and that they were more likely to be bet-
ter attended to without any fpecifie condition re-
fpeding them being inferted in the Preliminaries.
Nay, he bad underitood at the time, what he had
fi nce been convinced could not ave been the
meaning of the Noble Lord, viz. that no mention
was made of the Stockholder's interefts at his own
exprefs defire. His Lordlhip urged theimportance
and the neceflity of Minifters paying particular at-
tcntion to that point, and alfo to the renewal of
the farmer treaties with this country. He declared.
that the Stadtholder, in confequence of the tratif-
adion mentioned by the Noble Earl, flood in a
worfe fituation in regard to his intereas, than' if
no notice whatever had been taken of him in the
Definitive Treaty ; and fo far had the importance
of renewing the fevtral commercial treaties been
from efcaping the anention of thofe who lately had
the management of public affairs entrufted to them,
that they never loft fight of them for a moment,
and it was to be feen by adverting to the negocia-
tions at Lille, that the then Minilters made t'he re-
vival of tholi treaties an exprefs condition, and that
the Plenipotentiaries ois the part of France would
not agree to it. Histordlhip laid, the Preliminary
Articles were open to h"rest objection, but the De-
finitive Treaty was full more to; he earneftly con-
jured Minifters, therefore, not to lofe the opportu-
nity that offered in the laft Rage of the bane's, to
make good the deficiencies in the two treaties, to
which he had alluded, and would take care to ob-
tain complete explanation and fecurity refpeding
them.—The Houfe at length adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. SPEAKta infomie4 the Houfe he had received a T.?tter,
dated the 7th loft. from his Royal Highnefs.the Duke of lurk,
iu anfwer to a Letter of the 6th, Inclofiug the Vote of Th4nks
of the Houle to the Army, Navy, and Marines, for their gallant
conduet in the cootie of the late sitar. Hla Itoyal Highncfs
inured the Houfe that it was a circuital:lance of fingular fatif-
radian to Elm to have had the duty impofed upon him of com-
municating to the Army, Navy, and Mirines, the Thanks of
the Houle for the meritorious Cervices rendered by them to his
Majcfty and the Nation.
The 24,cc/3,00c1. Loan Bill was read a third time and pafed,
and ordered to the Lords.

Mr. Srretr brought up the Report of the Committee ap.
pointed to prepare an ritimate of the Expenees of the Militia
F..iablifhment. Ordered to lie on the table.

The Order of the Day was moved for the third reading of
the AlfelTed Taxes Augmentation Bill.
Mr. JuNcs fdd, if he had thought fuch a Commutation Tax
as this would Isgve been brought forward, he never would hare
exerted him fell to have obtained a repeal of the Income Tax.
I le wished for deity, and moved au amendment, that the word
" Wedneljoy" ilhould be fubititutcd fur the word " now."
Mr. Alderman Coin,: conceived the MU would be Injurious
to the Country, and las therefore would famed the motion.
The motion as aawadcd, was pat and negatived.

.The nucninn Was then put, and carried In the arrinal;v.r
wit Lout a divifinn ; di Dill was read a third time, ;LC:. ,
,curt to Lords.

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of An affertion relAtiv.• to the number of 11:1:,,D,
:or forvry of 13ork Not,t. In mkr to remove 411 V Joubt
upon the fubjeel, he ,hottl,l,innmtliAtely after th ;
fin. An Account to the NuntltLr of thole unfulthaate
ctecut..l tor he L,,,f c.
An Accotrq vt..t. I n fcnted of the Amount of tt 1701411th...
on C urn. I locr, into Scotland. (ink 4,t1 i
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Tie Irilh I.incn inufa.ftury 11:11 was real a fccond
and col-1.014:M for Wean( :day.
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The read a fittt time, and or.lce,d t
be re4da fe:ond time to-morrow.
The Ser...tot, Nett• 'l'.. I iil was reported, and ordered to ir•
read a t!,.rd time to-morrow.

The Cuodoil wt., on u,c Clergy'. Itclidcnce Bill was &it rrcd
t ,-morr,ry.

UOTION FOA AN INQUIRY INTO THE. CONDUCT OF