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London, England, 1806-05-03 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

KINGSTON GAZETTE, JAMAICA, MARCH r. •

La Gracieofe • fchooner, of to guns, Mr. Smith
mailer, arrived on Tuefday from a cruize. On the
16th ult between Cape Blanca and Lagnit a, fhe was
chaced by two line of battle fhips, two trigates, and
a fchooner, which Mr. Smith had every reafon to,
believe were enemies, as they did not aniWer any fag-
nal' made to them.

Maio' B.—The Acaffa frigate, of 4o gone, Capt.
Dunn, which failed on Monday fe'nnight, with Vice.
Admiral Duckworth, for the Ration off Cadiz, came
to anchor off the Pallifadoes oppofite to this city on
Saturday evening with difpatches from Sir John to
Vice Admiral Dacres, requiring fuch (hips of the
fquadron as were fit for lea to join him immediately,
as he had fpoken the Veteran of 64 guns, which he
bad fallen in with proceeding for Port Royal, with
intelligence that fit French Mips of the line had ar-
rived at Porto Cavallo. The Acaßa weighed anchor
about half paR two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and
Rood to the eallward with a favourable wind, for
the purport of afeertaining the correanefs of the in.
formation, which we underßand was given to the
Veteran by la Gracteufe fchooner that arrived on the
a4th ult.
The Superb, of 74 gun:, Captain Keats, bearing
the flag of Vice Admiral Sir J. T. Duckworth, K. B.
returned to Port Royal on Sunday afternoon, for the
pothole of having the copper on her bows repaired.
Lieutenant Lloyd Rates, thqt the two French fri.
gates and the corvette which efcaped from Sir J. T.
Duckworth's fquadron in the anion of the 6th ult.
went through the Crooked Wand pafrage on Sunday
Woolen, without (hewing any colours.
About five o'clock left Monday morning, flee fail
of large (hips were defcried from the Nalrau, then off
Cape Maize, (landing to the north ; and at eight
o'clock of the fame day, three more were perceived
purfuing the fame courfe. From their appearance it
was judged they were of the line.
We are informed that the real ohjefl of the voyage
of the cane! which was lately rent hither from St.
Domingo by Rear Admiral Leffeigues, was to pro-
cure from the officers of his fquadron who were cap.
t ured, and are now prifoners of war, their atteitatioa
of his bravery and gallantry in the late aaion ;
which they one and all reflifed to comply with, on
account of his manifelf cowardice.

Accounts alfo brought by the cartel (late, l'lm.
periale loft two Captains, three Lieutenants, and fe-
ver*, Enfeignes de Vaiffeau, in the late engagement,
and that upwards of boo of her crew were drowned
in attempting to reach the (bore.
KINGSTON, MARCH 3.—His Majefly's frigate
Acela, Captain Dunn, arrived on Saturday evening,
and brought difpatches from Vice Admiral Sir J. T.
Duckworth to Vice Admiral Dacres, purporting that
the remainder of the enemy's fleet had arrived at St.
Domingo. The whole of them conlilts in (even fail
of the line and four frigates. The Acafla proceeded
again to lea this morning.
On Sunday arrived at Port Royal his Majefly's
(hip Superb, having on board Vice Admire) Sir J.
T. Duckworth, when the cuilomary ralutes were
fired. He is to repair his copper, and will go to tea
on Tuefday morning with the frpiadron. And we
may truly hope, that we (hall loon have the pleafure
to afford there new come Monfieurs a more comfor-
table flicker, for the changing of the air, than that
which they have reforted to.
MARCH 7.—Arrived at Port Royal his Majefly's
(hip Veteran, Captain Evans, kom a cruize, and
refrainer Haddock, from a cruize 1 the latter failed
again the fame evening.
Metal to.—Saturday morning arrived at Port.
Royal his Majefly's (hip Serpent from a cruise.
His Majefly's (hip Superb, with Sir J. T. Duck-
worth on board, quitted Port Royal yefterday.
The (hip Anderfon, with flares, brings informa-
tion that a French force of one 74, two 64's and a
brig, is cruising on the Costa of Africa, which had
taken his Majefly's (loop Favourite, the
Comman-
der of which, Lieutenant J. David. arrived in a
Cartel from Cape Mount before the Anderfon's de-
parture. An apprelienlion wa> alto entertained that
his Majefly's frigate Hcbe had faller into the hands
of the cuemy.

miummEATARr PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, MAY s.

Their Lordthips met again this day by Special Adjotimme •
about ten o'clock. AU the Peers pretext wore their Robes n•
State, and previous to their toeing melange, forwarded livers! "N
of the Bills upon the table They then proceeded in theleual order.
eel with the accuftomed formalities, to the High Court of Parlia-
ment, In Wettnenfter Hall.
About four o'clock. their Lordfhips returned to their own
Hook, in the ufual teem of procerion, and preceded by (event of
the Judges. and a few Peers' kw; they remained in dote delibe-
ration fosse time, during which Aransas wets lividly excluded.
While the doors were out, we underftand It was ordered, on the
wed= of Lord ORINVILLE, that the Trial of ififeneet Mel-
ville be farther proseteled with tommrrow • and that a Menet be
feat to modem the Commass with the lease.
On thetlooro being opened, we found their Lordthips engsgoi
in forwarding the Bilk open the table. Among tack. the Woo
Permanent Duties MU. and the Appraifers Tel BID, wgie
verally read a third thrilled paired, and Menages O(4MA to
quaint the Commons thentetith.
The Admiralty Offences 818, the Lough ade
Lord St. Vincent% Annuity. and the London Docks lolpn,v, n
Bilis, were feverally read a !mond time, and ordered to -
fideration of Committees of the whole Houk.

The Order of the Day teethe !Whet amiduention 01 the lc .ts rl
Appeal Caufe, lateen Stott, being read,
The LORD CHANCELLOR quitted the wootfack. and ad.
&ego! their Lordtbipe at length upon the merits of the att.....
The Noble and Learned Lord concluded by moving a Refolution.
the effcdt of which was, to refer bath to Me Court of Saba' $n
Scotland. fo much of the Interlocutor as ratted to the Crolve
and to hear the parties In evidence thereon, in order eo &:a-
taco the particubr fpecim of Crave Milting referred tirhill, aY
the quvition beirg put, was ordered accordingly.
INV/ LLLLL DiPTORS.
Lord HOLLAND prefented Petitions from certain perfaw con.
Sped for debt to the fount gaols of Chefter, Wavelet, Sunny.
and Gloatefter, praylog relid; and that tie BIS now before dak
Lordfhips, for that porpole, nay pats trios kw. Thetis Peaky
were (evenly onkred to He on the table.
His Lordibip alto preened Petitions to the kee dig, lbws
one or two individuals, what norms were therwesie 111./64,
And telly, a Petition of a Salta tendency, hese pleat linekne
confined for debt In one olehe goods In the MN swimll S
were alto ordered to lie on the table.

nail Taal* UNITATIOS BILL.
The ATTORNEY DRILL yid feral Mfr Ifenbers uf
the Houk of COMMONS bruoubt up die blase bingsobstius Roark-
don UM—which was rude ill doe-
The Duke of CLARINCE, Oar ablentos Hat the Hoak was
too thin to cater loto ray lifadlloo WO a afire of fo much
importance, kid he amid iwwvily move at mime dig the BM be
printed. He declared Mad( decidedly battle I. the SU, whit*
he ilsould tipple in It o fubkquaa Rage.
Alter dlfpoflng of fume routine bullock. dick lardlldpa ad.
Journal till the ufual boor to.morrow, preparatory to their pro-
ceeding to the High Court of Parliament, In Weltadatter Hall.

-HOUSE OF COMMONS.
A Merrage wit brought from the Lords, Informing the Houk
that their Lord Cps bad agreed to thtApprairomeot Duty Sill. the
Wine Duty Bill. anti leveret Private Dills.
Sir JOHN SINCLAIR reported the Refolotioes of the Com-
mittee refpeCting the Increale of Salary to Judges In Soottswl,
and obtained leave to bring In a Dill purfaant to there Rep-
lotions.
Mr. PAULL poltponed the notice be given for a motion ree
Indian Paisers, as he underftood an Hon DireCtor of the Ea* le-
du Company was to move for Papers of a Smiler tendency. He
therefore walled brft to know what Papers would be died far,
before he brought forward hls motion.

RaCiIVIR-0 AAAAAA rat &ECM.
The CHANCELLOR of the fXCHEO J ER moved for leave
to bring in a Bill, for the better repletion to the otter of Receiver
General of the able& of the bill was to roibire that
the balances Ewald be paid regularly Into the bank, as in the cafes
of the Treaftren of Navy and Ordnance, nod to prevent any pnf-
fible mifapptleatiat of the money, that it floluki hs drawn from
the Rank Into the Exchequer by one Engle d►aught He alto
moved for Imo to bring In timllar BM. for the Regulation of the
Oakes of Receiver General of the Calistrott,of the Stamp Da-
da', and of the PoR Office—tos alfo the Office of Surveyor Gon-
na cf Woods and Foreno—Lcave was accordingly given to bring
in theft different bills.
DUTY no PIO IRON.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
Bated, that although he had already given a very at-
costive confideration to the Bill, and to the objetlions
which bad been made to it, yet, Si it Was a Cubit& of
conliderable magnitude and there %CAS fuch a variety
of opinions, he withed that the Bill fbould be re-
committed for further difciithon. He therefore moved
•that the Houfe &mid then go into a Committee on
it, purfuant to the order of the day, and afterwards
he ibould move that the Bill be re committed.

Mr. ROSE laid he could not objet to this mo-
tion, but he mutt take that opportunity of declaring
it to be his opinion, that the meafure was fo bad is
itfelf, that no amendment could make it palatable or
fit to be adopted Its confequence would be feverely
felt not only by there employed in the iron trade, but
by the manufatturers in general.
Mr. WILBKRFORCE had no objeBion to poll-
poning the quelliun, but felt fo much confidence in
the firength of the arguments that he had to offer
againft the ineafure, that he trufted they would alter
the prefent opir.ion of the Noble Lord himfelf.—
He would find that it was a mealure that would
deeply affe.tt the iutcreft of almott every clafs of ma-
nufatturers.

Lord A. HAMILTON fAid he did not confider;
that he Ihould be doing his duty to his country, or
the county he rcprefented, if he did nut take this op•
portunit y of declaring that he fhould oppole the $iU
in every ilage.
Mr. VANSITTART laid that he had Riven the
Cajal f 9 much confideratiun, that he could hardly
apprehend that his opinion could be changed by thofe
arguments that w•-•uld be adduced againtl the BM ;
but ftill he wifhed it to undergo the fulleft examina-
tion. •

The Bill then went through a Committee trefornur
and was ordered to be re-committed.

lILVIC TRADE.
Mr. WILBERFORCE adverted to the difference
of opinion that had exifled refpeding the trade in
Slaves with the Colonies of nations with whom we
were at war, and contended that this did not ezift to
any great degree. It was underllood, during the
late war with Spain, that there were certain article:
of Britilb manufadure, which would he received in t
the Spanifh colonies, if they were carried there. An
Order of Council had therefore paired, to allow fame
articles to be conveyed there. He and a Right Ho-
nourable Friend of his now no more (Mr. Pitt),were
furprifed afterwards to find that part of thefe articles
were naves. In order to put a Hop to this, another
Order was aired, authorifing the export to the Spa.
nith Colorne, of all the other asides before allowed,
with the exception of Slaves. The two documents
he walled to have produced. The third was one of
a profpeEtive nature. It Rated, that in cafe of a war
with Spain, trade might he cart ied on with the Co.
lonics of that Power, upon the lame footing as dur-
ing Lill war. that ir, undoubtedly oii the lame foot-
ing
on which it was during the greater part of the
war, and the Slave Track had beer, prohibited 101
years, having previnufly. euilled for about four
months. If Clare* wets now carried to the Spniai

.tms

II

Colonies, it was only upon the
--it was no better than fmuggling therefore. As to I
a ruptuie with America, his Right Hon. Friend, to
whom he had before alluded, did not entertain the
fmalleft apprehenfo,n of filch a thing on this recut' it
—and, in fart, the Americans had conceived that we
IF were AElingidperfett confiftency with our jut! rights,
at.d had iffued orders upon that idea. He thought
the produCtion i.f thefe documents nzeelTary, in order
to defend the charaAer of hi. deceafed 16,0 11(.11.
Friend from the charge of inconlitiency.which would
unds,uStedry attach to him, if, after the (Irons' man
net in which he reprobated this traffic, lie had ',d-
rained it to exult, iu an inllance where it was com•
pletely in his power to prevent it. They would Alf,
prove, that the import of our nianufa&ures in'o the
Spanifh colonies did not ‘2.epend upon the t:ad:. in
Slaves.
Mr. ROSE hill e,mtended, that our manu'aFiures
were conveyed to the Spanifh Colonies, to the value
that
there nearly three millions fterling annually, and tI
there were covered by ihrves. A flip had an oppor-
tunity of dig-poring of a valuable cargo there. by
'to carrying only (even (laves, by way of a cover. This
privilege would be loft, if the trade in Mores with
there colonies was abolifhed. He affirmed, that it
was no fmuggling to carry (laves to thefe Colonies,
as the traders had' a pofitive aft in their favour,
though the Order in Council was againft them
They had Rill a right therefore to cart y it on at the
rifk of capture.
Mr. FRANCIS afked if oar manufaeures were
exported to the Spanifh Colonies, to the value of
a,800,0001. annually,what might be the value of each
cargo, which was allowed to be fold under the cover
of (even naves, and whether it might not be fbld
without that cover ?
Mr. ROSE replied, that the value of a cargo
might perhaps be about so,oool.
Mr. FRANCIS then (aid, that we had this fat),
that a cargo of the value of so,copl. might be fold in
thefe colonies under the cover of (even (laves, and
that it could not be fold without this cover.
Mr. ROSE—I do affert that fait.
W.. WILBERFORCE adverted to the diftindion
between authority and right, eflablifhed in his own
mind by his Right Hon. Friend. He had heard that
fmuggling was no bteach of morality, as the (mug.
glees carried on the trade at their own rifk. By the
fame logic, highway robbery might be proved to be
a very honell fort of occupation. This morality
would be convenient for many of his Right Honour.
able Friend's neighbours on the Southern Coati.—
Another propf thar the Spaniards walled for a shred
inpply of our manufaltures, independently of the
flares, was, 111,,t they had been fupplicd with there
manufaltures before in neutral bottoms, empkyed by
our merchants, and had therefore no occafion to ufe
the cover of this trifling number of (laves to procure
them.
Sir J. NEWPORT hoped that this abominable
trade would bon be altogether abolifhed.
After flue further obfervations from Mr. Manning
and Mr. Role,
Mr. WILIER rnp.ce moved, by Addrefs'lo his Ma-
jelly, for the Order in Council refpecling the Trade
with the Spanifh Colonies, of the aoth of November,
1797 ; and alio for the Orders of the 28th of March,
1798, and of the 23d of September, 1803, relative
to the fuhjeEt.—Agreed to. Adjourned.

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DUTCH JOURNALS.

Thole of the 2cith ult. have come to hand, con-1
taining ncws from Paris to the 25th ult.
Upcn the Projet of B , for putting the
Bank of France under the immediate direetion of the
Government, the Legit Wive body divided—for the
Pr*et 186, and againft it 70. This is no inecnli-
derable Minority, upon a queition fo immediately in-
erefting to a Government of fo defpotic a charafter ;
and we Ihould not be furprized if, in confequenco of,
it, the I..,gifiative Body received their conji. Such
an inftanc of ftupidity and pertinacity is Cutely quite
as good a pretext for a Revolution at the blindnefs of
M. SciiimmPLI,INNINCK IS for changing the form of
the Dutch Government. B c oat already
deprived his Ltgiflattite of the power of dircußion,
and, if he leave the Members their renflons, we have,
little detilit of their alfo to forego the pri-
vilege of coring.

lIAMBURtH MAiL.

• The Mail doe nn \Vednefday snivel this morning.
The p:;:kiii,trs by the Packet which brought the
snail fla:e, thrt jail before they tailed. a report was
emulated, that intelligence had been received of a
Refriatha ia Prea having taken place. The intelli•
gence would have appeared more probable. if it had
only dated that Come kind of inforrellion or riot
bad taken place in cceequence of the dircontent of
the people at the meafures of the Government, for a
revolution could hardly be called in fo fudden a
manner. We mull therefore wait for farther ac-
counts before we give full credit to fuch a report.
Aerial bodilities have taken place between the
?ruffians and SWedes. The latter refilled to retire
from their former politicos fo Coon as they were re
quired to do, and the latter had recourfe to force,
to compel. than. The Swedilh troops retired in
good order.
The accounts from diarent qn repelling
dm probability of linflinies being es:ended on the
Continent are .-xise.ntly contradielorr. According,
fume the have retired from Cuter°, and
she Auarian p i crlers have been permitted to purfue
their mutt ta.w.st is theii own CO..= y : others date

quite thTllllNNlr.—Wilitin no: attempt to Neon-
elk thefe diVerences.
The following are the principal articles received by
the Dtrrch Papers and the Hambnigh Mail :
Vitra, Aram Ty.—The French. infiead of eva-
cuating Braunau on the ill of April, according to
the flipulations of the Treaty of Prefburg, con,iril.:
to make it a place of arms. Three thoufand Baea•
ran peafants are continually at work nn the entrench.
menus, and 6o piece, of cannon, of a large calibre,
are Arca!), mounted rn the batteries. This holi de
dernoniiration, to which the occupation of Cesar°
by Ole nufGans has given occafion, was expe9e.l.
In the mean time the French General.; have again
declared that they will leave Braun rat as fool, as the
kulliao troops 11411 have evacuated Dalmatia. The
Court of Vienna, in confequence, difpatched yeller-
day the Courier, La Foret, to St. Peter (burgh ; but
it is believed that it will find it difileolt to extricate
itfelf from the embarrafrment in which it is placed
by the late events.
We are afrured that the French have likewife de-
manded of the Court of Vienna, a p.orage through
Crnatia.

M. de Mayer, quarter-marker, fet out Lately to in-
(pee the fituations of Welfwillach and Budweis, which
are belieyed to be very capable of defence, fhould
it be necelTary again to have recourfe to arms.

A war between Ruffin and Pruffia appears to be
considered here as inevitable.

BAVARIA' A►att. ts.—Within there two days the
reports of war have confiderably diminifbed. The
Martha]. Bernadotte and Soult (whole ;read quarters
are (till at Mau), and Ney, will leave the Bavarian
States, as foot, as Cattaro and Ragufa fhall be Me'
1 awed by the Ruffians. The quarter of the Inn,
with Braunau, Will, it is laid, be annexed to I3aiaria,
for which our Sovereign will cede the Italian Tyrol
to the kingdom cf Italy. Th.! Houle of Auflria will
be indemnified frr the quarter of the Inn.

FROM Tllk DUCHY ,it LAVERZURG, APRIL
Yelleiday afternoon the town of Lauenburg was oc-
copied by about 90 Pruffian foldiers, who marched
out to day, and were replaced by others. The hut-
Sans have alter accupied Ratzeburg and other places
in Lauenburg.—ln their retreat from our country,
the SwedilL troops have defended themfelves with
pear bravery in the fkirmith which took place, of
which we have not yet received the official reports.
LUBRCK, Avast. 23.—At twelve o'clock this fore-
noon a fltirinfffi took place at Judorf, between a (mall
body of Swedi(h cavalry avd the Pruffian infantry,
who advanced againfl them. The Swedes were called
upon by the Pruffians to retire, who, on their refufal
to comply, attacked theirs. The Swedes being too
weak retired, but halted upon an eminence, and were
again attacked by the Pruffians, upon which, after a
gallant defence, they retired. Some men were killed
and wounded on both fides.

A trcsaurtu, Aran. 15.—Ytfterday morning ar-
rived from Vienna M. Talleyrand, nephew of the
Mightier, and after a fhort hop proceeded to Mem-
'Mogen. He brings orders to Martha' Ney to break
up with his corps for the Rhine. Marfhal Snub,
whole head quarters have been hitherto in Paffau,
will do the fame. The Ruffians, it feems, have eva-
cuated Cattaro and Ragufa, and the differences be•
rween France and Auftria are adjufled. [The report
of the evacuation of Cattaro is by other accounts
hill doubted 3
The following article from Munich, appears in
tome journals.—" Our King has received very agree-
able difpatclies from the Emperor of Ruffia. That
Monarch acknowledges the Kings of Bavaria and
Wirtemburg, and is inclined to make an honourable
peace with France under the Mediation of Pruffia.—
The Bavarian army will now be put on the peace
ell *Milli rent."
FRANCKFORT, APRIL 0.--We have been alarmed
for tome time pall on ac ount of the dilagreeable
intelligence of the ilopp.ig.: put to the evacuation of
Bratinau, tire retrograde march of the French troops,
and the fulfillment rf the Ilipulations of the Peace
between Aniiria and France. More agreeable intel-
ligence, however, has now reached us : Europe is
about to enjoy that repnfe which was provided for
her by the Treaty of Prefbargh. A foimal Con-
vention, which permits the French troops to pats
through Ponteba and Triefle, for Tillie and Dalma-1
tia, was figned at Vienna on the Bth of this month
and two days afterwards the intelligencearrived there
of the evacuation of the Ruffians from the fhores of
the Cattaro, which had been a:copied by there troops
for this month pall.
On the tgth intl. two couriers arrived from Vi-
enna at the office of Count Stadion at Ratilbon, as
bearers of the above intelligence. They alto brought
the intelligence that the moment this important news f
arrived at Vienna, M. Talleyrand, nephew of the
French Miniffer for Foreign Affairs, let off for Paris.
It is already well known that the journey of this di•
plomatic officer wiU be prodo&ive of happy confe.
quencea for the peace of the Continent. Upon his
arrival at Braunau, the works which were going
on by the French for again fortifying that place. were
again countermanded. The communications which
were cnnfcquently made at Munich to Martha! Bet-
tiller, have even induced this Ct.mmancicr to fend
orders to Matfhals Ncy and Snult, to rerirne their
march with their armies for the Mine. The Da va-
sfantrocps which were at Landfhtet are nr. their mares,
for the country of Anfpach, for the imme