"of the particulars on which the same was founded, or of the steps taken by his Majesty's go"vernment thereupon, have thereby withheld "from this House the necessary materials for a

due and full discharge of its constitutional func"tions; and that, by encouraging throughout "the country an unfounded security and confi

dence in the permanence of peace, they have "embarrassed and perplexed our commerce, have "deceived the expectations, and unnecessarily "harassed the spirit of the people, and have ma"terially increased and aggravated the difficulties "of our actual situation-That it was the duty "of his Majesty's ministers to make timely and "adequate representations against such acts as "have, in their judgment, constituted a series of "aggression, violence, and insult, on the part of

France: that, by dignified and temperate remonstrances, followed up with consistency, and "sustained with firmness, either the course and progress of such acts would have been arrested, without the necessity of recurring to arms, or "the determination of the French government to

persist therein, would have been distinctly as"certained, before his Majesty had, by the reduc

tion of His forces, and the surrender of His con86 quests, put out of His hands the most effectual "means of obtaining redress and reparation: that

this essential duty appears to have been, in a "very great degree, neglected by his Majesty's ministers; and that such their neglect and omission have been highly injurious to the public interests:-That it appears to this House, that "on the 17th of October last, counter orders

were dispatched by his Majesty's government, "revoking the orders before given for the sur

render of the Cape of Good Hope, and of the

other conquests then held by his Majesty; and "that the final order, by virtue of which his Ma"jesty's forces actually evacuated the Cape, was "sent on the 16th of November: that on the said

16th of November, the hostile spirit of France had (in the judgment of his Majesty's ministers as now avowed by them) already been manifest"ed, for more than six months, by one continued "series of aggression, violence, and insult, for which neither reparation nor redress had down to that moment been obtained: that the offen"sive principle had already been distinctly ad"vanced, of excluding his Majesty from all con

cern in the affairs of the Continent; that the "Spanish and other Priories had already been 4 withdrawn from the Order of Malta; Piedmont,

Parma, Placentia, and Elba, had been annexed to France, Switzerland had been attacked and "subjugated, and the remonstrance of his Ma"jesty's government upon that subject had been

treated with indignity and contempt; the territory of the Batavian Republic was at that very "moment still occupied by the armies of the "Chief Consul of France, and its internal admi"nistration still controuled by his interference; " and the French government was then actually engaged in the pursuit of those plans and mea"sures for the subversion of the Turkish Empire,

to which his Majesty's declaration refers, as a "violation of the Treaty of Peace: that in ditecting, under such circumstances, the final surrender of the Cape, without having previously explained or arranged the numerous points of difference and complaint which then actually subsisted between the two governments, his Majesty's ministers acted in contradiction to "the sense which they had themselves ma"nifested of their own duty, and have im

"providently exposed to danger some of the most important interests of his Majesty's do"minions."A long debate took place between Colonels Graham, and Boston, Mr. Browne, Lords Kensington and Temple, Mr. Hobhouse, Sir W. Young, Messrs. Fonblanque, Archdale, and Courtney, Sirs W. W. Wynne, and W. Milner, Messrs. Metcalfe, Gregor, Borland, and Grenville, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Pitt, Lord Hawkesbury, Mr. Canning, Lord Castlereagh, the Master of the Rolls, and Secretary at War. During the debate on the first resolution, the order of the day was moved by Mr. Pitt, and negatived 333 to 56.-The minority were-Lord Binning, Sir R. Buxton, Messrs. Eurdon, Bradshaw, Brandling, Cowper, Dupre, Dickenson, sen. Dickenson, jun. Hon. R. Dundas, Rt. Hon. W, Dundas, Sir H. Dalrymple, Mr. Elliot, Sir W. Elford, Lord Fitzharris, Messrs. Fuller, Ferguson, Col. Graham, Messrs. T. Graham, Gunning, C. Hope, Hammet, Henderson, Long, Lord Lovaine, Mr. H. Leigh, Hon. H. Lascelles, Messrs. T. Lowther, W. Lowther, Manning, Sir H. Mildmay, Messrs. Mordaunt, Morland, Pitt, M. Pitt, Phipps, Sir R. Peel, Sir Robert Preston, Lord H. Petty, Messrs. R. Penn, Rose, Rutherford, Sloane, Sturges, Sir J. Stewart, Messrs. G. Smith, Smith, C. Smith, Claude Scott, Sam. Scott, H. Thornton, T. Villiers, J. Warde, Wigram, Wilberforce, G. Warde.-The original motion was then put and negatived 275 to 34. The minority were. Rt. H. W. Windham, W. Sturges, Sir W. Young, W. Elliott, Hon. G. H. Dundas, H. A. Dillon, Gascoyne, Lord G. L. Gower, Sir W. Elford, Hon. T. Berkley, C. Codrington, Holland, Rt. H. G. Canning, Lords Temple, Porchester, Folkstone, Hon. L. Dundas, J. C.. Beresford, Sirs, W. W. Wynne, Gregor, Cartwright, Lord Kensington, B. Cook, W. Poyntz, Peter Patton, Rt. H. T. Grenville, Dr. Lawrence, Hon. C. Dundas, Sirs H. Mildmay, Dent, C. Wynne, J. Osborne, Sir R. Lawley, Lord Morpeth, Sir J. C. Hippesley, Foljambe.-The others were negatived without a division.-Adjourned.

Monday, June 6.-LORDS.-Committee of privileges postponed.-Several private bills from the Commons read.-Archbishop of Cashel and Bishop of Lincoln took their seats.-Second Report from Commissioners' Naval Enquiry presented and ordered to be printed.-Bills on table forwarded.Lord Sheffield presented a bill to regulate the "forms of convictions by Justices of the Peace, "and to render such Justices more safe in the "execution of their office," which was read.Duke of Norfolk called the attention of their lordships to a breach of privilege, upon which the strangers were ordered to withdraw.-Earl Fitzwilliam moved, "r. That it was the duty of his Majesty's ministers to make timely and adequate representations against all those acts as "have, in their judgment, constituted a series of systematic aggressions, violence, and insult' on the part of France. That, by dignified and "temperate remonstrances, followed up with "consistency and sustained with firmness, either "the course and progress of such acts would "have been arrested, without the necessity of re"curring to arms; or the determination of the "French Government, to persist therein, would "have been distinctly ascertained, before his

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Majesty had proceeded so far, both in the re"duction of his forces, and the surrender of his

conquests. That this essential duty appears to "have been neglected by his Majesty's ministers, "and that such their omission and neglect have "been highly injurious to the public interests.

"2. That the principal circumstances which "have in the judgment of his Majesty's ministers

rendered it impossible to execute the Tenth Article of the Treaty of Amiens must have been "known to his Majesty's ministers either before, "or very soon after, the exchange of its Ratifica

tions, which exchange took place on the 18th "April.-That nevertheless no steps appear to have been taken until the 9th of February last, towards obtaining by discussion or explanation with the French Government, the removal of "this most important difficulty.-That so far "from taking any such steps, his Majesty's mi"nisters made repeated applications to that Go"vernment during the whole of the last summer

to accelerate the execution of the article in its

present shape, by co-operating with his Majesty in inviting other powers to guarantee it. That in consequence of those applications the "guarantee of Austria was actually obtained in *the month of August, and those of Russia and Prussia were jointly solicited, by the British

and French ministers at Petersburgh and Berlin, so late as the 25th of November last, many "months after his Majesty's ministers well knew that the execution of the said article was utterly impracticable. That this conduct, alike inconsistent with wisdom, dignity, and good faith, was no less detrimental to the interests than "prejudicial to the character of the British nation, inasmuch as the favourable opportunity "for negotiating on this subject, while his Majesty was still in possession of his other con

quests, was thereby lost, and the discussion re"served to a period when a recourse to arms "constituted the only means by which his Ma

jesty can resist the unreasonable demands of "the enemy, and support the just cause of his "people.

3. That it appears to this House, that on the "17th of October last, counter-orders were dis"patched by his Majesty's Government, revoking

the orders before given for the surrender of the "Cape of Good Hope, and of the other conquests "then held by his Majesty; and that the final order, by virtue of which his Majesty's forces actually evacuated the Cape of Good Hope, was not sent till the 16th of November last. That on the said 16th of November the hostile spirit of "France had (in the judgment of his Majesty's "ministers) already been manifested for more than six months, by one continued series of aggression, violence, and insult,' for which

neither reparation nor redress' had down to that moment been obtained.-That the offen"sive principle had already been distinctly advanced, of excluding his Majesty from all con"cern in the affairs of the Continent. That the "Spanish and other Priories had already been withdrawn from the Order of Malta. Piedmont, Parma, Placentia, and Elba had been an"nexed to France; Switzerland had been attack❝ed and subjugated, and the remonstrance of his "Majesty's Government on that subject, had "been treated with indignity and contempt. The

territory of the Batavian Republic was at that "very moment still occupied by the armies of the "French, and its internal administration still controuled by their interference, and the French "Government itself was then actually engaged "in the pursuit of those plans and measures for "the subversion of the Turkish Empire, to which "his Majesty's Declaration has referred as a violation of the treaty of peace. That in directing under such circumstances the fual suren

"der of the Cape, without having in the interval "made any previous attempts to explain or ar

range the numerous points of difference and "complaint which then actually subsisted be"tween the two Governments, his Majesty's mi"nisters have acted in contradiction to the sense "they had themselves manifested of their own "duty, and have improvidently exposed to danger some of the most important interests of his "Majesty's dominions.

4. That by these instances of misconduct, "his Majesty's ministers have proved them"selves unworthy of the confidence of this House, "and incapable of administering with advantage "the public affairs in a crisis of such unexampled "difficulty and danger."-This produced a long debate between his R. H. the Duke of Clarence, Lords Coventry, Minto, Crosvenor, Bolton, Warwick, Scarborough, De Dunstanville, Carysfort, Darnley, Hobart, Suffolk, Grenville, the Lord Chancellor, and Lords Spencer and Pelham.The first motion was negatived S6 to 17, and the others without a division. Adjourned.- -COMMONS. Second Report of Commissioners Naval Enquiry presented and ordered to be printed.-Petitions from Manufacturers of Silk and of Earthen-ware, against the Consolidated Duty Bill, presented, and laid on table.-Radnor Election Committee reported the sitting members duly elected, and the petitions not frivolous or vexatious. Ship Burning Bill and Ship Passengers Bill read and passed.-His Majesty's. Speech of November last, concerning the accommodation of mercantile persons, ordered to be considered in Committee to-morrow-Militia Pay Bill read and ordered to be printed.-Committee reported Ordnance Land Bill which was ordered for to-mor row.-House went into Committee of Supply, and the Secretary at War presented the usual Estimates, upon which considerable debate arose between Messrs. Windham and Pitt, the Secretary at War, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Generals Tarleton and Norton, and Sir J. Pulteney. The Secretary at War then moved the following resolutions, which were agreed to.-19,3371. for the full pay of the Supernumeraries of the Army for one year, from the 25th December, 1802, to the 24th December, 1803.-266,0041. 14s. 1d. for the In and Out-Pensioners of Chelsea and Kilmain ham Hospitals.-8110l. 8s. 11d. for the Royal Military College-31,000l. for Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea.-218,2701. 11s. Id. for one Regiment of Light Dragoons, and one West-India Regiment retained on the establishment of the Army; of an Augmentation of Dragoons in Great Britain, and the three Regiments of Foot Guards. -31,000l. for Allowances to General and Staff Officers.-35,7511. for the effective Captains to the Companies of Cavalry and Infantry, heretofore commanded by Colonels, Lieutenant-Colonels, and Majors.-1,747,5701. for the Militia embodied in Great-Britain and Ireland, and Miners of Cornwall and Devon.-38,3451. 12s. 78. for Contingencies of Ditto.-143,8911. for Cloathing of Ditto.-145,000l. for increased Subsistence to Inn-keepers, and Allowance of Beer to NonCommissioned Officers and Privates of Militia, &c. -416,000l. for Supplementary Militia.-300,0col. charge of Volunteer Corps in Great-Britain.58,3331. for Barrack Department.-Mr. Pole then moved the following resolutions concerning the ordnance, which were also agreed to.-282,0651.1os. Ind. for Great-Britain.-20,0col. further Charges of the Ordnance Office in Ireland.-38,900l. outstanding Claims on the said Office-Report of

the Committee ordered for to-morrow.--Secretary at War presented certain papers respecting Malta, which were ordered to lie on the table.-Consolidation Dury Bill postponed to Thursday.-Dublin Port Improvement Lil read a second time and committed for to-morrow.-Supply and Ways and Means postponed to Wednesday. Adjourned.

Tuesday, June 7.-LORDS.-Evidence heard in Foore's Divorce Bill, which was postponed to Friday.-Bills before the House forwarded.-Private bills from Commons read.-Clergy Residence Bill, after some discussion between the Lord Chancellor, Lords Suffolk, Auckland, and Roslin, the Bishops of St. Asaph and Norwich, and the Duke of Richmond, committed for Friday.-Bills before the House disposed of.-Adjourned.COMMONS.-Committee of the whole House on so much of the King's Speech of Nov. 23. as relates to the accommodation to be afforded to mercantile transactions of this Country. Report to be received to-morrow.-On motion of Mr. Wickham, leave granted to bring in a bill to empower the Commissioners of the First Fruits in Ireland, to lend a certain sum to incumbents, &c. without interest, to enable them to erect houses and offices in places convenient to their prescribed residences, &c.-On motion of Mr. Pole, leave granted to bring in a bill to enable the Board of Ordnance to purchase ground for a dépôt of Ordnance Stores, Small Aims, &c.-Mr. Whitbread moved, that copies of certain examinations before the Commissioners on the Abuse of the Navy, be laid before the House. On the suggestion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the motion was deferred till Monday.-Bill to remedy the defects of certain Exchequer Bills brought in and read.Election Bribery Oath Bill read and ordered to be printed. Ordnance Land Bill read and passed Report of Committee of Supply read, and resolutions agreed to.-Petition of Irish Tanners referred to Select Committee.-Mr. Garthshore laid the Navy Estimates on table.-Militia Pay Bill read a second time and ordered to be printed.-Soldier's Pass Bill read and passed.-Writ moved for member in the room of Hon. E. Bouverie.-Committee to propose estimates for the pay, &c. of Irish Militia, revived. Mr. Fitzgerald moved for account of sums levied by Grand Juries of Ireland for last ten years; also sums levied by them for the Mihtia County Bridge Bill read and passed.-Adjourned.

FOREIGN.

of his hand. June 4-The Paris merchant s have voted a ship of 110 guns for the service of Government, as have also the Conservative Senate. The Agents of Exchange bave voted two frigates of 44 guns. The Mayors of Paris have opened subscriptions for building sloops and gunboats. The Prefect of Police has ordered gunboats to be built. The Students of the Polytechnic School have required permission to build a flat-bottomed boat. Antwerp has subscribed for a frigate of 44 guns.

Lucien Buonaparté set out for Spain in the beginning of the present month.

Petersburgh, May 6.-During the year 1802, the number of Births in this City, was 7347, Deaths, 7324, and Mariages, 1430. Of the former, 3c0 were natural children, 14 foundlings, and 25 stillborn. Of the second, 4 were above 100 years old, 28 from 80 to 100, and 1760 under 2, of whom 1270 were boys, and 490 girls.

DOMESTIC.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.

At the Court at St. James's, the 1st Day of June, 1803, present the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Honourable George Tierney, Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy, was, by his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly.

Whitehall, June 4, 1803.-The King has been pleased, by Letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to grant and confirm to his Grace Henry Duke of Beaufort, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, the ancient Barony of Bøttetourt, by the name, style, and title of Baron De Botetourt, as also the place and precedency due and belonging to the said Barony.

Whitehall, June 7, 1803.-The King has been pleased to present the Rev. George Addison to the Church and farish of Glenyla, in the Presbytery of Meigle, and County of Forfar, vacant by the translation of Mr. George Haldam, late Minister there, to the Church and Parish of Kingoldrum.

St. James's, June 7, 1803.-Saturday last being the anniversary of the King's birth-day, the same was observed at Court, where there was a very numerous and splendid appearance of the nobility, Foreign ministers, and other persons of distinc tion, to compliment his Majesty on the occasion. The guns in the Park and at the Tower were fired at one o clock; and in the evening there were il、 luminations and other public demonstrations of joy throughout London and Westminster. ODE-For his Majesty's Birth-Day, 1803.-By Henry James Pye, Esq.-Poet Laureat. Britain, alas! has woo'd in vain, Reluctant Peace, thy placid charms; Compell'd, she treads once more th' ensanguin'd plain,

Wheie Fame, where Freedom call aloud for

arms.

Yet be awhile the battle's sound
In notes of festive triumph drown'd;

Whether the fiends of Discord fly
Portentous through the fiery sky,
Or, bound in Fate's coercive chain,
Howl mid th' infernal seats in vain,
On this auspicious day the Muse,

Jocund, with grateful voice, her wonted theme

pursues.

Then let the Muse, with duteous hand,

Strike the bold lyre's responsive strings, While every tongue through Albion's land Joins in the hymn of praise she sings; And Labour, from the furrow'd plain, And Commerce, from the billowy main, With voice symphonious bid arise That purest incense to the skies, Above the proudest wreath of fame," Which ever grac'd the victor's name, A nation's votive breath by truth consign'd To bless a patriot King-the friend of human kind!

On Wednesday, the 8th of June, the Mayor and Aldermen of London presented an address to his Majesty at the present crisis of public affairs. (See p. 868.)

MILITARY.

The French troops under the command of GENERAL MORTIER, assembled on the Lower Rhine, early in the month of May, to the number of 40,000 men. On the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th of the same month, they passed the WAAL at Nimeguen, taking with them a great quantity of ammunition and provisions, and continued their march to Arnheim, Doesburg, and the department of Overyssel, and established their head quarters at Coevorden. They entered the County of Bentheim on the 20th, and made prisoners of the garrison of the town of Bentheim, which consisted of an officer and 36 men. A proclamation was issued by Gen. Mortier, to the Hanoverians, accusing the King of violating his most solemn engagements, and assuring them of the favour and protection of the French. (see page 867.) On the 28th, the Hanoverian garrison evacuated Osnaburg and went to Diepenun, and the inhabitants sent a deputation to the FrenchGeneral, requesting his good treatment for the town. On the same day, the French troops passed the Ems, near Mippen; part of the infantry marched to Halelune, and, on the 29th 10,000 men entered the principality of Onaburg. The French troops in Dutch Brabant, Bergen op Zoom and Zealand were also in motion to join the army against Hanover. They were to be replaced by other troops.

A body of French troops took possession

of Bremen on the 2d inst. and another column was on the march to Hamburgb.

The Hanoverians are making the most active preparations for the defence of that Electorate. Field Marshall COUNT DE WALLMODEN has been appointed Commander in Chief of all the Hanoverian troops, and His R. H. THE DUKE OF CAMERIDGE, LieutenantGeneral, and inspector of the cavalry and infantry. The greatest part of the army began its march, on the 24th of May, for the territory of Osnaburg, and the frontiers of Westphalia. Their force amounted to 18,000 regulars, and it was expected that it would speedily be augmented to 30,000. During the absence of these troops, all who were capable of bearing arms were to do duty at Hanover. A general levy was about to be made, throughout the Electorate, in consequence of his Majesty's Proclamation, of the 22d (see page 859) of all persons between the ages of 16 and 60, which it was supposed would produce 200,000 men.

The Gallo-Italian army has received orders to occupy the principal sea-ports of Italy. Thirteen thousand French and Italian troops arrived at Bologna on the 5th of May, destined for that purpose, and General LICCIT was expected there on the 8th with a division from Milan-The new fortification erecting at Alexandria, in the Department of Marengo, were, on the 27th of May, going on with the greatest activity. The garrison consists of 10,000 men, of whom 1500 are constantly employed on the works.

GEN. STUART, with 3000 men has been ordered from Malta to Sicily, for the protection of that Island.

NAVAL.

May 18th.-Capt. Pearson in the Deris, cruising off Ushant, fell in with the French lugger, l'Affronteur, commanded by Mons. Morce André Dutoya, mounting 14 guns, with 92 men, which he took after a short running action. On board l'Affronteur, the Captain and 8 men were killed and 14 wounded. On board the Doris one man was wounded.-May 28.-Capt. Mansfield in the Minotaur, in company with the Thunderer, made prize of the French frigate la Française, Capt. Jurien, 35 days from Port auPrince. She is pierced for 44 guns, and had on board 187 men.--- Since the commencement of the war, a great number of prizes of various descriptions has been taken from the enemy and brought into the different ports of the Kingdom. A very considerable portion of them from St. Domingo, laden with the produce of that Island.