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The following proceedings and debates in the imperial parliament of the 18th and 19th of May, will be found very interfiling to those who vviffi to be correctly informed on the fubjeft of the present dispute. The refufal of minirters to produce information on the points mentioned by Mr. Gray, inclines its to believe that those accufalions, set forth in his rr.ajelly’s Declaration, are without foundation. Imperial Parliament. HOUSE nr COMMONS, May 18. The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved, that the papers relative to the negociation fliould be laid on the table. Mr. Grey m ved for the papers neceffa- Yv to ffiew that armaments were going on in the ports of France and ! ’olland at the time of the King’s iirlt Meflage, calculat ed to inspire fears of an invasion. Mr. Addington said, these papers were of a secret nature, and could not be pro auced without injury to his Maieity’s fer- Vice Adjourned. May ip. Mr, Grey, in consequence of the refufal of the Right Mon. Gentleman oppofife (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) to answer a question which he put to him yefterdav, ir. a manner in which he might have anlwered it, without any violation, of his duty,' at. the fame time that it would be affording great convenience to the Houle, role to re new his motion of lall night. He was not forty for the delay, as it had given hkn an opportunity of looking overthe papers that bad been presen ted, and of ieeing th odgh he coidd not pretend to have examined then v ith perfedf accuracy, that there were ma ny points in them on which it was his duty to call for farther information; and this in formation was so necessary, that he thought much argument would not be required to induce the house to command it. He ffiouid therefore abllain from all argument that could tend to prejudice the general ques tion to be difeuffed next Monday. The only thing on which be ffiouid commit him lelf was, by Hating, that on the molt link ing points, those points which are llrong ly iiatek and clearly made out by Miniftcrs, ns affording the bell and moil jullihable grounds of war, no information at all was given, or at lead very little. The firll point he ffiouid notice, was, the violence Fated to be offered to his Majesty’s veflels, without proper redrefsor complaint being made. If any thing could be a fatisfafto ry erode for war, this was certainly the moil fatisfaclory ; and the House vyould recol lect wi h what unanimity it had fanftioned ar.d fupportedthe means taken hr govern n*int, on the fame principle, with refpeft to the affairs of Nootka Sound. This fort, however, which it was of so much st ] crtance to be made out clearly; .was but Hhtly and incidentally meutmed in the gapers presented. He fliould therefore move, in the firll inffance, that there Le laid before the house copies of all papers relative to representations of violence offer ed to his majesty’s (hips and vtffcls made to the French government from iff March 1802, to ift March 1803, together with the answers thereto. The next point he ffiouid notice was the appointment of per sons in the difeription of commercial agents, but whose real charafter, together with the inftruftions given to them, gave re?lon to think that their million was of a hoitile.and treacherous natu r e. I his was ado a great point in the juftification ; hut he could find in the papes prelentedno particular ftatenvmt of representation made and fat is fact if u re fufed. He fnould therefore move for co pies of all representations relative to the persons appointed as commercial agents from F-ance in the ports o* Great-dritai and Irdand, together with the answers to the fame. There was also iTwitff-ned in the papers presented, apaper direft.edt.oa pe 1 >ll of the name of Fauvelet, at DubI’:'., 1 ’:'., duvft incr him so procure the foundiws cl* cue liar hour. In order to form an accurate ji ge. judgement of this matter, the time ffiouid he particularly fpecified, that the houffi fficul-t be clear as to what, if clearly cftabkffx, was a moll just caufc of complaint ; and if expiation was refufed, on complaint, was a just cause o r war. He, th- -refute n. ved, for the dates of the inftruftions of Talley rand to Fauvelet, and the answers of Tv!ley rand, fpecifyingthe dates. The next mat ter related to the French troops in Holland, which appeared to have been taken up rather lave as a ground of complaint. He ffiouid move for reprefentatioim on this iub jeft, previous to the Sth of March lait, j together*with the answers. lis came next, to the lubjeft of the comuls ex prof non to t -e j legiflativc body, on the 23d February sndj ffiouid move for copies of all representations thereupon, together with the an 4 '-vers. He next came to Switzerland ; Fir it appeareu now, that Minillers liad taken fome Rep?, about that country. He ffiouid mir e for a copv of the note veroale presented to M. Ot to, relative to Switzerland, on the ictii October, 1802, together witli the answer thereto, if any. In the next point, dates and times were extremely important. It was known that orders were sent out to evacuate the Cape, according to the treaty of Amiens : it was known that in Oftober orders were sent out to retain poffcffion of it, contrary to that treaty, and that con trary orders were since then sent out, in consequence of which the Cape was evac uated. Me ffiouid therefore move for co pies of all orders relative to the Cape of Good Hope, with the dates. As the pow er of France and its great increase were dated in the declaration as a cause for de parting from the treaty of Amiens, tiil our power ffiouid receive fome addition to main tain the relative situation, it was necessary, that if France made any afSgnment of ter ritory, which was so far a diminution of lrer power, parliament ffiouid. be acquainted with it. in tlris view, lie ffiouid move for copies of aril papers relative to the cession of Louisiana by France to America ; if that j important and beneficial cession had really been made. Another gentleman had giv en notice of a motion for papers relative to the annexation of Piedmont and the iiland of Elba ; he ffiouid therfore not touch upon them* Having said thus much in addition, he cam-: now to the immediate matter of his notice, which was t.pe sub stance of alt intelligence relative to arma ments in the ports of France and Holland. His mnjeftv’s meflage turned on two points, the cxilling difeuflion and the military pre- O w • *• parations. It was important, t-uererere, to know the truth of the existence of the arm aments, and afterwards their nature and amount. On this point tlie* e was no in formation before the house, and France de nied the fact* Tire French Government asserted, that there was not a Angle ffiip of the line in those ports ; that there were only two frigates in the ports of Holland and on ly three corvettes in the road of Dunkirk.— The house had therefore to direct its judg ment, no proof on one fie, ar.d a denial on the other ; unless, indeed, the Rt. Hon. gentleman would make a diitinftion between military and naval preparations, with the fame'ingenuity with which he defiinguiffitd between flips ready for tea and ffiips man- ] ned. He di: claimed, lor the noble lord at He ! head of the admiralty, such paltry fublerru- j ges as Hat when the public was taught to j expect a fleet, of 5c fail, it was to be after- j wards intuited, by being told nothing was j meant but ro hulks. Ile loved and admi- i red the noble lord at the head of the admi- j raltv, but he had no hesitation in faying*, 1 that if we had no* in ever*'* sea a force iupeil | or to anything that was to encounter it, he deserved the fevered punishment. But he ’ did not tear the ted ; and as he could not r conceive how Ihips could be ready for sea without being’ manned, to neither could he underhand how fiddlers, without the means of conveying them to any part cf our ter, ritory, could be dreaded as invaders. He fliould, therefore, move for the ub fiance of all information-relative to the force in those ports. <ie knew the bar that would beset up against him- that it would be danger ous to take any itep that could tend to the difcocery of the lecret channels bv which information was obtained. He was, howe ver, prepared with precedents trom the jour nals, of the substance cf information being commanded and produced, merely conceal ing the names of perions. There was one calc in 1 756, when an address was voted for information relative the the for-ce in Tou lon tor the invasion of Minorca. Similar orders had been made in 1 “Sc, lor informa tion concerning the movement's of the hpan ifh fleets in Cadiz and Ferro! ; and the force that remained in Bred after admiral Darby failed in 17S1. He put it to the Yioble lord, whether there was not equal neceffitv for infonnation now, and whether it would not be a fuSicient security for the channels by which t:.e information wj derived, ii the names of pcrlons were fippreffed. He should, therefore nsvve foAhe fubltance ot all information relative to inaments in the ports of France and Dollnd, on the 3d March, 18c 2. Lord Hawkeabury ho* el that although he Hon. GentltmePs motions were to be put singly, he ffiouß be allowed to make a few observations on them collectively, without meaning t prejudice the gene ral quell ion. And rfi, there was one obser vation, which it was material to lay before the House. If theH on. Gentleman lup | posed on reviewing the declarations, that j many of the cfifes dated were not ’ imgiy (uni uent gntirld for war, it was not j tb.e policy ol the Government to make it I p.ppear war wfs resolved upon on tliis j fact or the other, There were an umber of i k-fts of which fome were perhaps finglv j iuffleient giA and for -war ; others which I thou h ik t fufiicient grounds in their.felvts, vet wlien put together were not less mate rial than the gr- rtcr fact? as affording evi dence oft e hoitde intention. The home would hear in mind that the statement was deligned to fliew the general peacea de coh- ; dnft C: th ; s c n ntr y while the condnft of France gives the ftrongeil evidence of a hos tile mind towards this country. It vas fit tint His ffiouhi be understood generally before he came to partrculars. Ihe Hon. gentleman dated too largely when he called j fr.r copH of reprefentathuis bv Ambaffa do:*s, and answers given or refufed, in this ] firil motion. The Hon- gentlemen stated ; that violence had been offered and that fa- j tisfuft'on had been refufed. The fact was ! that no fatisfaftory answer had been given; I an i there was fume difference between that ! 1 and an absolute rein lift. The Hon. gen'* j i tinman was mistaken if he thought there 1 was no evidence of those fafts for 1 ord j Whiteworth had dated them and had not j ffrep contrail fted He had no objection to 1 this million fur it Was his with to give every information that could be pro priety With tile concerning the commercial agents, the Hon. gentleman had greatly exaggerated the j matter on one fide and gone beyond what j the complaTtrt would bear out. The eora | plaint of his majesty’s government was this, that when no commercial regulation sub sisted between this countr , and France, a species of agents were sent into this country, who were"not recognifed or received in any other country nor connefted with France by a cofmnerr’al treaty. The circumftan’ce. was dated as suspicious and likely to cover the refiueuce of persons improper to be re ceived in this country. Flis majesty’s min ifliers therefore advised that they ffiouid be withdrawn and they were so with the excep tion of one who was sent away from the fil aud of Jersey : others had not gone to their diftination. As to any written representa tion he was not clear whether these \vis any on this fubjtft. With refpeft to anv re monftrancc on the expressions in the Lcgif lative body no formal representation Hid been made, upon them nor did he fee whe ther they were capable of that; at the fame time that they may be conlidered as afford ing the strongest manifeftation of a hostile mind when the general cause of complaint came to be Rated to the public. With re fpeft to Switzerland lire remonstrance had been made in a note vcrlale to M. Otto, much to the HVft of tlie note to the Bava ) rian minister which appeared in the Mon jitenr. The fabllance of this note was, without Rating what tire French govern meat intend *4 to do, that the indepeeence !of the Batavian republic ffiouid be refpeft— j ed. Whether the subsequent acts of the j French government co'refponded with th.at, !it was for the House and the public to | judge. j With refpeft to He next question on 1 which the HOll. gentleman called for in -1 formation, “ the evacuation of the Cape of j Good Hope,” the Noble Lord would not j objeft to .that motion. He was willing-, j that every document that con’d throw a i fight on the fnbjeft, ffiouid be produ- Iced. As to the cession of Loufiana to i the American's, a doonmert had been re ceived en the impoUant febjeft from the i very refpeftable gentleman who represents I the American government, and he bad no | objection to produce it : he fliould, however, ; observe, that Miniiters had not come to a knowledge ot the fact till after the close of the negociation Vv ithout entefin into a d;ff.ulfion of tMe negociation, he would nibnfit, whether the condnft observed by His majesty’s government might not have contributed to that event. With regal'd i the continuance of the French troops in! Holland, he could Rate that no reprefenta- 1 lion had taken place on that fubjeft. .As 1 to the lait motion of the Hon. gentlemsm i fiw the Uikiiauce of the information receiv-1 ed concerning the military preparations in J the ports of France ar.d Holland, the No- • Vic I.ord thought h bis duty to object to it. J He should. not pretend to iff* r that the’; house of commons could not infill on such ; format ion, if itror.g circuniffances fnoul ; I require it ; but he felt : t hiw duty to op pose the production of any papers which may be attendedwith inconiidemble conven ience, by breaking up the channels of com munication. That there were conhderalde .2wnanrents : n France no gentleman, could deny, and the papers on the table fufficient ly proved. The armaments in this country were not the public act of His majeky’s go vernment but of the French government .which had # armed with a view to produce an effect on the negociation. In the expose that government had declared its intention to put the army on the war eftabliikment only a fortnight prior his majedy’s meiTage. That declaration was an evidence of the light in which the armaments in Holland ought to be viewed ; and he would ask any gentleman if inch a circumdancewould not juitify his majesty’s government in calling out the Militia, which could not be done without a meflage ? Under these impressions he was confident that both the spirit and tbt ta:ms of tlie meflage were bourne out, an ■ that the existence of considerable arma ments in the ports, and a great military force in the interior, warranted precaution ary measures on our part. He was deiire ous to give the house every information it could fairly require, but he ffiouid firmly oppose any communication from which con siderable inconvenience may arise without any adequate benefit. After fome further debate, in which Mr. Windham supported and lord Caftlereugh opposed tflie motion, the house divided on the question, \ihich was loft by a great majority. For the ‘Republican. Messrs. Editors, TO guard a gain ft the causes which occasion fiekly season; to endeavor to add a mite to any general information on a fub jeft momentous to us all, wifi I hope, ex cuse the liberty taken of addrelTing a few lines to our community, through the me dium of your paper ; and not doubting but gentlemen better informed will aid phflan throphy in alleviating tne Calamities at teiidant on a general evil induces me to fay fometbing on the approaching months That heat is not prejudicial but as ii # is com bined with humidity, has been asserted by an eminent traveller : of thF, in my mind the r e can be no doubt, and as we have hati a very wet ipring. the air of o'lTr city mull more or less be charged with vapor—this, when added to other poisonous exhalations, produces mephitic iniafma, Atid occalions contagion. Flic neceflanes of Savannan I fear (have been negleftel since the fire ; and the I only way to correft the unpleasant and I unhealthy exhalations frPm them is by n*c— j quentiy putting into them ijueu. lime juli ‘hot from the k In, for if the lime is Hack it |of no use. This precipitates the bad ef fluvia to the bottom,and is not expensive. That A pure air rs effentielly necessary to health isachnitted.Thejail isoriculive andwdl if not attended to become a hot bed of dis ease—-the receptacles of human ordure are emptied in a pit in its vicinity and emit a vapor in a hot and damp fealon ofitfelf fufficient to occasion general disease, iPnot cerrefted by quick lime. Air is abfolu-tely necessary to human ex. ißenee—all buildings fliould be freely ven tilated. The streets- ffiouid be kept very clear., and particular attention paid to the fafts pftuded to. The Wells require a vi gilant police in 10 prelerve water from im purity. These observations are offered by one of your fubferibers, hoping that others will do their duty in preventing the intro* duftion of contagion among u$ St. Mary's July 7, 1803. At a feleft meeting of the Republicans in the house of Mr, Peter Madden of this town, to commemorate the birth-day of the United States The following toasts were given by the chairman, Mr. Madden, and drank with the highest ap probation. 1. The Day— —may its political horizon never be clouded by party contentions. 2. *The President, Thomas Jfferfon —may he continue to deserve Well of his country. 3. The Senate and House of Reprcfentatives: may their councils be direfted to the pub lic good-. 4. The memory of the late Gen. Wajhington may hi fuccelVors emulate his virtues. 3. The Judiciary ‘fthe United States may the bench be filled with wisdom, virtue and independence. 6. The Militia of thdU.S’ —may their we a pons be used only m defence of their country. 7. The Navy of the United States —may prudence gut'le the helm, and juffice and fortitude fleer their courle. 8. The People?— may the spirit of inde penden e, upon legal- and constitutional principles, forever guarantee the National Dignity and Honor 9. The Clergy— may their conduft- de monilrate the purity of their intentions. ro. The St te of Georgia- —may industry, humanity and profperlty ever diftinguiffi her citizens. *l. ‘Town- of Si 7! Gary’s —may its vir tue enereafe in proportion to its poplation. 12. Britain —may file make speedy res titution as the fird ftepof contrition,for the msmv wrongs (hehasdor.eto injured Ireland. 13. Ireland- —may her misfortunes in spire her with wd.tom to know, and forti tude to pursue her own good. | 14. lAbert", that gift of heaven—may its i innocence and utility enfare- its exutence, i the revolutions cx time shall cease. i 15. James ITunroe — may the success of j his million exhilarate the friends, i idence j the fo.s of our virtuous adminil!ration, i 16. The American Fair may their con | fidence never be abused. 17. The Urated States —may they live | forever.- The evening was spent in the mod cordi al conviviality ; each of the guests rejoicing j to celebrate the 4th of July under the au- j fplces of an administration which recog-1 nixes the independence of its citizens, as i the bails and iupport of its own. Population of France. FROM VOYAGE UR. Previous to the revolution of France, her population was varioully dated at 24, 26, and 30 millions; but as no census had been then-taken, the edimation was more or less extended, accordingto thecapriceof nation ;ty, or ill-founded calculations her ftatillical writers. In the years 1-91 and 1796 the popula tion was determined by general returns : ip i the former year at 26 millions ; on the sec ond return at 28 millions. It mud be un deritood, that I bear not in my memory , fractional numbers : of thoCe numbers one fifth, were found to inhabit cities and towns ’vilfes ands >urgs) the others wtre the’ a ivators of the foil, the inhabitants of the ullages and the country (villarges et camp xgnes.) Take, therefore,the,population of France is flic flood within her monarchical limits, iccording to the enumeration n 1796.” at 28,000,000 The yfuilrian Low Countries, Liege, S:c. now di vi ed into nine departments, found by the French ccnfus to con tain 3,800,000 The territories south of the Meuse and the Scheldt, ced ed by Holland, with the Prussian Dutchies of Juliets and Cleves, at 350,00© The fix new departments of the Lower Rhine, being parts of the Palantine Duchy of Juliers, of the eleftorates of Cologne, Treves and May ence, of the archbiffiopric of Spires, and of the V> et tern Palatinate, at -- - - 1,900,00© The Department of Mont Tounere and Mont Blanc, the ci-devant Mont Beleiard and Savoy, with the county ot Nice, at-------- 460,000 And France now contains within the Rhine & the Alps a total population ot - - - 34,510,00® She however possesses a mili tary or political authority or influence over several of her neighbouring nations : Over the Batavian Republic, containing a population of 2,800,0c® Over the brave but ill-fated Swiss, i,Boo,aftC? Over the ancient bulwarks of Italy, the ci-devant Pied mont, now the advance pods of France, - -- -- -- - 2,000,000- And over the Italian and Ligurian Republics, with the grand Duchy of Tuscany, 6,500,000 Bvit her tota population, even f if are added the countrys | lastly enumarated, amounts J to no more than 47,610,000 { Against this mighty power England ia the only European nation that can make any refiilance : Prufia, in the old world, and States of Ameirca in this weft cm hemisphere now, hold, or will soon hold, in their refpeftive divisions of the earth the ba-arfee between these contending nations 5. their alliance will be courted by both na~ tions and if the American executive fliall perfue the cautious policy of Pruflia iiv her relations with thele European powers the will inevitably, by treaty obtain ths greatest advantage at the lead poflible haz ard. But fliould the passions of party un happily involve this’country in the horrors of wav, flic will stand on the vantage ground if forced into alliance with France,her armies will occupy and peace will confirm to her the Britiffi territories of Cannada ; and an alliance with England, her enterprizing fens will as surely pofleis the undefined province of I -ouifiana, and make the Spaniard tremble for his Mex can kingdom. In war or peace this happy Columbia muil gain : in the former extended empire z in the latter increased commerce and accu mulated wealth. Rest on your oars, Ame— ricans : and the two rival nations of Europe will outvite each other to obtain your friend flfip. From the Charleston City Gazette HYDROGENOUS LIGHT. yl South - Car oh na Fifcov ry . AMONG the many discoveries made, within the lad century, few perhaps have been better qualiu and to attract the atten tion of t e public irt general than the Hy drogenous Light, difeover and at the clofc of it. Though withheld from publication by its author until now, when his zealous frie ds to come forward with z. publication on that head, he thinks it zc duty and homage to gratitude to comply with their requeil. A falfe idea of its being already known, | has not a little contributed to the tardinefk ! of this publication, and to avoid being the publiiher of an old difeovery, the fubfen— ber has examined all authors that could ber colledle on that head, but without fuccefs^ Various have been the attemps on the volatiles ; all the gases have been tried as proper genus to exhibit luminaries, from which great advantages might be derived Hydrogenous Gas has even b?en- pointed out as the mod proper for these produc tions, but, by fome fatality or other, the dcfired objedl has never been obtained. . The consequences of all the refearchec nave been productive of valuable discove ries ; for though, as far as relates to this iubject, they all terminated where they took, them origin, yet they greatly improved the knowledge of chemistry: Tiie fubferiber, since the year I79*V thinks liimlell fufficientlv authorifed to con iider himieli the author of this wonderful phenomenon ; since, through his unrerr.ited exertion, he has brought it to a degree equal, (if the exprefiion may be permitted) to malleability. He thinks it excusable to anticipate tfre rrfledtion, which, from the nature of the circumitance, appears to him almoll inevit able ; which the hidden imprellion the above preliminary will make, not on his but or. those wh* are slightly acquainted with or are Itran rers to liim. In order to fatisfy all parties, it will per haps, be well to inform the reader, that for seven years past he has been engaged in pki lofophical experiments, the pursuit of which, urged by an indefatigable perseverance, nearly coll him his-life, has greatly impaired his health, and at the fame time been pro ductive of the above difeovery. Another question may arise on the inv menfe time elapsed since the difcciery. T*