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Tryri T.onJon f irm, Junt *0 /® J3.
Jure Ir.
Govrrnmrnt h-s received ad
vice s, we understand, of rht
capture of ‘he Hannibal, which
w s ft verelv ha .dl and in her ac
tion *1 h (he Lively, Itru k to *
fricate o f 44 puns, the Mullri
cuy he n; ; at ihe time in fight
Ihe Hannibal was formerly a
Brit sh 74, and v.as taken abotr
five years since in Algtfff.s Hay,
wheedi** {/rounded wthin th<
reach of the Spanish Batteries.
Harr.'v any thin is ralke of
but I
CnT tuned fl-ft, and as general
Jv ‘h‘ cale, when lnullignc.
do* s nor keep pu e with the u;i
reafo.iab e impatiettcc of ‘h*
public, nu b is of unfounded
r ports are tircu ared ai r. dt
hourly. Letters wire yelleiday
pretended to t avc been received
fr m Holland, dating that an ac
tion had (dace be w en
I ,or 1 Nellon and tile con b n j d
flt-eis. To ft ate ail the firms in
wb h this rumor lias bm cir
culated would be impoliible, tin
is it neceiiarv, as we r.*n lay be
fore our reade s th* 01 in I
fabrication ltfeF, which fir*t ap
pealed on ti c 2il * lt. in the
P.i'ch gazette, entitled ; tar s
and Hand uegs Zullhai cr an
Gelfede dei Si er le , and was
af terwatds copied into iliel lin -
l u; gh Corn lpon tut of the 11
“) he ioliowng is the art,rJe ai
lu id to,
“11 we ran credit a rrpo't,
f k re al at the time this p pt r wa
g in.: to prels, there has been a
molt bloody b.'tle in the neigh
l ouily'od of toe Canary lil-rid*.,
bttw-en the French, Spanffh &
In iilh Fleets, under the co n
rnand of ad nrals G r avina and
Nehon, in w tich both com min
ders led, an 1 British captu c<
nine fail of the line and four fri
gates, What truth there m v
be in this important mtdigenct
tune alone can determine.”
We need ha.dly aud, rha:
•the date provt s this prerendec
intelligence to be altogether u •
founded.
Gi f rltar } June ft.
Three An ern an gun briars
an i one trmriar b at a rived to
ri-y from the U nreJ Sra e, o
their vi ay t) i ripo'i, which the;,
are giiai; to attack agan.
The Arnerii an gun bo* s a t
univcrl.il y re. koned to be th
mult con Ttc vefieb of rh
kind ever I en in ih s Biy, wmlf
the lew F.'igMh gun ooa's li r<.
ate txa ‘tlv the reverie, and are
f> m er. .r, in every reipect t
thofr o the Spaniards i t their
conftruftion and in row n ‘ or
f iling* mat :!■* enemy lau 0 i a
and dclpiie them.
June 8.
The gar ‘on is perfectly
li nlchy though a nu liber ot *a
n i ts have .1 ready est it. fr m
tlie app chenlion of the fe/tr
iotcak ng out again
Pit is Jon 31.
It is . T r e l thot-Fmce Louis
will h ive the cootnun 1 of a con
lid -,-wble body of reserve ; his
head qu.ii.ers to be at St. A
nnnd. Ihe army on the co.it
t r prrunr fuddiv tied in o three
to ps, demmirutr | after thei.
1 itions. I'h allror.O ner La-
Ju.ndc h*s pudl (lie 1 in our pur*
ru s, lone ablorva ions on the
pteparutt >hs nude on our co ni,
in which he Hates the number
of vedels’ at B dongue at op
wards ol two chouland, and tnat
(’ the army at on- hundred and
tit y or two thou fa id men.
PhreHse, Jute 14.
Tuf-any, as wt ins Lucca
are to he united with the nev
kin • dona of Italy ; Bonaparrr
intends to make many new chan
ges in Italy. To ta ilrace th
new changes, the icp lbhc oi
1 .ucca f sap, lied to Bonaparti
l *r anew tonllitution, and re
iML-d the honor of being go
\ cd by •m-’ of Ills family.—-
n! v nurt political chmg sar
1 . edil ’ cx cted to take pla.
i* oth.r paiu ot iuiy. iiona
nerte hss undertaker, n pay all
hr penfior.s due *o the offer:*
and h u’ehold of the late Duke
if Parma, amounting to about
100,000 iivrrs per month. ‘I hr
av of the F ench garrison a
Leghorn has been diminilhed by
1 50,000 1 vres pep month. Bj
napar:*’ pioroifes th.t the subsidy
or Ihr maintenance of thofc
roots Fall be difeontinued, as
bon as Fng'a; and arkr.owkd es
‘he king on o: Etruria. Bc
we n the E f nirian and F’ench
o e.nmen s an ext hange o'ter
rirory is about to take place, J -
rruriu is to cede to Fra ce the
ftriEt of Oibittil ) arid a part of
u\r valley of Ce ri n t, bordering
on heDu chy of Urbir.a, receiv
-1 g in txiharge the re, übiic of
Lu< ,t, w.th the Dutches of
.Ylaffa and Carrara.
Icy din, July 2.
Among the F .reign news rhe
folkiving is de.crv ng of no
nce.
“ At Cor.ft uuinople the hope.*
of the l’.ngbfh to conclude a
-rip h lf a.Tiit;n'c between Great
Britain, Russia, and the Forte,
are ciilappo need, the Ruffian
A 1 bafla ior having declared to
to tie Fuikifh ferrut.iry of Hate
(as we are informed) that the
Ruffian Monarch was dilpofed
to co-operate ft,r a peace bur
not to enter into an cffenfive and
lefenfive alliance.
“ rhe Ruffian Chamberlain
and Mi differ o: J ultice, Ct un
Novoziitzaff w.O is known o
be charged wi h a negecia on,
s no. only already ar/.vei a-
Br/lin, and that sooner than w,v
xp cled, bat alio the B i:iff
m/oy at Berlin, Mr. J aikido
vho had been 3 vvrrks at Del
tri is tc.'urne 1 ,o Berlin in r a
1 lisle an t fus already hau a .011-
C'crte with the Ruffian ntgo
■ iitor,-
June 1 a;
Wo I nvc received the Park J urrials
‘o the 4 Ii ind. and Dutch to the Qlh.
By the former wr find that the prepara
ions for the invrifi jn of this country arc
continued with mcreafed activity ; troops,
to the amount of between 150 and
100 ®oo are now in motion alonjj the
<*i>ail; and the fl itilla at B uilogroe con
ills of n it 1’ fs-than 2000 ve lt!s. Bo
naparte, having received the homage
if his Italian liaves, is on his return to
France ; he com sby the Rhine, and is
xpe&ed diortly on the coats, win re he
s to be met by the Miuifter of War
■■l Holland, too, the prt parations appear
‘o be very active. Gen. Martnont is n'w
;> the II lder iifpefting the military, 1
ind Admiral W nter i ; appointed com
■rtandtr in chief of the fl et to be employ
din the expedition. On the whole we
teem it highly probable that th- attempt
at invafton will not be much longer de
layrd ; hut, come enemy when they may
they will find us prepared to meet them,
Utennined to Hand or fall w-th the li
berties and ind'pendence of our country
\ ceording to the letters from Frankfort,
|he French troops continue in march from
Hanover to the interior of France ; and
a 1 u ufiul deg-ee of adivity is obfcrvable
in every direction.
i\ letter from Stoi kholm, dated the
4 h mil. dates, that i:*eral of the firft
personages m Sweden have been d’fmis
f and from toe olfio-s of date which they
kelJ, in conftquenee of the reprefentatt
ot.s fie) had male to the King on the
fubj’Ct of his preteut military measures,
in oppolition to France, Patffia, and Au
fltia. I’ is ad led, that, among others,
the B 1 on L'gerbieike, Miniller lor Fo
reimi ‘(Fairs, M. 1) Leibat, Chancellor
of the court and of date, have received
orders to 4 fit th - k ngdum This ftlte
mciit, hoVevcr, I probably prove an
■ xaggeration of the fad. It is also lla
ted, tnat the efforts of the Enghih to
form a triple alliat.ee between Great Bri
tain, Ruffit, aid Tu key, have failed;
M jj’l tali;, iky, the Ruffian Mini tier at
Conttantinople, having received orders to
Impend the rirgociatiuu-s upon that fub
jd. A letter from Frankfort ol the
18th June, cantai the following article ; 1
•* They writt from Augfhurgh, that fe
vtral Ptifiian familiea.of diftniguifh and ra- k
•onttmiUiy pal s throu h that city on their I
way to France ; a circum.tt.tnce which is
-oi.i-lertd as a prelude to the re tft.
’ ‘ fttment <>f a go-’ ’ be
, ween Rnffit aiid Fia ice.”
Mr. Trotter has taken a ftn.,ll houle
near Highgate. H‘ was properly sworn
there, a. he did not take the iiit.e h mle,
until he had 101 l the iaigt house iu the
dlrand.
Anew “,'urs has been late’y made at
Pari., wn. n is intended as a prefect trom
ionap;rrte to the Pope. It is comp ifeu
t O ’.ratal ruhlei, faphirts emeralds,
• illi. ts an l peat * s the *n .tt eonfpicu
us ;s a very hrge e.itrrald, wctyiuug
3 4 t. placed unde- t .e trol>, whic.n
ir te ral acei confti'uud part of the
re*; 1 ie-s fine Vatican, and is now re
tored to its original deilinatton.
Tuc report oj tkt death o! Talley rtnil
k rwtr’iliflej In the Par:*, papers.
The riport k renewed that the re'l
derceof tlie Pope w.ll fooo be reir.ored
to Arig-non.
Accordinj/to one of r-ir Jotirrals, it
is confidereil as certain at Paris that the
! R.-pnbhran KalenJer will be entirely laid
lafirlein September next. Stre r al Pholic
< fT'n in their official documents,
a'ready made us- of the old. The prin
cipal difficulty is fail to be, that the fi
nancial accounts throughout the Emp’re
commerce from the 22d of Septemhtr j
but the Minitlrr of Finance, it is laid,
has a plan that will obviate this.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
House cf L rds, July 4.
Colonial intercourse with
AMERICA.
Lord II- lland rose to bring
forward his promised motion for
fome important information on
his fubjyfh.—He prefaced it
with a very able and argumenta
r vefpeechof cor.fiderable length.
He dt-feribed the proceedi -gs
vthi h had taken place in fome
of the Weft-India Iflaids parti
cularly in Jamaica, which in lu
ted him to think, the prrl nt ap
peal to the wildom of parliament
They arota princi
pally from the conduit of the
thrfe iflan ls, with
to ,he difcreirrmary pow
er cxerfffftd by them, relative to
tne commercial iniercourfe he
ween the I(lands oi the U nired
States or Ameri a.—He alludid
10 the fiifpfnfion of the Naviga
tion Lavs, m one point of view,
nut more efpeci illy to the reffric
tive power exercifcd by them
with refpeil to the importation
>f America,! p oduce, so neerfih-
y frrt; e fuftenanceof the flancis,
or the iftigping of that country.
The. line of condudt to which he
referred, eirher in a pal i ical 0
commercial point of vie w, %v sos
themoft feriou? importance —and
till more, as i r is affccled the
supply of the Islands with arti
cle sos the firft necessity, as lum
ber and provisions. The iiiha
bitants of Jamaica in particular,
relt it so flrongly, that their le
gifi irive afiemblies made repeal
ed reprefentat ons to the gover
icr upon this fuhieft, who, in
his answers dated, he could no 1
permit, the importation in neutral
bottoms longer than a given
period. With refpeft to the que
ft : on, though as affe£hng the
interests of the Ifian.ls, of great
importance, was still greater, as
it may ufTct die commercial in
tercourse and good understand
ing between this country and the
United Srates of America. Hc
deprreatod every thing like a
iarrO',v,fclfiftr commerci tl policy,
with refpeft to America. Mi
niflers (hould confidcr the cir
cumrt inces an i fuuation of Arne
rica, the great importance of
continuing that g iod understand-
; ng aid exfcnlive commorcia!
and friendly intercourse wh'ch
now happily fubliits between the
two countries, and to which their
common origin, language, and
nanners, so very fortunately ands
pole tnem.~~One ot his objects
in coming forward was to give
an apportunity to his Majetty’s
Miniflers to disclaim any fu h
nations or principles as actuated
1 heir conduct with refpedt to the
1 rtftriftions of the trade and com
mercial intercourle between the
Weft-India Iftaads and Ameri
ca.—lt so happened, and fortu
nately, he thought, that otr
Weft-India lflands could not be
adequately supplied with arti- les
of tiv? fit'll necessity, except from
the United Stu es.—He tn
tms was evtntuaily forturuke,
oecaufe the i npo.-c.nt conlidc
ration to w.mch he adverted
would operate as an additional
niducemcnt with the governmen
of th s coun ry to cult.vate a
friendly understanding with A
nerica.—t-Ie adverted to fome
meffedual attempts which have
)een and? under former admi
nilt.-aiions to i'upply our Weft
indu ill tn is from the Britifti
lonmions in N. America.—
\dvcrnng to the incalculable
nporta tee of tie A uencan
-om ntrcc to this coup ry, he
oblervei, thit anv attc npts to
-xduie America fiotn the trade
of oir W-it- India I Hands, would
y e work* than the conduct, as
re’amd in rhe ancient Lble, o’
ne dog in the manger, whole de
ermination w,.s com.irately
wife and liberal. It would go to
remind him of the fable of the
two petitioners to Jupiter, to
whom the Godhead said, that
whatever he gave to the one, the
other should have double—then,
laid one, in a paroxif nos folly
and malignity, g : ve me blindness
in one eye, true rry neighbour
may be blind in b >t \ eyes ? So
would it be metaphorically, did
this country wilh to excloJe
Arne ica from our Well-1 ndia
tnde, upon the narrow principle
of commercial jealousy. Fiis
Lort’lhip rook a view of the po
licy and t-ftcifb of the Navigati
on Acts, in its different bearings ;
aud argued, that the changes in
the lyffern of Europe, and the
relative firuation o f this country,
rendered the policy of acting up
on it verv different Tom what
it was at i - s ff It enactment. In
wag generally Leaking, it wa
imprafticab e. He wifnei the
affairs to which he adverted were
placed on a liberal fojting aud
permanent —;.nd it was in
poriant they lbould dec'are wha‘
ii ,e or fyltem of conduct they
intended 10 a opt, rcfpelling the
intercourfc between Ami rica and
our Weft-lodia colonies, in time
of war. Through the w iole ol
hisfoeech, mure tfpec.aliy to
war ls the concluffon, the ti b
Lord ex atiated upon the gftat
national importance, in a
political or commercial vitw, 0.
maintaining an a uKabis i.-ter
couife and dole connection w^tl.
Ameiica —and repeated, tnat one
of his pnne pal ohjeits ia con
ing so ward vegf. to give M niilers
an opportunity o. diictaiming
ai! nations of narrow or felfiih
policy, win rdp’cct to tne inten
ded intercourse in qudtion, a
circumttanie which would giv j
great fatisfaclion to all parties ;,
and with rt-sped to th- ir mt nd
edfyftem in future, heithcught
chey should be explicit- — His
LortUhip concluded by moving
an adtirt fs to his M j sty, “ so;
the produdiou of tne commu
nication which took place be
tween the legidative •‘ircinbiie
of Jamaica and his Majefty’
government ofthatlfi-nd, touch
mo the intercourse between that
O
colony and the United StA r es 01
America, from the common, e
ment of the war with France, tc
the 2ill of May last ; also for
copies o’ the correspondence be
tween his M j-’fty’s Secie.a y oi
Sta e for the C ftonial Depart
rent, and the Governor of Ja
naica, on the tub ed, within thr
fame interval—also, for various
documents, refpeding the quan
tities of prov.fior s, bcc. iir.port
ed from America and the Ifiaf.d
of Jamaica, at ■ ertain given pe
riods, diftingu filing thofeimport
ed from British America, and
those from the United States of
America.’’
* The being put on the
firft motion :
The Earl of Camdcn, in al
lufionto what had traufpired on
the fubjed of a former evening,
observed he had Ilated that coun
ter orders had been lent on to
th: Governors. The orders
which were lent relative to tire
conduce of the Governors, n.-
fpeding the fubjed in queltion,
we e precif-ly to the fame pur
pose, during the last war. B.
the Ad: of the cS h of the King,
he observed, all goods and com
ma ikies wrre prohibited from
being imported into the Br;t lh
Weft-Indii Iflmi* fro n the U
mteJ Scares of America, with
tne exception of certain articles,
as provisions and lumber, in
cases ot ncct-fiicy of these the
refpedive Governors were gene
rally co. fticuted the judges
L'hey were :o act upon taeu
relponfibiiity with refped to the
admilfioa oi theie arciclcs, and
bil s oi indemnity were pafieo,
when they had acted contrary to
the law, The Noble Earl ad
verted to the exteniive nature 01
the information caii-d lor , tqc
nmD r ietr cf accompanying th-ffe
documents with o'hers which
vere necessary for the full iHu
ilration ofth- fubjefl, and which,
in this very advanced period of
the feflion, it would be imprac
ticable to produce. He there
fore submitted to the Noble Bt
on, the propriety of withdraw
ing his morion for the present;
nr, in case he perfi.led, he sh auid
tnink it his duty to move the
order of the day up in them.
Lord Holland explained.a
E.ork Hav ftcsßoa y's opjt-£t'-
ons were not so much againlt
producing the required inicrma
tion, as producing that alone,
v/hich should produce a fallepre
judice upon the fubjeCt, and
would by n) means put the
idoufe in full pofleffim of the
case. Under that convnflipn,
mmifters would feel it their duty
a!fo to move for a number of
additional documents. With
refpetfl to what was said of the
rellriblions upon the trade in
question, he had to obffrve, that
there were many representations
made, from refpc£table and im
portant quarters, of a direct con
trary tenuency to thofc alluded
to by the Noble Baron, and
lous adduced that government,
lntlead of uripofing unneccffaiy
reltrictions, were, in fabt, too in
dulgent with rvfpeCt to that
parLofthe trade or the Un ted
-States, to rhe gr*at detriment of
the Briiiih merchants ; their
Lordfh.ps would, therefore, fee
the prop irty yth propole 1 ad-
Jit:o ai documents, in order to
afford parliament and the puo
iic a 1 apportunity to decide and
judge throughly of the mcr.tsof
the question. He admitted the
fobject was one which any Nobis
Lord might airly bring before
parliament, but the advanced
p- : iod of the session rende"ed the
production of the necefihry do
curiv:ntsimpiadticable. He vvc3,
therehire, of opinion with his
l noble friend, it wou'd be prefe
rable 10 pollpone the di!cuffior
to another leffi >n, when all the
informvtion proper to be laid be-,
fore parliament, could be produ
ced. With refpctff to the line
of conduct intended to be p :r
----ued b\ his M jelly’s government
rHarive to the futjed iu question,
it would be regulared by rhtir
convictions of the true interefrs
and character of ih-ir country,
snd a due refpedt lor the prin
ciples ot the Navigation Laws.
With lefpcCt to what was laid of
their vievss in regard to the trade
of America, they would be re
nilated by no fentimenc contra
:y to thofc just and liberal prin
ciples of commercial policy, so
weff understood in ‘he prefenc
day j upon principles, founded
not onh upon the tiue intcrcft
of their own country, but even
with regard ‘o the intmft ami
profperitv of Amer'ca hfrleif.
Earl Stanhope contended that
Miniflers had not been fufficient
]y explicit, particularly with re
iptd to their intended condud
durii g the rec fs. Inllead of
giving a plain answer to the que
ries oc his noole friend, the Se
cretary of State anfwere#d only
by generaiitits. His lorufliip
tnen lpoke in support of Dime of
h s noble fr end’s arguments,
with refried to the great impor
tance of a good u deirtlanding
between America and this coun
try, whole example the latter
.ought to follow wich refped to
her fine of the internal and ex
ternal policy.
The Duke of Montrose replied,
j with considerable fpiri-, to many
1 of the p Tuiors advanced by the
Noble FUri wholpokc last, wnofc
warmth of expreUion, he luppo
le;i, might a rile fr m the warmth
of the preicht ieafon, a period in
which ne generally thought pro
per to attend his ou y in that
noule. He com nded t at his
.\obic Friends hal be n fuffici
-rntiy explicit ; the orders given,
hey ilated, hid beei the l\me
as duiiag the • last war ; and thr;
i.ne of condud would be p.efer
cd in. He conceived that eve
y country had & right to :e_u
iatetue trade Jof its own co.w-