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f"'r;' > c -iLouiJoii. TsimstMY, FvbriMtry<). LAST- night Paris papers 'arrived to the 1st ulr. and Dutch to the -Sth inst. The iritoiiigeuce from Bcrhn speaks with cuutiaeuce of the preservation of peace between Prussia and France.—A treaty is said to have been signed, bv which Hanover is to remain in the hands or Prussia till the general peace. His Prussian Majesty too, ill, his general orders to his army, states, that he has succeeded in preserving peace; but that it war had taken place, he is conviuced his troops would have shewn themselves worthy of the Prussian name. A Journal printed.in the north of Europe, allud- ing to the reports of giving Austria indemnities ii. the"east, asserts that France has, lately entered into n convention which guarantees the integnty of Turkey, Cardinal Ruffo has been sent on a mission to the Trench Envoy at Home, the object of which is sup- posed to be to stop tire "march oj the French troops to \aplps. TheRussian troops have n'-t evacuated the Neapolitan territories, aud it is said hi an arti- cle from Home, that the English have opposed their re-embarkation, under the pretence that these troops, being in the pay of England,, had no right to obey; any orders but those of the British Com- mandanf." I at Bonaparte hn-" Ueco complimented by the Con- stituted Authorities in the usual strain of flattery and impiety." ,:IIe affects great modesty in, his an- swers. Count Haugwitz's mission is.stated to. be to put the last haud to .the trea,ty between France and Prussia, which not only concerns those tWfjj but all the a overs who have an interest in the fate of the north ot Germany, and the security of the peace of the continent. A letter from Berlin, of the 18th Jaqvary,. states, thatBonaparte intends to make his brother Lucien. King of Spam, Jerome King of Naples, Beauhar- iioisKingofltaiv, Louis King" of Holland, and Mur.itKingofroIand. The late- dispatches from India seem likely to create some bustle in the naval world, as wehen,r Admiral Sir Thomas Trowbridge has made heavy comphintsof the conduct of tie India Captains urider his convoy, for misbehaviour in the attack maqe upon him by the French Admiral Linois, in the Marengo, of 7-i guns.. A better ha.s been received from an officer on board of one of Sir Home Fopham's squadron, dated, Bay.of All Souls, St. Sahadore, 26th Novem- ber,. tSOp,- which states that two of. the ships unfor- tunately had been wrecked, the Britannia East- .Indian)an, having on board a. detachment of troops, and the King George transport, laden with ord- nance stores. A small, brig, called the also missing,; but it is ■supposed she has bore up for some of theVVesc-Inaia islands. The whole of the, persons on board the two ships were saved, except- ing three, one of whorn;s Gen; Yorke. The whole of the. squadron,"with the troops, amounting to up- wards ot 9oOO> were in perfect health, there not being 100 persons on the sick list. Lords Fawkesbury and MuJgrave, the Earls of W"estmorchudand Camden, and Lord CastleF-eagh waited upon hfs Majesty yesterday, and resigned their respective offices. Soon after their Lordships ha 1 retired. Earls Moira and Spencer, Lord Gren- viile, Lord Eilenborough, Lord Sidmouth, Lord Auckland, the Earl of Buckinghamshire, Mr. Fox, Mr. Grey, Lord Henry Petty, Mr. Windham, Lord Minto, and Mr. Vansittart were introduced into the royal presence. Lord Eilenborough resigned the seals ofChancdIor of the Excbequer, which he had hold since tb" death "fMe Llicc, and they wore de- livered to Lord Henry Petty—the seals were also delivered to Earl Spencer and Mr. Windham, as Secretaries of State, and the Privy Seal to Lord Sid- mouth. The .following kissed hands oil their re- spective appointments': •Ear.i SPF.XCER, >c '■ Mr. Wi v o H w, of state. Mr. GVF.Y, First Lord of th« Admiralty. Lord HtNRY PETTY, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sfr.ii)uTit, Privy Se,-Al. A Privy Council was afterwards held, when the followingwere sworn in members, and took their places at the Board accordingly. They likewise had the honour ot kissing hands upon the occasion, viz. Mr. Fox, Earl Moira, Lord Temple, Mr. Grey, I.ord!iawkesbury. Earl Spencer went immerliately to the Secretary It 7 of State's office, in the Treasury, and transacted business during the afternoon. Mr. Grey likewise went to the Admiralty, and took his seat at the Board. In the House of Lords, yesterday, some accounts respecting the reduction of the National Debt, were presented,—Mr. Fox brought up the Auditorship bill, which wits read a first time.—Adjourned. In the House of Corneous several bills, amongst which was the Auditorship bill, passed through their different stages.—New writs were ordered for Suffolk, in the room of Lord Brome, now Marquis Cornwailis, St. Mawes,. Cornwall, in the room of the Right lion. W. Windham, Northumberland, in the room of the Right-Hon. C. Grey, and Caine, in the room of the Right Hon. Lord Henry .Petty. SUPPLEMENTARY. PAPVUS. The documents alluded to by Lord Mnigrave in the House of Peers, on Monday, were on Friday, laid before Parliament, Their contents have been in a great degree anticipated by the treaties of which the public are already in possession.—-The Supplementary Papers consist of the arrangements made between. the months of June and October last, tri.f the allied armies to take the field. They are, the dispatches of Sir A. the Hn- tish Minister at Vienna, to Lord -Mnigrave, and their most arterial points may be comprised in the following skitements—In August, WO.)i the Em- perorof .Germany, agreed to adopt the mode pro- posed by the Emperor of Russia, for a'general pa-' cifieation- but that the language held tp the French .Government would be heightened or lowered in proportion as he may be provided .with.'the subsi- diary means of making good his pretentions, as the finances of the empire were in a shocking state of poverty. In the middle of September, the Elector of Ba- varia soienmly bound himself to join his troops to 1 those of tiie empire: they amounted to '20,000 men, and he ordered a treaty to be signed with the Aus- trian Minister to the above effect; but soon after- tcrwards, he-precipitately left Munich, and ordered his array to follow hin hito Fru.u.ccnia. It was this instance of refined treachery that induced the Em- i peror to march his army towards the Inn, contrary to the regulations which had been entered into for- the campaign. These were, that as the trench ar- mies were known to amount to 598,000 men, and I tie Austrians only to 250,000, it would be neces- sary to procrastinate the commencement of hosti- lities tiilthe Russian forces, amounting altogether; to 11.5:00(1 men, should have joined" the allies; (50,000 of them bpingon theirmareh to Gerrnanv. if war should be inevitable, then the rapid ad- vances of the French into Germany should be op- posed by a general action. It was foreseen, that unless the Austrian armies should not come into the fiald more than 800*000 strong they covdd have little profpectof success; and still less^ if En-iland -would not gr«nt a subsidy, •equal lo thirty mill'ioiis' •<rt" fiorius.—Tut Court of Viea.ru was decidedly lbr pursuing -the war in fCdyy father than., m Germany.: --till the other hand, the" Court of Au.stria was af- terward s stimulated.by.that of to commence hostilities, in order to prevent B n&f. rte. !io:n daily consolidating his power; and his M ie-<> proposed to send his first army by L~u I in c i > In the as- sistance of his ally, while Fa^lana woula not hesi- tate to sacrifice immense St.ius of money to facili- tate the objects, of the eopueueracy. After the mi fortunate .-termination', of the cam- paign, a mem&y on the situation ,$>f affairs was cpm- miihicatgd1>y Count, Stahreinberg,.in which Aus- lriaattribl1 tes Jler ^misfortunes to none of her hopes being realized, relative to the diversions in the North bf-Europej -The; second misfortune of the .<tu.st-rians was, the-violation of.the Prussian-territo-; rv,'which; reduced' them to the alternative offal- ling back, or being surrounded.—The disaster of Aislek is attributed, tu an inconceivable error ot judgment, which,-rendered all the.subsequent mis-. ■ fort u >.)&$"■ inevitable .t hL.e u i nt-ed forces of the French iu Germahy, then exceeding 11O,Q(jO fuef.), while the Au-stro-UHissia^s on the. Iunwere little niore than half the;.nu.Bibsr a nd, to complete- the disap- pointments, the second Russian army was delayed more than n-nmnth by the armaments which the of Berl it): I C. a, to oppose to Jiose of Pe- tersburgh.T.he. cap!uve of A'ienua is attributed to, the contemptible of Freuch to persuade the commanddant, charged with the destruction of the bridges, that a peace bad been signed. FUIOVY, Frb. 7. A' LeevVard Island mail arrived, this morning, and brought; the following intelligence in a letter from Antigua, dated Dec. 1?.— His Majesty's ship:Nimrod.arrived here on the 10th, dispatched by AdmiralCochraneto the dif- ferent Islands, requiring all his Majesty's ships-to join him immediately' to windward of Martinique, the Admiral having received intelligence ofa French squadron, being-expected in these seas. There has been a dispute between the Governor of Grenada and the House of Assembly. The for- mer, in an, address to the latter, on the 28th of October, complains that differences of opinion a- mong the members have had the effect, not only of retarding the public business, but aiso of para- lysing the-existence of the Assembly. The Assem- bly, in their repty, defend themselves against the charge; complain of th.e misrepfesentations and bad advice of some ill-disposed persons, which have induced his Excellency to encroach upon and infringe their .undoubted privileges, and beseech his Excellency that he will be pleased in future to take no notice of any thing that passes in the As- j sembiy, but what comes constitutionally to him through the-U'Snal origin of the House. A gentleman lately returned from Flushing re-i ports.lh.at there are six 74 gun ships nearly ready t to launch at Antwerp; these ships, when ready for sea, will, it is supposed, go to the Tc.xel. A person taken onboard the Impromptu, lately captured by the Bruizer, states, that there are now 25,000 nien encamped ia the vicinity of Boulogne; that the gun-boats in the harbour are as complete- ly manned as they were when the. grand arrnv was on the coast; that there are twelve lugger-priva- teers belonging to Calais and Boulogne, which put to sea every opportunity, and, within these three last months, have taken fifty vessels, English and Swedish. The seamenof the latter vessels are all taken out, and sent into the interior, where they are treated in the same manner as the English, and their cargoes sold, as,-well as the ships. SATURDAY, Febnmry 8, This evening's Gazette con taills the. following ap- pointments:—Lord Sidmuuth to be Keeper of the Privy Seal; Earl Spencer and the Right lIon. W, Windham, to be two of his Majesty's Principat Se- cretaries of State; Lord Aucidand, altd in his ab- sence Earl Temple, to be President of the Commit- tee ot Trade and Foreign Plantations; Lord Erskine to be Lord High Chancellor; the Right lion. C. J. fox, to be one ol his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; Earl Moira to be Ivlaster-Ge- neral- of the Ordnance Cenerat Fite-patrick to be Secretary at war also the appointment of Sir Hen- ry Russell, Krit. to be.Chief Justice; and Sir Wil- liam Burroughs, Bart, to be one of the Puisne. Judges of the Supreme Court of judicature at Fort William in Bengal.. The following gentlemen were sworn in of his is Majesty's Privy Council:—Earl Moira, Earl Tem- ple, Lord H. Petty, the Right HDU. C. (irev, the Right Hon. C. J. Fox, Viscount Morpeth, Lord" John Townsend, Lord Erskine, and the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan. The same, Gazette announces the elevation to a Barony of Mr. Ei-skine, under the title of Baron Erskine, of Restormel Castle, in the county of Cornwall. This Gazctt's aiso contains the following letters to Admiral CornwaJlis :one from Lieut. Nesbit, of the Growler, announcing the capture, on the 28th ult. ofLcVoitigeurtugger privateer, from St. Ma- loes,, piercedtorH guns, and having six nine- pounders and 65 meii.—-Another from Lteut. Swain, of the Attack, states 'the capture of Le Sorcier, from St. MalQes, of 14 guns and 60 men, after a chase of nine■ hours.There is also a return of the vessels captured and detained by the squadron under Lord Collingwood, between the 17th November and January. They consist of 1 French, 2 Danish, 2 Portuguese, i Swedish, 1 Prussian, 1 Sicilian. 1 Ragusan,and TMoorish ship, of difterent burthens. This morning New York papers to the 29th of Decetiiber arrived. The public mind in America seems to be in a state of considerable agitation and ferment. TheTollowing is extracted from the New York papers JSeiv Y(,ii,k. Dec, 23.-1301.h in and out of Con- gress there seoms now to be an unequivocal and I c I strongly marked indignation against the authors of the indignities and injuries offered to our com- merce, whether En gland or others. It is no longer to be doubted that a jealousy has crept into both- the American and British Cabinets respecting com- mercial affairs, and that the two Governments are mutually dissatisfied. Mistress' of the seas, Eng- land would have every flag submit to her terms, and every ship subjected to her will. If any "power should have the dominion of the seas that power is England; but because she possesses a naval supe- riority, her fleets being the most powerful on the globe, is she therefore to dictate to all other mari- time powers and lord it over the world ?—We iiope not—we hope Mr. Jefferson will say it shall not be. —Dai/y,Advertiser. • Letters from Holland, of the 4th, were yesterday received in the city. One of these mentions a re- port, that Bonaparte had demanded of the Kino- of Prussia to shut his ports against the commerce of England; .upon which subject a very serious cor- respondence had taken place between the Courts of Paris and Berlin, the result of which is riot stated. The following bulletin was sent to Lloyd's yes- terdayeve».i;i^>— Admiralty-Office,.Feb 7. "Letters from Falmouth of the-Itii inst. men- tion a report received from the Coipoys schooner, which was for Admiral Cornwailis, that a French squadron had sailed from Brest, and it may be presumed to be that seen by the Canada." Plymouth letters corroborate the account in the bulletin,, and say that letters have been received frorn the Aigle, oft the Black Rocks, stating that on tue SOth uit ghe .lookexl into Drebt, and counted t. there only 6 sailor the. line arid 1 frigate. On the ,3d ult. when sue' looked in 'she countsrd'Tl sail ot the line 4. frigates, and 3 corvettes—of course be- tween the 3d uit and 30th, ft saii of the line, g fri- gaks;"allda corvettes tnust have put to sea. A report having been circulated that the Snap- per had brought accounts of the arrival ofa-French fleet in the West-Indies; the following bulletin was also issued from the Admiralty this morning Admirdlty-Otfiee, Feb. 8. "Neither by the Snapper nor by advices of a later date than she has brought, is there any account of a French squadron in the West Indies.—No confir- mation of a report, of a. squadton having ia-tefy sail- ed from Brest has reached the Admiralty," The London and Reliance passed Dover yester- day from Jamaica, which place they left on the end of November, under convoy of the Diana, with about 40 sail in company, so of them bound to Eu- rope. They parted company with the Diana and twelve sail on the 27th ult. in a heavy gale of wind, and saw no more of them afterwards. In the House of Commons yesterday,, new writs were ordered tor Westminster, Bucks, Mdrpeth, Portsmouth, Tavistock, Okehampton, and Harwich, in the room of different Members of the new Admi- nistration. The inait and pension duty bills. were read a third time a.nd passed.—By an account from the Commissioners for the reduction of tjae: national deot, it appeared, that the stock redeemed- .during the last year, up to Jan. 1806,amonnted.to • !2,972,9131.—A committee was appointed; to try the merits of the. Middlesex election, and the House adjourned till Monday. ■ Monday, Fc6. 10. Our troops are arrived from the Continent. Forty sail of transports with the troops arrived on Saturda/, in Yarmouth roads—they were to have proceeded to the Downs direct, but the wind pre-: vented them. It is supposed they will be landed at Yarmouth. Whit Bonaparte has been doing in the south of Germany, Prussia-seems to be imitating m the north The first dispatches which hava been rt>- ceiyed by the new Ministers from the Continent are said to announce tbe seizure, of Hanover by the Frussian Government. Proclamations were issued on the 5th inst. an- Proclamations were issued on the 5th inst. an- nouncing the intention of his Prussian Majesty'to appropriate the Geravm dominions of his Bri- tdiinfc Majesty to himself; and directing every Constitutional authority, and the body of the peope, immediately to take the oaths of allegiance to tie King of Prussia as their Sovereign! In consequence of these proclamations his Britannic Maj<sty's Arms have been taken down from the Tribuials and Public Offices throughout Hanover; and the several Public Functionaries are prohi- bite*, under the severest penalties, from main-, tainug any correspoli Idence whatever with the Kino of Great Britain, or with his English or Ger- manMiuisters Ccunt Schuienburgh also, demanded of Lord Catfccart' the surrender to the Prussian Govern- men: of all the German recruits enlisted for the German Legion. His Lordship refused, and a warn correspondence is said to have taken place, during which Lord Cathcart embarked the troops on board the transports in the Elbe, The German Legion and British troops were also embarked. Lord Cathcart is reported to have directly and distinctly declared to Count Schulenbourg, that if any' movement was made to detach the newly raised levy from him, that it must be." over his and every British soldier's body in the empire la this gallant resolution he was supported by the countenance of the Swedish and Russian force; which formed a strong cordon, together with ,th. British troops, to protect the embarkation of the German bodyinhis'Majesty's service. It should seeia as if the mission of-Count Haug- witz, to Vienna, had been to obtain Bonaparte's leave for Prussia to appropriate llanovcr to her- self—i ]><>rmiv ion, piubably, obtained by the- ces- sion oJ Anspach anu iJayreuth. It i^ i'll tli ,t .'lr. Fox has already sent dis- patches 10 <iH our Mm-isiers at Foreign Courts, an- nouncing the change in our Ministry, and adding that his wnxti is to restore peace to all Europe. If r report be true, if is Mr. Fox's intention to make peace with France, leaving, the Boulogne flotilla, as it ilow is proposes to guard against the dangers of its existence, by compeUing every man in this country capable oi bearing arms, to learn the use of thi^n.. The whole of our male popula- tion of this desrniption is to be enrolled, called out occasionally in divisions, and ready on any sud- den "emergency to take the field.— Courier. Paris papers. have arrived to the 3d, and Dutch to the 7th. They have brought Bonaparte's Pro- clamation to his army to march against Naples. It was issued on the day of the signature of the Peace of Presburgh. In this- ferocious proclama- tion, Bonaparte talks of his having done every r.hing in his power to save the King of Naples-Si his having behaved with generosity—of his having- pardoned hini—he characterises the Court of N a- ples as a Court without truth, honour, or ■common sense—declares that the Neapolitan Dynasty has ceased to reign, and that its cxisten,ce i; incompa- tible with the repose of Europe, and the honour of his Crown. t His Siciiiam Majesty seems determined not to give up his territories without a struggle. He has summoned all his Barons to bring as many men into the field as possible.-Th.e English troops have declared their determination to defend his several fortresses to the last. Dispatches have been received from Lord Gcjl- lingwood, whose fleet, divided into. two detach- ments, was cruizing off Cadiz and Carthagena. The four Spanish prizes were refitting to be sejit home. I The Nile lugger has arrived with dispatches from off Rochefort. She looked into that port and saw the Ro.chefort.squadron repairing the damages it had receiyed'in its .'long cruize. Another squadron has got into Rochefort, supposed to be one of those which escaped from Brest. Under the idea that the Cape of Good Hope may be by this time in our possession, Govern- ment have ordered' three transports, the Prince George, Thomas and Mary and Hunter, to pro- ceed to the Cape immediately with provisions. The St. Vincent's Gazette of the 24.;h of Decem- ber says Advice has .been received here, tha.t a. force of three sail of the line and. nine frigates, with 5000 troops, are momentarily expected at Martinique from Rochelle, Rochfort, and L'Orient;' in consequence of which every precaution has been taken here." A must, formidable conspiracy among the ne- groes in Trinidad, has .lately been happily dis- covered and prevented. A letter from this island, of Dec 18, gives the following particulars :-— "A plot to extend the; scenes of St. Domingo, has been providentally discovered, and martial law was proclaimed again on the 14th inst. It appears that, under the pretence of farming Ham-, boulas, different regiments of slaves had been se- cretly organized; Kings, Generals, Staff-officers, Judges, &c. were appointed: the,most horrid oaths .taken; and Christmas eve fixed fa^- the execution of the plan. One of their meetings was to have been held in Carenage Bay, in a place which the llegroes had secretly cleared. They, would have sallied forth at midnight; passed-La Chancelleries Bochards, and Odiberts, set fire to all-the planta- tions hi that neighbourhood, and exterminated an the whites. While this was doing in that quarter, the town was to have been fired, and the same as- sassinations have been committed. The like scenes were to have been perpetrated at St. Joseph's, and in every other part of the island at the same hour. Thank God- thetr black M^jesties,with their Offi- cers and-Nobility, are arrested, and the criminals are to. be tried before the Governor and Council, and executed under their sentence. The trials, commence, to-morrow. We are all on the alert, and sleep with our windows barricadoed, pistols loaded, ajid horses saddled. Guards are posted round the town, and great vigi lance ordered." The following affords still later particulars, in a letter from a gentleman high in office there, to his friend here, dated December 19, of which the fol- lowing is. all extract We had nearly experienced a rebellion of the Negroes here, and a general massacre of the Whites which, had it taken place, would have in- volved all the windward islands in general devas- tation. The. explosion of such a volcano here, as well as at St. Domingo, Would have completely overwhelmed not only the British, but all the other colonies. We have arrested several free Negroes from St. Domingo, who were banished but suffered to return. One of the. Kings or Em- perors,.a negro slave of Shand's estate, has this day. been executed in the Square in town. '1'0- morrow six others of the Royal Dynastv take their leave of this world and the severest "scrutiny is making into the views and objects of these nefa- rious conspirators. Colonel John Gloster disco- vered the plot, in the valley where he is command- ant, and made immediate communication of it to the Governor, who sent a strong detachment of regulars iii the dead of the night, and took all the conspirators into custody. Their uniforms and standards were' found concealed. The Council has had a. permanent sitting tor eight days. Mr. Begorrat has singularly distinguished himself by his great activity, labour, and talents and the un- wearied solicitude and precautions of our excellent Governor Flelop, are above all praise. The project of the scoundrels was to get possession of all the white me&, and grind them in Mr. Rand's new Windmill, and they were to cast lots for the white ladies. The plans of these monsters have fortu- nately been completely frustrated, and no injurious coilsequeilces ai-v now apprehended," ■-TUESDAY, Feb. 11. The Gazette of this evening announces the ap- pointment of Lord Grcnville, Lord H. Petty, Vis- count AithOrp, the Right Hon. W. Wickliam, and John Conrtchay, Esq. to be Commissioners for executing the office of Treasurer of his Majesty's Exchequer; Lord H, Petty, to be Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer; the Right Hon. C.. Grey, Sir Philip Stephens, Bart. John Markham, Esq. Rear Admiral of the White, Sir' C. M. Pole, Bart. Admiral of the Blue, Sir Harry Neale,.Bart. Lord William Russel, and Lord Ken- sington, to compose the Board of Admiralty Ba- ron Minto, Earl Spencer, the Right Hon. W. Wind-, ham, C. J. Fox, Lord Grenville, Lord II. Petty, Vis- count Morpeth, the Right Hon. J. II. Addington, and J. Sullivan, to be Commissioners for the ma- nagement of ..the Affairs of India; the Earl of Car- narvon, to be Master of the Horse. • The King has also been pleased to appoint James Green, Esq. to be his Majesty's Consul- General in all the dominions of the Emperor of Morocco. The Prince of Wales has been pleased to an- point William Adam, Esq. to be Chancellor and Keeper of his Royal Highuess's Great Seal, in the room of Lord Chancellor Erskine; also William Garrow, Esq. to be his. Royal Highness's Attorney General, in the room of William Adam, Esq. I The Gazette contains a letter from Lord Gard- ner, stating the capture of the Prince Mural pri- .vateer, of eighteen guns and one hundred and twenty-seven men, by the Druid, Captain Broke. The privateer hftd been out five days from L'Orient '.and had not made any captures. Some more Paris papers have been received, but not of a later date. The army destined to act against Naples, is to be cbmnranded. by Massena, acting under the authority of Joseph Bonaparte, who has passed through Alexandria on his way to the Neapolitan frontiers. A letter from Stutgard' of the 26th ult. states, that on the accomplishment of M. Ilaugwitz's mis- sion to Paris, the Electomte of Hanover was to be incorporated with the Prussian territories; in re- turn for which the King of Prussia was to cede a great part of his possessions in Westphalia, which were to be given as indemnities to other Princes. It is added, that no doubt is entertained of a good understanding. between Russia and France being speedily re-established, through the mediation of the King of Prussia. The King of Sweden, says the same article, continues to refuse his assent, to the-,arrangements entered into relative to Hanover. The Russian corps under Generals Kutusow and Buxhowdcn, continued in Prussian Silesia at the date of theiast accounts from thence; the state of the weather and roads notadmitting oftbeir niarch to Podolia and-the Turkish frontiers, whither, it appears, they are for the greater part ordered to proceed. j Prince Kurakin is to succeed the late Count Wo- roiizow, as Chancellor of the Russian Empire; and, it is added, that Count Marcow is to succeed Count Woronzow as Russian Minister to this Court. The Russian troops, should they retire from Ha- nover before the spring, are to remain in the Meck- lenbulrgh country, until the navigation of the Bal- tic is again iopen._ Some letters from Helland, of a late date, men- tion that- the squadron whithlatdy sailed from Brest, under Jerome Bonapaf^s, 13"destined to the East In lies A co v*. ition,^tis stated, was concluded at Ber- lijj; on the 3d. of January, between Prussia, and France, in which the former.is said to to the various stipulations in the Treaty of Pres- burg, and to the arrangements connected with it. This convention, itis added, was ratified by Bona- parte, during his residence at Munich. General Bellegarde is to go as Austrian Aiitbas- sadbr to St. Petersburgh. • It is believed on the eontinentthat Talleyrand will be created a Prince, and Arch-Chancellor of Statp. I According to arrangements between Bonaparte and the fietv Kings of Bavaria and Wirtemburg, and the Elector of- Baden, 15,000 French troops are to remain in Bavaria, and are to be paid and sup-. ported. b\t.hatGove!'nfnent; 6000 in Wirtemburs;, i and 4000 in Bad en.. The accounts of a French fleet having arrived ui. theWestIndies is discredited as excepting the! Rochtbrt squadron, long since returned into port, | there was not;any Freueii squadron at sea at. the date ofthe: last letters from Thtrbadoes, &c. an-! nounc.ing the expected arrival of an enemy's force in those seas. Tlie'firfet division which sailed from Brest was chased off the Cariary, Islands on the 25th December, and of course could hot have ar- rived in the West Indies previous to the sailing of the Snapper, which took her departure from Anti- gua;on the y!otb December. ices ii tfre West Indies, received yester- day, state the melanchoiy circumstance of Lieute- nant General Beckwith's death in the Leeward is-* lands. This occasions a vacancy in the govern- I msnt of St. Vi,acei) t, The Gibraltar papers, to the 28th December, contain an account of the capture of a convoy, by adivisionoftheBrehtfiect. The convoy had on board the Queen's, 13th, and 54th regiments, and were all taken, except the Sirius and two trans- ports. A transport, on board of which was Capt. Se.rie,-of. the.13th, parted in the night from the ..French force, and the next day fell in with the Brilliant frigate. Difrerent accounts are given as to the force of the enemy, An extensive promotion of Post Capt::ins and Commanders has taken place—amongst the former, are Captains Ramsay, Vaugban, T. Campbell, Bur- rowes, Littoe, Cartaret, two Hancocks, Staines, M'Leod, Duff, Crofton, Curtis, Green, Sykes, Car- den, Jones, Onniianey, Worth, Duncan, Neye, and about twenty pthers.—The Lieutenants, who have been made Commanders, amount to nearly se- venty. Saturday last, in the Court of King's Bench, a motion of thanks was proposed and voted unani- mously to Lord Erskine, expressing the regret of the Bar at losing him,and congratulating his Lord- ship on his elevation. His Lordship returned aa answer expressive of .his grateful emotions. Yesterday a cabinet council was heid at Mr. Fox's office, in Downing-street, which sat upwards of two hours. Lord Eilenborough was not present, but waited upon Mr. Fox after it was over. General the Hon. George Wa-lpole is to be under Secretary of State in the Foreign Department, in the room of Mr. Hammond, who retires. h Mr. Crjovey is to be Secretary to the Board of Controul. Mi-. Marsden continues as Principal Secretary to the Admiralty; aud Mr. Tucker returns to his for- mer situation of Sec'o'i'id Secretary. Col. M'Mahon is appointed Chief Store-keeper of, the Ordnance, vice Mr. Singleton, son-in-law of the late Marquis Cornwailis. J. Calcratt, Esq. j s to be Clerk of the Ordnance, in the room ol the Hon. Welleshy Pole. It is said that Lord St. Vincent is to have a very extensive naval command, including the whole Eu- ropean seas. The Marquis of Hertford, Lord Dartmouth, and Lord Stopford, are s tid to have resigned their se- veral situations, the first as Master of the Horse to the King, the second as Lord Steward, and the latter as Treasurer of his Majesty's Household. The ribband, vacant by the death of the Marquis Cornwailis, it is added, is to be given to the Mar- quis of Stafford. In the House of Lords yesterday, Lord Erskine was introduced between Lord Holland and E-arl ThtIoira; and after the usual baths,, took his seat. Flis Lordship took his "seat on the Woolsack, ad- journed to unrobe, and on his return, entered ou ] the business of his high office. The land and malt duty bills went through a committee. A malt duty bills went through a committee. A person from the commissioners of the customs i presented at the bar an account of the bounties paid for the importation of fish into the markets ot London and Westminster. Also an account of the northern light-houses; and an account of the number of vessels employed in the Whale Fishery; j In the House -of Commons, Mr. Corry brought 1 up the report of the Middlesex Election Commit- tee. It appeared that two votes given for Sir Francis Burdett had been disallowed by the Committee, which left a majority of one in favour of Mr. Main- waring.—The committee accordingly came to the following., resolutions :—That Sir Francis Burdett, Bart, was not duly elected, and ought not to have been returned. That G. B Mainwaring, Esq, was duly elected, and .oughi- to have been returned. That the petition of the said. G. B. Mainwaring, .Esq. was not frivolous or vexatious. The deputy ,n clerk .of the crown was then ordered to attend, to amend. the return, by erasing the name of Sir Francis Bcrdett, Bart, and inserting the name of George Bolton Mainwaring, Esq. New writs were ordered fbr the Borough of Newark, iii tli-ie room of Sir C, M. Pole, Bart.; for iavistock, in the room of Lord It. Spencerfor Ryegatc, ir, the room ofthe J. Somcrs Cocks, nov/ Lord Somers and for Surrey, in the room of Lord Willmm Russell. Mr..Whsthreaci brought in a biil to indemnify j-p- hotter, and all persons employed in the Navy v ay Office, under Lord Melville, from being liable to any civil process, in consequence of any evi- dence they should give against Lord Melville, which was read a first and second time. He prefaced his motion with observing that the bill passed for this purpose in the last session*, did Dot afford suffi- cient protection to the witnesses. Mr. Trotter had attended several times for examination, but came fortified with the opinion of many of the most emi- nent persons in the profession of the law, whocoa- ,sidcred that he was warranted in refusing to answer questions, whpre his own answers migllt be addu- ced as evidfence against him in a civi'iaci,loti, and it was a matter of the first importance that every doubt should be removed, For this purpose, he had introduced a clause in the bill last Session, to exempt the witnesses from civil actions in conse- quence of the evidence they might give. This clause was, however, rejected in the House of ri 0 Lords, and a question was submitted to the Judges, whether, in common cases, a witness could demur to answering questions, for tear'of rendering him- self liable to civil suit? The Judges had not, as yet, been called upon for their answer. It was, there- fore, a matter of great doubt, how the law now stood upon tnis point, but it. was a most serious in- convenience, that it should be so doubtful, that witnesses conceived themselves jus tified in refusing to answer. The evidence of Mr. Trotter was most indispensably necessary, and although it might ap- pear as if the Committee had already had sufficient time to examine all their witnesses, he could as- sure. the House, that although every possible exer- tion had been made by them, and that they had not remitted in their efforts for a single (hy. front the time they were first appointed, yet the written documents they were obliged to consult were$<3t voluminous, and the witnesses so numerous, that 4 good deal still r( inained to be done. Sonie of iiic;" witnesses were brought from the most northRrH, part of-the kingdom, and some of .them still refused to give their evidence, on the same ground as Mr, i Trotter.. lie thought it necessa.ry now to inform the House, that the Committee had obtained such evidence during the recess, as would make it ne" cessary for them to present a special report to the House; and he should move for leave to bring iiA an additional article of impeachment against Lord Melville, which should be grounded on that report The report was in great forwardness, and nearly ready to be printed. He thought it was better noW to give notice of the intention of the Committee, in order that there might not be the least appearance of taking the-House by surprize. As to the mea- sure he had now to propose, it was necessary that no time should be lost, but that the examination of the witnesses skould be finished early in the session, Mr. Vansittart, in the comriiittee of ways and means, moved a resolution, for the purpose of rais- ing the sum of five millions by Exchequer bills, They were to he made payable at the end of four months, and tVoukl be discharged either from the loan, the war taxes, or the regular supplies, or else they might be replaced by Exchequer bills to ths same amount, as the House might think proper, af- ter full consideration, v -J!'• Vansittart then moved for an account of thp.' produce of the permanent and "war t:>xes, irmi ti.p lith of Jan. )HU5, to the 5th of J nuarv, l.JJQtL fingui^hlng th'e-qu-i.rtrs.-ivldjoumpd,