No. 7. On the necessity of a vigorous prosecution of the war, as the only security the power, liberties, and independence of this country can be preserved...... The means by which the war may be pursued, so as to consolidate our security.... Abstract of the act for enlarging the term, and altering the powers of several acts, for the Observations on the conduct of the late ministry towards our allies.................... Juba's letter on the patriotism and quackery of "All the Talents." Remarks on a pamphlet, entitled Thoughts on the Catholic question.". Admiral Berkeley's order for searching the American frigate, Chesapeake..... Proclamation of the president of the United States, interdicting the admission of British armed vessels into the harbours of the United States, and prohibiting the citizens from afford- Note of Mr. Canning, secretary of state for foreign affairs, to prince Stahremberg, the Austrian ambassador, accepting, in his majesty's name, of the proffered mediation of the The new constitution of the duchy of Warsaw....... No. 8. The king's message to both Houses of Parliament, with remarks thereon, and a retro- No. 9. Historical Digest of foreign affairs-State of modern France.......... Reflections upon the treaties of Tilsit, and upon the present relative political powers of the Remarks on the report of the Committee of the House of Commons on West India affairs, shewing that the islands may be supplied from the British settlements in North America....... 168 Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, on the commercial state of the West India colonies, ordered to be printed, Aug. 8, 1807......... The Tyrant's speech to the deputies of the French legislative body, &c. Aug. 17........... 175 Spirited answer of the Prussian court to the Austrian offer of Mediation......... ... No. 10. Of the policy suited to the exigencies of the Times............................ Historical Digest of foreign affairs-Defence of the expedition against Denmark -The conduct of our government contrasted with that of the tyrant, in the subversion of the Proclamation of the king of Denmark, declaring war against England, Aug. 16 ..... Proclamation issued, August 16, at Zealand, by adiniral Gambier and lord Cathcart, explanatory of the motives of the British government in demanding the temporary deposit, of the Danish navy............................................. Addresses of the French legislative body and tribunate to the tyrant, on the 24th of August... 200 Report of Cretet, the French minister of the interiour, on the state of the French empire, Order of council for preventing vessels from clearing out for any of the ports of Denmark, and for laying a general embargo on Danish vessels, Sept. 2........ Note from the Swedish minister to Mr. Canning, announcing the blockade of the rivers Peene and Oder, and all the ports of Swedish Pomerania, by the navil forces of his The king of Denmark's circular notice to the duchy of Holstein, for the sizure of English No. 12. Reflections upon the evacuation of South America-its causes ani consequences... 209 Thoughts on the impending fate of Portugal, and the policy which weshould pursue in order to secure the Portuguese navy, and to assist the removal of the cour to Brazil......... 216 General Whitelocke's disgusting official dispatch of the plan of his attackof Buenos Ayres, Declaration of the court of Denmark against England.......... 234 No. 13. Historical Digest of foreign affairs-The capture of the Danish fleet, its causes and probable consequences....... Page Further considerations relative to Portugal, and an historical sketch of the perilous condition of that country in 1762....... 246 Thoughts on West-India affairs, and on the influence of fanatic preachers there............... 250 Official account of lieut. col. com. John Greyhairs, of the sporting expedition to the neighbourhood of Ipswich.......... Ode on the genius of Britain...... Letter from a planter in Jamaica, stating the distresses of that island..... Letter from the same quarter by a methodist, who signs himself Veritas, exhibiting the groans of the saints, and enclosing a judicious act of the legislature of Jamaica, to prevent methodistical vagabonds from preaching without being duly qualified by law.......... Admiral Gambier's order for the blockade of Stralsund..... Official details of the operations before Copenhagen, and lord Cathcart's journal................ 251 253 254 257 ..... 261 269 No. 14. Historical Digest of foreign affairs-Stedfast perseverance of the king of Sweden in the public cause-Fallen and pitcous condition of the king of Prussia--politics of Austria, and of Russia....... Refutation of the arguments contained in a pamplet, entitled, "Observations on the pre- Obervations on the Dutch decree again-t British commerce........ * 296 Address from the commission of the new government of Wars to the citizens............ 504 No. 16. Historical Digest of foreign affairs-Thoughts ou the Prussian exclusion of our commerce, and on the necessity of the immediate cultivation our waste and common lands, to supply the deficit in the importation froin the Baltic; and on the p:priety of paying greater attention to our fisheries... Prussian affairs. Politics of Russia..................................................................................................................................... Danish orders respecting the conduct to be observed, during the present war, relative to Prussian proclamation against British commerce.............. 305 311 313 316 ......... 312 No. 17. Considerations on our dispute with America, and a copy of admiral Berkeley's promise of pardon to deserters on their rejoining their ships.......... 320 321 Letter from an anonymous correspondent, on the views of Russia.................................. 325 Anpcdotes of the late Mr. Pitt......... ...... Turkish proclamation on the late revolution at Constantinople............... Decree of the emperor Alexand r, respecting the ingress and egress of foreigners........... $33 ibid. No. 1S. Further considerations on the dispute with America....... His majesty's proclamation, of Oct. 16, for recal.ing and prohibiting seamen from serving foreign princes and states...... Analytic review of a pamphlet, entitled, "The Crisis, by the author of Plain Facts; or, a Review of the conduct of the late ministers.". 339 Of the benevolent internal a 'ministration of lord Wellesley in India.. Amicus to the editor of the Satirist........... No. 20. Historical Diges No. 19. Pacific Observations on the cry for peace in the north of England.............. Poetical address to Britons, by Britannicus.. Further official dispatches from admiral Gambier and lord Cathcart, relative to the expedition against Denmark.. Provisional government of th Observations on the Proceedings of the court-martial, holden in Halifax harbour, for the trial of Jenkin Ratford, for mutiny, desertion, and contempt........ Remarks on general Whitelocke's plan of operations against Buenos Ayres......... Order of his majesty in council, for making reprisals against Denmark... Order of his majesty in council, for general reprisals against the ships, goods, and inhabitants of Tuscany, Naples, Ragusa, the Seven Islands, and all other places in the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, occupied by, or in alliance with, France....... Official note of his majesty's commissioners, lords Holland and Aukland, to the American ministers, previous to the signature of the treaty.. Treaty between Great Britain and America....... No. 21. Further observations on the cry for peace............ Maulius's letter on the retaliatory proclamation of his majesty. No. 22. Publicola's letter against a peace............................................... 299 Analytical review of the Rev. Mr. Brand's refutation of the charge brought against the Marquis Wellesley, on account of his conduct to the Nabob of Oude....... No. 23. Historical Digest of foreign affairs-Afflicting condition of the people of the northern states of the continent-Reforms of the Prussian government-On the cessation of our Turkish dispatch relative to the evacuation of Egypt by the British army....... Proceedings at the court of common council, on Mr. Waithman's motion to rescind the Letter II. of A Payer of Taxes," on the regulation and extension of existing taxes. Miles Britannicus's refutation of the falsehoods, contained in the Spanish merchant's letter, Address to correspondence on some of the causes of the decay of religion. Letter III. of "A Payer of Taxes," on the regulation and extension of existing taxes. Analytical review of Mr. Brand's pamphlet (concluded.) Tyranny and corruption-Extracted from the Shrewsbury Chronicle of Dec. 18. French reply to his majesty's declaration relative to the expedition to Copenhagen (concluded.) 491 His majesty's declaration against Russia, and order of council. Vol. III. N° 1. Saturday, July 4, 1807. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Price 10d. On Friday, the 26th ult. the lord chancellor, in his majestys name, delivered the following speech to both houses of parliament: "My lords and gentlemen,- We have it in command from his majesty to state to you, that having deemed it expedient to recur to the sense of his people, his ma jesty, in conformity to his declared intention, has lost no time in causing the present parliament to be assembled. "His majesty has great satisfaction in acquainting you, that since the events which led to the dissolution of the last parliament, his majesty has received, in nữmerous addresses from his subjects, the warmest assurances of their affectionate attachment to his person and government, and of their firm resolution to support him, in maintaining the just rights of his crown, and the true principles of the constitution; and he commands us to express his entire confidence, that he shall experience, in all your deliberations, a détermination to afford him an equally loyal, zealous, and affectionate support, under all the arduous circumstances of the present time. "We are commanded by his majesty to inform you, that his majesty's endeavours have been most anxiously employed for the purpose of drawing closer the ties by which his majesty is connected with the powers of the continent: of assisting the efforts of those powers against the ambition and oppressions of France; of forming such engagements as may ensure their continued co-operation; and of establishing that mutual confidence and concert, so essential, under any course of events, to the restoration of a solid and permanent peace in Europe. "It would have afforded his majesty the greatest pleasure to have been enabled to inform you, that the mediation undertaken by his majesty for the purpose of preserving peace between his majesty's ally, the emperor of Russia, and the Sublime Port, had proved effectual for that important object; his majesty deeply regrets the failure of that mediation, accompanied as it was by the dissappointment of the efforts of his majesty's squadron in the sea of Marmora, and followed as it has since been by the losses which have been sustained by his gallant troops in Egypt. "His majesty could not but lament the extension of hostilities in any quarter, which should create a diversion in the war so favourable to the views of France; but lamenting it especially in the instance of a power with which his majesty has been so closely connected, and which has been so recently indebted for its protection against the incroachments of France to the signal and successful interposition of his majesty's arms. "His majesty has directed us to acquaint you, that he has thought it right to adopt such measures as might best enable him, in concert with the emperor of Russia, to take advantage of any favourable opportunity for bringing the hostilities in which they are engaged against the Sublime Port, to a conclusion, consistent with his majesty's honour, and the interests of his ally. "Gentlemen of the house of commons,- His majesty has ordered the estimates of the current year to be laid before you, and he relies on the tried loyalty and zeal of his faithful commeas to make such provisions for the public service, as well as for the further application of the sums which were granted in the last parliament, as may appear to be necessary. "And his majesty, bearing constantly in mind the necessity of a careful and eonomical administration of the pecuniary resources of the country, has directed us express his hopes that you will proceed without delay in the pursuit of those iniries, connected with the public economy, which engaged the attention of the last parliament. "My lords and gentlemen,- His majesty commands us to state to you, 'that he deeply impressed with the peculiar importance, at the present moment, of cherish ing a spirit of union and harmony amongst his people: such a spirit will most effectu• ally promote the prosperity of the country at home, give vigour and efficacy to its councils, and its arms abroad; and can alone enable his majesty, under the blessing of providence, to carry on successfully the great contest in which he is engaged, or finally to conduct it to that termination which his majesty's moderation and justice have ever led him to seek a peace; in which the honour and interests of his kingdom can be secure, and in which Europe and the world may hope for independence and repose." In the house of lords, the address was moved by t the earl of Mansfield and se conded by lord Rolle. Lord Fortescue led "all the talents” into action, and moved the following amendment, which, together with the speech delivered in his majesty's name, must be considered as the text of the sentiments of the opposition and of the ministry. "That by a long experience of his majesty's virtues we well know it to be his majesty's invariable wish that all his prerogatives should be exercised solely for the advantage of his people. That our dutiful attachment to his majesty's person and government obliges us therefore most humbly to lay before him the manifest misconduct of his ministers in having advised the dissolution of the late parliament in the midst of its first session, and within a few months after his majesty had been pleased to assemble it for the dispatch of the urgent business of the nation. "That this measure advised by his majesty's ministers at a time when there existed no difference between any of the branches of the legislature, and no sufficient cause for a fresh appeal to his majesty's people, was justified by no public necessity or advantage. That by the interruption of all private business then depending in parliament, it has been productive of great and needless inconvenience and expense, thereby wantonly adding to the heavy burdens which the necessities of the times require. That it has retarded many useful laws for the internal improvement of the kingdom, and for the encouragement and extension of its agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. And that it has either suspended or wholly defeated many most important public measures, and has protracted much of the most weighty business of parliament to a season of the year when its prosecution must be atttended with the greatest public and private inconvenience. And that we feel ourselves bound still further to submit to his majesty, that all these mischiefs are greatly ag gravated by the groundless and injurious pretences on which his majesty's ministers have publicly rested this their evil advice; pretences affording no justification for the measure, but calculated only to excite the most dangerous animosities among his majesty's subjects, at a period when their united efforts were more than ever necessary for the security of the empire; and when to promote the utmost harmony and co-operation amongst them would have been the first object of wise and prudent Ininisters." When we consider what a bustle was excited amongst the adherents of the late ministers previous to the meeting of parliament, and when we re-call to our recollection the circular note of lord Howick, ealling upon those members who had voted with them to support a division which was intended to be made on the meeting of parliament, it is impossible not to feel great surprize at the very weak and inconsiderable ground upon which the leaders of the opposition commenced their attack against the present government. The whole force of their arguments may be compressed into one point, namely, the propriety of the disso tion of the late parlia ment; and out of this simple proposition, they availed themselves of the opportunity usually afforded for a great latitude of discussion at the commencemencement of a session, to travel out of the record, and to make the most extraordinary excursions from the main subject of the debate. These excursions necessarily constrained the ministry and their friends to follow the opposition, but, under this manifest disad vantage, that the arguments of the ministerial party in reply to their adversarie being usually delivered towards the close of a debate, their speeches are not, as was the case I have been informed, of the admirable speeches of lord Eldon and Mr Canning, in the least detailed by the reporters; whereas the opinions of those mem bers who rise earliest in the house are sure to be published wîth exactitude. This i an imperfection in the method of reporting the debates which loudly calls for re dress and, I am persuaded, it would amply repay the reporters for their trouble, HAL |