tion prevented? How came France to effect it? Where was your lordship, and where were all your able negotiators? That the Emperor Alexander was well disposed towards us, and towards the cause of us and our allies is evident from the notes of M. Kalitschef (See Register, Vol. I. p. 73.) respecting the dominions of the King of Sardinia. In fact, up to the very moment of the signature of the Preliminaries of Downing-street, Russia was not only willing, but desirous to act in concert with us, for the purpose of making such a settlement as should preserve the Continent from the fangs of France. Every means in the power of your lordship, your colleagues, and your negotiator, had been used to damp the " intemperate ardour" of the young Emperor, to prevent him from taking any step that might deprive you of the means of obtaining for us THE BLESSINGS OF PEACE: but, till he actually saw the preliminaries of peace, till he had proof possitive of our resolution to leave the Continent to the mercy of France, he never listened to the offers of Buonaparté. To the peace, therefore, we owe not only the loss to ourselves of this most powerful friend, but the addition of his power to that of our enemy; to the peace, and to the peace alone, we owe the new division of Germany, and, as a consequence of it, the almost total impossibility of ever again deriving any support or assistance from the Continent. Such, my lord, is the change, which these six months of "feverish repose" have produced in our position, naval, military, domestic, and foreign: such are the disadvantages, under which we must again have recourse to arms, unless we prefer absolute submission to the enemy: such have already been the consequences of a peace, which you and your colleagues termed bonourable and glorious, and for the conclusion of which you bade us return thanks to the Almighty!!! I have the honour to be, &c. &c. London, 14 Nov. 1802. WM. COBBETT. READING BALL ON THE PEACE. We have received the following letter, by post, we know not from whom; but, as the writer appears very much in earnest, we have given it insertion. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,-Whether your correspondent, who signs himself J. Tietenser, be a real personage or not, I am a little puzzled to determine, for I certainly do remember such a name at Reading, though I rather be lieve it was differently spelt. Of one thing, however, I am certain, that he was not at the ball. Mr. Addington assuredly did say, that he was an instrument in the hands of Providence to obtain the blessings of peace. You have in your own person, Sir, indirectly passed a very severe censure upon the phrase, and I should agree with you, if I had understood it as you appear to do. But I confess it appeared to me, delivered as it was with almost a funeral solemnity, to be no more than a pious submission to the Supreme will, clearly manifested in the present situation of the country: I thought that the minister was meritoriously imitating the patience of Job, in referring all as blessing to him who takes away as well as gives. I do not know whether this sentence, which is used in our burial service, formed a part of the "Anthem on the "Peace," with which, instead of a song, Mr. Addington was entertained after dinner, at the house of a gentleman in this neighbourhood. At any rate it is probable, that the religious impressions made by this singular, but laudable, mode of entertainment, suggested the phrase in ques tion. Mr. Tietenser possibly may have heard both stories of Mr. Addington's reception at Bisham Abbey, the house of the worthy member for the county, as well as at Reading, and, not being very accurate himself, may suppose the person who gave an account of the latter to have confounded them both together. I cannot conceive, however, what he saw in this that was "ludicrous." There has been, in my judgment, too much joke besides on this occasion. Grave subjects (and I know not any more so than the dispensations of Providence in this peace) ought to be treated with becoming gravity. Whitehall, Nov 10, 1802.1 N. V*... We do not know to whom we are to attribute the favour of the preceding letter, but the writer certainly seems to be well acquainted with the subject. Of the new circumstance, which he mentions, we can ourselves confirm the truth; that an anthem on the peace was really selected, instead of a prophane song, to entertain the pious Mr. Addington after dinner. Light, however, and trifling as is the whole story of the minister's late progress into Berkshire to snuff up the incense of his Secretary's family and friends, of his own cavalry corps, and his Reading neighbours, of "dancing misses and negus-swigging fidlers;" much as we are provoked to laughter by his solemn lamentation over his removal from Woodley to Richmond Park; yet we do feel with our correspondent, that there is much more to occasion ADDINGTON AND HAWKESBURY. An excellent new Ballad to the tune of "Widow "Saunderson." Did you ever hear Addington? Did you ever hear Addington, O? O he is a solemn fellow! If his treaty distresses you. O he is a blessed fellow, &c. Do the people feel shame of it, Do the people feel shame of it O! O he is a modest fellow, &c. Give up all for security, Hey Sir, ho Sir, Give up all for security O! O he is a prudent fellow, &c. And if still you are driven, Sir O! O he is an honest fellow, &c. very grave reflections indeed. Let the people of this country look back to the date of these follies; let them look also to the date of shose events, which have forced even our pacific cabinet into a new tone and attitude of hostility; and then let them think, what must be the frivolity of that mind, on which, should another war ensue, their very existence may depend. Neither can we forbear again more directly, since the fact is now established, to mark with the most serious reprehension that affront offered to the Omniscient in magnifying his bounty for the blessings of a peace, which he who, to round a sentence, affected this criminal piety, admitted at the first moment, not to be glorious, and had since discovered not to be safe. Whk these few remarks, we hope not too grave, for our ject for ever VW part shall dismiss the sub THREE Hey Sir, ho Sir, In Paris victorious, O! Once he long'd to be glorious: O he is a glorious fellow, &c. Now the pacificator, Sir, Hey Sir, ho Sir, He now is a solid fellow, &c. He would have the day noted, Sir, Hey Sir, ho Sir, He would have the day noted Sir, 0! He would have the day noted, Sir, When thanks the House voted, Sir, O he'll be a noted fellow, &c. 'Twas the fifth of November, Sir, Hey Sir, ho Sir, 'Twas the fifth of November, Sir, O! 'Twas the fifth of November, Sir, So remember, remember, Sir, O he'll be a flaming fellow, &c. We believe the writer alludes here to the name of the gentleman at Paris, through whom the principal part of the negotiation passed. He is familiarly known upon London 'Change by the name of Merry Andrew-EDITOR. We thought our correspondent wrong; but on turning to the newspapers of the fifth, we find that the address was not voted till near one in that morning. This we presume to be our col respondent's allusion.-EDITOR. Then sing Mr. Addington, Then sing Mr. Addington, O! O he is a famous fellow, &c. And sing, too, Lord Hawkesbury, OI He, too, was a famous fellow, &c. PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.* Tuesday, November, 16. HOUSE OF LORDS.-This day, being the day appointed by Royal Proclamation for the meeting of the new Parliament, it was opened by Commission, by the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Duke of Portland.-Adjourned till next day. pro HOUSE OF COMMONS-The House ceeded, according to instruction, to the choice of a SPEAKER. The Right Hon. Sir Wm. Scott, at the close of a short speech, moved "That the Right Hon. Charles "Abbott be again called to the chair of "this House," which was seconded by Mr. H. Lascelles. The choice was unanimous. Mr.Abbott then returned thanks to the House. An eulogy on Mr. Abbott was then pronounced by Lord Castlereagh; after which the House adjourned till next day.-About 300 members were present. Wednesday, November 17. HOUSE OF LORDS.-The Speaker of the House of Commons was received and approved of by Commission.-Lord Keith (made a peer of the United Kingdom) was introduced, and took his seat.-Several lords were sworn in.-Adjourned till next day. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-The Speaker and several members were sworn in.-Adjourned till next day. Thursday, November 18. PUBLIC PAPERS. Decree of Mederic-Louis-Elie Moreau de Saint Mery, issued at Parma, October 23, 1802. In the name of the French Republic.—MedericLouis-Elie Moreau Saiat Mery, Counsellor of State, Administrator-General of the States of Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, &c. A Convention concluded between France and Spain, the 21st March, 1801, places at the disposal of France the States of the Infant Duke of Parma, and death having carried off that Prince upon the 9th of October, 1802, the First Consul has decided, that from this moment the exercise of the Sovereignty is transferred by just right to the French Republic, and he has in consequence cast his eyes upon us, and declared us Administrator-General of these States. We have in consequence decreed as follows;-I. Reckoning from the 9th October all the rights and powers attached to the sovereignty in the said States of Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, &c. belong and remain to the French Republic.-II. The Provisional Regency established the same day, that his Royal Highness the Infant Duke of Parma had ceased to live, is suppressed.-III. All the Functionaries of the old government shall continue provisionally, and until a new order express their functions.-IV. The Public Acts, whatever their nature, shall be made out in the name of the French Republic, and shall bear a double date, viz. that of the Calendar of this Republic and that of the old Calendar.-V. No Act of Public Administration or Legis ation shall have any validity, unless it emanates directly from us, or is cloathed with our approbation.— VI. We enjoin all the Public Functionaries, without exception, under their responsibility, to increase their zeal and activity, to labour conjointly with us to maintain good order and public tranquillity, to secure the triumph of justice, without which there is no society, and to preserve among a people, worthy of all our cares, the respect which it owes to its Magistrates, as also the sentiment of happiness to be governed by France. VII, The present decree shall be printed, published, and posted up in the usual places, and enre gistered in the different offices through the whole extent of the States of Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, &c. in order that it may be known by every body, and that all may conform to it in every respect, &c. &c.-Parma, Oct. 23, 1802. (Signed) Moreau Saint Mery. Note addressed, on the 26th of October, by the Diet of Schwitz to General Ney. The President of the Confederated Cantons Both Houses were employed swearing in having been required, on the part of General Ney, new members. Foreseeing, that an account of the Proceedings in Parliament, such as we gave in our last vo lume, will take from the Weekly Number too large a portion of that space, which we shall want for other matter, we propose to confine ourselves to a mere narrative of the business brought forward, and of the nature, the progress, and result of the divers discussions, reserving for the SUPPLEMENT to the Volume, an ample report of every important debate. by his Adjutant, M. Bechet, to declare whether the Diet would accept the proclamation of the First Consul of the French Republic, the Diet have the honour to observe to the General, that already on the 15th of this month, they had taken the resolution of delivering up their powers into the hands of their constituents as soon as the French troops should enter Switzerland, having never entertained the design of opposing them by. force of arms. Now that the Diet is positively informed that the Cities of Basle and Berne are occupied by French troops, it no longer delays to dissolve itself; at the same time, they seize this opponunity of declaring to the General, that con formably to the instructions they have received from their constituents, which they consider themselves obliged to conform to, they cannot regard the Helvetic government as established, nor alienate the sacred right which their nation possesses, of forming a Constitution for itself, a right which they inherited from their ancestors, and which was confirmed to them by the treaty of Luneville: but, on the contrary, are firmly convinced that the Swiss will never recover their tranquillity and their happiness, but in the exereise of that right. They pray that the General will place before the eyes of the First Consul, this just demand, which is not only the expressions of the sentiments of the Diet, but of all Swiss who wish well to their country,-In the name of the Diet, Alors Reding. Royal Patent Ordinance relative to the оссираtion of the Bishopric of Osnaburgb, has been published in that Bishopric: it is dated Hanover, Nov. 4, 1802. in which they were before the war. As, there more; it was forced to dissolve itself on the 28th "The members of the Diet return their powers to the hands of their Constituents, having been checked in their proceedings by a foreign armed force, and by the influence of extraordinary cir cumstances; they do not renounce the right guaranteed to the different cantons by the treaty of Luneville, of giving to Switzerland a suitable Constitution, and they protest before hand against all that other inhabitants of Switzerland are about to do to renounce that right." (That is to say, what the Helvetic Consulta, which is to assemble at Paris, shall decree relative to the future Constitution of Helvetia). We, GEORGE the THIRD, &c. hereby signify to the canons and other clergy, to the knights, vassals, burgers, inhabitants, and subjects of the late Bishopric of Osnaburg, our royal favour and good will. Forasmuch as by the late relation of the Indemnities in Germany, in pursuance of the Peace of Luneville, adopted by the Deputation of the Empire at Ratisbon, the late Bishopric of Osnaburg, with all its dependencies, is secularized and assigned to Us and our House, as an heredi-lity of this city, formed since the commencement tary principality; and as such has been accepted by Us, and as We have agreed with respect to its cession and evacuation, with its Sovereign, our beloved Prince FREDERICK DUKE of YORK and ALBANY, We have thought good, and resolved to take possession of the said principality of Osnaburg, with all its dependencies, and the government of the same for Us and our House; and for that purpose, have appointed our state and cabinet-minister, Christian-Louis Augustus Von Arnswaldt, oor commissioner plenipotentiary, and have ordered our troops to march. We, therefore, by this patent, take on ourselves the government of the principality of Osnaburg, and require the canons and other clergy, the knights, vassals, burgers, and other inhabitants and subjects, to acknowledge Us as their only Sovereign, and to be true and faithful to Us, our heirs and successors. We cannot doubt but they will deport themselves peaceably on this occasion, and render obedience to all orders which may be signified to them in Our name, by Our minister plenipotentiary, and that they will transier to Us, the fidelity and duty they shewed to their former Sovereign, in which case they may rely with full confidence on Our unwearied care for their welfare, and paternal protection and favour.-Ad Mandatum Regis rt Electoris Speciale. Kielmannsegge, Aenwaldt,--Docken. FOREIGN COUNTRIES. St. Petersburgh, Oct. 22.-In the 5th article of the treaty of peace concluded with the French Republic, on the 8th of October, 1801, it is stipulated that all the former commercial connexions between Russia and France shall be renewed be The Deputies of the Diet left Schwitz on the 29th and 30th October, Nov. 4.After several protests, the Municipa Municipality has been re-organised after the conof the insurrection, has dissolved itself, and the stitutional mode. The free corps of this city, suppressed at the commencement of the revolu tion, and re-established two months ago, has been disarmed and disbanded by order of the French commandant. The disarming has also taken place in the country parts, the misunderstanding which reigns between the inhabitants and the country people having given rise to apprehensions of fatal consequences. great numbers for the last week. We have recFrench troops have passed through this city in t koned nine battalions of infantry, five squadrons these troops have proceeded to Argovia and the of cavalry, and a numerous train of artillery. All Eastern Cantons. Several more battalions are to pass through this city for the interior of Swit zerland. Tranquillity is not yet re-established in the Canton of Argovia; the peasants of the district, of Brugg are still in insurrection. garrisoned by French troops. That canton has in The Canton of Schaffhausen has not yet been general distinguished itself by its wise conduct1, though much misunderstanding exists between the city and country parts-the former inclining to the ancient regime. All the measures of the Helvetic government since their return to Berne, indicate that they wish to avoid all new reaction, and to conform strictly to the dispositions of the proclamation of the First Consul. This is perhaps the motive which has engaged them to confirm in their functions the Prefect, and other functionaries, of the Canton of Berne, who had been appointed dur ing the reign of the Provisional Government. Verninac is still at Berne; but he is going soon' to Paris. him with conspiring to compass the death of the King, and was grounded upon the oath of the Hamburgh, Nov. 5.-Private letters from Pe- soldier who gave the information, and the airtersbarth, of the 19th ult. contain the important cumstances of his examination. A printed form intelligence, that the present political circum- of an oath was found in the room where the parstances have occasioned, from a certain great ty were sitting. It is said to be something in the power, proposals of a triple alliance between nature of the United rishmen's oath, and that Great Britain, Russia, and Austria, to which they were in the act of administering it to each Sweden and Denmark will be invited to accede. other. We understand that it was the object of The plan itself has been very favourably received the conspirators to make an attempt upon the life by the Russian cabinet.-Letters from Vienna of His Majesty, on his way to the Parliament of the 27th ult. in corroboration of the above, House, on Tuesday next. In this horrid understate, that very important negotiations are now taking, they were to be joined by 2000 of the on foot to secure the tranquillity of urope, and poor of Spitalfields, and about the same number these are assigned as the reason of the frequent from St. George's fields, &c. amounting in the exchange of couriers between the British, Rus- whole to 10,000. The attempt on his Majesty sian, and Austrian cabinets. Count Stahrem was only intended as the first scene in this frightberg, add the same advices, goes to London with ful tragedy; and, it is said, that having sucdispatches of the highest importance; and his ceeded in that, it was their farther plan to seize diplomatic abilities being rated very highly by the tower, where having armed themselves, they the Emperor, he has obtained a great augmenta- meant to return and take possession of the Bank. tion of his salary, and is invested with the most From thence they were to proceed to Buckingextensive authority-A neighbouring govern-ham House, and seize the rest of the Royal Fament is said to be apprized of the new federation which it is now the object of several great courts to accomplish, and has charged its diplomatic agents to counteract it by every means in their power. A French courier, with very important dispatches, passed a few days ago through Frankfort on his way to Petersburgh. DOMESTIC. On the 17th. inst. His Majesty held a levée at St. James, when the French Minister Plenipotentiary, ANDREOSSI, was introduced (in his engineer's uniform, with pantaloons and boots on, and a tremendous sword dragging the ground), and after the levée delivered, in a private audience, his letters of credence to His Majesty.Saint James's Street and the upper end of PallMall were filled with carriages and persons on foot, to see the French Minister, who was, in several parts of his way, to and from court, hailed with loud huzzas by the people. On the 18th. inst. Her Majesty had a drawing room, which was unusually crowded. Mr. ANDREOSSI had the precedence. On Tuesday evening, Mr. Stafford, the chief clerk, attended by a body of police officers, went to the Oakley Arms, Lambeth, where they apprehended Cel. Despard, and near forty labouring men and soldiers; the major part of them Irish. They were all immediately taken to Union Hall. The whole of the party on Wednesday morning underwent a long private examination before R. C. Smith, T. Evance, and r'. Broadley, Esqrs. when Mr. Despard was committed to the county gal of Surrey, on suspicion of being concerned in treasonable practices. Twenty were mitted to Tothill-fields Bridewell. On Thursday, Col. Despard was brought to Lord Pelham's office, when he underwent a very long examination before Sir Richard Ford, the particulars of which did not transpire. He was committed to Newgate. coin mily resident there. These latter circumstances have been mentioned by the soldier, who gave the information at Union Hall. This business is likely to engross the whole attention of government for some days. It is almost unnecessary to add, that he is the Colonel Despard who was so long confined in Cold-Bath-fields prison.—N.B. The above particulars we copy from ths Morning Post, and have no reason to question their authenticity. Mr. Pitt was immediately sent for to town!!! 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