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this maxim, and will attempt every means compatible \? itb our polit.cal rank, of re-establishing our commercial Vila tions with a people, which so many recollections and intere*>ts make it a du ty for us to cement more than ever. (Murmurs of approbation on the left.) The minister of foreign relations. ? 1 tvill not attempt here to establish a dis cussion on*the principles and on the j facts just now stated. Tt.is question ! would be so important, that before act- ' tr.g upon it, more certain and positive ? documents than those nitherto obtained, j snould be required. 1 will not even ven ture a positive opinion upon the ques tion now raised, and will merely state, that some time since negotiations had been commenced between the Ameri cans and France; my predecessor has causcd them to be communicated to the French chamber of commerce. The council of manufactures and commerce has been assembled; but its delibera tions have given no additional facilities for the progress of these negotiations, i Government, anxious to leave nothing untried, has consulted all the chambers of commerce of France; an answer from all of them has not yet been re ceived; but the opinion of these which h-ve i cached government, are different. I However it may be, such a question is not ol a nature to be discussed in this house, and no person has a right to say that in this occurrence such or such a measure ought to be pursued. Mr. de Viaele, in opposition to Mr. Cc.simer Perier, said that tljp chamber had no right to scrutinize or to blame any act or relation of government with foreign governments, and although there might be something true in the report, he could not believe mat the American gorernmcnt had taken so hasty a step, but contended, mat should this be tiie fac:, the French government ought to pursue a retaliatory system, the result of which would shew which of the two nations would be most affected by a ces sation of intercourse. ^asimer i'erjcr rose, and after a few remarks in reply to the minister of foreign affairs a^id, that he had not, as was intimated, condemned government in an absolute manner, since he had de clared that the responsibility of the evils which the present state of the relations between France and the United Slates ought to weigh, in a great measure, on those persons who had been consulted; he said this subject was not foreign to t.'.e chamber, and that his observations We re loundeu on his duty and his con stitutional rights. Tne minister of foreign affairs con tended, that the chamber had no right tn di?cuss or encroach on the views of government; the right of making trca- | tie? ticlonging, by the constitution, to the king alone. (And the house ad journed.) A letter dated Paris, ?6vh June, re ceived by the James Monro', from a gentleman entitled to the greatest con fidence, states, that Mr. Ciallatin had a long interview with Mr. Pasquier, (mi nister of foreign aflairs,) on the 24th; the result of which was not known. ? But that it was generally believed no rv aiiatory measure w ould be adopted by the French government. The above was received by a French house in this city yesterday from their correspondent in Palis, via Liverpool. To the politeness of one of the fiiin we aic indebted for the translation. A friend has favoied the editors of the N. York Gsrtt'.e, With lie suprcb mcni to ih? P <ris }" rrui of th? 24:'. of June, p?-r James Monroe, and 'he pet.ti?;n of the merchants ol Havre, to tlif chamber of di putiet>,oti the sub ject o? he lat?? Uu of our emigre** imposing a tonnage duty, &c. on French vcsstls. T'j the Chamber of D'f.utics of the De J:ar! nitnts. Gentlemen, The undersigned ship-owncis and inTChf^tn of tins city, approach you v ,n tc.fidcncc, to nssuic you, how in?* pf-fur.' it is to the luteiesta of Frcmh C 'Hi i' rre, that before the close of the present session of the chamber, ef!Y ctual n>? 3(t<? should be employed to cmisoli di ?? the commercial relations between F. j nee and the United Slates of Arotr if-. }5y an act of the 15th of May, the congi ess of the United States have itn jvosud a <!u'r of ei^h'.een (h ilars (about 10^ franc*) jn r ton on French vessel* wJii'.fi entei their ports; so that a \essel of 4 OO tons w ill pay 4'', 000 francs. This art goes into ojk ration on the 1st of July next. It is evident, gentlemen, tliat the com mercial relations, as they now exist be tween the two countries, are in a dis turbed stat ' . and are about changing tht ir complexion, and if measures be n<?t adopted to conciliate the different in'i rests, in establishing a fair equilib rium, so necessary to a course of com m.rcial operations, we must relinquish all hope of seeing French vessels ei.tcr ing the ports of th<- Ui.ited States, as the measuiea adopted by congress a mount to a prohibition This measure already operates on res*cK now at ??ea, and which will not J'jvc arrived in the United States prior to the first of July next, and ihiir utifor tunate situation is worthy oi your par* ticular attcnuen. The government, warned by all the I chambers of commerce of the different ports and seeing itself the injury re sulting to our commerce by such a state of things, will no doubt hasten, in main taining the dignity of France, to take such conciliatory measures as will tend to preserve on an equitable footing, our commercial relations with a nation, more a friend than rival. Suffer us, gentlemen, to inform you, that a question of revenue, an-l conse quently of finance, is involved in this subject* to the examination of which, you should more particularly attend. We doubt not, you will consider the importance of this question, and recol lect that the examination and conclu sion ought not to be adjourned. With this view of the subject, we hope that you will take our petition into prompt and serious consideration. Latest from London. By the very fast sailing packet ship James Monroe, capt. Rod;;eis, the edi tors of ihe New York Gazette have re ceived files of London papers, Sec. to the 29th of June, and the substancc of their contents are here given. It is stated in a Paris paper of June 25th, that 44 Mr. Gallatin, the ambassa dor of the United S ates of America, had yesterday a long conference with M. Pasquierc, the minister for foreign affairs. New York papers to the 4ih of June had been received in London. At the close ol' the poll in Dublin, for a member of the Imperial parliament, in place of the late Mr. Grattan, Mr. Ellis had 151 votes, and Mr. Grattan, son of the deceased, 73. The bishop of Bristol died or. the 27th of June. THE QUEEN. The situation of the queen still conti nues to excite tne public attention in . England. The London papers arc tilled I with debates on the subject. In the house of commons, on the '2 2d of June, Mr. Wilbcrforce, in a speech ! of considerable length, moved the fol ? lowing resolutions. I " Jiesotved^ That thehou^e has learn ed, with deep and unfeigned regret, that the late endeavours to frame an arrange ment which might avert the necessity of public inquiry into the information laid before the two houses of parliament, have not led to that amicable adjust ment of the existing differences in the royal family, w hich was so anxiously de tired by parliament and the nation. 44 That this house, fully sensible of the objections which the queen might just ly ft el to taking upon herself the relin quishments of any points in which she might have conceived her own dignity and honor to be involved; yet, fueling the inestimable importance of an ami cable and final adjustment of the pre sent unhappy differences, cannot forbear declaring iis opinion, that when such large advances have been made towards that object, her majesty, by yielding to the earnest solicitude of the house of commons, and forbearing to press fur ther the adoption of thuse propositions on which any material difference of opi nion is remaining, would by no means be understood to indicate any wi?h to shrink from inquiry, but would only be deemed to afford a renewed proof r.fthe d sire which her majesty has been gra ciously p.eased to express, to submit her own wishes t'? the authority of par liament; thcie.7 entitling herself to the grat* ful at knowlcdgrnu n's of the house of commons, and sparing th.s house the painfw' necessity of those public dis cussions, which, whatever may be their ultimate result, could not but he dis tressing to her n?;>j? sty's feelings, di Tp poimiiig t<? the hoprsof parliament, de rogatory from the dignity of the ciowii, and injuuous to the best intcr-sis of the em oire." Lord A. Hamilton proposed as an amendment to the resolution: 44 That all llic words heomi'ted after these word- ? 4 t !>at litis house is fully sensible,' down to 1 1? e words 4 and spar ing this house,' and that the following words he inserted ? 41 that this house sensible of the objections the queen must feel at the relinquishment of any points in which her dignity ami lienor are in volved, is of opinir.n, that the insertion of her majesty's name in the lithurgy, would under all cirrumstanr.es of the case, be the most expedient and moM tfleclual mode of sparing this house," 8cc. After a long debate, in which lord CaMlereagh bore a conspicuous part, the number were ? for the original mo tion 391. Against it 124. ? Majority 267. A committcc was appointed to carry the address to the queen. In toe bouse on the 24th, the queen's answer to the address was read, as fol lows: 44 I arn bound to receive with grati tude, every attempt on the part of the house of commons, to interpose its high mediation, for the purpose of healing tliosi uniMppy differences in the royal famil), w Inch no pcr>on has so much reason to deplore as mjself ? And with perfect truth I can declare that an entire reconcilement of those differences, ef fected by ihc autnori'y of put I lament, on piincipien com. st e t witn the m.i.oi and dignity >,f all (lie pa.ti s, is stlil the ob ject dc?'cst to my heart | " 1 cannot refrain from ax preaaing'my i deep sense of the affectionate lai.guage i of these resolutions. It shows the house of commons to be the faithful represen- i taiives of that generous people, to whom 1 owe a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid. X am sensible, too, that 1 expose myself to the risk of displeasing those who may soon be the judges of my conduct. But 1 trust to their can dor, and their sense of honor, confident that they will enter into the feelings which alone influence my determina tion. 44 It would ill bccotne me to question the power of parliament, or the mode in which it may at any time be exercis ed. But, however strongly I may feel the necessity of submitting *o its autho rity, the question, whether I will make myself a party to any measure propos ed, must be dccidtd by my own feelings and conscience, and by them alone. 44 As a subject of the state, I shall bow with deference, aiul if possible without a muunur, to e\cry act ot tin* sovereign authority: but, as an accused and injured queen, I owe it to the king, to myself, and to all tny fellow subjects, not to consent to the sacrifice of any es sential privilege, or withdraw my ap peal to those principles ol public justice, which are alike the safeguard of the highest and the humblest individual." In the house of lords the 26th, lord Dacre rose with a petition in his hand from the queen, praying that their lot u ships should not enter into the proposed inquiry inspecting her conduct, intend ed to be submitted to a secret commit tee of that house, until she had procur ed from the continent such witnesses as were deemed requisite for her defence in any charge that may be alleged against her character and honour. She further prayed that s!ie might be heard by counsel. This was agreed to, and Mr. Rrougham and Denman were call ed in. They severally addressed the house, with a view to induce it to sus pend proceedings for two months, but without effect. Lord Castlcreagh ob served, that the fate of the negotiation had left no other alternative except, 44 to prosecute, as speedily as possible, that inquiry which had been so lor.g retard ed " On the 27th a motion was made by earl Grey, to discharge the order for the meeting of the committee of secrecy, which was negatived by a large majo rity. At 12 o'clock on the 27th, the select and secret committee appointed by the house of lords to examine the papers referred to by the king regarding the queen's conduct abroad, assembled.? They were alt present except the duke of Wellington, the marquis of Lans downe, and the lord Chancellor. . The committee first met in lord Shaftsbury's private room, on the first floor story, amongst the apartments of the lord's officers, and no person was allowed to remain in the passages. ? The committee then went to the robing room, and finally removed to the old house of lords, as the most commodious apart ment, and as the farthest removed Irom interruption. The usher of the black rod, Sir T. Tytwitt, and other officer^of the house, were stationed in various parts, and suffered no person to ap p roach the committee room. During the sitting of th<* committee, Messrs. Brougham and Denman attended offi cially, as the queen's law officers, and presented a letter addressed by her ma jesty to the committee. This letter, it is believed, was a protest upon the part of her majesty against a proceeding which may prove fn'al fo hrr honor, un less ?^he were permitted to offer evidence sufficient to repel the allegations that were urr;ed against her. N'o answer was returned by the committee, and Messrs. Brougham and Di nman having waited for a considerable length ol time at length withdrew. The Morning Chronicle observes? " Should a hill against the queen be in troduced into the h'-use of lords, her majesty'* counsci, in consequence of their being members of the house of . commons, cannot he permitted to con- i duct her ca^e jn the tipper house. We are enabled to state, however, that Mr. Brougham has signified his intention of resigning his seat in the commons, in order to be qualified to plead her majes ty's < ause in the house of peers. The queen has been graciously pleased to accept of this offer, and to express her acknowledgements for such a voluntary sacrifice to her in'erest, on the part of Mr. Brougham. The witnesses against her majesty are so numerous, and the evidence of such a nature, that she will j have to bring over many persons from the continent, to disprove the allegations laid to her charge." Pa? i*, June 24 flen. Grouchy, who has received the royal permission to return to France, has just landed at Havre ftom the Unit ed States. Liverpool, June 30. THE QUEEN. Instead of giving our usual comments, we are obliged to devote this portion of the paper to an abridgement of the de bates in parliament relative to the inte resting situation of her majesty, which took place on Monday last. In the house of lords, lord Dacre brought a petition from the queen. Her majesty complained, nol only of the mode adopted with regard to a secret commuter, but of the injurious effects which any partial dtcision of their lord ships must have upon the esse. She prayed to be heard by her counsel at their lordships' bar. After some dis cussion, the petition was received, and read by the reading clerk at the table, as follows: M To the Lords spirituil sod temporal, in Par liament assembled. "CAROL! N E R.? The Queen, hav ing been informed that the proceedings are about to be instituted aguinst her in the house of lord*, f<*tls it necessary to approach jour fordships as a petitioner and a fellow subject. She is advised that, according to the forms of your lordships' house, no other mode of com munication is permitted. " Now, as at all times, she declares her ptrfcct readiness to meet evciy charge affecting her honor; and she challenges the most complete investi gation of her conduct: but she protests, in the first place, aguiii&t any sccrct ;n quiry; and, if the house of lords should, notwithstanding, persist in a proceeding so contrary to every piinciple of jus tice and of law, she must, in the next place, declare, that even from such an unconstitutional course she can have nothing to apprehend; unless it he in^ii ?uted before the arrival of those witness es whom she will summon immediately, to expose the w hole of the machinations against her. She is anxious that there should now be no delay whatever in fi nishing the inquiry; and none shall be occasioned by her majesty. But the queen cannot suppose that the house of lords will commit so crying an injustice as to authorise a secret examination of her conduct, in the absence of herself and her counsel; while her defence must obviously rest upon evidence which for some weeks cannot reach this countiy. The instant that it arrives, she will in treat the house of lords to proceed in any way they may think consistent with the ends of justice; but, in the mean time, and before the first step is taken, her majesty desires to be heard, by her counsel, at your lordships' bar, this day, upon the subject matter of this peti tion." The petition having been received, lord Dacre moved that her inuj esty's counsel be called in, which was agreed to; and, in a few mitiutes, Mr. Broug ham and Mr. Denman appeared at the I bar. Mr. Brougham, after some prelimin ary observation?, said her majesty de- | sired no delay, no procrastination: for she felt guiltless herself, and knew their lotdships would be just. The only pause she required was, lest, not only the forms of law should be violated, but even the principles of justice be frustra ted. The queen wished for an interval of time to obtain those witnesses wno would confront, and, he trusted, confound her accusers. The more innocent her majesty was, the more necessary was it that ?he should have those witnesses who could su stantiate that innocence. With out knowing more than what had already been the subj? ct of discussion in the two houses of pai liament, he was aware that one <?f these witnesses, who had given evidmce respecting her, was a domestic who had been dismissed from her ser vice in consequence of taking 400 Na poleons from her bureau. Out of two or three witnesses who could speak to the fact, one luckily happened to be at < no greater distance than Rouen; he was a British naval olliccr, who had fought and bled in the ?ervicc of his country. No Italian spy or Hanover tan baron. This would cast a suspicion on the nature of the evidence generally, and he had been t' I.I it was in her majesty's power to bring proofs of the infamous character of mint of her accusrrs in the same way. W ould their lordships, as her future I judges, compcl him, a* her majesty's counsel, to enter ioto this case under these disadvantages, and without know ing m-irc of the nature of the case? He did out solicit arty delay. Had he dour so. hr should be obliged to retract i' im mediately by her majesty's command. He only insisted on the propriety of protracting the commencement of the proposed inquiry or trial. liy the votes of both houses of pat lia mcr?t, it was right for lain to assume that their lordships would be cilled on to determine upon a charge whirh had been admitted by one brant h of the leg islature to be fraught with discredit and dishonor to the royal and illustrious in dividual accused, injurious to the inter ests and dignity of the crown, and preg nant with the most serious danger to this country. Upon such a confession as this from that branch of the legislature, he thought himself fully authorized in cal ling for a delay of two short months to prevent their lordships' house being sul lied by the commission of a legal mur der on the first character of the nation. Mr. Denman followed in support of ihc arguments already adduced by Mr. Urougham. Lord Liverpool then put t?ff the meeting of the secret committee until Wednesday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 26. Lord Castlereagh, after some preli minary obser vat ions, moved that the con sideration of the subject relative to the ijueen should be postponed till Thurs day se'night when he should su bin it ? motion, founded on her majesty's an- ! ftwer to the reftoiulioo of iLc house. lie also moved that the further debate on bis majesty'* message be adjourned to N Friday week. The ground of the noble lord's postponement^ is to give opportu nitr to the lords, in the interim, to d^. termine upon the mode of proceeding to be adopted in that . house, *hic|| might serve as a guide to the commons. Mr. IJrougham received with gntifica iion, the offer of an open inquiry? -which lie said, was the earntst wish of the queen. Mr. Western moved as an amendment to the noble lord's motion of postponement, that the question should be postponed to i4 that day six months," the parliamentary phrase f?r getting rid of a question altogether. Mr. Wilbcrforcc, in the course of his speech, said, that in voting lor the post ponement as submitted by lord Casilc rcagh, he did not pledge himself to sup. port an inquiry into the papers wlucSi contained the charges. The debate con i tinucd with spirit and energy till half j past eleven, when the house divided, | and lord Castlereagh's proposition f r putting off to Friday ?e*night, the con sideration of the king's message, \*:u carried in preference to Mr. Western's amendment by a majority of 195 to loc. Twenty guineas to sec the kine;! Preparations arc now carrying on Ml Westminster hall, London* for the Coronation of the king. Arrange ments are making to suspend mag. nificent chandclicis from the roof, and next week the building at the extremity of the hall* in which the courts nf chancery and king's bemh are lirld, will he taken down, to af ford the additional space for the cer emony. We trust, in the reconstruc tion of those courts, more attention will be paid to the accommodation of suiters and the public. The court of king's bench will sit next term in sergeant's inn. The prices given to secure views of the ceremony in Au gust, surpass those of previous occa sions. Tin* front of m house in (ireat George street, which faces the grand entrance into Westminster abbey, is let for the occasionv for 2000/. ? The neighboring house is fixed at 2500/ ? and it is calfulated that 6000/ may be made of the dou ble fronted bouse forming the corner of new palace yard, and the line w ith Parliament street. The spare of ground now formed into squares, or cultivated plats, is far more ex tensive than at the coronation of lieorge the III. and the ground is letting at eizht guineas a foot.' Ten, filler n and twenty guinfctt* have been 1 offered for seats. Jitrjul instance of sudden deaf A? An iiMjuest was held yesterday after noon, by Mr. Sterling, coroner for Middlesex, at thfl Union tavern, John street, Oxford street, on the bo dy of a clergyman, 73 years of age, who resided in the same street, and was the incumbent of a living in Nor folk of 400/, per annum. The de ceased on Tuesday evening last, w as accosted by a frail fair one, in Ox ford street, and was induced to ar company her to a house in Adam and K v e court, where, shortly after be ing ushered into hii apartment, he was seized with a fit of apoplexy, and almost instantly expired. The Jury returned a verdict of? Died by the Msitatjon of God." LATE I ROM RUSSIA. Cnpt. S;nith, rf thr Solon, left 0 roiv stadt oil tlit* dthofJnnO, and has brought dispatches for government, Irom t l?c American minister at St. Petersburg, who w.?s about to embark for home. A liuk')iaii fleet of five ?iai! i.f the line and some sma'.h r vessels, filling out at Cronstadt, h.d hauled out Iroin the Mole; another fleet was lilting out .'t A;d.?ngel, but then destin ition was not known. There was no political new*. Captain S. was at St. Peter-dnir^ the latter part oi M i)', and witnessed a re view of 4'), 000 fine troops, by the em peror Alexander. AM PACHA. The paramount authority of the (*raiid Seigneur was never more se riously tlncatencd than it has been hy All Pacha, the active and courageous H? y of Egypt. He has not alone thrown ofT allegiance to the Sublime Porte, by an open declaration of independence* but has declared war, and has organised a powerful force against the Turkish dynasty; he has even gone so far as to send his spies into Constantinople, and attempt to assassinate the ministers of the sultan who were hostile to his projects. Very few Mussulmen chiefs have pos sessed the character and enterprise of Ali Pacha. Hold, activc and enterpris ing, with a strong mind, well cultivated, and great energy, he has thrown ofl those restrictions imposed by the Mos lem faith and immemorial custom, ami has drawn around him Christians of ta lents and enterprise. He has adopted improved modes of warfare, and of in ternal improvement; he has completed the canal o! Kamanich, on which he cm
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