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- . r " .1 -1 ' ' - r :. i V VOL. XII. S A T IF RVD A Y, January a8VJ;?7r No nr ; Ii 0 ft D,Q N, bfober ti. 4 INVASION ENGLANJPi AS the Members of Oppofyion have' afFec ted to quefrion the raiftence of any in- .teriuon, on.the part ot the xrencrujjovgrn -.4 1 ent7Tdmake aDelcent in this Country, "the - tfitmiony of a general Officer Who ferved the Republic during three years, and whoT was acquainted "With the plans and deii'grts of - the Directory , will f uffice to expel all doubts on'Yue fubject. We have; therefore, 1 ex. . tradted the following palfage from ; the Me moirs ;6f Gen. Danican, entitled, " The Banditti Uhmaftcd a tranflation of which, we are happy to find; is riow in the prefs. . This Expedition, (a Defcent upon Eng-, land1) which is ndtjo chimerical as fome per Tons aiFect to bel;eve, has tw principal ob jects FirftiL to lay Walrejichand nrifhir- inff country," by the introduction of RoSefpie r- rean Liberty $and feoudly in thevent of a feparate Peace,! withnhe Emperor; to get. rid" of that mafs'of Belgians, Liegeois,! '-and other Troops, ;for which thf.f Directory Will nave no lurtuer ' occauoii) ana wnicn they rhuft fend to'perifff In fome country or " For a long time tlie Initrienfc riches of England have been holde'nottt as a Tare to tlij K publicans ; uiperfbns; deftined to command this famous defcent, rely on meeu ing witrt powerful friends, particularly in If ; md t tney publicly boaft that tney lhall ' X W b :received with open arms, and feconded by a numerous party. The plans for carrying- this deftg'.i into execution are all fettled : ad the moment is probably not far diltant, v when ambition will come to expire with rage N on thecbails of an Iile whofe inhabitants are real patriots, and in which the general fafety prefcribes the necelfity ol'reftraining with vi gour the pariizans of anarchical liberty, opi prellive equality, and wretched frateriityi,, STOPPAGE of 1 NTEHGOU RSE between FRANCE and ENGLAND. The ftoppage of all comniUnicatidn with France for the lall fortnight, or more, has created nofmall degree of fpeculation, and vrricus are the conjectures to which this cir- ruiiiftance has given rife We have heard i: attributed to internal infurrerion, previ ous appearances in Paris, or the Departments warrant this coridufion. It has been attri buted, and Wc7 think with greater julVice, to the difaiiers of the French armies, a know ledge of which, through' the channel of the French Journalsi the Diretfory are probably vn willing ihould,- at'the prtfent trills, reach this country. t v - We tan, however," aflign a flill deeper and more important caufc for the lloppage of communicatioire from France; It is well known folf we Hated it to the public at the time of its arrival, that ihc paflnort for an Agent, to be fent from this country to treat for peace, was clogged with the new and unrealpnuble itipuluiion, that fuch Agent or nvoy IfcouUl be invellcd with full powers to treat definitively. This condition inltituted, t.i it our Envoy fliould be allowed no co.n. muntcation with this country during the pro grefs of fuch negotiation. , That our mhiillcrs (hould have availed themfclvos of the paflport, clogged with fuch conditions, proves more Hrongly than am' word can do, their carnelt dclire to pro-cu-c tranquillity to Europe. It never could b.luppoJed, however, that the French could mean, that na communication was to be made by our et.voy of hi reception; and his idea, from appearances at Paris, of the pro blc refult of his miflion. We find, how c. .-"""" vcr from the event that the French ton rtrue their condition in Its moil rigil -and l.tcral fenfe, and will not penniuofthe fmallcft commur.ication, till prooablv the re- turn of our AmbairaJor, re injefla, or till the object of his embafTy have been ccinplc xe&i tlh 'aproceldmgv wcye,sjt5t-' 1 'riwand arintriry iand ziyte conceive that t nopropofition f6r peace "wilV -be liftenied to that floes not include all our alRes; who -"have fd nobly perfevereti in the profecdnon otthfi- bntel-d asahyointsf'd miift necdTarily arife in the arrangements that are to lead to Peace, we conceive that no ne- gociati on whatever can be. carried on under iuch reftriclions, if in fuch unfair and illiberal reftriftibri the Executive Directory mean to perfevere, we ihall not be furpnled there fore, to fee Lord Malmefbury return without having been able to accompulh the grand bb; jeft for which he was lent.' Notwithftanding the many paragraphs aha reports to the contrary that have been .'cir-'. culated, ;, We can allure the public, that' to" a late hour laft night, noumelfage afrbnihor any account of Lofd Malmefbury had reach ed town fmce bis embssrkation in tlief Flag of Truce at. Dover.- " ; - ; v NEW MILITIA LAW; v Ii confequence of the dread of an invafioti, Parliament has prepared, a Bill for eftabliftV ing a'cdrps of felecT: Militia -from which a certain numbetyare fo be drafted, organized, difciplined and to take the field for a certain -number of daysr when new drafts are to be made, and takethe place of the firilj who re ,. turn to their homes; and Xo on in luccefiion; This SelecT: Militia, which thus prepared for aftual fervice, and will be kept ready to inuf ter at a moments warning, is to confift of 6,68 1 men; Art oath is to be adminiflered to each man when drafted, purporting, that he is a proteftaut,'that he acknowledges al. legiance to his Majefly, and that he will ferve for the defence of the realm during the em inence of this Acli ( fifteen pounds is ' the penalty for a negiecV drorefufal of fervice, -when drafted, or to take the oath; -Mrs. Wng, the lady of the American Mi riifter was introduced to the King, Queen and PrincelTes, on the 20th; '-.-V' dir old mode of rafihemenlwfcal for the Bra? French mode of ffautfhhn there cpuldjbejioioccafion for lavilhing money, for the recruiting fervke. ; ' r: ' " V, - LThe expence of thela aione-oimteahe laid, to hehole rever nUescFthe country', as if flood ion the year prior to the commencement of the war. tjdvr . then, he wifhed to know, were Jthe Vtljer expences to be defrayed" particularly as we were going to raife an -additional force of no-' ' lefs than one hundred and three thoufsind men ? This was aTerlous cdnfideratioh for the Houfe of Commons, particularly for. a new Parliament. There were many other. things upon which he "Wight enter, but he ' owed it to the fituation of the country not to do io. As the return for . thefe expsrices he could not iec where they were -Our conquelb wer6 rathef bdrrawd horn bur aU lies, than taken from oKv ehemieS :He hoped they. Would hot be an obftruftion to Pacifica tioii. In a year there was a kind of Royal Prdmife thit there fliould be great operati ons in the Weit-Indies :; but it we looked to ' the'Weft-Indiesj either in, a. general view the whole, or particular 1 (lands, there wal caufe to triumph and it would remain fp till that gentleman Victor Hughes, as diflodg-; -The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought in the bill for enabling his Majelty to requtrej the provifional afiiftance of certain perforis in order to form a body of. Cavalry whkhi was reacf a firft time, and ordered to be read a fecond time to morrow. , V . EXPORTATION 6f CORN. Mr. Ryder prefaced his motion with ob- ferving, that though fome reduction hadt taken place in the prices of corn, the commit tee would doubtleis fee the propriety of con tinumg the regulations which were already lnexutence, withrelpect to that article, ah A of Hill holding our inducements toits importa' 11011, anu reuncuons on us exportation." 1 he act which was at prelent m force oh me? lubject went, to three points: to the preven tion 01 the exportation ot corn, to the im portation of other, proviuons. The pf ice ' o corn, it was true, was full iuch as to War- ' rant a fuppofition that exportation would be prevented by it but as in a particular diftricb the fluttuationot the market might confidcr- ably reduce that price, he thought it for thes general intereft of the country that the lawsj BRITISH tiOUSE OF COMMONS: Friday i Oflober 2i ARMY ESTIMATES; : Mr Windham Hated, The whole force, for which provilion was to be nude, was ios.674. men: in this were reckoned not only the Home Army, known under the heads e i- . 1 r 1. ...... or uuaras ana uarrnons, in wnicn whc in cluded the troops in Guernfy and Jerfey, but alfo the troops ferving abroad, under the now in force concerning corn mould be cdn name of Plantatidn Army, including all thefe tinued, left this local reduction of its values in the Weit-lndies, Nova-Scotia, Gibraltar fhould be the occafion of its exportation; A1U m juon, in an our colonies, excepting tneie in i oiuerprovuiuuswcrcai a price wnicn would- tlie EalUInd.es, which were on a different render the other part of theact flill of ufe eftabliftiment. Theexpence of the whole He fhould therefore move a relolution for of thofe, and all of the appendants, lie ftated continuing the aft of laft fefTion, with thes to amount to the fum of 5,190,721!. This 1 amendment of two daufes which, wheri' tha the committee would lee w as fomcwhat, tho farmer bad been able more jultly to eflmlatc: very little ll.ort of the laft years eftimate. I the nctt produce df the year after feed ti'mc The committee, however, werenot to look might be found necclfary. The firft was,. upon this as a laving, becaufe the other eih- ;' that a pcrnnlhon fhould be mrcrted in the mates, not prclcnted, would contain ;ome ad- j bill, lor repealing it during tins fclfiorl, if it fuional expences : but the whole, he was fhould be found inconvenient; the oilier a lure, taken together, would not exceed thole Innuar pcrmiilion to his maicfty in council to of the laft year. 1 he Home Army,or uuards lulpend or reptal any part of it durint? the anu uarruons, uc iiaicu 10 aiuouiu iu wfjv$ vawaiiuu ui rariiamcru 1 he committee agreed to this refoldtidn, Which was reported to tlie houfe, and leave obtained to bring in a bill conformable bit. SILK. Mr. RYDf-R moved to confider the bill for permitting the importation of unmanu. laciurcu iu ui inuiui uuiumh, w nicn Wi men. - The remainder, or Plantation troops, to 64,272-j.On the former of thdc there was an excels over that ot hit year 1 1 1 ,546 and on the other there was a diminution of 1 1 ,641. Deducing that excefs from the du mmutioii, mere was lome inuu rcuuaion on the whole. . Having thus ftated the various eftimatci uoder their refpeuive heads, he moved a He. folutio'i, that a number of men. not lefs than 60,765, be employed for the enrrent year. ". GcnTarletoh faid, there was one branch of expence, which he thought ougjit to be faved, Hecruitiug money. If we abandoned agreed to, and a committee of the whole Houfe, ordered for the purpofe to-morrow. H AO U E, oa. n. LnfV SaturJay another affray happened here between 'the French garrifoti and tht. Dutihhalfbrigid, fupportcd by the regu ncnt of AValdcck, incoidcrucnce of whU'M r.' . . J'.--- .... . n ! I kZ,' -'..: - !- v- All ' Mb : v. "' -r 1 1 1
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