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(
PEACE I' j
jlttwixt Great-Britain andjrance.
1
ie certain information of; this moft
"jmhie and happy event ought to have I '
. 1 VAitnr nf the RefrWter in time
for hi la paP" but h 15 i"1; ij
foft-officei betw, Chirlefton and this
fclace, the Editor papers from that city,
v!.h centained the news, did not come
h, hi hand, nor have they been (Uce, re
ceived. The following extracts are from
L--r AAtari Mornine Poft, ! Which alfo
i tn have come to hand in the Phila
delphia papers by the Northern Mait on
CU
ttre Sundiy evenmg beiore or Jan pM&u
atioi but, however ektraordinary itjmay
apptarout f fix or fever, pipers which
Wc ufualiy VeccWt from Phaidelphi, net
ene same
T.ONDOK. OCTOBER 2. ,
We have; the plea fu re at laft to
ithat the Preliminaries of 5
Peace are figned between France and j
to the general
expeaation. We have already
Iro tht Enc! ifc Cabinet rfefirous
ago the ng v"-:i' .
f 1 r- n tii 1 a ii 111:1 i&j ca a 1
, r 0 nfrtJcA a it
condufion, gave ,n a project
ultimatum.lrelolved to make a peace
on that bafis, or breafc ott tne treaty
that it might be ready to lay before
wi
itnm mc rrf . r
the Parliament, at its meeting, a re
port of the efforts to put art end to
the war. pager hopes were enter
tained for the effeel of this ftep, and
the funds rofe; but Buonaparte met
it. with coldnefs, made new de
mands, and occafioned delays
which destroyed ihe hopes of thofe
irho had been the mole I ianguinej
Minifters continued tp prefs him ;
the form of a preliminary treaty was
fent oft early laft weel j to Pans,
with an affurancej that tinlefs it
was acceded to, the negpeiatioh
mull clolej Qrielialf of the Cabi
rut Mini fliers had no eicDeSation
f fupcefs oeace was detDaired of ;
and hence jariafe the tpintt reports of
' tVic Ticgiciation being broken; or ott
the point of a ruptute. The gene
ral expectation was, that of peace
there was no chance.
AH the new f papers of yeflerday
morning, even thofe pretending to
be in the confidence of Miniflers,
.as well as) thofe which really .were
fo, having no hopesjof peace, from
the language held a few days ago,
fpoke of a rupture of the negociatipn
as inevitable. j
Even the Cabinet IMinitlers, who
ilill entertained forhe expectations
of fuccefs, agreed a week ago that
peace, or art attempt at mvahon,
muft-takej place before; Ihriflmas.
Uudrr thefe circum fiances,, when
we heard qn Wedncfdayj ind Thurf.
day, peace fpokenlof with confi
dence as being near it hand we
could not believe! in fo happy an
event. The anfwer of! the Fi ft
Conful received on Wednefday,
however, jto the aftonifrithent of all,
doled with the proposals of our
Government 1 1 A Cabifiet Council
was held, j and an ex prefs fent off to
hisMaje!ty, whole fa nclion returned
next afternoon. The hlver box
never ufid fmcc the Peace with
America was figned, was lent to
the Lord Chancellor at five o'clock
for the Great Seal and his fig nature
and the con fent of all the other
Cabinet Miniflers being obtained
at feven o'clock Lord Hawkefbury
and M. Otto figned the preliminaries
of peace j in Downing-ftreet ; and
his Lordfhip fent off-the following
letter to the Lord Mayor: '
To the Right tfori At Lord Mayhf
Downing llreet, OdV. 1, ataight
MY LORD, ', :.y ',- -
" 1 have great fatisfaflion in in
forming your Lordfhip, that Preli4
tnina-ies j of Peace between Great
Britain and Fiance have been figned
this evening, by myfelf on the part
x)f his Mpjefly, and by M Otto on
fhe part of the French Government.
I ;equefi; your Lordfhip vill have
the oocjnefs to fmke th)s intelii
ger.ce immediately public in the city.
. ' 1 have the honour to be,- &c.
. Iv " HAWKSBURY."
Mr. Htttitcr jn. the rrielnerigcr;
who carnecl the (etjfer, reached the
toanfionihoufe abbUt 8 o'clock : but
hislordfip wasathi s souniry-houfe
Jt Clapljiam. MruHunter immt
ciately proceeded thither, and re
fined at his Ipjt jfbip's alt nigh t,
"tumiivg to Lohdon vttH him
ly next mofrtingl" The intelli
ute. vp men had not trampirea in
lGy public circle on tire preceding
night, burft rouncT the hole town II
before time o'clock in the morning. i
The Lotd Mayor went in nerfon-to
Lloyd's Coffee-houfe, and read the
letter, which was after Wi
. - mm i-
ted
To
ttmVir a4 vrKiinff
thofe places crowds flocked, and the
f, j- -& " r f
The very men who a few days be
fore declared peace could only be
an armed truce, that war was lefs
dangerous than peace wi?h luch an
enemy, were now feen (baking hands
fmiling. and congratulating each
other on the conclulion of the
treaty ?
The funds, the three per cents.
which had been at 59 the prece
ding day, rofe to 661 and the om
nium, which had been at 8i rofe to
18, At noon the following was pub
ljlhed : i.
London Gaictlt Extraordinary
Downing flrtct, OS. 2, 1801.
" Preliminaries of peace between
m,jefty and the French Repub
Hie were fiened laft nieht at Lon
u 1
naw - KeiDury ,s omce jn -uowning
ftrcj X honourable iof d
f .
Jrr.nf - J '
u- ; n:, ,;n k yt
Utto, on the part)t the Jrrcoeh go-
vernmenti"
The conditions of this treaty are
not fully known. It is faid that
they guarantee the integrity of our
three allies, Turkey, Portugal, and
Naples. Ofcourfe Egypt will be
evacuated both by French and Eng
hih, and Madeira reftored. France
guarantees 0 thofe three of our al
lies their dominions ; but it feems
our allies the Stadtholder and king
of Sardinia a$ wll as the French
princes, are abandoned to their faie !
The Pope's territories are to be eva
cuated; Malta is to be
reftored to
its ancient knights. Ml
inOrca to be
o red to Spain and Portagal,P6rto
Fef rajo evacuardi So, we gain no
thing in the Mediterianean nr in
Europe, while France gains ail Hol
land and the Netherlands, a largei
part of Germany, S witzerland, and
two thirds of Italy. In the Wfl
Indies the only concjuefi: we are to
keep is, as we are told, Trinidad.
The Cape of Good-Hope is to be
made a free port, and Ceylon is to be
ceded tothis Country. We (hall give
no opinion upon ihe conditions un
til they are better authenticated; i''
A copy of the treaty fig'ned by
Lord Mawkefbbury, was on Thurs
day night difpatchedto Paris, where
it will arrive this niht ; and the
ratification is expected back on
Monday night or Tucfday morning,
when it will be ratified by the Brit: fh
government alfo and publiflied we
hope in an extraordinary gazette.
Miniflers wilt feel the propriety
of making it infiantly and officially
known, fince the fate of fo many
men will be decided by the nature
of the conditions. Pailiament will
be' immediately fummoned to meet
within 14 days, for the difpach of
bufinefs, the preliminaries 'twill be
laid be fore; it, its fanclion obtained
and in the irhidft of the general joy
a loan will beraifed to an unexam
pled extent ai gbverment is known
to be in want Or an enormous fUrn
of moneys Parliament will then be
adjourned to meetjafter ChriflmaS,
a;nd receive the definitive treaty. In
the mean time we underfland Jofeph
Buonaparte j is expeled in Boidon
to haye the eclat of negotiating and
figning that Jreaty, But it will be
rather an inftrument of form' than
of real importance, we prcfume,; as
the nreliminarv treaties bet ween this
'country and France hVve iifually
j been adopted for the definitive.
HOUSE Or COMMONS.
, DEBATES
, 1 f on the . :! :
PEN1TENTIAR
BILL"
Monday,' Nov. 1
" The Houfe went int
a comrhiti
tee of ;the whole Houfe on this bill
filled up-moft of ther faoks, ajid
difcuffetl fome of the'tfyftem ;lp:iit
the .principle of, thV meafurevs
not 'touched.' This,' if isexpelcdi
will be examined on itifecond read
ing, which was jixecf for W
1 day, but waioa that day. oci 7md.
tion, further poftpohed to Monday
I
the 7th. -We lhall therefore defer
making ufe of any notes taken in
the committee of the whole, until
a view of the Whole proceedings
upon ine Din are given;
ON. THt
Divorce and Alimony
Bill.
n
Tuefday, Dec. 1
The Houteiihavini? refolved itfelf
into a , con.mit ee of the whole
on theabove bill, Mr. ; Matthews
in the chair, and the fitft feclion
having been read, ;
Mr. C o t ten, who introduced
the bill, faid, he regretted, when
the fubjeft was before under confe
deration, ae had not been permit-
icu 10 ormg iorwara ine amene
menthehari mentioned, as he t ru fled
it would hive done away many of
the objections which exifled againfl
the bill in its prefer t form. He
rofe now to aiove the amendment,
which he hoped would be adopted.
The amendment was read,! -and was
in tact a new bill.
Mr. E. Alexander faid, if the
gentleman who propofed this a-
mendment, vrould point oiit the ad
vantages whith it poiTefTed" over the
original bill, to which it was pro-
poled as a fuhflitute; he fubpnfed it I
nut ucoojcecca 10; 1. rie naa
before him a printed copy of the
Dili wnich had been brought for-
waro every iIhon tor five or fix
years; pafl"!an which had been ta
ken from a kw nafTeJd in thf- vpar
91 or '02, not in exigence in the
State; of Pennsylvania) of which
the bill how under confederation
was a literal ccpy. This law. he
believed, had been drawn hv men
of very fuoerior talents with
great deliberaticn; He had attend
ed to the Hading of the propofed
lUDitnute, and could not lee any
grejtt ditterence betwixt the two
hlls; In all the? fuhftantial parts
they were he fame. They differed
only in refpel to arrangement : and
inflead ofttrjere being any fuperfd
rity in th:method, he thought. the
imendnaert rather worfe! in that rel
pefl j tharj tfne originali He did
indeed ofcferve two things now in
the amendment ; the fir ft was an
extepfionof I the ground on which
divorces light be obtained, "which
he thoupjn imoroDer. The other
objettioniiie part; onlv havina
heard i t anfiently read, he: could
not at thai moment "recoil eel. The
claufe limiting the duration of theaft
fof two yeirsj he would readily con-
ent to ; batjas to the relt, the alte
ration pnipofed were rather for the
worfe. and the method Iof arranee-
ment notbtingfogood aSthe original,
hew"astin fv;our of retaining the on
ginaf bill; 1
.'Mr. Cottin was forry the gen
tltman fiom Salifbury could fee
ntthing in ; his amendment to ap
ple ve. Hef Jhought the claufe re
qjiinng the hufband, af the fam
nhe that he petitiohed for a di-
prce, to deliver in
a Schedule of
Hs property oh oath,- was an im
p-ovementon the original bill which
riakes no provifioni of this kind:
aid a marb after he had obtained a
vorce, might go intolanother part
the country, anditake his pro-
rty with him. lit thought there
sre- other improvements on the
ttieinal bill ; but they! were before
tie houfe, and would; be fudged
jf; As o his abilities,! they were
jot, to be lure, extraordinary, artd
he criticjifnimade on J his language
It the 'L ffehtifeiraan i laft UP. mi?ht be
Mil ; but though he hid hot had
he benefit of fo liberal an education
is that gentleman-5 he hoped ; he
vas able to ekprelslhirhrc.f fo as to
be underltood. h i i i 5
i Mr Ax e x a k p Rj replied that ir
vas-veryifar from him to cenfure the
gentleman's motives "oi .talents j -he
believed ihis ''motives pure, and had
Ii very refpeiable dp'iptcjfi of hisjta
ents but he did not think ,that a
leparture ?froflnthei original phafcr-
uosy or tne Din naa rcnoerea h any
ifettef . 1 J He had Reliance on. the
wifdom of theiLegifJalure bf Penni
fylvaniai j. though Lhe did not ,'ob-
ferve any want of clafTical punty' ir j
veryj;clajufe which trie poer:had
rneptioried s arVWprovernento the
a 1 11 j . i was, ;,(he object ion ab ! e parti
naa. eica perl his recouettion wnen 41
neiatt role. It appeatedUo him V
hat fiich a j requifition would Be too
r gid and feVere, and he thciuftht :it
alio unneceflary i fince, itheori-
ginal bill the Court had ffijfent.'
power givh them to make fuhn
allowance !to ihe woman iii they
deemed protierj, hot exceeding one
third of the hufband's income: "ancf
to call tot- a fchedMlc of thfe man's
property, if they deem it njeeuirv
or, on refufal to do fo, the fuit
would be difmified. , j , ;
Mr, CoJtten thought the provi
hon he propofed was very different
from that in the bill; Ifadefighing
man had married a woman; with a
handfome property, the wife in fu-
ini7 ror rearets couia on v recover!
think fufficidrit, where a man hacf
hlarried a woman's property, and
not the womairi.
The queflibb being put
on re-
ceivihg the afriendment, it
was he
gatived. Thcicommittee then rofe
and reported tjbjebill without amend
ment. ,;
The Hbufej jbeing fefutried, and
the fir ft feclidri of the bill read,
Mr. C6ttHnv Obferved, 1 that as
the Committed of the whole had
thought proper to reject the amend
mentwhich Hel had propofed to the
. bill, he had jrlothing more to fay-
upon it. If jahy other gen leman,
of - greater talents than himfelf,
would bring j forward any amend
ments to the $ill, they were at li
berty to do fo. He had an objee
tion to the bill in' its prefeht form,
and fhould vjoite againfl it, though
he had nd doufet- it had beep drawn
by gentlemenjdflgrea.t abiht
natural arid aitlluired;
es ibch II
The bill beng gone through, Mr
Alexandelr mbved an additional
feci f on, limiting its dnraiion to two1
years, which! vas agreed to. t .
Mr: W: W: tnvii nhierverlv
that when thel jLegsflature-atemp'te'd
to grant 10 any particular perfons
relief from pJnhappy connections
which they may have formed jt
ought to be f areful that it) did not
plunge: a greajtjer nufnber of perfons
in the deepeff): mifery and diflrefs;
He believed ii
this bill vt'efe paffed
into a law it kould have this effeft.
There is faid; he 9 numerous clafs
of men, known by the name of for
tune-hunters! which is chiefly com
pofed of gamblers and perfoni of
bsle character. Thele mep are al-
ways prepared! to take eery advari-
tage in their phwer of innocent and j ot tne,r virtue ,n the rnoit unwar
dftfervin rHl . -wn1kfiht: "ntabk manner. He hoped cen4
lefs lay hold of the advantages held
out in this bill. It may !be laid,
that thefe siillls have parents to dc
fmA tt f.K ,ufiirr.;rt
men. But ha&e; we--not ttin
. i 5 . . . .
fiances of thkl aStof God depriving-
girls of
frequently fufch girls are left withl
large fortunesi which are committed
to the care dff gufdians; andf thefe
PLuardians are7corrinelledi whenever.
.u.;, ;ij'-Li!t.:i ixwu.a
riaffe, to oaW over their Ifortuhes
their hufblhds ? If this bill be paflV
ed thomh who
inc.purpoie or opiaining rortuncs,
will nd fdvpht place their property
in fuch a fituation that it cannot; be
come atfby the friends of the wife :
.they 'rnayjdlace.it in tbe,hahdt of a
triendj anq alter a divorce is Ob-;
tained, jigjek ppflffiibn bf it jagain
and bf thMit mCaris become fecurely
pollened or what theytiad
warranting obtalned.V Rut i
be faid, that a man may be com
by a Couirt of Tiiflice'tb adroinifter
fuch relief to the witeas the. C
may
proper, , not
one-third
part ot his
granting
lat fuch; part of the
perty be
allowed the
,han.oiiht 'id be f and thewie
havfnff jgot ohenhird hofr'the' pro
perty uH iherbjnf tight, ,hewill
exceeain? u j
income i but 4 lTwoWn
hufband be V cambler or fbendthrift t Mr . Fi WV iAi-- i: xxWl'l
(as is likelto be the cafe) it iVpro- tjicXbtllilljiii - trie :iimiA$tvW 0t
bable lilt e of fii property might he aea: that cV
left. Anc ,if.the prof erty beex- &liverrVa lift of
pended,-fhen the unfortunate wife pr$'
it left in a fitatipnhjchtmuftaf Hethoiignt:thiamot
fe,a ihe wnderclingifeyery tbiteferifrfori
.-In.othehinftahcesL ithevirranimW rr;&1s.
of f ivojee to ifiiighV
a larger raxonertv mirirhAaiinri in ii 'ii?-f "Ti-t:;v.z;;tift -MtLi-r. i iijAH. f. ;
ji uiMwi iHsmn. , prey io lomeue I peElonSsaSilivedHii JO'Stft-oun: iyPWfS.
" X Vt-V
"f "m 'vr1 M jrV
rdyr to take advantage oi . tin iul- '
tpe.Wg 'innoeence-v 'trAtKS
" anptherr liturtiqft:!:';-;
P"s P lfe !
ilfnt Poln PWcwv vp.pow,;,
'd, avin ifcif
mof tended affetf, and frk ; ;
owhpm hesilhngipjcive the h.
WJ51 T.
or hts -tort u tie t lomerintamoy s man,,, i
might, ; take? isdyaiitagii
H.-Beforg;J;;;
the fake of her money,
the children of their
anddeprjve!;,;
jull rghtrw f-V
He is immediately put iiii ponVuipni;
of herj peifbnal property and
his ihSuence oyer herij gets -.herjto.
ioin in a conveyance of the land to)
a friend: Who wouidjimmediar
II re-convev it to him; He hWit then;
in his power not only to chgt tho
children bdt the widow bfeVfub-
fiflente. , . ' :' ', ..''"..
, : fiut this bill has been amended hy
limiting its-duration to two : years. '
In the courfe qf this time,, Mr Ji !
believed greater mifchiefs would, b I
committed under it, than would be j
remedied by the law; In his pro- , i
fefiibn; as a lawyer, he had tio v,1.
doubt, were this bill to pafs into a
law, he fhould reap advantages frprri j
it ;. but whilft he continued ,a Le-
giflatoi- in iperforming .his public
duty; he trufted he Ihoufc always
lole .fight of his private interefti
He hbjpei therefore the bill-would
not pafs. H: j . ' ' -'!.':- j'
. Mr. t b tt e K faidj it was true,
he had introduced the bill t but . it I
was from a belief that the necefTary '
amfrment wduld be made to it.;
He'ftnoueht fuch a law, wanted; r
bjithad',pjpng to fome parti of I
inc prcieni; 01.11. xie;menijpneq in j.
partithlar that, part which req ujres.H ..
a rcfidence1, pn$ of one year in ithej .1
Statcj td ehtitie .a;'ma;.r to' ftte .fial!-
divorce vhtcri','h.e' faid, ' rght!!ien-'k
courage men injotner states to cpmep
an d re S de -a e-a-rirH jth s S t ate. fq r f. t ;
?he ptirbofei ilf thd bill was 'not!
rnQn'ded; fjc ; Jtiould vote agjitnft it; . .
Mi BiibonwoRTK hplieved
therd'Wisljittlebcidafion tc fpendlkhs
iimc ,Q tne tiouie on this ui-l.
thotihjt the gen teraan from ffayette-l
yillej had giveh fome very '. fubflan-;
tial reafonS ; againfl the pa fling of
it. It would certainly . jppen a
door; to the great eft villainy ; ad;
vantages Would be taken of the la
Mn JPite of 't the poyifios agiinfti
-i "i1"; ,
Png tnm OI ineir iorines anci
VX,wiOT . c?u5
S """6, '?
lfW..W
H he hoped luch advantages, would
-
"II lr..!..-; '14 iJiXi.'J-i." -fi-J-' 1
fW"un t thepeht of fin
m The queftlOtf on the bili? paffing.
Wgi tpemtaicen
fff
Mout of it, 4t was of :COuirie lofti .
II Thofe in favbuf cif WeXmeaTotfc;-;;!,'
ihaw, Collinsv Ooyt.Hljj.MreJI -;'pf
bcrt.Smthi::!StTuvcivmto
and JI G. WHght. h m rife
1 On the jBiil for taking
lhc " tl? jft'jft'i1,?
the! Jift having beeiMxIior the-
lei1
wife, . if , the amendments-rnade;.v fJv. C. h'N
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