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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

... FOREZGN INTELLIGENCE. St. Domingo, March 9, X 802.-A letter from Gene- ral Leclerc, of thisrdate, informs the Franch GOA,5 -ent, that Port-au-Prince, where he then was, I' been preferved uninyured; that the ?? hern part of the colony had been preferved, by means of tbe black General Laplume, who had abandonled T'our faint; and that the whole of the Spanilh pait, :11c inhabitants of which ladl ...

AFFAIRS OF INDIA

... The Special Committee of the Court of Diredors have made a report relative to the Private Trade with India, and to the affairs of the Company, as far, at leafl, as thofe affairs have been affeded by the' dangerous fyftem of Mr. Dundas, which, it appears, found but one advocate in the whole Court of Dire~tors, and that one was Mt. Scott. who has fince retired from his fituation, The principal ...

PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT

... On the fecond reading of the Eledtion Treating Bill in the Houfe of Lords (Thurf- day, May so), fome difcufflon took place. -On the queffion being put for the com- mitting of the bill, it was loft by 7 pee'rs againfi 6. A motion was then made for the rejeftion of the bill, which was carried by the fame numbers. On Friday (M ay 2), on the queftion being put for the Houfe to refolie itfelf into ...

TO THE EDITOR

... Sir, Succeeding events frequently give ines- pe&ed importance to circurnftances, which at the time excited little or no attention. Of this kind was the publication of a circular letter, which the French minifter of the interior, Citizen. Ckaptal4 add relfed to the Chambers of Commerce in the different fea- ports and maritime towns of the Republic, ?? before the meeting of the Congrefs at ...

PUBLIC PAPERS

... PUBteC PAPERS. I Admiral Vilarne oycufe to the Frenc, Minjnler of theP Mminne and Coloniea. HaSour of Cape ran~pis, chn Aoardt AtSnifrats Ship, the Jeeappe, Mach 6, xoi.S 0 At the moment when the divifibn notthe centre, Admiral Ganthemune, was. aboutt to tev fpil, tihe fii- gate La Corneille, from Iamaica, entered the Road;- $ haften to acquaint you with the news recaved' by CO The Enoglih ...

TO THE EDITOR

... TO TlE EDITOR. Sir, The debates in Parliament are deservedly the regulators of public opinion. The ac- knowkrdged information of thofe who fpeak, and the official nature of the fpeeches 6f ininifters, give to all arguments uirged there a weight which ary other difluffifon of public meaftfres cannot p. fLfs. It is, there. tore, Sir, of the greateft importances that the public fhould be fully ...

TO THE REV. MESSSRS. NARES AND BELOE, Conductors and Proprietors British Critic

... TO THE REV. MESSSRS. NARES AND IBELOE COnuRieOrs ?? of the Brit~jk Criti;. Gentlemen, I have long obferved, and not without great mortification, that the Britifli Critic has abandoned the principles, upon-which it fet out, and that it has, in many inflances, favoured Ole caufe of the PURITANS. On two articles, in your laft number, I think it mv duty to make fonie remarks. The firfi is your ...

SUMMARY OF POLITICS

... The diffilution of the Parliament is re- tarded by the great mals of bmtfinefs, which yet remains on hand, and which it would be very inconvenient to poftprone. The Cer- gy Nonrrefidence Bill cannot be hurried through, and yet it is impoffible to leave the o'bje& which it has in view, totally un- provided for. Great difference of opinion appears to prevail refpefting it, and it is, indeed, ...

TO THE EDITOR

... Sir, Proverbs and old fayings have been often thought- to contain a great deal of wifdoin in a (mall compafs. Thev are chemical drops of good fenfe drawn fro obfc rvation and experience, and generally given in a vehicle of agreeable poignancy. -A firiking fgigre taken from common life, an allitera- tion in the language, or antithefis in the compofition, the jingle of rhyme, or the 6adence of ...

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES

... The 9tb, 49th, and sgth regiments, are all under orders tor Nova Scotia and Caeada. His Royal Highnefs the Didke of Cam. bridge arrived at Cumhaven on Sinday laft, and in the evening purfued his Journey to Hanover. His Royal Highnefs the Duke of Tpent has arrived at Gibraltar, whei'e his Royal Bra. ther the Duke of Sutfex was arrived, over land from Lifon, before him. Ycfierdav (the 4th of ...

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

... TOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. United States ?? Gazette of the 24th March contains the fol lowving article, which the Editor flates tO be an extra& from a member of Congrefs at Wafhington, and to have been received the preceding day: This day the French Conful informs us, that a French fleet of twenty-five faii of the. line may be ?? Peded in- the.. ChefapeakeB next week, i Their objea is provifions ...

PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT

... PROCEEDINGS IS PARLVMENTS Nothingparticularoccurred in the Houfe of Lords Iat week, until Wednesday (June ). -Some con;1 versatisa indeed, took place on Monday (MAa 3l) en some points l the ?? Regulation Bill, which terminated in two divisions. The one motion was to transfer the payment of - sone expenses from the treasurers of counties to the receivers of the land- tax; the other, that the ...