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*314 IS 10 The contract of marriage between the French empe-ror and the Archduchess Maria Louisa publishedby the court of France, 1'eb. 27.
Act of the American Congress, ordering that fromthe 20th of May in this year, vessels arriving inthe United States under the French flag to be seizedand confiscated together with their cargoes, andprohibiting all manner of intercourse whateverwith the French empire, March 1.
Address of Jerome Napoleon to the Hanoverians, onthe annexation of their country to the kingdom ofWestphalia, agreeably to a French imperial de-cree of January last, ibid.
A tremendous had-storm in the department of theLower Alps, which did very considerable damage.Many of the hailstones were as large as a goose’segg, and weighed upwards of a quarter of a pound.Six peasants were killed, and many otherswounded, and the loss in cattle, &c. is incalcula-ble, It/arch 6.
Admiral Lord Collingwood (who signalized himselfin the memorable battles of Feb. 14, 1797, andOct. 21, 1805, died near Minorca, March 7; andwas buried in St. Paul’s cathedral, London, May9. A monument to his memory in this cathedralhas since been voted hy parliament
Great storm at Cadiz which destroyed or damagedabout 36 English, Spanish, or American ships,March 6, 7 and 8.
Sir Francis Burdett, member of parliament for
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Westminster, moved the liberation of Gale Jonesi f from prison upon the principles of Magna Charta,
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asserting that the privilege of the Mouse of Com-' mons did not extend to the committal of any in' dividual without a previous trial. This motionwas negatived hy a very great majority, SirFrancis Burdett "being only supported by 14members, March 12.
Tr eaty signed at Paris between Louis Bonaparte,king of Holland, and Napoleon, emperor of theFrench, king of Italy, protector of the League ofthe Rhine, and mediator of the Swiss Confede-racy, by which the former cedes to the latterHutch Brabant, the whole of Zealand, (includingtherein the isle of Shouwen,) and that part ofGuelderland which is situate on the left bank ofthe Waal. Bv this treaty the boundary betweenFrance and Holland is lixed as folfows; thethalweg of the Waal, from the fort of Schenkens,leaving on the left bank Nimeguen, Bommel,and Wondrichcm, then the principal stream of theMerwe which runs into the Biesboch, throughwhich and also through the Hollandsch Diep,and tlie Wolkerak, the lineof demarkationis con-tinued, until it reach the sea at Bieningen or Gra-velingen, leaving on the left the isle of Schouwen,March 16. This treaty was ratified, March 31.
~ The English take possession of the island of St. Mar.renear"Corfu, in the Ionian sea, March 22.
French imperial decree issued at Rambouillet, order-ing the seizure and confiscation of all vessels sail-s'i ing under the American Hag, and owned in wholeM or in part hy any citizen or subject of that power,8 that: shall enter the ports of Fiance after the 20thof May in this year, March 23.
Sir Francis Burdett addressed his constituents, in as, weekly publication called Cobbetl’s Weekly Po-- '? litical Register, denying the existence of the
x 'power of the House of Commons of itself to con-mit any person to prison, March 24.
Mr. Lethbridge, member for Somersetshire, moved,that the Address of Sir Francis Burdett be takeninto consideration, asserting that it was a grossand novel violation of the liberty of the House ofCommons, March 27. This question was dis-voi.. L— no. 49.
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cussed on this and the following days, but theHouse not coming t,o any decision upon it, it waspostponed to April 5.
The civil ceremony of Bonaparte’s marriage with the< Archduchess Maria Louisa celebrated at Paris,
■ with unparalleled splendour and magnificence,
> April 1. The religious ceremony was performed
on the day following. Eight queens attended: these imperial nuptials, four of whom supported
■ the train of the empress. By this marriage theFrench emperor has noil' become related to a im oatSitin' royal families of Europe. Besides beingson-in-law to the emperor of Austria, and nephewto the queen of Naples, first cousin to FerdinandVII. and to the prince regent of Portugal; lie isalso nephew to the duchess of Angouleme, thedaughter of Louis XVI.
The consideration of Sir Francis Burdelt’s Addresswas re-assumed, April 5, when after a very longdiscussion, which continued till halt' [vast seventhe following morn ing, be was ordered to be com-mitted to the Tower by a majority of 37.
The Speaker of the House of Commons, the RightHon. Charles Abbott, signs the warrant for thecommittal of Sir Francis Burdett to the Tower,notice of which is sent to the Baronet by theSergeant at Arms, April 6.
Sir Francis Burdett informs the Sergeant that the in-strument for his committal is illegal, and conse-quently that he will resist it. r l he populace as-semble in crowds round the baronet’s house;troops of horse and foot are placed opposite hisdwelling-house, and patrole the streets. In theevening the populace call for illuminations ; theriot-act is read, and several persons are hurt by themilitary, April 7.
Sir Francis Burdett claims the constitutional supportof the sheriffs of Middlesex to protect iiis person;they arrive and remove the military from hishouse. Great numbers of troops arrive in Lon-don by forced marches, and much damage is ap-prehended, April 8.
The sergeant at arms, preceded by several of thepolice, make a forcible entrance into (he baronet’shouse, and seize his person, while at breakfast withiiis family ; he is immediately put into a carriage,and conveyed to the Tower with a military force,by a circuitous route, to avoid passing through thecity, and arrives there precisely at twelve o’clockat noon ; the horse-guards on their return from theTower lire upon the people, by which some per-sons are killed and wounded, April 9.
The commercial intercourse bill, intended to supplythe place of the Non-Intercourse act, expiring onthe first of May of this year, passed the House ofRepresentatives, by a "majority of 21, April 19.
The fort of Matagorda, in Spain, taken by the Frenchfrom the English, April 22.
A royal decree issued at Stockholm, prohibiting in .compliance with the continental system of Bona-parte, the entrance of all British ships, and allBritish manufactures and colonial goods, into'Sweden alter April 24.
French imperial decree, of April 17, published atRome, agreeably to which every ecclesiastic se-cular or regular, m that city not being a native ofthe departments of Rome and Trasimene, mustwithdraw therefrom within fifteen clays from thetime of publication, and repair to" his nativediocese, April 28.
The castle ot llostalrich, in Catalonia, taken posses*sion of by the French, May 12.
Augustenburgh, the Crown prince of Sweden, diedsuddenly, while reviewing some regiments ofhorse, May 29.
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