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EAST-INDIA-HOUSE, April 21, 1009. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNIIED COMPANY f MERCHANTS cf ENGLAND, trading the EAST-INDIES, do hereby give notice, • That a General Court of the said Company will be held at Jeir House in LK adenhall-street, on Wednesday the 10th of May next, from !Atm o'clock in the morning until six in the,evening, - the Fleotion of 1 Director of the said Company, in the room John Manship, Esq. who bath disqualified. WILLIAM RAMSAY; Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, April 21, 1809. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND, trading the EAST INDIES, du he, thy ;,vive notice, That they will be ready to receive Proposals in writing, on before Wednesday, the 24th of May next, for the hire for a further number of Voyages, of such SHIPS of 12no Tons bur hen and upwards, as have performed their contracted number •f oyages in the Company's Service. The Tenders, with the words " Ship Tender" on the cover, t• severally sealed up and left with the Secretary at er before rave o'clock at noon, on , the above Day, beyond which hour Court will not receive any Tender. WILLIAM RAMSAY, Sterdary. The particulars of the Terms and Conditions under which the .ips will be engaged for the Company's Service, may be seen ipon application to Mr. loh■ Islorice, Clerk to the Committee Shipping, on or after Friday next the 2 1 st instant. .0 THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BY the now declared resignation of Mr. MANS HI P, I am enabled to fulfil the intention I communicated io you the 19th instant, of offering myself a Candidate foi . your Di tion on the first vacancy; but which, I fear, the shortness of time appointed for the Election, will preclude my doing per tally to every Proprietor. Having resided eighteen years in India, and, since my return, ich interested myself in the affairs of the Company, I feel con tnce in my ability to ekchar g e the important duties of a Di tor of its concerns; to which, should I succeed by your patro tge, I beg to assure you of my zealous devotion to your interests, the best proof of my gratitude : . or so distinguished a mark of tur confidence. I have the honour to be, With the greatest respect, Ladies an.l Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient humble servant, idenhar-street, April 22, 1809. JOHN PRINSEP. PORTUGAL. CAPITULATION PORT TRANCISCO, AT CILSV::S, ISETWEEN GENERAL. SILVEIRA, 70741MANDLIt OE THE PORTUGUESE ARMY,•ND GENERAL SIESr iEGER, COMMANDER GE THE TRENCH TROOPS. Article I. The Fort of St. Francis shall be delivered up to the !ortuguese troops under General Silveira. 2. The garrison shall become prisoners of war, and shall lay down their arms, and they are to be kept in a town or place to pointed out by the Portuguese General. S. The Officers, Subalterns, and Soldiers, as well as the Civil gents, may keep their private baggage, except their military ac ntrements. • The horses of the Officers and of the troops, and all the am anition and effects not excepted ist the 3d article, are to be ipoin . ed to such Portuguese Comadssioners as shall be appointed receive them. 5. General Silveira promises to the Officers of the French, Mi try and Civil, to provide them with horses to convey them to place of their destination. 6. General Silveira, wi.hing to give a proof of his respect for le bravery of the French during the six days of the siege, is willing to surrender up to the Officers their side-arms. 7. General Silveira undertakes to protect the French from any jury or outrage, and he expects that the French Commander ill ansvrer for the deportment of his own troops. 3. The Portuguese General will order that all humane atten tion be paid tp the French in the hospitals who are unable to we the place. 9. A me,,scoger wdl he allcwel to convey information from French General to the French Commander in Chief of the irrender of Chaves. 'the dispatch to be sent pen. iignecl in Chives, 25th March, 1809, &c. \TINA, MARCH 31. Toy was actually taken possession of on the 20th ,t. one party of the french was killed, and another ,ken prisoners. Our troops, which had passed to other side of the Minho, returned afterwards from it achievement. This town is fortifying with all pssible care ; the entrance of the s;reets are barri ,doing, and troops and artillery are to occupy the dge of the river Litna, which is already fortified. itheito the enemy has not advanced towards this tce. LISP,ON, APRIL 4. Mr. John Rodrigues Lima, of the Hi; to St. John, to left Viana on Saturday the Ist instant, at three :lock, says, that the enemy had left no troops in ly part of the province of Minho, except Braga, but u they had retreated towards Pinto. Silveir4 was Id to be close upon Brag t with 1.5,000 men. At inte dst• Lima there were 3000 troops, supposed to under the command of Marshal Botelho, who, ac -ding to rep;': t. intended to form a junction with veira at Braga. Every preparation was made for Tending Viana. In Villa de ConJe there was not Ingle Frenchman, :end all the inhabitants of the wince were assembling to resist them. The French trmy was computed at between nine and ten thou ld men. He further states that all Gallicia is in .ms ; that the French at Tuy arc besieged and re ed to half a ration of provisions ; that Vigo has LI-rendered, and that the English have entered the -hour with five sail uf the line and a number of tnsports, having on board more than five thousand iops. Urbina's guarding the bridges above.mktioned with 12,000 men. Cuesta has from Bto 9000 cavalry in fine order ; the French have 5000, but' so lean and starved that they are not equal to 1000 effective.— The French force in all, consists of 25,000 men, the Spanish of 52,000." PiIRLIdIMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. APRIL s.—General Hill's division has not yet land- ---- The last return of the British troops (excepting MOUSE OF LORDS, NICINDAY, APRIL 24. li's) in Portugal, is only 14,165, and of these e are from 2to 3000 in the hospisals. The main ivr t i n in t r hci 7a A n p o p n e s al o , f * s it e l., . P tu .t i r .s i sh A o l f r. S t R . Gregory s v a . ed th il l.l r 'a w rd e r A n r a n t? ly of the Ell7hsh army moves fb rwar d thi s day. RAU. were heard forthe Respondents, and Sir SAssuct, Rommi.r ue 87 th and Stith Re;;iments, which arc in Lisbon, in rtply.—Judgment on Wednesday. march for Lumia this morning. The duty of Lisbon lord MULGRAVE moved that the Report of the Commis is to be done by volunteers. -- Marshal BeresfOrd is shiners of Naval Inquiry be printed without the appendix, which, - also to march thi s d ay w i t h hi s Poi tu after some observations from Lord Suffolk, was agreed to. Portuguese army, it RLERE amounts to 20,2(x) men. They are taking up here Lord DARNLEY, aft e r a . few FI rem a rks on the conduct of Mr. every night persons of weukli and influence, as be;ng Frere in Spain, relative to Sir John Moore and the army, which in the French interest. On Saturday night last they he understood to meet the disapprobation of the Noble Secretary took up twelve Justices of the Royal Court. of State, expressed his desire to know whether Government in- The following is a ,of T • , tended to recal that Minister, and if so, whether they in- E stre m a d ura , d a t e d t h e cop) an o f ictai dtspatch from tended to employ him acain in a similar situation ?If he received :51 st ult. —" The I )uke of no satisfactory information on this head, he should conceive it to Albuquerque has succeeded in forming a junction be his indispensable duty, should no other Noble Lord take it up, with Cuesta, and with .1 part of Urbina's arm . , latter is charged to guard the positions .in the rear of The . to make a notion upon this subject. The Earl of LIVERPOOL raid, that he would vouch for the general good conduct and services of Mr. Frere, in Spain and the bridge of .Arzebispo and Cardeal. Cuesta has elsewhere. What he had before stated, amounted only to his twice offered battle to General Victor, but he has not disapprobation of the mode he had employed, in making his com accepted these offers, waitin g , as we sus po.ct, for the munications to the Cers;:a of the British army. As for the latter arrival of reinforcements. The p ra e French enet t d to within four leagues of Badajoz, . they have part of the inferreation desired bv the Noble Lord, he was sure that his Lordship w o uld, upon reflection, see the impropriety and whence difficulty of his giving an answer to it. His Lordship also took been repulsed by the Spaniards, with the assistance of Albuquerque. The result of th e act i on was the cap- that opportunity to ex pl a i n s ome niisconceptions of his speech on Friday la st , respect i ng t h e amount u t British Cavalry sent to Por ture of a General and more than 200 men, who have teg..l. When he stated Our numberaas equal to the French, he been conducted to Seville, and the slaughter of about ir.ciuded the regiments expected daily to land. After a few words from Earl GREY, the Earl of SUFFOLK 700. It is certain that a decisive engagement was adverted to the state of our Cavalry in Spain, and declared that t a ke place on the . 30th, the Fre nc h being placed tohe had it f rom good authority, that we were compelled to kill between three artmes, and in a situation where they the greater p art o f our h orses , b ecause we h a d no t s ho e s to put can rec ive no reinforcements, of on their fret; a fifth hit ef great magnitude in ' Cotruninariat &- e ii , consgquence partment. " - - Imports or Tlfo► DPSAIII9. Earl GROSVENOR rose to rectify a misrepresentatios In some publication of a speech delivered by him, in which he was made to ascribe the death of General Anstruther to the want of proper assistance and comforts. He had not said so, TiOr intended to say so, and he took this opportunity of explaining what he had said, as otherwise it was calculated to create considerable uneasi ness. His Lordship observed, that notwithstanding the Standing Orders in both Houses of Parliament, the House of Commons bad for a length of time allowed such a relasation, as to give con siderable facility to the publication of their discussions ; and con sidering the great advantage the public derived from being made acquainted with the proceedings of their Lordships, he thought the severity of their Standing Order might be relaxed also. At least be hoped it would not be so strictly enforced as it had lately been, as be thought that, in that case, misrepresentations would be less frequent. He merely throw out these observations for the consideration of their Lordships. • ' T HE C COM, eo the EAST That a C heir House seat, from for the Fleoi of John tiiaJ THE( a" COAL 1. the EAST That the or before 1j further num then and up. Voyages in f The Ten( be severally twelve o'clo the Court w The parti, _Ships will b upon applies of Shipping, TO THE Rl' the I am en on the 19th rection on ti the time app tonally to ev Having re, much interei bdence in m , rector of its I nage, I beg ti as the best p your confide Wi Leadenhal'-s tar PORT TR) COMMANI SEGER, CO Article I. Portuguese t 2. The ga down their a , be pointed of S. The Of • Agents, may coutrements 4. The ho munition an appoin'ed to to receive th 5. Genera litary and Ci the place oft 6. Genera the bravery willing to su 7. Genera injury or ou will answer 8. The P; tipn be paid leave the pla 9. A mes the Frejch surrender of Signed in Tay Iva inst. one p taken pri. the ether that achie possible C: tacking, a bridge of Hi the< to 1 place. Mr. Joh who left V o'clock, Sr any part 0: that they 1 said to be Ponte d. be under tl cording to Silveira at defending a single F 3 province w army was sand men. arms ; tha. duced to h surrendere( harbour wi transports, i t troops. !! Aril IL 5 ed. The 1 Hill's) in these are fr body of tl The 81 1 th i• frl PRIVATE LETTER FROM LISBON, DATED APRIL 4. " Letters from Elvas state, that the bridge of Ar zebispo is occupied by the Duke of Albuquerque, and that Urbina or Count de Cartaogal has detached 5000 cavalry in the direction of Madrid, so that the French will be attacked on all sides, and without the possibility of their receiving any assistance ; their communication being completely cut off. Albu querque'has sent 1000 cavalry to Cuesta. It is re ported that the Marquis de la Romana has defeated the French at Villa Franca, with the loss of 1000 prisoners, and their military chest." _ Letter from the Junta of Badajoz to the General of the province of Alentejo, dated March 28 : _ _ " Most Excellent Senhor—We lose no time in transmitting to your Excellency the satisfactory iK:elligence which we have re ceiverl front the principal Magistrate of the city of Merida, who informs us, that, the enemy, who entered that place with 1500 cavalry, had precipitately left it by the Camenhu Real, taking the road to :he bridge of Almaraz. The said Magistrate is of opi- 1 Dion, that this movement was occasioned by the success of the army of Estramadura, as it is certain that Merida was evacuated at five in the morning of that day. One of our Deputies, just ar rived from Seville, states, that he met on the road an express for 1 the Central Junta, who informed him that the division of Gene ral Albuquerque had taken the bridge of Arcebispo, though with some loss." " P. S. Nine hundred excellent horses, mounted by troops from from the North, have joined our army." TARRAGONA, MARCH Is. We have this moment received intelligence, by two youths, who have arrived here from Villa Franca de Tonades, that General Chabran, who commanded' 3000 French, has been defeated, and obliged to fly for Barcelona, between Molens de Rei and Ardal.— This success is, it is said, to be attributed to the dis positions made by our General, and executed by the corps under Brigadier General Winffen, who came down from Tarrusa, accompanied by Don Joan Cla eves, Commander of the peasants and Somatenes.— We know that the environs cf Barcelona are occupied by the armed peasants, S3matenes, and Miquelets, who make every exertion to prevent the French from penetrating and opening a communication with those they have left in that place, the number of whom is not considerable. Our troops and militia compose a body of twenty or thirty thousand men, who guard all the passes, bridges, and roads, aided by sea by four or rive English frigates, who are always in sight FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, APRIL 16. His Majesty the Emperor and King arrived yes terday morning, at four o'clock, at Strasbur,gli.— Afoniieur, Afirill7. AUGSBURGH, APRIL 7. The Principality of Silt7burg was almost entirely stripped of Austrian troops, when suddenly we saw several strong columns of cavalry and infantry enter it, which are incessantly joined by others. These troops are, it is said, come from Upper Austria, and the southern part of Bohemia. A considerable corps has assembled between Saltzburg and Berchtolsgaden. Letters from Saltzburg giving this information, say, that the principal houses -in that town contain from 50 to 60 soldiers. Among the Austrian Generals employed in this army, they mention the Field-Marshals Lieutenants de Hiller, Vincent, Kunmayer, the Major-General Norman, and others. This General Vincent is the same as has been employed many years in diploma tic missions ; and, who in last autumn, was sent to Erfurt daring th.. sojourn of the two Emperors, Na poleon and Alexander, in that town. Letters from Munich announce that the Archduke John will have the chief command of the army sta tioned in the country of Saltzburg. Count Wurmser, Governor General of Eastern Gallicia, has set out from Lemberg to go to Cracow, to confer with the -Austrian Generals, who are there, upon the mea sure necessary to be taken for the defence of that province. FRIBURGH, APRIL 4. The extraordinary Dict, convoked by the Land man of Switzerland, opened its sittilig on the 30th of March. The Landman exposed the reasons which have induced him to unite the Representatives of all the Cantons, and terminated his discourse by several propositions, which have been submitted to the exa mination of a Committee, and afterwards adopted.— Moniteur, April 16. NAPLES, MARCH 24. The Camp which is to be firmed in the neigh bourhood of Pessano, will be established near the bridge of Sele. This camp will be composed of the troops that surround the capital, and will serve to st►engthen the Calabrian army. ADULTERY. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY rose to ask Lord Auck. land whether it was his intention to propose the measure which he had fairly mentioned, fe_r the better prevention of adultery, and what was the nature of it ? Lord AUCKLAND said, he should bring forward the subject on an early day, and should then state in detail his proposed measure, I'AULETT 9 S DIVORCE BILL. The House then heard evidence in the case of Paulett's Divorce Bill. The Mistress of the White Hart Inn at Winchester, her Chambermaid, and two or three ether persons were examined, and Mr. BnattouGus was heard in support of the divorce, when The LORD CHANCELLOR thought the case a weaker one than any in which the House had hitherto divorced parties. He therefore considered it necessary to put the House in posseision of the whole proceedings ►efore the Ecclesiastical Court, and for that purpose proposed to defer the farther proceedings to a future day Lord AUCKLAND agreod with his Lordship, and 4e farther hearing was postponed.—Adjourned, HOUSE OF COMMONS. A message from the Lords announced their agreement to the Irish Spirit Excise, and several Private Bills. Mr. HUSKlSSON ‘ obtained leave to bring in a Bill to empower the Commissioners of Customs in our American Colonies to exa mine upon oath. CAItROW BRIDGE BILL. Mr. PATTESON moved the second reading of the Carrow Bridge Bill. Mr. W. SMITH opposed the motion, on the ground that the measure was contrary to the sense of the majority of the inhabi tants of the city of Norwich. Mr. PATTESON admitted that it was contrary to the inclina tion of a meeting of the inhabitants, but denied that there was any sufficient reason to believe, that it was contrary to the 'erase of a majority of the inhabitants. He supported the motion besides on the ground of its public utility. The Hottse then divided on the motion, that the Bill be read a second time, Ayes 4G—Noes 28. _ _ _ The Bill yeas „ then read a secor.d time, and ordered to be com mitted, BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Sir CHARLES HAMILTON moved, that Da niel Butler, who had been committed to Newgate for a Breach of Privilege, in arresting him (Sir C. Ha milton), should be brought to the bar to be dis charged. Daniel Butler was then called in, and the Speaker addressed him as follows : " Daniel Butler, you, an Officer of the Sheriff of Middlesex, having presumed to arrest a Member of this House, and having been adjudged on that account guilty of a hie) breach of the privileges of this House, were sentenced to be committed to Fri •%v -, gate. Persons of your description having been appointed to re strain the civil liberty of the subject, ought to exercise their em ployment with all the lenity and moderation consistent with a due discharge of their duty. In this instance, however, when warned of your mistake, you gill persevered, and added iubult to outrage. Under these circumstances a longer confinement in your eaie would he fully warranted. But the. House having taken into its consilsation your petition and submission, has agreed to put an end to your confinement, and sends you forth an example at the same time of its justice and its mercy. You are therefore now discharged, paying your fees." Daniel Butler was of course immediately dischar., god ; and the address of the Speaker was, as usual, in such cases, ordered to be entered on the Journals. SEATS IN PARTIAMENT. - _ Mr. CURWEN gaysnottce for to-morrow, of a motion for the production of a copy of the minutes taken in the Bankruptcy of Nesbitt and Walsh, so far as they related to the sale of Seats in Parliament. SIR JOHN MOORZ. Mr. EDEN gave notice of his intention on to-morrow to move for the production of certain parts of the Correspondencebetwee.i Mr. Frere and Sir John Moore, in the late operations of the Bri tish Army in Spain. SPAIN. Lord TEMPLE deferred his intended motion upoh the result of the Spanish Campaign, Crum Friday until Tuesday next. silt HEW IMbitYMPLE. Mr. PONSONBY gave notice of his intention to move on to morrow that nine Letters of the Correspondence which pissed between Lord Castlereagh and Sir Hew Dalrymple, prep/lout to the 25th of May, should be laid before the Hohse. Mr. Secretary CANNING presented a copy of a note addressed to him from Admiral Apodaca, dated the 9th of March, with his Answer.—Ordered to be prLited. MR. FRERE. Mr. WHITBREAD observed, that from the multiplicity of notices before the House he could not take upon himself to specify the particular day upon which he should submit a motion, decla ratory of the total unfitness of Mr. Frere, the present Ambassador to Spain, to support sick= the character or the duties with which he was now entrusted. He should not, however, bring it for ward before the Huse had come to a decision upon-the general merits of the late Campaign in Spain. DORCHES I'ER JAIL. Mr. WHITBREAD said he held in his hand a petition from Mr. Henry White, confined in Dor chester Gaol for a libel, which he presented, and, it was accordingly read by the clerk, and contained the several allegations in his former petition, as far as re lated to the mode of proceeding upon his trial. Mr. WHITBREAD said, the only motion that he would make in the present instance was, to move that the petition he laid on the table. He wished it to be understood, that he did not hold himself respon sible for the allegations, which, if well founded, he would make the subject of future inquiry. He I had to state, at the request of Mr. Gilbert Wake field's relations, that they never heard of his having been charged with exciting any discontent in the jail, as stated on a former occasion, which he thought it but justice to state to the memory of an eminent scholar. The allegations, he understood, of the pro-1 ceedings on the trial of Mr. White were to come be fore the House of Lords, which, at the present pe-' riod, would prevent him from making any motion on the subject. The petition presented stated some prac tices to prevail, which, if true, required correction.— In the first placi, it was alledged that a person in the Crown Office had the power to pass over any. name in a Special Jury that he thought fit, and might go on until he selected such persons as he considered the most 'likely to find for the Crown. If such were the fact, certainly no such practice ought to prevail.—An6ther practice was, that the Jury that found for the Crown received two guineas per man ; whereas if they found against the Crown, they recei ved but one each.---It was also said, in the case where a Juryman fOund for the subject, he never was sum moned again, by which means he lost the remunera tion given to Jurymen, which to some he feared was au object. lie thought it also a very great vie!' aim that persons should be sent to a distant place o r confinement, away from business and friends. li e would say no more at present, but merely move that the petition be laid on the table. Mr. CALCRAFT recapitulated what lie rated. on a former night with respect to the accommodation of Mr. White—he had a comfortable room, and lit., wife slept with him whenever he thought proper, and he had, besides, access to the yard to take the air. His present petition was modified, but, as a Mavis ; trate for Dorchester, he thought proper to state what he had done, as he, with his brother Magistri t ney;i wished to see a prisoner :.ent from London to that jail, which was a b, - rde a to the county. Mr. WINDHAM said, he listened with great at tention to the allegations contained in the peti..irm, and did not see that there was any ground of c plaint for improper severity. The petitioner coni. pained of what every person knew to be a fact, tha.- 11 - r:hester jail was a place in which persons w ere confined. He said nothing but that the place which he had to walk was a round yard ; but if hid an objection to walk in a circular space, might square it if he thought necessary. He a!, compla:ned truly, that he was confined with deho!, and smugglers. He could not but admire the lofty and contumelious manner in which he spoke of his fellow-prisoners, many of whom were, by too macs confidence in others, brought to ruin and distress, without any offence of their own. He was, inked, very much surprised to hear the aristocratical refiec. tion.s of Mr. White, who he understood was a yet), great teacher of the principles of liberty and evality. The ATTORNEY GENERAL observed, Oh,:- the person from whom his Honourable Prised rcoeived his information must have known that :lit practice had long ceased of paying a Juryman two guineas if he found for the Crown, and only one gui nea if he found for the subject.- Such a practice , did formerly exist ; but not within his memory ; lie ther,•_ fore was surprised that he should have thrown out any such reflections, without he knew that such abuses did certainly exist, And which ough t , if t h ey did exist, to be corrected, He denied that furors who found against the Crown were afterwards so to: out of the list, and he was convinced that any officer Mr/ was guilty of such a transaction 'mould be dismissed by the Judge who had the controul over him as ea Officer of the Crown. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT observed, that this wits sane of the most important cases that had ever come before the House. The Attorney General hal admitted that the practice of giving two guineas to the Jurors, when they found for the Crowe, once es ; is:ed, and had only lately been left of; but he was sorry that he had not adverted to the other practices which the Honourable Gentleman opposite had ted. He was starjaised that he had passed over the great question as to the right of the Executive to transport its subjects to any part of its dominions at its own discretion. He should have expected that he should not Love passed over this. He thought in deed that this point had been settled at !lie -Revolu tion, and he regretted that he had heard no opinica on the subject from him. He had also passeJ over another most important point—the allegation —that. Special Juries were struck at the discretion of the Crown Office. The ex alcio,informations of the At. torney General he considered as no less clang-error. to the liberty of the subject than the giving two gui neas instead aone to those Jurors who found for the Crown. Here, in the case of a libel, for instance. We found the Crown appointing accuser, judge, any Jury ! Into • the great constitutional point or send, ing subjects to distant jails, he would not now enter, as it was to be discussed in another place ; but he could not help adverting to the extreme hardship of this practice, which totally altered the sentence of the law. He agreed that an imprisonment of three years was almost an unprecedented thing of late. The Honourable Baronet then remarked with regard to what had fallen from the Right Honourable Gentle man below (Mr. Windham), that Mr. White had onlybeen convicted of a misdemeanour, which, though certainly a crime, had always been distinguished from felony. Mr. White, therefore, might have reason to ' think that he ought to be less strictly confined than some others. There was another consideration which had entirely escaped the Right Honourable Gentle. man, and that was, that the other prisoners belonged to the County, and in that respect were less hardly dealt by than Mr. White. The Honourable Baro net next observed, that it would be in the power of the Crown to ruin any particular County, by send ing thither all the prisoners of the nation. He would venture to say, that this was not law, and lie was glad that the subject had been brought forward by a Gentleman, who he was sure would do it justice. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed, that it was not the Executive Government, but the Judges w' the Court of King's reach that passed sentence, and the reason why he did not enter more at length into the subject was, because it was to be brotr,;ltt forward on a future occasion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob served, that the arguments of the Hon. Baronet were founded on misconception, and before allegations were made or the House interfered, it ought to have been first shewn that the Petitioner was denied redress in the Courts of Law. The Petition was then ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. WHITBREAD said that the Attorney Ge neral had misrepresented him. He had stated that the practice of giving two guineas to Jurors who gave a verdict for the Crown, either existed at present or had only been lately discontinued. This was his in formation, and it appeared to be correct, for the prac tice had existed ; and the LeaKned Gentleman had ad mitted that it was a gross abuse. He did not say that Jurors who gave verdicts against the Crown had been struck off the list ; he had only said that it S 9 happened that they wero.never summoned again : the Learned Gentleman upon enquiry might find that statement to be correct. Mr. MARRYATT said, that he had given ver dicts against the Crown, but that he had been con stantly summoned. Mr. ASHLEY COOPER was sorry to hurt the feelings of the relations of Mr. GilbertWakefi.2ld, but in justice to the Magistrates of Lorset he must say, that he had abused the indulgence which he had nici; with in the manner stated. He then read a letter from one of the Magistrates confirming this staff •ment, and also stated that Mr. Wlite had been asked before the copunencemeat pf the St ssion whether he kid an) edistant movepla c t e h o a f t and friend s . l ie t rnki h present, be s 8e n b in e ets t o a but merely recapitulated what lie rated. respect to the accommodation a comfortable room, and his enever he thought proper, and to the yard to take the air. is modified, but, as a Mavis- thought proper to state what a his brother Magistri t e never- . :.entfrom London to that jail, the county. .aid, he listened with great at_ ns contained in the petieon, here was any ground c f car,. verity. The petitioner cone person knew to be a fact, Oa.- place in which persons w ere )thing but that the place .e, was a round yard ; but if b walk in a circular space, la- thought necessary. He a!, : he was confined with debaa, auld not but admire the lofty nor in which he spoke of his 1 of whom were, by too muet • . brought to ruin and distress, thei r hear own. the aristocratical li e nyuoar l N v anv a iidl s t(ii i ii ' ,: r i ,liar e a t il fi c :t e tt:[ ( , l _ , l ,....l .. ' ho he understood was a very )i r i toi c m i m p l u e hs s it s o h f a l iv i l b; n r ko t GENERAL observed, t!ea :ed of paying a Juryman two the Crown, and only one aui- subject.- Such a practicc , `did t within his memory ; lie thee.. he should have thrown out without he knew that such :ist, And which ought, if they ed, He denied that furors rown were afterwards so :ice out convinced that any officer wha ransaction would be dismissed the controul over him as art 1 RDETT observed, that tine iportant cases that had ever 1 ..!. The Attorney General h 4 1 aice of giving two guineas to 1 found for the Crowe, once es ; 1 .tely been left off ; but he was 1 tdverted to the other practices 1 Gentleman opposite bad see. e d that he had passed over the / le right of the Exec ut i ve to . ) any part of its dominions at e e should have expected that he I over this. He thought in. 1 1 been settled at alie Revolu- 1 that he had heard no opinica 1 n. He had also passeJ over • nt point—the allegation —that, 1 l'uck at the discretion of the 1 : 4icio,informations of the At. t rsidered as no less dangernu; i bject than the giving two gui. i hose Jurors who found for the case of a libel, for instance. 1 ppointing accuser, judge, any 1 t constitutional point or send, jails, he would not now (alter, 1 sed in another place ; but he ag to the extreme hardship of I tally altered the sentence of the i an imprisonment of three yea;s tedented thing of late. The - c hen remarked with regard to t he Right Honourable Ganda. t dhain), that Mr. White had 1 i misdemeanour, which, though a always been distinguished from a rerefore, might have reason to ( be less strictly confined than I as another consideration which 1 le Right Honourable Gentle. s a the other prisoners belonged I that respect were less hardly 1 'hite. The Honourable Baro- i t it would be in the power of 1 y particular County, by send- i niers of the nation. He would c tis was not law, and lie was t lad been brought forward by a X AS sure would do it justice. t 7-GENERAL observed, that a re Government, but the Judges e 's reach that passed sentence, li : did not enter more at length tecause it was to be brought c :asion. DR of the EXCHEQUER oh- t tents of the Hon. Baronet were s ption, and before allegations t ise interfered, it ought to have 1 re Petitioner was denied redress The Petition was then ordered t t D said that the Attorney Ge- r ed him. He had stated that 4 two guineas to Jurors who gave n, either existed at present or iscontinued. This was his in- i ared to be correct, for the prac- i. re Learned Gentleman had ad- vgerrdoiscst a b u s e. verdicts again st t ; he had only said that it 0 I roarever summoned again : and e 1 C di r d ol not vn i sa'f i;ld i tweet.. i l i ie tan upon enquiry might and ' said, that he had given vcr- , n, but that he had been con- t 1 QPER was sorry to hurt the 1 s of Mr. Gilbert Wakefield, but I strates of Lorset he must say, I indulgence which he had met; I ated. He then read a letter % rates confirming this star •ment, t r. White had been asked before 1 the St ssion whether he h,Lci any t