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THE MONITEUR. FROM MARCH 16. In the Journal dc PE.m i nire the following article has been published " Some Journalists, after announcing that the Prince of Schwarzemberg, Ambassador from Ails tria, had had his first audience of the Emperor Alex ander, have added circumstances which are totally false. The Prince did not decline the Court carriages. Such a refusal would have been both absurd and im pertinent. He repaired to the Palace in his own car riages, because such is the custom of the Austrian Court. The situation in which the two Courts stand, would rather prevent any extraordinary ceremonies from attending the audience of the Ambassador from Austria. Far from disdaining the Court to which he is accredited, M. de Schwarzemberg complains of the coldness with which he is received. He tells those who choose to listen to him, that he has not yet been invited to the Hfrmi.toge, nor to any parade, and that the strictest etiquette is observed towards him, with out the least show of favour, such as Sovereigns in deed evince only under particular circumstances." We learn from various letters, that the greatest activity already prevails in the ports or Ferrol and Corunna. The Spanish marine will not be content with having, during a period of rebellion and anarchy, Yerna'ned faithful to honour, and snatched from Eng land the prey she expected : it aspires to take yen, I. , 'ance on her for the evils with which she has afilic • i'd Spain. We know, even by the confession of the I:ngiish themselves, that these sentiments are also held by the sailors of C.tdiz, who expect, and will boon receive the French in that tine port. A. grand movement is preparing on the coasts of the ocean, from Hollai.d to Spain. The French troops have been brought to the ports of Gallicia ht pursuit of the English : perhaps they may have the satisfaction to pursue them still Itirthr. Many ways are open to gene: rate into insurrnt freland, and possibly to seek Cie r2inains of Sir John Moore's army in the county of Kent. When Carthage sett its forces into Italy, the Romans f. o n found themselves under the walls of Carthage ; and thr rival of Rome disappeared.— Publiceste. SARAGOSSA, MARCH 6. Yesterday (Sunday) the Commanders of two corps of the army, who had met before Saragossa, with the whole of their Etat Maj,r and the Colonels of all the regiments, arrived at nine o'clock in the morning at the head quarters his Excellency the Marshal Commandant, in (J.der to accompany him into the town. The whole trl,in was preceded and followed by a detachment of Polish troops, and of cuirassiers of the 13th regiment, in the most brilliant order. Two hundred pieces of cannon announced the arrival of his Excellency the Duke of Ikflontebello in the town. The streets were hung with tapestry—all the people at the windows manifested their joy, and their surprise at so happy and so prompt (si prompt)a cha::ge, by accla mations and cries of Long iive the Emperor! The gre nadiers, and the voltigcurs of the army, lined the streets from their entrance to the gate the church of our lady de/ Pilar ; and bandsof music, placed in different parts, added to the liveliness of the inhabitants, who ap _ pe.ared greatly moved by this kind of spectacle.. The procession arrived in the most regular order in the vicinity of the church. There his Excellency tae Suffragan Bishop, M. de Saint Ander, a personage respectable by his age and his virtues, dressed in his pontiqcal habits, at the head cf his Clergy, of the Junta, and of all the Authorities, came to the grand entrance to receive the Fs ike of Moutobello, followed by the cross and banaer, and conducted him to the place which was set apart for:him, before the altar, most richly covered, :uid not far from that Virgin, which is the object of the whole cceintry's veneration. • Mass was sung, accompanied by music, which was succeeded by an mte: esting ceremony, the true object of the meeting. ne holy Prelate, notavithstanding his weakness and his grelt age, pronounced an edify he; discourse, in which he traced out all the evils of war, all the blessings of peace and concord, according to the precepts of the Gospel. Then .ill the members 'f the Junta, the heads of the Church, and all the Authorities, advanced in order to the feet of the Prehit-, and to the presence of his Excellency the Duke of Montebello. There, with a loud voice, and before all the people, the holy Prelate pronounced the oath of obedience and fidelity to his Catholic Ma jesty, Don Joseph Napoleon, and each Member, raising at the same time his hand, and lifting up his voice, pronounced the words, I swear. After which each left his place, and Divine Service was continued, and email:it'd by a Te Drum, which was announced from without by discharges of artillery. The Pre- Lite, the Clergy, and all the Authorities, reconducted his Excellency with the same pomp to the gate of the Church, and all were edified by the orderly behaviour of the French during this religious ceremony. The Marshal Duke of Montebello then assembled all the Etat Majors of the army in his Palace to a repast of 400 cover. ; the termination of which was signalized by three toasts, the first given by his Ex cellency : a To his Majesty the Emperor and King ; may our vows prolong his life as long as his glory !" The second, by his Excellency the Marshal Duke of Treviso "To his Catholic Majesty Don Joseph Na. poleon ;" and the third, by his Excellency the Gene ral Dul:e of Abrantes "To the Empress Queen, the Empress Queen Mother, and all the Members of the Imperial House ; may the throne occupied by that family ensure the happiness of all their people ! and may they ever find around them subjects as devoted as we are mom. invincible Sovereign !'"These toasts were each of them accompanied by discharges of cannon. The day closed in the midst of public joy and satisfaction. The inhabitants cannot sufficiently admire the hap piness of their fate, instead of which they expected treatment the most rigorous, and chastisement the roost dreadful. We see every day the inhabitants and invalids walk out of the town, in order to enjoy a purer air in the vicinity, or to resume their labours ; and at the same time there arrive from all sides, pea sants, in order to sell their commodities, and to sup ply the markets for the troops, with all the produc tions of the country, the same as in the most pro found peace. The reeort of these happy events instantly spread all around. The Arragonese come in crowds, incited by curicsity and admiration, to sec a town, as it were, restored to life, and rising out of its ruins, when every one expected that it would be buried in the earth. Our moveable columns traverse the country on all sides, and every where the inhabitants hasten to offer them wine, bread, and victuals of every kind. They all confess that the pardon granted to the armed peasants in Saragossa, was a thing unexpected by them, and cannot fail to ensure their warmest blessings. The hatred of the French is eradicated from all breasts. Yesterday's ceremony has melted hearts the most obdurate ; and Arragon will soon present the spectacle of one of the most submissive provinces in Spain. STATE PAPER. TREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, AND ALLIANCE, BETWEEN HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AND HIS CATHOLIC MA.. JESTS, FERDINAND VII. SIGNED AT LONDON, THE 14TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1809. In the Name of the Most Holy and lindivided Trinity. The events which have taken place in Spain having terminated the state of hostility which unfortunately subsisted between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain, and united the Arnu of both against the common enemy, it seems good that the new relations which have been produced between two nations, now connected by common interest, should be regularly established and confirm ed by a formal Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Alliance : Wherefore, his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of •Great Britain and Ireland, and the Supreme and Central Junta of Spain and the Indies, acting in the name and on the behalf of his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand VII. have constituted and ap pointed :—That is to say, his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable George Canning, one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and his Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and the Supreme and Central Junta of Government of Spain and the Indies, acting in the name and on the behalf of his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand VII. Don Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, Comman der of Vallaga and Algarga in die Military Order of Calatrava, Rear Admiral of the Royal Navy, named by the Supreme and Central Junta of Government of Spain and the Indies, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Catholic Ma jesty Ferdinand VII. to his Britannic Majesty; their Plenipoten tiaries, to conclude and sign a Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Alliance ;—who, having communicated their respective full powers, have agreed to and concluded the following Articles : ART. I. There shall be between his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand VII. King of Spain and of t he Indies thereunto appertaining, and between all their Kingdoms; States, Donti nions, and Subjects, a Christian, stable and inviolable Peace ; and a perpetual and sincere amity, and a strict alliance during the war against France ; together with an entire and lasting oblivion of all acts of hostility done on either side, in the course of the late wars in which they have been engaged agalt st each other. ART. 11. To obviate all complaints and disputes which might a; ise on the subject of prizt s, captured posterior to the Declara ti.vti published by his Britannic- Majesty o • the 4th of July of the last Ye r, it has been inutual:y agreed, - tat the vessels and pro perty taken posterior to the date of the aid Declaration, in any seas or ports of the world, without a .y exec ;Hon and without any regard either to time or place, :all be restored by both parties.—And, as the accidental new anion of any of the ports of the peninsula by the common enemy. might occasion disputes re specting any vessels, st-itieh., iu ig.:orance of such occupation, might direct their course to those ports front any other harbour, either of she peninsula or the colonies ; and as cases may occur in which Spanish inhabitants of the said ports or provinces so occu pied by the enemy, may, wit:i their property, endeavour to es cape irons his grasp ; the High Contracting Parties have agreed that Spanish vessels, not aware of the enemy's occupation of any Inn-hour n hich they are desirous to enter, or such as may succeed in making their escape from any harbour so occupied, shall not be cartnred, nor themselves nor their cargo be considered as a goad prize ; hut, on the contrary, that they shall meet with every help and assistance from the naval power of his Britannic Majesty. ART. 111. His Britannic Majesty engages to continue to assist, to the utmost of his power, the Spanish nation in their struggle against the tyranny and usurpation of France, and promises not. to acknowledge any other King of Spain and of the Indies there unto appertaining, than his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand VII. h;s heirs, or such lawful successor as the Spanish nation shaU ac knowledge ; and the Spanish Government, in the name and on the behalf of his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand VII. engages never,' in any case, to cede to France, any part of the territories or pos-' sessions of the Spanish Monarchy, In any part of the world. ART. IV. The high contracting Parties agree to make common cause against France; and not to make peace with that Power except by common consent. ART. V. The present treaty shall be ratified by both parties, and the exchange of the ratifications shall be made in the space of two months (or sooner if it can be done) in London. In witness whereof, we, the undersigned plenipotentiaries, have signed, in virtue of our respective full powers, the present Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Alliance, and have sealed it with the seals of our arms. Done at London this 14th day of lanuity, 1809. (L.S.) GEORCIC CAUSING. (L.S.) JUAN Rosa DC APODACA. ART. I. (Separate.) The Spanish Government engages to take the most effectual measures for the preventing of the Spanish Squadrons in all the Ports of Spain, as well as of the French Squadron taken in the month of June, and now in the harbour of Cadiz, from falling into the power of France. For which pur pose his Britannic Majesty engages to co-operate by all means in his power. The present Separate Article shall base the same force and va-- lidity as if it were inserted, word for word, in the Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Alliance, signed this day, and.shall be ratified at the same time. In witness whereof, we, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, have signed, in virtue of our respective lull Powers, the present Separate Article, and have sealed it with the Seals of our Anus. Done at London, this 14th day of January, 1809. (L.S.) GLORPtE CANNING. (L.S.) IVAN RUIZ Da APODACA. ART. H. (Separate.) A Treaty shall forthw'th be negotiated, stipulating the amount and description of succours to be afforded by his Britannic Majesty, agreeably to the Third Article of the prescnareaty. The present Separate Article shall have the same force and va lidity, as if it were inserted, word for word, in the Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Alliance, signed this day, and shall be ra tified at the same time. In witness whereof, we, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, have signed, in virtue of our respective full powers, the present Separate Article, and have sealed it with the Seals of our Arms. Done at London, this 14th day of January, 1809. (L.S.) GEORGE CANNING. (L.S.) JUAN Ruiz Di APODACA. Anon TONAL AR TlCJ.r.—The present circumstances not ad mitting of the regular Negotiation of a Treaty of Commerce be. tween the two countries, with all the care and consideration due to so important a subject, the high contracting parties mutually engage to proceed to such Negotiation as soon as it shall be prac ticable so to do, affording, in the mean time, mutual facilities to the commerce of the subjects of each other, by temporary regu lations founded onprinCiples of reciprocal utility. The present Additional Article shall have the same fotce and validity, as if it were inserted, word for word, In * the Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Alliance, signed at London, the 14th day of January, 1809. In witness whereof we, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, have signed, in virtue of our respective full powers, the present Addi tional Article, and have sealed it with the Seals of our Arms. Done at London, this 21st day of March,lBo9. (L.'S.) GEORGi CANNING. Joan Ruia Da' APODACA. P4RLI4MENT4Rr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, MARCH 07. ' The Corn Importation and Spirit Wash Bills wore brought up from the Commons, andread a first time. The Tobacco Importation Bill was read a second time. Paulett's Divorce Bill was read a first time. ' Lord LIVERPOOL laid on the Table a Copy of the Treaty of Amity and Alliance with Spain. Lord AUCKLAND gave notice, that shortly after the recess, he would bring forward a motion relating to the Acts passed in the last Session, for giving effect to the Orders in Council. Lord DARNLEY, after a short preface moved for Extracts from Sir John Moore's letter of the isth of January. The motion, after s-me observations from Earls LIVERPOOL and GREY, was acceded to. Lord ROSSLYN moved for copies of the instructions to the British Ministers in Spain and Portugal, respecting the military operations in these countries. The motion was resisted by Lord LIVERPOOL, anti after a short reply from Earl GREY, the question was put, and the mo tion rejected. Mr. WORCESTER presented Papers from the Chest at Green wich, giving an account of the Sums received during the last year. ROXBURGH PEERAGE. - - Counsel were again called to the Bar, before the Committee of 1 Privileges, when Mr. GILLIES, Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, and the ATTORNET-GENERAL, were heard respecting General Ker's Pe tition, and the words " their heirs male," contained in the Deed of 1648. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after Counsel had been ordered to withdraw, shortly stated to the Committee, that most pro bably it would be requisite their Lordships would sit again on Wednesday and Thursday; but, in the mean time, he should propose the farther proceedings should be adjournedtillto-morrow, not for the purpose of hearing any more arguments, but it would afford time to consider of what should afterwards be done; fur, on Account of other judicial business, the case would not be then proceeded with, nor would there be any necessity fur the atten dance of Counsel. tt was ordered accordingly. CAMPAIGN IN SPAIN. Earl GREY gave notice, that on the 18th of next month be would make a motion pn the subject of the late campaign in Spain and Portugal. Lord LIVERPQOL said se would be happy to learn from the Noble Lord the purport and extent of his motion. Earl GREY said, that he had not yet made up his mind as to the particular shape in which he should put the motion, but it would embrace the whole of the conduct of the campaign in Spain and 'Portugal, and of course the conduct of Minicters, as far as it related to the military operations in these countries. UNITED STATES. - - Lord SELKIRK gave notice, that, after the recess, he would submit a motion to the House on the subject of thF missign of Mr. Rqse to the Government of the United States.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF. COMMONS. A Petition was presented against the Building of the Vauxhall Bridge. Referred to the Committee on the Bill. Mr. DAVIES GIDDY presented the Highgate Archway Bill. Read the first time, and ordered for the second reading. A Message from the Lords signified their Lordships concur rence in the Newfoundland Judicature Bill. Mr. MELLISH presented the Wept India Dock and Commer cial Road Bill, and also the Gas Light Company Incorporation Bill. Read the first time, and ordered for the second reading. The Irish Provisions Bill was reported. The Dover Lands Bill was read a third time and passed. 'lke Inn-keepers Allowance Bill was read a second time. The Committee on the Militia Completion Bill was postponed till to-morrow. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY gave notice of a motion for to morrow, respecting the Board of Internal Navigation in Ireland. Lord CAST I .EREAGH brought up a Return of the Number of Troops of Cavalry embarked last year for Spain and Portugal. Mr. PERCEVAL moved that the Report of the Committee for inquiring into the Dutie s s on Offices should be referred to the Committee of Public Expenditure, who should examine the same and report to the House. Ordered. The Scot ch Records Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The Sootch Record Officers Compensation Bill was committed. Report to-morrow. The Irish Flax Seed Bill was read a third time, and passed. The House on the motion of Mr. Fort . Ea, went into a Com mittee on the Irish Spirits Bill. In answer to a question from Mr. BA a HA at, he stated, that it was his intention to prcpose a duty of 3s. 2d. on the spirits from sugar, as had been dote in the case of spirits from corn, without regard to their degrees of strength.— The different clauses were then gone through, the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The House then went into a Committee on the Malta Ship Register Bill, when the different clauses were agreed to, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. The Committee on the Militia Completion Bill was postponed till to-morrow. Mr. Wit A ILTON brought up the Report of the Pension Duty Bill, which was agreed to, and the Billiardeeed so be read a third time to-morrow. The Irish Expiring Laws Bill, and the Officers' Widows Pen sion Bill, were also reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. SPANISH TREATY. Mr. Secretary CANNING presented a Copy of the Treaty of Peace, &c. concluded between his Majesty aid Ferdinand VII. of Spain. Ordered to lie on Table. SWEDEN. Mr. WHITBREAD rose to ask the Right Honourable Gentle man whether the news in circulation relative to a Revolution in Sweden was true, and also whether ally, and how much of the subsidy granted to Sweden, under a Treaty lately in negotiation wititahat Governmen., had been actually paid) Mr. Secretary CANNING answered, that with respect to the first part of the Honourable Gentleman's question, he was not now prepared to give him any accurate information; and with respect to the latter, he could only say that the House was aware that a Treaty of Subsidy and Alliance was, for some time, in ne gociation between his Majesty and the Kini, of Sweden, in con sideration of which, the House had voted a subsidy, to be ad vanced in certain proportions monthly, to his Swedish Majesty ; that the treaty had been for some time concluded, and only waited for the definitive signature of his Swedish Majesty, which it had since received ; and a copy would have been laid before the House this day, but for the intelligence alluded to by the Honourable Gentleman, which had reached this country. He therefore de ferred, for a few days longer, to lay it before the House, when, in all probability, it would come accompanied by some commu nication from his Majesty. With respect to the subsidiary ad vances, they had not been carried into effect beyond their natural 1 period. STAMP INCIDENTS. Mr. WHITBREAD moved for a particular account of the Ex. penditures charged in the Stamp-Office Accounts, under the head of Incidents for England and Scotland, which, after some expla nation from Mr. HUSKIS SON, were ordered. BRITISH BREWERIES. Mr. WHITBREAD observed there was a Committee now sit ting up stairs on the subject of the Intercourse of Distilled Spirits between Great Britain and Ireland; and as it was tnderstood the interests of the British Breweries were likely to be affected by the arrangements founded upon this subject, between the two coun tries, he hoped there would be no objection to his moving now an instruction to the said Committee to extend their enquiries :o the regulations that govern the Intercourse of Heel between the two countries. After some observations from Mr. FOSTER and Mr. WHIT BREAD, it was agreed to defer his motion till a future day. TETHER IN IRELAND. Mr. PARNELI, reminded the Chancellor of the Exchequer tef a promise he had made during the last Session, to keep in view and bring in a measure for altering and amending the Laws re lating to Tithes in Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assured the Ho nourable Gentleman, that he had not lost sight of the object to which the Hon. Gentleman had alluded. Indeed, it hau occu pied a considerable share of his attention during the last vacation; bat the more he considered it, he found it surrounded with the &eater dilficukies ; io much so, that he saw no hopes of being able to bring forward any measure connected with the subject, ' at least within the present Session of Parliament. CAPTURE OF CAPRI. Sir JOHN NEWPORT asked the reason why the Details of the Capture of Capri had not been laid before the Public ? There had been two foreign regiments In the island; one of which bad • • behaved very utd the other very iIL He tiostght the Polk, ought to iknow the whole transaction. Lord CASTLEREAGH said that the details of the ulterior operadons had Dot arrived till lately. He had no objection tsi ?tame them. Sir JOHN NEWPORT then moved that they he Lid co ;h• table.—Ordered. • • THE INDEPENDENT WHIG. Mr. WHITBREAD said, he held in his hand a Petition from Mr. White, the proprietor of a n ew paper ;40 The Whir, now a prisoner in Dorclie , gaol, and Mr. Hart, printer of the said newspaper, n o a prisoners in Gloucester gaol, praying relief agaia certain and alledged hardships. Mt. Whitbread s a d that, in presenting them he would not be understood as pledging himself to the truth of the several gations contained in the petitions. He thought however, his duty, as Member of Parliament, present any petition complaining of grievances, p:. . tided it was respectfully worded. The pttitkill Mr. White complained of some improprieties hav; r: , occurred in the mode of impannelling his jury, of some subsequent hardships attending the circ :%:n . stances of his imprisonment. The Clerk at the table then read the petit;, signed Henry White, which was to the following , feet: _ _ _ That the Petitioner is a Citizen of London and a Stationer, and has been and still is the sole proprietor of the weekly paper called the Independent %Vbig, now printed at 23, Warwick-square, don. That there appeared in said paper certain Letters, t4junius"- 7 1 . 4 A Seaman“ 7 --and "T. C.' That for the publicatioa of said letters, his Majesty's Attorney-General had nosed for cri minal informations against the Petitioner; and that though, lot the last 10 years, in all similar cases, the publieatioias were Pronounced to be false as well as malicious,yet,in the case of t he Petitioner, t hey were termed to be malicious only. That previous t., :he trial t he Petitioner the Solicitor for the Crown had applied tor a special our.: and that the Master of the Crown Office had nominated the ;toy in place of the Sheriff. That the petitioner Was then, upon tion and a sentence, removed to Dorchester Gaol, on the Gth of July, 1808, where be was kept in close confinement, and re.. stricted from the use of fresh air until the 15th of October LI lowing, though at the time of his imprisonment his' ad state .if health had been certified by four respectable medical gentkmen. That though exercise and the benefit of air were essential to the preservation of his health, he had been denied all access to au ail• joining garden, and was obliged to walk in a small yard of d.irr.p stones, and that very much aggravated a complaint he then had his feet, and a bilious affection of the liver. That: after repeatil repreientations of these hardships, he at last obtained the indulgence of walking half an hour each clay in the garden ; that his family consisted of his wife and two sons, cote of whcm confined to London by the duties of his business, and the other, with his wife, was allowed only to see him for eight hours every other day. That by being pmoved tq Porchest be was obiigJ to take lodging! in the town, at a very . consid erable expetce,— That in addition to the punishMent of three years imprisormeet, a pecuniary fine had been imposed, much beyond the propartin a of his means. He therefore prayed to be allowed to prose truth of the above allegations at the bar of the House ; and fit , ther prayed for such relief as that House might, iv their judgme.it be disposed to grant. On the question, that the Petition do lie on tine table, Mr. CALC RAFT rose and said, that, as a Ma. gistrate of I)orsetshire, some of the allegationS con• tained in the petition having reached his ears, he hai, him Self waited upon Mr. White, in Dorche , ,ter to ascertain from him the grounds of his complairii, Mr. White complained of not being allowed inter course with his family, particularly in his very bad state of health, and made the other complaints which have been already mentioned. He (Mr. Calcrai',) went to the Magistrates of the County, and they stated to him, that the reason why they did not give Mr. White the accommodation of the garden that it had been allowed to Mr. Gilbert Wakefield, and that he had abused that indulgence by exciting sedition in the other parts of the gaol with which the garden communicated, it being situated between tee two yards of the gaol ; but that they were willing allow Mr. White to walk in the garden every day one hour, provided he was accompanied by the gao:er, or other person. They also agreed, that the inter course between him and his family should be less re stricted, and that his wife should be allowed to see him at all times when he was ill, and at other tim;s for eight hours each day, his wife and son taking the turn each alternate day. On his (Mr. Calcrafi's) return from the Sessions he acquainted Mr. White with the intentions of the Magistrates, and he (Mr. White) had expressed himself perfectly satisfied with them, and much obliged to Mr. Calcraft for hN effectual interference. Mr. Calcrift further 6). served, that the room in which Mr. White w4s confined was an airy spacious room, and papered, but he believed at the expellee of Mr. White; aad that it was a better room than he (Mr. Calculi) in general occupied in any of his Majesty's banacks, when he was with his regiment. He had in his poc session a letter of thanks from Mr. White, which, he had been apprized of this petition, he would hai brought down to the House. Mr. ASHLEY COOPER bore testimony to same report, as having been Foreman to th:;. Doi Grand Jury. Mr. WHITBREAD reminded the House, he did not pledge himself for the truth of the Pt tioner's allegations. It was the petitioner's son wl delivered the petition to him, and he felt it his chit) as an independent Member of Parliament, to presto it to the House. If the grievances complained had been remedied, it was to the honour of the Dos gistrates : but why such severities were at all infiii ted, might hereafter be matter for inquiry. Why t!. Magistrates of a county should assume an authori:i to inflict punishments upon persons imprisoned me than were authorized by the Court who commitu them, he was at a loss to conceive. He was Oa( however, the petition had been presented, as it !nig!. lead to inquiry touching such abuses, and settle regulation in similar cases. Mr. CALCRAFT explained. The SPEAKER, on looking at the petition, it necessary to apprize the House, that there app::.,:- ed on the face of it several erasures and interlino , .• tions, and therefore, in point of form, it could not considered as the petition of the person by whom it was signed. Mr. WHITBREAD said he was not conscious cf any informality in these circumstances ; the erasures and alterations were made by the son of the Pe!!• tioner, who had delivered the paper to bifn. would, however, with the leave of the House, wish' draw the petition, on the ground of its informality Leave given. CAPTAIN HUXLEY SANDEN. Mr. JOHN FANE •presented a Petition, sign!! Huxley Sanden, to the following effect : " Humbly sheaving, That their Petitioner ha( nerved' jesty in the West Indies, the Spanish Main, America, the sula of Spain and Portugal, for thirty - two years ; that he ins: !k r t . sight of one eye in the service of his country; that in de )1" r 1800, he bad met with an accident by falling frosts his horse j-t ot•,: iur t,, th• a t2l a It ad )() t ) 11 t.) I t::. ,and allel Ur: gro, adore r ert- c the ,need ,they tut,: ,ury 1 re. ate ether!. to the :a art. d.trhp had it - , ?eat;i, ; that m Vi Al other, every 11)40 ?Mat, 1311:na :Jr id ft:, Egrne:it nt 1 1 ,T a Ma• S con. e 11,1.1 gaol, ir•.ter. ry had which icrai,) d tLey ot give n t,•a s, ;efield, .4citing ich tha !en iing t; lay gab:en, inter- less :e- -1 to see tints ir.g vie craft's) le (M:. ed w:th for h:•t er c)- ite n•as iapered, Le; and ;raft) in attacks, his pos- vhich, if tld have r to the Dorset ,se, that he Peti• son who its duty, present anted of the Ma• tll inflic- Why the .uthoritl• ed mo:e mmitted .as glad, it mizl•t