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/ !edged that it would have corous to have called the ausntion to it in that way. The., neglect inadvertence,, and hewas ready 'blatoti attached to him on that HOUSE OF LORDS, DECEMBER 6. Messrs. ROMILLT, HART, AtsAU, and NOLAN, were heard in the case of Hone v. Davis.—Judgment postponed. Sir S. Rom t Lt.': and Mr. I.a.teu were heard In the case of the Grant v. Orant.—Further hearing on Wednesday. seen pi Judgment to-morrow in the case of Duff v. Magistrates of, urpose "Inverness. 1 conseqt The Royal Assent *was given by Commission, to the Clergy 1 mode ot Penalties Bill, the London Militia Services Bill, Foreigners En-' , listment Bill, Militia Setjeants and soldiers Provision Bill, Bri- Chß Nob, tish and Irish Militia Interchange Bill, Foreign Subsidy Bill, in- hs mode demnity Bill, Loan Interest BM, 84. c. . d that Chet The Local Militia 13111, Exchequer Bills Bill, Mohler Daly at there wt Dill, and Scotch Salt Bill, were read a third time andpholestir •1 id of a prec The Militia Force Amendment Bill, anti Sugar Erpoesl6* Bill, were read a second time. and no i SLAVE TRADE. , - -v . : dof 1795 w s ' Lord HOLLAND, after requesting the indulgence. of the House for introducing tl . subject of the Slave d a second tin, Trade without a question before theHouse,expressed k djourned. his regret that so little progress had been made in the attempt to prevent the practice of carrying on the , HOUSE Of COMMONS. .. slave trade under foreign flags. As he hoped that ! A new writ was ordered for the county of Maio (Ireland), the result of the late 'ape: atlons on the Cowinent In thermal of Colonel Dillon. not. Th a e Home rd ered town:lt:sr:Luton the Wednes day Committe e next. ,of Supply which was would be the re-estabiishment of peace, he could help calling the attention of Ministers to this subject. In the Committee of Ways and Means, the CHANCELLOR The trade had been once carried on to a very great of the EXCHEQUER moved to raise the sum of Eve millions by extent under the Dutch flag e and in any treaty with Exchequer Bills, which was agreed to. Holland, it would be the duty of Ministers to insert a Mr EDEN EDEN . gave n oti ce o f a motion for to-morrow, respecting Deliveries. clause for the prevention of carrying on the traffic in ; The East-India Trade Bill was read a second time. question under the flag of that country. He did not, ' The report of the London Militia Bill was ordered to be re however, expect that Ministers would give any push caved to-morrow. cular explanation of what was to be done in the event' SpiritsTaehisb ' and theist& County Police - BW wen of a treaty with that power. . In the present circum- ~through Tote~ t hrou gh Tote Com m i ttees. Bill for the imendiiiitt *lite Irish Distillery Laws until stances it would "bb ompropei s to do so. He only read a first time, and ordered to be read a ltd time to-morrow. wished that their attention should be called to the The East India Shipping Bill was also read a first time, and aro' subject. He did not, however, mean to say that Mi. dered r. t H e be oß re N a E d ß a tomorrow. b seton , d ht tiT p e th; tepte f the vent Bill. misters had been negligent in this respect. He gave I Some clauses were 6 proposed by Mr. Anticiottar and Mt. them credit- for every desire to _carry into complete .... 10, CICHART, which were agreed to. 1 effect the wishes of the legislature, and of the coon- The report was then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read try ; but it was matter of much regret that so little; a t h ird time tomorrow. a T he InsolventDebtore Bill (Lord Ellenborouglesierent through progress had hitherto been made.• He was sorry that t: mittee, in which several new chases were brought up and an article ot the description which he had mentioned agreed to. The report to-morrow. had not been introduced into the treaty'vrith Spain. • roam E•IVOR IC BILL. ..... • He regretted his being . obliged to say, with all his On the farther consideration of the Report,, admiration of the Spanish nation and of the adrnir- Sir S. ROMILLY repeated the objections which able struggle which they bad made for their indepen- he had before stated. He thought that the penalties dente, that the slave traffic was carried on under inflicted by the * BIII merited a more serious consider their flag to s very considerable extent. He again, ! ration, and'moved the postponement of she second however, must repeat his hopes, that no exertions; reading for six mrmths. would be nefliecterl, On the part of Ministers, to puti. :Sill Vr.,GAR.ROW opposed the motion, and de a final stop, if . passible, to the slate trade among 'a l fended the_Bill as it fair and proper measure..fcr the the powers with- whom they had any influence. • - 1 protection of rniebipety against those who•were dis- Lord LIVERPOOL repeated, what lie had often' posed to become turbulent and riotous. There was stated before, that every principle which had . induced no reason for fear respecting the acts of .idle appren the Legislature to pass: the . Slave Trade Abolition tires, since it was necessary that the mischief done Act, operated with Ministeis to use every endeavour should be done maliciously. .The Bill would be , to accomplish the abolition ofthe traffic among foreign wholesome, and salutary in its consequences, - as it powers. The very principles on which the abolition would shew deluded people what they were to expect' had been opposed, led them, !lace it was abolished , if they pursued a disorderly and - dangerous Conduct. here, to endeavour to render•that abolition universal.. He had no objection whatever to giving the Judge —lt would, a course, be y improper to enter into any the power of mitigating the pun ishment , as to the particulars at present ; but in the event contemplated term of transportetion. • • . , by the Noble Lord opposite, he believed there could Mr. HORNER made various objections to the be no difficuhy in making a suitable, arrangement for I Bill, but more particularly to the proposition lel the this desirable object with the nation to_which the No- i Attorney-General, for giving a ctiicretionalf powsr ble Lord specifically alluded. • to the Judges respecting the term of transportatien'.. II CTINY BILL. Mercy was a prologative of the Crown, to be exer- On the motion for the second reading of the Mu-! cised in rare occurrences. It was - not rightly used tiny Bill— • I when a punishment was enacted of a high degree, Lord HOLLAND had - no positive objection to which was to be softened down at the discretion of state to the progress of the Bill ; for less did he in- the Judge, however respectable he might be: tend, under the present circumstances of the country, Sir WILLIAM GARRQW and Mr. Houma mutually to vote against it :—but at the same time, he could explained. not help nnw observing, that this most important Mr. B. I3ATHURST observed, that there - was ne measure was doe which the Legislature had formerly adequate punishment for the offences in question, regarded with peculiar jealousy, although it was now save that which was enacted by this Bill. Should become old-fashioned to attend much to the annual the spirit of turbulence again arise,ahe penalties pto• progress of the Mutiny Bill. Nothing, however, but vided by this measure were lighp,'When *compared the peculiar circumstances of the country could ex- with the dangerous nature and •effects of the evil cure the second reading of the Bill without having which it was intended to guard agaitst : he thought even summoned the House, 'in order to call their at- i it much better to leave the power of mitigation to the tention to weat they were doing. It was proper to I Judge, as in other cases. He could not agree with observe upon this remarkable proceeding, that it the alterations, unless the Gentlemen on the other might not be drawn into a precedent. '1 here was I "side would take upon themselves to say that no cases hardly a precedent for such a mode of proceeding in could arise under the Act to call for the larger pu modern times, or for the long adjournment for which nishment. the - passing of the Mutiny Bill at this early period of Mr. JOHN SMITH approved of the alteration in the - StsSion was a preparatory step. If such long ; the Bill which substituted transportation .for life to adjournments were to become frequent, it would go ! capital punishment. In fact, the severity of capital near virtually to deprive one part of the United I punishment prevented many prosecutions under this Kingdom of its representation. He was aware, how- i Act. The offences in contemplation were committed over, that the very peculiar circumstances of the . by mobs principally consisting of very young persons world at this critical period did afford something like !of both sexes. No person could avoid feeling great a justification to this extraordinary proceeding. He . repugnance to bringing such persons• to capital pu was aware that it was important that in case of a , nishment. He must say, however, that the menu long adjournment, it was proper to have the Mutiny factoring districts were in such an alarming state of Bill passed, in order to prevent the confusion that riot at the time of the passing of the law, that some might otherwise ensue ; and, wishing to interpose no ; very severe punishment was absolutely necessary. difficulties in . the way of Ministers, at a Element I Mr. ABERCROMBY was against 'the clause of .when so many important particulars required their . transportation for life ; and thought the Attorney. utmost attention, he did not absolutely object to the : General had passed rather a sweeping censure upon irol of the . Bill_ i nor, when, the. .adjournment . the criminal laws of the county- as they now exist, __ _ _ - tiled, HO AND had-nothing :the eandid manner is which the Noble mined that it would have been proper to have sum moned the house, for the purpose of callingin atten tion to a measure of this consequence. His object was-merely to prevent this mode of proceeding being dralan into a precedent. The Noble Earl had said that there was a precedent in, modern simasfor this. He-(Holland)had not said that there was no prece dent ; he had only said that there wai hardly a pre, cedent, and when he talked of a precedent he i rneant a precedent in good times; and no impartial man mould say s that the period of 1795 was of that do egription. ' - .The Bill was then read a second time s and com mitted for to-morrow.—A djourned. • FRENCH P.o.llitt, PARIS, wovimasti. I c. • • from Toren, of thetlo,Ousi Count announc* dig Count girhomKGovernor • fortress, is dead, in consevience of a fall from his horse, having previously proposed Count Dutaillis to succeed him, which choice was approved . by the Council of Defence which he convoked. • - -- . NOVIMBILR 30.—His Majesty presided 'to-day in the Ctioncil of State: His Majesty reviewed yistet daY at eleven o'clock, in the court of the Thnlller s, a numerous body of infantry, and sevkral corps of savalri ; imong which were remarked, sotne sgea dincs the Guaids of Honour. His' Majesty eon- Tossed with the officers of the corps, and receives the petitions of a great number of soldiers. The troops filed off before him amidst repeated cries of " Vive l'Etaperettr." • IMPERIAL' DECREE. - " From the Palace of the Thuillerier, Nov. M. " Napaleoh, Emperor of the French, King of ltalr, Protector of the.Confederanop of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Coo. federation, Etc. " We have decreed, and decree as follows: , " Art. 1. The opening of the Siwinp of the Legislative Body, Sze/ by oar decree of the estk of October last, for t1ie..2:1 of next December, shall take place on the 11th of December. Art. I. The present decree shah be Warted is the Bulletin of the Laws (Signed) . " NAPOLEON. "By the Emperor, The l ttr Secretary of State. (Signed) Ille•Duke of VA ssAtio." DIMMER .2.—We have received good news from Bayonne. A camp has been formed before that city, defended by above 100 pieces of cannon. The enemy does not dare to advance ; he is in want of provi sions, and is in the most deplorable situation. Letters from Cologne state, that the Doke of Ta rentum is going with his army to another point; that he is replaced by the Prince of the Moskvr4 with his corps ; and that they have never been in such a state of tranquillity at Cologne, and along the whole line. Wesel is provisioned for nine months, as will as Juliers. allillignompopmerimrigromemmommansimm. P4RLI.4MENTARr.P.ROCEENNGS. ^rt been-more Lusatia% of egleet arose poirmak ready to adage 1,-mma AL:letter . that account. is Dotaillia, a !nothing to tai r ,alt of that fort if th e Noble Earl had ad! •• The Gazette of Cassel, of the 17th of November, says, that negociations are on foot which interest all Europe. . ... . The hospital fever makes great ravages at Harlan, and Frankfort. In the latter city 87 of the inhabfr t4nts died of this fever between the 6th and 12th of November. METZ, xtrowerna tr. We have just seen a part of the Imperial Guard of his Majesty enter our city. Notwithstanding the fa• tigues of the campaign, these troops are distinguished for their fine appearance. German newspapeas observe the snost profound stance on the result of these actions. FROM THE FRONTIERS OF StTABIA. NOV. 21: ,The commercial connections between Augsburg and Vienna are re-established ; but at present they are in a languishing state, the course of exchange being so unfavourable, and the want of ready money impedes all business with the commercial cities of Austria. The people of Vienna expected to receive orders fax cotton j but the English who are willing enough to let other.people fight for them, are diffi cult in point of ode, which they desire to keep wholly to themselves. The warehouses of VietlP are overstoched with cotton, while those of London become empty . A great despondency is observed to prevail in the cities of Bavaria, particularly Munich and Augsburg. AllgsSultoff, NOVEMBER 21. ° Our - Government is employed in repressing the troubles which !laic broken out in many part s of B a . varianTyror, and which had been excited by Austrian agents.: but Bavaria having declared against France. General Wrede requested that orders might be givea to the Austrian - agents to discontinue their intrigues. This was accordingly done ; gut one . Roschman, com missary in the army of General Hiller, in his procla mation to the Tyroleans. acquainting them with the new alliance between Bavaria and Austria, desires them to wait patiently till peace► Tlie Court of Mu nich is said to be much displeased at this lAnguage. as it seems to encourage in the Tyroleans a hope. that they may return under the dominion of Austria. and gives ground to believe, that Austria has not yet renounced its pretensions to the Tyrol. .THE EVENING STAR: LONDON. -TUESDAY, bECEMBER 7, 1813. EMANCIPATION OF HOLLAND. • We now receive a supply of Dutch Papers daily. The latest are a the 'sth instant. The Palace of thantia has assumed the title of a Sovereign Prince of the free Netherlands," and has proceeded from the Hague to Amsterdam, to chew himself to his sub jects. Every where he has been received with the most joyful acclamations. Holland is to have a new -Consume*, founded, however, - upon old principles and the maxims of old times. We admire the basis upon which the Proclatnation of the provisional Go vernment is founded—it promises for the Sovereign the glory of reigning over a free people ! We cannot pronounce a higher eulogium upon the liberators of Holland, than by simply pointing to this grand fp. tune in the outset of their career. The Dutch ?vas contain a heart-rending narra tive of the ernellies practised by the French at Woo , den. They took leave of the Dutch by celebrating something like the Eye of St. Bartholomew. The Allied troops are poories into Holland. The Prussians, under Bu&ow, have taken Arnheirn by storm, putting the garrison t 6 the resord—:his is as it should be. The Russians, under General BERKEY.. DORF, have also taken Minden. By a Dutch schuyt, which was only twenty-four hours on the passage, we have also the following com munication from Holland, dated the 3d of December, at night : " Breda, Bergen.op•Zoom, and Goreuart, the French still boil At the first there are 1500 National Guards, which are inadequate to man half the works. and Goceum are fur. Dished tolerably well with troops and necessaries. . The Prince of ORAN cm, almost immediately after his ar. rival melte Hague, set off for Amsterdaas,where he was received with every demonstration of joy and gratitude. There sect? about 3000 Cossacks in that city, whose Commands? would not allow them to take up quarters In the houses, but compell.4 them` even in the severest weathes s to lig all night exposcd in the open streets. " The British troops are landing, and more than 1000 of them have reached the Hague, but none here yet, we understand, marched for Amsterdam. The greater portion, it is said, will proceed southward to Rotterdam, and In the directiso al the places garrisoned by the enemy. " Betides the Cossacks now within the Milted Proving% amounting, it is reported, to 18,000, a part of the army of the Prince Royal ot SWIDIEN has entered Holland, whisk rumour says, is nearly as numerous as the Cossacks. Several schurs that bad conveyed passengers to Falba. have returned laden with some arms, but the supply is yet instil* &Lent, Clothing Is also of immediate necessity. " The Deitch military that have regintentsh areprovided only with the uniform or the French imperial Guard; sad many of thee will net continue to weer this badge otelserwry. " Admiral Via crust still refuses to heist the Orange Bag.—• His fleet amounts altogether to 16 sail, glit or nine of will* are of the line. A dispatch was sent to him on Wednesday, ar pricing him that he would be honourably treated if he joined the Patriots; but If not, be should be considered in the fight of Frenchman, and a traitor to his country. His answer was brisk. I am the servant of the Emperor of the French.'" A letter from Deal, dated yesterday, says- 64 I hasten to give you the following intelligence, which has just arrived from the Dutch Coast B—Utrecht was occupied on the 26th ult, by the Cossacks, the French General MOLITER retreating on Ninaeguen, pursued by the combined troops. On the 27th VOW Russians entered Zwoll. Amersfort was taken on the 28th by the. Cossacks. The advanced grad of General Bt•Low was at Zutphen--his force is 22,000 men, and forty pieces of cannon. About 301 f; sacks left Amsterdam on the 29th for the Helder.-- The Prussian General BLIXIIER entered Um ttht fifteen hundred Prussian cavalry. " State of the French troops in Holland:—At the Helder 900; the Brill 200 ; Helvoetsluys IL00;-"' thirty-six miles from the Hags! 200 ; wvr..-al od. SPIRE, NOVEMBER 24. All continues quiet before the fort of Cassel, op poke Mentz. The enemy have made no movement of any importance: they seem to be reposing after their fatigues, and to be principally employed in pro caring provisions for their troops. We see on the opposite bank only small detachments ; the troops of the enemy are in cantonments in the interior of the country, and their chief force seems to be concen trated between the Lahn and the Neckar. Detachments of troops of the line, cohorts ofthe National Guard, Sti. all coming from the interior, or from the neighbouring departments, are continually arriving on . the left bank of the Rhine. These troops are full of ardour and zeal. The cantonments of our troops extend from' the Rhine to Treves, and the neighbourhood. The accounts from the Lower Rhine are satisfac- tory. All measures are taken to make a vigorous resistance, in case the enemy should attempt to pass that river. In all the departments on the Left Bank, the levy of the contingents for the 120,000 men has been of- , fected in the best order, and with great activity. The conscripts marched away for their respective depots in high - spirits. • • MILAN, NOVEMBER 25. I g On the 16th, the enemy landed 2,000 men, corn -manded by General Nugent, near Volano, on the lower Po. Having advanced on the Mesola, they had sent detachMeits towards Rovigo and Ferrara. A small body of our troops, on the lower Adige, was obliged to fall back. His Imperial Highness progress ___Ary, . _:). , the Viceroy informed of these circumstances, ordered came to be proposed, did he say that he should op- in saying, that in the, contemplation of the law trans- ' two moveable columns to march to the points Me. Hse that : but he again solicited the attention of the portation was always considered for life, although it House to this fact, .that nothing could justify this , was often mitigated. ' awed. One of them passed the Po at Ostiglia, and mode of proceeding extept.the very peculiar circum-i Mr. Serjeant BEST was surprised to find how • was placed under the orders of General Pino. At stances in which the country was at this period placed, , much his Hon. and Learned Friend (the Attorney the 'Same time this General . assembled, at Bologna, and the very imkortant duties which devolved upon , G enera l) had been misunderstood. He certainly all the troops that were in that military division. In those who conducted the Government. i never had said that transportation ought always to the first actions that took place, the detachments of Lord LIVERPOOL did not consider it old-fa- Ibe for life, nor had he said 'any thing like it. He en shioned to pay particular attention to the progress , tirely concurred with him,' however, in thinking that the enemy were disperse, and 150 prisoners taken, and provisions of the annual Mutiny Bill. On the 'it was best to make the offence liable' to transports - among whom are five hussars, with their horses. Tbey contrary, he considered the annual passing of that'. Lion for life, which sentence might be mitigated by h a d 10 killed, and a larger number wounded. Bill, and the attention which the Legislature was by the Judges, when favourable circumstances appeared. 1 FRANKFORT, NOVEMBER 26. that means enabled to pay it-ilie army being by 1 For putting down or preventing the offence, it was! this means, as it were, kept constantly under the con- ; necessary that the terror of the greater punishment i Prince Repnin continues to govern Saxony in a trol of Parliament—he looked upon this as one of the i should be held over the heads of the offenders. It {military manner :he has just raised an extraordinary best securities of the constitution. But the Noble was not cruelty, it was mercy to hold out this terror; , contribution of two maligns of dollars. With snch a Lord would observe, that the object of this bill was and it was impossible to say that cases might not oc- mode of proceeding, it is impossible that that king. not to extend the provisions or the operations of the cur which would demand the whole punishment of da rn should ever rise from its- ruins. The Russian Mutiny Act. The object was merely to pass it before transportation for life. 1 Governor has also ordered AI Saxons, from eighteen the recess_, that there might be no danger of that im- Mr. ADDINGTON said that he should have had . pertain Act being allowed to expire. He admitted, great reluctance to propose the renewal of the Bill, if 'to forty-five years of age, to be enrolled by force, and however, that it was unusual to press forward this transportation had not been substituted for capital' to crown all, he has ordered the Saxon cockade to . bill at so early a period of the Seision, though the punishment. I be changed, and the Russian colours to be mixed in :Noble Lord was mistaken in supposing it to be Sir WILLIAM GAR ROW brought up a clause, ' . rt. .•This is the worthy reward of an army which has without a precedent in modem times, and he men- vesting in the Judge who tried offenders under the • eioried as an instance the precedent of the year 1795. Act, a power of commuting the punishment of the betrayed its Prince and fired on its allies / - It was, however, unusual, and he was perfectly wil- person convicted, from transportation for life to trans- The Queen of Bavaria arrived on the #22d of No ling to rest its justification on the extraordinary. cir- portaticu for seven years. vember at Carlsruhe. ,eurristances of the t ime s , which rendered it certainly The House then proceeded in the farther conside- It is said that some actions of consequence have desirable that this bill should be passed now,' rath e r ,ration o f t h e Report, • a n d a f ter some f urt h er comer- between taken placethe army of the Prince of Eck te'An in February, or the beginning of March. With cation, the Bill was ordered to be read ; third time 1 regard to the not summ o ning a t e house, he acknow- on Wednesday neit.—Adiourned. mail', and the Russian and Swedish troops; but the E I -