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POETRY. Miss MiT Solt D, of Bertram-House, Berk!, has lately published s mall rultime of Poems, to which the lovers of Poesy have juitly awar ded the mecd of approbation, as will appear from the following Verses occasioned by a perusal of one of the many poetical gems with which bet elegant little volume is irradiated: ol READING MISS /41TFORD ' S POEM OF 4 g THE PEN AND THE SWORD." O'er heaps of dying, and o'er piles of dead, 'The diring Soldier, by Ambition led, And Rapine, fiend abhorr'd, Spurns the repose of dull domestic life, And vaunts in deeds of sanguinary strife The conquests of the Sword !* From scenes like these, sweet MITIORD loathing turns, With zral humane her tender bosom burns _ To clear the eyes of men ! Ffir magic touch the musive veil removes, i i spir'd t►y Poesy, she writes and proves The triumph of the Pen ! NAVAL IN7'ELLIGEN LZ. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 19. M i r ed the Sir Sidney Smith merchant-brig, Ro lERT BRANFORD master, from Rio de Janeiro, laden sug ar, coffee, cotton wool, bark, Ste. bound for London, put in here for convoy ; EAso the CHRISTIAN S E VENTH, Captain SIT JOSEPH SIDNEY YORKE, from Portsmouth, bound for Basque Roads.—Came i n the Lysx sloop of from a craize.—Sailed the thasrEs sloop of war, with a fleet for the East ward; the Matilda East-Indianian, Ross, for the River ; and the BLACK JOKE lugger, with dispatches for Cadiz.—Came up harbour, the SAVAGE sloop of war. Ships in Commission remaining in port, corrected up to this evening:-The Scipion 74, (sails as soon as the wind will admit, for Rochefon) ; Emerald, Phoebe, Ephigenia, la Loire, and la Niemen, frigates ; Hazard, Baloa, Harpy, Thais, Mariner, Phi unel. Orestes, Crocus, Acteon, Encounter, Savage, and Prospe ro', sloops and brigs; Arrow alid Weazle schooners; Violet and Black Joke luggers; Nimrod and Britannia cutters; and Gleaner ketch. • The Prospero is bound to Halifax and Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 20. Arrived his Majesty's ship ELIZABETH, from Rio ; sailed 7th January, and from Bahia 10th F e b rua ry, with the undermentioned transports, which have arrived : the Triton, Kingston, Mary, Amphi trite, Neptune, and Swift ; and the Active and New Diligence, arrived at Plymouth. Arrived the RACE HORSE sloop of war from the Downs.-Sailed his Ma jesty's ship STATELY for the Downs. DEAL, APRIL EL Remain in the Downs a large fleet outward-bound, and his Majesty's ships as per last.-Wind S.W. GREENOCK, APRIL ls. The Messmate, &Mazzo, from Liverpool to Glas sow, was dismasted on the morning of the 7th inst. ad Fame, MUNN ; Elizabeth, Roaarersow ; and Lovely Mary, CAnnunvEßs, tolled her into Belfast, vhcce she must refit before proceeding on her voyage. The Venerable, GILLESPIE, from Demerara, was at anchor off Liverpool, the 9th inst. but it coming on to blow very strong from the•eastward, she parted Er cables and stood out to sea. FROM LLOYD'S I.IST. CisvestNu, APRIL 20.-Arrived the Edward, Hanson, from Heligoland; Charles, Taylor, from New York; Young Caroline, Waters; and Susannah, --, from Nantz.-Sailed, the Pitt, halter, for Jamaica; Lady Collingwood, Salmon, fur Lisbon; ant the Peggy, Dale, for Cadiz. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. Ihe Clyde, for the Napoleon, captured July 7, and Elizabeth, 7.celost, Willem, and Adreantie, and Jan Pernes, captured June t,:.rid 10, 1 Sn 3, were paid on the 20th instant, and will be re ailed at No. 23, Norfolk-street, Strand, on Tuesdays and Fridays t:r three months. The Blazer, fur the Ceres, recaptured September 14, 1808, 101 be I aid on board, on her arrival at Yarmouth, and recalled r. No. 1, James-street, Adelphi. 'rise Naiad, for the Maria Dorothea, captured April 25, 1809, 'ill be I:aid ou board, on her arrival at Plymouth, and recalled as The same, for the Speculation, captured April 21, 1809, will be paid aad recalled as above. The same, for the Renommee, captured April 14, 1809, will bz paid and recalled as above. The Charles, for the Dredokken, captured May IC, 1809, was rid on the 3d instant, and will be recalled at No. 12, Clement's bar., Strand. The Rose, for the Caroline, Two Friends, Martha Magdalena, and AKathe Dorathe, captured March 18, Two Friends, on the ui May, and Minerva, Mercury, and Eleor.a, on the 10th and 12th July, I SO9, was paid, and will be recalled as above. The Superb, for the Vergnugen, Gustaf, and St. Joanne', cap:ured April 8, 1809, will be paidthe 25th instana, and recall ed at No. 2, James -street, Adelphi. The Beagle, for the Mount Royal, recaptured December 4, Will be paid on board, on lu r arrival at Deal, and recalled No. 4, Austin Friars, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for three :.ostbs. lbe Aggressor, for the Hoofe, captured August 26, 1807, for t ae C 4 lypso ' recaptured June 17, ISOB, Christina Blotnm, schoo ner No.3l,Lene Kirstina, Ebenezer, and Marianne, captured apternber 4, and fur the cutters No. 4, and 10, captured 0ct0"8,15C9, " 8 ,15C9, will be paid on board, on bar arrival at Sheerness, and recalled at No. 35, Leadenhall-street. The UN/TED KINGDOM and CHARLTON East India which have been captured by the enemy, and to.:ed into the Isle of France, sailed from Ports .'"?L'ah, in company 'with the WINDHAM and two "ilers. There is much reason to fear that the Won .• tm shared the fate of the UNIT= KINGDOM and the • !:aatTON, although she had not on the sth January -••:n carried in. The remaining two separated seve -41 weeks before the misfortune took place. Passengers per United Kingdom, captured by the ranch : For Bf.,ogal—Mrs. Lorg.—For St. Hdena—Lieutenant Barnes, ''lsi.;n, Mrs. and tuo Misses Holies, Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Knipe and and Ni.ss Young. The Poi, —, from the Brazils, has been taken Iretaken by the Nereus, and sent for Portsmouth. T he Mary, Jennins, from Demerara, has arrived Fay al, leaky, bound to London. The Dorothy, —, and four other vessels, from Cottenliurgh, are taken and carried into Copenhagen. , The extra ships Northampton and Union (Gallard ) from the Windham, on the 11th of October, 13;,trbay, all well. J , ,yee, Ryan, from London to Ross, is put into with less of foremast. THE ARMY. GENERAL ORDERS. Dated Horse Guards, April 19. The Commander in Chief ha been pleased to direct that it shall be expressed in General Orders that he is extremely grati fied by the appearance of the troops which he has seen this day, as likewise of the Royal Regiments of Life Guards, Horse Ar tillery, and Corps of Cavalry, which he inspected on the 16th instant, and he has still greater satisfaction in conveying to them, Collectively and individually, his thanks for the good clnduct they have uniformly maintained in their cantonments and quarters, since their service has been required in the metropolis. No one complaint of irregularity of any kind has reached the Commander in Chief. It is a circumstance which does infinite honour to the troops, and to their Commanders, and the Commander in Chief has derived peculiar satisfaction from having had it in his power to make his report to the KING in terms which have obtained fur them his Majesty's most gracious approbation. We understand that Sir DAVID DUN DAS has agreed to retain the Chief Command of the Army for the present. Lord DOUGLAS'S regiment, the Forfarshire Militia, have arrived at Berwick, on their way to England. Sir SAMUML AUCHMUTY'S regiment, the 103 d, and the 2cl battalion of the 45th, the corps which so much distinguished itself at Monte Video and Talavera, are on the march to Portsmouth, to embark for the island of Guernsey, to relieve two regiments proceeding to reinforce Lord Wellington's Army. The embarkation of the Hussar Brigade is stopped for the present. Five thousand French prisoners have been just sent to Porchester Castle ; a troop of the 7th Dragoons, and the Northampton Militia, are on duty over them. We perceive that the reduction of General Officers and Staff, on the home service, which was so much pressed upon Ministry a little time back, has now in part taken effect : In Scotland, the 2d in command, Lieut.-General CAMPBELL, of Monzie, M.P. has been put off the Staff; and it is proposed to reduce Lord ROSSLYN, and another General Officer, from that Staff. The reduction on the home Staff is not yet finally arranged. Sir HARRY BURRARD, and other three Ge nerals, will, it is said, be reduced from this Staff. Ten Generals are certainly not required for the Lon don duty. General TARLETON has been reduced in the Severn District, and it is said that this, as well as the North west, and Inland, will be abolished as districts, having no troops. The York will be incorporated with the Northern District ; head-quarters at Newcastle. The South-west District has been incorporated with the Portsmouth District, and both placed under Major General WitETHANI. One or two Generals will be taken from the Wes- tern District, but there will be little change in the Eastern, Kent and Sussex Districts, as they have all of them troops and much real duty. The Artillery of the King's German Legion is now on its march to Bexhill. The very exemplary conduct of both the Officers and men, during five years that they have been quartered at Porchester, made their departure deeply regretted by the Ladies and Gentlemen of Fareham, Porchester, and all the neighbourhood. Reinforcements are still constantly going out to Spain and Portugal ; every battalion there is kept up to the most complete and effective state. The Dnmfries-shire, Berwick, Forfar, Stirling, and Edinburgh Regiments of Militia, are coming to Eng land, to relieve the same number of Scotch regiments now in this country. His Excellency Sir SAMUEL, AUCHSIUTY, with his suite, is expected to set off from Long's Hotel to Portsmouth, to embark in the Diar.a Indiaman, which has been fitted out for his reception. Major-General WARD, of the Guards, is President of the Court Martial, at Madras, which tries Colonel Doveton, and the mutinous Officers. Report circulates the names of the new Comman ders in Chief both to the East and West Indies. Since his accident, for the last two years, General Hewirr has been quite a cripple ; and from age and service the veteran Sir GEORGE BECKWITH will return and retire. General BROWNRIGGE, it is said, is most likely to go to India, and Sir GEORGE PREvosT to succeed to the Chief command in the West Indies. The military that were brought into London, in consequence of the late disturbances, began to be marched on their different routes on Thursday, and yesterday morning. The 3d and 4th regiment of dragoon guards were marched yesterday morning for Greenwich, &c. The squadron of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues) marched from the King's Mews this morning for their quarters at Windsor. Yesterday forenoon, the Loyal Regiment of South wark Volunteers, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel ALCOCK, mustered at their head-quarters, in the Borough, High-street. At twelve, at noon, they were marchcA off to the Montpellier Ground, at Walworth. They were formed in a regular way, and at one o'clock, Lieutenant-Colonel ADDENRROOKE, the regu lar Inspecting Officer of that district, came on the ground. He dismounted, and examined minutely, the arms, accoutrements, &c. and appeared well pleased. The usual business of a grand field-day was gone through in a great style ; a royal salute con cluded the business of the day, and the corps returned to head-quarters, where they were discharged. TO THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, Tit HUMBLE PETITION OF HENRY TOSKETT, CAPTAIN IN THE 15TH REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS. Saiwzra, That your Petitioner has been an Officer in the 15th Light Dragoons about 13 years, and senior Captain in that regiment above four years. That during the last mentioned space of time, he has, in various ways, been made to suffer, from his Colonel, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, the most injurious treatment, amounting to no less than a course of systematic op pression. That in the year 1806, in a manner contrary to the ac knowledged custom and constitution of the army, his Royal High ness endeavoured to promote an officer of the 15th Light Dragoon.c, and junior to your Petitioner, in preference to him, to a Majority in the regiment, which purpose he was prevented from effect ing, solely by the interposition of his Royal Hi,dire.s the Duke of York, at that time Commander-in-Chef. That your Peli• loner having, on the above occasion, solicited a week's leave cf ab sence, in order the more cettainly to obtain such interposition, by means of a personal appeal, in support of a Memorial trans mitted to the C o mmander -in-Chief, he was, for five successive :nontlis,Most vexztiously refused that indule,. nce, although he was at that very time entitled, under geu..ral orders, to I:ave cf &enc.: f a two or three months, and a.thou‘li junior officers w. r • then at alhawed that pertni.;tiota. That your Petitioner, no,- vettistanding his final success in thus preventing a junior officer from being raised above him, has, from that time been unjustiy deprived of promotion, in the ust.al course of his regiment, to thi injury, not only of your Petitioner, but cf all the Captains and Subalterns in the corps, whose promotion has thereby been, and still is entirely swiped. That in the year 1308, when the 15th Light Dragoons was or dered upon foreign service ' in Spain, your Petitioner, though Se nior Captain, was direct e d, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, to remain at home with the recruiting squadron.— That upon complaining to tilt Commanding Officer of the regi ment, of a management so inconsistent with the establislietl cus tom of the army, and fraught with such extreme hardship to you Petitioner, he (the Commanding Officer,) disclaiming all partici pation in the transaction, referred your Petitioner's complaint officially to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, by whom it was dismissed, and who declared the arrangement to be I unalterable. That your Petitioner thereupon thought himself bound to soli cit the interference of the Commander-in-Chief, when the Duke of Cumberland, in explanation of his own conduct, permitted himself to cast en your Petitioner's character the most injurious apersions, which, notwithstanding the authority from whence. they came, were soon proved to be utterly unfounded; as the Commander-in-Chief, though at first induced by them to sanztion the arrangement of which they were the :issigued cause, yet, upon further remonstrance on the part of your Petitioner, and on further consideration of the case, his Royal highness was gra ciously pleased to revoke his consent to the arrangement in ques tion, and to direct that a Captain should be sent home from the egitnent in Spain, upon whose arrival the Petitioner was to be at liberty to join: a permission, however, of which, gracious and acceptable as it was, your Petitioner was not able to take advan tage, as the regiment soon afterwards returned home, and thus ' your Petitioner was oppressively made to sustain the irreparable loss of an opportunity so anxiously desired by every British Offi cer, of serving his Sovereign and his country against their foreign enemies. That your Petitioner having suffered, during so long a time, • suck heavy and complicated injuries; finding hinuelf shut out ; from all hopes of advancement in his profession, by the avowed determination of his Commanding Officer (expressed in terms the most injurious) not to recommend him for promotion, and at the same time rendered an insurmountable obstacle to the advance ment of every Officer, junior to hinnelf, in the regiment ; having iu vain repeatedly call_d for the strictest investigation of his con duct, and declared his readiness, and even his anxiety, to meet any charge that could be brought against him; and perceiving that fresh complaints of ill-treatment only served to subject him to fresh aspersions, your Petitioner saw that he had no chance for redress, but front the justice of the Commander in Chief. That he therefore, in the month of July, 1809, laid his case before Excellency, imploring his interference and protection. '1 hat this communication was accompanied with testimonials to the unde viatiug good conduct of your Petitioner, from almost every Com manding Officer of the regiment, under whom your Petitioner had served; and who must have had tar better opportunities of observing his general deportment than his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. That while your Petitioner's compla i nts were before the Commander in Chief, his just claims to promo tion were again defeated, by the introduction of Officers from other regiments, to fill up the two Majorities of the 13th Light Dragoons, which were then vacant. That seeing himself thus excluded from all prospect of relief, in the ordinary course, your Petitioner was reduced to the necessity of soliciting from the Commander in Chief, an application in his favour of the 12th sec tion of the Articles of War, which states that— " If any Officer shall think himself to be wronged by his Co ' land, or the Commanding Officer of the regiment, and shall, upon due application made to him, be refused to be redressed, he may complain to the General commanding in chief our forces, in I order to obtain justice, who is hereby required to examine into such complaint, and either by himself, or by our Secretary at War, to make his report to us thereupon, in order to receive our tar- Cher directions." That your Petitioner accordingly, on the 26th of September, 1809, addressed a letter to Colonel Gordon Military Secretary, for the consideration of the Command e r in (thief; in which, after briefly recapitulating the injuries of which he had ineffectually complained, he expressly requested the Commander in Chief, in conformity with the 12th section of the Articles of War, to exa- Aline into the complaint which he had laid before him, and (unless he was graciously pleased to afford him redress) to make his re port to his Majesty thereupon. That this request being attended with no other effect than an offer of promotion in a regiment of infantry, which your Petitioner could not accept, consistently either with his own just claims, his wounded feelings, and his as persed character, or, in the situation in which he was placed, with what was due from him to the army, he has since, in two subse quent letters, explicitly repeated his request, that the Commander in Chief would investigate his complaints, and report to his Ma jesty thereupon; to which request he at length received an official answer from the Military Secretary, dated Feb.l2, 1810, and ebuched in the following terms : "SIR—I have not failed to lay before the Commander in Chief your letter of the 10th instant, and I am directed to acquaint you, that Sir David Dundas does not see sufficient grounds for com plying with your request. (Signed) " it. TOR RENS." That by this refusal on the part of the Commander in Chief, to comply with your Petitioner's request, as above stated, unless your Honourable House shall be pleased to afford him relief, he has no means of redress for the wrongs which havobeen heaped upon him, in his military character, inasmuch as the 12th Section of the Articles of War affords the only remedy, of which an Officer of the army, who has been wronged by his Colonel, and by him refused redress, can avail himself; and that, therefore, the denial of justice in your Petitioner's case, by the Commander in Chief,i in direct violation of the Articles of War, is a most serious in jury, I, not only to your Petitioner, but also to the whole army, by rendering nugatory the only remedy afforded to Officers against' the acts of their superiors ; and by thus depriving them of the inestimable right, so amply secured to every other Cl2/13 of British subjects, that of employing the means provided by the Law and Constitution, for the redress of oppression and injustice. All which, your Petitioner most humbly submits to the consi deration of your Honourable House, being ready to verify the same, and he implores your Honourable House to afford him such relief as to its wisdom shall seem meet. And your Petitioner shall ever pray, &c. (Signed) HENRY FOSIEETT, Captain 15th Light Dragoons. BRISTOL ASSIZES. BRISTOL, APRIL 19. On Monday last, Sir VICARY GIBBS, our Recorder, arrived in this city, to open the commission of Oyer and Terminer. From symptoms of no dubious cha racter, it was evident that a commotion among the people was to be apprehended, and the Magistrates requested Sir VICARY to hasten his entry before dark. A mob, however, collected in the evening round the Mansion House, assailing it with stones, dirt, &c. and rending the air with shouts of ‘‘ Burdett for ever —No Tower !" &c. from thence proceeding to the Council House and Guildhall, breaking the windows of each as they passed. From the temperate beha viour of the Mayor and Aldermen, who went amcng the people, and reasoned with them on the impro priety of their conduct, and the exertions of a num ber of individuals, who volunteered as Constables, 17 of the most turbulent were taken into custody. This, and the timely publication of hand-bills on Tuesd•ty morning, completely restored the tranquillity of the city, and Sir VICAItY was enabled to proceed on his commission, which being opened in prep it form, and the Grand Jury sworn, he addressed them in nearly the following terms : " GENTLEMEN-It becomes my duty, in call i ng your attention to the presentments about to be laid before you, to suggest the necessity that presses upon you, of being cautious that neither favour nor partia lity to indivijuals, on the one hand, nor too acute sensibility oil die other, swerve you from the strict line of duty. Before, however, I proceed to notice the particular features of the calendar presented to me, which I arn sorrt to observe is much hear!er than what usually this city affords, I cannot /strain from expressing the deep concern with wnich I netsed the tumultuous proceedings of last evening.— *hat motive could the promoters of that disturbance have in view ? No state of things can justify an ap peal to violence ' • and I flatter myself that not one fifth of those wh o were assembled in the streets, were disposed to do mischief; they were drawn together perhaps from curiosity, or from idle disposition, though there doubtless were persons of desperate characters, whose delight was the commission of evil. But it is proper that the unwary should be informed of the risk they ran. If mischief had ensued, and there should have been loss of life, every one, however innocent his intention might be, who was counteilane:ng the mob by his presence, would have been indictable fur murder. An attack was made on the Mansion-house with stones and other hard substances—every one then looking on might be said to be aiding and abetting that attack, and was amenable to the law for all its consequences. One would suppose no one could be fOund to engage in so unequal a contest ; for in cases of riot, every man may be tailed on for his as sistance in quelling it, and if life should be taken, the act is held innocent, whilst every one rioting is sub ject to the severest punishimnit cif the law ; and very few cases occur, that some feel not its weight. • I trust, GenCenen, that all is now over; but if any recurrence , h , uld take place, prompt measures are ready to suppress, and the utmast rigour will be used in punishing the delinquents." Sir VICARY then proc.Aed t.) notice the various offences in the calendar. He took an opportunity of observing, in regard to duels, 44 that if two men had 2 quarrel in the street, and proceeded in the height of passion to blows, and one of them should be killed, i: was considered as manslaughter ; but if there were time tor - reflection, which was generally the case, (the very arranging and fetching the weapons giving that time), the case was materially altered ; and that if one tell, not only the person by whose hand he len, but every one aiding and abetting, eithi.a- second, or in any other capacity, was equally guilty of rnmar." PARLIAMENTARY PRECEDENTS. The power exercised by the House of Commons in the reign of Oucen Anne, to imprison the King's sub jects, was not only strongly opposed by the Judges and several eminent Lawyers, but the House of Lords also took up the cause of the people on that occasion with uncommon spirit. The particular case of pri vilege then in dispute arose out of the imprisonment of several voters of Aylesbury, for having brought actions at Common Law against the constables of that town, charging them with rejecting their votes. The House of Commons did not, however, confine the exercise of their privileges to the imprisonment of the voters, but also committed the Counsel and At tornies who moved the writs of Habra: Corpus. On this memorable occasion, the virtuous and independent Lord Chief Justice Hot.: publicly expressed his indig nation at what he conceived to be an infringement on the laws of the land ; whereupon the House of Com mons sent the Serjeant at Arms for the Judge to ap pear before them ; but that immortal and resolute 4e fender of the laws bade him, with a thundering voice of authority, "Be gone !" On which they sent a se cond message by their Speaker, attended by as many Members as espoused the :neasure. After the Speaker had delivered his message, his Lordship replied to him in the following remarkable words Go back to 44 your Chair, Mr. Speaker, within these five minutes ; " or, you may depend on it, I will send you to New. gg gate ! You speak of your authority—but I tell 44 you, I sit here as an interpreter of the laws and distributor of justice ; and, were the whole House gg of Commons in your belly, I would not stir one 44 foot !"-,-The Speaker was prudent enough to re tire; and the House of Commons were equally pru dent to let the affair drop. The subject did not rest here, however, for on turn. ing to the Lords' Journals of the 26th February, 1704 y we find the right of the House of Commons to im prison solemnly questioned in the following truly con stitutional Resolutions : 1. That neither House of Parliament bath any power, by any vote or declaration, to create to themselves any new Privilege that is not warranted by the known laws and custom of Parlia ment. 2. That every freeman of Eng End, who apprehends himself to be injured, has a right to seek redress by action at common law; and that the commencing and prosecuting any action at common law, against any person not entitled to the Privilege of Parliament, is no breach of the Privilege of Parliament. S. That the House of Commons, in committing to Newgate Daniel Horne, Henry Basi, John Paton, John Paty, and John Oviat, for commencing and prosecuting an action at common law against the late constables of Aylesbury, for not allowing their votes in election of Members to serve in Parliament, upon pre tence that the said Daniel Horne and the others, brin g in g such action, was contrary to a declaration, a contempt of the j sesdic• tion, and a breach of the privilege of that •House : have a. , sumed to themselves alone a Legislative authority, by pretending to at. tribute the force of a law to their declaration ; have claimed a jurisdiction not warranted by the Constitution, and have assumed a new privilege, to which they can chew no title by the Itw ant custom of Parliaments ; and have thereby, as far as in them lies, subjected the rights of Englishmen, and the freedom of the per sons to the arbitrary votes of the House of Commons. 4. That every Englishman, who is imprisoned by any mein". rity whatsoever, has an undoubted right by his agents or friends to apply for and obtain a writ of habeas corpus, in order to pro cure his liberty by due course of law. 5. That for the House of Commons to censure or pir.ish any person, for assisting a prisoner to procure a writ of hab..4. c. , rpus, or by vote or otherwise to deter men from solici - ing, prosecut ing, or pleading upon such writ of habeas corpus, in behalf of such prisoners, is an attempt of dangerous consequence, a breach of the many good statutes provided for the liberty of th , subject, and of pernicious example; by denying the necessary 7.-si.rance to the prisoner, upon a commitment of the House of Commons, which has ever been allowed upon all committntnts, by any au thority whatsoever. 6. That a writ of error is not a writ of grace, but of riifit,and ought not to be denied to the sub;ect, when duly npplted for though at the request of either House of Parli - tn n-:.t, the denial thereof being an obstruction of justice, contrary to Magna Chart& When Mr. WILKES applied to the House of Coin mons for protection, when he was charged with print. ing a libel, they declared that their privileges did 41 not extend to the case of a seditious libel. " Ia other words, they into him that a libel was a misdemeanour cognizable only in the Courts of Law. It must appear curious to mmy, that. with this de. ciarati. it cn their Journals, the blctre should hare proceeded in some recent cases, to constrnellbel in o contempt, punishing it by their own sumr diction.—(To be continued.) • Lri jur•s-