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Xll ha; compelled him to resort to the means of retaliation, by re- Startling on a sanguinary banditti violence for violence, he hereby decreer :-- I. That no quarter shall be given to any French soldier, Offi cer, or tieneral l who may be made prisoner in any town or district, iu which acts contrary to the laws of war have been committed by the enemy, but that such persons shall be imme diately put to the sword, us an example to their companions and satisfactioq to outraged humanity. 11. That the present Decree shall be printed, proclaimed, and distributed in the Spanish armies, in order to its due execution. You are also required to make arrangements for the fulfilment of the same. The Marquis of A STOIRGA, Vice-President. MA RTIN DI: GA ft A Y. p q ne in the Royal Alcazar of Seville, Fel). 7, 1809. PARLIANENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. .11ondap, March 21. businen of importituce. Thursday, March 30. The. Royal Assent, by Commission was given to the Corn Ex portation Prohibition, Spirit %Va.:it Putv, Tobacco Importa tion, N ewfoundland Judicature, Crown Office Glerks, and several ' , thaw iliils.- 7 -Adjourned until 'Thursday week. ROUST. OF COMMONS. Monday, March 27. Mr, DAyirg Grnny brought in a Bill for making an arch 'pay through Highgate Hill. Read a first, and ordered to be read a second time. Sir WI t.Tt.t s Cup's brought in a NB for improving Smith field Markrt, and for enablin; the Corporation of the City of London to purchase lands nud houses for that purpose. Read a first, and ordered to he read a second time. He likewise hroughb in a Bill for renewing the Sunday Toil On Blackfriars-Bridge. Mr. Alderman SIIA w, and Mr. Aldennap Com BE, supported the Bin, which was read a first time. The West 41104 'locks Commercial Road Bill was read a first time. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. arANISU TREATY. Mr. SCCR C.ANNItiG presented a copy of the Treaty Of Peace and Alliance between his Majesty and the Provisional Government of Spain, acting in the name of his Catholic Ma jesty Ferdinand VII. signed on the I-Ith of January, Ma — 'Ordered to lie on the table. LOC A t, Lord C t STLEILEA Gil. moved hr leave to ininn Bill to 41 ter and amend the Act passed (luring the last Sesslitns with re. spect to this military plan. The principle of the new Bill which he intended to propose to the !louse, was tthrelieve the Government from the charge of paying a hounty of two' guineas per man entering the Local Militia, by making the parisbei in iht• respective counties pay the bounty as a kind of parochial rtx. the Bill ..cas opposed at some length by Mr. Whitbread and ?Ir. \V ii:.111, whey leave wa•Jgraist I _et. to bring it in. • s Li: or vi-mt.sc orrirts. l'he Ca A Ncir.t.i.ntc t Ne t l'XClfetl u l:tc called the attention er the 116iise to the expediCney or twi k i g io g to prevent •Ic sale of, or brokerage ins, the disposal of Public •Nituatioti , . The. only laws extant whirl; bore reference to these offences •%!.re thoie.passed in the 1 4 :2dt of IZichard 11. and the .1111 and fith of Edward VI. I t bevatnv•.tiece , Nary, therefore, to vacs a new saw, by ‘rhich ntrence3, such .has had lately come le the knowledge of the lion , e, might meet with that puoish vient which they merited, to %hien ne.ue of the Acts in ex i,tence ere upplieti!Jtv,. 01)lect of the. HUI would not he lout 41, prevent the. estabilMtneilt of tillices for the sale of rs:,ces, but nkso for poi;10/ilig ill.. notification ()ratty sale by ad vertitement, hill, or in any other way, which could 4e con ortit•si i .ato all agency for tat , ' ellppULit;OL; of places in public ()ri ce.. .. Lore% ' ot.KSTONr WO not oppn4t* t he principle o f the Bill. Iri!r1)"1-4 Vat "I'rrzs'ng hr, (. I .lFhpprehation u' the tim.l I • ' APRIL 2. chosen for its introduction. It was necessary, if law was to be enacted, that the House should be in possession of all the informatics possible relative to the abuses in exktence, in order th3t they might be better enabled to ripply such a remedy as was likely to be attended with a good effect. In fact, the llou3e was at present completely in the dark, and should have better information before they proceed to agree to the Bill proposed. Leave was given to bring in the Bill. Adjourned. Tuesday,', March 28. Mr. (;rattan presented the Irish Insolvent Debtors' Bill. Read the first time, and ordered for the second reading on the . 20th of pril. CAPTAIN SANDON. Mr. John T4ne moved the Order of the Dal for bringing Captain Sandon to the Bar of the House, in oilier to his being discharged. • He was accordingly brought to the Bar, when the Speaker . addressed him to the follovring purport : " Captain Huxley Sandon, this House having entered upon a t 6 solemn Enquiry, of the utmost importance to the admiliA ray " tion of the Army, and the deepest concern to the personal " honour of the illustrious Commander in Chief, you were 6.1). " ed on to give evidence before a Committee of this Honourable " llouse, touching the matter in issue; and in the course If " your examination, this House has adjudged you guilty of gross " prevarication. This offence, at all tir.les desquctive of the " just authority and privileges of this Henourable House, and " subversive of the common sanctions of the civil society, has " been by you considerably aggravated from the military cha " racter and profession you filled, a character of which truth " and honour should ever be the inseparable distinctions; that " chigacter has been by you degraded, you have fallen from its " high dignity, and you have closed a long course of corrupt " practices by your incurring for your crime the censure and " punishment, which this House in its justice has indicted. " Nevertheless, this House, in consequence 9f the shame and " sorrow which you have expressed, and taking compassion nn " the broken state of health under which it is alledged you are " now suffering, has ordered you to he discharged : and you any• " nom . , discharged accordingly, paying your fees." ' Mr. WHITBREAD moved, that the reprimand of Captain Huxley Sandon 4:ntered upon the Journals. Ordered.accord- Ilouqe resolveC into a Committee to consider the ex• pedN i scy of further extending the Inland Navidation of Ire land. Sir Rrmun W CI.LESLE: urged forcibly on the consideration of the Committee the expediency of extending those navignm tions, not merely for the local advantage of Ireland, where, however, they would be highly beneficial, but for facilitating the supply of this country with the agricultural produce of that, by opening a more ready and advantageous communication be tween the interior and the sea coasts. Such, however, was the state of capital amongst the- great bulk of the community there, that it was not to be expected a •purpose, evsn so desirable, could be carried. into any considerable effect bfthe funds of in dividuals. A sum of 500,000/. had.been voted in the last Ses sion of the Irish Parliament for this purpose, and a Board of five Commissioners appointed to superintend the plans proposed, and the disbursements of sums kilted for inland navigation, lie therefore intended to propose a Bill for thelurthe.r advancement of the inland navigation in Ireland; the ob t iect of which would he, to continue the ren ards of the 'lnland Navigation Board, chargeable 1111(111 the Consolidated Fund. • . .• Sir .1. N::w eon I fully coincided in the utility of promot ing Wand navigation in Ireland; but denied the necessity of entry ing- the stens on, under paid Commissioners there, any snore than En land, or in Scotland, where Gentlemen were found patriotism, and public spirit enough to give their aid in superintending such' ss orks, without fee or reward. • It was casting; an injurious and degrading refection on the Gentlemen of Ireland so coppose that equal patriotism and public spirit were not to IK.k.toolici in that country, and in a businessso prtg• uant with local advantages. Sir A writ UR WELL LSLEY denied the motives attributed, to him, for the proposition he offered. The experiment, he said, hid , been made to find public spirited Gentlemen its Ireland, who would give their aid gratis, but it had failed. A long discussion then took place between Sir Arthur Wel lesley, sir John Newport, Mr. Foster, Mr. Parnell,. Mr. 'Wind ham, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and at kugth the. Committee divided. • . , For the VIII 41—,Against it I.—Majority‘29. t