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k TO TEL 1[oe&• To the KNIGHTS, CITITENSidied BURGESSES of the Honourable HOUSE of CONS, of GREAT BRI TAIN and IRELAND, to th.„4:lnted Pertinent* as sembled : The PETITION at ALEXANDER STEPHENS, at the Himourabk llootty of the Middle Temple, and Park . House, is the County of Middlesex, Esquire, . Humbly 'hews*, • not certain rename lately serving die office of Grand Ja iling* tor the county of Middlesex, to the number of about Igoe, Miring visited the House of Correction fur the said - conuomd called the Cull Bath Fields Prison, on a, N the ad, in the yea: of our Lord one sight hosilisid and *even, between the hours of sieves awl twelve la the forenoon : They there discovered, that all the leaves found by them (emelt of which ought to vitamin sixteen ounces, and to be doitributed daily, at ten o'clock in the morning) were greatly deficient M pu,ot of quantity, us will be seen from the summed dittement on the part of our of the Magistrates of the City of Loudon That the prima weight demanded and used open the pre sent occasioo, fur trylog the loaves in rotation, proved also ellaßeient, as was fully demonstrated in both instances on the day, when e iniParea with the stauilard at Guildhall, 'he pre-mote, first, of Sir William L.-41:ton, Knight, then d Mayor; and Accused' of Ruisard Phillips, Esq. then Et s d still one of the Sheriffs of London and Midamex, as well lof four of the late Grand Jury ; aid, 'moreover, that the seeks of the said prime newel/Om and frauduli nt. Copy of a Vetter fr ays Ile. Shea Phillips to William Main **mini E.q. Clialtmem of the Quarter &mime, he. 0 Sts.—l outrider it a date *Mai I owe the public t.. bans you, as Chairman of the Quarter Sess,ons, and, I Wien, ewe of the Comatttee fur conducting the business = ape that I d s j as ur i;re o s;n t t ue si c le o U tth lil t l upped ti l ie wr tm lte r ly i t h ..... .., that 1 witnessed tKe ciounination of i the pond id.. he weighing meat and other provisions in die Has.. of thltirettion, Cold Bath Fields, when it was tumid to he ammlealladedba if en ounce too light ; and that on ' Man MGM which were found in the same prison, bi Oftrp, they appeared also to be considerably too see mitlor• of them being from as mince and a half mag ma to two mows um* weight. I should compromise the feel ings which I basreserseds elm respectable m y of the agility of Millis, 'el were to omit to mil is e tr triL formal commemicatiota * .. I have the honour to lie, Sir, 0 Tam most übediest humble scream, . R. PHILLIPS, iilserill." •u Bridge-street, Nos. la, 1007. .' To W. Mainwariog, Esq." You: Petitioner, together nab other Gentlemen, late Members o*tiie Grand Jury, also discovered : That rese.ml of the liege subjects of this realm were eon"- seined to cloys mostiedy. an tells destitute of fire, right feet three i nc ise. I mg, by six feet tons i b ehes se t ae, ',.., of d im to 1/4)311, situ. ugh sick; ao.ne, if nut all, of these acre in buccal ill point 'fact, me all o ere then innueeet in point of L:.v tieing data under the pretext of re-examination, suet roasinocal uncoodemsied by the legal joilitinenf of thaw peers, or c a the act nsatory rostra of a UMW J ant. Of this somber roue a mother, • ilsolgliter, nail a sou, 4 credits:4e air ac; the two fortotor, is our cell, so IIIIII• Me dastobe es ed to n rontintial current of *sterns; air. 't the pow lity r - ecru - the - , vents fah we- SILPIIENS. FOREUJN TELLIGEACE. MAI Lll.—: Further extracts.) COI,6IIIIAGIN, JAN. 19. it sprawl', that as early as the month of ly him, it was soprosed. in the. Isle of France, that a war must a last be unavoidabie between Denmark and England. nu which account an embargo was hid as all the Datii.h ships lying there, a hope is therefore entertained that by this measure of the French t foveraincat there. many ships of our mer chants and trading irompaisies will escape being raptured. By the fitting out of the Danish fleet, orders for whirl' have berm scut dorm to Portsmouth, it is very manifest what was the real motive for the rob bery committed here ; could any doubt remain concerning it ? The English, at tint, boasted they had ships enough, and only wanted to detaiu our's, that they might not he employed against them. To encourage our manufactures, inul annoy the enemy, the following three turners, have been proposed as the tuost efficient : I. Prohibition of t►e we and importation of nny Fag Mali /1. The iLtruductioa of • aational dress. 111. The cstahlisliuseat of a great pr.vateering cookout'', 1111- privati ere wl should keep at oo grim dist/sore faros ea. ct!lrr, so as to be able to come to each other's aid u. the lust cria E. itg, h 0 which zucans Oar, might be taubleil to caplase the cuatvyiug ship, and all she vessels toiler its , Llll, Uy. Th;s, it is stated in the plan, mieht easily be ef fected, if the shi9 of war I.e an:leiter' at the mule time o,t the heiol, the ster.i, anti on both sidrs, by a number of prnateers, ft:eh kiiiuir from 20 to .30 1.; tor. The ellaSiB Of Norway litid the West 6411:111 Spa. are the ;wilt rooer places fur ilsch privattees to cntise in, This plan cremes ire= 0 twine ulliver. BRITISH PRESS OFFICE, Monday Morning, Taro o'Clock. FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. .--- PARIS, ?CD. 3. The Kiag of England, in his Message to Par liament, complains that the Court of Vienna luis declared war against hint, without having made known its motives or stated its yomplaints. As there are in this Message several unfounded assertions, we suppose that this is equally inaccurate. The following paragraph is literally extracted•from the dispatches of the:Court of Vienna, which we must presume its Minister communicated to the Court of London:— " The Court of London has only answered by the refusal of the utediatiou of Russia, a refusal further confirmed by the exPedilloil to Zeeland, a measure in ‘Mlatitio of the rights of neutral a:thous, and accompanied by official deelm ratioas diametrical!y opposite to the pi Melees adopted by other Courts." It is ariureilly impossible to wake a complaint more ecpliciily. FED. 5. The Envoy Extraordinary of Persia, who had been in Paris for seve:4l months, has returned to Ispahan. rrs. 6. The Emperor and King has raised to the rank of a Princeep Aladeinniselle Teacher, a relative of the Empress. This Princess has married the reigniw; Prince of Ahreteherg. The marriage was cele brated Lilt Monday at the apartments of the Queen of Holland, by the Cardinal Arehhi•imp of Dons, iu presence of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress. A notice has keen lately issued, placing all Sar dinian vessels in the ports of the- empire auder embargo. YEBRIIARY 7. Last Thursday her Highness Antoine" ,Mortit, niece of the Grand Duke of Berg, sa4 .declared a,Princess, in the evening married the Prince of Hohenzollern. A magnificent ball was ;riven upon the occasion, which was honoured with the presence of Their Majesties the Emperor and Einpress."--- 11:41$fete, one of the most splendid that has been gietn, pre►ented an enchanting coup (Neil. This day there was a grand parade in the Court the Thudieries. 'f he Imperial (:ward and the ricimei of Paris wanteuvred in presence of His "Majesty. • FEBRUARY P. The Diplomatic Corps yesterday repaired to the Palace of the They were introduced before maw to an audience with the Emperor and King, with the usual 'event' presentations took place. The brig Jidunina, arrived at Dlaye the 3d 'of At this liudiwice ebruary, reports, that on the 33d of January she rat met by a French squadron. in lat. 29. She spoke with the ship of the line, Le Sourrein, one of tie squadron, the Captain of %Inch gave her Amp refreshment. The French privateer Josephine has captured, on Malta, and carried to Majorca, the Catherine, Capt. Thoma.s Beckfort, of 300 toils, lades' with cotton, sugar, bte. which had been vibited by an Englieh brig. FEE:WART 0. 'There was a circle yesterday in the grdniforart tnent at the Palace of the Tbuilleries. }iii Majesty set out at nine o'clock in the morn ing to hunt in the woodaelMorfmitaine. AMITERDAM. FEB. n. The sale of the cargoes of the sequestered ‘essels ill CUTIIII.OII2 immediately. Colonial produce is ia the rise; but enlightened and sensible merchants resign tlicinnelv..s rheerfdlly to these sacrifices and privations, in hopes that the measures which cause them ail lead to the independence and liberty of commerce and the seas. FRVNICIrORT. FEB. 2. The hereditary Prince of NVirteallierg it to be shoal}' married to.the PrineeisCiiarlotte. daughter of the King of Bavaria. The French and Spiniiib officers at. I lamlnirgh buy op all the maps of Swe den. All COI II Ili umwation between that country and France is entirely interrupted. PI.TERSIIIIIIGII, JAW. 16. The General in Chief of the linind Army. Commit linxbortleu. is arrived here. Mince LabanoT liotowsky, knorn by the seve ral missions which he tilled at the eul of the late war, .and one of the persons who the Treaty of Tilsit, is appointed, Military Governor-Gene:nil of St. Petersburgh, end General Dawn de Moller- Sakowelski, Inspeettir-General of Artillery. in,llue place of Count Aniktrichejeff.—Thl Privy Caws calor, Count Strogonoff, is appoiuted Major- General. New Year's Day was celebrated here ins splen did manner. Thew was a grail circle at t 'mut, and a grand ball. The Emperor, and as the rest of lite Imp-rial family, supped at • table of 300 coma The French Anshavailor, and other lifieitthers of the Diplomatic Corp., wow present. :tp off.e of lapi , lation has be. n formed here to lode the cletits of Russ'..... &objects Lie! those of rtilijeota it comista of : merchants, with THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, MONDAY. Fsssoi►st 94. At two o'clock this morning we rc elver! a regu lar seeie:, of Paris l'apers, from the ist to the 11th instant: They contain the proceeding on the open ing of the session of our Parliament, with notes uporsthe speeches in the debates upon the Address to lii. Ma.msev in both Houses, but we have not now time to notice them. BOX•PARTE continues to elevate and wears his family, by extending its connexions among the ancient Hones of Germany. The niece of his brother-in-law, MVIAT, has been lately married to the Prince of Nolte PIZOLLERN, and a relatise of Madame BONAPIATZ, to the Prince of A HREMBERG. 1, vessel, that fell in with the Rochfbrt sciaadron, states, that it was in Ist. , 29, on the 4234 of January. If this account be correct, it was farther a-head of Sir sIONN DUCIMOrriI than we were taught to believe. The Coates, it was said, saw the enemy on the V4tli, in hit. 33 ; and on the 47th gave no tice to the Admiral, then otf Aladeira. The intel ligence Isom St. Petemburgh does not come down later than the. Wilt last, and throws no new light on the policy of the Northern Courts. Some military t have taken place in the higher coinatands of the Russian army. General Bux 110VDEN, the Commander-in-Chief, has arrived at St. Petersburgh. A Treaty of Offensive and Defensive Alliance hue been concluded betwecif this country and Sweden, by which, we tnidenuand, England is to furni►h Ills SWEDJAI 'MAJESTY with ist, &merit nail a the Ltie. sd, Twenty thousand Ilritsh troops, with which a carps St 15,900 select Swedish truer are to at t. 3.1, A Subsidy of iuo,oool. lrcr twoutlt, durisg tbe coed punnet uf the war. lit cotis;tlcration of these succours, Sweden un dertakes, on her part, to make common cause with England to the last extremity, and to am render the island of 111ortrand, near Gottetiburgh, to the English, as a &Tut for the naval and military force to be employed in the Baltic ; Mot-tested ponsesses an excellent harbour, and, from its strength, is termed the Gibraltar of Sweden. It will be fur ther inepokant as commanding the entrance of the Cattegat. Every num in Sweden capable of hcraring arms, between the am of 16 and 60, to he called into spir:t of cathitriaem has burst through the ,• mate), awl all considerations of the dangers and privations of the a ar, ate lost in Anticipations of the glory anti advantages of its result, be fat at leastas refers to the invasion of the Itussians. The Swedes are forming magazines of brood, fo rage, &c. at Illelsingburgh and other parts of Sca nia, where it is understood the British army is to be mtatiotted, to appose an expected invasion o the French and Dutch from Zealand. The provi sioning of our army in Sweden will be attended with considerable difficulty, the country tieing so deficient in the necessary supplies, that much of theta would necessarily go from hence. The principal carps of the Swedish army in Finland was at lielsingfors, the works of • which they are incessantly employed in strengthening. Magazines are also forming there, and reinforce ments of Loops are on their pass►ge f.oin Stock holm, &c. The fortress of Louisa has also beat strength ued and provisioned fur a siege. The Militia of the country liar been assembled at 'flak abtlius. The Swedish Cabinet, in their application for naval force from this country, expressed aprefer elite for the ships taker► from Denmarki-arise* calculmed for the navigation of that sea. Mr. THORNTON, the Ambassador to th e Swedish Court, hus left Gottenhurgli to attend IN NIA, 'Are at Stockholm. It doe* not appear either from the communica, Lions of M. Ant.EssEat; or of Mr. TUORDITOIN to Ministers, that the Russians bad at the slide of tin last advice from Stockholm passed the Kynunene river. The advanced corps of the army which me. naced Swedish Finland, was at that period at Pre. dericidiaut, and the Staff was at NN'yburg, bat Cam. lie was so destitute of provisions, that the supph rs were sent by sea from Petersburgh. Part of the Russian flotilla accompanies their ar my iii its progress towards the Swedish frontiers. A report of a partial change in the Cabinet •as circulated on Saturday, and continued to grim ground yesterday. The Duke of PORTLAND, sad Mr. CANNING, it is said, are to retire, and the latter gentleman is to be succeeded in the Foreica Department by Marquis WaxLest.sv. The sue ctasor of the Duke of PORTLAND is not mentioned, A difference of opinion upon the mode of the de fence and justification of the Danish business, is one of the alleged causes of the breaking up of the constitution of eU the rigosir. Mr. Csarttwo's sneers against the old morality have, we understand, given offence in a certain quarter. It is to the e!4 morality that the King of ENGLAND owes the safety of his Th:oue, and every subject of England the liberty and comforts that he nJw enjoys. It was the old 'scrota! that made England what die is—the last remaining prop and stay of Europe— the last harrier against tha arms and bonny of BONAPARTE. It RAE the were morality that overturned the throne of the Boutaows, and extended the revolutionary deluge to the re motest corners of the European Continent.— The old morality is no doubt old fashioned, but it is strong and sturdy, and with care will out live the mew morality, and all it+ proselytes andvo taries. To treat the moral system, to which Eng land is more indebted than to any thing else fur all her greatness and glory, with levity and con tempt, is no proof of a hberal and comprehensiie mind. Our constitution and our laws are not the worse of being old. There is something venerable and sacred in the rust that encrusts public institu tions, which none but a mischievous and puerile hand would profane. None other would tear down our old morality, to follow the maxims of the modern French school. For fifteen years has England fought with its best blood, and ex hausted its richest treasures, against the contagion of French example, and yet that which we re sisted with so much force, we are now urged to pursue. Does BONMPARTS meditate an attack upon Denmark, Ministers plume themselves upon anticipating him; does BONAPARTS itlitle mon strous decrees against neutral commerce, Ministers follow the example, and justify themseb•ea upon the fidelity of their imitation. This new morality will not do. It is too late to think of fighting France with her own weapons; and our owe, though old, are still too good and valuable to be thrown away. France has fifteen years the start of us on the revolutionary course, and it is now its vain for ns to attempt to beat her upon that ground. The writers in Tiw Courier may extol the vigour, the energy, and activity, of such a system. They have only to advert to their own works in that journal a few years since, when they worshipped the Goddess of Risme, and sacrificed at the shrine of the French Revolution. rut the people of England are not to be easily laughed Qui of their old morality. Being neither whimsical nor capricious, they are net to be sneered out of %licit old principles and habits. Dispatches were seat off, last night, to Adminil Lord Cots.rnowoon, in the Mediterranam. We announced, in • former Paper, that Sir SIDNEY SMITH has proceeded to the Brarils, ti assume the command of the British squadron elf South Americo. lie sailed on the 16th Lest from the coast of Pert r,;al, in the Mbsotax:.. . The late order in France for calling out the Con scription of the year 1809, it is said. Las alarmed Russia. The invasion of England is the mese as signed for this measure ; but Russia cannot forget that the Grand Army which humbled her, and de stroyed Prussia, was assembled upon the same pre tence. A new levy of ere in 500 males, between the ages of is and 43, list. it is said, been order, d throughout the Russian Empire, and particular privileges have been grunted to the serfs. or slaves, on the Imperial deincfnes and chinch lands, who enter the army before the Ist of May. A Council of Military Inspection bas also Leto formes'. at the howl of which the Grand Duke CoN,sTsN2ttna has been placed, to superintend the organ;s dims of the army, and regulate its gener.il apse intmeut and supply. These regulations, bows.% er, inay hme been made iu contempt/stir,' of the ear sit'', Sweden. and net in consequence of jealousy of France. .1?i Belo c ei vat plailSe, VOW. Hyd Nobilii r iages thi 1 de Fatly, yolk I rally itith b bonne ego vet e I Pia" Ili 110111 le r 7 ilekbl On du Y. Bow aid Tot bear its? I Pal u poser it> inning, vest during the severest , — dint t the kl - t itt • i bust, so !artificial" waruith by mean s!Of hod, while the rem: " ride ireitsw twavrel ail the caufurts of mopes roomy ward, IMJ Path oecesiusai acres to fire. That is oat of those toady crlls was closely ronfined a *'signer of mite raiik, the Chevalier de Blau, mho, as we • ease Witt, by oar of t' • lore, whik an immured, had bay deproest of ti s reason, 4 who presented to your Pr- teenier a ltleirierial ore his i. ,e• who after euterersisig with em Free& mime time, through the key-hole, namable:l Pa to eater. i That M tb's place, iseielnally demists ler the improve- •- • boat ire else masts of petty offenders, • female thesoore, ea we have hermit, has ken lately debauched by the sou of the Chid Jaikr, ue Gocernor, who then held se Mike of trust I:. its the prisoo, sod has Wife had a child, now, nr at least ' lately, burtleasinne to the parAin of Kensington, in the goaLty of kiidillwiat. Fe . . . That fear dobtois were shut up in this Houle of Co.. ei tecilue, the only eiriarisniiieatiou between whom and the • trarld, appear, to take plate ocossiewally i by tato* of 'so all" kmee-pstes, at upwards of eta feet distance from each °the, , with Jlllllot walkiog in at intervals,,so as to preclude coon- r pialat ; and thit from the exatnlaatiolta a &pea, and also, 401 k a letter from him, boon in the reormesaion of yent l'eti- Owners, tt ammo that ire was that sired& persona guilty of robbay, end une.stural crimes. .1 And, lastly, that six inward persons,. klse Rills against mamas had been throw" out by the Grand Jury, were draggrd Ci Aron Coil Prieou, to Hirkes-hall, to open day, at the Close of the sessions, first manacled, and then fastened to- c° father bye rope, to be discharged by proelatuatiou. Ei you: petitioner, titerrfure, conceiving that such gross inehiusees of fraud, eoupteil with such as open ;lodation of As Ivry, end can of the repress orders of ussion, see eel. deloted to bring His klayerty's Governuwnt into contempt, It y abi rest an amserited odes ea our must excellent Coast'. thaldwe also, the! if seek malprectiere were dr- WOO in a casual sad afield survey, of Iris than ten hour i n Iderptlea, far greats shun we likely to be brought to light, • br lb* inerr.entwa of the Greed Implost of the !Wagons, I met humbly and earrnaly wilint this Iletionrabk House to tale pre.asers into runsider.ition, and by • public and open examiestion at its bar, n. any other mode afford such wi ' ,lief as may sass Melt A. STLPHENS a President, who is a Member of the College of Commerce. • ALTONA, FEBRUARY 1. corps of foreign troops assembled in our neighbourhood, is to he • ready to march at the be ginning of nest month. A French Captain of riflemen made prisoner of war at Stockholm, arrived at.Wismar, on the 26th last, states, that the public opinion in Sweden is decidedly in favour of the system adopted by the other Continental Powers, and that the King and his favourites alone aro of a contrary opinion.—The Russian army, assembled on the frontiers of Finland, increases every day. The King, - on these circumstances, has not, however, thought it prudent to convene the Diet, though much in need of its assistance to obtain resources. Great activity prevails hetweeu the Russian and Danish Court s . According to appearances, the Bring will produce events of great importance. Smq.r.s, JAN 26. On the 11th of this month, a division of gun boats, commanded by Lieutenant Period de Cosa, e4cortitig LIS transports, was attacked at the an chorageof Ogliastro, by two enemy's brigs. The action emniueta:ed at night fall, and lasted four hours. Oue of the enemy's vessels was totally dis abled, mud the other much damaged. On our part, we lost the gun-boat No. 2b, but the Lieu teniust had address enough to carry the convoy to Salerno. r~