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's'-at 'any rea-ion. in it, depeiideri tr+l Yettd ii prinei ples. This eorraiiiiiiti of blood,- ope rated 'so extensively in ;he case Of freehold lind ,cobvholde'staik , ?:S; did !I'.,t act at all on personal or rit' , t - t , rty. At the time that he brought bill last wear, many Gentlanieri were 'of opinion that the Crown would never elaitil the forfeiture in such cases ; and y.:t it happened im— tnediately after, tat in .h case it) which he was tountel, the Crown did pnt it a which he thought a very harsh one: The case was. this : ! 'a Tratruer bit(' been committed by a woman TordShire, about fifty yeafi ago ; since that time her troperty had .heen ,transmitted to vtirious• . ,per sons for valitahle consideration ; and yet tlr' CrOWn, having liitely received infornoition 'of. _ _ thc original forfeiture by the conviction, assert 'led its claim. There had been an inqui - sition upon' it, and as the present occupier 'o!' the lands could 'hot - disprove the conviction; which took place 61) years a.. 0, thefintling was for the Crow . n. The occupier of. the lands bad, hOwevet, applied to C4iCery; and bad got leave to traverse the in on the ground that the escheat belong ed-to the Lord of the Manor, and not the ; _ond this question would be-tried during the pre-; Sent teSsion. After a variety of other observa tions, he concluded by moving for leave to bring in a bill to remove the corruption of blood in,the eases or persons convicted of treason or felony. Mr. Yottx.r. was stn prised that the Honourable and Learned Gentleman bad brought in precisely the same Bill which was rejected last seas9n.. if the Bill had been only to remove corruption of blood, in the case of persons convicted of ordi nary felonies, lie should, perhaps, have had no great objections to it. fie was not, however, ready to agree to any diminution of the punish— ment in the cases of treason and murder. lie considered treason as by far the greatest crime - which could he committed ; and the laws of treason niust tieeeisarily be severe in every coun try, but more particularly in a free'country. In a .Pee Country, whey traitors find protections and defences in the law which they have not elsewhere, it is necessary, that when those defences fail, and their guilt is clearly proved, that the punishment should be 'severe and exemplary. As to the hard ships that the Hon. and Learned Gent. had stated in the descent of property, there were other pecu liarities in our law which appeared equally hard. It might as well be called a hardship, that an estate should escheat to the Crown, instead of de cending to a.brother by the half blood. He wish ed, however; to make no innovation, on our laws, unless some great and striking neceSsity appeared tot the change. He wished that the -Honourable and Learned Gentleman would bring. in one view before the hou3e the alterations he wished to make in the laws, instead of introducing them separate ly. He hoped, however, that if leave was given to bring in this Bill, the second reading of it 'would not be pressed before that.time, when the attendance - of lawyers might be expected, who would probably wish to deliver their Sentiments on any material change in our laws.- - --Leave wtls Then given to bring in fhe Bill._ _ Sir S. RomiLLY — then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to alter ,the pultishment of high treason. Mr. YORKE asked, if 'this were intended to be the same bill which was brought into the house last Session Sir S. ROMTLLY said, the Bill now intended to be btoilght in was the Bill which was rejected Jast Session ; the original Bill had been altered to meet the suggestions of the house ; it was ap proved of in the Committee, and yet it was after wards rejected.—Leave was then given. Mr. MARSH moved for several papers relative to the ad r.inistration of Sir George-Barlow at Madras.—Ordered. • On' the Motion of Mr. LUSHINGTON, the Committee of Supply was postponed till Friday. • Mr. Grant's Indemnity Bill was passed through a Com. roitter. and the report received. The .other Orders of the Day were disposed of, after which the liouse sat for some time on private business.—lt then' adjuarned, FRENCH PAPERS. TAtiBE, MAactr 10,L-The Duke of. .Dalmatia has just addressed to his army a Proclamation, full of energy. We extract the following sages : ", SOLDIERS !--You arc called to new combats; there will be no repose for us, whether we be the assailants or the assailed, till this hostile army, firmed of such extraordinary elements, shall be annihilated, Or till it shall have evacuated the territory of the empire. WhateVer be its mime riCal superiority, and whatever progress. it may make, it does. net suspect the dangt rs which stirj round it, nor the perils which await it ; but - time will teach it, as well as the Gcnei-al.who coin nuinds it, that it is not wiith impunity that parts of our territory arc invaded ;• that it is not with impunity that the French honour is insulted. " Soldiers !—The General who commands the army against which we combat .every day, has bad the audacity to invite von, and to invite your eountrymen, to_ revolt and sedition.. He speaks of peace, and the fire-brands of discord are in.his train. He speaks of peace, and he invites the French to civil %var. Thanks then be given him, for having thus made us acquainted with his pro jects ! From this moment our forces are menaced a hundred fold : and from this moment he him self rallies round the Imperial Eagles those who, sedheed by deceitful appearances, :had been able to believe -that he made war in an honourable Manner.. He has dared to insult the national honour ; he has ha.l the baseness to excite the French to betray their oaths, and to be guilty of perjury to wards their Emperor; this offence cannot be avenged but in blood. " , To arras !--let this. cry resound through the whdle South of France. There is not a single Frenchman who has not to revenge himself, or he abjures, his country, and from this moment be ought to be reckoned-among the number of the enemy. Yet a few dais, and those who have , been capable of believing in the- sincerity and de licacy 'of the English, will learn to their cost, ' that. their artful promises had no otherobject than to enervate their courage, and to subjugate them ; they will call to mind these spusillatlimous beings, calculate the sacrifices they must make to. liteir co.int:y ; that, the -. English •have no war than to destroy France ).? , • th ef t , • tue kktncli tea er,vint e, Sly the Portuguese, the :iicdians, and all the ethel people ‘vho groan limier their yoke. • • " The .history of the past will offer itsf to the df these Anil-Frenchmen,...Who pre fer tranttory enioyineuts to ttie safety of,thegreat ramil"' and they will tee-the English eitusel.''rench then to be butchered at Quiberon by the hands 'OT; Frenchmen ; they will see the English at the head ot every conspiracy, of the overthrow Of all pViileiPleS, of the destrticaon bf all the establisho._. ments of greatness or industry, to gratify their inordinate anitiiti6n And their insatiable avidity.— Doet there exist on the suiliice of he globe a single point known to the English whet e they, ht vt riot caused to be de:stroytql, by seduction or by .iriolente, the intionfactories, the prbdtictioni of which eclipsed their owl' ? Such would be the fate of the French establishments if the English ob taiited their end. " Soldiers !, Let us devote _to opprobrium and general exeCration, every Frenchman Who shall have favoured, in any manner whatever, the in sidious projects Of the enemy ; even him, who though for a moment objected - shall not have tried all imaginable means to injure them. Let us also devote to °pin obritn, let us not acknow . , ledge for Frenchmen, those who, though able to defend t-heinselves, make use of specious. pretexts Yo dispense themselves from it. From this moment there is no longer any bond between them. and us, and we 'may antki . ... pate inexorable history which will transmit their names with execration to posterity. " As for us, oJur duty is tnarked out, honour and fidelity; that is'our motto. To combat to the last the enemies, of •our_ august Emperor, and of our dear France, respect to persons and property, to pity the misfortunes of t hose who are for a moment subjected, • and to hasten, thb instant of their deliverance, obedience and discipline im placable hatred to traitors and to the enemies of the French name, interminable war to those who should attempt to divide in order to destroy it s, as well as to the wretches who should desert the imperial eagles to range themselves under another standard. " Let us have always in our minds 15 ages-of glory and the innumerable_tritunphs• which have rendered ouicountry illustrious. 'Let us contem plate-the prodigious efforts of our great Emperor, and his signal victories, which will eternize the French name. Let us be' worthy of libn, and then we may bequeath to our posterity, with out a stain, the inheritaoace which we, have "re ceived from our fathers. Let us be Frenchmen, and let,us die with arms in our hands rathet.thau survive our dishonour." The Marshal of the Empire and Lientenant- General of the Emperor, (:iigued) " The•Marslial Duke of MINUTIA. "Head-quarters, March 8." COMPIEGNE, MAR.cit 16.—0 n the 14th. the enemy skewed himself before Compiegne, from the other side of the Oise, coming from Noyeif ;• after a few cannon-shot, and a tire of small arms, he retire&. The next day he returned in force with three pieces_ of cannon, a howitzer, cavalry, and in fantry. The town was snmmonad three times in the day; the brave Alajor of the 136th, who com mands there, answered, " bring me an order from the, Emperor,•and you shall enter the town."— The cannonade and fire of Musketry lasted almost the whole (lay ; the inhabitants valiantly seconded . the garrison. The people of the neigkbouring Villages rose in mass at . the first cannon shot which they heard in the morning, and hastened to the assistance of the town : 200 of then . ' drove away three hundred infantry which occupied th e mountain of MargnY four musket shot from Com piegne.: The inhabitants made a sally, and the retreat of the enemy was decided. He was pursued a league from the town. Three citizens were taken prisoners, having pursued • the enemy with too much ardour. It is said that two of them have just returned, haying escaped by swimming over the Oise. The zeal of the garrison, of the inhabitants, the country people, and the officers who directed the defence, is above all praise. The cannon damaged several houses in the town, but the mischief is slight—nobody was wounded. To-day (the pith) the enemy has not returned, and ice are tranquil. PARTS, MARcLI 18.—The garrison of Ostend has made a sally,•and pushed as far as Bruges. It •took from the several receivers in that city `?00,000 francs, seized all the articles of clothing and equipment collected by the enemy, and .carri ed diem off without meeting any obstacle. • It is said that the garrison of Metz has made a ACCCSSIIIi sally, and taken from-the enemy urtil !lets, and other important articles. DriTcH 'PAPERS. FR;BURG, 2.—Travellers who have this clay arrived here from Geneva assure us, that the French have already been driven back to the dis tance of ten leagues. A strong Austrian column is advancing over the Simplon, to support Count SCHAFITAUSE!I, MAncit 2.—The Austrian Army of Reserve is now on its passage through this place. At the same time numerous columns of that army pass by ConSt‘ance, Frauenfeld, St , ..in; &c. moving at the rate of from 12 to 15 leagues a day. It is said that another army of 40,000 Men may he expected in our neighbourhood by the middle of next month; ,BASLE, MARCH 4.—Monsieur has' as Vet gone no further into France than Vesoul. All is cluiet on the side, of Iluningen, hiit a great number of peasants are every night employed on the trenches. " OFFICIAL ARTICLE. " BRUSSELS, Manua the beginning, of March the General of Division Matson united all disrosable troops; 'to penetrate. into Brabant. His plan was nothing less than to open a commit nication ,with the garrison of Antwerp, and then, reinforced, to adyance upon Brussels, and place that city figain under all the weight of oppressiOn. The enemy occupied with superior forces Mcnin • anti 'Co;iiiii:A l ) ; an& do Elie sth; titic . ;atiCed 4 0eith kthout . 7000 men, and 30 pieces of cannon, to f)trite;, in which the Priissian Colonel Ilobe was Psted witlt 2000Prugsidns and SaXons.. The enemy advanced in closeMm ini at the fia,s charge on the tchVii unshaken firmness Of the allied frodP3 rendered his attempt Alioilive: A well direct&d fire of grape,-Shot spread destruc tion through his ranks, and he was forced to aban don the. enterfirie; after lie had tor the whole night bo;ribarded the town. On the 7th the , lluke Saxe Weimar resolved to make a general at tack, to deliver Conrtray frnm the enemy. fhe corps under the command of General Von Borstell advanced on the road from Tourday to Cot;rttay.. The advanced posts behind the abattis were driven back by. the bayonet, and at twilight the village of Beleghani and Conrtray were in our power. Meanwhile the Saxon Colo nel Ziegler had advanced with a detachment of Saxon and Prussian troops on the village of Sue velgeni, occupied by the enemy with forces three limes superior,. anti six pieces of cannon. • These brave troops, disregarding the difference of num -hers,- charged the enemy with the bayonet in the and foi.ced them to fly rapidly. Next •morning was appointed for tbe.general attack ; but the enemy, intimidated by the losses of the preceding evening, evacuated Conrtray during the night, and on the following morning Menin also. " On the Bth, at ninein the morning, the Duke of Saxe Weimar and General VOll Borstell entered Conrtray (the brave allied troops lining the streets), and' Were "received with the most lively and general acclamations by the inhabitants, who bad been cruellynsed by the French. " The loss of the enemy in the different ac. , tions, iticluding prisoners, may be estimated at 2000 men, among whom are several Officers of rank. " Ar the same time General Cartiot made.a sor tie from Antwerp, at the head of abOut 4004 men, and took possession of St. NicholaS ; but as soon as lie learned that the plan of General Alaisou bad totally. failed, .he contented himself with pil lai;ing the environs, and returned to Antwerp. 4 - Thus has the valour of the allied troops de feated the last effort of the enemy for di:itorbing the' repose of Brabant, and the disastrous result of his movements will sorely make him for ever renounce such enterprizes." SPANISH PAYERS. MADRID, i‘lArtcli 9.—ln the Extraordinary Sit ting of the Cortes or yesterday, the Secreta►y at War appeared in that .assemhly,- by order of the Regency, and read a letter from Senor Capons, the.Cohnnander-in-Chief of the Ist army, dated VW), March , Ith, dispatched by an extraordinary courier, in which he states, that he had learned through various ,channels, that our King, 14'erdi nand Vll. - had'passed through Thoniouse, on his way to . Perpignan ; ,and that though he had taken every measure to ascertain the approach of his Majesty, he did not yet know whether he had arrived there. There were reports at Vich, that his Majesty was already on,the Spanish territory', which, hpwever;,,,scnor Copoas not credit. It was also announced; thlat . the President of the Regency was prepared to set out to meet his .Majesty, when his arrival was ascertained. - Senor :MARTINEZ DE LA R.osA•cbrigratulated the Cortes on the approach of that . period so touch deired by all good Spaniards, when they should have.the inexpressible satisfactidn of seeing thC King take' the oath to the Constitution in the bosom of the Congress. An end, he trusted, would be put to intrigues, the lips of calumniators would he closed, and those would be undeceived who had been taught to believe tt.u4-4-t. was wished to establish a republic in Spain. . [Remark of the Concise]. On the above, we shall only observe, that the mere fact'of Buotraparte having sent King Ferdi nand (if he is s:nt) by the most circuitous route, spews the sinister views with which the hateful Corsican is actuated. If, however, King Ferdi tam!, indeed, come, let us all unite in maintain ing a constitutional Sovereign ; let him ratify the treaties with our Allies ; let him continue the .ear ; and thus the perverse objects of thionaparte will cease to have their accomplishment. Last night an Officer arrived from Lord Wel lington, with the details of the battle of °allies. Three thousand prisoners, twelve pieces of can non, the dispersion of the enemy's army, and the field covered with dead bodies, wind 'arms thrown away by the fugitives, are the results of this victory. . _ _• _ BILBOA, FEB. M.—The fort of tared() was surrendered to our troops on the 23d ; the garri son, amounting to, 260 men, remained prisoners of war. This event must straiten the French gar rison of Santnna, as it deprives them of free en trance into that harbour. MADRID, FEB. 21.—An Extraordinary Gazette ...of .the Regency announces a dispatch froni the ,Baron d'Eroles, stating that the 'fortresses of Mequinenza, and - Monzou were in our power, and-garrisoned by national troops. They • were in the best state of defence, with a numerous artillery, and provisioned for two years. i •The Baron announces that he hopes soon to be able to communicate ‘-‘ the ulterior fate of the garrisons, which amounted to 2,500 men, as well as the names of those persons who contributed to this great and important eveht*." We are Left, however, in-the dark both as to the time when and the manner/in which we became masters of these places. MADRID, MARCH 3.—lt was yesterday- an noitneed to the Cortes, titat the French garrisons of Lerida, Mequinenza, and Monzon' capitulated in Martorell on the 18. th of February, remaining prisoners of war. BP.NICARLO, FAB. l4.—Tortola, Peniscola, and Murvicdro, .world have been in our power, had it not been for an unrucky chance; An Aide-de camp of Suchet formed the plan of procuring an order, under the seal of that General., for Geileral Robert, requiring him to surrender. the above places. He entered Tortola, and had a confe rence with lit-licit, who intimated to him, tha t be' could stillresist a siege for tour months ; hut in obedience to Sachet's orders, he agreed to sur yender them within eight days. In the mean. time, tic sent Spies to nireelonai awe • .; true state; of the case, upon- r t hich be r cnnueo bostilitiei. _ • . , MAtEntr, MAticti L.--:.:Generai Morino', the ne vi ' Minister Of War, has arrived ; be takes the port . ; frzille of office on the sth, the day after to-ploil. roe. 'We are constantly expecting. the iio . ke Ciudad liodrigo's dispatches—nothing can exec" _the anxiety of the people for their arrival. • - VITTORIA; Ailnacx this . day, the ions Anniversary of the baffle of Baissa; a S . 1 - 1 .1 a• Dish Aid-de-C:4111p passed through for 1110.•ilT"', with the Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo's dispatclio_'• detailing tire brilliant successes of the Allied },Ol. The Spanish armies of Andalusia, and the t hill Army, under the command of the Conde of Abir c val,• are Marching into France to Itjltrorce great Lord. The Spank!) General Alava bad bee r; , inotindiid, And Lord• Ws . it — ln fr t film' n when he was struck by a musket ball. The name of Dun Juan Vakalen a Spaniard, and late 1 "I: de-Camp to Sachet, is mentioned as being uric of those reOur) On the PRINCES of the HOUSE of BOURIL • [The following Narratire giv - es a detail of Ciretr:sCa Pcfs ~.. possessing peculiar ,iuttiest . at the present triviinent: A .'; however, it comes to us unauthenticated by die Wri te ., natne„:we do not nold ourselves answerable for the corm' ' ness of the facts stated.] If there be any period at which this unforton a l family has less than ever deserved the reproach (1 . want of active character and energy, 'it iS tainly at this moment, when Monsieur and f ! . „,' lt. Due d'Angonleme are present in France itr t`' differentiquarters, and when the Duke de BcrtY. ;5 it hand, on the.western coast, and only IYaii9;l for the necessary arms to land with a probahilif of success.... Louis XVIII. the Prince' de Conde, and t b - . , Due de Bourbon, will also proceed there as s‘)UL as the White 'Standard is unfurled in the I° .°- • Virices, .protected by a French Royalist fort e ', armed and organized. Political"cause's, which they could not contr og have alone been the Means of detaining them he ll ' to this hour, So much fur the present.. During the las t „ years of this cruel revolution, in the, m idst or many important events, 'lmre' striking than ordinary occurrences of centuries, it is not prising that men should, forget, or be. ignerailt,:, what these unfortunate Princes have done for t l b ' Royal cause, without suffering themselves t° e, depressed for ten instant bt the innumerable onr`'. c Ward circumstances and obstacles which they cP encountered ; and it, may thetefor e be Oce! g , useful in this view, to correct an erroneous •0.1 and to 'give an idea of the honoirrable con° 4ts ~, which th e y h ave s h ewn s i nce thei r departure 'fi l , France,' in order th at th e we ll di s p os ed inhahh t of that oppressed country, as weil•as other nati;'`, l ol " may form an equitable judgment, and afford t. a , 'that general esteem which they so well deserv e : oa Wilco 'the Princes of thenoose of 'flo"r ° ,,, above named perceived that they bad not po'v er resist the torrent of the revolution, which threa ll: l ;i g eel the lives of the K.ing, Louis XVI. and °I t o• family, and !which .their presence could not r',. ; • vent, they all resolved to withdraw from i' r , 3 o ' l flog and from the latter part of 1769 to the t' e b t „,to, •,f the succee'di t4 ; year, they left Oleic and proceeded to the Court of the King 0 ' dinia, the father-in-law of Louis 11 " (' Monsieur, there to seek a supi)ort against surrection produced by a false notion of andby wit-kb he rest of Europe was also titre' , cued. . They implored the protection of ever; croivn r herd for their unfortunate brother : and • in (hence of the Treaty concluded by some of 11 at Pilaitz, in 1791, they obtained ) , •€ succours from A ,striae and Prussia, ‘ vhich united' at Cub •e its in 1792, under the .er le le of the Drake. •of BrunsWick, commanding i d Allied forces. All the nobility of France themselves under.. the white stun•dard—Fre ft ` io r, men of all ranks crowded to it from the I(.ic r ,'" it i of 'France ; sod led by their Princes, tiaeY,',l:',..3 penetrated very near to Chalons the .3:„" j f armies, under the command of the Dukco.. Bfonswiek, when he was induced by tier, then commanding the French force, treat to the frontiers of France, the French ` 1►3 ,1 neral stating, that' the Municipality of PAri s c l informed him, that the lives of Louis X.Vi• '", of his fancily, should be spared, if he ,yrot,M sent to retire. Serene flightless, 'rota 1' maoity, consented to th e pr o p osa l, though 3.`.4!' the opinion .of a Coun c il o f W ar , i n whiell t k• majority opposed it, amongst whom was theM: li it t . shag de CAsTaus, charged with fill powers. t r- 1 „ 0 'Louis XVI: and Louis XVIII. and who kno% t pr i oposal to be a s t ra t agem ; tint nothing c,l 0 r , prevent the retreat, whit:4 was immediately or. eel, and the loss on the part of the Allied Ar ltil was immense.. Thence ensued all kinds of ;_ l, , fortunes, and the invasions of Fl a nd e rs and "!,.e thaoy. The Bourbon Princes had no a lteriN% ti ., but to foilow in silence the retreat of the A 1114 ;0 and not wishing to interfere when they ',,ere longer concerned, they sought hn asylum at IL O C in Westphalia. Monsieur, hoping that in Or` ,e,‘ the Allies might again act upon the-offenOve' r ! e d,' out to join them ; but• here being disapP° °- red he returned, and then resolved upon going t° .i c e tershurgh, and to solicit the Empress Cato l o o to assist Louis XVI. iii regaining his throne• o il was. there received with the greatest kindnes s, but the most flattering promises were made bin); t o not wishing tio act personally hostile, 101 0 : 1 1.0; commit his brother, it was decided that the I de Conde, his son, and grancson (the Doc Mien) at the head of 12 or 1:3,000 men, r r erv e Royalists, Gentlemen, and s o ldi ers , s hould so under the orders of Austria, according to cite stances. • . • The Dukes of Angottienie and Berry, 1 ,1 1 „- d % just finished Mt education, joined them; of ways iii the advanced guard, with the Dis e e i,es Bourbon and Enghien, di s ti n g u i s h e d ther" s t t ' greatly by their courage i n tw e nty differ° ev e) clops, gaining for thernselves general esteeitli v „kt from the enemy as well RS tire. Allies. "The , the of Bourbon, seriously wounded in eltarg' 9 'a enemy," was obliged to take refuge in whose pay his father's army then was) L' l) `' should recover. No sooner did he arrive Qt than the sittult.°9