The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-03-22 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Tlta Deprty Vt!scr of ittelack Rod luforrred the !rouse,
(hat %holy ware ,11111711110fIcil lo uttrud the Lords, in urdrr to
bsu list Royal Assmt gitta, by couttolutt.m, to scrtral Peb-
Le 1111.4 Private

1 latt SIMIlltll. hiatus: irtarueJ, informed the House, that
ict I Royal Aaraut as gitrot to Lued tVelli,gtou's Aottaily
AI, ibe Mutiuy BM, the Drogheda Iliallarur till, and ID
iente Bill..

The Haisfoi rad Boria',Grouail Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed.
The Legal Quits' Wah 1•34 a third time, sad parsed.
Sir Josue H t rrtsasa iouved for COO,* Of ICI tam letters
from the Medical Board to the Accretary at War, relative to
the E
olstiuse to
Mr. .I.l:sitt SGTON besought up the Repo, t tailor C.,tninie-
Ire opus certain Espirtog Laos' Bills, which sus ordered to
be referred to a et/N.IIIM t to.llltaroW
A Almaige from the LJII. .1 their assent t areeral
Espii ing Law: Bulls.
The La-chequer Bills' Funding Bill was read a (linnl time
and passe J.
The Committer of Ways mid Mesas. and the Committee
ti/ Supply, licit postponed to Friday oast
• Ah. forego more d,. That the elate of fliehte..a.l harbour
ilineld be talen tato eossideratiose by the al-
ready appniati,l." lie also in.:, ed fur a Committee to ni-
trite into dm state of the lasi lumr ui Ilowth.--4rauted.
TI,. lrish Celia amt Ext. tawu Itill we. 1.14101 a
third time said pumed.
Ldrd f Al.a tab rna. brotr.liv up espies of rertaiii Letters
him Lord IYcliiußtuu, the Adj tie set i al, and others, se-
'peeling the sick soil hurt, who:le omit ord. ;IQ to be primed.
Me. M•awato• moved for trturus 1 t the uutobes 01 the
risk of iL, Esp. ditioii to ILL bdavltlt, up 14. ibis 1; ib of Fe-
brintr) last.
:Ur said, le ,E 4 not Man to uppore the toothier
'but if the onjeet of its as, as he •ailliost.,l it must he, to steer.
loin the nmailicr :thou. ulio s, r.• suck is cousegirt wee of the
111 Ali:lsere., Lsped;tnot, he did cot trilok the. mdiuu (Ales-
lattd to stunt ...toject.
After a few ivS44 ream Central TARLKON, Lord Pi/i.e.
pun.' ox, and Mr. MA anTLL„ the motioisu as avoid to.
Mr. Lgroli TOP twooght up the orpoct en the lrish /34-
141..ry Bid, the ameildmeuts•fu Lich sere read a seemed time,
sad ordered to be read a thud time to-mart ow,
The Free Port PM was sear a second time, sod ordered
tO he eomuotted to.rou. raw.

alt. ,Irt.Lisu pit...toted • petition nsinst the Milt Pill,
which wa. ordetetl to he taken tato eunatJetatiou ou the so.
eund reading.
Land Al • won moved fur • list of UK osmcs of all OfSeeni
of Revenue a. Hull, together with the atnoteot of than. pals.
vies and fees; and of the coutpeotatiou foi the fees,
MI to the late Bull. °mutat —Aelj,.urrcd.

FURL IG.V Lb I ELLIGENCI.

FRENCH PAPERS

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IstrEitiA L DECREES.

EXTRACT !MOH Tilt' REGISTERS OF THE sEtatrAirt
us, STATE'S OFFICE.
" At the Palate of the Tbuillerito,
• Mardi 3,
Itaretoon, Eleptror of the trends, King of Protec-
tor of the ronfederatioa of lb. Rtiire, Me-tiator of tha
&rise Couredvstauo. •c. .'.e.

0• Upou the u-port of our Nliai=trt r 1..1 the general
police ;
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41 Considering that there is a certain nor:titer of
our subjects detained in the state pi mon-, whom
it it not einiveuieut to bring for t:1,1 before the
&owls ufjustiet, nor to set at littertY
" That several of them have, at different epochs.
made an'attrayt upon the safety of the Aide; that
they would be coudennied by the Courts to capita!
puiiishusents, but that superior considerations rap.
pose theinwlres to tluir being brought to trial ;

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•• l'hat others, utter haring figured as ("tiers of
6.4. la the civil na•-, haen taken ngain to Phigrent
climes, and that niotnre* of general interept. rn I.ke
manuer, prevent them from being brought to trial;
•• That several of them are either robbers of di-
lignaces, or men habituated to crime, whom oar
Courts are uut able to orudenou, althoti&-h thet
should have a eeitairny of their guilt. and in • lunge
eases they kuow, that thwie cutargeorent viouhl be
contrary to the iate►e+t and the safety of soe;ety ;
_ . . . .

•' That a certain suttalltr of them Lavin; been
eiripbryi,l by the iinbee. no fer..i4n countries► and
fnkd iu fulefity. ran neither be broright to
tool, nor set et iiberty. without courproninini
safety of the owe;

" Piwlly, time soots of thew, iieltoilli°6 to the
Afforest united.:ottutrits, are danzo:rous mien, oho
too •either he put on .:tie:g LtaillSC dust

THE 3.3RITISH PRESS.

LONDON, •
T RS I) AV. r4Aaco 22.

We have received rant sets of Paris Papers,
but wine of la•er date than those from which
we made so ne 'stray's en Monday. The Mwulear
of the sth c.iiitaius a decree for the relief of certain
persons confined its the state prisms of France.
whorls it would neither be expedient, political, or
prefer. to bring to foul in the ordinary way. nor
safe or proper to set at liberty. Of these persons,
60111 t are described as having figurtd in the civil
wars; others as hoeing been employed by the Polite,
in foreign countrisw. sud failed in their fidelity ;
others as subjects of the eat(' united to France, but
whose crimes were anterior to the union ; others as
charged with offences ofs mere political nature; and
others as men whose guilt is certain, hut cannot
he rst.ib:iNlied by legal proof. The decree liming
thus rented in the preantbk the description of
State Prisoners for whom benefit it is intended, then
proceeds to the enacting clauses and provisions,
which are compii-ed in five distinct and several
chapters. Tile first, iutiihvil Forovolitiet to to
olostrotof for dettimaiem iw ass•-frasitr Prisomo," pro.
vides that as person can be detained in a state
prison, lint by virtue of a decision made upon the
report of the ChiefJuwier. or the Minister of Mlle.",
in a Privy Council- This detention is nut to be
prolorigyd beyond a year. unle-s4 by a new order.
The Second Chapter regulrtre Coe isupeet lux rf
nott, prissier," am) 'womb.. that ComaiesQuisers
shall inaliect 'hem once a month, make minute in-
quiry into every circumstance affecting them. anti
di,charr,e all such es are not detained strictly ac-
cording to law.
The Third Chapter respects persons put in w-
eed/ante, of whom a bet is to be furnedie.l b;
Minister of Police.

The l'onith (limier relates to the eel:inir and
a bni4i.vation ofsike Stale prisons." The ii!loi.auce
to each primmer i. to he two francs per day, lie-
s'Ales ordinary maintenance.
The Fifth Chapter Awes the nnmher of state pri-
son., which are limited to eight, ese. the Castles of
Sauniur, Flom. If, Lanskr.iiin„ Pierre-Chatel,
ttr trelle,Cumpro•,, 4111 V.nvennes.
An article, d :rum Dosszlclork *hews the

horror which the remscriptioo excites in Hui!anti.
,It appears to be a practice among the unfortunate
men, who coins uithln its iron gireip, to mutilate
and reader theniseives unfit for military service.
Nspoisan has ordered that persons of this descrio-7
tioa ahould'be sent to work ou the ramparts of. dit-
hers or Wesel. Among the few other articles in the
Dutch Papers, which do not relate to his appoach-
incouptials with the Archduchess fiLtata-Loutss,
is one which states, that the urgociations between
Austria and Ru4is, respecting their_ bunts in Pc-
land, are on the eve of a final adjustment.
lii au article from Turkey it is said that the Eng-
lish squadron under Sir SAMULL Hoop has passel
the Dardanelles, to cruise against the Russians in
the Black Sea.

Strongly u we have, upon every' occuion, en-
deavoured to demonstrate the incapacity, and to
reprobate the misconduct of the preseut Ministers ;
and ardently as we anticipate, upon public grounds,
a change in the administration of the country, yet
we by uo means des:re to be understood, as con-
sidering the immediate abandonment or evacuation
of the Py reneun peninsula, to be synonimous with,
or inseparable from, a change of Ministry. It is,
indeed, possible that Mr. WNITIIIINAD msy hold
or maintain such a pi inciple t. but we are fir from
thinking that such opininus have been expressed,
or are felt by the heads of opposition in both
Mau.ses of Parliament: we mean by Lerd GREN•
VILLE MA Lord Gaim—by Musty. Putssueae,
SIIENIDAN. &c.—though that it)tsertion has, we
fear, bred ueed in order to prejudice the Hoyel
mind against them. Here, however, it is fleece-
&Wry to make a distinction between the partious of
the peninsula itstlf—between Spain and Portugal.
If Nay, Mutate& and Ju NOS, ut the head of three
superior armies, enter and iuvade the last of those
kingdoms. penetratiug into it nearly at the same
time by Oporto, Guardia, and Eivas. it is not easy
to conceive bow the force of English and Portu-
guese. under Lord WELLINGTON and Marshal
Beaesroao, even aided by nos:MlA's army, in the
vicinity of Radejo.. can resist such an attack. Ner
is it much easier to comprehend how they can
be re.etabarkcd in the 'Peps and the Douro, %lib-
oat confusion and loss, under the eye of the French.
We have always regarded, and we still consider, the
position of our troops iu Portugal as critical and
perilous. But iu Sp in, the aspect of things• is
wideiy different. BONAPARTE is arrived, in that
kingdom, at a point where his difficulties augment,
while his machinery becomes weak or almost int-
poteut. Ile hes, iudted, over-run the interior pro-
winces of the monarchy, burst through the passes of
the Guadasaaaa and of the Sierra Morena, cut to
pies s, or dispetried, the Spanish armies, corrupted
or terrified the Junta, and proclaimed his brother
Journ King, in Madrid aad Seville. But all
these facts confer neither security nor permanency.
Cadiz, havisg neither been entered by a cup de
wain, nor surrendered to him by treachery. may
defy his whole power; and, if sustained by the
Beets, armies, and support of this country. acting
in conjunction with the wind and military strength
of Spaiti, well not improbably present a point ivace
cessible to those legions Which have given the law
to Germany and to Russia.
In order to place this position in a conspicuous
light, and to bring it more under the surrey of
every man who reflects, let us endeavour to put
Great Britain in the situation of Spain. Let us
suppose, that, by the imbecility. iufatnation, and
pusilleminaity of the Government, the Conic au
Estreaua bed been admitted into London; that the
Ronal Family, by his atrocious mtinceusm. were
shut up in his prisons ; and, lastly, that the keys of
the country, on the side of France, Dover, Hernia,
Yarmouth, sent Hull, lied been put into hie I ands:
To complete the assimilatiou, let us ethnic, that the
British armies in the. field had been defeated ur dig.
pencil, and that E litiburgh. as well as London, was
occupied by him troops 1.--Such • condition would
be assuredly most ealaulitous ; but, could it be es.
teemed hopeless, if Portsmouth, Plymouth. aid
Chatham, were all three unreduced ; nay, unit-
tacked, to any 'crimes purpose? If, at Portsmouth,
in addition to our own naval and military means,
a powerful Spanish fleet and half of forces were
there acting in union with us ? Lastly ; if. besides
the general abhorrence felt for the invaders, and
their ridli Chief, the chute county of Kent. lyiug
moat contiguous to France, was in anus against
hint. soil actually giving battle to his soldiery, un-
der the stalls of Canterbury, oe at Deal ?—Would
the Spaniards pronounce the state of Britton to be
utterly deeperete, and ureter dune armies to be with-
drawn, leasing as to atilf &lei" We think, on
priociptes, even of selfish policy. without suppos-
ing say metiers of magnanimity to mingle iu the
decision. that they would not.

Now, it is difficult to conceive any thiag more
analogous than the ph:time here delineated. Cadiz.
Carthagen., and Ferrol. three cities and harbours.
lying at the three wi4est dibtaacts of the kingdom.
contain iii their •rbetrthi, all the naval means, and
much of the Pi reslglti, .3 well as pecuniary resource*
of the country. together with the facility of receiv-
ing foreign dbl. In Catalonia, (the Knit of the
penitistila,) were that the whole province it in arms
again* the tovittiers, commencing et regular attack
131 on SOCUAM. A cone AV, and the French Gene-
ral, ; mini& i uing a desperate and • sanguinary
conflict fur ma•l hour.; sot in one place, but

on many points, from Osta!rich to Ersylo
Arena, on the Mediterranean, to Vial ; el,g
repulsed, but not extinguished. And whet
hese engagements islet' place ? Within fox
thirty-live English miles of the Freud, howl
Surely, NsrotEow cannot be properly (kiwi:4.
maeter of this portion of Spain, as he was of .41s
or of Broudeuburgh, or of Pruesia. But, ~,
other eueouraging facts or eircurestimces upp
the lett* of ADMIRE/M. from Gerona, to tk
hinter at War. O'Doaretts army alone eeL,
eel, we see, of " twelve thousand Spanish
of the line. twelve hundred cavalry, and at,
thousands of armed peasantry." Among I
were " Swiss regiments. who advanced 1,
tuck with great intrepidity." ludetd, the ran,
military mancriarres pet into action by 01
nett, and the length of time dating *IA h.
wed the field, sufficiently prove that he
mended regular forces. Whether the Spirt,
nen, " cam henceforth find no safety, except u.
the walls of Tairvagouse" as AUGEREAI: likens;
whether he may not appear under the nal:s of
rates, or of Barcelona, we consider as very dr

fut. It is evident, that three othet bod:es of it,
Rents, oue of which, .‘ commanded by a Sri„
lona, consisting of 4.000 troops of the lia:e,
miquelets," attacked the French, postod st

salu ; while soother attempted to carry thtil
were all iu arms on the same del. We tiwlr ,
that there is u Jsren in Catalonia, " 6firr
discord in the easiroua of Aleut." The no
effect of these relucts ut-avowals on the part of
F rend:, supersedts the iieresbity of re:tourist.;
them.

The question of defending Spsi whether
present Ministen continue in office, or shrther t
are dismissed IN ctn. sr quence of their pest tart.,

nagement, Inuit, we are rtnrible, he deterei
ea its awn distinct mel its. That, notwithituid
NA:outwit 's past 'some's, he sill God the

Lion of Cadiz more dii icult, if not altuget.,
Bond his utmost elfor;s, we are persuaded. A,
if be cannot get possession of it, it Carden.:
should, besides, bukl out ; if dlicont and V.4e,
cia must be invested and besieged ; if Catiloses i
still unconquered ; while we, by means of tidiral
tar. of Ceuta, and 'tour fleets, eau eel) ir m tsiur:
assistance. along the whole coast, both withal se
without the Straits' Mouth we esa keep
such a was fere. BOISAPACTI will find ant
occasion fur all his armies and treasures.
he persist, as we suppose hr malt now Jo, is
nagitious, unprotected, and num eirep..t.E4bie
tack of the SpaniA crown and nation. It in by n
incites dress, th4t the Pyreneau peteiusnla wili e
ultimately prove the gray.: of Ihu vissies, is
itiances. and tree of his military lame.

Atr. Nut c's Paper say% and our readvs*:l
thence learn to appreciate the eceuraq of thy in-
telligence, that there era three re•oltttiono to he
nroreJ by Lord Poekararte, open tht Elpergano
to the Scheldt :

The fir►t pot to &dant the Exptditioa
impoh►ic.

The second madams the appoiutseat c•f the
Earl of CIIATINIAIL •

The third censurer the retention of the Island
M'aleheren, after the ulterior object, of the Eve-
ditioo had been found unattainatrie.

" The two tir•t resolutious will be opposed
Mr. CANNING; the last will." says Mr. Csasisc
Paper. "be supported by liiin." Oh ! dear! by
we apple,' snitii. The Editor of the Print io qua.

Lion well knows that Mr. CAN %too ix, and
CANNING via of, place, is not the same ; tlst
Mr. CAN KING is not the man he was when, as Se-
crettn7 of State for Foreign Affair*, he attrioptid
to walk over America. tick his colles,;ue, the W.r
Secretory, out of the Cabinet. and hound into tie
chair of Premier; over the bead of the little 4fria. el
the world of places and ponsi ma, the [tight Ito.
Sri:seta Putcera ; nn, nor even t r !mit
Tereer, who was seems:timed to retire, Ilion
pressed by a superior foe, in the wordy war
of St. Stephen s, behind the mighty shield sf
Mr. Pin., the political and nratorial Ayer of Ole
day. If the panders and parssitrs of this E%-Sesit-
tory of State fur Foreign Affairs could suppose t st
the public could have sera eirit hero, finer sputa
of his beams. and reduced to a !trivet ststioa. be
has resumed his seat in the {louse of Commam.
tapas equal terms Kith the Represeutatives of the
people. they would not attach any great lunar.-
acme to the talents of Mr. CANNING. Those ch.v-
ings, those Cries of " hear him! !war him'"
Ouse acclarnatiomi of admirat'on and appear..,
which ettre wont to satinets and impel the *row•
have and the Ditsiosrittxts of the day
has dwindled into Editor of The dotiJimobee.—
Ales poor Yuatta! where see Dm, Teat rig..
Sec. that used to set the /louse in a roar !

Y. steamy, a Court of Di:et:tura es. )11.1(1 at tl•r
East Jodi* House, when Litut-uunt-General r
ACCIIMUTY tool' the to,u .1 1.:409, on br'
mg appointed CONIIII4wier-on-Chief, and ea oat
Council. at Fort St. George. Sir
suite afterwards dined with die Directole, at It
City of Loudon Tavern.—The uudrrma.uo.•
Commander* took their final leave tf the C. •
preiious to departing .for their reptc,ite dot..
buns. Cap:. A. 4;1 SMITANLS. Royal 4." r...
and A. Illanit.Ton, Bombay, for Chin.t dote•. •••
Court adjourned at six o'cioik, till to•mi:row.


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