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Ayes 61—Noes I:44sAlsjori:y 46.

On several other clauses being introduced as
rulers, Mr. NVI NDHAM and Sir AIITUILIR, PIGGOTT
objected to this mode in very pointed terms.
The CltANcxLl.ua of the Excreo out contended
the practice was consistent with the orders of the
House. It would be very extraordinary if no
clauses could be introduced in the latter part of time
progress of a Bill, although these clauses were di-
rectly intended to give greater efficacy to that por-
tion of the Bill iu which the House had already
agreed. The clauses were added.
Lord CriITLEREAGII observed, the clause he was
about to submit to the House, was one, the expe-
diency of which all must clearly see, though there
might exi.t some strong objections in some part of
the House, to the principle ou which the clause
was founded. In several instances it would, per-
haps, hereafter be found incouvenieut, in eme,e, of
riot or disturbance, to bring a sufficieut imod of
the military to suppress it, as they might be
employed in other departments of the pablic ser-
vice. Such a deficiency could easily be supplied
by the services of the local militia, and he intended
to grunt, by the present clause, a power to the
Lords Lieutenant of counties, or any three Magis-
trates, who might be convioced of its necessity, to
call out the local militia for the suppression of riot
or tlistnrbauce, and the maintenance of peace and
trangeillity ; provided that such duty should out
lust lu.iger than the usual period of training ; or if
it did so last, such number of days, exceeding that
period. should be carried forwnrd to the account of
the neat period of training, when the corps should
have so ninny less days to continue GO duty. These
troops, he thought, would be calculated to pull
down any spirit of insurrection or turbulence, more
expeditiously than any others who might not be on
the spot ; and lie thought the powergranted could
not be deposited in safer hands than in those of the
Lord Lieutenant and those Magistrates whom the
Constitution had vested with similar powers in afl
such eases.

Sir FRAM:II BURDETT rose to oppose the intro-
duction of this clause. His objection was to its
principle, winch was in direct violation of the Con-
stitution. It went to invest, with en iovidious •ssicl
&acetone speciev of power, the Lord Lieutenant
of the county. Nor did it skew any necessity for
such an infringement of general usage and esta-
blished right. He felt it difficult to argue against
this clause without arguing also against the whole
Bill. They were both alike, and both fraught
with peruicions consequences to the people of this
country, and the purity of the Constitution. It
was a species of interchange of executive func-
tions ; a shifting of the power of the Sheriffs to the
tlsgi.trntes, and a confusion of their resilsective
duties. k rat he had let a more serious objection tv

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crease the frequency of the iatkiferenee of the tai-
lituty with respect to riots or eotrunotions
the pointlace; uu interference he extremely &-
invented, is, there were ulrendy constitution;
tuciuss placed in the hands of Magistrates for that
s...rpose. Iles should enter him protest solemnly
itirainst the addition of this clause to Use Bill,
Like the sense of the House on it, should it Ls
pressed further.
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Mr. V LNDI4AM RISO objected to it, as tendiri;.; t)
toe considerable powers to the Lord Lieut..
nant istigl the Magistracy. He was ►nrpris••d to
hear it surd, that these troops would be the AWL
effective and expeditious in queltiug any riot, sinte
it might happen, that, being disembodied, they
would be (Inutile to obtain arms or collect to he.:•'.
quarters in time.
Thu Cis 4.101 C bt.t.oo of the EXCUEQUER admitted
the assertion of the Lion. Baronet, and was happy
to Mid that he was of opiMon The present et,,„„,
was consisent with the rest of the bill ; as the House
had agreed to it, there could then be no reason fiv
the rejection of the present •clause. He repo_
bated the idea of the lion. Member, who seeine
to wish rather to let loose .the military- on II:
populace, than compel them to return to their dut!
by the interference of the. Magistrates, in whole
their safety was deposited by the principle of the
Constitution.

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Mr. 11 HITBREAD said, the consistency alluded
to had been a criminal coniiistency of error and
encroachment; all the Bill might be bad, yet, I,t--
Cause it WWI so, surely it could not be argued a si-
milarly had clause should be also added. This
was, he thought, the first instance wherein the end
and military functions lied been.united to the pre-
judice of the subject. lie should therefore oppose
the Bill.

Mr. Do GIIMY supported the Bill and the
elsuir. Ile had known, by experience, the &has-
tage of roi.iug the paw ccennatus, roe the sup.
pressiou of iii.urrectnni, cud thought this n sinzlr
provision._

Sir S. PAM LLY called the, attention of the
House to the real question, whether such a clause
should be admitted at such a time as a rider to the
bill' To this he felt the strongest objection. It
took from Parlisttnent the right and the possibility
to investigate the noes its of any such clause. As to
the clause itself, he felt evally strong objections.
It was a dangerous experiment to unite the legis-
lative and executive authorities together, and make
Magistrates commanders of troops. lie "should
therefore oppose the motion.
Sir Arrtme Pit:Gorr also spoke against the
clause being introduced, and the house proceeded
to adivison, when thin appeared for the clause,
Ayes, 97—Nuce, ao—....Majority, 67.

On our re-admission we found Mr. SULRIDAN on
his legs, protesting against the encroachment which
the power vested i■ magistrates, to call out the L-
eal Militia at their will, must effect on the preroga-
tive of the Crown. There never was suck an
innovation before attempted. It warred with the
principles of the Constitution, and was hostile to
the enactments of the statute laa. But the I,6u-
sease of the clause was this, that should a riot
take place on a Saturday, the notice for meeting
was to be stuck up on the Sunday, and on the
Monday following the Local Militia was to be call-
ed out to disperse the riotous assemblage which
took place the Saturday before. (A laugA It was
no precedent to argue from the N olunteer Act, the
assistance of that body was purely voluntary to the
civil power. . . .

Lord CASTLERSAGH considered the clause as in-
troducing no novelty, but merely acting upon the
provision which existed as to the volunteer Mr....
Mr. WIN imam followed up the observations of
Mr. Sheridan, and argued ably on the evil conse-
quences with which that clause was pregnant.
Mr. WRIT/MEAD moved an amendment, to the
effect that umie of the Magistrate► calling out the
civil power should hold commis►ivas or commend
the local militia.

This amendment, after some discussion, was ne-
gatived without a division.
Mr. C. W. W. WYNNE rose to object to the
clause which levied the deficiency arising from the
non-payment of fines and penalties on the county
rate. He admitted his objection gas much modi-
fied, by finding in the next clause that it was to be
regulated by a parish assessment. Still, when the
ballot was only to affect persons within e certain
period of life, he thought it herd that even the
parish should be chargeable with any deficiency
accruing from the non-payment of the fines. He
concluded by proposing au nmendinent, to provide
against such au effect, which was negatived without
a division.

The Engrossing Clerk was then engaged for
nearly one hour m expunging and introduciug
various provisious in the [MI.
The SPitaxna then put the question that the
Bill do pass ; on which
Mr. IVINDRASS Mee to state Lis objections to
the principle of this Bill. He felt the tieces,ity of
confining his observations within a narrow compass,
when he recollected the proceedings of the last
hour'. Perhaps the House had never before en-
joyed such an opportunity of understanding the
mysteries of legislation. It certainly could now
bear testimony to the peculiar dexterity of the
engrossing clork. and to that part of the mane-
facture of an Act of Parliament which had been
heretofore performed without the doors of that
House. It bad that night witnessed, if not an iir-
prmeineot. at least a novelty in legislation, tu.h
as never before occurred within the mcir.cry of any
of the inem!sers of the House. And it might he
truly saut of the present measure, that it bad wept.
rieneed a variety of shapes, and had presented great
diversity of appearance during its progress, since
first introduced by the Noble Lord. To introduce
such a variety of new clauses, just at the mosnent
when the bill was about to he read a third time.
was truly characteristic of the Bight Honourable
Gentleman opposite, who conceived Pariteu•enta:y
discussion a great evil, and thought the Home
could not m:mcise its trust better than by ucte.:.
tog to every measure, even without inquiry,
should proceed from them. At flat krie-ent late
hour, with a debate protracted bir such circum-
stance*, he certainly felt it proper to limit OW ob.
se; rations, mid to pus by a number of •
which othei wise he would he very happy to dd..!
lle should oLscr‘e, in the first place, theL t.

4,1t.L1

foiaiiMe oppoeit
it understood, to
inits. The moo
/dace, it was imp
not to feel that its
object ; and next
',Melt from its ope
What did it prods
It certain descripti
had before by the
difference, that a
than useless inert
loaded with the
the plan of the N 4
advantage of dirt
tattier case; indee
value of the ditli
nescent. But the
try for the expens
what object was tl
for nothing else lit
offittered by the ti
us' Mr. Such-a-or
IVhat-d'ye-call lii
culotte to place
ci.• of national
any man, who t
the Continent of
believe suck men
armies of France
nil. must tonne
leatit, who was a vt.
man. roust be all
in dependiog spot
of lockieg up
populatiou, witliii
sod this at air e
most exceeding th
went not to pure
nests. Does the I
force he will fr
terror into the
then* that the am
their being stuck
this surprising elf
der that the Not
ra,,tisare, and rent
couraging the gr
/a (cis). If the Ih
to the principle u
hojea. uitoa a MI Wu
an army,let it at lei
the fate of ether el
the country is to e
L'egfisli dirt.
stout athletic ce:l
its aspiring chin.
They can in thci.
when pursued, can
of squirrels. (Rep
Lord was friendly
liked to see men
order to be drilled
ceived the public
and executton, for
that it would take
undone would be
the poor persons ri
be troubled to fur-.
wouudetl. He cot
arguments of the
arguments of the
pismire was best ;
the countryman w
tooth drawn. who
which the °pentium'
the operator half-a.
try be could have
and he dragged rot
Sir FRANCIS lit
time be should ha
his sentiments en
necessity of elairnir
• few minutes. ti
Lan to express hit
parts breathed not
subject, without al
fnur. 'ribs bcinl
a silent vote. A
the begitiiilnga
that the Noble tor
that would put tt
mi4ltt defy the T
did the present
promise of the
ought, in the tin
of pain old pent
exitceneies of the
measure by sew
prasonment, fine.
ciliate the people a
to he opposed to II
his command. ewe
country, hicludim
The present plan
ea. lie would sr
armiog of the peot
They c•utld trot de
iwistlf would not;
he kingdoms on I
the cause a
iesved the host of
ould ask if there s

'tastier' than the
ill went to take e%
able to be flogged
nil of discipline i:

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tray more detrhoen
Pince. He had al
bject, is the Frei
or poreal punishnss
no, at Madrid, s
.-inselves to be i
the poniehmet
ppftar oa pu.ade
ad what WS/ Coe
resift t They s
would have an of
Ith
in
lisaracttr ; Lag it I
Hat have been di
cot excited an ens
sy t. Its present
dr as occasion %ha
41. to cult ram th
that of a Freac
have converted
*cash lir. Wind
it Wiectioa to ti

. t

crlnearry IMMO tO ta.l
e litlllferetwe of the
or entrunotions mow;
reuse he extremely de-
! already emistitutioual
s of Magistrates fur that
er hu protest solemnly
chitihe to the Bill, ati4
nine on it, hhould it br

ected to it, as tendir,;.; to
rem to the Lord
Ile was surpric••d to
oohs would lie the most
is ilueltim; any riot, slate
being disembodied, they
arms or collect to he-

ie EXCUEQUEt admitted
Baronetz and was happy
pinion The present elat,
t of the lull ; as the Hen,
uld then be uo reason I,
sent telause. lie repi
Member, who acme:
*se the military on th:
em to return to their dut
e Magistrates, in whom
I by the principle of the

, the consistency alluded
coicastency of error and
II might be bad, yet, be-
could not be argued a ii-
ild also added. This
instance wherein the civil
becn.united to the pre-
e should therefore oppose

lofted the Bill and the
by experience, the ...has.
comitatus, for the sup.
uud thought this a sini:l:.:

led the, attentioa of au
en, whether suult
tch a time as a rider to tl.c
ie strongest objectiou. it
le right and the possibility
of say such clause. As to
equally strong objections.
eratneot to unite the leg's-
bowies together, and make
rs of troops. lle
tion.

✓ also spoke against t 1
, and the House proceeded
sweated for the clause,
34)......Maj0ri I y 67.

NC found Mr. SIIIIRIDAN on
nst the encroachment which
;istrates,_to call out the Lo-
must effect on the preroga.
'here RCN!, was such an
tpted. It warred with the
iitution, and was hostile te
tatute haw. But the hou-
as this, that should a nut
ay, the notice for meeting
the Sunday, and on the
.oval Militia was to be call-

riotous assemblage which
before. (A laugh I) It was
row the I.lu:deer Act, the
was purely voluntary to the

considered the dense as in-
int merely acting upon the
as to the volunteer for=e.
wed up the observations of
oiled ably on the evil conse-
,
it clause was preemant.
oved an amendment, to the
Magii.trates calling out the
d commissions or command

rter some discussion, was me-
ion.

'NNE rose to object to the
deficiency arising from the
tut' penalties on the county
is objection gas much modi-
next clause that it was to be

sasessnient. Still, when the
'act persons within a certain
ight it hard that even the
rgaable with any deficiency
rt-payment of the tines. lie
g an lialealdlaellt, to provide
which was negatived without

lerk was then engaged for
expunging and Introducing
le
a put the qneatiou that the

e to state Lis objections t•
(ill. He felt the neces,ity of
ons within a narrow compass,
ie proceedings of the last fire
House had never before cii-
tunitv of understanding the
,ou. It certainly could now
he peculiar dexterity of the
t 1 to that pet of the buena-
Parliament wbi.L had basis
without the doors of that

light witeessed, if not an in,-
novelty in le;•,,islatioti,, 14.,1
red within the t4::tr.eryof euy
to House. And it mi ght lie
ait measure, that it bad emit-
lapea, and liad presented great
lee during its progress, since
e Noble Lord. To introduce
clauses, just at the moment
rout to be rend a third time,
tic of the Right Honourahlit
who conceived y
vil, and thought the Hausa
ti trust better than by uet
even without inquiry, %Lich

1 them. At fiat yrii,en{ let*
protracted such vircutn
felt it proper to Molt hit ob.*
ass bye somber of parole, -
would be very %nippy to c!,!
n the first Owe, thi“ 'k

q 'AC

itself was to Vlair

it understood, to explain it* true nature and li-
mits. The moment such an explanation took
place, it was imp assihhe for any unbiassed person
not to feel first its inacteartacy to went its proposed
(Acct.; suet next the very great expense and injury
wi,ich from its operation omit fall upon the imuntry.
What did it produte to the country ti—Notliiiig but
a certain descriptiou of personal service, which it
• had before by the Training Bill. Thor* was this
difference, that men were not locked up in a worse
than useless iucorporation, nor was the comae,
loaded with the monstrous expense attendant on
the plan of the Noble Lord. With respect to the.
advantage of discipline, it would not be great in
either case; indeed it mieht he so little, that the
value of the difirence must he considered eva-
nescent. But the species of force it gave the conn-
try for the expense was the consideration; suit for
what object was this expense to be incurred ? Why
fir nothing else but to have an hivoiporatitil force,
off tiered by the topping men of the dis,trict, such
as. Mr. Such-a-one, the general dealer, arid Mr.
What-d'ye-call lino, the ettorney. It was 'idl-
e-alms to place any dependence on a spe-
cials of national defence so arranged. Would
any man, who knew what had taken place oa
the Continent of Europe, be so credulous as to
believe suck men able to cope with the disciplined
armies of France, which, if they should come at
nil, must Caine flushed with conquest? He. at
least, who was a voltieteer officer. and un unmilitary
marl, taut be allowed to apprehend great danger
in depend* npon such adescription of force, and
of locking tip in it suCa. • portion of your
population, within the aces of eighteen and thirty.
and this at au chymous expense, an expense al-
most exceeding the belief of most men, anti which
went unt to purchase strength, but actual weak-
ness. Does the Noble Lord think, that by such a
force he will frighten Bonaparte, and strike
terror into the invading armies? Whitt is it
then' that the army clothier could produce? If
their being. stuck iota regimentals will produce
this surprising effect on the enemy, it was a won-
der that the Noble Lord would not follow up the
rii • isaire, and render them more formideFle by en-
couraging the growth of whiskers. ( 4 general
hush). if the [louse should feel willing to accede
to the principle of this measure, and to rest its
hopes upon a tumuli uary farce, or upon the refuse of
an army,let it at least profit by the experience which
the fate of other countries must have aftorded. if i
the country is to employ and pay for dirt, let it be
English dirt. (-1 bad laugh). Let it employ its
stout athletic colliers and cowl-heavers. Let it nay
its aspiring chim (ey-sweepers for their exertions.-e
They can in their own e by annoy the enemy ; and
when pursued, can Climb the trees with the facility
of squirrels. ( Repeated laughter). But the Noble
Lord was friendly to the bustle of the thing. Ile
liked to see men marching out of this village in
order to be drilled in the contiguous one. He con-
ceived
the public would be struck with its efficacy
and execution, for the Noble Lord might be assured
that it would take great effect. The number of the
undone mould be euusiderablc, and at least amongst
the poor persons riiiiicd by its operation, he would
be tumbled to furnish a large Gazette of killed and
wounded. He concluded by observing, that the
arguments of the Noble Lord accorded with the
arguments of the vulgar, that what was most ex-
peutive was best ; it reminded him of the story of
the countryman who came to town to 'have his
tooth drawn, who astonished at the little pain with
which the operation was performed, refused paying
the operator hat fei-gainea, saving, that in the coun-
try he could have the jolt dime for half-a-crown,
and be dragged round the romw into the bargain.
Sir FRANCIS BLIRDZTT said, as it was the last
time he should have an opportunity of delivering
his sentiments en this measure, he was under the
necessity of claiming the attention of the House, for
a few minutes. He felt it a duty incumbent on
him to express his sentiments. The bill iti all its
parts breathed nothing but the oppression of the
subject, without meaning in' the least the military
farce. Tisis beiug his opinion, he could not give
u silent vote. An Honourable Gentleman, at
the beginning of the Session. had vouched
that the !Wile lard would bring forward a measure
that would put this couutry in a state that she
, miaht defy the powers of the world. How far
did the present measure come up with the
promise of the Honourable Gentleman ? it
ought, in the first place, to be called a bill
of pain end penalty. Instead of mooing the
exigencies of the country, it went to enforce the
measure by mew 'penalties, transportation. im-
prisonment, fine, ike. Was this the way to con-
ciliate the people of the mutiny. or was it a system
to he opposed to Bonaparte, with au army under
his command, ear-ading the population of this
country, hiclading men, women, and children ?
The present plait was wholly inadequate to its ob-
'act. He would wish to propose to the House the
erasing of the people en 'nesse. in case of invasion.
They enuld trot depend on a standing array. Ile
Maul( would not; as standing armies failed in all
lie kingdoms on the Continent. Despotism had
the cause of their downfall ; and when lie
hewed the host of tomes, earl the present Bill, he
ould ask if there were people in a more distressing
ituation thus the people of this country? The
ill went to take every anon by forereand snakebite
'able to be Bogged. He had an abhorrence to this
ail of discipline in oar armies, and lie theaght it
as more detrimental to it, than am other chemise
. nee. He had a precedent for his opinion on this
bject, is the trench army, where such a thing as
orporeal punitihment was not known. In a late in-
ee at Madrid, where tome soldiers had allowed
einselvey to be disarmed by the populace. what
the punishment inflicted ? That they should
veer oa pu.snle with sticks instead of swords.
nil whet was the remark of the General on this
orcasion ? They were young soldiers, and they
i.7mlri have an opportunity of retrial ing their
tuaracter ; hut if they had been old soldiere, they
est have bens dismissed. This kind of pde&
tan excited an emulation, rind brought the French
any torts present suneniority. He felt sorry that
.:r an °erasion shonlii hare occurred. that obliged
in to com;:are the discipline of an English army
Mb that of a French one. The Noble Lord seemed
i !Live converted the good principle of his Hoin
i• end. 417. Windham. into a bad one. His
.e. isu jr.tion to tide measure was its iaeflicienea,"l

net next the cruet situation in which it placed the
people of • the country, when it went Pt take the
countryman, the peartant, from his family, leave
them a charge on the paride, and mike
liable to have the flesh stripped from his bones
by corporeal punishment. Ihe Bill went to
chew the ialcupecity of its author; for, after
all the attention the Noble Lord had paid to
it, he found it now so incomplete, that he
hoped it would defeat its own object ; for one
clause, where it goes to the exaction of fines, says,
"at the discretion of the Magistrates, the haw
shall not exceed 20 shillings, nor be lets than 51."
It was well for the people of England to know that
the framer of the present Bill was the same delicate
hand that administered the chalice of poison
to the people of Ireland. (dear ! litar !I—
nte same when speaking of the measure he
had pursued towards Ireland, gave it the delicate
name of a coercive measure, esitsed by neczmity.
tie zolicludeal lav observing, it was his duty to warn
the people of England against their danger, and
to warn the Hon. Lord to keep his delicate hands
off of the hacks Of Eaiglishatien.
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Mr.Pu&rairi.vsupported the bill, and ten:ended that
diecipline was uscessive.
Mr. Win ow A X spuke in explanation.
The lion. Mr. R•ttintos contended that there was rot
'any army in which discipline was kept up, where punish-
ments were more lenient than in oars • that altho' carmsrecl
punishment was not made use ut In the French army, yet
they supplied the deficiency by making a plentiful use of the
stick.
Mr. W. W. Weser sepported the Bill, but he would
hr.ve approved of the measure much more if it only applied
to runes of the age trout IS to 20.
argument then took place on discipline, and its nature,
between Mr. Wit. SMITII, Mr. KORINSOII, Gen. M. M. 4 -
TkSW, Mr. M. A. T4YLOII, Sir JAMES Haut., and General
&TRW* lIT.

Wheo the House dirtdel, there appeared fog the Bill pass-
igup—Ayes
Noes.

gei

Ilajarity
The other Orden of the Day were then (hawk/Jut, and
the Heats adjutiested at HALF PAST THREE O'CLOCK.

TREATY

Of Alliance and Subsidy betweee His Majesty the King of
the United Kingdom of Great Britaia and !relied, 4:
Ili* Majesty the. King of the Two Sicilics.--Sigeol rt
Palermo on the 30th of March, Dios:
Hie Majesty the Kin.,. she United Kingdom of Gera t
Britain and Ireland, and Ilia Majesty e King of the Two
Siveliee, being egad'', animated by sincere desire of
strengthening more sac: the to-. . endship and good
understanding aril,: It so hiepin'y set mist intact.° them, It ins
judged that notheag cuald cootribute a: we efficaciously to
that salutary end. than the conelosion of . Treaty of Alliance
and Subsidy :—For this purpose their said Majesties have
named their rcopective renipotert. r.es, Ills Brit cone
Majesty, the Right Hououra'ale IVillisin Drummond, one of
His Majesty's Moat Honourahle oriel Caused, and his En-
voy Extraordinary ant Minister Pireipoteminry nt the
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Excellent Thomas de Somme, Marquis of (heel", his
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of State, Secretary of State fur the Deportment of Foreign
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after having commuoicatial their tespective full powers,
have agreed upon the following Articles:
Article I. There shall be a centiusance of the 'Meers
and constant friendship between Hu Britannic !Majesty
nod Ills Majesty the King of the Two Birdies, theii ! min
mid enecessors, which has always subsisted, up to tae rie •
seat time.
IJ, The two high contracting parties shall afford to each
etW, during the present war wills FROM, every I.necolit
and assistance, in proportine to their respective felon, and
shall posnint, by amain consent, every tiling the* to
ewes them erosible or detriment.
His Majesty the Kum of the Two Sicilia* engages
to grant to the troops of His &Jimmie Majesty, ;tattooed
In the fortresses of Sicily, and to all British ships of war,
an eaeniption from all duties belonging to him, upon every
thing of which the British squadrons is the Meditentitess,
said the troops of that nation, may eland in sued, est which
the emaietry can faruesh, in provisions, food, and in mitttury
and naval stases.
IV. His Sicilian Majesty, being desire's of giving an ad.
di 'Moat proof of the sentitneute by which be is animated,
also engages to exempt from all duties belonging to hien
upon such provisions as may he requisite for the British
ships of war at Malta, so well as all military slopes which
are to be Amend in the country, em coaditiou, hones sr, that
each vessel or vessels of war be furnished with s requisition
from the Governor of the said island, which shall specify
the article', and the qe.tatity required.
V. His Sicilian Majesty further engages, iu virtue of the
prmeut Treaty, sever to allow the enemies of Great Britain
to bring into any of his parts, dieing the present war, auy
British ships taken by the gunnies of Great Britain.
VI. Hu, Sicilian Majcidy also engages to open the ports of
the Two &cities, during the present war, to British squad-
rons, as well as to all net chant and other ships belonging to
British subjects, without any restriction whatever, referring
to the Third Article, with respect to exemption from duties.
VII. Ris Britannic Majesty Perigee, iii return, to defend,
during the present war, the fortresses of MCSsma and Au-
gusta, owl to menet:tin there, for that purpose, at his charge
and exposer, a body of troops, which, iii the present war,
si all consist of tea thousand men, and to augment their
number, if theme shall require it. The disposition of which
troop*, in the said fortresses, shall be in saris manner and pro-
pennon as the (outstanding Odircr, to whom every requisite
utility shall be gives, shall judge expedient and His Bei-
tussle Majesty stipulates, that the said General Officers shall
have the power of exercising martial law in the above-men-
tioned garriaoy with respect to their British troops, in the
same meaner, and according tothe same rules, as are ob-
served is otiose English gar-isous.--eduarters for the said
troops shall be provided in the aloixe-tneutioacil fortresses
by His Sicilian Majesty.
VIII. His Mit:teen's Majesty further engages to pay to
Ills Sicilian !Majesty, Juno; the cont Meant! of the presto t
war, an anemaktial....iih; of three hundred thousand ponatis
sterling, to coiunieurei from the loth of Septenthey, tetra,
when the British and Reesian troops landed ill dr. Neepoli-
ten tetritory, payable at the rate of twenty-five thousand
pounds *tering, per month ; which payment tee II always he
made onomoulls m sierative, computing from the rh.te of the
signature on the present Treaty. His Sicilian Majesty rat-
pawing to employ the said Subsidies for these/ of his marine,
sad of hie land fiwees, dull inutile the distribution of them
in suck pr ipoi tier as these too services may require, fur the
dad:actor his States, sad for operations naiad the common
enemy ; auJ au account dull be given every three months to
the British Government, of the manner in which His Sicilian
Majesty shall have employed the Subsidies paid to him by
' Great Britain..
IX. The tea high contiecting Parties, desiring to
strengthen more mid more the ties whittle suite the two na-
tints, -and to extend their mutual relations, will employ
theaiselres, as soon as vonntle, in concluding a Treaty of
Commerce, the .Irticlo of which shall be equally &dean.
tageons to the baker ts of bath States
X. ills Sit Mau Majesty engages not to conclude with
' France a Peace separate from England, sad His Britannic
Majesty on his part also engages nut to make a Peace with
France, without compreheuding and saviug in it the interests
of Hie !bellies Majesty.
XI. The present Treaty of Alliance and of Subsidy shall
be ratified by the two high contracting Parties, WWI the Ha-
, titication shall he esclennod in des form Lodon, within
the space of four alumni*, from the dale of its signature. or
*nutter if possitie.
la +MOM whereof, We, the Undersigned. fognished with

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
SATURDAY. Joss 11.

Mr. CANNING, last night, announred a Treaty
of Suhidy owl Alliance thetweeu this Coun'ry and
lb* Alaje,ty the King of the Two (....I.ct LIES, com-
monly called the King of N.tenns, a title usurped
t.:y BON APARTI:s brattier JOIM.VH, and not ae•
kilowledged by Great Britain. A Copy of the
Treaty is given in our preev:ling columns.

Gibraltar. as affording a point' of contact with
Spain, such as
.Tolllltia did in 170 with Franey,
becomes, at the *resent critical juncture, of infinite
tonsequences In fact, it opens un immediate
passage to Seville, Cadiz, and Grenada, as nell
as to every part of the extensive province of. Anda-
lusia. Mr. Dyer. who Willi, dn?ing a great number
of years, our Consul at Cudiz, and whose probity,
as well as benevolence, and many excellent quali-
ties, live greatly endeared him to the Spanish na-
tion, is on his way to Gibraltar. He is dispatched
by Government, in order to sound the Spaniards,
and, if possible, to impel them to resist their in-
vaders. No man is better qualified for the task,
from his intimate knowledge of the country. Bo-
NAPARTU, who is well aware of the importance of
Gibraltar, fronk its opening a way into the interior
of Spain, has already destined a corps of troops,
aided by Wo (Accra of Engineers, to invest Gib-
raltar. But if the Spaniards really meditate resist-
j:lCC to this foreign Usurper, hu may, in the present
state of that country, be unable to carry this pro-
ject into execution.

Wla.do we have felt it our duty to warn the
people of this country against forming too sanguine
expectations of the emancipation of Spain from the
tyranny of BoXAVAXTC, we have sieve: theless been
always deeply impressed with a conviction, that if
the rapid progress of that most formidable usurper
can be checked by way coutinentalnation, it is by
Spain. He knows that truth, and &aria° further op-
position to his views of:mien-sal monarchy, if he can
teri:' or 1,, rsuade the Spaniards tamely to submit
to t. tricsaffer of their crown to MURAT, or rather to
hnliself. But the Spaniards beer no resemblance
to the other continental nations. They are an un-
mixed, insulated, original, and unbroken people.--
Spuio, from its very position and formation, cannot
deeply mix with tie other European states. It is a
peninsula, connected indeed with France, but only
by a narrow portion of country, completely barred
by the Pyrenean mountains, which of themselves
oppose incredible obstacles to an invading enemy.
The province. of Leon, E►tremadura, and Arra-
gon, are, for the most part, still in a state of
primeval seclusion and simplicity. Those of Gal-
licia, Asturias, and Biscay, preserve inviolate, even
under a nominal absolute Monarch, all the spirit
of a free people. If they re:ist BnIkrAPAILTE, they
never can be conquered, though they may be over-
run or subjugated for a tune. But, by their situa-
tion, their harbours, and ports, we can pour in
effectual aid, and render their resistance inter-
minable. We are not to judge of the Spanish
people, should they rise against their invaders, from
a sense of national indignation and abhorrence,
by what we hare witnessed of their troops, when
opposed to the French in 1793 and 1794, at the bai-
-1 ginning of the revolution. If the Spaniards now
resist, it is not the feeble co-operation of a divided
or corrupt Administration to which we shall look
for aid. It is to the awakened energies of a great
people, animated by every principle that can
operate on the human mind or on the human
heart. Such an ally may yet, it is possible, impose
iiwits to the insatiable and las le.s ambition of
N•I%)I.LON.

All these considerations, which proceed on the
suppodtion that Spain is indignant at the perfidious
and strocione treatment of Boptarawra ; derive
the greatest force from a comparison of that cams-
try, with those which the Corsican has already
conquered Sr humbled. Ths Austrian Muwarchy
is iota Nation. Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia,
Transylvania, aid many other lag provinces, torn
at different ',periods of time from Germany, Poland,
and Turk,2y, arc, it is true, subjected to one Sove-
reign, who resides in a city of Lower Austria, on the
Danube. But, so far from being animated by any
common or general principle of political action,
they ere, on the canonry, governed by different
laws, and have different constitutions, religion,
usages, and languages tie army was de-
feated, the State fell, end the contest was at an
end.

Its Prussia, all these truths are much more strik-
ing and more prominent. The Pres.:ion Monarchy,
vulgarly to termed, was only a piece of mosaic

RIFF

wort, formed from twenty different
tries, many Ili which were dissevslre4
stock ; but which, the plastic hand of
Fr.tucatc, eider: by circumstances, in
, of a long reign, moulded and formed
kmgdoni. It chisolved et the first
possesses scarcely any internal pooh or
of resuscitation. Even Russia is► to o
gree, precizmly in the came predicament.
venture to predict, that if Spain succumbs,
Cardinent et Piirope fall m ate me flut!!..zr
resistance. But if, on the contrary, that
should iudigbausly scorn to submit to
the Corsican's vast empire witty yet be .
To sustain NIVRAT, to prevent the English
landing on the coasts, and to quell the
instil-gents, at the same time, he must
North and East of Europe from his gripe
mast remain stationary near the scene
for he dares net to remove from Bayonne,
Spain is in a state of insurrection. His
therefore, whenever it takes place, will
be considers the contest beyond the Pyre.
at an end. Never, since the commencement
present war, has the state of Europe been
cal as at this moment.

Same more troops embarked on Thursday,
Dover, and sailed for the Downs, to join -
there ; and dispatchei were sent off yesterday
the Ad!niralty to Cork, to expedite the
the transports with troops collected in that
It is now supposed el:is Expedition wilt
Gibraltar, there to watt Is a favourable opportunity
of assisting the Spanish loyalists. Sir 1
WELLESLLY, who is appointed to Command it,
in the House of Commons last night.

An account has beau Lid before the ,
Commons, of the value of all Jlerei►audise exported
from the port of London to Foreign Countries, front
which it appears, that the value of British P ..
sind :Manufactures, exported in the quarter
._.
the Sth April, 1807, was 2,586,6361.; and in
corresponding quarter, in 1809, 2,367,6631.; that ' ,
the value of all Foreign and ColOnial Produce, ex-
ported in the quarter ending the Stli April, 1807)
was 1,357,1531. and in the corresponding quar-
ter, in 1503, 923,3161. The above decrease itt
the exportation of British Produce, the Report
attiibutes almost wholly to the United Stater(
America; and it adds, that the falling off in cos
lonia! produce arises principally •n the article of
coffee to Europe. Here, then, May be seen the
operation of our Orders in Council, combined
with BOXAPAILTiA Decrees, upon our commerce,—
The statement, of which this is the substance, is
exclusive of exports to the East Indies and China,_ _ ,

states m' mite•
.•rest from the
I of tl* Great
in the course
rined into one
rst touch, and
edr es prior iple
. •
to o certain de-
rent. We may
sirccumbs, the
utt?...•zr etrecturd
7, that country
it to the yoke,
t be olnertururt!.
e English from
Al the Spnaish
mast release the
gripe ; and he •
wane of actior,
Eayonne, while
His departurc,
, will chew that
•
the Pyrenees as
encentent of the
e been so criti-
c Thursday, at
to join couvoy
'yesterday from •
te the sailing of
in that harbour.
will proceed te
the opportunity
Sir ART/11.1
DrltallUid it, wall
ht.
e the House of
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