The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-26 00:00:00

CORN LAWS.

Lord A. flimmTotv wished to know what mode
was int.ended to be pursued ill the proposed pro-
ceedings on the Corn. Laws. "

• Sir H. PAR LL said, his intention was to move
a Conitnittee, and therein to propose certain re--
solutions ; after that, to introduce a Bill to effect
an alteration essentially necessary in th'e eirentn-
stances of -the country,«and different from that
whieh he brought :in_ last Session, lie should
propose a lower price to regulate the importation,
-but sitch•as would not interfere with the present
course of trade either in grain or bread. Ile then
presented a petition for an altetration in the Corn
Laws, from Queen's County, Ireland.

DROITS pr
The Hori.. Captain BENN:E,rT moved for an ac-
count of advanees frpm the. Droits, fur the last
three years. kfe understood that so,me advance
as to- the Royal: yaaiily been repaid ; but
wished to ascertain the facts:

At the desire of the CUANcELLoR of tbe.E.x-
cut:aucrt, the subject was postponed till to-

morrow..
Mr. BE NETT then moved for a return of the
artillery and the horse artillery and drivers in
June 25, and December 25; 1813, stating the
numbers at home and abroad';' of the engineers
and artificers, and sappers and miners, distin-
guishini.f those enliited for years, ;and for life; or
the recruits, with the same distinction ; of the
Oflicers of the army, 'specifying 'those who were
on hall=pay.
.Ordered.

EE •MARCHANT.
Mr. A. BRoW.Nr. observed, that this Gentleman
bad been appointed to an important office'in An-
tcgtt ; but circumstances had
.appeared which
connected his umne with a Pate transaction, on
which there could he hut one opinion. AL: de-
,sired to know, whether Governmeat had taken
any not ice of the matter; or whether Mr. foe:
Marchant was to be permitted to go out to An-
til-oa, under the stigma which the circumstances
MUM: throw upon him
Mr. GoULBURN said, that Government had in-
timated to Mr. Le,Marchant, thar-he. should not
leave the country on his appointment, until pro-
per enquiry had heeri made, and sufficient infor-
.mationreceived on the subject.
- I±74i4LAND,
Mr. TittßwEv obserVed that it vas possible a
de6nitive treaty of peace might be concluded soon.
I-le wanted, therefore, to be informed what course
Governine it meant to pursue respeeting the
Rank, Wh:ch, as inattiirs stood, was to re-com-
mence cash payments six Months after the coa-
.clusion of peace. Was it intended so, or that the
restrictions should continue six' months longer ?
It the last. did the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
mean to propose a s_iciev. Committee-of thellouse
of COMTUOISS to, enquire into' the circumstances,
and report thereon ? •
The CHANCELLOR OF the Ih'CIIERLIER could
not answer such a'premature string of questisns.
A treaty of peace might be soori,coneinded; and
it.was probable that Government ihit,,,ht not call
on the Bank to resume cash payments at thc'ex-
piration of six months. What particular steps
Would be taken he co-uld not then say.
sir. RNEY said, his question ywas ,„„reiv,
whether, if the resiriction was to continue, it was
judged ekpedient, as due to that Hot!se, 'to pro-
ply;e a Select Coin diittec- to. enquire and report.
It might be coiled premature ; but the matter
might conic. on very late in the Session : he was
Ilyt so impolineut as to ask specifically what was)

biit, hitt intetniel to rig
pursued respecting the park of England.
The CHANCELLOR of the Excn Haut* saidJ that
be was tiotf•i;t: all, prepafoti to anAsiter that question.
GLASGOW UNWEIWIT.
front
.1,0111 A. HAMlLTONprestnted a Petition tr
the Principal of tht Univerity of Glasgow,
Which complained of statements in a Petition, pre-
sented by MT.'llosc,-Vbarging the Univerly with
kinfaimess; fraud, and perjury, in the piinting of
works. •
Mr. Rost said; that, thti Petition he presented,
was put into his hands by a number of respectable.
London Printers. He slid not conceive himself
implicatotl in the_ whole of its contents. • •

ConargYriON "OF BLOOD.: -
The Honse 'went into a Committee Upon Sir
Samuel RoMilly's Bills, for the alteration of the
penalty of Corruption of Blood, &c. which at,nre,
sent attaches to the of High arid Petit
Treasbn and Felony. •
, Mr.:YORKE contended, thatino case. was made.
oat to justify the proposed cleparture from the
ancient- principles of thc Law. He enumerated
the progress and operation of those -enactments
from the Norman Law, in which they formed an'
intel4ral part down to modern tidies; in which
they must have had a salutary opeeation, in pre-
venting the commission of crime. The complaints
of the injustice thus inflictod upon die children of
criminals, he conceived wholly unfounded. Pro-
perty was a civil regulation,. and subject to ciis,jl
contront. The Right Honourable Gentleman read'
'several extracts from Lord ,Coke in support of
his opinion, and concluded by troposing an
Amendment, leaving out the words "'High and
'Petit Treason." . •
Sir „Jaws •Ma;:ftileTosu replied to the,argu-
,
ments of the last Speaker. The antiquity •of.the
Confiscatory Acts found no ground for their perpe-
tuity, any more than it would' for the continuance
of the Laws, de Heretic° Cowbarendo, PeipePfiirtes
et durent, and others, long since banished from
the Statute Book, and it-hose existence was for the
time a disgrace to the couritq. Those horrible
punishments, unknown to the other nations of
Europe, ought to be erased from the page 'of law'
which they stained, and from•the character of the
country which they degraded ; their effect was cal-
culated to disgust the eye of the beholder, and
to wean the mind from the salutary contemplation
of proper and ordinary punishments.' It wi\s for
the Legislature to follow and identify themselves
with the.henignant clemency which masked the
present Sovereign reign, awl to adopt a more
enlightened policy.--(lear l)—The Honourable'
and Learned Baronet here took an able and elo.;
qtient review of the ancient system of plin/shinent,-
in the course of whiCh lie pointed out the causes'
which led to-the coilliscatory extension of the Trea-
son Laws tri Scotland, in the 7th of Queen Anne;
The SOLICITOR GiSIVERAL contended, that his
Honourable Friend bad taken a very erroneous
view'of the subject, when he stated that Corrup-
tion of Blood was a ‘iolatiOn of the principles of
English legislation adopted on a pattictilar,occal
sion, and that every alteration that bad been
• subsequently made in it was a step thwards a
restoration of those principles. The Right HO-"
nonrable and Learned Gentleman then went on
to shew • that it was . sanctioned by Magna
Charta, 'and by numerous subsequent Acts Of
the 'LegiSlatnre, and insisted that the anti-
quity of law generalty was IV. be talien'into
consideration before it was altered. He then
dwelt upon the protability of the deprivation af-
fecting his- poster(ty, checking the passions of a
turbulent lend daring. individual, who could be re-
strained by no consideration of personal 'suffering,
admitted the hardship that had been suffered by
the persons whose ancestors had been engaged is
the Irish Rebellion, as alluded to by the lion. Rl-
ronet ; hut contended, that an individnal case of
hardship was not to affect a general principle of
legislation. ' He.concluded by:stating, that in all
cases where. the Government had ay :tiled them-
saves of an escheat for felony., it had been to
serve the family/of the delinquent.
Sir S. Roitfit.r.t expressed at once his concerti
and satisfaction -at the speech of -his-Right Hon.
and Learned Friend.—his con.cern, because it af-
forded evidence that he should have him for an
opponent again on similar occasions ; his satin,
faction, because his opposition was of a candid
and liberal nature, disdaining, as to thrtiw
out any imputation as to the motives of the per-
son, who proposed what he deemed innovation.
The Hon. Baronet then went on to adduce new ai--
guinents against the Corruption of Blood. He read
an extract from Blackstone's 'Commentaries, in
which that Learned Judge- deClares his hope that
some general Measure might he adopted for the-
complete removal of Corruption of Blood. He
contended, that even if the antiquity of the prie.
ciple were adMitted, that we were' not to make
every feeling of justice and 'humanity subservient.;
to what one set. or another of barbarians had
chosen to consider as useful law. He went on
to animadvert on 'a letter from the laic Mr: Yorke
to JUdge Blackstone,: in which he seemed to ap-
prove the vinciple of Corruption of Blood:
The' SOLICITOR GRNIRAL, Sir S. ItomiLY,
.and.S„ir J. MAckiNTosti, severally-explained.
Mr. Plit:sToN Contended,- that .Coreupdon or
Blood was first introduced at the Norman Con-
quest, and made no part of the ancient common
law of England.-
LocitulnT supported the Amendment; af-
ter whiCh the House divided— •

For the Amendment 44
Against it

Majority.

The other. Amendments of Mr. YOAKE, for pc-
tepting the crimes of petty treason and murder,
were, after sonic -further discussion, carried ili the
affirmative.
HIGH TREASON PUNISHMENT BILL.
The House went into Committee on the motion of Sir S.
•ROMILLY upon this Bill.
-• Mr. YORKE opposed the clause that went to prevent the
body of a traitor being beheaded after, his death.
Sir S. ItOMILLY, though he saw not the force of the ob-
jection to the clause, should not press a division. •
Mr. WHITBREAD was*strougly in favour of the clause..
Mr. YottKE thought that all the.mererseemeel to be in-
tended or the criminal, awl none for the public.
sir S. ROMILLY and Mt. WIIIT.BREAD repelled the im-
putation ; and •
Mr. YORKE explained. After some further conversation,
'the clause was negatived ; and the other clauses being gone
-through, the report was ordered to be received on Friday.
- The other orders were then disposed of, and tho. House
ad-
-j at half-past nine.

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,ACCOI/N-I' OP Tiff OCCUttRT;\CFS AT. TOVLOUSII, 024'
41113 11'1411, 12T1.!; 131'Ll OF APRIL. ' '
TOULOUSE, APRIL 2f):7:-To the day Of the 10th;
, a day of gloryfor-the:EnglA And. Frelidll-arEllieS,
and ako one of carnage for both, succeeded one
of alatin for the-inhabitants Of Toulouse. Few
,o; them had seen a battle ; they only knew that
of taster-day by the sensations of pity' which it
, .
occa.ioned,: this feeling tilled every mind with
interest for the wounded; who were brdeght
fond number from the field Of battle, arid placed
at the gates of the town from whence they were
conveyed by ,the citizens to the hospitals.
But wheiti on Monday; the 11th, they s;iw. the
Combined Artily occupying' all the e.Nternal, po
sitions of.thc town, and about to make'a last el,
fort; with the certainty of carrying; the place, they-
then reflected on the miseries of a place taken by
assault; they recollected 'the horrors of Sar-
ragossa and 'Tarragona, and every one d-readed
deplorable reprisals ! rilie silence of terror, the
forerunner of the greatest calamities, was a. fatal
pres Age of -those which threatened them cm,tho
following day. Marshal -Soult -had • resolved to
bury himself and his iirmy 6-111er the ruins of the

town ; but the voice of reastiu sub-

t►ued this intrepid warri►ir : he yielded fo -troops
equal 'in courage, and superioi. i►i ifinnhers ; be:
abandoned tin; town in viie night, between the
11th a►id 12th, and retreated on the road of the
Lower Lmignedoc.
It must 'be said to the cr'e‘q of the generous

'`conqueror, that it SV in his power to close every

avenue against the vanquished army, to exter.
nate it, by attacking- the town" in full force, or to
force it to capitulate by cutting ofr its supplies;
but the magnanimOus General did not falsify the
declaration of thc.rltli d Powers—" they do not
_inylc,e upon the Preach naacm . They remein,
bered the pledge they had given to the Duke of
tAtpro dente': This amiable' Prince had entreated
them to spare the good town of Tonionse., Lqrd
Wellington; in preference to the glory of :seroes,
thoe'destroyers -of• men and fortresses, chose to
have the rare honour of preserving the lives and

property of the peaceabil inhabitants of a great
City. Ile therefore. suffered the troops of the
Marshal to file off, under the cannon of the Eng-
lish army, without firing a,sbot.
On the ILlth, at break of day, the inhabitants,
astonished at not hearing any farther noise of

litai:ioperationS,ventnred,to open their doors and
go into the streets; they found them deserted.—
' Their curiosity then led t-heiti 'to those outlets,
whither, on the,evening before, tlivy were afraid
to cast a look. They saw in the vicinity of cacti
gate of. the town, the di&rent divisions; of the
combined army, ranged in the finest'order 'of bat-
tle, and mAintaining a-profound silence,• as if they
were afraid of disturbing the people's rest ! Their
calm and affecting cc..idnct iuspired confidence.—
They were not the terrific Cossacks, whose fury
had so often, been depicted in. the lying Gazettes.
The soldiers of Wellington, on the 'contrary, ap-
peared only as friends and protectors. The crowd
increased, till the whole population had assent-
bled together. They called in the troops by their
filesires, their looks, and their voice ; but they're-
mained motionless till the hour fixed by their
chiefs, who were then 'agreeing upon the mode of
their entrance with the,Magistrates who had re-

mained at their posts.
At eight o'clock, amidst the shonts•of innume-
rable spectators, a fine division, particularly strik-;
ink by its cavalry, entered at the gate of St. Cy-
prian, crossed the town, and went out by the
suburb of St. Michel. The other divisions either
marched in pm suit of Marshal Soult, or encamped
in the villages at a distance from the town. Lord
Wellington was concerned lest he should frighten
the inhabitants by such a vast concourse. of
troops. This trait was" another claim upott their
gratitude.

The revived confidence excited_ pleasure. The
town of Toulouse was entirely evacuated; the
army Was notable to defend it, and the people were
restored to liberty ; the iron yoke under which
they had groaned for so many years, had lett the
deepest impression on their minds. They drew-
comparisons bdtwcen the happy times of the an-
cient Monarchy, and the calamities of the present
epoch. . A great King had been - assailed by ca-
lumniators, ,because, under unfortunate circum-
stances, the frontiers of the State were invaded ;
but now the Empire was everywhere falling,;
whole generations, money, provisions of all kinds,
all were carried off by the most disgusting extor-
tions, quil, wasted by a profusion. without 'either,
dini.ty or utility. We remembered the example
of Bonrdeaux ; the conqueror had made known
his wishes by Proclamations ; the-couhtry which
he occupied enjoyed perfect tranqnillity ; a span-
.
taueous joy prevailed athougst all the Cit;zens

ericali., .-• .„ „..., .-., f‘,.:. ••• • • . n ''' .1
c eirviiere were heard the eliei of Me be ..,e. •
.V ived les 86.10.6661 fluent les Enlems Viva!' IV!'
Vive Louil XVIIIi I - Eirerybody hoisted the
white 'cockade; and on the citadel thewbite ii' g
replaced the tri-coloured standard.
During these tratisactionS the Council of the
town were deliberating upOn the. cireninstances„
Th 6 time was pressing : the people display'ed 4
first resignation : Lord Wellington, was on iris
way, and some hotrour-ought to he shewn to hill'
above all it Was necessary, deprived as they vi"eic
of all pottier, to satisfy the inhabitants of a tos':'ll
whose wishes were as generi'lly as they were °'
CidedlY protiouneed. The Municipal 130ilY e""'ci
to a determination : they returned to .their, vl`
,
masters, and put On.their liveries: the,' went to
the Conqueror, preceded by a white flag, and
licited his protection in favour of a'porti" 0f111e•
heirs of St. Louis, who acknoWledged
Sovereign a descendant of that holy Kink'
In
,this interval, towards ten in the mornieg,
Lord Wellington arrived with his Staff : • be el"
tered the Court-yard of the Capitol on hot:sehack'.
Unaffected in his deportinent, and plainly chrft
it would have been diflicult to recogiiise bin' ji '
he had not
ty
The • •
fiist impulse of the imagination }acct,p '
the side of the portrait of Marshal Toren"e!
for theiy.
.
that of Lord Wellington. The same tale'ts'
the • same modest ti .•-.iom in!o"
if!: :Ili:
s' colli(al
soldier fire
thoef
y, tire same 11 eio
perilons circumstances,` the same activist
l'''-i
uji
saf(m)lel rileol a ttriyl 0: s
the soldier towards 'bin), the same'
sireniildnes
and ;disinterestedness, :equally, sparing 01'
ci.
,bl9od of their troOps, the vanquished en
en 1.1,1
found in the 'BritiSh General that hunianitY "''`i
generosity which
was so much and so °fen p,ra?s6
,i,e,
act
regavce
in the FrencloGeneral. M. de Timoinc..."' "
eleverest man of Iris age ; Lord• Wellingt°ll iS
the part "I
of the greatest Z.....etains of. ours. ' Hence r, tral-
sport of admiration possessed , ;ey
get a sight of him ; rind shouts and cries ?,' Jvi,
re sounded froth the Place Royale to the extrtlloy
asloorge i ei nn tt•rfhoi ilce)l.l
tics of the town. The voices were not sofiacle'ie,
expressive; nor. could they clap their lia'icis
.'',ica
, 1e.,.
tell‘.illettse.tcrita,i.eLirl:
rioitolrl,)tlitilji,s.:.esVolattltso.l(llC‘);(..('7-..,',a....4 . .
pitol : they took' him se.veral times into ti'c' ..
Q.
.„ witfi
cony, and each time the populace hailed ..
fore cr'''
reach eestacy as perhaps 110 hero ever ile
e 1 the
cited. At length be..sat down and recej '
Council of the town.
M. I
stances: he implored the. rode '1
iannelue, the Chief ,1‘,190' 'r'te' . ' -
1s• ' :feehl
sneech full of WiSilfo4ll, and at4t.]t It°
C‘
pte‘ 4. iris arol!,
and that of his GOVelThilellt, in favc" Q: t 7lot
which his • own magnanimity -hal leri"". ; LI
A o,llc
ever the friend 'of the English
rlatifp, 111"
; / 10144'
protection oi- "I. o,„
had the firm resolution to support the 'l-(;)? ~,lil :
able rights of the Bourbons. 'fhe 01'1.1'/-7-
4,1 ieli..
answered with prudence, kindness, o'l '--,CII 0- lie
The grace with which hereeeived the Ci'll.'"-- ‘l.
i
itTl'
of the' toWn, drew forth new exclonatie)"s/ Roil
shouts of Mee bi
,f.,ord Wellinqt6,7 ! Vire,-6 , ;Ir--
resounded in every directio„, He Ictls t"e': c'
i sr,
vied into the court. of the Capitol, where -'lc
•
mounted liii3 horse and went te• the Tiwte ;too.
1.01 'iie
Prefectorate,
reflections or fear. Th T; beJ by
markl, l)
(if:/e,! sceneshi
In t‘ivo,
fl,ti ealtiritic'elliebrl(ll)siic-itc,'.l,gjlTCnioliiir,'r epai:a t i o n s l
are
0005 of t-14'
ly prudence were stifled by the el"
heartl.thser-
and the sense of duty. c I h"d reser' c I E '
Tot d tow t„, 0
reward of these sentiments for the g(“) on s"
Toulouse. The reciprocal coryratulations
e c'alculations
--- • - pi US enter'.
grand a commencement of such a gel'--:`)
free
anti
Prise, were general. All hearts were f'
, . ‘yhell
easy ; every face beamed . with pleasure ).
.th
suddenly, about five o'clock jp the after"()ll' ,
Of et. C° . i
p LOrar
,
people heard, fro;n-tho mouth of . the swine
•To..ow.ng one; . -1 .• 1-• ........“ Tile 9-,
the 1- lt ;
pcctei. 1, oi c s.• it
" servative Senate have decreed the overthrow (
-Jeri;
`` Napoleon Buonaparte ; the Suprenie.Coin
~e
" of Paris call Louis XVIII. to the Throne, rfi
capital and the army reject
,the Usurper and !,•15
" family,
,and /have replaced then) 'by thosc 1)
" the Bourbons !"`' At—the same time. it: w• 11 •
•11
made known that two MessengOs had beer}
tr,e;o9.-
sent off from Paris to the Duke of , i ~
letii at bourdeaux, to apprise him, of, this,
happy -- -change: How the heart of the young
Prince must, have been overConieby joy, "'e'en
v. Gould
this worthy scion of the stock of Henry I •
.......
only ejaculate thefollowingadmirable %cords '
•• We
Then French blood will runt- no more. • I
learnt that it was.these two Messengers vOlO 11'
afterwards brought brought the happy neWs.to the n
4th Al.)ril,
fish General, with the Moniteur• of the
which contained the varticularS; and that frrn
. ,
and
ane
TOnlouse they were going to-Marsiials Sault
&whet, to convey to them the Decrees of.th
Senate, and the news of the adhesion of the Al•••
,
li'ed•Powers• .Then, certainly, the people could
no longer contain themselves; enthusiasm was at
its height. The painful recollection of the ty-

!

0,

the

rangy
411°Y Naiolean Iv': as 'consigned to oblivion ;
aii
tiaLi paS,e(l was forgotten.' • *-
Pan • •
tic py city ot fonlottse;cousign to Illy records
vre'his'tnrthy of. thi',! grand day ; this _day when,
a free will, thou bast given to thY le-itimate
,
.hns tne brave -and. glorious tetnliony of
devotion to thr.ir carne, ignorant that both
(lt„i
and mart had already declared in their favour !
After . .
1t; . much rejoicing, the people ran to the
lat.re; Lord IVelfington Made his ktppearance
•-fu • Inc KUCLIVIatiOTIS'were: renewed. The per-
,rulance was 'Richard Czar de Lion ; all ithe allu-
‘II"s wereapplauded. The news from Paris was
Irder,
•
((I to be read ; the 'particulars were heard
tug 'l.th Satisfaeti but itossible-to describe
b on ;is n p
Sts of joy which prevailed, when
.the
ti-I)"tages were read which described " the over-
'w
0f Napoleon Buonaparte, the restoration
t, e _
Vl°ial'.tons,.and the confirmation of the ho 7
73 and rewards granted to French bravery."
6l'd Wellington afterwards invited the Civil_
eti:',lties to dinner, as '‘vell -as, several of the
P'll characters of the city. Several toasts
firtur% `; amongst them " Louis XVIII." by
1.(1
The
tom second was by the Public Functionaries to
\V‘-'ll • t the modest cieneral
ztt. Instoga.
bt:Ped their " No, not to my 'health-,
that of Allied PoWers.."
11, lei' aftel;wards drank the health of his Lord-
'll),
Ofgc
.‘v-en toast was repeated by the Spanish
\
tato els, Who' drank to his-Lordship as the Libe,
°F The Portuguese 011icers paid
t 441 tlie sante compliment as the Liberator of Por.•
e Pleasures Of the day were crowned by a
and the grace, dignity; and atiability of the
of tie
4
:kvt.neral, rendered this amusement worthy
evert/4441g such a' day of joy. It would, how..
P'tll4''e been snore brilliant, -if fear !glad not
a,
the 13— their country seats, on the approach of
tlisti Ili"berent Armies, a great number of ladies,
tee g'lished for-their beauty, youth, and rank in
„i
ty.
I.taci
111, °lli Providence ! whom the great men of
illq,e4ith seemed to have forgotten; never didst
the (leigt) to enforce uon our astonished minds
beets of thy power so completely as thou
d
list No ss f"e -by these eVents. Thou bast made us
r°lll the despair of Bethulia td the joy of
qtr ,
frf3 When the exterminating Angel delivered
'n her enemies