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London, England, 1810-06-11 00:00:00

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%.val. passed atllle end Of the fist reign, previoria to
. , which the often, e w.iS not est.emed as of a cap,tal
i ra',.;ire, anti even sin -e the pissing of the: statute in
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4 quefi.,: ion, it,,,lito.iieVer been aled on, so far as he
:•1 (5 r II:. Itornillvj had ti.-en ablts to discover. He
-.' 6)uld it.); forbear netting what he understood had
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-, 1 b-I'n sfateEl iri AO her plaee, on the subject of 'the
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1 1)1:1 which Ii d pas Sit. that House fir preventing pri-
' Lately stealing in shops-. It had been uiged as an
! ' ! aronient .ar.siihst thgt Bill, that the effect of a si-
nniar Bil 4 introduC4d by him_ two SesS(,ris ago, to
~1. preiletit privately stealing from the person, had been
i' to occasion an enormous inerease of that offence In
'this Statxment he cbuld by no means agree. li-4/bold
linked be extraordinary, that so sudden an effect
! ohonid be produced by the rep, of of an Act, which,
for tnan.t years,' Might haiie been considered as al-
-1 most a dead letter. Bin it lidd-also been stated, from
1 the..-. sl.if,te h'igh authority, that • privately stealing,in
the shop had also greatly increased of late. Might
net the same cause then; have operated to occasion
.k the increase in both ? Or was it fair t 6 attribute the
0 - increase, in the cif lice of stealing fi:::n the Berson,,
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i .:' to• the, rep al of the AM punishing that crime capi-
,i • !ally, while it Was seen; that the offence of stealing
{ . in t..e shop had increases in an equal proportion,
2 whnethe Act relluering it alsb a capital elOhy re-
, 1 Unlined in force the real filet seemed to be, nut
that the offence itself had increased, but that prose-
I
hitions had increased, and this might naturally lie
t, counted for, f!nin consider*, that persOns who
I itught ne unwilling to prosecute When they knew
1, the offence would, subject the person gnilty ti, the
; Se
taliL
,ictellc of
ine
.comdreibautl, would feel
tiingtothelnfitinel
attainment
y of
ftss rb
theeittli(ci;
' W.:justice, when satisfied that the punishment wzt
of a limited nattire; ind more adequate to the na,.
ttire'ot ii.e offence comnintrd.. In Prussia, . when
by a reduttion of the f..f.s of lawyers, &c. the.
oh-taintil of justice Was rendered More easy 'to
.." the subjects of that country;- It was alit gets,
that this had only led ,to .au increase of law-
1' i NUS, withoUt producing any good etfect But wag'
this the Ala ? Surely not. Wrong had previously
[ I. eXisted, but it had existed uncoinplained. dr; be-
! 'C',l*.Se Of the difficulty of prOcuring redress. A
: atißligcr proof of the good effects to result from the
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• • al erasion ni the law which he proposed; he pre-
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- utiled to think, could uoi 13;2. figured; than that it
tehdrd to check offences by a,ining to tiie,certainty
of pros eution. It had been Stated :i-at the Judges
'O./tie interse from the alteration he propoicd. Ni
person could m-re highly respect the Judges of ihe
land than he did. 13nt on a question) what the law
1 . ouKht, 1(1 be, not what it was; he could not c.on-
' cetve this as a conclusive argument against a measure
1. ' which might be proposed. It had been even insi-
, nnateo 'its it he (Sir S tinuel &mill)) felt a clisre-
t . git'rd lot. the ancient and establishtd laws of the
I , 'coontiy. He really confessed bin s. It astonished at
i . shell an ins nuation.: It +Lust seem wonderful, in-
deed,li he who had passed his ' whole life in the
• .3tody and practice of those laws; and Wno, if he
... possessed any stake or reputation in the Coubtiy,
I . , owed it it to the skill i,nd knowledge lie had ac-
quired its tine practice of then), could be capable of
1 .ti sregarding those laws, or of not holding spent in
Merited veneratien. 'Lilt, he did see in those laws
WM,: deteCts; however, which lie rl tilit-d to rethegs,
lie presul-fied.to Ciink, instead of being imputable
. to hiM as a Lfitlie, would be n etotit how highl he
regaideLl thetu as a hole, and li.:w anxious tie Was
to see them aS pert', ot as possible. lie should now.
; move, that the Bill . for prcveeting itoblltutes its
, . IkaVig.,l);e Rivets, be read a thlt-.1 -time on W,...lres-
* day, WI it that "Should be tOuud inconVenient, he
should then postpone it till Th;:isday ; and it it
f !amid appear; :that :!iere was
,no prospect of the
Bill paSsing through both Houses during the present
Session, he should not pre!,s the thuid reading even
on
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'SINECURES.

A Meiste was received from the Urds- sating
that, attterably to the request of-the: House of Com-
they had granted therty-to Lords, Wellesley
and Arden, to aliena the Conamitteej on Public
i:i'per,!ittir,.-., if they
„weie so inclined. Also that
the Lords had recd to the Newfoundland Fidiery
Bilis w the Hospit3l Bill, &C.
EASI INDIA AFFAIRS...
Mr.. CUVE, VEY gaVe no!ice that he should, on
l'inrday, call be; attvivion of the HouSe to tire
prest•nt situ ition the, East India Company'B
Adjourti,..d till Wednesday.

MAILS.

AR?%iv/tr.:A Lisbon, ► Dubiin, t Waterford.
Cv•enquigh, r Dublin, t Waterford:

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SOLEM QUIS UICdR6 t'AtrA7!.l AUDgAT?

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MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1810.

Tills clay a Mail arrived fr6in Lisbon, by which
we baVe received the 'foiloVAng articles of

Bence :

Li snok, NIAIr 15.-=-According 'to intelligence re-
ceived froth firanganca, of dbe tth inst. JUNOT has
cyVn reifiloYct:d NEY iuSala ma nca , but marched to

It appears by a letter from WciajOi', bf the 'llth
'lnst. that 'some Vrendi horse have again made their

'appearanCe before that place.
Cadiz Gazettes have bc'en received up to the with
The Spanish flyi:,g patties continued 'to inflict
Severe losSes on the 'Fritch'in Arragon.
Jutelligence from Catalonia confirms the resbrt
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of AtiocßtmY having sustained .a''very considerable
%loss in his retreat from but state no particulars
with regard to -,the 'bat(le of Lerida, not being of a
ante sufficiently rec,';it fot that pnrpoSe.
. Jn Sierra'cla• Ronda it a div;sion of 20,0 Spanish
',troops of ''known honour and_ military experience,
Who hive taken from the FreSCh siweral carts load-
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‘Vith plate, •provisions, and miiieiry stores.
ref oat is thts,city current, that the inh:l, tants
Itt Ctida rdniti Caraltina, ergaitisi the

Fretith, and that 3 division of 50043 of the enemy's
trnor.s ha, ing marched against that place, returned

thence with thany'eiriS full of woliiniled soldiers.

i inec .

It appears that 30,000 flitislctt which were rep
quire'd ft!in ugiand, lrai,e already been received in

CADIZ, MrtY s.—The patriots of Madrid, who
have taken refuge in Cadiz and in Isle of Lon,
netet yesterday at the Church of the Carmelites,
where a solemn Requiem was sung iii memory
of the illustrious citizens who two years ago
fell victims of the cruelty of the French, end
of their zeal fdr the libyrry and independence of the
nation. The Cardinal of BoUrbon,‘ Archbishop of
Toledo, lind Primate of Spain; officiated at the mass.
The Spaili,h, f.,nglish, and Portuguese troops; in
garrison in this cisy, paradedit) the ptihlie phice, the'
guns were fired, and the Diploniatic o y, as well as
all the Generals hnd Oticers of the land acd naval
forces attended divine service. 'The festivity .Of the
day was heighiened by the arrival of the Asia and
irge.4.rae, two Bpanish sail of the line from Vera
Cali and the Havanna!), with 7,000,000 of hard
&Mars, and 400'0 muskets fran4nitted by ourrbre-
'fillet) in America., They dropped -anchor; in the
Bay in the ptetence of an immense tobcoutse of
peorie.

.Early in the morhing a" detachment of our trobps,
quartered in the Island; Made a sortie in the vicinity
of Chiclana, dislodged' the enemy from the works
which he had commenced near Zuriuque, and caused
him a considerable loss in killed and Wounded.

CADIZ, MAY B.—lt isconfi:med that the French;
10,000 Mrotig; under SEHASTIAtits 'order's, arrived

on the 24th of last month in E:che. A division of
our troops, cotnpdc'ed of 9000 trim, having t !tiered
Aitcant on the preceding ‘iay. A person arrived in
six days from Carthagena -31turs, that the enemy,
,who tvid Penetrated as far aiOrchuola; Ls retreated
froth hence to Lorca, and that a detachment of the
5000 Spank!' troops who entered 'Carthagena have
marched to Murcia. ,

It antieari by the th. cot-
re...iness of which cannot be-qutsfioned, that the
enemy's t;rillicvit expedition againit Tarragona hag
cost hi,fal 4284 mei,. He lbst 920 men in Viila
Franca; , hi the fields of Esparraguesa Leo° ; in
Mauresa 800 ; in Falrct 700 ; in Rens 600, chiefly
by: desTii6n ; and 64 in Manresa..
Beside:; the 7,000,000 hard .Spanish .dollars and
4000 muskets arrived here on hOavd the Asia and
Algesireis, the said' ships brought also 41.60 gum:-
tals copper, 2080 arrubas cocaineal, 30.230 lbs, itt-
digu, and 4846 artoba, tobacco.

LISBON, MAY 1 French have again f,'k'n
back, and our artii: continues to advance.

vvrc are

iu possetsion of Ciudad Rodrigo. Lord WE:LUNG-
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+ON is at. Guarda. The POrtuguese ,briga* that
were iit Guarda, have mareli;Al to Co7'.:,ra. lic
French futce at Astoria only tsus. JuNtyr. ar-
rived at Vailadolid 4.n the 2d inst.

other.

The brig Santa Crux, rroin the i3raiits, was lost
on'the toth ir,st. near Jaw tie Foi, with the whole
of her cargo. The crew were :tll saved. The Al:.
gerine squadron, consisting of two fritttet, a brigs
and sortie smaller vessels, which has cau,cd sd ti:uch
alarm here tor Some tune past., has been. taken and
destroyed.
The Waringliam packet Sias front hence to'-mor-
row ; the Prince of Wales' arrived y. eStertidy.
LISi3Ok, MAY to,—Badajoz Diaries to the 16th
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inst. have arrived., The px;nCi,ple article of intelli-
gence is, perhaps, that the army of AucEttiAu, in
ctSrisistS.O,,ty 'of 10,000 men. - •
BAIDAJ,a, MAY 1 the 12th inst. the ,great
body of the enemy's Cavalry" presoted itself beltire
this City, 6.tid (-1-I.!taChed Various advanced parties.
through the olive grounds: Our eicellett General
immed'ately made those judiciods dispositionS which
he knows so we:l how to and_the intrepidity
and vigour of our cavalry, the continued lire of our
brave infantry, and the skilful discharge of our well',
direded artille:y; consisting of two flying pieces,
threw /heal into complete confusion. ,

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The Mutation of the olimgrounds, in which they
were posted, preveOted a complete triunph; and
enabled them to conceal thew dead, and carry. 'off'
their wounde:l, which Must have been very numer-,
ous.—Wc had only fouriwoundcd. The enemy at.
ritht took the direaion Of Talavera.

Sr. JACO, MAY s.—LAstorga was taken on the
22d of April, after a siege, supported with, initnirOle
constancy and valour by its garrison,. bree -lays of a
most vitilcut and 'cominued fire, and o'ftei- havi4
been battered by heavy a..-tillery tilt it tOrttidable
breach was effected. The number e the enemy
ernblyed in this enterprize is not eviacr known,
but according to the 'eS4t itl:coon's, it 'could not he
less than 10 or 12,000, of whilm. fkom 12 to 1500
were eavaley.

The garrison capitulated for all the honour S of.
War, and lecurity for their baggage 3 but this agiee.
nient was soon broken and converted into a general
sapk, without sparing even the Gi)vernori,-.—Fite
loss of the enemy is calculated ..at '4,000, of who.n,

I,t ao fell in Olt . attack preceding the capitulation,
certainly much beyond that which WO SUS-

deneraiNor was present and direCted the at-
tack, and his two Adjutants concluded the capitula.
lion. The enemy themselves confess that the tak-
ing of this place cost them dear.

BADAJot; MAY 13.—=There is a report that Count
CABAIIII/S has been taken by the Patriots : if so,
good faith and virtue' have their triumA, and this
traitor will receive from the Insurgents the reward
of his services.

IThe French General LA BORDE is destined to the
command of the artily commanded by SotMT ; to
which appertains the division commanded by BEG+
•. NlB{,' which is now in EstreMadura. •

GovernMent this morning reveived Dispatches,
from Lord -Ogt:LIisIGTON; dated the'l7th ult. The
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British army remained nearly in the same situation
as al the date of the former Dispatches.

The unfortunate Data ;'till continue to manifest
sorhething of that spirit which tfse'd to aniina►e their
Ancestors: Although they cannot hope to resist
BUONAFARTE'S platl4 , plOipea of ulti-

mite success, yet they seem deteitnined not to sub-
Init withotit 'a gtetig4le Rotterdatb,lhe rioubir
tants have displayed the most vidlent- animosity
acrlitist the French, and have had several severe coo-
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tests with the French Troop‘. There can be little

doubt but that litioNAtiAttrt.: Dili himself of

these disturbinces to justify, or'At lenst excuse his
intended annexation. of lioliand.to Fiance. Lcuis
bas been oulered to Fills, and in All .pi•Ohability

will never return to Ho'1411(1.

Der-E tW CUMI3BIILAN D Butletin 61 yestei.
day way in these lCrillS

" Carlton }louse, lune to.

" His Roil.iiigliriess the n!,,,:e of Cumiut LANI> has had
some k,,0C):1 tileep itit he early part of last night, and the wounds
look well to. lay;

The report of the medical Getilleinen uptin the
Duke of CUMBERLAND is anhoonced this day in the

46 Hit Royal Wetness the Duke Of Cosii&RLAlth has
had softie h rnrs quiet sleep in the night, and the wounds this
morning put on a taOuratile appearance.

" HENRY HALFORD.
" EVERARD HOME."

" Carlton house, tune It.

We this mornitig American Papers from
which we have made the futiowink-extuads:—A

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRLSS.

BOSTON, MAY to.—:-The difficulties which'
the passage of the ri:(,y Lill, it will, be reicol-.
16,90, rose from the conaiaing opinions of the two

braneht.s of the Legislature reweaing. g` Protec-
tion of Commerce'' by the Navy, on orle,hand,:nd
the, principle df laying achiitidnal duties do the

The Soriate strenuous for the principle of
con% oy, which the. 1--h.roe:4 vehemently ovosed ;
and the House, on the other hand,wighed to institute
additional duties uron courtneree, which toe Senate
refused to think L Acessary. The business was recon-
ciled as follows :

SENATE.

TUESDAY EVENING, FIVE G'Ck.OOK.

the disagre,linen 4 of the t4ouse respecting Iht pro-
posed subsitttr ions and nzilendments' of the Corn-
Mercial Intercourse Rill were considered. Mr. Camv-
voith, (iieorgiA) moved that The Senate recede from
their A'fi r,sp- Ooovoy. The motion
watinst, 14 '0 It. T h.' Feral its ever--divided in
the vote. The S.11;1;e th,:n Agreed to iosi, On their
Ainendments, and.ippointed a Conttnittee of con_fe•
terice on their part of three.
Alter some irverm diate business, Mr. CRAW-
'Foal), from the CoMmittee- of Conference, made a.

Report—, •
V./hetet-woo Resolved, that the Senate adhere to,
ail Oak Ainerfdfnents (Adept the insertion°of the,
4 t I);SeCtion :(respeOing convoy), and that 'the Se-
mite recede from the last-inen6oned Amendment. ~

HOUSt OF REPRESENTATIVES,'TunDn'Y.

,The consideration of the Cotninercial Bill was
resunied. Mr. RANDOPkEi moved, to postpone inde-
finitely) with a view to a redntion of -the Naval
Estiblishment.—Lost 30.t0 56.

QUINUY spoke against the amendment re-
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itthing the additiOnal duties, and inveighed against
the dairgers which would result, should' the Bill be-