deranging the system it means to establish, was rejected by the house. "Provided always, that when his majesty shall determine, by licence, to authorise the exportation of any given quantity of cotton wool, the board of trade shall announce such determination in the gazette, together with the regulations, restrictions, and securities, intended to be specified in the licence; and the name of every person who, within a week, shall state in writing to the secretary of the said board, his desire to export the quantity of cotton meant to be exported under the conditions stipu lated, shall be put into a glass jar; and at 12 o'clock on the ninth day after the advertisement shall have been inserted in the gazette, the secretary of the board of trade shall, in the presence of such of the persons desirous of exporting cotton wool as may choose to attend, after mixing the names in a manner to preclude all suspicion of preference, draw out of the said jar one of the names therein contained, and his majesty's licence shall forthwith be granted to the person whose name is so drawn." 5thly, Because, recollecting that within these few days the two houses of parliament have received an unanimous petition of the common council of the city of London, declaring" that the burdens borne by the people of this country have been considerably augmented by gross abuses in the management and expenditure of the public money, and by a profusion of sinecare places and pensions, which have not only greatly added to their sufferings, but created a pernicious and dangerous influence, corrupting and undermining the pure and free principles of the British constitution," we dread that the passing of this bill must give rise to serious and alarming discontent, when it is known that it may eventually arm the crown with the power of distributing a sum equal in amount to the sum allowed for defraying the expenditure of his majesty's civil list, unaccompanied by any check to prevent its being used for the purposes of augmenting to an unparalleled degree that pernicious and dangerous influence" which has so solemnly been stated to parliament by his majesty's faithful and loyal subjects, the corporation of London, as "corrupting and undermining the pure and free principles of the British constitution." Lauderdale, King, PROTEST Albemarle. Against the bill prohibiting the exportation of bark to France. Dissentient, 1st, Because the jesuits' bark, the exportation of which is prohibited by this bill, has been found by long experience to be a specific for many dangerous diseases which war has a tendency to spread and to exasperate; and because to employ as an engine of war the privation of the only remedy for some of the greatest sufferings which war is capable of inflicting, is manifestly repugnant to the principles of the christian religion, contrary to humanity, and not justified by any practice of civilized nations. 2dly, Because the means to which recourse has been hitherto had in war have no analogy to the barbarous enactment of this bill; inasmuch as it is not even contended that the privation to be created by by it has any tendency whatever to self-defence, or to compel the enemy to the restoration of peace; the only legitimate object by which the infliction of the calamities of war can in any case be justified. 3dly, Because the only possible answer to these objections is, that the bill will not produce the privation which is held forth as its ostensible object, inasmuch as the jesuits' bark may be exported under licences from the crown; but snch an answer would only prove the bill to be wholly useless to its purposes, whilst it would still leave in its full operation the odious precedent of having resorted, in cold blood, for the mere speculative sale of our manufactures, even to the possible infliction of miseries not to be vindicated but by the view of self-preservation, or, in the extremities of war, directed to that justifiable object 4thly, Because, as no scarcity of the jesuits' bark appears to exist in France, and as, in the contrary case, no possible exertion on the part of this country could effectually prevent its importation into the numerous ports under the dominion or controul of the French government, the bill appears to us to be grossly vicious in principle, whilst it is absolutely nugatory in practice, and therefore, in every point of view, disgraceful and absurd, 5thly, Because if it were even just, expedient, or practicable, to force the importation of our manufactures upon our enemies, by withholding the jesuits' bark but upon condition of their permitting such importation, that principle should have been distinctly expressed in the bill, and the conditious specifically declared in it, instead of vesting in the crown an arbitrary discretion to dispense with the prohibition by licences; a power Ponsonby (earl of Besborough), Clifton (earl of Darnley). RENUNCIATION OF THE SPANISH THRONE. The period when the destiny of the Spanish nation and its sovereign is irrevocably fixed has now arrived. By a treaty concluded between the emperor Napoleon and king Charles, and which has been acceded to by the prince of the Austurias, and the infantes don Carlos, don Francisco, and don Antonio, who compose the whole of the members of the house of Spain, all the existing differences have been adjusted, and the following proclamations were addressed to the supreme councils of Castile, the inquisition, and the junta of the government, by the king. whose happiness during the whole course of our reign has been the constant object of our solicitude. We have therefore abdicated all our claims upon the Spanish kingdoms in favour of our friend and ally the emperor of the French, by a treaty which has been signed and ratified, and which stipulates for the integrity and independence of the Spanish kingdoms, and the preservation of our holy religion, not only as the predominant, but as the sole and exclusive, religion in Spain. We have therefore thought proper to send you this letter, that you should conform yourselves thereto, publish its contents, and make every exertion in support of the emperor Napoleon. Display the utmost frankness and friendship towards the French, and, above all, direct all your care to preserve the country from insurrections and tumults. In the new condition upon which we are entering, we shall frequently turn our eyes towards you, and happy shall we be to know that you enjoy peace and Contentment. Given at the imperial palace, May 4. 1, THE KING. To the Supreme Junta of the Having judged it expedient to give one same direction to all the forces of our kingdom, in order to maintain security of property and public tranquillity against enemies, as well exterior as interior, we have thought it fit to nominate our cousin, the grand duke of Berg, lieutenant-general of the kingdom, who at the same time commands the troops of our ally, the emperor SPANIARDS!-My beloved subjects, perfidious men seek to mislead you. They would put arms into your hands against the French troops; they seek alike to arm you against the French, and the French against you. The sacking of all Spain, calamities of every kind would be the result. The spirit of faction, the sad effects of which I have already felt, is still in motion. In the midst of these important and critical circumstances, I am occupied in concerting with my ally, the emperor of the French, all that concerns your welfare. Beware of listening to the enemies of it. All those who speak to you against France thirst for your blood; they are either the enemies of your nation, or the agents of England, who are busily availing themselves of circumstances, and whose intrigues would involve the loss of your colonies, the separation of your provinces, or a series of years of trouble and calamity for your country. Spaniards! trust to my experience, and obey that authority which I hold from God and my fathers; follow my example, and think that in the position in which you stand, there is no prosperity and safety for Spaniards but in the the friendship of the great emperor, our ally Given at Bayonne, from the imperial palace, styled palace of the Government, May 4. I, THE KING. The Supreme Junta to the inhabit ants of Madrid, Inhabitants of Madrid. Your tranquillity will be from henceforth unalterable. You will owe it to the loyalty of your own character; but it will be still more assured to you by the confidence, which is inspired by the laws, and by the prudence of zealous magistrates, to whom their execution is committed. It is in this conviction that the supreme junta of government proclaims, that in obedience to the dictates of humanity, the allied army has suppressed the military commission, established only for one day, as a necessary though severe measure, which would not have been established, but for the perverseness of some individuals; that, from henceforth, every inhabitant, whatsoever may be his rank, who shall have given cause for being seized by the French troops, provided he has not borne arms against them, shall be immediately given over to his proper judges, and tried by them. And even in the only excepted case, viz. that of having borne arms against the French troops, a judge nominated by the competent tribunal of the nation, shall always assist in regulating the whole of the process against the accused till sentence is pronounced. No countrymen domiciliated in the town, nor strangers, shall be mo lested on account of the peculiarity of their dress; and still less the ec clesiastics. The carriers employed in bringing provisions to the town shall henceforward be subject to no vexation, or detension of their carriages or mules. Every indivi dual who shall have just complaints to make, on addressing himself to the judge of police may rest assured, that he will on the same day obtain full justice and reparation for whatever damage he may have sustained. As to the muleteers, who are likewise employed in bringing provisions to town, and who generally stay there a few days, only one half of their cattle shall in future be put in requisition, even under the most urgent necessity; and in no case shall they be detained longer than three or four days, for which they shall be paid at the prices already given out. Orders shall be given at those gates of the town where carriers have suffered arbitrary detensions, in order to be searched and stripped of their arms, that this abuse be in future prevented. But it is also necessary to repeat the order against introducing firearms, or other prohibited weapons into the city: they ought always to be deposited at the gate. Given at the palace, by order of DECREE FOR UNITING TUSCANY TO THE FRENCH EMPIRE. Art. I. The dukedoms of Parma and Placentia are united to the French empire under the name of the department of the Taro; they shall form an inseparable, indivisible portion of the French territory, from the period of the notification notification of the present senatus consultum. II. The states of Tuscany are united to the French empire, under the name of the department of the Arno, the department of the Mediterranean, and the depart ment of the Ombrona. They shall form an indivisible portion of the French empire, from the period of the notification of the present decree. III. The laws which govern the French empire shall, in the departments of the Arno, the Mediterranean, and the Ombrona, be made public before the 1st of January, 1809, the period from which the constitutional government for those departments shall take its commencement. IV. The department of the Taro, and that of the Arno, shall each have six deputies in the legislative body; the department of the Mediterranean three; and the department of the Ombrona three; which will raise the number of the members of that body to 342. V. The deputies of the department of the Taro shall be chosen and named without delay, and shall enter the legislative body before the session of 1809. VI. The deputies of the department of the Arno, of the Mediterranean, and of the Ombrona, shall enter the legislative body before the session of 1809, &c. THE POPE. Napoleon, by the grace of God, &c. Whereas the temporal sovereign of Rome has refused to make war against England, and the interest of the two kingdoms, that of Italy and of Naples, demand that their communications should not be intercepted by a hostile power; and whereas the donation of Charlemagne, our illustrious predecessor, of the countries which form the holy see, was for the good of christianity, and not for that of the enemies of our holy religion:-We therefore decree that Urbino, Ancona, Macerata, and Camerino, be for ever united with the kingdom of Italy; to which kingdom all cardinal prelates, &c. natives of these districts, are commanded to return by the 5th of June (past), on pain of confiscation of goods, &c. His holiness having received the painful notification of the abovementioned four provinces, has, under the distressing feelings which this rigorous treatment has occasioned, charged cardinal Gabrielli to make the following declaration : DECLARATION OF HIS HOLINESS. Quirinal Palace, May 19, 1808. His holiness having received the painful notification of the union which is about to take place, of his four duchies of Urbino, Macerata, Ancona, and Camerino, with the kingdom of Italy, amid the cruel uneasiness which this rigorous treatment causes him, has charged the cardinal Gabrielli, pro-secretary of state, to make the following frank declaration to your most illustrious highness. The holy father has seen, with infinite pain, that the force of the reasons contained in the note of the 19th of April, addressed to M. Le Febvre, the charge d'affaires, has not prevented his imperial and royal majesty from putting his threats in execution. He has seen, with the same feelings, that this powerful monarch, in whose hands he placed, at the altar, the sceptre, and |