of London, to be used as an additional burial ground for persons dying within the said Tower. 117. For granting to his majesty certain sums of money out of the consolidated fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain monies therein mentioned, for the service of the year 1811, and for further appropriating the supplies granted in 'this session of parliament.

118. To permit the interchange of the British and Irish militias respectively.

119. For repealing two acts made in the 42d and 47th years of his present majesty, for the more effectual administration of the office of a justice of the peace, in such parts of the counties of Middlesex and Surrey as lie in or near the metropolis, and for the more effectual prevention of felonies; and for making other provisions in lieu thereof; to continue in force until the 1st day of June, 1813, and from thence until the expiration of six weeks from the commencement of the then next session of parliament.

120. To amend an act of the 47th year of his present majesty, for more effectually preventing the stealing of deer.

121. To suspend the payment of all drawbacks on spirits made or distilled in Great Britain or Ireland, and exported from either country to the other respectively; and to suspend the importation into Great Britain of any spirits made or distilled in Ireland, except such as shall have been warehoused according to law; and for regulating the exportation of home-made spirits from Great Britain to Ireland and from Ireland to Great Britain, until three months after the commencement of the next session of parliament.

122. To continue, until the 1st of January, 1813, an act for appointing commissioners to enquire and

examine into the nature and extent of the several bogs in Ireland, and the practicability of draining and cultivating them, and the best means of effecting the same.

123. For the relief of certain insolvent debtors in Ireland.

124. Further to extend and render more effectual certain provisions of an act passed in the 6th year of the reign of his late majesty King George the 1st, intituled, "An Act to prevent frivolous and vexatious arrests ;" and of an act passed in the 5th year of the reign of his majesty King George the 2d, to explain, amend, and render more effectual the said former act; and of two acts passed in the 18th and 43d years of the reign of his present majesty, extending the provisions of the said former acts.

125. For the relief of certain insolvent debtors in England.

126. To extend an act made in the 18th year of his late majesty King George the 2d, to explain and amend the laws touching the elections of knights of the shire to serve in parliament for England, respecting the expences of hustings and poll-clerks, so far as regards the city of West

minster.

127. For making more effectual provision for preventing the current gold coin of the realm from being paid or accepted for a greater va lue than the current value of such coin; for preventing any note or bill of the governor and company of the Bank of England from being received for any smaller sum than the sum therein specified; and for stayingproceedings upon any distress by tender of such notes.

128. To explain an act passed in this present session of parliament, intituled "An Act to permit the inter change of the British and Irish militias respectively."

Proclamation of the Cortes.

Don Ferdinand VII. by the grace of God, King of Spain and the Indies, and in his absence and captivity, the Council of Regency authorized ad interim, to all those who shall see and hear these presents, know that in the Cortes general and extraordinary assembled in the Royal Isle of Leon, it has been resolved and decreed as follows:

"The Cortes general and extraordinary, in conformity with their decree of the 24th of December of last year, in which they declare null and void the renunciations made at Bayonne by the legitimate King of Spain and the Indies, Senor Don Fernando VII. not only from his want of liberty, but from want of the essential and indispensable circumstance, the consent of the nation, declare that they will not acknowledge, but will hold for null and of no effect, every act, treaty, convention, or transaction, of whatever kind or nature they may have been, authorized by the king, while he remains in the state of oppression and deprivation of liberty, in which he now is, whether in the country of the enemy, or within Spain; while his royal person is surrounded by the arms and under the direct or indirect influence of the usurper of his crown: as the nation will never consider him as free, nor render him obedience, until it shall see him in the midst of his faithful subjects, and in the bosom of the national congress which now exists, or hereafter may exist, in the government

formed by the cortes. They declare at the same time, that every contravention of this decree shall be considered by the nation an act hostile to the country, and the offender shall be amenable to all the rigour of the laws; and finally the cortes declare, that the ge nerous nation whom they represent will never lay down its arms, nor listen to any proposition for accommodation of whatever kind it may be, which shall not be preceded by the total evacuation of Spain by the troops which so unjustly have invaded them, since the cortes, as well as the whole nation, are resolved to fight incessantly, till they have secured the holy religion of their ancestors, the liberty of their beloved monarch, and the absolute independ ence and integrity of the monarchy. The Council of Regency, that this may be known and punctually obser ved throughout the whole extent of the Spanish dominions, shall cause this to be printed, published, and circula

ted.

decree, and fulfilled and executed in all its parts.

JOAQUIN BLAKE, President. PEDRO DE Agar, GABRIEL CISCAR." Royal Isle of Leon, Jan. 5, 1811.

This is followed by another decree, relative to the Indians; setting forth, that the Cortes having considered the scandalous abuses, and innumerable oppressions practised on the primitive natives of America and Asia, and convinced that those worthy subjects deserve better treatment, orders all viceroys, presidents of audience, governors, intendants, and other magistrates, to take every care to prevent the said abuses, and to restrain every person exercising authority, civil or military, or any other person whatever, from injuring any Indian native, either in his person or property. This decree is to be transmitted to the different parts of America and Asia, and read three times in parish churches, and explained to the Indians, in order that those good subjects may know how anxious ly the Cortes watch over their protection and welfare.

IMPERIAL DECREE.

Palace of the Thuilleries, March 25, 1811. NAPOLEON, Emperor of the French,

&c.

Upon the report of the commission appointed to examine the means proper to naturalise on the continent of our empire, sugar, indigo, cotton, and divers other productions of the two Indies :

Upon the presentation made to us, of a considerable quantity of beet-root sugar, refined, crystallized, and pos. sessing all the qualities and properties of cane sugar:

Upon the presentation also made to us at the council of commerce, of a great quantity of indigo extracted from the plant woad, which our departments of the south produce in abundance, and which indigo has all the properties of the indigo of the two Indies:

Having reason to expect that, by means of these two precious discoveries, our empire will shortly be relieved from an exportation of 100,000,000, hitherto necessary for supplying the consumption of sugar and indigo:

We have decreed, and decree as follows:

Art. I. Plantations of beet-root, proper for the fabrication of sugar, shall be formed in our empire to the extent of 32,000 hectares.

2. Our minister of the interior shall distribute the 32,000 hectares among the departments of our empire, taking into consideration those departments where the culture of tobacco may be established, and those which, from the nature of the soil, may be more favour. able to the culture of the beet-root.

3. Our prefects shall take measures that the number of hectares allotted to their respective departments shall be in full cultivation this year, or next year at the latest.

4. A certain number of hectares shall be laid out in our empire, in plan. tations of woad proper for the fabrication of indigo, and in proportion to the quantity necessary for our manufactures.

5. Our minister of the interior shall distribute the said number among the departments of the empire, taking into particular consideration the departments beyond the Alps, and those of the south, where this branch of culti vation formerly made great progress.

6. Our prefects shall take measures, that the quantity of hectares allotted to their departments shall be in full cultivation next year at the latest.

7. The commission shall, before the

4th of May, fix upon the places most convenient for the establishment of six experimental schools, for giving instruction in the manufacture of beetroot sugar, conformably to the process of the chemists.

8. The commission shall, also, by the same period, fix upon the places most convenient for the establishment of four experimental schools, for giving instruction as to the extraction of indigo from the lees of the woad, according to the processes approved by the commission.

9. Our minister of the interior shall make known to the prefects in what places these schools shall be formed, and to which the puplis destined for this manufacture should be sent. The proprietors and farmers who may wish to attend the course of lectures in the said experimental schools shall be admitted thereto

10. Messrs. Barruel and Isnard, who have brought to perfection the processes for extracting sugar from beetroot, shall be specially charged with the direction of two of the six experimental schools.

11. Our minister of the interior shall in consequence, cause to be paid to them the sum necessary for the formation of the said establishments, which sum shall be charged upon the fund of one million, placed, in the budget of the year 1811, at the disposal of the said minister, for the encouragement of the manufacture of beet-root sugar, and woad indigo.

12. From the 1st of January, 1813, and upon the report to be made by our minister of the interior, the sugar and indigo of the two Indies shall be prohibited, and be considered as merchandize of English manufacture, or proceeding from English commerce.

13. Our minister of the interior is charged with the execution of the pre

Message of his Imperial and Royal Majesty.

SENATORS, I have ordered my minister for foreign affairs to communicate to you the several circumstances which occasion the junction of Holland with the empire. The orders published by the British council in 1806 and 1807 have rent in pieces the public law of Europe. A new order of things governs the universe. New securities becoming necessary to me, the junctions of the mouths of the Scheldt, of the Meuse, the Rhine, the Ems, the Weser, and the Elbe, with the empire, the establishment of an inland navigation with the Baltic, have appeared to me to be the first and most important. I have ordered the plan of a canal to be prepared, which will be executed in the course of five years, and will connect the Seine with the Baltic. Those princes will be indemnified who may find themselves circumscribed by this great measure, which is become absolutely necessary, and which will rest the right of my frontiers upon the Baltic. Before I came to this determination, I apprised England of it. She was acquainted that the only means for preserving the independence of Holland was to retract her orders in council of 1806 and 1807, or to return at last to pacific sentiments. But this power was deaf to the voice of her interests, as well as to the cries of Europe. I was in hopes of being able to establish a cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war between France and England, and to avail myself, in consequence of the residence of two commissioners at Paris and London, to bring about an approximation between the two countries. I have been disappointed in my expectations. I could find nothing in the mode in which the English govern. ment negotiated but craft and deceit. The junction of the Valais is an

effect long intended of the immense works which I have had performed in the Alps within the last ten years. At the time of my act of mediation, I separated the Valais from the Helvetic League, foreseeing then a measure of such advantage to France and Italy. So long as the war continues with England, the French people must not lay down their arms. My finances are in a most flourishing state. I can meet all the expenses which this immense empire requires, without call. ing upon my people for fresh sacrifices. (Signed) NAPOLEON.

Palace of the Thuilleries,

Dec. 10, 1810.
By order of the emperor.
H. B. DUKE OF BASSANO.

After the message was read, his excellency the Duke of Cadore, minister for foreign affairs, laid the following report before the sitting.

Report of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to his Majesty the Emperor and King.

SIRE,-Your majesty has exalted France to the highest point of great

ness.

The victories obtained over five successive coalitions, all promoted by England, have produced these consequences; and it may be said, that we are indebted to England for the glory and power of the great empire. At every opportunity your majesty made offers of peace, and without considering whether it would be more advantageous than war: you looked, sir, only to the happiness of the present generation, and you always show ed yourself ready to sacrifice to it the most flattering prospects of the future. It was in this spirit that the peace of Campo Formio, of Luneville, and of Amiens, and subsequently of Presburg, of Tilsit, and of Vienna, were

concluded; it was in this spirit that your majesty has five times sacrificed to peace the greater part of your conquests. More anxious to adorn your reign by the public happiness than to extend the frontiers of your empire, your majesty set bounds to your greatness; while England, keeping the torch of war continually alive, seemed to conspire against her allies as well as herself to create the greatest empire that has existed for twenty centuries. At the peace of 1783, the power of France was strong in the family compact, which closely bound Spain and Naples with her political system. At that of Amiens, the respective strength of the three great powers was increased by the addition of twelve millions of Polish inhabitants. The houses of France and Spain were essentially hostile to each other, and the people of the two countries were removed farther than ever from each other by the difference of their manners. One of the great continental powers had her strength less diminished by the junction of Belgium with France, than it was increased by the acquisition of Venice; the secularizations also of the Germanic body added more to the power of our rivals. Thus, at the conclusion of the treaty of Amiens, the relative force of France was less than at the peace of 1783, and much inferior to that to which the victories obtained during the wars of the two first coalitions gave her a right to expect. This treaty, however, was scarcely concluded, when the jealousy of England displayed itself strongly. She took the alarm at the continually increasing prosperity and riches of the interior of France; and she hoped that a third coalition would wrest Belgium, the provinces of the Rhine, and Italy, from your crown. The peace of Amiens was broken; a third coalition was formed; three months after it was dissolved by the treaty of