'MicatprpiWofce,” ought to b ft understood Ina li. 
turaGfKqkgidsen<w‘, t<) pea qsu ch courts of justicb as 
to the laws andjConstitution of Ln Ln®la»hl. 
®la»hl. Ln®la»hl. For supposethese exceptive words had been 
used in oft he Satiny act, instead of in the 
contempfoled, a Spanish or any 
nih r foreign tribunal ? And. On the other hand, can 
it he*said that fifty excluded the Cfoprts of Jamaica* 
where, ihaukGon, British laws prevail  prevailed, 
ed,  prevailed, jurisdiction over such public of offj 
fj offj njtes as might be committed there by mi'itai y men ? 
*l’by H’h seciion of the urtiliny bill provides, “ that 
nothing in ihi*net contained, shall exempt any officer 
or soldi; r, Irani being ,iwu<eed<d against by rhe ordi ordinary 
nary ordinary Cop se of’.Kw the 15th section says, 
that ifa’iv Officer, Officer, or Sol Sold 
d Sold in, di di h- accm»rfd M any capim! crime, or of any 
or uffeneb, against the |wson,estate, or pro pro, 
, pro, r -Myo! :»ny *4' ally’s subjects, which ispuuiJi ispuuiJiby 
by ispuuiJiby th* known kite s' gs the the }M*rsvi> so ac- 
cd'<*4*h iU be delivered over to flievivil Magistrate.” 
Snr-dv tfoui, no one will, as it would semi idle to 
r.*»tfand th \tfthe ordinary course of law, 
few ofljtef'h%k or the civil Magistrate} so desigM 
are. inn 4r;ufeof the Inited Kingdom,.can havesn£ 
ndatiouto t!u*Jh;«gn possession ol hiaMajes<v under* 
/•*<.’ Nor is itMtogriher immaterial to re- 
c- ’’-ci. that ’he military do not go to Trinidad as d-r 
tit! 4s oUheir-.own free will, bntrns soldiers in the 
s ! vi< e,andby ’hecanmil nd of »*u Majesty.—Hence, 
it I •? my premises, die jurisdiction which 
courts Partial Imre feyeaacnah otirncss afe come wit Irin 
rhe letter mbmurtingof (he wefon ot the awi awi-s't 
-s't awi-s't s ot war, dues nurserm to Ixi taken away by the 
i*roc!»®ati n - which, probably; will be productive 
of as niuch C(|id,us«idh as remedial good. 
Blit, is te newyand nice,i'notgsreat political 
rn silon, I confess my inability to pursue it any for fortherr 
therr fortherr nuil, therefore, Lmust Jeave it to the Wise beads 
an ! big witrs tn be determined— , ' ' >’< * 
u Pbile T inceil a, ibi hr nulla." 
Os di l.imwn judiciary codes, however, I have beep 
credibly informed by genifemen who have long re resided 
sided resided in the Spanish dvminitws, (hat the Spanisnf ert ertnimaliatvisthe'mos 
nimaliatvisthe'mos ertnimaliatvisthe'mos deficient, inperfoct and dilatory, 
if not one oi the worst and nmsi crimiiiai 
enrtes in the known world, fovuntThg byly liu% with without 
out without tip slightest regardolliberty. Indeed, fuel my. 
sell loithonsed to say, th is scarcely a well iufoniu 
rd ‘•'’poniard ih doiumions who does not 
demy the’Criminal ias- and her liKlies, as a 
rhuvera ti/the athynnmnt emls of public; Jto.4ice’ 
i'ednps, odUiis sutmc?, the present Judgy J 
TriindiTmjiyht be a apable of furnishhiga great"deal 
n c >nfii :i!atnry -hi ywmr.lkp, if his judu'ial situation 
dhl piit r rectiHle b:m fr<;jr openly avowing it. 
But whs'ilrer the rrimiial law of Spain be suhalfk 1 , 
or ws H br ill d, to (he charactei aod gCLetus ot 
th. ' pu.ibh mitiur; it is nm .ey pr-n i. , : 
to ernau re. All i \ ish U ask’ anti :di 1 p ; .t'U—Cad 
a •■ il/.iv;; thy driudi,>rn;y at trlui adfbv 
> - id y.- <3 -.i.< Kypdly tried aud punrsiyd there, 
by. the Spdki;d, i;r a; y other foreign crwdmd law F 
Jfthe aliinnafcrc ol this question be insisted upen by 
any Ib.g ly iv P , ti 9 a Brjfidi subject, to enter my 
h*i ds.;. be.f HJimn proiesi, against it.— to the 
the measure, that njigirt bi’auswered 
iay tii< way: - '' 
ll'he s ( y i?l yh laws are coneei mJ,penned, and pro promulg 
mulg promulg mJ in th Spanish hnguagc. The British sob 
dtery, m gen ail-, speak atfil uudcrstaml noethyi ktu ktugHtz<'bu 
gHtz<'bu ktugHtz<'bu th ir o n mother-tongue, whmhri it be 
Lnulfsh, Irish, ?c4<h, or AA el< h. They licjy.br <m <mp 
p <mp .ble m readiern n | uiWefstfrMbgthe plainMguaov 
of the mu? my roll, and »L> sof war ; but , if *on 
V.. I to pi I a .Ti.-ck h xuxmi, or (he Hebrew biblsto biblstotn 
tn biblstotn th ir h :u.b, would tfiejßc able to find out the Word 
for ley , lus is glaq end amdwms reasoning to 
the imtkrsmnding df the British soldiery; and, it 
you wish them lb perform that which they are c*ua c*uabk 
bk c*uabk of, d > mis place tlrnij in ihv darkness as a sdlJw sdlJwmiu 
miu sdlJwmiu ot < trnyrmr, and then punish them, by Snitrkh 
' P ' 
, “ -os vvur Oteaiioß to turn tkeir bnytmet,in- 
tnr br rfh Wl. Sfnbfsh n 
“ c murs dir tug of war.” «f« ih§ case it wiKftn* 
n;i dm Imp da! FafiiaWl of the (.mod 
ninrdom, to enact, or fm Lis K vd Ihy 
Irm-e Ib cent, (o order and projalmbsu lihjgus 1 ri rimtlad 
mtlad rimtlad emdiu-ms tobegn. . < h lawsth.r 
(be Officers and soklidrsbf (be BriHsli army shall, h s 
previous aad m.li-pebble not o 
learn, bul make lhetpjvcs .masters <>f ti lc > f v P ,i.;b 
b’-firfdTnvy be'permWd to serve his Ma Majesty 
jesty Majesty at that Ll.md. 
.J s ?** neither pracftcablu nor con 
H uh! then bc expedient, lor the parjrosc 
ci mat. rtal justice, t<> nominee a L-arn-d Doctor of 
(De tivd law, who undentauds the Spanish lahi*uage 
or a Spanish Advocate, wf»o understands the Bn«*lih 
hrtgirtg; , ;*s (be pi•ofawmnahud legal defender of the 
poor vettmn pritMi soldh r at Trmidad; for while 
the Governor ot that colony W occasion for and 
•citoUni jwvujw U>, tic Biuitanw »ud Mlvks of » 
- '■ f .an v' Tw 
V '.>■• •; % 
, - ■ t * _ . f 'Y;... ‘4f. ;<■ 
■*. ‘ <* ,• '■■. * u, 
Jo*. **!' e.i \ . *wJrV 

riICTH- - *»'-< '?' : ' 
Spanish assessor*, it is Lutlpr, all 
being considered, (hat the soldier should have 
an efficient legal adviser assigned him, in, the same 
way, ami.for the shme dbvious purpose of legal de defence, 
fence, defence, ad'efieet^in " ; 
And, perhaps, this is the more necessary, because 
I understand the Assessor of the Governor ot Trini Trinidad 
dad Trinidad is the same as an Auditor with the Spanianls, to 
whose opinion and ad vice the Governor, or Captain 
the Spanish dominions, is obliged irupli irupliyitty 
yitty irupliyitty to conform, according to the Spanish law. 
These may, at least, be said to be circumsmnces de deserving 
serving deserving of serious cmisideration; and* to a mind ha habituated 
bituated habituated to logioal reflation, th'y may, perhaps, be 
as worthy4>f some aftcbtio4. 
Alfho’ lam ast ranger to Spanish jurispradencc, 
yet, from the information I have received* 1 have no 
•witatmn in s&yimi, that itmeh pfatfical knowledge 
is necessary tothedne understanding, and much more 
to tJm due a Iminis!ration; 9»*. the Spams hw. 
lakingibis, th* refore, a« my motto un.tb'o prcmuit 
occasion, it is not rcasonab'y.to beexpecfc j tbai even 
the scientific genius of a \Vdlingtbn, amTmucli less 
than, the uninformed^a»»d perhaps unlettered priude 
s<»h should be capable of storming the 
anti legal sophisms, ot au abstiuse or antiqnaled S{W S{Wut>h 
ut>h S{Wut>h law, whether it be of the sapient Alfonzb, of tiu* 
this subject would be a waste of time, and a debar debartme 
tme debartme from common sente. 
It'is, thcrelwre,devoutly to be hoped, that his Ma Majryty 
jryty Majryty s Muiisters will consider thrmsekes rcapotui. 
bie torthe-cdriseqiienecs of their own act, agreeably 
lathe comprehension ofo 
The SotniEa'g Frifxb. . 
* Don Antonio Gomez, who was of the, 
< ii pt ain General Mowlfeicrde, at theittSf the lend 
volution ary war broke out at burac(as rfnantiviofa rfnantiviofaturn, 
turn, rfnantiviofaturn, as kys been alleged, of the the capsulation made 
w t lh Mironda. ’ . 1 ' * 
Ir ' ->"> 1 "• ■ .. - • ■ t ' 
N EVV A.US 
IWORTAXT STATE PAPERS, 
Laid on of Ma M before both Houses of Par. 
iiamcnt, urdvi of tng Prince Jhgi nt. 
Co.sVE.XTiny. 
Concluded al Vi -me., April 35, 1215. 
ro z7' r D «,a 
'J. u 
Signed Marek io. IS 15. 
''- — . f 
1-is Majesty the King of the flnifod Kin- lorn of 
or.’at BiKain and Ir bind, and lis Majesty W'fU-* 
iM’ror pi all the Kussias, having Agreed bv common 
to regulate, by means o f a partmuhr r( ,„ ri n . 
Iron, which shalFbc added in the form of 
"? ,he rrrtM y eoncluded nt Viemt, tn, >s] 
ot March, the. arrangement# which havebes n hid e 
nm^a # y to g !V e to the stipulations of (he said fr<€t v | 
all (h? effect requisite for the attainmuit of the g. ejl 
and noble end whfcMheir S(l d Majesties ’nv - pn,. 
poswi to pursue, nave mnird in oniertodisrm;s,s>.t oniertodisrm;s,s>.t-neandSlgnt 
neandSlgnt oniertodisrm;s,s>.t-neandSlgnt 
his Majesiylhe King of .Gr at Buta» .uid Ireland 
!fe Ri s h. Ihw. RMwJJ, P<(e r Tre . &rl( |; 
Sc. Plenipotenu .ri™ 
Mike (...n g re»; «y y s HijiMy A.. ft #l x-h.r of all 
g R<«>»Mrnlww Urot ff.v..„r, l<) fl;k v , h! , pti . 
t.wnollor, W . MKI Cb rtfc Ifcb,.rt.roa.it of .Se~|. 
nd,., hu priry Coancillor, &e. hi« Pl.-nipotentiaH.-s 
al lbfCenstvMj who, after h;m. lg eschaaced their 
fall power., lou.kl tobe uufai,- proper form, have 
agreal Itpouthttlollowhiy Arlick :— 
Ihs Brttanmc Majesty to , 4nbsi . 
Uy ol live rations neriing, tor th.- «crvi,i v t ;|„ 
y<>rtr cudmg on the first U April IS lb, so be divided 
wWhw*?,? J*™’ Ki "F Ol 
‘‘“J nf Buhoiwia, mul Majesty the King 
inJalmcnts and in rqW propartiifto the 
tens of the respeetivj 
cmve the same. The first payment (Mens to X 
1! is piqsenl addition. In case peace d iott kl lake 
place, or be signed, between lh<* Allied Fower. and 
fiance, before the expiration of the said wear iiw. 
suUuly calculafrtl ppon (he scale of 5 s’hX 
swtl lie pi id up to (he end of the month ia which the I 
Definitive Treaty sli«di have been MfrmM • and h ’ I 
Britannic Majesty nromked in addtfLn /n'«>„?!!I 
Russia four months, arid to Austria !t3 Z 
biO i&ouihs over and above tl*4» h 1 *»j t | 
4 z * 

■ jr • . , >■', C* ( . ' T* i 
to cover the cxpences of the return of tfv b » < I e 
withintheir frontiers. 01 tfre,r Lt£’ 
«K 
changed as sooi* & possible. V . bee «* 5W» a 
In lailh of wliicl) ihc njrrctive Pl™ipol (11( i ari „' 11“!? 
o^nX"™' 1 . 1 ’ anj tave '3. fc 
Done a. Vienna this thirlielh day of A pri , •„ J” 11 ' 
Sen UUt L ° rd OIW thuusd “ J *>MredlSj I 
<L.s.) CtAxcAirry. I 
0<” ) • »E HAZWMOFFSKy -W < 
(1-3 J dcNkssel Rol)s> I 

-s ■■ '■ .will , . S®E 
overture from bqnaparte 15 
> x _ - I.—fTrand itiuii.j * ‘ 
Letter from M. dr Catdainrourt to Viscount 
ri agh, doled 
( My J < or'l,—J’he <^ ? m;ta(ionß which induced 
{ Maj sty the Emperor, my a ugw Sovereign. fo*uh 
Imit o i.i.gHMC-u M* cub >. s have be !;n njmUi. 'J 
! France has nos received ih<* *,f the devZEif 3 
Us olmmrt-Fi : Iht hopes have been hmeutahaX 
: ceiv d. After s< ms inondrj of |Mffifnl r 
Ueo! i merits, co iCeuled with regret, have at length 1 
mihiiesteti .removes in an extrayrdbur® manner • i 
by ami >m pal-re, she has de. W 
cured as mtr Jr ; Ka*.r r he. imn, f loltl w } |(>rn ajun# | 
she * an * xpeckttw giuraiUees ot hes I A 
dependenej. . 
□ Ulfog, i.Jfbc Boiiftpa fondly have 1 
qmtie.l our tr/ntort’, one d(o p< jf bl',-od ba. 1 
ving been shod for iluir dctcn*:e.. Ifiytie upoQihe l 
arms of Ins people, so s Majesty hastraveriid Frame 1 
From the point ot the const ut heat fir# touch.'"! 
eil fheground, as Jar of hUcipifol,evva 3 
so (mH resid. nec lw again, French 1 
learh, fiJ *1 w,th the <!rarest rem Na > 
HiUacfes haveilehyed hfo Maj-sty ’ s triumphal pro. 
gress ; from the feist i.i* m his re-tifoticg up I>a French | 
grouiel, ! u . resumed the Government of his EmpireXl 
Scajc* ly docs bis first rcign.aptuw to havc Wn fokk 
an instant interruptc*!. EvAry £tner*fe)s passion, e.® 
very hoeral thought, has rallied rmmd him : *li*l n e- 1 
auytmiion present a spectacle of mute awful uaani. J 
mify. 
gL("J ■•’* 7 p pmt of thU great cvarif will have reached S 
yoftr Lo’.e.btp. I i‘m Uid*u| io murine# it .to 
you, in L*e name o; the Empertf, aiid to request voa i 
I !’’i’<Jet hrali,»n (o she kiMMrl dg# of hit 
>laj mv .fee King of Groat AMiam,; owru*igw»t Maa« 1 
This rdsforition of the Emj»m r so sh e Thfone of 
Frail, cis for fii.u (he mas* b iUiaut offfis fyiiunyhs. J 
Ji« pride,, hi.uself, Sb-ive aH, <m lhe refiec* 3 
fio£Mhar he owes if entirely to th fo* e of the Frfficfe 3 
people, und h € IG» no other wish .(han to repay su* || 1 
! '* n ° *‘ >n £* r (be<n»phies**!.vain itnioltimi. H 
'*s *' !P «dvaiit;*g* sjApn lionorabfe*repose, and I 
. ! '- blessi -"sofa happy iranqtdHitv. , It so to 
[Tn * d irntiuo of pacefhHTthv Emperor fooks forward 
° ‘ ,Kn P li! * b » l vut of his nolrfest intentidrw. 
With a disposuio.; to refjkict the rights of other na- 
n * H?’ Rfo pK>ysing4mpc,<h*t those us 
the y rear«» naiioti will remain i'lvudale, 
foaiiHaio pr* chms deposit i ; the fi»lt 
as it is ihe «har«st of his dnites. The quiet of the 
w .rld is ‘.vr a long *irpe assured, ifaß the other Sorer- | 
eign.s are d spos d, as his 51^,testy fe,, to make their ■ 
honor 4oh» w i in jhe jOervafiqa»fpeace, by placing 1 
p* »C»‘ under th** sairgunrd ot lion *r. 
•Suen any my Ly;yl, tjic ue* :.ts with which htg 
Majf sty is Mil* er* ly animated, and wMch tm has 
coinin<ui*ied me |o make known to your Govcrampai 
Ihive thehomm, *c’ ' 
CAI LA I NfUOURT, DukeofVfocnzt. 
ihs L xc<d. u* y Lurtl ('-istlereagfe, &c. 
Leiter from M. Cuulaiut nttri. to Pastle* 
Mv „ pw 
dir*ctly loirs Royal Highness the Prince RcgeSh 
the sentnnentti whicfciospirehim, andfomake known 
wo countries. 1 d.n commanded, m consequence, 
my Lord, to nthlress to you the annexed letter, an! 
Si^hn^r 1 LxCe <n< ’>' to P rc^ut Uto his Royal 
SoverriZnJ «h’ lg |O nifest thw diapositinn to the | 
.u * v > are . Sl « s ß‘*fobled at Vienna, and to J 
aH (»eother have the honor to be, &c. 3 
(Signed) CAULAINCOURT, DukeofVuensa. 
I Letter from Viscount Castlereagh to M. Caulaitf 
court, 
&. ~ h Aprils, 18)5. 
njKi—l have been bouoxed with two Xol4iiJuß 
w