Star. — London, England, 1816-01-26 00:00:00

,~ ~- Spanish Government. :plat _ say !presentatiVes chosen in the midst of foreign tronps, possessing the dominion of the country, while here it is not allowed by law that any military shall be stationed, or even appear within a certain distapce of the place of election ? . Is there not in France a blood-thirsty faction which domineer over the King and the people, eager to make one the histiument, and the teher the victim, of the most vin dictive cruelty ? Is this the happiness that the Allies, in their solemn Declaration, promised to France ? Is it thus that the pledge is redeemed ? If it be now pretended that the Allies should not intetfere in the internal concerns of France. the answer is obvious, that they interfered for the Monarch, and against the people. Yes, the rule which was set at nought when the interest cf a King was involved, may be held sacred when the people call for justice. We, whose ancestors expelled the tyrant James, and asserted their right to choose their own Government, must deprecate such conduct. It is boasted that Louis gave a Constitutional Charter to the French, which Charter, by the way, was daily violated. But in England the Charter was not a King's gift. No ; 'Ling William did not give us a Charter—we provi ded one for ourselves—we claimed, demanded, and insisted upon our undoubted rights, and conferred the Crown upon that Prince, on certain conditions, and under certain restrictions. What should we have said had the Bourbons succeeded in their endeavours to place James 11. upon the throne of these realms{ what should we have said if he had come here and pretended to have given us a Charter ? Had he destroyed freedom of speech and freedom of writing. and• kept a foreign force in the land at the expense of the people to support his authority, and to keep them in awe and subjection ? Would net the noble pa triots, Lord Somers and others, who so gloriously re. Listed tyranny, have been brought to the scaffold or driven into exile ? Is it possible that 26 millions of people can be kept in this state of slavery ? Will the alliances hold—and ',Could it be politic ? Can we expect that peace, friendship, and mutual confidence can be restored, and that commercial benefits can re. suit ? If all &trope are to unite under the pretence of resisting the tyranny of one wan, and thus to impose, slavery upon a whole nation, what a precedent will st not establish, and how soon may we not experience such a dictation ? What chance is there that the powers of Europe should long agree ; and upon the first rupture, or even jealousy, will not France break' the chains that h.ore been placed upon her ? Yes, the same causes which induced the. French to receive NI. poleun with open arms while the King with all his valiant loyalists, who now bluster so much, will still continue to operate and prevent a teconciliation of the people to the Beurbens. Yes,.if the dastately revenge of those noisy loyalists he indulged who were never seen in the hour of danger, who never, indeed, were heard of until they could abuse and persecute, the throne of the Bourbons cannot be safe. So many millions of .people, educated in oppes;te princelis, cannot tamely submit to the old maxims of arbitrary poarer. Such a calculation would ba absurd, and )et it appears to be entertained. Where, then, is the prospect of a secure peace ? Ifhere are the fruits of trace to Et found ? Not in France. Is it then in Spain, in Italy, or other coun tries, where, alas, the most cruel bigotry is raying ? Where (to use a phrase of certain gentlemen) she; :Whore of Babylon has been set tip at the expence of; British blood and British treasure. In Spain, after! our immense sacrifices, after expending or 1171 millions of money, our whole Property Tao, and; thousands of lives, in a single year, the noble. the; high-minded, and virtuous patriata, who so nobly ; united with us, are doomed to slavery the most de-; basing, to exile, and dragged to the scaffold; and,' although ready to risk our lives and fortunes in *spit ; righteous cause of legitimate Sovereigns," not an' effort has bean made, not a sigh, not a tear ob:ierved in their behalf. !f/ha are our ekinertic prosreett ? have we experi enced any diminution of our huttliens, any prospect of rebel from the most vexatioes of them ? Are our manufactures and commace Nourishing? Are the land-owners and the cultivators thereof in a state or prosperity ? In short, is not the whole country in an unparalleled state of depression and distress? What is there then, whereupon we can carry up our congratulations ? Can we be said to be at peace where there is no confidence or friendly intercourse? all is gloom, doubt, and uncertainty, and -me havi• no chance el a solid peace, unless a great effort be made, and more enlightened views and princilles acted upon ? Under all these circumstances we can• not congratulate t4e Throne—upon the security of Europe. We cannot congratulate upon the freedom Or happiness of the subjects of Spain, Italy, and other States. We cannot congratulate upon the peace, liberty, and happiness of the .people of France. We cannot exult in the prosperity of our own concerns, in the profits of our trade, manufacture, or agriculture, in the reduction of our army and war establishments, nor in the prospect of any material reduction in our grievous taxation. An Address of Congratulation ought to spring from a spontaneous feeling, and should be done immediately or not at all, If, indeed, we bad remained so long in doubt, we should at least ,wait until we had all the documents laid before Par liament, and we could form a better judgment.' That an end was put the destruction of human life, ought to 1:4 gratifying to all; but, although averse to war, • and sorry, as we ought to be, to see it renewed, it 'did not follow that we could commend the terms of the peace, from which we had experienced no benefit, and could see no prospect of its permanenci or allaying; the terrible animosities which the war had engendere& Mr. Disou, observing that the last speaker had • been speaking against time, wassailed to order. resuming, Mr. D. maintained that the greater part of wbAt the last speaker had. stated was quite irrele vant to the question before the Court, and expressed his belief that certain- Gentlemen would have been quite ready to vote an Address of Congratulation Alpert the conclusion of peace, if that peace had been concluded rather with , an Usurper or with Regicides,' than 'with a legitimate ' Monarch. He rem:liked uposi the wish expressed fur our interference in the cool mos of Splice; by the law individual who depot _—igeiVlM6ll 1i 01 . 11110114 . Mkt at a fo naiios, and who,. be (Mr. D.) wits folly pr ,, would have been among the fires eibepeoUte Ministers bad they interfered with the collates of *ors and Mr. R. DAVIS spoke in support of Mr. FATIILL began by regretting that any thing should be said in the coarse of the discussion, calm :lated to disturb the harmony which ought always to prevail on such an occasion; and he was therefore sorry that a worthy Member opposite (Mr. & Dison) should have thought proper to observe, that those who did not approte of the Address *maid have had no objection to a peace if it had been concluded with regicides. This bore but cob strong a resemblanee to the practice of former days, when the epithets Ja. cobin and spy were often applied to whoever did not approve of the measures of Government. He thought that that Gentleman, before making such an obser vation, would have done well to hre borne in mind, that those whose measures he bra advocated in that Court, had not only strewn a willingness to conclude a peace with these very Jacobins, but had actually concluded a peace with the monster Bonaparte, as he Was called by them. He could not help expressing his surprise at hearing the advocates for the Address, who formerly maintained that the object of the late war had been the putting down Bonaparte, now maintain that it was necessary for the purpose of keeping down the French nation. This declaration was certainly rather a frightful omen for the country. (Hear, hear.) He certainly rejoiced that peace had at length been obtained, and had no objection to vote an Address, expressive of his satisfaction at that event, provided there were recorded in it as declara tion of the calamities brought upon this country by the wars in which we had been engaged from the be ginning of the last century up to the present period, the vain and insufficient nature of the causes of these wars, and the failure in the accomplishment of the oh-• jeers for which they were said to have been undertaken, in order that the Government of the country and the public might derive a useful lesson from the reflections which the expression of these calamitiescould not fail to suggest. Out of the 55 years of Ins life this country had, during thirty-four, been engaged in war. The review of our late wars afforded a solemn and inte resting lesson to humanity. It was time now to make Something like a stand against those erroneous principles by which nations were deluded into ruin , ()us and unnecessary wars. The diffusion of true and sound views on this subject were the only safe guard which we could have • against a recurrence cf these evils. He was, and always had been, an advo cate for the diffusion of truth and knowledge ; and ' tie was much mistaken if there was not as mach ge neral knowledge at the present day in the Court which lie had the honour to address as there was in tf , e highest assembly of the country fifty years ago. This was the pp per time for recording their opinions on the subject ; for whenever in the course of a war any objection was stated against its justice, those who made such objection were uniformly stigmatized by the Islinistry and their adherents as enemies of their country. How cons:antly had they been met during the American war and the last war, when they had come to investigate their causes or the conduct which had marked their progress by language like this : Do you mean to serve the enemies of your cour.try ? Do you mean to weaken the arm of Government in an emergency like the present ? Bnt it was imposti. to hold such language now ; and it was therefore the proper time to put something on record against war in general. The worthy Member then went into a review of the successive wars is which we had been engaged since the spmmencentent of the last century, • and contended that they were all undertaken without lufficient cause, and had been solely productive of calamity to the coun:ry and to humanity in general ; and he concluded by moving the following Address : TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT, acc. • • We, Lis Majesty's dutiful, loyal, and affectionate Subjects, the Lord Nlayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the• City of London, in Common Cuut:eil assembled, beg leave• to ap proach your Royal Highness with sentiments of respect and' attachment to your Royal Per•on and Family, and to cunzratu. late your Royal Hi l liness on the definiii.e Treaty of Peace recently cot:clue:ea with his Majesty the King of I ranee, and we sincerely trust chat ibis impot-ant event may lead the nations of Europe to those measures, which may long insure the happi ness and tranquillity of the world At the same time we feel it our Inver:tins duty to by before your Royal Hitliness, those reflections which elite from the History of English Was during the last century; and we are the more induced to offer these sentiments (tont his Nl:deity's faithful Citizens of London at this +Mie s • because to whatever sources may be referred those cala• widen which tietli,y affect the cu:sntry, we cannot but conclude that they are cht.fly to be imputed to the errors of our ancestors , at:d to those conlaniqtd ha our own times by rash, impolitic, and unjust wars, and bt..:ause any attempts to discuss such causes at the commencement of hostilities, are constantly met by objec tions, that they tend to relax ti:•al weaken the efforts of his ajesty's Government in prosecuting the war. If your Royal, Highness will condescend to refer to the history of the ten year* war which preceded the happy event of your Royal Highness's Family be.'g stated on ihe 'throne of these Reahni, you will . find that notwithstanding the brilliant success of the British arms emit r the Duke of Marlborough, the object of the war, in secur ing, the Austrian Succession in Spain, was lost, and a few years vaposed the fallacy Of its principle, when England, France, Hol land, and the Emperor were waited against Spain, at hough governed by a Monarch of the House of Bourbon. The nett war, of 1759, arose out of a frivolous claim to cut logwood In the Bay of Canipeachy, which, after nine years contest, ended In accumulated burdens, and the basis of the Treaty °CAI:Ia-Ow pelts was a restoration of alt soaquests on each side. Equally futile and absurd was the war of 1756, originating in territorial claims upon the Banks of the Ohio, which embroiled all Europe for seven years; and although It terminated with more glotY than former wars, yet it was thus described by that great States man, the Earl of Chatham :—He says the whole scheme of our politics was equally absurd and desperate. It was no other thin together and combine tbs Powers of the Coutinent into an *III., sore of magnitude, sufßelent to withstand the effoits of France and her adherents against the Electorate of Hanover, at the single expense of Great Britain. The three last wars against France, be says, cost us 120 millions. We have suffered ourselves to be deittived by names and sounds, the general came, the balanceve power, the libortlea of Europe, and have exhinAed our wealth vithout airy rational objeit. The peace of 1763 soon disclosed tine burdens of war, and tempted thellinisten to raise a revenue in America by the Stamp Act, and other oppreasivwmeasurte il Mhich led fp those &sumo abitipoklaptcly sestre4Ske Ames• - • eadinAiiit Aadtl4l Imo. to iIA years after pates of 17SS, when the enterprise and mirk of his Majesty's sahivers began to restore the general prosperity of the 'country, it again arrested by a hasty dismissal of the French Antbas-a loelo inte„and by a further refusal to treat with Mons. Mares, ;Aida led to the most sanguinary and protracted contest record seli in the annals of the world: and althotigh we most heartily rejoice, that after the wide wasting ravages of near till years, the combined efforts of the Allies, together with the Most tpl.ndid 11181 atchievements of his Majesty's arms under the illustrious Com mander, the Duke of Wellington, have disappointed the projects of ambition, and brought it to a happy conclusion, yet we trust it will long remain as a beacon to warn all nations of its fatal policy. We are well aware that we live too near these extraor dinary events (upon which the greatest Statesmen have differed) to appreciate them with all the advantages which may be derived Coon the calm review of history, yet 'we cannot but impute the disastrous results, which during the first ten years of the war had nearly overturned the Goeerentent of the whole civilized world, to the want of defiuite and avowed objects, founded upon just principles, and with a due regard to the rights of the French people to form a Government for them.elves, and to those im politic and violent manifeitos which, while they divided the best friends of Great Britain, rooted and united its enemies to those exertions which appaled the most heroic, and threatened univer sal conquest, and which, under DIVINE PROVIDENCE, nothing but the madness and folly of their own Chief could have eff..ctu• ally counteracted. Arrived at this awful period, when the conse quences of these wars are likely to raise our peace establis!.me:tt beyond what could even have been contemplated In war—when agriculture, commerce, and every class of the community, are groaning under its effects—when we have been threatened w!th taxes in peace which were solemnly pledged only to be raised la war-=we hem* trust your Royal Highness will nut deem it un necessary to review these allegations, which are most respectfully brought to the Royal ear, without any view to dirract or em barr.ss your Royal 11 , ,thnew's Quvernment, but to discharge a solemn duty to our King and country, and to place upon its re cord those great principles of loyalty, independence, and consti tutional freedom, worthy of the first city in the Empire, and to hold out to all onatfms the practical wisdom which may and ought to be learned from experience, hoping they will not in fu• sure suffer their own prejudices or the folly of their ruler; to hurry them into future wars, without causes the most urgent, which wisdom may approve and justice warrant. Sincerely wishing your Royal Highness and the whole House of Brutes. wick may long enjoy the blessings of peace and tranquillity, and reign In the hear:. of e free and happy people." Mr. WHIT/ rose to second the Address of Mr. Fa. veil. It became a question now, whether the peace which they were called on to approve was in reality a peace, or merely a truce ? whether we had obtained any thing like au indemnity for the past, or security for the future ? The whole revenues of all the States with whom we had been in alliance would not reins. burn us for the expenses to which we had been put during the war, without taking into account the im mense mass of misery which it had otherwise occa sioned. And as to security for the future, how had ' this been obtained in the peace recently concluded ? lie was of opinion that no such thing had been ob tained. The statesmen by whom the peace had been arranged had squared one part and rounded another; they had gone to work like so many land surveyors in measuring out parks and pleasure-grounds. It seen rity had not been obtained for the future, what good had been done ? He wouli defy the worthy Alder man ( ileygate) to say, after a consideration of the pia sent state of Europe, that prejudices of all desciip non were not in full force. The Allies had set about restoring some half score of families in Europe to their former thrones; but the interests of the people had been wholly neglected by them. They had plentifully sown the seeds of discord, and at a period of time not far distant the fruits would be seen.— They had joined together the Netherlands and Hol land, Prussia and Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Piedmont and Genoa , contrary to the wishe s of th e inhabitants of those countries. That knc:wledge seemed altogether to have escaped them, that men were not made merely for the pleasure of Princes. They had placed an ignorant and bigotted monk on the throne—ia speaking of that disgrace to human nature, Ferdinand of Spain, he was afraid to trust himself. He load given every assistance in his power to the measures adopted fur driving the Usurper from Spain; but that usurper. bad as he was, heel some good qualities, and had done some good during his • usurpation ; among other things, he had abolished 'the Inquisition. They had driven out the Usurper, but What was the result ! Was liberty restored ? Ne ! Bet Ferdinand, by the aid of the English con tributions, had been enabled to destroy the liberties of his country. The peace had failed to secure any of the objects for which the war had been undertaken. The interest act the thrones had been attended to, but the interests of the people had been neglected; and none of the blessings for which alone men are justi- I fled in drawing the sword had been obtained. Mr. Alderman Hitecaes, in reply, was at a loss to conceive how the distresses of the country, occasioned by war, on which several Gentlemen had dwelt so', much, could be an argument aga i nst a peace. A wor thy Gentleman had asked if France was now free And happy ? But he would ask in return, if that was the object for which the war had been undertaken ? Mr. WAII'IJAIAN said, in explanation, that was one of the objects stated in the Declaration. Mr. Alderman HEVGATE said, the war was for the establishment of such a Government in France as would let the other countries alone. If a bigotted Minister and Tyrant was on the throne of Spain was Britain to blame ? Was a crusade at an expense of 500 millions to be undertaken to restore liberty to Spain ? Were Ministers to propose such a war, none would be more ready than the Honourable Gentleman to declare his opposition to it. He should have thought that those who expressed so strong a feeling of the distresses of the country, would have been the first to join in an Address of 'Congratulation on the esta blishment of peace, because the burdens of the coun try could only he diminished by a peace. It was the only season when a reduction of our establishments could take place. He wished the Honourable Gen denten (Mr. Waithman) in reading the Addriss of 1814, had read the whole of it; he bad omitted a sentence dictated by himself, Stating that the Bour bons had been o recalled to the throne of France by the spontaneous wishes of the people of,that country." Notwithstanding the confident assertions of some Gentlemen to the contrary, he would. maintain that a great improvement had taken place all over. Europe. In France a Constitution had been obtained, by which civil and religious liberty was secured, and that security guaranteed by the great Powers of Europe. Was the Battik now in existeace ? Were the lowei sted relent been s np)sy i by the voice otireign the .people I Is the r at now up- isuided, wi held by foreign tree Coastita. ,our Minist tion ? Is t like civil or re- the Spanis li.;ious fiber : _ ch possess the liberty Mr. Jac of speech, or tite.laiTif ill; thee. press I What should the Addre we in England say of representatiVes chosen in the Mr. FA' _ 'main the ;hies a tine Nigher, Was there TIAW vested in the clergy one property of the country ) Was n.a se u tiois " l4l 4 established in Holland and Belgium ? tion of London ought to lead the v'ar 1 1 forward in a respectful aid ;nerd. : mant jc press their satisfaction th it the eq.sion oi now at an end, and dint all the gre.tobjetu fa", we had fought had been gained. The motion was then put and carried y. of hands, and a Committee was sccor,.s pointed to draw up an Addre ss , I t was 51` moved, that on the Address being pres ensed ,., proved of, the whole Court shouts: go i n -11 6, present it to the Prince Regent ; b ut oa its bZ served that the number at Mernb.rs necessao stiente a Court were not present, an adjour nstq l mediately took place. GUILDHALL.- - Yesterday G. Nurrej, w ig with embezzling several i.i.ms of money Neil ' him for post paid letters. The pri.)oner %m at tor in the district of Bri;ad. , treet, where iiv ag , tiry of letters were nightly collected her th, Many of these were paid for, hut elry 1, t d in for a consideral-le time to the GoneralN in such an irregular way, that suspicion w age , and an inquiry took place, when it Was di, t , tliat several of them were marked p .ia, mont-y had nut been received. To detect theil one if them marked ' "o paid Cs. 1." w as which was sent f r o m tbe house of Aid-rm, ll and on application bring made tl.c f r.O fs sra i loped —He was remand, HATTON-GAimeN.—J. O'Shea, porter at d i H.);birtt, was remanded, cltark , d %%41, sl a trunk, contaitting weal ;n4 appar.4, the pril ro 2 papenger wh, had at-live.; there by t, 4 coach. J. F6st,r, driver et the hackleyei ta l 576, was .colivicted in the penalty 101, costs, for extorting ('van Mr Seodiort lur Worn from the Nlrtorks to hl a tot , -grtm; of prying the penalty, Welb se tensed to hr seven days, and to receive the cni!..rti: !ni fi e j Gentlemc 1 —cat. ren and °there elm hes:- li e.l i. A i and are about entering int.) c njug .1 felicity, formed that Dr. COOPER, and three Str: A great and long experience in Strictures. I. stuns, bilities easing (Joni west Climates, d,,,,, i d e cretions, &c. Stc. have established a fbledi:el at Charlotte-house, Great Charlotte-so eee, the Rev. ROWLAND HILL'S Chapel, 131..cm' road, by whom the public are cured without vation er confinement. The Medical Bred the attention of those who have attempted the or who have consulted men ignorant of so nape a branch of the profession, whose improper e l ment. have ruined thousands. Blotches on theli face, and body, sore eyes, throat,'mouth, and e vertigo, noise in the ears, deafness, dimness of sl pains in the head and limbs, frequently mitake rheumatism ; weakness in the knees, svdcs on (It banes, swelled ankles, &c. are symptoms Oki pear years alter, and too often embitm the man nial state. Messrs. Coopeu and Co. are COSH daily by all ranks cf people, from twelra or by hitter, inclot•ing a fee (for no o th ers w swered), stating- their case, when medicine WI best advice is sent. to all parts of the kingdom. t cure the piles and fistula, without burning or cut' and give advice gratis, on Tuesday, l'hursetiti Sunday mornings, till 12 o'clock A side dotiA private mortis for females.-- Medical Genlionens6 tend with their Patients, are present duriv BIRTHS. At Melton Mowbray, nu Sunday the 14th Init. I.* beth Norman, of a son._ . - Jan. US, the Lady of Captain Montagu, of Caverstita near Reading, ot a daiightt Tuesday, at his Lordship's house in Dover-street. thsCa of A 4thurnhant, ot a daughter. Janwiry 15, in Souicoa:ei, the wife of John Miirrayou of three li:te boys. lA'edoeulay, in Mount -street, the Kin. Ainley E brother of Vie Lad Il.mhunt At Chilton, Roger Metcalfe, Esq. 14te Deputy General. January 10, at Glarcovr, Elizabeth, rWet da.te.ter of] nat.t Daniel Mackenzie, Royal Lanarl,rliare Nii i ia. • Jai.utry 11, at Latirenctkirk. AberJeenslisre, at owl are, Catherine Jack, relict of the late William illver. 110 kcpt a •mall public liouNe at the watt end of thr ELI,: greater part of their hers, a.td there among the hit of the late Lord Gardeostone, placei as teuars in the Laurencekirk. A CHALLENGE. MESSRS. CURRIE And Co, Surgeon'. lu his Majesty's Service, challenge the Wide VI 4II prove a single instance where their me,licine ar:l medics:h have failed of the desired effect. The prac.ice r.t min) , I'm this particular branch of their profession, has not given one unsuccessful cue. They coastal,' to direct their studies to the treatans cure of Venereal Co►nplaints, and that derangement of ti tem which is the consequence of the pernicious and wt effects of a kabit long and most p...rsued by Ike' of both beYek In rite one it Wtil be found to be the asi source immune',; the otht r Pate its ravages tray deg to them by a distressing state of thaii.te, which, if net medied, terminates in impotence. Toese are is roma tilin:ate elects, while co:tau:tuition, lop of MULCU I at pe various nervous cogiplaitits, e.taractense the eardest of this solitary vice. Of pt.:roans lasg4i , hing under the to such a habit, tlie:r tretiment is simple, and he proved unsuccessful in the cJursc of s Ion:, Liberians, aid extended practice. • In the moot obstinate and complicated cases of vowed. tiou, such as obstructions in the urethra, spongy natio." hard tumours, failous ulcers, eruptions, seminal weaknesse, as also Strictures, whether t t ceut of of lung duratittoil which have baffled the skill of other Practitioners, aP their present improved plan of treatment effectually and _,P OI notify cured, without the p ineut sufferhig the excruciador.. and alarming I lemorrhage winch frequently follows dieter Lion of the lunar caustic. In the cants,: of their exteusiveri l ! In this metropolis, numerous cases of 4 11:IC fUlt Ei kart' and are daily under their care, the total eradication of odik" s, fected by a /laic, errant, and expedit ous mode of cute fir, to any ether yet adopted. The weakness, relasations Oa! lity, proceeding from this coil:pi-ant are tpeedily reniaolf, the Patient restored to sound and vitorous health. flat the debility has for years existed, a proper persevenics ill " restorative remedies is indispensably requ,site, to reviseths, hernia sparks ut hfe, and to reanimate the constitution. Patients in the Ccutitry are requesmil to state the Fo g ; of their case, age, and general habit of living, Eke. otici•s ig t, niittance for advice and fvfedi:in es, whet the sole ROM. or sent to any part of the Kingdom. ' loft oil To ensure that secrecy which is so essential to t taking, the postage of letters may be added to the WO" anedicines.-9th Jane, liatton garden.. HIGH WATER To-MORROW AT LONDON PROP Morning mftnne% atter if Afternoon 0 53 wintres . ,ONDON: Printed N r, Picke:t Pion foblisked there, aad at the Star Mcr,Taavlr Sill