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~;, PARLIAMENTARY . HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY MI- Before lie business of the House commenced, the Archbishop of CANIMILIOST, the Duke of Moirroese, the Earl of Levaausea, the Earl of Laywoman, the Earl of Reams, Lords Cam ino's and Mas.vata, who are of the Committee of Privileges, entered the House, attended by bfr. Crows, the Clerk and took a mi nute survey of the seats, for the purpose of ascertaining the , number they were calculated to bold, with reference to the in vestigation of her hianesrv's cases After their Lordahips had completed their examination, the Earl of Lessem" directed the lile rehitect of the Bnard of Works to be sent fat It was ar ged, that additional seats should be placed at each side of the tab , and also two back seats against the walls, on elevated sup- Porters. By the present arrangements• of the House, thep is only convenient accommodation for about 200 Peers. The new arrangements are on a scale for the accommodation of 300. — The Committee, having retired into the Painted Chamber, con tinued their deliberations for some time. Their Report will be made on Monday. A Committee of Privileges standing as the first Order of the Day, and which taking the lead of every other proceeding, The LORD CHANCELLOR, as soon as a sufficient num ber of Peers were assembled, informed their Lordships that the Earl of Shaftesbury, the regular Chairman,, being unable from Indisposition to attend that day, it became necessary their Lord ships should appoint, pro eempure, some other Chairman. It appearing the seine of the Peers present that the Noble and very Learned Lord sh4uld officiate, the Loan CltlifiCLlJialt to A the Chair. Mr. HART attended as Counsel, and sonic farther evidence was received in arerification of the title of Viscount Galway to that Peerage, preliminarily to his Lordship's voting at the Election of Representative Peers on the part of Ireland. The same being gone through, The Comn-ittee proceeded to hear some incipient evidence in the case of Viscount Strangford's Peerage, on the same amend, when they closed their proceedings for the day. The House then resumed, and Prayers were read. . Alt. Bum.ocx, from the Treasury, presented certain DOCr-. ments containing Plans and Estimates respecting the Establhh nient of the Extraordinary Post, and also some Financial Ac counts.—The former part of these Papers were, on the motion of the Earl of LAUDgaDALE, ordered to be printed. The Report of the Irish Cann of Chancery Bill was brought up and received, and the Amendments agreed to. The con.ideration of certain judgments on Appeal Causes was, in consequence of the absence of. a Noble and Learned Lord, postponed till Monday.—Adjourned. REVOLUTION AT NAPLES. FARTHER PARTICULARS. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS OF THURSDAY. Extract from a private letter, dated Naples, the 6th July, 1820: " We have for some days witnessed events that deserve uotice. The Cadionari have gained the army over to them, or rather the soldiers and a great many Officers are become Carlionari; and our army, by movements similar to those of the Spanish army, has arrived nearly at the same result. It has proclaimed the Constitution, although as yet we have not had one; the King has promised one, and - it is evident that the men who direct the movements of the troops wish for one similar to that of the Cortes. In the night between the Ist and 2d instant, some squx di ons of Cavalry, who wete in garrison at Nola, marched with their arms and baggage in the di rection of Avellino, a City not tar, front Naples. —They were accompanied by two or three Officers, and were shortly joined by some country. people, ex claiming with than, Live the Conaitution !' They were also joined by part of the National Militia of the Province, whom General Pepi had organized. Their prontites and their threats were for two slays without any effect upon the troops stationed at Avel lino; but whether from weakness or connivance, they at length joined the Insurgents, who forced the Au thorittes of Avellino to proclaim the Constitution, declaring that they would take that of Spain for their model. The cries of Five la Rill' were al ways joined with those of Vire la Con.staution but titey cried out at the same time, ' MAU 11 with the Mt nisters During the two Jays employed in negocia tians at Avellino, the Government had marched troops from Salerno, Myles, and Capua, commanded by Generals Carascosa, Ambrosio, and Roccaromana. Th 2 dispositions of all those corps could not be de pe 'sled upon, and last night apprized us of the de fe.tion of the corps that marched from Salerno. The other columns lost, in the same way, two or three regiments. In the meantime the column of General Carascosa, who was vested with the command in chief, shewed fidelity and resolution, and the General pro eosed to attack the insurgents in Avellino; but last night two regiments, which were in garrison here vt out to join the Insurgents under General Pepi, the only one who had openly abandoned the cause of the King. " The moment the King was informed of this new desertion he assembled a Council, and at six o'clock in the morning a Proclamation was posted up, in which his Majesty states, that the Nation having ma nifested its wish for a Constitution, Le is determined to give it one ; that he will immediately settle its basis, and that they shall be made known in eight days. The troops are invited to return to their quar ters, and the country people to resume their occupa tions. Although close to the focus of the insurrection, we enjoy here perfect tranquillity. The city guard is sufficient to maintain order, and we are not afraid it will be disturbed. It may suffice to say, that the King and the Royal Family run iu:! danger. " The Hereditary Prince and Princess, who arrived on the 2d from Sicily, and had settled at Portici, are', come to join their august Parent. All the Ministers have tendered their resignation. They are, it is said, succeeded by the Duke of Campo Chiaro in the office of Foreign Affairs, General Carascosa in the War Department, M. Ricciard in the Judicial Department, Amali is appointed to the Finances, and the Mar quis Serreri to the Home Department."—Momileur. The Gazette de France does not give any details, but it mentions the circumstance of the Revolution having taken place, and says--" The Chiefs of this movement are the Prince Capo Chiaro, and two Ge nerals, one of whom was Aid-de-camp to Murat." Wednesday last, JOHN WILSON, Esq. Advocate, Author of ne Isle of Palnu and othe r P oems , was elected to fill the Chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, vacant by the death of the late Dr. THOMAS Snows. The votes of the City Council were:—For Mr. Wasow, 21; for Sir Wm. HAMILTON, 9: Majority, 12. GRANTHAM ELECTION.—State of the poll (second slay), Thursday, July 20: Sir MOWFAGOZ CWOLIIIILZY, Bart. - 364 Loom IdAnimas, £.q. • • • . 300 THE, EVENING STAR. LONDON. loomml•N•i• • • MONDAY, JULY 24, 1820. 6 . 0 Jusetwe's idea could not, the Meow taus, be realised with premptitede which abuse amid give it the character and erect aimed at by Jennie ; and is thereto:lee, and on this ground only, withheld from the public eye. THE FUNDS. !kale Of STOCKS THIS DAY At ONE O'CLOCK I 3 per Cent. Reduced 695/a 14 3 per Cent. Cons. 69 68% • 4 per Ct. 87% 88 87 7 / 8 --5 per Ct. 10334 14 Long Annuities 18 1 / 8 3.16 Scrip 2%—lndia Bonds 225. pre. Exchequer Bills, 4s. 6s.pr. Omnium 1 ,4 pre.—Cons. for Acct. 69%. 14 THE REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM. All who have attended to the progress of political events since " the peace of Europe," as it was called, was settled, about seven years ago, instead of being surprised at some recent changes which have filled the adherents of tyranny, despotical, and stipersti , don, with dismay and terror, are amazed that mat ters have remaii4d so long quiet. The basis of the general system then recognized by the European Powers was, that Representative Governments should be established throughout the different Kingdoms and States. But how slow have been their respective Rulers to redeem the pledge then given to the Peo ple, and which the latter were taught was to re ward them and their posterity for the exertions and sacrifices then made to overwhelm and destroy the tyrant who had reduced all the old Conti nental Governments to a state of degrading vas salage. In various quarters the People have had the courage to remind their Sovereigns of the promise to which they stood pledged ; but only in one or two small States, in which the Rulers saw that their own weakness was such as, without the cordial help and co-operation of their people, must leave them exposed to become the prey of some more rapacious and more powerful neighbour—only in one or two of these petty States has any faith been kept with the subjects. Procrastination, on various pre texts, has been the general line of policy ; and where the impatience of the people has excited secret alarm in the Rulers, evasions and fraudulent interpretations have been imposed on the implied contract.—" Oh yes, you shall have a Representative system—Pro vincial States: let this satisfy you, and be thankful for the boon." Will this satisfy the different Ger man States ?—No, never. In one kingdom (Spain), the Monarch, when re stored by the loyal exertions of a generous people, pledged himself to uphold the Constitution which had been established during his captivity; but no sooner did he find himself again seated on the throne of his ancestors, than he repaid the brave men who had laboured and fought for him with bonds, im prisonments, and death. Could their fellow-subjects, their fel ow -campaitions in arms, behold such con duct with i ndifference ?—I mpossi ble ! The spirit of jus;ice roused the military in different quarters, and, in consequence, one or two premature attempts were made to overthrow the new tyranny. Having failed,g the leaders and abettors, as might be expected, were pursued, and punished with rigour. But was this spirit extinguished? On the contrary, it was ex tended, and the disaffected were rendered cautious. Their next blow was decisive. The King of SPAIN conductwded to promise, and the friends of justice and humanity took care not to part with the means they had now secured to enforce performance. A similar spirit pervades all the Continental states in which good faith bath not been kept with the People. In Naples it has produced some ft uit al ready, and, 1..-e doubt not, will yield a ripe harvest in the end, though there may yet be some Autumn thunder-storms. The French Papers have at last broken silence on this subject; their statements are given in another column ; and the next arrivals (tom Naples will bring farther details. In the interim we learn that the dread of the example of the Neapoli tans being followed by the people in the North of Italy, has induced the Austrian Government in that quarter to redouble its vigilance and rigour. A Letter of the 13th instant, from Milan, says : " Several arrests have been recently made, and the Austrian Government have had information of a Se cret Society, composed of nearly 200 Officers who served under BONAPARTE, and the greater part of whom are now living in Piedmont. Since this infor- 1 oration, the Austrian Resident at Sesto Cellenda has received instructions to allow no person without a passport to cross the Lake Maggiore, even for an hour. This order is rigidly enforced, and many Ita lians, who come to Sesto from Piedmont, with pass ports only for the day, are placed under surveillance; but the watchers and the watched are equally in fected with the revolutionary spirit." We understand that another communication was' made to her AlAansvr on Saturday, with a view to an adjustment, but that it was indignantly rejected. Jazhaica Papers arrived this morning to the 11th June. The following are extracts: KINGSTON, JUNE 10. • The Cordelia has arrived from Rio de la Ruche, and has on board three Captains, twenty-four Lieu tenants, one Cadet, five Medical Staff, two Serjeants, and three rink and file of the Hibernian Legion.-- The Genital Drummond has two Lieutenants, one' Stat fait Serjeants, and sixty-satren rack and file ' Brion left Rio de la Hache - on the 4th inst. aftt. l setting fire to the place, which- occasioned the fork to blow up the following day : his destination is not ,knoirn, but it is said for St. Domingo. Extract of a Letter from Rio de la Roche, dated 96th Map," On the 17th, Colonel Montillo re treated with his forces to Rio de la Hache. On the evening of the 18th the Spaniards, or Royalists, made their appearance in 'the bushes, and on the morning of the 19th made an attack. The Creoles were forced to retreat, bui the Irish brigade nisimhed out, and the Royalists made a stand only for a short time, being soon beaten, and obliged to retreat with great loss. The ILOyalist force was 1,500, and the Patriots SOO. The Royalists then encamped three miles from Rio de la Hackie, and on the following morning all the Ine:pendent force, about 700, with three pieces of artillery, sallied out, attacked, and completely defeated them, with great loss. The roads of their retreat were covered with dead. The . . Patriots had about 50 wounded." Quebec Papers have arrived to the 17th June, but they do not contain any news. We have received. Chili Gazettes to the 19th of February, which fwn'sh us with the following Offi cial Documents relating to - Lord COCHRANES Expe dition against Chili : " on board the goletta Montezuma, in tb • Port of Valdivia, 4th February, 1820. Sit—l bad the honour to inform you from Talcahuano, that I had availed myself of the opportunity of communicating with Colonel Freire on the most advisable means of expelling the enemy front the South of Chili, and delivering that country from future incursion. This zealous and active Officer was thus en abled, on the 2Sth ult. to furnish me with troops and other assist ance. In consequence, the O'Higgins, the brig Intrepid, and the goletta Montezuma, set sail with a favourable wind, and on the 2d inst. reached the positkna determined upon, 10 leagues to the South of Valdivia. There the troops were embarked on board the two smaller vessels, which, quitting the O'Higgins, proceeded to the place called the English Watering-place. where we anchored at a proper distance from the Battery and Fort of Sao Carlos. At sun-set the troops disembarked, but not with. out being fired on by the Castles, nor Until the enemy had found time (in consequence of the delay occasioned by the breakers an the shore) to collect a considerable force behind the rocks. " Having landed without difficulty, the marines of the O'Hig gins and Intrepid, together with the land forces, put the enemy to light, and pursuing him to the English fort and fort San Car los, obtained possession of the first immediately. The other was taken by assault alter night-fall, in spite of tal the efforts which the enemy made to defend it. " The rapidity with whisk we captured the forts attd batteries of the Avanzada, Barro, Aitargos, and Chorocomayo, can only be compared with the valottr and resolution of the Officers and troops who entered with the enemies they pursued into the castle of Corral, the last point which remained. Thee fell all the batte ries and foto of the Southern Bank, the artificial force of which is nothing compared with that which nature herself has afforded. " I herewith inclose the Reports of Majors Beauchef and Mil ler, the former commanding the brave detachment of 250 men, with which Colonel Freire assisted me, the other commanding the Marines. Of the gallant conduct of these two Officers, as well as of Captain Erezcano, who commanded the detachment of the Intrepid, and of the other officers, I can say nothing in praise which will not fall short of their deserts ; and I insist, therefore, recommend them, in expressive silence, to she coital deration of his Excellency the Supreme Director. " I had almost forgotten to mention, that the forts and bat teries mount in all about 70 pieces of cannon, and that we have taken in the port, the frigate Dolores. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) " COCHRANE. " To Col. Don J. I. Zenteno, Minister of War and Marine." Then foUow the Reports addressed to Lord coots- RANE by Major BRAUCHET and Major Miume : after which come the other Dispatches of Lord CocuRANE : " Port of Valdivia, sth February. K gni—Having resolved to avail myself of the advantages ob tained yesterday by our valiant officers and troops, the Monte zuma this morning passed the forts of Niebla and blancera, in company with the brig Intrepid, and both anchored beyond the Are of the Corral, without having received any other damage than two balls which struck the brig. The troops immediately embarked in those two vessels, to enter the river and take pos session of the enemy's bead-quarters in the battery of Picijo ; but scarcely had we set sail when, the O'Higgins appearing off the rock of Gonzalo, in the mouth of the harbour, the garrison abandoned the works and Red with precipitation. " Our plan being varied by this unexpected retreat of the enemy, the Montezuma and Intrepid approached the land as close as possible, and disembarked the troops at Niebla, whilst the tide served for the boats to transport them to Valdivia.— Thus have been directed against the enemies of liberty and in dependence, the hundred pieces of artillery of their own castles, forts, and batteries.—Gon preserve you, &c. (Signed) " COCHRANE." " Head-quarters, Valdivia, February i. " Stn—The troops bad alieady entered the boats, in order to pursue the flying garrison as far as Valdivia, when we saw a Rag of truce coming down the River. By this, we were is formed that the enemy had abandoned the city in the greatest consternation, after having plundered several private houses, as well as the public magazines. We, on our part, have omitted nothing to protect the people ; who, easily distinguishing their friends from their oppressors, have furnished us with all neces sary assistance for the preservation of order. Those individuals who had abandoned their Louses be g in already to return; and I hope that the Governor, whom the people will have to elect to morrow, will consolidate order and tranquillity. Meanwhile, I have issued a Proclamation, assurin g the inhabitants that they shall not suffer the least molestation, and that the armed force shall not interfere, in any manner, in civil affairs.—Goa preserve you," &c. (Signed) " COCHRANE." " To Col. Don J. I. Zenteno, Minister of War and Marine." Letters have been also received from Lord Coot- RANI of as late a date as the 10th of April last.— According to them, the services of his Lordship were duly appreciated by his adopted country, and rewards were pouring in upon him. The Govern ment had made him a present of 20,000 acres of valuable land. The Supreme Director O'Huinins,' and General SAN MARTIN consulted him on all oc casions; and these three leading characters rivalled each other in patriotism, exertion, and zeal. His Lordship speaks in the highest terms of praise of the equipment, discipline, and spirit of the army and navy ; and observes, that if a people ever de served liberty and ihdependence, it is the people of Chili. The preparations for the attack on the Vice royalty of Lima were carrying on with great activity, and his Lordship expresses his confidence in the re sult. An Officer of the Staff of General BoLIVAR had been some time in Chili; he had been sent by the Commander-in-Chief from Santa Fe de Bagota, through a port in Choco, to combine a plan for a si multaneous attack by sea and land on Guayaquil, and other connected movements on Lima. THE QUEEE . • A Requisition bits been presented to the Sheriit ef Middlesex, al a great number of Freeholders, to ad dress the QUERN, and to prepare Petitions to both Houses _ezainst the Bill. Mr: MICHAEL ANOELO TAYLOR, Recorder, aid Messrs. LEAVER and Deer, Members for Poole, pie sented an Address to her MAJESTY on Saturday, 1 ,/ which she returned the following gracious Answer : 1 accept with gratitude this loyal and affectionate. Atklte,' from the Merchants and other Inhabitants of the Tvwn and County of the Town of Poole. When they speak of the tare /More Charlotte as the best hope of the Nation, and of the late beloved King as the kind protector of my innocence, their las gus.ge isin perfect unison with the conviction-of my annul, and with the feelings of my heart. "‘ I feel no imiCietude ahotit the result of the present Ittzek upon my honour and my peace. The charges against rat in ims had no other origin than malice, and no other support than i t/ . jury. The charges against me in 18:0 will be fontid to equally destitute of prom. " I should have been humiliatea beneath contempt is I h. a suffered my character to become an affair of pentniai% t.,10.... lation. I should instantly have been deprived of ti; respect which is the basis of virtue, as well as b..ve tnrteir...l thp esteem of this noble nation, if, in a lute attewpt at titgu ciation on the part of my accusers, I had exhibited a • , ,itit worthy of a British Queen: If there can be any Cati.ll:lC't v a In what is sordid in seutintent and debased in condi rt, I tingly resign that to the pusillanimity of my adversaries. " If I can, in any ikay, contribute to the hapi , iness of nation, I shall always consider the atsgmentation r.f t!tat '- nets as an accession to my own. My welfare is the -.1 , :!!! . ..rt. the people; their good is my good; and their prosperity is :! highest exultation. " I should feel myself unworthy of the elevated station sehieti I occupy if I could approve the practice, or cherish the seorinient of revenge. That principle ought to have no residence in any Royal breast. " If England was not my native country, the people ef Tt .- fand have rendered it as dear to me as the Ir.ltd of nativity. In their enlightened sentiments of justice, in ;ilea gi.notous ;:f -fections, sad in their steady loyalty, I possess stren g th whir': no menace can shake, and a comfort which no adversity take away." ROCHESIIIR ADDRESS.—The MAYOR haring fused the Requisition, and the sere -of the Halt, t',.. Meeting for aLdressing the QUEEN was I:eid Market-room on Friday. The Meeting was nurneroy , . and respectable, and the Resolutions, t . .1...- dress, were carried without a ciis.entient ve. c . A deputation, consisting of the late and present Mem bers for the City, with several other (Jen:Lenten, waited on the Quit EN on Saturday, when her MAJ ES i'Y fixed Wednesday for receiving the Address. CITY OF CANTRItRURY.—CoNIION HALL.—A nu merous and respectable Meeting of the Freemen and Inhabitants of the city of Canterbury took place on Friday, " to take into consideration the ptoseedings instituted against her MAJESTY:~ The MAYOR opened the proceedings by reading the Requisition, which he stated was signed by forty-four most respectable in habitants; but said, as he did not exactly agree with the Requisitionists, he should svithdraw. It must be observed that at tlii3 time the MAYOR did not know the purport of the Address or Resolutions; he then withdrew amidst considerable marks of disapproba tion. Mr. Alderman COOPER was afterwards unani mously called to the Chair, when Mr. CHAI.K ad dressed the Meeting, and proposed a series of Reso lutions, which, with the Address were cat ried unani mously. On the business of the Hall being fioished, the assemblage gave three times three cheers for her MAJESTY: The Count VA.V.SALI returned to the Continent on Saturday. He is.to be the conductor of witnesses from Italy in favour of ber MAJZSTY. Previous to the meeting of the House of Lords for the dispatch of public 'business on Saturday, Dr. LusuntotoN and Mr. WILDE, Counsel for theQuEEN, were in attendance, it was said, for the purpose of supporting the prayer of a Petition from her Maitsxv, the object of which is to entreat the House to grant to her MAJESTY (as the list of the witnesses to be called against her has been refused) a list of the places in which it may be intended to allege that her conduct has been characterized by licentiousness. From the thin attendance of Peers, however, or fr om some other cause, the presentation of the Petition did not take place. It is expected that it will be laid be fore the House this day. Ainong other subjects of .annoyance to which her MAJESTY is at present exposed are the proffers of kind,friends" to suppress facts and doyments which may assist her prosecutors in establishing their charges. Her MAJESTY has invariably declined the interference of these persons, and has desired that they may take their commodities to a market where they may be more acceptable. There has been a proffer of a like nature from a Baron, formerly no torious in this country, but lately resident at Dunkirk. It has met with a similar reception. Her MAJESTY has concluded her treaty for Bran denbutgh House. She has taken it for six mcn:i.s certain, together with the beautiful and extensive grounds attached to it, at the rate of one hundred. and fifty pounds a month. Major ROPER conducted tie negotiation on the part of the Margravine of .IN /MACH. The man s i on was f ormer l y t h e r e s id ence ut the celebrated Buss DODDINGTON. The Paris Papers of Thursday arrived yestcrliy. The news which they contain from Naples v i:1 be found in another part of out Paper. There is nothing else in them of any importance.—French 5 per cents. Wednesday, 79fr. 95c. Mr. LAMBTON arrived at Lambton-hall on Thurs day week from London, accompanied by Earl Wm, who proceeded next morning to Howick. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. At Brunet's Hotel, Leicester square— General Eliot and suite, and Peter Grove, Esq. from Paris. At the British Hotel, Jermyn-street—Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and family, from France. At the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-scum—His Excellency H. Middleton and suite, from America. • DEPARTURES. The Marquis and Marchioness of Chohnondeley and family, for their seat, Chohnondele7 Castle, Cheshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Buckingham, from Aring ton, Hams, for their seat, Buckinglam Cottage, Ryde, Isle of re t t. Couatetrof Powis, from her house, Berkeley-square, for her scat, Walcott, Salop. Lord Boston, and the Honourable Mrs. Irby and family, for their seat, Hedston Lodge, Bucks. From the Palteney Hotel, Piccadilly—Sir Hew and Lady Dalrymple Hamilton and family, for their seat in Scotland. From the Si. Petersburgh Hotel, Dover-street—Lady Hun• lake and family, for Durham. From the British Hotel, Jermyn-street—Thos. Bernard, fib+ M.P. for his seat in Ireland; Captain Kennedy, Royal Bengal Artillery, for Cheltenham; Robert Hamilton, Esq. for his seat in Ireland ; the Earl and Countess Verulam, for their seat UP Hens ; Lord Rivers, for his seat in Hants. I 11