Star. — London, England, 1812-03-27 00:00:00

that th at Mae. 1014. vrete rery pur. tion I to, sari rain, for ople PAr. 1 to may :oc. ere 4 1 tiip Tres. LI lie ; of the pre t Per her hey !list the A f t: twit Are s ible low of ;ion in 'OM are. r 'd ; • s tead of the sterling coin of the reahn and hence we wer e in the habit of h aving - forged notes thrust u pon u s , which, when taken to the Bank, were d e . trine d from us, and we had no possibility of tracing them back, 'or recovering our losses. On two diffe rent days he had taken 'forged notes to the Bank; th e y were not returned, and he received no inforrna uonto enable him to tell the good from the bad.— (Considerable hitting at the farther end of the Hall). fle well knew from whom this interruption came, and l ie believed some persons near him were at . the bot tem of it; but he should give them no farther trouble et p r esent, contenting himself with reading the lie-' islutions he had to propose; which were in substance ssfollows; • u Tut Al viewed with pain and anxiety a corrupt influence 1 1 . og is t he administration of Government which injured the .... 1 ; ; t hey were of opinion, that sinecure pla c e s an d ot h er creationsr ander the patronage of the Ministry were in them give, an evil, and swelled a ruinous system of taxation, rendered pa t e enormous by the arbitrary mode of gathering it; that they 'a d me n a delusive and fictitious paper currency substituted in t o room of the ancient coin of the Realm, and supported by omicrons laws; that an insulting disregard to public opinion l a d been openly manifested by i'arliament in refusing to inquire lino the unfortunate expedition to Walcheren, and the causes of *appointment of the Duke of York to be Commander in Chief; t oy bad .een measures adopted which converted the empty thesis of the enemy into permanent misery, by ruining the commerce of the country, and oceasioning an extension of the penal code; they had beheld foreign mercenaries adopted into military and other offices, in preference to the natives of England, who by birth and abilities had the most equitable claims • they had represented those grievances by Petitions, which had been disregarded, and they had beheld an inclination manifest itself to repress Inquiry, while right of petitioning was denied, and the customary access to the Throne shut up; that those oppressions mid grievances were all occesioned by a corrupt and inadequate representation of the People; that from the open hostility avow ed by the Prince Regent towards those pernicious systems, they had expected his elevation to he unrestricted office of Regent, m the arrival of a new era, which wou'd totally annihilate all ground of complaint; that notwithstanding the pledges given by bls Royal Highness, they had beheld those men continued in ace who had all along manifested no inclination to ameliorate the state of representation; that the continuation of tho , e persons waealone attributable to strong intrigue and faction behind the Throne, that finally it was their opiviun, that a dutiful Address should be presented to his Royal Highness, praying that lie would be graciously pleased to dismiss his present Ministers, and cominate others, who might restore the ancient constitutional glory of the nation." —These, .I*. Warr HMAN proceeded to observe, were the resolutions which he had to submit ; and he woul I only say, that if any proof was wanted of the total disregard in which the feelings of the people were held by Ministers, it would be furnished by the advice which they unblushingly gave the Prince Regerit, to place a favourite in a sinecure office, which even Parliament had condemned • to abolition. But this was not all ; for even after the Minister had received a slap on the face from the House of Commons,' for his conduct, he had the audacity to create a new and useless office, that this favourite might receive na disappointment—(am/desu.) And as he knew their Representatives, the Hon. Baronets behind him, had very tender conetiences(krughter), and were careful tithe public money, he expected they would come forward, and explain why .they absented themselves when the House of Commons marked their disappro bation of this outrageous appointment, while they were so constant in their attendance and support of• the corrupt measures of Ministers—(aNilaure.) It' asked what sort of Ministers he wished to have, be would say, that those who carry on the Government should be men of rank, property, and character in the country—men who h d pledged themselves to those salutary reforms which were essentially neces sary to save us. Any other change would be a mere palliative, not a cure of the evil. The system now pursued, in whatever hands, would bring the country to its death ; and if we must die, why then the pre sent men and measures would bring us to death's door just as well as any other. Mr. W. retired, amidst reiterated plaudits, intermixed with hisses. Mr. FAVELL seconded the Resolutions. This was not a time, ht' observed, to carry up flattering ad dresses to the throne—for to flatter Princes was to betray them ; and it was a wise maxim .1% ith our an cestors, that the redress of grievances best forwarded the King's service ; it would best forward our Re genes service also. Our Representatives in Parlia ment, the Hots. Baronets, were too much in the habit of singing out—is All's well !" but he would tell them, they would give much more satisfaction to their constituents, by engaging to support the Reso !aloft and Petition. The union of all ranks, for the reform of abuses, was loudly called for. If country Gentlemen had a large stake in the public prosperity, the citizens !`f London had also a plank in the vessel of the State, and were equally interested in who should be the pilots. The House of Commons, it appeared from their proceedings, were very jealous of con tempts against their body, or any of its Mem!)ers ; bet who would punish contempts against the people of England ? There was only one way of doing it effectually, and that was by a free representation of the people in Parliament.—(Aptilause.)—He conclu lied with declaring, that there were only two alterna tives left to the country—Reform or Death ! The first Resolution was then put, upon which Mr. S. Dixon came forward,,amidst a very general clamour, intermixed with cries of hear him, hear him ! After a few moments' interruption, he began, by saTiog, that he had not intended to deliver his senti ments this day ; and he should not now have done set, 1 1 : be had seen any other man who disapproved of the Resolutions have the magnanimity to come forward and say so. He stood forward to shew, that there was at least one man present who had the boldness to ex- Press his disapproval of these Resolutions (Laughter, Aftdcriet of Hear him.) He felt as much as any man the heavy distre sses o f t h e country ; but did they deserve 10 be called patriots who did all they could to irritate lout minds by their declamations? (Considerable !Plat.) He dem an d e d as a r i g h t , perm i ss i on to 'Peak Ills sentiments ; a n d h e was not f or l essen i ng 'P e a= of the people by enumerating and exalt ' r atin g all their grievances. W e h a d b een to ld t our distresses had been increased rather than anlv nidled of late .—but still, he would ask, where was that place on ' the face of the earth where lili ertY was enjoyed but in Britain ?Was not every nt, an allowed to say and publish any thing he thought proper ?—(Cries of" No, no!") He would 54 7 again, were we not allowed to write and think uhat we pleased ? or at least what we ought to write a n d think ?.._(o W r i te fi rst , an d t hi n k after atds." cried a voice in the crowd.) About a year ago these Gentlemen passed a Resolution to address the Prince Regent, who was their much in their fa vour. Now it appeared, they had changed their opt. ' nion of biro, and ht would tell them the reason ; it was only because the Prince had exercised his prero gative, and thought proper to continue the same men in his. service. Had this not been done, he would have been the same good and gracious Prince as ever. The worthy Gentleman who spoke last had mention ed as a grievance, that Ministers had sent a whole army to apprehend a single individual ; so they did, and it was proper they shoull--(Cries of g , No, no!) — but he (Mr. Dixon) had seen a whole army of the populace embodied by these Gentlemen to bring back the Honourable Baronet who was thus apprehended. (Laughter.) He concluded with expressing his en sire dissent from the Resolution. Mr. PERRING, contended, that no act was so truly patriotic as for the people to present their grievances to the Throne, that they might be known and reme died. The substance of the Resolutions had his hearty assent ; and he completely con:urred in the declara tion by which they were closed, that there was no possible way of relieving the country but by a reform in Parliament. He thought, however, that his worthy friend, in detailing the difficulties which pressed around us, had omitted one that was perhaps the greatest of all. It was this,—that the present faction who conducted the Government, had no political ad versaries to oppose them in whom the people could place confidence. The contemptible men who were now in power, were really defended and supported by the very weakness of their opponents (hear, hear.) This was a new situation for England to be placed in, and it was one of the most melancholy symptoms of our present situation. When " Talents," as they were called, came into power, no man hailed that event more cordially than he did; and no man was ever more dissatisfied and disgusted with their short administration. He therefore could not court the re turn of these men to office, as he did not think them a bit better than the present Ministers ; and he should not join in an address for any change which should place the " Talents" again in power. The first Resolution was then put, and carried by a considerable majority. The number of hands in opposition might be about one-third of the whole. All the resolutions moved by Mr. Waithman were carried by a considerable rr.:ijority. Mr. WA ITHMAN then came forward, and said, that he did not think it necessary for him to make . any reply, at length, to what had fallen from a worthy Gentleman who had opposed his resolutions (Mr. S. Dixon ). However, as that Gentlema n h a d state d, that he knew him (Mr. Waithman) as having, for 2.0 years, perpetually complained of grievances which had not been redressed, but rather increased, so he should say that he also knew that worthy Gentleman standing forward for nearly the same time as an ac tive labourer in the cause of corruption of every kind. (Loud iipplatue).—That Gentleman was always for ward in imputing motives to other men, although it must be recollected, that the motives of individuals could not at all alter the circumstances and facts upon which they spoke. The worthy Gentleman was, however, somewhat unfortunate in selecting this topic, as he (Mr. Waithman) could safely say, that for his part, he believed those Statesmen that were alluded to, liked him as little as they did the worthy Gentleman. Of this he was sure, that he never got a farthing by them, whereas the worthy Gentle span did. He really thought, that when the worthy Gentleman spoke so contemptuously of the party of which Lords Grenville and Grey were the leaders, he ought to have been a little restrained by considerations of gratitude. He ought to have recollected, that, when they were in power he had sought favours ftiSm them and obtained them. He then read the Petition to the Prince Regent, which had been prepared, and which he now moved. The petition having been seconded by Mr. Fivell, Mr. PERRING again came forward, and expressed a wish to have some part of it expunged. When the petition talked of the spirits of the people being de pressed, he thought that assertion was contrary to the fact. After descanting on the glory lately acquired ( by our army, and the bravery of our sailors, he spoke of the happy state of the interior. (Loud cries of, Look at Nottingham ! Go to Ireland !) Mr. Wm fIIMAN requested, that before he repeated this opinion, the Gentleman would take a journey into Lancashire, and other manufacturing counties, where tens of thousands were starving, without a hope of relief. (Loud Cheers.) The question was then put, and the petition was carried by a very large majority. Mr. WAITHMAN said, that he hatthoped that their Representatives would have favoured them with their sentiments on this subject ; but as they had not done so, and he wished to bear them, he moved an instruc tion to their Representatives to support in Parliament the spirit of the Resolutions of the day. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS came forward, and said, that he was always ready to face the Parliament, and happy to meet his Constituents. His sentiments, however, respecting instructions, were well known. "He considered himself a free man when he entered Parliament, and should always so consider himself. He would always hear their opinions with pleasure, but determine for himself—(hisser and amilauses).— He respected the Livery, but also respected his own independenie. He should ha:Cy tell them, that he disapproved of most of the doctrines contained in those resolutions, and could not support them. His speech was then interrupted by such tumultuous dis approbation, that he could not be heard farther. Alderman COHSE said, that he was also ready at any time to face the Ministers, and to meet his con stituents. He had long thought, that the best way of reforming abuses would be to begin with reform ing the House of Commons. As to the subject of in structions, he had often declared his sentiments. He should either obey the instructions of his constituents or else resign his seat—(Loud app/awe.) ,Sir CHARLES PRICE declared, that no man respec ted the Livery more than he did ; but at the same time, he felt himself to be an independent mau. He then proceeded to eulogize our happy constitution, which had brought forward the best possible form of Government—(Hisses or other symptoms of disap probation.) Sir JAMES SHAW then presented himself, amidst great clamour and many cries of (Hear, hoar.) He • disapproved of the spirit of the Resolutions, which he did not conceive to be founded in fact. As to the peti. tion, he conceived it to be a positive insult to the So.. vereign ; and so considering it, he should never be a person to go up and present it. He thought nothing could be more contrary to the fact, tbauto state that the present Government was a Government of imbe cility, and that the Parliament was corrupt. (Rims). He believed that there never was a more honourable Government or a • purer Parliament. (After the words purer Parliament, the marks,of disapprobation were so strong, that it was impossible to hear another word which fell fraln the worthy Alderman, although he addressed the Meeting at considerable length ) The resolution was then carried by a great majority, as was also a resolution of thanks to the Lord Mayor for his conduct in the chair. His Lordsh;p returned thanks for the honour done him in a neat short speech. The Petition was then ordered to be presented to the Prince Regent by the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and a deputation of 21 of the Livery. Adjourned. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH 27. Coop Fatomr.—Holklay at all the Public °Sees. The private letters from the Army and from Lisbon by the Mail of yesterday, were not deli rered out from the Post Office in time for our publication. We have seen the letter of an Officer of the Staff Corps from Ciudad. Rodiigo, dated 26th February. He says, that the place is a heap of ruins, having been made so by the French ; that Lord WELLINGTON would not allow a shell to be thrown, or any thing to be done that would damage the place : the breaches are now nearly repaired, and the works are com pleting both at this place and at Almeida, which will both of them be now stronger than ever. Almeida is now garrisoned by Portuguese, and Ciudad Rodrigo by Spaniards—all is gaiety at the latter place. The head-quarters of the sth division are there, and no. body could have given more satisfaction than Gene. ral LElTH—the Spaniards are quite fascinated by his elegant manners. CAsTa.Nos, Don CARLOS, and others of the Spanish officers, were with him at Ciudad; and there are nightly balls, masquerades, &c. to which Lord WELLINGTON and the other Officers at headquarters go. The market is abundantly sup. plied from Salamanca, notwithstanding the French are in possession of that place. Every body relies with the utmost confidence on the brilliant abilities of Lord WELLINGTON. Spanish, Portuguese, and Bri tish, think that there is nothing which he cannot do. The following is the copy of another Letter : FRENADA, FERUARY 2G. 46 So much are the Regency and Cortes pleased with Lord WELLINGTON, particularly with his late capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, that the greatest hopes are entertained of a total change of the face of affairs, which look better than ever they Lave done hitherto, though the Spaniards have not an army in the field. They are now about to confer on Lord WELLINGTON the military direction of the affairs of the Peninsula, who will organise an army, as he and Marshal BERESFORD have dime in Portugal. Here itofore BLAKE was the greatest obstacle to such a measure ; but, thank GOD, he is now safe in France." We have seen another letter, dated Lisbon, 29th February. The army was all moving or had moved to Badajoz. Marshal BERESFORD was there urging the Regency to lend their assistance, and it was not doubted that this important fortress would quickly fall ; but, it was expected, that Lord WELLINGTON would attempt much greater achievements. The army was rapidly recovering their health, and in the highest spirits. We are sorry to hear that there were a number of sick Officers : the Hon. General Da GREY was coming home. Colonel COLBOURN and Major NANgt were recovering from their wounds. It is not the only benefit to the country, that at present it has in Lord WELLINGTON, the greatest Captain of the age (BONAPARTE excepted) to com mand its armies; but he has made a school, from whence will issue, in after times, names that may perhaps rival his own fame. The names of PICTON, PAKENIIAM, GRAHAM, LONG, KEMPT, and ALIEN, are great and popular with the army, and will here after shine in history. The number of deserters, particularly Gentians, Swiss, Poles, and Dutch, who daily come in td our army in Portugal, from the French army, is prodi gious : they have lately come. in with their horses, arms, and accoutrements. The venerable General Boßrnwicx, of the Artil lery, is coming home from the army in Portugal. Commissary-General KENNEDY, who so very ably conducted the Commissariat in Spain and Portugal for the last three years, having recovered his health, is about to return to Portugal, to the great joy of the army. Cadiz Papers to the 23d, by the packtt which brought the dispatches from Sir HENRY WELLESLEY, which we announced yesterday, came to hand this morning. They contain an account of a brilliant affair which toak place on the 19th ultimo, in the neighbourhood of Cartama, between the Spanish troops under General Mowrzs and a French corps of 2000 infantry and 4000 horse, under the command of General MARANCIN, Governor of Malaga. The Spaniards defeated them with great loss. The busi ness was . decided math the bayonet. Mmtarictu and many distinguished French Officers were killed; but the loss of the Spaniards was trifling. The latter pushed forward within a league of Malaga, but they were checked by a fresh corps under General REY t —Another victory is also announced, as having been obtained by General LACY between Reus and Tara gona. The French corgi which was defeated on this occasion ; was a geigforcernent for the garrison of • • Taragont, $OO of whom were taken prisoners : the killed and wounded amounted to twice that number. In Catalonia the Spaniards. have 20,000 men, in arms, notwithstanding their Lite reverses in that guar• ter; which has the effect of preventing Sucuar from sending off any detachment to MARMON?. All are in high spirits at Cadiz BLAKS has been deprived of his office of Cnunsclior of State, by the Cortes, on the groun,l of his being a prisoner ti war. It was !imposed, that his craiduct at Valencia should be publicly stated, as the gmund of his deprivation of office, but this was ncg.itived. THE ARMY. The 2d battalions of the 25th, and Bt?d, the 102d i , 103 d, a detachment of the Royal Africans, sth Royal Veteran, and 4th Garrison &union, are at present quartered in Guernsey. The 2d battalions of the 7th, 15th. 18th. or ( Royal Irish); 62,1, 81st, 96th, .sth Royal Veteran battalion. and, we believe, the 46th, are in Jersey. The 2d battalion of the 63d, with detachments from other corps, in Alderney. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FikI.MOUTH. MARCH 24. Arrived this evening a frigate, supposed to be front Plymouth, to assist the CONQUESTADON which ship is now safe in harbour. It now blows fresh from the Eastward. The packets will sail in the morning. TORBAY, MARCH Si. The whole of the outward-bound that put in here for shelter, are now gone :end on their voyage. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 25. Arrived, the transport ship Benjamin Shaw, Lawns Master ; and the brig Trafalgar, FERGUSON Master, both for Gibraltar, under convoy of 'the PELORUS § the ship William and Alfred, Captain ?sleazes, from London ; also about six other vessels, under convoy of the ALERT, 16 guns, from rortsmouth, bound to Halifax and Newfoundland. Sailed, the Neptune (1) tender, for Dublin ; Eliza and Jane tender, for Greenock ; the LORD COCHRANE, hired brig, for Torbay ; the ALPHEA, 8 guns, having a transport, with a party of the 42d regiment on hoard, under convoy, for Jersey ; and the NYADEN, 36 guns, for Portsmouth. Came up Hamoara. the. GOLDFINCH. 10 guns, to refit; and the INTELLIGENT, 14 guns, to take on board a rudder for his Majesty's ship Cox- Quarrseon, lying at Falmouth, into which port she was towed a few days since, under jury-masts. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 26. Arrived the SAVAGE from the Downs, CRANE from Cork, and sailed again on a cruize.—Wind S.E. DEAL, MARCH 26. Sailed the BELLEROPHON, BELLONA, BEDFORD, DE• FIANCE, and EGMONT, under the command of Rear- Admiral FARRIER, to - cruize off the Texel. • Five o'clock.—The above men of war are brought up again by contrary winds. YARMOUTH, MARCH 26. Arrived, the Poarta sloop, and ACUTE gun-brig, from Heligoland. The DESIREE frigate, Captain FARQUHAR, and the HEARTY gun-brig, are under way for a cruize on the Dutch coast, but there being but little wind, they have not yet cleared the Roads. The BRITOMART has landed 80 casks of spirits, being the cargo of a vessel which they took out at sea, and gave the crew the vessel. Remain in the Roads, that Solebay, Britomart, and Centor. Yesterday his Royal Highness appointed to hold a. Privy Council, and Chapter of the Knights of the Garter, for the purpose of electing two Knights Com panions of that Order. Soon after one o'clock his Royal Highness proceeded to the Council-room, at tended by Lord BorroN, the Lord in waiting (foe Earl PAULRT) ; General FINCH. the Groom ; the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward of the House hold, the Vice Chamberlain, Gokl Stick, the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Treasurer of the Household, &c. The PRINCE then held a Privy Coun cil, which was attended by The Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the President of the Board of Trade, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the First Lord of the Adtniralty, the Mauer General at the Ordnance, the Secretaries of State for the Home =4lPo:eke Departments. Viscount CuarviTND attended as Clerk of the Council. Mr. Ltsrom was introduced, and sworn in as a Member, and took his seat at the Board accordingly. Lord MELVILLE had an audience of his Royal Highness, and kissed hands upon his being appointed the First Lord of the Admiralty. The Earl of Cooaroux resigned his place of Trea surer of the Household. The PRINCE RacEnr was afterwards pleased to appoint the Noble Earl Cap tain of the Band cf Gentlemen Pensioners. Lord JOCELYN received the appointment of Trea surer of the Household, in the room of the Earl of Counrotra. Mr. LISTON had an audience of th e P anics R is- Gorr, to which he was introduced by Viscount CASTLEREAGH, and took leave, previous to his depar ture on his embassy to Ci,nstantinople. Earl CAMDEN, Mr. RYDER, Mr. PERCEVAL, Vi!- count CASTLEREAGH, and the Duke of MOMTROSX, had audiences of his Royal Highness. The Chapter of Knights of the Garter was after wards held, when the Dukes of MONTROSZ and RICH. MOND were elected Knights of the Order. The only Knights whonttended were tae Dukes of Yoak, KRNT CUMBERLAND, CA MBRIDGE , and GL OUCESTKR , t h e Marquis of HERTFORD, and the Earls of Wan. stongLaen,Caltnix and Wnicumsaa. The Banknote Bill was read a second time last night, in the House of. Commons, aitcl after a divi siun, in which the numbers were 61 to 16, was or dered to be committed this day fortnight. Some persons who have arrived frost) Paris, which they left on the 19th instant, report, that BONA PA BITt had quitted Paris, having previously ippointed a Re gency, cbnsisting orEumis Bea enaftxtus, the Vice roy of Italy; Casdamnags, the Arch-Chanct.l,r ; ar.d LEBRUN, the Arch-Treasurer : and that he had sent the AustriAn Princess and her child to Vienna. % • ,