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11 ~! I V f • 1~ 1 1 1 4, ~; ~ r,~ -,~. i 'J I 11 1 I ) i . 111 f I t ... i , ~ • t l , i , ~.• 4L . 0,." 11 , I 1 • : 1 *4, 1 1 ! . I 1 1111 POLAND. WARSAW, OCTOBER 14. 1N.. , • Tile ibllowing is the speech pronounced by his b kitliest the Emperor and King, at the Sitting of the two Chambers, assembled at the close of the Diet, on the 13th .f October, 1820: " REPRESENTATIVES OF THE KINGDOM OP POLAND .When I opened your deliberations, I manifested to you my thoughts as to the means of developing and strengthening your national Institutions. " Arrived to-day at the period when the labours must stop which should have conducted you by de grees to that important end, you may easily compre hend how nearly you have approached it. Ask your own consciences, and you Must know whether, in the course of your discussions, you have rendered to Poland all the services which it expected from your wisdom ; or whether you, on the contrary (led away by seductions too common in cur- days, and sacri ficing a hope which would have realised my previous confidence in you), have not retarded, in its progress, the work of the restoration of your country? " This grave responsibility will weigh heavily upon you ; it is the necessary consequence of the indepen dence of your suffrages. They are free; but pure intentions ought always to determine them. Mine are known to you. You have received good for evil; and Poland has regained her rank among nations. I will persevere in my designs in her behalf, whatever may be the opinion formed of the manner in which you have exercised your prerogatives. " Nevertheless, disagreeable impressions may en feeble her still more; and the Members of this As sembly, who are animated with a sincere love of public good, will consummate their honourable mis sion by carrying to their fire-sides the words of peace and concord, and by propagating that spirit of calm ness and security, without which the most beneficent laws will remain always sterile. " You have voted those things which the necessi ties of your country most imperiously demanded. " An unavoidable delay is necessary to prepare the &radual re-establishment of the ordinary connections between the creditors and the debtors. " The forms which will henceforth surround the sacrifice of private possessions to the interest of the public meal, will strengthen and verify that respect for property which is the best encouragement to all useful enterprises. " I abstain at this moment from judging of the motives which have induced you not to receive the projects destined to complete your legislative system. " I leave to your fellow-countrymen the care of pronouncing whether your only end in giving that vote was to procure to the laws, which ought to go vern you, those perfections which a more grave and profound examination might bring to them. " Representatives of the Kingdom of Poland !—I quit you ; but when far from you, I will watch over your well-being with the same .constancy, and the same solicitude ; and the only object of my wishes will be to see the Government, which I have given you, consolidated by your moderation, and justified by the example of your happiness." The following is the Speech of the Marshal of the Chamber of Nuncios, Raymond ltembielinski, at the close of the Diet, and in the Sitting of the iwo Chambers, assembled on the 13th of October, 1820: " SlRE—Being at the moment of the close of the Session fixed by law, and, by the will of your Ma jesty, obliged to render an account of the delibera tions of the Chamber of Nuncios, I present myself before your Majesty's Throne with that calmness which the importance of my mission, and which truth demand. " In order to present that truth in all its openness, as well relatively to causes as to their effects, permit, Sire, that, far from every species of flattery, which never approaches your Majesty's Throne, and with a heart full of admiration, I should render you ho usage-as to the Legislator and the Guide of Nations. " wr Majesty. having deigned to grant to the Kingdom of Poland a Constitutional Charter founded upon the balance of the Powers established by it, wished that we should at the same time enjoy this great benefit with glory to its august author, and with utility to ourselves. " Strong in the sincerity of your wishes, and in the desire of rendering us really happy, you have yourself, Sire, undertaken to form the public spirit of the Polish Nation. " Who can contest this brilliant truth, that your Majesty has neither wished to influence the elections of Representatives, nor their opinion, nor their votes, at the two Diets which have already taken place ; and that you have deigned to convoke the Represen tatives for a second time, with a rare confidence, and at a moment when troubles have arisen in a part of Europe from •the effect of developing con stitutional principles, and founding institutions ema nating from them? o Your wishes, Sire, have been fulfilled. A sin cere zeal and pure intentions have animated the Chamber of Nuncios. It was with these sentiments we entered the lists; but it is only great experience which, with time, can perfect the Representatives of the Nation in this difficult career. " The first object of the deliberations of the Nun cios, has been the Project of Law respecting Penal Proceedings, introduced by the Council of State. " Immediately after its presentation the fear seized all minds of falling into error by toe much precipi tation, in a project of such great importance,_ and which came so near to the honour and lives of our fellow-citizens. The time fixed for the deliberation of the Chamber was not sufficient to go gravely and profoundly into the Project ; but the Representatives did nevertheless employ themselves in bringing for ward observations, as well general as special, which might contribute to perfect it. " Having confined iteelftcrthir accomplishment of its duties, the Chamber unanimously wished to de posit, at the foot of your Majesty's Throne, its hum ble prayer that you would deign, Sire, to cause thin important muter to be remitted to the next Session ; but the regulations in force permitted it not to clia so. Your Majesty will deign to recognize the true motives which have directed the Chamber in dis carding 'is. subject in question. 6! In the Project respecting Civil Proceedings, a v a s k figth more extensive-that, the first,. the Repre sedtatkvcs per4sized the paternal solicitude of your Siajesti wkegislaeo l u. Th . is rroject. consi dering list sW. the time ,, 11-g gable of grave and profound deliberation, your Ma ray "feigned to permit that conservative measures I should be presented by the Conseil of State ; and they have been adopted by a majority of voices. "We acknowledge, Sire, that a gradual delay will preserve the citizens, • who bare suffered very considerable losses, and will give to the Government time to advise upon preparatory means, in order that the hopes conceived on the subject of a system of credit may be realized. " The Chamber has given, on this occasion, a rare example of a true solicitude for the public faith and interest, in so far as the decisions. of the Representa tives have not been directed either by personal inte rest, or that of any single elms. The Project pre- , seined concerning the expropriatimi on account Of the public utility, by means of; previous indemnity, has been adopted by the Chamber with admiration' and gratitude, as a proof of that morality which characterizes all your Majesty's acts. " The Chamber of Nuncios finally deliberated on the project of modifications upon an organic Statute of the Senate. which had previously obtained a ma jority in the Senate. " I do not feel myself sufficiently capable of ex pressing to you, Sire, the sentimeats which pene trated the Chamber during the discussion of this pro lett. The general conviction of the goodness of this aw has been balanced, perhaps. by a too great soli citude to conciliate two laws equally obligatory; and by a natural uneasiness lest the purity of our inten tions should be suspected. The non-adoption of the law by a feeble majority must be reckoned among those incidents in a Representative Assembly which' are difficult to be foreseen. " A longer experience will, doubtless, prepare fox tha future an approximation of opinioas on such im portant objects. " As to myself, I have constantly endeavoured, as President of the Chamber of Nuncios, to maintain a spirit of moderation in their debates, and scrupulously to ful fi l the duties which were im posed upon me. I deposit at the foot of your Majesty's throne the Mar shal's baton, which, according to the feelings of my conscience, I conceive myself to have borne during thirty days, without stain ; and whatever judgment your Majesty may deign to pass npo'n my conduct, it will neither add to nor diminish the boundless fidelity and attachment with which my beast is pene trated towards your Majesty's person and throne.' LISBON PAPERS. LISBON, OCTOBER 16. Lord Beresford arrived unexpectedly in the port of this capital on the 10th instant, from Rio de Ja neiro, on board the English ship Vengeur. The Government, desirous of avoiding any inter ruption which his presence might cause in the public peace of this capital, and of providing at the same time for the personal safety of Lord Beresford, has taken the most decisive and energetic measures to make him depart from the port of Lisbon in the shortest time possible, communicating to the Captain of the ship the weighty reasons which called for these measures, and that they are in no manner di rected to impair the relations of amity existing be tween the Portuguese and British nations, nor to de. prive the Captain or crew of the vessel of any assist ance which they may require, and which will never be denied to the ships of friendly and allied nations. FROM THE DIARIO DO GOV BRNO, OCTOBER 16. The Marshal-General the Marquis of Campo Maior sails for England in the Arabella packet, which is to sail on the 17th, in the morning. The English ship Vengeur, which brought his Excellency to this port, is to accompany him out of the bar. Captain Mait land, Commander of this ship, agrees to deliver to the Chief Treasurer of the Exchequer the sum of 106,952 hard piastres, which he carries by order of his Majesty, requiring from the Government, for his security on all contingencies, a bond, which was granted him; by which the Government engages the revenues of the State to restore the said sum, in case his Majesty should, contrary to expectation, disap prove of its delivery, or order it to be restored. OATH OF THE NOBILITY. a On the 11th of October, in the Palace of the Government, and before the Provisional Junta of the Supreme Government of the Kingdom appeared the persons here below mentioned, in cider, for themselves, or as authorised representatives of others, by virtue of full power*, which they chewed, to take the Oath, which was announced to them by a Notice of the 6th in stant; mud each of them having laid his right hand on the Book of the Holy Evangelises, swore, in the form which was first read by me in a loud voice, in the presence of all, saying :—' I swear on the Holy Eirangelists obedience to the Provisional Junta of the Supreme Government of the Kingdom, which is now in stalled, and which is to govern in the name of the King, our Sovereign Lord Don John VI. till the installation of the Cones, which are to be convoked, to organize the Portuguese Consti tution. I swear obedience to the said King, Don John VI. to those Cortes, and to the Constitution which they shall establish, maintaining the Roman Catholic religion, and the dynasty of the most Serene House of Braganza.' [here fullew the Names of the Noblemen.) " Man which, 1, Manuel Fernandez Thomas, :Member of the Provisional Junta of the Supreme Government of the Kingdom, charged with the Affairs of the Kingdom and Finance, caused, by order of the said Junta, this Act to be drawn up, which 1 signed, together with the other Members, and had an authentic copy made of the whole, also signed by me, to be delivered to the Royal Archives of the Torredo Tombo, to be there preserved, the original remaining in the Office of the Secretary of State for the Affairs of the Niagdom (Signed) li t "USD= MiIIAWDZZ THOMAS. " 0. ?WIXOM'. DZCADIO. " ANTONIO DA lILLYZIKA. sumo vs 'mom 44 CONDI as ?moms ▪ vAnms joss sus AZEDIW " 1111.3tANO JOZL 'HUMID/all ▪ MANCISCO Ds s. LOLL JOSITU JOAQUII( Stumm. vs YOUILL. " DECREZ. • The Provisional Junta of the Supreme Government, taking I into consideration that the regulations of the Decree, with the I force of law given in the Court of Rio Janeiro , on the 30th of ?lay of the present year, are not yet in execution, according to the tenth paragraph of the same Decree, which fixes the Ist of January next year to begin the execution of it, and considering also the uncertainty which, since the promulgation of the Decree of the 25th of April, 1810, has attended the execution of the 13th paragraph of the same, relative to the regulation of the Custom-houses of those kin gdoms, of the 'writings and papers of ships, and their cargoes. coming from foreign parts," Orders, " Tbpt in the Custom-houses of those kingdoms shall be ad- gained so unload vessels of all nations, which, bringing lawful imearlandize, shall present their papers conformably to the style anterior to the above-mentiotdellerete emeis ; the regulations m well of the said 13th paragraph of the Arrete of 1818, and of the 9th of the Arrete of the 30th of MaX this year, remaining meantime suspended, as well as altothefiAltich have been pub- I lisked in the last two years on the sameolebjectl elerftidaff, however, remaining in vigour Which has been determined for the admission of merchandise of the produce or manufacture of 19re.* *4lOl, in cospecluellte el treatit.s, and al:FaNgmcgs!. Dt SOILIAL. made with that nation. The Council of Royal Finanse has nodal of Om-above, and will immediately send the necessary orders id slithe Custom-houses. N Signed by Seven of the Metsben of the Junta. " Palate of the Government, Oct. 1 3,11160." • OFFICIAL ConitItSPoNDRNCR strwriN LORD Ittftßs. l TOAD AND VIZ IitTPRIMI JUNTA. N The Marquis de Campo Maier, Maishal in Chief of the Armies of the United Kingdoms of Port a* Brazil, and Al. gam, near the King's person, was ionpremibly astonished at the communication he received from the New Government esta. blished in L.tlion in which the latter refuses to receive the Marshal in Chief, Ind acknowledge him as suds, as it is bound to do, since he has recently received, through the favour of hie Most Faithful Majesty, honours which be alone can grant; and if the Govern:bent proclaims him as the head of the Nation, it in no way can or ought to alter the precepts of the Monarch, and in this case the Nation does or does not acknowledge him. If it does acknowledge him, it ought to preserve to him this un deniable authority; and if it does not acknowledge kiln ' the whole of Europe will feel this Wenn, but more especially 14. land, and insist on the observance of her treaties, os sincere as they are ancient.—On board the Vengeur," /cc. " The Supreme Government of the Kingdom, in askew 'edging his Most Faithful Majesty as the Head and Chiefs( the Nation, declares to Lord Beresford, that the Nation has at pre sent reassusned .11 the rights belonging to it, in eider to recover its happiness.--Lisboa. Palace of Government," &c. As a curiosity, we subjoin to thearticle, which re cords the rejection of General Beresford by the Por tuguese, and a refusalto let him even touch the soil of Portugal, a copy of the last commission, investing' him with almost unlimited power over that kingdom. It is dated July 29, a short time before the Marshal sailed from Rio Janeiro, and was expected to be ex hibited to a submissive Regency and an obedient Army : " I, Don John, by the grace of CON Ste. make known. by these presents, that the great and signalservices which the Mar quis of Campo Maior, Marshal-Gee and Conunander.in- Mier of my Army of Portugal (General Beresford), has done me, having been considered worthy of my royal regard, and seeking to give him a new public testimony of the particular esteem in which I held them, and of the honour and confidence which he merits, I have raised him to the eminent post of Mar shal Geaeral, attached to my person. I determine, in conse quence, toping under his imnsediate authority an the military corps of the three services; and all the objects which belong to the discipline, equipment, and recruiting of the army, the state of the garrisons. and any fouilleations to be made for the defence of tho kingdom of Portugal and the Algarve., the royal arsenals of the army, the foundries, the public military works, the au ' thorities and civil jurisdiction of the army, the military college, and everything that relates to the execution of the regulations, law and commissions, which military law has determined, or may afterwards determine, regarding all or any of the above ob jects, referring immediately to me all his plans or propositions, of what eves nature, that I may sanction them by my royal will through the competent Minister; and when the proposals for promotion are made out of the kingdom, where I have fixed my residence, he will have the power to grant the exercise of their commissions to Ensigns, lieutenants, and-Captains, till I issue my.royal sanction for that purpose. Finally, I ordain that, In wha part otiny united kingdom the said Marshal-General, attached to my royal person, shall be. beyond the district of my immediate jurisdiction, the Governors and Generals must afford whatever he may require fur the knowledge of du state, dis cipline, and economy of the corps, or of the state of the fortifi cations existing, or necessary to be eorrecteo dr increased. And commend all the Authorities, bolls civil and stator', and all my sub- )(cgs ff all classes. as far as it lies its their power, to obey and to assist the aforesaid Marshal-General, attached to my royal per son, in the discharge of the obligations and authorities, which, by these letters patent, I impose upon him, or with which I in. vest him. (Signed and countersigned as usual.) " Given July 29. Rio Janeiso." IMPORTANT FRENCH DECREE. ". Loma, by the Grace of Goo, King of France and Navarre. id To all tb whom these presents may come, greeting " Frenchmen—At the daumenisehen the law which erarantees to your suffrages an entire independence, and which secures to your interests a ;user representation+, is about to be tarried Into effect for the first time, I am desirous that you should hear my voice. The circumstances are serious. " Look at home, look around you, everything speaks to you of your dangers, your wants, and your dudes. " Yon have acquired a firm and legitimate liberty—it Is founded upon laws emanating from my love for my people, and from my experience of the times in which we live. With these laws it depends upon yourselves to ensure the tranquillity, the glory, and the happiness of our common country ; you have the will, know bow to manifest it by your choke. Liberty is only preserved by wisdom and fidelity. Erase from the noble func tions of Depdties the authors of disturbances, the artisans of die cord, the propagators of unjust distrust against my Govern ment, my family, and •myself ; and if they ask you why you repulse them, stew them France, so overwhelmed five years ago, so miraculously restored since, approaching at length the moment of receiving the price of so many sacrifices, of seeing her imposts diminished, and all the public charges alleviated; tell them, that it is not Shen everything flourishes, when every thing prospers, when everything increases ha your country, that you will put to the hazard of their ridiculous reveries, or deliver up to their perfene designs, your arts, your industry, the harvest of your fields, the lives of your children, the peace of your fami. lies, that felicity, in fine, which is envied by all the people of the earth. " From all quarters a crowd of citizens Wet themselves to your suffrages, sincere and zealous friends of the Charter, equally devoted to the Throne and to the Country, equally enemies of despotism and of anarchy. Choose from amongst them your Deputies, to consolidate with me that order withuut which no country can exist, wed I will consolidate with them those liberties which have always bad .for their asylum the Throne of my Ancestors, and which I have twice restored to you. The world expects from you superior lessons, and you owe them to it so much the more, as you have rendered thou neces sary. In offering to nation s the spectacle of that liberty in ' which they take so high an interest, you have given to them the right of demanding from you an account of those snares into which they may be drawn; teach them therefore, to avoid the thorns with which your path has bee n strewed, and show to them that it is not upon weeks and ruins, but upon justice and a respect for rights, that free institution; are founded, and become firm. It is thus, that taking the lead in civilization, France, in the midst of the agitations which surround it, should remain 'aim and confiding. United with its King, its prosperity is placed above every attack. The spirit of faction alone could compromise it; should it dare to display itself it shall be re pressed—within the Chambers, by the patriotism of the Peers and of the Deputies—and out of the Chambers, by the Alliance of the Magistrates, the firmness of all that is armed for the pro tection and the maintenance of the public peace, and, above all, by my unshaken determination. " Frenchmen—You have given me a recent testimony of the nobleness and generosity of your sentiments—you have partici pated in the consolations which Feminine:l has lately granted to me and my family. May this pledge of perpetuity which Maven has given to France, prove the happy pledge of the union of all who are sincerely desirous of the institutions which I have given you, and with them, of the order, the peace, and the happiness of the country. " Given at the Castle of the Theilleries, 25th of October, 1&20. (Signed) ° LOUTS. " By the King. (Signed) '• ItICDIFIIBU, President of the Council of Ministers." FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Doke of Norfolk, at his house in St. James's-square, from his seat. Farnham, Suffolk. The Highs Hon. Thomas Wallace, ALP. it his house In Ss, villa-row, tram *sum • L.dy Fahamils, at her house In St. Janseersquare, film a visit to Lady Srayletaa, at her seat in (mbridgeshire. Bin. Mom and family, at Ilodgaan's Hod, Dover aid, fro* - ,s a taw. James Smart, Esq. and family, at Blake's Hotel, Jermys- Out, tam their sot, lhotaesHld, Berks. .At Mankal Ilmompain's New Hotel, Cavendish-square Captain. WlLespith 'libelee** Greys, from Areuidel; Rev.' Efiwar.4 Asirla,lingl may,. !tet sad J. 01 0 7 ., Praits Esq. THE eIiEEN'S TRLf.r.. NOUSE OF LORDS. insourt ON Tall IROTION FOR PRODUCING OMPTIIDA's itATTRIAS. ' Duke of IlisseEta. Loll Eine. • Leineser, Dawsay, Martinis el Kegyon. Earl of Cunene% Bolingbrok4 - Ramey, - Albemarle, Alrantey, - Thaspe, Thcount Duncan. !Wolk THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1820. . ALL SAINT'/.—lfo!Mit at the Daub THE QUEEN. I • 7.1 e ArTeamm6snaitat; in his reply to the defense of the Questa, spoke of the acquittal of her Masseur, by the Public, from the foul and exagge rated charges which be bad vented against her, as a design of a part of the community to deceive ALL the loyal and well-affected portion of the people. Aye—let him libel John Bull--honest John Bull—as much as he will, and that too before the highest tribu nal of the country, John's broad shoulders care not for the weight of any loaf whit's this man can put on them ; but, with John, •, fi r play is a jewel," and therefore he cannot with indifference see asingk woman abused. One of the most abominable features of the whole proceeding has been these weak and bated ar, tifices to vilify the generous indignation with which THE PROPLII have interposed their shield against the attempts to destroy the gozettl—a forlorn woman, abandoned by her lawful and natural guardians— nay, even some of these very guardians sitting as Judges at her trial, and greedily seizing at every darkening of calumny that seemed for a moment to orershadow her purity, as if it had been substantial truth. It would appear that the advocates of oppres sion have either themselves no memory, or believe that the Public have none. Do they thick it has been forgotten with what grief the friends of the Monarchy heard of the DOUGLAS plots against the life and honour of the Quzati, when Princess of Wniss ? Do they think it is not known that our late venerable Sovereign, whose virtues, Eke " the Egyptian gum that kept the dead in everlasting beauty," men after the death of his reason, still extended their preserving influence to his ill-fated niece and daughtsubin-law, was obliged to treat the in-door malice of his own house with contempt, and to be reviled, it is said, by some of his own kindred for that kindness ? Do they think it is not remembered with what loyal zeal the most degrading reports- were circulated against a poor, helpless, persecuted old woman, drives) from her home, and wild, and wandering, with an aching heart, over the earth, and seeking relief from her mental pangs in bodily fatigue almost incredible for her years ? Do they think that we have for gotten that the moment the breath had departed from her only Protector, that she was punished by the base hirelings of the Church and State, as if she had been a guilty convict ? Do they delude themselves with the fancy that it is not known that every expedient that threats or insults could de vise were employed to keep her in banishment? Can they fora moment imagine, that, as far as the State was concerned, it is forgotten in what a rejected and humble manner she was compelled to return to the. Metropolis inf that umpire over which, by mattiatk she had a right to share the throne, and by birth may, in the dispensations of PROVIDIENCR, be called upon to reign? Do they forget, or think that others forget, that her Maizarv, by right of blood, is many degrees nearer the Throne than the Princess SOPHIA was, from whom the KING has inherited the Crown 2.--Do they flatter themselves, that the P eople who saw her forced to throw herself on their generosity, homeless, homeless, and destitute, forget that they have obtained for her the wonted military honours due to her rank ; that they have procured for her a palace, itad the Civilities due to her station ! Are they so ignorant of human nature as not to know that it is one of the characteristics of man to love those to whim be has been kind—the People love the Quscs because they know that they have served her in her utimast need! But why should we refresh the memory of the base, the dotard, the fraudulent, and the corrupted, who have such an appetite for guilt that nothing tresses them so mach as that the Quota cannot be proved as improbably wicked as the Arrasx zx 'At and his equally worthy coadjuter, would have had us to believe ? We do not hold the integrity of the Bar very high, but we do think that there are few mem bers of the profession that would have long allowed their hands to be dirtied with such briefs as Sir Ro amer GIFFORD and Sir Joint CON.= have held so long, to the great degradation of the Royal Family, and corruption of the moral purity of every family in the kingdom—not only in the kingdcm, but in Christendom. ''i The traducing Journals are sadly bothered with the letters.of Baror OMpteda, faithful Minister from the Kix° of Hexovsa•tb the POP', one who, according to Cardinal CONSALVI, had so peach the interest of hit Master at head. is What do they prove," says one of these calumniators, if but that a letter from Made moiselle De Mont to her sister was wished to be se curely conveyed to her handar—Amasing sonde ; scension on the part of this eselted..Minister 1r the }