Star. — London, England, 1820-06-26 00:00:00

I , • . • -"... • ;4'4 ~:~~ ~_ • 11. r4MINTARY PROCEEDING&. - 'I • ". . nom OF COMMONS, JUNE 24. The !false met at the usual hour. Curiosity to hear her MAJESTY'S answer to the application of the Hmise of Commons attracted a greater assemblage 'of Members than was ever before witnessed on a Sa turday, or at so early an hour. There could not be fewer than 250 or SOO Members present. As many of them came on horseback, expecting to stay only , for a short time, the House of Parliament was sur rounded-with their servants and horses, waiting for ?them. The SPEAKER took . the chair a quarter before four. After some private business, and passing several Bills in their respective stages, there was a short pause, and - Mr. WILBERFORCE, who was at the head of the Deputation to the QUEEN, was called for, but .had not arrived at a quafter past four. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. LAMBTON rose, and begged the indulgence of the House for a few minutes. A motion of his, which he was pledged to his Constituents to bring forward, and.than which none of greater importance could occupy the attention of Parliament, stood for Tuesdarnext. He felt, however, from the circum stances which bad recently occurred, that it was im possible either for the Honourable Membeis of that House, or the country at large, to enter so fully as he could wish on the consideration of the subject in question (Parliamentary Reform), while engaged as they would be for some time to come. On these grounds he begged to withdraw his notice of motion tor the present, and defer it until next Session. EDUCATION OF THE POOR. Mr. BROUGHAM said, he stood in the same situation as the Honourable Member who had just sat down. His motion respecting the Education of the Poor stood also for Tuesday next. He could not, however, when he considered the great importance of the subject, and that, it' the business of the country was allowed to yield to circumstances which might ise like those his Honourable Friend had alluded tc, the Public must eventually be sufferers to a de plorable extent, bring himself to postpone his motion beyond the appointed day. He had always foreseen that the momentous proceedings which were about to take place would be attended with consequences such as the Honourable Member for Durham and himself referred to. He saw no alternative, however, but that cf persisting in the course he now stated, and suggesting to the House the propriety, during the progress of the interesting eiscussions in which it was about to be engaged, of setting apart particular days for the regular business of the country. EXCIIEQUEk COURT OF SCOTLAND. Lord AIts:HIBALD HAMILTON begged to state, that one of the Barons of the Scotch Exchequer (called the English Baron) had lately died. It was, therefore, his intention to move, .on an early day, that the place just vacated should not be filled up; but that, agreeably to die recommendation of the Committee on that subject, the Barons of the Scotch Exchequer should remain permanently at their pre-• sent nuln'aer. • Lord C ASTLEREAGH informed the Noble Lord, that his Majesty ' s Government did not intend to make any appointment in the place of the late Scotch Ba ron to whom he alluded—(Neer, hear). DEPUTATION TO TIIE QUEEN. Mr. WILBERFORCE, accompanied by Mr. STUART WORTLEY, now entered the House. The former was loudly called for; but Mr. S. WORTLEY took his place at the Bar, attended by Mr. BANKES and Sir T. ACLAND (the Deputation appointed), and an nounced that the Deputation nominated to wait upon her MAJESTY had that day delivered to the QUEEN the Resolutions of that House, as authorised by their vote, to which her MAJLSTY was pleased to give the • following Answer : " I am bound to receive with gratitude every attempt on the part of the House of Commons, 'to " interpose its high mediation, for the purpose of healing those unhappy .di:re:ei:crs in the ltoy al Farrily, wh:ch no person has so nr:ch reason to deplore as myself. And with perfect I can declare, that an entire reconcilement of- those dif teiences, effected by the autho:ity cf Parliament, on principles co..sisteet with the honour aed dignity of all tEe parties, is still the object dearest to my heart. " I cannot refrain from expressing my deep sense of the affectionate language of the,eßesolutions. It shears the House of Commons to be the faithful Re presentative of that generous people, to whom 1 owe a debt of gratitude that can never t e repaid. lam sensible, too, that I expose myself to the risk of dis pleasing those who may soon be the Judges of my conduct. But I trust to their candour and their sense of honour, confident that they will enter into the feel trigs which alone influence my determination. " It would ill become me to question the power of Parliament, or the mode in which it may at any time be exercised. But, however strongly I may feel the necessity of submitting to its authority, the question, whether I will make myself a party to any measure proposed, must be decided by my own feelings and conscience, and by them alone. As a subject of the State, I stall bow with deference, and,. if possible, without murmur, to every act of the Sovereign Authority. But, as an accuses and injured Climax, I owe it to the KING, to myself, and to all my fellow-subjects, not to con sent to the sacrifice of any essential privilege, or withdraw my appeal to those principles of Public Justice, which are alike the safeguard of the highest aati the humblest individual." stma N COMMISSION. General FERGUBSON —As we are now about to toter upon this unhappy investigation, which, , ac cording to Ministers, so seriously affects the dignity of the Crown and the interests of the People at large, vie have a right, I think, before we proceed farther, to receive some information concerning transactions which have reference to the occurrence of this pain ful subject. Before we begin the consideration of the inquiry, I be g to ask a question respecting the Milan Mission. Was it a public or private Commis sion ? Was it sanctioned by. the legitimate advisers of the Crown ? Was there a Report from it? and, if so, to whom was it made I I should also like 'to know by whom that COMMISAiOII was appointed ? hope this question will receive an answer from the Noble Lord--(Hear, hew). Lard CASTLEREAGH..--I hope the Hon. and falba& General will excuse use on the present occa &ant reminding him, thatoshos we agreed to meet today, it was specifically understood by my Hon. Friend opposite (Mr. Wilberforce), and I be lieve b y ot h ers , t h a t we were not to meet for discus sion, but merely to receive the Queen's answer. As we are to enter upon this subject on Monaay, and as it r ag p er haps be necessary that the Public should see e whole extent of this painful subject, Ido hope that it *ill not be expected of me to say one word more that can - lead to premature discussion.— I must, therefore, decline answering the Honotreable and gallant General's question at the present mo ment—(Near, her). Mr. rIf:A. " TAYLOR protested against the doc trine laid doSvn by the Noble Lord, that his agree ment with any Hon. Member was to be admitted as a bar to any inquiry which others might think pro ' per to make. The question ppt by his Hon. Friend was a very proper one, and one to which the House 'had a right to expect an answer, although the Noble Lord need not answer it certainly, unless he chose— (A the sooner it was answered, the sooner the country knew the extent of the mischief, and could be prepared to guard against it—the bet ter. The Milan Commission must either have been the act of Government, or have arisen out of under handed advice, to which the Noble Lord and his colleagues had fougd themselves obliged to truckle (Hear, hear).--if tto Noble Lord and his colleagues thought these, stere acts that ought not to have taken place, they should gravely and respectfully have advisei his Majesty against them ; and, if their advice had been rejected, they ought immediately to have resigned their places—(A laugh froni the Ministerial benches).—He did assure the Gentlemen who had just indicated their feelings, that he spoke , purely disinterestedly ; for, so far from having a wish that his' friends, or the Gentlemen who sur rounded him, should get into place, he thought it impossible that a greater curse. could befall them, or a greater calamity visit them, than to succeed to the 'laces of the present Ministers in the state of misery to which those Ministers had, by their counsels, re duced the country. For their august Royal master, - from whom he had now been separated for years— (Laughter from the Ministerial benches),—he enter tained the highest friendship, if'he dare speak in such terms of his Sovereign, to whom he yielded in respectful duty to no man. If the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) could resume his gravity, he would tell_lihn that he (Mr. Taylor) spoke feelingly from his sense of the state of the ccuntry, and not from any spleen that could be supposed to arise from his having been separated, as it were, from that Sove reign, perhaps by the councils of that Noble Lord— (Repeated laughter from the Ministerial benches)., He spoke out honestly, and under an imperious sense of his (linty as a Member of Parliament—(Hear, hear, from the Opposition :benches).—lf in what he had uttered there were any expressions disrespectful to the 'louse, Le was ready to beg pardon, but r.ct I I of the Noble Lord.- He could assure the Noble Lord that he was grossly n:istaken if he thought he could embarrass him (Mr. Taylor) by anything which he could do. By no ridicule or satire was he to be moved. He repeated it, that he lamented to see that Illustrious Individual in the hands of the Noble Lord and his colleagues—(The Noble Lord smiled again). —Had the Noble Lord preserved his grave looks, he (Mr. Taylor) would have sat down long ago. He insisted on it, that din question of his Hon. Friend was perfectly proper ; and if no answer should be given to it, it would carry a conviction to his breast that there was something in the Milan Commission so odious and objectionable, that the Noble Lord would not dare to own it. He strongly objected to any compromise on the part of his Hon. Friends.— He thought it highly improper for the Howe to be ruled in its conduct, in an affair of such importance, by the decision of two or three individuals. _ Sir R. WILSON did not wish to provoke discus sion, but he felt it necessary to ask the Noble Lord, if the adjourned de)ate on the King's Message would be restin.e.i on Monday,'or if it was intended by Ministers to insist on the appointment of a Secret committee? He a;ked for the purpose of obtaining inforrnatkn for his constituents, who were anxious to seize tke opportunity, if any should offer, to ex press their objecions to that (node of proceeding, by way of Pctiti-..i to the House. Lord CASTLEREAGH d4;clined giving answers to any farther questions. Mr. R. MARTIN. said, it was highly indecorous to be putting questions to the Noble Lord, especially when it was known to be the feeling of the House that there ought to be no discussion. The question of Adjournment was then put, and the Ayes being rather more powerful than the Noes, the House adjourned. Sir ALEXANDER RAMSAY's name was, by mistake, inserted in tl e minority on Mr. Winsaaroaces Mo tion, on This.3day night: that Gentleman voted for the Motion. Mr. CoussmAlcza's name wag, by mistake, omitted in the list of those who voted in the minority against Mr. WILBERFORCE'S Motion, on Thursday last. Mr. Damn. voted in the majority on Thursday night. " THE CONSTITUTION, THE WHOLE CONSTITUTION, AND NOTHING BUT THE COM' TUTION."—This is the motto of the forthcoming New Daily Evening Paper, to be entitled THE Tana Eamon', the first Number of which will be • published next Saturday, at the Office, No. 89, Strand, London. EARL GRosvzwon.—The New Monthly Magazine to be published the Ist July, will be embellished with a line Portrait (accompanied.by a Memoir) of this distinguished Patron of the Arts, and will contain, among other articles-1. The Art and Pleasure of Angling ; by an Amateur of thirty years experience.-2. A Pedestrian Tour to the Highlands of Scotland.—s. Modern Tragedy.-4. On the Origin and Pro. grds of Fictitious Writings, Muzio, Miss Owenson.-5. a Tale, by Count Loelsen.--i. British N3velists No , V.; God win.-7. The Hermit's Sketches .- 11. Modern dreeks.-9. Bile Fitmrthur, a Metrical Tale.-10. The Book of four cam's.- 11. The Coronation.-12. Remarks on Haydon's Grand Pic- Iture.-13. Commerce of England and France, Lim fr.c. Ike. Tan Pnaa.--The tine of carriakes extended yes terday as far as the eye could reach , north and west— Kensangton Gardens were again in request; and at five o'clock, the grand promenade was down the Long Walk. In the costume, white And pink were the favourite colours. Long scarfs of lace, and white b onnets o f fi gure d silk, trimmed with flowers. Great inconvenience arose from the difficulty of approach to the gate ; the Ladies having to cross, from the malts vast expanse of dust and gravel. 'j,.• MkRME THE E VINING STAR . ' .1 LONDON. MONDAY; JUNE 26, 1820. THE FUNDS. MCI ON - STOCKS THIS DAY AT QN& O'CLOCK: 8 per Cent. Reduced 68% 1 h % si per Cent. 765-4 per Cent. 86 86 1 /.. . 5 per Cept. Scrip. 1 1 1 4 pre. Long Annuities 17 13-16 5 India Bonds 15s. 16s. pre. Exchequer Bills, 2s. Is. dis. Do. Small, par—Commercial, 3s. 4s. pre. Omnium par—Consols for opg. 695 70. The greater part of our Readers would see in the STAR of Saturday the Answer of the QUEEN to the Address of the House of Commons ; our arrange- inents having been such, that but a small part of our impression was worked off before we were enabled tb insert this important Document, which will be found in its place in our Report of the proceedings in the House of Commons. So late as three o'clock on Saturday, Ministers themselves knew not the contents of the Answer.— We may, howevef, . assert, thrit. but few persons ex pected any other kind of answer than that which has been given, though certainly few expected it would be so well written. It is the most masterly compo sition, professing to come from Royalty, that has appeared for many years. We pretend not to divine what will follow this Answer, but if we may judge from the language employed by some of the Morning Papers, on the declaration of the QUEEN'S determination not to make herself a party to any measure requiring her consent to sacrifice any essential privilege or with draw her appeal to the principles of public justice— if, we say, we may judge from the manner in which they presume to express themselves on this occasion, any one may infer what construction these Journals would have put on her MAJESTY'S acquiescence. We know not how to express our feelings on reading such language as the following ; Her MAJESTY has resolved to bring her condi tion to a crisis; and rather than live shunned and despised, to make a last effort for fame, with the alternative before her, of having that made certain which was surmise, and that proven which was sus pected. After all, this is s not so desperate a plunge as has been contended ; nor isr it a proof of innocence. The Quits's' state was so deplorably ignominious, that reality could little aggravate its nature. She was received nowhere, visited by no person of respectabi lity, a wanderer without honoured reception, and the centre of degraded association. How much worse could she be 4 even were the worst established against her ?" &c. &c. Will Ministers open the bag, after the passing of the Resolutions, supported by 391 Members, and in which they themselves concurred? We rather think they will not. On Saturday night, at half-past nine o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at Liverpool House, Whitehall, which sat till half-past eleven. Yesterday another Cabinet Council was held at .the same place, at twelve o'clock, which sat till half-past two. Afterwards, most of the Cabinet Ministers as sembled at Mr. Aastrrtmor's house, where they re mained neatly two hours. What may flow from their deliberations, a short time will unfold. Rumour says, that the matter is now to be prose cuted in the House of Lords by Bill. Is it meant that a Bill is to be introduced withoutopening the bag? If so, it cannot be a Bill of Pains and Penal ties, for that must be supported by evidence—but it mu be a Bill for a Divorce upon State expediency, and without grounding it on any allegation of mis conduct, but merely on the pretext of the Illustrious Personages having been so long separated by mutnal consent—Whether this rumour be well founded we take not upon us to ; but this we venture to state, that Ministers feel less boldness, and will now act' with much more caution, than might have been in ferred from their first proceedings in this business.' In the eye of the Country they are now upon their own trial—and their responsibility is tremendous. Various reports have been circulated this morning' upon 'Qhange, in consequence of the spirited Answer returned by her M A JUTY, on Saturday, to the Address- It is said a difference of opinion prevails in the Cabi net upon the subject, and that arguments have risen' so high, that the resignation of some of the parties will inevitably take place, if the present measures arq persisted in. We received yesterday the Paris Papers of Thurs day last. On Wednesday the Minister for Foreign Affairs presented to the Chamber of Deputies a Projet, authorising the Finance Department to pay 7,000,000 francs to the Government of Algiers, in pursuance of a Treaty of the 28th of October, 1819, for the discharge of arrears under a Treaty between France and that Government, of the 17th Decem ber, 1801, which wasueferred to the Bureaux. The Kum transacts business regularly with his Ministers, but it does not appear that his MUMMY ever leaves his Palace, or even quits his apartments, though the journals do not announce him to be indisposed. The Duke DILCAUS acrived at Paris on Wednes day amok* On Friday, it 4 *W. tI p Kern ~3 _~',~ __ s would deliver to him his credentials, and on Satur day the Duke was to set out for Loadon. The Nantes Journal, as quoted in the Journal de Paris of Wednesday, states, that a tumultuous as semblage f‘ agairelook place in that city on the even ing of the 15th instant. It consisted principally of workmen and inliabitants of the Faubottrr, who ara represented to have shewn a more-mischievous dr, position on this occasion than on the preceding days, and the number was considerably increased. Th e Civil Authorities in vain exhorted them to di:pere ; towards ten at night, they paraded the ex claiming, " The Chatter for ever r and seditiou-. c; ies were distinctly heard. The regular troops and na tional guard were called out, who cleared the streets with great promptitude. No serious occurrense to. ,L place; but this was owing to the-great forbearrirce displayed by the military, who never drew their swords, nor retaliated by any sever ity, notwithstand ing they were brutally assailed with missiles, and re ceived blows from heavily loaded bludgeons, v. id) which many of the miscreants had armed them:Ave ;. Fifteen of the most active of the rioters were taktli into custody. The students of the city of Toulon e alf.o wished to ' answer the call of their brethren at Pat is. They have 'held meetings, deliberated, and raked seditiotis cries; ' but these proceedings could not - produce met mit chief in so faithful a city as Toulouse. Measures have been taken to put a stop tosuch ccandalous con duct by the Rector of the Academy, who is a Knight of St. Louis, and a devoted Royalist. A letter from Rheims states, that a great fernier.- tation prevailed for some days in that town. Ce rtain speeches issuing from the left side contributed to inflame the people, seditious cries were raised among the assembled crowds, and some agitators even talked of proceeding to the capital. But in conse quence of the measures taken by the authorities, and particularly the news from Paris, tranquillity was again restored. A letter from Issoire, dated the 18th June, says— " Groupes have assembled here as well as at Paric. Some disturbers of the public peace raised a slight sedition, which lasted some time. Cries 'of " Long lire the Charter! Let uszo to Clermont !" were heard, and numbers of persons set out a journey, uttering these cries, and declaring that they would burn the house's of the two Deputies -of the Puy-de-Dome (Messrs. Fayet and Favard de Longlacie); but worthy travellers did not go beyond the wall: our town." New York Papers arrived this morning to the of June. The British packet Swifts:ire, fi orn mouth, via Halifax, had arrived at New York the April Mail, and a Message from Spain to General Vivxs, the Minister at Washington. , We have also to-day received a series of Boston Papers to the 2d of June. The following are extract . NON-INTERCOURSE ACT. The following is an abstract of an Act, supplemen tary to one entitled, an Act concerning Navigation " Be it enacte4, &c. that from and after the 30th of September next, the Ports of the United States shall and remain closed against every vessel, owned wholly part by a subject or subjects of his Britannic Majesty, coming or arriving by sea from any port or place in the Province of Lower Canada, or coming or arriving from any port 'place in the Province of New Brunswick, the Province Nova Scotia, the Island of Newfoundland, St. John's, or ' Breton, or the dependencies of any of thern, the Island of muds, the Bahama Islands, the Island called Caicos, or the pendmstles of any of them, or from any other port or place any island, colony, territory, or possession under the dominion of Great Britain, In the West Indies, or on the Continent America, south of tile aouthern boundary of the United States,, and not included within the Act, to which this Act is supple. nsentary ; and every such vessel so excluded from the ports the United States, that shall enter, or attempt to enter, the in violation of this Act, shall, with her tackle, apparel, arid nature, together with the cargo on board such vessel, be forfeited to the United States." BOSTON, JUNE 1. The brig Henrietta, arrived here, informs, that new Buenos Ayres Government was fully organised under the supreme direction of Carrera, and General Artigas had established peace on the eastern side of the river. CURACOA, APRIL 11e. The French schooner Trenken, ten days from Martha, put into this port yesterday, and bkings counts that St. Marsha still remained in pcasession of the Royalists, and that they have made great - paratiOns to -defend the place, should the Patriots make an attack. A letter from St. Augustine, dated the 6th instant, says—" We have an arrival here from the Haven:lab bringing a reinforcement for ibis garrison of thousand men, Catalonians." The report is revived of his MAJafTlei intentio: to visit Hanover. Tin Dueness ow You.—Are are extremely cerned to say, that Sir HENRY MILFORD, who been attending the Duchess of You for some ti occasionally, in consequence of her Royal High:. being indisposed, deemed it necessary on Saturd evening to issue the following Bulletin : Oatlands, June 24, Nine o'Cleeki P. " The Duchess of Yoav has been much in4lslissed with faculty of breathing and fever. Her Royal Highness is what better since she has been bled. " H. BA WOE% The Duke of You went. to Oatlands yesterday attend the Duchess. His Royal Highrteis returned to town in the evening, with the pleasing ianelligenct of the Duchess being a little better. 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