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EAST-INDIA HOUSE, Mardi 12, 1821. 'HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPAA Y q MERCHANTS of EA GLAND, &algid% to ►ke EAST-INDIES, da kerdig gilt' Notice, _ _ That the following Proprietors, qualified agreeably to have, in conformity to the Sixth Section of the Seventh Chapter of the By-laws of the said Company, signified in writing to the Secretary, their desire of becoming Candidates for the Direction at the ensuing Election of Six Directors, on WEDNESDAY, the 11th April next. JOHN BAILLIL, Esq. JOIIN Itiotts, Esq. Joint Bess, Esq. JoVN Lout, FAq. WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq. enmities Mitts, jun. FAq. JAMES DANIELL, Esq. JAMIE PATTISON, Esq. 11011. WM. FELLAILTON ABRAHAM WELLANII, Esq. El. PH 11fSTONE. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. CORNWALL COUNTY MEETING. In consequence of a Requisition signed by ten Ma gistrates, a Meeting of the Freeholders, Copyholders, Householders, and Inhabitants of this county took place atliodmin on. Tuesday last. Though the day was very s unfavourable, and two fairs were held within a few miles, the assemblage of the yeomanry was must numerous and respectable. The greater part of the Nkgiarates and Gentlemen who signed the Requisition to the High Sheriff were present. Tl , e Sleeting was held in the Hall generally used on these occasions. About one o'clock, E. W. W. PEN- D.% is, Esq. was called to the Chair, and opened the business of the Meeting. He said, that he felt highly sensible of the honour then conferred on him by calling him to preside on the present occasion— an honour he the more readily accepted from having experienced in former instances the indulgence of the county in his endeavours to discharge the duties of the situation. It was matter of extreme regret that the Sheriff had declined complying with the Requisi tion for a County Meeting which had been presented to him ; but, under such circumstances, it was quite impossible that, with the feelings which they had so often expressed, the Magistrates by whom the pre sent Meeting was convened should hesitate to sanc tion by their names the assembling of the county. It was but just to say, that the Sheriff had couched his refusal to comply with the Requisition in courteous terms ; but as, under similar circumstances, the free holders and inhabitants of the county had frequently assembled, they were now met to discuss the import ant subjects embraced by the Requisition. Since he had last the honour of meeting them in that place, in consequence of the melancholy business they then had to deplore, an Act had been passed by the Le gislature to regulate Public Meetings (60 Geo. 111. cap. 6). This Act restricts the right of calling a County Meeting to the Lord Lieutenant, the Sheriff, or not less than five Magistrates, while, at the same time, it recognizes the legality of that for.which the county of Cornwall had so long contended—the right of householders and inhabitants to attend such Meetings. F. J. GLYNN, Esq. after an eloquent exposure of the conduct of Ministers with respect to their foreign and domestic policy, proceeded as follows Had not the proceedings against her Majesty provoked an agitation as universal as they were unparalleled in history ? Was there a hamlet so retired, a nook in our coast so remote, as not to have heard the vary ing expressions of pity, hope, disgust, resentment, and joy, as these passions were varied during the pro gress of these proceedings to their conclusion?—(Ap plause.) Had not the nation seen its Queen—the il lustrious descendant of so many Sovereigns—the daughter and sister of the two most distinguished martyrs, who fell in the cause of social order—the parent of the nation's fondest, but untimely blasted hopes, landing friendless and unattended on our shores, a fugitive from the persecutions of slander and insult ?—(Applause.) Had it not witnessed her triumph over the most malicious and odious allega tions, supported only by evidence whose infamy con ' founded even her persecutors, and compelled them, however reluctantly, finally to close and abandon in quiries so offensive and unadvised ; which, to the latest period of time, must reflect such indelible dis grace on their policy, probity, and humanity, and which have, indeed, been censured by one-branch of the Legislature as derogatory from the dignity of the Crown, and injurious to the best interests of the Nation ?'"—(faned cheers.) Mr. Glynn concluded by moving the first seven Resolutions. JOHN COLMAN 'Wittman, Esq. seconded them. He could not but call to mind that the present Minis ters were the avowed champions of legitimacy, who had plunged this country into a long and expensive war, to put down the principle that nations have not a right to cashier their governors for misconduct and oppression; and who had boasted that they had es tablished the " monarchical principle" in Europe.— When he considered these things, he did not suppose Ministers would have acted against their own prin ciples, by degrading and dethroning their Queen— ( Applause ).—These were the reasons that induced him to think that it was not expedient to call toge ther the county previously to her Majesty's trial.— Subsequently, when the proceedings had been aban doned by Ministers, be confessed he had suspected that the greater part of the Public Meetings which were held were not so much intended to vindicate the Queen as to effect a change of Ministers. Now, this he had thought unwise t as it would tend to bring in the Whigs without a pledge on their part to use their influence, as Ministers, to effect a Constitutional Reform in the House of Commons, which, as c.ni centrating in itself, in a great degree, the force of government, must by its feelings decidedly influence the fate of the country. This objection, though not entirely removed, had latterly been greatly lessened. ._Many of the most respectable of the Whig party, whom he knew had not long since entertained dif ferent sentiments, had become the avowed advocates of a Constitutional lteform in the Representation, as absolutely essential to the salvation of the country. In this he most heartily rejoiced, because he, for one, was of opinion that, unless the natural Aristocracy of the country were placed at their head, the People can do no good ; and that, without the assistance and cordial confidence of the People, the Whigs cannot hope to come into power ; or, it they did, they could not long retain it—(Applause).—Mr. Rashleigh then discussed the late proceedings against her Majesty. in order to understand this important question, it was necessary to take a brief survey of hei Majesty's 'case, from her first introduction t ) this country. In I 1795 her Majesty was espoused by the Prince of 'Wales. From causes unknown, this union had con tinued for only about one year. With this the Public, in an ordinary case, could have nothing to do; but, when we were called upon to sanction her degrada tion, it became necessary to inquire why she had been separated from her husband? Fortunately for her Majesty, a letter which had been written to her on that occasion by the King, then Prince of Wales, was on record. The Queen thought proper to demand an explanation of some parts (4 her hus band's conduct; his Majesty wrote the letter in ques tion.to afford that explanation. [Mr. Rashleigh here read the well-known letter from the Prince to the Princess of %Vales.] This had properly been called a letter of license; it stated that, as their inclinations were not in their own power, and that as they were not suited to each other, they were not to be held ac countable to each other. He put it to the Meeting whether, if such a letter had been written by a hus band to a wife, in private life, he would afterwards have a right to complain, or visit her conduct with rigid severity?—(Applause).—For ten years the Queen . was suffered to remain in this friendless, husbandless state, in a foreign land, exposed to every temptation which wounded pride and the passions incident to her time of life, could suggest. lf, under such cir cumstances, she had erred, she would have been an object of compassion rather than that of vindictive punishment—(Applause).—ln such a case it might be regretted that she could not be severely judged, if she had fallen into any of the snares that had been laid for her feet —(Applause).—Mr. ltashleigh pro deeded to animadvert on the well-known cii cuni stances of her Majesty's return to this country ; the omission of her Majesty's name in the Liturgy ; the offer of £50,000 a-year made to her, on condition of her renouncing her rights and remaining abrca,l ; her rejection of that offer, and demand of an open and legal trial ; the commencement of the proceed. ings against her, by the bringing down the far-famed green bags to both Houses; the declaration of the House of Commons against the investigation ; the mode of proceeding by a Bill of Pains and Penalties ; the trial, its memorable result, &c. Mr.Tn EVA SION objected to the Resolution praying for her Majesty's name being restored to the Liturgy —though he condemned the manner in which the prosecution against her had been conducted. One beneficial consequence, it must be admitted, bad arisen from this investigation; it had tended to open the eyes of many, heretofore the most hostile to a Reform in Parliament—to the necessity of that mea sure ; and her Majesty the Queen and the Ministers of the King had done more for the cause of Reform in a few short months, than had been effected by its most strenuous advocates in ten times as many years. Mr. GLYNN shortly replied to the arguments of Mr. Trevanion respecting the Liturgy, after which the Chairman proceeded to put the Resolutions sepa rately. Four hands were held up against the first and second Resolutions; the third was carried unani mously, as were the fourth and fifth ; one hand was held up against the sixth and seventh—the others were carried unanimously. A Petition to the House of Commons, founded on the Resolutions, was pro- posed and adopted, with the dissent of Ilose who had opposed the Resolutions before-mentioned. The thanks of the Meeting were then voted to their Chair man, v. ho, in his acknowledgment, said that he hoped Cornwall would never want a sufficient number of independent and patriotic Magistrates to convene the County on all proper occasions. _ THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1321. THE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY A r ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Cons. 72 1 4 s/ 8 1 / 2 5 per Cent. Navy 1067 8 107 106% India Bonds 465. prem. Exchequer Bills 3s. 4s. 2s. 3s. pre. Consols for Acct. 73 1 / 4 73. We have received since our last a great mass of intelligence from the theatre of the approaching war in Italy, partly through the medium of the Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday, and partly through private letters from Paris, Florence, and Naples, of various dates. If we may rely on the general tone of these ac counts, the Austrians are likely to meet with a san guinary and disheartening resistance. The invaders are said to have already experienced the active hosti lity of the People through whose territories they are passing, and have in consequence been compelled to adopt the precautions usual in an enemy's country for securing their flanks and rear and maintaining the communications between the several divisions of, their army. It is certain that there is a secret oyganization throughout all Italy ; and nothing is more likely than that it should begin to manifest itself in insurrection ary movements against the common fue. It is not with Naples alone that the Austrians have to fight, but with the power of public opinion, from the Alps to the remotest bounds of Farther Calabria, a greater and more powerful antagonist than, in their dreams of triumph, had, perhaps, ever occurred to them. They have to contend, at every step, with the rooted hatred of a people proverbially sensitive, and " quick in quarrel," and whose means of hostile annoyance are, from the nature of their territory, not only ex tremely various, but may become more destructive in their ultimate operation than even a more regular! warfare. With insurrection starting up behind them and about them, what hopes can the Austrians have from advancing on a frontier bristling with bayonets, against a people who are up en masse to oppose them? ' A letter published in a Weekly Paper of yesterday, state, that independent corps of partizans, similar to the Quetillas of Spain, had begun to act against the Austrian army with considerable effect; and the Writer communicates as a rumour entertained at Paris, that a detachment of Austrians, which had beta sent to ocApy Rimini, was permitted to do so without op position in the day-time, but attacked dining the night by the inhabitants of the place, and totally • destroyed. The Diario di Roma speaks in rather ambiguous terms of a Corps of 300 men, which it denombrAtes " disaffected Tuscans," and which had entered the States of the Church from the side of the Neapo- titan frontier, raising the standard of revolt upon the Tronto, but flying before the Papal troops. This his tory seems to us to be a lame one. Disaffected Tuscans coming from Naples, must previously, one would ima gine, have traversed the dominions of his Holiness, in order to get to Naples ; and how this happened we are not told. Perhaps the detachment who are here de scribed as brigands, may be tEe Neapolitan division, which, as we mentioned on Saturday, had entered the March of Ancona. The utmost enthusiasm prevailed at Naples.- 1 In the Sitting of the Neapolitan Parliament of the 16th, it WAS ordered, on the motion of SIMOLA, that all the Bishops should be requested to issue orders for public prayers during three days; and that the Collect used at Mass should be repeated dui ing the war. CoLANERI communicated two letters from Paris, the one from M. BtoNou, the other from M. FRANCIS EL EU, accompanying the homage of two productions upon the deliberations of the Congress of Troppau, with regard to Naples. The PRESIDENT of the Par li.!nreat ordered that the letters and pam phlets shoul dire translated, and that honourable men- tion should he made in the Minutes of their authors. On the motion of l'oEnlo, as Reporter of an Extra ordinary Committee, it seas decreed-Ist, That stran gers shall be permitted to tight under the National Hag ; 2d, That, in the event of the army passing the frontier, all Italians shall be regarded as brothers and friends; 3d, That Provincial Assemblies shall be formed of Landholders, to superintend the providing of the means of subsistence for the troops. At the same Sitting, (16th tilt.) the Minister at War communicated the orders issued by the PRINCE REGENT for the formation of Guerillas in all parts of the kingdom. On the motion of the Deputy, Lice A, it was referred to an Extraordinary Commit tee to provide the necessary funds for enabling the PRINCE REGENT and the Pkince of SALERNO, who had announced their intentions of setting out for the army, to execute their purpose without delay. Among the Decrees adopted at a previous Sitting, was one appointing a Provisional Administrative Committee fur the affairs of Sicily, to consist of seven Members, one from each of the Provinces of Sicily. The Com mittee was instructed to present, within two days, such legislative measures, compatible with the unity of the kingdom, as might contribute to the happiness of the Sicilians. On presenting to the PRINCE Re- GENT, for his approbation, the different Decrees adop ted previous to the 15th, his Royal Ilighness replied As follows to the Speech of the Pit KSIDENT " I approve of the decision of the Parliament, and am highly satisfied with its wisdom. Above all, I thank it for having pe netrated the real sentiments of his Majesty, my august King and Father, as well as my own. I shall take into consideration the Decrees which you have presented to me; I doubt not t!mt they have for their object the defence and glory of the Nation. I duly feel the value which the Parliament attaches to the of fers of the Duke of Ascoli, that old friend of the King, my fa ther; and 1 shall not tail to avail myself of the opportunity of employing him in the service of his King and Country. I again assure you, that 1 am resolved to participate in the fate of the ' Nation, and that never, under any circumstances, shall I be found wanting either to it or any oaths." A Letter from Milan, dated February 26, says— " Dispatches have been received from General Fri mont. The intelligence from Rome, of the 22d, con firms the report of the entrance of the Neapolitans into the States of the Church, and of their arrival at Rieti, a town situated two leagues and a half from the frontier of the Abruzzes. A letter from Rome: dated the same day, states, that two Austrian divi sions were to form a junction on the 23d, at Fo ligno. in order to advance from thence upon Aguila. Intelligence of the first engagement is expected im mediately." Another letter from Florence, dated February 2!, says—" The march of the Austrian troops presented a singular spectacle, every soldier bearing an olive branch in his cap, the emblem, I presume, of General Frimont's "peaceful intentions;" but, by way of in- timating the consequence of rejecting the proffered amity, they also carried fixed bayonets. Locking to future consequences, it was one of the most painful sights I ever witnessed, for there seemed no chance fiir the escape of Naples. Within this day or two, however, the prospect has changed, for information has been received that insurrection is rapidly spreading in the Papal States, which must impede the advance of the Austrians, and may frustrate their final views." A Gentleman arrived in Paris from Naples, which city he left on the 15th tilt. says—" that the whole population are up in arms, and that there cannot be less, he thinks, of regular troops and militia, than 200,000 men. Every n.au vas for war, and all thoughts of personal sacrifices were disregarded." The Moniteur of Friday contains the following ir.- teresting documents : SECOND DISPATCH OF COUNT NESSELRODF TO COUNT STAKELBEno, ItUssIAN AMBASSADOR TO NAPLES. " To the instructions which we ttlatorait to your Excellency by our principal dispatch of this dv, is added the translation of the letter of his Sicilian Majesty to his auguA *on. We add the in the nim e it Ezphnation on the nature of the guarantee to which his Sa m Majesty bas found himself obliged to conannt, because it 144 been required by his AUies for the general interen of the Itay ai Peninsula. This in dispensabk pledge of the trar.qtaility of 1,,, 6 would be the temporary preser.ce of an Arn:y of (j e 7 which would enter ch.., States of his Majesty only the Powers, who are resolved not to suffer a regime any k eit , to subsist at Naples which was imposed by rebellio t , aod ~ h 3B. tile to t h e safety of all the neighbouring States ; the army % te a be under the order. of the King, the occupation *auk y e a temporary measure, and could not in any es te aim - t i l ' e slightest infringement of the political independence td the Kirk dom of the Two Sicilies. " Yon may inform his Royal highness the Duce de C A l e b d4 that you are acquainted with the determination of the AIM Powers in thii respect. If his Royal Highness wishe s To , make it public, you will conform to his intentions, end p „ mai in this case easily announce the march of th e troops, *mita people's minds at Naples, by frankly declari ng d ime , object and nature of the occupation. However, if the D ike d Calabria should think it more prudent not to deeelope rle tune of this guarantee, you will exactly follow his o ld I. ness's example. " It remains only to inform you, that, according to the ap, rangements made bnt•ateein the Allied Powers, no war COM* * tiOil will be imposed in the Kingdom of the Toro f a a spontaneous disapprobation of the event s o f t h e 2d mid&cia July should render it unnecessary fur the Allied Power s 6 , k asti recourse to arms. On the other hand, if war oh o dd kuk oat, it would be impossible to prevyat the Kingdom frank *. hog all the consequences of it. These arrangements of the As, increase the responsibility of the men who would auk e thir country bear the consequences of suck perverse obitimey eenseed). You arc authorised to inform the Duke of cu d , of what has been resolved at Laylaucit relative to the cam e l s of exemption from, or the necessity of a war coctribution. knowledge .'f this fact will doubtless be useful to his Hum ow ness, to appreciate in their full extent the advantages ow l , the Neapolitans, by the proof of confidence which the % ads of them. It will depend on the Prince to give to the rm i on , of the Allied Powers on this subject NH publicity, arb i er them secret, according as his Royal Highness shall jodp and adapted to the interest of the Kit% and of the People. I ns , time, us there is a great difference between giving publi c i ty tol measure and avowing it, if you should happeu to be queniskil by any Neapolitan, either on the question of a temportrys xs , potion, or on the means of sparing the Country.% rn har ton ,. tributlon, it would be unworthy of a frank volley to dismide on either of those points the determinztion of the Ashen, a d your Excellency would not hesitate to declare the truth th e dispatches sent to Baron Raindohr, the Prussian, lad xi e Mentz, the Austrian Envoy, are conformable to durum" EXPOSE OF WHAT PASSED IN AN AUDIENCE GRAMS BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ARREST TO THE MINISTERS OF TIM THREE ALLIED POWs% BY THE COMMANDER, eiGNATELLI, cnAnGED Irma THE PORTFOLIO OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " On the 9th instant, the Envoys of Russia Auntie, Auntie, Prussia, obtained an audience of his Royal Ingham the Paw Regent % in pursuance of their request. By order of tie Pate I remained present. The following is what passed. These fo reign Agents presented the instructions which they had mind from their Courts, containing the Resolutions of the Caren of Laybach, relative to the Kingdom of the Two &ilia They further asserted, that the Austrian Army in Italy had mind orderslo commence its march, and that it would advance east to occupy the kingdom in a friendly way, or to penetrate kat by force. They added, that in tilt event of a war, the Roane, would march after the Austrians, should the later be mid. " The case was proposed, that Parliament might wish to ems suit the wishes of the People, to which it was answered, tin this would not stop the troops, who must march eitherasfrials or enemies. " Finally, they concluded with saying, that the Allied t' would trust to the prudence and talents of his Royal BONI to restore the Nation to the desired order of things." The following was the substance of the 2rawe given by the PRINCE REGENT to the Ministers of ds three Allied Powers:—" He thanked the Allied Powen r for the esteem which they entertained for him, both( could not see with indifference that they had desered him to be the instrument for destroying the Ccosti• tution of Naples—that, firmly attached to his oaths, and resolved not to separate himself from theNatire, he had sincerely communicated everything to the Nation, that it might deliberate upon its ova er• terests—that he could not conceal from himself the serious consequences which might result from tit! actual state of things; but that the Nation melt rather to follow its own destiny, than to in the path in which it had entered, or to its resolutions; that as Son, Father, and Head Nation, he had three duties to fulfil; but deviated from the line of conduct which ht out for himself, he should have lost all title, to the esteem of the Nation, but also to Foreign Powers." The Foreign Ministers that it was very painful that, under such stances, the Executive Power should spew' sive, and that it bad not sufficient power f self to the level of the crisis. His Royal replied, that if he were possessed of all the which they could conceive, he would never against the Nation; but rather employ it in its your, and for its support. He concluded f• irig that he would never act contrary nor alter his intention of frankly . everything to the Nation, that it might self; that he should always consider to it; the more so, as during the seer had elapsed since the change of the it had uniformly conducted itself and respect to ss !rich the loreigners do justice. ANSWER TO THE TWO NOTE* PRESI CONMANDER ploNATsw, PRGYIs TER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, RELA . FRENCH AND ENGLISH SQUADRON OF NAPLES ; DOTI/ Or THE enwvstres DX IFONTE‘AY, Of HIS ?LOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY. 44 The undersigned, &c. has received the not him by his Excellency the Commander the order of his ltoyal Highness the Prince r m‘ntis an explatv.tion of the union of French' forces in the Bay of Naples. " The difE t - -lt circumstances in which this jonke placed, have rendered the jesty's vessels necessary on these Coasts to of commerce, and watch over the safety of 4g their properties. " The undersigned does nut hesitate further Excellency, that the Duke de Gallo has received that the French squadron will continue to r duties press:Ai:3i to it for the interest Of han to tenogfsdt 1, or to vaollateig r, and Head piths it ; but that, if 13 which he had ,t all title, Dote also to that of Ministers rider such ' aid shew itseif it power to m ist Ls Royal Hight. 1 of all the poU ould never turf' roploy it in • ocmi; Crary i l g u ch de otr at oi d : : geh y i I d st 1:y 17 . ider himself ei; seven months he political with 3 •' , rs themaelf" ' ,RESESTErt 111 10 • wylSioNar WO RELATIV' T. To acne Ili ili s S MINI la O h. 11A.IESIT. 00 1 1 I rite note 2 Vido.ltg°' isi4. k . Prince ,each and PO 1 1 this kiflldOPP W the presence d l l • to retie tilt of Frock "Pr fordo* t° ht . rece ived 30 e to perfol . ._,." 6 ` ; of ihy 03°17" a d thel you and lam Sib you you Abe Aea, as tor .tr.; •p .co siv te;