Star. — London, England, 1823-05-29 00:00:00

•,, . t!Tre was any anomaly in allowing a Catholic to vote. for th itection of a Protestant Representative, it ought not to-ise altowed oesislkin Ireland; and they would be obliged tgileturn to all the rigours oribe penal laws. But a wealthy Catholic could„ . if he pleased, purchase Old Sarum, or any other Dorovifi. , and so allow him to return two Members by his own nomination, while they denied to the Catholic the right of giving his own individuaMie—(Hear).-- The lace. Lord Beauchamp, when in the House of Carnmons, and Mr. Lyttleton, were nominated or seconded for Worcestershire by two Rom.an.Catholic Gentlemen of great respectability, and yet Lord 'Beauchamp always voted against the Roman Catholic claims. The other Member certainly did, by his vote on those occasions, rnake a better return for Catholic nomination. Ile wished to confine his Bill to offices, to which they were admissible in Ireland ; and there fore his list of offices would be an exact transcript of the Irish Bill in 1793. How far they would still be ly:hind the Protestant Dissenter, in point of privileges, it was needless for him to mention. This was a Bill tor uniting Protestants and Catholics in the execution of certain duties, and the exercise of certain privileges, in order to remove, if possible, the supposed stigma un a man, when it was supposed that he did not en joy the same tights as the rest of his fellow-subjects. To such an extent had that principle been carried, that a former Lord Chancellor of Ireland (Bowes), and the Lord Chief-Justice Robinson, agreed with him that there was no such thing contemplated by the law as an Irish Roman Cathrilic, This Bill would only allow the Roman Catholic to do that hi privi lege which he could now do by sufferance. lie then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to admit Roman Catholics•in England to certain offices. Mr. S. WORTLEY seconded the motion. When they considered that some of the noblest families in England were concerned in this measure, a strong case should be made out before the House would re ject the measure. Mr. WETHERELL considered the Bill as de manding the scrupulous investigation of every Mem ber of the House, on account of the important changes it was calculated to introduce. Mr. W. BANKES had no objection to that part of the measure which gave to Roman Catholics in Eng- Lind eligibility to the Magistracy ; but,.under all the circumstances, he did not think that the elective fran chise ought to be conceded. Mr. PEEL, in conformity with the declarations he had made on former occasions, was willing now to take into consideration the disabilities of the English Roman C.uholics. At-least leave ought to be given to bring in the Bill, for it was but reasonable that its various provisions should be fairly examined and dis cussed. The Noble Lord had adverted to three points of disqualification ; Ist. From the elective franchise; 21 From the Magistracy ; 3d. From office. With re gard to the first, he allowed at once that he was willing to admit the Catholics of England to the elective fran chise. He (Mr. Peel) begged to remind the Noble Lord that the Roman Catholic of England and of Scotland stood upon a different footing with rept d to the elective franchise : it might be found difficult to place them upon the same, because, by the Act of Union with Scotland, Papists were in turn excluded from this privilege, and they could not be allowed to enjoy it unless that part of the Act of Union had-been re pealed. Though he (Mr. Peel) was willing to allow the Roman Catholic to elect, he should still be among the most strenuous oppone.-ts of his claim to be elected. In this respect be was only under the' same • disqualification as the clergy. No argument against the Bill, he thought, ought be derived from the abuses in Ireland, where herds of wretched voters a ere driven forward to support the political influence of some landlord whirhad divided his estate into freeholds. The numbers and the situations of the Roman Ca tholic voters in England and Ireland were widely different. As to the Magistracy, he admitted that it would be an advantage it Roman Catholics could be associated with Protestants on the Bench. Oo the fiird point, of-admissibility to office, he begged to re serve himself ; he should be anxious, nevertheless, to devise means to make Roman Catholics in England eligible to offices, corresponding with those to which they might be named in Ireland. Peons all places of State and Government he would still exclude them. At the same time, if he granted what the Noble Lord sought upon this head, it must be upon the same footing as the Protestant Dissenters, who were sub ject to the operation of the Annual Indemnity Bill. Mr. H. GURNEY, supported the motion. Mr. BANKES was against granting the elective franchise to English Catholics. Mr. W. SAlll' H was in favour of the Bill. Sir JAMES NIACKINTosu begged the House to consider that those who voted 'tor this measure were bound either to support the general measure of emancipation, or to oppose it. He held this to be a =esthete required by every principle of civil and re ligious liberty, and on every principle of good and elicacious Government. "le believed the Bill of his Noble . Friend would go to remove every obstacle to tle admission of Catholics to the Magistracy. He de -11:ed that this BIM would place the Catholics of Eng land on a better footing than those of Ireland. Lord tIUGENT shortly replied, after which leave %has given to bring in the Bill. was brewed. This would filfte tile brewers to build *a wedgies, td try the effects ofirtystem which, in tl4 firsilestatice, was only to be , adapted for twelv niiinths; - • by *ray experiment. He concluded by sawing for the Committee. T h. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, :•hd - eoulri not agree to thisproyea:stiss3; for it this duty was laid on the malt, it woutd operate as a heavy tax on numerous poor families_ who tsere in the habit of brewing their own beer: putting so high a duty on malt would also be a temptation to brewers to use other articles in brewing. He also objected to the measure as beingiikely to injure the Revenue to a very considerable client. He would much rather endeavour to equalize the duties on beer, if at a its-. tore period it should Be found practicable. For these reasons he could not agree to the motion. • Sir J. MACKINTOSH End Mr. HOME contended for the appointment of a Committee. Mr. BENETT said, the brewer, even whilst paying a higher duty, could brew better beer for less money than the private brewer could. A long conversation followed, in which Mr. Rt caeno, Mr. 'tome, Lord Avruoup, and others, took a part; and the House ultimately divided : For the Motion - 27 Against it 119 Matority against the Motion —OS Mr. F. PAL. lElt then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to allow the Public Brewer to sell Beer in quantities of less than. four gallons and a half, pro vided the same was not drank on the premises. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ',this. Bill was unnecessary ; as the law stood at pre sent the retail or victualling brewer could sell beer in any quantity. After a few words from Mr. Moxcx, 114 r. BEN-' NETT, ancl Mr. PALMER, the motion was withdrawn.' Mr. It. MARTIN moved for leave to bring in a Bill to re gulate the issuing Writs of Copies in Ireland. The gallery was cleared fox a division— For the motion - 43 - 93 Majority - -—2 O The Masters and Apprentices' Bill was read a third time and passed. The House in a Committee, Mr. C. Wrier; moved a Resolu tion for bringing in a Rill to regulate the trade between this country and the East Indies.—The Resolution was agreed to, and leave given to bring in a Bill. The Puor Laws Amendment gill was read a second time, and committed for Friday sennight. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourn,ed at One o'Clock. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, MAY 29. 1828..: RISTOZATSOII Or CU*OLEO H.—Holiday at. thiellimak• THE FUNDS. • • STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. This being a holiday the Bank is shut, but the Stock Ex change and Foreign Market remain open. Consols opened this morning atl3lj, e, but soon after lowered to 811, f, for the Account; Conbols for Money are about Spi, j, with a flat Market. In the early part of the morning there was a good deal of business doing. FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish Bonds opened at 57k, I, and went down to 37%, wits little doinT. Current Prices:—Chilian nothing done, New Spodeb 57} j; New Prussian 84 (sellers), Russian 803, Danish 89} 96, Colom bian 60k. Accounts from Vienna of the 10th inst. state that the new Austrian Loan for thirty millions of florins, has been concluded with Messrs. Rothschild, Arnsteio, Geymuller, and Co. DUTY ON MALT. Mr. MABERLY then roe to move for the appoint ment of a Committee to inquire into ill...propriety of transferring the duty paid on beer (30i. per barrel) to malt. The Hon. Member repeated his former argu menu on this subject, the substance o 1 which was, that this duty of 30s. on beer . pressed almost entirely on the poor, who bought their ale of brewers and publicans, while the rich, and those who brewed their own beer, entirely escaped that 30s: duty, paying only the 20s. duty on the malt. To adopt his proposition, lie contonded, would be a very great advantage to the revenue, and a measure of fairness towards the Public, who would thus be placed to a level with each other. A I,!reat saving would also be made in the collection of the revenue. The expense of col -I:c.ing the malt duty was only 140,0001 a year—the' collection of the beer duty was 280,0004 The greater part of this would be saved. These were some of the' advantages which would arise out of this measure, ani he wished tb have the matter referred to a Com mittee to inquire. He objected particularly to one clause iii the 13i11 of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whidi provided, that none of the new description of beet shuuld be brewed on premises where other beer 7: f arr•lw '-. .0.•••'. • • • • . " , . a 1. ______ .- EXPRESS FROM PARIS. In the STAR of yesterday we exclusively announced the occupation of Madrid by the French. This event took place, as we stated, on the 23d inst. as will be seen by the following official extracts from the Mo niteur of Tuesday; which we have received by Express. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH RECEIVED FROM BAYONNE 26T11 MAY, 1823. " ALCOVENDAS, 23D Mat, 10 ig THE MAJOR GENERAL TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE ordering a considerable reductionln the army. It 'is added, that it applated frbut:.rhe negociations which had recently taken place between AnConital of Austria and Russia, that rio'f one of the three 44=1 teems cases hypothetically pet at Verona had taken Place, to render it zezessary that any of the three Allied Powers should assume a warlike attitude; and that the three Powers, Russia; Austria, and Prussia, under any circumstances, concert with England the measures to be ad - pted. The second article to which we have alluded h copied from the Journal du Commerci, and is dated I Vienna, May 14. It is an improved version of an article from Sr. Petersburgh, which we gave in the STAR of Saturday, in which it is stated, that although Russia did at first feel _a wish that the Holy Alliance should take a part in the war with Spain, yet that, yielding to the united remonstrances cf this country and Austria, the EMPEROR had formally renounced all designs ofinterfering between France and Spain. The determination of Austria to adhere to the policy adopted by thiS country, which we some days ago announced, is positively asserted in this'atticle from Vienna. Prince METTERNICII is congratulated on the important diplomatic triumph he hag' achieved in preserving the peace of Europe, though it would not be' difficult to prove that this Praise belongs ra ther to our Minister than to that of Austria. It is added, that the neutrality of the three' Powers being now most positively decided, Count BELLEOIIDE, the Minister at War, is occupied on a plan for re ducing the army. The confidence entertained at Vienna, that the peace would not be disturbed, bad so favourable an effect, that it was not expected that even the new loan would depreciate the Austrian funds. FREW!! nano, MAY E7.—Five per cents. 88f. 90e. 55e. PRIVATE LETTER. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. " PARIS-..TUESDAY EVENING. " The French are in Madrid, and Spain is as unsub dued as she was when the Duke d'Angouleme crossed the Pyrennees. Though several engagements have taken place, yet the military power of Spain has not suffered nearly so much as the French, and if she really feels determined to make a stand, she is as capable of doing it now as ever. In the last war the contest did not begin until the French had possession of the capi tal, where they were received with quiteas much enthu siasm as the Duke d'Angouleme can be at present. Indeed it is rumoured that the reception our troops met ivith* on entering Madrid on the present-occasion was anything but enthusiastic, and that though the great bOdy of the people sheeted a total indifference, yet some symptoms of dissatisfaction were mani fested, with complaints against their rulers for wet having made betterpreparations for the war, of selgich they' had so long been app , ." Nothing certain is knowilrbf Abisbal; but fro m, the silence of the telegraphic dispatch, it miry be fairly inferred that he has not tendered his submis sion to the French, an - event which would certainly have been very readily announced. Every person.of common sense knew that Madrid could not be de fended for an hour, and that whoever commanded 'there hid no alternative but that of either delivering it up by convention, or 'abandoning it as the enemy apprirached. Which of these Count d'Abisbal has . adopted, seems uncertain; though there is reason to believe that . our troops occupy Madrid by a Convex: tion entered into for the purpose of ensuring the' safety and tranquillity of the inhabitants from the excesses of the Army of the Faith. " One thing remarkable is that notwithstanding the victories of Donnadieu, the reported retreat of Mina, the supposed defection of Abisbal, and the entry of our troops into Madrid, the French funds are ra pidly falling. On Saturday the Five per Cents. left off at 89f. 70c. Yesterday they fell to 89f. 20c. and to-day, when it is announced that our army has pe netrated to the centre of Spain, and occupied its capi-. tal, the funds fell to 881.50 e. and left off at 881. 55 c. '—" Therein something singular in this, if philosophy could find it out," as Shakspeare says; but the fact is, that it is suspected in Paris that some new or ganization of the Spanish Government is about to take place, which will rally the moderate of all parties around it, and give confidence to the nation." Brussels Papers to the 26th instant reached us this forenoon. Letters from the frontiers bf France say, that the military preparations are continued with all postible activity. Three regiments of infantry, in garrison in the fortresses on the Northern frontiers, have received orders to march to Spain.. A great number of half-pay Officers have been placed is active service, and 960rorsiscfar the ce:sialry, are expected at Valenciennes: pert. ef :them have already arrived there. , Detachments of Officers, Sabilterns, and pri.. waft are expected:laikaiineiennes to eeceive these horses. for their respeCiffe' corps. Deta c hments of ' the corps of Eagineers atArras, and of the Artillery at Douai, are also goi ogle Sat oar frcim these towns to" join tbst‘ermy iA Spain,Tbe following am extracts 3 IsIIIRpfBERG, MAY le. - • •• Reporta.of war .again alarm the mercGsints...lt is affirmed, that Austria is taking Measures which woiltd. prove that she has suddenly changed her political system, since means, it isealoi, are discussed for the supporiof an army of observation, without its:being known on- which of its frontiers . the Court of Vitalla inteeds.to assemble ibis, army. It . is esserte,d'that it . was the Ressian .Frankfort which tabled to. be inserted in the jbermtl of that city, the article relative to the news inAblialed •by some French and German Journals, on the astern: bling of a Russian army in Poland, and the visit of the Emperor Alexander to Germany. Several per' wet, . • however, attach no credit to the contradiction give:t hy the Journal de Fi anciort, and allege, on the oth er hand, letters frurn.Carlsruhe and Stuttgard, *bi l k • confirm the. statements that have been contradieta • BRUSSELS, MAY 24. Her Majesty the Queen of Sweden arrived hero yesterday, on her *ay to Stockholm, to be prenatal the marriage ~ ..Pher son, Prince Oscar, With their : 4 ; cess of beuchtenberg: Her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange, tra, veiling under the name of Countess of Flanders, wig set out on the 30th, to visit the baths at the Erns.' MINISTER 07 WAR. et Dis Royal H ighness the Duke D'Angouleme his been here since yesterday. ig The advanced guard of the corps de reserve and a brigade of Oben% division entered Madrid this morn ing. The Prince Generalissimo and the rest of the troops will enter the city to-morrow, where they are expected with the most lively impatience." ARMY OF THE PYRENNERS. GERONA, MAT 11, 18 S. General Donnadieu *as at Caldit on the 19th inst. where he had an interview with Baron d'Eroles, whose troops were at Viniot. They concerted a plan of attacking Mina, who, after manoeuvring on va rious points, appeared retiring by Cellent. The division of General Curial was, on the Mb inst. at Granolle. Llobera, after being defeated by General Donnadieu, is retreating by St, Andero. Milans was still at Mataro, at four o'clock in the morning of the 20th inst. Count Curial ordered his troops to march on that city, which is only four ,leagues from Barcelona. General Marguerie has informed Admiral Ham ' lin, who commands the Colossus, cruizing of San-' tona, that he will arrive before that place with his troops on the 21st or 22d of this month, The Moniteur of Tuesday contains two articles which must dispel the dreams of such of our Colima, poraries as have conjured tip hostile armies in AS tria and Russia ready to march-to BPain.—The firit of these articles is from Petersburg!), and is dated the Ist of May. It states as certain that, the war be tween France and Spain will not cause any change in the harmony esisting between Great Britain and' Russia, and that the latter, " following the example' of the Cabinet of St. James's, is resolved, under all circumstances, to maintain the strictest netrtrality." l — Ukase was immediately expected to be issued, ' NAPLES, APRIL 29. Some time ago the 'Minister of Finance farmed tai a society of private individuals the consumption D u : ties of the city of Naples acid its environs. It h noi r proposed to farm the Customs of the whole kingdom of Naples, and persons inclined to engage in sech a contract are invited to make offers. It remains to be seen whether any person will engage in so g lut and difficult an undertaking. It appears from good authority that our Govern. tent now pays no more than five millions.o(d u4s . (ten millions of fiotins) per annum, for the 27 4 4 0 Austrian troops that rei*,ain in the kingdom. - 11 ) . National Army will not be much increased, anti is i s , calculated that the whole military estabiishmenictai. eluding they Austrians), will cost but little more dux before the Revolu:ion. In commerce, we hear nothing but complaints. Coin daily declines in ptice, not. withstanding the prohibition of exportation ; ant, in fact, most of our productions are so vcry low thatthe 'cultivators of the land can hardly live. Cotton fix home consumption is much sought after, and has risen in price. Vsema, May 13..--Metalques, 521—Bant Shares, ow, • 14, Meealliques, 02 5-16—Back Shares, 'et 15, Metailiques, 82—Bank Shares, 904. 16, MeralUques, el le—Bank Shares, 905 45. The line of conduct which Count ABISBAL has adopted, as exhibited in his letter to Count Moan ao, and proclamation to the inhabitants of Madrid, seems to us calculated to give a new, and, we have no hesitation in adding, favourable turn to the course of Spanish affairs. We care not what may have been the former conduct of this General;our business ' is with what he is saying and doing at the present important crisis. Had he even acted in times pal as badly (which, however, we by no means admit) at some persons allege, still to him, as to others, the door to amendment and reparation is open. We look upon him now, moreover, not .so ninth is his individual character, as the organ of a cer tain -class of opinions, which, for the sake ef . Spain, _nf Barope, and of mankind at largo, we trust, are those of a large and respectable partial of the Spanish community. If we are right in this supposition, it can be of little moment who the perms is whom accidental circumstances have placed in this situation ; and if we are wrong, it is not possible that Count Astaaat can of himself do anything that us materially affect the destinies of his country. The concha - et of ABISBAL proceeds on this great primary consideration, that the Constitution of 1814 has disappointed the hopes of the nation, and that to make it free and happy, a frame of Government our siderably different is ' absolutely necessary. We hold this to be a fact beyond all dispum. The Constitutiai has been tried by one set of Ministers after another; and, in the hands of every one of them, it has proved only the parent of anarchy, confusion, ankdisaster. When it was first promulgated, there were not wast ing men of political intelligence and experience who foretold that it would neiir work to good; and aow we defy any man who knows anything of the theory or practice of Governments, to give a deliberate as& impartial perusal to this Code of absordities;witheet rising from it with a strong conviction that thestwer it is put an end to the better. • The means by which so necessary a change is to be effected, becomes the next pc.int for consideration. No man in all Spain (the despicable bands of the Faith alone excepted) has ever been so mean-sperited as to propose that this change should be brought Assn by the forcible intervention of any foreign Peon'. Neither does Count AXIBBAL now offer to sautiA anything of the kind ; nor do we, in approvineofthe step he has taken, mean to retract the least ofthd pressions we have all along used'in condemnation of the unwarranted interference of France. What dew XAL does, and we think does wisely, is to take ant. ters as he finds them, and • to propose that which B P I pears to him to be the best mode of Missies them to a happy adjustment. Be the right of the FAA to interfere by an armed force as it may; it . a fact that they have done so; the evil sloth all true Spaniards deprecated, and which ritikaols the friend of Spain, has never .ceased avierix" has -actually arrived,—a French mint •awess , do. soil of . Spain. Sacred, too t as the stg • kt M ll - the Spaniards to resist this aggre - ssiet), it 4 nit certain that; though they have not hailenLi French . as deliverers, they have not risen in a aiiday oppose them; the enemy has penetrated, , alaaentiP opposed, into the bowels of the hand ;sod .t 1 ; of the Capital are now , opening td hicsaillePßlF march of the invader is viewed with thetlaffet. of deeliag , which ;is the ismficittiiin sunk into hopelessness and despair; Carelen.lBlP % Ilk