Star. — London, England, 1821-03-27 00:00:00

ve country, by the removal of all jealousy and heart butning—(Cheers and loud cries of Question). Mr. T. WIL SON supported the Amendment, amidst loud cries of " Question! Withdraw I" The gallery was then cleared, and the Committee divided— • Ter Mr. Bankees Clause . - 211 • Against it - - 225 Ilajfeity • On re-admission, Mr. WYNN was addressing the House, bait from the noise which prevailed, the na ture of his observations could not be ascertained. Mr. PEEL said that he had a most infporetnt Amendment to propose, which he was not then pre pared to submit to the House, not having supposed that the .clause an which the House had just divided would have been so soon disposed of. The nature of his Amendment was to extend the exception which already existed in the present Bill, respecting the office of Lord High Chancellor, to the , situations of Judges, Privy Councillors, and Governors of Colo nies. The Right Honourable Gentleman said tbat, at that late hour, the House, perhaps, would be in- 1 clined to postpone the discussion of so very impor tant an Amendment— (" Go on, go on, "—" No, no"). Mr. W YNN said, that perhaps the best way would be to have the clause brought up, and fqr the Chair man to report progress. Mr. S. WORT LEY concurred with Mr. Peel, as to the exclusion of Catholics from the Government of Colonies—( Afurnurrs). The Clause, that when any right of presentation is annexed to any office held by a Roman Catholic, his Majesty may tranfer such right of presentation to any Member of the Privy Council, being a Protestant, was next put and agreed to, without a division. Mr. GOULBURI'sI said, that at that late hour, he would trove that the Chairman should report progress. Dr. PHILLIMORE put it to the Honourable Gentleman, whether, in point even of common cour tesy, such a step would be advisable? It was not yet midnight : the House, upon very ordinary occa-' sions, sat much later. Mr. GOULBURN said, that three distinct Amend inents of the most important kind were to be discussed. Mr. WETHERELL said, that the Amendments would be' more fully and satisfactorily discussed the neat night. • Mr. PELL said, that by the ninth Article of the Bill of Rights, it was inconsistent with the safety of the Censititution that a Catholic King should sit on the Throne. The question was now, whether a Pro testant King was to have Roman Catholics for his advisers ? ( Hear, hear). Mr. TIERNEY said, that he would have no ob lection to have the Amendment discussed on the fol owing night. Sir J. NEWPORT made a similar declaration ; after which the CHAIRMAN left the Chair, reported progress, and got leave to sit again. WITIPICIA VT ! _ _ _ _ The Irish Witchcraft Repeal Bill was brought up, read a third time, and passed. Lord CASTLEREA G H said, that the hour of midnight was a very suitable time to give the last sanction of that House I. a Witchcraft Repeal Bi11—(A laugh.) The several Orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Halt past Twelve o'Clock. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1821. THE FUNDS. • PRICES 01 STOCKS THIS DAT AT ONI O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Cons. 71 70 3 / 4 % 5 per Cent. Navy lay. lO6 105% India Bds. 375. SBs. pr.--Exch. Bills par, Cs. Is. pr. Bank for Acct.22l for Acct. 71 3 / 4 7074. ••• Penman Loam of 11,000,000 sterling, contracted by Air. N. M. Rornacuus, in London.--The Half-Yearly Dividend will be paid as usual, at the Counting-house of the aforesaid, in Kew -court, St. Swithin's-lane, on Monday the 2d of April next, and every succeeding day, between the hours of Ten and Two. The question respecting Political Relief to. the Ro man Catholics, having again come before the House of Commons last night, Mr. BANKES proposed his Amendment, still to exclude them from the two Houses of Parliament. This Amendment was nega tived by 223 against 211. Mr. CANNING'S speech, in favour: of the Catholics, was eloquent and impressive. The arguments on both sides were delivered with a degree of coolness and good temper which, only a few years ago, would have been considered miracu lous. One objection against the Bill was indeed con temptible, and shewed much ignorance of our na tional history. It was urged that the relief held out to the Catholics could not be granted without removing the disabilities that affect Dissenters! Why not remove them ? Was this Gentleman aware that these disabili ties would never have been enacted, had- not the Div seaters themselves begged (such were the fears enter tained at the time respecting the views of the Catho lics) rather than the disabilities framing against the Catholics should not pass into a law, that they them -selves might, for a time, be subjected to the same ex clusion ? Little did they then expect, being Protes tants, that the fetters, when once put on them, should be iivetted with a view never again to remove them. They must be removed: and we may add, that never has the Majority of the House of Commons, consi dering the present state of the world, acted with more consummate wisdom than thus seriously to engage in removing the causes of feuds and dissensioo , s among a people who ought to be united in heart hy every mean that the powers of legislation can reach. We have received this morning, in due course, the Paris Papers of Saturday ; but the contents have been almost entirely anticipated by the extracts from them which we received by express, and gave yester day. The most important exception is the subjoined Bulletin, issued by the Austrians two days before v 4 their advance to Frescati, announcing the occupation of the different points whirl enabled them to push thus fir "• into the bowels of the land." The whole of these without opposition. are said to have been effected In judging of the effect of this advance of the enemy, the great qupstion seems to be, whether the Neapolitan General has evacuated so many points 1 of easy defence from a distrust of his troops, and consciousness of his weakness, or from a design to allow the Austrians to advance, and harass them by mountain warfare on their left Sank and rear, as they approach the Capital? If the former be the fact, their cause is desperate. But upon the latter suppo sition, the fortune of the campaign has yet given no serious advantage on either side. The very occupation of Naples, of the Terra di Lavoro, and the principality of Salerno, would be ineffectual, whilst a part of the two Abruzzi, Ultra and Citra, and the two Calabrias were still occupied by the Neapolitan troops. If General FatstosT is not in dread of leaving the Neapolitans on his left, and if he believes the corps of WALMODEN, arc. which have been engaged on the different points of 'Civita Ducale, Leenessa, ikc. to be sufficient to drive the Neapolitans before them by sheer force and terror, as described in the accounts, why does he not march by the direct road of Terracina upon Naples, and join the other corps on their advance from the upper frontier ? The bulletin of the 12th of March, which we gave yesterday, left the divisions of WA LMODEN and Sum mutant both advancing towards Sulmona, a prin cipal town of Abruzzo Citra, where, if still unop posed, they will probably unite. Sulmona is seventy miles within the frontier. That unhappy old man, the Kiwo of NAPLES, ar rived, as a prisoner at large, at Florence, on the 9th, in the hope, as it would seem, of returning, on the back of the Austrians, to the secure possession of that despotism, which he so lately, before GOD and the world, renounced by the most solemn vows.' His ex-Majesty was * immediately .waited upon by some Neapolitan refugees, who doubtless find an affectation of loyalty a convenient mad; for lack of valour. Why don't they join the invaders? A new Proclamation, in the name of the exiled King, has it seems found its way to Naples, and, according to the Austrian accounts, has " produced a lively impresion." What is exactly meant by this phrase we are not told, and must therefore endeavour to collect the meaning from the most recent facts which we see recorded as having occurred at Naples. A letter in the Journal des Debate (no friend to the Neapolitans), dated the Bth of March, say s—" If hos tilities are not commenced, they will commence soon. All are regimented in the National Guard, as in 1815. Every one guards his street. The whole garrison of Naples has set out ; the only regular troops which remain are thirty horsemen, and sixty infantry. The march of Volunteers from the Calabrias still continues. The Calabrian Volunteers, to be the better distin guished, have adopted a red scutcheon, with a death's head ; they are all aimed with carbines, at their own expense.' Are these proofs of what is called " the lively impression" produced by the KING'S letter? It is added, in the same private letter from which we have just quoted, that the departure of the PRINCE REGENT for the Army had been fixed for the 9th of March, but deferred on account of " the arrival of some dispatches which had given occasion to the secret convocation of the Parliamentary Com mission of War." This circumstance seems to coun tenance the report to which we alluded yesterday, of sonic new negotiation being on foot. French Five per Cents. Friday, 75 fr. 10 c. " Head-Quarters of Antrodoco, March 10, 1121. " Yesterday, the 9th instant, the division of Walmoden marched against Ant(odoco. Two columns detached from Civita Ducale crossed the mountains to attack the enemy's rear in the passes of Borghetto and Antrodoco. • " This movement was executed without opposition. The enemy, seeing that the whole Austrian division was operating the same movement, abandoned the passes of Borghetto, after a feeble resistance. Their retreat was so precipitate and general, that only few prisoners were taken. 0 The heights of Antrodoco were covered with Masseurs (ripe • corps), and some discharges of Artillery skewed that the enemy *ere numerous. Major d'Aspre, commanding the left cblumn, by a rapid march, attacked the formidable pau of An trodoco in the rear, drove the enemy from the position, and wok three pieces of artillery. He is now pursuing them. " Four hundred deserters came over to us last night. • The enemy's Corps had orders to retreat upon Aquila, and there reunite; but they dispersed themselves in the mountains In this division of the enentriarmy was the Corps of the Vo lunteers of Avellino, who were the promoters of the revolt in the month of July; but we were not able to get eight of them. O The Port de la Madam della Grotto, defended by General Velatto, was occupied last night by the Austrian attienzed guard. " The army found provisions in great abundance ha the Abruzais." " General Stutterheim has taken possession of the fort of Colla and of the pass of Cocoa dl Cervo." PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE " PARIS, MARCH 22. " Every day's experience convinces. us of the ex-, treme ignorance even of enlightened . Frenchmen, re specting England and her legislation. An Orator bad spoken of the sovereignty of the liw ; the law is not sovereign, say the Ultras with indignation—,6 there is no Sovereign but the King. And the ex-Minister of Finances, Vaublanc, dashes to the Tribune, and; arming himself with the name of England, tries to crush his adversaries with such• authority. I will teach these Orators,' said he, '.the maxim of the • • •• . . . • English nation, of the Parliament, and all publicists. The King, saithe English, is the head, the princi 7. ple, and the end' (le eke . , le principe, et la ja)— (Loud bursts of laughter). — ' :Your roars of laughter 1 will not efface this maxim from the books of all the I publicists ; your roars of laughter will not prevent its becoming a French maxim also. I repeat it ; the King is the head, the principle, and the end—he is the only Sovereign. Could you suppose an ex-Mi nister capable of such nonsense? " As this letter will be read in Paris, we will tell CountVaublanc, that such a principle has no existence, save in his crude and uninformed imagination ; that in England, on the contrary, the King is only the first subject of the laws, and that be swears to main tain and obey them; and that even he cannot infringe the laws with impunity. 4 The King,' added Vats blanc, g is Sovereign; and it was as Sovereign that he gave the Charter. The manner of giving the Charter , has often been discussed, and General Foy was right in declaring it irregularly given. The pa triarch of liberty, Bishop Gregoire, was the first who pointed out the fact : but it is to be considered, that at the period it was urgent that the King's sentiments should be known : the nation was without govern ment and without laws; for it was impossible, on the . RestoVation, to admit the exercise of those which pro scribed the Bourbons. The Abbe Montesquieu was ordered by .he King to - prepare him a Plan of a Con stitution—the King modified and publishe.l it: there were na Chambers, legally constituted at the time, to examine it ; but when they were formed, the Chat ter was accepted and recognized by the Nation and it, Representatives. It is in these discussions that the time of the Chambers is occupied, when dan ger is at 'the door ; when on every side they heal rung in their ears prosinzus ardet Ucalegon ! Yet the Ministers confess the' danger, and oppose no remedy—the contagion is inevitable. Spain, Na ples, and Piedmont, have brought it to their doors ; and at the very moment they suffer a most infamous work to be circulated a fortnight, declaring open war against all the holders of national property, and asserting that the emigrants would never forego their rightful claims to their property, and wrest it by force, if they could not obtain it otherwise-,when this work had done all the mischief it could, and created universal alarm, then the Police seized it. Adverting to those facts, General Foy declared the Ministers could not remain—that it was ahsclutely impossible. The King seems to think so at last. In fact, its composition is ridiculous. The Duke de Richelieu is an excellent man, but more Russian than French: he neither knows the wants of France, nor how to remedy them, and he is in a school where he cannot learn. Then next comes Baron Pasquier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, brilliant, but not pro found, and too much of a Vicar of Bray, acting often contrary to his better judgment, because the powers above will have it so. Count Simeon, Mi niste.r of the Interior, the fides Achates of the in triguing Talleyrand, perfectly resembling his proto type in everything but talent. Of his Secretary, Capelle, we can say nothing but nullity. Baron Mou r, iiier, Director-General of the Police, a man of supe- rior intelligence, and firmly attached to the Charter, but paralyzed by the efforts of an occult Government. M. Roy, Minister of Finance, and Political Stock jobber, a man who has no appearance of either dig nity of mind or manner, an Ultra-Royalist, and an enemy of Napoleon, who always spurned him and his riches, and who refused his consent to the Duke of Massa marrying his daughter. In the suite of these Ministers come a tribe of Ultras : Villele, a man of great talent, and the best of the set—Corbiere, a man whose only qualification to be a Minister is his hatred of the Duke de Cazes—Benoist, an outrageous Roy alist, now that Napoleon can no longer employ his wife as ' Painter to his Imperial Majesty::—*****, the printer and author in general of all the cor respondence of the occult Government, and who printed the infamous work, called the Moniteur Royalist, in the cellars of the Count D'Artois, and is regarded as one of tile principal instigators of the troubles in the South. The Minister at War, Marquis de Latour Maubourg, who treats as seditious his old brethren in arms, and refines them employment though they are starving, he saps the foundation of the Throne of the Bourbons, in alienating the affec tions of . the brave, who, with kind treatment and equal justice, would be foremost to die in its defence. Such a Government has neither the confidence of the King nor the Nation—it is neither respected at home nor abroad. Had M. de Cazes the nomi nation of a Ministry, he would probably preserve the Duke de Richelieu, from gratitude, and Messieurs Pasquier and Mounier for their utility and Constitu tional principles, if permitted to act on them ; but we much doubt whether even the Duke de Cazes' great talents and popularity can avert the storm ready to break. Yet the French do not want Revo lution—they want peace and tranquillity ; but when they see their peace and their property threatened, and, that the Ultras commit crime* with impunity, and menace them every day; their patience may become exhausted ; and whenever this takes place they will rise, they will destroy their oppressori, and in their rage may be deaf to the voice even of. their Monarch. Such is a faithful picture of France on the 20th of Marcb, 1821. The Duke of Orleans, as if be knew what s#as to happen, is seeking to ingra tiate himself with the People; but, if a new Revolu-1 tion takes place, all the foree cf Europe yet -r again reinstate the Bourbons on the throne of Fran ce EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER—SAME DATE a The greater part of the population of Piedmont has declared its readiness to take arms in defence of liberty. The old King has dispatched several cou riers to Austria and Russia, begging their aid to re ' place him : these couriers have been intercepted. — Genoa, it is believed, has declared itself for tke n eer order of things; and all Austrian-Italy only waits a signal to rise on its oppressor. Venice and Milan are in a state of great fermentation. Several bodies of troops, that General Frimont had ordered to march to join him, have been countermanded. Austria now holds Italy only by military possession." . A Mail arrived this forenoon from Hamburgt with Papers mid Letters to the 21st instant. The following' are ens acts : RENDSBERG, MARCH 17. The navigation has now again commenced: yes. terday fourteen vessels arrived at once from Holl an d , by way of Tonningen, bound to the Baltic and th e Belts. Great part of the canal is already free floss ice, and the other pan will shortly be clear, so th at there will be no obstacle to the navigation. STOCKHOLM, 3IARCII 11 The King has given permission for the importation. of Champagne vine (which i; prohibited by th e p re; sent Tarif ), on payment of the same duty as oth er wine imported in bottles. The prohibition is to close • from the 30th of April. Yesterday the Pt incess A ETOUST 1 dined with the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCF.. Their it., 1 , 2 1 Hi g h. nesses are expected to visit Drory•Ltne Meal.: on Thu t s Jay evening. Last night the Doke ar.d Duchess of CLARENCE, accompanied by the Princess A COMA, honoured Covent-Garden Theatre with r eir presence, to see the Play of The Stranger, and the Pantomime of Friar Bacon. The Dw-hess of KENT, accompanied by the Princess FEODO A also honoured the same Theatre with their presence. The Duke and Duchess of GLouctsren Immured Drury Lame Theatre with their presence to see Ar• taxerzes, and Frighten'd to Death ! The 93d Regiment are ►portly to embark at Cork for New South Wales. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE FALM013111; Mascot 24.—Wind &W.—Arrived the forhming vessels, from London : Montreal, STIPAINC ; Woodford, Lo. nonsal Iris, Csamtic ; and Old Ma.d, SMITH, fur Jamaica; FrictiA Rrs, 1 r Sr. Vincent's • Aurora, SPIEI 1 reoo, rot Tobago ; Frances, WIITTOCry for B uenos Ayres; Mariner, DA. V 21031, for St. Johta's (N. IL) ; Hope, 1 •Tcaome, fur Gana; Mary Ann, Davis; Lord Ebringten, Dar, and several others, names not known. Poarsmourn, Blanca 26.—Wind S.S.E.—Paned up Clut. nel. the Ro/la, from J.unaica. Sailed tWe Ckdrgr Daysh, for St. Michael's. HASMICH, MARCH 26.—Arrived the Leicester packet, vie& a Mail from Cuxhaven. DIAL, Mown 2&—Wind S. W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Essex, Motion, from Calcutta; Regent, Scans'', from luenos Ayres; Zephyr, transport. from Porumuuth ; ad Soptia, Vsczaasum, from Seville. Came down from the Sim, the Frances ' Evans, and Daniel , Aunt, for the South Seas; Prince Regebt, 'forams, aid William, URACHART, fur Is. main ; Aviadne, Per; fur Naples ; Elis abeth 11L1, Bas um for Genoa; Fortitude, Lancoorza, for Smyrna; George aol James,,Pnarwin, for Africa ; Sylph, Mums, for Palermo; Mornthgfield ' %humus, for Pernambuco; Sarah, Lawny, he Genoa ; and Regent packet, Counts, for Leghorn. Wenn% Maraca 25.-7 he Kitty, Sousse, of this port, get on Whitby Rock, but floated off again, and pnsceeded, synod without damage. Cuirass-Houtz, MARCH 24 ...Ships Cleared Outwards: The Flora, for Antwerp; Britannia, for Rotterdam; Brilliant,for Oulu lin ; Atlantic, for Ilamburgh ; Betsey, for Grenada; Loodon, for Quebec; Endeavour, for Belfast ; Charming „oily, far Calais; Young Husband, for Demerara; Margaret, fro the Greenland Fishery; King George, for ditto; Ewetetta, for diu& EXECUTION, THIS MORNING. The following persons, who were capitally con• vkted at the last February Sessions, underwent, this morning, the awful sentence of the law: Joseph ra who had been a gentleman's servant, miff:Med his master of plate and wearing apparel to the value of £O. James Ricker, guilty of a similar offence to that of gitsdL George Dorm convicted of highway robbery; and William RA:44mm, found guilty of robbing his master, a ate at Isleworth, of flour, to a very large amount. At half-past seven, Mr. Sheriff WILLIAMS and Mr. Under-Sheriff WILSON arrived at Newgate, and the unfortunate culprits being conducted to the Pro yard, had their irons knocked off. Pitcher requente‘ of the person who was about to tie his hands, Mega a pair of leather braces out of his pocket, and, sag them to Sheriff WILLIAMS, begged he amnia 8 4 * them to a particular person, which he promised*, do. All of them prayed very fervently, and mak full confessions of their guilt. Robinson was the who ascended the fatal Drop, attended by a Cadmic Priest; Kitsall next, Pitcher third, and Barry lute The three last were attended by the Rev. Mr. Cono , with whom they joined in prayer for a few minutes. The fatal signal was at length given by Mr. Cory% and the unhappy men were launched into etersity. They were all good-looking young men. A VS° number of persons witnessed the execution—alseag whom were many of the Guards, Robinson haling been formerly in the 2d (or Coldstream) Regim elg of. Guards. A respite was yesterday received by the Sberifi for Daysson, convicted with Parsons of uttering a forged note, and one of the unhappy men who wen . ordered for execution this morning. The case is somewhat peculiar, be having, in the first inst ance, 'pleaded guilty to t he minor offence ; but, on acconat of Parsons refusing to do the same, he was com pelled to take his trial on the capita l charge. FAr; sons was not ordered for execution. Mr. Shea'a Warrumms has been indefatigable in inquiring Inr all the circumstances of the case, and making w , a strong and favourable representation on the 5 141 mtn Lord Stmouru as has produced a miti gatall the awful sentence of the law . LONDON : Printed and published biLcru. natlV Mitt, Templc-aar. C 1 .a I N I Z we •4 14 ai hi aft ea $1