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MRLIIMENZWRr PROCABDMIGS. OMNI qF LORDS, DEC. se. STATE OP Tifit NATION. e Earl of LIVZ_RPOOL "moved the order of J o , for receiving the Report of the Committee of whole. House on the State of the Nation. in the question for agreeing to the third— rd HOLLAND rose in i pursuance to his mo-7 o f last night, to move again the amendment 'he submitted to the Committee. On this occasion o „i t i a nt trouble their Lordships with any obser ions, as the proceeding would be merely tiro forma, tor the purpose of enabling him regularly to re d his opinion, and to enter his protest on the Jour. i t . The Noble Lord then moved, with a view to scope and object of his amendment, that certain •:s should be read, which were those of Henry VIII. y I. and Charles 11. referred to in his Lordship's h of last night. The titles of those Acts being read, The Noble Lord' moved his amendment on the Resolution, the prominent feature of which was r equest his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales take upon him the administration of the Govern.' t, but to abstain from all acts of royalty, save t the exigencies of the public service should re ,ire, until a Bill or Bills should have passed both oases of Parliament for the security, &c. of his. Ma y's person, and providing for the reassumption, of full Royal authority, whenever it should please ,VINE PROVIDENCE to restore to him his capacity for personal exercise of his Royal authority. On the question being put, Lord ERSKINE rose and observed, that the de of indisposition under which he still laboured 'old prevent him from troubling their Lordships at length; still he felt the magnitude and import- Cc of the subject so great, he could not avoid say a few words upon it. 'What struck him most 'alp on the occasion was, that in order to meet h exigencies in future, and to avert the numerous 'tendant evils, some general rule should be laid ,en by Parliament, or some Bill adopted, applying such emergencies, which would save the Constitu .n from these inroads, which on similar occasions :ght be rade upon it. This he conceived to be the o.e . yscuse to provide for on its part ; and he . d with that which was held in the second Reso non, ,it As, the duty of Parliament to provide die gailiactitiOn of the Royal office, but not to ckle or' i ci?eurnscribe it. In this view, he prefer tin mode of Address to.that of Bill. According the mode of proceeding adopted by Ministers there rtainly may be a dangerous breach made in the onstitution. Though he did not charge - them with y such design, yet where the male ammo existed, i.uch mischief may be done. He thought the merits f the question between the modes of Bill and Ad es' lay in a narrow compass. In the one case, the ower was assumed, in the other it was only provid ed, for their Lordships should consider that the Great Seal applied in the way contended for by Ministers was not the organ of the King's will, but that of both Houses of Parliament. And further, that those who recommended such a practice could not have the same temptations to entrench upon the Constitution when they conferred as when they assumed power.— 'he mode they contended for would go to establish iprecedent pregaantwith the most fatal consequences. Pursuing the line of argument in favour of the mode et Address, he asked / did they think the Royal Per sonage in question when appointed by such an Ad dress of both Houses, as that provided for by the Amendment, that he would withhold his assent from such Bills ? His Lordskip here glanced at some his. torical points which he conceived illustrative of his arguments in favour of the mode by Address. He deprecated the use of the Great Seal for the purpose contended for by Ministers, insisting, that were it used for that purpose, it may be also used for other purposes. He warned their Lordships against the adoption of the Resolution as originally proposed, which would tend to carry both Houses out of the sphere prescribed to them by the Constitution, and at the same time hand over through the independence of the Crown, the head and key-stone of that Consti. tution. The Earl of DARNLEY followed, and warmly contended for the adoption of the mode of proceeding by Address, in preference to the mode of a Bill, as recommended by Ministers. He censured the delays which had hitherto taken place, as tending to leave the Government of the country without its constitu tional head. It would be much more wise, as well as mere consistent with the dignity of Pariianicnt, to confer the powers of Government on the Royal Per sonae in question, in the simple and direct way chalked out by the Amendment, than the tedious and circuitous mode of prOceeding by Address. When expressing his sentiments as hostile to a head of Go vernment so constituted as Ministers wished to pro pose, he applied (as we understood the Noble Earl) well.koown lines of Shakespeare to a Regal Power to constituted " A vice of Kings !-- " A King of shreds and patches." Lord KENYON, on_ the other side, argued in fa vour of the mode of proceeding by Bill as the most - consistent and constitutional way of appointing the Regal Personage in question to the temporary head of the Government. His LOrdship, who expressed himself throughout in a very low tone, adduced a variety of arguments in favour of his conclusion. As to the claim of right, as it was not expressly•urged, he would not enlarge upon it ; but he thought it im 'possible such a claim could be founded on the true principles of the Constitution. He instanced hypo theticaliy a case occurring in the reign of Queen Ann, when the then illustrious head of the House of Bruns -wick was declared by law the presumptive heir to the Crown, could that illustrious person claim aright .to the Regency, did a similar incapacity exist with `her Majesty as now unhappily existed with the reign ing Sovereign ? The LORD CHANCELLOR then put the ques tion respecting Lord HOLLAND'S Amendment, when a short conversation arose between Earl STANHOPE, the Noble and Learned Lord, and Lord HOLLAND, touching the most correct and parliamentary way of putting the question on a motion so amended, when the Noble Baton again stated his principal object in thus coming forward was with the view of recording his sentiments on the Journals The question was then put, and Ole Amendment I was negatived without a 'division. The original Re- ' solution was carried ; and the vote of their Lordships; adopting the three Resolutions, was Ordered to be communicated to the Commons in the usual mode of conference. The House adjourned till '!onday, when it is ex pected the conterence will take place. HOUSE OF COMMONS., The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, that there being no particular proposition at present before the House, and there being no reason to expect that the Resolutions from the House of Lords should be brought up to night, he should pro pose that the House do adjourn till Monday. The conference which it would be requisite should take place between the two Houses, would be no inter ruption to the business fixed for. Monday, as it might easily be dispatched previous to the usual hour of proceeding to public business. Mr. TIERNEY begged to know if the Resolutions to be proposed were conformable to those of which the Right Hon. Gentleman had given notice on a fornier night, and similar to those which had been agreed to in the year 1788 ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the substance was exactly the same as he had already stated to the House, with an exception pro bably as to some of the limitations. As already said, he should propose that the limitations should be con :filed to the period of twelve months, and besides these, there should be regulations as to the custody And management of the King's Person. In his view of the case, the limitations ought to be restricted to twelve months, regulating it, however, in this man ner, that six weeks of this period must elapse during the Meeting of Parliament. The distinct and specific limitations to be proposed would not appear on the face of the Resolutions. It would only be mentioned in them, that the restrictions were to exist for a time to be limited, and in the Bill itself would the precise nature and extent of the limitations appear, or be spe cified. Mr. TIERNEY asked were any exceptions to be introduced into the restriction alluded to by the Right Hon. Gentleman, as to the granting of Peerages and Pensions ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he purposed introducing an exception as to Naval or Military Officers, whom it might be deemed expe dient to reward for any signal service or atchievement. Mr. ADAM wished to know, if the regulations as to the King's Household were to be the same as those agreed to in the year 1788 ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ' answered, that they were the same, with the excep ' don that they, as well as all the other restrictions, were limited to twelve months. After granting leave of absence to several Members on account of indisposition, ecc. the House adjourned till Monday. 7HE PROTEST OF THE RorAL DUKES, AGAINST THE PROPOSITION SUBMITTED TO THE PRINCE OF WALES, FOR LIMITING AND RESTRAINING HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS IN THE EXERCISE OF THE PREROGATIVE, WHILE CALLED UPON TO DISCHARGE AS REGENT THE ROYAL AUTHORITY. 66 Wednesday night, IS o'clock, Dec. 19, 1810. 46 SlR,—The PRINCE of WALES having assembled the whole of the male branches of the Royal Family, and having communicated to us the plan intended to be proposed by his Majesty's Confidential Servants, to the Lords and Commons, for the establishment of a restricted Regency, should the continuance of his MAJESTY'S ever-to-be-deplored illness render it neces sary ; we feel it a duty we owe to his MAJESTY, to our Country, and to ourselves, to enter our solemn Protest against measures we consider as perfectly un constitutional, as they are contrary to, and subversive of the principles which seated our Family upon the Throne of this Realm. (Signed) FREDERICK, AUOUSTUs FREDERICK, WILLIAM, ADOLPHUS FREDERICK, EDWARD, WILLIAM FREDERICK, ERN EST, " R. H. Spencer Perceval, Sec. hc. &c. (COPY) " Downing-street, Dec. !O, 1510 Mr. PERCEVAL has the honour of acknowledging the receipt of a solemn Protest, in the name of all the male branches of the Royal Family, against the mea sures which his Majesty's confidential servants have thought it their duty to communicate to his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES, as intended to be proposed to the two Houses of Parliament, for the es tablishment of a restricted Regency during the conti nuance of his MAJESTY'S ever-to-be-lamented indispo sition ; and stating that their Royal Highnesses con sider these measures as perfectly unconstitutional, and contrary to, and subversive of the principles which seated his MAJEs - rv's Royal Family upon the Throne of this Realm. " Mr. PERCEVAL has felt it to be his duty to submit this communication without loss of time to his MA JESTY'S servants ; and deeply as they lament, that the measure which they have thought themselves bound to propose, shall appear to their Royal Highnesses to deserve a character so directly contrary io that which it has been their anxious endeavour should belong to it, they must still, however, have the consolation of reflecting, that thi principles upon which they have acted obtained the express and concurrent support of the two Houses of Parliament in the years 1788 and 1789; that those Houses of Parliament had the high satisfaction of receiving, by the command of his MA. JEST''', after his MAJESTY'S recovery, his warmest ac knowledgments for the additional proofs they had given of their affectionate attachment to his Person, and of their zealous concern for the honour and in terests of his Crown, and the security and good go vernment of his dominions; and that the uninter rupted confidence which his MAJESTY was pleased to repose, for a long series of years, in the persons who proposed the measures which were grounded on those principles, entitles his Majesty's servants, in their judgment, still further to conclude, that those prin ciples and measures had the sanction of his Royal approbation." 16 kiis Royal Highness the Doke of York, &c. &c. &c. SPAIN. CORTES.--SITTING OF THE 21st NOVEMBER. The contract for provisions concluded between the Board of Finances and the house of S. Harley, was taken into consideration, and occasioned a very ani. mated debate, several members charging it with being ruinous, prejudicial, and disgraceful to the nation, while others, who formed the majority of the Com mittee appOitited to inquire into this matter, approved the contract. Renovalis upon the coasts of Cantabria, the ocen patioU:of Astorga :toil Leon, by the ttonps cf Gll - inid"-ilie movement made by Gential towards Jaen. . BAPAJOZ, NO:slOttnEkt..4. There is Its I.43ISIDat perfectly clothed and eqoip pedi the part of Dan J. Sanchez, composed of 400 cavalry and WO infantry. "The headitiatters of the. army of the left, which moved frcroithii place on the 18th inst. has advari i cett to Zsfia,.*Bere it was ye , terday. The Fr^nch SITTING OF THE VD. The Report of the Board of Health of Cadiz, was cor p s of General Gerard, composed of 4500 infan try read, which every day proves more satisfactory ;and and 800 horse, with apt • pieces of cannon , occupy Llerina and Villagarcia. afterwards, the answer of the British Minister to the ; Nov. 25.--General Gerard, on the 23d, made a notice given him by the Spanish Ministry, of the in- 'movement and arrived at Bicnvenida and Usagt e.— tended erection of a monument in honour of George In consequence of this, General Mendizahel orderecl HI. expressing not only his own satisfaction on that subject, but also that which would be felt by his So- our army to make some movements, but the follow . hr., night the enemy retired to his first position at vereign and the whole British nation. I Lie! ilia. SITTING OF THE 23D. The debate on the contract for provisions was re sumed, and on the motion of Don Toledo, it was re solved, that the Council of Regency should be directed to furnish some further information on several stipu lations contained in the said contract. SITTING OF THE 28TH. On the motion of Don Quintana, it was resolved, that the Members of the former Council of Regency be ordered to render to the Cortes an account of their administration and conduct within two months. FUXENAL, NOVEMBER 24. The greater part of the French have marched from Llerena, where they left advanced posts, and have taken the direction of Guadalcana. Our army occu ies Burguillos, Valvirde, Valencia,llafra, Puebla. Los Santos, Villa Franca, and La Fuente. General Mendizabel, with the artillery, is in Zafra. CADIZ, NOVEMBER O. General Mandizabal has joined in Fregenal Gene.. ral Ballasteros ; the troops trgether comprising a force of 9000 infantry, and 3000 cavalry, which, accord'ng to accounts, from Ayamonte, are marching upon Se ville, where they will be jo;ned by the division of Copuos... It appears that Aremberg has fallen back , to the capital of Andalusia. •• Cablonia, the theatre of heroism, has not ceased to .. give triumphs to the Spanish arms. Macdonald, in tent to succour Gerona, divided the corps under his command into three divisions, one (•f which has been ' beaten and destroyed by Campoverde, and the other two dispersed. The partisan Manso, who has col• lected under his orders about 800 men, has cut off the water from the mills of Barcelona. Tortosa maintains a free communication, and pro visions and troops daily go in and out. The Emperor has issued a decree ordering that the 1 Spaniards who fight for Ferdinand VII. shall no ilonger be called insurgents, but be considered as re gular armies, and , when taken prisoners be treated i with the greatest consideration. SITTING OF THE 29TH. The project of the establishment of a Bank of Cri dit, presented by Don. Quintana, war taken into con sideration. Don Don, and several other Members, spoke against the project ; Don Quintana offered to refute their objecti. , ns, but the debate was adjourned. SITTING OF THE 30TH. Quintana's project formed again the subject matter of discussion, but the public sitting terminated with out the Cortes Coming to any determination on the project. SITTING OF THE IST DECEMBER. The Report of the Committee appointed to inquir e into the motion made by Anzano , that the same ho nours and rewards might be decreed for the gallant defenders of Ciudad Rodrigo as had been granted or promised to those of Gerona and Saragossa, was read, and invited the Cortes to accede to the said motion. DonValicarel supported the report of the Commit tee in a very brilliant speech, and was followed on the same side of the question by Don Castro, Canija, and Quintana. The Cortes came to a resolution, that a Committee should be appointed to prepare the rewards which it would be proper to grant to Ciudad Rodrigo, and other places which made a similar heroic resist ance against the enemy. In the same Sitting, the following Decree passed almost unanimously— ,, All the Prebends which are not annexed to public offices, or the. Incumbent of which is not charged with the care of souls, are from this dap adjudged to the public treasury, and a Com mittee shall be appointed to present a plan of the re gulation and arrangements which may be required to carry this Decree into full effect." SITTING OF THE 2D. The motion made by Lon Villanueva, that the estates of Godoy and others might be destined to re ward some glorious deed performed in favour of the country, was discussed, but the Cortes did not come to any resolution on the subject. SITTING OF THE 4TH. _ . On the motion of Don Torrero, it was decreed that the Deputies of the Cortes ought to be altogether in dependent from the executive power, and not to hold any office which renders them accountable to the said executive power, in order to avoid its influence in this manner. SITTING OF THE STH. A Memorial was read, presented by the Magistrates of Cutar, stating that they are the principal movers , of the insurrection of the said district, which amounts already to 7,500 men. Among other circumstances they relate the following fact :—The inhabitants re claimed from the French an individual who was taken prisoner, the answer was, that the said person was already disposed of—and, in fact, they had hanged him. By way of reprisals, they instantly hung two Frenchmen on a tree on the road, furnished with a label with this inscription—" Two for one, four for two," &c. They demanded 200 troops of the line and ammunition, and engaged to defend the district if they obtained them. Referred to the Council of Regency. MADRID, NOVEMBER 18. With the three couriers who arrived on the 12th from Andalusia, came a French Officer for the pur pose of bringing information that on the 29th Octo ber General. Rey had routed General Blake at Baza, with the loss of 2000 killed and 6000 prisoners ; he adds, that the cavalry shamefully fled. It was in tended to have inserted this intelligence in the Ga zette of the 14th inst. and even the note was sent to the Printing-house, where it was not executed, either because they saw the value it would have had with the public, or did not like to confess in their publica tions the existence of armies organized by those whom they call insurgents. The news which the Officer brought put in very bad humour Joseph, his Ministers and Generals. The 15th inst. was mentioned for a review, but it did not take place, and it appears it has been defer red till the 20th. At five in the morning an extraor dinary Council of Generals was held which lasted till seven. On the 14th inst. entered from 25 to 30 waggons loaded with wounded and sick, escorted by 250 ca valry and 300 infantry, coming from Talavera ; and in the same night some troops also arrived with two pieces of cannon, by the gate of Segovia. We are ignorant from whence they proceeded, but think they are those who marched out for the purpose of aiding the troops at Escalona. Ilomithstanding the entry of these said troops, only 6000 ammunition loaves were baked, but 17,000 rations of wine were ordered. Following the system of despotism, the new exac tion of duties.upon colonial products, and the contri butions ...re exacted in money, and those who do not pay in this manner, are all conducted to prison, al though they offer to pay with the goods they possess. The Government endeavours to appear tranquil, but in reality is not so. The people, on their part, are well contented with the ne , .vs respecting the mis fortunes of Massena, with those which the French have suffered in Asturia, the disembarkation of FOREIGN INT,ELLIGENCL MEMEL, NOVEMBER 24. For some time past a great number of ships have been cruizing before our port, laden with colonial produce. They were in such distress that they could no longer keep the sea, and therefore requested per- I mission to enter this harbour. In short, 17 vessels entered the port, and were immediately confiscated. These 17 ships were in the most miseratole state ; i some wanted top-masts and sails, others bowsprits and. inzhors, all had leaks more or less considerable. The cargoes were much damaged. The seamen helo.ig. ing to these vessels declare, that more. than 180 ships. i were lost in the last tempest. Other V.ssels, which were at large, being informed those had been confis■ i cated, disappeared. .. . . PETERSBURGIT, NQVEMBER r. His Excellency Ivi. Barclai de Telli, Minister at War, announced, in an Order of the Day, that the widows of Captains who fall upon the field if battle shall receive a pension ; ang he has made known, at the same time, to the College of War, that it was the desire of his Majesty, that in future, as soon as it t was informed of the death of Generals, Officers en the Stuff, or other Officers in the higher ranks, inquiry it to be made, without delay, whether they had left children or widows ; in which case there is to be im. i mediately assigned them the pensions determined by law. NOVEMBER 4.—They write from Schetomer in Vol. hania, under date of the 13 th Oct o b er, as follows ; 4 6 There now passes through this place a great number of Turkish prisoners, who arrive from Mot; davia, and who are going into the interior of the Ern. pine.. There are among them many officers and mem. bers of the principal authorities. " A few days ago we saw pass Pacha Ismael, PO cha Kemis, and Pacha Peglivan, of the Three Tails. The inhabitants have taken much interest in the fate of these prisoners, and not content with entertaining them, gave them succours in money. Pacha Pegli van stopped with his suite several days here. The Governor invited him to a dinner and ball. The Eu ropean manner of sitting at table and eating greatly surprised him. In the evening,. he expressed great pleasure at the dancing, and admired the counts. 'lances of the fair sex." HAMBURCH, DEC. 6. Yesterday arrived here her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Sweden, with her son Oscar. The day after to-morrow she will continue her journey through Copenhagen-to Sweden. This morning tlas arrival of her Royal Highness was announced by the discharge of cannon. • ORLEANS, DECEMBER s. There has been lately witnessed here a phenome non not uncommon of late ; namely, a fall of atmor. falserk stores. On the 23d November, abOue one o'clock P. M. a very loud report was heard at Source, like the explo sion of a gunpowder niagazine, or the firing of seve ral cannon of large calibre. All Orle . ans heard and, noticed the report, which occasioned a number of false conjectures ; but a report was soon spread that some stones had fallen in the Commune of Charsou ville, and Canton of Meung. A memoir has since been read on the subject by M. Pellier, physician, at Beaugency, before the Pi,y. sical Society at Orleans, and the Prefect has, caUsefl the most exact accounts to be taken of the phenougt. non. From these we learn, that there appeare4 of the Commune of Charsouville a brilliant ball of fire, which burst with a tremendous explosion, and lvt fall three large stones, • accompanied with imulie, and darted with,such force that they entered the earth to the depth of near 80 centimeters. Otte of these is covered with a crust of greyish bl..ck, while the inside is more clear. It is very compact, and hard enoty,h to cut glass. It appears to contain globules of iron, pretty large and brilliant. 1"