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% • 1A • PARLIAVENTARY RIWCIEEpINGS. • •• • • • • • !MUSE qF LCIRI/S,FEBRUARY 6. Their I.ortis)iimmet t onQicloclr..„„ On thititaltia• N the tii tleSstirmalsahr, the Select Vestries Bill was reed a second time. Barons ilsvesswouru and ORIEL, new Peers, took the tmiths and their seats: they were introduced by Lords Sr. Hamra and REAP:COALE. The Earl of Suarrtssuav, in the absence of the Earl of %carom, presented some papers relative to the state of Ireland. Ordered to be printed. Their Lordships then proceeded with the Address to Carlton lillousw.—Adjourned at a quarter past two o'clock until to-mor row, at a quarter before three. _ HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SrtAxart took the Chair at four o'clock, and proceeded as usual ro count, when, there being but thirty-nine Members present, the House was adjourned until this gay. MINORITY OR MR. IItME ' S ADDITION TO 1111 ADDRESS, 21.F.DGINO THE HOUTZ TO A REDVETION OF TAXATION, WITH A VIEW TO THE RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSES iir TIIF COVNTRY.-FERREARY 5, 18242. Abereromby, Hn.J. Gipps, 0. Ossulston, Lord Astell, W. Ikildimand, W. Palmer, Colonel Baring. 11. Hamilton Lord A. Palmer, C. Fysche Barrett, S. M. Ileathcote, Sir G. Phillips, G. It. Benyou, Benj. Ileathcots, G. J. Price, R. Birch, Joseph lkron Sir R. Roberts, A. Brougham, 11. Hill, laird A. Bohan*, George Bright, 11. llobhons e' J. C. Robinson, Sir G. Burdett, Sir Francis Honywoocl, W. I'. Rowley, Sir William Bury, Viscount Hughes, W. L. Ilumbold, Charles Benett, John Hutchinson, Hon. Rice, T. S. Bentinck, Lord W. C. H. Bickford, W. Blaka, Sir F. James, William Smith, William Calcraft, John Johnson, Colonel Smith, R. Calvert, C. Lambron. .1. G. Smith, Hon. R. Carter, John Leonard, T. B. Smith, S. Clifton, Lord Lushington, S. Scarlett, J. Curwen, J. C. Lethbridge, Sir T. Sefton, Earl of Crrcvey, T. Maberley, John Stuart, Lord J. Curteis, E. J. 3lalicrley, W. L. Sebright, Sir J. Claughron, 'rhos. Macdonald, James Tierney, Rt. Hon.G. Denison, W. J. :haddocks, W. A. Tennyson, C. II:moan, Thomas Martin, John Whitbread, W. 11. Duncannon.Viscount Monck, .1. B. Whitbread, S. C. Vbrington, Lord Moore, Peter Williams, William hilice, Edward Marjoribanks, S. Wilson, Sir Robert Ferguson, Sir It. C. Narrvatt, Jos. Wood, Alderman i'olkestone,Viscount Neville, Hon. 11. Wyvill, h. Eine, Jnhn Newport, lit. lion. fox, O. Lane Sir John TE-LER& Crattati, J. Nugent, Lord Bennett, Hon. H. G. Grenfell, Pascoe Ord., W. Hume, Joseph _ _ . .31r. Bernal and Colonel Davies were shut out: OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, LAID BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY BEFORE BOTH HOVERS Of PARLIAMENT. This Corresptndence consists of five Dispatches from the Marquis WELLIMLEY, three of which are addressed to Viscount SIDMOUTH, and the two last to Mr. PEEL. They are dated the 3d, 11th, 19th, 27th, and 29th et January. The four first contain details nearly similar to those which have reached us thmugh the medium of the Irish Papers, but are free hoar all exaggerated colouring. The last is at once more new and important ; we therefore give it entire. LXTAACT OF A DISPATCH FROM MARQUIS WELLESLEY TO THE RIt.IIT 110 S. ROBERT PEEL. " Dublin Castle, January 29, 1822. . . " Ste—Since the date of my last dispatch I have received in telligence, stating that the disturbances in the County of Cork had assumed a still more decided appearance of insurrection, and that the populace had proceeded to assemble in more nume rous bodies in the day-time, to resist, and even to attack the Civil Power and his Majesty's troops. His Majesty's Government is already apprised of the affair which took place on the 21st, between a detachment of the 39th Regiment and the inhabitants of the mountainous district be tween Bantry and Macroom. That affair has been succeeded by others of a similar description : they are detailed in the com munications from the Commander of the Forces; and I think it may be convenient to furnish you with an abstract of these transactions according to the plan observed in this series of my dispatches. " 4 On the 24th inst. a large body of persons attacked the mail coach passii:g from Tralee to Cork ; and after having killed some of the horses, and wounded the guard, coachman, and a passenger, overturned the coach and obtained possession of the mail. On the receipt of this intelligence, Colonel Mitchell, who commanded at Macroom, proceeded from thence with a detach ment of troops in the direction of MiUstreet, near which place the coach had been attacked. Ile found there a large body of men, partly armed; they made a shew of resistance, but upon being attacked by the troops, they fled with precipitation, and twenty-three prisoners were r. cured. " On the same day, two Dragoons, dispatched with orders to the Officer at Millstreet, were attacked and wounded on their road. The Officer, under the direction of a Magistrate, pro ceeded with some troops in the direction of Macroom, and met a large lot cc of the insurgents, probably the same which had been enemmtered by Colonel Mitchell. " lie repct is the number opposed to hint to have been nearly 50r43, armed with weapons of various descriptions, of which muskets formed hut an inconsiderable proportion. " 0:: the same day, in the neighbourhood of Charleville, a body of 7..00 persons, of whom the leader and several others were armed with muskets, effected the rescue of a man (who had been apprehended, and was in charge of a party of Police), and compelled the Police to retire " On the 25th, intelligence was conveyed to Sir J. Lambert, that the whole male population, to the north of Bandon, was proceeding to the mountains, and It was ascertained, that the previous night had been employed in assembling the people; and that large bodies had been observed in the morning, on their march in that direction. Colonel Mitchell again marched from Macroom in the direction of Millstreet, where the man con veying the mail had been that morning attacked and murdered. lie found there a body, stated to amount to 2000 men, posted on the heights near the road ; of these, about 1000 descended to attack his detachment, and fired three shots, but on the ad vance of the troops they immediately took to flight, leaving 30 visoners in the hands of the military. " At the same time a very large body of people assembled in tile neighbourhood of Newmarket and Kanturk, imagining, as is supposed, front the departure of some Dragoons who had been stationed there, that the force of infantry remaining would be unequal to resistance. " The rioters approached the town of Newmarket, and occu pied the road. A detachment of the 22d Regiment rapidly dis lodged them, and secured three prisoners. " On the evening of the same day, a detachment of the 11th Regiment was attacked, on its march from Macroom to Ban don, by a party of sixty men, who followed it for three miles, and took advantage of the inclosures to fire, and to retard the march of the King's troops. " It further appears, from various communications, that the greater part of the population of the northern part of the county of Cork had assembled in the mountains, and that they have in borne places made demonstiations of attack, and in others have committed outrages by day, with increased forces and bold &c. (Signed) " WELLESLEY. " Right lion. Robert Peel, &c." ELEGANT GLASSES, Fuatirruae, &c.—The No bility and Gentry ate invited to inspect the Ware-1 moms of COOPER and SON, 93, Bishopsgate-street Within, where is exhibited an assortment of new and second-hand Plate Glasses, admirably suited to every de,cription of drawing or dining-rooms. In the fur niture department is comprised every new and ele gant article of upholstery, cabinet, and chair-work, the prices of which are :educed to such a scale of economy as to attract and ensure the patronage of rank and fashion. TifE ETENIN. R. • • LON1)0* - ,ii - - - .. THURSDAY, FEBRVARY 1822. STOCK EXCHANGE, TEN O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 77i 11, and a groat deal of bu siness was transacting. It is the general opinion on 'Change, that there will be an improvement in the Funds, as money is very plentiful at this moment. ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Consols are now 77i, both buyer. and sellers—there is a great deal doing in the 5 per Cents. with vatiout fluctuations. They have been done 1064 to 1061, and are now 1064. A number of person+ are selling out their 5 per Cent. and buying Consols. PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Redu.7B 77 3—` 1 per Ct. Cons. 77% 3 1 / 2 per Cent. 88% 1 / 4 -4 per Cent. 98 % 5 per Cent. Navy Anns. 106% % 3 / 4 % Bank Long Annuities 19% 13.16 India Stock 240 1 ,6 %—lndia Bonds 78s. 795. pre. li%chequer Bills of £l,OOO, 7s. 6s. 7s. pre. Ditto small 6s. 95. pr.—Cons. for Acct. 77'h 5/2 CITY, HALF-PAST ONE. Letters from Madrid, of the 28th January, re ceived in Paris by an extraordinary courier, 'announce that the Cortes have acknowledged the independence of the Spanish Colonies; and, setting aside all other matters, have been occupied entirely in consulting on the best means of making, with America, treaties of -commerce advantageous to each other.—Columbia Bonds were done early this morning at 67-10, and, at one o'clock, 72. The intelligence received from Ireland this morn ing is of a nature calculated to expedite the new enactments, which will be proposed this evening in the House of Commons : indeed, it is said that Mi nisters intend to pass the Insurrection Act, through all its stages, at one sitting ; but, alarming as the state of Ireland may be, and the accounts in our Paper of this day represent it much worse than the official reports of the Marquis WELLESLEY, yet we do not think that so important a law, or rather a sus pension of law, as the Insurrection Act, should be hurried through Parliament with that " breathless haste" Ministers seem to wish. Although the dis patches of Marquis WELLESLEY trace the progress of the insurrection, from assemblages of 200 to 5000, in the course of a month, who committed mis chiefs in proportion to their augmented force, yet he does not call Ix any additional penal enactments. That such may be necessary we will not deny, but we trust that they will not be granted without Minis ters giving some pledge of instituting a full, fair, and free inquiry into the real state of Ireland, with the view of permanently tranquillizing that country, by more lenient means than military law. Just as our Paper was going to Press, we received a Flanders Mail, bringing among other Papers, the Allgenteine Zeitung of • the 29th ult. and Brussels Papers of the sth instant. In an article from Vienna, there are some idle conjectures respecting the Rus sian ultimatum, which are unworthy of notice. News from Jassy states, that the Turks are preparing to evacuate Moldavia and Wallachia. The following paragraph appears in the Petersbure Conservateur Impartial of the 14th January : " The year 1821 is indeed rich in events like the pre ceding; it belongs like them to history. Thrones shaken ' and soon fortified again ; others still beaten by the revolutionary tempests, pestilences, antisocial doc trines, and anarchy, masked under the names of Re forms and Constitutions, destroying institutions conse crated by age, and endeavouring to dissolve the bands of civilisation—a spirit of vertigo and general infa tuation, the fruit of the exaltation Vihe age, exercis ing its fatal influence in the two hemispheres. " On the other side, powerful Monarchs united by the same princip!es and the same views, preserving a firm attitude in the midst of storms, acting as me diators between People and Kings, and using their aseendancy to restrain the former within the limits of their duty, and to maintain the latter in their legitimate rights." At a late hour this forenoon we received a Spanish Mail, bringing Madrid Papers to the 25th ult. The following are extracts: MADRID, JANUARY as. SITTING OF TUE CORTES, JANUARY 21. The discussion of the Penal Code continues to oc cupy the chief place in the labours of the Cortes.— In the Sitting of this day Articles 386 to 152 were read, and the greater part of them approved without any debate. A dispatch from the Minister of the Interior was read, stating, " That the King, desiring to put an end to the scandalous abuses of the Liberty of the Press, of the right of Petition, and to the Meetings known by the name of Patriotic Societies, and bear ing in mind the insinuation which the Cones had made in one of their last Messages, he had com manded the Council of State to propose such mea sures as it should judge suitable on this occasion ; and the Council haying presented a Project of Law to repress those abuses, he sent it to the Cortes for their examination." The project of law was read, and Seignor Tapia observed that the Secretary had that moment received it, and had observed that at the end was written copy. —Some of the Deputies thought that this must be an oversight of the Secretary of the Ministry of the In terior, and that no resolution could be taken upon it till the original was sent. SITTING OF THE 2 4 2 D JANUARY. The Articles 453 to .54.5 of the l'enal Code were gone through. The debate was suspended to hear the opinion of the Council of State read, on the proAsed prole& olio* Which among other things, lire, on the 14ils inst, 'The Minister of the Intetior ,communicated to the. 'Council of State the following Royal Order"—(Here the Royal Order was ifisertei, on which his Majesty was pleased to order the Council of State to consider as speedily as possible of the measures and restric tions which it would be proper to propose to the Cones, to check the disorders produced by the abuses of the Liberty of the Press, the Right of Petition, &c. and said, that on the 15th another Royal order had been communicated, relative to the mode of organis ing the registers that were to be made in the towns, the indispensable formalities of passport, &c.) The Council proceeds to propose its opinion in the following words:—" The Constitution, Sire, in Ar ticle 371, recognized in all Spaniards the liberty of writing, printing, and publishing their ideas, but under the restrictions and responsibility established by the laws; so that, without prejudice to this valu able right, the abuses might be prevented to which it might give occasion—that serving entirely to pre serve the liberties of the Nation, it might not be con verted into an incendiary tofth, to destroy instead of maintaining them. With this view► regulations were made for the use of the Liberty of the Press : and on the other hand, the institution of the Jury, while it secured to the Spanish citizen this valuable right, was to hinder him from passing the bounds within which it ought to be restrained; but, unhap pily, it has been seen that this dam has not opposed a sufficient check to the evil, and experience has shewn that this has not fulfilled the hopes entertained of it. From this it is inferred that there is, in the present Law on the Liberty of the Press, some essential de fect, which calls for a speedy remedy. The Cortes may, perhaps, think it advisable to revive the Juntas of Censorship created in 1813, in the form which the Council will point out, retaining the present re gulation on the Liberty of the Press for all the other points which it comprehends with some variations which !eern proper, there being wanting in Ar ticle 11, the disposition relative to seditious writings which insult the person of the King. Some means of re pression are also wanted against the writers who, without naming the persons who are the objects of their invectives, point them out in such a manner that they cannot be mistaken ; it should be declared that this artifice shall not release the writer from respon sibility. The same should be said cf caricatures, which ridicule and insult the most meritorious indi dividuals. The Council think it indispensable that every writing or communicated article which speaks of certain persons (personas determinadas) must be published, signed by the author, with his real name; if not signed, or if the signature should be false, the responsibility should be attached to the printer; those who proclaim such writings about the streets, who use indecent or offensive expressions, and who publish more than the paper contains: the Council proposes various remedies and measures to the con sideration of the Cortes." The French Papers of Sunday and Monday have been received. Those of Sunday contain the further proceedings on the Law for repressing offences of the Press, in the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday. M. de FLOIRAC had proposed an additional Article to the effect, that the reprinting of works which con tained any one of the offences declared as such by the Law of the lith May, 1819, should be subject to the application of the present law. On being called l upon, he mounted the Tribune, but meeting with little attention from the Chamber, he retired to his seat, and his proposition was withdrawn. t The twelfth Article of the new Law was then dis• cussed which related to offences against the Chamber, or any of the Members ; it authorizes the Chamber; to take cognizance of such offences. M. CIIALIVELIN proposed an Amendment, br which the offender should not be condemned unless' eight-twelfths of the Chamber concurred in the judg ment. M. SERASTIANI proposed that the judgment should be sanctioned by a majority of five-eighths.— Both these amendments were rejected, and the twelfth at ticle adopted. Several Amendments were pro posed on the thirteenth article, but they were all rc• jected, and the article was adopted, when the Cham ber adjourned to Monday. The l'refect of the Department of the Maese has written a circular relative to the plot detected at Ile', fort, in which is the following passage: Already some of the guilty have been arrested. The Adju tant-Subalteni Tirwart, of the 20th Regiment of the Line, is of this number. lie endeavoured in vain to put an end to his existence at the moment of his arrest. The instrument which he employed refused to perform the service. lie then exclaimed, ' Doubtless, Peovimmee is not willing that I should as yet perish, but has preserved me for important discoveries. lam resolved to conceal twilling.' Ile kept his word; he told all, and soon afterwnds, in a letter to his - Colonel, he confessed his crime, and said that he deserved death." The intelligence from Spain in the French Papers is of the same date, and relates to the same topics as the accounts received direct from Madrid. French Funds, Feb. 2.—Five per cents. 881 r. 30c. A private express from Paris states the Funds at 89fr. 25c. on IVlonday afternoon. We have received this morning American Papers one day later (from Boston). AFFAIR NEAR OCUMAREI The following is an extract of a dispatch from General Paez, dated Cheroni, 23d November: After mentioning the return of some prisoners and others froth Puerto Cabello, the dispatch proceeds as follows The Spanish fleet entered the port on the 20th instant, consisting of a frigate, a brig, a brig schooner, and a felucca, with three schooners as transports. The number of troops on board did not exceed SOO ; they debarked them, together w ith Mo rales.- I Those who went against Valencia had also retired. The whole amount of dick fierce did not ex ceed 20VU, including a nuntbcr of Oilictas mar; proceeding to the Colonies in order to retina to E n . tope. On Sunday, the 18th, the fleet made the hod at Cata, and disembarked the troops ; they p rnneec i e4 to the town of Ocumare, *here they remained th at :sight, ' owing to their having fell in with the Corp. mandant Duran, who on the neat day marched upon them, but owing to the superiority of their force, h e retired to his former position at the font of the hilt where he sustained himself till night, determined to perish rather than be dislodged from that poin t . Ti e enemy also retreated, evacuated the town that ve ry night, and next day re-embarked for Puerto Cab e li,,. The town was completely sacked: they carried aw„ the canoes and boats employed in fishing: fin,ii; they left nothing they could plunder in the 42 they were there Boston Papers to the 9th of January have be,a received, from which we make the following envact,,, HAVANNAH, JANUARY I. Since the success which has attended the Arn t i rican flag in driving the pirates from the water s c i Mexico, innumerable bravos, averse to the dal pursuits of civil life, are concentrated in Havarmah, and ac the seas are dangerous to them, they commi t characteristic exploits on shore. Our Navy :.as raised their dead, and the late transfer of the Floridas ha s iufuriated the lower orders of these Spanish Amer;. cans; what protection can be afforded to the honest merchant we know not. The Cortes, who have rF. generated Spain, must spread their influence to scrne of the colonies. Vice and unregulated passions will otherwise drive away the enterprizing merchant, and Havannah become a focus for the worst of charac:e:s. PARLIAMENT OF LOWER CANADA. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, DEC. O. It was proposed,, to resolve that the Legislature of this Province ought to have an authorised Agent in the United Kingdom, to watch over the interests of this Colony, and to communicate kNith his Ma]esty's Ministers on all points relating to the same, :.cco:d ing to the instructions he might receive, as the occa. sion demand..—Ordered, that the said motion be referred to a Committee of the whole House oa Saturday next. DEC. 21.—1 t was resolved, that his Excellency th- Governor in Chief's Speech, at the opening of t:. e present Session, should be taken into consideration ca the 4th of January, and that on the sth ofJanuar.- the house will consider the expediency of restricting the importation of American horses, horned 2.111c:11er neat cattle. THE KING'S COURT. Yesterday, at half-past two o'clock, Lis MAJESIT held a Court at his Palace, in Pall-mall. the arrav ments for which commenced at tv..o o'clock, when a detachment of the Life Guards marched into IV4er loo-place, opposite the Palace. About the same time the KING'S Guard, composed of the GI enadierGuat ds, under the command of Col. CHAS. WOOD, marched into the Palace-yard, in white gaiters; the Band in their state uniform. The Porters, the Marshalmen, the Unger Porters, the Yeomen and Groom Porters, &c. were attc-di:.:.7. The Yeomen of the Guard lined the g: at:,: in which were the Gentlemen Potters and Page, in their Coronation uniforms. There were present in attendance— The Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Mager of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole, the Treasurer of the i louse hold, Lord Petersham, in Waiting ; Sir William Keppel, Grave in Waiting; Earl Cathcart, Gold Stick in Waiting; CoL Silver Stick in Waiting; Sir William Congreve, F.querry Waiting; Sir George Wossd, Aide-do-Camp in Wai t ing; t he Page of Honour in Waiting, the Captain of the Yeomen Gua:-. 1 ., the Vice-Chamberlain. A few minutes before half-past two o'clock, the Fr. cession of the House of Lords arrived with the A:?- dress to his MAJESTY in answer to his most giacims Speech at the opening of the Session of Parhanzert, preceded by two of the Marshalmen. The L - a3 CHANCELLOR in his full robes decorated with god lace, and his attendants, came in two carriages, ec:l - of Mr. BUTT, the Serjeant at Arms, carzying the Mace, the Purse-bearer, the Secretary, and Traia bearer. Among the Peers accompanying his Lor,!. ship, were— The Earl of Roden and Lord Walsinghxm ' the ILiver aul Seconder of the Address, the A rc hbi s h op o f Canteth.:ry, tht Bishops of Llanduff, Exeter, and Salisbury; Lord Raver4won'a, Lord St. Ilelens, the Earl of Chichester, the Earl of :Shafte+- bury, Lord Bolton, Vi s count Sydney, the Bishop of Lincule, :he Duke of Marlborough, the Marquis of Salisbury. Their Lordships were received by the Guard wn pzesented arms, and the Band played a march. Soon after, his MAJESTY left his private apartmen:;, and received the report of the effective state of tl.e three Regiments of Foot Guards from Colonel COCII• RAVE, the Field Officer in Waiting. Their Lordships were then conducted from the first state room, where they had beets strewn into by 31r. MASH and Mr. LEWIS, the Gentlemen Ushers Waiting, who conducted them to the grand MILT. room, where they were received by the Lola 1'11.4 4.• REMAIN, and conducted by him, between an avenue, to the Throne, formed by the honourable corps of Gentlemen Pensioner, headed by JOSEPH GLossee, Esq. the Clerk of the Cheque, to his Maarsrv. who was seated on his throne, surrounded by his Clilinet Ministers, hie Great Officers of State, and other at ' tendants ; the Loa D.CHANCELLOR and their Lords!!ii's accompanying him, approached the KING, making their obeisances. The LORD CHANCELLOR then pmceeded the Address voted by the House of Lords, to the KING was pleased to return a most gracious - 11 . - swer. His MAJESTY afterwards held a Counca, which was attended by— The Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the C.sancd. :he First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord Privy Zeal, the S.:r‘loY of State for the Colonial Department, the First Lord of the Ad miralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the l' it dent of the Board of Controul, the Master of the Mot, the land Chamberlain, the Oroom of the Stole, the Master of the I lcracr the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. 'The RECORDER of London was admitted. and made his Repot t of the convicts capitally tom it test at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, at the last Scs%i ,ll . . Ilis MAJEairy gave audiences to Mr. PEEL Earl HATIIURBV, Mr. BRAOtiE' BATHDRVE, and the Puke of MuNTROSE.—The Couit bxobessiratlive o'clock. Mr. Tito lINroN was not sworn in a IN iv y for on Monday, but cook the oaths in Council to ins present MAJESTY, he having•bcen a Privy Coital:A=og for some year) past.