Star. — London, England, 1823-02-06 00:00:00

... out Portugal adopted the Bathe Constitution, under circummances which must hirve made .their coadta” still more ot jectionable JO the Allies. ' It was ins- . HOUSE OF - LORDS. ' possible for Portugal tO leave Spain unasiaStainthe J contest. Every onO must see that thelf iatise was cite' The House 44 .hot sit yesterday : the reason was, that after , a t he division on Lord STANHOPE'S Amendment on Tuesday to • n icl'sol se. and i-. ibl Portugal, like Spaai, 'has not t i its the Address, in answer to his NIA'S:Sr/et Speech, strangers were conteald with a foreign enemy only. Did not the not again admitml ; and after the Address was carried, on the ;Right tfonourable 'Gentleman (Mr. Wel) !ake:— motion of the Earl of Livaarotm., the House adjourned till Fri- for if he did not he would tell him—that a'. Re. day, at three o'clock.—This proceeding took place in order to give time for the Mover and Seconder, attended by the Lord ge"Ci of Portugal was now established in Franeasi Chamberlain, the Master of the Household, &c. to go down to and that even some of its agents had already, ar- B r i g h to n.to present the Address to his MAarisvgat ... . rived in England:4 purpose m the of forwar ding HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRU4I4 I IS. - their scheme to ekcite a civil war in that country also? The SPELKZa took the Chair at four o'clock. When Spain was attacked, and a civil war was etcited ' • - The Members present who had not taken their seats were in Portugal, with a Regency appearing on its frontiers,' sworn in the usual manner. supported by French soldiers and French money, Mr. MARRYAT gave notice for to-morrow se'nnight of a would England be then able to afford her that effec motion relative to the Service on which his Majesty's ships Dot- teal assistance which she_ could now, before either of terel and Carnation were employed on the 12th August last. The usual Sessional Committees, sou the Standing Orders of these events had taken place? Would she be then able the House, were pti and agreed to. • to throwa sufficient force into thelines of Torres Vedrai Mr. KEITH DOUG LAS moved foe Returns relating to the to resist the invaders and support the population of amount of product, the number of ships employed, and their - tonnage, in the Sugar Trade of the West India Islands for the rortugal, which would be obliged to fly for safety to last fivt years.—Ordered. Lisbon? Portugal was now differently situated from Mr. WOOLRIDGE WHITMORE gave not i ce that on what it had been at any former period. It was no Monday, the 17th, he would bring the subject of the Corn Laws longer in possession of the Brazils, or the resources under the consideration of the House. Mr. CURWEN moved for an Account of the quantity of which that country afforded it—a circumstance Irish Corn imported into this country from the year tau to - which ought the more to induce England to hasten the year 1823, distinguishing the kinds; and also an Account to avert from k the calamities of a war. .Should Go of the quantity of Barley, Oats, and Wheat, actually sold in veroment assist Portugal early in the contest, it Mark-lane; and the quantity of Cattle sold in Smithfield for the would cost but thousands, while if she postponed her same period. - Mr. GOULBURN gave notice that he would move for leave aid it would cost millidns—for he put aside altoge to bring in a Bill to amend the Irish Yeomanry Act. titer the possibility, in the event of a war, of this Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON gave notice of a mo- country being able to stand aloof. Never did na tion relative to the state of representation of Scotch Counties, on liament do anything more creditable or more ho the 11th of March. nourable to itself than in giving utterance to that The Annual Indemnity Bill was read and passed. DUTY ON LIME. feeling of indignation which it entertained against Mr. BROUGHAM presented a Petition from the Laud- the Allied Powers and their Notes; for never was owners and Agriculturists of several places in Cumberland, there in history a more unjust, a more wicked, or a praying for an amendment of the Acr imposing duty on Lime. more unprovoked attack upon the rights .of nations The Hon. Member observed, that this Petition was applicable than that which these sanctioned. Unprovoked, he to the four Northern Counties, where certain Magistrates, for the purposes of jobbing, no doubt, had chosen to put a con- said, because if Spain was disposed to extend her struction on the Act different from what was the unanimous opi. Constitution to other countries, would she have suf- Mon of some of the first members of the legal profession. fered her army to be so small, that even on the 7th Lord LOWTHER said, he hoped that an early day would of July, the day on which the guards attempted a be named to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act al quest ion. counter-revolution, it did not exceed 22,000 men ? In Mr. CURWEN bore testimony to the hardship of the case order to spew the unexampled moderation of the upon those parts of the country which were under the jurisdic- Spanish Government,. it would be only necessary to tion of the Magistrates in question. revert to the massacre of Cadiz, into which no in- Mr. LTTTLETON concurred in the same sentiment. Isir. F. LEWIS, after a few words in explanation of the quirt' was ever made, and to the murder of a Con views of the framers of the Act, gave notice of a motion to stitutional Officer of the Guards in the Palace, for amend it, for Friday next.—The Petition was then read, and which only the ,two assassins who committed the ordered to be printed. deed suffered. If the Spanish Government were MARRIAGE ACT. sanguinary, they had many opportunities of' shewlng Dr. PHILLINIORE rose to call the attention of that they were, if they pleased to take advantage of the House to the Act passed in the last Session of them. Even those who, on the 7th of July, capitu- Parliament for the regulation of the Law of Mar- lated with arms in their hands, were protected. The riage. The House would well remember the cir- Allied Powers have told the Spaniards that they were curustances under which it had agreed to pass the the spoliators of the Church. Ought this language Bill originating with it on that subject into a law. to come from those who were the greatest of all spo- It had been drawn up with the greatest care, and the liators-L-not omitting the Pope himself? But he provisoes and enactments it contained were the work hoped that they themselves might become liable to of persons in all parts of the kingdom best qualified the same charge; and that, before the Session was for a task of such nature. The other House, how- over, they would become the spoliators of the Church ever, had thought proper to make considerable altera- by correctir 6 , its abuses. So far from Spain having tions in it; and in the oillnion of all who had taken provo k e d t h e aggression of France, the latter was the an interest in it, the only remaining otiginal clauses first which used every means to irritate and sow dis left, came down to that House clogged with many sension among the Spaniards. Last year, when he difficulties. In the dilemma in which the House was at Paris, he knew that General Quesada had set was thus placed, it decided upon rather inflicting out from that capital to Bayonne; and on the way, some inconvenience, with the power of repealing his carriage having broken down, it was found that them in a subsequent Session, than lose altogether a he had a great quantity of French gold, which he principle which had cost it so hard a struggle; and, was conveying to the frontiers, for the purpose of accordingly, from this Bill inconvenicncies were felt waging a civil war in Spain; and yet while all these which nothing but actual necessity could have jets- efforts were made by France, M. de Montmorency, tified the House in passing. Amongst these he would declared that the only object in keeping the cordon mention the unnecessary introduction of oaths not sanataire on the frontiers, was to defend the French before requisite. Next was an extract from the Re- territory. With regard to the Allied Notes, he fully gister of Baptism, which was not necessary to the concurred in all that had been said of them yester main purposes of the Act. Another inconvenience day by his Honourable and Learned Friend, the' was, the stamps required in marriages by banns, an Member for Winchelsea: - However, as to France he expense which was oppressive, without being in any wished to observe, that the great object of Its . inter way useful. He would further enumerate the hard- Terence with Spain was not so much to ptit down ship of the Clergy being obliged to read this volu- Spanish liberty as to do away with the Charter, re sinous Act from the pulpit. The Act also went to st ore the Church domains, and crush whatever of li take away from many peculiar jurisdictions the power berty was remaining M France. The Note of M. of granting licenses, by which many districts were Jouffry, which was in some degree an expose of the depraved of the same facility of marriage possessed opinions of the French' fanatics, lamented that the by others ; whereas all should have the same power Christian relig ion had been substituted for the Pagan, in that respect. With this view of the question , be be cause it unsettled men's minds. It would, he was assured the House that, with its permission, he would persuaded, be on principles consonant with such doc do his best to remedy all the evils he had complained trines that the French Government would wish to of. The House had done wisely in adopting the establish a Constitution. Let Spain not fear to ap. , principle of the measure. They now saw none of peal to this country. Whatever sacrifices it would those suits which before had so frequently disgraced be necessary to make, this great country was still both the Consistory Court, founded upon persons coming able and willing to make, whenever the Government forward to take the benefit of their own perjury. stood forward as the champions of European liberty.' The Hon. Member then obtained leave to bring in a Mr. CURWEN said, that he did not wish to ex- Bill to amend the said Oct. press any opinion upon the subject at present, pre- THE ADDRESS. (erring to postpone it to some future and more ap- Colonel CIIILDE brought up the Report of the propriate period. Committee on the Addi els to his Majesty. Colonel DAVIES said, that it appeared -to him On the motion that the Report be now read, being most important that Europe should know the senti put from the Chair, ments of England upon this subject; and whether, Sir ROBERT WILSON rose. He said, it was not in the event of an attack upon the liberty of Spain, his intention to disturb the unanimity with which the that country would receive its support. He there- Address to his Majesty had been met on all sides of fore felt it necessary to say a few words ; first ob the House, but he felt that he could not suffer this serving, that he entirely concurred in the sentiments opportunity to pass without making a few observa- expressed last night by his Hon. and Learned Friend, tions, which those who heard the luminous speech of the Member for Winchelsea. He also agreed with his Hon. and Learned Friend Last night, would not the gallant Admiral (Sir Joseph Yorke), that it was be surprised that he had forborne to make on that oc- impossible for this country to remain neuter when casion. He was anxious to offer himself to the atten- once a cannon was fired at the other side of the Bi tion of the House, principally on account of an es- dassoa. He could not conceive upon what principle pression which had chopped from the Right Hon: of policy England could observe a neutrality. He Gentleman, and with a view to caution the House could not help thinking that if that mad fanatical against being lulled into a sense of security by the party, who, after twenty-five years of exile had professions of neutrality now held out by our Go- learned nothing, and forgotten nothing, and who had s ernment. If the French party who had counselled awakened from their lethargy still surrounded with the King to undertake a war, had been once assured all their bigotted prejudices, had been told' by the. of our neutrality, they would not hesitate to pass the Government, "If you persevere you will certainly Pyrennees to perpetrate their premeditated crime, call down the vengeance of this country upon you for such he would op „. it, against the Spanish na- —he could not help thinking that, wild and besotted Lion. But if the y list the seas 'from Dunkirk to as that party were, they woold still have yielded, if Bayonne occupied by our, fyiees e they would soon the Government of this country had used such lan-- • resolve to abandon their .Seaschieeous project. He guage. The French Government must also be aware would undertake to assert, that in case a war broke that this was far from being a popular war amongst ou t between the Powers of France and Spain, neutra- the French nation, as they looked upon it as an • at , lity oft our part would be impossible—(Hear).—He tempt to destroy the remnant of liberty they enjoyed believed, that when the Right Hein. Gentleman gave themselves; beside that, it would stop that tide of . l_ l the. pledge of neutrality, he did so with a conscien- English travellers which was constantly fl owing kw° titaus persuasion that' the Government would be ena- France, and causing the expenditure in that , country' bled to render it valid. But they must recollect that' of a great quantity of English wealth. If. thesese this is not . o war fur a town, of with respect to a I p r e s entations werentidr to*.the Preach Government,Government, new boundary, but for a 'Coastiitition, which had hi was satisfied that - they could not failzo4nake. an becn already denounced at Laybach, where the So- I impression which would be likely to avert the cals tmeigns declared their determination to put it down.!mities of a war. ft •‘, . . -, Ii - PARI.IiIVENT44y PROCEEDINGS. a , . MI INSON said, that be ro, e for the 41Vd*Ila few Obwiirations upon ihy .___S * the kink He did not complain . so. olbeli of ./arliat it et:obtained as what it omitted: • It: ought to have spoken out the sentiments of this coun try. on the war which was about to take place can didly and clearly. Ministers °tight to have made his Majesty use such language as would have added to - the spirit which was abroad against the unjust and unprincipled aggression of France upon Spain. They ought to have put into thee:out,' of his Majesty such language as would convince the Allied Tyrants that, whenever they endeavoured to put down •freedom, - they would find in England a most determined and powerful enemy : but in this, he regretted, the Speech was lamentably deficient. He believed that the eye of Europe was now directed towards Great Britain, and looked upon its liberty as depending upon the part which she would act in the approaching struggle. —He was persuaded, if the Tyrant Sovereigns were told what they had to expect from this country in their career of despotism, they would be intimidated and turn aside from the insolent resolution which they now avowed. He was glad to find that the Mihisters during the recess had made every exertion to preserve peace. No person would decry a return to war, and its consequent calamities to the countries engaged in it, more than he (Mr. Hutchinson); but, great as the calamities of war were, those that would attend the establishment of universal tyranny were still greater. He did not approve of that paragraph in the Speech which stated, that his Majesty de clined being party to any proceedings at Verona which could be deemed an interference in the internal concerns of Spain on the part of foreign Powers, be cause he thought this Government ought to have communicated its determination to resist by force any such attempt on the part of any Power ; and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Secretary for Foreign Affairs) would be more explicit on this point when he had taken his seat in the House. He fully con curred in the sentiments expressed last night by his Hon. and Learned Friend, the Member for Winchel sea, with regard to the documents of the Allied Ty rants, and he heartily joined with the gallant Admi ral in expressing his abhorrence and detestation of the principles they contained. His great objection to the Speech was, that it was milk and water in ex pressing its opinion of the difficulties in which France and Spain were involved. As the Tyrants were now combining against Spain, time was valuable, and not a moment should be lost in declaring the determina tion of this .country to resist any attack upon the in dependence of Spain. He should like to_know the meaning of that paragraph, which stated that " his Majesty flattered' himself that peace would be pie served in the East." Did it mean that peace would be preserved in the East till Spain. should be put down ?—that it would be preserved till Russia, find ing Europe involved in war, would pounce upon Greece? If so, his Majesty ought to have been in structed to tell the country that he would assist the cause of Greece, because England would not suffer Liberty to be put down in any part of Europe. He was pleased with that part of the-Speech, which stated that the Estimates of the current year had been framed with every attention to economy, that the Re venue was improving, and that there was a surplus beyond his Majesty's expectation. He could not omit saying one word upon that - part of the Speech' which related to that branch of the Empire with which he was most dearly connected. It stated that the distresses of that country were considerably di minished—thanks to the never-to-be-forgotten libe rality of Englishmen. He hoped Ministers well Weighed that passage of the Speech, in which his Majesty recommen Ted " such measures of internal regulation as may be calculated to promote and se cure the tranquillity of the country, and to improve the habits and condition of the people." He rejoiced to find such a recommendation from his Majesty, and trusted it would be acted upon. An opportunity would soon present itself of knowing whether the Ca-, binet were united on that point. As Europe was likely to be again involved in war, 'it would not be inopportune to make a few observations on this part of the Speech. He hoped Ministers would attend to his Majesty's recommendation, and call the attention of Parliament as soon as possible to improve the habits and condition of the people of Ireland, and not throw any obstacle in the way of any measures which might be introduced for its good. Permanent tran quillity was not to be insured in Ireland by words; measures were necessary, the most important of which were those which related to Tithes and Catholic Emancipation: Such measures ought to be adopted as would make Irishmen feel they had a country', and' plant them in their own soil. There was mticli to be forgiven, and much to be forgotten. Much had oc curred which was to be lamented; but all friends to Ireland should unite in promoting its interests, and suppress all angry feeling. Measures should be taken to unite all parties, because Ireland, distracted in the hour of peril, instead of being the brightest gem in' the Imperial diadem, might be the cause of its ruin. A MEMBER observed, that as the country was in a great measure guided in its opinion by the tone of feeling which prevailed in the House, he hoped - his Majesty's Ministers would, at an early opportunity, give more direct information than was contained in the Speech from the Throne, as to the part which this country was likely to take, in the event of' war. The Report of the Address was then read, and ordered to be presented to his Majesty: by such Mem bers of the House as were also Members of his Ma jesty's Privy Council.—Adjourned at Six o'Clock. LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING.— ! 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Bridge.street, Feb, X, 1823. . Ttf E• EVEiNfIN 0 STAR. LONDON. . i - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 189.3. STOCK EXCHANGF., HALF-PAST TW ETAT_ Consols opened this morning at 761 1, went down to 751 at which price they remain up to the present hour. No business of magnitude has been done this morning. An Express from Paris this morning brings the French Funds of Tuesday at 801. 400. • FOREIGN FUNDS. , Very little has been done in the Market this morning. Spa nish Bonds opened at 381, went down to 55i, and rose again. Current Prices :—CLilian 681, New Spanish 3Si, OW 42, Near Prussian 75, Old 80, Russian 75, Danish 80, Neapolitan nothing done, Peruviaq nothing done. Colombian 466 Spanish Scrip 47' PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. flank Stock 239 1 ,4-3 per Cent. Reduced 76% 3 4 . .. 3 per Cent. Consols 76 1 / 4 75% 76 75 th 3 1 / 2 per Cents. 88% 4. per Cents. Old 95 94% /8 l /2 4 per Cent. New 95 1 —Bank Long Amts. 20 India Stock 2391 Q—Bonds 335. 365. Exchequer Bill* of 1:1,000, 14% 16s. Consols for Acct. 7614 75% 76.753/4. - Every day now brings a variety of rumours, and some of them are so absurd that we wonder they should for a moment be credited. Among other te. ports that were in circulation last evening was one that press warrants had been issued, as if the British Navy could not be fully manned without resorting to so odious a measure, at a time when so many thousand British Tars are longing to , be employed oa their native element. The following is an extract of a letter- from a Met• chant of Portsmouth to a respectable House in the City, received this morning : A PORTSMOUTH. FEBRUARY S. " Orders have been received at this Dockyard to prepare seven sail of the line for commission, and is complete the full complements of the crews of the guardships. The magazines are putting in proptr order, and shipwrights are employed stopping up the air holes of the VICTottY, arc: made while laying in ordinary to check the dry rot. " The complexion is ce,rtainly warlike, but it ij evidently attempted to put the face of peace upon it as long as possible ; for certain it if, that such lITIC paratidns as these would alwatifria,w a declaratioa. of war. This disguise cannot continue long, andiii the meantime you must use your own discretion." A private letter from Paris, dated Tuesday after.' noon, states that the'French Funds had fallen three per cent. in consequence of a proposition having bees made to the Chamber of Peers by the Minister, of pacific tenonr,. which was rejected. „ The French Papers of Monday state that " Pigi Hilt," as one of our cotempOraries has aptly enotigli named the Duke of Awooutame, will not set outlet the Army until the Ist of March; and that all the troops will not be in line before the 15th. This as* will afford an opportunity for our Government ye continue its mediation, and enable the Spaniards ID make the preparations necessary for their defence.-r The Speech of our SOVEREIGN and the proctediftp in Parliament must inspire Spain with great cool dence, and we trust that the whole will be trandead into Spanish, and widely circulated throughoptal Peninsula. In France, too, the decisive woe of* British Nation must create a powerful sensation the minds of all who are not blindly infatuate° , treacherous to Lours XVIII. whose only chattte4 keeping the Throne,e,en fora few years morel!' hi! family, rests on his avoiding War:.' The accounts from Madrid; which are in the *,h Papers, bring the answer of FittmtiAnn t0, ; 414414. dress of the Cottes, to-which we referentr , Readhea— If it May be saidi that can be plate the declaration of a Prt9ce,Wlio has morethah deceived-his people, the to the Holy 'Allies,' who h now threstitittersiotatriti Constitution they had sanctioned by This-Answer, and ;he onlyother sirtickr 1 -- ,• 7 : 77 ' -•‘. '"&4 4) " • • • ••• 41 l* 4 * gcnce in the trench rit l iep T.,A ziOtappupg. i , tOlUidriniepteeedieg-eitlowishi • •fi zoz l l l .- t JOl6B The following, account of the reCrintie)iiiltigitt PI