The National Register. — London, England, 1811-02-03 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. *to r. H. MARTIN moved, that the Report of the Committee c n Saleable Of in t:ourt of Law, should be referred to the Committee on Sinecure Places.—Order,d. • On the motion of Mr. Arbuthnot, the Chaplain of the House was ordered to preach a sermon before the House of Commons, • at St. Margaret's Church, Westruinszer, on Wednesday, the zoth instant. 'The House then adjoUrned. •••1a.m..•111 : • • TUESDAY, JAN. 2% Mt. Hase, from the Bank., prtsented an Account of the Ba lances in the hands at the Governor and Company. Laid on the table: •A Report - os.exted from the Commissioners appointed examiur . was pre! to —.de into the nue of the Offices about the House of Com. , mons. Laid on the table. THE REGENCY BILL. • A Message from. the Lort 4 s announced the asset* 'to the Re gency Bill, with Amendments. These Amendments were read a first time, and, on the motion of tbe Chancellor Of/the Exchequer, ordered to he further con ' sddered on Fliursday, to which day the House adputned. Triustsoav, JAN. 31. The Sheriffs of Lotidon presented a Petition from the COrpo- Imam], pray:ng fot•tertain alteration's in Smithfield Market ; and another Petition' for a • Bill for the improvement of Temple Bar. Mr. HELLISH rented a Petition. from certain persons, fox leave to bring in a Bill for the erection of a Theatre in . the City Of London. The CHANCELLOR of the. ExciiEQUFR moved the Order of the day fog taking into consideration the Amendments sent down by the Lords to the Regency Bill. The order. haNing been read, • the Amendments were severlly reo and agreed to without any observation, and Mr.Pereeval anzi. otiter Members were ordered to c:lrry the 13111 to the Lords, and acquaint their Lordships that tb? il ,, tiie had, ifgreed to their amendments. Mr. gave notice,. that as soon as Parliament is opened, under tire , authority of the Regent,Lst will call its atten tion to th.e. 'Conduct of the Administration of 1804, in unduly ex . excising the Royal Authority, during the indisposition with which his Majesty was then af flicted FRIDAY, Ftß. 1. The House was occupied till five o'clock upon private bu siness. ISSUE OF MONEY. • Mr.Wittilnaffiv begged leave to ask a question of the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Ch:uu eller of the Exchequer). H.: vuig heard that one or more warrants for the issue of money from • the Exchequer, bearing date the 25th and 30th. of October, had been signeh by his Majesty, he wiAcd to be informed whether the iufmrohtion which he had received was of such a nature as • •to be questioned. He would, according to the answer which he received, be able to determine as to the mode of conduct which be should hereafter pursue. The CHANCELLOR of the Exciti:hucit said, that he was given to urder hard that one or two warrants had been issued, one dated the ':9th, fold the other he believed the :30th of October. He would take the opportunity of observing, that warrants of tue nature to which the Right Hon. Geutlempai alluded were always signed in blanks by his Majesty, and sent to the Treasury , to be-fillet! 11p. Those blanks were tilled up in general upon the day on which the warrants were sent to the Exchequer.— The - warrants spoken of bed .been both issued fur very small • sums, one to the Commissioners of the Treasury, • and the other •to Mr. Chiunery. There . were also warrants in the month of October, issued under the Privy Seal, with his Majesty's signa ture, thedate of which he had'tqason to believe was the 27th of October. ' • Mr. WHITBREAD 3!lppoc€'d - thus` the Right Hon. Gentleman meant that the Kip& sh;pathris had been obtained in the ordi '!.' • nary way, and that it was not usual to obtain that signature .• without tilling no the blank'i'vith (Lite. He al so conce i ve d expedierkto ltngw,a;wliftt time the Royal signature was .pla ' • cad to those warranfs zh iticun What the light Hon. Gentleman • had declaied ruppecr,ioo the 'Privy Seal, h e th oug h t i t hi s d uty to move for all:tbeSparrnilfs a,tcl pal tts Signed by his Majesty subsequent to the f,..),1tl olOctober. wnuid, however, if the Right • Hon. “entienalk Rrefcrred make this motion at a future period. , Tha Citakticsmipii K the Eitent:Ques. - thought that another z' time wpuld.be mOresprikten4attiOr the bringing f o rward t hi s /14..ranion, API WAS 0 3 410 . 3 tutt l t#6 as to require some degree of prgiavistioll• • 1 .POP.s; - • • Mr. Wurratem, aceutatrlgo tibstponed his intention of !flinging forward the motion until the first sitting day after - Pal - - name= wa tregularly opened.—Adjourned to Monday. MEETING OF THE SPANISH CORTES. SITTING OF DECEMBER 29. • BARRI:L. rose and made the following motion : " All Acts and Treaties made by Kings of Spain in a state of captivity, and pre-. judicial to the nation, shall be declared null and void," which he supported by a very impressive and argumentative speech. AR.• I.LLES seconded the motion. He said that it was necessary to take this subject into the most mature consideration; tlat Buonaparte had preserved the life of Ferdinand VII. of bis ares ther and mode, for more reasons than were generally conceived ; that he did so for the purpose of introducing a division of inter ests into Spain, and obtaining by intrigues, what he was not able to effectuate by arms. He made mention of the case of Baron Kolly, and added, that from that moment, the public opinion ought to have been prepared to meet events of the most extra ordinary description. Let us only suppose, he said, that the in nocent and candid Ferdinand, who, from his education and youth, cannot bC possessed of the necessary experience and re sources tcr withstand the artful machinations of the Usurper, may. be compelled to contract (I do not say that he will do so one of those marriages which have always proved an ,ipexhaust ible source of Calamities•for Spain. Ancl 4 % , die knows whether the Tyrant, surrounding him with his satellites and advisers many of Whom are, to our misfortune, Spaniards, may send, him to Spain, accompanied by an army apparently national, composed of Spanish prisoners who are detained in Ffatice, and augmented by egotists, weak, and indolent men—should'we he sitate a moment as to the tart we ought to take ? The Cortes are bound by their oath to preserve the independence and inte grity of the nation. They must keep that • path or be buried under its ruins. The Usurper may_ attempt to treat with the Congress, promising to restore the King, to niake improvements, and reform the nation, to evacuate the Peninsula. But what security, what guarantee will he offer? Let us act as the Roman Senate did with Hanibal when at the gates of Rome; he desired to treat for peace. " Let him quit the territory of the .republic, and we will listen to his proposal." GA tu no moved, that to the decree the following clause be added, " That in case of Ferdinand VII. ceding any Spanish provinces to France, all persons listening to the proclamation which may be issued in the King's name, or inducing others to do so, be declared traitors to their country." Alexia seconded the clause, and exclaimed, " Let us rather die ; and may ten bombs fall into this hall, and destroy us all, rather than treat of a capitulation." QUIN N A said, that the value of the Cortes, like that of paper-money, depended on the public opinism ; that there is now time to illustrate it, and that, should Ferdinand marry, no matter with whom, and enter Spain with arms in his hands,with the aid of Buonaparte, he must be treated as an enemy. • ',LAN() made the following proposition "That should Fer dinand arrive, aseompanied by a Spanish army, and sent by Na poleon, 11 o ctilities should he commenced agaiust hitn under Hark bitioters," that is, withoetgiving quarter. .-.; INTERCEPTED LETTER., BUONAPARTE'S NEW ARRANGEMENT OF KINGS. CORBEIL, Dr.c. 17. 44 It appears that General Junut, jealous Of the general command given to Massena in Portugal, prodnced A failure in one operation, by not obey ing his orders, and effecting a junction necessary to the success of the operation. Massena the t refore deprived Junot of .his command, arrested him and sent hirrF, to•• Paris : the Emperor confirmed this measure, and the General, it is said, will be shot. 44 2. Prince Ferdinand is to marry the sister of our Empress, and to ascend the Throne of,Spain— reserving Catalonia and Biscay for France, the for mer of which belonged to France under Louis XIV 9. King .Ibseph returns to Naples. "'l. The King of Naples is to be King of Po land, and in order to. form that kingdgiT4 ,, tbe Em peror of Russia has been . acked for. his. pate of the old partition of Poland.—Austria cedes her cart vo luntarily. • 66 5. Prince Bertilier is to be King of Prussia,