The National Register. — London, England, 1816-10-21 00:00:00

SPAIN. • The Queen of Spain and her sister arrived in Nadal on the 28th ult. The merriage ceremony, which con tacted the Princess, who is represented as young and lovely, with the Beloved Ferdinand for life, was cele brated on the following day. It is hinted that the Court of Brazil is to receive some substantial routine rations in return for its consent to this alliance ; and the. Spanish writer says, " that the charms of the yaw% spouse are well worth paminees, which Spain can do very well without." This is not the first time that a charming woman has been successfully employed to thcilitute a diplomatic arrangement. • Our Lord the king has been pleased to issue the fol lowing Decree:— " n, tthing to signalize, by a mark of my royal mercy, the happy day in which, completing the peace and tranquillity of say dominions. I give to the Spaniards a tender mother in toy dearly beloved and desired Queen; and being incapable of fully enjoying the felicity which is prepared for me oil this day, rendered still more memorable by the happy imion of any beloied and august Brother, the Infante Don Carlos, with the Infante Duna Maria Francisca, without alleviating, in as far as the laws of the state of the kingdom may permit, the fate of the unfortunate who groan under the weight , if their crime, I have conceded a general pardon to all delinquents capable of receiving it in the Peninsula, and the adjacent islands; and who may enjoy the same without prejudice to others, or to public justice ; and I order, that at the proper time, my Councils of the Admiralty, War, and the Indies, do immediately propose to me the time in which a similar grace ought to he extended to military and nasal offenders through out all my dominions, and also to those in the transmavine possessions, who may base deviatod from the path of dots ; re.er ring to myself the right of giving to my bounty that am plitude which my feelings dictate; and which is due to that ardent seal with which All my beloved subjects assemble *lrwin(' my throne: when/tore I have resolved 'that this pardon shall be enjoyed by all prisoners lia ble to receive it, who arc now in the prisons of Madrid, or other prisons of the King, and who have not committed the crimes of &ease Maj , dotis divine or human; treason, homicide of priests, fabricating false money, arson, exporting prohi bited articles, blasphemy, e—y, subordination and fraud, forgery, resistance to justice and malversation of my Roy al Powers. or of the supplies destined fur the army, uavy, or thospitala. " 2. That this grace extend to the fugitive and absent .cieninals, who, within the tern of six months, if in Spain, and one year if out of these kingdoms, shall present them selves before any Justices, in order that the said Justices, open reporting to the Tribunals in which the causes depend, anav proceed to declare the pardon. 4 3. That, ander the exceptions contained in Article I, the values committed previously to the publication of this De. erec, are alone comprehended in the pardon, and by no we:4mi those which may be afterwards committed. " 4. That offeuders condemned to labour in garrisons al:1 arsenals, who are not yet sent off, or who may be on the road fur their destination, and who have not been convicted of the erinies excepied in Article 1;11141 also be entitled to the said parkin. " a. That with regard to cases of offence in which there is a third party aggrieved, the pardon shall not lie declared, sonless there be a release from the said poly; and that, with regard to those cases in which any pecuMary intereAt are pewit ty is involved, it shalt not also be declared without satis ffetiou or acquaintance of the same; but that when the in terest or penalty falls to the exchequer or informer, the par don skill be valid." ." Signed with Lis Majesty's Royal Hand, Sept. 29. -". To the Puke,President of the CounciL" Russt.t. • iDa the Soth of August the Emperor or Russia issued she following Manifesto at Moscow We, Alexander, by God's grace Emperor and Antoerat efall the Rinsias„ 6:c.—At the ever memorable epoch of the year 141 i, when the country was delivered from the iovasion .cf a num.:ions and pow( rfal enemy, our thoughts were pre ferably dii ccted to the old capital of Russia, and we resolved to repair to the midst of it, and express the feelings with which its inhabitauts had inspired us. To theii love for us and their country no sacrifice was too great. What they met and sintered had penetrated our heart with deep affliction. The Almighty, however, who presides over the destinies of na tions, hail determined that through their sntietings Russia and Europe should he saved.—The flumes of MOSCOW were the day-dawn of the deliverance of States. Flom the profit. motion of its holy temples religion arose victorious. The gallon of destnu•tiom which undermined the Krtmlin was overolielmed itt its frl.gsuents : and thus Moscow, by its •deeds, its fidelity, and its self-devotion, has set an example of heroism and greatness. Deeply penetrated by these eircem stances, which are engraved in oar orentory and-on our heart, e. en during the se ar we extended to it all our paternal care, iii order to atiOrd all possible support to its inhabitants struck down to the earth. These cares werethe sit hjeet of reheated instructions, which we transmitted to the Governor General .of Moscow. " Alter the war v:as •ended, after we had cooperated in dlie ()Illy,' general states of Europe ' aoil rcataincd only ru long at lit. Peter%bared' as was absolutely Ode, we resolved to gratify the wishes of our heart, and visit voir .7apititl, honourable for its exploits as for Its antiquity, 'to become personally acquainted with its situation and it. waists; and Wore the eyes of the win Id to acknowledge its memorable sorviocs, which, hailowed by the Vivine Blessing, .and duly estituatrd by 4incien Powors, call forth all our love .and gratitude, as well as that of the country. In order to tran x iolt to p e ‘teeity lite recollection of its exploits, we. order the.preseut Manifesto, token of our gratitude, to be deposittiti in the archive of the Seuate of Moscow. (signed) " ALEXANDER. *" Moscow, Aug. thx6." According` to an article from St. Peteriburglx, the Trnperor tptittetl Morrow on the 124th ult. fur Warsaw. Cie infant win of the Count a, 'Hiams, French Am leittotador.,, was baptioefl at Rome on the ifith ult. The (*.ordinal Gonsalvi, who stood proxy for the Pope iv.. xitio.'nor aster the einationy, put. mond the neck of itlte iuirrit a eALir of Lapis-lazuli, to which Wac :much el a wit :al, scr cuclosin a rclique of Ca`...3. • THE NATIONAL REGISTER. SOUTHWARK MEETING. Thursday a numerous meeting was held, porsnant to advertisement at the Town Hall, in the Borough of South wark," for the purpose of taking into consideration the pre sent distresses of the people, and the alarming state of the nation, and to adopt rock measures as might be necessary." Soon after one o'clock the chair was taken by S. Holmes, Esq. Deputy High Bailiff. Mr. Holmes bring regularly in the chair, read the requi sition by which the meeting, had been convened. It was signed by at least tiny persons. Mr. Hart iiien presented himself, and regretted that the task he moving certain resolutions had fallen on him. He began by denying that the cause of toe present distresses was a transition from war to peace, and contended tleit they arose from the Pitt system. The people had found it had brought rein and desolation. Excessitte taxation, a standing army, mud corruption elsewhere ' had reduced this country to the lowest state of suffi ring. Retrenchment had been re , commended, but the Government only insulted them. In stead of reducing the great sinecures and pensions, they had taken away a few extra police officers front the Thames, in cuusequence of which the property of the public on that river Was tot sufficiently protected. The distresses of the people were the effect of a long effort to keep the Bourbons on the throne of Trance.—(Loud object in the several resokmtionc he had to move was, tits, to express their detestation of the 1111411111 by which the couutry had been brought to its present state; and secondly, to propose a remedy. The uext point for the consideration of the Meet ing was the state of the country with respect to tithes. lipou that subject Inc had to propose a measure, by which tithes might be redeemd. 7tro clown might collect a proper re. nomendion tile the clergy in the land tax. It could not, however, be expected that any advantage would arise under the present corrupt representation of the neople. No good could be effected without reform in Parliament, therefore he recommended to petition the Prince Regent to lake to his councils men who would promote Pat liameutary 111101111. Air. Hall seconded the above. - Mr. Calvert was of opinion, that war for the restoration of the House of Bourbon had not been continued in defiance of the remonstrance of part of the English people, but iet the people of England.—(Nuzzo! lour° !)--If the resolution went forth as it Oleo *Was worded, it would appear that part of Ore people of England had been favourable to war for the resto ration of the Bourbons, which lie knew was not the fact. Mr. Hall said, the object of the Meeting was to express the sense the people entertained of the conduct of his Ma jesty's Ministers, sod the present alarming state of the country. He had expected that men of public spirit would have been present to discuss the subject. He was surprised to plod, among others, one of their representatives (Mr. Bar clay) absent. He agreed with the mover of the resobitious, that the distress of the country was 11w result of Pitt's sys tem; Waiters had told them to wait fur the meeting of Parlia ment, which would afford relief; but what hope could they have from men who received a fourth part of the politic money.--( !hers! A4tl done, my hey!)- -They had been told that a man's heart must be callous that did not glow at the result oldie late contest. If those who indulged in that re mark would look at the wretched beings suffering in the workhouses, little would they find to make the heart glow.-- There were large sinecariats who flourished away from time to time—front year to year, who were never weary of prais log and supporting the system which secured (twin large .portions of 11w public money—(dpplouse).—George Rose had .cone forward with a pamphlet, to tell time pour, when all was gone they had still religion to Ily to, and saviug banks . — ILasnrhier and huntac)—Sante had been threatened whim exe cutions for taxes they are unable to pay—(l bare, crud one among; the crowd)—but the time might soon come when there would be but little left to satisfy rapacity. 'lle only remedy fur their inisfortaires was Reform in Parliament. _ . Mr. Calcraft then proposed to amend the resolution, by in ting after Bourbon family on the throne of France," the words—" in defiance of the remonstrance of the English and Frence people."—The amendment was agreed to. Mr. Kemmish did not concider the abolition of sinecures of much consequence. Looking to the state of families, they wanted' more substantial relief. The national debt ought to be wiped off, and the Bourbons made to pay it. Then that arch hypocrite Lord Castlereagh, sold his country to this cannily, the job never would have been brought about but for the Janisaries WiliCh surrounded the Lord Lieutenant. Standing armies had ever been the support of tyrants and oppressors. James 11. of England was obliged to resort to one, in order to oppress the people. Those tyrants, Louis XLV. Laois XV. and Louis XVI. used a standing army to murder their own subjects. (Here Orator Komuisit re ceived three cheers.) Mr. Simile t toted, that every man ought to come forward, and should be deterred by no considerations from suggesting what might appear best calculated to relieve present dis tress. The situation of the country was intl:rd mlumost des perate from the immense amount of the public debt. (True, true). From that source sprung the consi.iracy of a lira overgrown sineeureists, to strip a flee people of their To that cause was to be ascribed the diarees of the agrieul turist, the decay of trade, and time poverty and banks uptey 41:0W so general, but unheard of in former periods of oar his tory. The want of employment, was not owing to a bIIII4ICII transition from war to peace, hut to the amount of the Na tional Debt, which had impeded the whole of our domestic ettonorny. Instead of that mirth which was wont to accom pany peace, every face now wore misery and despair.— Nothing now was talked of but executions and bankruptcies, and the a hole system bore the marks of a national convul sion. Should we not then come forward to relieve the dis , tress so generally felt. The true remedy was to be found in the virtue or • free people. But the language that bad been held upon the subject must excite the indignation of every generous mind. One spiritual and three temporal lords had among then) 150,0001. annually, a sum that would supply 25,000 persons with bread., belonging to that class, the labouring mpoor that -constituted the real strength and sinews of the state.—(Mack Appluuse.)— Should a contribm tiou then be recommended to relieve the country in its pre sect sltstresst d state,s,vhen such s sssss s were swallowed imp by an unfeeling aristocracy.% It had forme-41y been the opinion that England was the admiration of the world, that she was, as had been .emphatically termed, the gold mule of Europe. So completely, however, Wet time scene now reversed, flout she appeared begging fur aims, and receiving charity—ells city fours.' a Frenchman of •that family that slipped out of Paris like so many .g,...assitoppers. Britain thus mit a beg ging like Ileiisaritis itt.old for a halfpenny. That was all nwimz: 4u it emit:rota metier), that had applied time wealth of the imatimm to .use. In 1403 the lirst.James said to his j karlituneut, that the good of his Inutile should be the. sole C TOPFII 21. rule of his conduct; and lied lih suc'eessora acted up to that principle, the one wonl . il have saved his head, and the other his trown. Isidthing i Reform ha Parliament could re dress the wrongs of the people, and it was the privilege of every Englisisman to petition the throne. A meeting should be held for the !morose of reform alime, and against a staml hig ahoy, as much mischief would ensue should the %Mee o f the people be disregaidel.—( Load sad reiterated But if the people were unanimous and true to their own rights, their complaints t be heard, and their wrung% most be redressed. Mr. Wells said, whatever might be the distress of the people, it was clear from the late prorogation% that Parliament %%mild not meet till the Minister wanted money. The petitions would not be attended to miless they went In a body and presented Ilium—No support WitA ex peeled from those who uniformly disregarded the intett st of the people, and only minded their own. Mr. Calvert begged leave to state that the petitions against the Corn Bill and the Property Tax had been attended to. Should they go in a body and petition the Regent, lie was afraid they might meet with some of thosedanizaries to whom the Honourable Gentleman (Nlr. had alluded. But should the example of Southwark be followed by other public bodies, redsess would as certainly follow as in thy case of the Corn Bill and of the Property Tax.—( Applause, mixed wills cries V bread and porter, we might as well be killed as starred.) The petition was the n read by the Deputy Digit Bailiff, and l i iii ously agreed to. - - - - - - • • Mr. Calvert moved, that the l • tition should be left in the 'fowit Hall for signatnres, and should be presented when fairly transcribed, to the Prince Regent at the next levee by the High Bailiff, accompanied by the two members for the liorimigh.—(No Barclay— .ao Llare!cy ! The name or Mr. B.lrehy w oinitted by the decided 5C1144! 4 A • of the Meeting. Thanks were then voted to the High Bailiff, to the Ds puty High Bailiff, and to Mr. Calvert, for his prompt attendanee at the Meeting.—(4 voice from 11w crowd called out it is Ai , duty hi attend.) Mr. Calvert said, it had been well oboorved, that it was his ditty to attend to the call of his constituents. It was both duty and pleasure to do so. Some symptoms of dissatisfac tion had manifested themselves for the first time when he en tered the MB ; that, however, he believed, did not arise from any political feeling, but from transactions of a private na ture, which he could satisfactorily explain. He was as de cided a friend to a reform in Parliament as any man possibly could he ; but no reform could be expected to proceed front within the walls of the House of Commons; it must come from withont—from the determined sense of the people. if the people were true to themselves, their Members must be true to them. At the ►asst election for Gloucester, hi had ap plied to two voters i n fivour of Colonel Webb, a most wor thy man. They had no objection to go down, provided they - %MT allowed a coach and tour horses,and to take their wives and children along with them. Had the example of his (Mr. Calverfsl election been followed, which had been attended with no expense to any party, a reform in Pterlitiment would easily be effected ; but when a Member bad paid 40 o► 30,0001. roe his scat, that was a strong temptation to lean to that side that dispensed the favours attic Crown. _ The resolutions were then ordered to be inserted in three morning and one evening; paper. Mr. Kemmish begged to state to the Meeting, that a re,o - lotion of censure upon Mr. Barclay for his absence from the Meeting had been pat into his hands ; but perhaps Mr. Cal vert, or some other Gentleman, might be able to explain the ruanosi tor his absence. Mr. Calvert stated that he had not seen Mr. Barclay for FOlll4 . 111011110, and believed him to be at present at bit seat in Suffolk.. Perhaps he did not know that such a meeting was to take place. ( Loud cries of Ise mn,t have knows' it, notice soar inserted in the Mies/mg:era.) The resolution of censure against Mr. Barclay, for bring absent from the present Meeting, though he had attended that at the London Tavern v.as then put and carried, and the Meeting broke up. MEETING AT NORWICH. A requisition having been presented to the Mayor, re questing him " to call a Common Hall in order to bike into consideration the propvicty of petitioning the Legislature for the greatest possible retrenchment of the public expcn diturr, and for a 124:form in the Commons House of Portia ment.”—'flie May - or, W. Hankes, rsq. appointed a meetinz to he held on Monday last, at St. Andrew when it ac cordingly tuok lance, and was numerously attended. Mr. Sheriff Ifolintrhroke IV3S called to the Chair; and the business was opened by John Pete:Word, Esq.. who inflicted to the conduct of Mr. Pitt and his amoriakin, the manifold evils which had resulted frc,m that Minister's measures. The only effectual remedy, he said, wasn radical Reform in the !louse of Commons. Mr. Pitchford concluded by moving several Reisolntinfis to ibis effect, which were eceonded by fi. Gurney, Wm. Fritli , Esq. said, that though lie concurred in some parts ut tht Resolutions, vet there were several poiuts iu ehich lie.tlifrered from them. tic thought the present not the proper time for Parliamentary Reform, and that Ratan' ought to begin with the people. The Resolutions were put aad carried, without a disseotient voice. William . Smith, Esq. after the Petition was smanimously adopted, in a very able and luminous speech declaring his cordial approbation of the object of the meeting, and his hearty concurrence in the request of his constituents. Thanks were voted to Mr. Smith, for his support of the great cause of Parliamentary Reform for more that 30 years. Thanks were also voted to the Mayor for having convened the Meeting, and to the Chairman, for his conduct in the chair. The Meeting was attended by more than 3000 persons. —se"— We have - 11ot seen come letters and other communication* front the North of England, containing an abstract of the proceedings of meetings at different towns, particularly Itueleport, Ashton-under• Line, and other places in the vi cinity of Alanchester. A Msnelarster Paper has three Ad vertisements of Resolutions on the subject of reforming Par liament, the language of which exceeds ally thing ever tole hoed in this country befor e . At Stockport the crowds --entitled of f ered themselves as ready victims, ut any mit to effect a radical change in the Government of the y ! The •entinients, as handed to its, are without au petalicl iu their bulduess,—LitagirldiVereur,y.,