The National Register. — London, England, 1820-03-19 00:00:00

~~~ privr.ges of the people, and echoes their wishes." If re • itt speak truly, howeVer, Sir William, or his partner,. will pay dearly for this disgrace of the Livery. U. ' . q not allude to any allowance the House may ma for post privilege, nor to the money that has een expended in keeping open Committees in Li •rpool, and other very distant towns, for the purps c of sending up out-voters. These are expenses they but we allude to the situation of their " DrscouNt LEDGER," which, it is reported,, has been open to almost any thing, provided the party requesting the negociation were on the right side, and we really fear that the generality of those who may figure away in the Gazette for some time to come, will have the honour of numbering their banker among their creditors. In Sir William Curtis there is only one thing we admire, and that is, his consistency; he is consistent—he totally avows his determination to support every administration, and 'Tis fit " Wbo :rust in CURTIS should be so re 4 aftithl." Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Hobhouse are yet far before Mr. Lamb on the poll for Westminster, yet so confident of his return arc the friends of the latter gentleman, that bets of two to one have been freely offered that the two late members are returned in the present election. Sir Francis Burdett will come in without doubt, and our reli ance on Mr. Lamb's ret - ..ra is strengthened by the knowledge that the Chairman , of his Committee, Mr. Macdonald, after carrying his own election for Caine, has returned to town, and is now strenuously at his post ; a more acivc or more able promoter of an electian, , by every means that a Gentleman ought to use we .are confident does pot exist. • The light of Liberty inlSpain increases its bril liancy every day. What we at first only hoped Haight alleviate the sufferings of an •oppressed and priest-ridden people, promises to end in their com plete emancipation, and if this can be effected I without shedding royal blood, Ferdinand VII. may demand from the fathers of the Spanish Church (as a boon of gratitude), the appointment to the sitna- I tion, if he be competent to it, of foreman of the mticoat Manufitctury to the Virgin Mary. We have received letters from Corunna dated the 26th, containing some details of the revolution there, which deserve to be recorded, were it only as a specimen of the caution, calmness, and determination, with which the Constitutionalists proceed, even if the event itself did not possess so powerful an interest. Vanegas, the commander of the troops at Corunna, by whom he was greatly beloved, after an absence of a few days, returned to tho town on the evening of the 20th. He was visited on the following morning by the whole of the officers composing his Staff, professedly on a visit of ceremony to congra tulate him on resisting his cominanti. After the usual compliments had been interchanged, they entered on their real object, which was to inform him of their determination to follow the example of their brethren in the South in establishing a Consti tutional Government. Out of respect to their Commander they submitt,xl Otis resolution to bim in the first instance, and requested to know Wile had any advice to offer, or any observation to make on the subject. Vanegas then asked, what would be -the consequence of his refusal to sanction a pro• ceeoing of that nature; and was answered, that they should in that case be under the necessity of placing his Excellency under arrest. Vanegss re plied, that the step was wholly incompatible with his allegiance to the King, and his duty as an officer, and was immediately, without the least personal injury or insult, committed to sate custody. The officers immediately repaired into the strivts of Corunna, and proclaimed the constitution. Another remarkable fimture of the revolution at Coranna is, . that it affords the first distinct evidence of a decided part being taken by the people at large against the . existing government. la other parts of Spain the • '.• THE NATIONAL REGISTER. whole change, beheld by the people with supineness ' or indifference, has been effected by the military, The new junta, or patriotic government, formed at Corunna, is of itself a specimen of the general par ticipation of the community ; its members being taken from the upper class of the inhabitants, and comprising the civil as well as the military profes sions, merchants, and even nobility. The lower classes have participated in the same feeling as appears from the fact,that nearly 2,000 of t 1 inhabitants of,Corunna have formed themselves into a &kr, called the National Grenadiers, and perform military duty alternately with the regular troops. The iitternal security and confitlerxe pro duced by this arrangement had enabled Acevedo to detach a battalion of light infantry, with seine pieces of flying artillery, from Corunns towards the front tiers of Castile. The purpose of this movement is not, however, distinctly ascertained. Such is the rapidity with which the example of Corunna has been followed in the neighbouring districts, that along the whole coast from St. Antler, in Asturias, to Vigo, on the confines of Portugal, there is scarcely a town of any consequence that has net proclaimed the canstitution ; and it' the accounts from Biscay of the prevalence of a similar spirit are to be credited, the line of coast will be completed tiil it touches the Pyrenees. The proceedings of General Espos y Mina in Navarre are not known, but letters have been received from hitrotolf direct, stating that affairs were going on as favourably as he could have wished. The state of Arragon, Valentia, and Catalonia, touching actual operations, is still less known ; but the tone of the letters front Barcelona, the ca pital of the latter province, indicates an approaching change. The cause of the Constitutionalists was hourly gaining proselytes, and the fermentation spreading. Amidst all the doubts, however expres sed, - concerning the wants of the morrow, no appre hension was entertained of an interruption to the general tranquillity. As we pass into the interior of Spain—where, from the presence of the royal troops, the cause of Ferdinand appears to find the best support—we are far from finding it triumphant Two of his best regiments, those of Navarre and of Valencia, have, it:is said, joined the Patriots. The letters from Malaga, which failed during the occu pation of that city by Riego, new arrive regularly. They distinctly state, that this chief received no material injury on his march from the troops of O'Donnell, that he was wrll received by the inha bitants, and that no disorder was committed by his detachment whilst it remained at Malaga. They left the city cn the 22d, announcing that another detachment from the Isle de Lem, might he expected or..the 25th, to garrison it ; but this had net arrived An express has Leen received atMadrid of the defeat of Riego„ in an ate:npt to enter !'IC town of Bootle. This occurred on the 20th, and the troops opposed to hi:rt a,. c those under the command of Brigadier (.general [lore. Piego left behind him 31 wounded, and retired to a place wiled Grazaliema, at a short distance front Ronda, where he established his head quarters, ;,nd collected all his troops together. The letters fiLtn Cadis are truly melancholy. About the 20th alt., by order of the Governor, several of the prinei,•.l merchants were arrested at the same tine, and were immediately placed on board a ship of war in the harbour, which sailed, as was supposed, for Cueta ; but the weather proving tempestuous, the ship put back into port, in which interval the Governor appears to have: reflected on the boldness of the step he had taken, considering the rank of the parties, and to have retracted it, in some degree, as he ordered the prisoners to be brought on shore and placed in confinement within the city. We have received Paris Papers of Thursday last. TLc 13111 for suspending; the laws for the pro tection of public liberty in France, ha► given rise to much &bate in the Chamber of Deputies. The Minister of the Interior, in a speech of considers- ~V"T ~ ble leßgth, the necessity of the the grounds that the partisans of Buonaparte were ripe fur insurrection in various parts of France, and that they expected a blow would be struck in February or March. The Ministers, hewever, did not disclose any satisfactory information on the sub. ject. The project was opposed by M. Basterreche and M. Benjamin Constant, and supported by the Count de la Bourdonnaye ; after which the debate was adjourned until the next flay. The Qui , lidiew says, that at Paris, on the 6th inst. a person of some conscquence was arrested. We have seen several private letters which positively assert, that the Ex- Minister, the Duke Decant); comes to this country in the Quality of Ambassador from the Court of France in the course of the ensuing month. The l'he French Five per Cents. on Tuesday, were 741. 75c. Middlesex Election.—State of the Poll yesterday at the close.—Byng, 648—Whitbread, 468. Mellish, 486. . . IVesi;nin.ster Election.—Stnte of the Poll yestezday at the close.—Burdett, 3,32o—Hohhonse, 3,090 • —Lamb, 2.528. The German papers contain the following article : " ITALY. FEB. 2g.—lt is believed that the affairs of a Lady of very high rank will be arranged in the following manner ; namely, that the allowance which she has hitherto received will be doubled, to be paid in any place on the Continent that she may de:An ; and that a sufficient sum will also be allowed for the payment of her debts. It is said that she will cnoosePalenno as the ',lace of her future residence."' Tuesday e v ening. Mr. Hunt arrived at Leeds, on his way to York, to tale his trial. He was met, about two miles from Leeds, by 30,000 people ; about 20,000 of whom carried torches. The anxiety of the Yorkshire and Lancashire people, for the result of the approaching trial, is indescri hablc The nephew of Prince Poniatowski, who threw himself into the river at the battle of Lipsic, at the blowing up of the bridge, and lost his life, is now on a visit to Oxford University, and has al•arttnents at the Mitre lath. The singular return of four members from Bi shop's Castle, the votes for each being equal, is the ' first business that must be taken notice of after Par liament meets and is constituted. It takes prece dence of every other whatsoever. The vote which would have cast the balanee was refused by the re turning officer, in the teeth, it is said, of all legal precedent. A youth, who was born on the 10th of March. tendered his vote on the 9th, as being 21 years of age on that day: l►e was rejected, as not being of age until the 10th. Thistlewood is not allowed pen, ink, or paper.— On Friday ho was presented with a Bible. Shortly after he was visited by his wife and son, a lad about 11. years of age. It was Mrs. 'l'histlewuo.l's second visit. She is a neat ,ittle woman, and wore a bonnet with white ribands. The prisoner walked for au hour on the leads over the prison. The other prisoners also enjoy a wa'k daily in the part of the Tower where they are confined, but only one at a time. The Treasury Journals persevere in contradicting the report of an intention on the part of Ministers, to increase the Civil List. Experience, however, has proved, that very little credit is tlue in such cases to any assertions from that e,aarter—and, con sequently, we find the rumour continues to prevail. On the recent election tbr Beverley, Mr. Wharton publicly declared from the hustings the determination of Ministers to increase the Civil List, as a fact that had come to his knowledge. TRIAL OF SIR FRANCIS BURDETT AT THE LEICESTER ASSIZES. . Names of the Special Jurors, 'Jetween the king and Sir Francis Burdett. 1. Sir George lieaun ~,,, 1, of Cole Oittoi, Bart. 2. George Tate, of Loughborough, U.N. 3. Saville John Hyde, of QUM nden, E.g. 4. Edward, Nartilmin of the alone, E sq . 5. Ileac) Green, of leouldon, Csil. ti. Tomas %V rig hi, of Lublienhani. Esq. 7. John tin', cock, of Crooktoo and New bold, t,q. S. Henry Davie Coleman, of Dadley, 9. Woo Om of %1 t. rill , lEsq. 10. Alexander Dixey, of LeJgrane, Esq. 11. Valentine (,roon, of Noe manton Henth, rcq. 12. Uh4rles Fent' Iwl -low, of %la; krt R atvutth, Lr. . IJ. Fi Met k %% ollaritoe. of Nhaoton, Esq. 1.1. Clemem Wiasuud. y, of 1'). James Pat ke. Nlo ay. lii Fritoci, ro tio•f, cat sow erby E sq . 17. Joao Adam., of Imilinxidone, Bsq. IS. Charles 111olis e) M audit, of Ka tonimmt he-W2ld , , 19. Thontaii Bah4uvlios, of Rt 141 11 1) ilrmplr, 1.. 10. JaIIICS Pickering Ord, of We'd Lamb ttttt t Lsq. 21. TI Peach, of Seri:omit. Esq. 22. Julio Goodaere, of Uth,thorpe, Fsg. 93. The flom Richard Win. Pen Curzwii,of Gowan. 44. Edward Talton Pilch), of Caton,