The National Register. — London, England, 1823-03-10 00:00:00

I 711 7fr'" "^" LISBON PAPERS. • dl , Lissom, Fem.2o.--In the sitting of the Cortes on the 14th, M. bloura read the Report of the Com mittee, on the motion made by him respecting the. defence of the kingdoms. The Committee - observc 'lett they had to consider of hour points:-Ist, the organisation mad increase of the army; 2tl, its subsistence; 3d, strict al. Hance with Spain; 4th, means to preserve internal tranquillity. The Committee propose to unite the Ist and 2d line of the army, and have the first part ready as soon as possible, to march to the frontiers; and in this case, le orFaniae a national guard at Lisbon and Oporto. lo provide for the extraordinary ex. pence!. by direct and indirect tuxes, which, without burdening the indigent classes, may form a solid security for the loan, which the Government is au thorised to contract. The Committee propose to adopt it as a principle, that au invasion of the Peninsula for the purpose of destroying or modifying the political institutions of Spain, shall be considered as an invasion of Pertugul. • It does not appear to the Committee that any extraordinary measures will be required to maintain internal tranquillity. The Committee propose, in conthrmity with these ideas, the following PROJECT OF A DECRVE. The Cortes, &c. costsidering that it is absolutely necessary to maintain we national independence, and roast otery. +stoups of (oreigainvasion, on account of the aligratioas and changes which the nation, by its tepresentatives, has legally made m our poll- I:cal ilystein„ decrees as follow : L. Every invasion of the Peninsula, made for the purpose of destroying or modifying, the political institutions sitoptedbl Spain. alien be considered as• a direct aggres si on of Portoip The whole force shall be immediately asstmWcd, and postal in the positions proper to resist such aggression. W. The recru,tung shall be carried on with the utmost diligence to raise the army of the first line to tio,oou men, at least, or all VMS. 3. The corps of militia shall be raised to the:r full comple ment, and the Government shall organize them in a manner suitable to the service which they arc to perform. 4. A. national guard'shall be formed in Lisbon and Oporto. 6. Those soldiers who Kaye received theii discharge shall be, invited to serve doing the war, and a bounty shall be offered them. The f o llowing articles relate to various imposts proposed by the Committee. lie project was declared urgent by above two. thirds ut the Deputies; read a second time, and sub matted to discussion. M. At all times, and especially un der present circumstances, it is proper to strengthen the union between this kingdom and its ancient and faithful ally, Great Britain, and I therefore judge it imperiously necessary, that the diplomatic commit tee should give, as soon as possible, its report on the business which has Item repeatedly brought forward by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in order that the Government may be relieved from all the astir cies which may impede any negotiation which it is so necessary for us to conclude with our faithful ally, Great Britain." This was generally supported, and the President directed the Committee to give its report with the least possible delay. In the sitt.ng of the 19th, the order of the day mu the debate on the report of the Committee. On this occasion all the Ministers of State were intro duced, and having taken their places, the President addressed tit= u fellows t-- •4 Gentlemen,—The importance of the subjects of the present sitting, and the urgency 'midi which they are to be discussed, have induced the Cortes to invite tsll the Ministry, that each of your Excellencies way give, M. his department, the explanations asked ui him; and your Excellencies may give your opinion tot each of the articles of the project which is going to be discussed, and fur this purpose ask leave to speak when you think proper." The debate then commenced on, the preamble and the first artiale. M. Mount spoke first in support of the project, hewing the injustice of the lima on Spain, and that Portugal was indisputably equally an object of their aggression. M. Buyes Carneiro made a. long speech against the uly Alliance, whose pro'ession.ot faith, he said, was to be found in the declaration issued at Laybach, from which he Voted several passage., especially di. reeled against the Spanish Constitution, as anarchi. cal and revolutionary, its establishment in Naples as a conspiracy, and in, Pied.nont as a. most odious re bellion. Se feral other members spoke, all of whom riAreed that the invasion of Spain must be considered as an aggression against Portugal, but some disap. ittoved of the Ist article us part of the deetee, and on the motion of M. Manmit() d'Axevedo, it was revolved to include the Ist Article as. far as the word l'ortugal, in the preamble. 'Ae debate was then adjourned. l'he expedition to Unlink, consisting of abort two thousand men, sailed on the 15111 of February. %V.., learn by Ow Vic*. that the new constitm. bad been accepted. at St. Michael's, on • which occasion the place was braiantly illuminated,. awl the King's etijgy burned. The property of those who were not in favour of the cliange had been cunfiscAtutt the ktew crop was large and good, I u - . TAR 14.AnONAL REGISTER M. MANUEL. ' • • . The following is the protest of the 60 Members of the Chamber of beeuties, against the exclusion of M. Manuel, the reading of which was put to the vote in the sitting of Wednesday last, and rejected. Among the signatures were th►rse of MM. Delessert, Lading., Gen. Fuy, Latour Dupin, tent— ° We, th? undersigned Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the departments, declare with pro. . found grief and indignation, that we feel it to be our duty to proclaim before all France, the illegal act, which, in hos►ti:ity to the charter, the royal pre rogative, and all the principles of representative government,, has attacked thu integrity of the na tional representation, and violated, in the person of a Deputy, the guarantees assured to ,1l --.the rights of every elector and every French citizen. " We declare, in the face of our country, that by this act the Chamber has overstepped its legal pale and the limits of its authority. " We declare, that the doctrine Professed by the Committee which pnmersed the exclusion of one of our colleagues, and on which that measure is thund ed, is subversive of sll social order and of justice; that the monstrous confusion of the functions of le gislauw, accuser, reporter, juryman...end judge, is an outrage unexampled except in that trial the re , exembrance of which has served as' a pretext for annulling the powers of M. Mandel ; I ' " That the principles set forth in the report of the committee, as to the unlimited and retroactive ►ruthority of the Chamber, are no other than the anarchical principles which led to the most odious of crimes; That the protecting forms with which the law shields the most obscure person under accusa tion, and even the appal nominal, which on an im portant occasion can alone guarantee the indepen.. dence of votes, have been rejected with a frantic and turbulent obstinacy. " Considering the resolution adopted yesterday, the 3d of Match, 1823, against our colleague, as the first movement of a faction desirous of placing itself violently above all forms, and breaking through all the checks imposed on it by our fundamental compact; " Con ringed that this first step is but the prelude to the system which conducts France to an unjMst war aimed, in order to consummate the counter-re volution at hone, and to invite the foreign oceupa lion of our territory; " Unwilling to become the accomplices of the misfortunes which this faction cannot tail to draw on our country, we protest against all the illegal and unconstitutional measures lately taken for the exclu. sion of M. Manuel,. Deputy of La Vendee, and against the violence with which he has been tent from the bosom of the Chamber of Deputies." FROM SATU'RDAY .VIGIIT'S GAZETTE. CROWN OffirCE, Masai. 8. MEMBERS returned to sorra in this present PARLIAMENT. Rorough of Colerainis.--Sir John Brydggs. in the loom of Sit John l'oe Beresford, hart. who has aceeptW. the face of steward of the Manor of E.ist Hendred. ..._._. _ Town and Port of Rye.—Cobert Knight. of Barrels, in the county of Warwicit„ and of Grosvenor Square, in the county of Middlesex, 15sq. in the room of John Dobson, D.C.Lorho has accey.ed die Chiltern Ilundmls. BANKRUPTCY SUPFRSKDED. J. Gina, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and J. Green, Sauer leytoa, Sußhlk, brick makers. BANKRUPTS. _ . . S. Steel, Rotherham, Yorkshire, linen draper. Solicitors, Messrs. King and go. Castle Street, Holborn. J. oidetid, Edgware Road, coachmaker. Sots. Mews. Rice and Co. Great Molloorough Street. F. Martin, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, wine merchant. Sol. Mr. Edmunds, Lincoln's inn Fields., J. Bunting, Edgeware Road, carpenter. Sol. Mr,. Carlon, Hies Street, Marylebone. T. Sweet, Frith Street, Soho, carter. and gilder. Sol. Mr. Wade, Somer's Town. J. Barlow, Merton, Surrey, millwright. Sol. Mt. Deykas. Thavies Inn. W. Franklin. Trowbridge, Wiltshire, fuller. Sols. Mesas. Ikrkele7, l.incoln'alnn. W. Simons. Birmingham, brush maker. Sols. Messrs. Slade 'and Co. Redford Row.. B. Lambert, Manchester, manufacturer. Sole. Messrs. Ellis and Co. Chancery Lane. B. and T. Barrow, Liverpool, corn merchants. Sol. Mr, Chester, Staple Inn. J. and It. A, Browning, Belvidere Wltarf, near Waterloo . Bridge, umber merchants.. 101. Mr. Waits. Finsbury Place. S.. Boyden, Chapel Street, Pentonville, beast salesman. Sul. Mr. Cole, Southampton Street, Blooinsiuty. W. Beast, St. Enly, Cornwall, hen burner. Sol. Mr. Ales. ander, Larry Street. DIVIDENDS. March 49. J. Steele. Liverpool, map and chart seller-49, R. Wry, Leicester Square, linen draper-29,A. Taylor, lent Road, melt roaster-29. R. Simpson, Crown Court, Threadneedle Street„merchant-29. W. Abbott, Windham Place. Middlesex, merchant—u 7, W. Stawpert, T. ltidley, and J. Brown, Soutn Blyth, Northumberland, common brewers... 49. H. Mullion, Liverpool, merchant... April 4, J. Thurtell and J. triiodens, Norwich, bombazine manufactuterii-4, Wi, E., and R. Willett, Thetford, Norfolk, bankers-23, E. Pritchard, Liminess, Denbighshire, shopkeeper. CERTIF 'CATES to be granted March 49. J. Heins, Cliester,,grocer—J. Marshall, Battersea, tunncr. T. Lea. Liverpool, grocer—J. Butterton, Drayton in Hales, Salop, mon e y pa isener—J. Bagnall, Staffordshire, plater—W. Swipe, Cheadle, Statfur&hiez. great-4. Patk,Blackhextb Lent, carpenter.. A number ()f nidividualasse cabled on Saturday. at the Crown and Anchor, for the purpose of taking such measures as are most likely to promote the cause of the Greeks. COUR: _ _ Amsterdam, It 5 C. F. Dittom sight, 18 9 Rotterdam, It 7 Antwerp, IV 6 Hamburglt, 37 10 Allmon, 37 I I Faris, days'aiglit, 25 05 Ditto, V 5 85 Botertleansi, ti 85 Fratilaurtut.theMaine,lsB Petersbnrgii, 9 3 U. Vienna, Et. Flo. 10 30 Trieste, El. Flo. ID 30 Madrid, 31*—Cadit. 5 6 1 Bilboa,37lllarestlana,3s} ANGE, MARC. 7. Seville,lbt—vllitembhar 4 lloll Leglioan,49l—Gentra, •!d Ma1t0,43..,Venie5,97 he • Noples,39—Lisbon. Oporto, 524-11abio,80 lei°Janeiro, 43 Palermo, 118 Dublin, 9 per cent. Cork, 94 per cent. Foreign gold u bars,3l. 17r. COI. per oz. New Doublartnr, SI. 14s. Crd New Dollar•, 4s. 91d. Silver in Inn ti,starerlard rts. PRICE OF STOCKS. Hauk Sipe* 214 ()amino' 0. 3 per Cent. Red. abut I mp. 3 •,,ier Cent. 731 per Cent.Commlb 7 India Bonds 32 3i per Cent. 137 biota Stuck 237 I per Cent. that Exelleq.uer ItilL lie. prem. New Fours, 93! Colic. for At. 74 Lann3 Anat. I% Lottery Tickets f2l k9s. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON,. MONDAY, MARCH 10. 'A The dreadful note of preparation" is still sounded '—France is busy in arrangements to'" cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war;" but no hostile act on either part has yet been done.--Spain has met the promised aggregsion 'n a way worthy of a patriot nation devoted to the protection of its liberties.— In the French Chamber of Deputies great violence has been shewn--one of the t. my liberal Members has been expelled because he dared to draw a line of comparison between the acts of Louis the 18th and those of his brother and predecessor Louis the 16th, which were expiated on the scaffold—the similarity of the acts must strike every one—their being si milarly. punished. would neither surprize nor vex up—the Bourbons have been already allowed to curse ages.enougb, and the sooner the whole race is swept from the face of the earth the better. Our parliamentary proceedings have, during the last week, been devoid of importance or interest; but the distinct avowal made by Lord Palmerston in the House of Commons that Government note. discountenances corporeal punishments in the Army, must be productive of pleasure in every man's mind, and gratitude to Sir Francis Burdett, who Las wrung from the Commander in Chief" a cold consent to what his heart abhored."--A message, it will be seen, was delivered to both Houses on l'bursday respecting the King's Copyhold and Leasehold Pro-, party, which is, we suppose, the step preparatory to some further alienation in favour of one or more of his licentious, extravagant and graceless bro thers..—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex has less than any other branch of the family, yet he pays everybody honestly—the Duke of York has more than any of his brothers, yet Judgments are constantly allowed to be entered up against him, and to. his disgrace, be it said, are evaded every term yet His Royal Highness the Duke of York- is the Heir I'resumptive to the Crown of the United Kingdom! " Good Lord deliver us!" Lisbon Papers to the 20th ult. have just arrived. Their contents are of 4onsiderable importance, as the Government of Portugal; has determined to make common cause with Spain, in the event of the in vasion o 6 the latter country by France, on the grounds that it will be tantamount also to the in. vasion of Portugal. Indeed, to consider it other wise would be absurd. The French Ministers and their confederates, the Holy Alliance, must be aware that the Portuguese could not patiently look on while the Peninsula was invaded, without uniting with Spain to repel the invaders. It is ridiculous to suppose, if the French conquered Spain, that they would not immediately attack Portugal, to over "brew her Constitution, and to destroy her inde pendence. The Ultras have not the courage or the manliness candidly to declare their intentions, but the Portuguese Government is aware of their pef- L a n rcmey, with &ay, and is theref ore d eterm i ne d to increase and and sp to a e in n ,tert,ovpe preserve se p r r v s r v per i l u y t , ern in al to strictoarganile th a I