The National Register. — London, England, 1822-08-12 00:00:00

c 6.2 THE NATIONAL ItEt:lS' LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 12. Parliament was prowgucd on Tuesday last by the filing in person, and in our Parliamentary report will be found the Speech put into his Majesty's mJutli by his 111inisters—it is, as usual, peculiar only for its stupidity wiz' the proof it affords of the comparative littleness of the ability of the present C.:binet•—only let any irnray.i:l Erg at the last document w MADRID PAPERS. factious. Gen. Penn, superior commandant of the province (the same officer who, a few months since, MADRID, VVLY 25.—M. Gareni, Minister of was the cause of the disturbances which took place Mercy and of Justice, received his dismissal two in Carthagena, ar.d had give.' rise to so many claims days ago. The decree has lveit officially published, on Government), hesitared at first to put himself ut An effizer from the Secretary's department has go, the head of the eoleny. He ceded at length to pub provisional charge of the party feuille. M. Martinez lie opinion, and marched in front ; but, arrived in • ce la Rosa has ulso received his dismissal; since the presence of the factious, and placed on a height, he event of the sth, he had formally declared that he made such singular dispositions of his force as in would never again set his feet within the Palace, duced a belief that he was favourable to the rebels. and that he should not even be carried there with C.doncl D. Pedro Muno, an excellent soldier, and a his life. This resolution is attributed to a difference great friend to liberty, then put himself at the head which he had with the King, who had, it is said, of the patricts, and a lbw hours he dispersed the agreed with the ministry to make certain med.fica- factious, and gained a complete victory. tataa; which modifications had all been subsequently j A report is cir 'ated that the ferocious curate, rejected by his 111, jests at the moment proposed for , Jleriao, accompanied by sonie factious persons, and, carrying them into affect. Thrown out of their lasit is added, by some foreign officers, had arrived projects. the Spaniah reformers, who have been ac- I from the exterior, and had shewn themselves Le eased of having been in correspondence with certain tweet' Burgos and Aranda. Threigu ministers, perceived too late their fault, and The Political Chief of the province of St. Andes had only time to throw themselves into the party of has written a letter to the commandant of the Active tree Conatituthandists, in only: to to eserve the Militia, to inform hid that the inhabitants of the thre aimed edifice: but t!iis tardy et.nviction was province had formed a resolution to do the work of rot sufiLient to re-establish their popularity, de- those citizens who had taken arms in d_fenea of t•troyed as it was by a series el fitults and jovil- their country. deuces. The hatred against them has arrived at its There was yesterday arrested at Logarics (a va l.:eight; the servile party detest them because they , page within a league of Madrid), a notary, who had have not done enough ; the Constitutionalists, be- • received 80,060 francs in gold, to corrupt afresh the cause they have done too much. Their conduct , battalion of Guards isho were there in garrison; avhich, even their friends represent as imprudent, I 8,000 francs only had been distributed among the win not..benceliirward, admit of excuse. In mis- Guards, and the remaining 72,000 francs have been understanding the information which had reached found in the dwelling of the noorry. The declares them, they have driven Spain to the brink of ruin, ! tions which he hits made implicate in a serious man• and have compromised the cause of liberty in Eu- ner several persons of high rank. rope. There has also been arrested a person, who, 5e .... . . . There is no longer more titan one orinimi up , m this subject; and, therefore, the strongest attacks Live been directed from all parts against tl:c wreck of a Ministry, who even ut the moutent of its ap pointment was rejected by the unanimous vote of the Patriots, and denounced with a voice of thunder Ly the celebrated Address of the Cortes to the King. The new Ministry is nut yet (organised. M. Lo pes Bonitos, who has accepted office, on condition that he should have the nomination of a Ministry, and the convocation of an Extraordinary Cortes, is hourly expected. It is not perce.ved how any Mi nistry could act without their assistance. M. Ca latrava has not yet accepted office, notwithstanding the most urgent solicitations. It is intended that in the new Ministry M Eguia, Director dee Renter, should fill the Finance Depart ment : the Ex-Deputy Gascu the office of Justice ; tstid M. Pando that of Secretary of State for Fo reign Affair& On the 28d July the f ;Rowing article appeared:— •• It has been resoit ed by his Majesty, " First. That the country which fo.ins the seventh Military District, shall be declared in a state of war, and czasequently shall he occupied, under military regulations, by an army of opelauon. " Secondly. That the Commander in Chief of the army shall be invested with the powers directed by the decree of the Cortes, dated the 6th June, 1513. and in the Military Regulations. " Thirdly. That the King, in consideration of the merits and services of the Field Marshal D. Francisco Ypos y Mina, and also of his military skill, and kis ardent zeal for the cause of liberty, names him Genera in Chief of the ntilitary operations in the seventh Military District." There was instantly dispatched to General Mina an extraordinary courier, to inform him of Ina nomi nation. It is said that the Count de Lagarde is about to be rtfc..ll:ed by his Government, fur nut having per ceived and represented the affitirs of the 7th in their true light. It is also considered as certain, that as soon as the new Ministry is 'Orme& M. Casa Trak), ambassador at Paris, will be replaced. A man pus : cssed of great firmness, and much devoted to the Con.ditution, has been pointed out as his successor. The dangers to which liberty has been exposed hive produt :A tin; advantage of shoving who were the friends tot the'Constitution, who, in the event of any future attack, might count upon each other with perfect security. The conduct of the provinces has been as firm and decided as that of the capital. In proof of this we cite some facts which will serve to demonstrate public opinion. The rebel battalions of the Royal Guard, before their Lima on the capital, made a movement, which iw.ituatcd au intention to proceed to the town of S2,;ovia, where the military school of artillery was established, in order to possess themselves of the arms and ammunition; but the local authorities, tile voluntary militia, and the armed patriots, in s:antly took up such a commanding position, that the rebels were obliged to relinquish u plan which, if c.atTied into execution, would have nattered the attack on Madrid much more serious. clrding, to the statements of several soldiers of the Guards, had distribuled money in their battalions. The gold which has been employed within a few months fur the purpose of bringing about a counter revolution, surpasses belief. The monks of Montserrat, who have been de- tected in making cartridges tOr the insurgents, have been arrested a nd conducted to Barcelona. BAYONNE, JULY 30.—We receive from Pampc lona fresh details of the afflicting situation of that province. Quesada, taking advantage of the depar ture of Lopez Banos for Vittoria, with part of his troops, in consequence of the events of the 7th at Madrid, has re-organis2d his band, which consists of 1,500 infantry, and 300 cavalry. Though conti nually pursued by the constitutionalists, who arc inferior in number, he avoids battle, and seeks only to increase his numbers, seizing all the horses, arms, and ammunition that he can flutl. The constitution alists look anxiously for the promised reinforcements, and bear patiently the marches and counter-marches which are without peril, as they have had only some skirmishes of the outposts, after which Que sada's troops have always fled. One hundred of his men have passed the Ebro, taken Cervera, and dis armed the militia. Another band of 200 hovers about Pampeluna, the citadel of which only has in it about 700 men. A third appeared on the sth at the gates of Vittoria, and dispersed at the ap proach of the national troops. The excesses com mitted by these defenders of the faith, and the requisitions they levy, must have drawn upon them tile hatred of the people, if they were not so fana tical. COURSE OF EX Amsterdam, 12 7 C. F. Ditto, at sight, 12 4 Rotterdam, I 2 8 Antwerp, 12 liamburglt, 37 9 Altona, ,1 10 Park, 3114 y a'sight, 25 Onto, 25 SO ►iuurdcaat, Franking I ur, the Mai ne,ls: ; 01, 3 U. Vienna, El. Flu. 10 1i 'Trieste, Ef. Flo. 10 IS Madrid, SG I—Cadiz, 3( Bilbua,36l—Barceluuw, Stl PRICE 0 4 Hook Stock 2514 pet Cent. 'tett. 1311 ; per Cent.C..lll.olll btl p.. C.ul. 0: I per tel... 09i New Fours. 094 Lou; Ann. 21 I-16th :DANGE, AUG. 9. Seville, 36—Gins altar,3o) Legliorn, 47 i—Genoa, 4ot \I4IIB, 45—Venice, 27 Naples, 391—Lisbiiii. ~2 Oporto, :rt Rio Janeiro, 47 Palermo, 117 Dublin, ill per cent. Curl,,'. 1111 cent. Foreign gnl,i irai,,3l. per oz. New DoulilJon‘, 01. 0.. C J. New Dollar., 46. 9441. Silver is b4lll,lli4lldiArli, Did. In Murcia, the Pulitical Chief and the Intendant deserted their posts on the tirst report of the events wh.ch took place at Madrid on the 30th of June; toe inhabitantu, though abandoned by their first ma gistrates, did nut hesitate to tuke such turps us rir- Luminances mulcted nteessary fur the preservation of pub:ir order. At Orilluela, in the same province, an insurrec tion had just burst foith. Oa the iitstaxlit, the VG. IL.titary of Murcia, Loh horse and tint, put ileuiaelve4 in moduli fur the purpo.x cf oppc:ing the STOCKS. Omilitim 0. 11811).3 per Cent. 80} India llonth 61 111 Ila Stock li T y ner 11111 , . 6s. prem. L.. 1.,. Ac. /501 L..OlFy Ticket. 4'27 19s. 111 E: NATiONAL REGISTER. emanated, on a occasion, from the President of the United States, and he will sigh for the debasement of the diplo. coatis chl:r.;;;Ler of his own amntry.—Tlieru is, how ever, one p.m worthy of laughable distincti is addressing the House of Cannons the King i , : made to say, " I thank you for the supplies waicli you have granted me for the service of the present year, and fur the wisdom you have manifcstesl, of availing yourselves of the first opportunity to reduce the interest of a part of the national deb:, without the least infringement of parliamentary faith"—now can any of our readers fancy the Majesty of England, personified by Mrs. Davenport, as Mrs. Peach'em, congratulating Filch on his cleverness in picking pockets at the Opera Ujuse on the preceding even ing, tapping him on the head and exclaiming . 1 you are a fine lad, and will one day or other make a shining character if you escape the gallows," without seeing how nearly the circumstances of his hincied scene have been follided in reality, only remem bering that TIIE KING IS NOT AN OLD WOMAN, and that Lord Liverpool has not, like Filch, youth to plead in extenuation of the roguery of the reduction of the 5 per Cents. Tuesday being the day appointed fur his Majesty's closing the Session of Parliament, preparations were made for it in the course of the morning. The streets through which the Royal procession was to pass from the King's Pslace in Pall-mall to the House of Peers, were covered with new gravel. Sir R. Birnie, the chief magistrate of police, stationed extra parties of the police-efficers at the corner of Pall-mail and the Haymarket, Charing-cross, Par liament -street, and Bridge-street. Those who were so fintunate as to obtain the Great Chamberlain's and Peer's tickets began to arrive at the entrance to the House of Peers at 11 o'clock, elegantly dressed, particularly the ladies, many of whose dresses were nearly equal in splendour to a court day; they re mained in their carriages, and under the colonade, till 12 o'clock. when the doors were opened for their admission. The King's Crown, and the maces for the Sergeants at Arms, were brought to the !louse of Peers by the King's watermen, escorted by a party of the Yeomen Guard. The streets were lined with waggons, carts, and caravans, Sic. to admit persons to view the King. The balconies of private houses, as well as the windows, were filled with persons genteelly dressed. The Kings guard of gre nadiers, preceded by the band of the Ist Regiment, marched into the Palace-yard at one o'clock, and played some delightful pieces. The porters, foot. men, &c. appeared in their state liveries. The gen tlemen and under porters were also at their stations. Sir Richard Birnie, Chief Magistrate of the Police, Townsend, Sayer, Vickery, and a numerous assem blage of police-officers, were in attendance. The flags of St. Martin's and St. Margaret's churches were flying during the day ; and the bells were rung as the royal procession passed to the House of Peers. —Every possible exertion was made to prevent the admission of improper persons. His Majesty was dressed fiir this national and splendid occasion in the unifbrm in which he appeared on the morning of his coronation, consisting of a crimson robe and mantle decorated with the Order of tl:e Garter and the Golden Fleece, (the Chief of the Austrian order, being the same us the King wore on the morning of the coronation.) The procession to the Ileuse of Peers was arranged as follows :—Four royal car— riages with one set of black horses and three sets of s, besides the royal state carriage, drawn by six beautiful cream-coloured horses, with new harness and light coloured ribands, which was driven by Mr. Roberts, a groom to each horse. His Majesty wore a black velvet hat, with ostrich feathers, with a diamond loop and button. The royal processio n left the Palace at twcn:y minutes before two o'clock, and entered the house exactly ut two. The King's en trance wasannounced by a discharge of cannon on the Lambeth shore. After remaining_ jri the the house f 25 minutes, his Majesty returnedo his Palace in E:.rract of a letter frem the Italy of a military officer, dated Sydney, New South Wales, FL b. Ai, I :—" This country is so muc„ better described in many published accounts than s feel capable of doing, that I must refer you to them for a minute description of it ; but when I look to the date of my l e tter, it appears very tali' to me that I should be an noyed by a scorching sun, while you are wrapped up in your warmest clothing. Unt il within. these few days we have had no rain for four mends:" The cat the died for want of drink, and it was apprehendid that, (like many of our predecessors) we should have to pay sixpence a gallon for water. Notwithstanding the great heat at preseut, this colony is said to enjoy a' happy temperature; the air is very healthy