The National Register. — London, England, 1823-03-09 00:00:00

---. 76 NATIONAL REI LISBON PAPERS. M. MANUEL. I,„'"aori,FEß..2o.—ln the sitting of the Cortes on the 14th, 01. Moura read the Report of the Com mittee, on the 'notion made by him respecting the defence of the long -i ' olll . Th e Committee „6,„,...cc that they had to consider of tour points:--Ist, the swganization and increase of the army; 21, its subsas!clice 31, strict al. lisnce with S k !aiti; 4th, means preserve internal tranquility. The Cotntnittee propose to unite the Ist and 2d line of the army, and have the first part ready as soon as possible, to mach to the frontiers; ,:yud iu this case, to organize a national guard at LisSm and Oporto. To provide for the extraordinary ex pences, by direct and indirect taxes, which, without burdening the indigent classes, may limn a solid security for the loan, which the Government is au thorised to contract. The Committee propose to adopt it as a principle, that an invasion of the Peninsula for the purpose of destroying or modifying the political institutions. of Spain, shall be consiti,:red as an invasion of Portugal. Lt does not appear to the Committee that any extraordinary measures will be required to maintain internal triuquillity. The Committee propose, in conformity with these ideas, the th/lowing The following is the protest of the 60 Members of the Chamber Deputios, 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 those of M M. Delcssert, Latitte, Gen. Foy, Latour Dupin, &c.:— " We, the undersigned Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the departments, declare with pro found grief cud indignation, that we feel it to be our duty to proclaim before all France, the illegal act, which, in hostility to the charter, the royal pre rogative, and all the principles of representative government, has attacked the integrity of the na tional representation, and viola!ed, in the person of 3 Deputy, the guarantees assured to all—the rights of ::very elector and every French citi.sen. " We declare, in the ace of our country, that by this act the Chamber has overstepped its seal pale. and the limits of its authority. " We declare, that the doctrine professed by the Committee which proposed the exclusion of one of our colleagues, and on which that measure is found ed, is subversive of all social order and of justice • that the monstrous confusion of the functions of lc gislator,.areuser, reporter, juryman, and judge, is an outrage unexampled except in that trial the re membrance of which has served as a pretext for annulling the powers of M. Manuel; " That the principles set forth in the report of the committee, as to the unlimited and retroactive authority 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 (ripe nominal, which on an im portant occasion can alone guarantee the iadepen dence of votes, have been rejecta with a frantic and turbulent obstinacy. " Considering the lresolution adopted yesterday, the 3d of March, 1843, against our colleague, as the first movement ots a faction tlesirous of placing itself violently above all forms, and breaking through all. the checks. impovid on it. by ,our fundamental compact; " Convinced that this first step is but the prelude to the system which conducts Franc.: to an. unjust war abroad, in order to cu.summate the counter-re-, volution at home, and to invite the foreign occupa- Lion of our territory ; " Unwilling to become the aecomplices of the misfortunes which this faction cannot fail tb draw on our country, we protest against all the Alegal and unconstitutional measures lately taken.for the exclu sion of M. Manuel, D.sputy of La Vendee, and against the violence with which he has bran torn from the bosom of the Cfaamber of Deputies." LONDON, SUNDAY, MARCH 2. -011 - ------- usicr — . • • . . - .......... -......, ' . - - t • `•••••••• 0 .......--. Ire. ft. • • ••• : . THE -4" 7GISTEK - • .. . rim COURSE OF Amsterdam, 12 5 C. F. Ditto, at sight, 12 2 Rotterdam, 12 2 Antwerp, 12 6 Hamburgh, 37 10 Altura, 37 II Paris, .tilayetight ,25 65 Ditto, 2.5 8.5 Bottrdeanx, 35 85 Frankfut touttteMaine,lsB Peterslntrgli, 9. 3 Vienna, Ef. Flo. 10 30 Trieste, Ef. Flo. 10 30 Madrid, 31}—Cadis, 361 8i1b0a,37/—Bareeluna,3sl PRICE OF STOCKS, Rank Stork 23. Minium C. 3 per Cent. Red. 13; 1114).3 per Cent. 731 3 per Cent.Cousols 751 lu4ia Ronda 32 3i per Cent. 111 India Stuck 237 4 ler Cent. 93 Exchequer titlis 144. p►ess. New Fours, 931 Coos. for Ac. 731 1...uK Auu. 191 Lottery Tickets tel 195.. MANGE, MARCH 7. Seville,3s4-16iorallar,10/ Legliurn,4n4 —Genoa, 43 Maltu,4.l—Veniee,V7 SO Nisples,39—Lisbon, 59 Oporto, 524—1ia11ia,59 Rio jdllPllO. 13 Palermo, I It; Dublin, 91 per cent: Cork, 94 per cent. Foreign guldin bars,9l. I 7s. tid. per oz. New Donlildons,3l.l4B.4d. New WlLisrs, 4s. 91d. Silver in bers,standard r ls. Md. THE NATIONAL REGISTER . " 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 aggression in a way worthy of a patriot nation devoted to the prptection of its liberties.— In the French Chamber of Deputies great violence has been shewn—one of the truly 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 us—the Bourbons have been already allowed to curse ages enough, 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 rum discountenances corporeal punishments in the Army, must be productive of pleasure in every man's mind, and gratitude to Sir Francis Burdett, who has wrung from the Commander in Chief " a cold consent to what his heart sbhorr'd."--A message, it will be seen, was delivered to both Houses on Thursday respecting the King's Copyhold and Leasehold Pro perty, which is,, we suppose, the step preparatory to some further alienation in favour of one or mere 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.h pays everybody honestiy—the Duke of York has more than any of his blethers, 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 Presumptive to the Crown of the United Kingdom! " Good Lord deli ;ler us!" Lisbon Papers to the 20th tilt - . have just afflict). Their contents are of considerai'Je importance, as the Government of Portugal has determined to make common cause with Spain, in the event of the in vasion of the latter country by _France, on the grounds that it will be tantamount itlso to the in vasion of Portugal. Indeed, to consider it other wise would be absurd. The French Ministers an d their confederates, the Holy Alliance, must be aware that the Portuguese could not patiently 100 k 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 the would not immediately attack Portugal; to over— throw her Constitutioa l 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. per fidy, and is therefore determined to increase and organise the army, and to enter, very properly, iato a strict alliance with Spain, to preserve intern PROJECT OF A DECREE. The Cortes, &c. considering that it is absolutely necessary to maintain the national independence, and resist every attempt of threlgn invasion, on account of the alterations and changes which the nation, by its sepresentstives, has legally mails in our polt steal system, decrees as follow ' L. Every invasion of the Peninsula, made for the purpose of destroying or modifying the political institutions adopted by Spain, shall be honsidared as a direct aggression of Portugal. 3 he whole Mice shall- be immediately assembled, and posted in the positions proper to mist such aggression. 2. The recruiting shall be carried on with the uunostdiligence W raise the army sat the lint line to 60.000 men, at least, of all Stmt. 3. The corps of militia shall be raised to their full comple— ment, and the Government shall organize them in a manner suitable to the service which they are to perform. • 4. A naf,nal guard shall be formed in Lisboa and Oporto. 5. Those soldiers who have received their discharge shall be invited to serve dining the war, sad a bounty *ball be offered them. 'Mlle following articles relate to various imposts proposed by the Cominttee. lie prtlject was declared urgent by above two thirds of the Deputies; read a second time, and sub mitted to discussion. • M. Fratizini.—" At all times, and especially un der resent circumstances, it is proper to strengthen the union between this kingdom and its ancient and faithful . ally, Great Britain, and I therefore•juAge it imperiously necessary, that the diplomatic commit tee should give, as soou us possible, its report on the liminess which has been repeatedly brought forward by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in order that the Government may be relieved. from all the art;- des which may impede any negotiation which, it is so necessary for us to conclude with our faitlthil ally, Great 13ritain." This was generally supported, and the President directed the Committee to give its report with the least possible delay. In the sitting of the 19th. the order of the day was 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 them as follows: " Gentleinen,—The importance of the subjects of the present sitting, and the urgency with which they ore to be discussed, have induced the Cortes tc invite all the Ministry, that each of your Excellencies may give, in his department, the explanations asked of him ; and your Excellencies may give your opinion on 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 article. M. Mount spoke fsrst in support of the project, shewing the injustice of the attack on Spain, and 'that Portugal was indisputably equally an object of their aggression. M. byes Curneiro made a long speech aga :st the Iloly Alliance, whose prieession of faith, he said, was to be found in the declaration issued at Laybach, from which he quoted several passages, especially di. iected against the Spanish Constitution, as anarchi cal and revolutionary, its establishment in Naples us a conspiracy, and in Piedmont as a most odious re bellion. Several other members spoke, all of whom agreed that the invasion of Spain must be considered es an aggression against Portugal, but some disap proved of the Ist article as part of the decree, and on the motion of M. Martianso d'Asevedo, it was resolved to include the Ist article as far as the word Portugal, in the preamble. The debate was then adjourned. The expedition to Bahia, consisting of about two thuusaud men, &taut on the lath of February. We learn by the Plato, that the new Constitu, (ion had been accepted at St. Michael's, on. which 4 ,, cas i o n the place was briliantly illuminated, and the King's etligy burned. The property of those tvlio were not .in favour of the change had been confiscated ; the ikew crop was large and good. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. • - CROWN OFFICE, M.tacis 8. MEMBERS returned to serve 'in this present PARLIA MENT. Borough of Coleraine.—Sir John Brydgea, in the tootn of Sir John l'oe. Beresford, Bart. wh %has accept...l the office of ;:teward of the Manor of Rut Hendren. Town and Port of Ilye—Robert Knight, of Barrels, in the county of Warwick, and ot Grosvenor r;quire, in the county of Aliddlesex, Esc,. in die room of John Dobson, D.C.L.,.who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. J. Green, Great Yarmouth. Nortoik, and J. Green, Somer. leyton, Surhilk, brick makers. BANKRUPTS. S. Steel, Rotherham, Yorkshire, linen draper. Solicitors, Me;tors. Knig azia Co. Castle Street, Holborn. .1. Oldfield, Edgware Road. coachmaker. Sols. Messrs. Rice and Co. Great M saliorough Street. F. Martin, Tewkeihury. Gloucestershire, wine merchant. Sot. Mr. Edmunds, Linco:n's Inn Fields. J. Bunting, Edgeware Road, carpenter. Sol. Mr. Carlon, High Street, Marylebone. T. Sweet, • Frith Street, Soho, carver and gilder. Sol. Mr. Wade. Somer's Town. J. Barlow, Merton, Surrey, millwright. Sol. Mr. Deykes, navies inn. W. Franklin, Trowbridge ) , Wiltshire, fuller. Sols. Messrs. Berkeley, Lincoln's Inn. W. Simons Birmingham, brush maker. Sole. Messrs—Slade and Co. Bedf ord Row. _ . R. Lambert, Manchester, manufacturer. Sols. Messrs. Ellis and Co. Chancery Lane. It. asad T.. Barrow, Liverpool, corn merchants. Sol. Mr. Chester, Staple Inn. J. and B. A. Browning, Belvidere Wharf, near Waterloo Bridge, timber merchants. Sol. Mr. IVilks Finsbury Place. S. Boyden, Chapel Street, Pentonville, beast salesman. Sol. Mr. Cole, Suthattipton Street, Bloomsbury. W. Yeast, St Emy, Cornwall, lime burner. Sol. Mr. Ales. ander, Carey Stmt.. DIVIDENDS. March 29, J. Steele,.Liverpool,.map and chart saller--29, Fry, Leicester Square.linendrsper-29, A. Taylor, Kent /toad, malt rower-7t9, R. Simpson, Crown Court, Threadneedle Street, merchant-99, W. Abbott, Windham Place. Middlesex.. merchant-27, W. Stawpert, T. Ridley, and J. Brown, Soutu Blyth, Northumberland, common brewers-49. H. Mullion, Liverpool, merchant—April 4, J. Thurtell and J. Ciicdens, Norwich, bombazinanninufacturers-4, K, and It. Willett. .Thetford, Norfolk, bankers-23, E. Pritchard, Llantwst., Denbighshire, shopkeeper. CEBTD ICA I'ES to be granted March 29. J. Bella's, Chester, grocer—J. Marshall, Battersea, tanner—T. Lea. Liverpool, grocer—J. Butterton, Drayton in Hales, Salop, money scrivener.—J. Bagnall, Walsall. Staffordshire, platen—W. Snape, Cheadle. Staffordshire, grocer—J. Peck, Blackheath Ital.. Lent, carpenter, A number of individuals assembled 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. ~,