The National Register. — London, England, 1822-03-18 00:00:00

- • At • • . .. . ~- __ , e, ~/ --- ~.. - • : - -- ,--".,' - icy' x .... , .... _ ...., o*4 yr > 4 7• A , t ' 40-** -0 -. 4 . e, i ~ ..y . .) . ..„,.. . 4 .* t ---"- • 0. - :. . ~., •... ) , jp-,, •-' 1 i k irL t tOttV+ l' ;rot illatitnA.,..l w -S Our Mug, ernoltitutton, anU 3Lac3ri. No. 1,360.—V0r.. XV.] FOREIGN 1 N TELLI C EaVE. PARIS, MARCH 9.—On Tuesday, at noon, an assemblance of upwards of 400 students, a portion of whom were provided with canes, took place on the Place de St. Genevive. From thence they pro ceeded shouting " The Charter for ever !" " Li herty for ever ! " to the Place de POdeon. At this moment the Commissary of Police arrived in his official attire : he was received with hisses. Almost at the same moment a detachment of gendarmerie came to the spot at full gallop, and dispersed them. ---At two o'clock they again mustered on • Quay d'Orsay, and marched to the place du l'alais Hour. bon, where they renewed their rallying cries of " The Charter and the Nation for ever ! " The guard and gendarmes took several into custody, and cleared the ground. At the close of the evening they rallied in front of the church St. Eustache, and vented insulting expressions against the mis sionaries. MADRI., MARCH I.—The King went to the Hall in which the Ordinary Cortes had assembled, and pronounced an openir , speech, which he concluded by expressing to the Cartes the firm hope which animates bins, that by their wisdom and zeal, they will consolidate the work of public felicity, draw closer the bonds which join all classes of the State, rind secure in all ways tranquillity and confidence. To arrive at results so desirable, my Government shall, on its side, contribute with all the power the Constitution givcsit ;and the efficacious co-operation f' the Cortes, the energy and courage wide's mark the Spanish people, will at last crown exertions so constant by securing fur ever the liberty and glory of the country. The President Riego, in the dress of an Aid-de- Camp of the King, then rose, and answered his Majesty in the following terms : • - Satre,--In hearing from the very mouth of your Nisjesty the situation in which the sontee of public wealth, the internal order of the State, and its relations with foreign Powers, it ap- pears, will justify out entertaining the most flattering expectations of the feture. *. Notwithstanding the ditlicultios with which we are surround. ed. the repeated machinations of the enemies of freedom, and the restseanee which is experienced in every change cf atriirr, even (tom those who do nut dislike reliant, imperiously demand the utmost perteveranc.c and energy fur the consolidation of the existing political system. To complete the improvements already commenced, it is necessary to remove with a strung hand the obstacles which may be opposed to therm ", The Cones, Tire, without transgressing the limit of their powers, will labour ineessantly to overcome all ditheultiee, and s.ill also attentively consider whatever pour Majesty shall pro pose to them. intimately connected with your Majesty, they hope to secure for red: the enjoyment of its liberties to the Spanish people. la thus raising tiw, nation to the degree of prosperity to which it is called, they will endeavour to give additional eplentleur to the comtitutional throne of your Ma j esty, and will let the whole world sea that taw power and real grandeur consist only with the strict execution of the laws." After this speech the King went out amidst eties " Live tho Cortes, the Constitutional King, and thu Spanish Nation." MIDDLESEX MELTING. On Thornlcy last a meeting of the freeholders of M ids tiles( a, most nninerously and respectably attetidell. look place at the Merensid Tavel n, /tick trey, pursuant toa requisiti on , s i gne d by man y o f thu b o dy, Iletweria Wle and two o'clock. Mr. Shea Vetwablis and Mr. Sheriff Garrott, comprelienditig in their persons the of Middlesex, took the chair. Mr. Sheriff GA/MATT stated the object of the meet ing, dud the Uralic Sheriff read the requisitiou, w hi c h stated, that the subjects for consideration were the des perate system of taxation, the .distressed condition of the country, and the necessity of reform in Parliament. Tne Sutliff requested a patient hearsno to all parties. The following resolutions were proposed : Re.l.ived—Tlint the rations causes ut the pi esent alarm• lug distress, felt by the community at large, originate in pu implovithat waste of otir national resources--iii au extravagant expenditure of the pioilie mime), raised by enormous taxation; in a lavish disregard of every priliet ple of eetMaiiiy, and a total Matteuttott to the prayers Qt a &earring people. Resolved—litat the only certain relief that ran. Irene:it the COIII.IIV la a therm:lt refurni in the CUMIIII US Noose pf Parlianielit, whereby alone the people can he fully and fairly representr.d, and lettered of that burden or vacua. Melo lis4atiuts by Mitch they tiara been ea bang 11014 so grievously oppressed. liesolved that a petition founded on the foregoing testa ba put -sewed to the Bursa of Canunima. LThs petition tsar Iced 41.4 .440rt.,..1 r_ - ~ -ter :~ MONDAY, MA RCH 18, 1822 Resolved—That the petition now adopted, be signed by the Sheriff, on behalf of the meeting. Resolved—That the petition so signed he presented to the House of Commons by the county 'Demurest and they ale betel instructed to support the prayer of dm peti tion in Pat Hameln. The 'Rev', \lr. Draper moved the resolutions, and Major Cartwright seconded them. Sir J. Giallo)/ declared that he was one of the last men who would say that taxation was not a burden, but he must own that it was a necessary one, The war was just and necessary. He owned he was not one of • those who could say whether the contest could be wound up for one million more or one million less, but he would say it had been wound up most gloriously.— (Hisses.) In his opinion the House of Commons never stood in a higher light than it stood at present—(Loud critic of " Off, off.") In fact, there never was a time at which reform WAS 1110fe unnecessary than it was at present. Sheriff Venablcs then put the resolutions, which were carried with acclamations. On the Sherd deairing.ttmee who were of a contrary opinion to hold up their hsinde, Sir J. Gibbon appeared the only dissenter. A bars' of laughter instantly took place, which was small followed by groans and htsees. Alderman WittTitatitar said nothing could be more mischievous at present than making nice distinctions about terms. N't , c should all hail every approach to Re frm.—(llear.)—Every one should concede something to the opinions and honest prejudices of others. The want of Ups gives argument to the enemies of Reform, who say that its friends are not agreed on the subject, and this they appear to consider a sutficietit reason for refusitig any Reform ; though certainly if the Minister wanted to lay on a tax, he would not stand still till all persons agreed in its propriety. (Ilear.)--Much has been said on the distress of the Agriculturist, which is admitted by all ; but the :11inister Itas• said that trade is in a prosperous state ; but, if there were any person in the House acquainted with the state of the numerous class (if traders to which he belonged, lie could tell the Minister he was mistaken. troth . -is, no great class of the community can be prosperous when the rest are depressed, and they should tic:er be separated.—(Cries of " :Peter, Bever l") It was probably owing to tile si lence of the City of London, that this opitituo of rite prosperity of trade had been lot - toed. Ile was glad the City of L4011(1011 had so laug such:red in silence ; it can not now be said that the city of Loudon caused an out cry, and that others followed. But the fact is, that every branch of trade is depressed ; and every man in trade has suffered a loss oti his capital, Iron 30 10 40 per cent--he knew it, and he kit it.—Every trader also sustained a loss in his returns and profits—iii short, nothing was stationary but taxation.—(llear, hear The questiou was, whether litiiiters should be allowed to proceed in the sallie Sir Joint Glln)on had his thanks for the manly expressions of his opinion " every one who does so veld serve tile Cattle, and should be heard,. He was never more forcibly struck with any lii n; . ; that tryik place 111 Parliament 'hats at last night's debates—it contained duct rims on the part of ministers such as were never before avoived.—M misters in ellect said, that all who were not getting money out of the rases were enemies to the constitution—Mat places uselessf or every other purpose were necessary fur the preservation of 11 . a C9lisliuttion• The great Lord Bathurst had said to his friend iiertit, that the wheels of government were so easily muted, that the coachman could do it; but Lord 1-ooduntleiry says, the wheels of government cantiot he moved without tile oil of corrupuum-e-From such deciaratioase we must conclude, that the persons wino at present support the goveroment, would not give their support unless paid ; and in what state must that government by that canton goon without corruption and 4 gamins/ army. Ministers know that Use collatitution and the Crown would gain strength by reform; but that their !Eaten administration must fail. Indeed the con summit would be the worst in the world if it required their uppott.--.-The worthy Alderman concluded by declaring his opinion that nothing but reduction ul expellee could save the country. Air. ShAW Li I:evict: said, lie had just returned front the country, where lie had made the most particular in quiries into the state of the farmers—the accounts lie received beggared all description; their capital was lost, and many were compelled to quit farina on %%limn their fainiliet had lived Inn ve-rs. Ile dal Outmeandie fin hilinitig and claret driolti n ing farmers, who had grown out of the high prices of the iatt war; but that usahhl class who %Vete the pride of the country, and who were now fast ceasing to exist. He could not think ministers so hard-hearted, SO lust to the feelings of humanity, but that, if they knew the distress, they would resigti their situations ,aud IN was aatislied, it his Majesty poun d hear the voice of despair wlitto was 110 W the common language of his Unlit ul sobjecis, he would dismiss uti instep bout ttations they had planed themselves au utl qualified " 1 4 1 4 (Hear.)--11:g bon, pent. limn moved that the pe t it:ott should tie real, which bring dour, he then tinted that it De adopted as the p.:titioa of the PRICS 9id meeting, and presented to the House of Commons by • the county members. Mr. BRNO said, it gave him great satisfaction to see sa respectable a meeting of his constituents assembled, in support of their just rights. He had but one object, the good of his country and his constituents. Ile was at tached w a government of king, Lords, and Commons, but the present state of the representation rendered that government insecure. Mr. WHITUREAD expressed the great pleasure it gave him to meet his constituents, whose approbation he eta Jll sitlered his highest honour. He hoped the subject of reform would never Le suffered to sleep, as the more it was discussed the better it would be understood, and the less alarm it would excite. Sir F. BultDerr was called for by the meeting with great earnestness. The Hon. Baronet rose, and was re. ceived with long continued applause. lie said it might he thought extraordinary that he should at all dissect from the worthy Alderman and Mr. Le - Fevre, who'had both addressed the meeting with so much ability; he was obliged to differ with them on two points. The worthy Alderman had said, that he would not think it right to make any observation on the opinion of Sir Joint Gibbon, as they were repugnant to those entertained by the meeting. He was glad Sir Juhn Gibbet had beta heard, and certainly he had shewn unparalleled courage in telling a meeting of Englishmen that a was nodal. taken to place the Bourbons on the throne of Fiance was just and necessary. When the war was entered into, no man in the country, even Mr. Pitt. did not date to tell Out notoriously corrupt assembly. the Parliament of that day, what we have sauce found out, that to place the Bourbons on the throne of France was the object of the WV'. " I remember (said Sit Francis) being in the gallery of the House of Co 1111 l tons when Mr. Pitt atated the object for which this country was to go to war with France ; he said It was to assist our allies to prevent the French from opening Me Scheldt. Mr. Burke, who was in the house at the time, treated the pretence witlt the greatest contempt ; go to war, said he, ' fur open. ing the Scheldt—go to war for a piss pot. (Laughter.)...., The English language did not present to s\l r. Burke s mind au expression of contempt equal to his feelini c ni. Mr. Pitt swore that was the object of the war. Mr. Burke said the war was not for the Scheldt, but for re. ligion and morality, and the throne, and for every thing that was dear. Mr. Fox said the real object of the war was to force the Bamboos on the people of France, and no one doubts it. As far as military talent and courage and glory are concerned, we have reason to be prom! of the war; lint the glory of arms is one thing, and the happiness of a country is another. if the gl.ny of arms were soncient for happiness, why should the people of yralice be dissatisfied with Buonaparte / they were cram- , tiled with glory, but deprived of liberty. W e too have glory; let us take care of our liberty. (Hear, hear.) __To e lion. Baronet had aria the was was just acid necessary, and the people. were party to it ; bat I (said Sir Francis) say the people ware no party to the war but to pay the expellee with their proper.) , and lalood.--ti (Hear, 'roe war was made tiy tiorouglimongers against a reform in Parhaillent, and the same warfare is still continued this purpose a stantlitig at toy is kept up, and barracks built to keep the soldiers oil front the people. The ministers say the army is necessary, becausz the people are titimerous ; they war agamst opt. Mon, and keep an army against the people.--(Hear I) Mr, Le Fevre had made exception to fox-hunting tar . meta, but he (Sir F. 11.) was glad when he saw any of his tanners in the ch ase. as it was a proof of their pros. verity. Many thought farmers were fit fur nothiog but to pay rem and taxes. The agricultural distress was d o. knowledged. The lauded oleo had brew compared to sheep, who freely Starred themselves to be sliti.l! of their fleece; but now they felt the shears entetiog their flesh, and they would soots shrink from the °iteration. ....(Hear, hear I) He was persuaded iltere wars no huitta for the people but in a reformed House of Cumulous.— He would he always ready to meet the people in sappdrt of that great and necessary measure. The lion. Baronet sal down amidst the loudest plause. which coot:oiled for a cons'Oerable time. Mr. Iltibhouse and Mr. Peter Moore addressed the meeting to speeches which were received with great ails ! ame, Trio motion that the petition be adopted by the meet.' iog was carried with the sitig:e dissent of Sir Jo G bbom 'Tanta were voted by acclamation to the county 111tiltberS. to Sir Francis Burdett, to Mr. Ilubootise. Alderman W. 1101111,11, M ijur Cariteiiet,t, and the Site. rids, idler : which the mertmg was was hunting in IValton.field, the As Lrd Milton horse on which his lordship was rid'. in taking Is double *nee, unfaat t;:11 d.nyn, and prectpi. Wed bi,tt on his head, Surgicalitssistance was int.. eaediately rendered, anti Ins lordship is uuw, WU are biepy to gay ilat • / ••*. - -YR I. A A:1 rice, A.l ! A 1 0 % ) ii 14 , -- i--, r