The National Register. — London, England, 1823-02-16 00:00:00

COURSE OF EXI Amsterdam, 12 5 C. F. Ditto, at sight, la 2 Rotterdam, 12 7 Antwerp, la 6 Hembergh, 37 10 Altona, 31 11 Paris, 3 day esitlit, 25 65 Ditto. 25 SI ,CHANGE, FEL 14. ' Seville, 35;—Gibraltar, 80} Legliorn,44--Gerioa, 43 Prialta,43—Venice,27 50 Noples,s9—Lisbon, bi Oporto, 521-11abis,50 itio.loneiru, 43 Palermo, 118 Dublin, tri per tent. Cork, U, per cent. Foreign goldin iere,3l. 17s. WI. per oz. New Doubloons, 31. 148.841. New Dollars, 4s. 90. Silver in bars,staztriord r ls. 11*d. Boarrieassx, 4i 85 , Frankfort outlieMairie,lsB Petersbur`lt, 9 S U. Vienna, Er. Flo. 10 39 Tricatr, El. Flo. 19 30 Madrid, 31i—Catliz, 36* Bilboa,37l,—Baki4elorra,3sl PRICE Monk Stork 224 3 per Celli. Red. 1 3 per (.A0.1:0%1.0414 1 pee Cent. bl 4 per I..rtit. New Fowl, 9:li Aust. 191 STOCKS. Oitinitsos 0. Intp..3.pereent, India Bonds 3 loots Stock 237 Esellet i tter 14s. press. Coos. for Ac. 74 Lottery Tickets fte 194. Zo Corrtoponoento. 61 , The mosey *Moe nine insertions of a Paragraph, which is inadmissible. will bo motorised, on application at the Moe. THE. NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON, SUNDAY, FEBAVAILY 16. So supine ace the Members of the House of Com mons in their attendance to.their duty, that out of 650 Members snot enough to make a House, which must consist of at least 40 Members, have been pre sun on half the evenings since the commencement of the Session, and on no evening has any thing of importance been alluded to, excepting on the evening when Mr. Canning took his seat on his election for evening, a Committee of Supply having been moved, Mr. Flume moved as an amend. m:nt, a resolution censuring the recent appointment of a Lieutenant General of the Ordnance—a situa tion which it had been &dared, by a Committee of the House, even in time of !Par, was unnecessary, and ought to be abolished.—Mr. Canning had att. opportunity of oblivionizing his past political. enor mities—he had lately, , by the partite had taken is the differences between France and Spain, created " Golden opinions mall sons of people, " Which should have been worn " Now in the Drafts glows, " Not thrown aside so soon." rn short, if " the .wicked msn"rhadlieen determined to " turn away from the sins he had committed, and to have done the thing that was lawful and right," he would have seconded Mr. Hume's reso lution, instead of which ha indelibly dyed his 'wil lies' diameter by attempting to justify what he.and every man of sense must know is infamous, and die- I graced the independent elector► of Harwich by de voting his maiden speech, as their representative, to the defence of a gross prostitution.—lt wiH he seen flat Mr. Hume subsequently withdrew his motion ibr the purpose of constituting it the subject of more so:einti in►estigation.. The fact appears incontrovert ible, that this sinecure was conferredbn Lord Bert s• fjrd, only because those he held before were consi dered too ttivisl to reward the subserviency of his family interest in the House of Commons, an interest which will continue to prey on the veryvitals of the country until a Reform shall destroy it.. War between France and •Spain appears to be in evitable, and the probability of England being in •olved. in it has brought down the Funds.—Villele, one of the ministers of Louis, declared, the other day, in the Chamber of Deputies, that " though France has deferred war against Spain, her resources and exertions had been for a long time devoted to treating and. fostering discontents and rebellion among the Spanish people"—perhaps a more un blushing, bare-faced, villanaueconfession never.dis graced a public officer. The meetings to petition , for Teti:m.Bre being ; held in every place of importance—that for the county. of Surrey u:lowed itself, like the Norfolk meeting, to be disgraced by the interference of Cob. belt, who proposed an addendum to the petition, which was carried—" betteuto be governed .by St. James than St. Giles," said Herne Tooke, and if no other means can be found to defeat the viewsof the ... .~' . 'HE NATION, ItGISTER ruffians, whose cause Cobbett espouses, a union be tween the ultras and the moderate reran-mere may become necessary, for " 'tis better to bear the ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of." —lt has been said. that Cohbett is the paid tool of the anti-reformers, and we shall begin to believe that he is so, and a more proper tool they could not ka'e selected titan a min who stands, by his own writingv„ confessedly the apologist of rogueries of the blackest kind The French papers announce the evacuation of the forts of Urgel, on the 3d instant, by the insur gents. Mina immediately after took possession of them.. Riunagosa, with the garrison, consisting of 1500 men, has thrown himself into Andore, a neu tral. territory, leaving behind him 400 invalids in the forts.- The police have commenced prosecutions against the French journals, for having given an account of the debates is the secret sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, which were remarkable fur the personal attack of certain deputies upon some of the members of the British Cabinet. The Ultras are anxious that war should be immediately de clared. Private letters wen, that all hopes of Sc. eommodation with Spain has not yet ceased. It is also asserted, if France had even determined upon preserving peace, that Russia was resolved to march an army even across the French frontier into Spain, to overthrow the government of that country. if the Continental Sovereigns could submit to such sin unwarrantable prooeeding, it would not - only - lower them in. the opinion of their own subjects, but they would prostrate themselves before the.• Northern Autocrat, and they must in their• turn,. with the Spanish Gevernment, be insulted with his dictation- I Russia blustered a good deal ,egainst Turkey—the Russian Eagle was to supplant the Crescent on the walk of• the Seraglio and the Towers Qf Constan. dimple; but in the midst of all these vapoartiegs, the serni.laubarians -of the North -found it inconve nient to retrace their steps. It is quite ridiculous to observe this assumption of Russia to take the lead in the politics of Europe) but it would be more•ab surd if the European Powers should submit to. the. domineering politics of the Court of SL PetersbUrgh, to meddle with their affairs. There • never was a more incongruous confederacy than that of the Holy , Alliance.. It has in itself the seeds of its own do. struction, and the ssoner it is dissolved, the better for the liberties or mankind. The following is a list of the officers appointed to diff e rent c ommands in. the French army : *ANY OF THE WESTEIX PYRENEES. liis Royal Highness the Duke d'Angoulerne, General iu Chief. General Guilleminot. Chief of the Stiff. IA Di v i s ion—General Count Molitor. Division—Baron de Damara 3d Division—Lieutenant General Ceinnt Bourke. 4th Divismn—Lieutenent General .Viscount Ohert:• Cavalry Division—Lieutenant General Viscount Castes. Arailery—Lieutenant General Tirlet. E ogineers—Lieutenant General Dude. 41) CORPS. The Prince de Hohenlohe. Commander in Chief, having tinder his orgies two divisions, one commanded by General Cannel, and the other by General Couchy. 3D CORPS-.AAMY OF THE EASTERN PfIIENEES. Lieutenant General the Aisuptis of Lauriaton, Commander in Chief. Ist Division—Lieutenant General Count Curial. Yd Division—Lieutenant General Count Donnadieu.: 3d Division—Lieutenant General Count Paroptiile Laanias lit Division of Cavalry--Lieut. General Roused urbal. gd Division—Lieutenant General Viscount Dumont. Artillery—Major General Baron Berge; Chief of the Staff, M. Desprea. Receive, composed of the Guam:—The Marshal Duke de Reggio. Co.nmander in Chief.' Infantry—Lieutenant General Bourmont. Cavalry—Lieutenant General Borderoult. . _ Mi. Peel, Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, has transmitted to the authuti. ties in the commercial and manufacturing towns of the kingdom, a number of enquiries to whisk an swers arc required; and of which official paper the //allowing is a copy : Question t.—What is " The present state of • trade and . ems. St of the working classes ?" en 2.—W hat " The rate of wages, as compared with tbe ge of Fending comfortable subsistence fur workmen and their families ?" Question 3.—Whit " The increase of as to the amount of the increase ?" Question 4.—What " 'f he general disposition of the working classes in regard to the peace of the country and subordination to the laws ?" Question s.—What is " The calculation with respect to the continuance of trade and craplorrnent ?!! .itb deigns "..~ "'' V THE FUNDS. YESTERDAY. HALF•PAST Two o'ctoci. This morning there was a dead cairn in the market, with little business transacting, which may be attributed to Thursday having been a holiday in Paris, and nothing done in their funds. Consols have vibrated between 7S 74, at which they still remain.—The I-febrew Bulls are daily working of their accounts--selllng at every favourable opportu-' nity—but always stopping when the market indi cates an appearance of giving way under the plea sure of forced sales. Spanish Bonds-34}--little doing. Scrip--32 die. This latter security, begins to tempt the monied men, and considerable sums have been isetated within these few days. Extract of a private letter, dbted Vera Crux, Oct. 20 ;—" This city is in a dreadful state t the yellow fever has made its appearance, and; in addition to this awful scourge, nightly assassinations are cow mitted. Individuals of all nations) wile had re sorted here as adventurers, are reduced, by poverty and distress, to the necessity of enlisting in the' Mexican ranks.—Basinesa is at a stand.—To-day a , proclamation was hauled by the Emperor, declaring an active war against the forces of old Spain re maining is Mexico. All communisation ceases be tween the castle and the city.; and the American vessels are warned away). The fate of Mexico is in clouds and darkseet ) and time-alone can decide on her fate. .. " purarr OP THE HOUSE OF COMMONS!!! A very interesting illustration of the votes of the Members of the House of Commons, during thole* session of Parliament, has just been published, under the unassuming title of " - An • Alphabetical List of the Members of the-Commons House of Parliament. &c." It illustrates their votes both for and against. Ministers on 14 great questions divided on, and the minorities on 36 questions I distinguishing 89 memo bers who hold plates, the emoluments of which, in the aggregate; amount to no less a sum than 183,3721. Bs. 1114. per annum, according to a re turn (No. 54%) made to the House during last se,. *ion : it also distinguishes about 40 other members:. such. as the son%.brothers..or dependents of the Lord President of the-Council and the Secretary' of State use the Colonies, who. receive übout 20;0001. per annum out of the taxes, not included in the before mentioned sum of 183,3721. Bs. ; and the fol lowing very interesting and important analysis and summary is deduced from the-whole, vis.— • members Vole. For Wri Agalort .ten. Mama s. " u " al al 1. Toast. ' 122011140 Counties of England 25 37 10 a 40 Ditto and It towns of Wales . 69 Cities and boroughs, open election - 99 Ditto ditto, in which • the suffrage is vested ' to burgsge tenures or self-eleeted corpora lions, and consequent- - ly resolved into indi vidual influence —.-- 15 Ditto ditto ditto 29 - 2 Universities 33 Counties and 66 royal burghs of Scotland —32 Counties of Ireland- 24 14 2 111 64 33 Cities and boroughs of Ireland Total.-- 320 226 SS $9 658 The following shows the counties in which the bordugh influence muse particularly prevails, viz.— Far Against Nut ... owl., Ministers. WilalOiele. at all. Cornwall, 21 Boroughs.-- 32 3 7 42 Wilts 16 &we: 13 Devon... 12 - Hants 12 Dorset... 9.......»« 9 8 1 1$ surrey-. 5 ' 9 1 Tbtal- 39 26 176 By the first of the above statements it is seen, a:at out of those members returned from places with open and fair election, there is s majority in favour of the interests of the people of nearly two to one; but which mojerity is borne down by the overwhelm ing force of the 151 votes returned by us few indi viduals. The population of all the boroughs Cornwall collectively is not equal to the population of the town of Nottingham! We. understand that accounts have been received from Lord Fitzroy Stmerset, at Madrid, dated on the 29th and 30th of last month, According to previous private letters, it was supposed that his. lordship would have quitted Madrid forthwith ' • but these aecounts-state, that he had been induc ed ilt think his further stay might be beneficial, and there.. lore, be had determined to remain longer at Madrid. The French Minister, Legarde, before he left• M adrid, communicated to a Secret Committee of the Cartes the determination of hip government to ent,'r Spain with an army of 100,000 men, which °Mu. munication it is said, induced the Spanish Govern ment to strengthen itself by an alliance with popu lar, though moderate, persons at Madrid. Hence the.repotts of:a change. in the Spanish ministry. fa , / _ _ --- - t t l‘ i 1 - ga p