The National Register. — London, England, 1820-03-20 00:00:00

privileges of the people, and echoes their wishes." If report speak truly, however, Sir William, or his partners•, will pay dearly for this disgrace of the Livery. We do not allude to any allowance the House may make for post privilege, nor to the money t'►at has been expended in keeping open Committees in Liverpool, and other very distant towns, for the purpose of sending up out-voters. Iles- are expenses they can now ascertain; but we allude to the situation of their " Discor NT LEDGER," which, it is reported, has been open to almost nny thing, provided the party requesting the negotiation were on the right side, and we really fear that the generality of those who may figure away in the Gazette for some time to come, will have the honour of numbering their banker among their creditors. In Sir William Curtis there is only one thing we admire, and that is, his consistency; be is consistent—he totally avows his determination to support every administration, and 'Tis fit " Who trust is Cu a . r 13 ►hould be so resented." Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Hobhouse are yet far before Mr. Lamb on the poll for Westminster, yet so confident of his return are the friends of the latter gentleman, that bets of two to one have been freely offered that the two late members arc returned in the present election. Sir Francis Burdett will come in without doubt, and our reli ance on Mr. Lamb's return is strengthened by the knowledge that the Chairman of his Committee, Mr. Macdonald, after carrying his own election for Caine, has returned to town, and is now strenuously at his post ; a more acivc or more able promoter of an election, by every means that a Gentleman ought to use we are confident does not exist- The light of Liberty in Spain increases its bril liancy every day. What we at first only hoped might alleviate the sufferings of an oppressed and priest-ridden people, promises to end in their corn pieta emancipation, and if this caw be effected without shedding royal Mood; Ferdinand VII: may demand from the fathers of the Spanish Church (as a boon of gratitude), the appointment to the situa tion, if ho be competent to it, of foreman of the Petticoat Manufactory to the Virgin Mary. We have received letters from Corunna dated the 26th, containing some details of the revolution there, which deserve to be recorded, were it only as a specimen of the caution, calmness, and determination, wilt which the Constitutionalists proceed, even if the event itself did not posse*. so powerful an interest. Vanegas, the commander of the troops at Corunna, by whom he was greatly beloved, after an absence of a few days, returned to the town on the evening of the 20th. He was visited on the following morning by the whole of the officers composing his Staff, professedly on a visit of ceremony to congra tulate him on resuming his commani. After the usual compliments hal been interchanged, they entered on their real object, which was to inform him of their determination to follow the example of their brethren in the Sout4 in establishing a Consti tutional Government. Out of respect to their Commander they submitted this resolution to him in the first instance, and requested to know if he had any advice to oiler, or any observation to make on the subject. Vanegas then asked, what would be the consequence of his refusal to sanction a pro ceeding of that nature: and was answered, that they should in that case be under the necessity of placing his Exceancy under arrest. VaneAas re plied, that the step was wholly incompatible with his allegiance to the King, Ind his duty as an otheer, and was innueLliately, without the least personal injury or insult, co:notate:l to safe custody. The officers inuncdiately repaired into the streets of Corunna, and proclaimed the constitution. Another remarkable feature of the revolution at Corunna is, that it affords the first distinct evidence of a decided part being taken by the people at large against the existing government. In other parts of Spain the TIM NATIONAL REGISTER. whole change, beheld by the people with supineness or hula:re:lice, hers been effected by the military, The new junta, or patriotic government, thrmed at Coy otism. is of itself a specimen of the general par ticipation of the community ; its members being taken from the upper class of the inhabitants, and comprising the civil as well as the military profes sions, merchants, and even nobility. The lower dames have participated in the same feeling as appears from the fact,that nearly 2,000 of the inhabitants of Corunna have battled themselves into a corps, called the National Grenadiers, and perform military duty alternately with the regular troops. The internal security and confidelce pro ' duced by this arrangement had enabled Acevedo to detach is battalion °flight infantry, with seine pig ces of flying artillery, from Corunna towards the front tiers of Castile. The purpose of this movement i, not, however, distinctly ascertained. Such is the rapidity with which the example of Corunna has been followed in the neighli,nirin;4: districts, that along the whole coast from St. Antler, in Asturias, to Vigo, on the confines of Portugal, there is scarcely a town of any esonsaquence that kis not pro: is thai the constitution ; and it' the aecoonss fruits Biscay of the prevalence of a similar spirit are to be credited. the line of coast will be completed till it tottc:.es the Pyrenees. The proceedings of G. 2 teed Eva:: y Mina in Navarre are not known, but letters have been received from himself direct, stating that .•ff its were going on as favourably as he could have wished. The state of Arragon, Valentin, and Catalonia, touching actual operations, is still less known ; but the tote of the letters trout Barceloaa, the ca pital of the latter province, indicates an approaching change. The cause of the Constitutionalists was hourly gaining proselytes, and the fermentation spreading. Amidst all the doubts, however expres sed, concerning the wants of the morrow, no appe hension was entertained of an interruption to the general tranqulli cy. As we pass into the interior of Spain—where, from the presence of the royal troops, the cause of Ferdinand appears to find the best support—we are far from finding it triumphant Two of his best regiments, those of Navarre sail of Vulenri I, have, it is said, joined the Patriots. The • letters from Malaga, which failed ttusing the occu pation of that city by Riego, now arrive regularly. They distinctly state, that this chief received no material injury on his march from the troops of O'Donnell, that he was well received by the inha bitants, and that no disorder was committed by his detachment whilst it remained at Malaga. They left the city on the 211, announcing that another detachment from the Isle de Lon might be espccted on the 25th, to garrison it; but this had not arrived An express has been received atMadrid of the defeat of Riego, in an attempt to enter the town of Ronda. This occurred on the 20th, and the troops opposed to him were those under the command of Brigadier General (lore Riego left behind him 34 wounded, and retired to a place called Graxaliema, at a short distance from Ronda, where he established Isis head quarters, and collected ell his troops osgether. The letters from Cadiz sire truly melancholy. About the 20th ult., by order of the Governor, several of the principal merchants ware arrested at the same time, and were immediately placed on board a ship of war in the harbour, which sailed, as was supposed, for Cueta ; but the weather proving tempestuous, the ship put back into port, in which interval the Governor appears to have reflected on the boldness of the step he had taken, considering the rank of the parties, and to have retracted it, in some degree, as he ordered the prisoners to be brought on shore and place' in confinement within the city. We this day give a sketch of the trial of Mr. Hunt, and others, at York. We forbear comment ing urn it for the present, further than to re-us serf, that the melancholy proceedings of the 16th of August, have established for Mr. Hunt a degree of celelfity he never could have enjoyed but for that fatal orair,and which will,we think, receive consider able addition from the ability with which he appears to conduct his defence; we have always thought his conduct likely to produce mischief. but though we should not have regretted his Imving been legally prohibited his itinerant pereg.inations, in which he only created discontent, without the power to reutove the causes of it ; yet we dila the disper sion of the meeting at Manchester so perfectly op. posed to all idea of Law in England, so essentially opposed to every feeli:ig that ought to adorn either a Magistrate or a Yeoman, that we think common prudence should have bad its influence with Ministers to have withdrawn this foolish prosecu. Gm, from the conviction that the more the business is investigated the blacker will be the indelible stain it has left on thaw with whom it originated. It wi.l be sec•l by our Foreign communications that the good muse goes un prosperously in Spain.— Tile imbecile indecisiun of Ferdinand astonishes those who know him. On the sth inst. in the morning, he appointed a Council to summon the Curtest° consider of a Constitution, on the evening of the same day be published a Gazette Extraordinary, declaring the re-estahlishruent of the very Constitu. tint', for the form.dion of which the saviours of his country and of himsell have been confined by him us i.tatitsoine dungeons We have only w hope, that the gallant Patriots will insist on stronger se curity than his " Royal" word, before they disband victorwtis troops. Wesim;to.,ler Eledion.—Stute of the Poll this day at titzu, ..t.tok.—Bun.ett,3,s3b—llubbuttsv,3,29o —Lanu, The Gorman papers contain the following - _ article : " ITALY, Fen. 28.--It is believed that the nfrtirs of a Lady of very high rank will be arranged in the following 'tanner ; hanteiy, tl.at the allowance v Welt she has hitherto received will be doubled, to be paid in any l awe on the Continent that she may demi c ; and that a stiff.. tent . Ulll Won also be allowed tbr the paplutit of her del,N. It is said that she will cnowel'alerino ti!e. place of her future residence." The nephew of Prince Poniatowski, who threw himself into the river at the battle of Lipsic, at the blowing up of the bridge, apd lost his life, is now on a visit to Oxford University, and has apartments at the Mitre Inn. The singular return of 'Cur members from Bi shop's Castle, the votes for each being equal, is the first business that must be taken notice of after Par liament meets. and is constituted. It takes prece dence of every other whatsoever. The vote which would have cast the balance was refused by the rv turning officer, in the teeth, it is said, of all legal precedent. A youth, who was born on the 10th of March. tendered his vote on the 9th, as being 21 years of age on that day: he was rejected, as not being of age until the 10th. Thistlewood is not allowed pen, ink, or paper.— On Friday he was presented with a Bible. Shortly after he was visited by his wife and son, a lad about 14 years of age. It was Mrs. Thistlewoud's second visit. She is a neat ,ittle woman, and wore a bonnet with white ribands. The prism walked for an hour on the leads over the prison. The other prisoners also enjoy a wa.k daily in the part of the Tower where they are confined, but only one at a time. . Treasury Journals persevere in contradicting the report of au intention un the part of Ministers, to increase the Civil List. Experience, however, has proved, that vety little credit is due in Mich cases to any assertions from that quarter—anti, con. scquently, we find the rumour continues to prevail. On the recent election li,r Beverley, Mr. Wharton pobady declared from the hustings the determination of Ministers to increase the Civil List, us a fact that. had come to kis knowledge.. TRIAL OF SIR FRANCIS BURDETT A T THE LEICESTER ASsiZES. Names of the Special .Jurors, between the King and Sir Francis Burdett. Srl. . ill' 4.1 C o e 4 1,1..11, Bart. 2. Genre Tate, or tattiithorou.,ll„ 3. Saville John of t,,! aulen, Esq. 4. Edward, Natioltam, of the same, 5. nem. Green, of (tout:ton, req. 6. T 114111140 W lattoltenham, Esq. 7. John 11n”:nek, ot Cr. st.ton and Neohol.l. 6. Henry Davie Coleman, of Oadley, 11eor) o or nll, Lily. 10. .11eximtler xey, Ledgrane, Esq. 11. Vhlebi int- Green, or :stot maid .0.. Beath. bal. I . :. Charles Fenthei , •lotte, of flatlet IT 'i m th, I:4ty. IS. 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