The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-03-21 00:00:00

fared so go a step further, by telling y.. 11 at once to when 1 ursh yon, nay friends, to give your second votes. --(Cr:es of Bravo! liberal Illtitbrerd, - and old W:.i . .brcad all over.")—l ant deep! r sensible of the kind, Vt.. very cordial reception which 11 have 11114 it, ".ry qttreter of the county in which l 113%.• been to ran- I'm's,' but this reception I ascribe to a solicitude hat that great public cause of which, although 411 111111110 r. I can liewrtilY assure you I am an honest adaorate.— (.41. islalses, with cries of Whitbread, insincerity lwlour% Wit to your naine.")--I thank you fur having heard Mr. :11,41; 5 h ou Sattir•lat , and I heg you to hear that gentle al an as oftra at he think proper to address you; for olvever fascinating his I our or splenti ell 161 eltsyte nce. hog au fear tat the impression which he is lii.el) to make—<lpplause and I ttegtter); Iterait , r that lariele wern's cotes in Parlament have spoken r language too iooprelsire veer to tw erased from your mind s . My op ponent wild on !Weir:lay that he was quite ready to avow i' ,l l principle*, hut vet he made no statement of those reinciples. lir avid, indeed, .that he never received at t•ettiing from the public purse or from ant (fatal 0.1-Ingitis life. But what is thefact ? 31r. Mi•llish, as a Director of the Bank. Is of course a Large holder of Nook Steele, sad it is twitter of notoriety that the Bank kas, ever since the enactment of the restriction upon cash payments, remised above one million a year hat to the plshe purse. for Wising their own paper, alumina i!y fur die ritilic arciiiiiinodation. but actually fur their owe. It was said be Mr. Mellish op Mrtnrolay that our advarwe spun the pal was owing to the member of enters who had come fr the districts adjoining this place. steers Pleat hi s fri r ads had not yet everted themselves. !to ha chew ewe the exertions that have beet, mask. and t ...it tnivernniesit have endeay.otred to set all their agents ••• ion it, favour of tny to,,poitent, 1 iwg lo read to ‘..11 She (ivy of a circular letter tr the Secretary of ihr upittatiee. here there Will some rl•tnimr. %%l ie n Mr. Mt ta.ton exclaimed— I hate no &Ott that they will hear yuto, if they think the letter he against me. Mr. Watenntsu then read the note, of which the Nl foto isig is a copy • Mr. Crew presents his compliments to Mr. —, and requests he will hate the goodness to rote Istiesarti, and n.e hit influence, for Mr. Mellish, in the present contest fur Middlesex, which Mr. Crew mill consider a fat our personal))• conferred on himself. '• Mr. Crew will be obliged to Mr. for a list of the tntes he trill be able to bring forward on the present V ca•ipst. • Pall-mall, 17th blurb. bill." Now, Gentlemen. said .tlr. t hithread, von see what exertions have toren made for Mr. llellish, and how ratty those exertions commenced, as well :IS lib' 111 t 4 :l , 'vete promoted, in support of uty inderuilent porettt. Von will excuse nie, I her, jilt not ottentismissg ti e name of the individual to %ilium this letter was ad dressed. flat that individual has a manly spirit of inde pendence, amt conceiving the effect of tido letter of re gioisition, which was very properly deemed tantamount to a command, was such, that the tirotlemman to a Low it WAS addressed (-sine immediately down here and Voted tat sor.--(1Attol cheering.)—The northy Gentleman ruts c•atie.l with 'aborting the electors to tight on as they 1.a:I begon, assuring then. that if they would hr true to t%,"itiseit es. he would he true to them ; and to proarente r• e contest until tictury crowned their retorts.—(Lund aod long continued applauses.) Mr. 31::Lidsn hull appeared, but the clamour against was so land and general that he could not hr heard. his 0 14e r t ed, that n o : to hear him, after having kern s o was unjust etas Illiberal —was extremely hard. —(lncreased hissing and hooting.) Mr. Wm Turman stepped forward, and intreated that M. Mellish might be heard. Mr. Al RLLIIII then again presented himself. Ile con trasted the language of Mr. - Irhithread with that of Mr. liyng. respecting the coalition which existed lietu ern tkose lictitlemeti. Mr. Whitbread candidly abil man-, filly expressed a wish that his stipporters should give the.r second votes to Mr. Byttg. '1 his was speaking; aut. Bat Mr. Brig denied that hr canvassed for any other caudidate, chile he followed that denial by a very htelligible insinuation as to whom hr wished his stip porttra to give their second votes.—(.lpplauses, it ith • ries of " that's rig lit in him.")—.ls to the letter reed by Mr. Whitireall, he declared that he knew nothing abort Ilat don't you know the writer. and don't you like its purport exclaimed several toices.)—With re gard to my pritwiples, said be, I think it unnecessary tis explain them, as you all know them well enough ai r...adv.—('6e% of " that we do, Alellish.")—The isessjss rity of Mr. Whitbread does nut, I assure M volt, at all r :rtes I'. I am quite certain that if my "friends will raert theopelves, I shall yet he placed in sncb a sites tioli upon ;in• poll, as most of you, no doubt, will sae with sutras'.—(Ciiiversal hissing and hooting.) f. Will MR r.tr , proceeded from the hustings to tan sass, i t!s: CAI of returning to town, as usual; but the cross sli it Is els thrsotsgPsl the road cheered MTV carriage stud irilildual that Isolated his colours with . tbst osost arde:it t ries of •• Whitbread fur ever." ii-EirmimsrEn ELECTION. XUNDAT.-TENTII D %V. The notri`wr.:, t the close of this lay, were as follow: OAT'S POLL. TOTAL. S . r F. ...... 434 Mr. llomaut..s The Mo. U. LAm•.. 281 - • Mr. Lams, in the absence of Mr. Junes Burdett, then stepped foto ard. Ile observed, that the state of the 11 spoke ontficientiv for Sir V. Burdett , but that M r. p Itabliotow could 11.4 boast the same advantage. Ile was nut at all dispirited at the state of the poll, fur the expe ri..nce of Westminster Election bad always shown that alontlav was a favourable day for his opponent. He ad beets reproached un account of what he had said in hi% speeches, and what he lead written in his add rrrrr 4. fir meant nothito,e disrespectful when he said that nei ti.er his speeches mar writings were spoken or published to please Mr. flohliouse. pun any other occasion than %taring the present state of rivalry, he should have been happy to rect ice the suggest' of that Gentleman. It scemeti Mr. Ilublimise invited him to terminate the con test, nut so much, as he said, to obtain a triumph as to be 1.1 a situation to assist the cause of .tlr. Samuel Whit bread. As there was but one way of terminating the deetion, namely, by his resignation, and as he should in this instance find himself under the necessity of ad hering to the old maxim of attending to himself first of feared that with all his hearty wishes for Mr. /Vbitbreati's success, he could not arco ttttt iodate him in the manner which Mr. Hobhouse seemed to expect. Be tides, by his untimely resignation, he would prevent the manifestation of that spirit amongst the electors, the operation of which was to place Mr. Hohlionse in so tri umphant an attitude at the dose of the contest. He had Levu c:larged with inconsistency in his expressions re . puling the character of Sit I. Borden. He would meet the charge by a specific denial. But how could Mr. llohliouse himself deny a charge of a similar incon r:.stency with regard to the Whigs. At the last election that tireless in had heaped upon them the utmost re proaches. Bit at the present election the tone was quite altered. Those Whigs who were lately so vilely- stigma tised, were upon this occasion presented to thepitbhc as worthy of approbatiou, and he might with justice sac. ti.at . scarcely one of the body with whom he acted wis disdrited but himself. This reformation of sentiment fili St un the part of his oppurrent he was far from disliking, as it proceeded from the must praiseworthy motives. He eibortril the electors to cumr op with expedition, and assured them that his hopes ut sum: *** were as souguine as rvet. Mr. Honnocsa was rece'.vrd ulth great applause.— lie congratulated Mr. • Lamb upon the perseverance which he displaced in still contending agaiust a main.. riiy ut nearly NO. The state of the poi!, however, in spite of all Mr. Lamb's eapecatiuns, proved that the settle of the riecturt, of WestnaMster WWI against him. Many, it etas t. air, reniaisied ntil•iille.l ; but lie would not ask a tatter criterion of the sense of the inipolled eteetors. than tie- preteretice than:festril lay the majority of the 'dentin's aho had pulled. Ile 11,31 r. hoblionse) had' been represented just's% as desirous of dosing this tun-' test, in order that lie 'Meld lie at liberty to assist Mr. Whitbread. Mr. Land., hint eye:, hail refused to cotieur in setting hill. at litlirriy, and the ut this retusal Was, awl( kr (Mr. lamb) could nut postpone his unto htisitiess to that of Mr. Win:ldeal Mr. Lamb, it ap pealcul, would du his own Inisitterl tirst. Indeed the gentleman had already dime his busiaess.—(l.itughter.) -- lit (1:1. 1•41hb) 111141 su rtreilitally shone Ilk own iness, that dose were to kith; r by the poll, our would he Iril to suppose that the electors would never attl; that gentleman to tin du ir business. Mr. Hubbonse vin dicated himself against the charge tat inconsistency nit!. regard to the Whigs. lie supportedilv. Whitbread, nut as a Whig. bait as an avowed Hefuttaier; and upon the saute pcineiple, lie was ready to assist any other Whig as far as his humble wares would extend, lie tlet•er said that the Whigs were hostile to the liberties of the country ;on the vontrary, it was his opitsi , that they were worthy of every h •st nsatl . ‘ co-operat . SU lung as they acted upon the principle. ulna' Air. F o x avowed in 1; 1 .1.44. lie still entertained the same no:' which he had always prufessed with regard to the propriety of parties in the State. lie disliked them un aecouat of , the tessileney they had to eaerva:e, if nut wholly to sup press iutdiv,tual exertions.—But s nuteitholawsholf all ' these notion., he could nut isithlsuld his approbation f the romiiiet of the Whigs during the late Parlia mentary traus•etions. hat is:iy imrailswe the Whigs upon those hustings?—Mr. Lauds was nut a Whig ; his sentintents were Ministerial, as far as they von! he t'ul levied. and would come very consistently (roes. the mouth of Sir William Curtis himself. Besides:, he should state that his (Mr. Iloblsonse's) Co eeeee iittee were sluing all they could in favour of Mr. Whitbread. who was of that party to whirl. 31r. Latish professed to belong. Was it not Straligr that :he 11 isigs and Reformers could roc operate in Middlesex. but that a Whi.• in Westminster must toppo.se a Reformer there ? lie (.11r. Ilubhouse) could not well understand how 1•411 John Russell, who proposed 31r. Whitbread in Middlesex, Jutish, oppose Islam (Mr. liolshouse) in Westminster. Were nut he ails! Mt. Whitbread pledged to the same po litical service' Were not ,!r. Mellish and Mr. Lamb the Ministerial rernlialates ? Their Parliament aly conduct as to Reform was the same—the ad dieser% of both were remarkable fur the saute onsis• shin of all material 'ol jects. lint a survey of the county at present, wools! show that great efforts were snaking be the people in favour of the Whig einilidates, who piedged themselves to Returns. Cools' Mr. Lamb he looked upon as even a Whig ? Certainly not; and in corroboration of this assertion. he (Mr. llobbonse) would state that many of the electors spoke of that Mew firma!, as the :Ministerial candidate. .1 Gentleman or his Committer, in the course of a canvass which hr un dertook for 31r. Whitbread, applied lit a lientleum is Westminster for his vote for that cantlidate—" Nu," re plied the eleetar, " I am not for that side; / am for Church ant king-1 voted this morning for Mr. lamb."—(Laughter and riteers.)—Why then Mr. Lamb , was the Church and Kiag randislato ins Weatasilishre.-* Some of the Ministerial papers bad, Intleed, hilted of s vote for Mr. Lamb as a loyal vote. After some further o'iservatiines, expres-ine his rinitblinsee that the result of the election would be completely in his favour, be ex horted the electors to crowd to the pull. 'floe usorting then dispersed. ST:l•i'E OF IRELAND. The distnrbanees in the west of Ireland are on the decline, or have altogether subsided. 'fir Assizes lia%c been toonti quite sufficient to restore the country to ran trinity. ire hare subjoined a few• particulars front the Prosincial Journals:— COUNTY OF GALWAY TI: MA Rill Ili.-11'r have great pleasure in stating. that the hitherto depraved ttirit whirl, existed in our neighbourhood. has been in a great tora.nre sittalsted. The Spring business. whirls scented entirely Neglected, anal the !Anne of the rovistry people. as it s totally for gotten or disregariletl, i. assuming a pleasing &Fn.!. Of forwardiseits. Those Mils, for many utiles orotund user town. whirls remained outlined, are row to be seen daily furnished with labourers husily vin i a!oyull in their agra culture.—( Tram Gastric ) COVNTV OF CLARE. $I seen Is.— Perfect quivt :via tranquillity reigns In thk iseighhonrhowl. Ass :n•tirr 11. 4 0strate, who frequently accompanies the police in their ream declares, that he never knew this part of the count• to be in a state of greater tranquillity.—(Nary Jourmul.) COUNTY OF M % I'n. MR. ‘RRJE tNT Burt I'11N • 8 AlltbitEss o rut: GRAND JORY His Lorilshii' said, that althooYh it was not without criuses of a capital and a heinous uaturr, yrt it teas such as tends to show that erime is not increasing in the county, but rather that it is diutinishinY. Ilis Lordship thew observed, that it would be too •h, prrhaps,tues pect that this county should he wirrolly frees frusta thu s excesses Willis disgraced the neighbouring cesunties: that he had satisfaction in thinking that here they were not istitiorrim4. and also that the few I' • <es which were to be tried are not of the nose aggrat .11 deSCriptioll. COL NTY OP WATERFORD. BARON OF.O3OE'S 1111111 V A+ TO Till: 4:RAND JURY. Ile congrxtulate4 the Wand Jury on the lighters% of th e re len t lar, ti11:A.1.616g, that the quantity of crime WAS nut greater than might reason lie irNperteil, on ordi nary occasions, in a population of such extent as was contained in this comity. COUNTY OF LIMERICK. saaar txv anoart , a tio.can Jute. Ile said he felt happy. that in the enleuilar of the county of Limerick, lie did nut find any proofs of the di►affection of principle, or oroznitoole of crime, which were, iinforinnately, ton visible in oilier pill• of the kingdom; but he felt it his duly to frit the 1 milkmen of the Grand Jury, that though their county uas undis turbed by fartious disposition or rebellious feelings, yet they should nut relax in their endeavours to prevent its a pproach, w hen they found other parts sulfcring under it. effects—it is not, said his Lionlsbipoclien your houses are ua tire, that you should play the engine on it, but You should meet the danger, if possible. COUNTY OF c‘r.ts. JVOO , /I.I I t7THICR . 4 ADDRINA TO TOE 4;RANI3 He observed, the calendar, though numerous. afforded no offenl•e of magnitude, and scat entirely free . Gum those crimes which were is other places so autorrous, 4f. t lA, Aht: COUNTY OF WRISTMEATII. BARON 4MITII'd MARC[ TO THE GRAND JURT. (lENTLEMEN—AItIiongh the calendar may nut be as light as we could desire, it would vrt appear that the sr3te or your cuu • y may :druid matter of congratulation, %then compared to that ul others. COUNTY OF WEXFORD. .14'1*UX cit•stur TU TUE GRAND JVRY. Clawrhtmvx—l have great pleasure in ionaratulatinz you, and surd( also, on the state of the calendar, as I rind that the crimes charged in it are of a very mitigated nature. With the exception of Carat, Wexford, and %raterfonl, there are three eulogies tt hich 'erre either the itutssesliate scenes of the iliststrhaners, or its their vicinity. In Ro common punishment has bee:, innieseel un ihr liihbon men. anti 110 effort has heen made tos the part of •` the insurgents' . to re*cste their friends fruits toe hands of ju4tir«. NIA ARR. Dublin .. 1% at i rriurd . I Wiens./ mid Jersey 0 Oottenbergh Ilamherel Al'. U U Flanderi I France U 11.1 A bon 0 Malta U)' 141141.71i11 T/114. Rank steel 3 per Conf. Red. 3 per l'eat. Uwe:. Genf 3 ler Cent. 4 per Cents. Zr :Natty . 1 1 341 t.ois .%wt. lop. 3 per Cent. Ann. D. DIY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stuck Cosids Old Auieuities • Es. Hills. Yd. ls. 3s. ills. Ditin t titanium l•nm. (Of Ar. egg I Lett. Tickets .t ti I Ifts. ktattilman. " Dflimit , TATrotAs" 14 INCOIIIP AAAAA D WITS " TSB STATESSIAN." LONDON: TVF.SDAY EVENING, MARCH 21. 1820. Paris papers to the 19th instant have come to hand this ttttt mine. They contain details of several circum stances which preceded, accompanied, and follone.l the acceptance of the Constitution by the king of Spain. There is nothing important in them respecting the af fairs of France. The Chamber of Deputies assembled on Thursday and Friday. The business on both days WAS ebiefly confined to the u. • ation of persons to minor official situations. The Court of assize at Paris, on Thursday, was occupied with a snit which hail Leen instituted ag:iitiA the authors of a rtaitit .1 Le the! .Vorhatarics, cont a ining c offensive remarks on the observance of the funeral ceremonies oft's, 21st January. in commemoration of the decapitation of Louis XVI. 'they nwre condemned to one month's itoprisumnent, and a tine of 1014 1 r. each. FrEscit F Nns, Tuvnausr.—Fier }let Cents., 731. ;i . e.; Hank Actions, 14:Nif. : ,i, . have lust something e t i ll not adorned with paaeal uhieh have le Ofi ts rhe.l the tranquillity of despots Alas: on NI iuK t h e so il o f illitstriowt try new trophies:lli: li e d by the tires of war and of knells. this il oaßti perceived not the clian;zes to "11101 his Eitsence given place. General limo offered hies th e stipp epo those bay iteir:s of nhich tt e settitt.and had to hint fur the defence of ilk coon•ry. Sqac gig the farnons decree of Valencia armillowe the rtte:ll 1 4 :mien* regime°. The rug t•itAnt.r.s IV. re f,„ d ts sign the social compact which main had the reel-. and the happiness to present. He abolished ti e tional represelitatiiin. end persecuted its niems e .,. he presumed to rule by iiiriar rie4l like Lis ag o , tors, and as if tour 1,16111,,,1% of the age sere :bests. The minions ti I , i 0: t he a pp l au ded him. Spain might have resumed sot eminent place 4. 4 the European nation lint its progress W3ll 2. 4 14 111 arrested ; its oppressed colonies cursed and abanri etig i it ; the Peninsula saw it. conititeree, its agr :..c tir.• its industry, perish; the land of fidelity was mere s t s i l k scaffolds, its prisons were filled with sidings, the teao, of justice was closed, and the people suck older ma* contributions. But despotism has trembled ut t i„, throne of l'hiiip 11. Ferdinand VII. disdained tube,' his promise toonifewel itself: his Maim,. has only cute s },. scribe to whatever sunditions are pruseri'ard. The Ca. stitution of 15 12 has become his only refuge. G eor g B,4II.LKSTEKOA has been recalled: Isis presence has pft. vented all excesses in the capital. The linkes of Assts, de !UFA:tram/is, of ST. FERPINAKP, &C. ear longe te p. pear. It heroines so longer an ocenpation to retool tie marches, the expeditions, the progress 'it the consti:t. tional insurrection ; the struggle is terminated. Ass. tier career is open to the Spanish people; they are shunt to occupy themselves with their laws and Heir new political existence. All prisoners have berslib. rated by Bau.asTaros. The people follow bin with acclamations. Many unexpected anti alTer ag resoles. ters are telated. Count de 31oxvitair, stirpoted to have been in the prisons of the Holy Trihonal, at the err e. mite of Hankie, has been discovered at Madrid; bit family were searching: for hills at the slis , annief leagues. The Inquisition alone knows the sere dill the myste9ions disappearances—it knew eel bee r e avail itself of its theeretioitary power. Fa . ..otalaslos issued an order to the Inquisitors to cease from tbir functions. II The Supplement of the riaqo confaim tat i~l lowing : A13r,1 6, Iti!0. The Constitution has been prorloinad in Saragam. iit the presence of • great crowd of people. The Ikr. tistis Captain-4 ion era I of .1 rrlron; Dow WAR. TIN DE 1;.1* tY, !Counsellor of S.:or: 9uui ANTOINt R. Rill a‘NTOINE TORIIES, an , ! may other per sons of distinction, took the oath of fblitity to the Lan 'Motion. This ceremony was concleJcti ornisst emits ic shouts of Lire the evestitetios Lite ike fag! AD5111446 DIP TUB TllOOl.ll SIP TIM GANUSON U MU, 011111,11 10 TUi •lltAco?tt:.. In nni ing ourselves to you, with heart and soul, to pros hint this day the Spanish Constitution, it has ben lour intention to pretirut all those excesses whirl. iota& lily are loony the schism of parties. The evatqleef Ilse midi:aid pro% inres hay- opened our eyes. It is* , iressary to mold neisfort otos $, n hose runassopcncess calla he terrilile. The universool cry, the general opinion of the inliahitatotti of Xaragossa, front brit to last, slew plainly that no other than fraternal relatlimi elk be. tweet' us. We are all united; there exists only that difference of costume which the profession of each din renders necessary. We are all the dander' of Spain. our common mother ; scr have all sworn to support that wunarchs which its IMtM ire ivognited, amp enga!rd to delimit Sorb are the sentimeits which :mime., ri. and et hich w r e ish to tore every Spaniard parte:ail. The .111 Powerfoul will fironr our views—the Ali- Pimento!, whose favour of onr city has lees so risibly manifesteil in the coarse of this day. Let us hasten to the foot of .the altar to offer him the I age of our achnonleolgements, and supplicate from him a 4 110:111Cr, in order that the Kin!!, shots we mit Mae, may yield to the will of his temple, and COII•it the general Coirtes of the Mr:geom. uht: ,4 sage ' kat ' rations still s.lvr our country, and the l:onunr of or banners those harmers whirl. ne hare had the ;WI to defend against the' first warriors rf the age. Letts moolirace and shed tears of joy. The Authorities —pri vate J•roperty—all has belle respected titia Jay& most critical Irt us pursue ibis liuc, aril in raider until the rest of Spain bet-miles as outriders, Mai n• peat the same acclamations— Live our Religion : Live one Country ! Limas King ! Live the Constitotion! Tear 6.voistoo:o or Tat NAO. Saragossa, Mardi 0,1.5.2 u. ritoCLAMATION OP RIM), TIIF. COSIZIANDIN Of NO rilvir N.l TIoNAL 1111‘1.10N, TO TOL INHANTINT S ANTINt CII•. r I !nimbi:ants of Atrelnera, The troops which I command, and nhich have WI evening entered within your walls, form a part.( tbr national army. ss hirh, oa the tir , t dap in the year. openly declared itiell for the cause of the tenelfl" That cause is just. Y , m know it ; thrvo:ile, the aro) —all Europe, know it !—Yes, Earope, scliWli was ow' niched to see a nation to whom nature had been as irrish of her favours, plunged into a frigh!fal misery, moo"' with a complete and appruatitiug dissolution, Woo it wanted the only blesaing man oftgla to desire, TO.'" good linvernuient. That lineman:eta which at roil burdens you, is cundentited by justice, by liontasilfs b f reason, and esperieNce. When orbitrory avid Ma ill the place of low, when I weer is impelled by (VW , the situation of citizens is worse than that of Iwo": (' . at your eyes upun the scenes of which your esoltilY the theatre; consider attentively what is flit Spaniards—and tell me if those who consent to marl oppressed, who, by criminal silence, authorise &MO of tyranny, any lunrr are worthy of that woe? • • _ . • . . thcmila he eonlcl not imagine what pu sibre object second time, seemed to ha pe t r etraturs thuse offences c.an have in view. ( 1 11 . 1 Flo archival greatness, nas it titr e• absence from this counts - , anal the trivial nature tot I any hielded from the dangers that offence In the calendar, he congratulated thw turhe.l the tranqu i ll i ty ut de, cuunt). - rt.. ..f 1-• ,late..:.. 141'41%. At the catemetwement of the resent century, 'pain, distingeished by all the symptoms of decay, was entitled to the appellation of one of the Powers of Europe, uhly on arronsit of the space whirls it occupied upon the soap of tbe world. 11 'e saw it sstlAenly awake from its lethargy. and risgal.re its an honourable struggle, with astonishing firmness, against a tyrant, in favour of whom t ietory had crowned its efforts, and re moved the difficulties which sntrostegoled him. In the tumult nous excess of joy excited by the fall of the PR INe k: of Peace, the Spanish people. liberated from a biog.Lunt did nut examine the legality of an et not whirls placed the son upon the throne dosing the life-time of his father. The unexpected elevation of FERPINAND VII. electrified the Spanish people. The new reign oas expected to repair the errors of the pre setting. All hearts anticipated the future. Enthusiasm was at the height. There was c • tte.l a political outrage unexampled in the annals of civilisation. The flimsy reSI of disguise, to save appearanrrs, was even rejected. The haughty Castilian was enraged. 'llse popular mass it as ready to resent this attack upon pubtir morality and the Spanish honour ; in tails did enlightened men, fearing the result urn blind infatuation, and hoping to Lind in Ilse Consti totion of Bayonne a rafter to preserve Spain from the shipwreck with whirls it us' menaced, give an example of submission dictated by prusletsce. The authority of experience was despised, and whilst pruslenee was allay lug the asperity of treawm. a furious war burst out front one end or the Peninsula to the other. No sacrifice was spared: all means were justified by the m ;fives. We pass user those scenes w hick beheld Spain, spire of the exertions of its Patriots, enslaved ; Ile pass over those events which expelled an invading %%%%%%%%%% After six years of vicissi tudes, France resmoncest her conquest. The warriors who Insight in defence or Spain were victorious. Liheral institutions replaced the miserable legislation of the middle ages, and the ordinances of ( * HAMA* V. and the hateful tyrants who succeeded I • . At the •nt in which regenerated Spain was about to rejoy repose, purchased at the expellee of so many sufferings, this epoch of political resurrection was signalized by a prodigy—the son of Cis 4RLIEI IV. rr-appeared in the midst of Isis people. Stranger to all the excesses which hail occasioned the misfortunes of the rinses, free front all personal responsibility, his task was easy. No Spaniard needed Isis clemency—all had suffered in his rinse The leprosy of the religions orders, with which the nation was detoured, had disappeared ; the dens which enclosed the tictiuss of the Ingnisition were closed; the odious tribunal, whirls sat in judgment even upon the thoughts of individuals, nu longer existed ; the vast financial resources offered a guarantee to the public deist ; economy and equality formed the base of a new .}stem; despotism was banished; the division of authority was established by the Constitution of the Cortez. The power of the Prince might have torn lets limited; but his rreent misfortunes, the affection of which ' he wits the object, could not fail to render to the royal preregative all the constitutional force which it needed. —lithe Throne upon which FattotmAND tra's teatsql fur Imp. - 1 r Air jKI ion obe OA rhi sue is i be or res I the —3 lir tiel r'', to I ./. 1 " aga be A!1 lal fl wil 641 it apt ohm cal pla