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EYEST.VINSt6R ifgErnstv, P.irsuanr to advertisement • meeting of the In hebtte,i's 0' Londou sad Westminster was yester day held at Crown sod Anchor Torero, for the v ospose of opening • subscription to defray the tine of i.OOO/. imposed upon Sir F. Burden, for the publicati.io of his celebrated " Address to the Electors of Westminster," concerning the outrage cotnin , tted opon the Manchester meeting sif the 16th August, 1819. At oar o'clock Mr. 1 - 1011110BSS, the worthy Baronet's colleague, attended by the Committee of u enr i etne ,, ,ch o had called the meeting, entered the roots, took the chair amidst the acclaims lions of the assembled numbers which nearly filled the west rii.,tn. The tumult having somewhat subsided, Mr. Ilositouslt, in an animated speech, which wis iuterriiii;ed by repeated and enthusiastic plass upecrii to the meeting the business upon which they were assembled. He commented with much fen cr on the eagerness of the Adiniuistra non to s'. , gle out as an object for their ven geance si distioguiahrd a character, and on she peels hAr features of the case; such as the mode a trial on an information ; the bringing of the nisi before • Leicester shire Jury the modern doctrine of the law of 'libel, by whichlientoris are punished fur the pub lication of truth, when it happens to displease an Attorney. General, whereas by a statute of Ed- Ward 11. and Richard 1., the lalsehood of the pub- Leafiest, was • necessary part of the crime. Ile txpatisced on the utility, even to the Government, of such expositions of feel, as a means of convey ing a irue impression of the ominous of the people to the ear of the Sovereign, by whom, he leafed, the truth was but little likely to be learned from interested Privy Counsellors in palaces, or from those who hung out Bags of distress fur him at a theatre. lir was convinced, that by that publica tion, and by the persecution it entailed on him, Sir F. Burdett had acquired a still greater share, if pusstble, than he before possessed of the respect and esteem of the people of England ; and when his pro secutorr were forgone'', the risme of Sir F. Burdett world be enrolled among the hi 'l4 httlit in the pages of the tinnily of England, cud he would be held up to the atimiraii , in of future ages as the friend of the people and of his country. Before lie sat down he begged lease to read a letter from Mr. Aldermen IVerod, apologizing for his non-attendance, which was occi.simied by his having to stiend the pfestll - of Several Addiesses to her Majesty at Br.lU lieLbtag I House. The letter was received with loud ap p leuz.e. A Series of Resolutions, approving the conduct of Sir Francis Burdett, including the following, were then put aid carried unanimously Fifth Resolution, muved by Mr. J .Skeltou, sod seconded by 11r. Hone—That there is uo hope of r ccccc nog those rights sod liberties which have beets taken sway, sor.uf pre servidi those which remain, but an • full, fair, sod equal repreicutatiou of the people in the Cumulous House of Pat. Lamer t. Seventh Resolotioo, snowed by Mr. Tbelwoll—That oar Friend and Representative Sir Francis Burdett, the isporped opposer of the people's raessiea--the steady suppesiee of the people's rights—Arming for his mealy mid ewe (silent Address beets seatenced to impriaosmeol, it is our duly to mark owe mime of his many virtues, of his arduous and sin4evistiveg ewiduct through a period of iweuty-four rare is brie& a the people, of his former and present pri vations. amid abridgments of his personal liberty, sad to ammo him of our lawalterable attachment and support. Eiettb Reaulutiesu, proposed by Mr. H. Skelton, sad seconded by Mr. %Fouler—That, as a proof of one attach meat, we do lira rhy resolve to raise by public subscription the ram of 2,0001. the amount of the fine imposed upon Sue Frmicis Burdett, and to pay the same to the officer of the Cons I appointed to receive it. Ninth Resolution, moved by Hr. H. Skelton—That as Address to Sir Frauds Burdett be founded on the foregoing 'Resolutions. • The three following Resolutions were moved by Mr. GALLOWAY : 11. That a Committee of the following Gentlemen be airpailat,a, with liberty to add to their number, fur the parr. pastor carrying the foreguilig Resolutions into immediate effect :—John Cam HoLhosse, Esq. Be. &c. 12. That the Address be revenged to Sir F. florelett in i prime, by our worthy Reilesentative s John Cain Hobhouse, Esq. accomrrmied by the.Cowirnitter. 13. That Samuel Brooks, Eeq. be the Treasurer of this Subscription. Mr. IVooi.Eit, in seconding the eighth Resolu tion, threw out a augge,tion of appropriating any surplus which might remain after paying Sir F. Bur• dat's fine, to the relic( of others who were suffering iu the same cause. This suggestion was seized upon by Mr. J. Mill., of Bristol, as the foundation of sit anientlinent tie the Revolaion, which he pro posed to the following effect :—" That a subscrir tiou be raised, first, for the 'purpose of aPliniipia tentig to, the relief of our fellow subjects iiiipsi boned for political offeipces, anti secondly, fur paying the Ants of Ste F. Burdett and NLijor Cartwright." A loud and almost trnive.sal " !Ye" was uttered when he had fioislted reading this amendment; hat a Mr. NICIIUISati Stet/Wing It, Mr. Mills persisted at first to hartag it put. A fees words, bower e, irony Mr. Gatiostay, upon the of this umetrdment, which went to divert them from the specific object of their attain*. produced a luud and universal &mood of its revenue,: wherrispou the defeated propo•er consented to withdrew it. Tbe Mimics of the meeting to Mr. 11ohlionse lutivtog breti proposed by Mr. Thrlsall, and car ticd followed by several distmet wood, of dircls, Ihnt returned kuowl..lgutents, and the meeting broke tip ut fuur o'clock. IKEL.4VLJ. DUBLIN FrIIItUARY R. Mr. and Mot. 11'tizon Bet her lett Murli.un't Il• tet, Mtweinii-street, yehterday, for England. 11. lii-hop or Eiploo Its beets Irleas•rd lately 1,...k.Ait the li• v. Chwlrs Ilamtltou. Vicar-lire I s. - 1 Droonore. to the Livn•g of •' 'l•he Union •I v , teant by the death of the K•ght lice. Dew. Bowl. TIM I lIUATRE.Last night toe Lord Lieutr. nnlit awl x party from the Castle honoured the new ilitior.• will) 'heir presence, to see the " grand tol e otol spectacle" of Aluddio, or The Wonderful Lamp, solidi ons ploduced fur the first ti.ue uu o.rie•ioll, The house was crowded to race's* andO.) fs.hiooslile compaoy. Sunday los Exceitrony attended divine Per %.cr m C.,1010n chord), in whorls fin Immense coll o-gown was tictubltd. It is said did be intends ~. In speed a few days with Lord 'honey at hi. beau:- taut residence. On the 215th ult. the rural and loyal town of Caledon was brilliantly illuminated in honour of the arrival of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant in that quarter. Mr. Maturin has rent over • new tragedy to Lon don: it is a Turkish extravaganza. 111.10ENNY. FifiRUARt I. The Resolutions of the Magistrates of this county, at the Meeting held on Thursday last, Inure been published. It will be wen, with general satisfaction, that that highly respectable body have resolved to suspend the application to Government for the aid of a divisi of police under the pro visions of the Peace Preservation Act. And we trust every honest well-disposed 11111111 in the tainted baronies, and elsewhere an this county, will exert his efforts. to 'hew that the Nlagistratrs have acted much more wisely in suspending that in terecipating application for the adoption of measures so ruinously expensive to the fartuurs.-1 Lenuter Journal) WaXFOßD.—Thursday night Lieut. John Gowan, late of toe 30th regiment, eldest erm of Captain J. Hunter Gowan, was unfortunately killed near his residence by a fell from Lis horse. The unfor tunate Gentleman woe most basely robbed by sonic unfeeling wretches, while in • state of perfect in sensibility. R.—A horrible outrage was committed nit Thursday Light, st a place culled Cava'', mar 1341Iiiirobe. Twu shots were tired into a lit)itt snarl's hours., by one deltic!' a WOllllll, Mil./ was within, was, it is supposed, mortally wounded.—(.l.lamo Constitution.) FOREIG.V INTELLIGENCE. FRCNCII PAPERS. PARIS, FEBRUARY 7. The first Bulletin of the health of his Royal (]it.hues► the Doke de Boort'roux : " The Doke tk Boor&atm ha. been visited for some days bark with the solsll.pux. The eruption set in In the unilde4 Inlin 11..1 . , and three is every hope it will terminate in the same favuusable w•y." The will Bulletin of the Gth says— " The twit tiles are deed up all over she hod,' of his Royal Higltoess. Ills Royal Highness is pest ally well (Signed) " I'ORI'AL , ALI B ERT, DUPUYTIEN, and BARON." Hia Royal flighuess continues to enjoy the most excellent health. PARIS, FEBRUARY 9. The Magistrates occupied will; th e inquiry rela tive to the exotioloos of the 27th JJoLutry, have not %isited the Tuileries since the night of the sth instant. Another inquiry has been commenced in that Palace, relative to two vintten papers containing atrocious threads, Lund upon the toilette of for Royal Highness the Duchess of Berry. Semi(' persons of the establishment of this Princess have been iuterrogated.—(Joarnal de Paris.) The Committee . on the Budget met yesterday, and nominated a President and Secretaries. Accounts from Vienna of the 29. h January state, th.it it was not until the 26th tl►e Duke de Gallo was admitted to the Heeence of the Com mittee of :Ministers of the Allied Powers. It is not, therefore, presumed that lie could have set out .before the 2ath, to curry to the Neapolitan Patliacnent the summons to rtssulve itself. %Ye ark assured that King Ferdinand has published ie declaration, which makes some changes in the itlnit settled. There are doubts of this Mkt starch's proceeding to Vienna. It appears, on the contrary that lie wi:l shew himself ut t. e head of the army, whe►e his presence msy prevent the effusion of blood, by causing the arm* to fall from the hands of the Neapolitan troops. A letter from Madrid, of the 30th January, says, " Our Gazettes are tilled, ns °soul, with pito:lamas tious of political chief.. These pieces prove that there is a geLeral agitation, tither open or con cealed, but hitherto we hove MIMI 611 only royalist instiller:6Bos. A recent oceimetice at Malaga .hews that there exists sivo a repub lican party. An individual of the wane of Medualda bas been ertea'ed in that city. Ile edited at Malaga a jourual. entitled 1 1 Mende (the Spectre). tilled with the oust horrible maxims of j.icobionsin. Among his papers was found a pro. clau►ation, havlng for its title, Sparrish leeptoblie, and fur its signotuie, The Tribune if the People. On the (ivy of-his arrest a piece of 1)0411 ipso wu' to have been performed at the theatre, entitled lilego a Nurun." ♦IENNA, JANUARY 26. The preporatious which are going &trivia(' here exche the livelmst inteicia. A great nieijinity of the people ardently desire it cominuance of peace. The question us to the right ul our Cabinet to in ttrlere in the interior minors of Nap's..., i• decided ditteresitly In d &rim circles. Many ditioarning ptrtons wish to tee the chaugea in Naples elf:rittl without any foreign laterlereiree. Those are the pennies wild had it in contemplation to ',fo l iose the adoption of a representative Conttitutiou; but this project titt'illit Rut to have oht.sined ou...ingots!' sp. lottibtillott ; on the contrary, to have wet with con siderable Opposition. The Austrian Obserrer has recammeticed its violent attacks on all those who hold, at present, the principal offices in the kingilwis of Naples.— The sentiments of that journal on the affairs of that couotiy h.ve brell IUII I 4 It is thought that the Duke de Gallo, who was to bring die ultimate decree of the Sovereign. to Naples, is already on the road, or will set out um. mediate hy. All our army :ire stationed on the l'o, and are only wailing for orders to 111tliell, but It is thought they ail! wait lor the answer of the. Neapulitaiil'ar liamerit to the iajuiiction which will be is s ued for i;a dissolution, mid that answer cannot arrive he• fore the 10114 of Februaiy. 'ri le f orm ati o n of an army of reserve in the in tenor of Austria it also sp.rkeii of , a n d all those oil leave of absence fur six months are to re.steive or ders to return to their respective. regiments. Exchange ua Augsburg, 99. The Ituthschild Luau, 1091. riAeLts, JANUARY 22. The Parliatnent has ordered that w Rowe the rrporis on the military condition of the kingdom be nut mark :Wine public pitting'', details of that 1 , 4111, b-ing on the one hand 'urintelligib!e, ear.pt to • Orofissional hied, *Jai i4e ogler imint eitealited to produce mischieemill'irsisUlts, by being premas turely promulgated. General Pepe is rettrtnini from his tour or in spection of the whole line of the frontiers.. It is repotted that the Austrian flotilla tinder the ordea or Pasqualigo, which is destined to support the operations of the land &aces in the Abruzse, lies been seen at Grottainare, ite the Marche*. lit the sitting of yesterday a lively discussion took place, concerning the refusal of the Deputies elected at Palerino to take their seats. The Com mittee proposed that they should be brought by farce to rote in Parliament, and that in those cases wherein means should he found insi,eac ticable, they should he declared to he stripped of all their rights as citizens. M. Geld' said, that nothing mold he expected of Sicily until the power of the Nobles and of the Monks was i•ut an end to. M. ItuaalEito—" 1 have said, and I repeat it, that the Deputies of Palermo should be brought hither by force. Once bare amongst in, mid they would soon be compelled to change their opinions. M. I'EPE demanded that the procinceof Palermo should be declared to be deprived. her the term of fifty years, of the right of representation. M. Pusan) —" Certain Deptitrea Iwo refined to obey the summons. The Constitution did out foreseer crime so common', like the unr•ient Le. Kislrtor r who made no provision against the crone of parricide. I cannot imagine a punishment quad to such a crime. I shad refrain burn giving urn• vote." - The recommendation of the Committee was •d,.pited. On the 14 h of this month a Frenchman repaired to the Hermitage of Monist Vrauvoutt, with the in tention, as he said. of visiting the volcano. On reaching the critter, whither he wee NlTOMpilliled by • guide from Heine, hr auddritly precipitated hi t ia sell tutu the gulf of hulling lava. Ile had written hi. name in the Bernell's Register in the mornin g , us Louis Gautrel de Clinton, native of Nant.e. •USBOURO, JANU•RY 31. The Duke de Gallo has beet, - (Amen to carry to the Supreme Authorities of Naples the deciwoi uf the three Cour:s of Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgli. IVe are assured that the Austrian airuy will 11411 let out oil its march before the arri val of this ausavr from Naples. It usual, there fore, Le false that this army has passed the Pu, as several papers have anuounced. GERMAN PAPERS. lIIIR.DEN, JANUARY 29. The King of Prussia is espeeted here on his way to Ls} Welt. VIENNA . , JANUARY 2R. ' - The following are some passages ol the last arti cle of the Austiiiin Observer respecting Naples, dated from that city 18 h J•ou.iry . " In the same propartiou as the public spirit in the pen. Mums becomes mine moderate, the presumption of the *maims, in the capital iurrrases. Yesterday they collected in troops at the entrance to the Parliament House, and de. mended with great velseinenee, and with the meat violent Weems., of the Deposita* wise wort gem, tweheldilemer, thee the mudidcatione of the Spanish Cuustitutine, which hail not yet received the sanction of the Regent, shurlil be immedi ately converted bile laws. They also demanded that the furls should be evaeualed by the regular troops and givms up to the militia, and that the royal guard should be wholly •boltsbed. Violent quarrels tuuk place in the streets brtweee the soldiers and the Carbousri. " All accounts from Melly agree is Plating, that the frr. nictitation continues there, not only iii Palermo, but ever at Moulins and other great towns. The decree of the Paella. went which abaliehes all feudal right., •ud thus to dertroy at one blow the actual tenures of all land owners, renders this fermentation universal. The Parliament and the Government have good rea sons fur destroying the Neapolitan troops who were seat to Sicily. Complete insubordination prevails. among them, ■nd plot■ ripe fur exectilion hive bees, disco, erred, in which the soldiers had agreed with the dregs of 'be populace on plans of pillage. The pretext alleged by the soldiers is their nut being paid. " No progress is made either in forming the Guardia di Sicarez•_a or in dimming the people. In this dangerous situation the eight battalions of the Neapolitan troops out of the sixteen iu Sicily, which were to be recalled to defend the kingdom of Naples, have received orders to remaia is Sicily." MESSINA, DECEMBER 28. Our island is in great want of corn, and we re ceive continual supplies from Odessa. Palermo has purchased 100,000 sacks of corn at Leghorn and Genoa. The distress in the interior of Sicily is great—and what is more, there seems to be little hope of an improvement. Large tracts of land lie wm.te. partly 08 account of the desolation which the Pule.rtnitans carried with them wherever they came, and partly on account of the rigour with winch the al rears of taxes are levied, as the farmers are des titute of means to purchase seed-corn. The vin tage too was ►o poor this year that we have been forced lo itopoit wine and brandy. whereas Sicily tornsally exports large quantities. The shumac has oleo failed, but the oil betlllB to have been very abundaot. PALERMO. JANUARY 3. Sicily, in its present .tat✓, affords our of the must retnarksble ioistances of depopulation recorded in history. o.ice cult•vatcd iu estrao.lllll.ry per fection, the ginuary of Rime. and crowded with large towos, the 11 inalleat ',intim' of laud is now cultivated, and that badly enough—and ill:Ara:I of 13 tnilliono.of inhabitatity, which it counted in the time of the Humans, it has now hardly a million watt a half. FRANKFORT, FEBRUARY 4. Several Mr.mbers of the Cutun►itter for the Af fairs of the Catholic Church have left this c►ty lur the present, the Committee having arranged every thing for the formation of the IBishoprick■ iu South Germany. It is very fortunate that all the States concerned have perfectly agreed on every point. and have already fixed on their part every thing fur the foundation of the live iii.huprieks, to one of which archiepiscopal dignity is to be attach ed. In particular the endowments of the Btshopeicks are said to be estahlidied, and at the same time suitable and liberal provision tuaile fur the Ca tholic establishments. All the documents will be immediately laid before the Roman Court, and at they are drawn up in the inamier proposed by the Pope, the Government huge that they will soon see a happy conclusion to their exertioira, and be able to agree with the Pope tis the tiutstmetions to the Bialmpricks. by which the diocesan constitution of a great part of Germany will be restored. The negoci utiou of the Committee rclatts only to Wirtesubtrg, • hatien, tiesse bArmsta;lt, Besse Caw!, krns au. and the city of Frankfort; as Picard* end liiiiiower are currying oil separate negoehitious at ltourr, and the kingdom or Saxony hes iini jollied the new Pro testant Staits,—(Frikfort Papers, Feb•srary IPAANIPLFORT. FECIRVAIV 4. the Milan Journals of the 28th, and theme 6f Vienna of the 29th, do not speak of the pamiagst iif the Po by the Austrian army.--(Juarnal de Frank fort, February 5.) HAMBURGIII PAPERS. PEBRUAk♦ 4. 'MP neengatiofi of the Elbr is now •gauu "P". The English ship the Britannia, Ca son, armed this morning. The other vessel. et Cuxhaven. about 20 in number, ere 'species, tomorrow. STOCKHOLM, JANtra g itt Poe some time pnst one Russian cowrie► eller another anises here from St. I'etershililtll:l4 Imperial A m bassadur, and others ere dispoiched Mitt her. The speech with which Count Von Sand . els is to open the Norwegian Diet in the Kiug's siavv.r, hi. been sent by a courier to biol. way ,—(llumbetrgh Papers, /•ebruary ti.) DtITCII PAPERS. 'mix*, JANUARY 28. Lord Stewart, the British Ambassador, and SI. SaldNlho de Goma, Ambassador from his Welty the King of Pottage', arrived on the 24th at Ley- Irarh. It was affirmed there that Baron Librzeltero, laid concluded a Treaty with the Papal See, re spectsng the passage. of the Austria's troops, sod the htd•mnity to be paid the Government for their maintenance in case this passage should trice place. FRANKFORT, FEBRUARY 4. Some of our Journals have stated that the Aus trian army iu Italy has already crossed the Po, but it appears that this intelligence was premature. It i. , , however, thought certain, 'that the. army will very shortly assemble on the batiks of that river, and he ready to cross it the moment it shall receive orders to that effect. It has been sfhrmrd that the Duke de Gillis has been charged by his Sovereign to carry dispatcbea to Naples. They most he of the highest importance, and it is asserted that the answer may be received at Laybsch about the 10 . 1 i of February. On the answer, it is maul, will de pend the ;passing of the Po by the Austrian troop'', so d if we may believe report, the ttbiatainnt of the Allied Sovereigns consists in the demsai, that the Nespolitan Parliament shell immediately dis solve itself. STOCKHOLM, JANUARY 23. On the 19th instant a Treaty for the regulation of the froutters, Iretoerit Sweden and Ittnimia, was signed at Toruea by the Moisten' of the two Powers. BRUSSELS. IFESSIIIIRY I. Yesterday evening the English Attibaisador dia patithell a Cabinet messenger to Landon.' — The unmerens couriers between Amsterdam mod raiir are °Ay sent by the wrgehauta.—(Vrach Papers, February , 10.1. SPA IS ISII PA PERS. MADRID, JAWVART 515. The Alcatie of St. Marini tie la Vega has ar rived at this city, to gite an account of the arrest of two very suspicious individual* within the limit of his jurisdiction. One of thent.appears to be an ecclesia►tie. mid the other to be his tier vatit. In the posse...won of the first was found a manuecript copy of the piper called the " Cry of a Spaniard," many printed ■nd other papera, which justified the auspicious that were conceive -4 of him from the Grata It is expected that his arrest will throw some light on the desperate attempt of Almelo. This parti►an has retired, with only (Mee or four compassion.. to the Sierra de Cuenca, according to some, or to the mountains of Toledo, accoiding to others.— Measures have been taken to pursue them iu all directions. It is oriel these dest.erado►a tired at some of the militia of Aranjuez, who were p ass i ng the Tagusla a boat in pu;suit of them. OVIEDO, JAKU•RY 22. The Archbishop of Leoit has resigned him Bishop rick, and has solicited permission to retire to Rio seio, and to pots in tranquillity the remainder of kw days. MADRID, JANUARY 29. Wehave before us two intliminatory publications; one slimily iiiii UN, dated " From the ilead.qinatern of Troth ;" the other pretending to be that of Ike Cominamler-iii-Chief of the Itossian Army, which is coutinz to Spain. This letter has the pretended (Lite of the head-quarters in the environs of Munich, 30th November, 1840, signed in the lINIDC of the U ))))) mender-In-Chief, Hogat, by Mijor.Getieral Kniossi. It is astoni.hing there can be persons so infatu ated us to be deceived by such gross impostures, and equally surprising that the Gaveritmeut has not been able to discover the printitig.oflice from which these wretched productions IPSUC. This press is in Madrid, and there is tint a day that sonic pa. per does not come forth 'tending to cherish criminal hopes. and to prolong the state of indecision in which we now are. MADRID, JANUARY QB. A ecoutitit from different !nits of the kingdom speak of the activity of the militia in the pursuit (If the tintnernua bintbiti who infest some of the pro. vince P. Many of them hare been taken.,—(Miscel. !anew, January 29.) On Monday evening, about seven o'clock, the celestial hemisphere presented a novel and interest ing ;appearance. The new moon appeared in the south-weatern part of the heavens, showing a bril liant crescent upon its upper limb, the entire cir cumference of its opaque body being, at the sante time, perceptible to the eye. filmic,liately below the maim', the beautiful planet Jupiter was very reedy di.tingui.hrble ; and about tin degrees to the suutii-eiret of the moon, the planet Saturn ap peared with un unusual deg►ee of splendour. Thus three of the motet magnificent objects which the celestial canopy presents to the human eve were observable at a glance.—( Edinburgh Stun/ , • :4 • " • 1 : • ! ,2).•• "". THt: 1 31 trr I . sl „lelt Sas. it LOAOISNA . . iILIESDAV, Fatalist* , t 3; 'We MYe received Paris fgapets of Friday lasi, We bud by an article from Asigitoorg, dated the Stet of last Month, that a report 'had' prevai'ed is; that city, minnow:ring the advance of the Anstrilia briny beyond the Po , with the intention of pror-er el. jog dsvertly open Pfaples but the welter of floe article further Wert.. with lothe degree of cooli deuce, that the twiny wig erdt tie eimmence its mirth pretties to the arrival of the answer of the Neapolitan Government to the pa'oposition trans mitted from Laybach by tht Altted SOvereigris f.•r its consideration. This article Darin. to allude to the same report as that which ire enticed festerdly, and consequently may be received art • cdtitridie tion to so much of it as respected the advance of the Austrian army; bat it at the swine time Givers some degree of confirmation to the other part, Which spoke of the Allies hiving already formed a deii sion upon the subject of the form of government which it ;sill please them in their wiselotit to assign to Naples, and that they have transmitted th e plan of it to the Parliament of Naples for as consi deration. Were en idea of the difficolkj attend ing the formation of a system of goternitent to be drawn from the extent, magnitude; and learning, of the works that have occasionally appeared from the pens of philosophers and statesmen upon this subject—from a conside ration of the multiplicity and conflicting nature of the various interests that, in such a labour, ate to be explored and accommodated—and from a view of the infrequency with which the labour of friiining political constitutions has been crowned with sue cess—we should suppose that it was a work that required much serious reflection, atutwas not to be executed in a moment : we, however, now find three foreign Potentates, each entertainihg, from the circumstances of his own country, different imprestrions upon the nature of government, sod all Prilonsidly . ignorant or regardlesnof the wants, the wishes, and the interests of • Neapolitans, framing wilhio the space of a few .days• a consti toiion for Myles, which the Government of that unfortunate country must resolve to accept or reject within ant equally short. timer, . under pain, should it be rejected, of an immediate and hostilq invasion. Rjtticule has often been unsparingly ihrovvir upeirthe facility and - 144160n with .Itch the constitution-mongers of reVulutionary France used to frame forms of government for their country; but they had at least the preteuce of residence within the country, and of acquaintsocr.with the tempers and feelings of the p.sople L to excuse if not to justify their presumption..,lll4what ("cruse base the Allied Sovereigns ? What •pretence can tiny art up that they are entitled to (tame a system of government fur a country with which they are wholly unconnected—for a people with whom tiny ore unacquainted, whose interests are unknown to them, or if known, are a subject of intlidemence or contempt The French Papers preserve in other respects a silence upon the sul•ject of the reported :,,dtt.ce of the Austrian army. A Frankton of tha 4th of this month speaks of the rumour es be.tr4. premature." We find it, homey, ti•ht whatever the decision may have been of the A!lttd Powers upon the subject of Naples, tl•e Nitig of the Two Stctuts has expressed hi,. ilvtormil, owls to adhere to it. The extracts front the Nealio'itait Journals breathe a martial *pint, and promise A gallant resistance to the invaders; but wilit c.,u undisciplined peasants effect agsinet the moving machinery of a German army, led by experienced officersa proved judgment and valour ? The Paris Papers continue to immature a rice in the Funds. The Five per Cent. (.'ottsols lrt•t off on Wednesday at 83 1. Go c.—liaaik Actions, 1,500 f. The proceedings in the [louse of Commons last night were iii the very higheit degree ilitioirtsitt. The Bill introduced by Lord JOHN RUSSELL fir disfranchising Grainpound, and transferring the right of electing reprasentstivts in rarltatnenr to the ancient and populous borough of Lee+, was committeil. The name of Leeds not bring, po understand, expressed in the original dianght of the Bill, Lord JOHN Russets., previous to I:t House resolving itself into the that it should be an instruc.ion to the (7ouitnitter that the name of Leeds be itfiVrteil. To apt: Mr. 1). GILBERT propo9ed an snierdnient, that the franchise of which Grampound was to I dej:tived Should be extended to the adjoining hundred.. Upon this question the /louse divided, wheu their appeared— . . , For Leeds Apiust it.. Oki Majority fur theo;ittioal Mutiou.. 7J 'We are convinced that the couotry will hit! this decision with satisfactiois, us II str.at•urirovw that the Ilouse of Commons wilt not eisemosic nanee • propcsiiion for corn-clog t!ie aiton:a• lies introduced b lime in the fiaine or 100. iititution, whenever a sufficiei t caw shu'l tie •n wilted for its cons.derstion. ris, ar ct.ofeiis, . $ I i