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was to strict her tad fur her innocence she Ness now paying the penalty.—(44pplastse.)- 41e could not address them on this occasion without reminding them of the day. It was the day of the occesaion of his present Majesty to the Throne; it was also the day of the death of our late revered aid retpatted Monoseek the poileeise, the best and sincere friend of her Majesty. If he were now being, or if his amiable, bit beloved, his deeply lamented grand-dsughtet were anti alive, would any of those foul charges have been preferred against the Queen? would any itft.the late infamous lieticeediegs against her have taken place? —( No, no! never!/—lf she, the gntud.dsughter of his late Maiesty, the daughter of the present King, for so Ae unpaid call her,• nohvithstaurittig all the ettetript• then had been made to bastardize her, 1:4 he should ever remain comrinced that she was the slaughter of his present Majesty, and no man who ever contemplated her features tor • moment could maintain any doubt of her descent—if she were shirr, none of the proceediugs against her mo ther would have been heard of.---(.lppfunse ) tie then entered into • statement of the contents 41 the Petition about to be proposed. It imoplainerf, he 'aid, first of the conduct of the Milan Commissioners. The practice,. of those who hail got up the evidence against her Majesty, it re probated us vile and tin-English in their nature. .41sey iu fact bad been guilty of the grossest bribery 'rosy subornation of witnesses : for subornation it 6 'faith!). was to offer such large sums as no Italian cistiscis nee r otsl4 withstand.--(ippkiirse)—Corrup tion of every kind had become so familiar with the enemies of the Queen, to such • pitch hid they cursed their baseness, that they •ttempted to babe Pier Majesty lierselfi they offered her a bribe to in duce her to forego her ulnae. fierchardcter, her dien.ty, every thing, iu short, to which she was justly etititird; but she spurred with disdain at the meanness of the proposal, and in spite of the threat of veitgrauce which bad been hurled against her if she set foot on our shores, home she came— (.Appkase)—A —A nd what was the style offset welcome? wrote was the preparation fur her reception ? No ho nours, no provision, no house, not even a compliment •uf ally kind bud been conferred oil her by the Minis ters of her husband. Not a home was prepared—not door was opened to receive her—sod but for the noble, the manly, and generous conduct of one worthy and honest individual, he meant his friend, dss hehoped he might be permitted to call him, the worthy Alderman behind him—(Lend upplause) —but fur the kind attentions of that individual, the Queen of En gland would base been without • house or a lodgi;ig wherein to lay her head.— / Apploase.)—Bet he bed door the Ministers an injustice ; ene compliment they certainly did • bouour tier Majesty wills, and that was, the Bill isf Pints and Penalties—(4pp/astre.)—So much had been said upon that subject, that it would be tiresome to them if he were to repeat it. But be must reinaik, that if by any illegal subtlety, or mgcnuity , of argument, it could have been con trived to carry through that Bill of Divorce, then atiy man in Eugland might, at any time, have been divorced front his wife, fur no reason upon earth, but that be disliked her. Another topic embraced in the Petition was the illegal, fur in spite of all. the quibbling of the At tioney.Gesieral and the Miiiiiters, he would persist in calling it illegal ehstraction of her Majesty's uaine front the Liturgy.— (Applause.)—lt was untie. ersaary for him to say much upon this subject, for the speech of an individual in the debate on Fri day night, comprehendedwll that could be said of . law or equity on the subject. He then read the clause iu the Act of Uniformity, relating to the alteration or iFloinge from time to time to be made in the words of a:release, " by the authority qforesaid." What authority was that ? He asked was it the authority -of the Throne only ? No, that could not be. for not a word had been said of his authority before ; but it was" by and with the authority of the King red both Houses of Parlirtnent." A it men tioned, " the King, the Queen, and the Royal Fe. wily," but gave no Imin-tiler direction Of autho rity as to the Queen, different from that which ap plied to the others; end the act authorised by the clause to be done was one of " altering and chang ing." What was it that wars to be changed ? nut the prayer, but the name. In the present instance the change to be made was from Charlotte to Caro line: but they had not only not made that change; Out they had omitted in two places not only the name bat the words " Dar Most Gracious Queen." -But, thank heaven, though they kept her nut of the Liturgy, they could not shut her out of our hearts I—(Load and confirmed applarme)--s and if she were not prayed for by the Ministers of the Church, yet was she secure of the prayers of every honest heart in the kingdom. To come to the expediency of this measure, of which so much had been said, was it, he would ask, either wise or expedient ? To be sure it must be most wise and most expedient—it mast be very much for the honour of England that its Queen should be held up to the eyes of the whale world as a spectacle of .infamy and degradation.—.(Applawse.)—.The Church, he contended, was degraded by the man ner in which the Queen had been treated. The Church was degraded by the Bishops being corn pelted to sit by and hear the loathsome and dis gusting details of filth and obscenity of which the evidence was compounded.—(Applause.)- - We were called a religious nation ; but did reli gion in any article or chapter of its prey. pis au thorise or sanction such treatment as her Majesty had sustained ? Did Christianity sanction such proceedings ? No; they were designed for iso purpose but to keep the Ministers in their places ; they were intended to divert the attention of the people from the state of the country, rod thereby '; to prevent the Ministers from being called to an re count of their stewsrdship and discharged. For they were the stewards of the people, and sorely had they abused their trust.—(Apploese.)—He slid not doubt but that what he was then saying would be called dirloyr• ,perhaps • libel ; and this Coin. • mon Half would idlest probably be denounced as a disloyal meeting. But if loyalty consisted of •• meeting in holes end corners, where every honest Una who came was refused admittance, and there adopting an Address which they were rebooted at afraid to rowdy dr to dimness in public, no such • loyalty for him—he would have none of it. Jut if, on the contrary, it were loyalty to express •hiessiptuiens rnetituliy 'HA treed" cm public Whit; weal-tiyhtei•st.s i•teasty ettatittissii:,•to- the laws., Nor ly, t... iridsy, . - day o. IPSO, It IMO noanimously resolved, Mat this ortithed Nall offer to her Majesty a solemn assertion that they will we, every mainitheiosnl effort to Rapport her Mojesty'e en deavours to obtain full sad entire possession of all bee rights, immunities, privileges t aad digaities." .. That the omission of the name of the Queen Cassell of these Koalas* in the Liturgy of the National Church mess be viewed by every dispassionate perms as intended to in- VIM severe punishment and degradation on her Majesty. That to inflietpunishment and degradation by Royal or Calnuet Authority, without proof of crime, and especially previous to accusation, is unjust, illegal, and irreligious, and therefore is direct violation of every principle of liberty. That to refuse to insert the name of the Queen Con sort in the Liturgy, after a persecuting and tyrannical ordeal, and after the Charges against her Majesty bad been with drawn, enormously aggravates the act of permeation and tyranny. That for the Free and Independent Livery of London to abandon the second Subject of British Law to the opera. lion of acts of such unqualified oppression, would be to wrestler the Rtglis and Liberties of every other Subject in ilso Nation to the arbitrary will sod dictation of a prole• gate sod virtually irresponsible Administration. That as the omission of her Majesty's name in the Liturgy may be used as a precedent to subvert the Rights and Liber ties of the People, we will never cease endeavouring, by every means in our power, to procure her Majesty's oante to be inserted in she Liturgy. Resolved Unatiimoosly—That, in conformity to the fore going Resolutions, Petitions be presented to both Booms of Parliament, praying them to resist any attempt to In stitute Nether proceedings agaisst the Queen, and espe cially to take such measures as iu their wialoin shall seem meet for procuring the Insertion of her name in the Liturgy, and pulling her Majesty into immediate and full po ion of all thus. rights and dignities which appertain to the Queen Consort of these Realms; and also that the promotes' of the measures instiruled to degrade and destroy her Majesty, may be forthwith hrooght to condign punish ment —And the Draftcof Petitions being prepared, were read and agreed to. Resolved Vosolmousty. that the Petitions now rend be adopted; and that his Grace the Duke of Bedford be re quested to present the Petition to the H4lllll of Lords. Mr. FIALI. said, he regretted to see so thin an antemblage on this occisivni, particularly as it would, no doubt, be seized by tint m►nisterial press as a handle Im lowering the character of this meet ing. The 'object lied been so ably and fully dis cussed at the *ewersl public meetings which had been held, that it was quite unnecessary for him to dwell upon it at any length. The press too had handled if iu a way which► had greatly benefited the case, both of the Queen and the people. The advantages of a free press were best estimated by the condition of those countries where it was shackled : it was the Only effectual safeguard of the people's rights. The speaker proceeded to deprecate the illiberal spirit which had caused so much to be said of the Italian witnesses, merely because they were Italians. %Illness..s equally cur. rupt and wicked, he contended, were to be found in this country ; and instanced, on the former in vesiteatioa of charges against the Queen, Sir John and L•edy Douglas, and Mary Wilson. The root of all the evils of which the people complained lay in the defective state of the representation, rod the corrupt constitution of the House of Common., and as long as that continued it would be in vain to hope for redress.—(elpplanee.)—One 'woof of the necessity of a reform they had now before them. It was usual at the mertinga of counties and other large 'daces, fo► the Representatives of the people to attend, that they might become acquainted with the sentiments, and receive the itastrue,ioila of their constituents. But how were the Livery of London treated by their Itepresentatives?--oire only, out of the four 'whom they had sent to Parliament, wits to be foutitt to honour with his attendance the meeting of the Livery in Common Hall.—e/Ippluesef— Ile concluded with seconding the Resolutions.. A Mr.ScuuLTZ then came forward and addressed the Livery. He said that to strike the Queen's name out of the Liturgy first, cod bring in a Bill to degrade her •fierwards, was putting the cart before the hone.—(Laughter.) —But at that they could not be surprised. It was Lord Castlereagh who ■dvissd it ; and he, they all ,knew, was en Irishman.—( Laughter.) Mr. Sheriff 1 1 . 7 x1THILAN then come forward to address the Livery, and was most warmly received. He should not have attempted to address them on that occasion with the ►lightest impression that any thing was necessery to be added to the ►entiments that had been delivered so ably ; he had other ob jects in coniiirg lOrwurd ; hr lied already so often expressed his opinions on the subject about which they were assembled, that it became quite 1113111TeS. sury. An universal feeling of indignation lied been excited all through the country. He principally came forwurd to congratulate the Livery on a sub ject that was noe generally admitted, namely, that that was a deliberate assembly, where questions could be fully discussed ; they were not subject to the attacks of those who were in the habit of at. tacking all public assemblies. and they had now pretty strong proof that the merchants and bankers were badly qualified to set them an example.— (Hear, hear.)—lt was surely to be expected that when they ventured out from their holes and cor ners, where they had vented their complaints against the irregularity or pubht.• meetings, that they would slot have interrupted others, but would have boldly come forward to meet their opponents in the field of argument, instead of creating clamour and COO. (IWO!). it was to protect the Livery of Loudon front these impittatioi, that he presented himself before them.—(Applause.)—Now„ by the laws of retaliation, lie might be permitted to ermine into the conduct of those who did not dare to come for. ward, and lie should .endeavour to refute the charges which had been made against them of die loyalty sod rebellion. At a meeting out of the city, in St. Andrew's, Holborn, they had what might be called a loyal laugh.)— There was another, he understood, to take ',Lice to-day, amongst the City Loyalist.. He had seen in that admirable book, quoted by Mr. Marsh at Olt Redding Itteellig. that 1,141111% produces so much good humour as a bottle; and from a bulled pub li.hed about a century ago, it would appear that the cavaliers of that day found the bottle us neces sary es those of the present day. The words were these:— " Brave Cavaliers be eserry, Keep vp your mils With Bacchus' bowls, Ad drafts your cites is sherry." (Much laughter.)—Actiongst nn.ns otheel, there was a friend of bisorho:had the aidortmese to be a place. mat), at that jovial meeting. There was also pre sent that Rev. Ohatleasen who did him (Sheriff Weithenho) the hawser of ettackiss him. but who, he believed, was pretty well answered ; and wheu the health of that Rev. Gentleman was drank, whet would they 1111prile wu done ?--11* had good au thority for what Isa - wn• going to state, he meant the new uses —(A laugh)—upon the health of that Reverend Gentleman. • gong was immediately song—" A jolly pod bossie,"--(Lond laaghter.)— On the health of another Reverend Gentleman, Women sad Wine"—(Mack laughter)—and of another " Flow ikon regal purple stream." And before this jovial meeting broke up, they came to the resolution of having these meetings annually, for the purpose of promoting -‘ the cause of religion and morality."—(i.ord !righter.)—Whether they concluded with another song or out, this paper dues not menials. but from e toast that was drank, he thought they should : a Jolly boys, All your gleam, Noble deeds by wise are door." (Ntreit applause.)—His object was, to shew that a connerton existed amongst all there geutlemen,and to use a phrase that ass perfectly familiar to himself, they all came from the same shop.—(4 &stick).- Wheu he spoke of clergymen. he did not mean to speak generally. He well knew there were many very deserving men amongst them, who would nut lend their aid to any adiatuistration, even though it should injure their own interests; but when they saw men step out of their way, not to instruct or improve the allude of the people, but to calum niate and revile them, they must then act ma the defensive, and hold these Melt up to the world in their true and real colours.—(Applause.)—He held it Lis hand a circular, which he was sure they must sille)tave seen- it issued from a Society established, as they say, fur the purpose of preventing the (hese miaatton of disloyalty, This Society meet at the King's Head in the Poultry, for the purpose of get. bug up loyal addresses, and they adduce the circurn- Hammes of loyal addresses being too frequeut. as a proof of the evil of which they complain. It war a notorious fact, that those addresses came ready cut and dry from the Treasury. Now, without fatiguing either himself or them with going through all the circumstances, he should content himself with stating a few particulars. In the year 1817 a Bill was passed to prevent Seditious Meetings, and in this Bill it was ordered that no meeting should be held for the purpose of corresponding. Yet these gerstlemen have appointed a Corresponding Society, and have appointed a Secretary and freasurer to promote and forward its objects. When first lie beard of this Society, not krrowiog who Sir John Setarll (the Treasurer), or Mr. Charles Murray (the Secretary) might be, he thought it must be some swindling transaction, set on foot by some individuals ; but on looking in the Black flGok he found that this Sir John Sewell had been a Judge in Melts, with 4,0001. a year, and now enjoys a pension of 4001. a year. There is also in the Black Book a Mr. Charles Murray, a Gentleman Porter is the Tower, who be supposed was the Secretary ; and this Gentleotru's health was also drank at that , *feting. So that we hod them all connected in owe strung, and all unfortunately dipping its one way or another into our pockets.—( Hear, hear, hear.)—But even they did not dare to profess to support the present Administration ; that is WO rotten a cause for them at the present, but if they can once succeed in putting deem what they term the disloyal. then they will thrust set their horns. arid come forward to extol the virtues of the present Administration. Here then wrs • Doctor of Laws, who lately had 4,0001. a year Cr Malta, forming a society in direct viola tiou of she laws. Another meeting of a similar de scription was held, where Alderman Rothwell pre sided : where they met no one knows; that they most studiously concealed ; he support(' it was in some place as dark as their purpose. It was some thing like a meeting held about twenty years ago, where there was no one present but one J. Reeves the Chairman, and his Secretary. From this Socieiy emanated a vast number of works, amongst the rest the A nil-Infidel. A subscription was lately raised for publishing these works at Mr. John Wright's, in Fleet -street; they ore now transferred to this establishment in the ' Poultry. This was a Society established fur the purpose of putting done immorality, and if they would look there they would find the greatest oh oreenty and indecelicy. He would allude to one work in particular, • parody on the Pilgrim's Progress, in which all the disgusting evidence against the Queen has been iutroduced, heightened and emblazoned in poetry with the most indeceut cute. If the Society for 'suppressing Vice would turn their eyes there, they would find ample em ployment, without minding either blasphemy or irre ligion; and he was even Informed there were some clergymen employed to at ite for them.—(Sharne.)— He thought it his duty to come forward and open the eyes of the people to what was going forward ; and if any Gentlemen *ate present alto donhted what he asserted. he would recommend them to Mr. Wright's shop, in Fleet-street, and there they might gratify their taste, if it Icy in that way. The people at large should shew that the charger of their adversaries are unfounded, and they should lhng them back to the quarter front whence they originated.—( Lord applause.) The Resolutions were then put and catried. '°u ~ Mr. Alderman IVAITHMAN wished to correct an error: lie should have stated that Sir Julio Sewell enjoyed in Mullis 2,000/. a year, not 4,0001. Mr. RYLAND then read a Petition, founded on these ktesolutions, which was carried unanimously . . The UMW MAYO& then handed the letters of Lords Holland cud Erskine to the proper Officer, who read thew to the Livery : " 14, Arabes-row, Lower Grosvenor-place, Jansary 11, Is2l. " My Loww---1 beg that you will do me the honour to ewsusuuiesie my sincere thanks fur the notice .° !mlly and partially taken of rat at the Mee 'mg of the Lord Mayor, Ai de:onto, and Livery of the several Companies of the City of Ivodon. in Clllllllllloll Hall assembled, on Friday, the lbth December tam. 1 feel with pride and satisfaction that the priuciples which through a lung life 1 have uniformly main .l owed iu our Parliaments and Courts of Justice, are the same which asintals sad distinguish the Citizens of Lusdos. 1 acted is conformity with them daring the late pivoted ings is the Home of Lords, and they may depend upon my cusetant and invariable eappoet of the five principle. of the !British Guveroment. " Hume *be betters to be, with great respect aid regard, " Your Lerdeltip's moat WWI buiableServaes, " ERSKINE. " TO the Rigid Kin. the Lord Mayer." "Old Bisrliaglim.shwet, Dee-83, HMO. " MT LORD MAVOR.s4 all much gratified by the Man. Philitielltioll of the Recitation of the Mayor, Akiermen, sad Liveryman of the City of London, in which they were pleased to notice, with spprobation, my opposition to the Bill of Pains and Penalties, which was lately 'Bader the con sideratioe albs House of Lords. lam hardly entitled to so Illatterial a diirniaetioa. Nothing but the orders of the Meese would have induced me to attend so irregular, unnecessary, and disgusting a proceeding; and when compelled to do so, I did Rodeos but my duty in voting against it. is is, bow. ever, some compensation fur the time unprofitably and un. pleasantly *putt in that inquiry, to And that my conduct during it ►as met with the ■pprobatiaa of so great and re. spectsble a body of my felinw-eonetrymen as the Condom Hall of the City of London. I beg yen, my Lord, fur them and yourself, to accept my best acknowledgments, and to believe me with every consideration and respect, your Lordship's obliged and obedient humble Serener, " VASSALL HOLLAND." Mr. Crtoom then addressed the meeting in a few words. He complained of the absence of the City Representatives. and concluded by moving that the Petition be signed by the Lord Mayor.Stieriffs, two Aldermen, and twenty of the Livery ; and that the Duke of Bedford should be requested to pre sent it its the House of Lord., and Mr. Alderman Wood in the House of Commons; and that Sir William Curtis, Alderman Bridges, and Mr. Wilson, the other City Representatives, be re quested to support it. The thanks of the Livery were then granted to the mover and seconder of the Petition. Mr. RYLAND and Mr. HALL returned thanks. Mr. Alderman Wow) then came forward, and was received with the warmest upprobetlon. He was quite sure the Livery required no assurance from him how happy he should led in presenting their Petition ; hut even if it aere contrary to hie be should feel it his duty to do so ; and if any of these gentlemen who thought fit to assemble in holes and corners, requested him to present their Petition, he should do so, but at the same time would manfully tell them that it was not his intention to support it. At first he re gretted, now he wall glad that the Hall did not assemble before last Friday, and he hoped the whole country would follow their example, and that the table of the House of Commons would be crowded with Petitions by the time the great question was brought before the House. It was expected that Mr. IVetlierell, who had so ably argued the law of the rase on Friday night, would bring it furwaid, with his great talents and profound knowledge of the law; fur her Majesty was determined, and she told him so no latter than 'yesterday, never to relinquish her claim to have her mime in the Liturgy,(Louti Cheers.)-11u well knew that Milliners calculated the Queen would become fatigued, mid go out of the country, mud then offer her a smut of money, which would satisfy her, and then the people would dcstrt her. But would they for a moment believe that was likely to occur, after the magnanimous conduct she tied displayed.? She never will, she assured Mr. Broughain and Mr. Denman, on Friday last, when they consulted her, that as long us she existed she was determined not to rehnquish her just claims.— (Loud elteers.)—She is quite careless of money; they may give her more or less than her sou-iu-lave, Leopold ; it is equal to her. She knows that she will be supported by the people of England—she only arks her rights—beyond that she dots Slot go. Indeed, it was uttempted to be argued iu the Home of C mons that her Majesty called the people of England her subjects. He denied that such au expression ever appealed isi one of her answers , . In deed the people, Iron the excess of their affection, huh called theuisrlves her subjects, but he denied that her Majesty ever used the expression. But every single word and act of hers was converted into a cause of complaint by her enemies. He had to congratulate the Hall to-day on an accession of strength. au old friend of his, Mr. Ryland. lie regretted the absence of his colleagues, but lie lad no doubt that they would be u, the I-louse the night the debate was brought forward, and perhaps alter reading the arguments, and considering what fell from Lord Castlereagh the other night, !lamely, that her Majesty stood precisely in the seine rela tive situation as if no trial had taken plaice, they would be induced to support U.—(tlJadi laughter and approbation.) Mr. Favxm. came forward to propose the thanks of the Livery to the Lord Mayor. He was sure they would nut be satisfied to separate without duly appreciating the character of the Chief Magistrate. Not only has he always 'hewn himself anxious to support the Constitution, but they must give him credit for some negative, as well as positive virtue, fur he has not thought fit to cull out u military force, and if ever the patience of any man wss tried, it was that of the worthy Lord Mayor the other day, by the faction amongst the merchants and bankers at his own house, from whom • protest • has now come against the Lord Mayor for doing that which the Speaker of the House of Commons has doite. But some things had now come to light which ' prove, that besides the conspiracy against the Queen, another conspiracy exists against the liberties of the maim'. It was a part of that system of which lie (Mr. Favell) Jos often complained. At that meeting, *here Sir Robert Wigrsiu presided, it was stated, that public meeting. were unfit for collecting the public voice. How differtut was the sentiment of their friend, Mr. Pitt, who at the beginning of the French war attended with his friends at public meetings of the people, and even on one occasion called • meeting of the whole City, to collect the opinions of the pea pleon the Mild Exchange. lie was sorry to see three of their Kepreseutatiees on that Cot 1111 l ittee. He denounced, in the strongest pi:tuner, all their proceedings, mid if the people did um strenuously and vigorously oppose them, their Magna Charts, Bill of Rights, or even Trial by Jury, would be a feeble support against their encroachineuts.—(Loud applause.)—He thought it his duty to deriounce these proceedings, fur if these men could once extinguish the spirit of free discussion, which is the very essence of our Con stitution, they would soon overthrow all those splendid institutions which it coat the best blood of our ancestors to establish.—(Cheers.)—lle con. eluded by mowing the thanks of the meeting to the Lord Mayor, which was carried with unanimous approbation. The LORD M•Yon • returned thanks.—lt was highly gratifying to his feelings tliattivey were again pleased to express their approbation of his conduct. —That approbation was all he naked, and all he would seek. With respect to the meeting of Bankers, to which allusion had been made, it was tits, aid coostitotioo of die 'country, *Ns tie Went • loyal 11111111,—/4pp4arsap—He begged porde° fey basing detained than so long. sad geocluded by moving the following Rseelotionst Resolved—That at a Meetiag or Assembly of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Liverymen of the several Covenantee of the City of Leados, Cissanton Hall assembled, at the Goad- hall of the mid City, on Friday, the lhilt day of December, I not inconsistent with the conduct or these Gentle men who express uU►s-loyalty, to condemn an act in him. on which he had the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons. [Ls Lord►hip concluded by professing that he should use the hest of his exertions, nut only to preserve the piddle peace. but the public liberties.—(Load applutise.l Upon which the Hall wise dissolved. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. GERMAN PAPERS. JMIU*Sir The Austrian and Prussian Ministers to Swum? Mad •p -pear to have received fresh instructions, in cusiseipienee vf which they double their attention to the Swigs Newspapays. In fact, complaints have already been made to the Gowns. meet of a certain Canton, against a jumnal which Is pub. fished in it. BIUNICII, JAIIIVARY 1!. The military conscription takes plate, it is tree, every year, but the actual embodying of a part of the yunng con scripts frequently dues nut lake place in time of peace, as was the case last year. This year, however, to so place those who have beets discharged for legal reasons before the expi ration of the regular six years service, and ahuse whose term has expired, 10,000 min of the classes of it t, and sal year are to be incorporated with the regimen's, but to be absent on furlough till the time of exercise. This circumstance will trail to prevent nelLinfenned foreign. ix tram enter taining erroueuus manna that this levy is any indication of military preparations, and especially as it would be very sally, if nicessar), to levy thrice the nundsvr of youths of au age to bear arms. lITUTSAILD, JANUARY 20. Some newspapers contained, sums time back, WI article relative to Barbara Kress, who was examined as a wane.. Oil the trial of the Queen ut Englaud, according to which she was furmeily a servant at Muniepuv, and was discharged for basing committed • theft. From inquiries that have been made it mulls, that no person of the name of Barbara Kress, or Kranz, ever was in service at Mourepos. DUSILLOORFF, JANUARY 13.. We bear that bis Royal Highness Prilice William, his Ma jesty's impliew, will fix hit Court at Duuelduiff, mad arrive here in a few day.. He will reside at the bunting seat of Penshelfust. This unexpected agreeable news has excited the greeted joy iu the inhabitants of this city. VIENNA, JANUARY 14. We expect with impatience th e news o f t h e first interview of the King of Naples with the Allied Monarchs. It is well kauwo that the King dispatched autograph letters from rence, which have much employed the curiosity of politi cians. It ta certain that their contents have remained au entire secret, notwithstanding sere persons speak of them, preleuding that theyouidein a formal protest against the new order of tbiags at Naples._ It is g Ily belittled that the grelt Powers intend to regulate all the .Weirs of the South of Europe, that is, not ugly those of Italy, but those of Spain and Portugal; and it is added, that Spanish ■od Portuguese Ministers are ex. peeled there, bat these reports appear to want confirmation. The number of Ministers who meet at the Congress is very considerable. All the Russian Ministers to the dith►ent Courts of Italy are to be there by the orders of the Emperor Alexander. The Austrian Ministers to the Italian Cotwas will likewise be present. 11tAltilroltT, JANUARY 20. Some German dogmas slate, that it is doubtful whether the King of Prussia will go to Laybach, but nothing certain is yet 'crowd to the public, except that his Majesty was still at Berlin at the dale of our last letters. Kum amass I. MititETA.—Holtday at ibe Bask, liateltegesr, East India and South Ent HOllllBll. E BR ITISH PRESS. LON DON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30. 1841. It can easily be ascertained that of the Members of the House of Commons who voted on Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON'S motion on Saturday morning, every man who had any pretensions to independence appeared in opposition to the Minis ters. It is certain, therefore, that although by an unsparing exercise of all the influence of office, by ;arising into the service the holders of places and the expectiteits of places, the Ministers succeeded in obtaining the votes of nearly three•fifihs of the whole number present in a House ►emarkably fell, their majority does not carry with it ■s much weight in public opinion as the minority. On the one side are to be found the representatives of the most ancient and wealthiest families in the king dom, distinguished not more by the splendour of their titles and fortunes, than by their zeal for the honour of the throne and the welfare of the people, and acting in every instance far above the contempti ble motives which their adversaries vainly impute to them ; while the ranks of the other side are, for the most part, swelled by individuals who have nu visible stakes in the country heyoud the places they severally hold under the Ministry, which at once reward and control their votes. It is a purely radical and revolutionary principle to estimate the mere brute force of numbers beyond rank, fortune, talents, and personal respectability, and if to these qualities deference is especially to be paid, the list of the minority on Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON'S motion exhibits irresisti ble claims to the possession of it. This, however. unfortunately for the country, is not the lost thin in which the majority of the House of Commons has professed to eutertam sentiments hostile to those expressed by the real aristocracy of the na tion and the great Has of the community. Th: cause is obvious : the Ministers influence the ma jority of the House, and a Ministry superior to the control of Parliament cannot be expected to share the opinions of the people. It is the pro perty of power to corrupt eves the !stunt hearts and the best understaudiogs. It was the boast of our Constitution that it had provided even against this common failing of humanity; but the boast seems to be passing away, the glory that once be longed to our iustitutioos is beginning td fade, mad we must endure the most distressing anticipatiowit of the future, when the decision, of the Houses of Parliament upon soy gisestion of great uatiooal io terest can, even before the discussion, be pretty .4,.. ' . Tu+l6 via 1 of I r II h C ai l: ri S •i • • I :1 I ) 1 P ii la t 1 tr in ~.. • . . : . . ti II as H Y v. p. ; 4 ! LI T is F A ' __..... ih t . st , .. .