The Sun. — London, England, 1828-05-27 00:00:00

shape or another, into every trade. They talked in the House of Commons of the principles of free trade ; for, as he had already said, they talked much, though they did nothing else 9 • yet, with all the admissions that had been made of those principles, there was scarcely any trade which was not in some way interfered with by a monopoly. It would 'seem as if that great parent monopoly produced little monopolies similar to itself.— (Hear, hear.) —Let them look at the colonies, at the East and West India trade, and they would find in it the blighting curse of mono poly, grinding and oppressing the honest, ingenious, and enterprising trader. It was true that our trade got on in spite of all this; but it would be bad rea soning to say, that it was because of these monopo lies it was so thriving. It was useless, then, to think of applying remedies to this, that, or the other evil, while the great evil of all, the want of reform, remained without a remedy ; for in the present state of the House of Commons it would be complete up hill, and he would say hopeless work, for any man to take up a question involving a particular grievance, where there were so many private interests opposed. In the parishes of the country, the same spirit of monopoly was observable.—(Cheers.)--Parishioners were laughed at by the monopolists of the place, when they talked of their rights. It was the same as in the House of Commons, where the question of rights of any kind was looked upon as a thing apocryphal. At the present moment, there was a Bill pending in the House of Commons, which many =embers looked upon with much anxiety : this was the Bill for Disfranchising the corrupt Borough of East Retford. This Bill had already proved a kind of wedge, which was to separate or break ep the present Administration. Whether that would be a good or an evil to the country, time would show ; but if any good resulted from it in this way, it would be the only one which the country could expect from the agitation of that measure. For his own part, he attached no importance to that bill. It was said, that the borough of East Retford having, by cor ruption, forfeited its franchise, it was important that that franchise should be transferred to Birmingham or Manchester. He had no objeetiou to see those towns adequately represented. He would wish to gee these, and Liverpool and Glasgow, fully repre sented in the House of Commons; but why did not all those places come forward and advocate their own eights, and not wait till the corruption of one borough threw it open for their competition. As a reformer he felt bound to say, that however much he desired to see all our large towns fully and fairly represent ed, he did not look for any great benefit from the infusion of the Manchester or Birmingham Members into our six hundred and fifty-eight Members of Parliament ; for he owned he did not look upon those open boroughs, however corrupt, as the worst part of t h e .system. When lie looked to the practical effect, for the principle was not admitted in the House of Commons, as that would lead they knew not where, but looking at the practical effect of those open boroughs, he found that more independent men came into Parliament in that way, than by contest in large cities or towns. He would say, that with tie exception of Westminster, a man could not get into Parliament without the sacrifice either of larger sums than the private fortunes of most could afford, or without a sacrifice of principle. Seeing, then, that persons could not obtain seats in the Commons without a ruinous sacrifice, he thought that the open boroughs, presenting an opportunity for men of inde pendent principles to come in, were by no means the worst part of the system ; and in that view, he looked with comparative indifference (leaving out the principle on which the Hou3e would not act). , on the success of the Bill to which be had alluded.-- The Treasury and the Admiralty bovolighs, and the boroughs under the ; s efluence of other branches of the Government, were not open. They were Alc. ceesible to men of talent, who wanted integrity,— I who, by these means, had an opportunity of bring- Ing their talents forward to a maph - et ; and of such materials were many of our etatosmen corn- Fi xed. Reverting then, to the question of the leorongh of East Retford, though he would a d m i t the greatest intelligence and the honest intention of tr Honourable Gentleman by whom it was brought forwatl• and dough he had no wish to d am p an y exer tions of j,iiat kind, he must say, that he did not look forward to much poet from the measure. Having said thus mei], lie did 114 koow what else he had to state to the Meeting'. He MP anxious to repeat and re-avow the principle; On, which the electors of Westminster had chosen an t still supported him. Those principles were still un aitered; and if they were not at all times avowed, it was because he wished to adapt himself to the cir cumstances, of the times ; for it would be as absurd at some moments to endeavour to advance a cause, when there was no prospect of success, as it would be culpable to withhold one's exertions when a proper opportunity offered. In conclusion, the Hon. Baronet expressed the pleasure he felt in drinking the healthy of his constituents ' and thank ing them for the honour they ha d done him. Mr. A. DewsoN (ALP. for the county of Louth) said, a toast had been intrusted to Biro, which he would give with much pleasure. The toast was, " The health of that strenuous opponent of public abuses, our other able,. enlightened, and indefati gable representative, John Camifobhouse, Esq."— (Cheers.)—He proposed this toast to the assembly with great pleasure, bemuse he was the °id friend of Sir Benjamin Hoblionse, the father of Mr. ITO house. He had known that gentleman thirty-tive years ago, and he had known him .ac a man of truly independent spirit and princiPle. Respecting that individual very highly, it was a source of geetifica tiou to him to find that his son filled one of the highest and most honourable situations an English man could respire to—that of an unbought, free, and independent Member of Parliament, elected to that honourable situation by the voluntary efforts of a most numerous body of constituents— (Applaese.)—Strange as it might appear, it was o ,,e;ing to this circumstance that he was indebted for a e clat in Parliament. (Applenee.) Such was ab solutelythe feet. The example set by Westminster, a representative free of ,elcpense,—in .e_eholders of the county of Loaekto turn of electing iort o the same object, He was,, duced the fi o say, a man of c ompetent far- ; a . t e terit p.ntlern an, but his fortune was , might allowed exten e:ve enough to entitle hint tune for a country' g e entest the election. lt riot, in his opinion) " je ee ;iamerit, especially 'fi to`the honour of a were necessary that lie friends, seat the feetAi r elders of Louth', I should When,therefore, his . ani . of nit '4,dependent suit; to him, We are in w id to am, repree.entative," h e a t once a _ alites.t.e a*rti 94 not able to hear the expenge of c s e v.: of *. but if you will return ate as the elector and Mr. ;lob minster have eeturned „Air - stand the poll house, I will go to the hustings #.. • ere that I till the last man votes $ but if it be tie:ze:,: should d raw on my private fortune, candi4ii fess that I am not able to sustaka 'such an expr'o:+ tore."—(Appl au se.)—llley at owe said, We will do what the electors of Westminster hawse ) )one-- at least we will strive to do it." They promised ,to t hue, and they fulfilled their promise.--(Applatise.) — Te e electors of Louth had caught a spark from the flame kindled in Westminst er ; they had acted from the inipulee of high andkneroas feeling, and ,they had achieved a splendid victor-. .—(Applause,) —Arid who wer e those that had achieved that victory ? The Roman Cethdlies— (Applause)—the meu dynounced passive obedience end .non-re as the friends . 4 ` l sistancethe MOT vlio were considered, OW he said it before Englidlintati who. and mu superstition ; as men be aware of the fact) as the slaves of priesth o:l men whose hearts did not beat • with, nor respond t o , those generous feelings which inspired th hearts of freemen.—Applause.) But the benefit deeive c dkom the system adopted in Westminster extended f p* farther.. Lord Nugent had beeu return,ed for Ayles bury on the very same principle. kApplanse.) He should have the honour on,Wedaesday next to Wo ceed to Aylesbury, to celebrate that forttmate,ev,e,rit; and, if an opportunity were afforded to hiel, be would describe the ,fine spirit and pine principle which actuated thosegentlemen whom be now addresse..d, as well as the electors of Westminster at large. (Applause.) He trusted that the electors of West minster would not in future trouble themselves about trifling objects, but that theywould - look to, and that their representatives would guide them selves alone, by the polar star of civil and religious liberty. (Applause.) . They had,- in _ his -opinion, sometimes dwelt too much on matters of compara tively little importance. On this point he would, altering the line of a celebrated poet, to suit his pur pose, say— " Clum, non animum mutant, qui trans do'nuni currunt." " Those do not change their minds, who alter their situation." No change of mind could be inferred from an alteration in the place which a man Usually occupied in the House of Commons. The mere change from one side of the House to the other argued nothing. .The only thing for men to do was to watch the votes which their representatives gave, and not to trouble themselves about the place in which they sat. It was nonsense for any one to talk to him of one man having his knees in the back of another. The only point for their consideration was, how he Conducted himself The Hon. Gentle man concluded by proposing the health of Mr. Hob. house.—(Applause.) Mr. HOBHOUSE, in returning thanks, observed, that ten years had now olapsed since he first pre sented himself to the notice of the electors of' West minster, and they would allow him to say, that from the first to the last moment, during which he had been known to them, he had sought to win their approbation by the strict performance of his duty. If any part of his conduct seemed to give the lie to that assertion, he was ready to meet and to rebut the charge. His object had been to obtain that greatest of all rewards—the ,confidence of the electors of Westminster. (Applause.) His Hon. Friend, the Member for Louth, in a speech full of important information, had told them, very justly, that they ought not to trouble themselves as to the side of the House on which a Member sat ; and he had very fairly said, that if the individual elected steered his course by the polar star of public principle, his constituents ought to be satisfied. (Applause.) He thought that the Hon. Member for Louth had showed the Meeting how little he regarded the side of the House on which Members sat, since he appeared to forget what part of the House he (Mr. H.) was in the habit of occupying. But, in the late vicissitudes, he would confess that he did not think it worth his while to cross the House. If, however, any good were to be done by his pursuing that course, it was not in the malice of insignificant mein to deter him from acting in that way which best accorded with his feelings and principles.-- (Applause.) He hoped th 9 time would speedily come, when there would be no side, technically so called, in that House,—when the mere distinction of faction would be buried in that oblivion to which I it ought long since to hase been consigned.--(Ap plause.) If, in Ireland, the spirit evinced by the electors of Westminster had been followed,—if the example of Westminster had been pursued, in a country where, as the Hon. Member for Louth well knew, no such thing as a constituent body existed until very lately,—if in the youth of that institution so much vigour had been manifested, what might not be hoped from the vigour of its more mature years ? To that country which he had thus alluded to, lie hoped the Imperial Parliament was now about to do tardy but complete justice.--(Cheers.) It seemed to him that the day was rapidly approaching' when this consummation would be effected, when libe ral principles would be able to overturn the outworks of strong but foolish and ridiculous prejudices, and to grapple with the corruption of an old and an inve terate, but still a powerful system of exclusion. ( Applause.) He agreed in every thing that had been said by his Hon. Friend, the Member for Louth. lie was certain, while civil and religious liberty was denied to a great portion of the inhabi tants of the sister isle, that there was no solid power, that, in fact, there was no peace—for England. (Applause.) The state of this country was extremely critical. What, he would ask, had dissolved so many administrations? They had had four administrations in a short time, and now, it seemed, they were about to have a fifth. When Lord Liverpool was at the head of one administration, he was struck with disease and rendered incapable. Mr. Canning found much difficulty, subsequently, in forming an administration. An invitation to accept office appeared to be viewed, rot as an honour, but as a mark of disgrace. After Mr, Griping's death another attempt was made to form an adtniaistration, and the minister ern playej, found it a most disagreeable task. That minister came like a shadow, and departed as one. He was, he believed, a very kind and amiable man; but it was a remarkable fact, that in the November preceding, that identical minister sent in his resigna tion to Lord Liverpool, declaring that, from ill-health and other circumstanees, lie onnld not take the lead in the House of Cammons. Thus, like the bishops,' who declared " Noti episcopali," those who were applied to stated that they would not become Mini. stems.. (Cheers.) Thus it was with his Majesty in August last. One individual, who had been at the head of the, Government, was struck down by disease, and-another leak Shared the common fate of mortality; what then was done? Why, application was made to another individual, who, nst seven months before, had declared that he was not willing to take place. in the councils of the country. Well, Lord Goderich, anxious to form an Administration, sent to Lord Harrowby, who was ill. That excel lent man refused to take offiss, ansl then they pro cessled with their application to anotiw r t )vh re spected:Alividual, where they were equally uus4c , cessful. Tite,y went to Nice, and "applied to the Duke of Portland, 49 was also sick. (Laughter.) At length in this di!estrea, J , p rd Goderich too office, and he held it for six weeks-,-no more. What followed next ? Why, a Noble &iiso was placed at the head of the Government, that Noble Duke having explicitly stated, only six months be fore, that every body nsust look Ripon him as mad, if lie took offices (,sitighter and applause.) Now he had stated to the goyany a number of naked 'exaggerated facts, and hoc; gym one would 5u p 7 pose, that the Ministry of £ngi:44 w,Pl,e to he chosen, like the Popes, not on account fir their vigour, but on account of their infirmity. ,(Laughter.) He meant, in offering this remark, to !slake to mockery, or to excite no laughter with re spect ( tc. gteir 4'ms:ll4h—that was not his object, that was not the gist of hip olispryation, for all were liable to illness; but he mentioned tiles PF-Xs for the purpose of asking oftiity the gm; flattop to which I they bsi onge d, which ought to rssystosgicl t4IC4a of the beit, wisest, and most disinteresseti ism p was thus indifferently agsved ? He knew that that great engine, the public press of this country, did much to expasse this defects of the preset system. He looked to tie Nsasy - in which it was moving l r ghlic opinion. That eng'sae. spd all it could do; but it did not do all that it might iff.e'et'' ty . st different and more liberal state of thi ngs . H e had'obisersi.eed that notice was S is s.en of the manner in which certain R4iijes VOUld vote ass such and such questions, and wii;at, er.s Svauld be. But in these cases n in u d that one vasty was wholly neglec party was the . pablie.-s7,(Applause.) Th e pithlic y-scss never , named in Parlium6ni,iaitd lttefi!de,aplasrv;:aiby. t b h i f e a o t t shis plain reason,--ssluse the public' was riot 're pre,sessi.s4 there.—(APlPvel se rt . t ) the point of The Duke of Wel that g s .lll . 3 determit te d i tlary b ut ttetl;:a% thought lin • wild gwteorn. 1 i . t! n4,v, , a , t in ti e nx o s d r i it ri lier sometniagfrona person, and they Tpi;lit .expect his d,etesisdnation s d most unsettled state theirattentisys to the strange T . • • • •t. 'Pit ,c0,,,,P.1 not avoid again calling in which the Ministry appeltreOP k )e. ,P q 7,l. 9 s t s `r constant alterations in the Ministry; tsle-Y they li)se the Frenchman, when " Who is amongst us lie rang, " for his in truth ithe did not know for an hour, as the phrase was, , who it was slta,t reipsd." Now he would tell t4ern how those matters were and it would slow them how banefully the syst6► Wyotight , When a Minister was to be placed or displaced, a great dear Of talk occurred between the member; in the inside of the House and certain official personages, and another more important conversation takes,place outside of the House. , A person appointed to take note of all majorities and minorities, in order that he may be able to state how every member 'stands to his colours, gives his opinion; and another person, who acts for the masters of those who are sent into Parliament, is also consulted; and thus it is not difficult to cast up the probable majority or, minority in case of a change. Now forhis-own part he thought the King of England would he placed in a far more desirable situation, if, in forming a Minis try, he had the people at his side, instead of the Duke of Rutland or Lord Cleveland. I n say i ng this, he wished to speak of the Monarch, as he would do of all other Magistrates, with the utmost respect. He was willing to view him ••••-• 4 4 " Of grace and goodness, as with crown and ball." In conclusion, the lion. Gentleman observed, that he looked to the directions of his constituents as his guide, and if he ever differed from those who sent him to Parliament upon any great public question, he would at once restore to their hands the trust which had been confided to him ; for it should, un der all circumstances, to the end of his days be his pride and boast that he had never abused or be trayed the confidence his constituents had reposed in him.—(Applause.) Mr. HUNT next addressed the company. He ob served, that when, in 1807, Sir Francis Burdett was returned for Westminster, he was, perhaps, the most popular man in the kingdom.—(Cries of " So he is now.") —The Hon. Baronet at that time talked of the Constitutionbeing crucified between two factions, as Jesus Christ had been crucified between two thieves, and he had heard the Hon. Baronet with delight, speak in Palace-yard about " the House over the way," which he declared he did not wish to enter, because " he disliked bad company and bad hours." It was on account of sentiments such as these that the Hon. Baronet had been elect ed for Westminster. He had not, however, heard him reiterate them recently. He was glad to hear the Hon. Baronet speak about the import ance of Parliamentary Reform, and he wished - to know why the Honourable Baronet had given up his annual motion on that subject ; and he was not a little surprised, that last year the Hon. Baronet had joined the phalanx of that Minister who was the most uncompromising enemy that reform had ever encountered.—(Much noise.) —He was sorry that a spirit of this kind should be manifested; and he could nut help recollecting that a person who dif fered from the majority of the company in opinion, at the last dinner, was expelled from the room by force. In such cases, argument was the only fair weapon--(An elector. " Cobbett was pulled out, and justly pulled out, on that occasion.")—The Hon. Baronet had spoken of monopolies. Let him look to the corn monopoly, ivl►ich, if he understood the Hon. Baronet's speech, he had supported.— (Uproar.)—The Hon. Baronet had said, that the system could not go on without high prices. He knew that high prices put large rents in his pockets, whilst his poor clients were starving.—(Great noise.) —The Hon. Bart. declared, that, if the dispute were between the grower of corn and the eater of bread, he would ad here to the class he belonged to. Earl Grey, in the House of Lords, stated that he would stand by his order, and, if they went into the city, he supposed they would find the Aldermen very anxious about their order, but the greatest order of all was the people, and he wished that they would look firmly to their interests. (Applause.) The Hon. Baronet had spoken of Catholic Emancipation as being a most important question ; and yet, when in 181, Mr. Hay, the agent of the Irish Roman Catholics, pressed the Hon. Baronet on the subject, he treated the subject. lightly, and would have nothing to do with it. He (Air. Hunt) had' been lately in Cork, and be found the people there of opinion, that Ca tholic emancipation would not cure the evils by which Ireland was afflicted. In his opinion Catho lic emancipation would never be carried, unless the people of Ireland joined those of England in peti tioning for Parliamentary reform. In 1823, when a million and a half of persons petitioned in favour of Parliamentary reform and universal suffrage, the Hon. Baronet refused to support the prayer of those petitioners. Indeed, he did not see a single politi cal feature in the character of the Hon. Baronet in 1828, which was at all similar to those that he viewed with pleasure in 1807. (Much noise.) Sir F. BURDaTT, in proposing the health of "J. Wood, Esq. M.P. and the reformers of Preston," took occasion to answer the observations of Mr. Hunt. The urbanity with which the Hon. Gentleman had spoken entitled him to a direct answer ; and he was sure, that if the individual to whom the Hon. Gen tleman had alluded as having been ill-used on'a similar occasion, had conducted himself with the temper which Mr. hunt had displayed, he would have been heard with civility and attention. He could not now go into a dissertation on the corn laws, although he was ready to state his opinion on that subject there or anywhere ehe. He had col lected all the information on it that he possibly could, and having come to a particular opinion, he could not succumb to any body of men, and, with opt conviction, profess to abandon that opinion.— (Applan:4o-1 - 1e had no hesitation in saying, how ever offensive it might be to the ears of some, that he was for high prices. They were the salvation of the country. By them alone could the taxes be paid ; and a debt that was incurred at a period of high prices could not, as he conceived, be liquidated by low Fifes. This, however, was a most intricate question, which could pat he discussed in that room. Whenever it was fairly brought forward, he would state his opinion, and if he were con vinced of the erroneousness of that opinion, no man cot ,id lie more ready to retract his error, either in the House of Commonq elsewhere - .--(Applause.) The Hon. Gentleman had perverted part of what he (Sir Francis) had said. He wisheiltO shoW, that t!;e country gentlemen of England were not bene fitted by monopt —that, in fact, they and the pub lic had but one interesf. lip went farther, and observed, that as a country gentleinan, he would, if they wee inikirly opposed, do as other men would do—namely, refrain *with that class to whom he was particularly attached. Now, in mentioning that point, it should not be forgotten, that it had reference to a dispute—to a combat between the manufactur-, ing and landed interest. With respect to Mr. Hayes, he woad merely say, that when he was. applied to that'ieritTernan) he asked,'; y4r. not Ff'; for Parliamentary YefOrbitiateadoc4th6li'c 4,,r!rnan7 c;pocii Ih i tt 'fie 'Might be - allOWed to'add, that he was not die;; 13".? s uch interested fOr the Boman Catholics as he was at preseut. IV; yid rot at that time know so much of Ireland as he now ( A.pplcuse.) With respect to the support which he had given to Mr. Gaiiiiiiv,he considered that he was right in conceding to him that suppo4, becapse h4d been the 'means of brealcirig dOWii the'plialanx, who, if iu power, would have . oppoSed Until docimsday any approaCh i`o r40rr0..--( Cheers.) And becatise he conceived that Mr. Ca»ning . ivotild liewe - eirtiOd Catholic question—a question on which his future fame rested--and by so doing,would have settled for ever the gi.;;;;t, , tiestion of religious liberty in Dig land.--(Clieers) Lr concliii;;on, the Hon. Baronet observed, that Mr. Hunt was rniitaken in supposing that he had refused to support the prayer of petitions having .ia:iverstil suffrage for their object. He had, on the contrary, presenk4 many petitions of that descriptiOn, and he'Should liapp3, l to do so The health of Mr. .I:'Woo'D was then drank , ' 11 brietly ret ne:4: ,t hank's. Sir tuaorei. then'ap..logi•jed for the a bsence F er r Lords 'Ny. and d;Russell, Lord Nugent, Pi;i - t E t h,i i ington t Mr. Ponteit Thompson, &c., and pro posed die hc;Stli of Mr, A. Dawson, and the 'Re formers of 'Mona." Mr. D'Awsox returned thanks. "The Liberty of the Press'," " Trial by Jury, and the Independence of the Bar," and " The Cause of CiVil and Reli gious Liberty throughout the world," were then - thank, and the company soon after sepalated, , 4041 , ,tm SPEECH OF THE KING OF SWEDEN. At the opening of the Extraordinary Storthing, summoned to meet at Christiania on the 29th of April last, Count Platen, the Stadtholder, or Gover nor, of Norway r having read the Royal Commission, authorizing him to open the Storthing, delivered to the Councillor of State, Jonas Collett, the following speech of the King of Sweden : " Gentlemen—You are called together to take under consideration matters intimately connected with the prosperity of the state. The urgent im portance of these matters alone has determ►ned me to have recourse to a measure which carries with it considerable expence for the public, which I wish it had been possible to avoid. But when there is a question of preserving unimpeached the privileges which were secured to the Norwegian people by the fundamental law of the 4th of November, my ardent desire for its maintenance would not allow me to wait the meeting of the ordinary Storthing, and I have thought that we could no longer safely defer putting some of our principal laws in harmony with the fundamental law of the land. " No change has token place in our political re lations since the dissolution of the last Storthing. All foreign Powers continue to give us proof of their friendship and confidence. " The negotiations with Prussia have led , to the favourable result which I anticipated at the opening of the former Storthing. A commercial treaty, on the basis of reciprocity equally advantageous for both States, has been concluded and ratified. " The free navigation of the Black Seahas been se cured to the flag of the United Kingdoms, the conven tion concluded for that purposewith the Ottoman Porte is unincumbered with any clause which could throw difficulties in the way of its execution, and I hope that the prevailing hostilities in the East will not induce the Ottoman Government to act contrary to this treaty. " The ratification of a commercial, treaty with the United North American States has lately been ex changed at Washington. " It will no doubt give you pleasure to learn that all difficulties in the way of an increasing trade between us and the States have happily been re moved. The treaty of commerce lately signed at St. Petersburgh between the United Kingdoms and Russia, shall be laid before the Storthing after the ratifications shall be exchanged. This treaty, founded in mutual confidence, offers new and not unimportant advantages to the shipping interest of Norway. " Negotiations respecting a commercial treaty with the Brazils have been commenced, and I am endea vouring to procure for the flag of the United King doms free access to the other South American States, and the same facilities which we, .on our part, ac corded to them six years since. Several bills will be submitted to your consideration. " The first relates to the responsibility which arti cle 86 of the fundamental law exacts of the Council of State in the execution of their office ; of the High Court of JustiCe in their judicial, and the members of the Storthing in their legislative functions. " The second bill defines the former, which, agreeably to article 50 and 64, are to be observed for the sake of securing the elections of uniformity, which alone can ensure that confidence which the people ought to have in their elected representatives. " The third bill which will be laid before you has for its object to make it compulsory for every citizen of the State, in conformity with the spirit as well as the letter of article 109 of the funda mental law, to take a personal share in the defence of the country. " The present anomalies shall cease when the duty is made uniform for all, and when the burden 'of personal service is no longer borne exclusively by the country people. " Experience has shown, that the quantity of Bank notes in circulation fall far short of the sum necessary to satisfy the demands of trade, agricul ture, and other branches of industry. The present almost total want of demand for the produce of this country, requires that Government and the Legisla ture should concert measures which may give the grower a chance of disposing of his produce to some advantage. A proposal will be laid before you which will secure this object. "The existence of every constitutional state is founded upon the due balance of its constituent powers. The Government which shall neglect to uphold this balance, exposes its country to the risk of having its constitutions founded upon mutual in terests annihilated. This interest does not confine itself to single individuals, but comprehends other more exalted objects which stand in the closest con nection with the permanence of nationality. Na tional honour and strength of government, its prin cipal supports ; cannot be sustained unless the laws are duly upheld, which has but one legitimate inter pretation,—namely, the literal one. My duty as a King does not allow me to assume, nor has the na tion assumed, that each successive Storthing shall be permitted to apply or interpret the fundamental law as they shall please. Neither I nor the nation can permit that a more or less enlightened court ofjustice (regirch) shall have the power of overturning, as would appear has been attempted, the guarantees which yonder act contains. The propositions which will now be submitted to you confirms these guaran tees, from which neither I nor my Governments must deviate, nor suffer any deTiation in others; when deliberating on these propositions, act up to your conviction, " Subjects of the first importance which relate to our political Institutions, the administration of jus tice, the executive and finances, are only gradually ordered and fully settled : we are already feeling the profitable consequences of such gradual advances. When we reflect upon how much has been gained since the promulgation of the fundamental law of the 14th of November, we must allow that extraordi nary exertion has been used,—that I have had great difficulties to overcome in procuring for N. way, notwithstanding its arbitraiy, legislation, that independence and that happiness Which it now en joys; but in order to corihrm still more this inde pendence and this happiness, it becomes necessary that Government and the I\ ational Assembly should signalize themselves by just laws; and with this ob ject in vicw, I rely with full conlidgtice on the tried wisdom of the people, and the honest assistance of the Storthing. The Norwegian people look with confidence to my endeavours for their happiness. They acknowledge the palpable improvement in their situation which has taken place since their union with Sweden. All they demand is the uadistnrbed njoymerit of - the liberty they have acquired, a nd which is lega ly securer to them. I make no doubt all th Menaberi of the . Storthing will aet in •, • . . • unison with the NylSh . eS or their constituents, and unite in fiirt erilx rivi pate - 44 yifWs• A happy agreement in thobght and wishes shall finally con firm the future happiness "of the' scanclinavian kingdoms. " In virtue of the 74th Article of tSae, Nndapen tat I declar e h erew ith . the Opening of 'the -Ex traorilitiary Storthing.!!' CP:PY of a Jester received by Mr. Huiiipsso.N . . • and bylitn transmitted to the Mayor of I.iyetponl My derz:Sir,—llaying laid before his Grace the Post Master-General, you': letter of the 12th instant, recom mending to favourable 'consideration the Memorial ! of the 41”c1tants, l'irokers, and others, inhabitants of Liverpool, 'praing that a variation may be eaa4 . in the route Of the Mail' coach fro'm tOndia to that place, to effect an earlier arrival of the letters : 4 - ye pleasure in aenuaintiny you that, &though the !Nike of . 4anetieste'f re refs 61'4 the town pf Gongleton will be''depriV e d of one' oe its mail coaches, he is of opi nion that the ccr'respondence to be accelerated is of so much importance that it w ill j u stify a compliance with your wihhes and those of the Memorialists, and instructions are given to the proper officer accOingli, in the e4pectation that the mail coach proprietors will 1,44 object to the ya- Ilqi• c 4) 9f the liononr to he, with esteem and respect, my dear Sir. your's, &C. FRANCIS FRRELING. , . , Note,—Th e p ro p ose d alteration, it is understood, will shorten the distance so as to gain about balc att in time; FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, May 25.) PARIS, MAY 24.—The Italian Journals announce that the Pacha of Egypt is repairing the fortifica tions of Alexandria according to the plans of Buona parte and Kleber. He is also raising new troops. Whole tribes have been brought to the camp at Cairo, to choose the men who are the most fit for service. The number of regular troops remaining in Egypt scarcely amounts to 10,000 men. A letter from Alexandria, received at Marseilles, says that an Egyptian corvette had just entered the former port, which seemed to have suffered severely from the fire of a French frigate, which, as it was going to enter Navarin opposed it : it is therefore certain that the ports of the Morea are strictly blockaded. It is even believed that our port will soon be in the same situation, because a numerous convoy is preparing to sail, and we know that the allies will not allow any further succour to the Peloponnesus. The Prussian Government has just given proofs of its re solution to observe a strict neutrality between Russia and the Porte. An order of the . day, since commu nicated to the officers of the army, desires them not to ask for permission to go and serve as volunteers in the Russian army, as it would be refused them. The King has even refused to allow his son, Prince William, to accompany the Emperor, his brother in-law, to the army. It appears, by the accounts from Berlin, that the Prussian funds have not been affected by the Russian declaration of war. (From the .3fessager des Chambres of the 24th of May.) PARIS, MAY 23.—Letters from Jassy, dated the 9th of May, have been received at Vienna. The Russian troops continue to advance with rapidity : the advanced posts are to-day 38 wersts beyond Jassy. The division which occupies this province is estimated at 35,000 men. " A letter from Cadiz, of the 6th of May, says, The Spanish packet-boat (No 4), has just arrived in this port, after a passage of 32 days from the Havannah. Don John Joseph Maria, the captain of this vessel, states, that five days before he sailed, the squadron of Admiral Laborde, consisting of the Guerrero of the line, the Iberia frigate, and the Hercules brig, had arrived at the Havannah from a cruise. A convoy of merchantmen was on the point of sailing for Cadiz under the protection of his Ma jesty's frigate the Carilda. Most of these vessels bring passengers, especially the American frigate Isidore. All the merchandise and produce of Europe are very much depreciated at the Havannah, where there is no return cargo for the Spanish ships. and they are therefore obliged to come home in ballast. " We have also received by the same packet-boat news from Mexico of the month of March. The dif ferent parties contiaue to dispute upon the deli berations of the Congress. The party of the United North American States is most powerfal." FRENCH FUNDS.—Five per Cents., 103 f. sc. ; Three per Cents. '7of. 15c. ; Bank Stock, 1,915 f. ; Naples Stock, 76f. 55c.; Royal Spanish Loan, 72if. ; Haytian Loan, 655 E—Exchange on I.ondon, One Month, 25f. 25c.; Three ditto, 25f. 15c. PRICES OP IRISH STOCI Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. ...... St Gov. Stock, 356 per cent 3l';'6 Ditto, New 4 per Cent. 100% Gov. Deb. 3)4 per cent. Royal Canal Stock ... 40% Grand Canal Stock' City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 40. et — MA Arrived. Due. O America 0 1 Brazil U O Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin 0 • Flanders 0 O France 1 Gottenburgh 0 • Guernsey& Jersey HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR TO-MORROW. blorning....7 minutes after I. I Eyenlng....36 mlnutee after 1. TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. WANTED by an ARTIST (a Sculptor), a PUPIL. He should have a talent for Drawing, and of respectable connexions. For particulars apply to Messrs. Moon, Boys, and Graves, printsellers, Pall-mall ; Mr. Moon, 20, Thread needle-street ; or Mr. Inman, 7, Lamb's Conduit-street, Foundling Hospital. ABERDEEN STEAM SHIP, QUEEN of SCOTLAND, 1,000 Tons Burthen, 160 Horse Power, JOHN WALKER, Commander, takes in Passen gers, Goods, and Luggage, for Aberdeen, Dunbar, Perth, Arbroath, Montrose, Forfar, Inverness, and all places ad jacent, to call off Arbroath, weather permitting, will start from off the Union-stairs, below the Tower', on FRIDAY, the 7th of June, at Ten o'Clock in the Evening.—Passen gers to be on board at Nine o'Clock. Cabin Fares, including Provisions, 4/. 4s. ; Steerage, 2/. 2s. Goods must be sent to Messrs. Smith and Son, Galley Quay, before Five o'clock on the Evening of sailing. Births may be taken, a Plan of the Cabin seen, and any information obtained, by application to Messrs. John Dian and Co., 307, Wapping ; Mr. Underwood, 56, Haymarket ; or Messrs. Smith and Son, Wharfingers, Galley Quay. ;S.-.DUBLIN, MAY 24. St. Patrick lnsur. (per oh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto I libernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Minh% Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings Arrived. Due. 1 Hamburgh 0 O Holland 0 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands 0 O I,isbon O Malta 0 O Mexico 1 2 Waterford 0 rtir LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 16128. Having given the views and rumours of the Morning Papers, respecting changes in the Ministry, and being unable to add any specific information of our own, it may appear umneces sary to offer many observations on the subject. But if the question has not yet been finally de cided,—if the example of Mr. HusKissoN has not been as yet followed by all his friends in the Cabinet, we would implore those who have the present destinies of England in their hands, to consider well to what inevit ableno i t l ati s n t g atin ni g ea t s h u a r t e issue they b a:e co p r r r e e c c i t p i i should rumour an Ultra Tory Administration, or at least one with a mere colouring of liberality, is to be imposed on this, free and independent nation. We say, 'with a mere colouring of libe rality, localise Ye should infinitely prefer a Qownilient with Lord ELDON at the head of it, to one made up of merely. plausible liberals. The House of Commons would abandon All dem-icy and regard for etia racier, if in the face of their lately recorded opinions on the Catholic Question, and the repeal of thn Test and Corporation Acts, theywere to, grantthe supp li es to a notorioo bath,pf Ultra Tories. But mix up with the most infiuential and determined Orangemen a I'M insignificant individuals , w ho mere ly pretend to liberality from having once Voted fur the Catholic Claims,—reducet he Cabinetvirtually to half its MinA apt for appearance sake her„ give to be ready to make affidavit th at h e i s hi mse lf a each of these 44 his man FRIDAY," who shall liberal—and do think that the House may be for some time trepanned into what they never would do with their eyes open. But the issue will he &cad . and exposure to all who 1, have been concerned in such paltry man", As to the course for Lord DUDLEY andAO CHARLES GRANT to pursue, we are ca.- for their own sakes they ought to resign at Not that we see any obligation on to follow the fortunes of Mr. Husxor j, there is no " necessitudo sortie' in the i , but if from unwillingness to disturb at this the counsels of the nation, they sacrifice ape x ance to duty, they must make up their mini f inevitable obloquy. Much, no doubt, S depend on the principles of Mr. liV 9 d SON'S successor, and upon the assurance!, may feel, that though separ a ted f rom th a t Pr o Hon. Gentleman, they will be able to maintsio policy and enlightened views with which they identified. The Paris Papers of Saturday morning' the Gazette de France dated Sunday, been received, by which we have accounts Jassy, the capital of Moldavia, to the i t ; instant, at which time the Ru ss i an troops g tinned to advance with rapidity toAards Wald'? their advanced posts having actually penetratid ) wersts beyond Jassy. The nu m b er o f m en occupied Moldavia was estimated at 35,000. SULTAN persists in his old system, and AP he makes every preparation for defence, still lieves that ..the interposition of the Eurof io Powers will prevent the Russians from pa' forwards to Constantinople. They mai' monstrate, but the Russians will . persevere,. At a late hour, yesterday afternoon we recoil /. 1 the Hamburgh Reporter• to the 24th inst.. does not, however, contain any later news the East than we had received through channels. Ptrhaps our readers are not al that the Hamburgh Reporter is pri in English, and conducted by a gentlo of great literary talents, who recently left IF country for the Continent, with the laudable PI , of enlarging the sphere of his usefulness rendering his native language more to foreigners. In this respect, we are happY ti l perceive that his endeavours seem to be crool o, with that success which they so deservedly 12e The Hamburgh Reporter is conducted wit great deal of liberality, and evinces a luir oo i desire to obtain the earliest news. If any were waiting as to the benefits remi t from early communication of intelligence, • A i think it will be found in the application steam to naval purposes, for here we have 2 1 , from Hamburgh up to Friday evening last, ft °o we may say, the interior of Germany, 25 Reporter has agents all over the Continent, especially in the North of Europe, who eorn!l' ir nicate the very latest intelligence. On some e ' c' casions the steam-packet has brought over from Hamburgh in 48 hours. Upon suci' li theme all we can say is—success 10 eritere and the spirit of improvement : HAMM/KOH, BrAT 26 . w. According to a communication from the Senate of city to the Commercial Deputation, official infortest, has been received from the Dutch Consul at Tripoli , _ aj ly the Dey of Tripoli intends to fit out two pirate Te"; against the ,Hamburgh irade, and that the corsairs sre cruise in the neighbourhood of Berlingas, on the c° 3l * i, Portugal. German Papers to a late date have bee n P ceived this morning, but they contain no ne from the East. The Grand Duke of JO'S j closed the Session of the Diet in p e rson , a° , congratulated the Chamber on the result of th l labours. A Petition of some singularity h been presented to the Diet, beseeching Ihej Government to abolish the vow of celibacy posed on the Catholic Clergy in the 6111/1 4 „ e f Duchy l i Ti n ch c a o ec incompetent l e a o o t n f e wd n i But following to a d as e rs i e l e exentertaintt but roae tt t sah h : e (i_uo D erst i d e ier t on de oo c r l f ar th ea s e o ch cp-3:11 ' cartuntung, me- 1604 On the 14th his Royal Highness the Grand Dalc e the Session of the Diet in person, on which °Wh i te"' expressed himself highly gratified with the result of I ' l ' o , liberations, and at the unanimity with which they bad I deavoured, in concert with him, to promote the viel fal :: ) o the country. " If," said he, " I have not been a dP ', 4 o fulfil all your wishes, in many of which I participate d ' j oi will be satisfied with what has been already da D " form upon it hopes of future improvement." D iet Among the most remarkable occurrences in th e e pa) just closed, was the presentation of a petition on th inst., by M. Duttlingen, First Vice-President of the cond Chamber, which was signed by 23 Professore; 6 .e , other persons holding publie offices at Freiburg. I te tition was to the following effect : e h, Go " That the Chamber may be pleased to apply to vernment that the Vow of celibacy imposed on the tm -° 1 ? ; Clergy may be abolished in the Grand Duchy of C 4 ISadt b or due form of law," i. e, by th e co - o p era ti on of the tt ihoeo effectse rs, o rth which eir such e g i org a n, n a , bera." We will not examine, says a correspondent of a I° lo able Journal, how far the Estates of %den may S- 0 themselves qualified to abolish, of their own 19 ° 9 : 9 1 institution of the Church which has been in force fe r—iii) ,k centuries; but we cannot help asking, w h e ther the Pa o duce upon the people? One of the consequences, and P' hap not the worst, would probably be the repetition ‘ 9 o y scene which was presented at the commencement of 00 Revolution in France, by the priests who bad, and t' who M. reao Dg luti t o ti n iaPa wou ' ld ha i v ne e v r it e a tla y leaPte ; had not, taken the oath, and the divided cottt i l l i tions. In fact, it seems hardly possible tapluck up anc ol institutions, the roots of which are intimately interifla with others, without disturbing the ground otrorhich troso grow, and exposing those wbo tread on it to dog e , c onvulsions. The Diet, in fact, declared its elf iport s petent to entertain this question, and passed t o the of the day. e jobi His Royal Highness the Grand Duke has cou ferf _,„ber s i Order of the Lion of Zahringen on some of the 10"-coi of the two Chambers, among whom are the Arch hithe p f Freiburg, who has received the Grand Craw ; ° e , Duttlingen, Aulic Counsellor, First Vice•Presidentd ft'' Second Chamber. The Ga z ette of to-day pobli eb ,,,V be autograph letters of the Grand Duke which acc omr° ll ' , o tt e ,nsignia ; they are dated the 14th inst , and ettPtCee Lusa grad services and Extract b oat belong into Scio th e ,fi atrese ; th e Captait to the Gra Persons and th eir harnei to t a k e this t tented him might rein! 4 fety with Iti. Duttl tll clergy, a ee . aunt of it b ° llB , read I Well es him: 44 tenees of " It is nc lOcient prat the echo of 1 tlles, and o Goverarneni tion of entli Mducad us t 411/ convict 44 4' own j 1 etunmend tl ti lvo of tbei l ointheir wi t t. call of liut we ca , Petition for 4 ked, so fi Catholic Pr German Sti The petit Committee I kittee we. Chamber de A repot the Russi; had met 4 nd severa pia lilt° T Very like Letters lion that S traits to 1 t ilediately Captain L The Al ing:,..... CoOlisTAN' ' t grand revil hn u ltaa, to thi 7 44 costum - "lktiner; tb, I P P -Ttators. liassein P 1 4 11 d of the hating b ( '1 th e dear t 'ason for ap Tranquilli Pl'obension a ll 'e populace stassion, Euj liven to it b 4 PPearance c °I the Bo.sl pons atta, it ' s aation (as own sa i'lriour of t 4 t ! ls Prise a n d 2 4 4 a to she 4 teat men of 4114 ifeat the 1 ,, 4 44 iod oti ,Jeul tj4tk . v gpoA slt Di en n i Y o ur 4t s l iP; 114 ilea colo ured a 4 v ti l poor lad', lil II