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:preacher, merely because he , had preached certain doctrines which he thought to be conscientious, but which were offensive w the ecclesiastical authority established by law. Mr. WYNN said that the petition might have been pre. sented when the/Secretary of State and the J.,aw Officers were present. Mr. MONCK said, that the sooner these prosecutions were put au end to the better it would be for all parties of all opinions. The petition was ordered to lie on the table and (after a few words from Mr. HUME) to be printed. CAPE BRITON. _ . Mr. HUME presented a Petition from several Inhabitants of Cape Breton, involving no less a question, than whether his Majesty should have a power to deprive British subjects of their rights. They complained of many alleged grievances, particularly of the annexing Cape Breton to Nova Scotia, thereby depriving the former of its independent Government. They_ complained also that the official information . laid before the House, as to the state of the Colony, contained many un tbunded facts. He (Mr. H.) in this respect did not blame the Governor of Nova Scotia, of whom he had the highest opinion, and he believed, therefore, that any difference of opinion between the Governor and the Colonists arose from the circumstance of the former not being fully acquainted with the situation of the Colony. The Act complained of was, in his opinion, as wanton an act of Colonial oppression as lie had ever heard of. The same reason which had been pretended for annexing Cape Bre ton _to Nova Scotia, might, if necessary, be urged for annexing Dominica to Grenada. He really believed there was a serious intention on the part of the inhabitants of Cape Breton to apply -to the United States for protection, as they had been robbed of their birthright, and deprived of any redress ; and he must say that he did not blame them ; for if he were one of them, he, for one, would assent to such a course. Sir I. COFFIN said that, from what the Hon. Member said, .one would think Cape Breton belonged to the Dey of Algiers. ,The people of Cape Breton now enjoyed the benefit of the Eng lish Law, which they did not before. Mr. W. HORTON said the Hon. Member had last Session presented to the House a Petition, of which this was only a duplicate. If the wrongs complained of were so great as to _justify separation and rebellion, it was the duty of the Hon. Member long since to have brought the subject forward on a specific motion, and not to have waited until the last clay of the Session to bring it forward as a Petition. He (Mr. H.) de nied that any Constitutional Law had -been violated; and he called. upon the Hon. Member to bring the charge forward in .a formal shape. He denied, too, that the people in general were at all averse from the alterations which he had taken place. (The Honourable Secretary here read a letter from the Go lernor, in support .of his last observation.) There was no doubt that the inhabitants of the colony were much better un der the old than under the new system of Government. And whenever the subject was properly brought forward, he would be prepared to go into the subject in detail. Mr. BERNAL denied that the present Petition was a coun terpart of the last; and he denied too that the inhabitants of Cape Breton enjoyed the benefit of the English Law. He would observe that primogeniture, for instance, did not prevail under the new system, but had been abrogated. They were ex posed also to many commercial disadvantages by the alteration they complained of. .Sir,ISAAC COFFIN said he hoped the inhabitants of Cape - Breton would not be encouraged to rebellion; for in one hour, with one ship of the line, they could be all knocked to pieces. — : (A laugh.) Mr - . HUME said he understood the remarks of the Hon. Secretary to be equivalent to a pledge that next Session he would not refuse an inquiry into the subject. He had for three Sears been giving some attention to the subject, but a man could not do every thing at once.—(A laugh.) The petition was ordered to be printed. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Mr. HUME presented a petition from several Catholics of Ireland, praying.for Emancipation, and Relief from the Tithe Laws.—Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. CONFERENCE WITI-T-THE LORDS. On the motion of Mr. ESTCOURT; a •Conferenee was or tiered with the Lords, on their Lordships' Amendments to the - Vagrant Bill; and several Members were appointed to manage the Conference. • Mr. C. 11. HUTCHINSON presented a petition from Mr. Thomas Flanagan, praying for a redress of grievances..—Or •dered to lie on the table. Mr. C..HUTCHINSON presented a petition from Dundalk, praying for Emancipation, and complaining of the Tithe system of Ireland.—Ordered to lie on the table. .51r. BROUGII A 111 presented a petition from Morpeth, in favour of Mr,;.Smith's case.,--Ordered to lie on the table. POOR LAWS. BP.OUGHAM also presented a petition from an indivi dual of London, praying that the Poor Laws might be extended to Ireland. Ile did not, however, concur in the prayer of the petition.—lt was ordered to lie on the table. ISLE OF MAN. Mr. BROUGHAM presented a petition from the house of Keys, in the Isle of Man, which, after stating the history of the Government of the Island by the Stanley family, and its subsequent annexation to the Crown, proceeded to notice the state of Representation in the • Island, which was merely what was called virtual. It then complained of certain alleged &buses in the Government, and called for inquiry. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said he did not himself vouch for the facts stated in the petition, though he relied much on the re spectability of the petitioner, the signatures being headed by tnat of the Speaker of the House of Keys. Their complaints, however, resolved themselves into two questions—one of law, the other as to the Government. The first had already been fully discussed in the House in an early part of the Session, and related to the criminal jurisdiction of the House, f Keys. As to this, lie had the misfortune to differ from the high au thority of the Crown Lawyers, though he still agreed with the petitioners. The question, however, was likely to come under proper discussion before it legal authority. The other ques tion as to the conduct of the Government, arose out of cer tain acts of the Duke of Atboll respecting;his claims of pro eierty in the island. In most of them he had failed, though he had succeeded in getting Parliament to open the bargain he had originally made for the sale of his seignoral rights. He had, again and again, wished to re-open the bargain ; so that', 'tea he still made claims over the people's property, he was the -last person fitted to be their Governer. He had certain claims to tithes, and yet, by virtue of his office, he was sole Judge of the Court of Exchequer in which tithe causes were decided. Another complaint was, of the uncertainty as to the Constitutional Councils. The petitioners also com plained of the appointments to judicial offices. They said that one of the Judges had been removed for his conduct on certain proceedings against one of the Duke's servants. This man was afterwards acquitted on his trial, and the Foreman of the Jury was then raised to office in the Duke's household. An other complaint arose out of certain proceedings relative to a riot in 1821, in the island, respecting the conduct ofthe House -of Keys, about the Corn Laws. In the course of the trial of one of the delinquents, a man, in open Court assaulted the Judge, the Bailiff, and one of the witnesses. For this he was fined and sentenced to imprisonment; and the Ihike, without any alleged reason, pardoned the criminal. Ile had also ()barged several persons before the Exchequer, for merely in --oculating their children. Under these circumstances the Moose of Keys prayed that House to cause an investigation to be made into the mode of conducting the government of the island, with a view to ascertain whether it had been improved since the Report of the year 11317, and in order that justice might be done to them. • - Mr. Secretary PEEL felt desirous of addressing the House, because if it should appear that blame was attributable to those -with whom had originated the measures complained of in the petition presented by the - Hon. and Learned Member, he was ready to admit that he ought to be implicated, fbr he was free to .conlesa everything that had been done in the affair had his con - eteretice, or was rather done with his advice. With respect to the charge of having omitte d to include the House of Keys in thr- disposal of criminal business, lie had; before making up his own mind on the subject, asked the opinion of the Attorney- General of the Island (Mr. Clarke). and subsequently those of the legal advisers of the Crown, all of whom were unanimous in 'their opinion that the House of Keys were not entitled to -exercise that share in the a dministration of Criminal Justice, which up to that period they had discharged ; but as that part of the case was still under the consideration of his Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, he should not say more upon it at present. There had been bickerings between the Reuse of Keys and the Dace of Athol for some time, but he had understood that these parties were reconciled in 1823 ; he was therefore exceedingly sorry to see them again coming forward with charges in that House. Another charge brought forwiard by the pe titioners was connected with the 'removal of the Demister from his office, but he was sorry to be obliged to state that that Officer had been removed in consequence of gross misconduct in the discharge of his official duty, which guilt was fully established in the course of a judicial inquiry. That misconduct consisted in his having, while holding the high situation of Judge of the Island, advised a-female servant to bring an action for defamation, and also for a years's wages, against her late master; and further, with hay ing; been present in a public house when those actions were compromised by the payment of a subs of money.—( Hear !) In the investigation of that affair, it was clearly established that a criminal conn ect i on existed ' between the Deeins . ter and that .woman, and whi c h h ad continued up to the period of tne in quiry--a connection so unworthy of that :Magistrate, as reed man and the father of a large family , a left to him a Peel) no alternative but to bear !)—With reference e him from his office.—(Hear, also to the removal of another public... otficer(thelate A r torn ry t at4vidual, he A ttorn ey -( - t reral of the Island, as we under hat measure also had arisen out stood), he of gro sS ni was OnCl o , „ b o y , , t s h y o a having been clearly d of a ruo.t LTJa i nd CQZIVICte • ecent exposure of his person.—( Hear, hear !)--Under these circumstances, therefore, ' he thought it very hard of the House of Keys to come forward and complain of the removal of those individuals, and ascribe the measures to unworthy motives.—(Dear, hear !)—He de clared upon his honour as a Gentleman, that in advising the dismissal of those persons he had nothing but the public interest in view, and the maintenance of the respectability of the Ma gistracy, and not the consideration whether they had or had not rendered themselves obnoxious to the Duke of Athol. WiLII respect to that Noble Person he felt bound to say, that notwith standing his having been referred to in all the disputes in which the Isle of Man had lately been embroiled, lie (Mr. Peel) had not discovered any tfround for complaint against the Noble Duke for abuse of his official powers.—(Hear, Near!) Mr. BRIGHT supported the petition. He contended that the house of Keys, ought in justice to have been informed of the grounds upon which their dismissal from a share in the Criminal Jurisdiction of the Island had been decided. Mr. HUME said, that from what lie knew of the Isle of Man, the origin of the disputes there arose from the anomalous duties of the Governor. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that it was an error to suppose, that the decision with reference to the right of the House Keys to sit upon cases of Jail Delivery, was made upon imperfect information. They had the fullest information, and one of the Judges of - the island, so long back as 1696, declared, in terms, that they had no such right. Mr. BROUGHAM observed in reply, that the charges brought against Mr. Vaughan, the Deemster, he had heard that night for the first time. But with reference to Mr. Robert Cunningham, against whom the principal charge had been made, he was authorised to state, and he did so from the fullest conviction of its truth, that the charge against him originated entirely in an accident. He certainly had exceeded, in his liquor, at a festival in honour of the King's Birth-day, and in consequence of that -the accident occurred. There certainly was no ground whatever for charging him with an intentional offence. As a proof of this, he had authority to state that he had ever since the offence in question visted in all the res pectable families of the island, including the female part of them ; and that he had also since been received as a visitor in the Duke's family, also including the female part of it. The only way that he could see of settling the disputes of the island was by appointing some Governor whose interests did not bri ng him into contact with the interests of every one in t he island. n. Mr. Secretary PE EL explained. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. A Message from - the Lords announced their Lordships' assent to several Public and Private Bills. Mr. BROUGHAM said he hoped his Majesty's Ministers in the course of the summer would institute an inquiry by Com mission into the matters of the petition he had just presented. Mr. BRIGHT presented a Petition from two persons, of the names of Kelly and Green, resident in the Isle of Man, com plaining of illegal treatment. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from Bristol, complaining of the expence of passing paupers to Ireland.— Laid on the table. Mr. MONCK presented a petition from Mr. Christian, late of the House of Keys, complaining of the grievances in the Isle of Man.—Laid on the table. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Liverpool pray ing for inquiry into the case of the late Missionary Smith.— Ordered to be printed. Dr. LUSHINGTON presented a . petition from certain Christian people called Separatists against taking oaths.—Or dered to be printed. CIDER. Sir THOMAS ACLAND presented a petition from the county of Devon against the-tax upon Cider. The CHANCELLOR of the r XCHEQUER said he had given his attention to this subject, and he hoped he should be able to reconcile the interests of the public and the petitioners next Session. The petition was then read and ordered to be printed. ORANGE PROCESSIONS. Sir F. BURDETT presented a petition from George Ensor, in the county of Armagh, complaining of the evils arising from Orange prOcessions. These processions, he understood, took place at midnight, and were attended with every species of exasperation and insult to the Catholics, before whose doors they stopped and paraded with offensive tunes. He hoped, therefore, the provisions of the Insurrection Act would be ap plied to thtm.—Ordered to lie on the table. • Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from a person of the name of Greenland, Letter Carrier to the Post Office, praying for a provision from the superannuation fund, to which he had contributed for 20 years. . . Mr. HUME recommended the petitioner's case to the Chan cellar of the Exchequer.—Ordered to lie on the table. IRISH INSURRECTION ACT. Mr. GOULBURN moved the third reading of this Bill. HOMIOUSE rose to oppose the measure. It was not so much a Government measure as of a Ministerial Com mittee. It was recommended, he was sorry to find, by some of his most respected friends, but he wan thoroughly convinced that they were deluded into that recommendation. None but his Majesty's Ministers should be responsible for the Government of Ireland, and it certainly should not be thrown on the shoulders of Parliament. Ile was inclined to think the Committee, appointed to inquire into the State of Ireland, were tampering with the question and with the House. He la mented the divisions in the Cabinet on the subject of Ireland, and moved as an amendment, That the Bill should be read a third time that day six months. 111 r. CALCRAFT, though hostile .to the principle of the Bill, was favourable to its renewal in the present state of Ireland. Colonel TRENCH supported the Bill, which he considered to offer the double advantage of saving the well-disposed man from being forced to join in insurrection, while it arrested the bad man in his career. General HART .thought it would be advisable to enclose some of the towns in Ireland with walls, having towers at con venient distances, with the means of mounting a f ew suns. — These precautions were used for the protection of every consi derable town in India, and were found effectually to secure the peaceable inhabitants from the attacks of banditti. Sir F. BLAKE said, if the improvement of Ireland were made the sine qua non of Ministers remaining in office. it would soon become a flourishing country. Great ,good would be done by giving the people of Ireland the benefit of equal laws. The King, he thought, would concur in this, for from the general tenor of his Majesty's conduct he did not consider him to have any scruples of conscience.—(A laugh.) The House divided, when the numbers were— For the Amendment - For the Third Reading - .Majority The Bill was thenn - read - a third time. - 14 - 52 . -33 When strangers were re-admitted, Mr. DENMAN was on his legs proposing a clause to pro vide that all offences committed against this law should be tried by a Jury. Mr. GOULBURN opposed the clause. After a few words from Mr. S. RicE, GouLBITILN, and Mr. Secretary PEEL, Mr. DENMAN moved for leave to brieg up a clause to re peal that part of the Bill which gave Magistrates the power to transport persons found in a public-house after nine o'clock at night. Mr. GOULBURN opposed the motion. Mr. S. RICE supported the motion. Mr. V. FITZGERALD and Mr. GRATTAN thought the power to search houses ought to be retained. The question for bringing up the clause was then put and negatived. Mr. DENMAN then entered his protest against the provi sions which gave indemnity to magistrates for abuse of their power, and moved to add a clause giving to any oppressed man the damas a Jury might award. - Mr. GOULBURN opposed the motion—the clause com plained of had never interposed any obstacle in the way of obtaining redress of grievances. The motion was then nega tived, and the bill passed. QUALIFICATION OF JURORS. Mr. Secretary PEEL brought in a Bill to amend the Laws respecting Jurors and Juries. The Right Hon. Secretary said it was not his intention to press the Bill this -Session, but to have it printed. The want of qualification among Jurors was well known. The Bill would regulate the selection of Special Jurors so as to remove all- objection, and improve that inva luable privilege, Trial by Jury. Mr. SCARLETT expressed his obligation to the Right Hon. Secretary for this Bill. He thought it would remove all the objections to the selection of Special Jurors. At the same time he thought it right to say the Master of the Crown Office had uniformly acted with the greatest impartiality. Mr. PEEL said Mr. Lusbingtan was the Gentleman who had given him the greatest assistance in framing the Bill. The Bill was then read the first time, and ordered to be read a second time that day she months, and printed. r The East IndiaPossessions' Bill, after a few words from Mr. Tel LIME, Mr. BRIOHT, and Mr. C. WYNN, was read a 3d time. On the motion of Mr. C. WYNN, a clause was added, and the Bill passed. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at ONE O'CLOCK. LIST OF THE MINORITY Who voted against the Third Reading of the Insurrection Bill Burdett, Sir F. Grattan, J. Williams, J. Benett, John Mos t y n, Sir Thos. Wood, Alderman Bright, Henry Palmer, Colonel Brougham, H. Stewart, W. (Tyr.) TELLERS. Denman, Thos. Searlett, J. Hobhouse, J. C. Ellice, Ed. Smith, IVm. Hume, J. PARIS PAEERS. (From the Moniteur of Wednesday.), PARIS, Jude 16.—Telegraphic Dispatches announce, that the Trident, of 74 guns, Captain Morice, and the Vestal fri gate, %of 24 guns„ Captain Simonot, arrived on the 14th at Brest, from the Antilles. On'the same day the La Prudente, a gabare, dispatched from Bahia; in Brazil, on the Ist May, commanded by Captain Lesaulnier de la Cour, cast anchor at Brest. ( From the Benue, dated Thursday, June 17. ) PAnls, JUNE 16.-I'6 Criminal Section of the Court of Cassation will try, next Thursday, a question of extraor dinary interest. It is this whether a Frenchman who has served under the flag of Columbia, and assisted in the cap ture of a Sardinian vessel declared to be a good prize by the Admiralty Court at Caracas, can now be subject to a criminal prosecution before the French Tribunals, as having exposed France to measures of reprisal on the part of his Majesty The King of Sardinia. This question bears a similarity to that which is the subject of the remonstrances made by the Ottoman Porte to the Cabinet of Great Britain, with regard to Lord Byron and other English subjects, who have embraced the cause of the Greeks. The Journal des Debar, in giving an account of the Secret Sitting yesterday, palpably disfigured the facts. It is not true, that the Chamber of Deputies rejected the pro.. posal to indemnify the emigrants. The Chamber, confiding in the words of the King, only rejected the proposition for an ad dress to the fling•, to ask indemnities, and has left the initia tive on this subject to the Crown. The Journal des Debats adds by a great majority, and there were but eight, or, as others say, eleven, who opposed it. Is that a minority ? The marriage of Mr. Rothschild of Paris will shortly be ce lebrated at Frankfort. It is said, that the head of the house of Rothschild, at Frankfort, who has DO children, has added a million to the three millions, which are the marriage portion of his niece. PARIS, .TUNE 16.—Fivener Cents. opened, 102.55.—Rank Stock, 1960.—Neapolitan Rents, 891. ; Spanish -do. 19. —Royal -Spanish Loan, 63I.Exchange on London, one month, 25. 35. ; three months, 25. 15.--( Court Authentiqut, June 18.) [From the Courier Prat:gals.] PARTS, JUNE 16.—We have received by the ship Louise, which arrived at Havre on the 12th, the Official Journals from Hayti of April 11. Their contents are of considerable interest. It seems that the hostile intention attributed to France causes great exasperation, and may put an entire stop to all the com mercial relations between that colony and France. 'We give the following details, which are extracted from a letter written by a French Merchant settled at St. Domingo, and which will make it expedient to put a stop in an authentic manner to the reports which are circulated without foundation, very injuriously to our commerce. " Here nothing is talked of but an expedition which is preparing in France against St• Domingo, and the people are preparing for an obstinate de fence. Every body is on foot, every citizen and every soldier is ready to combat with that courage which is inspired by a love of independence, and an enthusiastic attachment to liberty. The issue of a campaign would not be doubtful. Three hun dred thousand fighting men spread over the island, the sun and the heat would not leave the least chance of success to the most numerous and best appointed army. I cannot in fact believe all those reports, which,whether true or not, place us Europeans ' in a very false and unpleasant situation. For my own part, I would rather believe Commissioners will be sent, not a fleet; but we endeavour in vain to persuade the inhabitants to form the same opinion ; experience has rendered them mistrustful, and it is impossible to persuade them that a French army is not about to land in their country. They have already traced the -plan of a town in the form of a cam)), into which the Govern ment is to retreat in case of invasion. The position is well chosen, fortified with care, and amply provisioned, and may be regarded as almost impregnable. Although very enlight ened, the President seems to partake the popular opinions on this point, and he told me himself he had yet some hope of making an arrangement, but that he could not rely on the pro posals of the European Cabinets—that he was determined not to be surprised, and that he was ready to make a vigorous re sistance, which, indeed, is sufficiently indicated by the mea sures which he has taken." _ _ _ APrtir.. 11.—Different versions circulate on all hands respecting the armaments which are completing at Brest and Toulon. While the public papers of France give to these preparations an explanation which would lead us to sup pose that we are not comprehended in their destination, every thing in the United States of North America echoes with the rumour that they arc armed at Hayti. This report is not devoid of probability, for if at the period of the departure of the expe ditionary army under the orders of the Captain-General Le Clerk it was endeavoured - to deceive us, can we doubt that the same artifices will not now be had recourse to ? Instructed in the school of a severe experience, clothed with the mantle of a provident wisdom, his Excellency the President has taken all the necessary measures in case a new attempt should be directed against us. Guided by true heroism, that which inspires the country when threatened—fired with true glory, that which consists in the defence of our rights and our homes, he has given the instructions which the case required to the Generals commanding the different Arrondissements,and has called on the army and people to hold themselves in readi ness. These Generals will not fail to conform to his orders, for they love their country ; they have already done every think for it, and they will again sacrifice every thing to it. What mem ber of the Haytian family can have a soul false, or cold, or selfish, or subverted, when our sacred cause and the salvation of the country are at stake ? In consequence of the impulse which has been communicated by the head of the Government, every one must think that it is particularly necessary to take measures to place in security his family and objects of absolute necessity, without however interrupting the course of the labours of agriculture, or our commercial operations. The plough in one hand, and the r sword in the other, we shall attend with a dry eye, with an in ' trepid soul, what the decrees of fate shall determine with re spect to us. In this attitude, if the enemy presents himself, he will not have the advantage f having surprised us, and if his movements have not Hayti for object, we shall not have dis continued to profit by the happy results of commerce and agri culture. Content and satisfied with the conquest of our liberty, con fining ourselves closely in the limits which our sacred Constitu tion has traced for ws, we have stirred up no quarrel, we have provoked no struggle; but on the smallest entesprise against us we shall become as terrible as we have shewn ourselves moderate, circumspect, hospitable, and careful of preserving peace, Without having offended and without fear, if vanquish ed we shall perish in this land, the dear spot which we have ennobled, or victors in the new struggle, we shall again be the most precious ornaments of the land in which we first saw the light. , JEAN PIERRE BOYER, President of Ha y ti.—Considerin g that in present circ ums t an ces the most active measures ought to be employed to acce l erate t h e ex ecution of the orders and instruc tions which the n a ti ona l sa f e ty has prescribed to us to recom mend • considerin g th a t by the Proclamation o f t h e 6 th Ja nuary last the nation has understood that the moment is ar rived in which it ought to be prepared for the defence of the country, and it is the duty of public authority to neglect none of the means which can contribute to the general good. In consequence it is decreed as follows : " Art. I. all persons who cannot exhibit proof of their means of existence, and who are in the Cities or Towns without exer. cising any profession or trade, shall be obliged to withdraw into the Country where the resources of agriculture present them with a sure subsistence. " 2. The greatest vigilance must he constantly exercised, in order that no person in a state of health may withraw him self from the agricultural labours of the habitation where lie resides. " 3. The rigour ordered by law as to the general Police, shall be strictly. applied against vagabonds taken in contravention to the dispositions of the present Decree. " 4. The Civil and Military authrities are charged each in what concerns itself with the punctual execution of this Decree, of which the strict observation shall remain besides under the responsibility of the Commandants of arrondissements, as c h a rged with the High Police in their respective commands. " National Palace of Port.au-Prince, April 6, 1824. Year 21, of Independence. " BOYER." " By the President, " The Secretary, General B. INGIMAC." [ Telegraph, Official Gazette.] MANCHESTER MEETING, IN FAVOUR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE NEW STATES OF AMERICA. On Thursday last a Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce at Manchester, composed of the principal merchants and ma nufacturers, was held at the Exchange, for the purpose of con sidering the propriety of recognizing the independence of the States of South America. The.following was the requisition in pursuance of which the meeting was convened. It is need less to apprise those who are acquainted with the extensive commercial and manufacturing interests of Manchester that the signatures affixed to the requisition are those of the most wealthy mercantile men in the north of England : " To the Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures. ," Manchester ' June 2, 1824. " Sir,—We request you will call a special general meeting of the members of the Chamber, to take into consideration the present relations of Great Britain with the Governments of south America. We are, Sir, your most obedient Servants, " S. Phillips, • " Thomas Sharp, " Samuel Matthews, " George Fraser, 6 ' James Bremner, " Wm. Garnett, " George Jones, " Charles Stirling, • " John Chippendale, " John Kennedy, " Thos. Bootham, jun. "J. C. Harter.' The following was the answer of the Vice-President : " Manchester, June 7, 11124. " In compliance with the foregoing requisition, I do appoint a Special General Meeting of the Subscribers to the Manches ter Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures, to be held at the Committee-Room, in the Exchange, on Thursday, the 17th of June instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. " GEO. W. WOOD,Vice-President." " G. E. A trnitEY, Secretary." At 12 o'clock JOHN KIRK MAN, Esq. was called to the chair, and the Chairman briefly stated to the Chamber the ob ject of their meeting. Mr. WOOD then rose to open the business of the day. He regretted, lie said, his inability to do justice to the great and important object which they had met to discuss, and which it became them, after therecent example of Liverpool, to consider without further delay. The cause of the recognized independ ence of South America, as connected with British commerce, involved a question of the highest moment.—( Hear, hear !)_. Whether this were, stristly speaking, a political question, would mainly depend on the mode of treating it ; and he pro. posed that they should purely treat it as a topic in which their commercial interests were necessarily and deeply involved. The question, looking at it in this manner, then was—what ought to be their commersial situation with the new States of South America ? First, was it right to acknowledge their in dependence ? and secondly, was it expedient g As to the right, no one, he thought, could doubt it these states had now sub stantially worked out their own independence. Whatever might be said on the South American question de jure, by theorists, de fiteto the matter was settled.--(Hear !)—ltuenoa Ayres, Chili, and Colombia, had established regularly-formed and constitu tionally acting Governments for some time past. Parties exercised the public authority in these states apparently with competent power, as well as with credit to themselves and those for whom they acted; and although recent changes were in operation 4n Mexico, yet still the regular establishments preserved the exer cise of their functions. In Peru, it was true, there was some hostile force still in existence, carrying on a species of warfare; but the other states were displaying perfectly organized govern ments, and Great Britain was carrying on with them most exten sive commercial operations.—( Hear ! )—lt then, surely, to com mercial men, became a matter of the utmost importance to ascer tain what was to be their relative connection with the new states. I The Directors of the Chamber of Commerce had taken this sub ject into their consideration, and recommended the resolutions which would besubmitted to the meeting. The views of their own ' Government bad already been ably and eloquently stated by Mr. Canning in his communications with the French Ambassador —He thought that as the Government had since acted upon these principles, it was time that commercial men should feel the necessity of doing the same. Ile concluded, amid cries of " Hear !" by proposing the Ist resolution, which was seconded by Mr. 'Thomas Cardwell. Air. TiroalAS HAunoTTLI suggested the propriety of read ing the whole of the resolutions before one was put, that the Chamber should he apprised of their full import. This sug gestion was adopted. The first resolution was then put, and carried unanimously, (as indeed were all the rest). The 2d, 3d, and 4th were seYerally proposed, seconded, and carried without any accompanying observations. Mr. GREENWAY proposed the fifth resolution, one in uni son, he said, with their warmest feelings.. They were all fully acquainted with the situation of British commerce as connected with the South American States. It was therefore much to their interest and character as commercial men, to have the question set at rest, independent of the duty of Great Britain, herself a free nation, to assert the same froedorn for others who had already achieved for themselves.-(Hear, hear!) When the question was nut upon the fifth resolution— ' Mr. CONNNLL remarke'd, that lie feared they were going a little too far with the matter involved in the fifth resolution. Did not the preceding resolution signify strongly enough their wishes and feelings as commercial: men, without precipitating, as they now seemed about to do, the exercise of the political functions of the Government—a course of proceeding which they were, indeed, disqualified from pursuing by their charter:? Were they not by this precipitate step passing from their situa tion as merchants, to what was purely political matter ? When he said this, he begged it to be understood that he con curred entirely in their general proceedings, and was only anxious that they should not merge their commercial charac ter with any thing which might be deemed a political act. Mr. WooD—Do you wish us to parse and pronounce no opinion upon the expediency of acknowledging the independence of South America Mr. CoNstii.r. replied, that his only desire was, that they should preserve their commercial character apart from a politi cal one, which he feared they . were assuming by the sth reso lution, all being done comm..rcially, as he thought, by the pre vious ones. This was what struck him at the moment. Mr. Woon said that nothing was farther from their intention than questioning the prerogative of the Crown upon that point which was purely political. Nevertheless he must contend, that as British merchants, it was competent for them to pro nounce upon a mixed question, supposing it to be part politi cal and part commercial, which deeply involved their mercantile character and interests. It was, when so placed, their duty to tell the Liovernment the view which they were enabled to take of their own interests, and to address that Govern ment in becoming languag e upon such a question.—(Hear, hear !)—The first showed the propriety of their expressing an opinion, by setting forth the interest which they had in the result, and secondly they pointed out the remedy. They would be doing nothing without the latter ; they called, in fact, for nothing but what the Government had already professed a willingness to do of itself—in plain terms, to do formerly what the Government had already virtually done.—(Hear, hear !) To chew the view of the Government, and what they had al. ready done, he would beg leave to refer to what the Earl of Liverpool had said in the discussion of the 15th of March, on Lord Lansdown's motion, when speaking of the Congress at Aix-la-Chapelle :—" At that period, the British Minister at the Congress renewed the offer of mediation, with the know ledge and under the sanction of other Powers. Spain again evaded,. and, whether to gain time, or for any other purpose., he would not say—no acceptance was acquiesced in. After those repeated and unsuccessful efforts, in which this country consulted both her duty and the soundest policy, the obligation devolved upon the Government of attending to our essential interests—interests that were not. opposed to duty, but which comprehended the enlarged consideration of what was due to ourselves and the world." Again, the Noble Earl said—" The House would recollect, that at that very period (1022), the ad visers of the Crown submitted to Parliament a measure which at once recognized the de facto, as opposed to the de did' indemr ence of the South American provinces. What did we admit by that measure of legislation - ? Look to the Act of the 3d of the present reign, c. 43, and your Lordships will see, that by that very measure we treated those provinces as independent states, hav ing relaxed towards them the spirit of our navigation laws, and opened to their flag, in return for our trade with them, an un restricted intercourse with our possessions in Asia, Africa, and America. By this act alone, without questioning the title between Spain and her Colonies, Great Britain considered those provinces as free states de facto, capable of participating in a free trade with every portion of the world." His Lordship sub sequently added—" Taking into consideration the recognition of their flag, a de facto acknowledgment of independence followed up by the appointment of Consuls, the British Go vernment having no interest or inclination to concealment, de termined to take a further step, which, as it regarded the situa tion of the South American States, was worth a thousand decla rations of acknowledgement of independence. He knew it had been said that the intentions of the Powers of Europe respecting the South American States had been checked by the speech of the President of the United States of America. What effect that speech might have had, it was not for him to say ; but what ever, its effect might have been, he felt it but justice to the Kin g 's Ministers to declare, that weeks before the speech reached Europe, it had been distinctly communicated by them to the Government of France, that without interfering with the rights of Spain Great Britain would not see with indifference any Foreign 'Power interfere in the struggle between that country and the South American States." Again, he said that " considering besides the nature of our connexi o n with Spain, the character of that eventful struggle, in which , conjointly with this country, we had been so long engaged, the handsome, .the gentlemanlike course would te to give Spain the opportunity of taking the lead in that recognition." If then (said. Mr. Wood) the Government had gone so far, why object to a de facto course of proceeding ? In vain would they look to Spain for such An act; and on the same debate Lord Lansdown truly said, " if the Noble Earl waited till the independence of South America was recognized by Spain, it would never fall to his lot to ac knowledge their independence—that glory would belong to some ingenious and eloquent statesman yet unborn, who might fill the Noble Lord's place." Air. CONNELL, replied, that that was all very true,. but as commercial men, he repeated, they ought not to precipitate the political conduct of the Government, and particularly after their experience of the good intentions of Ministers upon this subject. What lie had said, however, he merely threw out by way of suggestion, not meaning to ber any opposition 'to the resolution which had led to his remarks. Mr. WOOD expressed the pleasure he felt that no opposition was intended. It was quite idle to wait for Spain to lead the way in the work of recognition . The British Government must act for themselves. They ought to remember, that forty years after Spain had lost her provinces in Holland, she refused to acknowledge their independence, but made a sort of truce with them for twelve years even after that lapse of time, on the ex press condition, that the word " independent" should not be inserted in the treaty. Mr. Wood then said, that having already quoted the Earl of Liverpool, he would proceed to read extracts from Mr. Canning's communications to, and corre spondence with, the French Ambassador and his Government, to show that in point of faet, the Chamber of Commerce was only • calling upon the Government to act up' to their own measures. Mr. AV. then read several extracts from the diplomatic papers, arid concluded by saying, " Surely then, after such declarations as these, it was time to call upon the Government to act decidedly."_(Hear, hear !) Ci.ooo. expressed pleasure at finding that the opposition to the sth resolution was withdrawn. Indeed, l►e saw no reason why the Chamber of Commerce should not speak the language •of all other bodies on this occasion. lie also believed that those (if any) were mistaken who imagined that resolutions like these would displease the Government : on the contrary, lie thought isters would be more pleased to have their arm strengthened on this question, by the open and unequivotial expression of public. opinion, in the. pursuit . of the policy which they had already avowed : _ _ The - sth Resolution was then put, and carried unanimously. Mr. GREENWAY could not withhold his satisfaction at the unanimity which accompanied the preceding Resolution, after the conversation to which it bad given rise. It expressed the feelings which every commercial man in England wished his Government to know. There was no man to be found who did not wish to see the new states emerge into that rank from which., hitherto it had been the fatal policy of Old Spain to keep them hermetically sealed. There . ought to be at once a treaty of commerce. It was more becoming the character of England that her act should be open and avowed, and not equivocal or compromising. —(Hear !) CHIPPENHAM proposed, and Mr. FRASER seconded, the 6th resolution, which was carried unanimously, as well as the remaining resolutions. All the remaining resolutions being now unanimously carried, Mr. CLOGG said, that it was the original intention to have embodied them in a petition to the King in Council, but it was subsequently thought better to present it to Parliament.— In adopting the latter course, the first idea was, to request Mr. Husskison to present the petition, as from his commercial know ledge and his opinions upon the subject, his influence would be desirable on this occasion. But they afterwards thought, that as Mr. Huskisson was a Cabinet Altnister, it might not be ex pedient for him to take the part which otherwise he might be willing to take on the occasion. Upon further consideration, they deemed it advisable to follow the precedent set by the city of London, and to intrust their petition to Sir James Alackin tosh, whose head and heart were so deeply engaged in the South American cause, and whose eloquence was so well calculated to give effect to their petition. They would recollect that this was no party question ; but that it was still desirable their petition should be in the hands of a member calculated, from his talents and habits, to call the attention of the house to its inerits.— (Hear, hear !) A long conversation arose In the Chamber upon the presen tation of Petition ; several Members wished it presented by their County Members, Lord Stanley and Mr. Blackburne ; all agieed in the propriety of fixing upon the former, and also in the honourable feelings and services of the latter; but it was said that Lord Stanley, who had been at the county races a few days ago, might not be in Laudon at this moment, and that delay at the close of the Session would be fatal ; also that Mr. Blackburne was not so well calculated, however in other respects desirable, to accompany the presentation of the Petition with suitable observations. It was at length unanimously determined that the Petition should be intrusted to Sir James Mackintosh. The Petition was a literal echo of the resolutions adopted by the Chamber.— Thanks were then ♦oted to the Chairman, and the Chamber adjouraed. KING s D ai Q a U t E h E at N t O h F e Tkl E i i S g A N o f D W the C fl s MAZD • e ISLANDS is to Lave the honour of being introduced to his MA JESTY in the ensuing week. If a precedent for such an intro duction were necessary, one will be found in the reign of George IL to whom the King of the Creek Indians was for mally introduced. The following account of the presentation WAS published in the Gazette of Aug. 3, 1734 : His Majesty being seated, they were introduced by his Grace the Duke of Grafton, Lord Chamberlain to his Majesty, and Sir C. Cottrell, Master of the Ceremonies; when Tomo Cachi made the following speech:— " This day I see the majesty of your face, the greatness of your house, and the number of your people. lam come for the good of the whole nation called the Creeks, to renew the peace which long ago they had with the English. lam come over in my old days; though I cannot live to see any advantage to myself, I am come for the good of the children of all the nations of the Upper and of the Lower Creeks, that they may be instructed ii the knowledge of the English." " These are the feathers of the eagle, which is the swiftest of birds, and who flieth all round our nations. These feathers are' a sign of peace in our land, and have been carried from town to town there, and we have brought them over to leave with you, 0 Great King, as a sign of everlasting peace. "0 Great King, whatsoever words you shall say unto me, I will tell them faithfully to all the kings of the Creek nations." To which his Majesty was pleased to give this most gracious answer : " I am glad of this opportunity of assuring you of my regard for the people from whom you came, and I am extremely well pleased with the assurances you have brought from them, and accept very gratefully this present as an indication of their good disposition to me and my people. I shall always be ready to cultivate a good correspondence between them and my own sub jects, and shall be glad of any occasion to shew you a mark of my particular friendship and esteem." 'They were afterwards introduced to her Majesty by the Right lion. the Earl of Grantham, her Majesty's Lord Chamber lain, and Sir Clement Cottrell, and a similar ceremony took place. SIGNORA SToaAcE.—We understand that a citation has issued, calling upon the executors of a will of the late Signora Storace, which was prov ed some years ago, to bring into the Prerogative Court the probate of such will, as having been obtained upon an undue description of the de ceased, &c. It is probably not generally known that this distinguished vocalist left a considerable fortune behind her, no part of which, owing to the dispositions of the will in question, and other cir cumstances that will speedily become matter of investigation in the Spiritual Courts, has beet, hitherto inherited by Mr. " Spencer Brabant," whose near relationship to the deceased, as well as her repeated declarations of intended te,oainen tary bounty in his favour, seem to have induced an expectation of a different result, as to his interests, from that which has ensued upon the lady's: death. Perhaps, however, it would be improper to enter at present into any particulars, more _especially as the facts of the ease are upon the point of being developed it, a legal manner, be fore the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. They are likely to excite a considerable interest in the public.—(Times.) ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM THE BOROUGH ComPTEtt.—Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, a prisoner of the name of John Ryan, committed to the Borough Compter to take his trial for felony, contrived to escape, in conseque nce of which M r . NEWMAN, the chief clerk of the Town Rail, pro ceeded, by order of Mr. Alderman J. I. S MITH , to the prison, to prosecute inquiry concerning it, when several depositions were taken for the pur pose of laying them before the Gaol Committee. 1.11 ......