The Sun. — London, England, 1820-04-24 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PA It LI ANIENT. tr.)us . r, OF LORDS, .1. , 1m 22. 'rive House met abotit t u u'do, k. lotllllt di etely litter l►rdyers, the oaths were ae!n►iuistered to his 1t0y...1 Highness the Dike of Sussex. The L•►rd ChattreNor, the Lord Pvivy Seal (Earl 01 WestmorlAwl), the Duke of Wri!iugton, and the Ltd of Shaftesbury took their sears tis the King's CornMisNion rrs Mr. atartne, the De f mtv Usher of the Black Rod, mtts sent to the House of Cotillions to de sire their attendance.— Sbordy aft . ertvards Manoers Sotto!), t! }e ne+tly elected Speaker. .followed by Sir 'William Scott, Mr. ohne Sitotntr, Lord Castlereagh, the Chancelor of t!.e Exch.loer, and i great number of-other Members, came to the Alr. MANNeIiS SUTTON—My Lords, I have the honour to announce to your Le,rdships, in the name of the I-lo Ase of Con ms of the United EiThzdom c,t (ireat 131itain and liv!and, that his Maj-sty\ Commons have ptoceeded t o th e choice of a Speaker, and that that clio.ce has fallen upon me. lam !idly kt%Vare, my Lot ds, of the ar• dune-s do!ks of die sitnatiOn to Vt'bi c i i I h ave t h us been chosen, and of toy own insufficiency to per form those duties. Should, however, it be his Ma jesty's pleasure to reject the choice thus made by his taOhful Commons, it is consolatoty to Me In know that there ate !!tiny Memners of the House much better qualified than myself to fulfil the 0f... lice of Speaker, upon any one of whom their choice may most advantageously devolve. The LORD CHANCELLOFi—Air. Manners Sut ton, his Majesty being fully aware of your tried ability and zeal for the piddie service, has Com manded us to signify, his n➢ost gracious approba tion of the choice made by his Commons of you to be ►heir Speaker.. The SPmAKER—My Lords, I humbly submit myself to his Majesty's most gracious pleasure.— It becomes, therefore, now my duty, in the Dante of his Majesty's faithful Commons, to claim their ancient and undoalned ptivileges, namely, free dom from arrest and molestation for themselves, their servants and esta , es, fteetiom of debate, end flee arcess to his Majesty whenever the occasion shall requ'ire it. I have also., guy Lotds, further to request, in the name of his Majesty's faithful Commons, that the most favourable construction may be put upon all their procr«lings, and that it any mistake should arise, it tn.ty be imputed to Ihe, a:id 1;ot to thew. The LORD CHANCELLOII—Mr. Speaker, we have it in command from his Majesty mos , graciously to allow to his faithful Commune all the privileges and immunities, and that in' the most full and ample manner, which they eujoyed under any Of his predecessors; and we have it further in cow !nand frotn Majtsty to dcelJte to you, that in eve, y case the most favourable coustitiction shall he put upon the pruceet!kgs ut his Majesty's fait 1. fu! Commons. The Speaker and the Members retired, awl the Lords Commissioners wither, w to u;11 ,4e. On the return of the latter, the Lord Chancellor took the Woolsack, and the oa:bs were administered to those Lords who crtne into the Hoase until 4 o'clock, when ;its adjournment took place. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met at two o'clock, and was imme diately after summoned by the Black Rod to the House of Peels. Ou their return, The SPEAKER informed the House that they had been in the House of Peers, where t he Commis sioners, authorised by his. Majesty's Cotun►is sion, had communicated to him that his Majest y had been graciously pleased to approve of their choice of him as Speaker. He had thereupon im mediately proceeded ro claim for them their ancient rights and privileges of freedom of speech—freedom from arrest for themselves and servants—free access to the Royal presence, &c —all of which his Ma jesty bad been graciously pleased to grant to them in as full and ample manner as ever had been granted on any former occasion. He must again express the deep sense of gratitude which he felt to the House for having thus conferred on him this, th e highest mark of confidence in their power ; and be must now implore them to give him their con stant support, to enable him to preserve their pri vileges, which were not only theirs, but the pri vileges of all the commons of England. He had also to entreat their constant and unremitting support and assistance in preserving the establish ed rules and 'orders of the House ; not less neces sary for the preservation of decency and regu larity. in their proceedings, than they were for the convenient dispatch of business. It should be his constant study so to discharge the duties of his high situation as to give satisfaction to the House, and in such a manner as should be most useful to the public, and conducive to his Gwn honour. The first business which Gentlemen had now to attend to was to take the several oaths of supremacy, abjuration, &c. indispensably neces sary to qualify them to take their seats.—(Hear, hear !) The Right I-Jon. Gentleman then-proceeded to take the oaths himself', and was followed by.the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. CROKER, Sir J. W. LUBBOCK, Sir B. MARTIN, &C. &C., and, at tour o'clock, the House adjourned to Wunday. Ilicxs's•NALL.---S . aturday morning the LORD CHIEF BARON proceeded to Llicks's-fiall for the putpose of again meeting' the Grand Jury as• sembled under the Special Commission. The Jury having been called over, I,;s Lordship intimated that they were again assernb'ed in the execution of their duty, as it became necessary to prefer other bills berore them connected with the objects upon which they were or igiukliy charged. Tire Jury then retied to rirt , ir room, where the witnesses were called before them on a sl);.irare bill of in dictment, which was preferred % , 42ainst :Limes Wil son, and which beca:oe tiere , sary, it, consequeitee of the misnomer with respect to him, to winch al lusion has been already mete. Th e J ;try , consulting togtqlret a shoit time, found a trite bill IgaiustlitS Wil6oll. PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRES7ONDENCE, PAPAS, APRIL 19.—0 n Monday the 17th I at• tended the Chamber of Deputies. The House was discussing the Public Accounts, when a Mes sage was brought from the KING, with the new Bill or Projet Of Liw of Elections. 'Murmurs, both loud and deep, manifested themselves on 'the The Projet was read, when the most violent uproar commenced. St. Giles's and WApping united, or rather, a , loggerheads, would give you some idea of this jackdaw meeting. The President was grossly insulted, and, had he done his duty, he would have sent M. MANUEL to cote gauche. prison. The cause of the disturbance was, one t'rojet of Ltw had been presented, and the cots gauche pretended the KING had no right to with. draw it—ridiculous idea; the KING can refuse his sanction to a law after having passed the two Chambers, and as the right of doing the greater includes that of doing the less, he can of course arrest it in limine. The new projet was at last received by a great majority. As to the new law, I think it equally bad in its principle, and detective in its form and attributions ; it is to be sure only a rider upon the old law, the pro visions of which, untouched by the present one, remain in force. Every arrondissement, or as we should call it, every boodle'', chooses a Candi date, and from these Candidates the Electors for the shire or county ectuse the Deputies ; but as 'the Electoral College is by the new regulations to be its the hands of Government, .the Elections will be almost all Ministerial, for if the most po pular man in the county be fixed on by, for in stance, nine•tentbs of the Electors of arrondisse• meats, it will avail bins nothing, he will be only regarded by the Electoral College as chosen by one /arrondissemmt. Thus a man, whose col lective votes in the county amount to 5000, may be rejected, aiA another chosen, who had to boast of only fifty votes, and chosen by only one arron dissement. On this system the idea of a fair and equal representation is ridiculous ; but it is worse, for its injustice is so obvious, that it is calculated to alienate the affections of the great mass of the nation, of which the Governnnt stands in need. If this be really the Projet of M. VILLELE, it reminds us strongly of Mr. Fox, %Ow was powerful in Opposition, but as a Mi nister absolutely null. PARIS PAPERS. Pants, APRIL 17.—A letter from Bourdeaux states, that the Duke de Cazes is making prepa rations for England ; his effects will he embarked for that country immediately. his ExcAlency will return to Paris at the end of th e present month, and immediately proceed to his appointed post.—(Quotidienne.) Was yesterday M. Scion, Captain of Engineers, inhumanly assassinated by his servant, a young man aged seventeen. His master had him in cus tody for a theft ; on arriving at the door of the Police Office, the miscreant drew a pistol from his breast, shot him dead on the spot, and instantly absconded. He was taken almost immediately, and on being confronted with his murdered vic tim, ferociously exulted in the deed. PARIS, APRIL 20. Copy of a Letter addressed to M. BELLAar, Procureur. General in the Cour Royale of Paris, by Nine Deputies., LE PAOCUREVR-GENERAL—We have learnt that inter rogatories have been commenced against several Citizens, who have, with us, signed a prospectus of a subscription for the relief of persons who may be detained in custody by virtue of the law of the 2Gth March, or of their families.— Convinced that there is no offence in an act of humanity, which, so far from exciting to disobedience of the law, presupposes, on the contrary, its execution ; we are also satisfied, that if you are of a different opinion, you can not, without prevaricat iudy, neglect the forms prescribed by the Charter for demanding of the Chamber (who will decide upon the demand) authority for including us in the cause. This prevaricatinn would be evident, since if there were no offence, you would he prosecuting innocent persons, and if there were an offence, it would be inadmissible for you to arrogate to yourself the right of waiving the forms pre scribed try our Constitutional Act. in order, partially, to pro secute the offence. We have thought it our ditty, M. le Pro eureur Generro, to address this paper to you, in order that it may be employed as of right by the citizens whom you pros cute. We request you to address your answer to one of us, and we hare the honour of saluting you. (Signed) " Lafayette, Chauvclin, Manuel, Dupont de l'Eure, Lafitte, d'Ar;enson, ratry du Finistere, Casimir, Perier, Benjamin Constant. " Paris, 180 April, 1820." Copy of the Answer of M. BELLART,4Iated the 19th April. " I have received, Messieurs, the letter which you have done me the honour to write to me ; dated yesterday. The duties of Magistrates arc regulated by the laws. It is to them alone, and to the Trilinnals ) that they are answerable for their conduct. These arc their arbiters. I shall be always ready to answer questions, except those addressed to me in your letter. I request you to observe, that Ido not recog nize any other authority than what I have stated, and parti cularly that I do not recognize what yon have assumed to yourselves respecting the administration of my office, and which I shall not attempt to define. " I have the honour to sninte von. (Signed) The Prucurt,..;r-C4eneral, - I:3IiLLA:Cr.!' THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed on Saturday Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—WiId Oats : Rover, Mr. Elliston ; Lady Amaranth, Mrs. W. West. After which, Skalispeare versus Harlequin. TacAT tic ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.—Henri Quatre: Henri, Mr. Macrcady ; O'Donnel, Mr. John Johnstone; Florence Nt. Leon, Miss Stephens; Louison, Miss M. Tree. After • which, Bon Ton. .• MAILS. Aaai vEt,-1 Dublin, 1 Waterford,. 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 2 Holland, 1 France, 1 Hamburg'', I Flanders. DuE-2 Gottenburgli, 1 Lisbon, 1 Hamburg''. Sr. GEouues DAY —Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, Eas' India, and South Sea Houses. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORBOW. Niorning, 0 minntes after 0. I Evening, 11 minutes after 12 THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE EALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1820. We received yesterday and this morning the Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday last. The Projet respecting the Financial Accounts was at length gone through on Wednesday, and agreed to by a majo:ity of 182 to 2b. A Petition was reported upon from the inhabitants of the Canton of Pontrieux, Department of the Cotes du Nord, against the laws recently passed, which M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT moved to refer to the Minister of the Interior, but the Order of the Day upon it, as recommended by the Committee, was declared to be carried. The Bureaux were to be occupied on Thursday with the new Election Pro jet, and there was to be no public Sitting of the Chamber either on that day or Friday. Wednesday the KING transacted business with the Baron PASQUIER and the Count Simms:. In . the afternoon his MAJESTY transacted business with the Duke de RtclieLtntr, who, on leaving the KING'S Cabinet, paid a visit to the Duke d'A N GOULEM E. The health of the Duchess de BERRI is said to he very satisfactory, and the Gazette de France adds, " There is every reason to hope that the wishes 'of France will be realized." We give in another column a letter written by MM. LAFAYETTE, BONJAMIN CONSTANT, LA• FtTTR, and six other Deputies, to M. BELLART, the King's Procureur-General in the Cour Royale of Paris, respecting the prosecution of some of the persons who signed tl►e Prospectus of the Sub scription for the relief of persons detained in custody under the new law, together with the answer of M. BELLART. They call upon M.BEL LART to apply to the ChambEr in the terms of the Charter in order to include them in the prosecu tion, lit to which demand M. BRLLART evades giving any answer. • It is said in a Nuremberg article, that there are to be some grand reviews in Hungary in Septem ber, at which the Emperor of RUSSIA and the fling of PRUSSIA are expected to be present. The following are Extracts from the Journals of Friday : " PARIS, APRIL 21.—The Kieg yesterday gave audience to M. Laine ; bis Majesty also transacted business with the Count de Simeon and the Duke 'e Richelieu. " The central Committee for examining the New Election Projet, consists of the following Deputies ; M. M. de Mayneval, Courvoisier, Pail lot de 'Jaynes, Camille Jordan, Mousnier,Buisson, Barrairon, Laine, Danou and General Foy. " Wednesday night the King transacted busi ness with the Baron Mounier, Director-General of the Police, from 10 o'clock till midnight. " Mr. Vaughan has replaced Lord Fitzroy Somerset, as Secretary of the English Embassy at Paris. " Tuesday the Count d'Escars gave a dinner to several Members of the Corps Diplomatives, at which the Persian Ambassador WAS present. The Duke of Devonshire is arrived at Paris. " To-morrow the Correctional Tribuial will decide on the cases of the Editors of different Pamphlets, charged with having attempted, by means of subterfuges, to evade the law of Cen• sorship applied to Journals and periodical publi cations. FIVE PER CENTS. Wedneiday 74 f. 95 c. Thuregay 74 f. I J c. Wednesday Thursday. Of the 2Qd March, 10!7 22d Sept. I 818 .. 94 f. 10 c. 221.1 March, 1820 .... 88 f. 50 c..... 88 1. 60 c. " MADRID, APRIL 11.-An order of the Mini ster of the Interior, dated the 6th instant, states it to be his Majesty's pleasure, that no passports should be given to the persons formerly in the employ of Joseph, to return to the Kingdom until the Cortes have finally decided as to what course is to be pursued respecting them. An order of the Minister of War states his Maj.sty's high displeasure at the conduct of one of his Guards, who hid used language initn;cal to e Cfilistittition. YKLTN, Aertit. 15.—it is said that the first movers of the Revolution are in correvondence with each other from Pampeluna to Cadiz, si ll that they do not altogether agree with the Ce ll ' tral Junta. ,e There is a report of some fermentati on amongst the troops under General Cruz de gu t " geon at Xeres." This day must be gratifying to a loyal People' as it is formally to be celebrated as the birth-dil of our new MONARCH, whos e re i gn we trus t be auspicious, as it commences with the security ° the Empire from domestic enemies, who evidentlf aimed at the subversion of the Government vvi lti all the horrors of a sanguinary Revolution. The Palk and Tower guns were of course discharged' on the occasion, in the usual manner. The trial of i:gcs, another of the wretched Me l/ concerned in the Cato-street Conspiracy, tertill . nated like that of Thistlewood, in the convictioo of the offender on Saturday. tie was found Guilti on the first and third Counts in the Indictment, vk' for compassing, imagining, intending,. &c. &c. to depose the KING, and for the several overt-act / which manifested the purpose in view. We are sorry to find that the Editor of a Week Paper has exposed himself to danger, from too eager a desireto gratify public curiosity, by inserting yesterday a full report of those Trials, the public* . tion of which was prohibited by the Court, ti ll the whole of them are completed. We barillY need say, that for our own sake, we shall impli' citly obey the orders of the Court, but we can al' ° conscientiously add, that we do so from a sense of justice, and a feeling of mercy towards the PO' soners, that no partial statement may operate 50 their prejudice. The order of the Court 19 obviously founded in justice, mercy, and sound discretion. As some witnesses are ordered to withdraw . from the Court that their evidenc e may not be biassed and modified by the tests' mony of others, it is a fortiori more necessary that details of the trials should not appear till the con' elusion of the whole, to prevent a more enlarge opportunity for the same injurious purpose. We refer our Readers to the Speech of Air• PHILLIPS, the celebrated Irish Banister, in 0 41 fourth page this day. The eloquence of this Gen" demist' has been justly admired. It has some times displayed too much exuberance of itn B git" tion, and too much metaphorical luxuriance, bat it bas always been marked by genius, good *ewe, and a benevolent disposition, The speech r efer. red to contains some excellent observations, tol l is supported by impressive truths, and sound cog" stitutional principles, ani►nated by the genuit►s spirit of loyalty, it sl►ews also that his pregnant imagination is more under the controul of in" proved taste and judgment, and we trust that f s. will be perused with pleasure and advarnage. Saturday thc_KING left town about one b'clotkl, in his travelling carriage, escor t ed by a p a rty Light Horse, for his . Palace at Windsor. On Saturday last, at the Convocation held or: St. Paid's, the Dean of Westminster was chosen!, for the second time, erolocutor, by the Clergy 0' the Province of Canterbury. The Dean's Oradell is expected w be delivered at Westminster on 53# ' turday next. Sir JOHN LEICESTER, we find, does not oPe tl his Gallery this season. It was so much fre' quented, owing to the liberal indulgence of the worthy Baronet last year, that some pause mg be proper to give a new stimulus to curiosity on a future occasion, when a ,new race of vi s itor may be gratified, as well by the present excelleu r collection, as by what the taste and liberal spiii t of the owner may add to it hereafter. On Saturday_a Cabinet Council was held e t three o'clock, at the Foreign Office, which u" l4 attended by all the Cabinet Ministers. They.colv tinned in deliberation till past five o'clock• We are happy to say the Duchess of Yoo continues to improve. _ _ _ _ On Saturday the Duke of YORK, Prince LEI': PGLD, and a splendid party, dined with Loft' KEITH. Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK. and his Royal Highness the Duke of Co.' RENCH attended Divine Service at the Chapel Royal, in the King's Palace, St. James's. Yesterday Prince LEOPOLD attended Divin e . Service at the Royal Military Chapel, Whitehal l ', Prince LEOPOLD dined with the Duchess 01 KENT yesterday, at the King's Palace, Kensing ton. Yesterday the Duchess of CLARENCE vist- - • tet i the Duchess of KENT, at the King's Palace, Ke n" sing ton. This is the last week of Court Mourning.l Sunday next the Court goes entirely out ° 1 Mourning. Wednesday Sir GEORGE NAYLOR, 'end gr . NASH, the architect, attended at Westminster Al'' bey, to give directions for arrangements for th e : ensuing installation of the Knights of the Bath. Yesterday the Duke of IVELLINGTON ga v e grand dinner to the Foreign Oflicersof distil Ctl° 9 now in London. cif THOMAS LIDDELL and Sir THOMAS FRO; MAN HEATHCOTE (FtpOn suites) aic to be crea te, ' Peers. The Earl of FINAL is arrived in town with th e Address 01,Coligratniiition and Condolence of IL le Catholics of Ireland to his MAJESTY„ Oft his aci cession to the Tillone, sod death of his R . 4.4 Father,