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.that they could not find in historians any instance of the right having been exercised, of Aliens having actually been sent away under thi e power, until comparatively modern times. But the question which he was arguing was the existence of the -right. He then went into an historical account of the cases -in which the right had been recognised by the acts of differ ent nnovernments. In the reign of Elizabeth the Huguenots who had escaped from the general massacre repaired to this country and found protection. They were demanded of the Queen by Henry the Third, and what was the answer which she returned ? Lord Burleigh and Mr. Secretary Smith were men who knew the Constitution of this country, he thought, quite as well as Gentlemen opposite. Their answer was a re • fusel to comply with the demand ; because, they said, it was the privilege of Britain that foreigners were allowed to remain in it until they misbehaved themselves against the Government or thada,ws. Now if they had considered that they possessed no right of sending away the Aliens in question, would not the - direct answer have been, " We cannot comply, because they have a right to stay here, and we have no power of pre venting them ?" They were not such bunglers in. diplomacy as to send such an answer as they did, if they could have used one such as he had described. There was another case, in the reign of James, of one Antonia Perres, a Spaniard, Who was charged with coming here to poison the Kings bind, and to make the King of Spain unpopular, byintrigurng at the Court. —lf it were said that these instances were not superabundant, that they did not occur in every reign, from year to year, and tom month to month, he would reply that the other side shewed PQ instances at all of the right being denied. •His mind was perfectly convinced that this Bill was ,consistent with the earliest principles of the Constitution. The opinions of great legal authorities had frequently been givsn in favour of the right. He knew that opinions of this kind were taken' for very aittle by Gentlemen on the other side. Sir W. Blackstone, ac ..cording to the Hon. Member for Westminster, was a mere bungler, having been convicted of blundering three different - times. It was desirable, when this was stated, to see who were the accusers, judges, jurors, and witnesses upon the trial of. Sir W. Blackstone ; and when it was found that all these charac ters were united in Hon. Gentlemen opposite, he thought the stain of these convictions would not shine very prominently upon the character of that great man. His opinion was de cided upon this point. So was the late Lord Chancellor Ross lvn's, who stated it in the House of Peers in the presence of the late Marquis of Lansdown, a man not very likely to have been silent on such an occasion, if he had, believed, like the Honourable Member for Knaresborough, that there was no such right according to the Constitution. The present Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Eldon, had declared the same opinion, and all the greatest law authorities were in favour of it. He was quite willing to allow that he went along with Gentlemen -= opposite in a great measure upon the feeling of the question ; but he never could let it go forth uncontradicted, upon the au thority of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, that the pre sent Bill abrogated the law of our ancestors, and tarnished their glory and honour. There was another point which almost -demonstrated the existence of the right. According to Magna • Charm no alien but Merchants was allowed the right of domi cile. And this question was also mooted in the reign of Eliza- , beth, when it was decided that even merchant strangers should not be allowed to hold an acre of land,a house being considered all that was necessary for the purposes of their trade. So, , then, it was to be seriously argued that an Alien had a right to live here; and that Government did not possess the right to re move him, although he was not allowed by law to live in any thing better than a one pair of stairs lodging. He was quite pre pared to admit that if an Alien who had committed a crime in another country, sought an asylum in this, as long as he com mitted no crime against this country, he ought to find it an asy lum. He agreed that it was a proper test for the removal or sufferance of an Alien, whether he had done any thing injuri ous to the State. He had no sort of hesitation in coming tothe conclusion that it was an essential and intrinsic principle of the Constitution, that the Executive Government should bade a power of control over Aliens residing in or coming to the country. -The Hon. and Learned Gentleman here referred to Bacon, to she* that there was no appeal from the decision of a Judge, who . awarded a writ of ne exeat regno ; and contended that'the Bill on the whole did not violate any principle of our ancient law. Mr. DENMAN said, that he felt placed in circumstances of difficulty from both the speeches of his Hon. Friends ; the -Srst of whom had tended to exhaust a subject already exhaust ed, and the latter (Mr. W.) from the ingenuity and learning with Which he had put forward his arguments. He (Mr. Den - man) begged, however, to be allowed to offer his opinion on the subject, not from any hope of preventing the Bill from passing this Session, but because he hoped, that upon looking oack to the debate, the 'House would be induced during next Session to repeal the law. It was a circumstance in favour of • his (Mr. Denman's) argument, that though the legal knowledge of the Learned Gentleman had been against them, yet his feel ings were entirely in their favour. What indeed could he ask s more than had been conceded by his Learned Friend, that his learned and industrious research had not been able to discover any law upon which the prerogative now claimed could be found ed.' His Learned Friend hadargued that the writ of Are exeatreg t3o stood upon the same footing. That argument was unfounded, -for ample proof existed in the ancient books of the existence of the writ of Are erect Regno. The rights that belonged to an alien were inconsistent• with this Act. An alien might be an executor, and the sole disability to which he was liable was the • privilege of purchasing land. The distinction between alien ' friend and alien enemy should never be forgotten. The right to sue was recognised in aliens by the law • and was it fair, - that in the prosecution of these demands they might be sent out of the country ? He argued favourably from the absence of an individual, whose eloquence was calculated to excite uni versal delight (Mr. Canning). Perhaps, however, he should regret the absence of one, whose voice, if raised +n behalf of the stranger and the sojourner in the land, could not fail to have excited a moral gratification, which must prove vain - able to the opponents of -the Bill. To hear that distin guished individual on any subject . was the highest possible gratification, and at all events his complete silence on the present 'Bill manifested, if not hostility, at least indiffe rence to the adoption of the Proposed measures. This ques . tion was to be decided by proclamations, but under what circum stances these proclamations issued did riot appear; but looking at them, what were they? One was issued by Henry IV. ; and Lord Coke, in alluding to it, said that it was against law.—(Hear!) — Lord Coke said that the law was divided into three parts, Com mon Law, Statute Law, and Customs ; but the King's pro clamations formed, he said, no part of the law. This law ap plied to merchants as well as to all others, and therefore it was in direct opposition to Magna Cherie, as well as to the whole spirit of the Constitution. With these observations he should leave the -legal part Of the question. But it had been said that the power was not likely to be abused. Gentlemen did not consider the immense weight and importance and difficulty imposed upon • ' the Secretary of State. The very inquiry whether a man was an alien or not, was in itself a question of great delicacy, and that • was to be decided by a Secretary of State, or at all events it was to be decided without the interfetence of a Jury. In one case it -happened that a man was sent out of the country by a wrong name—by a mere mistake. How was the power to be exercised ? Was it to be carried on by a system of espionage and surveillance? It was in vain and unsound in policy to say that the power would not be abused. He remembered that ,a clause was moved by a Right Hon. Friend of his (Sir J. Mackintosh, on the approach of the trial of the Queen) to the Bill, to prevent its operation against those who came over to gyre evidence on that painful investigation. A Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had indignantly refused to accede to that proposition, which, he said, implied upon the part of the Go -vernment a disposition to deal unfairly with the administration of justice. Yet in " two little months" afterwards it was dis covered that the agents of Government 'had used that power as a threat against those who were inclined to visit England for the purpose of giving evidence on that occasion. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman concluded by opposing the third read inß of the Bill ;sir ROBERT WILSON observed, that he had now heard all the arguments in favour of the necessity of the Bill, and he was now satisfied from these arguments, that it was most un'., wise, unjust and impolitic to adopt it. He was sure that Gen. Uourgaud had been sent out of this country, on the accusation of it worthless wretch, to whom he had lent some money. It was strange that the Noble Lord who had signed the treaty of Chan tillon, and thereby guaranteed to the Emperor of France his em pire, should have objected to the continuance of some of that Emperor's friends in England. He had that treaty in his posses mien; and although the Noble Lord had never wished to lay it be fore the House, the articles of it would spew that the Noble Lord and the Allied Sovereigns had, by their signatures, offered to guarantee France to the French Emperor, and to his successors. The Noble Lord had, however, refused to allow the old Clergy man from St. Helena to stop evenfor a week in England; and though, at the age of 74 years, that dergyman_wished to go to Italy, he had by the Noble rd's Colleague been sent to Rot terdam. No country in Europe had an Alien Bill but Eng land', and the Noble` Lord might well boast of the state to which they had reduced England, when she required a Bill contrary in its principles to all the principles of its Consti tufon. Colonel STANHOPE called the Bill good, wise 2 politic, and just. He would support such a Bill ; and maintained that it would deter no foreigner who had not been guilty of some evil acts in his own country from coming into this country.— The Hon. Member for Southwark had said that there was no Alien Bill in France, but would the Hon. Member say what was the power which had removed shim from France ? He looked upon the Bill as a sword for the guilty and a shield for the innocent. He contended that the House would - be justified in sanctioning the Bill, inasmuch as his Majesty's Ministers would be responsible for their acts under it. Sir R. WILSON said, lie had been sent out of France by !.',.tiatdpower which had:violated the Treaty of Paris. Mr. SCARLETT, as a lawyer, denied'that the King ever had, countitutionally, the power which the Bill required. From various authorities he could prove that the writ of ne exeet rcgno had been issued at first to prevent Clergymen from leaving the country. They were, according to Lord Keeper Wright, re medial writs, for justice sake. lt was unfortunate that the generality of lawyers now were desirous of extending the privi leges and prerogatives of the King. Lord' Coke, however, had said that no man could be arrested or imprisoned by the King's prerogative. Lord Coke was, at least, as good authority as the Honourable and Learned 3lember for Oxford. Prerogative lawyers hunted much for specious cases, but if they sought deeply into the Constitution, they would find that prerogatives, unless sanctioned by the Constitution, when well understood, and by modern practice also, were not prerogatives, but assump tions of power. Aliens ought to be prevented from entering into machinations in this country ; but the House ought not to enact a measure, which would give his Majesty's Ministers ar bitrary power. A gallant officer had said a responsible power ; but the g'allant officer was ignorant of the nature of the Bill in Isaying so. Col. STANIIOPE—" The responsibility of public opinion." Mr. SCARLETT maintained that the Inquisition could as well be tried by public opinion as the Secretary of State. The Gallant Officer, if born in a distant possession of his Majesty, might, on the secret accusation of an enemy,.be sent out of England. If the Gallant Officer had, instead of being the son of a Nobleman and a Member of that House, happened to be, born in Japan, and still be a subject of his Majesty, his stay in; England could be rendered dependent on the will of his Ma jesty's Ministers ; for they could say that he was an American, and send him away in despite of entreaties, of imprecations, and of declarations. If his mother had not happened to be in this country at the time of his arrest, or if the registry and proof of his birth were not in England, all his efforts against the accusation of an enemy would be futile, and go he must, perhaps to thatepart of the globe most distant from his home, where he might vent his rage or his complaints to the winds. The responsibility of the Secretary of State to public opinion would afford no solace to the Gallant Officer, for the secret of his arrest and of his banishment would rest in the bosom of that Secretary ; and even the Gallant Officer himself could not suppose that Secretary to be such a fool as to tell the story of the Gallant Officer and of his woes to the world, in order to have himself placed, before that tribunal which seemed so high in the estimation of the Gallant Officer. As to the Bill itself, he regarded it as an encroachment on the known principles of the English Constitution, unqualifiable in policy, arbitrary in enactments, and desperate in principleS, and as such he would always oppose it. • Mr. LOCKHART, amidst loud calls of 44 Question," op posed the Bill. Mr. PEEL, in reference to the case of the Abbe Buonavista, denied that any severity had been used towards him by this Government. When he arrived in England, and found that he could not be permitted to remain, he wished to be sent to some port in the Mediterranean, but at the time the public ser vice did not admit of his being so sent. On the 10th of May, Mr. Walsh, the superintendent of the alien department at Gravesend, wrote to Lord Sidmouth, that from the Abbe's age he required many indulgences which would not be otherwise necessary. On the 11th a letter was returned in answer, that the Abbe should have every indulgence he required. On the 13th of the same month, Mr. Walsh wrote that the Abbe wished to go to Rotterdam. To this it was replied, that Lord Sid mouth had no objection. Ile did accordingly go to Rotter dam, accompanied by Mr. Walsh, who on his return stated that he left him in such good health as that lie was enabled to pro ceed, the day after his arrival, in a private carriage to Antwerp. He (Mr. Peel) felt it his duty, in justice to his Noble prede cessor in office, to give this explanation. Sir R. WILSON said that the explanation had not met the charge which he had made against Lord Sidmouth. He had charged him with having used unnecessary severity towards this aged man, by not allowing him to land. He wished to go to the Mediterranean, but he was refused, (this he had under the Abbe's own hand), and he was told that he must go to Rotter ' dam or to Hamburgh, and he chose the former as being nearer the place to which he ultimately intended to proceed. This he would say was treating him with the severity of a malefactor. Mr. PEEL said, that in tracing the correspondence on this subject, it appekred the Abbe himself had applied for leave to go to. Rotterdam. Sir R. WILSON said he had the Abbe's letter in his hand, and offered it to the Right Hon. Secretary to read. Strangers were now ordered to withdraw, and the House di vided— For the third reading - 75 I Against it - - 32 Majority for the Bill - - 43 On our return to the gallery we found Mr. HOBHOUSE moving the following as an amendment to the title of the Bill— " A Bill to repeal so much of the Great Charter of England and of other statutes, as relates to the ingress and free residence of merchant strangers in these islands, and to assimilate in that respect the executive authority of Great Britain to the despotic Governments of the Continent." _ _ After a few words from Mr. PEEL, the House divided, when there appeared, For the Amendment, 20 j Against it, 69—Majority 49. The Bill then passed. The other Orders of the Daywere afterwards disposed of, and the House adjourned aE TWELVE O'CLOCK to Monday. --~~ ljl MINORITY ON MR. HUME'S MOTION, For every Member of the Town Councils of Royal Burghs being, Resident or having a Residence within Three Miles of ~ the Town Hall. Abercromby,Hn.J. Denman, Thos. Smith, W. Bernal, R. Grenfell, Pascoe Tierney, Rt. Hn.G, Burdett, Sir F. Haldimand, W. Wilson, Sir R. Rennet, lion. H. G. Hobhouse, J. C. Wood, Ald. Cradock, Col. Lushington, S. , Calcraft, John Moberly, John TELLERS. Crompton, S. Ossulston, Lord Hume, Joseph Davies, T. 11. Rumbold, C. E. Monck, J. B. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. Several Mails arrived this morning, but no political news o; the slightest importance have been received by any of them.— This is not a French post day, and no private express has ar. rived either from Paris or from Madrid. This was a holiday at the Bank, being the Anniversary of the Coronation of King GEORGE the FoURTII. It was not, how ever, held so sacred as to prevent any time bargains in the pub lic funds. The Consol Account for August opened at 795 and did not undergo the slightest variation during the day, the closing price being the same as the opening one. In Foreign Securities no extensive operations have this day taken place. The French Dives are nominally quoted at 91 25. The Prussian old Fives are 87a a 88, and the last Loan 855 . i. Columbian Sixes are 83i a 84, and the Scrip 84h Spanish old Fives 625, and the new 61i At the closing of the Ex change, there was an increased demand for Spanish Securi ties, and GU was the price offered for Messrs. Hope and Co.'s Five and a Half per Cent. Loan. It did not, however, find any sellers at this price. The Danish Fives are 86i. The Neapolitan 71. Russian Metallic Fives 78 ; and the Austrian Fives have found a buyer at 78. Chili stock is dull and lower ; the nominal price is 79$ The Russian new Loan apparently is uncommonly heavy at 811 ; it is, however, rather a private than a public loan, and extensive transfers may be made in it without the knowledge of the public. These loans of the sur plus capital of England to foreign states are in unison with the first principles of free trade. They give an interest to the British capitalist for cash, which cannot be used at home without great loss, and they enable foreign nations, to employ British manu facturers, and to pay them for their production. Not a pound can be sent from England which English industry and mind will not again draw back for labour, and if the lender can secure to himself a good rate of interest, which it is universally admitted he could not get in England at present, he creates by his loan a demand for British productive labour from abroad, and he also secures to himself a fair profit for his capital.— Many Gentlemen think that this surplus capital would be more profitably employed by investing it in the British Funds they do not reflect, however, that wherever there is a buyer there must be a seller. They also do not reflect that the profit to be derived from the British Funds is now fixed ; that 791. 7s. 6d. at present commands 31. of interest annually, and that if the present price of Consols were advanced 'to 1001., still the interest would be only 31. England would be more flourish ing were there a more extensive demand for her capital ; and if agriculture, commerce, or foreign wants, were to create such a demand for money as to reduce the Consols to 501. or 601., it would be a sure sign of prosperity, for such events would give full and productive labour to the people. Unem ployed capital is a sure sign of individual misery and national decay. Abundance can only be in the hands of a few, and when they cannot profitably use it, want of work and low wages, misery and crime, are the certain consequences to the productive classes. The Foreign Exchanges are this day generally lower. On Hamburgh, the price is, 37.61. a 37. 6..; Paris. 25.65. a 25.60. ; Amsterdam, 12.6. a 12. 5.3 ; Rotterdam, 12. 61. a 12. 6. and money remained over on all these places. At Hamburgh during the first 6 months of 1821, the import of Sugar exceeded 50,000 and in the same period of 1822, only 13,000 tons arrived. Still the demand is heavy and the stocks large, principally because there has been little demand for the Russian empire. The want of money on the Continent paralyses trade, and restrictive re gulations daily deprive merchants of the power of benefitting ^` the human race..—( Morning Chronicle.) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PAnis, JULY 17.—The Memorial Bearnais of the tOth announces, that there have continued to pass through Pau for several days guns and cas soons of artillery, in the direction of the frontiers. it speaks besides of the arrival at Saint Jean Pied de Port of three mules, coming from Spain, laden with gold destined for the Army of the Faith. Our correspondent of Bayonne writes us, of the date of the 11th July, that the troops under the command Of Lopez Banos have taken position on the extreme frontiers of France ; that they do not know what is become of General Quesada, but that it certain he has no longer an army.— (Constitutionnel.) CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, JULY 16. The discussion on the Budget was resumed ; the vote for the liquidation of some arrears of debt contracted under Buonaparte's Government was warmly contested. It appears very extraordinary, said AL.DE VILLELE, that the KING'S Government should be reproached with the care it takes to pay the debts of former Governments ; if there is any remarkable phenomenon that could prove the power of le gitimacy, and of the institutions which guarantee our public liberties, it was the spectacle presented for seven years, by the KING'S Government, imposing enormous sacrifices upon the people to fill the pockets of those who served the preceding Government. The most violent agitation broke out on the left; all the Members rose at once and violently abused the Minister. M.M. CASSIMIR PERIER, LArt'rr E, DE MARCAY, and DE GUAM 111ONT, were particularly remarked. M. BIGNON—It is infamous. M. DUPONT (de l'EUre)—Do not insult the Chamber. M. CHAIIVELIN—Let every one empty his pockets. A VOicE—You have paid foreigners with what came to your hands. The MINISTER—I know that when the truth is told—[new interruptions more violent still on the left.] M. DE VILLELE—What fact do you dispute—[on the right, order ! order !] ? M. Foy—Your order is disorder. The PRESIDENT—I request the Chamber to be silent ; the King's Minister ought to be heard. On the Left—Yes, when he speaks with propriety, and does not insult the Chamber. _ _ The PRESIDENT—It is for the dignity of the Chamber not to answer by such interruptions. The King's Minister ought to be heard ; you can answer him if you have any thing to answer; but he ought to be heard in tranquillity and silence.' M. DE VILLELE—IS it pretended that 1 have not been cor rect, or that I have insulted the Chamber ? I have said that the King's Government has imposed sacrifices on the people, and great sacrifices. Upwards of £300,000.000f. is raised to pay, I have not said persons, but debts, which however comes to the same thing; for, there are no debts without creditors to pay the debts of the former Government. On the right—That is clear. The tumult commenced. Numerous voices on the left—He does well; as he has the profit he ought to bear the expence. Another voice—lt is the nation who pays, not him. M. PEREAU—AII the liquidations have been purchased by your people- Another voice—The privileged Brokers have carried on a scandalous commerce. General Pow—ls it us who have devoured the treasures Of the extraordinary domain ? Another voice—ls it us who pay the civil war amongst our neighbours ? [The tumult was at its height, the Members of the right and the left rose and loudly abused each other. DELALOT addressed himself to General For, who answered him with violence. The tumult was so great that it was iinpos sible for us to hear their words.] In the midst of the noise M. DEMARCAY rose and addressed an epithet to the Minister, which we could not hear. The PRESIDENT—M. DE3I4IICAY, I call you to order. DUPONTIII. r (de l'Eure)--.That is very unfortunate. DEBIARCAY—What is it he has done to me ? SPAIN. MADRID, JULY B.—The following are further details respecting the events of the Gth and 7th : The position of Madrid in the commencement of the 7th was most alarming. The column of the Royal Guard, which had debouched on the Place del Sol, came in contact only with a Guard not sufficiently numerous to resist it ; but Pro vidence watched over the liberties of Spain. A musket shot, fired by a citizen who was in the house of General Morillo, sufficed to spread alarm over the Place of the Constitution. On the first news of the engagement, Generals Ballasteros, Riego, Pallahera (so well known in the war of in dependence), Morillo, and the Minister of War, who had abandoned his colleagues to take his place with the Patriots before the park of artil lery, rushed forward at the gallop. General Riego, who had no command, remained during the whole attack with the Militia. Gen. Ballas teros dared to attack the mass of the column at the head of twelve horsemen only. The Liberales, conquerors', testified the greatest respect for the Royal Family. On the 7th and Bth the tran quillity of the city was perfect. Such a tranquil lity is as astonishing as honourable. If the ser vile faction had triumphed, the scene would have presented a very different aspect. After the Te Deum chaunted the morning of the Bth, they proceeded with pomp to the inter ment of the Lieut., Colonel of the Guard Lauda burn, assassinated in the Palace the first day of the Meeting. The Militia and all the troops of the garrison followed the procession, as the antient Romans followed that of Lucretia, and traversed with religious solemnity the principal streets of the capital. It is affirmed that the Royal Family were on the point of incurring great danger amidst the rebels, but the new guard observes the most severe discipline. The greatest order reigns in the Palace, which the militia and the patriots have not wished to enter, from a delicacy which cannot fail to confound the malevolent. The victorious patriots contented themselves with demanding from the King constitutional guarantees, not illusory, in the re-organization of the Administration. The new Ministry, it is said, will be composed thus :---Minister of War, General Palahera, distinguished for his conduct formerly, and also during the last few days ; Mini ster of the Interior, Sr. Dasco, a very respect able man, who signalized himself last year in the Cortes by his enlightened patriotism, and his firmness of character; Minister of Justice, Sr. Calatrava, one of the most distinguished Juris consults of Spain, the same who had so great a part itt the framing the Penal Code, and one of the most' solid orators of the last Cortes. , A body of 40 Italian refugees, organised under the orders of a Spanish Officer, fought with much courage, and merited the eulogium of the Patriots,(Constitutionnel.) PORTUGAL. LISBON, JULY 6.—On the 4th a deputation from the Cortes waited on the King to felicitate him on his return to the ancient seat of the Por tuguese Government, the anniversary of a day memorable in the new order of things, and which it is intended to keep with great soletnnity. On Lem." this occasion the Bishop of Bahia, in the name of the Cortes, delivered an Address to the King, filled with sentiments of respect and attachment,. and expressive of the satisfaction• and happiness experienced by the Portuguese nation at the progress of the Constitutional cause, and the cor diality of the Monarch. To this the King re turned the following Answer : " Gentlemen—With great pleasure do I receive the felici tations you this day bring to me from the General and Extra ordinary Cortes of the nation, intended to solemnize my return to the ancient seat of the Monarchy, and the ratification of my oath to the bases of the Constitution. The confidence inspired i n me by the character of the Portuguese, determined me before-hand to swear to every thing the Cortes might do in Lis bon. What the Cortes had done when I arrived at Lisbon fully justified my confidence. I consequently swore to the bases of the Constitution, accompanying the solemnity . of the act with a conviction of the motives, and with all the sincerity of feel ing. 1 flatter myself that the nation and its worthy Represen tative have by my acts ascertained the purity of my sentiments, and the sincerity of my oath. I again renew it on this solemn day, in the face of the nation, and in presence of the Illustrious Deputies of the General Cortes, happy in the idea of having merited the confidence of the nation, by efficaciously co-ope rating with the Executive Power in every thing that depended on me, in order to aid and support the patriotic efforts with which the Constituent Cortes have laboured to consolidate the work of our national regeneration." Since the hest packet came away, the deliberations of the Cortes appear to have been entirely absorbed in the affairs of the Brazils. On Ist July, a report of the Special Committee on the Political affairs of the Brazils, was laid before the Cortes, which gave rise to a series of interesting debates. The discus sions chiefly•turned on two distinct points : first, whether pro ceedings ought to be instituted against the Junta of St. Paul's ; , and second, whether the P,rince ought to remain in the Brazils or return to Portugal? The Brazil deputies generally defend ed the conduct of the Junta of St. Paul's, alleging that the sen timents contained in their representation were the same as those of the inhabitants of the Brazils generally, as was proved by the public prints from that country, and very similar to those expressed by the Municipality of Rio Janeiro, and the Junta of Pernambuco, although couched in a more guarded manner, and concluding that the measure of instituting proceedings against them was a dangerous one. They were also generally of opi nion, that the Prince ought to remain in the Brazils, at the head of the Executive, and as an instrument of union between the two countries. The speakers were numerous, and among them Sig. Xavier, on the last topic, made the following remarks : " If we attentively examine the character and proceedings of the Prince, we shall find him to be a youth devoid of experience, carried away by the love of novelty, and the insatiable desire to make a figure, vacillating in his principles, incoherent in his actions, contradictory in his words, and to whom rebellion, obedience, prevarication, manliness, intelligence, imposture, constitution and despotism, owing to the facility with which he alternately approves each, were either things indifferent, indis tinct, or unknown. Hence in his first letter he accuses the auxi liary division of being insubordinate, in the second excul pates them, in the fourth and seventh praises them for hav ing kept the province in obedience, and in his last communi cations he rtzriminates, persecutes, and declares war against Senhor FERNANDEZ THOMAS, in a long and eloquent speech, drew a parallel between the state some of the provinces were in at the commencement of the revolution, and at present, and established as a fixed principle, " that without an armed force the world cannot be governed, and if the Brazils refuse to admit of any, they may do as they choose. If they determine that they can do without an anned force, let them try the expe riment. He concluded by observing, that in his opinion the Prince ought to be invited to return, as being bound to obey the decrees of the Cortes and the orders of his father. It was af terwards resolved, Art. 1. That the Government shall be desired to cause the installation of the new Administrative Juntas to be immediately proceeded with, conformably to what has been decreed by this Sovereign Congress, in all the Provinces of Brazil, where the decree for their creation has not yet been executed.—Approved. Art. 2. That the Members of the Actual Junta of St. Paulo who signed the representation of the 24th of December, 1821, shall be prosecuted and tried ; that a similar proceeding shall be instituted against the Bishop of that Diocess who signed the representation of the Ist of January, 1822 ; and against the four persons who signed the address directed to the Prince Royal on the 26th of the same month ; but no sentence of condem nation to be executed without the previous decision of the Cortes. This article was put to the vote in parts, which were all ap proved except the second, proposing to prosecute the Bishop of St. Paulo. Art. 3. That it be expressly declared that no other persons shall be proceeded against for, the facts mentioned in the pre ceding article, in order thus to prevent the fears which criminal proceedings for political causes generally excite.—Approved by 59 votes to 58. Art. 4. That the Government shall immediately proceed to inquire into the reason why the Deputies of Minaslieraes have not yet come to take their seats in the Cortes, and how far the Junta or other authority is to blame for this omission, giving an account of every thing to the Cortes.—Approved, after some short observations. _ _ Art. 5. That the two Ministers or Secretaries of State of Rio de Janeiro be made responsible for the decree of Feb. 16, of this year, and the other Acts of their Administration.—(Ap proved.) Art. 6. That the projet; No. 232, be immediately discussed as proposed by the deputy Vißele.—Approved. Art. 7. That the stay of the Prince Royal in Brazil shall con tinue till the publication of the additional act, and that in the mean time his Royal Highness shall continue to govern, in subjection to the Cortes and to the King, the provinces which he at present governs and which obey him, his Ministers or Secretaries of State being , named by the King ; and all the re solutions taken by them in the Council of State, and all the decisions and official correspondence, shall be signed by the Secretary of State of the competent Department. Messrs. MouitA and GYEAO, on the above as well as the subsequent Articles proposed on the political state of the Bra zils, spoke with great eloquence, energy and liberality. Felicitations from several corporate bodies in the provinces on the discovery of the conspiracy bad been transmitted by the Minister to the Cortes, but nothing further has since been laid before the House on this subject. The Minister of Justice is engaged in examinations and other researches connected with this subject. In the Sitting of the 2d instant, an official communication was made to the Cortes, announcing, upon the authority of the Captain of a Portuguese galley, which had arrived in 68 days from Pernambuco, that in that province " every thing con tinued in the greatest disorder, on the eve of a civil war, the people desiring to murder every European." PARLIAMENTARY PROLE DINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Veneris, 19° die Julii, GREENLAND FISHERIES BILL-" to CO I. 822. itinue the Bounty to 1 Davis's Straights," :ad a second time on Vessels employed in the Greenland Seas an presented, and read a first time; to be ri Monday next. COURT OP EXCIIEQUERSITTINGSBILL' SALT DUTIES REPEAL BILL SALT DUTIES (IRELAND) BILL Read a third time, aud passed. ROYAL'BURGIIg' ACCOUNTS BIL 4, lIIJRGIISIAGITRAT ES RESIDENCE BILL THAMES LASTAGE, &C. BILL TEMPORARY ADVANCES (IRELAND) BILL STAMPS (IRELAND) ACT—The following Resolutions re ported and agreed to, and Bill ordered to be brought in : 1. " That there shall and may be raised, levied, collected, and paid, in Ireland, the Stamp Duties hereinafter mentioned, in lieu of those now payable on the like articles ; that is to say, Upon any Transfer, Assignment, or Reconveyance, of any Mortgage, or of any other Security in the said Act and Sche dule in that respect mentioned, or of the benefit thereof, or of the money or stock thereby secured, provided no further sum of money or stock be added to the principal money or stock al ready secured, there shall be paid a Duty of IL British curren cy, for the first skin or piece of vellum or parchments or sheet or piece, of paper, upon which such Transfer, Assignment, a Reconveyance, shall be ingrossed, written, or printed. And for every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet ck piece of paper, beyond the first, the sum of 10s. British cur rency ; and if any further sum of money or stock shall be add ed to the principal money or stock already secured, the ad va lorem Duty on Mortgages payable under the said Act shall be charged only in respect of such further money or stock. And that upon every Promissory-Note, whether in the form of a Bank-Note, Bank Post Bill, or otherwise, which shall be issued by the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or by any Bank or Bankers in Ireland, who shall have register ed his or their name or names or firm, in manner directed by Law, where the sum therein expressed shall not amount to 51., there shall be paid the sum of 1 1. Irish currency. 2. "That it is expedient to exempt Mortgages from the ad valorenz Stamp Duties in cases where the ad valorem Bond Duty shall have been previously paid in Ireland. 3, That the ad valorem Duties on the Appointment of Of- fivers of the Customs and Excise in Ireland, advanced to supe rior Offices, shall be payable only on the increased Salary. 4. " That so much of the said Act of the first and second year of his present Majesty as directs that any Deed or Instru. ment, duly stamped in Ireland, pursuant to the said Act, should not be liable to any Stamp Duty by reason of the same also containing any Covenant, Agreement, or Obligation, for the payment of any sum of money, be repealed." ISLE OF MAN POSTAGE—The following Resolution reported and agreed to, and Bill ordered to he brought in. :--- " That the additional Rates following be charged on an Letters and Packets conveyed by packet-boats between the Port of Liverpool and the Port of Douglas, in the Isle of Mau that is to say, for every single Letter (hl ; for every double Let ter, ls. ; for every treble Letter Is. 6d. ; and for every ounce in weight 2s. ; and so in proportion for, every Letter and Packet exceeding the weight of one ounce." PRINTERS—Petition of Journeymen Printers, complaining of having been discharged for giving evidence, before the Com mittee on Printing and Stationery ; to be printed. STEAM BOATS—Petition of Innholders, Coach Proprietors, and others, living on the High Road to Dover, complaining of injury, and proposing a Tax on Steam Boats ; to be printed. MESSAGE FROM THE Lonos--Tha; they have agreed to/ New Churches Bill, without amendment ; and Junei (Scot land) Bill, with an Amendment. That they have passed,—a Bill, intituled, "An -Act for naturalizing Charles Frederick Wiick." ORDERS of the DAY, for MONDAY. 1. Assessors at Elections Bill Second Reading. 2. Deeds Registry (Ireland) Bill ;.-Committee. 3. Stamp Duties Bill-Committee. 4. Appropriation Bill-Committee. 5. Tithes Leasing (Ireland) Bill-Committee. 6. Barrack Estates Bill-Second Reading. 7. Greenland Fisheries Bill-Second. Reading 8. Smuggling Prevention Bill-Second Reading. 9. Brimstone Drawback Bill-Second Reading. 10. Supply-Reports. 11. Supply, (Barracks, Public Works, and Law Charges), --- Further consideration of Report. 12. Commercial Credit (Ireland) Act [present Session, c. I -- Report thereupon. 13. Stage-Coach Duties Bill-Third Reading. 14. Gas Washings, &c. Bill-Committee. 15. Charge of Loan Bill-Third Reading. 16. New South Wales Duties Bill-Report. 17. Coroners (Ireland) Bill-Report. 18. Lotteries Bill-Third Reading. 19. Punishment by Hard Labour . Bill-Committee. 20. King's Bench Business Bill-Report. 21. Coals Exportation Act [59 Geo. 3, c. 521-Committ ee thereupon. 22. Silk Bounties Bill-Report. 23. Queen's Servants Pensions Bill-Report. 24. Malt Duties Collection Bill-Committee. 25. Supply-Committee. 26. East India Company's Loan Bill-Report. 27. Ways and Means-Committee. 28. General Turnpike Bill-Third Reading. 29. Ancient Histories,-Address for Printing-Commit te6 thereupon. NOTICES of MOTIONS for MONDAY. 1. Mr. Goulburn,-Irish Miscellaneous Services. (In mittee of Supply). 2. Lord Viscount Palmerston, -Ophthalmic Hospital- (13 Committee of Supply.) of 3. Mr. Arbuthnot,-Civil Contingencies ;-Out-Paision ere „ Greenwich Hospital ;-Slave Trade Commissions ; -Au. s ° II t ) ' antes to the late Queen's Servants ;-American Lela (In Committee of Supply.) PUBLIC COMMITTEE, for MONDAY NEXT. Limerick Taxation, at one. • el ° ERRATUM.—At the beginning of the fourth stanza, X' t o Poetry inserted in our Paper yesterday, for " You r e ‘" Yon." PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY AT ONE OCLOCK. , n , j India Stock . ........... ...... •-•• India Bonds 595• v".... , South Sea Stock ............. ~.. Old Annuities ............••' ..... 3 per Cent. 1751 .............. ... Ex. Bills 5 7 Bank for Cons. Act. ........ • ...., India for Con. Acct. ••••• • " . 1i Cons. for Account ......... —.......-- • i 1 , PRICE of FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, 01l- 1 19' French Five per Cents. 91:25. Five per Cent. Bonds, 871 88. Prussian 1 Ditto New, 855 i. ( Old Bonds, 00. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 831 84. (Ditto Scrip, 84 t. Spanish 5 Five per Cent. Bonds, 62k. ( New Ditto, 61a i. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 861. Neapolitan Five per Cent. Bonds, 71. Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 78. (Six per Cents. 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 78. t (Ditto New 00. Bank Shares 00. Seven per Cent. 00. American Three per Cents. 00. Five per Cent. Loan, 1820, 00. (Five per Cent. Loan, 1821, 00. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 80k 80 3 per Cent. Cons 79ig 3i per Cent 91 Old 98i .1 per Cent. { New 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. 2O 11-16ths Imp. 3 per Cents. Chili Russian NEW 1° Junels7 1 P" 1061 75 1044 ion e• nothing " 1 Of 1041 104 1071 105 ~.n o Diva. T. H - 4 . Apra, TO-11108 t/ 5 minute 6 79 81 AMERICAN FUNDS. LONDON. July I G. nothing done. Bank Shares 3 per cents 5 per cents. 1821) 69 asked. nothing done. 97 asked. 1821 6 per cents. 1812 1813 1814 1815 nothing done. ii per cents - Divd. from July, 1322. ige 8 pr. Exch HIGH WATER AT LOND( Morning, 2 minutes after 4 IN BRIDGE 1 Evening, L THE SUN. SULLM QUIS DICERS FALSUM AUDEAr: LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1822 We received this morning the Paris Pe; of Wednesday. They are still without l ater - s i e from Madrid than the Bth instant ) but a lit- P t• few further details respecting the recent 41.0 ant events in the Spanish capital, which w e given under the head of Spain. fr a°l It appears, however, by private lette rs 00 Paris, dated Wednesday evening, °l t h couriers from Madrid reached the SP ani'- ta th e bassy, at Paris, on that day; bringing ne vi° t oe 11th instant; but little had been allowe d t(l tc he s spire respecting the contents of th e desPitofthP which had been received. The resignati°,9 and, Spanish Ministers is mentioned as certaill.d/01119, the names of some distinguished iodiv-t aua General PALLAUERA, Scnors GALATI/al yjli / Dasco, are given, whom rumour state d fa. dria compose part of the new Ministry. - a n f the /Ps perfectly tranquil at the departure ,ring to courier, and measures had beeri taken t° Some , instant trial the Duke DEL INFAlirst°42)sll f 01