The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-07-20 00:00:00, page 2

honorable friend (Mr. Brand)—To the neces
sity of a reform in the representation he hud
been uniformly alive ; he felt that necessity
front a long and mature research—from a
reliance in the talents and integrity of those
great authorities, which had for so many
yeats pressed its adoption, as well as from
the innate strength which accompanied the
very p< opositiou itself It had long engaged
the attention wfthat house ; by parliament
its merhs mid demerits had bijen herttefore
canvassed It had to boast in its iavor the
conviction ol many great men, who, though
differing on other subjects, in the necessity
of parliamentary reformation all concurred.
It had been considered by Mr Pitt himself
of the most vital importance ; acting upon
that feeling, by him it was submitted to the
consideration of that house, and was preveu_
ted from being carried into effect only by a
majority of 20 votes. To the introduction of
soeh a measure no objection upon the ground
of its being a rash and crude innovation
could apply; and whatever difference of o
pinion may even now prevail, upon the pro
priety or expediency of bringing it forward,
there seemed, however, to be a universal
nssent from all s:dcs r.f the house, to the ex
plicitness, the candor & the moderation, with
which his lion, friend had on that night intro
duced it. Notwithstanding the commencla_
tions pronounced by honorable members np
;.. menu ^ivir. maim} lor tue
illustration of nil those qualities, it was im
posdble for him not to think, that from some
of these insinuations, his honorable friend
had not been faiilv dealt with. Motives
were attributed 10 him for bringing forward
tlie subject of that night, w hich no fair con
st! uc ion of his language or his conduct
cou.o warrant; It was chahgtd against him
that he was induced to press its considerati _
on now, inconsequence of the popular cla
ngor, as it was stj led, w Inch prevaikd out of
doors,—that such a love of duty would not
be embraced by him, if Sir Francis Burrtett
had not been sent to the Tower, & Mr. ti de
Jours committed to N *wgate. On the part
t>f ais honorable friend he protested against
such a construction, and be could do so with
the more propriety, ih ismuch as he had the
best reason to be convinced, that no such in
iiuc oce operated with him. So far back as
the morning of the decision on die Walclte..
Ten question, the honorable mover had inti
mated to him his determination of making a
motion upon the subject. For reasons un
necessary oexplain, lie (Mr. W.) had rfe
commended to him not to press ii immedi
atclv at that moment-not that he had
Cet'-ed to entertain the least doubt of the
proprietv of its adoption Indeed, as he
had before said, theie could be no reason
for a change in his opinion, agitated as
the question had been for almost half a cen
turv.
In 1793 h« voted for it; when brought for
v ard in 1797 he took ihe same course; and
no would hr have voted in 18G9 when it was
introduced by sir Francis Hurdett, had he
been in his place, from which lie was alone
p evented, hv the utter impossibility from
toe short ii terval between the notice and
the decision, of reaching town from the part
ca the country in which he then was. The
motion now proposed wisely abstained from
urging any distinct plan ; it followed the
piecedents which were inexistence ; it was
the course pursued by Mr. Pitt when he
came fuiwnrd the advocate of reform ; it
v/as that adopted by the Irish Parliament,
whim that assembly were impressed with the
necessity of correcting the prevailing abuses
in its own constitution Such also was the
Course recommended when he had first the
opportunity of expressing his opinion on the
subject. At the period when it was introdu
ced by his dear and noble relative (ISarl
Grey.)
True it was, that at that period, one of the
great and strenuous supporters of parliamen
tai y reform changed his opinion upon it._
Mr. Pitt the minister of that da\, struck
with the awful change that had taken place
m tlie political situation of Europe, afT cted,
ns he said, by those changes combined with
ceitain appearances in this country, then
calif d upon his noble friend to retract tlie
notice he had given ofbringing forward that
question Hut whence sprung)he object!
ons of Mr Pitt ? Was it that he had alter
ed h s opinion upon the in rinsic merits of
parliamentary reform * \\ a it that he felt
his arguim-uts for i s ;.dop ion le s c- gent,
or the i fleets to foil w ir-.m its accomplish
ment iess salmarv ? It was no such thing.
He objected to it, not upon ant gi onnds at
taming or de.luc bit* from the measure it
self but growing out of measures altogether
CX iaoeotis H.s opposition to it cannot be
Consnleitd as directed to the merits of
tlu* measure, but to tlie prirt»ctil;triiy of the
season when it was introduced. A right
Ii'n genilennu t>j)posi»e (Mr S Itourne) h.ul
that n gin V iinriojrtv asserted that the prin
ciple ot reform l ad been tried in two dif
iftent ptirts of th« world, anil that in both
the experiment h id failed. He (\1r. W.)
beggrd leave positively to deny it. Reform
hud not failed, lx c. >use reform had never
hud a trial, ( Near, beat /) In America,
b" triumphantly leteri ed toby the right lion,
gentleman, ■(.mil where lie cold find antlio
nty for the description be liad given of the
members of Congress be (Mr. \V.) was
wholly at a loss to ascertain) the experi
ment hail rot been made. There it was
creation, and not reform, that had taken
pi ice ; and, what an awful admonition to that
hoir.x must arise from enquiring, what the
causes were which forced upon America the
necessity of that creation !.All the evils
Which nrrntn liinl..) .. ._. .
* 7. fc»»IIVC3l
calamitous consequences which
lii'st tort America from England, and scat*
tried flu- seeds ot fu-tirc desolation through
om the whole earth, migln have been a
voided, if the Bi itisli h •ii'>c of commons had
iH.e!i reformed, ’l'o the corrupt constitution
of the parliament, said Mr. Pitt, was to be
a uibuied the alienation of the colonies
-lie disgrace of the parent country. It
r. iiId not therefore, hr said, ilu' re orni Had
tailed in America ; but it was too manifest
that the want of reform in England had for
Crtl America to the necessity of a political
creation, whicii, so fai from failing in its
object, had far exceeded the extent of hu,
m hi hop*'-exceeded, inasmuch as it was
the work of one of the gieatest and best
of then—of that patriot (Washington ) who
Communicated to the government he had
reared a certain portion of the purity of his
own unsullied life ; inasmuch as it has grown
from the. weakness of infancy to thestreng'h
oi manhood, engaged in all the pursuits
which lead 10 greatness and to power—ca..
puole of existing upon its own resources, &
to»' likely to bv-ortic your future rival ■
(lit at, /tear fj If such was the case as
to America, ho*V was the assertion of the!
rh hi hnnot.iLJe gentleman out by aj1
tele.dice to FrunCe f Cun he ufiiim, that j1
tvpn there tl:e experiment of reform was
pucc tried ? Unfortunately for Frunre, for
Europe and humanity, reform was refused
lo all applications for the redress tif abuse,
to every proposed amelioration of the system
of ils government, the answer of those then
in power in that country unitormlv Com mu _
nicated denial-until tuose denials ter
minuted in the overthrow of the French mo
narchy. (//ear, hear l) Then followed
the horrible catalogue of miseries some few
in that house had predicted, but which so
many of those who then would not believe,
have now lived to sir so lamentably reali
zed. (Hear, hear!)
When then such instances were plain to
their understandings, was it not natural, that
many persons in the country should now
:,0,,t to a reform in that house, impressed as
i they were with the opinion, that neither the
| American nor the French war, both events
j so replete with national calamities, would
never have taken place, it that house had
been fairly constituted, and if it spoke the
feelings and the wishes ot the people i W'as
it not natural when men contemplated the
disastrous campaigns, the fruitless expedi*
tions, the lavish expenditure of the nation’s
blood and ot its means, which characterise
so the political history of latter times, to at
tribute such effects to the want of that con_
stitutional influence which the country 6h<>uld
possess over the conduct of its public sfer*
vnnts ?-When they see ministerial ma
jorities ready to defend every rash project of
war-*o screen every delinquency-to
protect every malversation, and to refuse ev
fry popular appeal for redress——can it be a
matter of surprise to that house, to find the
Country anxious to correct that which they
consider the source of all the national evils,
namely, the imperfect representation of die’
people in the commons house of parliament ?
1 her how was thai remedy to be tffeetpd »
| it was to be effected as his hon. friend said,
hy locking into the principles of the constitu
tion. and applying them to present circum
stances. It was by giving to the people their
doe influence in returning men to that house
who came ihere the representatives of the
country and not of their own monev. But
the right hon gentleman opposite has said,
that the. peers constitute a virtual represen
tatton of the people. D;d he forger the man
ner in which such honors and dignities have
been in modern times too frequently bestow
cd ? Did he believe that the more the peer
age was diluted, us honor was prop trtiona
b y increased ? Without any invidious ap
plication he would suppose a case of.a great
independent commoner, from many causes
possessed of considerable influence in that
house and in the Country : to get. he support
suc.h a man became a great object .with
Hie minister of the day. How could he more
effectually proceed to accomplish his pur
pose than uy holding out the honors of the
peerage as the recompenCe ? Having thus
excited no very commendable feeling of anr
bition, and with the facility of saying •* much
on both sides ot a public question.” which
the member for Yoikshire (Mr. Wilber
torct) had stated according to a great wri
ter, to exist, was it not very probable to sup
pose that by such a pursuit the dignity of the
pcei age might be exerted to currunt the
other branch f Was there not some ground
tor believing that whicli had been often con
tended, namely, that such an instrument has
the house of lords been made as actually to
suck the best blood of the house of commons t
b rom the operation of such causes the house
ot lords continues no longer what the consti
tution intended it, whilst the commons stands
m need ot reformation.
In considering the mode of that reform it
was impossible to overlook the consequen
ces which followed troin men finding Jieir
way into that house by the nomination of
peers. Consider the relationship in which
a person thus returned stands wuh a repre
tentative sent by a portion of the population
«.t the country.— l'he latter standsforword for
the t. ee choice ot ins constituents. He lakes
ins place m dns house unfettered. If cir
cuinstances should arise on which his con_
stituents express their opinion and request
his support, wnat is his alternative * Should
ne even against his own judgement acqui
sce with them or vacate his seat i (JVo no
a/id some murmurs Jram the ministerial
oenchts.)
it gentlemen would wait, they should
team his opinion, that was, that the repre
sentative was no*, bound, whatever view he
took ot ineques ion, to vacate his seat. But
what was the case of a nominated member
on a pinching question l Was he not
bound cither to Vote with h.s patron or to
vacate . 1 he latter was the uniform prac
tise when such circumstances atose. That
m one case you refuse to pay what some
considered a legal debt, whilst existed no
objection to the discharge ot the Oiher, which
might be termed a debt of honour. Such a
man, when he took his place in that house,
came no as the representative of the people !
bu. as the delegate of the nobleman. He
was aware that men ot the fiist talents an
strictest integrity were in that way return
ed, and that in the present state of the repre
sentation, they could not uoin many cause
obtain seats in another manner. But ih
system of his hon. friend had me advar.tag
of affording such men opportunities.—An
though it took away twenty nomina ors i
opened forty places, where they could, fror
their taienis and their character, eslublisl
claims to popular support. But it was sail
in that house there were many distinguish^
officer8 of the army ami tlie navy, and law
yers (of the latter a great superfluity,) wh
cou<d not obtain seats uniess liy this mode o
nomination. Did not the right hon. rentle
iwiijw m<ii some o
__. . ine great cities and
populous towns were in the hal>it of decline
some of oar naval heroes? Hud he not an
example before him? Let him look to the
city ol V\ eatminster. Was it not at thin mo
m» nt represented by a noble lord (Coch"
rant) whose great and gallant services en
titled and obtained for him the support of
his constituents? Had not lord Gardner
and before him lord Hood, been thus return’
td, standing forward as they did in the
lace of the people, and supported by that
people in consequence of their professional
services . So tar as the assertion of the
l ight non gentleman (Mr. Bourne) applied
rl n r»AV?r ,crocs' ]>'»«Htemcnt completely ’
<;H to he ground There had fallen from
his noble frn nd (lord Milton) certain ob'.cr
vatnns which he had heard with surprise.
7s "ob‘e r,t'ml had stated that at popular
"lections the man who could talk the great
»st nonsense was sure to succeed. Now he
[lord Milton) had been engaged ,n a great
J;;f;u!;‘1r ;con'est-•» which character, great
.. f kcreai
•a'oral interest was opposed to great nata
n tnterc it. and money to money? There
mlt was rn favour of this noble friend and
without feeling inclined to make any invulu
m, comparison, be would ask w.,at could .n
luce the people of /oikshii e to prefer his no
ble friend to his opponent,but that both lie& i
his adherents spoke better sense, and exhi. i
bited more constitutional principle? In this l
country the good sense would generally pre
dominate at popular elections, he was con
vinced, unless some danger us delusion, in
the shape of a religious cry, was arttullv
raised to conceal some unconstitutional pro
ject. It was manifest that in the public
mind there prevailed a great and growing m- „
disposition to that hruse—-f At/, nox/roni ma~
ny numbers.)-That such iitdispusuion
existed, he was persuaded ; and he most ap_
prehended that those who did not believe it.
would not awaken from their delusion until '.t
was too late. It had been generated by acts
done in that house during the present and
latter sessions of parliament. Many of its
decisions had given great disgust, so much,
j that in their wrath against that house, they
would deprive it of those privileges which to
a house of commons duly constituted they
would freely grant-The opposers of re
form endeavc r to deny that it is the wish
of the country. They ground the assertion
on this, that the people have not petitioned
for it.—But they have years ago petition
ed, and the reason they did not repeat them
was, that they feel disappointed and dis.. S
gusted with the .ipmtacy of those who onre ,
were firm supporters of it. The? have.
found all their petitions for the redress of,
grievances disregarded; and in that very i
I session they have seen ihe h Mi.se of commons 1
I 'v.u.^ vii v v. me cii uie pcon’c. !
, But it was mos* idle to believe that \\u v did !
not wish for reform in their heat 's. I s ne i
! cessitv became every day more absolute ;
| Wise councils might do a great deal, but,
for complete recovery, in his opinion, a re !
form in the construction of that house was
essentially necessarv. What has been the i
fate of other nations who neglected ’he means i
°» national safety ? Did Prussia reform ?
Did Austria redress the people's grievances ?
Why has Spain been the theatre o* havoc;
and desolation ?—Were their miseries to be,
traced to the experiment of reform ? Or ra
ther, was it nut the iff ct of the resistance
with which their respective governments*
treated every proposition of redress and un.e
lioration ? Had biciiy reformed ?
And what, notwithstanding the liberal as j
sistance of Great Britain, will be its fatt,
unless thar government «h til be wise enough
to accede to the reasonable wishes of the
people ? Subjugated Europe has fallen, not
because she made rash experiments on her
systems of government. bu> by sanctifying e
very abuse, and pertinaciously refusing to;
accede to the just desires «>t the people j she i
destroyed the moral energ es. and though j
she placed arms in the hands of those who
ought to be her defenders, there remained no
thing of it.fli/&ice over their hearts when
brought in contact with the enemy What
was the effect of the denial of reform in Ire
land ? It was this—that the corruption of
its parliament became so glaring and sodes
tractive, as to have rendered i’ necessary to
merge it in the legislature of Great Britain. I
I'ar better would it have been for the recip„
rocal happiness of both islands, that the
course of reform had been pursued, and that
j the two indedendent parliaments had been
| continued. When the right honorable gen_
I tlcman (■Vlr. Bourne) talked ot virtual rc_
I presensation and its beneficial effects, how
j was it that he did not spe-k one word of the
' representation of Scot hod ? (Hear luar!)
Hid it exist there i How was it that it es.
. caped his obsen utinn f ^Vas i „ that he
knew nothing of tts situation, of ita eying
grievances upon that subject; or wi ll the
| skilful adroitness of a d xterous pleader, ne
carefully abstained from that which must
have exposed h-s fallacious sop listrv ■
Compensation for boroughs had been ah i
ded t.» ; to it he was decidedly averse ——
There was not a fcaiurc of right conn, cted
wi h such a principle The thing here was
different from that of Ireland there Co.open
sations were made There i wa^ ad imted
by the light him gentleman who n w was -'
ac the head . f us excheqaer, tha evert
thing connected with the un n wash ugh .
(Hear, hear l) M Whi.bre d ,i c ’ ,L
ed to comment upon the mischiefs which
must follow from the collusions between in,
patrons of boroughs and the minister—,flc
one bartering his patronage-either to grvi
fy his ambition or his avarice; the .,du ri
the honors of the crown, to the mon ■< o. he I
people, to acquire parliamentary support.
Suppose some great lord with his six or se
ven nominees in that house, should in the
longing of his empty vanity, grasp for those
distinctions which were ordained to reward
heroic achievments—that he should threa.
ten the minister of the tUy with the defect!*
on of his nominees in that Imuse, unless he
obtained that ribband, which, though an or
namcni to rncrit, must, when otherwise coo
ferred. be considered a badge of disgrace to
the wearer. lias such a case neip.r happen
ed. or was it impossible that it should ever
happen again ? Had it never occurred that '
menaces of a similar nature were made to
a minister, inlets his countenance was giv 1
en to some proposed public work, in which
was, however, blended some little of private 1
interest, but for the accomplishment of which *
the public money was to he entirely applied t i
ll, then, such things have happened_if 1
they can happen again-who was it that '
could deny it to be a most pr« fligate exercise 1
of '.hose powers wh-rh were entrusted for far 1
different purposes f Between the Cniiteialing* 1
opinions of his hon. friend and* that of the 1
t i crlit tis\n \ 1 . ii . /
-0 n-v*'*' ' *"ui ncj nppo, '
bilfc. he (Mi. \V ) w«t.i placed iit u dreadful ‘
alternative — 11 is lion, friend said, that un- (
less reform took place, a military despotism f
would follow. 1 he right honorable gen?le. 5
man was fully persuaded, that if reform wts 1
acceded to, this country, after being di agged
through the vortex of democracy, won d at £
lengtli be subjected to a military government. 1
It was not tor him to say that either corise- 1
qiience would follow ; but in adjuring that '
house to acquiesce in the motion for gome J
into a commi.tee, he would appeal tothe au
thorities of the dead to strengthen the ad
monitions of the living. 1 call upon you to f
bear mtemembiunce the mighty characters 1
who have expressed their decided support of '
this question of reform. The horrors of that 11
democracy which the denial of reform had r
accelerated in France, have subsided from •
llieir own exhaustion. England, though huf- r
letted in the tempest, lias escaped from tiio '
general wreck which has befallen so many
1)1 her nations. Will she not profit even by
their cxatm,.e i Will she. with their calnm
ilies and their fate speaking to her with
more than oracular fotce, lefuse to redress, 1
ind, by such infatuation, hurry to the same ‘
lesliny f-~Events have taken place within '
lie-ic walls which have sunk deep into the f‘
leans of the people. It is true, that mar.) >
>f the gentlemen opposite think the impresl I1
.ion done away, and that the popular reason 1
s now i iglited. )t the right honorable gen (l
demon opposite (Mr. f'erceval.) the firs 1
minister ol this country, thinks Uitoself jasti- h
ied by tUe decisions®f this house, ho must
dlow me to tell him. that he grossly deceives
limseif. I^ct me assure him, that the vote>
•t this house, which were meant to justify
tvis actions, have in no inconsiderable degree
increased the advocates for parliamentary
reform. Those fears, which springing from
he changes of Europe in 1792, had so alarm
fd the mind against Innovation, now cease to
'per.ve.
All men see the absolute necessity of re
forming——:hey see that danger pressing
upon them which was so feared and so ex..
|)' cleil, when our expenditure was ten mii
lions. When afterwards twenty mi Hi.
oils. llow much more chilling ttic pros
pact when it has been increased to seven.y
millions ! And when we contemplate* the
awful tru h, that all human resources are
li lite ! There was little to ad l to the rea
soning already advanced at various periods
upon the subject. Hut with respect to the
sale of sea's. l>e would contend that • li%
man returned bv his money could have lit
tie connexion with the pubhc feeling. W'i’n
constituents he could never c me in contact,
peihaps never see them. He therefore had
no bias to comply with their opinions. He
felt and acted as the represt motive of his
5000/. When versed.in the system of min
is'erial management he would not remain
long backward i:i pursuing that course which
he observed followed by so manv to their
own private advantage. Mr. Whitbread
next adverted to the Septennial Act which,
abstractedly considered, he thought most
tyrannical btn which was in some degree
justified bv the motive which led toitsadop
tion at the ti ne, namely, the preservation
oi the house of Rrunswich in the throne of
ttiesi* realms. He would vote for triennial
pubaments, and for regulating the manner
« f taking votes. The latter 'would he ac n_
nq .enceot the fust, a d without it the o_
thcr would he mtollerable. Whether un.
tier a itform the members returned would
he intrinsically better than those who now
sa- there, he would not say; but by coming
under so many popular checks, as much good
would be. produced r.s it they were intrinsi
callv better. Alter uxpressing his wish to
see. though not the efficient officers of the
crown, tet their dependents removed from
that house, he concluded wi*h observing,
that even though no other goccl was to fol_
low but the satisfaction of the people, for
that th exertion shou d be made, and from
iu accomplishment the must salutary bene
fits would follow,
London, May 22.
We have received further extracts from
the German papers, some of the. contents of
which we gave yesterday Accounts from
Zara, in Dalmatia, slate that the Turks are
assembling in great force, and have occupi
ed all the strong placv s in that quarter.
Precautions were taking in Dalmatia, and
Illyria against them.
Ifeport speaks of a grand expedition a
gains' the Porte, to he command, d by Mu
rat (ihe usurping king of Naples) ,n cas.
Turkey refuses to shut her ports against
England, after a categ .rical demand from
Austria and France I is also said, tha: an
Austrian courier h ts been sent *n Palermo
w It pr>Tpfs,ils for the court of Sicily. & the
French Exp. dition agunst that conn ry is
Jtferred fur the present. The >«iiole of
th'- foreign paper-, mnou ice speedy luisti
lities agtinst die Pate, but manifest no
dpr-.s ..f intended huax iiattou ou the part of
the latter.
/’•cton, July 10.
FROM CstOiZ y
Cafit l.each f th- brig Consrella’ion
sailed from Cadiz 22 May nine Jay* la rr
'hurt our f, rnu-r net own >8 He informs
'hut a small ba lr took tilare the 20 h Miy
’> iWeen he armies ; aid liar the linghsh
md fiun> sh attended in . a king a small
riV', on the French tines, and o fierwards
were obligtd o abandon it, vr'h the ions
\f be ween i fid 4tyj men . —That ma ty
S/o.nish ‘roofs hint rmbarked from Cadiz,
'oJen 'he main army u lltbrnl or : - Thai
’i. ' n fjrcetnrnehzdar' iv 'd bur the in
'u hi n. a -were in g od sfiirit#. and well
nififdietl ivi b’.inntt tough no' of be best
'and Cd.fi L.ts of r/fiiuion hat Cad z will
be imfit eg noble io ’hr French, as long as
he Sflaniards a e eo il ally disposed to
vain’ain it. ■nd hrn'* he aul oj ihe I'.ng,
'ish military nn:i '.ami.
Prices—Flour from 17 ro S 18 ,hork9>2A
beef 2d to S 22, c .rr, a 50 to ^ 5, ulna 5
’o S 6. ■ Kt-per ot *
Baltimore J dv 13.
d cofty oj a letter receiv’ d ”, tt.is city f, m
Messrs. Fleetwood, Amjuibel if Co. da
led
Cadiz May 25, 1810
“We feel it uur dutv to rn.ik. you ac
quainted wi h the present state arid pros.
>ect of our market for produce from your
quarter: In consequence we suppose of an
mfounded feat of the insecurity ot this place, j
he late arrivals of II ur ha’ e ueen very tit- j
ling, which tog ‘ther with the increased po j
Julaiion ot our city has produced a scarci !
y of .tins article, and the price nas a v;in
led to 29 d ulars per barrel on board—the
irrivaLs must be very considerable to tower
he price materially, and we can confident
y recommend the present moment a* par
icularlv favorable lor speculation in ns
nmmndiiy Wnent is also much required
.ad high prices paid. Hire much in -e
lies', trie first arrivals of this article will '
b am S6ptr lOotb on board—Indian Cm n, >
'tMs and Beans are wanted, also Hitch and !
ifnbee.
In case of adventure to this place we would
aruestly recommend the least possible ile
iy, as being most likely to conduce to the
Inmate advantage of the concerned.”
Zxtract of a letter received at Philadel
phia, dated Hio Janeiro, May 15, IKiq
“ On the 15th of the present montli the
•panisli Prince Don Pedro (the only Bourbon
b ince who is out of the fangs of Bonaparte)
dll be married to the Princess Royal of
'ortugal, niece to his Catholic majesty, f-'er
iuand the VJJth;
'■ I bis alliance will cement the interest
f Spain and Portugal in the Western
Vorld.”
FROM THE BRAZILS.
Intelligence from Rio j meirois to May 28.
’here had been great lejoiciig* in cnn>e
utnee of a iiiiirrrigif in the l\- yal Family,
lie Portuguese Princess, who has been ti
tted to the Spanish Family, is about 16
ears of age, and c>f great peisonal aceom
Itshments. The officert of every American
esscl whicli arrives a'e immediately core
ncted to the Palace, and introduced to tin
rince Regent-members of hit f.uni y
eing triqjently present. He Eiuiouiy to
cur countrymen-—was gratified by heating
of the appointment of an Ambassador, and
was impatient for his arrival, lit bud been
more contented with his situation; hut the
general hatred of Bonaparte was as great as '
ever.—Boat. Puji.
MARRIED.
At Rio de Janeiro, May 13, His Most Se„
rene Highness Din Pedro Carlos ve.
Bourbon k Bkaganca. Infante of Spain,
to the Princess da Bkira Donna Maria
I ER Es A, daughter of the Prince Regent of
Portugal. The city and shipping were illu
minated for 3 nights. . A grand display oL
fireworks took place, 1506 rockets weredis- '
charged at ones.
IVlAuBLr.HK AD, JIIIV 9.
Saturday arrived at tins, port brig Cato,
captain G-rdler, from Corunna and Isie of
May, 35 days ft otn the latter, where he tar*
t ied only one dav—sat s a fevei1 raged there
w,th the greatest violence,supposed to pro
cr ed from want of rain, as they had not ex*
perienced any for four years—Could not tell
what number had died, hut victims to it were
falling every day One of the inhabitants
informed him lie had lost 9 sons, and another
3. in a very short space of tune. The Idand
Contains ab'Wji 800 inhabitants.
1'.'e ( orunna papers by cupt Girdleraro
to he 4 h ot M iy. Their contents indicate
a bold and unabated spirit of resistance iu
the Spaniards to''their invaders They men
ti hi the fall of Astorga, but not with the
least despondency ; and the conquest they
say ros. the French 4000 men. Junot di
rected the siege. The Spnninids obtained
a most honorable capitulation, which they
charge the French with almost immediately
violating. From the obstinacy with which
this and the other places have been defend
ed, it is 11 ident the si ige t,f Cadiz is not the
whole work the Ficnct%havc upon their
hands in Spain. ^ ^
Boston, July 10.
A letter from Cherbourg (Fiance) dated
April 12, to a gentleman in this town, says
“Four American vessels, brig Fatty & Henry,
from Boston, Gov, Gore, and another ship
from N. Yoi k, have all been detained on this
coast—they bring in all neutrals without any
discrimination.”
3&ome0~tte.
FROM THE AURORA.
The MaKonal Tntelligrncer\h\ a kind of
obliquity o! judgment, which can discern
to a cerium extent in everything, has
t-ikrn up the British orders in council of the
2d of May last, in ap >im of view differing
trom everv other print, and from everyone *
who has read it, that we have hud an oppor
tunity of conversing with,
1 ip following is the curious article which,
appi-ned in the Intelligencer of the llth
instant j
‘ I'n.e northern papers bring no confirmation of
‘.e rep irt under the Boston luad in our last,
! ' f rdcr in < ouncil hud issued for blocka
i g iIt .ports of *11 nations excluding the Bri.
•'S 1 11 g >i t • waters. T te report appeal's
■» n • firmi-t ure. a.id nrnbably or ginated front
the order ini roun- il i i tins day’s paper for cap- '
tiring the lading vessels of such nations as ex
clude fli itish vessels
Some i'f uk: nuntii'i n editors appear to regard
this order as autli invrg the Capture of Allied
r'*” fishing W** put sed IF r.-nt con
st-uct.on n it H ,\v ver great an outrage it
r:r -? •i-iU a ‘-t -•> ,.s
Telly, it (luer lint tio\S> apply to the U S ljri
tisl v «s< is ure now certainly admitted “freely
t< l ule ” ai theports of the U. Stales
Un the o ctnrmce of a certain event nderrt,
which there is hut too I till*’ reason to expect, the
order would apply to tin United St ites, and in .y
'* *ve been prosp i t vety issued with tliul vi< w.
I On 'he i,-v ica ion iy cither belligerent of its de
j V'ee8 or Ofdcrs, til" law respecting commercial
| int rcuurse, j.as>cd at the late session of con
gress, authorises the President three inon'lmaf
I t i-w-id», by proclam lion, to interdict commrr
j oinl interrourse with th" nation which shall not
; have revoked its anti-neutral orders or decrees -
; fben trance sin.i.ld revoke her decrees, »: l
Gieit Britain should refuse to lollow her exam*
I pie, we should be in a state of non intercourse
1 with her, and the order in council w ould operate
j or. he vessels of the U. S.
Such a state of dr.ngs could scarcely fill of
! produei-g immediate collision; but,of sucha
,.stiit** of things vve see no pro»pcst.
Wli.it ver construction lie put on it, this new
order ntiiirds serious matter lor r fl-ction as a
i*ik oj toe great chun of lawless domination
•v liic.h Britain « xlnbiu a deposition to extend
oi cr jvery sea "
1 his article may puss for an ingenious
piece o* sophis't-y and mental reservation f
but this and such writiigs, and sayings, and
doings, are the true causes of our present
abject condition.
i no trimming and t“ is'ing systom must
have m end —oi nm nation must sink by the
ntit* loss of co'yjj'/ nee which h« people
most ten mtlietm le icy of me goverunient,
hi; *ii purposes n civil society.
F* o n *nt end of the comment to the o-.
I'1", we. perciive a phenomenon of a double
as/v ct. m.pr ecede nteil in h'S ay; die aim ds
.•I 1 'Cion m 1 uiy. in Sweden, in H .llal' -
i i Engl oid, in Fiance, exhibit nothing lit
I' is a fa©’.ion in the most open, iinreser^
ved, undisguised, and scandal us manner,
acting under the iiiHr n e <>t Engt-tod, p.i|„
•itiling tier insults, on i iges inurdns, and
plunderings; Husciining tier usurpations on
the sea« approving of her di t ec axationof
our ships and property ; viola tng mir wn
hiws to promote he>’ interest and m r opp.es
sion ; this is only one feature of the monstrous
phenomenon
By the operation of thi*i, flm nce thus ex
ercised, it operates upon die u itmnal repre
sentation, up n the executive . ffiers, upon'
the presses ot the countiy, even those th.it
are honestly devoted to lilt? rigii s and inter-"1
cats ot tae nation; this foreign British infl>i.
elite operates by a sfiecict of terror upon the
who'c nation, and fiuts i s very existence in
jeofiardy.
huch publications as the above quoted, 8c
others of he ‘»me w*/, are the tint’d Jri.
Kid, thivering generation of this British in
H lence ; wiiic.h, like hypochondria, is never
so oppressive to the subject of the disease,
.is when he thinks hs is affected by a very
different cause. f *
The operation of Jiritiah influence in thi»
w ty is *jy spreading abroad in its avowed
fire tact such as 'nc notoriously bought Bri.*
ish g. zettes published at Philadelphia. Newtf
V it k, ft nt in, Uinrlrtt >n aod other p'acts
m*' alarm of Fit kmch Ikkluknck. By tllln
rocess of pi tligncy, on >lu attc/*uji is
rawo i ff from tlie re.t dtaraae >f \e b/'dy
'otitic to one that is imaginary ; and the n.,m
n is diverted from tt,r care of its r. .1 at
uictions, winch thus become nitre aj-y a«