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Fiat joutiti 'ni;iete WE.

Mr. Gismo a Jematroma deprecated the in-
tvoductioo o; such 9aestions in that House, and
cameti,ded by declaring his concurrence in the mo-
tion of the 4 'hancellor at the Exchequer.
Mr. i'taa%c r believe.' there never was exhibited
by e..sy SlL•iner in this emineey such unworthy
coniiiect as tos-had the practice et the Right Hon.
Gentlemmi (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) on
this occasion. When be said onwonlry, he alinded
to the ce •ret, dark, 'mysterious, and designing
manner in w &deb that re:Alit Honourable Gentleman
attempted to lg• t rid at the measure altogether.—
It was difficult to ameriiiin his reasons for this pro-
ceeding. ‘I as- it because he had been defeated
and left in a minority on different previous deci-
sions There noes was in the country a asan-
nellor of t.ie Exchequer in the situation of the Right
Hon. Gentleman, and the reeon was, that every
preceding one had the saTacity to foresee, and the
prudence to avoid, the possibility of being reduced
to such a dilemma. The Right Ham Member
proceeded to state innumerable prectsiaats, to
prove that the Act of Appropriation was, of all
others, the place in which the grant should be in.
traduced. But, al:oee all, he grounded his olt.jec-
tires to the present attempt. on the uniform, ster-
ling, and sound usage of Parliament, in place of
one or two *tray precedent). on which the Right
Hon. the Lliancellar of the Exchequer kid lighted,
in seder to warrant en unwarrantable act.

Mr. BAXIIAS juoified the plan farmed by the
Chancellor of ti.e Exchequer, and considered the
best mode to protect theirown prnakictg, as! to le.
spect the rights anti privileges of the other bniathes
of the Legislatnie.
Mr. PONSOnnT declared, that from the strange
and singular doctrine he had that night heart!. if
he did Lot see the Speaker in the Chair, he could
not ruppose that he was addressing a British House
of Commons. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of
the Exchequer bad argued this subject as if it were
a question of interpret& 1011, in place of being what
it was. a question of fact. Hs had given the Royal
recommendation to have the !petition of Mr. Palmer
received. vet he has uniformly opposed it : and
now that he fonnd his direct hostility not success-
ful. he his adopted an expedient to destroy the
present resolution. and to make the Moore a
party in undoing what it before did, and gulp-
vertinz its own vital and pa:asnount
It was the first time that he had the fortune of
hearing, in the Honse of Commons. the practice of
tacking provisions to a motley bill designated as
odious, and lien tt was the panne of in.my great
differences between the two brunches of the Legis—
lature in former periods of our history. It may be
so ; bat still lie would ever Seel that if the House of
Common, had not been pretty peremptory with
those other hose/ea. on money bills, some of the
mos: vslunble rights of the people would have con.
tinned a ascertained. The mower, now proposed
Iva, not ehiectionable ea the ground that it was not
the mast fit method of effecting the object of the
resolution loosed by the Hausa. bet that it no-
Jeubtcilly wei.t to defeat and to &Amy it. It was

LONDON,
FRIDAY. Jcigs ti.

Foreign papers to the 16th, containing the Paris
news to the 11th instant. have been receive-J. Since
the seizure and deportation of the Royal Family,
by BoasPaircrs. Mcßae has continued to exercise
the functions of Government as Lieutenant-Gene-
rat of Spain. In that capacity he has issued a deCree
summoning a meeting of the Notables. on the 13th
instant, at Bayonne, " with fall power to fix the
basis of the new Government of the kingdom.---
The meeting is evidently called to sanction the new
Constitutioa destined for Spain, according to the
whiut and caprice of NAPOLEON. Thus some 114. ht
hos been, at length, thrown upon the transactions
performing, and about to be pei formed, in that de-
voted country ; and that light, as we ventured to
predict, has co ne, not tuns Oviedo, from St.

Andtro, Or froth Cadiz, but film the olgic lan.
thorn of floe k• NOtletritt . 11 e litre
see darkly and itnperfectly pourtrayisi, like the
slia.lowy proce..sitni of iiiugs in Mact:ah, the new
race of Soveleiges that is to may the renovatril
Sceptre of Cnsat.es IV. Not, indeed, as yet de-
fined or clear to common eyes ; -but, nevertheless,
sufficiently marked, to leave no doubt that the fa-.-
mily of BoriAraare, so fertile in Kings. is to rot-
uish another Monarch. It ia on the head of Jo-
seri', according to all appearances, that the free
and unconstrained election of the Spanish Notaide
or deputation of the Cones, will fall. In order Way
neither mistakes nor delays way anise, lion Aliltll
allows them to deliberate under his own eye at 141-
youne. Jotters* himself, transferred with great rapi-
dity over the Alps and the Apennines, to the Ascii of
the Pyrenees, perhaps much against his own wisher,
is apparently selected for this nominal throttle, a bids
N•PJLEUN will, in reality, fill and occupy. Ma-
ple► may probably mato to form a separate king-
dom, aid may merge, like l'uscanr su.d the
Papal donsitnous, in the kingdom of Italy. In
order to facilitate this nietemin7plic.is, we see that
he is pteporing to send the Port to Turin. Tie
Holy Father will there beam secure, under tile pro-
tection of Duke AIDAI.I • IVILISoI., as CHAO-LIN
IV. and his sous are at Fontaiableau and at Va-
lency. Whether the fate of TOCSSAINT may final•
Is* await him will be matter of state policy, for the
Corsican does not commit crimes from wantonness
or enielty, like DOMITIAI4 or CO3I/10Drs. Ile acts
coolly and systematically ; or if, on extraordinary
,occasion., as on that of putting to death a PRINCE:
of the House of Docattos at midnight, he departs
from his ordinary character, the greatness of the
occasion corers the atrocity of the deed in his esti-
mation. We may, however, conaider even the
spiritual functions, no less thau the temporal power
of the Popes, as at an end, so soon as the person
of Pius VII. isi transferred from Rome to Turin.—
If any thing could any longer astonish or surprise
Europe, it would be to see the head of the Ca-
tholic church, the successor of Sr. PETER, com-
mitted to the care of a French Apostate Gene-
ral, who renounced Christianity when at Cairo.

The friends of Administration awrt, that very
encouragiug accounts are expected to arnve from
Spain ; and we own that we see nothing itnpic-
habit in such expectations. It is evident, that a
strong dixpusitium to resist the et rovions sod most
unprovoked usurpation of the Spaiii*li loliarchy
exists, if not in the capital, where it has been sup.
pre.w,:d L ".NlLitar, yet, certainly. iu various of the
provinces. Unless we suppose the Spaniards to be
sheep, instead of men, they must feel the indignity
oSered to their nation, and to human nature, is
their persona. The Romans, when they reduced
Macedonia, Egypt, and Syria, into province r,
could plead ostensible reasons 110 clwile acts ; bat:
with BOW APARTE, it is sufficient that he wil!*; 3ti-
thcr treaties, nor alliances, nor submis*ion, can se.
cure from his grasp.

Yet, every page of the Mo4itestr involuntarily
betrays his i•tability to quit Bayonne, and his
anxiety to transport himself elsewhere. Foot
weeks ago he was to be speedily at Tnulor. Now.
he is soon to be at Nantes and at Brest. But, it
may be hoped, that he will not very quickly ea-
hilirate the Banks of the Seine, the Rhine, or the
Danube, with his Imperial presence. The mock
assembly, which is convaked to inset on the 15th,
at Bayonne, caa neither deceive nor nunose upon
the meanest goatherd of the Sierra Morena. They
meet under the use of the Corsican, bs,ond the
limits of the very Monarchy whose fate they are to
determine. Such a mockery is too gross (or Hot-
tentots, or for New Zea'andeis. It is the sword of
Joacnim, and the troop.s of NAPOLEON, C:at Nat
settle the new Constitution of Smith.

The Brest fleet made au attempt, last week, to
put to sea, but our fleet off L'shant being apprised
of the most urea by .igtalv, came dashing down,
cleared for action, and upon their appearance the
enemy rezoirnesi to their anchorage.
SUIACIIAIIII hi returned to Paris, to hasten the
conclusion of a peace between Russia and the Porte,
and the altitirs of Turkey arc represented as pro-
ceeding aorreeably to the wishes of France.
In consequence of tie an outrages committed
in the barony of Lower Coma:lke' in the county of
Litner:ck, the Magistrates, rite. hare called a meet-
ing to adapt the accessary measuces for their *op-
pression.
The Leeward blasd fleet, OS: otili • whir It were
bound to Great Britain, he. are all known
snared, except the grim, CIMINO frourtior-
Lola. for Louden ; Nally, (tmnsportl, HALL, frobr
Antigua, for Deptford • Llystes, rritraureco,
from Demerara, for Dublin; and Good /meta,
NSALE, from Antigua, for Btlfs.t. 11iineei. sail
for Newfouudland and America, panel by per-
mission.

Major Roca% belongng to the Earl of CZA
rEa's Staff, who signalized biaralt not only ley
his military abilities, but by his conaliutiNg mar -
Rem towards the Spaniards at Matite Yalso, h.s
been selected by Government for au impi.rtai.t
isdarion to Spain.

It would be a great pit! that twos. one oho
heretofoir had s chance la lousier Lotteries aboold
fail to renew their chance in the present. which
bey ins drawing on Tursday nest. it most be ad.
milted that a Lottery comm.:AK-lax wan Six PsOtes
of Twenty thousand Pomade is an advantage fro
Owe ewer partook. of before. Homilies and Cr.
hope to supply their friends wilh a proportion .
Capital Pr.ses, ((pally as faroilmtaig as tberhatres
dame in the course of the Inst tor•lvemorstlas,—.

Tickets and Shares ere tin by Hennessy sod
Co.. 26. Cott:1101; 5!, Clartarcrees; sod sat.
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