The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-31 00:00:00

Tuu NATIONAL REGISTER.

--•- get undess anl itnagmarya a oug
avepeen lately
told front the pulpit, by an oil Divine, that the refor-
mers and their demagogue have nothing to lose, and
that their sole object was to produce anarchy and con.
fusion in the state, and en equal partition of property !
Pray have Sir Francis Burden, Mr. Hubitouse, and Sir
Charles Wolseley, nothing to lose t
Lord Treasurer Burleigh, knowing the revenue of
England to be so immense, says, " Englaud can never
be ruined but by the corruption of her Parliament."
I will now conclude with the eXCletrillitiollof Horace—
" Quid lege: sine raorilnii Vance pnfitiunt :" and perhaps
another such sentiment of this author will apply to the
present degenerated age—"./Efor parenium pejo). avis !alit,
nos negniorcs wax datums proseinens vitiosorens"—'• The
age of our fathers, which was oorse than that of our
ancestors, produced us, who are shortly to raise a pro-
geny even more vicious than ourselves." Some have
gone so far as to say. " (bre fuming vitia snores surd.—
" What were once vices are now the CoLIIIIIOII manners
of the age :"• but certainly of all corruption the con-
Tonto of the great is rase worst—" Corruptio optima pea-
mita." It is a maxim ever held by the wise 111 all ages,
" that when the morals of a prince are corrupt, the
nobles and plebeians generally follow the saii:e fatal
principles, and tlitis the nation gradually sinks into
effeminacy and consequent decay."
have quoted this bel ii ttt ens merely to chew the con-
tagion of vice and the dangerous consequence of es 11
exaniple: and, in my humble opinion if a public cha-
racter of rank and fortune falls and indulges litinsell ill
vice and folly, such a person sins doubly ; for as 1 itai
Just intimated, vulgar minds are greatly influenced by
the example of their superiors in rank. Moen in Valli
is the gospel preached trout pulpits to the poor, if men
of literature and elevated snow ttt s in Itle treat all its
precepts with iusiguhficance and contempt.
1 hare rather io reinaik, corruption engenders war,
and war misery and poverty ; but 1 3111 here happy to
remark, that throughout all the war, and nt all battles
and contests iii which the English arms have been fairly
engaged, both by sea and land, that they have shone
conspicuously and gloriously: in fact, the valour, con•
rage, and physical strength of the English troops nave
not ocen excelled. It might theretore be mil), said,
England has arrived at the summit of military renown,
as the page of history will record.
I believe our. national debt now exceeds eight hun-
dred millions of pounds, which of course intist :be the
cause of a heavy taxation for many years to come.
Mr. Hume says, that " Either the nation must de-
stroy public credit, or public cr.:tilt will destroy the
nation. However true this assertion might prove by
any possibility, it must be admitted that it behoves every
patriot to promote public credit:
It may not perktps be here impertinent to remark
Baron Montesquieu observation on the cliarx:vcr ()Idle
English nation: he saytwe are incapable of bearing the
delays. the details, and the coolness of negociatunta :
" In these they are more unlikely to sneered than any
other nation; hence they are apt to lose by treaties what
they obtain by their arms." concluding th a subject,
sin sorry to have occasion to remark, that although
&wand is rich in soil, and productive of the lireeSSdrlCal
of life; and although the late harvest has been abundant,
yet provisions are now dearer in this country, than per-
haps any other in Europe. It is therefore an indisputable
fact, that the ways of man have perverted the ways of
Providence I

* The disbipstion in the metropolis amongst titled Gen-
!cairn veil:l'4.ly confirmed me iu this opinion.

CO_ISTIIViION Oh' JUULYI AMERICA.

The Constitutional Act of the United Provinces on
the Plate, which was completed and published at the
beginning of May in America, has reached this country,
and been published here in a translation. As it is pos-
sible that it may be destined to form the basis of a lasting
political system, it tuay nut be uninteresting to give a
brief' account of its cootents. Like the French char-
ter (and very unlike die constitution formed by the Spa-
Hist' Cones,) this document is short and precise. It
consists of 138 articles, which describe and limit the
legislative, the executive, and judicial powers. Tht
Roman Cativate I'o4loll is declared the religion of tile
stale. Ile legislative power is to be exercised, as in the
North American States, by a national congress compo-
sed of two houses, that oh Representatives and that of
Senators. 'Fite hauler is composed of delegates elected
in the proportion of one lOr every district containing
°.:5,000 intiabitatits: (the population of the Untied Pro-
vinces is about 1,300,04 m.) The deputy must Ise up-
wards of '2O years or age, must hate been 7 years a citi-
zen pretloll6 to his 11011:111allon, and must possess 4,000
dollars of property, or bottle equivalent which is not
well defined in the article. The representatives sit for
4 years, but a half of tile chamber is renewed every ti
years. line House of Deputies, like the British !louse
of Commons, ongitiates all motley bills, and has the
special right of impeaching Ministers and the high oiii
cc rs of state. The Senate IS to COIII,IO of the same no tit-
her of pros Metal scout rs as there are Fov.iices ;
three nilittary sealattirs, of cote bishop, and three l'eir:-I-
JbIICS; of a represettiativz to each ttinversil, amid of rite
ihr...;;tur whits l.erintl of government is ended. This
seems ratio r a singolar arratiAt.ment. Why has e
,ellaillibi Tne appoilitinetit of the se11:11015 is fur
12 years, and they mint a 1 their nominatioo have at-
tained the age o. 3tl, having been 9 ears a cozen.
Cots at ratigeuktit stt'ins welt eiaculated to give stability
io me system, JIM V ars iiiteatued to supply the wan,
of all Tile moat of eheting the
seuais' is tors 1:0111i•IllU,C,1 10uidescription 111
Wk. ;AMU Illc Ll'al.littlft. is LO sit tor
mantis W die year: tiny, u..te fre, oom Ot sperm.. atm
the other pro lieges ii it Ilbat•e, mil Parlianwitt.
11.0 e I,i, passer tic 111 sets tiefore mem, ii.
obtain ail) rerpos:,, 16.,01111.101111. All) IA 111011
originate laws. When tiie projects it law have been
agreed to by both 'louses, they arc to be tit:omitted to

OCT. St

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the Director fill his sa- action, who must return thetn in
lb days, either with his approbation or objections. IC
he approves, the hill becomes a law 3-if he states objec-
tions, these objections are considered; but if two-hunts
of the members of both Houses support the original
project, their votes constitute a final sanction without 1
second application to the Director. The supreme Di-
rector is elected by the two Hotises assembled. He is
to be supreme chief of all the laud and sea forces. He is -
to open the sittings of the Legislature; he appoints all
the ollicet s of the public forces, envoys, consuls, and
others ; lie chooses-and dismisses his Nlinisters, who arc
responsible for their- conduct while employed under
hint ; all objects of finance, police, public, national,
:it'd scientific establishments, as well as all those formed
and supported by the fonds of the State, ate confined to
his supreme charge and inspeetion. He has the power
of pardon, except in cases of State cotrviction. '11).2 -ee..
prelim judicial power of the State is to reside in a !..1—
prelim court, consisting of seven Judges and two Recor-
ders, A nominated by the Director ; every one of vyhtett
must have been a regular barrister eight years, and have
attained the fortieth year of his age. This Court shall,
exclusively, take cognisance of all causes relating to
envoys atra consuls front foreign nations, all causes in
which a province may be a party, all those concernitig
public fautctionaries, all those relating to crimes cont.
mitted- agatlist the law of nations, &c. 'rite members
exercise their functions during good behaviour. The
Supreme .Court, as well as the other tribunals, is open
to the public. The corporations and magistrates inv.,-
ted with the legislative, exectitiv.., or judicial power,
pre the attornies of the nation, and responsible to it in
manner the constitution prescribes. The constitittian
is ordered to be swore to in the whole territory of the
State, and no functionary shall tambourin oilier without
taking the oaths to ohserve and sustain it. The nines
of the Deputies who passed this charter ere appended us
it. It is preceded in the present publication by a roani-
testa, " addressed by the hued Pon Owes of South
America, to all nations, respecting the treatment which
they experienced front the Spaniards, and which gave
rise to the declaration u: their independence' in 1817,

FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
CROWN OFFICE. OFFICE. Orr. 26.

MEMBER returned to serve in this present PARLIAMENT.
County of Longford.—Sir Geo. Ralph Fethetstoo, of Anlagb.
in the county of Longford, Bart. in the room of .Sir Thomas
Fetheraton. Bart. deceased.

BANKRUPTS.
M. and W. Thomas. Surrey Street, Blackfriart Road, linen
drapers. Solicitors, Mews. Richardson and Miller, New Inn.
E. Savage, Upper North Mee. Gray's inn Lane, grocer. Sol.
Mr. M'Huff. Castle Street, Holborn.
J. Porter, Frome Selwood, Somerset, clothier. Sols. Messrs.
Nethersole and Barron, Essen Street, Strand.
H. Whitey Warminster, Wilts, linen draper. Soh. Messrs.
Courteon and Robinson, Walbrook.

T. Woodhouse. Nottingham; lace manufacturer. Soli. Messr,.
littleChipppcndall and
een Street.
George onQuS
Bermondsey New Mad.
bricklnyer. Soh. Messrs. Harvey and Wilson, Lincoln's lint

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C. Chown, Manchester, holder. Sols. Messrs. Hurd and
Johnson. Temple.
J. Baader. Temple.
Street, Oxford Street, dealer in Etaiaed
glass. Sols. Messrs. Phher and Sedlow. Thario Inn.
D. Pullen, Spread Eagle Court. Finch Lane, bill broker.
SuL Mr. Spencer, Belvidere Place, Borough Road.
W. Thurnell, Guuldstone Square. hitechapel, upholsterer.
Soles M vars. Alliston and Hundlcby, Freeman's Court, Cornhill.
K. Jackson, Uley. Gloucestershire, clothier. Solt.
Bourtlillon and Hewitt, Bread Street, Cheapsidc.