The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-09 00:00:00

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NATIONAL REI

LISBON PAPERS.

M. MANUEL.

I,„'"aori,FEß..2o.—ln the sitting of the Cortes on
the 14th, 01. Moura read the Report of the Com-
mittee, on the 'notion made by him respecting the
defence of the long-i'olll.
The Committee „6,„,...cc that they had to consider
of tour points:--Ist, the swganization and increase
of the army; 21, its subsas!clice 31, strict al.
lisnce with Sk!aiti; 4th, means preserve internal
tranquility.
The Cotntnittee propose to unite the Ist and 2d
line of the army, and have the first part ready as
soon as possible, to mach to the frontiers; ,:yud iu
this case, to organize a national guard at LisSm
and Oporto. To provide for the extraordinary ex-
pences, by direct and indirect taxes, which, without
burdening the indigent classes, may limn a solid
security for the loan, which the Government is au-
thorised to contract. The Committee propose to
adopt it as a principle, that an invasion of the
Peninsula for the purpose of destroying or modifying
the political institutions. of Spain, shall be consiti,:red
as an invasion of Portugal. Lt does not appear to
the Committee that any extraordinary measures will
be required to maintain internal triuquillity. The
Committee propose, in conformity with these ideas,
the th/lowing

The following is the protest of the 60 Members
of the Chamber Deputios, against the exclusion
of M. Manuel, the reading of which was put to the
vote in the sitting of Wednesday last, and rejected.
Among the signatures were those of M M. Delcssert,
Latitte, Gen. Foy, Latour Dupin, &c.:—
" We, the undersigned Members of the Chamber
of Deputies of the departments, declare with pro-
found grief cud indignation, that we feel it to be
our duty to proclaim before all France, the illegal
act, which, in hostility to the charter, the royal pre-
rogative, and all the principles of representative
government, has attacked the integrity of the na-
tional representation, and viola!ed, in the person of
3 Deputy, the guarantees assured to all—the rights
of ::very elector and every French citi.sen.
" We declare, in the ace of our country, that by
this act the Chamber has overstepped its seal pale.
and the limits of its authority.
" We declare, that the doctrine professed by the
Committee which proposed the exclusion of one of
our colleagues, and on which that measure is found-
ed, is subversive of all social order and of justice •
that the monstrous confusion of the functions of lc
gislator,.areuser, reporter, juryman, and judge, is
an outrage unexampled except in that trial the re-
membrance of which has served as a pretext for
annulling the powers of M. Manuel;
" That the principles set forth in the report of
the committee, as to the unlimited and retroactive
authority of the Chamber, are no other than. the .
anarchical principles which led• to the most odious of
crimes; That the protecting forms with which the
law shields the most obscure person under accusa-
tion, and even the (ripe nominal, which on an im-
portant occasion can alone guarantee the iadepen-
dence of votes, have been rejecta with a frantic and
turbulent obstinacy.
" Considering the lresolution adopted yesterday,
the 3d of March, 1843, against our colleague, as
the first movement ots a faction tlesirous of placing
itself violently above all forms, and breaking through
all. the checks. impovid on it. by ,our fundamental
compact;
" Convinced that this first step is but the prelude
to the system which conducts Franc.: to an. unjust
war abroad, in order to cu.summate the counter-re-,
volution at home, and to invite the foreign occupa-
Lion of our territory ;
" Unwilling to become the aecomplices of the
misfortunes which this faction cannot fail tb draw
on our country, we protest against all the Alegal and
unconstitutional measures lately taken.for the exclu-
sion of M. Manuel, D.sputy of La Vendee, and
against the violence with which he has bran torn
from the bosom of the Cfaamber of Deputies."

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER .

" The dreadful note of preparation" is still sounded
—France is busy in arrangements to " cry havoc
and let loose the dogs of war;'' but no hostile act
on either part has yet been done.—Spain has met
' the promised aggression in a way worthy of a patriot
nation devoted to the prptection of its liberties.—
In the French Chamber of Deputies great violence
has been shewn—one of the truly liberal Members
has been expelled because he dared to draw a line of
comparison between the acts of Louis the 18th and
those of his brother and predecessor Louis the 16th,
which were expiated on the scaffold—the similarity
of the acts must strike every one—their being si-
milarly punished would neither surprize nor vex
us—the Bourbons have been already allowed to
curse ages enough, and the sooner the whole race is
swept from the face of the earth the better.
Our parliamentary proceedings have, during the
last week, been devoid of importance or interest,
but the distinct avowal made by Lord Palmerston
in the House of Commons that Government rum
discountenances corporeal punishments in the Army,
must be productive of pleasure in every man's mind,
and gratitude to Sir Francis Burdett, who has wrung
from the Commander in Chief " a cold consent to
what his heart sbhorr'd."--A message, it will be
seen, was delivered to both Houses on Thursday
respecting the King's Copyhold and Leasehold Pro-
perty, which is,, we suppose, the step preparatory
to some further alienation in favour of one or mere
of his licentious, extravagant and graceless bro.
thers.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex
has less than any other branch of the family, yet.h
pays everybody honestiy—the Duke of York has
more than any of his blethers, yet Judgments are
constantly allowed to be entered up against him,
and to his disgrace, be it- said, are evaded every
term—yet His Royal Highness the Duke of York
is the Heir Presumptive to the Crown of the United
Kingdom! " Good Lord deli ;ler us!"

Lisbon Papers to the 20th tilt-. have just afflict).
Their contents are of considerai'Je importance, as
the Government of Portugal has determined to make
common cause with Spain, in the event of the in-
vasion of the latter country by _France, on the
grounds that it will be tantamount itlso to the in-
vasion of Portugal. Indeed, to consider it other-
wise would be absurd. The French Ministers an d
their confederates, the Holy Alliance, must be
aware that the Portuguese could not patiently 100 k
on while the Peninsula was invaded, without uniting
with Spain to repel the invaders. It is ridiculous to
suppose, if the French conquered Spain, that the
would not immediately attack Portugal; to over—
throw her Constitutioal and to destroy her inde-
pendence. The Ultras have not the courage or the
manliness candidly to declare their intentions, but
the Portuguese Government is aware of their. per-
fidy, and is therefore determined to increase and
organise the army, and to enter, very properly, iato
a strict alliance with Spain, to preserve intern