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London, England, 1825-04-15 00:00:00

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50".31 QUIS DICEILE

FRrn LONDON,
_EVENING, APRIL 15, 1825.

Mr. 13
- Eat- brought under the notice of Parlia-
tnnt last
night a gross breach of privilege,—a
breach of privilege that calls loudly for the in-
terference of the House of Commons, and, if its
P"Pcirators can be discovered, for reprobation
and punishmeat. A breach of privilege in general
more concerns an individual Member than the pub.
IC at large, but that which we now speak of is inte-
resting to every subject of the British Em pire ; be-
eri
!Use itinfringesone ofthe rights of the People—the
rlBht of Petitioning Parliament. It appears that
s,
it
JOHN NEWPORT, on the 17th of March last,
presented a petition from Ballinacloe in favour of
clrhacesssions to the Roman Catholics, signed by
4 Persons. Mr. PEEL last night presented a
petition from 13 of those persons, in which they
i
isciabned all knowledge of the former petition,
:44 complained that a forgery bad been
commit-
t'bY which sentiments had been attributed to
1"11) the
opposite of those they held. We
cannot find terms sufficiently strong to reprobate
thoelischievons a practice, a practice by which
°tise of CoMmons is imposed upon, and the
141.11 t petitionina Parliament is brought into
4 :relitite, if not in a great measure endangered ;
1,1
l'o reliance can be placed on the allega-
-43 contained in a petition, nor can the
ti°4se judge of the sentiments of any particular
ass
of his MAJESTY'S subjects, if the Members
t
to rot feel a confidence that the signatures at-
th. eti to a petition are genuine. It is therefore with
satisfaction
we see that a Select Committee has been
toPP°lnted to examine into the matter and report
(be. House. No blame can be attached to the
°nourable Baronet, Member for Waterford, as
f° had no means of verifying the signatures be-
anoetiille presented the Petition ; and this again is
fiep_ e,r, of the mischiefs resulting from the prac-
witi:oxtillat a Member cannot present a Petition.
mayt .4" apprehension that the signatures to it
ImPeaclied.
13u

-44" Ayres Papers from the 25th December
°the 24th January inclusive reached us this

morning. Accounts of the &feat of the Spankh
a rifles, from private channels, had been received
on the 2I s t January at Buenos Ayres, which had
diffused the most lively and universal joy among
the inhabitants; and it was expected that the [3IE7
cial reports of the decisive victory by which the in-
dependence of the new States of America had been
achieved would arrive in a few days. The fol-
lowing are extracts from the Buenos Ayres Jour-
nal, the Argus, by which it will be seed that. the
National Congress assembled at Buenos Ayres
has been acknowleded by some of the towns and
Provinces, and that it is proceeding steadily in
its arduous labours :

BuEsos AYR ES. JAN. B.—lt is reported at Salta that the
Government of Buenos Ayres has signified to the provinces in
the interior that a plan is in contemplation for improving the
navigation of the Rio Bermejo, from the North of the Rios Se-
gundo Tercero, &c. to the Parana, and of the Diamante and
Salador to the South.
JAN. 1 5. —Accounts continue to be received at Buenos Ayres
of the recognition of the National Body. At Cordoba it was
done in the most solemn manner, as also at Mendoza, as ap-
pears by the Proclamations published by the Governments of
these- two places, whtch hold a distinguished rank among
those that form the State of Rio de la Plata; it has also been
recognized at Santiago del Estero.

JAN. 22.—A project for a fundamental law was submitted
on the Rltii to the Chamber of Representatives.

Art. 1. The Provinces of Rio de la Plata assembled in Con-
gress, renew by their Deputies in the most solemn manner the
comptxt by which they bound themselves when they threw off
the Spaniyh yoke, and formed themselves into an Independent
Nation, again declaring their resolution to do their utmost to
secure their independence and promote the general felicity.
2. They shall henceforward be called The United Provinces
if Smith America.
3. Till the promulgation of the intended Constitution, the
provinces shall be governed in their internal affairs by their own
institutions.

4. Every thing relating to the national independence, secu-
rity, tic fence, and prosperity, the value of the coin, weights and
measures, the internal relations of the provinces with each
other, and their foreign relations with any other Government
or nation belongs to the CongreSs.
5. The Congress shall make successively the necessary re-
gulations respecting the points mentioned in the preceding
Article.
6. The Constitution which the Congress shall sanction shall
be offered to the consideration of the Provisional Legislatures,
and it shall not he promulgated or enforced till it shall have
been accepted in the form which .the Constitution shall de-
termine.
7. The' ratification of the Constitution by two-thirds of the
inhabitants of the provinces shall be sufficient for the establish,
rnent of the Constitution in the provinces which ratify it.
8. For the present, and till the election of a National Execu-
tive Power, the Government of Buenos Ayres ►hall be charged
with the following attributes..
(a) To direct every thing relative to foreign affitirs, the nomi-
nation and reception of Ministers, and the authorising of those
named.

IbsTo make treaties with the adVice of its Ministers and
three Members of the Congress, giving an account to the Con-
gress, that it may ratify what has been done, if it approve: of it.
(c) To execute and communicate to all the other Govern-
ments the resolution taken by the Congress.
(d) To submit to the consideration of the Congress the pica-
sores which it shall judge advisable fur the better dispatch of
the public business.
Only part of this project had been discussed.
The new denomination of the United States of Sonth Ame-
rica was rejected, and that of United Provinces of Rio de la
Plata preferred. . .
M. Washington Slacun is recognized as Consul from the
tinited States of North America, anti Senor Perreya Soldre as
Consul from Brazil.

Dutch and Ifamhurgh Papers arrived this
morning. The former do not contain any news,
and the following are extracts from the latter:—

PETERSDITRGII, MARCY' '25.

It is positively stated that the Emperor will go to Warsaw,
to open the Diet in the middle of next month, and that the
Prince of Orange will accompany him.
Mr: Stratford Canning will shortly leave us, as the business
of his mission, which chiefly related to the regulation of the
differences respecting the north-west coast of America, is ter-
minated. _ _ _

Mr. Ward, British Ambassador to our Court, has; solicited
his recal, and will be succeeded, it is said, by Lord Gisborne.
Capt. Ricord, formerly Governor of liamtschatka, is appoint-
ed Commander of the Harbour of Cronstadt. Prince Galitzin,
Governor-General of Moscow, has been here for some days.
His Majesty has conferred the Order of SL Stanislaus of the
first class on the Portuguese Ambassador, Senor Guerreiro, as
a mark of his especial favour, on occasion of his being com-
missioned by his Sovereign to present to his Imperial Majesty
the Insignia of the Portuguese Orders.