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London, England, 1823-02-05 00:00:00

paragraph, it says, that to. the East of Europe
" his Majesty flatters himself that peace will be
preserved." This phrase of " flatters himself"
should not have been admitted into a State docu-
ment of any kind—still less into it King's Speech—
for two reasons, viz. its looseness and uncertainty
of meaning—and moreover, its being one of those
common-place phrases of society, which have
been not inaptly termed " vulgar-fine." The
Speech goes on to say, that his Majesty, faithful
to the principles which he had already promul-
gated, declined being party to any proceedings
at Verona, which could be deemed an interfer-
ence in the internal concerns of Spain on the part
of foreign Powers. The previous promulgation
alluded to is, we suppose, the protest signed by
the late Lord Londonderry, against the Mani-
festo of the three Sovereigns from Laybach, pre-
vious to the invasion and occupation of Italy. More,
however, has been done than declining any parti-
cipation in the proceedings at Verona. We
take the following sentence verbatim from the
Speech :—" And. his Majesty has since [that is, I
since the Congress] used, and continues to use,
his most anxious endeavours and good offices to
allay the irritation unhappily subsisting between
the French and Spanish Governments; and to
avert, if possible, the calamity of war between
France and Spain." There is observable here a
guarded impartiality between the two parties
alluded to--a studied avoidance of the subjects
of incrimination, and recrimination between them ;
and, what is more important, a suggestion that
peace may still be preserved—since his Majesty's
anxious endeavours and good offices still continue
to be used.

[BRITISH- PRESS.]
The Royal Speech is not only expressive o
pacific intentions on the part of this country, bui
contains strong grounds of hope that peace will

be maintained by France towards Spain.: " His
Majesty declined being party to any proceedings
at Verona which could be deemed an interference

in the internal concerns of Spain." This is cer-
tainly intelligible and explicit. His Majesty de-
clined being party not only to any proceedings
which could be an interference, but to any pro-
ceedings which could be. deemed an interference
in the internal affairs of Spain. " His Majesty
has since used, and continues to use, his most
anxious endeavours and good offices to allay the
irritation unhappily subsisting between the French
and Spanish Governments ; and to avert, if pos.
slide, the calamity of war between France and
Spain." This is not so' well. We rejoice, in.
deed, that our Government has not taken part
with the infamous Allies, who would put down
all national improvement. It is matter of un-

feigned joy that England has no' disposition to
repeat the mad and wicked career of 1793.
But why divide the odium of the " subsisting.
irritation" equally between France and Spainl—
is grossly unjust towards Spain, who has
given no provocation, and extremely ungenerous
in the Government of Great Britain. if war be

indeed the destined result of the present state of
things, it will be fairly imputed to the submissive
and unbecoming tone of this country towards
France. Had we censured without reserve the

insolent pretensions of France•, and declared at
once our determination to resist a principle of in-
terference and dictatiorWas dangerous to all in-
dependent nations as it is odious to all civili7ed
beings, who will say that the result would be the
prevention of war ?

[MORNING Pon.]
We were enabled yesterday to communicate,
exclusively, to an anxious public, the substance
and highly gratifying tenor of the King's Speech.
That Speech itself will be read this day with
still greater interest, an interest heightened by
the illustrations which it received last night from
the Earl of Liverpool in the Peers, and from Mr.
Peel in the Commons. Manly and decided as is

the tone assumed in that important document,
It will be seen by the speech of the Noble
Premier that if still stronger language was
not used it was not because it was considered
inapplicable, but because hopes of peace, though
not sanguine, were not entirely abandoned, and
it would have been unwise and impolitic to throw
away the' advantages which we possessed in
our capacity of Mediator, and to defeat the
very object which we had in view, before
the door of negotiation was absolutely cloied. It'
will also be found that the war with which Spain
is threatened is regarded by our Government
as a war of pure unmixed injustice, and is likely
to prove more fatal to the country by whom it is
undertaken than to that on Whom it Is to be wan-
tonly inflicted. But what is still more important
is the declaration by the same distinguished and
patriotic' Statesman, that although the policy
of England he neutrality, yet 66 she is not to be
considered, if a proper case should arise, as
bound 'not to make war, and that if war be ne-
cessary, she is in a state to make it, without
doing any thing incompatible with the mainta—
nance of publiC credit." This declaration will
be justly regarded by Spain as a gmantee of her
independence, for if it have not the effect of ini
mediately overawing those whO are eager to en-
gage in a contest declared by England in the
face of the world to be unprovoked and iniquitous,
it will give her the certainty of receiving that
same assistance which once already enabled..her
to triumph over a more formidable enemy than
any with whoni she wilt now have to contend.

ELOQUENGE.—TiIe following Petition,
says the New York Advertiser of the 11th ult. from PETER
HAWS, one of the Catawba tribe of Indians, was preitented
few
,days ago, in the South Carolina Legislature;_" To the
Councils of South Carolina—l am ono, of the lingering em.
hers of an almost extinguished ra. eq....our graves will soon
be our habitations. lam one of the few stalks that still re-
main in th© field, when the .tempest of the revolution is
past. I fought against the British for your sake ; the 80.
tish have disippeared, and you are free: yet, from me, the
British took nothing—nor have I gained any thing by their
defeat. / pursue the deer 'for my subsistence- -the deer are
disappearing, and I must 'starve. God ordained me for tho
forest, and my 'habitation. is the shade—but The strength of
my arm decays, and my feet fail in the chase. The hand which
fought for your liberty i
is now open for your relief, In my
youth, I bled in battle that you might be ndependent—let not
my heart, in my old age, bleed for the want of your commisera,
tiou. , (Signed) " PETER 11.1.1ta15."

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.

Yesterday being the day fixed for the re-
assembling of Parliament, the several Officers,
Clerks, Messengers, &c. belonging to either
House, were in attendance at an early hour.—
Indeed, notwithstanding the demi-official contra.
diction of the statement that his MAJESTY
would appear to open the Parliament, it was
still very extensively believed, that his Majesty
would, in person, address both Houses from
the Throne ; and the coniequence was, that
as early as eleven o'clock in the forenoon,
considerable crowds were collected in New
Palace-yard, around the House of Lords, and
the entrances leading to the House of Commons.
Those crowds not being expected, arrangements
had not been made to keep the ways clear ; so
that by the time Mr. Lee, the High Constable of
Westminster, arrived, at twelve o'clock, with
his parties of constables to be stationed at the
several doors, the lobbies and the passages'
leading to them were so crowded, that the
Members could hardly pass to the House.
Those places were partially cleared, but still
the passages were much impeded, as so
many individuals had Peers' tickets, granting
them admission to the bar of the House of Lords
to hear the Royal Speech read. Before two
o'clock, so confident was the notion that the King
would arrive, from the prevalent idea that the
Parliament cannot be opened except by the King
in person, there were almost as extensive crowds
not only in Old Palace-yard and New Palace-
yard, but at the Horse-guards, hoping to see the
carriage pass from St. James's Park, as when his
Majesty last went to the House. The crowds being
assembled, were much occupied with examining or
admiring the new-Royal entrance to the House of
Lords, the grand portico, &c. all the scaffolding,
fences, &c. having been removed, and afterwafds
with observing the Lords Commissioners in their
Peers' robes, and the several Peers alight from
their carriages. The constables, having no aid,
had much to do to keep the place so far clear as
to enable the Lords to gain the Peers' new en-
trance door. Soon after 12 o'clock, Lord Gwydyr,
the Lord Great Chamberlain of England, Sir T.
Tyrwhitt, the Usher of the Black Rod ; the Of-
ficers of the Lords, and the Yeomen of the King's
Guard, made the customary sessional examina-
tions through the Ifouse of Lords, under it, in
the passages and vaults leading to Cotton-garden,
in and about the House of Commons, in-the
Speaker's dining-room, which is under the House,
&c.-'—The Lords' Commissioners entered the
Ifouse of Lords at three o'clock. The form of
opening the Parliament by commission, and
reading the King's Speech, is somewhat diffe-
rent from what is usually observed at the proro-
gations by commission. There are letters patent
issued to the -Lord Chancellor ; and instead of
appearing on the NVoolsack with a Peer on each
side of him, he takes his seat on a temporary
bench stationed between the Throne and the
Woolsack, with two Peers on each side of him

They all appear in Peers' robes, and the Lord
Chancellor reads the Speech. Below the bar was
crowded by " strangers," and when the Speech
was read, there was a very full attendance of
Commoners, for the contents of the Speech were
not suffered to transpire till the time of its deli-
very. In the body of the House there was a full
attendance of Peers ; and at privileged stations
there were many foreigners, &c.—(Morning
Paper.)

LATE MURDER AT LEWIsuAM.--'Yesterday
being the day appointed for the re-examination
of the persons suspected of being concerned in
the atrocious murder of Mr. SMITH, at Lewisham,
the prisoners were brought from Maidstone Gaol
to the Mitre Tavern, Greenwich, where a Bench
of Magistrates assembled in the first floor apart-
ment. At about M o'clock the prisoners arrived
in the town, in a covered carriage, strongly guarded
and handcuffed, followed by a crowd of persons,
and considerable interest prevailed on -their
-entrance tolain a view of them. Their names
are James and Robert Smith, and James Webster,
the two former brothers,all having the appearance
of decent tradesmen. The prisoners Smiths, are
shoemakers, and Webster a shipwright. On
their being conducted into the Justice-room, they
were placed at the bar.and questioned us to what
they had to say in their defence. The whole of

the prisoners declared their innocence, denying
all knowledge of the transaction.—Mr.BlCKNELL
intimated to them, that they were involved in
strong suspicion, but in the absence of evidence,
the production of which they had anticipated,
they would be discharged for the present. The
prisoners then quitted the place, and proceeded
in the direction of London across Greenwich
church-yard. Fresh bills .have been issued, with
rewards offered for the discovery of the murderers.

An extraordinary and barbarous murder was

perpetrated on Friday Welt lust, by three or
more savage poachers, on John ',anion, their
confederate, in a' wood belonging to J. PAGE,
Eq., in the parish of Littleport, in the Isle
of Fly, here the memorable riots broke out in
1816, which threatened a general insurrection
throughout the adjoining counties. One of the
murderers, John Rolfe, was pursued and ap-
prehended at Iferlgy, in Norfolk, and safely
lodged in our gaol on Saturday evening, and two
others of these savages were taken up under spe-
cial warrants, issued by the Rev. Sir HENRY 13.
DCIDLEt, Bart., and by whom they have been
committed for further examination. The parti-
culars of this atrocious deed are attended with
circumstances of peculiar horror, of which we
shall soon give a full detail.

•••••
Last night the counting-house of Mr. It. N.
ROSE, 42, Mansell-street, Goodman's•fields, was
entered by some thieves, and a quantity of en-
graving's, some account hooks, and various me-
morandums, stolen therefrom. From the man•

tter in which have
the premises een entered,
there is every reason to believe that the robbery
has been Committed by some party employed in
repairing the house. A plasterer's trowel ap-
pears to have been the instrument the desks were
broken open with.