The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-21 00:00:00

STATE OF EUROPE.

Mr. C. 11. HuTcniNsos observed', that he
should haye been very glad to give way to the
Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just
spoken, if the very reasons which that lion. Mem-
ber had stated for his anxiety about the Poor
Relief Gill, did not quite as much operate on
him (Mr. Hutchinson) with regard to his own
motion—he meant the lateness of the Session, and
the consequent difficulty of prosecuting any new
measure through all its stages. After the do-
quent speech which they had recently heard
from the Right Hon. Membrr for Liverpool (Mr.
Canning), he himself rose .to address the House
under peculiar disadvantages ; and he regretted
that he did not possess the talents of that Right
Hon., Gentleman the more, because if he did, he
should be able to make an impression. upon

them which, anxious as he_felt, he was fearful he.
'should not be- able to prodUce. From the thin
attendance on the benches opposite, it would not
appear that the Noble Lord was apprehensive of
any secious discussion on the important subject
which was now to be brought before the House.
Upon such a subject, as it was nearest his . own
heart, he (Mr. Hutchinson) might be betrayed,
into some warmth of expreSsion ; but he. trusted
that he should not (Arend- the 'feelings of the
Noble Lord, as that was far from his intention.
He stood* there as a friend of liberty ; and in:

:hat character he eras free to confess that he

thought the situation of Europe was at this mo-
ment tremendously awful. There had been a
system pursuing. -against her., liberties and her
safety for upwards of 9..twelyeMonth past, and it
was his conviction that if the Allied Powers
(he spoke of Russia and Au;tria more particu-
larly) wel'e, permitted to persevere in
they. were to continue extending and prosecuting
it—and if the Noble Lord was to continue
supporting and defending them—it was one
which would terminate but to fatally for the
interests of free nations.—(hear!)—The Noble
Lord on a former night had declared that the
Russian column, which was put in movement soon
after the breaking out of the troubles in Pied-
mont, was.. not intended to act_ against Spain. A
contrary belief, however, had been universally ,
entertained ; and, was with difficulty relinquish-
ed, even after this information, so conveyed to
the llouse by the declaration of the Noble Lord,
The alarm excited by the movements of the Al-
lied Powers had been in no way diminished. He
would go back merely for an instant, and refer
to what was done in the Congress of Vienna, to
show that the principles on which the Allies pro-
ceeded were those of aggrandizement,.ainl their
consequent acts those of spoliation. At the time
Russia seized upon, Poland, Belgium_ was con-
ferred upon Holland, Norway was annexed to
Sweden, Prussia seized a half of Saxony and the
Provinces on the Rhine ; Austria vas enriched in
Italy with the Venetian. ProvinceS, in.addition'to
Lombardy; and the King of 'Sardinia added'
Genoa to his Continental, dominions, in Opposi-
tion to the positive engagement and public pro-
clamation of the-British authorities, that Genoa
should be restored to' the independence which
, it enjoyed before the irruption of the French into

Italy in 1.97. Having alluded to these cessions and
incorporations,thisaggrandizement of one sovereign
at the expence of another, and this annihilation of
ancient and celebrated states, to increase the ter-
ritory or swell the power of their neighbour, he
would ask the Noble Lord, whether the principles
6RI the treaties of pace of 18.14 aiLd 1S 15etverelkot
trio% of spoliatiou'riind whethj the allies had
not followed the very couEse which they had de-
posed Napoleon for pursu►ng To pass over
what had occurred since, he would merely refer
to the late proceedings of two of the allies, Rus-
sia and Austria, whose acts were abetted by a
third power, Prussia, to show the spirit in which
they meant to continue the system 'whose basis

had- been thus laid in rapacity and plunder. He
knew that the Noble Lord would say, that neither
he nor his Majesty's government were answerable
for the conduct or declaration of our allies, in
those cases where our efficient concurrence was
withheld. But this plea he (Mr. Hutchinson)
could not to its fullest extent admit. It was

true, that, the Sovereign of this country was not
a formal party to the holy alliance ; but it was
equally true, that his Ministers in that House
defended.the, principle on which- it acted, and
did not remonstrate with the allied Monarchs
when they professed to found. their violent pro-
ci.edings on the stipulations of thetreaty of Vienna,-
to -which We were sa party. .Nowl what was the
nature of those principles thus deduced 'and sup-
ported ? The House would best.jndge of them
by the- acts which they were brought forward to

justify, .and the course of conduct which they
were in future to direct. Naples had declared
the necessity of reforming the abuses of its
government, and the' Neapolitan people procured
the assent of their .government to a constitution
which they supposed adapted to secure their
liberties and extend their prosperity. The
nature • of, this constitution,• or the source
whence it emanated, displeased Russia and Aus-
tria ; and in consequence the latter of those
states, with the consent of the former, sent an in-
vading.army to demolish it, and to restore the
King, under a pledge of introducing some other
institutions, to the creation •of which the people
were no party, and 'which, according to an ac-
count of them that he had seen to day, did
not seem calculated to secureany portion of free-
dom. Yet such were the acts, and Such was the
policy, of the governments,. with whose conduct
and principles the. Nohie Lord identified himself,
by appearing in that House as their advocate awl
champion. It was this which excited his (Mr.llut-
chinson's) alarm., 'ln the conduct and declara-
tions of the two Imperial Cabinets,- he -could dis-
tinkly trace the 'principles-of aggrandizement and'
ambition, which must at no distant period either
oppress Europe- without.a struggle, or involve it

n war and confusion. No one %Ow had attended
,o the history,of Itussia for a long- time, could

doubt her ambitious projects. She had interfered
in the: wars of Europe (of which 'she was the
most ambitious State) whenever she saw a hope
of. increasing' her power, and •she • never con—
chided a peace without obtaining'a'cession of ter-
ritory. With one hand she now pressed upon
Sweden, and 'with the other touched the north—
West coast of A.Merica ; occupying 'the immense.
space-between the Black Sea. and. the North
Pole ; and extending 9,000 ..mites-in length,
.by 4,000 in breadth. With thi.s.imm-ense power,
it was alarming to retiect on the, tendency of
her policY. 'She had formerly: entered into a.
- -

treaty with'Austria for the spoliation of Turkey ;•.
and in the -present distracted state of the latter
empire, she had an army of 100,000 men on its
frontiers. Whatever the result of this might be,
the: design' of these two powers to tyrannize over
the smaller.'States.of Enrope was Manifest ; and
he would repeat, ttrat.the countenance which this
policy received:from the Noble Lord admitted-
Of as little doubt. Without again referring to
the cake of -Genoa, to skew • that in the worst
parts of the system pursued by the Holy Alliance
this Government had
..concurred, he would prove
the same point by ae.vertin,g to its proceedings at
home. • ThoNOble-.LOrd and his colleagues, like
true imitators of their Continental Allies, bacl
done affin their power to abridge the liberties
and destroy the-rights of the people. lie need
only refer to their frequent suspension of the law
of Hdbeas cotpusi without justificatiOti'E4 neces-:
-shy; their opposition to all,i:!quiry into the
out-
rage committed at Manchester ; the obstruction
thrown in the way of the right of petitioning?
and the new shackles-laid on the freedom of the

•
press by the' acts Which- folloWed.. As a. farther
Qvidence of the spirit in which they conducted
their Administration, he might mention the coun-
tenance, which they themselves, and, the active
support which their , friends gave 'to thc, self-
styled cc ConstitUtional Association-," which WO
instituted to act 'as , the spy and. tyrant of the
press, and which numbered among its subscri-
bers Peers, Prelates, -and a Cabinet Minister,.
Viewing these things, he could not but give it
as his opinion that the system of Ministers hA
for many years been directed against the liber-
ties of their country, ,and that 014 . had
come cordial; though unavowA, alliei of th%,
Continental Cabinets in their-late procOedingsl
by imitating, as fat- as possible, their example'
if there wanted any more direct proof of this fact,
he would appeal to that. single measure, the Aliq
Act, renewed from year to year in "time of piofoan°
peace. Wby did the Noble Lord introduce Such,
Bill but to failfil his engagements. w ith his Con tire;
tal associates, to carry into effect their desig%
against the political offenders whom they rnigt
denounce, and to become their Once officer
watching and controlling the motions of iodiv;;
duals obnoxions`to their principles ? The 7:401):
Lord, when called upon to defend this act/ 5::0.
pealed to the lenity with which its powers ,5
exercised, and the small number, of P"':° I't
.
aeamst whom it was enforced ;.but te'
AV a s a
know that what might fall upon one strai;:ft7of tilt:,
terror to all ? Did he not see an exaniP .
s Iloit
in the question which Was put 'to hint b)
Friend (Mr. Howl!) about its appl
inhabitants of the lonian Islands, . s°nle tton
9f
ica to
dreaded to Corne here to demand
.•
Justice becau,
they were supposed liable to its operaoo,i, D As , •
an example of the hardships which it someticoc`r
occasioned, he -might' refer to -the case of a 3 ,
i(alian priest, who-lately arrived fiynt.St.4elent

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an . was refused liberty to latfd in England. His
object in alluding tolhe internal conduct of Go-
vernment was to; show
.their participation at home
in those -general principles of. oppression which
the Allies had openly professed and carried into
effect abroad. It was to prove that we, by our
Alien /Act,. had cut, 'Off that retreat which was
formerly open to the oppressed of other States,
and done all in our power to make the territory
of continental Sovereigns the atingeon of perhaps
their most meritorious subjects. In order to
catty on their designs 'with less. opposition from
the general -feelings of mankind, the Allies
called_ those whom they
wished to oppress
by obnoxious. names. Thus the Noble Lord,
when defending .the Austrian invasion of Na-
Ple.) said that that Power did not resort
to arms to conquer the Neapolitan . people,
L'aut,to suppress an Italian sect called the Car-
ponari. The title included of- course all those
1141;3 showed. dissatisfaction at existing abuses,
and made exertions to reform them. In this
11"1§e his Hon. Friend the Member for Aber-
deen) and those who- joined in opposing .extrava-
gant grants of the, public money, were the Car-
bonari of the House of Commons (a laugh) ; those,
Ivll`.° exerted themselves for the reform of' abuses
io Ireland were the Carbonari . there ; and the
Coostitezionalists of France, Spain, and _ Ger-
nlan.Y) were the Carbonari of-those countries. In
short, all who in-consequence of exerting them-
selves for an extension of liberty, and who thus
merited the displeasure of an oppressive Govern-
ment, were in Italy called Carbonari. Those,
howeyer, were the very men whom the .Allies
found it-convenient to support and to encourage
iAll.-the time of Buonaparte. wished that the
'lnks, when they finally subdued that individual,
and were called upon in 1815 to settle the state
of Europe, had acted upon amore just and li-
beral system, and had not imitated the policy of
lihe-Sovereign whom they overthrew. They had,
'").tvever, established tyranny on spoliation ; and
1,,.t was therefore unjust to imprison the ex-Ern-
Kror" of France, for conduct much less-tyran-
ni6al and oppressive than that of those who now
exercise(!the power of which he was deprived.
tif he had seen peace and s'ecurity established in
Europe, as the consequence of sacrificing an in-
11viilua I, of whose tyrannical acts he (Mr. Hutch-
ins") never approved ; -he might have been re-
c°Pciled to the idea of seeing him in confinement,
and ourselves the gaolers of Continent. But
when he saw those who declared against his des=
i'°*tism, exercising a still more despotic sway,
and venting their petty malice under the pretence
'4; justice, on one less tyrdnnical than them-
selves ; when lie saw then opposing all attempts
at the establishment of constitutional freedom ;
`.°11.." :he saw that what they called peaie. was no
Peace ; that what- they called independence was
a license..to the powerful to oppress the• weak ;
'when he' saw all this,. he could not conceive an
excuse for detaining Buonaparte, and he would
fall noon the Noble Lord to justify such an act.
Oelat lie was an usurper in a certain sense, could not
denied ; but what worse had he done, than his
le.gitiniate successors in power ? He begged here
In, understood as attacking the policy and not
Personal conduct of the emperors. The,prin.
'Ties which they had laid down, in their late de.
f,'" bons, would warrant an attack on this country,
Ministers, in any emergency, called for their as-
sistance;":lli adverting to the conduct Of Austria
Naples, he must severely reprehend the
• rttelties practised since hor treops occupiedp
capital, 'where the flogging, imprisoning,
:17.d shooting 'of these who' had acted under
!,.. King's Commission • w'ere
,carlied on in
,Kiri.g'S name. There must be a .re-ac-
" Europe ;• and a terrible re-action ;.
'anles, Piedmont,. Parma, were taken military
P"sesSion Of. The Noble Lord had 'been de-
Lr!'" Of peace : was this the sort of peace that
lie.desired ? Spain, too, was threatened ; and the
„nrrers to he apprehended in that' country were
Ftributable to the threats, of the Allies. He he-
- troops
that Russia- had been disposed to march
sreops to Spain; if The King of France had been
tir:' besotted as to have suffered them to pass'
:•'-r°llgh his dominions. That • was believed in
isi!aio,and the House might loOk at the circurn-
frahces which were the result of that belief. The
4 "Se owed it to 'mankind- in getieral to mate
declaration against the principles on which such
''""ceeditic,,:s. took place. If such,Principles should
i:Vone to be acted on, Europe must and ought
ila,"e generally convulsed. But the allied powers
4'l,lTiede 'the Noble Lord a party to those pro-
Ntigs; - They were traced to the principles
Areed•On at Vienna. There it appeared a se-
cret article between Russia and the King of Na-
pres7 by which the latter became bound not to in-
trol'l•l&e any change adverse to the management of
Austria.in its Italian. States. The Noble Lord
oias thus a p.arty in a minor way. fie would caution
ch: Noble Lord against persevering in such con-
faieit• The charaCter of this country had infinitely
v. 14" since 1793. He meant not its military
touraeter, but the character of its policy. If the
se 'which- had thus degraded the character of
ropee °lintry should be continued, we and all Eu-
(Ne roost be involved in the ruinous conse-
ed bees•—(Hear.)—The Hon. Member conclud-
„ Y //loving
(xi peo at this nonse, the Reprysentatives of a free and enlight-
the Ple, has witnessed with the greatest concern and alarm
ttlrovents which have lately taken place on the Continent of
;is totle; and also the open and insulting avowal of pretensions
Petrie et as they are dangerous, and which are in direct opp
the principles of our own Revolution, and to the inde-
fore tee of other nations. That an humble Address be there-
elle_ presented to bis Majesty, requesting him to use his infiu-
tilideo_at.id authority to gecure to the minor States of Europe their
Asw.„ form and, till nowi• never disputed right to choose their
43,:_.torra of Government, and also to remonstrate with his
the assumption of powers never beihre claimed, Which
posrtrince new principles into the laws of nations, in direct op-
rse to all former practice and precedent, and which, if
isbvr ied in and acted upon, would not only prevent the estd-
irkent of all rational librty, but tend to render perpetual czPotisrns of he

The Mzirquis of LONDONDERRY had listened
with. great attention to the speech of the Hon.
Gentleman, and hoped, if he did not follow him
Through his statements (which he had no inten-
tion of doing) that it would not be imputed to
allY personal disrespect. When the Hon. Gen-
- tlernan thought it right .to bring before the House
the whole policy a- the country for the last 30
,)'ears—when the lists were so widely pitched,
that hardly- any limiis btu-. those of Europe—,or

ratlick of space, could be. named as cOmpreherut-
in4. all the topics he' had brought into discussion,
it was hardly to be expected that he should at-
tempt to follow him; as on these,. in the course
of one night, it would be impossible for the House
to'corne to any decision. It was certainly open
to the Hon. Member to lay before the House his
view of the transactions which he had made the
subject of his speech, but it was unnecessary for
him to follow' the Honourable Gentleman, as
it was clear it would lead to no practicable
result. In reviewing the system which had been
acted' upon, the Hon. Gentleman had been
pleased to attach infinitely more importance to
the share which he (the Marquis of Londonderry)
had had in the events comprehended within the
period of which he had spoken. For a consider-
able portion of that period, he (Lord London-
derry) had certainly been in a situation which
precluded him froM doing much mischief. The
Hon. Gentleman might indulge in that sort of

protest against a long course of measures which he
had this night made, but, as he had already stated,
it was utterly impossible for the House on this oc-
casion to come to any rational decision on their
merifs. He might, however, be allowed to say,
that he had not thatloveof tyranny-which the Hon.
Member's speech would impute. The acts to
which he had been a; party, so far as his under-
standing enabled him to judge of them, were of
a character . opposite to that which had been
given. to them,—at leaSt he could not but view
them in -a directly opposite light. He was as
friendly to rational freedom .as the Hon. Member
or any other Gentleman could be, and- as anxious
to support the character and influence of this
country ; but he could not agree 'that we had a
right to be the active regulators of the affairs of
alt the countries in Europe. We had a right to
adopt such measures as were necessary to pre-
serve the liberties of this country, and we had
naturally -an • interest in seeing- the liberties of
other countries' flourish. But he must deprecate
the idea that no Government was to stir but in
accordance with our feelings—that no State Paper
was to be issued which was not exactly such as
that House could approve ; but.they were to be
called upon to expreSs disapprobation, and in fact
to intermeddle with matters which they did not
understand, and of which still less , could they
comprehend the pOlicy. Such a course he could
not approve, and he. was as much-opposed to the
theory of the Honourable Gentleman as-he could
be to its practice. The measures heretofore
adopted by this, country were for the preServa-
lion of -its own liberty. The ,Government of
England had not been knight-errants, traversing
Europe to redress all grievances, and bring up
every country to a standard of ideal parfection.
Than this nothing would be more likely to en-
gage the country in a War—nothing so likely to
lose us all the benefits we had obtained by our
past exertions, and impose upon us all the evils
of a new struggle. The Allied 'Sovereigns were
undoubtedly possessed of great power, which,
well applied, might prove largely conducive to
the best..interests Of Europe.; and it was, there'-'
fore, the more necessary to observe the greatest
caution- where they were concerned: As the
Hon. Gentleman had protested generally against
the system acted upon- both at home and abroad,
he (Lord -Londonderry) must protest as generally
against that' system which the Hon. Gentlemen
wished to introduce. He did not know that. he
could do better, under
,all the circumstances Of
the case, than finish by leaving protest opposed
to protest; The House would determine which-
was best founded, and he should be perfectly
content with a drawn battle. The Hon. Gentle-
man had in his speech endeavoured to cover all
the events of the- late war ; but in his Motion
he ' had thought it necessary to come down
to modern time, and it was accordingly
made to apply to' late events, State Papers
lately issued, " Minor Powers of Europe," and,
what we ought 'to- do to enable them to Choose_
Governments for 'themselves. He could juSt
imagine. what the Hon. Gentleman meant.; but it
was most extraordinary that he should come for 7•
ward with a sweeping propositien; .calling- upon
the House to act on events- that were not named
- documents that were not before thein; 'and for
countries that :were not more distinctlY Specified
than by being-described-as," the minor powers."
—He was inclined to think that some of thOse
whom the Hon. G-entlenian -Wished. 'to', befriend.,
would not feel much obliged to-hid for the com-
pliment he paid them in calling the countries
to which they belonged the minor powers. The
motion of the Hon. Gentleman might prevent
some of the oppressed from applying to this.coun,
try for relief. It was possible that they would
decline calling on England for- aid, that they,
might escape- being classed with the," minor
powers." .An -Hon, entleman would to-morrow
bring forward a motion on some of 7the topics
comprehended in the statement of the Ilon..Gen,
tleman. But' the Hon. Member, whose motion
came on to-morrow; began by moving for papers
on which he might hereafter found a charge, in-
stead of making the,_charge without laying any
foundation whatever. The Hon; Gentleman had
overleaped all the usual preliminary forms, and
had proceeded to his object at once. Though he
spoke thus shortly, he hoped he should not, be
thought to have treated the Hon. Gentleman with
disrespect, by not. attending to what he had
stated. It might be natural for that Hon. Gen.
dermal to state what his views ,were on the sub-'
jects which he had brought forward ; but for the
reasons which he had already given; it was- im-
possible for him to follow the course of his state-
ments. He' must protest against discussing- the
various matters which had been touched upon 'in
this way. He hardly knew of. one in the course
of his extended statement which had not already
been discussed once, if not oftener. The proceed-
ings of the Congress of Vienna (if the subject
were not too important to be treated in a paren-
thesis of a speech, he would protest against
the principles. imputed to that . Congress) had
been before the House—the case of.. Genoa
had been debated--4he affairs of Naples had
been elaborately iliscussed in the early.pant of.
the present Session—and the grounds on which.
Bonaparte had been confined in St. Helena, ,had
alsO been under their consideration. .In fact, he:
could net imagine any. one topic of those-now ,
broueit fotward; that had not been already dis.

posed of by the Itodse..
to bring any: one. of these fairly under con-
sideration again, he would• meet him with the
necessary papers, and if an evening- were set
apart for the question, in the course of the'dis=
cussion, they might be able to make themselves
intelligible to the House. But it was almost im-
possible to do so if the whole of the topics were
taken up in one Debate. To a motion like the
present, he thought the House could not hesitate
to give a direct negative; as it went to offend and,
provoke—and he thought justly to offend and
provoke other Governments, by the interference
which it called for, when no documents were be-
fore the House, or any data to justify such inter-
ference.

Sir RoncaT WILSON said, the Noble Lord for-
got that the manifestos and documents alluded to
were accompanied with arms, with invasion and
occupation, with bloodshed andoppression. The
• Allied 'Powers stood condemned, not by docu-
ments, but -by acts. Stripped of diplomatic-
phraseology, what were their acts ? - They showed
their•love of independence by invading indepen-,
dent nations. They testified their love of liber-
ty by proscribing a whole nation for the damnable
heresy of a constitutional creed. They consigned
to punishment in Italy more ,persons in two
months, than the French Government had done
in two years. Their liberty of the press was, to
suffer no book to be printed but at the Govern,
meat press. Their attachment to monarchy was
manifested by 'placing on a throne, .one who left
his people pledged to support theirrights, and re-
turned to consign them• to death or imprisonment.
The Al lied P•owers had declared that they would
recognize no change but suchas should emanatefrom
the well-weighed consideration of those whom God'
had made responsible for the exercise of power.
This restored monarch was one of the enlighten-
ed persons whom God thus made responsible. 7—
As a proof of his enlightened wisdom he appoint-
ed two chambers, and reserved to himself to re
ward the
.serond
,according to their services.—
This was the constitution which this enlightened
and responsible monarch gave. It was a select
vestry government. Such had been the treachery
of that Government, that all the circumstances-
of the dispersion of the army had be•
sub-
jectbeen the
of official communications .to. the Courts of
foreign nations., This he could prove; but, in
fact, all the. Allied Powers ~were :trinliling' in
feirr of the events that might result from such
proceedings.. lie would
_support the oration of
his 'Hon. Friend. *

Mr. II wrcurNsoN replied. The Noble Lord
had taunted him with having gone Into <an ekpli
cation of the system under-which the liberties.of
eyery.free people in Zurope were about to he,
destroyed. These insults of the Noble Lord he de-
spised :jot as a man he felt he stood on grounds
far,sktperior to the N061,-; Lord; he would be dis-
tinguished among the freemen
.of -England and of
Europe as having 4 .together -with' his Hon: and
Gallant Frientl-, -stood.- forward to advocate the
birthrights of mairkind ;• as such he disregarded the
taunts or insults of-the Noble Lord. What had an-
neretl -Belgium tolfoliand but a system of spolia-
tion?-: What:ha-clan:toted Saxony to Germany
but a system' of taPoliation.? - Who :had- given up
Genoa:? e-.. -would Arisier, the-'Noble' Lord
hittiself ? Whohatt given tip Parga ? He would
reply;:the Noble •-Lord himself. Why had ..not
the-Noble •Lrftd,, tthiringthe late invasion of .Na-
pies, --tolet-tbo:atuirrians, that if they advanced
one step Further would blow them-out of the
AdriatiCl-=(.A•datigh.)--He contended,' •there-
fore, that the w-hole- proceedings of the Conti-
nent, since the peace of -1815 had been con-
ducted -on _assystem of. spoliation. The Noble
Lord hatFprotestect -against_ his (Mr. IL's) sys-
tem. Now he had produced no system at
He had only,complained of the system of the-
Noble Lord.' did- concerned that the
Noble. Lord had -.found -no-way of treating this
grave :subject but by turning it into ridicule. If
liberty was--sulfered to be put down in this way,
and- if --a.Minisker was allowed: to treat such it,
subject with ridirn-le, he foresaw that their-own
liberties- would-he threatened.. What would be
the effect-abroad when the determination of the
Noble -Lords should be publicly 'known ?
Every one who knew Spain, knew that that
country was now trembling under the apprehen-
sion of -a •foreign invasion,- and that some of
its inhabitants- had taken up arms, under the
expectations, of that foreign assailance. Would
the manner in which the• Noble Lord had treated
this subject tend, to introduce tranquillity ? He
felt disposed to-discuss this subject with all dge
respect for the House.' He considered it a ques-
tion deeply affecting the liberties of Europe, and
of this country also: He hail endeavoured to do
his duty, and he should- at all times take the op-
portunity of introducing- such subjects to the
House. The Noble Lord was in fact a sleeping
partner in the Holy Alliance ; he was too good a
judge to commit himself openly in any state pa-
per, but whenever the outrageous proceedings of
that Alliance were, brought before the-House, he
was amongst the foremost of its defenders. The
Hon. Member concluded- by apologising to' the
House for the time which he had occupied.—The
House then divided—

For the notion - - - 28
Against it - - - - 117
Majority againstF the. motion -
POOR RELIEF BILL.

. When we re-entered the Gallery, we found
that Mr. Scarlett had moved the further consi-
deration of the Poor Relief Bill.
Mr. CAI:CR.I4'T thought it would be desirable
that the debate oh this.important•subject should
not be gone into lvithout a chance ,of concluding
it. As there we's no possibility that this Bill
should pass in the present Session, it would not
he inconvenient for his lion. and Learned Friend
to postpone the debate.to a future, though not
distant day.
Mr. SCA IMETT did not wish to press.en the de-
bate against the pleasure of the House ; but he
saw no prospect on any futUre night of so full an
attendance.-(Cries of " on !no !")

Mr. CALCRAFT said, if it was the pleasure of
. •
the House that ,the debate should proceed, he,
would go on—on—(Criesries of "..g o op no I")
After some delay, Lord LONDONDEIIIiY SKid a

few words in favour of the continuance of the dis
cuAs;tin. • • •

Mr. CALCRAFT again rose, and said that lie
was perfectly convinced of the impassibility of
adopting the principles laid . down .in the Bill Of
his Hon. and Learned. Friend at this or any other
time. . It was his intention to enter into a short
examination of those propOsitions, and • before
'doing so, he must take the. liberty to say, that in
his opinion the inconvenience and burthens said
to be created by the present state of the Poor
Laws, were greatly exaggerated. He felt friendly
to the present system; and most of all* he felt
friendly to a compulsory levy for the support of
the poor ; and the very. first principle of the Bill
now proposed went to cut that up by the roots.
Ifs lianOurable and • Learned Friend said a
maximum must be fixed beyond which no
sums shotild. be levied. This was his original
.proposition. But he had since introduced mo-
difications which proved a want of confidence in
his own principle. The next proposition went
to operate as a penalty upon all poor persons who
.married after the passing of the Act. No person
who so married was to receive parochial relief
being able to work. Now every one 'must know
that. the fluctuation in .our manufactures caused
by chance, by caprice, by change of fashions,
would often leave person's with every disposition
to work, and who were most valuable members
of society, totally unable to procure. it. In such
cases the measure of his Hon.: and Learned Friend
must lead to one of two alternativesoamely, star-1
vation Or intestine commotion. With regard to
the abrogation of the Law of. Settlements, his
Honourable and Learned. Friend again distrusted
his principle,and proposed modifications which
must be attended 'with a degree of difficulty and
litigation which would almostcreate an impossi-
bility of carrying them into effect.. It was said
by the supporters of the measure, that the ener-
gieS and morals of the popr had derereased or dis-
appeared. He believed that if they went into a
comparison of the morals of the present genera-
tion of the poor with those of any other, the con-
elusion would be greatly in their favour. The
People- Of this country were a moral, bravo, and
as energetic' a people as any race of men upon
the earth. His Hon. and Learned Friend also
said that the existing law of settlement prevented
the free circulation of labour. Now the great
manufactories, and the great public Works which
were being carried on in different parts of the
country, was a practical contradiction to any such
"assertions. Again it was said, that the present
system of laws gave indiscriminate relief. As
far as his own experience as a -Magistrate went,
he had never seen relief granted without an ex-
amination being first made, as to the fitness of the
'applitant. His Hon. and Learned Friend had
made choice of the most improper of all periods
for trying an experiment of this nature. There
.was now a greater stagnation in the demand for
labour thanhad been experienced for many years.
past, and, as he hoped, than would be experi-
enced for many years to. come. Yet this. was 'a
time at which his Hon. and Learned Friend pro-
posed to take away that systerdby whiCh the
poor received relief, of .which they never before
.stood in so much need. Many millions of the
sums stated as the . amount of the Peor Rates
wereactually wages paid to the poor for labour.
Taxation:was amongst-the•great causes of the in-
crease -of those. rates,. and. he believed they had
only increased in
„proportion to the increase of
the National 'Debt, and the rental of the king-
dom.- But- with this- increase of the general
wealth of the nation, the land only had to bear the
burthens which necessarily accompanied it. His
Hon. and Learned Friend'Ought to have applied
himself to the discovery of some means fOr imposing
the,support of-the poor equally- upon the different
sources of , wealth which had. sprung up, and
whith had been declared:bythe highest authority,
to beleg,-ally entitled to contribute to that 'sup-
port. • lie 'hoped this view of the subject would
be taken up by the House ip another Session.
He did not mean to defend altogether the pre-
ent state of our systein, but he Was. anxious to
g,ivertelear and decided -opinion that-the prin-
ciples.. contained in the Bill before the Houie
were Wholly impracticable. The question had
really been argued as if' the poor people of this
country-did nothing at all 'for themselves. To
prove how fallacious such an argument was, he
would refer to a .case at Leicester, which had
been communicated to him by several Gentlemen
in that town.- The sum of 17,0001. Wag paid to
the poor of Leicester in the course of a few months.
But what would' the House say, that 9,0001. of
that sum was paid by the labouringartizans them-
selves ? That amount was actually raised by them-,
selves, by weekly Subscriptions from their wages.
He hoped that in another SeSsien the subject
would. be undertaken upon ir-nore enlarged views
and broader principles. He thought it advisable
that it should again be sent to a, Committee of
intelligent men, from which some'such' a mea-
sure was likely to emanate. He hoped that he
had said nothing likely to excite or encourage
any improper spirit amongst the poor. The,prin-
ciple upon which he was anxious to see Our Sys-
tem placed was, that no relief should:be afforded
to those who were able to work, -except through
labour. He thought this principle might. ba act-
ed upon under 04 present laws, and Its having
.been too-much overlooked' was one great cause of
the evils which had tndoubtedly arisen. These
being his sentiments, he should oppose all, the
principles upon which the Bill was founded.

Mr.MA.Nsrim-Lo -concurred in all that had hi,en
so ably stated .by the Hon. Member who spoke
laSt. He corroborated' the statement of that,
Hon. Member resPeUting the Poor at. Leicester,
and contended that it was a complete contradie-,
.tion to those supporters of the measure beThre the
House, who asserted that-the spirit of the people.
was gone. Perhaps they should hereafter hare
the .satisfaction .and happiness to find-, that in
other places, as well as in Leicester,-_thes.e exec.:
Lions to'have been made by the poor, instead' of
their, being in that state of &moralization with
which they were charged. 1k believed, from
the experience of a Magistrate during the perkds
of the greatest distress, that the
.people were` as
unwilling to receive relief as the, rich : were to
afford. tit.' MI they wanted was work, and a r;air
pricf for their, labour.
Mr. LOCKIIART contended, that although the

Poor of this. Country- bad evinced- the. greatest
energy. and virtue;. xet those
-qualities were be-
ginning to.be sapped by the operation of the.preiii-:
sent system of Poor. Laws. The Hon. 'and
Learned .Member objected to the proposed
inaximum unless the'Parish gave sPeciafunder-
'taking to-pro-Vire for-their poor.' They ought at
least to ascertain whether the poor man with a
piece of ground could not support himself. The
proposition as it stood was worse than Mr.
Spence's system. The proposition to 'prevent•
imprudent marriages was also highly-objection-.
able, but under all the consideration due to the
he gave his qualified support to the
Bill, and considered his Hon. and Learned
Friend entitled to the thanks of the country for'
giving the House an opportunity to discuss a sub-
ject of so much importance. It was most obvious
that something -Must be done to remedy' the evil.
Mr. I3EnNAL, also objected' to a _maxiinum, on
the ground that any advantage--which Might arise
from such an arrangement would be reduced
almost to.nothin!r' by the clause which dispensed
with it in case ofd scarcity of provisions.. The
proposed regulation to prevent' improper mar-
riages, would not relieVe parishes from the ex-
pence of keeping-illegitimate children, liFt tend
to increase it. That circumstance alone 'would
induce the House to pause before they. Passed
such a Bill. The Hon. and. Learned Gentleman
before he introduced the Bill, should have con-
sidered the Acts in force against artisans,
,and.
the difficulty under which they
.are placed ,with
respect to obtaining employment% ••The Law of
SettleMent was also a proper subject for' -cousi-;
deration. It was so clefectiVe, that Parishes were
constantly put to. great expence. Some amend=
ment of the Poor Laws was necessary before the
House could adopt the Bill.
Mr. F. Lewissaid' he felt strong objections to
the proposed measure, and was obliged to vote .
against it. The system of Poor Laws, .and the
practice founded upon those.laws, had long been
an incipient evil. It laid the axe to the root of
British prosperity, and unless the effect was
counteracted, pauperises would be general. He
was ready tO•contend that the distress unfortunate-
ly seen in most parts of the country, did not de- -
pend on temporary circumstances. It had been re-
gularly progressive. The Poor Rates had increas-
ed year after year since 1740, and no man. could
say the country had reached the greatest expense,
Looking to the increase of Poor Rates, and the
amount of rental, it was impossible to stint their
eyes against the progress of the evil, which he
considered to arise from the operation of the
Poor Laws. The Hon. Member commented upon
the construction. of the 43d of Elizabeth, and
other Acts for relief of the poor, contending, that
holding out a promise to relieve persons in a state
ornecessity, was not likely to do much good in
society, inasmuch as idleness was encouraged.—
The misery arising from the Law of Seitleinent
was well known.. Doctor Burn, in his Re- '
marks upon the Poor Laws, said, the Law
of Settlement led to
.war betq een parishes;..and ,
produced ruinous expence. The remedy was in
his opinion a revision of the law applicable to the
Poor, for the purpose of making it apply to a pro..
per time of practice. Pecuniary relief shotild be .
given only to those who.are disabled by bodily
infirmity, and unable to support themselves... By
the statute of Elizabeth, Justices had not the
power to 'compel paupers to work, unless they are .:
poor and • impotent. • Lord Chief Justicellolt,
under the 43d of. Elizabeth,. declared that the-
Overseers had not power to set able-bodied Men
to work. There was a' class of laws which rip-
plied to persons of 'that description. The. Hon..-,
Member pointed out numerous defectS in the
practice with respect to paupers, which he cori-'
tended ought to he removed -before the House,)
could entertain the Bill then under discussion.
Mr. COLIRTENAY rose to speak to the question.
Sir 'R. WILBON moved that. the House do-now adjourn, as
it Viasimpossible to do justi6e.to the question if the debate were
continued at this late hour of the night.
Mr. NOLAN seconded the motion. for Adjournment., .
Mr. SCARLETT had no objection to the nroposition of h;s
Honourable and Gallant Friend, for it was his intcrest'as well
as 'his anxious wish that the question should receive all possible.
discussion.

After a few words from Mr. T. COURTENAY and Mr. F.
PALMER, the motion for the Adjournment of the Nhate Oo
this day tThursday) was agreed to without a division.
Mr. ROBINSON movedthe Order of the Day for the Com-
mittee on the Corn Averages Bill.
Mr_ MABERLY and. Mr. F. PALMER -objected on ac..
count of the lateness of the hbur.

The House then went into the Committee, and the Report
was ordered to he ieceived on Friday.
Mr. HUME gave notice of a motion for the Reduction of tbe
Military Ekpenditure, on Monday next.
' Mr. R. MARTIN moved the third reading of the Bill for'
preventing.Cluelty to Horses. • • •
Mr. C. 'W NN said, it was quite impossible to go into the
discussion of the Bill at that late hour of the night.
..Mr. ELLICE moved, as an Amendment, that the Bill. be
read a third time this day six nionths.
G.- BENNET recommended the postponement of the
Bill. •

Mr. IL MARTIN consented to postpone the third reading
of the Bill to. Monday-next.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought in a
Bill, founded on the Resolution voted in the Committee of Sup-
ply, for the Grant of 60001. a year to the Duke of Clarence, to-
gether with the Arrears of 1839001.; and moved that it fie.read
a first time. . ' ,

.... .
Mr.'G. BENNET objeCted to the motion, and expressed his
determination to oppose the Bill in every stage. He should
move that the House now adjourn—(Cries of " No; nod" from
the Ministerial Benches.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose:to ad-
dress the Mouse, 'btif • •
..Mr. G. BENNET moved, that the House be counted.
Strangers were ordered to withdraw; and therenot being 40
MeMbers present, the House* adjourned at HALr-rA'sT ON
o'CLocx to this day.' - • ' , • ,

CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION.-- MANs7oN-
liousE...-----The Loan MAyort having appointed
yesterday'morning for giving his final decision on
the notable, application -of .Mr. Ex-Sheriff:PAß.
BINS, respecting the:-CoNsTiTuTioNAL ASSOCIA.
•I`lolst, the Justice. Room was.crowded to excess
'at an early hour by persons who were curious to
know the result. Mr. PA IIRE•T', attended bfaVii.
THACKERAY, and one of Mr: IlArottErt'sClerks,
attended. a little after twelve o'clock, ..and,.vvas
admitted.to .a .private interview. with the Lotto
MAYOR. His Lordship then informed the.parties
that he. had consulted the-Statute, and had also
taken the legal opinions of the City Lawyers,
from which he felt he would be acting right in
receiving the Informations, in; other that the ques-
tion might be fully; discussed,. Accordingly,
sutnrooltiO were gKanted agrtinst CHARL-csAVlsurt-
'itA,
•.pent„-nand Attorney 'at Law, and J. B.
sipArdrE,trie- nonorarytlecretary of the Asibcia-
tion. The fival hearing is.fiied fOr'nextSattuay.

The Paris Journals of Sunday and Monday
arrived at a late hour this morning. An article
;rem Frankfoi t of the 11th states, that the report
of the Turks having advanced into Wallachia is
-trot confirmed. On the contrary, it is- said, that
It‘e 9ttornan troops at Obilctz have retreated ;
anil,there is not a single Turkish soldier in all
Wallachia. The passage of the Dardanelles by
a reek fleet is repeated on the authority of pri-
vate lettera from Leghorn. The squadron con-
sisted of 72 sail, seven of which were deStroyed or
sunk by the Turkish batteries, but .the remainder
succeeded in their enterprize and sailed towards
Larnpsacus and Gallipoli, whence they will pro-
ced to the Sea of Marmora. 'lt must be admit-
ted that the accounts from— Vienna are extremely
unfavourable to the cause of the Greeks ; but we

doubt much the authenticity of the intelligence
from Bucharest, because the Turks are in pos-
session of the communications from Wallachia,
and will doubtless not suffer any news to
transpire, but such as is favourable to their
cause. The number of Greeks massacred at
Constantinople, is estimated at 40,000, and the
indignities offered to the Ambassadors of- the
Claristiavn Powers have reached that height; that,
it is said, the Russian Ambassador has resolved
on quitting the Ottoman capital. It is added
that some assassins broke into the house of the
British Consul, and that he escaped from them
after a desperate resistance with the loss of an

arm.

The cruelties and massacres of the Turks are
not confined to the capital. Several G:reeks have
been executed at Salonica; and at Nissa, in Ser-
via, the Pacha has been beheaded, because he was
suspected of favouring The interests of the
Greeks. The Archbishop ATHARASIUS, and
three of the principal inhabitants, were hung,
and the body of the former thrown to the dogs.
These atrocities, we conceive, must have the
effect of producing a general rising against the
Ottomans in all the Christian Provinces of Tur-
key : nowhere can we find a parallel to these
horrid cruelties but in the first times of the con-
quest of the Byzantine Empire by the Mussul-
mans.

From Naples we learn, that 8000 Austrians
etr.barked for Sicily on the 29th ultimo, in Aus-
trian and Neapolitan vessels. Several Carbonari
were taken away as prisoners in the. Austrian
fleet. The military and naval conscription -is
abnlished in all the dominions of the Two Sicilies.
A reinforcement of 1500 AUstrian cavalry, and
2500 infantry, are marching towards Naples.
The affairs of Spain are in a very diStracted
state. I3ands of the disaffected are forming in
various Provinces, and the enterprizes of MERINO
are concerted with so much secresy, and carried
into execution with such celerity, as to baffle all
ihe'efforts of the EMPECINADO, and the different
detachments sent in pursuit of him. So great is
the dread inspired by the movements of this active
rebel, that the inhabitants of Aranzo inCastille,have
fortified a house commanding the entrance into
their town, and half the'population mount guard
- -
.Ituring the night. The wife of General ELio
litai,petitioned-44.Cortei against the illegality of
.her husband's trial, but her petition was rejected :
anct the Territorial Audience of Valencia have
-asVed the opinion of the Cortes on some doubtful
points, • respecting the sentence passed on the
General by the Court of First Instance. The
,application has been referred to the Government.
The French Court of Peers is still occupied
with the trial of the conspirators of August lno ;
and the Budget of the Minister yet engages the
attention of the Chamber of Deputies. A warm
discussion took place on the vote for the secret
service money of the Police of the Capital
and Departments. Various amendments were
proposed, and the administration of the Police
was attacked in the most pointed manner by M.
CLAUMEL de COUSSERGUES, and General DON-
-I.IADIEU. The conduct of the Police was defend-
ed by M. De St. AULAIRE, and the Keeper of,
the Seals; the amendments were rejected, anti
'the • original article adopted by a large majority.

FRENCH FUNDS.
.dune 16, Five per Cents.
Bank St3ck

The following are the contents of Spanish
Papers received this day
MADRID, JUNE 4.—We daily receive from
;all the provinces of Spain respectful Memorials,

,n which the Provincial Deputations, the Consti-
tutional Municipalities, and even numerous bo-
dies of citizens petition his Majesty) that, making
use of the prerogative given to him by Art. 16'2
of the Constitution, he would be pleased to con-
voke an extraordinary Session of the Cortes
during the months that will intervene between
the end of the present Session and the commence.,
ment of the next. All the Memorials adduce
the same arguments of public utility, which we
have expressed for some time past, and all the
citizens who address them to the Throne shew
themselves to be animated with the purest de-
sire to see the Constitutional System consoli-
dated, and entirely. convinced that it is.his Ma-
jesty's most ardent wish. Suet are the senti_
ments expressed by the Provincial Deputation of
Catalonia, the Constitutional Municipality of the
city of Segovia, that of Burgos, that of Bilboa,
and a large number of the citizens of Badajoz,
and the public- teachers of the University of
Alcala de lienares. We much regret that we
cannot publish in our Journal all these Memo-
rials. . We must content ourselves With stating
the wishes of these worthy citizens, which we
doubt not are those of the whole nation.—(El
Univeisel.)
" Senores Echevarria and Revenga, commis-
sioned by Bolivar to treat with our Government,
are now in the capital, and have had to-day their
first conference ,with the Ministers. In looking
over some old papers, we find in ElConciso of
22d August, 1813, an article upon America,
communicated by D. Valentin Ortigosa (a priest),
which, .though published eight years ago, seems
as if it were written at this moment, for which
reason we have judged it very proper to reprint
it. We wish that the author himself, who would
correct some inaccuracies of he were to republish
it now, would resume the subject, anti state his,
ideas more in detail. lle says :

"' A multitude of Americans fight against
Spain to obtain independence and separation from
the Mother Country, and Spai❑ resists. The
final result of this struggle, which will probably
be long, will be the desolation of America, the
ruin of its agriculture, mines, and population ; so
that it will hardly recover in two centuries from
such losses : Spain will suffer no less, by the
continual sending of troops, by the great ex-
pences of their conveyance, the diminution of
our population, the want of hands for agricul-
ture, arts, and manufactures, which are the
fountains of our true riches, the want of soldiers
to carry on the 'eternal war which we have sworn
against Buonaparte,without any hopes of compen-
sation for whole ages from A merica,whatever silver
and gold its mines may produce.' It is worthy
of the attention of the Government, he says, to
examine whether means may not be found to put
a stop to this effusion of blood and the ruin of
both parties. What advantage can Spain de-
rive from subduing America by force of arms, if,
in order to keep possession, it must maintain a
permanent army at the expence of immense sums,
which Spain does not possess, and which Ame-
rica cannot bear ?'

" The author proposes a series of 16 queries,
which place in a clear point of view the difficulty
of the undertaking, the precarious prospect of
success, and the impolicy of a conquest which
must ruin both parties.
44 The Universel publishes the final declara-
tion of the Ministers at Laybach, and the Rus-
sian circular.—( Madrid, June 7.)"

A Flanders Mail also arrived this day, and we
have subjoined the contents :---
" CORFU, MAY 18.—On the 7th instant the
English frigate La Revolutionaire entered this
port. We expect in a short time Admiral Sir
Graham Moore from Malta, on board the R och-
fort, accompanied by all the British naval force
in the Mediterranean.

" Senator Count Antonio Maria Capo d'lstrias,
father of the Russian Secretary of State, died
yesterday, at the age of 80.
46 VIENNA, JUNE 7.—On the 4th of this month
the ceremony of the baptism of the son of Lord
Stewart, the British Ambassador, was performed
in his hotel. His Highness Prince Metternich
stood sponsor, in the name of his Majesty the
King of England.
4ItONIE, JUNE 4.—Cardinal Gonsalvi has is-
sued a long Edict to regulate all public Acts,
especially those that have emanated during the
nine months from the Civil Authorities in the
Duchy of Benevento and the Principality of
Polite Corvo. In consequence of this Edict,
contracts, testaments, oaths, and other National
Acts, are declared valid, on condition that the
words " Provisional Government," " National
Representation," and other expressions of a si-
milar kind be effaced from these Acts. Every
judgment or other• act pending or completed
against Ecclesiastics is declared null. The do-
cuments are to be delivered to the Ecclesiastical
Authorities, who will re-examine them, if itjudges
a reversion necessary.
GENOA, JUNE 6.—AccOunts from Leghorn say
that on the 3d of ibis month au express was re-

ceived there by the Greek Prince, formerly. kilos'
podar of Wallachia, bringing him news that a
Greek fleet of 7'2 sail had passed the Dardanelles.
--Only. 7 of the vessels had been sunk by the
Turkish batteries of -the two forts.. This fleet
immediately proceeded towards Lampsacus and
Gallipoli, where it was to enter the Sea of
Marmora.
cc The Milan Gazette contains some details of
the maritime operations of the Greeks, from
which it appears that since the commencement
of hostilities, the Greeks have already captured
four frigates and eight other armed vessels, such
as brigs, corvettes, &c. besides a great number
of small vessels. They found 800 barrels of
powder on board one of the captured frigates.

64 FRANKFORT, JUNE 13.—The Kingof Prus-
sia will shortly pass through this city on his way
to Ems to see his daughter, wife of the Grand
Duke Nicholas of Russia. His Majesty w ill
then go to Toeplitz, where he will remain till the
end of July. But in August he will return to
the Rhenish Provinces and have an interview at
Spa with the, King of England, and the Royal
Family of the Netherlands.
44 BRussELs, JUNE 18.—The King and Queen,
the Prince and Princess of Orange, and Prince
Frederick, were present this morning at Te
Deum, performed in the Church of the Angus-
tines, in commemoration of the battle of \Vaterloo.
"The English General Belson and his family
have arrived here. from Paris, going to Vienna
and Lord and Lady Russell and family from,
London."—(Brussels Papers, June 19.)

The following Etract of a Letter, dated Pe-
tersburgh, May 29, mentions a circumstance of
much importance to persons carrying on com-
merce with Russia :—" At last the manufacturers
and calico-printers have succeeded in their re-
presentati(ms with the High Council of Minis-
ters, in consequence of which an Ukase has been
issued, which entitles them to have their own
agents and searchers at any Custom-house of the
Empire, in order to watch and inspect the clear-
ing and examining of any manufactured good%
imported. This Ukase has caused a great sensa-
tion, and every honourable Russian rejoices at it,
as it may be hoped that the trade of such arti-
cles which are taxed with a high import duty will
at last assume a more steady character."
A. letter from Valparaiso of the 27th of Fe-
bruary states, that the American ship Louisa,
Hictis, was detained by Lord COCHRANE'S squa-
dron, and sent to Huacho, near Lima; but on
the 2Sth December the crew retook her, cut her
cables and stood out to sea, accompanied by an
American frigate. This is an instance, among
several others, of the disregard shown by the
Americans to the Chiiian blockade.

Yesterday, at two o'clock, the Duke and
Duchess of GLoticEsTatt, the Princess. AUGUSTA,
and the Duchess of KENT, honoured Mr. and
Mrs. WATios TAyr,oa with their company, at
their house in Cavendith-square, where the
Royal party remained for about two hours,
viewing the splendid Mansion-house and partak-
ing of a collation.—Yesterday the Duke and
Duchess of CLAIIENEE rode out in their carriage
to the Regent's Park, where their Royal Ilig,h-
nesses alighted at the Nursery Ground.—The
Duchess of GLOUCESTER dined with the Princess
AUGUSTA yesterday.—Yesterday Prince LEO..
?OLD, attended by Sir Ronutur GARDINER, left
town for Claremont.

A' pipe of Irish whiskey was last week import-
ed into Liverpool, from Londonderry, for his
MAJUSTY.

The QUEEN has written another. letter, fle-
m-anding a prdper place for her accommodation
in Westminster Hall and the Abbey at the cere-
mony of the Coronation. To be crowned de-
pends on his' MAJESTY'S pleasure ; but there is
not a precedent on record of a Queen Consort
being denied place as a spectator on such occa--
sion ; besides, waiving, all claim as Queen Con-
sort, she conceives herself entitled to the distinc-
tion as a Princess •of Brunswick.—(Morning
Chronicle.)
ASTLEY'S A:I4I4IITHEATRE.-The QUEEN last
night visited this place, and was accompanied by
Lord and. Lady Hoon and Mr. AUSTIN. Mr.,
Alderman Woof), Mr. BARRYMORE. the Stage
Manager, and Mr. KINLOCK, the Box-keeper,
were ready to receive her MAJESTY, and intro-
duced her to the Box. She was warmly received
by the audience amidst the mingled cries of
" God save the King," .and " God save the
Queen." The Theatre was quite full, and the
performances altogether were much applauded.
His Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE is
expected at Sir J. GORE'S, the Port Admiral, at
Chatham, this day, where, and. in that neighbour,
hood, he will • remain till the end of the week,
making a visit in the mean time to Sheerness.---
(Kentish Gazette, June 19.) _ _

The Duke of GLOUCESTER and the Officers of
his Regiment, the 3d Guards, partook of an ele-
gant entertainment, on Tuesday, at the Claren-
don Hotel, Bond-street. The band of the Regi-
ment performed martial and
_other music during
the banquet.
Another Tragedy has, we .understand, been
received from Lord BYRON ; but we hope we
shall not, in the event of its publication, have oc-
casion to complain of its representation at any of
the Theatres without the sanction and permission
of the Noble Author.

We have much pleasure in stating that the
Sound duties on cotton yar❑ have been reduced,
by an edict from the, King of DENMARK, from
30 stivers to 38 stivers per 501 b. weight. It may
not be generally known, that some weeks ago the
Chamber of Commerce of this town presented a
memorial on this subject to his Majesty's Go-
vernment, which received their immediate atten-
tion ; and the favourable change which has taken
place may probably be attributed to the repre-
sentation then made by the Chamber. The duty
hitherto levied has, we believe, been no less than
31 per cent. on the present value of cotton yarn ;
which exceeded, in a very great degree, what
has been levied on any other article.—(lllan-
dwier Herald.)