The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-22 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

BERMUDA.

[From the Bermuda Gazette of May.6,1820.]

COLONIAL PAI,ILIANIENT.

" The Governor was pleased on Monday last
(Ist May) to prorogue the Colonial Parliament
to the Ist of June—on which occasion his Excel-
leticy addressed to the Council and Assembly
the following Speech :

• " Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Legislative
council,
" Mr. Spealier, ;And tit. ntlernen of the House of
Assembly,
" Since we last met, the Empire at large has
sustained 5. loss, is hiCh although a blessed
rclease- for the exalted individual- himself,
roust nevertheless produce. a sad and me-
lancholy recollection in the breasts of all who
duly appreciated the worth and virtue of
our late most gracious Sovereign, King George
the Third ; ameliorated, however, by the cer-
tain knowledge that the same paternal care is
still extended over us, in the Person• of our pre-
sent mcst graciorw Sovereign, King George the
Fourth—of ‘vh..ch we have positive and satisfac-
tory cvidt by the peculiar circu►nstaitces of
the last. few years ; in consequence of which no
change takes place in the Executive, by this our
national cala►r.ity. •
" A Quarantine Bill having at length passed
the three Branches'bfthe Legislature, it will
come the duty of the Executive to give it full ef-
fect, by the strictest_ enforcement of the enact-
Molts contained therein. •

" Mr. Spealier, and Getitlemen of the House of
yo'dy.

• " Although it certainly may not have gone to
the extent that I could have wished and desired,
yet ..I*must congratulate you on the • 13111 paSsed
thi's Session, for increasing the number :.nd im-
proving the condition of the Clergy in this Colony
point of the first and most vital importance
,to the whole community, and to every class of
,persons who profess themselves Christians, and
are- really and truly desirous to maintain the
Church of England Establishment untainted and
unimpaired--and which must eventually produce
the most beneficial results, if duly met and pro-
perly appreciated by those for whose benefit, this
provision is now made. Much however still de-
pends upon the concomitant assistance given by
the Parishes, and upon their not suffering any
untlue-restrictions.or regulations to he interposed,
Which might perhaps be perfectly consistent with
other modes 'of Religious Worship, but which
are wholly incompatible with the Religion of the
Country, as by Law established.
" That no Supply Bill has passed the Legisla-
ture„is much to be lamented ; but such will ever
be the case, as long as that lamentable disposi-
tion, of introducing objectionable clauses, conti-
nues to prevail—clauses highly injurious to the
Colony, itself, to its best and most promising
commercial prospects, and absolutely illegal—in
as much, as directly taxing articles of necessity,
destined for the consumption of our sister Colo-
nies, and militating against the intentions and
enactments of the Mother Country—without any
justifiable reason, or any real or probable benefi-
cial effects resulting therefrom.- Nor can it be
admitted, when Supply Bills so repeatedly fail,
that one branch of the Legislature can always be
right, and the other two as invariably wrong.—
I cannot for ever be told, that the failure of the
Supply Bill is not the fault of the House of
Assembly.
" I have still a more painful duty to perform,
in reflecting on the strange and unaccountable
proceedings of your House, by the adoption of
certain Resolutions, originating merely in a vague
and speculative opinion le—upon a 'point which,
;whether well or ill grounded, whether con-
ceded or rejected, would tend to nothing—and
would, in the former case, produce spell palpa-
ble absurdities as to reflect the highest discredit
on the judgment and talents of the Legisla-
tures of former ,days. Subsequent Acts
.and
other circumstances positively prove it to be-
quite impossible that_ this,' or any former House
of Assembly, could have been ignorant of the
'Act • on which this speculative opinion is
grounded. Why an opinion thereon should
not haVe been earlier made known, seems most
unaccountable ; and, after so long a silence, a
silent acquiescence of so many years, that so
strange and disgraceful a charge should be brought
against a long-tried and faithful servant of the
Crown, (the Colonial Secretary), in the shape
of a Criminal prosecution, not for treason or for
peculation, but solely for obeying the orders of
his superiors—of the Governor in Council, and
of his Sovereign—l have no hesitation in declar-
to be, not only, a direct attack and censure
upon the two preceding Governors, and the. Privy
Councils of those periods, as well as the Gover-
nor and Council of the present day ; but a most
afross and. violent inroad upon the rights and
prerogatives of the Crown itself—and in the most
extraordinary and unheard of shape ; calling
upon the Executive to proceed to prosecute,
without proof, and at the same moment the House
itself attempting, most illegally to institute a
prosecution, (as appears by its own minutes),
and naming the Counsel ,to conduct the -same,
against a superior, who is in no shape amenable
to that House. Such proceedings are as' ab-
sUrd, contradictory and futile, as they are dis-
graceful. .
" Had the late long-protracted Sessions been
solely employed in beneficial enactments for-the
Colony anti the Inhabitants thereof, in promot-
ing the Trade and intercourse with other Nations
—in the improvements of the Jails—the Roads
—the Public Works and Public Buildings—in
the-promotion of true Morality and Religion—it
-.would have been a long and tedious period, use-
fully employed; although by such delay a heavy
expellee might be entailed upon the Country,
But when months are wasted in speculative con-
tentions, with little or no benefit to the Public

, Alluding, it is in esunied, to the Act toe collecting a duty
on Gunpowder.

and the Colony, burthened with a large debt
its Representatives, for a period so mischievously
mispent, it becomes a serious grievance to every
member the community.
" Had"a humble memorial to the Throne been
presented, instead of this offered insult, relative
to the speculative opinion alluded to—however
erroneous it might have been deemed, it would.
have been received and I'ot:warded. But the pre-
sent mode of proceeding has debarred all inter-
course, except in the shape of seve -e and most
deserved censure."

DUTCH AND FLANDERS PAPERS.
Dutch a►►d Flanders Papers arrived at a late
lour last night ;. we have made the following ex-

acts :---

" VIENNA, SEPT. 4.—Field Marshal Count
Nugent, late Captain-General at Naples, has
arrived' in this city ; also Baron Libezeltern, Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary from Austria to the Court
df Russia.

" It seems now beyond doubt that our Court
will confine itself to disapproving openly the
events which have taken place at Naples, and
that it will not declare even against that country.
The Austrian army which is approaching the
frontiers of Piedmont will take, as it is said, the
denomii►atidi of Arinv of ,Observation of the Po.
Cardinal Ruffo, Ambassador from the King'of the
Two Sicities, continues•to reside here, tl►ough his
letters of recall were brought hire by the young
Duke of• Serra Capriolo, who passed through
here on his way to Warsaw, where he announced
to the Emperor Alexander the speedy arrival of
the Prince of Ciinitilli, who is .charged with a
special mission to him. Cardinal hullo has not
laid aside the red cockade, and continues to pro-
test against the changes 'which have taken place
in the Government of his country. . _

" Letters from Constantinople state, that there
are frequent conferences between the Russian
Ambassador and the Grand Vizier. It is sup-
posed that affairs of the highest importance are
now under discussion between the two Powers.
" It is observed that the English Ambassador
pays frequent visits to the Ministers of the Porte.
" FRANKFORT, SEPT. 10.—We are informed
that a courier from Berlin has brought orders to
Dusseldorf for the immediate assembly of the
Prussian troops, which will be reviewed by one
of the brothers to the King of Prussia. We learn
from St. Petersburgh, that on the ath July, at 26
minutes past three in the morning, taco severe
shocks of an earthquake were felt at Teflis, in
Georgia, accompanied b,y so violent a detonation
that the most solid edifices threatened to become
in an instant a heap of ruins.
. "- A Berlin Paper asserts, with an air of con-
fidence, that the visit of the Emperor Alexander
to Warsaw will have the most important conse-

quences.
" Reports are in circulation here, founded on
mercantile correspondence, that the King of Sar-
dinia, has resolved that his army shall be speedily
placed on the war establishment.
" BRUSSELS, SEPT. 16.—The King will arrive
here about the 10th of next month.

" GHENT, SEpT.l7.—" t. journal, which passes
'or official, announces that the Duke of Welling-
:on is coming-to this country. His Grace's visit
probably on account of the foaifications of
Ghent, Termoude, and Oudenarde‘"