The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-27 00:00:00

EXECUTIONS FOR FORGERY.

Mr. lIUME wished to see the Ministers in their
places, as he had another question to put which
admitted not of delay. Be wished to ask, as
the Bill for changing 'the punishment of forging
Bank notes from Death to Transportation had
passed, whether the law could not have in an in-
stance a retrospective operation.
The ATTORNEY GEN EILU said it was true that
such a Bill had passed. Such a measure had
been proposed in Parliament, but it had not re-
teived the Royal Assent.
Mr. HumE had received a letter which stated
the Royal Assent to have been given to such a
Bill, and he had intended to ask if the sentence
at death passed on three individuals, which was
to be carried into execution to-morrow, could
not be changed under such peculiar circumstances
into transportation. If no such law had passed,
of course there were no grounds for the appli-
ca; ion.

The Motion was then agreed to, and the House
Adjourned to the 21st August.

THE QUALIFICATIONS

OF
A CANADIAN MENIBER OF PARLIAMENT.

MONTREAL, NIARCII

ELECTIONS.--As the Elections for the City
had. County of Montreal will take place next
week, and those-for other places either at the
same time or speedily.after, it may not be mal-
apropos to say something upon a matter which
involves the most important considerations; in
order that if our observations possess too little
value to direct the choice of any, they may at
least serve to draw the attention of electors snore
closely to the subject.
That a man should be worthy of being the representative
of a number of his fellow-subjects and becoming the guardiiin
of their interests, it is necessary that he should possess the
folio wing qualifications, viz.
1. Integrity, to dispose him to do what he thinks just.
2. Talent, to enable him to discern what is just ;
3. Competence, that pecuniary considerations may not im-
pede his good impulses ; and
4. Energy,' to surmount opposition.
As there are few in whom these requisites unite, those
should be preferred who possess either the greatest number,
or (if the Candidates be equal in this respect) the most estima-
ble of them. That we may be aisle to act so in the tatter
case, it may not he amiss to give (as far as our poor capacity
will allow) a scale of their Comparative value. Thus, then,
they stand.
Integrity.
t. Competence.
Z. Energy.
4. Patent.
Of these four, Integrity and Competence are indispensable,
far, without the former, a man will do mischief; without the
latter, be will du no good ; and without either, he will 'a for-
tiori, be totally ineligible. Energy comes next;
will a representative possess integrity, competence,for in vain
and ta-
lent, if lie wants perseverance; he may think with the acute-
ness of an Aristotle, and speak with the eloquence of a Demos-
thenes, hut he will, without that essential, sink beneath the
obstinacy of the interest-monosyllabist. It may seem some-
what strange that we should place talent at the bottom of
the list ; but the arrangement will be found to fie just—for
Experience is generally its equivalent and frequently its so- '
petit)r • there are comparatively few subjects of discussion
beyond the reach of ordinary capacities ; and when such sub-
jects come under consideration, there are always men of abi-
lity from whose observations light will fall to guide the
judgment of those who are .low in the scale of mentality.
should ifSuiplementary to these qualifications there
possible,
Mature Age, to fit the Candidate for dispassionate reflec-
tion, and
tong residence in the Country, that he may thoroughly un-
der,tantt the interests of his constituents.
We shall conclude with recommending, that, if possible,
Ono person should be elected who does not permanently reside
in the Distriet where he is a Candidate ; for such persons
are generally destitute of necessary local knowledge; and,
nueseising their profession elsewhere, may possibly sacrifice
to their own interests those tf their constituents.--(From the
Quebec Gazette.)

Tir. LOAN., &c.—This morning, at one o'clock,
Mr. from the Bank of England, acquaint-

al the Loan Contractors that the Batik would
take in the Oumium. This event has been an-
ticipated, but at the same time it is expected to
have a fortunate effect on the Funds.—The mar-

ket remains stationary at present.—Consols are
691. for the Account.

"We received last night and this morning, the
Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday last. They
contain no further news from Naples. On Sa-
turday the Session of the Chambers was closed by
a Royal Decree, which was presented to each of
them by the Minister of the Interior. After it
had been read the Members immediately dis-
persed.—The following are extracts :
" Paßis, JULY 23.—The King yesterday transacted busi-
ness with the Count Simeon, Minister of the Interior, and the
Duke de Richelieu. His Majesty also gave audience to the
Cardinal de Perigord. A Deputation of the Chamber of Peers
presented to his Majesty the two Laws agreed to on Friday
respecting the Budget of Ways and Means and the Treaty
with Algiers.
" The Count Portalis is to act as Minister of Justice during
the absence of the Keeper of the Seals. •

4"rhe Bookseller, L'Huillier, and Colonel Genty,who were
arrested in the course of last month, have been set at liberty.
" JULY 24.—Yesterday, the Chancellor, the Duke de Riche-
lieu, the Ministers, the Spanish Ambassador, the Cardinal de
la Luzerne, several Marshals, a great number of Peers and
Members of the Chamber of Deputies, Generals, and Officers
of-all-arms, paid their respects to the King. His ,Majesty
transacted business with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs,
War and Marine.

" The Ministers assembled yesterday at a dinner give• to
theta by M. Roy, the Minister of Finance,-at his country
house of Villemonble.

" M. Pignatelli, who was Secretary of State undcr Mural

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is, it is said, to saperzeae the Prince de Castelcicala, as Am-
bassador from Naples.

FIVE PER CENTS•

Saturday • - - 7 B 7B 1. 85 C.

DEFERRED STOCK.
Of the 42d March, 1817 lO4 f. 63 c.
22d March, 1820 92 1. 80 c.
XCIIANV.ON‘LONDON. •
One goiitli

" MADRID, JULY 11.—By divers Decrees the King' has or-
dered the full and entire execution of a great number of the
Decrees of the former Cortes, which had hitherto remained

without force. Amongst them is one establishing the Liberty
of the Press, and another declaring Saint Theresa the Patro-

nest of Spain.
" JULY t3.—ln the sitting of the Cortes of the 10th, the
Count Munez Torrero made the proposition for revoking the
decree of the Cortes of the Isth March, 1814; which exclud-
ed from the succession to the throne, the Infant Don Francis
Paul, and the Infanta Donna Maria Louisa, ci-devant Queen
of Etruria, the public motives fur the exclusion no longer

existing.
" Don Palanea moved to ruld a clause to exclude from
the succession the Archduchess Maria Louisa, daughter of the
Emperor of Austria, and wife of Napoleon Buonaparte, in
order that no descendant of Buonaparte may reign in Spain.
" These propositions will be discussed in the forms pre-
scribed by the Constitution.
" Don Martial Lopez proposed the erection of a statue of
Ferdinand VII. holding the Constitution in his hand, and
having a civic crown upon his head.
" Don- Tapio proposed a provisional penal law against
the excess of the liberty of the Press.
" Its the Sitting of the 12th, Dun Martinez de Rosa pro-
posed to take into consideration the state of the great roads,
infested by numerous brigands.
" The Minister of the Ultra-marine Provinces, read an
exposi of the situation of that portion of the Monarchy ; he
stated, that according to all ►he accounts which had arrived,
the intelligence of the re-establishment of the Constitution
had been received with enthusiasm, and that there was reason
to hope, that by means of it peace would be restored through-
out America.

" Jviir 13.—1 t is said that the Emperor of Russia
will shortly visit Poland, and that the Diet will be assembled
at Poland about the 15th of next month.
" FIANOvEtt, Jut 10.—It is now stated to be not Terypro-
bable that the King will visit his Kingdom of Hanover during
the present year.

" AuGsntißG, JULY 15.—According to the fast laters from
Vienna, orders had been given for the formation of a Camp
at Pest, the troops to be all there by the Ist of September;
and it was said that the Emperor of Russia will be present at
the atanceavres and evolutions."

Extract of a Letter from Villa da Praya, St. sago, April 10.
" Fur the first time arrived here, the United States' ship
Franklin, 74, Commodore STEWART, from the Mediterranean.
It was an astonishing sight to the Portuguese to witness an
American ship of such complete model and strength. Com-
modore STEwanT having obtained the supplies far which he
entered the Port, acquainted the American Consul he was
about to sail, of which he desired him to inform the Go-
vernor-General, who immediately issued orders for the
ship to pass; but, by the negligence of the Officers, the
most distant batteries were not apprised that his Excel-
lency's permission was granted, and opened a fire upon the
Franklin. His Excellency was much alarmed for the conse-
quence, and instantly sent express fur them to cease firing,
but before he reached 12 or 15 guns had been discharged, and
one shot passed through the main-top-sail. His Excellency
then dispatched the Captain of a Portuguese 20-gun brig of
war to Commodore STEWART with an apology. The distance
01 the Franklin prevented him from reaching her in his boat,
and he returned. The Officers who were first charged with
communicating his Excellency's orders, and then command-
ing the batteries, were immediately confined, hut the Ame-
rican Consul conceiving that the latthr were not deeerving of
censure, obtained their release."

We are happy to find, and we can assure the
Public that they may rely on the information,
that all the insidious attempts which have re-
cently been made to mislead the feelings of the
Soldiery, have produced no other effect on their
minds than to excite indignation, and to confirm
their loyalty. The Officers of the Guards, in
particular, have so full a confidence in the honour
and fidelity of the men under their command,
that, from what we learn, they seem disposed to
resent as a personal insult every expression
of distrust, as to the high sense of duty and
discipline of those gallant troops. Their attach-
ment to their Sovereign, as well as to their Com-
mander-in-Chief, is strong, as they know that
the various comforts which the Military in
general enjoy, if proposed by the one must
have been sanctioned by the other, and that
both of the RO YAL BROTHERS are studiously
earnest to support the honour and to promote the
happiness of the Army.—lt ought to be known,
that as soon as the unguarded paragraph which
was recently inserted in The Morning Chro-
nicle appeared, the most notorious and most
infamous apostate Writer that ever disgraced
this or any Country, immediately had it print-
ed, and soon after conveyed to the Barracks, and
other places, where it was likely to meet the
eyes of the Soldiery, in order to mislead their
minds, no doubt, for the purpose of inducing
them to assist any revolutionary movements that
his artful and nefarious pen might excite among
the Rabble. On this subject we cannot refrain
from again adverting to the daring licentiousness
of the Public Press, including the Daily News-
papers in the service of Opposition, we ought
rather to say of Faction, as well as those Sheets of
Sedition which every week profane the Sabbath,
and are intended to corrupt the minds of the
the
People; and kindle Rebellion throughout