Star.
London, England, 1830-02-01 00:00:00

SYLLABUS OF PARLIAMENTARY

BUSINESS.

A periodical of yesterday gives the following sketch of the prin-
cipal measures to which the attention of Parliament must be directed
in the approaching Session :
1. Tat. STATE OF THE NAIIOII.--Tble comprises and infi-
nity of subjects ; but they may be properly divided into three
branches ; the first of which would be—The prevalence of distress
in Agriculture, Manufactures, and Trade. The second, an Inquiry
into the causes which have produced that distress. The third, of
course. will hate reference to the necessary measures I. be adopted
for relieving the people.
2 %lALT AND Brae Durras.7-Innumerable petitions are pre-
paring for the abolition of one or both of these duties. We may
add, that tbe repeal of the former is likely to secure the largest
share of support in the House of Commons, though the balance of
public opinion (out of doors) Is decidedly in favour of the latter.
3. THE CURRINCT Qplrriou.—lt is supposed that a motion for
a Committee of the whole House will be brought forward at an
early period of the Session, to take into consideration the laws re-
lating to the Currency of the Country, with a view to the repeal
of Mr. Peel's BilL

•. Cm:acit raoraarr.—lturnour has conceded to the Duke of
Wellington the merit of bringing forward this subject on his own
responsibility. If en, the first step his Grace must take will be
to call for returns, which would have the effect of letting In a
mass of evidence incalculable in its value. The abuses, the pa-
tronage, and their pluralities, wouliHhen, as a necessary contingent,
be brought into light.
S. COMMUTATION or MTH 111.—Tbill interesting subject will
most probably come on by motion for an amendment of the late
Composition Bill, which has afforded no benefit to the Clergy-
man, and is highly objectionable to the tithe-payers in general.

6. Thor Came* Lums.—The mai-appropriation of property
so denominated has been a secret worth preserving, but the re-
turns ordered last Session will furnish a curious expose in the en-
suing one.
7. Poem CSARITIIII.—The inquiries instituted by the Com-
mission appointed by Parliament have been welt followed up by
some active Members, who have ascertained that nine-tenths of
the funds applicable to Public Charities throughout the kingdom
have been diverted bum their legitimate purposes. The subject
will come on for investigation in Committee.
6. Kan inner Conraws's C a. This stirring question
recited considerable agitation at the close of last Session, when
petitions ?rein sense of the leading commercial towns were pre-
sented, prayloglor the repeal of she Chute,. which ;lei, to the
fast India, Cleangany an undivided monopoly of the trade to China
and the East Indies. nearer given by the kiloliter of the
Crown Was, that the House had been taken I)y surprise.' The
petitions viol tbest• laid on the table, with a specific skarn* that
returns shouleat produced, wish a flew to feeble the Nome' se,4
p iota h doofsios of the peeking% on rOrniet tillSC ft Ifk.Oliqi.,]
raked of the enter* Sodom. Thieplerlee mon bo rflesgoetil--
the glottal n he arduous—the result is -doetittiel ; but infield's;
tiara ote.e do some good. Other inessertlies *tit yofh Wei fifth Oh'
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"curtailed of their fair proportions," la a 'divides of the liable
motley. If Ms Once should penetrate this close preserve, be will
and noble game for a grand batta. Hundreds might fall at each
discharge.
11. PAIIILLUCINTART Rennue.—Petltions are signing, which
may probably revive this ahnest exhausted topic. The discussion
will, at least, *Wm a musket interest with the public, from the
call for It being sow raised by the Tories.

is. Poem= Tan—The substitution eta Property Tax for any
other impost which bears upon productive labour, must be hailed
with delight by sine•tentbs of the community, whilst many great
land-owners and capitalists consider it as a treason to the State. Some
such proposition will, notwithstanding. It is expected, be brought for.
ward, and the most received opinion is, that a tax so a graduated
scale will be laid on, the proceeds of which would enable the Govern-
ment to get rid of the whole Excise department. This would
operate materially in favour of those who stand most in want of
relief—the labouring classes ; and another circumstance Is worthy
of attention, namely, that the .cost of collection would be by no
means so expensive.

13. Cotouns.—These will probably furnish some very stirring
discussion between rival interests at borne and adverse factions
abroad. The Canadas, the Colonial Legislatures of the Wnt In-
dies, mid the charges. so dishonouring end humiliating to Ragland.
:elating to the enormities committed in the Mauritius, under the
eve of a British Governor. Will present questions of deep national
interest for debate. The dserges of connivance in the Slave Trade
brought by Mr. Buxton against Sir Richard Farquhar in the most
open and uncompromising manner, remain yet to be dealt with by
the same Parliament which, by its own solemn an. constituted that
offence a felony. Mr. Berton has pledged himself to maintain his
charge, and the honour of Parliament and the country is concerned
in seeing the inquiry prosecuted either to the acquittal or punish-
ment of the alleged delinquent.

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the unfair conduct of the British Cabinet towards them. Various
circumstances have transph “1, which lead them to believe that the
Doke of Wellington has indirectly favoured the designs of Old Spain
against ber a-dewing Colonies, for the purpose, as it is conjectured.
of enabling her to obtain possession of Mexico, and place one of
the House of Bonito', on the throne at that country. It was
supposed by our Ministry that if such a design had succeeded
through the support or connivance of England, the Court of Spain
would have been so grateful to us as to allow English influence to
prevail in Spain against that of France To the remonstrances

of the South American Republics, no favourable answer has yet
been returned; but there is reason to hope, that as the Duke at
Wellington and the Earl of Aberdeen, who reckoned upon at least a
partial meccas of the old Spaniards in the late invasion, have been
disappointed At their views, or undeceived in their opinions, the
feeling which they have hitherto maintained will be changed,
and that the views of Mr. Canning will be adopted. We un-
derstand that, amongst other complaints by the South Ame-
rican Governmenu, there is one, that the English Cabinet,
by conniving at the designs of Spain, keeps up a con.tant
ferment in the Republics, and compels the Governments
to maintain large standing armies, which are paid with the
produce of those taxes and duties which, but for this state of
things, would be applied to the payment of the Dividends of the
Loan'. Such, too, is the feeling of the Merchants connected with
the South Ametican trade, and of many of the Bondholders, and a
numerous and influential association is forming for the purpose of
conveying to the Government the opinion so entertained.

THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND.

PROM A CORRESPONDENT.

Since the Revolution of 1688 the Constitution of Eng-
land has undergone no material change ; previous to that
period it had experienced several—to trace the course of
which, in a short and, of necessity, an imperfect manner,
is the object of the present communication.
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The government of the Anglo-Saxons, like that of the
other northern nations, was a limited monarchy, and it
may be added, hereditary ; since, although it frequently
diverged from the right line of succession, the crown was
seldom or ever placed on the head of any but a member
of the Royal Family. The sovereign was the leader in
war, and the ruler in council ; but could undertake no
important enterprise without the consent of his
assembled chieftains; and in the Saxon Witte**
gemot we may trace the rough sketch of an English
Parliament such, indeed, is the case with many of
their institutions, as the form and colour of mho future
.titlip is said to be perceivable in the dry and withered
bulb.
'The conquest of England, by William of Normandy,
was the cause of a material alteration in her laws
aid Government. The conqueror bestowed vast and fair
. domains:on thaw knights.nho. won his companions in
his romantic expedition, and upon oaten who =
.toompted to leave their native shores for the fertile
fortunes of England. To *nerve the
Otte:id-to them, they constructed cooties, and let sent
impitivetion er immure
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influence of the people ; and, in the mean time, the crown
was gaining an ascendancy over both, and the govern-
ment under the Tudor line •was fast approaching (1,,s -
potism.

Under the first Stuart the people bepn to view, wait
suspicion and jealousy, the various attempts of the Cron',
to obtain supplies without the assistance of Parliament ;
and under the second English King of that name, the
smothered fire burst into a flame. The benevolences,
compulsory loans, and various other financial scheme.,
had been imposed upon the people too frequently and to',
arbitrarily. They were resisted—the Crown was exaspe-
rated—and, when timely and reasonable concession.,
might hive stopped the brevh, took every revenge in
its power on those noble men who had dared to assert
their birthright. After a series of oppressive acts on the
one part, and obstinate resistance on the other, the sword
of civil war was at length drawn ; it is probable that those
noble-minded men who commenced the struggle, little
'expected to what it would lead.—their object being to
resist oppression and establish the liberty of the
subject: others arose after them, whose object it
was to subvert the Government. They succeeded ; and our
country became Republican in its constitution—till, by
the mastery which Cromwell obtained over the fanatics
by whom he was surrounded, it still more nearly ap-
proached despotism. He died ; and his weak and irreso-
lute son was ill able to maintain himself in the situation
his father left him. The people began to see, that hen -
ever great was the change, they were still under masters ;
and, in many instances, stricter ones than befog.
Richard Cromwell resigned ; the reign of fanaticism wn.,
at an end ; and, after agreeing to some acts which rather
defined than diminished the kingly-prerogative. Charles
11. was restored to the throne of his father.

Adversity might have taught the Stuarts a lesson not
soon to be forgotten ; but time proved otherwise, and the
sattresching and unconstitutional spirit evinced by
peopb of England to tripolie fur
r liberties and their religion. By an Attempt to
change the national faith, the monarch completed the t
ifbispolitical crimes. U. was compelled to abdieste • .
and, almost with one voice, William of Orange was
called to the throne of Britain. The acts which
were passed at his ascension may be said to have settled
the English Constitution ; it had passed through the vu-
rious forms of Aristocratical, Monarchical, and Repub-
lican. They have passed away ; but, like the African
river, have left their riches behind them. From the gems
which adorned each, has been wreathed a diadem which
sparcles over all the world : a Constitution that, howe‘tr
its powers may be neutralized, is in itself the most per-
fect that was ever formed, and a blessing to all who live
under it.

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POLLIO.

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li•hments in the neighboLthood. where they dined, and retoroed to
Berlin at four o'clock,
BItUSSELS, Jaw 27.
Duchetlaut, who was condemned in lett to a year's Im-
prisonment for an article in the Courrier des Pays Bal, in favour of
two unfortunate foreigners, was restored to liberty this morning,
after 15 months' confinement.

JAN. 28 —Two Members of the Second Chamber, who have
Arm dismissed front their offices, are every where the object of the
most marked interest. This act of ministerial vengeance of our
Deputies is another consequence of the fatal system which for these
15 years has loaded us with a multitude of false measures which
have produced discontent and distrust, without any advantage to
the Government.
We learn from Vielsalm that the whole conntry is covered with
snow three or four feet deep.—.kurisal de la Balgigwe.
It is not Mr. Van /hyena (his Majesty's Ambassador to the

United &ates) that has obtained the arms, title, and dignity of

Count de Lowendalls but the son of his Excellency. The Scheldt
is now so clear of ice that the vessels detained at Flushing can come
up the river; a great number were expected at Antwerp on the
28th.—BrNesels 117pers,Jantiary 30.

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