Star.
London, England, 1813-12-30 00:00:00

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PALERMO, OCTOBER 14.
• • We have some reason to flatter ourselves that when ,
Parliament meet, the House of Commons will not
insist again that their COntMitteeli should be perma-
nent, as formed previdus to the prorogation ; since it
is well-kiloton, that from this mistaken principle se-
veral unconstitutional motions have -originated.—
Every honest man must Teel also, that rules of de-
.rency ought to be strictly observed, and sileice kept
among persons admitted in the Galleries, in both
~,,Houses. It isnececsarY, that in the House of Com-
mane Members should set the example of con-
stantly behaving with decorum and propriety, there-
by inspiring the:Sitilian nation with those feelings of
confidence and respect to which an assembly ot their
Representatives is entitled: To every body (except ,
to those men who love and promote disorder) it must
have provekelifgueting to hear the incessant talking
of the spectators in the Galleries—to hear their hiss-
ings
and ipplaitces—to hear, sometimes, their vocife-
ration, echoing those of Members in the House.—
The President [SPeakerl will, no doubt, make use
of his conetitutronal authority wheneeer such a scan-
dal occurs again, and convince the Public, by his fu
ture exertions, that, far from abetting a system of
diserder and turbulency, he has made up his mind
not to suffer the House to be out of order any more.
°crown 28.
Lord and Lady Montgomerie embarked on Sature
.day, the 2.13 d, on board the Bristol, for Lisbon. We
ardently wish ma hear soon his Lordship is better,
this worthy Nobleman being so much respected tor
his many distinguished qualities.
Gn the lath October, Prince della Cattolica, who
ten days before had .given a splendid public enter-
tainment to his Excellency Lord William Bentinck,
proceeded in state to the House of Peers, to pro-
nounce the dissolution of the Parliament, by virtue
or the Royal cdreimissioe, of which he was the bearer,
made the following Speech :
eaMy ,Lords and Gentlemen,
44 His l(oyal Highness the Prince Vicar-General,
with the appr, !ration of his Council, having made
choice of the to manifest his sentiments to you, com-
mands me to tell you, that he had called you toge.
ther it 3 this general Parliament, under the full per-
euasiere that you would complete the, ivork begun
in the list year. He thought you would speedily or--
valise the new Tribunals, thereby securing to his
dear and beloved 67cilians their properties and their
risenl safety, under the administration of laws from
which the old abuses were retrenched. - e
44 Preparations h;id been made in 1810 for the in-.
troduetion of a system of finances, simplest's' salu-
tary, hut of which the late Parliament cottldnot take
a sufficient cognizance, because it had die still more
ponderous care to eiect Our Constit:tion by the stan-
dard of the Constitution of Great ilritain. The Par-
liament, however, decreed eonie provisionary giants
• and fieascial measure.:, leaving the conclusion of this
weighty business with their euccessors ; aad iris Royal
Highness has been expecting with some impatience,
that, in your wisdom, you mould make the system
"complete.. 1--le reflected with j,,y and with self-applause
on theevelentary sacrifice e filch (with the consent of
the Kipg his father and our Lord) he had made of part
of the old hereditary revenues and prerogatives of
the Crown, believing that he had thus secured the
welfare of the Sicilian kingdom.
" But, alas ! illusory have been the hopes he had
reposed upon you. You have applied yourselves
but to frivolous debating and follies. Yon have heard
unmoved the messages he continually addressed to
you, and Amongst you towers the malignant spirit
of hostility and discord. In vain has his Royal
Highness -attempted, through several prorogations,
to bring you to the wished for unanimity ! Time flies
away, and the State is perishing. You have been
warned, you have refused to stop and consider.
" You have reduced his Royal Highness to the ne-
cessity of adopting a hard and decisive measure
whiCh the Constitution authorises ; that Constitution
which he has given you which he has promised, and
which he.again promises to maintain.
". His Royal 'Highness feels himself called upon
to instantly dissolve the present Parliament, in order
to assemble, as soon as it will be possible, a new one,
who, made wise through this experience, will direct
its labOnrs towards perfecting the Constitutional Code
,-that anchor, on which rests our peblic safety.
" His Royal Highness was pleased to tell me also
that he had resolvcetupen this measure with reluct-
*nee, and With •an infinite pain—that it was hid's-
pensible, and that blame could not be attached to it
by the nation, since in the temerity and in the ran-
cour of your &hates.. motions have been made and
supported clearft indicating that a Constitutica is
wished for, quite differing from ours and the Consti-
tution of England. From printed papers, circulating
in this metropolis and the provinces, from the at-
tempts that have been repeatedly made. to encroach
upon the Executive Posner, to destroy the Royal Pre-
rogative, and to perpetuate the duration of Parlia-
ment by granting subsidies but for one month ; from
other attempts's() encroach, at the same: time, on the
judiciary pewer, whose independence is one of the
lundathental pillars of cur Constitution—from all
that, this ',lei lorable truth is evidently collected.
Role I-ligimess commands me to tell you,
my Leictst that by means of this dissolutioto of Tar-
liannent, yip will be at leisure for a short time, though
sufficient, to consider of your real interests ; and to
you,'Gentlemen of ebe House of Commons, that, on
reternipg back to your respective countries, he trusts
you wil!not* be elided by any one of the fa s notions
that may be, e r even are suggested to you ; and
_ that, on theeontrary, our fellow-citizens will receive
from ytiP assurance that his Royal Highness's
yroniises ate sawed - that lie has sanctioned, that he
lancti(42 again our liberties, as established in the
Parliament of the last year,shat, to prevent the dis-
soluian'ef
.Guvernment, and of the State, he will
centilitre to reptile the' financial department, ac-
cut-die-10e thee: 'proeisionary plan decreed in. the
Parliament of ItiNtinfil thus highly interesting con-
cern is fietally settiedz-en,eveet which, it is believed,
will hatay 1 e Je:ayedbewiti inle year; that, in the
iuterikt; his Royal .Higireess Lill name to those Ma..
breistrateles and places, which iCwas proposed to him
ritSt year, and agreed by him, should be instituted :