Star.
London, England, 1820-03-21 00:00:00

• WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

TENTH DAY.
The numbers at the close of the poll this day were,
Sir - - - - 5754
Dlr. Ho 4110(1$1; 5501
irk. LA • t - 2809
Mr Lena then came forward and addressed the
Diet:tine-. Ile said, that' in consequence of the ab-
scree or the lion. Gentlemen who had addressed
them on the part of the Honourable Baronet, it be-
came his privilege to speak first on that day. It was
the less necessary that a substitute should appear for
the Honourable Baronet, as his poll spoke adequately
for hint, leas the same was not the case with Mr.
liobhouseS whose. condition on the poll created no
despair in.him. They all knew well, not only from
the example of the present but of past Elections, that
Monday .was always a prospei M 5 day with his op-
ponents, vet the result of this prosperous day was
very far from giving him the least alarm, as it had
ended in placing Mr. lit-Isle:else not more than 130
a-head of him---(slieslanse and disapprobation). He
should confine himself to a very few remarks, be-
cause he found that whether he spoke or omitted to
speak, he was equally censured by his opponent. He
Lad been charged on the last day with being too
erbose in his steeelies and advertisements, but he
could say, with all respect to Mr. Ilobhouse, that he
neither. spoke his speeches nor wrote his advertise-
ments with a view to please him. If he did, it was
very probable that he would be willing .to take his
hints, but as in their present state of rivalry nothing
could be farther from his intention, the hints were
thrown away upon him altogether. Something had
been said as to the propriety of his(Mr. Lamb's) put-',
ting an end to the contest, by resigning, in order that
his opponent might go to the assistance of Mr.
Samuel Whitbread, in Middlesex; but though he felt
every good wish towards that Gentleman ; though
'he hoped and believed that his canvass would be at-
tended with success, he thought it not unnatural that
he should attend to his own business in the first in-
stance. Besides, he could tell his opponent, 'who
was so anxious to have the Election carried with a
high hand, that if he was to retire before all the
Electors had polled, that satisfactory conclusion could
not be very distinctly manifested. The Honourable
Gentleman had spoken of his altered tone with re-
spect to the Honourable Baronet. He had never
spoken of him in any other ; but he could not avoid
cangratolsaing the Meeting on the altered tone of
the Lionourable Gentleman himself towards the
Party of which he (Mr. Lamb) was a member. They
recollected his language on the last Election ; they
recollected being told, that if it was not for the Re-
volution the Whigs would not have a rag to cover
their nakedness. They recollected being told at the
conclusion that the name of Whig was become a by-
word and a reproach; but in the present Election he
thought eloper to eulogize them, and to hold out
their principles as worthy of imitation. He had not
spoken disrespectfially of a single Whig, with the ex-
ception of himself. He had no doubt thaf the Hon.
Gentleman was influenced by the best motives in this
change, and that, considering the Whigs to be useful
to 'thew country, he had fairly retracted his former
impressions upon feeling that conviction. The poll
was not more against him (Mr. Lamb) than he had
anticipated; and he still felt confident of success. His
friends, who now saw the necessity of coming for-
ward, would, he had no doubt, exert themselves ac-
corcengly: there were Electors enough still unpolled
to secure his success, and it only required activity in
them to prevail in putting a very satisfactory end to
the present contest.
Mr. Horan:meg, in beginning his address, observed,
that considering the extraordinary patience which
his Honourable opponent had evinced, and the very
persevering manner in which he had adhered to the
present contest, he could not help regretting that he
had not been sent on a more fortunate expedition
than the present, because his patience skewed that
he was capable of enduring not only fifteen days,
but fifteen years fatigue. In this opinion he was the
more confirmed, because he did not see how it was
possible for his. Honourable opponent to cut down
the very high majority lie had of neatly 700—but
there was not any idea of what a man of talents
might do. As, however, Mr. Lamb informed them
that he was still confident of the result, he hoped
they would still continue their cdotts. lie was
aware there was still a great number who required
to be polled ; but still it might easily be imagined,
from the number who had polled, what were the
zeal sentiments of those who had not polled. He
had, on a former day, expressed a wish that this
contest should be ended, in order that all the ener-
gies of the Electors might be turned to the accom-
plishment of their mighty object, the success of Mr.
Whitbread, but his opponent seemed determined to
hold out to the last. That Mr. Samuel Whitbread
was a young man deserving of their attention, was
what none of them could deny. He must therefore
own that he was quite astonished at the coolness of
his Honourable opponent, who had followed the old
maxim, "let every man attend to himself first:-
let still he was sure that his Honourable opponent
would forgive him, when he said, that Mr. Lamb, in
now coming forward for Westminster, had consulted
his own interest, not that of the Electors. His de-
sire in wishing to support Mr. Whitbread, was not
because Mr. Whitbread was a Whig, but because he
was a friend of thorough Reform. This, and this
only, was the reason why he supported him, and this
was the sole reason why he should support him still.
The Honourable Gentleman then, at some length,
justified his not making allusion to the 'Whigs, as he
eonceived Mr. Lamb did not belong to that body.—
:sir. Lamb was, on the. contrary, he contended, a'
Candidate solely depending on Ministerial influence.
—He again regretted the unnecessary protraction of
this contest, as he thought it would be much more
advisable to let the energies of the Freeholders in
Westminster be at once directed to the mighty con-
test for the County. Ile eulogised the krarquis of
Tavistock, Mr. Lambton, Lord John Russell, Sic. for
the noble stand they had made in the cause of Reform,
aid sincerely regretted that he could not include Mr.
l.tnib among these friends of Reform. He exhorted
them strongly to persevere in the cause, and had no
doubt that, with all the influence Ministers possessed
(nod that influence seemed of very little importance at
present), he would finally succeed.
No person addressed the Meeting on behalf of Sir
Dur,lett, and it broke up Wort five o'clock.

'tH) EVENING STAR.

LON I)ON.

Ellititll7sC—The Sermor. on the death of his late MAJTSTY
was preached at Dorking, Surrey, by the Rev. GEORGE Flamini,
M.A. Vicar of the Parish, whose name was incorrectly given in
our Advertisement of its Publication.

TUESDAY, MARCH '2l, 1820.
IMF FUNDS.
PRICE Of STOCKS Tills DAY AT ONS O'CLOCK
3 per Cent. Consols 685/s IX; 3/4
5 per Cent. Navy 104.1/4
South-Sea 'Stock 757/8
New Annuities MIA 1/2
Exchequer Bills ('2d.) Is. 3s. dis.
Consols for Account 687/8 % ;13.
Bank Stock, I per Cents. Reduced, :1 per Cents. 4 per
Cents. India Stock, and Bank Long Anus. are all shut.

Letters from Madrid, of the Bth instant, present a
lively picture of the state of the public mind in that
city during the remainder of the day on which the
KING'S acceptance of the Constitution was promul
gated. The whole city wore the appearance of a
great public festival rather than a National Revolu-
tion, or change of the form of Government, and all
ranks participated in the general joy. The reflection
that this beneficial change had been effected almost
without the effusion of blood was common to all,
and even the lower classes spoke of the circumstance
to each other with pride and triumph. Apprehen-
sions seem to have been entertained by the French,
residing in Madrid, that the event would awaken the
recollection of the former struggle for liberty, and
revive the popular hostility against their nation; but
no symptom of this appeared. When recognized,
they were- frequently accosted in the street by well-
; dressed persons, who observed, that they were now
about to become as free and as happy as they. with-
out encountering the horrors that accompanied their

Revolution.'
The defection of General O'DoNNELL, mentioned
in the Paris Papers, had been followed, it is said, by
that of three of his brothers, who all held commands
in the Royal service. The first of them, with the
rank of Colonel, had under his charge the Imperial
Regiment Alexander, and was with it at Qcana when
the Constitution was proclaimed. He itbmediately
seized on all the money that belonged to the KING,
and placed the messengers of the Government under
arrest. The second, Jos. O'DONNELL, who was
marching against RIEOo with a considerable force,
was believed to have actually formed a junction with
that Commander. The third, Don CARLOS O'Dox-
NELL, holding the important office of Governor of
Old Castile, there was little doubt had imbibed the
same sentiments. In other parts of Spain, a similar
spirit was spreading with extraordinary rapidity.—
The Regiment of Malaga, commanded by Brigadier-
General PIQUERO, and in garrison at Ciudad Ro-
drigo, had taken the oath to the Constitution, and
was directingits march on Astorga. Colonel ACE-
VEDO had proOeeded from Corunna to Santiago, 'and
the new Authorities were appointed under his super-
intendence. The kingdoms of Leon and Murcia had
extensively imbibed the spirit of insurrection. Gene-
ral Eta°, hitherto one of the firmest supporters of
the Royal cause, had been so warmly pressed by the
military and inhabitants of Valencia to proclaim the
'Constitution, that he had written to the KING, to say
no alternative was left him but to .accede to their
wishes. To complete the circle of disaffection, the
entire army, previously under the command of Gen.
FR EY R it had revolted, and declared for the Constitution.
In the mean time, a Courier had been dispatched
from the KING to General BALLASTEROS, who had
been banished to Valladolid, investing him with the
office of Commander-in-Chief. This distinguished
Officer lost no time in repairing to Court, where he
ventured to remonstrate with FERDINAND ; con-
demned the measures which his Government had
pursued ; advised him not to delay to comply with
the wishes of the nation ; and declared, with the
frankness of a soldier, that he would consider it his
duty, even in support of the Throne, to occupy
Madrid with his troops, for the purpose of instantly
proclaiming the Constitution of 1812.
Such an imperious combination of circumstances'
was not to be resisted ; delay was only accumulating
danger. The crisis was awful—and just at this mo-
ment, when all was desperate, the KING suddenly
accepted the Constitution.
When this conclusive measure was determined on,
the Duke of INFANTADO, President of the Council
of Castile, one of those who had been most conspi-
cuous in overturning the Constitution, addressed
I FERDINAND in the following remarkable words—
" Sire, your Majesty has saved yourself, but we are
all lost for ever ;" alluding, evidently, to the Article
172 of the Constitution, by which it is provided,
that every person who advises the KING to interrupt,
or to prevent the Sessions of the Cortes, shall be
treated as one incurring the penalties of high treaton,
and prosecuted accordingly.
The Grand Inquisitor has already received a note
from the KING, which informs him that the Inqui-
sition, as it has hitherto existed, is at an end.
All the prisoners confined in the dungeons of the
Inquisition have been set at liberty. In Murcia that
act, so gratifying to humanity, was performed by
the peoitle ; amongst those persons who have thus
been delivered from the persecution or that terrible
tribunal, was Brigadier-General Tpaztoos, a very

distinguished character in the Spanish army, on ac-
count of his gallantry, military skill, achievement,
and a decided patriotism, which had caused him to.,
suffer more than two years grievous imprisonment.
We now present, for the consideration of our
Readers, some leading principles of that Constitu-
tion, which the King is about to acknowledge on
oath as the rule of his future conduct. The-clauses
which it will be our business to select, may suffice
to shew the degree of power which his Catholic
Majesty must hereafter be satisfied to wield, if he
reigns according to the Constitution which be for-
merly rejected.
" At:. 2. The Spanish nation is free and independent, and is
not, myr cannot be, the patrimony of any person or Amity."
"5. The sovereignty .resid.es essentially in the nation, and the
right of enacting its fundamental laws belongs exclusively to it
by this sanse principle."
Here, therefore, the King of SPAIN admits, in so
many words, that " divine right" is an obsolete

pretension.
" Ch. 2. Art. IL All Spaniards are bound, without any diseisse-
tion whatever, to contribute, in proportion to their means, to
the expenses of the State."
13y this article the exemptions cf the Nobility and 1
Clergy are abolitled ; and the great, but hitherto
impracticable, basis of the financial plans of M. Mc
GARAY established in full force.
" Art. 9. Every Spaniard ii also bound to defend his country
in arms, whenever the law may demand his services."
The first Article of the chapter which treats of the
Spanish territory, enumerates amongst the integral
parts of the empire, the " two Floridas," and the In-
surgent parts of South America. This may lead to
some critical and most important questions. Will
the Spanish Nation guarantee the result of the Royal
negotiations with the United States ? or will it sur-
render South America_without another blow ? The
Cortes rejected the propositions of South America in
1809-10; and would, we doubt not, be more com-
petent to enforce the claims of the mother country
upon her colonists than the Government of King
FERDINAND has ever been. But peace is now essen-
tial to the Spaniards.
The general principles of chap. 3, viz. " On the
Government," are worth quoting, for the neatness
and brevity with which they are expressed.
" Art. 14. The Government of the Spanish Nation is s li-
mited, hereditary, Monarchy.
" 15. The power of making laws is fired in the Cortes jointly
with the King.
y" 16. The execution of the laws is fixed in the King.
" 17. The application of the laws, in civil and criminal cases,
is placed in the tribunals established by the law.
" Art. 19, and seq. The right of granting letters of citizen-
ship to foreigners is lodged in the Cortes.
" 9.3. Citizens alone are eligible to municipal offices, and per-
mitted to vote for them in those cases pointed out by the law.
" 27. The Cortes consists in the union of all the Deputies
that represent the Nation, notninated by the citizens, in manner
las thereinafter stated.
" 23. The basis of national representation is the populatioi.
" 31. For every 70,000 persons there shall be one Deputy to
the Cortes ; any odd number exceeding 35,000 shall name a De-
puty for themselves. St. Domingo names a Deputy ; and the
Ultra Marine population, viz. that of North and South America,
elects Deputies in the same proportion as that of Old Spain.
" 34. For the election of Deputies to the Cortes, parish, dis-
trict, and provincial meetings shall be held.
" 36. The parish meetings to be held throughout the Euro-
pean dominions, on the first Sunday in October, in the year pre-
vious to the meeting of the Cortes.
" 91. To be a Deputy of the Cortes, it is necessary to be a
citizen twenty-five years old, with a proportionate income, to be
hereafter specified.
" 95. The Secretaries of State, the Councillors of State, and
the Officers of the Royal Household, are ineligible as Deputies
to the Cortes.
" 102. The Deputies to be indemnified for their expenses
by a provincial rate.
" 104. The Cortes to assemble every year in the capital of the
kingdom, with power (by Art. 10;) to remove to any place, not
more distant from Madrid than twelve leagues.
" 106. The session to begin on the Ist of March, and continue
three months.
" 108. The Deputies shall be renewed entirely every two years.
" 110. A Member is not eligible to two successive Par-
liaments.
" 117. The Deputies swear to preserve the Roman Catholic
religion, to protect the political constitution, and to conduct
themselves faithfully to the nation.—N.l3. All reference to the
King is omitted in this oath.
" 119 and seq. The King is to be made acquainted, by a de-
putation of 22 members, with the assembly of the Cortes. Ile
is to attend personally at the formal opening; or, if not. the
President shall open the session without delay. The King is to
enter the assembly unguarded. Ile is to make a speech, saying
whatever he thinks fit, or send his speech to the President. The
Cortes cannot deliberate in presence of the King. The sessions are
to be made public. The persons of the Deputies to be inviolable
for their opinions. Is criminal cases, they are to be tried by a
tribunal of the Cortes ; and are not to be sued at, civil law, nor
levied upon for debt, during the session, or fur one month after-
wards.
" Art. 131.—The powers of the Cortes are, viz. in the Ist
place, to propose and decree the lass s : and to interpret and alter
them on necessary occasion.
valiy, To take.an oath to the King, to the Prince of Astu-
rias, and to the Regency. as is pointed out in their places.
" idly, To determine any doubt of fart or right, that may
occur in the order of succession to the crown.
at 4tigy, To elect a Regency or Regent of the kingdom, when
the constitution requires it, and to point out the limits within
which the Regency or Regent must exercise the royal authority.
" sthly, To snake the public acknowledgment of the. Prince
of Asturias.
6thly, To nomivate • a guardian to the King minor, when
the constitution requires it.
• " By the 7th, They are to approve, previous to ratification,
the treaties of offensive alliance, of subsidies, and the p.irticalars
of commerce.
" By the 3:11, To permit or refuse the admission of foreign
troops into the kingdom. •
" By the 9th, To decree the creation and suppression of of-
fices in the tribunals established by the constitution, and also the
creation or abolition of public offices.
" By the 10th, To fix every year, on the proposal of the

King, the land and sea forces, dctermining the ostablishm:nt in
time of peace, and its aurtntntation in time of war.
" By the 11th, To issue ordinances to the army, the fleet, aril
to the national militia, in all their branches.
" By the 12th, To fx the expenses of the public administration.
" 1;7 the 13th, To establish annually the taxes.
" By the 14th, To take property upon loan, in cases of re•

ceisity, upon the credit of the nation.
By the 15th, Ti approve the &vision of the taxes arnorg

the provinces.
" r 7 the 16th, To examine and approve the accounts of the
application of the public funds.
" By the 17th, To establish the Custom-houses, and duties
to be paid there.
" By the 18th, To order what is expedient for the admirds-
tration, preservation, and alienation of the national funds.
" By the 19:h, To determine the value, the weight, the
standard, the figure, and descriptio-i of money.
" By the 20th, To adopt the system it may judge most con-
venient and just of weights and measures.
" By the 21st, To promote and encourage all kinds of in-
dustry, and to remove the obstacles that paralyse it.
By the *2d, To establi=h a general plan of public instruction
ht the whole monarchy, and approve thzt is intended for

the education of the Prince of Asturias.
" By the 23d, To approve of the generel regulation for the
police and health of the kingdom.
" fly the 24th, To protect the political Therty of the press.
" By the 25th, To render real and efFective the ren'ansibility
of the Secretaries of State, and other persons in public employ.
" By the 26th, Lastly, it belongs to the Cortes to grant or
refuse its consent in all those cases and acts which the constitu-
tion points out as necessary."
Tile above powers, it will he admitted, are such
as place the Government very nearly in the exclusive
grasp of the Cortes. To this it must be added, that
by a subsequent provision the KING has the rreroga-
tive of withholding his assent to a particular law for
-.wo successive years ; but in the third year it becomes
a law in defiance of him, if so resolved by the Cortes.
A permanent Committee, oi legislative corps of ob-
servation, is to be nominated before the close of the
Session, and to continue sitting in vigilant attention
to the proceedings of the Government, until the next
assembly of the Cortes. This Committee has the Pre-
rogative of summoning an extraordinary meeting of
the Cortes, when the Crown shall become vacant, or
the KING incompetent, or when his M_AJEsT2 way
Ise desirous of convoking them.
" Art. IU. The p-rson of the King is inviolable. He may
issue such decreesaad inst.:::tiens as he may deem necessary
to the execution of the laws ; may declare war, make peace,
invest with honours, nominate to employments, military, ecc/t-
-siastical, and civil; pardon culprits, propose laws, appoint and
dismiss his Ministers ; but he cannot prevent the assembling
of the Cortes, nor quit the kingdom without their consent, on
pain of abdication ; nor rerounce his Royal prerogatives, nor
cede territory, nor make alliances, nor grant subsidies, nor levy
taxes, nor give exclusive privileges, nor tuuch the liberty or pro-
perty of a subject, nor contract a marriage, but with consent."
The Ministers of State are seven :—Foreiv,ii Affairs,
Interior, Colonies, Justice, Finance, War, Marine—
all responsible to the Nation. •
The above will furnish our English Readers with
ample subject of reflection, and much, no doabt, of
gratification, when they compare it as a system of
Government with that which has prevailed in Si,aia
since the memorable-era of the Emperor CHARLES V.

The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this forencon.
They are almost wholly taken up with the change cf -
affairs in Spain, respecting which they continue to
supply -many additional and interesting particulars.
The following are extracts :

FROM THE JOURNAL DES DEBATS.
It was not till after the resolution of the King was
known in the city, that the people collected around
the Palace, calling out " Long live tk. King and the
Constitution r There was previously no commotion

of any sort. The King shewed himself twice to the
People, and his presence redoubled their acclama-
tions and enthusiasm; he took a walk 'on the Prato
with the infants, and was everywhere received wi

marks of affection and respect.
The prisons of the Inquisition, as well as all the
others, have been opened to the prisoners of State,
of whom, however, there were but few : but as late
as the 9th of March, no of act had announced
the sn2pression of the Inquisition, which is not or-
dered by the Constitution.

IRON' THE CONSTITUTIONNEL.
'MADRID, MARCH G.

Extraordinary Couriers have been sent to all the
Courts of Europe, to communicate the great change
which Las been effected. The Ministry vainly flat-
tered themselves that they would have the support
.
of the garrison ; the dispositions of the Officers anl
soldiers of the Guards themselves were entirely cOn-
formable to the wishes of the People.
The Government endeavoured to deceive us to the
last. The Rebels, if our oppressors might be believed,
were always beaten ; Catalonia was faithful ; while
at the same time we had undoubted intelligence th. t
in Barcelona, the seccnd town of the kingdom, the
Constitution had been proclaimed.
The Officers of the garrison of Madrid, in spite f
promises of every possible.advancement—in spite cf
the infmnons calumnies against the Liberals, which
were spread in the barracks by the partizans of the
Inquisitorial S,:stern, sheaved a reserve which the
Court seems not to have understood as it ought, and
with respect to which it was under a great illusion.
The news of the Proclamation, by O'Donnell, of tl.e
Constitution at Ocana, produced a great sensation is
the Capital. Ira the night of the (fth and 7th a nn:::-
her of the Officers of the Guards proceeded to the
Great Square to erect a pillar on which the wurl
CONSTITUTION had been engraved; but the Court,
previously informed of their design, had assembles;
la number of troops on the spot. The Infant, Dr.: