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liament rashly. The question was obviously one ot
great importance and difficulty ; and before they
went to Parliament with a recommendation that it
should become the suhject of a legislative inquiry, be
thought it was incumbent on gentlemen to make them-
saves thoroughly acquainted with all the propositions
which the Report embraced. He for one could not
say that he yet understood them. He was certai
rauly
te
trtend to reform, and should be happy to to-ope
with the gentlemen present in measures to obtain it.
The subject of the present deliberations was indeed
ode of reform; it was reform with a vengeance, for
it went to affect a change in the whole system of so-
ciety. But he again urged the propriety of allowing
more time for consideiradon.
W. P. Casseest.b, Esq. of Shanteld, saw no reason
for any further delay, ins had great pleasure in sup-
porting the resolutions.
A. J. Haan LTort, Esq. of Dalzell, said the Resolu-
tions did not pledge the meeting to an opinion as to
the truth Or fallacy of the views contained in the re-
port ; they merely expressed that the subject was one
.leserving the attention of the Legislature. He
thought Lord Belhaven bad told him that he had read
the report in Edinburgh.
Lord Bemuse EN observed he had only glanced at
tllc Report; he had indeed seen it that morning. It
nas large and contained much novel and weighty Mat-
ter. lit begged it to be understood that he was far
from ittending to express any disapprobation of the
plan. With respect to the 7th resolution (viz. "mach ch
at
at
the repott appears to be drawn up with
aid the statements and reasonings which it contains
to have been derived from much study and long expe-
rience.") It appears to ground the recommendation
of the plan on their owl crperiekee.
?dr. OWEN remarked that the expression ailnded
to, ceitainly could only be considered to apply to the
individual whose plan they were deliberating upon.
Lord BiLHAVV4 under this explanation had no ob.
J.1.....ti0n to accede to all the resolutions except the 9th,
to which as it pledged the meeting to peon Par-
list:neat immediately, he could nut give his assent.
11. t therefore felt it his duty to more that the meeting
0-uold adjourn to this day month.
R. Batt x, Esq. agreed with Lord Belhaven in re.
commending the county nut to bring this question be-
fore Parliament in a precipitate manner. This subject
•!volved considerations of the highest importance, and
41entandeti duo deliberation. Among other alterations
of ,lie existing systetn which the report suggested, he
might mention that which regarded the currency.
...4.ttour was proposed as the new standard of value. In
short the report went to establish quite a new order of
things. It must necessarily form an integral part of
the petition. Now be conceived that before submit.,
ting it to Parliament it would he expedient to recoil.'
cider the text, which he was of ~.".anion might be much
co.drnsed and amended: and the object in view would
,re effectually attained. if gentlemen would con-
to a little delay for this purpose. There were
Inly many parts of the plan which had his appro-
n; he should however rapport the amendment of
'Ale Lord.
le question of " proceed" or " delay 23 —" was then 7
when there appeared fey proceed, 'delay,
tjorite in favour of proceed, 16. A committee
)ppo;ntrd to prepare the Petitions to Parliament,
h were read to the meeting and agreed to.

S3RDI.Y7.;N REVOLUTION.

GENOA.
ACCOUNT OF THE REVOIXTION AT GENOA.
[sr ex eve-wry:vein.]
On the 15th of March, after a lung delay, the Go-
;or of Genoa published a proclamation, announcing
at 'l' urin the Spanish constitution was proclaim-
and that the King Victor Emmanuel had abdi-
ted, appointing the Prince of Carignan() Regent of
Kinedom. By the lame prcrclantatioe the Spanish
istinvion was given to the Genoese, and received
:'• great joy by all the inhabitants. Every thing
!n:ai-etl quiet at Genoa : it even appeared that the
•: Arse were willing to remain spectators of the strug-
.e between Piedmont and the common enemy of
.aly, Austria ; when, on the 21st. a fresh manifesto
,e published, as coming from the new King Carlo
elle, calling the patriots rebels; and threatening
.em pith the vengeance of God and the Allies, It
.ey .lid nit return to the ancient system ; but with-
tar a word of amnesty.
To this was joined a proclamation from the Go-
!erttor. praising the Genoese fur their former tran-
4aillity ; and threatening, it they did not continue it,
to call in the Austrians. It was obscurely added, that
`lll. P.ivce Regent bad already conformed to tire King's
I;eaSit7.`. At gdnn an this manifesto appeared, there
nay heard in every part of the city a sullen voice of
indiznation. Twenty students ran tumnltsously to
;tie Governor's palace, and forcing him to grant them
sto audience. demanded the new constitution, the na-
tionai 4uard, and the Regent's letter. Two of their
demands the Governor abpolutely refused ; as to the
civic guard, he promised they should be satisfied.)
On receiving this answer. the steidentesallied forth,ateel,
twisted by the citizens, disarmed almost all the
guards, who were soon replaced in gre.it number!;
and the Governor himself proceeded on foot to the
es
palace, to hold a council. followed by great crowds
execrating him, and throwing ston. S
continued all night ; but no Seri 3Utl disturbance oc-
caned. The next day two regiments, supposed to be
disaffected, the marines, and the Saluzzo regiment
was
,
were shut up in their quarters. Military law
proclaimed, and a strong guard planted in every part
of the city ; on the Polite Reale, opposite the Ex-
change, the cannon, loaded with grape shot, were
titrited towards the city ; and the soldiers had orders
to fire on the least alarm. In the uteanwhile the
Genoese preserved a stern and resolute silence. the
constant forerunner of a storm in Italy : it was gene-
rally said that the city urns sold to the Austrians, but
that they should buy it dearly. At night. nu some
slight alarm, a pistol was fired near the Governor's
palace; on which the cannon began firing ; and there
he,o4 none of the citizens in the square, 14 soldiers
were killed, and some others wounded. On the morn-
ing of the 23J the same appearance continued in the
city ; the Governor's emissaries were at work sowing
dissentions between the soldiers and the people. and
between the different regiments: on the other hand, a
party of 511 students, wbo, having given a dinner to 50
utiieers in honour of the Constitution were marked for
vengeance, and were eager to increase the number of

their milli. -tits. It was at last .
the appro.telsing revolt by the sword, w.
o'elock a cry of " Long live the Conatitntion," was
heard near the tquare of the Exchange, shorted forth
by the marines. The guard before the palate 'pre-
sented their bayonets ; but at this moment. the offi-
cer commanding them was palled against the wall
by four Genoese, who, presenting a pistol at his throat,
whispered in Frentli—" Long; lice the constitution,'
and make your soldiers do the same, or yen are a
dead man." The officer replied by instantly obeying
the order ; his example was followed by his troops,
who threw down their arms, after firing lifer de joie.
and embraced tie people, who, assisted by the corps
of IMArille4, seized on the Poute Neale, and turned the
cannon again toward' the sea. Another party rushed
into the palace, and were dragging the Governor down
stairs with loud execration., when two young Genoese
merchants, named Per.tquallo and Chiacealugo, forced
their way thiough the crowd, and taking hold of the
Governor,led him in safety to the house of Cbiaccalu go,
on the Piazza Campetto, where under the bayonets of the
self-constituted national guard, who had taken posses-
sion of the arms at the arsenal, and amidst the shouts
of an immense populace demanding his bead, he signed
a paper resigning his authority into the hands of a
junta, all Genoese. The junta also published a paper
proclaiming anew the Spanish constitution. In two
hours every thing WWI tranquil, and the city was a
scene of universal rejoicing ; part of the
diets dividing the duty of mounting plant with the
citizens, and the vest singing patriotic hymns and
dancing among the people. The officer commanding
the small troop of cavalry, as soon as he saw the cause
of tyranny defeated, rode, full gallop, to his quarter,
and ordering Lis soldiers to mount, tied with them
through a private military gate towards Tuscany.
The neXt d.sy the Governor was carried to the palace,
where he remained under the ;Oct custody of the
national guard.
The revolution was unpollnted by any act of plun-
der or revenge. Even the tiovereJr's palace was left
untouched by the populace, who merely seized on tlte
arm' they found there, and threw his papers oat of the
window. A party of wood sellers, having intelligence
that he lsad lodged 60,000 francs in the hands of the
captain of the p at, took them from him by force, and
carried the n hole sum untouched to the junta.

IREL.I.VI).

Every mail from Irelaw! Wings the news of some
fresh disturbances on the part of the peasantry, and
of some corresponding instance of coercion on the
part of the local government. The following extract,
however, from the proceedings of the Douse of Com-
mons, during the last week, will, in some degree, de-
velope the cause of discontent in that interesting and
generous peop!e, and will fend to convince the inha-
bitants of this country that consistent and reasAtable
conduct in thuoe who direct public affairs would con-
ciliate the Irish acs well as any others of his Majesty's
subjects, and would convert Ireland into the strength
of the British empire in times of danger, instead of
making it one of its most assailible points :
„A Petition of the inhabitants of the parish ofCul-
daff, in the county of Done—e'al, was presented and
read; setting fortis, that the Petitioners have, daring
the last five )ears, suffered under the twist severe hard-
ships and oppressions, in consequence of the existing
distillery laws: and that these rhstresses have accu-
mulated on them such a weight of miscortitn.,, that
they are compelled to appeal to the justice and com-
passion of the House to procure relief; the Petitioners
humbly beg leave to state, that in consegnence of the
monopoly of grain, w liich a few favoured distillers
have been able to effect, there is nu reward for the
toil of the farmer, that agriculture is languishing, and
that the labouring classes are in Amager of starving;
the Petitioners also deem it necessary to inform the
[louse, that a great part of their property has been at
various times of late forcibly taken front Owlet, under
pretence of levying flues un the parish, and its several
townlauds, for the illicit ; that the excise
officers who seized their goods, took them from tke
unoffending as from the guilty ; that age. infancy.
sickness, and decrepitude, were alike disrespected, sad
that famine, disease, insurrection, and murder, have
resulted from this indiscriminate rapine ; the Peti—
tioners are comp; led by their distress to state, in ad-1
dition to tits above cotnplaints, that their property
when seized was not disposed of according to law, that
they have never beets able to procure an account of it,
and that they roily believe that a considerable por-
tion of it was applied iu manlier different from the
avowed purpose fur which it was taken the Peti-1
tioners, therefore, humbly rely on the House for reme-
dies for the many grievances which they endure under
the lens for regulating distillation in Ireland; they
implore that small stills may be licenced, on condi-
tions compatible with the boots which they are intend-
ed to bestow; and they avow a confident expectation
that measures will he speedily taken by the House to
bring those persons to jit.tice who have committed acts
of robbery under poetic, of executing the laws."
Extract of a letter from the --ounty of Tipperary.—
" Nothing particular in the way of news---provisions
are tolerably cheap, which is what enables the people
to exist, in the present scarcity of money. ee 3d.
and mutton 4d. per lit. ; pork eggs five Bforf Id.,
potatoes Id. per stone of 1 alb., oats 6d. per stone, hay
20s. per toe ; groceries nearly hall as cheap as some
time ago, and to assist us in our misfortunes, we have
punters whiskey in great plenty, at 6s. per gallon.
The farmers all ruined, the gentlemen not able to pay
the interest of the money they owe, which is the ease
with almost all our country gentlemen, and the shop-
keepers without business ; the only thing to save or
serve us is thisconutry, is a reduction of rents, tithes and
taxes, all of which are as high as ever; and none of
those three concerned inclined to come down in their
demands one penny. The landlords, with few, very
few exceptions, are extorting the last penny, and sell-
ing every beast the tenant (who has been under them
for several years) has—the clergyman has sot abated
one penny of his tithes, and I fear tloveranseat cannot
afford to give up any of the taxes. 'floe endeavour to
keep up the price of land by corn-bills, is of nu use in
the world to the occupying farmer ; it is a bill merely
to increase the rear-roll of great men at the expense,
misery. and almost starvation of the lower taders.—
Was work scarce, anti provisions dear, yea can from
yourself form a good idea of what a miserable way we
woald be in."-16th April, Is'2l.

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LONDON:
PRIDAT EVENING, APRIL 27, 1321.
ArcordiTz to private accounts, which, we are as-
sured may he depended on, the sway of the Ultra
faction in France is, fur the present, suspended.
A letter from Paris, dated the 23d instant, contains
the following paragraph :
" Yesttoday (Solidity) the Duke Deca:es went to
Coen to pay his respects to the King and Princess.
His Majesty addressed him twice in presence of all the
persons in the Charmer. This is sufficient to destroy
the malicious reports which the party opposed to hint
have been pleased to dissetnivate as to his pretended
disgrace. Ou the preceding evening the Duke was pre-
sent in the Sitting of the Chamber of Peers."
The letter adds, that the appearance of the Dake at
Court, and his reception had tilled the Ultras with rage
and consternation.
Another letter of the same date says, " The Spanish
Minister liarilaxi is still here. 1 am happy to inform
you that the Spaniards have at last adopted strong mea-
sures. They have decreed a levy of 500,000 men, and the
creation of four armies. A commission of tive Mem-
bers is to be nominated in order to be joined to the Mi-
nistry during the war. As soon as hostilities commence,
the political Chiefs are to have dictatorial power. and
all attacks against the Constitution are to be tried by a
31ilitary Commission, the sentence of which is to be
“ectitel withiutl hours, with the approval of the Voli-
tical Chief.
We are still in ignorance of what is really going on
in Naples and other parts of Italy."
Letters from Naples of the tith inst. have arrived, con-
taining little public news, excepting some decrees passed
by the present Government of that country. In the pre-
amble to that which appoints a consmission, it is stated,
that " whereas sundry persons have been arrestsahnder
suspicion in the provinces of the kingdom, by the Com-
manders of the Imperial an.l Royal Austrian troops ;
anal considering that the said persons may thus be ren-
dered liable to long and severe trials; wishing to save
such subjects of his Majesty as may be innocent, from
stick inconvenience, we have, nn the report of the Minis-
ter of Justice, decreed, and do decree as follows :
" 1. There shall be established in the city of Naples
a Provisional Commission, consisting of three tslagis-
trates, who shall inquire into the circumstances which
caused the arrest of the persons accused ; and if they be
found to be innocent, the Commission shall onler them
to be liberated ; but if there be ground for accusatiu,
they shall be immediately tried before their proper
Judges.
" '2. An officer appointed by Raton Fritoont, Coin-
mairder-In-Chief of the Austrian army, shall be an as-
sessor with this Commission. He will tarnish the ne-
cessary information, hot will have no deliberative voice.
" • :1. The Commission consists of the Marquis di
Paten°, President ; Signor Angelo Fiore, Coonsellor of
the Supreme Court ; and Signor Michel di Curtin. Vice-
President, Court of Accounts.'
another ilet:ree of the Provisional Governuinit an
cols all the appointments of officers, all grants of rank
and all diplomatic nominations made by the late I:ovri-
iiient. A decree dated the 4th, and purporting to
be issued directly by the King, is given iu the following

terms :
" Our paternal heart wishing rather to present than
to punish errors, disposes u 4 to view with compassion
many youths who have been seduced by their masters—
men who speculate in revolution, or by ending mo.lern
seditious books, or finally. by the moral contagion of
wicked compinions. Persuaded that incre as e of yeaeir
rs,
experience, and soli4 knowledge, will in time open th
eves to the light of truth, we decree as follows
:
I. All students now at Naples shall return home
and there resume their studies, until wet shall again inti-
tute our Koval Vniversity. 2. After te period of eight
Clap from this date, all who ma
They be found
itsLendents f
in eat capital
shall be treated as vagabott 3. o
the provinces shall represent to the fathers of families
that it belongs to them. by aosonsitor the anth
which the law Of nature gives them to extirpate from
the hearts of their children all traces of perverse doc-
trines. 4. All the heads of schools of every kind shall
present, within eight days from this slate,
a list of the
names of their pupils, arcompattied with an easel
statement of the religious, political, and moral conduct
of each. rs. The pupils who distinguished themselves
by their good conduct shall have a claim to our special
protection and munificence.'
Au Italian paper states that the garrison of Mes-
sina, having heard of the advance of the Austrians on
Naples, and being deceived respecting the real situa-
tion of affairs by souse ingitives of the constitutional
party, broke out into insurrection. General Itassarol,
the commander, sent rotisseries to Palertno, to collect
the troops in garrison there, with the view of effecting
a debarkation on the coast of Calabria, and thus stop-
ing the progress of the Austrians; but the news of the
occupation of Naples and the submission of the different
fortresses rendered this plan abortive."
A private letter from dated the 12th instant,
says, it is impossible to describe the effect which ll:e
news of the events at Naples had produced there. The
King cotonsunicated it to the Cortes in a message,
in which his Majesty loudly manifested how blameable
the conduct of the Neapolitan Princes appeared to him;
that be trusted that the Spaniards, in similar circum-
stances, would not behave like the Neapolitans; and, to
conclude, that in the politivataitnatiou of Euroi e, it was

to a helped that the AllieCrowers would not interfere
with the iffairs of the Peninsula. the Co'rtes decided
that a CoMmittee should go up wilt thanks to his Ma-
jesty for his messy e, and concert measores *MA it
might appear proper to take under exisCng circuntstan.
res.—At:retains from Barcelona state. that conSitlerahle
commotion!: having appeared among the people. a Jnnta
assembled, composed of all the authorities, and coss.
missioners from all the corporiesions, who resolved to
transport to Majorca the following individuals:—'l'h..
Bishop of Barcelona; .kbella, Vicardleneral ; kinzer,
ex-Inquisitor; the Onardiatt of St. Francisco, (JelinAli
Eroles, Saarsfiehl, and Pottrnas; Brigadiers Attdrian
and Campbell; Estrauch, commanding the regiment o!
Barhastro, and brother to the Bishop of Vi;:le ; Burti:
battelta, and March. The Captain-General ordered, an
the Junta sanctioned it, that they should be eenkaikpat
fur Mahon. The people also desired that the front
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the citadel, which looks towards Barcelona should it;
demolished; but this was not acceded to.
An article from Madrid of the 11th inst. says, by let-
tees from Tangier of the .19th March, it was known at
Ceuta, that the Emperor of Morocco, Nlulcy Soliusat!,
was encamped at the distance of two leagues and a half
from Tangier, covering one of the passes by which the
rebels of Tetuan might escape. The weather had pre-
vented any thing further being alone ; but preparations
are made to act as soon as the season would allow of it.
Meantime his Majesty had received by express the agree-
able news that the people of Pea had entirely repented
' of the conduct they bail observed, awl that they acknow.•
ledged none bat his Majesty. Fur this reason salutes of
artillery were fired at Tangier, and e!:presses sent to
Tetuan to intimidate the rebels, who were in want even
of provisions. The soldiers who brought these accounts
to Ceuta, confirmed them verbally, as to the present
situation of Soliman, who is at E.l (haste : adding, that
as he was returning to the fatly, some Moors of the
party of Zied uset him, who attempted to kill leim, think.
ittg he was of the uncle's party ; but they contented
themselves with disarming him, and making hint de-
clare that he was fur the nephew, o ho, as they inforprd
him, left Tetuan with 1;200 horse by the monntaint en
the left, hut that his route and designs were not knows.
The fortes have been chiefly ocenpieti with the debate
on the law for the regulation of Patriotic Societies,
which was passed.
On the 10th a project of law was read for abridging
proceedings in the courts of justice, which is inked to
be absolutely necessary for preventing or punishing the
crimes of the ill-disposed who attempt to subvert the
Constitution. Considering the urgent necessity of the
case, it was proposed by M. Martinea de la lima, that
the law should be read a third time within four days,
and that the day should be fixed for the debate: mean-
time, it might be printed and distributed ; and when
the discussion was once begun, it ought to be continued
without interruption till it was conclnded. The point
being judged sufficiently sliscusscd, this was declared to
he the second reading. 'flee third reading wailed for
Saturday, the 14th.

Extract of a letter from Columbia, datea the begi
inr of March, received this morning. " ltisas geu-
rally been remaiked of all the Bev•liitionary Cisme-
ments, that the debts they incurred in throwing all
the yoke of the prccedini Government and establish-
ing their own antlnwitc, hare aiways been tardily at-
Imowledged and often c umpr.oni,e.l for less than half
of the orizinal sums due to the private creditors. Of
this numerous examples could he quoted. The Govera
mews now forming in South America, shew a bright
example to the contrary ; of this particularly, that
of the new Republic of Colombia, comprising Vene
zuela and the rich territories of New Grenad The
moment the form of the Government was established,
the Pretident, Bolivar, grateful for the supplies he
had liberally received during the time of their greatest
need from British subjects residing in this country,
despatched the Vice-President, 'Lea, to ascertain what
was actually iltw, and to grant State acknswiedgments
for such debts, hearing 10 per rent. until p sid. This
task %ea has most honorably fulliilcd, and in virtue
of a special commission granted him for this pur-
pose, to the amount of 40,000 pounds sterling.
From the length of time some of the adventuress have
been nut of their money. and the doubtful issne of the
contest, they were at first glad to zet any thing, and
15 per cent. fur their bonds : hut tunas baying
arrived at Jamaica to satisfy the claimants at that
island, the bonds have been from 15 to ,I.:k per rent.
1 hare no doubt that the original adcewurers sill be
s:wedily rewarded for the faith they placed iallolior•
who will pay them with ample interest."

Among the meastiren which will occupy the tom'
lion of Parliament. soon after the present reven..o
that which has been distinguishr I by the name of*.
linovotam's P.dtteation Hill. When we take into
consideration the multitude of objects whose improve*
meat it contemplates. the importance • f the principle.
i. involves, the variety of interest• it has to
cons
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t!I
and adjunt, and the numerous details into
frbills
must enter, we know not whether to admire
most, do
benevolence and greatness of the initial which eel.
r-
ceived the plan, or the industry and pctsererance •
quisite to shape it into a practical and effective form.
In no other country in the world h tve rich numerous
and liberal endowments been pro idea as in Brits."
for the instruction of the rising generation. In many in-
stances, however, it ban been discovered that this prw
',ion has been perverted from the public purposes fur
which it had been begneathed, and enjoyed as prirafe
emolument. To redre-s this glaring ahuse in one of Shs
important objects of Mr. littocotAm's bill ; and f
ihis view it proposes to supply defects i,i trusts. to
improve the application and administratios
of the
fonds, and to remedy whatever failure ha. taken pica
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