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solved to embrace the wished-for storm, and swear to, - IMPERIAL PARLIA3IENT.
the political Cow.titution of the Jlouarchv. sanctioned
HOUSE OF LORDS. Forest. Jt Le 21.
by the General and Extraordinary tortes in 1
Then the crown as well as the nation recovered their This day their Lordships met at the usual hour.
The Sinai) Debts Recovery Bill went through
legitimate rights, and toe resolution was so iamb the
more free and spontaneous, as it was confarnialele to Committee of their Lordships, and was reported to the
my interests and those of the Srairisli people, whose I Mime, after a few words from Lord 11E11E1,1).41.K.
felicity never ceased to be the object of net
intemions. In this manner, my heart indissoluble ships rent into a Committee on this Bill
united with the love of me snblectsu who are M the I The LORD CHANCELLoR said, he should propose a
same time my children, the future presents to me no clause in another stage of the proceedings, for con-
other than agreeable images of confidence, lute and lining only to cases of nun-payment of money between
property. the patties at issue, all the relief which the Bill pro-
" Iluw great has been my satisfaction in contem- vided in instances of contempt of Court. It did not
plating the grand and unparalleled spectacle of a wag- appear to him that site), relief ought to extend, ac-
nanineems nation that has known to pass from one pit- cording to the principle of the bill, to cases where
litical state to another without destruction or violence., Ow agents or when brought actions for the recovery
confining its enthusiasm within the bonuds of reason, de"-
in circumstances which have covered other less fortn- • The Bill was then reported to their Lordships.
nate countries with mourning and tears. The eyes of The Barrack Agreement Bill Was read a third time
Europe are now flied on the operations of the Congress re- an" passed.—Ad jou rn ed.
presenting this singular nation. From it are expected in-
dulgence for the past, firmness for the future; sod that at the
same time its measures secure the happiness of the present
and future generations, they may efface the remembrance of
Tate errors ; from it are expected examples of justice. !mai-
Scene', and generosity—virtues alwris congenial to Spa-
niards, and which the Constitution itself recommends, and
which hawing been religiously observed during the efferves-
cence of the people. ought to be still more so iit the Congress
of its Representatises, invested with the circumspect and
tranquil character of Legislators.

" It Is high time to undertake a review of the state of the
nation, and •these Indispensable labours necessary to And
out remedies for evils produced by old causes, and increased
by the foreign Invasion the Peninsula experienced. and the
defective system subsequently pursued.
_

'• The exposition which will he presented by the Secretary
of State on the public revenue will explain to you its decline
and arrears, and call forth the :eel of the Fortes in seeking
out the most suitable resources aiming those the nation still
possesses to meet the obligations and charges of the State.
The examination of this point will more strongly prose the
essential and urgent necessity of establishing the public cre-
dit on the immutable basis of jusciee, good faith, and the
scrupulous observance ■nd compliance with engagements,
on which depend the tranquillity and welfare of creditors.
the confidence of our own as well as foreign capitalists, and
the convenience of the treasury ; and I fulfil one of the moat
sacred ditties Imposed upon me by the ro)al dignity and the
lose of any people, by efficaciously recommending this im-
portant affair to the Cortes.

" The administration of justice. It out which no political
society can exist, has hitherto almost entirely rested on
the honour and probity of its Minister.; but being now
subject to known and fixed principles, it offers to the citi-
zens new and stronger ntotkes of security. and still pro-
mises further amendments when our rod,- has been care-
fully revised, and shall hare acquired the simplicity and
perfection it n.: y receive from the acquirements of the age
in which we Ike.

m TIIE EDITOR OF THE SIATES.V.I.V.
St R—Minugh an enemy to ,00ptdor efebnope, parti-
cularly on a subject so momentous as that now pending
in regard to the Queen of these realms, on which the
feelings of the nation cannot he kept too much aloof
from party influence, I still ain't that the attempts to
attribute every movement of her Majesty's friends to
suet a motive, and which have been tOo tobv* ly used
by Ministers and their adherents as a parlianientary
Attic, cannot Le too much deprecated.
Feeling, in common with my fellow-subjeets,a lively
interest in the great question of the Queen, I trust I may
be allowed (through the mediums of your independent
Paper) to offer a few remarks on the fate which the
motion of Dr. Lushington met in the House of Com-
mons on 3londay evening; and from the opportunities
my habits of life afford me of ascertaining public opi-
Mon, I think I way fairly state, that nsy own send-
, went% accord with those which appear universal on
this occasion.

"The army anti navy more particslatly call forms atten-
tion sad care, and it will he one of try first duties to pro-
mote their organization in the best manner fur the nation.
combining, as Finch as possible, the ads antages of two so
valuable departments with the indispensable economy, and
rely leg on the patriotism art good is la of the people, anti tat
the wisdom of their represmilatisre, on whom I gall with full
confidence.
" It is to be hoped thnt the estehlishment of the ('onstitu-
tional system. and the flattering pro•tplet this event presents.
by removing the pretext of which the evil-minded might at nil
themselves in the ultra-marine provinces, will open the road
to the pacification of those still in a state of agitation and
difference, and do away with or remote the use of any other
means; to which also licontribuX. tie ex- mpies of mode-
ration and love of order evlneed by Pettiligeler Spain, as well
as the meritorious pride of kelonging to so worthy and ge-
nerous a nation, and the wisi laws which will be prowl-
gated conformably to the Constitution. in order that past
e‘ils being forgotten. all Spaniards may unite round my
Throne, sacrificing to the common lore of their conntr) all
those remembrances which might break or loosen the frater-
nal bonds which ought to smite them.

" la our relation with foreign nationt., the most perfect
harmony generally reigns, with the exception of some dif-
ferences, which, if they had not disturbed the existing peace,
have given rise to disputes which cannot be terminated
without the meeting and intervention of the (tortes. Such
are those now pending with the United States of Ame-
rica, respecting the ulterior state of the two Floridss,
sod the determination of the Louisiana limits. Disputes
also exist on account of the occupation of Montevideo
and other Spanish possessions on the left hank of the River
Plate; but although the complication of various circum-
stances has not hitherto allowed the settlement of these
differences, I hope that the justice and moderation of the
principles which direct our dipiomatic operations will pro-
duce results honourable to the nation, and conformable to
the pacific sv stem, the preservation of which is at present the
general and decided political maxim of Europe. The Re-
gency of Algiers has evinced signs of a desire to renew their
former pursuits of restlessness and aggression. In order to
avoid the consequences which might arise out of this neat of
enspect to esigting conventions, the defensive treaty I enter-
ed into in itilt3, with the King of the Netherlands. stipulated
the assembling of respectable maritime forces of both powers'
In the Mediterranean, destined to maintain and secure the
freedom of navigation and commerce.

It is certainly clear (notwithstanding the nntnanly
taunts thrown out by Lord Castlereagh and Mr. S.
diertley) that Dr. Lusbiugton would not, in the con-
, *fictitious discharge of MN duty, have submitted such a
*lion if her Majesty the Qenza ha,: not kit folly
convinced of her undoubted right to the plate in Ties-
' lieu ,'td it is equally clear, that her Majesty would
' cot have allowed that rid Al, or supposed right, to le
pressed on the attention of Parliament, had not the
indispensable comfort and dignity of her illustrious
rank rendered it imperative.
We might, therefore, have reasonably looked to my
Lord Ca-tlereagli (after having had three days 'o pre-
pare himself), at least for a more temperate and de-
reht reply. Was it temperate or decent to insinuate
that the Queen must have known she had no right
to the plate applied for ; and that she had literally
town detected in endeavouring to remove it from this
e-untry six years ago? If this was not the Noble
laird's meaning, then, I must say, he was unintel-
ligible. Was it temperate or decent to censure her
Majesty in these words : " If, on the Queen's arrival
iu this country, she had connoted herself' with that
ji•rlin.g which became her rank and sex, there was no
per}on who would not bare wished her to receive every
thing that could conduce to her comfort and eonve-
nienee ?" Does the Noble Lord mean to say then,
that these comforts and conveniences are withheld,
because her Majesty's conduct clues not please him or
his colleagues ?—or does he know something since
her Majesty's arrival that nobody else knows ?—lf
not, what respect has he and his colleagues shown to
her rank anti sex ? Perhaps the Noble Lord could
have her to answer for his windows being broken in
St. James'ysquare, by a few deluded persons, whom
nobody can suppose her Majesty allows any thing of,
or lie would not have pointed to the circumstance so
fi.,./ingl and repeatedly in the course of his speech,
and hate applied the thirst fur popular clamour in
the way lie did. If the Noble Lord means that the
Queen's accommodation should be meastre I out with
his and his colleagues' opinion of her conduct--at
Least the opinion they dare avow--theu God help her
Majesty ! has not her Majesty brim in this country
near two months, and has any thing yet been done
either fur her " rouifort or conveuieitre?" Nay, will
it ever he done so long as these humane Ministers can
withhold the means ? They were not quite so sem
pions in providing are, ttttt nodatiou for the soldiers in
the Regent's Park ; they could there confessedly step
beyond the authority of Parliament, though they feel
so lilllited in doing any thing fur their Queen. But,
forsooth, inv. Lord Castlereagh accuses her Majesty of
not having first "c.r/tartsted terry other means" of ob-
taining this plate (which all the while lays useless) be-
fore she applied to Parliament.--What petty quibbling !
Is her Majesty to be found, or some one for her,
cap in band, continually, like a pauper begging for
alms at the door of Lord Liverpool, who was repre-
sented to have said, that A. had no objection to pro-
viding a suitable residence for her Majesty ; and that
_when this was fixed, the question of plate might Shea
• br considered ? So till then ((sod knows asht.4!) her
Majesty must shift fur herself in the best way she
van. ties royalty come to this; and as Burke once
emphatically said, " in a nation of gallant men"—
" but the age of chivalry is gone; that of economists,
sophists, and calculators, has succeeded." Surely the
Sovereign himself, from his well-known gallantry,.
will not staffer this degradation to royalty, so closely
connected with his own, to be continued, by men who
are hitt the panders to it, when it is surrounded with
patronage and power. I should hare thought, in the
present trying pitiable situation of his wife and
eevsio, who bus nothing but her integrity to support
her, be would rather have seen " ten thousand swords
leap from their scabbards to avenge even a look that
threatened her with insult." If Ministers, in the sa.
creel sass of the action, are to conduct proceedings
so deprecated and anomalous against the first subject
in the realm, let them at least do it decorously, and
not outrage the feelin,o of the whole country by gulb-
' King about her necessary accoutmodation.
The Neble.Lised, ea this occasion, has showik but
little of his general apparent midair, or rather Obis
ram suphlstry ; the nation will appreciate the Meow
slots, and give to these tallest, loyal. rearmainsetm.
and fhir-dealiag blimisters the credit they deserve.
I,sis, Sir, gone okeitjett servant,
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" In like manner as it belongs to the fortes of the king-
dom to consolidate the common (elicit), by means of wise
and just tans, and by them protect religion, and the rights of
the crown and people, so does it regard nt) dignity to watch
over the execution and fulfilment of the laws, and particu-
larly of the fundamental ones of the Monarchy, the centre of
the good wishes of Spaniare.s, and the support of all our
hopes. This will be the most pleasing and constant of WI
my occupations. To the establishment and preservation.

satire aid inviolable. of the Constitution. I will consecrate
the powers which the Countnation Omen confides to the Royal
authority, and on this will I build my power. happiness, mod
glory. In order to falai and carry through this greed sod
mandato enterprise, after humbly imploriag the aid of the
Author of all beings. I require the iedva and effeseloes eo-
operatics' of the Cortes, ots whose seal, talons. patriotism.
end lose to my Royal person, I rely. treating tit y will ma-
w, by every mesas is their 1101110 f. to the reelisailest of
mesh isepostast poimiese, thus werinepoimiag with the coo*
dme of die berets Dation. that has Awed thew"
'#'ie "freakiest refereed a, short severer. and the Wog ro•
treed to Om Peters Midst the loud sod reiterated seamier
*Nis of the pa*, Os the Mottos if Coast Taw.
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'whim& of the Qeslge. In dames to the speed with rkisi
be hid jot hoovered