The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-17 00:00:00


nrve‘ insi..ticht of the necessity of preserving entire i
the eei!ting ittstitutiens, Whether an-lent or modert:s
Of :Omitting no ,speculative ismalioration ; and 'bfl
lirtniy opposing the slightest innoeation, unless itsi
necebOry had been .rigoronsly demonstrated, and the
will•ef the Soveteign *as perfectly uncontrolled, and
free from akettetior intlitcpce. Preserve what exists'
(sayk.the•lezkof document), it is not only the soundest
piing for the permit!, kit the most judicious and pro-1
habit mettos of recovering what has been lost. the
Prince diOapproees of the facility with which some of
the SOuthern 'Stites of Germany have granted con.'
atitutions, anti observes, that where the greatest con-1
eesZiOns•hive been made, the rod-disait Liberals are the
most dissatistied, and the Uov:erntrtent exposed to the
most-immoderate demands. The Prince expresses in
foreible terms his coneictiovt of the mischief which the
unclithed licentibusume of the press has produced, bat
he con;bieis that the safety of INITOpe, it, the immi-
nent perils of the age, tory 'yet be preeeteed by the
inviolable union' of thtereat Powers, which not the
sliAtAt Cidttti bai Menaced, ind which noaght seems
capable of impairing. This fait, whichis irrefrigable,.
mar-yey intimidate the factions, and at all events, will;
defeat their machinativns. The Prince then makes a
recapitulation of these considerations, which de-
clares Nave the fdll concurrence of the Emperor : and
addst that any pitwer in adopting this political system
will have an unsioftbted right to claim the assistance
of the esitfederatiun in case of necessity, and that
that vi Austria will be most cordially accorded.

IMPERIAL P.IRLIAMENT

1101:SE OF LORDS. At c. 16.
Ttir is were administered to the Marquess of
Queer/4,624y. she Earl of Olasgotv, the Earl of Walde.
israve, Ina Douglas.
• TIMBER TRADE.
The Marquess of LAssnowte presented a Petition,
airted by nearly all the merchants in the Timber
'Trade (entplqying a capital, his Lordship stated, of
neitrlrttßte,ooo/.), praying that as great an approxi-
n eitin ma ;possible might he made towards the free.
d cif Commerce with foreign countries.—Order.
ea t,
•be referred ty the Committee on Foreign Trade.
RUSSIA AND SPAIN.

Lord flou.atso observed, that although at the pre-
st‘rt the attention of their Lordships and the public
was so much obsorbed by the important measure that
was target to come under their consideration, that any
one who 'spoke of any thing else might be. considered
as talking mere idle prattle, he still should feel it his
duty levy shortly to call the attention of the Noble
Lords opposite to a series of questions relating to a
"'object unJobtedly of great importance—he alludedl
to the eommunirations which hid passed between
Russia and this country, with reference to our rela-
tions with Spain. He had lately seen a Note and
Declaration of the Russian Court, respecting the re-
cent affairs in Spain, which rendered it essential for
him to pot a series of questions to Noble Lords on the'
other side, in order to ()Utah!, if possible, some ex-
planation as to what wait there stated respecting
communications with this and other Governments.
The Noble Lord at the head of his Majesty's Govern-
r—nt might probably have Ids head filled at the pre-
s.set moment. Gk., other persons, with the important
rose that was about to come before the Home, and
therefore be (Lord Holland) should not now put the
qio•stions which he intended, but he should take an
early opportunity of patting them. lie was the
tn we unions to obtain some explanation • upon this
s.,bject, as principles were avowed in the Declaration
to Rhich he had alluded, pregnant with the most
alarming coneequenres, which tended to involve. all
Rotor ia war, and to the destruction of all free
Governments. He gave notice that he should very
shortly call the attention of their Lordships to this

subject.
The Earl of Ltrcaroot. observed, that as the Noble
1140 old postponed putting his questions, he could
oily ler that be should be ready. when those questions
were-ports to give a satisfactory explanation upon the
anhject to which they referred. He could not, how-
eviir, let the neelisittn pats without observing that
there nothing whatever in the relations between
this country and Spain that had the slightest tendency
to produce hostilities, Or which was at all likely to
lead to any war in which this country could be en-