The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-06-27
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FOREIGN NEWS.

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FRoM ExGLAND. Yesterday morning
the packet ship Britannia, Captain Lee, ar
rived at this port from Liverpool, bringing
rus London papers to the morning OF MAY
18th, and Liverpool to the 10th inclusive.
The condition of the ministry, ana uie
feeling of the parties, renamed nearly IN
the same state they were IN at the last III,
teligence. 1t appears to De uhnersloou
that the administration have DECIDED ma
jority in the House of Commons, but II was
not ascertained how the Lords would divide
on Cabinet question. There Is very
-rancorous spirit in some of the noble Lords
in relation to the minister, and the Ministry
as now formed. The Duke of Newcastle,
in a short speech upon the Corn Laws, on
the 10th, of MAY, said" He would oppose
the bill and he conceived it to be the du-
~ of everv honest man, and of every man
who was friend to his King and his coun-
try, to stand forward and dispossess one OF
the most prohigate ministers that had ever
been placed in power; to hberate his kmg
from the awful situation into which he had
been thrown; and to break up one OF the
most Ivile, impure, and fragrant coalitions,
that had ever entered into the heads OF
willy set of politicians to FORM" One OF
the most persevering and bitter opponents
of the ministry in the House of Lords, Is
the Marquis of Londonderry-brot OF
the late Marquis, f>--~.aJ -ixIrvur1 t'y tA0
title of Lord Castlereagh. He avalls him
-~slf OF an almost daily opportunity to ar
raign, in very violent language, the minis
ters, and particularly the first Lord of the
Treasury.
In the House of Commons on the 18th,
Sir.J. Lethbridge, who seems to be the
that House, put some questions to Mr.. Can
ming respecting the Ministry, which gave
rise to long discussion, in which great
number of members engaged. Among
them Mr.. Peel, in very frank and hand
some manner said" do not mean to tach
myself to any party, but shall act in re-
spect to the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
Canning in exactly the same manner as
when in Office. do not mean to relinquish
my inquiries into the ancient institutions OF
the country, for the purpose of improving
them. In nothing shall | change my
course. In so acting, it is not with view
to obtain the support or confidence either
of those who oppose, or those who support
the Government. What may be the prin-
piples upon which those who intend to OPP
pose the Government mean to act, do not
know, and will not inquire but mine will
not alter to agree with either party
Neither do / wish to know if the admins
tration is TO retain its present form; l am
satisfied with the declaration that the same
conduct is to be pursued now, as when
formed part of it,
The friends of the seeding Ministers
appeared TO be extremely vindictive to-
wards the new Cabinet, and discover a
worse spirit than we have almost ever be-
fore observed between the ms and outs If,
as we apprehend, Mr.. Canning has clear
majority in the Commons, it is not extraVa-
giant to expect, that the influence of the
Crown will eventually secure one to the
new order of things in the House of Lords.
FRANCE. One of the most interesting
articles of intelligence, is that of the dis
Pandgag q t hae seF 3o ate m M to
divide the liberty of the press. The Etoile
gives a long detail of the review of the
National Guards on Sunday, the 29th of
April, describing in glowing terms the ami
mated and exilarating scene !: but adds
1'Unhappily, the conclusion of the day did
not answer to the beginning" The Jour
nal des Debats says A cry of hatred of
the ministry resounded in the crowd 1t
even proceeded from the ranks of tie Ma
tional Guards. Three or four legions ut
tered it repeatedly; even some of those
who, IN the presence of the king, had only
given vent to acclamations of gratitude
and loyalty, pronounced loud expressions
of blame against the chief minister as they
passed near his hotel. 1t is said that the
king, having remarked one of the guards
who forgot his august presence, to think of
the ministry, approached, made him quit
the ranks, or ordered him to be cashiered,
and expressed his royal displeasure in
terms so dignifed and so firm, that the
fompanylto which he belonged showed
their approval by cries of Vive lie Roll"
The National Guard consisted of about
$4,000 men, of which 5000 men were cav
airy. They are completely armed and
equipped at their own expense, and are
mostly young men, between the ages of 10
and Is. The measure of disbanding them
is an extremely bold one, but was consid-
cred unavoidable after what had occurred.
The King of Saxony, died on the fifth of
May, at the age of seventy-six. Prince
Antony Clement, who succeeds him, is sew
enty-two years of age.
SPAIN AND PoRTUGAL. The latest dates
from Madrid, to the LIST of Nav, received
by the way of Paris, mention that an en-
gaeement had taken place on the frontiers
OF Galicla, which might, very probably,
lead to the formal commencement of hos
tAities, Some Portuguese troops, who had
passed over the line, and plundered sever
al villages, were driven back by a small
body of Spanish militia. The latter after-
wards penetrated into the Portuguese ter
ritory, where several of them were made
prisoners.
A letter of the LIST, from Lisbon, receiv-
ed in London, mentions that it was beliey-
ed to be the intention that the British ships
and troops should be withdrawn from Por-
tugal in July. 1t appears, however, that
the British government Considered the
question as undecided as late as Nav 9Th.
when the direct question was put TO the
Secretary for Foreign AfFairs-whnf wns