The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-04-08
FOREIGN NEWS.

10, anu LONDON 10 the Iltll, anu oH"thoi i""'
Liverpool with dates 10 Feb CT, all inclusive
From various papers we have made the follow
ing summary.
GREAT BRIAN. Parliament was opened on
the 9Th of February by speech read by the
Lord Chancellor in the name of the King, of
which we extract the most important part:
His Majesty laments that his diplomatic re-
lations with Portugal are still necessarily sus-
pended. Deeply interested in the prosperity
of the Portuguese Monarchy, His Majesty has
entered into negotiations with the Head of the
| House of Braganza, in the hope of terminating
state of affairs which is incompatible with the
permanent tranquility and welfare of Portugal.
! His Majesty commands us to assure you that
! he has labored unremittngly TO fulfil the stipu-
lations of the treaty of the 9th July, 1926, and
to effect, in concert with their allies the pacf-
cation of Greece.
The Morea has been liberated from the pres
ence of the Egyptian and Turkish forces. This
! important object has been accomplished by the
successful exertions of the naval forces of His
Majesty and of his allies, which led to con-
vention with the Pacha of Egypt and finally,
! by the skliul disposition and exemplary con.
duct of the French army, acting by the COM
mand of his most Christian Majesty on the be-
| half of the alliance. The troops of his most
I
assigned to them by the allies, have commenc-
ed their return to France. 1t is with great sat
! isfaction that His Majesty infn-."s ,'r',, that,
during the whole of these operations, the most
cordial union has subsisted between the forces
of the three powers by sea and land.
! His Majesty deplores the continuance of hos
| tilities between the Emperor of Russia and the
Ottoman Porte. His Imperial Majesty, in the
prosecution of those hostilities, has considered
it necessary to resume the exercise of his bel
ligerent rights in the Mediterranean, and has
established a blockade of the Dardanelles
From tho operations of this blockade, those
| commercial enterprises of His Maesty's sub
jects have been exempted, which were under
taken upon the faith of His Maiestys declara-
ton to his Parliament respecting the neutrali-
ty of the Mediterranean Sea.
/ Although it has become indispensable for His
Majesty and the King of France to suspend the
cooperation Of their forces with those of His
Imperial Majesty, in consequence of this re-
sumption of the exercise of his beIligerant
rights, the best understanding prevails between
the three Powers in their endeavors to accom-
plish the remaining objects Of the treaty of
London.
The State of Ireland has been the object of
: His Majesty's continued socitude His Maj
esty laments that, in that part of the United
Kingdom, an association shonld still exist, which
is dangerous to the public peace, and nconsis-
tent with the spirit of the constitution, which
keeps alive discord and illwill amongst His
Majesty's subjects, and which must, if permit
4 ted to continue, effectualy obstruct every effort
permanently tolmprove the condition of Ireland.
His Majesty confidently relies on the wisdom
and on the support of his Parliament, and His
I Majesty feels assured that you will commit to
him such powers as may enable His Majesty to
maintain his Just authority. HIS Majesty
ominends, that when this essential object shall
have been accomplished, you should take into
your deliberate consideration the whole condi-
! ton of Ireland and that you should review the
I laws which impose civil disabilities on His Maj
esty's Roman Catholic subjects. You will con,
slider whether the removal of those disabilities
can be effected consistently with the full and
permanent security of establishments in
| Church and State, with the maintenance of the
Reformed Religion established by law, and of
! the rights and privileges of the Bishops and Of
! the Clergy of this realm, and of the Churches
committed to their charge. These are institu-
tons which must ever be held sacred in this
Protestant Kingdom, and which it is the duty
and the determination of His Majesty to pre-
serve inviolate.
The Catholic question seems almost exclu-
sively to engross the public attention in Eng
! land. Bills had been introduced into both
houses of Parliament, in conformity with the
suggestion in the Kings Speech-one for sup
pressing unlawful associations in Ireland, and
the other for the emancipation of the Catholics,
/ with the concurrence and support of the min
! stry.
On the ninth of February, tho House of
( Lords was occupied in the discussion of the
Catholic Question. A great number of petit
J tons were presented against the emancipation
! Lord Winchelsea has addressed a proclama-
( ton to the professionals of England, calling on
them in the name of God and OF their country
to hasten to the defence characterization and
their religion. Let the voice of protestant
ism, he says, be heard from one end of the
country TO the other; let it resound in the val
! lies and upon the mountGi ns.'
! In The House of Lords on the 18th, Lord
! Longford declared himself opposed to the meas
urcs proposed by the government. He drew
a sad picture of the state of Ireland accused
the Duke of Wellington of duplicity in conceal
I ing his real sentiments upon the emancipation
and pronounced the conduct of the ministers
unconstitutional. In reply, the Duke of Wei
| lington observed that neither Lord Longford,
nor any other person of his opinion could indi-
cate any better remedy for the evils which had
| existed in Ireland, than the proposed emanci-
patton. As TO his own opinions upon the sub
l. ect, which had been commented on by the no.
BILE lord, he had certainly never concealed
them. He had declared at the last session of
parliament, that he was anxious to effect some
arrangement of the question, but he had not
wished TO augment the discomfort which then
existed, by voting for active measures, till the
Cabinet had concluded to adopt them In the !
month of July or August last, he had counsel |
led His Majesty upon the measure now announc-
ed, but his views had not obtained the royal
appreciation till Just before the opening of the
session. Lord Redesdale said that in listen !
ing to the propositions thus made to over
throw the protestant constitution to its very
base, he experienced a sensation such as
might be felt at meeting robber on the high
way, who, with bis pistol at the throat should
demand your purse or your life Lord Lans-
downe presented the petition Of the city of
Birmingham in favor of the Catholics In the