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iVnvtiuts, nr.'l till' qi|;rVifh*il voters Hi e-trll
dislllct slmli elect Min* lllclllbi I' nt thl) ^ r '
ginlutivn Council, which slmli pu.*M-*s tin*
a.ililt) puller* lloi'ctiitorc granted ti' thi* Le
gi-lnlim Council of lhi* Nnrlhtvi'slurn l erri-
inrv ; mitl the members ul ill* - C-mineil *b.'ll
hold 111* ir offices lour yuais ; urn), until thnrr
ahull In* five thousand tree while mule itl-
Imliilmils, ol' In in tv 0111; years ami upwards,
in said Territory, 111*; whole. number ol Ue-
pia'si'Dlalivis lti llir (.!«'.mtral Assembly slmli
not lit-, loss limn si'Vfii, nin - nioi'r limn nin* - ,
to hn »|ipi>itinned hy Him Cnvcnor [Goviru-
ro',] to lilt) SI'VIml counties in the said T*t-
litory, agreeably to tlm number of free
while limits above the ago of tnriily-one
yours, which limy may contain : lint it alter
Ilit' organization of the General Ask'uiIi!)',
tlm apportionment of llm representation
slmli In 111.idu by such Assembly : I'tovided,
That there shall not lie more than twelve,
noi less Ilian seveu, oi tlm whole number
of Representatives, until there shall he six
thousand free white male inhabitants, above
the age of twenty-one years ; after which,
the number of Representatives shall lie re
gulated agreeably to the ordinance afore-
said.
See. 5. And be itfurllicr enacted, That the
Govenor [Governor] ol the said Territory
shall have power to grant pardons for ollen
ccs against the laws of the said Territory,
and reprieves for those ugain«t the United
Stales, until the decision of tim President
th< ron [thereon] shall he made known.
Sec. 6. Jtnd be it farther enacted, That so
much of tlm ordinance aforesaid, anil laws
of the United States, as are inconsistent with
llm provisions of this art, he, and the same
are hereby, as respects the Territory of Mi-
cnigan, repealed.
Sec. 7. And be it faiiher enacted, That,
from and after the first day of June next,
there shall fie but one Clerk oftlm Suprnm.
Court of the Territory of Michigan, wlm
sh ill perform all the duties of Clerk of said
Court, whether silling as a Circuit and Dis
trict Court, or as Judges of the Territorial
* Court.
Sec. fi. And be it further enacted, That
the accounting officers of the Treasury shall
settle and adjust tlm accounts of John J.
Doming, making him a reasonable allow
ance for his services as Clerk of said Dis
trict and Circuit Court, up to the first day
of June next, and that the same be paid out
of any money in the Treasury, not uthei
wise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1823.
1 out afow words. He had. in common with I ihati the reason of His Imperial Majesty -
several friends of his in Hint House, n right | and tlm experience of all ages hy which it it
I to protest against a principle, similar to Hint j enlightened, is the experience of not mine
I which they had opposed in llm year Hi I 1.1 Ilian ten J ears, namely since l ills!. When
j when they refused tlmir assent to a hill | litis very ame Monarch riinrluded a treaty
i hroii 'ht into the House, for protecting the with tlm Spanish Government, wherein Ills
! tenant from the enforcement, for a little, ol j Imperial Majesty iirknowledges os l.'giti-
| the landlord's demand. Vet, though this e- 1 mate, aceoiding to the most approved and
; inanatvd from Ministers, and the propnsi- holy language or dialect of the most Holy Al-
I lions of the present day emanated from « j bailee, of which lie appears to lie tile head,
i very opposite source, mark how extremes tins very same Constitution of the Curie
1 met, and what a hair’s breadth difference ‘
MR. BROUGHAM S S1TXCH,
In the British House of Common'', Fob. *1, on
a motion for an Address of Thanks to His
Majesty, for his most gracious Speech.
Mr. Brocoham rose to express his feel
ings of unqualified abhorrence and detesta
tion at the principles laid down by the Al
lies, as applicable to Spain—(Hear ! hear!)
—a principle as detestable in practice, as it
was absurd in policy. If tlmir expression ol
abhorrence received any qualification at all,
it should be only that of indignant disgust,
at the canting hypocrisy of the language in
which this atrocious principle was promul
gated to the world. (Hear! hair!) He
row tortile purpose of expressing these sen
timents in tlie first place; but he should ill
discharge his duty, if, in candor to tin
House, he did not declare the extreme grati
fication ho felt, and which all right thinking
men must feci, at the sound and liberal
views contained in the Speech, in reference
to the present state of affairs in Europe, and
the line of conduct pursued at the Congress
of Verona. He knew not whether I lis Ma
jesty’s Ministers could, under present cir
cumstances, proceed further. In the pre
sent critical state of this immense affair, In*
«tr *a<h**tj(i*vtf. urmifi nte was, mat tnW
communication would diffuse universal feel
ings of joy and exultation throughout Spain
—(bear !)—of confidence and encourage
ment 'hroughout all free nations, and inde
pendent states—(hear !)—of proportionate
dismay and confusion to those w ho, in total
mockery of all justice, armed themselves
with a manifesto against liberty in the ah
strai t, and against independence, wherever
to lie found, and who, perhaps, might he
foolish nnd absurd enough, to arm their
hied' v, for the purpose of carrying their
manifesto into execution. France herself,
as well as Spain, would M'ceivc encourage
ment from this communication. That small
nnd contemptible, body of persons, who sur
rounded tlm. throne of their nearest and
most important neighbor, and who, to
serve their own pecuniary interests, or their
bigotry, pushed on their sovereign to such
measures, he trusted they would he dis
couraged, in the same proportion as others
were encouraged. Having said thus much,
however, lm could not disguise bis feelings
with respect to the internal affairs of the
country. They were now arrived at a
r-la'e. unprecedented in the history of this
country, at least since the French Revolu
tion. If they looked to the internal situa
tion of it, they would find that one of the
nuts' important branches of national indus
try. the agricultural, was in a state of (lie
greatest embarrassment and distress. It
must appear to every person, that however
they might get over tile present crisis, it
was one of great difficulty. However fa
volatile might he the aspect of affairs, he
must liea very hold and confident prophet,
but lie could not say a very thoughtful one,
who would take upon himself to say, that
tl|ey would have the happy fortune of
keeping themselves in a state of neutrality,
in the event of hostilities between France
end Spain. It was in contemplation of such
an event, lie wished to take a view of tile
present slate of their affairs, and that alone
induced him to trouble them at present.
As what he should offer to the House, might
appear to trespass an those principles of rig
orous economy which he had nlwavs advo
cated, bo would explain his views.' It was
the duty of every statesman, In modify his
conduct by change of circumstances, and hy
novelties in the situation of public affairs,
lie before stated his belief, that the distress
that prevailed last year, received but a very
partial relief, in consequence of the taxes
that wove repealed. In speaking of the ag
ricultural distresses of the country, he must
step aside, to allude to certain meetings
which lately took place on the subject. In
some-of the proceedings which occurred on
these occasions, he did not concur; but
though he viewed them with disapprobation,
he was disposed to treat them without
harshness. In some iff those places where
they look place, the distress was most lira
vily felt; anu he was inclined to think, that
the momentary ebullition of feeling, was oc
casioned hy the severity of suffering. There
were certain persons, who had a right to
express disapprobation more loudly than
o'hers, hut it was loudest in the mouths of
those who had the ieast right to complain.
However foreign this might appear to the
subject Hioiu* immediately before the lions",
ij was impossible he could pass it by with-
xisted between the one and the other-—that
bill, only professed to prevent landlords dis
training for rent, when the parties paid 1 Is.
and fid. in the pound, or, in oile r words,
Government was then willing to cheat the
landlord of one third of his right, w hilst
the Norwich resolution would go to ruh
him of another third lie merely mention*
ed this incidentally, to convince Hon. Mem
bers they ought nut to judge too ectisui mus
ty of the conduct of others, who had not the
same means of information, or of coming to
a deliberate judgment, as that House possi
bly possessed. He could not but regret,
that other meetings seemed to have taken up
narrow views, and suggested a very inelli-
cient and Inadequate mode of obtaining re
lief from their present distress. Some had
suggested the repeal of the duties oti hops,
prompted, no doubt, by the pressure which
they, though few, felt from that duty, on
Ibis very circumscribed description ol pro
duce. 'i'lte Northern resolutionists, on the
contrary, considered themselves acting main
ly for the general interest, in demanding a
repeal of the duty on slates ; but all must
see, except these parties themselves, that
such trilling concessions were but dust in
the balance. It, however, shewed the House
and the Government, that the distress was
still felt very generally, although they were
not encouraged to lake the suggestion ot the
remedy from thu party complaining. There
was hut one general and permanent source
of relief; he meant the general diminution
of the public burthens, a curtailment ol tin
public expenditure, together with an ar
rangement respecting the Sinking Fund,
which might for over put an etui to that de
lusion for which we had so long (laid so
dearly: those, taken conjointly with a ge
neral reduction of taxes, and of such, in par
ticular, as ufl'eeted the persons complaining
uf their pressure, were alone likely to effect
any material amelioration of their condition.
In taking a view of this question, so far as it
was likely to affect our external means ot
defence, it was far from his intention to de
duce an argument for the necessity of re
ducing any of our ships of war oil actual
service. The subject of the improvement
of the service, an inquiry into its manage
ment, or an investigation of the means of re
ducing its expenses, was perfectly consistent
with the public interest, and the duty of that
House t but ho would consent to no propo
sition for a reduction, whilst the affairs of
Europe were in their present critical situa
tion. The same argument, lie thought, did
not apply to any other branch of the service.
It certainly did not appear to him, to apply
to the. land service of this country; nor would
he even suppose it possible, we should have
to carry oil war upon the same scale of en
ormous expense as we had done in the last
Spanish war. It might be asked, wherefore
lie should so strongly recommend economy
His reply was, that he did contemplate the
very strong probability of tins country be
coming a party to the approaching hostili
ties ; and ho therefore, w ith a view to hus
band the resources of the country, must ad
vise the House to save every thing they
e.nuld now dispense with, for the moment
when large expenses would become necessa
ry. No person, recollecting the ancient po
hey of this country, and how it was always
fate (o suppose it possible, if this ill-fated ex
pedition now planning at Paris was prose
cuted, and the Frencli army went into
Spain, that in a very few weeks this country
must be dragged into the war. The only
tiling in which he differed with the gallant
officer who seconded the Address, was tin-
expression of a sentiment favorable to oui
preserving a strict line of neutrality. In this
iic would not concur; because he thought
our preservation of too strict a neutral cha
racter would he in fact, to court the i-suc,
which all true friends of the human race
ought to wish us lo avoid. If our Govern
ment promptly discovered its intentions to
support the independence of the Portuguese
ind Spanish nations, he for one, &: lie believ
ed the whole English people, to a man,
would joyfully co-operate with His Majes
ty’s Government, in any efforts they might
he disposed to make, in order to give effi
cacy to their remonstrance. He hoped it
would he found, that our Government had
pretty expressly stated, that under certain
circumstances, if the independence of our
allies were menaced, they would run to
their assistance. If this conduct had been
pursued, it would doubtless prove to he the
most elfiectiial means of averting the danger.
The more the conduct of these Continental
Powers was looked at and contemplated,
tlie mere extraordinary it would appear
lie would ask any one, then, to take up the
representations made by the Austrian, Rus
sian and Prussian Governments to tlie Go
vernment of Madrid, and giving them, if In-
could, a respectful and patient perusal to the
then established, and which had been, in fuel,
only revived in 11120. Now this was tnenn-
I'er on it, as well listin' <’onslilutinii they Imd
dccrciid, the most unqualified l-aisr. It was
not lor tlie Spanish people, after rousing Criitii
a long night uf darkness and despotism, to
forfeit the privileges it had required by a
cowardly concession when the bayonet was
at their breast. The Constitution might have
its faults, its spots; possibly it had ; but as be
would be the last man mi earth to injure tin-
Spanish cause, and might, iicirrthrli.se, In
disposed to argue with the ptoplc the pro
priety, at any other tilin', of disarming all
possible ground of objection to tlleir Consti
tution, still lie would say, “ do not do so
now, but wait till thu time ctmcs when it
may liu supposed you have u*t acted thus
through unmanly fear, Imt uponiiinture d-li
Iteration and reflection.”—(Hetr!) What
then would the House think oft Ik treatment
which Spain had teceived in till person ol
its Representatives at the hands if these au
gust Sovereigns in the Congress if Verona ?
In fact he could hardly imagine intvhat pos
ture or character our own negmintur had
appcced there. But that conduct, such
foreign to the Wes-,' of Europe—holding out i held in hi - v ,mir'd, either by his nwti nr I or
to tin- Spanish people a theory hy w hieb tflrilli consequence ol llm remom linnet s and in
*i lived Spain should regulate ii> conductitflMT'comp'iapcis with lip: wishes of the nation,
government. The argument in these tlnnorM<- did repeal bis htipe, that nllhniigb that
incuts was this:—We have hundreds of' accomplished I’rinee had in one. instance
thousands of tinned men at our command, I yielded in the suggestions of those parasites,
and we will not stoop to riasmt with staves : Ills own excellent understanding would n-
w limit no disdain In allenipt to convince.-- .-mile its inlluem-p, and that those odious _
Ho could mil sufficiently applaud the reply I measures in contemplation hy tutu would he port tlmt lord Btc
lot In-se contempt ible productions nuide liy | alianijinn d. lie would appeal to Ilia Most '
the gallant Spaniards. It was short and pi- Christian Majesty to imitate tlie wisdom of
thy—and whether the insult was given by | the great Roman philosopher the vvi-c states*
Goth, 11 tin, or Calmin', the frankness of that j man, who, instead of allying himself to I'o-
artsvvei w as fully a match for the craft of the S reign and barharous aid, had recourse to the
Bohemian, anil its courage more than an e-! freedom of the Roman Constitution, anil
The French ambassador left MotiiRl ■„
Mic V'.qth of Jan. and his arms were n mm,.
Item Ho- front of his hotel.
I be king and queen of Spain arc rep it
sent'd as having been indisposed.
Fi tters from tlm first house in Fratk'o
Hate, that the sudden rise which took pli tte
in the market was in consequence ol a re.
wnrt was about to met
Bans; lint the letters of the Sd tilt, contra,
did tlie report in positive terms ; am| ;, ( p|
Unit assurances of the strongest complexion
had been n reived from England, that ||„
king would, in his speech on the 4th,
c minuend
me is no doubt of
it was, explained what were the inUntions of j of a nation with whom he had no cotniecti-
the Holy Alliance in meddling with \ho Con- ] on or concern, that it would lie much better
stitution given to Spain. The treat Jlof Aix-jaud safer policy in him to recollect his pro-
la Chnpcllu had been concluded in Kovem-1 raise of a Constitution to his ow n suli-
. „ , ,.,... continuance of the amicable n
ijinvnlent to the savage ferocity of the Tar- j iking himselt lor protection and support jlatiiins with Fram e. The same, b-u, r .
tar.—(Guild c.ltnera.) — And ifit should lie ; upon the good will of his patriotic country- | however, say that the
found (hat there were leagued against this i men without dreaming of sending for Teii- [ war with Spain,
nation all those tyrants that infest the world,! tonics, Scythians, or other barbarians to as- |
they could not fail to find a friend in every j *i'st liitri—(Hear, hear'.)—He (Mr. IJroug-
,Englishman, and in every Frenchman, ex
cept the contemptible pat ty which diagram il
the name of Fcenr-hmcn. Every real French
man, every worthy man of that liberal and
gallant people, which, after such a variety of
vicissitudes, so many hard fought hall lex,
had at last reposed in what had been sup
posed a durable and well earned peace, mu*!
abhor the design of invading the Spanish
territory. Wherever there may lie a manly
heart nr a free spirit, Spain had a right to
challenge assistance. It would he odious
and a waste uf time further to criticise the
contents nf these State Papers, whose object
seems to have been to insult Spain, and set
one class of her subjects upon another. It
might fairly lie objected to hi* Prussian Ma
jesty, who was so nice a critic in the affair
n pell*:
her, lit 111—by the fourth article of which it
was resolved, in the plenitude of their port
er, that special Congresses might lie hfld
from time to time, obviously, as it wiidd
appear, dictated in the same hypocritical
style as had so distinguishedly characterised
the Imperial Catharine and the Austrian
Court in their manifestos relative to tlito
merciful intentions in the then projected par
tition of Poland. Tho manifesto tln npr*
ceede.d to state that “ calm and constant"—
jects, than to keep up large armies fur the
purpose of ravaging the territories of other
.Statin. What could be more natural than
for this country to request Austria, that be
fore she was so generous to spend her trea
sure in support of th- arbitrary right of King
Ferdinand, she would only he so just as to
reimburse King George tlm twenty million
pounds which s' e had borrowed so long
since, tn preserve her Government from an
nihilation ?—(A laugh.)—What was inure na*
aim, no doubt, in the sense that a distill- tural than for a free people to ask the Austri-
guislled political writer uses the phrase when an Emperor how his own dungeons had
lie describes calmness as the atmosphere in been filled with the men, women, and chil
which despotism delights to shroud itself—
calm and constant in their resolve, never to
depart from the principles of the law of na
tions, their only object is to restore thu re
lations in which the twn countries hitherto
stood, and the repose of the Spanish people.
This was the strain of political remonstrance,
half-sermon, half-romance, half-state paper,
which, in its anxiety for the interests of mo
rality and religion, could not help reminding
ii3 of similar impious professions liy the Au-
tocratrix of Russia upon her seizing upon
Boland, province by province, when, alter
barbarously letting loose her murderous
hordes for a whole day on the defenceless
population of Warsaw, sparing neither man,
woman or child, until the number of the i
unhappy victims exceeded 20,000 savagely
slaughtered—she upon the next day ordered
“ Te Damn” to he sung in tile places of put)
lie worship, and issued a proclamation, slat
ing that the Empress desired repose, only to
display to the people of Poland the solicitude
of a tender mother, whose heart was filled
with the most affectionate wishes for the in
terests of all her children.—(Hear!) Such
being the objects of these Special Congress
es, he should like to propose it to the inge
nuity of any German statist, within any rea
sonable time or length of argument, fur life
is short and time valuable—[a Laugh)—how
lie could reconcile the prob'S*ions set forth
in tin; treaty of Aix-lR-l.',|fcW#ht ’t’^romf'
the deliberations of sui i) Special (“cin^fc^l'X
except they were parties tn that system of
Sacred Alliance, or except such State for
mally invited the mediation of that August
Alliance, anil sent its Ministers of State to
be present during such deliberation. How
was the contradiction to Lie explained? or
how could the Congress call Spain before
her in Iheahsence ofany Spanish negotiator,
and without Spain inviting or requesting her
interference? Yet, hy virtue uf a resolution
passed at Verona, France Wits about to assail
and put dow n tlm independence of Spain,
had proceeded to take up arms, and was a-
bout to invade her territory. These trans
actions would prove a lesson to all govern
ments, what they were to expect from such
coalitions. Let the. House consider what
was in the power of such puissant Bl inces to
accomplish hy thus proceeding to criticise
the acts of independent States, and promul
gating Ihcir opinions on what legitimate 'go
vernments, as they have been confegsetl to
be, have thought proper to adopt for the na
tional benefit. There is, in fact, not I ing that
is not taken to pieces by these meddling A*
ristocrats. They first speak of an interven
tion between Spain and its colonies—they
then talk of the weakness of the Spanish'
King’s Ministry. This, it appears, is a solti-
cient reason to place Spain under the ban
of the Congress, and induce it to demand
that such inefficient Ministry should lie
dren of the Northern Italian Patriots, whom
his iron-hearted policy had condemned to
conffnemeiit for ten or twenty years, or even
for life, without even knowing the crime of
wltiili limy wire accused ? Of the Russian
Autocrat, lie certainly must say he did not
expect such delicate sympathy of spirit to he
displayed hy him as to profess he was scared
hy blood being seen to flow within the pa
lace of a King—for however unconnected
that Prince had been himself with certain
mysterious transactions, it must be recollect
ed that he was descended from a father and
mother, and related to brothers anil sisters,
whose dethronements or murders doubtless
lie could have nothing to do with, though it
had always happened that the relatives of
the dethroned anil the deceased had always
reaped the beriefitiof sucb a calamity, and
bad always failed to bring the perpetrators
to light.—(Loud cheers and laughter.)- Had
he been his Autocratship’s Minister, he
would have advised him to abstain, anil not
touch upon so tender a topic. He might have
Iimii) would venture to predict, that il the , Xew York, Marel, £7.—\Ve are favor,
Kmgol 1 ranee shall avail himself of the as-| with the following extract of a letter fi„ m
sistnnci' „| modern Teutonics and Scythians, ] speelahle gentli man. vv liom v. e p, i „ ,
judgment lias gone forth against him and know, dated al Cadi’/. Feb I*’
bis family.—(Loud cheers.)—'Tlie Consti
tution about to lie assailed was one that of
fered no provocation to assault. It was an
“ Our political situation will not alliuv ,
tlior feelings but those that must alvvay*pi>
, . ;••■" | ci dc the certainty of an approaching eve,,:
-.."sent nil language to call those efforts ft,I crisis. The French gn. ernme. t have ,k
Unit led to it* establishment an insurrection. |elded on war—they will move forwanl ,
i0 would insist Unit it was not Spain or army of 100,000-men to the Ebro line, (,„'
rortngal that thrac Allies haled—it %vns not ...
freedom upon the Ebro—it was not freedom
upon the Mincio, that these despots hated—
hut freedom us such.—{/liar, hear!)—Free
dom is the object of their enmity ; and a-
g.iinst fret Join, no matter where ii innv ex
ist, will their arms lie turned.— 'llinr, hear!)
—Freedom they abbot—to all us institutions
they are inimical, and they viewed it with
Ine. hatred and the malignity of demons.—
But he felt also, that as long as England re
mains in her present position—as long as the
British Parliament retained even that pm-
lion of independence which it yet enjoyed
—for notwithstanding the imoads that have
been made upon our liberties, we tire yet
too free, j.,.* iw
those tyrants—and as long as the British
Constitution shall exist, so long shall this
country remain the object of the hatred and
the jealousy of tyrants, the shield and : up-
poi t of the oppressed.—(Hear, hear But
they do not limit themselves to mere hatred
of principle. Think you, that if any tempt
ing position of neighboring territory attract
ed the desires of the Emperor Alexander, it
would not be in vain to send from Constan
tinople a deputation of Muftis, to prove that
in defence of their claims they had conside
rable antiquity on their side ; that they know-
nothing of disorganised institutions, and that
they never had even such a tiling as a dream
or fallacious philosophy? All theiraigu- jseni Government, who were to be , a |i.d
inents would he thrown away upon those : Chevaliers de la Liberie—anil j,
three Gentlemen nf Verona.—(A laugh.)— | (1 f \v„ r breaking out betvucn Spain
France, w ere to inarch into the latter.
mandoil by Sitiii-.t, Le. All tins vvuie,
he nothing if (lie Spaniaids were united-
hut there is every thing but onion.
‘ Il is gem rally affirmed, the Cortes haw
determined in a secret session to remove tl. t
scat of government to the Andidnsias
This may be the ease, hut i see an iruprack
nihility in the execution. An atten.pt t
carry this roi-astire into effect, wot,Id dm.lg.
less lm followed by disturbances in Mailti,
which would ultimately lead to the emiiu
destruction of the country.
“ The Malcontents, under the orders nf
Bessieres, pruelaitn the Constitution «;o
Chambers, the present I-Y---*• 'in--'
government. '■'*■•* •"*>’ pretend In say ;
Foe government the Holy Alliance in,-an In
stahlish in this country—hut I doubt uiu-i,
whether, if they sucre, d, they would ti, .,*
the Peninsula with so much lenity.
“ So far however, nil is uncertain—wr am
desirous to know vvliat part Great Hritnin
will he persuaded tn take, in the coni, si.-.
The speech of the King of England t„ p,„ .
bum,-nt will probably give an insight into |,cr
intentions.”—Mir. Adv.
It is said a letter has reached tow n, vv|. ,h
states, that one of Bonaparte's di*(inr„i>|„ ,|
generals, (Lalletnand,) was at Barcelona, oc
cupied in raising a corps of 10,000 m, n -i n .
posed of Frenchmen disaffected to the p.
Notwithstanding ail their proofs oflegitima-
cy, the Emperor Alexander would find it
riinvn ii nt, il’, a few months, to occupy tin
t, mptiug territory ; perhaps in the present
instance he would content himself with Mi
norca. The Emperor of Austria might
chouse, something else—perhaps I’russsia
would be satisfied at a future occasion with
the possession of Hanover. These matters
being possible, he would contend that it be
hoved every free nation to prevent such at
tempts. The duty of this country vva* plain
ami obvious, not rashly to engage in hosti
lities ; hut, itl all our negotiations, never to
suffer it to he perceived that we could, by
touched upon the Turks, tile Greeks, or e- i'oss.hihty, he induced to recede from
veil the island nf Minorca, upon which hi
was so incessantly turning his eyes; hut lie
should have advised him never to havomade
this a subject of his statistic rhetoric. He
could not hut allude incidentally to a notable
discovery of these Potentates, vvliieli seemed
to be the result of a very complete ciiang,
of vi.-w-n with respect to a character now «n
gni.ty denominated hy themselves tyrant
anil usurper. Was it because he was no
tney imagined tlu-v might undo and retract
all they had been doing these twenty
nor position,
that line by the d
Spain be over
of despotism terminate ? What was there
to protect Portugal from invasion ? The
defence of that country did not depend up
on no imaginary boundary, but in tiio Pyre
nees. He would not say (but we ought to
send an army to watch the movements ,,f
the French ; but w e ought to repeal at once
not at the same time refrain from
try under the tfi-i-piond hanuer, will,
object of exciting an insurrection, driving o->t
the Bourbons, and sealing the y oung Nape
Icon on tlie throne of his Father.—II.
Cu ARi-r.sTON, April 7.
Three days later j) om Erqland,
The ship Fama, C'apl. Iierry, umn-d v,--
terday, in 411 days iron) Liverpool. t\,
have hy her our file of London papers to tim
lath, Dublin to the l£lh, and Liverpool t.
16th of Febi uary—the day she sailed.
They do not turni-ii us vvilli any Neivs t r
v, oe inuueeu to reci-ue i on muth im p urlanct .. Preparations lor \\V
\Ve are compelled to ndont | were cnntilltled without intermix,, „
.e defensive treaty; for should Continent, hut no act of hu-tii.lv
-run, where would the career J * U
.... oie.v ii.io oecn uotng these twenty years 1 ;u . same time re trim front rx pres*
wtth respect tn the late object of their alter- • ? in E ,li3 cordial approbation, nor from hop-
nate hate and idolatry ? If he were a tyrant, 1 ' n 5 tho unanimous co-operation of the
their mouths were forever stopped. Eng- House iri t!ir> expression of satisfaction, at
land and Spain alone were at liberty to ap- had been stated in the Speech from
Mo- throne, the sentiments expressed in
which were honest and noble. He was con- """ relaxations of thu
vinci-d that tho servants of the Crown would 1 ■ - ws P/ovedbem fil ial rail
d" their duty to their King, their country, to ' |l,r « U8 ? ,,nl 'sh f oinnierce.
freedo n,amt to the world founded, as would „ , , I n " m " l."'.’l , '’ses that the R-o
be tlleir conduct, he trusted, noon a ii;-ht . 1 l i , l l ’ :i11 'asit tseallei), of three t.-illi
ply the epithet to him. Could the King of
Prussia call him a tyrant who had followed
his fortunes for years, from the time he ' ad
been I- aten by him in 7 60fi, w lien lie bent on
I he kuee, and kissed the lilnnd-stained hand
of that patron who then bestowed Hanover
upon him . Could the Emperor Alexander
taken place.
Some private U tters brought by thi* air-,
val, express the opinion that tlu- impt-iiiiing
war between France and Spain, mav.iet (*t
averted. These speculations are iiftinilij
upon a reported change ofMinistivat Ma
drid. M e have ad along been of the op-wl-
Ul!| tliat il iwne to l»c p»** ocrruU, it
•• ""'‘.I probably be by some change in tha
Spanish Ministry, and some trilling or notu -
nal concession to the Allies—.which tb,-,-
might be very ready to accept, in con-c-
quence of the attitude assumed on the occa
sion, by Grea' Britain.
It was stated in the British Parliament,
that the late relaxations of the Navigatin'!
r than in*
new of our interests, and looking t
iglit
, - . - r, . ■ free
with better grace call that man usurper, vvho i *^kitos as the best of all possible allies. Our
after he had been thoroughly thwacked by ! ^ ll *. v "'as to keep peace if we could, and on-
h;m, meekly sat at his feet, and contented , snfli-r it to tie broken when we must. It
himself with the crumbs which ft 11 from the
sumptuous table of this gorged political epi
cure? A power which for these 160 years
had been successfully fellovving tile profita
ble system of getting all it could, whether it
were in Europe or Asia, strictly abiding hy
the thriving principle of Calmer policy, per
fected by tlie refined policy of tile half civil
ized • 'mu t nf St. Petersburg!!, which, when
it could get no more, was content on a late
occasion to obtain as a douceur a few square
leagues of land, vvith tv few hundred serfs
upon it, and which, in pursuance of this
principle, had lately, vvith a view to get any
thing, though it was worth nothing now nor
perhaps would
;> contest were inevitable, we should enter
into it determined to support with all our
might, the interests of the Crown, and the
i ights of human nature.—(Heeir, hear, hear!)
Sir F. RfitPETT rose principally for the
purpose of expressing his acknowledgments,
in union vvith those of his honorable and
learned friend, for a Speech, perhaps as able
and constitutional as that House had ever
heard pronounced. lie trusted His Majes
ty’s Ministers would hold their course, and
that they would not shrink from the position
they hail taken. Laying aside all considcra- i
lions of agricultural or other
r* (listress, on
which however In* reserved his opinions, he
ever he. hail set up n claim | * n ( ]‘ vlare his participation in every
for an immense trackless territory against the i "hicli his honorable and learned
changed for a better in their opinion. It I Government of tjie United States', on tiio i lri * rul *' t<l expressed. Admiring the vv is-
proceeds to its finance,. anil states that ruin- j north-west coast of America, no doubt ae* I (lr,,n !llul farce, of reasoning, as well as the
.•ml pronounce whether the v had ever seen a s'"? "T '" C , ' rt, ' l 'ted. heavy taxes mated by the same maternal feelings as his I 'i'seraMfm, virtue, anil patriotism displayed
( no, pronounce wnctliei tlloy nunevarsi enu- imposed : no doubt agricultural distress grant mother with respect to Bol-md Of M’J’ him—he (Sir Francis Burilelt) vv s e,„.
ny productions so ex.raor,Unary, so .non- would have been a sufficient reason for their | Austria, whose true I'haraX,- had ben, I '-ced that iherc was no BshVcarVthat
interposition, if it bad existed in Spain. (A drawn m permanent colors hy that great | ' v,, ." l ‘ l "C I'-'cL'S he did, grateOd for Ins ex-
strnus, as those State Bapers. He would ap
peal to any German statist to explain how
these State Papers could be conceived to lie
consistent with the principles laid down hy
these very Sovereigns, as applicable'to the ob-
jects legitimately open to the observation and
jurisdiction of those high Potentates assem
bled in-Congress. He would now attempt to
show bya reference to these declarations fen
celebrated document referring to the subject
of Special Congresses, that the principle on
which they affected to act. in the first in
stance, had been departed from in the late
public. Slate Papers, addressed to the Span
ish government. The Prussian manifesto
says, that “ the Constitution of the Cortes
was such, that confounding all elements anil
all power, anil assuming only the single prin
ciple of a permanent ami legal opposition a-
gainst the Government, it necessarily des
troyed that central tutelary authority which
constitutes tho essence of monarchical sys
tem.' 1 T|ie Russian Note says, that, the
Constitution of the Cortes, which was, the
Note adds, brought about in 1620 by some
perjured soldiers, hut which said Mr. Brough
am, was nothing more Ilian the Constitution
of the Cortes, established under the auspices
of this country, anil even Russia in 1612, had
imposed on. Spain laws which the public rea
son of Europe,enlightened by the experience
"fall ages stamped vv ith its highest disappro
bation : the Allied Cabinets, anil particularly
that of St. Petcrshurgli, hastened to put an
end to the calamities that would follow in the
train of institutions which lonsoerated mili
tary r volt hy the very mode of their estali-
lisment. Now it turns out that this" public
reason of Europe,” is nothing more or less
laugh.) Lastly, the Russian sympathy is
moved hy the alarming fact, “tuat blood
had been seen to llnvv within the precincts nf
the Pal ace of a King—anil that a civil war
raged tronghont the Peninsula:” a civil war,
w hich in fact had been excited by a sanitary
cordon of one of these Allied Powers, pro
vided with gold and arms to enconragn and
master, Mr. Sheridan, who described lu-r a..
(hereceiver vvho was as had as the thief, he
eiuilil not avoid reminding tlie House that
she had suffered alt the iixnnming-nf .prelimi
nary defeat, expulsion from her capital, anil
becoming a stranger to her Sovereign, who (I’-’tpi’essco hy tlie honorahle mover anil tli
was exiled from his home ; that very Snv e- j seconder of the Address, and hoped
reign, who had thus suffered ajl these dis-' lhHt t,,u W " U,J be an unanimons vote
rtions in ,0 even irom me
world itiiisu evils with which its liberties
were menaced. (Hear, hear ') — He would
not sit down without declaring also the ex
treme pleasure he had felt at the sentiments
~ . ** | 1 "go, '» "" uau urns stii.crcii mese ms-
bet rebellion in Spain. If there hail beep graces, had lowered himself to submit to ‘ lo Majesty, winch would prove that hi
a massacre of the guards in 1822, it should give his high born daughter to this very
he recollected that Ferdinand had pavi il the ; usurper—upon whom m l long after, in enn-
way to these disorders hy putting down in j sequence of the vicissitudes of battle and of
ittl t the existing order of things, as settled j lot-tune,together with thesc.verer hostility of
nndur tuo ^influence of his best friends, the} the eJemt-nts anil inclement seasons, iu his
Liberals ot that day. In July 1822. an at- j expedition to the north nf Europe, this I'ather-
tempt at a counter revolution had been made, in-!:i\v turned his faithless hack, and seiy.ed
ami an attack was made to put down the j as the fir: t fruits of bis treachery, the territo-
f-.mperor of Russia’s legitimate ally, the j ties which belonged to the King of b-axotiv.
Cortes. (A laugh.)—\ ct because this failed, j No slander that could he used against them
the Emperor had the audacity to assert that could attach so strongly as the recapitulation
ilisnuler and anarchy followed which made
Europe shudder. As well might he arraign
the Minister, vvho in this country ordered a
soldier to fire on rioters attacking the invio
lability nt our own King’s person. It next
proceeds to talk of (lie Srianish people hav
ing indulged in vain theories and a disordered
philosophy—in effect, Russia is pleased to
impute all file disorders in Spain to a want
of a conservative system—Austria e,-ilk on
the Spaniards to observe the solid claims of
Austria on their respect and attention. This
was worse than absurd—it was absolutely
disgusting. One was at a loss how suffici
ently to admire the marvellous inconsisten
cy of a Power—half European, half A-iatic,
whose principles were Oriental ami alien tn
us, and whose practices were detestaWo nrrd
of tlleir own acts—no slander could be half
so bad as the recital of their own conduct
respecting Saxony, Genoa anil Ragusa. No
meanness that could bn attributed to them,
went half so low as their courting tlie alli
ance of that man by whom they had been
dethroned. For conduct the opposite of
these was Spain attacked; hut the Spaniards
are brave—they have arms at command. It
gave him great pain to observe that that il
lustrious monarch the King of France, had
for a moment yielded to pernicious counsels,
anil'arrayed himself against the liberties of
Spain : hut lm hoped it was only a passing
aberration from thus.- sound principles by
had only to consult his own dignity and the
principles of freedom, in order to insure that
which had Item rarely witnessed—an united
Parliament and an united people.—(Hear,
hear!)
FROM TIIF. XI V. votlli I. V2KTTK
LATEST FROM SPAIN.
By the Combine, the Editors of this Ga
zette have received Cadiz papers to the 12tli
ultimo. They contain Madrid dates to the
Mil, under which is inserted the French
king’s speech, without remark. We find
various reports of skirmishes between the
contending Spanish forces in different parts
nf Spain, and symptoms of disquietude at
Madrid.
due by Russia be demand, ti, as be b - u
idea tliat Russia shall he allowed any ,il il,-,
Uritisii •Hulls to I'*!!' i< j; oi j iSpuin.
Application foi a criminal information !:*i
‘Cm made, at the instance of Sir Hi-u.i r
Low- against U. O'M, era, on a ,(
the libel* contained in the Voice limn Si.
Helena. The court thought tile apnlir,-
unaccountably late, hs the book had |„, '
published long since. The gov mini, n -
counsel contended that each Successj,,
turn was a new ease. The court grant'd ib,
rule to show cause with much reltu tarns
requiring the counsel to produce, at a tut
day, some precedents fur their ib lav, and m
show why they had neglected to indut I"
tore the (irarnl Juries that hail interu-im!
Mr. Phillips is the counsel of Dr. O'M- t
A London Paper, noticing the reflection*
excited in this country by the sudden return
Irom ( libit ot the Scnngajiatntn, Re,, say ■
that as the command of the squadron is ia
tain, d hy Ckipt. Gunm, who lias gone or:
again to Havana—that his return to Engla-s!
must have been produced by his mislakin-
Ins orders.
I lie Minister of Finance, on prea - '-.*
ing state, in ! 82-2 lie observed,'thal'Viie''.,’,
tual expenditure exceeded the estimated i■*
penditiu-e 25,355,587 francs, but on
other hand, feen/furlniwtrly,) itsr actual -
venue, exceeded ire estimated revenue -i
582,322 francs. [Thus making only t 1 "-
trilling error of 70,687,859 francs.] T
year 1823commenced vvilli a balance in the
treasury of 12,015,007 francs.
The Prussian Ambassador narrovvlv es
caped assassination on Mis journey u'ut -
Spain. He and his Lady vv ere tuna il o '
of his coaclt, and had tu promenade into i x-
ile.
Loxdo.x, Fell, 1
W e Iiavc received this morning, by
■express, Hie Farts papers of Monday.—-
I'hey contain tim Address of the ( Ii am
ber of Deputies, which was presri.trd
to the King on Sunday, nnd his Majesty's
reply. The Address is a faithful echo
ol the sentiments expressed m the K"\
al -Speech, and simply pledges the ( l a n
her to a cenli.d support of whatov:
measures tho Government tnav deem it
A Madrid paper nf the lilt of February
gives ;t report, that at a .meeting of general ! necessary to adopt,
officers that dav, it was agreed, in case of in- I Mr. Canning i* lo take liis *r,.‘ in
vasion, that Mina should command the ur- | n j g ht, vv hen it is’expnrti d « m,. -
my ol Catalonia ; Abisbal that of Arraron & 11ions will be put I" him n-mr : ' -
Navarre, and Morillo the reserve, vv liirh will , ,
be formed in La Mancha and Andalusia. I '’ ,r0 '? M ° ol C(,U "'C • ' 1 1
It is evident from tlm complexion of nf- tT ,!irt " e Hre taking, cr are likely to take,
which he had been hitherto guided, and that I fairs, that war was expert.,I, and that the 1,1 ,l,e iattlenlable contests springing up.
those who had advised il would speedily he I Spaniards were determined to act on ttic The conduct of M. de Villein, avow-
compelled ti) resign thu situations which they 1 defensive* 1 nfi hy himself in the secret sitting of ti -