Kingston Chronicle (Kingston, ON1819), November 10, 1820, p. 2

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a loan in- beeac flctnd 1 fnrsoov pxlooo real mnryi k derma n na buried al pa ri on tin i5h of sept count marfcuin his brother m law pronounced an ora tion on the occasion which drew tear- from ever eye marshal lpfebrrc duke of dnnitif died at paris en the i lib sept his complaint wi water ui ihe cheat from spaj general riego has h n fcit tin banishment an articui daiid madrid sept 5 atcs that riego tfhn hud re ceived order to procee u g ilicia and to disband the corps of the rrry eaiiumed in the isle de jo h endeavored lo change the resolution of the icing and government on tliis point- on the evening of the 3 1st of anjinst he went to the theatre and helmed with the greatest indecorum sinking song c on tin 3d of september he srftawl- ed a banquet of he patrietiss soeb ih lien quiroga refused to attciul one of the songs gang by lgo at the theatre was a few evenings aftei anu railed for by the audience of the t e bol the magistrates present would not all it to be bung an altercation too place between the magistrate and hico jfa- ked wen pons were displayed thvrnrd was assembled they loatled their mc 5- kt the performance ceased and the magistrates proceeded to the palace un der escort these proceedings caus ed the cortes immediately to adopt mea sures to suppress patriotic associations the resolution was carried by the mosi numerous majority that has ever yet m- ken place in the assembly the govern raent lias also taken the fallowing mea sures general suego dismissed from the pot of captain general of galhcia is siit to quarters a oviedu his iwuive place c ch sin mcui hi aid de camp and author of the generals prochttnalioflj to zamora ct general vela sco governor of mi- j drln fo valladolid u manzimros colonel of artillery in fo catalonia and capt mutrez to st sebastian on he 5th of sept riejo was desi rous of appearing at the bar and make bis defence to the cortes liey refused liim permission on the same day be was sent to asturias under an escort of 20 horse on the 5th sept in the evening a multitude appeared at the palace on feeing the king they hooted lone live ihekincr down with tragi la per re the words in italic were the chorus of riegos fongr at the theatre which allud ed to the king th2 translation of which is u gulp it down dog on the fame evening another party cal led libereaux appeared in front of the palace crying long live th- ctdiitution the conftitutional king and utcgow they termed the latter their liberator and de manded his recall the evening was very turbulent strang patrolc after much diilrbauce effccd the difperfion of the group round the palace but the discontented arm ed with flaming torches hurried to the tra ces where the patriotic focifue affcmsled and utteed vociferations of rae again i the government and cortes and demanded the recall of riego the refidence of the magistrates became the ohj of their animofity it wa3 ex pected they would ft fire to the cuj but the mvary fuccecdcdin difperin them the garrifbn of madrid to000 ftrng bid lhjpiinxcr is liif itfgrei niu tkvl faithful to the government a private lftter from madrid fays tint a thirl rioiomntic note had been o mniu- nicated- by order the emperor of ituffia to he rpnihh government and that this jafl communication h more liiiaory nin either of the proceeding notes the french paper contain a fiatement from madrid ihat by a vote of the cortes the s53ijoh jrfnits as a dilinl order ia to be hcnceforh aholifhed the crtcs of spain is proceeding in its fyui of legiflatio but has already i met wfcj an example of the danger of per- j rrctinjya military bndy to interfere in brngnifr about even beneficial meafures the cortes had decreed that the army of g ncal iliega which effecd the revolu tion hould receive a nati inal reward and be dihauded this did not meet thap probation of the army which refufed obe- denre to he decree general riee and the officers addreffed infolent letters to the king and the cortes heaping reproaches on the monarch for the paft and declar ing that traitors till furrounded the thrne ar rrufht lie evnefled the weaker party we ohi to give away and after fume negociatioo ir ha been arranged that the army fa the hand of leon fliall not be i d banded that odonogbuc captain ge neral of ndaufia hall fncceed the ml- nihf r of war who idued lle order for disbanding the troops and that general rivto 9 in fncceed ge eral odonoghue this capitulation in tffeft places spain ider a rriliiary government for the real wer of icgfhthn is now in the barrac ks tlie fland of leon there are feme mrta of difturbancea having taken place vwenpfa on account of tlie rernoval of eucpd ef m which 60 of rhe militia ki ctn kilhd at mtsirh a report ha- c into ciulatin that an attempt wji i contemplation to get the king in to gallica jfatoltotfon in portent thr mzt aamrcj ri corth f porrrtgitl ibc 1 mdusl nf it it brtahreii in awand r a0 prectned a conftitutiotval revolution under whicutuc cr untry is to be ruled by a cortes to be nteaftcr ecld the prefent king remain ed at the head of the date the britifh fficen in the fcrvice of portugal retufing to take pnit in the iiiurrectiun have teen difplaced and according to one account ordued to conftjer themfelves as in a ftate tf arrelh the lateit advices from porta- tjaj li ve betn received through france at which time the troops from the northern province were on their march toward lib m but had not reached it little doubt was entertained that the revolution would become general on their arrival the following letters and papers detail the proceedings of the infurgents and the portuguese regency gpotoj aii 25 w every tiling having privately ar ranged on the 33d intt between the civfl 3nd military autliorities ydlerday at half pud 4 a ii the caftle at thfi mouth of the dovito announced by a royal faiute the day delined to give liberty to portu gal at day break the troops of the line and militia l fern bled under arms and the olficers proceeded to sorm 2 military cotin- ii which poblhhed two proclamations t hi pnfl three they msrehed to the prada nova and potted themftlves in front of the public hall the gover nors bifhop and other pntrioritfes hav ing arrived the proclamations were read in their prefencr and it was univerfaiiy sgred on to eflabhfli a provilional govern- nvent with power to call the cortex for thefj to form a contiitution this agree ment was worn to by all the fame was pubbihed to the peopleandiroopi who wel corned the intelligence with loud and re peated fhouifl of long live king john vi long live the eortes and cotdiutin in tlie evening the atrshotuies attended hc national theatre and were greeted with the fame acclamations kvery thing was conduced in the rjreaeft harmony nd god order 1 i a drop or blou fpilt nor even a ditfenting voice all appear content and every thing is going on as before the government paper which had rtfen to 27 per cent dilonut is now cumnt at 25 and bidj fair to go lower as our caule cannot but profper the foreign ofhers in the portoguefe fcr vice weie all placed under temporary ar- refl but treated with the gtcdudl polite- ntls and paid op to the day general blunt i at ppntede lima and two offi cers havfc been fent to i itimutc his arrelt to him the oaths of fidelity to the c rtes ire pouring in fiom all the towns and villages in ihefe three provinces an ther letter of the 28th of auguft from oporto contains the same account with more ample details of the taking of the oath scc it thus concludes tfoopa are arriving from all the towns and villa ges in this part of the kingdom with the exception of guimareas and tiamcra which do notchoofs to take the oaths all he towns as far as coimbra it is faid have declared tut the provifional govern- went at oporto a piece fukalle to the pc csqon waa hjftily got up and loudiy ap plauded by the iv nerous fpeftator at die recital of forne verier ttic whole audi- enee rofe and ened our long live tie immortal spaniards our neighbors who fct n example to us and to the whole world 1 he prefident of the fupreme govern- mcfit railed his voice and announced the following vivas the king the potti- gucfc tiie citizens of oporto the gar- rifon of oportn the generous lngiith nation from whom wc have received bene fit defvirjr of gratitude and wht li wc will punctuahy repay when required no language can exprefs the pleafur of the portngue8c on this enchaining light tears flowed fiom every eye such is the public fpiut of a city which was always difiinguiihed by its patrioiitm and its loy alty at oporto on the 31ft of aug the difcount on paper money had fallen to 24 pcr cent the junta of the fupieme pro- vifiond government of the kingdom had addreflld the ijrilio coulul at opiiito to allure him britifh fuljccts and property would be repeded 1ovdon sept 2c by the dyde arrived from oporto oil falmouth accounts have been received lo the 3 1 it angtlll kvery thing remained perfectly quiet all the northern pro vinces had declared for the new conflitu- tioti the army had been paid their ar rears marfhal pamplona had marched with a largvf detachment of troops upon opoito at aviero he learnt the occur rences that had taken place when the jol- diers immediately deferted and the greater number had arrived at oporto the 1 tth regiment wan at leira and had fworn to the conltitulioii it ajpears that no in telligence had been received at opoito from lifbon since the new conftttution had been proclaimed the dydc ha brought proclamatioris from tfc the pro visional jun ta uf the fupreme goverriment f tl- king riom to the portuguefe and from m the governor general of the arfenalsof the di vision cl oporto to the people of the fame division and the troops llaticned in it and the nation the former ks a fort uf ma- nifesto hating tic grlcvatices under wlmh 1 ortugnl labored and which are enukftrra- ted as the reafons which called forth the revolutionary explofion that baa taken lacc it is figued by certain individuals as representatives of the clergy the nolii- ity the crhi imitfs and the merchant and del rhe 24th align t- a note ha been add re ted to the iitih oflieer ns- hiring them that tluy oiall irtxin the hp- oci piivdig9 and didinitin be 1 to thcit rant i re rhir pav i i the meeting of ii corte but i appears they have been amoved fiom their com mands the arltirns from naples and sicily are of a gloomy cast and a ciul war ap pears lo be raging m the intter kingdom letters from idermo o the 10th ult state thai coo rmmuiws towns and bo roughs had ji d the jilcrmiians in tiieir determinuirou to uphold their inde pendence th ities ofcnracnsi ca- tania and mena adlun to naples the town of cailaaiaetta having taken the same side asoultd by the p- lermitans and 3 is said 2000 of tu- iu- habitants out of sq00 periweq and the greater part t f i e town was destroyed on the other htfid t j0ps af jpaler- mo have bee foated before trapnt and chased a v i he government of nnpfua was pre i n to send troops io tftosedtlcs of jcily whivli adhered to the king but i depended for the ret- duetlon of palettnochieilyn the effect of a blockade olhc sea- ide for which a small naaj tow wasprcpariog the renehpnpers rfte le carbonari were croatia fwsh ftowbtes in tiie kingdom of nellies niuuhat v were eve for estabthiii a raety of independent re- polilics fnch ahe apnleian repobkc th- rtjubic of sainnltiia e the tmvns of veut- wd poniqcerfo fonlinncto t papal authority at d sanee- thob r wrr formed into it ikr mill tan mfjl their baptised hi ls bifh 111- omrly believed li d the power m dii aay the devil are now mcltcl inrv rinn ir the purpose of keeping out r pope it opprar from the nunierd arrests which are drl- y made that tt r a general ferment in the otaor paf fil eeclesiastieal dominions a rivule loiter fiom roni- dated rhe 23d uf- state fhit a rrtnat oflhe carbonafi the roman vijirq list r m- h l jjw viwrf do princjm birfs n re it addd that tin pftprwhih trta wed prow tsat thfy wrc in roritfpoutjcnoe with wtll known vroh fi in europe andal thatsvtftal brigands who infest the roa4 from roinn to n pie wvre in r correspondence u irh tlie cai benarj bmsij tmulamrt fuv or 1 ommon spf 13 tiie speaker t tlio iir ttt a quar ter before fumw tie chancellor of the kxchetpjcrj ovci the appointment of a select conn to inspect tlm journal of flic im relative to i- state of the bill fordivorcrng and dra- diig her majstv mr stmjmwt onflow thottht that the inqnuy i thni u mtht to he c -ii- durtod ki nil poible sohmiirit v and submitted lierefoi whethi t milit not be expedient ftat a bill should be brought in to enable the house of com mon to examine urtnesses upxm oalh- ixp did not ftfel bt0tetf auutoiisej 10 pi such a bill but ho trusted liiat the bouse would late the snbjrcl into ttn tleratiftri mr ore re allidrd 0 reports of an intuuled in on the part of persona who were jo be looked upon as tbeprps- eeut rr of ihv ju rn to indues the house to rrnourv the right it now enjoyed and had always possessed sin re it had been a hoir of commons of exaniinlng wituess at the bar flu was not sure rhi rcfoir vvhehr what tli hon rpirtle- mau had proposed as not intended to hom d tho ountrv eu the subject and htiw hie muestion hnd not luen in oh- u il li flic privity iinanvrs fmr serji int onslow said ftmram the boor on niy honour ba1 he did not say ihat stub was thf design of thehnngen- tlemnn bnl it might imve that effect if such a rumour were true and if after having degraded the kiiu the quren and the other houjc of parliament mi- nibtrrs pruceded co tlcprlre the douse of commons of n chtdoubtcd and most valuable pririlciro of examining witness- 05 the degradaiion would indeed be complete ear hour it would thence forth become an tfyvt of end i dni- rlftn and boundless contempt with tfje nil ion mr kobhouse snid hi own impression and he believed that in it he was by no moans lingular was that there was nut the slightest dnee of impartiality in the decision of le lords if so wa it not the duty of itonesl man ol ever member of parliament to do hi- utmost to pnpprcsi the bill in limine and wiih his vtott on the former ad- jonrument he had seconded the mctioo 1 f a nobe lord a lo ic hni if had most un quivoall and decidedly pro- iiouncru un judnvnt aajnst the bill suppose the right l gentlemen oppo site should be iurl with the accom plishment of their irt i lj respect in uiiat situittion foirid the illostrioti parties bipliiivd the onlyrewlt could be thai the queen ond be proved to b a rtrumpef and lll king what hr n ould not mention p lhit j0 cheers the degradation nn wj atbom but abroad it wa- i j wj where our aiion w flicen and onrlawyera na become pi eres- droppers and j5ftters of peijury continued cheer0 al li to com- plute lit picture our l the peers of khgland- 1 n pretenfalitea 0 noble famitiop nn ihe cteaee dit n heroic ancestor p lf f rtab were s m 10 p v ulut lt clnihi llis am it y uvr f hub un mi- hxino vi such loct l lf a k li the a in rs f it uuif n tut vi ed 2 was it fit that the commons should follow such an example was this house in solemn wockeiy to sit down to the examination of charges rejected with disgust and detestation by the whole bo dy of the people he vas not nov peaking on behalf of the king he queen or the nation but sn i it were severe upon f slajesty to st5jj at lu3 momenf before the opening of hr defence he still should pay sft a reject this most famons bill thcna- t tonal feeling was obvious from the pre- cautirrs f atn against i- the lords had ieralv hedged and fcd themselresin by a standing ami and iu the same way lit commony he uppored would be required to mt themclvrs i gaijri- 501 under the protection of the ojtliln- ry there wes one cjusion he should like to usk lvfcrc he sl down and f hit was who i8fi opay for all this cheer lie supposed that tin natron mut pay for iu- did not imagine that the liobie lordrid his colleagues would h very wilfng to bear the disbursement and frbt arose lie inquiry what it paid for did it pay for honour or glory no if was compelled to pay for that winch was contrary to i most deliberate wishes and most valuable in forests on thee grounds heshonld movo as an amend ment u an humble address be pre sented to his majesty pravirw him fn prprogae parhmeut und ihcreby to pn- rent fhe further progress of ineasus against the qnren sir robert viteon rose he said that the silence of ministers on the present occasion might be cry dignified but it would not satisfy the country for him- self iip would not forego this opportu nity of d timt should the ijill of pains and penalties come into that house there was no resistance no obstacle no impediment which the wit of irau could larmt vn rtiitmtvoiaiifii- j would not make use of trf stop is pro gress not merely because the measure ir its form was abominable odious and unconstitutional but because he now conceived himself a competent judge of the ivhtile proceeding- h uul attended every hy in the house of lords hehad heard all the witnesses he had listened to all that could be urged in their favour he had observed he conduct of the ju dicial assembly and he was prepared to assert on his oath on hi conscience be fore god that these proceedings had 0 riginafed in a foul and infamous conpi- racy llenr bear thesewcrehaid tewns it was true but it was his duly on an occasion like tiis to speak out and net to allow the best interests of ins country to susr lest he honld plre of fence in any quarter hcrr he could afford proof fhal the conspiracy origina ted not at lilian but at llanovor could any man doubt that baron ompteda rc- ceircd rnstmclinns to open drawers to pick lochs ami to seal btlers for when he came bark to hanover instead of being disgraced he was reinstated iu his rank and certain arrears of pay were given to him ihat had been withheld for some political misconduct while jerome bonaparte was in possession of west phalia but if received at court he was rejected by the people for the ha noverians made him a contemptible out cast frem all society in the same way who could doubt that the british minis ters at tflutgnrd had acted under instrnc- lions bur if he plot was hatched at hanover it grew and was perfected at milan which was made the rendezvous ot all that was despicable and nothing vvns j h used that contributed in the slightest degree to blacken the reputa tion of her majesty discharged servants were welcomed with avidity and even the creation of testimony seemed to have been encouraged as long as it eiicreaed the slander and the infamy to show the nature of the witnesses and the manner in which they were re warded and encouraged he hnd in his possession a letter from the rev mr godfrey regarding sacchimho beins hi red as a conrer received from the prin cess of wales seventy napoleons a year it appeared that while at mr godfreys he was not looked upon nor treated as if he had been a menial servant but as a gentleman of rank for he had a servant of his own to attend him he was called at mr godfreys by the name of mon sieur de milan which proved that he had so represented himself the letter besides contained he following scuuuce you wish to know on what terms i received him the terms were r5rer week f o riiim 1 f nd iris servant thus a menial servant receiving kcvi ntv na poleons a year coming to ensjlmd as a witness against the queen was allowed an attendant of his own and was pole to p jgs per week about 270 a year for his board alone cheers was not f hid very like subornation and perjury ilrar 1 all this was on tlie same scale aid for the same purposes as when the mnferofa ship received 1500 equal to 5000 in naples a prince cardi al iurimr va- mowed only 14000 dol- krs a year and yet this captain of a po- hicca obtained 12000 dollars a yeat for his evidence lucking at these facts the nation would assert that the quen pd hen insulted and the mn betray d not merely had she been insured by the- direct evidence but by th intro- luiuenof nbatcfiffft incident which had n 1 caihielmi wiih the case hear rear j rin had been betrayed i wa impesiblo rliat he could knutan thn vilo nature of the cvi- or ike digjarrf 1 means etuplpy- ril bfcin ii- sir it viihou po thm meal utov c he was an ir 1 una 10 i i- a vapii u bi i first iiitancr as bestiakn d 0 secure ihe interest of the people ai wdl as of the kins mu- fjwpn s because he recol lected the former uiferiui of the rpue because he was scared at the gigantic power nrv trrbciue be biifiw the tenrlmc5 r iui u licncy rf femiiln repa- fatioo b e je knew- bow diihenit it wasto rtxt nnare rrenirarats and oppowunt i in now heard the charges and the evidence in support of hem he should be the bases- 1 of men if he du not do all in irispower toprssei 1 s theqecen from peijured wiineses anda parllai libuoal ii he had 1 tnuu 1 lives 1 would wilipy sacrifjeo them i rather thtu so iruiqtnce suffer ad injnsftrft trirraph cserrs dr phimfnore in explaining the sea sous for voting aifist rlo amendment a u ulc m i eoorpkfned hat the hon stid galkm rtril who pke lait bad formed u x upon expartec idencc the rv vot yet concluded and fboejrh the and gallant general might be o- p to d tide he believ ed thst he rtyed lltat competence ex- cinsiv 7 fe was convinced that ju lice won be dire to the queen in the result an s ti il neuter he ilou-r- ot i v lofivuous v eid arrive at 1 onre inconsistent with the troth rt the cvicnee the qi een vould r tt he prononnci dgnilty unices she ivcro realh so t jiear hear mr h g i iinct was drfirous of arr opportunity of dating that his original opinion was in no ritfpes changed by what had recently tranfpircd in the houle of lords for years miniflcis had pur- fned the fame fyflem of bringing into odi um and contempt the inflitntnns of the country their in 1 ttort ws9 the bill be fore parliament and its introduction would be regretted by nil who loved their coun- t5 i 1 1l r ift lun iillioe hen government found that it was not likely that they flionld aecomp ilh their whole cbjcft they rclinqnifhed the half of it and the prime minider had betn heard in the lionfe of lords to declare that though her majefty mipht be tooinfamou3 to be the queen of this country fhe was not too infamous lo be wife of the king much cheer ing an honourable gen tleman dr phillimore had objected to exparte latements and decihons and what he faid on this fubjeq had leenglad- iv cheered bv the noble lord and his ad- herenrs yet what waa tli fnct the cafe arrainfl the queen was clofcdj and if a man found nothing of juilt in it it was preeffely contrary of an rvrconclufion it was an opinion formed on a the evi dence tliat eonld be adduced since the days of starchamber fince the time when bradlhaw ft upon the life of the king no proceeding fo monflroufly unjnft as the pitfent had been heard of the evidence was beard it was infbrccc all its bear ings and then the cafe was ptopped flop ped a fie i the bodily the dirpdling the loath fome evidence which the attorney- general to hi own difgraee hnd thooght fit to prnduce had been gone through with an odious particjlr 7 yet thia ceftitnony bad as it was did not at ail come up to ihe chargewj nany of which the counfel for the profecution li3d not attempted to prove or even to asfe a witness oie quhiou regarding them to be fn re her wajellysconduft was cakult- ed to banilh all union of guilt even at the outfer the fearless way in which ihe laughed to fcorn her accufcrs the man ner in which that heroic woman fet her foot upon r hnre of enfflrnd aia bove all the dtcilive tone in which ire re- jefled all attempts at mediation betwccn her and her accufcrs conclusively fa ified his mind at the time of her complete inno cence hear i hear he had indeed known perfons die wijv the exprefhvn of innocence upon their lip againfl whom guilt was but too clearly proved he had known them die with that declaration in their mouths for the fake of their families or for fome other worldly purpofe but he had never known and he challenged the memory of any o- ther man to say whether there had ever exiflcd a guilty j erfofl who ruflied to trfos inllead of cfcaprng fiom fuch an ordeal hear was thctcever an iaflance of guilty peifons teeking a trial who could have efcaped from one fheat ht7 w detted ay k4n co produce an inftance ot tuch an ocrnrrence ibe condud of the qucen on the oecam to which he al luded had fatisficd his mind as to her com- plete innocence he had kept that p- ciple ftadyhknd tiron j in his mind and it was impofftbeto reconcile it with the cr- ifteree of guilt hear hear llr deliberate convicton now that the profe cution had been gone through was that the whole was a foul and disgraceful cou- fpiracy agafnfthcr majefty he thought fn eaily in the bufinefs and now at u clofe that opinion was moo ilrongly con firmed hear feeling the dr gcr to which the country was cxpofd from fur ther perseverance of kind ii fuch bill as that in cuellion tctling that all clafses of society 3 manner he wonhi not mdeec fay a clafsebut a vaft majo rity of ther- of the fame opitv- w that this was another inftanr and the ttrongeft inftance within hie mo moiy in which on clafs wan to fit a judges upon a caie while the others wert arrayed again ft them looking to the in finite mncbiefa likely to arife from the army and nvy takng a part upon the pc cagon for 1 was univerlall- known md it was in vain to deny that there won a mong all rankn of mc n upn this bubicb a feeling fo uong as hid never bei r marked before knowini an tlcy dui that tli- army and favy rarticiat d 1

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