L question is wholly distinct from the merits It is true public offices ought only to be be culpable; but the government and authority of the King, when they remain within the constitutional limits, ought to be sacred to all. What would become of liberty if the laws did not govern ?-aud how shall they govern, if it is lawful to disobey him who is charged to execute them, when he does not act contrary to them? Under pretence of supporting the constitution, it has been scandalously violated at Cadiz and Seville, by creating, under the title of Juntas, authorities unknown to the constitution, attacking prerogatives which the constitution consecrates, and resisting orders which the same constitution commands to be obeyed. Illegitimate organs erect themselves into interpreters of the public opinion, and usurp the functions of all the powers of the state. Weakness and irreflection have yielded to their impulse, and for the first time been precipitated into disobedience. The Cortes may fear that those evils will increase, unless they are stopped at their origin. For these reasons the committee, though it thinks other measures adviseable in our present situation, proposes them to the Cortes in the second part of this report, which it presents sealed, intimating that in its opinion the dignity of the throne, the decorum of the Cortes, the welfare of the nation, and the cause of liberty, imperiously require that no debate be opened till in a future sitting distinct from that in which they communicate to the government the resolution which the Cortes may take on their first part, and confining itself at present to the message of the King, and the exposition of his ministers, "the Congress make a solemn declaration, by means of another exposition to his Majesty, conceived in the terms which it now presents separately, as a part of this report." The committee, therefore, does not confound the events at Cadiz with those at Seville, in the latter of which it cannot help recognising a certain character of faction; whereas in those of Cadiz it is persuaded that the whole has proceeded from an error, from an excessive ardour, and a distrust which cannot be wholly Before their departure from Barcelocondemned in those who love liberty, and na on December 8, MM. Pariset, Bally, have suffered much for it: the error in Francois, and Andouard, the French some points, and the aberration of some physicians,replied to different questions. persons in others, are not such that the They declared that the nature of the committee attributes them to the will, and evil was the yellow fever, and that the they cannot but merit the indulgence of disease was exotic and contagious. the Cortes. But the national Congress They do not point out any effectual cannot but expressly disapprove in the face of all Europe, the disobedience and remedy against the contagion; but illegal proceedings of those authorities, they observe that the best treatment cannot produce any effectual result except by a well-regulated sanatory police. They say the disease is a kind of poison, which attacks from the commencement the interior organs of human life, such as the lungs, heart, stomach, and bowels, which become irritated, inflamed, gangrened, and paralytic. The kidnies are also attacked, and experience acute pains. It has been discovered by dissections, that a deposit of a glutinous oil takes which will doubtless suffice to make them return to their duty, acknowledging that they have erred. The Cortes may be pleased to examine, in the first place, this point; and above all, let the observance of the constitution, and obedience to the royal authority, in conformity with it, be secured. These two things are inseparable: the question is not of the ministers, but of Government, and of the power which the constitution assigns to the King, The ministers may MONTHLY MAG. No. 362. 4 B place place in this part of the body, and that the blood is decomposed, dissolved, and evacuated externally by transpiration. The best remedy known is the melambo taken as the kina. SOUTH AMERICA. Letters, dated the 27th October, have been received from Pernambuco. A great change has been produced in the situation of affairs there, by the arrival of orders from Lisbon, in pursuance of the decrees of the Cortes,-1. For the recall of the Governor. 2. For the formation of a Provisional Government by the votes of the College of Electors. 3. For licensing the militia for a given period. 4. For the removal of the European troops to Lisbon. In consequence of these orders, the election of the members of the Junta took place on the 26th, when the choice, as might have been expected, fell principally upon the native Brazilians. The turn the elections had taken created so much disgust in the Portuguese, that nearly all the families of respectability were preparing to quit Pernambuco, either for Lisbon or for Bahia, a revolution and declaration of independence being inevitable. SANT IAGO, Aug. 15.--It is not possible to describe the demonstrations of joy with which the people of Chili celebrated the news received of the liberation of the capital of Peru, accomplished by the valour and wisdom of Gen. San Martin. GAZETTE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDEPENDENT LIMA, 18th July, 1821. First year of the Independence of Peru. By a communication from Bujama, under the date of the 13th inst. we have the following: "The enemy continue their precipitous flight, and leave in their march spectacles which would excite horror in the most insensible minds. From the time of our departure from Lurin we have scarcely gone a step without traces of their barbarity. More 'than thirty dead bodies, some from weakness, some from disease, and others shot on the way because unable to pursue their march, have presented themselves to our sight, as the food of birds of prey. Rodil, according to unvarying accounts, has been the person who sacrificed the greater part of those victims. During yesterday and to-day we have met with 39 sick, of whom five have died. I do not believe that the half will survive. The whole of these have been found in the open fields, but some remain likewise in this town, where a small hospital has been formed." Another letter from the same place, and the same date, is expressed as follows: We have arrived at this place in pursuit of the enemy, who, proceeding in their cowardly flight, leave on the road indubitable evidence of their atrocity. I feel a horror at the crimes committed by Rodil and Valdes, and even endanger my credit by mentioning them. They shoot all the soldiers who, either by fatigue or infirmity, cannot continue their march, saying to them—'Die, wretches, rather than become our enemies.' Their dead are consequently numerous; many fugitives present themselves to us daily, without including the infinite number who escape by bye ways. These cowards, out of terror of our troops, have proceeded by indirect roads to the Sierra, committing at every step injuries and outrages. At this date the loss is not less than 500 men; and, further on, on account of the difficulty of the roads, the loss will be greater." MEXICO. On Thursday, the 27th of September, the inhabitants of this capital had the Liberating Army of the Three Guaraninfinite satisfaction of receiving the tees, with its worthy commander, Don Agustin de Iturbide. The general was received at the principal gate of the Temple by the illustrious archbishop, dressed in pontificals, &c. A solemn Te Deum was performed by the whole orchestra, the sublime harmony of which expanded the hearts of the spectators in the great temple, which was illuminated and adorned. The Te Deum was followed by a salute of artillery and peals of bells. The proces sion then returned in the same order to the palace, where a magnificent dinner was served up, which had been prepared by the Ayuntamiento, and of which more than 600 guests partook. On the following day the Provisional Junta of the government was installed with the greatest splendour and solemnity, when they took the oath, conceived in the following terms:— "Will you, Senors, swear, by God and the Holy Evangelists, to keep, and cause to be kept, the treaties concluded on Cordoba, by the Excellent Senor, First the 24th of August, in the Villa de Chief of the Tri-guarantee Army, as representative of the Mexican empire, and the Excellent Senor Don Juan O'Donoju, as Captain General, and Superior Political Chief for his Catholic Majesty? « Will Will you, Senors, also swear to discharge the duty of members of the Junta, for which you have been chosen?" To which they all replied "We swear.' PROCLAMATION. The first Chief of the Imperial Army. MEXICANS!You are now in a situation to proclaim the country independent, as I announced to you in Iguala. Already is the immense space which separates slavery from liberty passed over, and motion is given to the different springs whereby every American may speak his private opinion, because the fear which restrained some is dissipated, the malice which warped the judgment of others is moderated, and the ideas of all are consolidated. I find myself in the capital of this most opulent empire, without having left behind streams of blood, ravaged plains, disconsolate widows, or orphan children, covering with execrations the assassin of their fathers. On the contrary, the principal provinces of this kingdom have been examined, and all, uniform in their rejoicings, address expressive salutations to the Tri-guarantee Army, and vows of gratitude to Heaven. These demonstrations give to my heart an ineffable pleasure, and more than compensate the sufferings and privations of the soldiers, who have always been active, steady, and courageous. You already know what it is to be free, and you are on the point of knowing what it is to be happy. The Junta will be installed, the Cortes assembled,and the law, on which your felicity depends, will be sanctioned. I exhort you to forget the words of alarm, and threats of extermination, and to pronounce only those of union and intimate friendship. Contribute by your knowledge to the grand code; but avoid satire and malignant slander. Obedient to authority, you will complete, in concert with the sovereign Congress, the grand work which you have commenced; and allow me to cast a look. behind me to observe attentively the picture which Providence has traced, and which American wisdom is about to fill up. If my labours (due to the country) be considered by you worthy of recompence, all I ask is, that you respect the laws, that you allow me to return to the bosom of my beloved family, and that you sometimes recollect your friend Mexico, Sept. 27. ITURBIDE. It is since understood that all Mexico is in possession of the Independents, except the fort of Vera Cruz. And that Columbia being quite free, an expedition is preparing by the President Bolivar against Panama, and its isthmus. These are glorious revolutions, equal to any in our wonderful times. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Russia is said to be prepared for war, and to have a million of men in arms. In the mean time, the Prince of Persia has invaded the Asiatic provinces ; and the brave Greeks prosecute their cause with success in the Morea. INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS IN AND NEAR LONDON, CHRONOLOGY OF THE MONTH. A BOAT, containing seven Nov. 19. men, upset at Staines, and four were drowned in consequence of the rapidity of the current. 21. Eight individuals executed at the Old Bailey, viz. four for uttering forged notes, two for highway robbery, and two for felony. 23. The following letter was addressed to the Sheriff's of London and Middlesex:-"Gentlemen,-- As it is evident that a large body of the enlightened and respectable part of the community are decidedly against the severity of the present criminal code, and more especially of that part which relates to the punishment of death for forgery of Bank Notes, it has been thought desirable to call a public meeting, in reference to the cases of the persons under sentence of death, for next Tuesday; and the undersigned request you will have the goodness to call the same." 27. Mr. Sharpe, secretary of the Bridge-street Society, tendered another bill to the Middlesex grand inquest, against Mr. Phipps, proprietor of the News, which, like its predecessors, was thrown out. Dec. 3. The Society, calling itself the Vice Society, obtained a warrant against G. C'arke, Mr. Carlile's shopman, for the sale of a libel, and committed him to Newgate for want of bail. Clarke had scarcely been removed an hour, when his place was taken by a young girl, who was also arrested, and held to bail. 4. A meeting was this day held at the Thatched House Tavern, of the noblemen and gentlemen connected with Ireland, for presenting an address to the King upon the miserable state of that country. 6. A Court of Common Council held at Guildhall, when the report of the cominittee on the affray at Knightsbridge, was given in. The report stated that a violent outrage had been committed on Mr. Alderman Waithman, and corroborated the whole of that gentleman's statement of the affair. 10. Faulkner's Dublin Journal of this day contained notices of no less than 18 separate outrages, besides additional ones in other papers. -14. The 23rd annual exhibition of fat cattle, took place this morning, at Smithfield, when the respective premiums were adjudged. Several ingenious agricultural implements and machines were exhibited. 15. The indictment of the Bridgestreet Society against Mr. Dolby, was this day brought on in the Court of King's Bench. Mr. Sheriff Garratt returned the common jury, when at the same time he was a member of the society prosecuting the present indictment. The question was formally put to the triers, whether Mr. Garratt, at the given time, was or was not a prosecutor of the indictment, to which they replied in the affirmative; this and the other prosecutions consequently stand over. 16. This morning a fire broke out on board a fine West Indiaman, of 300 tons burthen, moored in the river Thames. The ship was in the middle of a tier when the fire broke out, but by the activity of the sailors they removed every vessel from the ship on fire. 28. Two of Carlisle's shopmen were brought before the sitting alderman to give bail on his view, under one of the famous five bills; but they refused to give their names, and in such refusal afforded a practical commentary on the impropriety of holding obscure servants responsible for the sentiments of a printed book. MARRIED. Mr. G. R. Tucker, of Bread-street Hill, to Miss Anston, of Washfield, Devon. Lieut. George Bagué, R.N. to Miss Yarrow, of Jermyn-street. Capt. George Harris, R.N. C.B. to Anna Maria, eldest daughter of John Woodcock, esq. of Fern Acres, Buckingham. ́ Mr. James Christopher Forsyth, of Leyton, Essex, to Miss Waterhouse, of Holloway. Lieut. Col. Marshall, to Maria Letitia, second daughter of Evelyn J. Gascoigne, "esq. Robert Whitmore, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, to Miss Eliza Kaye, of New Bank Buildings. George H. Gower, esq. to Miss Ann Newbury. J. W. Birch, esq. of the Inner Temple, to Diana, eldest daughter of the late James Bourchier, esq. Mr. Taylor, of Paternoster-row, to Miss Sarah Birkett, of Cloak-lane. H. Boldero, esq. of Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, to Miss M. Christie, of Hoddesdon. Thomas Holmes, jun. esq. of Lower Tooting, to Hester Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late John Scott, esq. of Hastings. The Rev. C. S. Wood, of Paddingtongreen, to Miss M. Lomas, of Dorset-street, Portman-square. Mr. Thomas Nunn, of Thayer-street, to Miss Tomlins, of West Ham, Essex. Astley Paston Cooper, esq. of Cheverell, Herts. to Elizabeth Harriott, only daughter of W. Rickford, esq. M.P. W.R.K, Douglas, esq. M.P. to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Walter Irvine, esq. of Luddington-house, Surry. Walter Wombwell, esq. to Martha, daughter of the late W. Cockerton, esq. Mr. W. Dormant, to Miss S. Harvey. Mr. John Lacey Weller, of Silver-street, to Maria, youngest daughter of M. Foot, esq. of Clapham. DIED. At Kennington-green, 38, Peter Martin Bayley, esq. after a lingering illness. At Kentish-town, 14, Louisa,fifth daughter of Mr. Daniel Hose. In Crutched Friars, the infant son of Quarles Harris, jun. esq. In Tenterden-street, Hanover-square, James Wilson, esq. F.R.S. professor of anatomy to the Royal College of Surgeons, and many years lecturer in the Hunterian school of Windmill-street. A man of great original powers of mind. At Popham terrace, Islington, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Robert Willis. In Edgeware-road, 84, W. Burch, deeply lamented by his family and friends. In Camberwell-grove, 89, Mrs. Eleanor Coude, sole institutor and proprietor of the celebrated artificial stone manufactory, Lambeth, which invention is now adopted in all our public buildings, and will secure her the applause of posterity. At Richmond, 71, Mrs. Greening. At Walworth, 70, Mr. J. Perry, sen. Philip Grubb, esq. jun, of the Jamaica coffee-housc. At Newing, 71, Mr. John Elder field. At Merton, 41, Richard Dalleti. In King's-road, Bedford-row, 68, Samuel Weymon Wadeson, esq. At Edmonton, Miss Hitchener. At Enfield, 69, George Roberts, esq. In Upper Thames-street, Maria, wife of John Forster, esq. In Gloucester-place, New Road, 80, James Arbouin, esq. In Gracechurch-street, Mrs. Whinfield. On Snow-hill, Mr. John Lloyd, sincerely regretted by his family and friends. In Leicester-square, 20, after a lingering illness, Elinor, wife of Mr. Joseph Fisher. At Chertsey, deeply lamented, Mrs. M. Sewell, relict of the late Rev. G. S. In Upper Thames-street, Mr. S. Colson. In Gloucester-street, Portman-square, the Hon. Mrs. Fitzgerald, widow of the late Lieut. Col. F. of the 2d Life Guards. In In Guildford-street, Anna Elizabeth, daughter of J. H. Booth, esq. At Clapton, 17, William, eldest son of Mr. Gaviller. In Duke-street, Portland-place, 16, Miss Harriet Sophia Davies. In Upper Cadogan-place, Lieut. Col. Andrew Hamilton. In Queen Ann-street, 82, the Hon. Mrs. Anson. In Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, Mrs. Sarah Briggs. In St. Clement's Church-yard, Mr. Hadcock. In Mansfield-st. Sir Martin B. Folkes, M.P. for King's Lynn. At Horton Lodge, near Epsom, in her 88th year, the Hon. Louisa Browning, widow of J. B. esq. of the sa:ne place; she was the eldest daughter and only surviving child of the Right Hon. Charles Calvert, Lor Baltimore, and sister to F. Calvert, the last Lord Baltimore. At Ealing, 12, Miss Elizabeth Jares. In York-street, Portman-square, 73, Rose Fuller, esq. At Ewell, 70, Mr. Richard Mason. At Stoke Newington, 66, Anne Capper, one of the Society of Friends. Mr. Joseph Bullock, in the Tower of London, keeper of the Menagerie. At Brompton, after a lingering illness, 30, G. A. F. Dawkins, esq. At Twickenham, 69, Mrs. Sarah D'Oyly. At Norwood-green, W. A. Thackthwaite, esq. of Fulmer, Gerrard's Cross. On Croydon Common, 54, R. Oliver, esq. In Old Burlington-street, the lady of T. Cockayne, esq, of Ickleford-house, Herts. In Newington-place, Mr. W. Devey, many years a factor at the Coal Exchange. At Cranley, Mrs. Butcher, late of Parkhatch. At Cholmondeley-house, Piccadilly, Col. Seymour, the son-in-law of the Marquis of Cholmondeley. The colonel had been ill for some time, and had never wholly recovered the fatal effects of the pestilential disease he contracted when on duty with his regiment, the 3d Guards, at Walcheren; he was in the prime of life, and considered one of the finest looking men in his Majesty's service. He has left a wife and child. The Rev. Caleb Evans, third son of Dr. E. of Islington, deeply lamented by his family and their friends. At Ripley, 79, R. Harrison, esq. formerly of Mansion-house-street, banker. In Russel-square, the Right Hon. Sir James Mansfield, Knt. Sir James was bred to the bar, and began to practice in the Court of King's Bench. He first distinguished himself as a junior counsel in Mr. Wilkes's contests, which gave him some celebrity. He practiced afterwards in Chancery, and there obtained a handsome fortune. He was bred at Cambridge, which university elected him their counsel, which he held many years, and returned him in two parliaments to be one of their representatives, in which honourable situation he continued until 1782, in which year he was appointed Solicitor-General, but lost both at the same time by the powerful influence of Mr. Pitt, who dismissed him to make room for Sir Richard Pepper Arden, as Solicitor-General, and himself and Lord Euston (now Duke of Grafton) stood candidates for Cambridge university against the old members, Lord John Townshend and Mr. Mansfield. Mr. Mansfield continued as King's counsel, but had no other post under government until he was past the age of seventy, when he was called to the degree of Serjeant at Law, and appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas ; he was at the same time sworn of the Privy Council. At that great age he executed the duties of that high office with considerable ability, and having held it ten years, retired on the usual pension. Sir James enjoyed his faculties to the last, although at the advanced age of eighty-eight. While at the bar, he was considered as one of the soundest lawyers of his day, but not being made a judge till he was superannuated, he dissappointed, when on the bench, the expectations of his friends. In Hanover-street, Hanover-square, John Ring, esq. an eminent surgeon. He was a pupil of the late celebrated surgeon, Percival Pott, esq. and when he had completed h's education, settled in business. He resided and practised with considerable reputation and success, in New-street, Swallow-street, till obliged to remove to make room for the new street, now called Regent-street. Mr. Ring was a member of the College of Surgeons, and member of the Medical Societies of London and Paris. He was, from the first, a warm advocate for the vaccine inoculation, and has published several works on that subject; as a Treatise on the Cow Pox, containing the History of Vaccine Inoculation, 2 parts, 1801-3; and Answers to Mr. Goldson, Dr. Moseley, and Mr. Birch, who violently attacked the vaccine practice. His first work was "Reflections on the Surgeon's till 1790." He has also published on other subjects,-as a translation of Dr. Geddes's Ode to Peace, and a translation of Mr. Anstey's Ode to Dr. Jenner. At Brighton, 65, James Perry, esq. upwards of 33 years conductor, and chief proprietor of the Morning Chronicle newspaper, and in that employment one of the most active and useful men of his age. It was the newspaper of liberty during the whole of the eventful period of the French revolution, and Mr. Perry, as its conductor, had a most difficult task and arduous struggle to maintain; but like Paukoucke, of Paris, who conducted the Moniteur through |