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The Court of Peers have adopted a definitive decree of accusation against 34 out of 75 persons charged with a plot against the life of the king and royal family, and for the subversion of the existing government. Twenty-four were accused as principals or accesaries in the first degree, and 10 are charged with misprision of treason in not revealing the conspiracy. Of the 34 persons accused only 29 are in' custody. A tumultuous scene occurred in the Chamber of Deputies on the 7th February, in consequence of General Foy having, in supporting a petition from a half-pay officer, alluded to his services under the "glorious tri-coloured flag." The Royalists said they knew nothing but the "white flag!" and vociferated "Long live the white flag 1" Their opponents, however, justified the expression of General Foy, by observing that the tri-coloured flag, though changed for another, was inseparably connected with what could never be changed -the remembrance of the glory which France had enjoyed for more than a quarter of a century. The altercation was prolonged by various speakers, with a degree of violence which the President found it difficult to control, till it at last subsided into a vote on the petition, when the Chamber passed to the order of the day, by a large majority. NAPLES. The allied sovereigns have at length determined to force the Neapolitans to give up the new constitution to which they had recently sworn, and to accept another at their hands. The ultimatum of the confederated sovereigns assembled at Laybach has been communicated to the Neapolitan Parliament, and amounts in substance to this-That they shall substitute the British for the Spanish Constitution and that for six years the capital of Naples shall be garrisoned, and six of her principal fortresses occupied by Austrian troops on which conditions, and no other, a general amnesty will be granted to her by the allies, and the Austrian army of occupation will be maintained at the expence of Austria, and not of Naples. VOL. VIII. To conditions so humiliating only one answer could be returned by a nation resolved to obtain its freedom, and to maintain its independence; the Senate House rang with cries of "War! rather than degradation;" and the nation as well as the army participate in the resolution of their governors. In the mean time, the Emperor of Austria has put forth a declaration, dated from Vienna on the 13th February, explanatory of the views and intentions of the allies. After expatiating on the blessings of the royal government in Naples, the declaration states that it was overthrown by a mutiny among the troops, whom the disaffected had contrived to seduce-and that the monarch was compelled to proclaim the Spanish constitution, in consequence of violent threats and actual force. The declaration maintains, that the recent proceedings in Naples have not emanated from the people, but mainly, or entirely, from the Carbonari, a rebellious banditti, whom it is not more the duty of the allied sovereigns than the interest and the wishes of Naples itself, to crush and put down. In these circumstances, the neighbouring sovereigns, alarmed for the safety of their own states, which they conceived to be en dangered by such an example, felt themselves bound to interfere; and though they would prefer to carry their arrangements into effect in an amicable manner, they frankly told the Neapolitan sovereign at Laybach that "they would not suffer the continuance of the present order of things at Naples, and that, if it were not amicably dissolved, arms must be employed." It is stated, "that though particular relations and motives hindered the British government from partaking in the further resolutions of the other courts, and admitted the accession of the French court only under certain conditions, his majesty had the great satisfaction of finding himself perfectly agreed with the monarchs of Russia and Prussia on the questions in debate." The declaration concludes with observing, that if resistance shall be made, the Emperor of Russia will join his forces to those of Austria, in order to put down the evil. The old King of Naples has also written M m a letter from Laybach, to his son the Prince Regent, in which he explicitly states, that from his communications with the allied sovereigns at Laybach, he immediately perceived that they were resolved by force of arms to subvert the new order of things which had been established at Naples that nothing could induce them to depart from this course-and that to secure the tranquillity of the neighbouring states, and to guard against future changes, certain guarantees would be exacted by the allied powers. To carry this determination into effect, the Austrian army crossed the Po on the 29th January, to march through the ecclesiastical states upon Naples; and his Holiness the Pope issued a proclamation exhorting his subjects to receive them as friends. Accounts from Naples, of the 16th ult., represent public spirit as at the highest pitch of enthusiasm. The following resolutions had been adopted by the National Parliament: 1st. That it has no power to agree to any of the propositions communicated to it on the part of the Allied Sovereigns, the King of Prussia and the Emperors of Austria and Russia-propositions tending to the destruction of the existing constitution, and to the occupation of the kingdom. 2d. That it considers, and shall consider, every past and future act of his Majesty, which may be contrary to the oaths taken by him confirming the said constitution, as incapable of being ascribed to his free and uncontrolled will; and, therefore, in respect to all such acts, it considers his Majesty in a state of coercion. 3d. That, as long as this state of coercion shall continue, the Duke of Calabria, his august son, shall retain the regency in the mode prescribed in the decree of the 10th December 1820. 4th. That in conformity with the declarations contained in the preceding articles, and with the principles of the constitution, all measures be taken, which shall be necessary for the safety of the State. In conformity with these resolutions, the regular troops had marched for the frontiers, where their force amounted to 40,000 men under General Carascosa; besides 40,000 militia. The preservation of tranquillity in the capital itself was left to 15,000 of the civic guard, raised for that purpose. Every thing, it is said, breathes war and obstinate resistance. The Prince daily receives the proposals of the multitudes eager to embody themselves in free corps, for the defence of their country; and the ladies of Naples are parting with their jewels to aid the public cause. SPAIN. A disturbance arose at Madrid on the 6th ult., from some of the king's body guard having assailed with their drawn swords some of the citizens, who, as his Majesty was returning from an excursion, exclaimed, "Long live the Constitutional King." The national guards and the garrison were immediately called out, and the body guard were confined to their barracks. The affair terminated in a request from the body guard, that their corps should be suppressed, which request was approved of by the King in Council. The guard then gave up their horses and arms, except their swords; and went to the places pointed out for their residence, being replaced by the halberdiers in their duty at the palace. Albuelo was arrested, with three of his comrades, on the 31st ult. at Bodonal, in Estremadura. PORTUGAL. The Cortes of Portugal have decided that the government, like the Spanish, is to consist of one representative chamber only, a decision which is said has given general satisfaction. They have also decreed that there shall be no censorship of the press, even with regard to religious publications. The sittings of the Cortes continue with great regularity. In that of the 24th ult. the report of the special committee, which had been appointed to inquire into the claims of the British officers who served in the Portuguese army, was read. The committee, after expressing their gratitude for these services, regret their inability, from the nature of the Portuguese laws, and the state of the national treasury, adequately to reward them. They proposed the following resolutions to the Cortes: 1. That the English officers who, by the declaration of the 26th of August 1820, of the Provisional Junta of the Supreme Government of the kingdom, retired from the service of the Portuguese army, be dismissed with honour and with the thanks of the nation, solely from the necessity of giving a new organization to the national royal army. 2. That those officers should continue to receive the pay of their commissions for as many years as they were in the war, in the Portuguese army. 3. That those who did not serve in the war, should continue to receive their pay for one year, it being understood that their gratifications are personal. 4. Finally, that the brigadiers should receive the favour of Commanders (Commenda) of the order of the Tower and Sword, and the Colonels, and Lieutenant-Colonels, the insignia of the same order. The Portuguese Revolution has, rather unexpectedly, extended to the island of Madeira. The whole affair was accomplished in a day; the populace having been unanimous in demanding the new order of things, and the Governor and other existing authorities, appearing by no means anxious to maintain the old one. Some time in the last week of January, the principal Civil and Military Officers, and the chief of the other inhabitants of the Island, held a conference, and afterwards proceeded to the Government House, demanding that the Portuguese Constitution should be proclaimed. After some hesitation the Governor assented, and the ceremony took place on the 31st. Not only was no blood spilt, but not an angry word appears to have been spoken. Deputies were dispatched in the schooner Anderino, to announce the event to the Portuguese Regency. The Anderino arrived at Lis. bon on the 15th ult., and the Deputies landed under a grand salute. AUSTRALASIA. NEW SOUTH WALES.-Letters and papers have been received from Port-Jackson to the 7th of September, from which we learn that the indefatigable exertions of Mr Throsby, who ascertained the route to the fine country beyond the Blue Mountains, have again been crowned with the most gratifying success. In a letter of the 5th of September, to a gentleman in town, he says: "You will see I am in a fair way of verifying my prediction, that ere long a route would be continued as far in the southward on our continent as Twofold Bay. The lake now discovered is fully 160 miles S.S. W. of Sydney, to which an open carriage road will be clear in a month. The country is beautiful, and fully equal to my most sanguine expectations for all the necessary purposes of colonization. Picture to yourself large extensive downs, not plains, some as large as from fifty to sixty thousand acres, without a tree, every where covered with fine grass for sheep or cattle, and well watered, partly by rippling streams, partly by chains of ponds, in all directions. There are many such plains, of different sizes, and the hills and broken country around are thickly clad with excel. lent timber. It is, in fact, a most desirable country, and before next Christmas I confidently anticipate we shall prove that the snow and rain which falls on the mountains and high country seen to the S. W. have an outlet to the sea. The lake is called by the natives Warrewaa, and is stated by them to empty its waters in a southerly direction, where we perceive an opening in the high land on its west margin, by a river they call Murrum-hid-gee. The lake runs from N. to S. about thirty miles, and extends in breadth from two to ten miles, its margin abounding in the most picturesque bays and points." The Many respectable settlers had lately arrived, and we see in the Gazette of the 4th of September, that 210 grants of land were then awaiting delivery at the Secretary's office. Some idea may be formed of the extent of society in New Holland, from 120 gentlemen having dined at the Governor's table on the last 4th of June. colony is so full of all kinds of merchandise, that the commodities of India are much lower than in this country, and European articles of domestic consumption at little advance on the English prices. vernment having sent out duly qualified pastors, chapels are now erecting at Sydney and Windsor for the performance of the Catholic rites of worship. Mr Bigg was proceeding in his inquiry into the state of the colony, and expected to leave it in his Majesty's ship Dromedary, early in the present year. AMERICA. Go FIRE AT SURINAM.-The town of Paramaribo, the capital of Surinam, was almost totally destroyed by fire on the 21st of January last; 392 houses, and, including the stores and other out-houses, about 1000 buildings, having been reduced to ashes. Their estimated value was 20 million of guilders, Surinam currency. In the confusion of the fire very few persons saved even their papers, and this once delightful town is laid in ruins, only here and there the beam of a house standing; the inhabitants will have no alternative but to retire to the plantations for shelter. PROCEEDINGS OF PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-Feb. 19.-Earl Grey brought forward a motion for the production of such papers as would give information respecting the communications between ministers and the allied sovereigns, on the affairs of Naples, which led to a long and interesting debate. The Earl of Liverpool resisted their production, and justified the measures pursued by administration in the existing relations of Austria and Naples. The motion was negatived without a division. Feb. 20.-The Queen's annuity bill was read a second time; Lord Darnley giving up his intended motion for an address to his majesty to dismiss his ministers, because he found that those with whom he acted were not likely to support him in such a motion at the present time. Feb. 21.-A committee on foreign trade was moved for by Lord Lansdowne, and appointed with the assent of ministers. An interesting discussion of the commercial and agricultural distresses of the country arose out of the noble Marquis's motion, in the course of which the Earl of Liver, pool produced a number of documents, all tending to show an increased consumption of the principal articles of general use and enjoyment, from which he inferred the improved condition of the population. No specific remedy for the existing distresses of the country was proposed on either side of the House; if we except a hint from Lord King on the necessity of cancelling the public debt. Feb. 22.-The Queen's annuity bill was read a third time and passed, without a word being said on the subject. It was then carried down to the Commons, by two of the Judges. Next night it received the royal assent, and her majesty it is under, stood has since determined upon accepting the annuity. March 2.-The Marquis of Lansdowne brought forward his promised motion upon the subject of the Austrian invasion of Naples. The Noble Marquis urged his proposition in a speech of great animation and eloquence; but the previous very full discussion which the question had undergone in both Houses of Parliament precluded the possibility of advancing any new arguments. He concluded by moving an address to the crown, declaratory of the anxious wishes of the House for the independence of Naples, and requesting his majesty to employ his mediation to secure that object. Lord Bathurst contended that any mediation, unsupported by arms, must be unavailing. Neutrality, he maintained, was, under the circumstances, the proper policy for this country. Ministers had professed that neutrality in the utmost sincerity, and he was happy to say, that this profession had been so accepted and understood by the new government of Naples, who had expressed their perfect confidence in the good faith and neutrality of Great Britain. The probable effect of the resolution proposed by the Noble Marquis would be, he said, to encourage the revolutionists in an obstinate and sanguinary resistance, in which, consistently with prudence, this country could not support them. Lords Ellenborough and Holland supported the motion. Lord Liverpool defended the course taken by ministers, complaining that in their external negotiations they had to contend against the doctrine, that every revolution was necessarily bad; and at home against the no less fallacious doctrine, that all revolutions are without qualification to be praised and adopted. The Marquis of Lansdowne replied; when the House divid ed on his lordship's motion, and the num, bers were, Contents 37, Non-contents 84. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Feb. 5.-The Marquis of Tavistock brought forward his promised motion respecting the conduct of ministers in their recent prosecution of the Queer. The Noble Marquis took'a general view of the whole of the proceedings against her majesty, and ingenuously avow. ed, that, in submitting his motion to the House, he contemplated not only the opportunity of conveying the censure of parliament upon the conduct of his majesty's ministers in this particular, but also the means of collecting the sense of the House of Commons upon the question-whether the present ministers were any longer entitled to the confidence of their king and of the country. He further declared, that if even those noblemen and gentlemen with whom he now acted in parliament were to succeed to the cabinet, he should not give them his support, unless they avowed their purpose of effecting some reform in the representation of the people. Mr B. Bathurst defended the conduct of ministers in every respect; but the most interesting features of the debate were the speeches of Messrs Bankes and Peel, who took nearly the same line of argument, both objecting to particular parts of the policy of minis ters; but both admitting that the case was so extremely difficult as to excuse partial errors; and both decidedly agreeing that the Queen's arrival in this country, and her majesty's subsequent rejection of the mediation of the House of Commons, rendered an inquiry in some shape unavoidable. At one o'clock the debate not appearing to have made any considerable progress towards a conclusion, an adjournment to the next night was agreed to. Feb. 6-Sir Robert Wilson resumed the adjourned debate. He complained of vexatious delays, by which her majesty's most important witnesses had been disabled from coming to this country in time for the proceedings in the House of Lords. He read a number of extracts from the testimony of these individuals, in order to show its tendency. Among others were certificates of her majesty's becoming reserve, and the good order of her household, from the celebrated Professor Volta, and her majesty's domestic chaplain, the Bishop of Pesaro. The debate was continued by Messrs Huskisson, Bennett, Wellesley Pole, Sir Francis Burdett, Lord Castlereagh, Mr Brougham, &c. In the course of the last named gentleman's speech, he took occasion to observe, that insinuations had gone abroad, that he had expressed doubts of the Queen's claim to an acquittal, in answer to which he invoked upon himself the most dreadful penalties, if he did not feel that, as one of her judges, he would have pronounced her |