90 



hicidcnis in mid near London, 



[Feb. I. 



tlie composition of the legislative body of 

 the slate. 



" 3. That no tnxes shall be ini]io?pd wilh- 

 oiit llie consent of the nation in its legitimate 

 re,)resentatioii. 



" 4. That llie accounts of public expen- 

 tlitvire shall be referred to the nation itself, 

 and to its representatives. 



« 5. That the laws shall be made in ac- 

 cord with the national representatives. 



" 6. That the judicial power shall be in- 

 dependent. 



" 7. That tlie press shall remain free, 

 except from the operations of laws enacted 

 against the abuse of its liberty. 



" 8. Tiiat tlic ministers be responsible. 



" {>. Tliat the civil listshp.ll be fixed. 



" I further declare that none cf my sub- 

 jects shall ever receive molestation ou ac- 

 count of past political events. 



"Naples, Dec. 7. "Ferdinand," 



The King of the Two Sicilies sailed 

 from Naples on the 13th December, 

 under the British and French flags, to 

 meet Uic allied powers at Laybach. 

 His Neaj)oli(an Majesty embarked ou 

 boiird tlie Veiiirenr, an Eiistlish ship, 

 witli his suite ou hoard the Frencli ship, 

 tlic Duchess de Berri. The Austrian 



force had not, on the 5th ultimo, passed 

 thePo. 



The Emjierors have arrived at Lay- 

 bach, to further their unhallowed plan-*, 

 but the King of Prussia has excused 

 himself. 



.SOUTH AMERICA. 



The Chilian expedition under Lord 

 Cochrane and General San Martin have 

 landed in Peru. 



Advices from Bnenos Ayres to tht! 

 19th Get. state, fliat the violent depo- 

 sitions of Rodriguez, from thegovera- 

 ment of tht- province, by the federal 

 party, was followed in a few' days by 

 his return to power. He placed him- 

 self at the head of 600 cavalry of the 

 southern militia, and took post near 

 the city on the 4th, where a negocia- 

 tion was entered into, in order to aioid 

 the effusion of blood. Finding, how-, 

 ever, that his opponents would not lis- 

 ten to reasonable terms, he obtained 

 possession by force of the Plaza de la 

 Victoria, and subsef|uenl ly of the wliolc 

 to^vn. Tliis was not eflfected. however, 

 without a severe conflict, and the loss 

 of many lives. 



INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS in and near LONDON; 

 inth Biographical Memoirs of distinf/iiished Characters recc.ntUj deceased. 



CHRONOLOGY OF THE MONTH. 



Dec. 28. A PUBLIC meeting was held 

 _/5l in liiepari>li church of Shore- 

 ditch, and a seriesof resolutions were passed, 

 in condemnation of the King's ministers. 

 An address founded on these resolutions, was 

 moved and carried. It was determined that 

 an ultra address, which some ministerial per- 

 sons had laid in the parish vestry, should be 

 excluded from the vestry-room, where it had 

 been placed for siLfnature. 



— 30. A meetiugof some of the partizaus 

 of ministers was attempted to be held in the 

 vestry-hall of .St. Olave, Southwark. The 

 inteniion becoming known, a numerous party 

 of independent respectable inhabitants at- 

 tended. ?vlr. Florence Young, a magistrate, 

 had been intended for the chair ; but he de- 

 clined acting: and it was then moved by 

 Mr. Ellis, and seconded, amid loud cheering, 

 — " That the representations o/ servile cor- 

 porate iiistihttions, and the sentiments of 

 interested individuals, to libel the loyalty of 

 the suffering people, and to injure the con- 

 s;ilution of "these realms, are highly impro- 

 per." On this Mr. Young and his friends 

 Idft the assembly, and having met at a private 

 r:ndeivous, ultimately succeeded in prepar 

 i iig a coiniter loyal declaration. 



Jan. 4. One of the most numcrotis and 

 rrsivclable parocliial meetings which has 

 been held within the bills of mortality took 



place at the Horns Assembly Room, at Ken- 

 nington, to take into con.-ideration flie neces- 

 sity of congratulating her M.ijesty, and to 

 prepare a petition to tlie King, pra5ing him 

 to expel from his presence and councils, fur 

 ever, his present wicked and incapable minis- 

 ters, wliose foreign and domestic policy had 

 degraded the character of the country, and 

 repressed the spirit of liberty. 



- - II. A Court of Common Council was 

 held at Guildhall, wlien Mr. Favell moved 

 several resolutions, on which petitions to 

 both Houses of Parliamenl were founded, 

 praying the immediate insertion of her Ma- 

 jesty's name in the liturgy •, the grant to her- 

 Majesty of metms sulficient to support her 

 dignity, <fec. ; and enrpiiry into the origin of 

 the Milan Commission. These petitions,- 

 after considerable discussion, were carried liy 

 a very larsre majprity. 



— 12. The ward of Cripplegate held a 

 meeting. Alderman \Yood in the chair, and 

 agreed to petition both Houses of Parliament 

 to the same effect as the preceding. 



The ward of Bishopsgate also met on tiie 

 same day, and agreed to petitions to Parlia- 

 ment for a similar purpose. 



A fire broke out at the warehouse of 

 Messrs. Smith and Co. sugar-bakers. Dean- 

 street, Mile-end New Town, which raged 

 with great fury for a length of time, and en- 

 tirely consumed the premises. The amount 



of 



