Star. — London, England, 1828-03-13 00:00:00

i _• ~: _ S -. tKIRPERIAL •PARLIALWEEIN " OVA .61/ S, MAAR& it Mr. Denison, Sir Atestoomm Gaon, and others from the Ma, t up the Army and Marine Mutiny Bill, the St. S C b on) Poor Rates Bill, the Lighting Cities in jar land Baron oebeck's Divorce BIS, and some Private Bffh, which were all, except the Divorce BBL reed a first time. Mr. Pace, from the Cornmissiooers for liquidating the National ' Debt, presented certain Accounts from them, pursuant to Act of Parliament. Mr. Unmet's*, from the Cornmissio Harbour, presented their Annual Report. The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition from the Earl of Morton, stating that be had Jemmied to that title by in. hesitance, and praying their Lordships to grant him the privilege of voting for Scottish Representative Peers. The body of the Petition stated the application to be necessary. The Noble Earl moved that it be referred to the Committee of Privileges.—Ordered. Lord WH A RNCLIFFE. presented a Petition from the Malt. sters in and about Leeds, praying for a Revision of the Act of last . Sonia), relative to the Duties on Malt. Lord CIWYDYR presented a Petition from the Wool -growers of Waindeet, Lincolnshire, praying their Lordships not to allow Foreign Wool to be imported.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Commorries, from the parish of St. Mary-la-bonne, pre sented a Return of the Expenditure In that parish. Lad STANLEY obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the ins. provement of the town of Manchester. The Dartmouth Harbour Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Mr. G It the Hotbeds Divorce Bill was reed a third time and passed. Mr. BYNG obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the purpose a erecting a Bridge between billhook and Lambeth. Mr. lITNG obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the improve meet of Covent Garden Market. Mr. LAW LEY presented a Petition from Warwick, praying the repeal of the Mak Tag.—Ordered to be laid on the table. Sir U. SOMERVILLE presented several Petitions from Pa. Ashes in the Ceenty Meath. praying for Catholic Emancipation. Mr. H. HUTCHINSON, in presenting a Petition from the In habitants of Cork, deprecated the pre** distressed state of Ireland, which he thought was mainly attributable to the asisgovernstrent of this country. The Petition prayed that the Tax an Coals &Weld be repealed. Mr. W. WHITMORE presented a Petition from Bridgellortbs in favour of the Saharan Fisheries 1111...Orderesi to be laid on the of New Oreshaen Dir. CAMPBELL presented a !ethics from the Malawi of Argyleshim praying the Repeal of the Malt Tu.—Ordered to be priated. bk. MABERLY presented a similar Petition front Abingdon. Colonel DAVIES, a similar Petition from Penitent, in the c"sullot Worantw....—The Pedtions were severally sedered to be printed.. Mr. HUME moved for a continuation of the Parliamentary Returns of Ships and Tonnage which cleared out from this country since inn, distinguishing those of the East Indies, up to the Sib of January, 189,11. Also, an Account of all Goods imported front China and the East Indies into this country during the same pet iod.—Ordered. Mr. DEN !SON presented a Petition from the Tit:Miters of Guildford, praying ,for the Repeal of the Tan upon mat.—Or dered to be laid on the table. Mr. D. W. HARVEY presented two Petitions frost places in Essex to the same effect; and also two Petitions praying the Re. peal of the Test and Corporation Acts; also a Petition from Brain tree for a Repeal of the Stamp Duties.—The Petition* were ordered to be printed. Lord E. SOMERSET presented a Petition from Cirencester and other places in the county of Gloucester, against any further concession to the Catholics..—Ordered to be printed. Mr. DALY presented several Petitions front Parishes in the county of Galway. praying foe Catholic Emancipation. Sir H. PARNELL presented four similar Petitions from the Queen's County.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. MANNING moved that Copies or Extracts of Instructions sent to the East India Company relative to the state of Slavery in any of their possessions should be printed.—Ordesed. Mr. W. WHITMORE deferred the further consideration of the Salmon Fisheries Bill till to-morrow. The Annual Pensions Duties Bill was read a second time. The Annual Indemnity IRE was read a second time, and ordered to be cemmitted tomorrow. Ni. HUME wished to know whether any inquiry bad been made into the state of the Law as regarded Insolvent Debtors in India. Lord ASHLEY said, that at present he could not answer the Honourable Member, but be believed the information would be speedily laid Wore the House. SAVINGS BANKS. Mr. HUME wisfed to call the attention of the House • to the subject of Savings Banks, and the loss sustained by the country in consequence of the mode of their management. The Goirernment was virtually the holder of the deposits of the Savings Banks, and paid ‘. an interest of 41. 11s. per cent. by which there was an actual loss to the country of 487,6271. in a period of ten years, namely, from the -establishment of Savings Banks in this country down to the present time. This was without interest. and were that added it might prove little. short of 600,000/. being about a thousand pounds a week since the year 1817. He perfectly re membered, in consequence of having been active in the formation of those establishments, that at the time they originated the understanding was that Government ' , should not pay more than was obtained by the invest-'' meat of the money. It was a subject of great import all and one which called for the instant interference of Parliament. He thought that to diminish the rate of interest payable on existing depo,its would be no breach of faith whatever. The Hon. Gentleman then moved for an account of the amount of interest paid by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to the Trustees of Saving Banks, with the names of the patties, from the commencement of those estab lishments to the present time, stating the sums of late test which bad been placed to the credit of trustees, and how the same had been disposed of by them ; and showing also how the differences between the sums paid by the Government and those received by. the deposi tors bad been apish , si. He observed, that an opinion very generally ptevaiLti that the depositors in those Banks did not belong to that class which weir origi. 'sally in the contemplation of the Legislature. He thought it material that that should be ascertained, and would move accordingly. He would also move for a Return of the number exceeding 201. and not exceeding 301--501. and not 100 L-150/. and not 2001. with the' number of Friendly Societies who had become deposi tors—the gross amount in each Bank—the rate of inte test paid—the bonuses, if any. together with the sur plus funds, down to the 20:h of last November. Mr. G. DAWSON said there could be no obj-ction to granting the Returns moved for by the Honourable Gentleman. The subject was one of the greatest im portance. considered with reference to the finances of the country. He was perfectly ready to admit that the inconvenience complained of was by no mean:over rated, but he was unwilling to enter into further details at present. He might, however, state; that the subject was under the consideration of his Right Honourable Friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), and that he hoped he, with the assistance of others, would be able to devise a remedy. The motion was then agreed to. Mr. DAWSON laid on the table certain Papers connected with the Irish Miscellaneous Estimates. Milli VAGRANTS. Lord STANLEY said, he rose to bring forward a motion, of which he had given notice, relative to the passing of Irish Paupers from the county of Lancaster. The Noble Lord, after detailing the extreme hardship indicted on the county of Lancaster, which, from its id the - •tion of the Lash iose passed from .d for "The ap , meet as soon as Returns horn the 'tain the Expenses I J• Ili • inflicted on rite county of Lancaster, 1 ! situation, had to pass the greater port labouring Poor, and enumerating the , 1 • th e year 1815 to the year 1827..—movei i '. poiniment of a Select Committee (to . I . I possiblei to inquire into and obtain 11 different Countieb, with a view to sites t I • i • t i 11 - ;maned in the diffeeent Cotintits 'in passing Itish Vagrants." 34,4 03 was d ta. aad ukote=ttee appointedi t . 4 :4 01 011Ati It W. HA VEY.llsoesd Ji W Return of the Causes fertid to tfte minotive Massers of of.Ch ry daring 4sWit sir years, to the ... March, Ib2B, istingurshilfg the number now le :staining ondisposed of - in each office. After a few words front a Mentber on the Ministerial side, the Motion was withdrawn, With a ifew to its Amendment. fr. I fiber HAL/ PAT. Mr. HUME said, he rote flir the ptirpose of bringing forward his motion for Retires respecting the Sale of Full and Half Pay in the Army. The House must be aware, that up to May, 1825, Officers were not allowed to sell out their half pay, and by this regulaikn the country was benefi tied in proportion as old half pay Officers died, inasmuch as this halt pay was saved to the country. But on the 2d of May, 1825, a new re• gulation was introduced, by which unattached Officers were allowed to sell out their pay, by which a serious loss was incurred to the country. There was an addi tional order from the Commander in Chief on the sth of April, 1826. permitting regimental Officers to sell out under certain ci•cumstances. The Hon. Membet here entered into a variety of calculations, with a view to show the loss sustained to the country by the sale of commissions of old Offi:ers to young men. By this course of proceeding, annuities, amounting in the aggro= gate to near ten millions were outstanding. By the first Return, it appeared that a sum of 658,7831. was lost in consequence of one year's promotion. He should cite the cases of Lieut. Colonel Cumming, John Earl of Lisburn, Major Weelan, and a variety of other Officers, who, after having served a few years, had been placed on half pay, after which they had been some twenty, some thirty, and some even forty years on half pay, and then they sold out to young men who had been but a short time on' halt pay. There were other cases, where Lieutenants and Ensigns sold out to young men who had vex teen a single day's service. He had made a similar statement to that on a former occasion, but then the Hoist appeared satisfied "with the answers given by the Noble Lord over the way. They would, however, now perceive how far they had a right to be satisfied with those answers. He next came to the second Return, from which it appeared, that an increase of expenditure had taken place to the amount of 1,513,0001. in this way. It was no wonder that large establishments should be kept up in the office of the Commander in Chief and the office of the Secretary at War, when such an extensive correspondence was carried on with both those Departments. The House would bear in mind, that from the two R-turns to which he had al luded, 765 Officers had been allowed to sell out : and looking to the calculation he had made, it would be found that a sum not less than 72,6561. had gone into the hands of the Bank of England. He thought that when the King could not raise one hundred or one thou sand pounds without ceasing to that House, it was too much that private individuals should have it in their power to tax the country in this way, and add, at least, one million and a half to its expenditure. If this system were to go on—if every Officer was thus to do as he pleased, he thought the Noble Lord opposite would have much to answer for. It was very possible, however, that the Noble Lord would satisfy the House by making a counter statement, a sort of set off, as he had done before. But the House should bear in mind, that those who sold out were on the old pay, while those who came in, came in upon the new pay. He thought it advisable that the House should appoint a Special Commission to inquire into these abuses, for abuses he must term them. It would be in vain to` refer the inquiry to a Finance Committee ; it was matter of such importance that it called for a separate and more immediate investigation. He possessed no means of going more into details. He gave the case to the House as he found it; and he must say, that it would be impossible to expect any reduction of this portion of our bustheos, if young men were to take the place of old ones in this way. He would ven ture to say, that if an inquiry was to be made into the French half-pay, it would be found that the numbers were fast diminishing, and dirt the whole amount of money paid in that way would be found to be a mere pittance, compared to what was paid in England. The French half-pay list had been diminishing year after year since the peace, while we had been obviously add ing to ours during the same period. It was not his intention to go back. The Honourable Member here entered into a rani. ty of calculatiors in illustration of his argument. He maintained that it was useless to go on thus pushing young men into the army over the heads of men who had grown grey in the service. This was an injury, of which the service as well as the country had a right to complain. He stated that his object was not to starve the effective service, but to save the unnecessary exyenses which the present system created. He concluded by moving for several Returns relating to the sale and exchange of half pay Officers. Sir JAMLS GRAHAM, in seconding the motion, said he thought inquiry essentially necessary on this important subject. He wished to know from the Noble Lord, if it was true that a Gentleman who was fifteen years in the civil service, and his half-pay consequently suspended, had been recently allowed to sell his com mission or not? A similar case took place lately in Ireland, and he wished to know if the Noble Lord could contradict these statements? He should be happy if it was in the power of the Noble Lord to do so. Lord PA LMERSTON begged first to state, that he could have no objection to the production of those papers for which the Hon. Member for Aberdeen had moved ; but he felt some surprise at the Hon. Member's desiring now to enter into details, and to call for returns which would very naturally and properly become sub jects of inquiry by that Committee of which the Hon. Gentleman was i Member. He (Lord Palmerston) would leave to other Members of the Finance Cons mince to state to their brother Member, the reas , ins why they could not eater into the inquiry for which the Hen. Member called. But if the Hon. Member desired exaggetated statements, and mistakes of facts, to excite prejudiced feelings in the minds of that Committee, under whose observation this matter would speedily come, he bad certainly taken the most effective course so to do. No statement could be possibly calculated to lead to greater trier than that which the Hon: Member had made. The House should bear in mind the fact, that at the end of the war, a large number of officers were placed upon half pay, and the reductions that were then made continued for a considerable time. The natural re sult was a stoppage of promotion to a very great extent, and consequently many Officers who had been placed on half pay became, in a measure, too old for service. This stagnant state of the army rendered it necessary to give a spur to promotion in seine way or other, and certain officers, tinder certain regulations, were them. fore per mittedsodispose of their commissions to officers , of infetior tank, on the half pay esta bli s hment. The effect of this arrangement was, to remove from the army many officers upon full pay, and . to introduee, 'several from' the half pay means, substituting from ibongVr and - niece efficient tainly of great advantage *hilly to improve the illastdiantitga in a pecunial she hi recollected, that • vete induced to invest cal mis ions, was to obtain - prom.... who purchased the commission of a half pay os.jor, subsequently looked out for a Major on full pay to ex. change with him. Sure he was that this arrangement was attended with very little, if any loss to the public, and it had given to every part of his Majesty's service young and efficient officers. thereby greatly improving the ' state of the army. It was upon this ground that her had proposed the measure—not certainly conceiving it would be of pecuniat y advantage, but knowing that it would give great efficacy to the military portion of the public service. The Hon. Member for Aberdeen had frequently complained, that those who had the pationage of the army did not sufficiently fill up va cancies from the half-pay list. Now, there were many Ensigns and Lieutenants who held their commissions for 20, 30, or even 40 years; and were such persons fit to he' brought again into active service? Could there be any disidvantage in allowing such to retire, and ens ploying in their stead young and more active men, by such means not only making the full pay list more effective, but the half pay list also, from which officers might subsequently he taken? He did not wish to bring forward particular names, because 'this was a question which he wished to be tried upon the general principle, which principle he was ready at all times to defend. The Hon. Baronet who seconded the motioq had alluded so tan cases of officers engaged in civil capacities under Government, having been allowed to sell their half pay, and had called upon him (Lord Palmerston) to give some explanation upon the subject; with the latter of those cases he (Lord Palmerston) wad not yet acquainted, as it appeared the occurrence took place in Ireland ; the fot mer case he would now ex, plain. It was a general rule with him to object to anal fficer selling his half pay, whose half pay had been suspended in consequence of his holding a civil situa tion under Government. The case referred to, however, was that of an officer who had received an assurance (certainly under an erroneous impression)from a higher authority, and on the faith of that assurance he had made certain engagements, which he could not otherwise have performed. On that ground the sale was allowed ;it was, however, an exception to a general rule. There was, indeed, another case, in which the sale was actually completed before lie (Lord Palmerston) was aware of the existence of a civil appointment, which deprived the individual of his half pay. He (Lord Palmerston) thought that by the arrangement, such as he had ex plained it, the public would lose very little, if any thing, but that if a loss had occurred, a proportionate ad vantage had been gained. Mr. HUME explained.—lf the old officers had been required to serve, he could easily see why they should be allowed to retire. They were annuitants, and the sooner they died off the better-4A laugh). Lord PALMERSTON said, that the Government could not deal with its old officers exactly in the man ner recommended by the Honourable Member for Montrose. It could not say to them, " you must either sell or die;" it could only say, II you must either sell or stay on the half-pay list." Sir J. GRAHAM asked whether he was to under stand that the practice of selling half•pay by Officers holding civil employments was at an end, not again to be revived? AlOl Lord PALMERSTON said, he could not answer for what might be done hereafter. At present there was no intention of allowing it. Mr. MABERLY said, that the question was entirely one of account, and the Finance Committee would be able to ascertain its aneiits. He could speak to the fact that the Army had been tendered most tfficient by the arrangement. Mr. CALCRAFT said, that the arrangement had produced the greatest possible benefit. to the service, and that the Committee was deeply' indebted to the Duke of York, with whom he understood it to have originated. He was as anxious to save and economize as any man, but really the extreme* to which the Hon. Member for Aberdeen carried his notions of saving were such as almost to put him out of humour with economy altogether. If his perverse taste for saving were to be acted upon, he would beggar and destroy the service he wi , hed to reform. After a few farther observations from Mr. Baiting, Mr. CaLl CRAM Sir H. HAILDINGS, and Sir J. Gaissaat, the Mali= Was pat: and agreed to. Mr. HUME then moved for other returns of a similar naturaj Agreed to. y te....fi1l their places...:ll this n: the half pay list effioars In—a measure which' velltcer• le to thecorintry. as ter - rang o it ec le:iery . and of he& or 'no ary '.:lt shonid .00 o ' t,by which officers , 'pita' in the purchased corn. - promotion—:thus, a Captain' LIFE ANNUITIES BILL. Upon the motion of the Cameo/um; of the EXCINIQOIII, the House went into a Committee upon the Life Annuity Acts. The Bight lion. Gentleman stated, that Me object was to propose a measure for regulating Life Annuities, founded upon a recom mendation of the Finance Committee. Lord ALTHORP said, that the necessity of the measure had been proved by the evidence given by Mr. Finlaison before the Committee, from which it appeared that the power given to the Commissioners of tie National Debt of granting Life Annuities, had occasioned ; loss to the country of 414,000 in the last three months, and that the same loss was now going on at the rate of £B,OOO per week. Mr. Finlaison stated, that be bad com municated these facts to Lord Bexley in 1819, and subsequently to Lord Goderich. These calculations might be extravagant, but there was no doubt but that a considerable loss had been suffered by the country. After a few words from the Catalcirtioa of the Excifintrza, Mr. Clamart, and Mr. Huss, a Bill was ordered to be brought in, to repeal so much of several Acts as enabled the Commissioners of the National Debt to grant Life Annuities. The House adjourned at TfitiTt 11li wvas rant The Marquis of LANSDOWN'S second Bill is intitled an Act "tor amending the Law of Evidence in certain Cases." The preamble sets forth that, whereas it is expedient that *okra should be allowed to give evidence upon their solemn affirnuitionin criminal as well as in civil cases, and that, in prosecutions for forgery, the party whose name has been forged should be rendered a competent witness ; and then proceeds to enact — That the affirmation of Quakers shall be admitted in criminal, Wes. The other clauses provide— • That the party whose name is forged shall be a competent witness in prosecutions fur forgery. Thatevery punishment for felony, after it has been endured, shall have the effect of a pardon- under the Cleat Seal. That no misdemeanour shall render a party an incompetent wit ness after he has undergone the punishment. FINANCE COMMITTEF.-FIRST REPORT. The SELECT COMMITTEE appointed to inquire into the State of the Public Income and Expenditure of the United Kingdom, and to consider and report to the House what further regulations and chocks it may be proper, in their opinion, to adopt, for esta blishing an effeetual controul upon all Charges incurred in the Receipt, Custody, and Application of the Public Money; and what further measures can be adopted for Reducing any part of the Public Expenditute without detriment to the Public Ser. vice :—Have proceeded to an examination of the matters re-1 [erred to them, and agreed to the following Report; " The Committee basing, in the course of their inquiries, disco vered that the conditimis value which the Centesdniessers of the Sinking Osileti aterequired, by the Act, for eoabliag the Commis ilioneri or . the Redaction of the National Debt to gent Life An- Auld's, are extremely disadvantageous to the Public, fed it to be their duty to call the Immediate attendee of the House to the pediency of repealing this Act.-12 tura, 1228." Yesterday, the above Committee made six ordete for the pe e duttion of documents connected principally with the Army k penditure. They related to the allowances of El 1,214 foe ti t „COmaminder.in-Chief —the large Staff Allowances both in th, Itountry •rod Ireland—the sums paid in the Civil Branches of th, Army, the Cavalry Expenditure, the Barrack Chsbursments; sM also Accounts showing, in ail its details, the expens► of the p t ,, ventive Service. incurred for the Military who are in Barracksh different parts of the coast; the number of men employed in es t i, a return of their duties, &c. These accounts Were ordered to h e made out with the greatest dispatch, and were salt to the Tr,, sury by the Chairman, Sir HOIST PAaNttLL, at five o'clock mt. day evening.• THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, MARCH IS, STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Consol market opened at at for the Account, and waverti for some time, fluctuating between nit and ash at which pel t , they may be quoted at present, alternately buyers and sellen— Various ate the opinions and suggestions on the Russian declava• tion, received by the Russian Ambassador ; by some it if asserted that it is only a Maaifesto, and by others that it is positively a da. claration of war. The letters from Vienna of the Ist of March, bring the Masi. leques at 90. In the Foreign market little Is doing, except in Russian Beads, which have lowered. CITY. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. By the Express arrived from Paris this morning, private len t s, bring accounts that the Russians are op their march to take p•sµ sion of Moldavia and Wallachia. Consols are rather sickly at present, and maybe quoted at NH for the Account. Russian Stock 551 to 116- 6 7Petw1 Fonds a Monday, Three per Cents. 69f. 60e. • • . PRICE OF STOCKS AT POUR O'CLOCK.' Bank Stock Shot India Stick • 3 per Cent. Red. Shut Ditto Bonds 87 09 3 per Ct. Cons. 823 a 1 3 per Cent. 1731, 31 per Cent. Shut £lOOO Easing. Ma 511 9 6 n 54 per Cent. lied. Shut sesoo Ditto 55 59 56 4 per Ct. New 100 993 100 £lOO and',S2oo Ditto 36 59 4 per Cent. Scrip Advertised 58 56 4 per Cent. 1826, Shut India for Acct. 243 Long Ann. Shut. Consols for Acct. 821 223 1 1 FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bds. 5p L. 1.. Do. Ace.= 11 2 11 1 Do. Act. 613 3 Peruv. Dds. 6 p C. 221 Colombian Wail., 6 per Ct. Pm& Bond*, 5 p Ct. 99 Si Do. 80nd5,1824,23j g I Russ. lids.i 622, 5 per Ct. 86353 Danish /1.14. 3 p Ct. 603 Do Acct. 863 63 0 Do Acct 60 Spanish Bas 5p et 103 Mex. 13d5,1825, 6 p Ct 311 1 Do Acet. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. SHARI. PAID. 35 20 100 224 100 23 Provinelit Bank of Ireland 100 23 Brazilian Colombian Moirican 7S 74 75 17e lak 7 24 13 No public business of . importance occurred in de House of Lords lest night. _ _ _ In the House of Commons, Mr. VFW(' obtained lean to bring in a Bill for the Improvement of Covent Garden Marko Among -a number of Petitions on different subjects, one was pn. sented from the Clergy of Gloucester against further concession to the Catholics. Mr. 11113111 2 in moving for certain returns co nected with Savings Banks, said that t►ese was a very generally entertained opinion that those institutions had not benentoi the persons for whom they were originally meant. He staid that the loss to the country, in consequence of the high rate of interest which Government paid on deposits in Savings Banks, *ad amounted in ten years to nearly half a million ; and it appears that in case of a war, and a fall in Consols, a loss of two or thre millions might be sustained, as Government were bound to pay the deposits at the price of the Funds whets they were vested.— The motion, after a few remarks from )fr. G. DAWSON, woe agreed to. Lord STANLIT brought (toward his motion for a Select Committe, to consider the laws respecting Irish vagramtt. The Committee was appointed accordingly. Mr. Nuns moved for a number of ret mos connected with promotions in the army ; by their production, he contended, he would prove that great unse cessary expense was occasioned by the present system. Lord PALMIRSTON defended the system, as introducing young noes into the army, and also into the haltpay, when they weft ready for service if !ailed for. Mr. blAszatv thought the Finance Committee would enter into the question fairly.— Mr. Caticaarr said, Mr. HUMS would starve the service whit* be aimed at reforming. The Returns were ordered. The House, on the motion of the Cnancattoa of the Pacoima' went into a Committee on the Life Annuity Act: A Resolutiss roc commending the repeal of the portion complained of by the lrr Dance Committee was carried, and kave given to bring in a Bill to that effect. It was stated by Lord A , on the repeal of the Act in question being moved, that the losses by the anoui , ic, amounted, according to the cakulations of Mr. Rotation, to 8,004. a week. This fact, his Lordship added, bad been communicated both to Lord Bauer and Lord GODERICH. The calculations of Givers ment were, it seems, made by the Nottingham tables. We have received the Paris Papers of Monday, and the Gazette de France dated Tuesday. The intelligence contained in these Papers respecting Turkey is of the same character with what reaches us from every guar ter, and war may be considered as almost impossible to be avoided. It appears that the Austrian Internuncio has also quitted Constantinople, and is as his returato Vienna. The reason given for his retirement is the bad state of his health ; but the rejection of the last propo sals which he transmitted to the Porte is supposed to be the true cause of his departure. _ . The papers of Monday put us in possession of the Address of the French Chamber of Deputies, in answer to the Speech from the Throne; it embraces all the topics which the KING had mentioned; but whitest does little more than echo his sentiments, it sometimes opposes them. Their boldness seems to have given great dissatisfaction, if we may judge from his MAJESTY'S answer :•"••• 44 When," says his Maxesirv, 64 I made you acquainted with my resolution to strengthen our Coe• stitution, and called upon you to labour with me for the happiness of France, I depended on the union of yew sentiments, as well as on the concurrence d rill enlightened judgment. My words were addressed to the whole Chamber; it would have been extremely pleasivg to me if its answer could have been — unanimous."-- His MAJESTY does not even thank his faithful Deputies for their address, or express any satisfaction for their loyal professions. We received this forenoon Frankfort Papers to the 7th instant. The previous advices we bad received from Constantinople pourtrayed the deep misery undir which the Armenian Catholics were suffering is that capital, By the following letter it would appear, how e'er, that the Intesare of their ca full, far more rigorous ceders hat their persecution t FRANKFORT, UM SITU= OF A LRTTRR FROM CONS risattAiv 6. capital still presents a acid distress. At Pera eve depait, because it is feared that -ted from Asia will take posse banished Armenians, which ha The remonstrances of the jests, and their offer to attend This _......irat.ta:take the COMM Roman rite, have been ineffectual, than the preceding one them to share the fate of separates them from their to go to Asia ; so that th to go by land to Italy i Itinents. It may be easily im unfortunate individuals are :es. It is impossible to form rich the Christian emigrants be said to the honour of the moved with compassion, gi persons every salrk of kindness, a These acts of charity an where' the Christians of own safety by affording thei / melee hone except from the Nothing more is to beexpected foreign Miaistets. France to the castle% Treaties, are of the Catholics, but in the p respecting Greece absorbs nation of affairs at present, de `countenance, and our on ight that, coa*idering the cl vg the Turks themselves, di be of long duration. The nu rations who have been esili estimated at between 30 accl 40 M.• d'Otteafels is preparing hear that M. Husaiar has hi the Reis Effendi, which has the measures of the Governor the Capital. has been hitherti ssirtg manner ; but great fears laliof the Asiatics, who will tented of all classes.—The lets arrive tegularly."—fliersifo, lb. Algearine Zeitstv to the iced. The following are ext TRIESTE, Fla . • ie have no positive intormati :gewent which has taken place ween the Greeks and a Turkisl Asia; but it is supposed I mated. In the storm, in whit Lord Cochrane's nephew was Canaris was obliged to cut al tte and other vessels sought rel time ako Miaulis came to Skyra and hiving procured provision sailed to Scio. Count Capo di at Egina with extraordinary cat in reaming order in all the bra] tration. The English ship of the isViaid to be placed at his dispos . rabtisa was taken by the-Englisl ft 'gates, two brigs, and two cory Commodore Hamilton, was ru wrecked. A letter from Skyra, of 15th English landed 500 soldiers, wht island, and put a garrison into th except one, were in the port. I bound from Smyrna to Salonic in the Gulf of Vulo; and a Su from OJes.a to Genoa, has met the coast of Negrupont. "According to a noticed the plague has manifested 'itself laustdred Tulles have made a Scio, and done considerable inji have ao details here, at Skyra, re it amost have been of some imp( have at rived here and at Egina , left the island."—Alg,emeine At a late hours this forenoon, the Gazelle de France, dated pest of political news. The fullowit ST. PETERSBURG His Majesty has expressed E Civil Governors of ViAlca, Resl miter towns, for their promptit reauiting.—The Grand Duke for Sirellna, to return to Warsa The Joarnal of Cadiz, of th, " We have received a letter fron January. At that period, the pri Mexico continued to arrive in c the same conveyance, that the in the province of Cumana." The Colombian brig Pichinc slated t o the Authorities of Loborde was in the latter port, factory news of the dispositio favoui of their legitimate Kinp Dispatches from Russia w e envoi by Prince Limn, the conter toassnunieated by his Highness to fteseil was in consequence held in tl We stated, on good authelit, Readout declaration of war igAinst Tu sight. by Prince Lima, Arnhassade Cam', and instantly communicated in Gl►lrnmeat. The offence charged , bar breech of the Treaty of Ackerm bitnished Russia with a distinct muti balite, and independent of all concert • =TAM .1 Ili misery so dein expecte the ban pied. .1 1 :1iests, awat Roman order mit ti but s them I !I . - iotend . . . ' elitism I. , these t a vinces. I. to whir i. may b them, i s person a nee. in Asid ri their 0 s they v 111 N c -of .the ing to tots ol 4 , . tion t tituati n t every' I thougl amoral I"not be all rat is estii I, bi 5 i ~ Ws h with 1 in the of th posit arrive (onto still a be Thi in ' steels la. W n. s ca .gage' is. • beim 'I from al ed fea it by LI kai of C tie , vette 're ' time