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- V - - . • -n ireir--P7l --~- - ) . .e.**bn#-.:, 1 ~. . • • ••,t, ‘."" • ' r i s .gur A e• • pi,v.„44x4, ipti Lie pagaiozeut ta (. b 4,/ , WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 15128. ,NUMBER 12,896.] r Szvizesses: OPFICE OE ORDNANCE, JUNE 2S. Royal Regiment of Artillery—l3reiet Major Dugald Campbell to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Wilgreu, retired; Second Captain Zachary Clatterbark Boyley to be Captain, vice Campbell; Captain William Cochrane Anderson, from unattached half-pay, to be Second Captain, vice Bayley. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. James Beckley, Upper Mill, Sadtileworth, Yorkshire, dyer. Richard Atkinson, St. Paul's Church yard, lineodraper. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Jura 24. KENNET AND AVON CANAL NAVIGATION. VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the PRO .L PRIETORS of the KENNET and AVON CANAL NAVIGATION, will meet for the purpose of choosing Com mittee Men for the different Districts for the Year ensuing, on Tuasnav, the First Day of July, Ins, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the following places, that is to say—the Proprietors +resident in the Western Distric (comprising the Counties of Somerset and Gloucester, snd the cities of Bristol and Bath), at -he White Lion Inn, in Broad -street, Bristol. The Proprietors ,sident in the Wiltshire district (comprising the county of Wilts), .1: the Town Hall, in Marlborough. The Proprietors resident in , he London district (comprising the cities of London and West minster and elsewhere, within the limits of the Bills of Mortality), at the city of London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London ; aticl the Proprietors resident in the Eastern District (comprising all the residue of the said Proprietors), at the Town Hill, in Hunger feed.—Dated the 20th day of June, 1222. THOMAS MERRIMAN Ants SON, Principal Clerk. VICTUALLING OFIICE, Jame 4, 18411. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING his MAJESTY'S NAVY, 4.e. deka* give notice, flat on THOISDAY, the With lestUat, they will be ready to re• triVe Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for Six Hundred Sacks of SU' dried Household FLOUR, Fifty Tons of New OATMEAL, Oue Thousand Two Hundred Sacks of BISCUIT MEAL, Thirty Tons of COCOA, Four Hundred Quarters of PEAS (Kiln Dried), Fifty Tons of TOBACCO, Forty Tons of NEW RAISINS, Eight Tons of BUTTER, and Ten Tons of CHEESE, To be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Dept ford, one Half of Each by the 10th of July next, and the remainder by the 10th of August following. For Ten Thousand FLANNEL WAISCOATS, to be also delivered into the said Stores, in the course of Ten Weeks from be day of Contract ; and also , For such LINEN SHIRTS as may be demanded for Hospital use, during the space of Twelve Months, and further, until Three Months' Notice shall be given; to be delivered into the aforesaid Stores, at Deptftwd. Samples of the Oatmeal, Cocoa, Peas, and Raisins, must be pro• doted by the Party Tendering ; and a Sample of the Tobacco, and Patterns of the Flannel Waistcoats and Linen Shirts may be sees at this Office. The Conditions of the Contracts may he seen at this °Glee. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed; and the }Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, mast attend to answer when called for. • M. WALLER CLIFTON AROMATIC SPIRIT OF VINEGAR. THIS agreeable perfumed liquor (the original in vention of Mr. Henry) which is of well-known efficacy in *.rheving Faintness and Headache, and in counteracting the elects of over-heated, close, or infected air, continues to be pre pared, in the greatest perfection, by Messrs. THOS. and WM. HENRY, Manufacturing Chemists, Manchester. It is sold in London, wholesale and retail, by Messrs. Barley and Thaw, Faftimers, Cockspur-street ; and Retail, price 2s. 9d. by one agent or more in every principal Town ; but it cannot be genuine, snless the names of the above preparers are engrated on the Government stamp, which is fixed over, the cork of each box.— Proper Sponge Boxes are sold by Bayley and Blew, as usual. A. above may also be had, authenticated by a similar scam HEMET'S CALCINED, .111.110117E1A. in bottles at 4s. 9d. or with glass stoppers at 4s. 6d. • THE' FAIR CIRCASSIAN, AND THE GENII IN THE BOOTS. HE charming Circassian,whose beauty refulgent, T I'o Dames of high quality only indulgent , Is still from the gaze of our Exquisite. voila : One day, at her window resuming her station Unseen—the bright Boots met her quick observation, Whise Weasus's fine Liquid each object reveard. Alewife? the Jet of renown was array'd in ; Hee eye caught the forms of reflection its shade in, And wonder her features of love then expresed. " O. Prophet !" exclaimed the delighted Circassian, " Thy Genii are these the bright Boots now that pass in, This youth by thy Howie protected, carress'd!' " Fair Star!" said a Eunuch, " admired Circassian! These Boots in (of splendour all others surpassing) If Genii or Howl, I fly in pursuit !" " Diabk ! how foolish!" a waiting maid cries,— " My Princess!" in terror the Eunuch replies, " A foolish Diable it is. in each Boot !" " Not so—'tis de foolish Diable in you!" The damsel retorted—" Madame, vat you view Boots in, like vision dat make so much wonder, . . Appear all de Boots in of Paris and Loathe ! No Genii of Mahomet, but genius of WARAIN De shadows creating, bis Liquid did glare in !" The beauteous Circassian was struck 'Atli surprise; The brilliance of Wastaines fine Jet now supplies The gem of the East with renewed admiration: And still to her Mansion, with fond expectation, His eyes, as the Exquisite anxiously shoots, Her eyes of jet hue meet the Jet of his Boots. This Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING Prepared by (X e 7,/ 60, STRAND, London; And sold in every Town in the Kingdom. LIQUID in Bottles, 6d. 104. 12d. and 18d. each. Ah. PASTE BLACKING, in Pots, 6d. 12d, and 184. each. li'l Be Particular to inquire for R 013:. WA R RE N'S, 30, STRAND. ♦LL OTHERS ARC coummarm. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, Ana 24. WHITEHALL, June 21. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed Miler the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and I!eliad, constituting and appointing Robert Viscount Melville, LT. the Right Honourable Robert Peel, George F.arl of Aber. Gets, K.T. the Right Honourable Sir George Murray, G.C.B his gsiesey's three Principal Secretaries of Suite (or his Majesty's three Pnncipal Secretaries of State for the time being); Arthur buse of Wellington, K.G. First Commissioner of his Majesty's I reentry (or the First Commissioner of his Majesty's Treasury for the time being); the Right Honourable Henry Goulburn, Chan. evlior of his Majesty's Exchequer (or the Chancellor of his Ma i"rt't Exchequer for the time being) ; 'Thomas Lord Wallace, the flight Honourable John Sullivan, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Esq. I contumely called Lord Ashley), the Right Honourable James Graham (coMmonly called Marquis of Graham), Lawrence Peel, El. and the Blest Honourable Tbomas Peregrine Courteaay, his 5 14 jetty' s Commissioners for the Affairs of India. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. WAR•OFFICI, JUNE 23, 1828. 15 t Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Thomas Frederick Hart, from 13tb Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Heneage, *ppoioted to the 5341 Foot. "Als Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant James Sargeannt, from the 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vi:e hart , appointed to the lst Lif e Guards. 53d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Charles Thomas Heneage, from the Ist Life Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Sargeaunt, appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons. COMMIII3/, IRIA T. be Deputy Assistant Commiosaties General—Commissiriat Clerks James Skyrtrte, Jaynes Parr, George Bain, John Buford, Solomon Edward Hansard, Jolla Paty, Chalk:atoms Malasses, S. marl Y. iidwuds. li D. ID es as edr INY etot pre and ffttr fol- Irody wait. dar *l3l, CI. mat mu" frog Tbs. Gw• ad/ :, bis of 0 9 COO ~. loWt BANKRUPTS. Henry Owen, Jewin-streetTCripilegate.draper, to surrender, July 4,8, and August 5, at two, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. Attorney, Mr. Tanner, Fore-street, Cripplegate. John Vault. late of Stepben-street, Tottenham Court-road, lamp and Bath-manufacturer, July 1,8, and August 5, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. Attorney, Mr. Crosse Surrey -street. &rand. George Hardacre, Old Barg. House Wharf, Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars, wharinger, July 4,18, at ten, and August 5, at two, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basingliall.street. Attorney, Mr. Sande°, Dunster-court, Mincing-lane. Richard Scholefleld, Barnsley, Yorkshire, leather. seller, July 7,8, and August 5, at twelve, at the Office of Mr. Luke Palfreyntan, Sheffield. Attoraies, Mr. Tattershall, Garden -court, Temple.; or Mr. Luke Palfreyman, Sheffield. David Wright and George Sykes, Sheffield, Yorkshire, opticians, July 2,3, and August S. at eleven, at the Tontine Inn, Sheffield. Anomie*, Mr. Tattershall, Gardeis-cenrt, Temple; or Mr. Lake Palfreyrnan, Sheffield. Chadburn, Sheffield, Yorkshire, optician, July 2,3, and Aorta 5, at eleven, at the Tontine Inn, Sheffield. Attornies, Mr. Tatteraltall, Garden-court, Temple; or Mr. Luke Palfrey man, Sheffield. John Walmsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen-manufacturer, July 4, at six, 5, at eleven, and August 5, at two, at the Public Office, Barnsley. Anomie', Mr. Mence, Barnsley; or Mr. Pocock, Bartholomew-close. Edward Chimky. Nottingham, miller and baker, July I. 5, and August 5, at eleven, at the Punch Bowl lan, Nottingham. Anomie', Mr. Hurst, Nottingham • or Mr. Knowles, New Inn. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. John Swain, Castle Ditch, Bristol, victualler, is in insolvent circum. stances, and is unable to meet his engagements with his creditors —Filed June 24. DIVIDENDS to be made In BASI NGHALLSTREET. July 18, William Low, Wood -street, Cheapside, haberdasher, at twelve. July 18, Edward Vertegans, Henry John Barker, and James Harley, Cheapside, warehousemen, at ten. July 15, Sand. Barber and Thomas Philip Hillary, Dowgate-hill, wine merchants, at eleven. July 18, William Gamble, late of Northampton-square, watch-maker, at eleven. July 18, James Walker, Upper Russell street, Bermondsey, and of Peckham, Surrey, parchment dealer, at eleven. July 15, John R. IsPßurnie, Coleman-street Buildings, merchant, at twelve. July IC William Hornblow, Acre-lane,' Clapham, Surrey, master mariner, at ten. July 15, Jos. Howard, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, linend;aper, at eleven. July 15, John Cording, &rand, jeweller, at eleven. July 15, Augustus Giani, New Cavendish-street, Portlandiplace, and of Fulham, music pub lisher, at eleven. July 15, Harriett Clarke, Rochester, Kent, hatter, at nine. July 15, William Perrin, late of Chatham, Kent, grocer, at twelve. _ _ DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY. July IS, John Cooper, gen. and John Cooper, jun. Trowbridge, Wiltshire, clothiers, at two, at the White Hart Inn, Bath. July 16, Thomas Hawley Lacoo and Thomas Aquila Dale, Liverpool, ironfounders, at twelve, at the Clarendon Buildings, Liverpool. July 19, Joseph Gibbing, William Wynne Smith, and Wm. Goode, Birmingham, bankers, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham ; also, July 18, at five. Joly 16, James Atkinson, jun. and John Atkinson, Stockton, Durham, worsted spinners, at eleven, at the Black Lion Hotel, Stockton. July 18, William Keightley Taylor, now or late of Birmingham, dealer in bullion, at three, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. July 17, Thomas Gell, York, mer. chant, at eleven, at Royal Hotel, York. July ni, Peter Hall, Ashton within -elserfssid, Lancashire, shopkeeper, at twelve, at the Eagle and Child lan, Wigan, Lancashire. July 16, William Oliver, Barton-upon. Irwell, Lancashire, victualler, at ten, at White's Hotel, Manchester. July 16, Joseph Ewbank, Lough borough, Leicestershire, linen and woollendraper, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Loughborough. July 21, Henry Alderson, Suaderland-near-the-Sea, Durham, mercer and diaper, at eleven. at the George Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. July 17, John Bell. Manchester, cotton twist and weft dealer, at ten, at White's Hotel, Manchester. CERTIFICATES JULY 15. John Clayton Mottram-In-Longdendale, Cheshire, flour dealer. William Cruetlank. boom&Id, Sontersetsbire, maltster. David Saer, late of Gelly-ha-log, Benjamin Thomas late of Narketh, Pembrokeshire, and William Matthias, late Of Haverfordwest, bankers. Thomas Earl, Worcester, victualler. James Cale, Led bury, Herefordshire, grazier and butcher. Samuel Thompson, late of Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, ironfounder. Geo. fvlanson, Birmingham, draper. Thomas Butts, jun. Grafton.sueet, Fitzroy square, coal and timber merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Samuel Barker and John Parker Bagley, Stourbridge, Wor. cestershire, millers. Thomas Samson, John Andrew, William Rankin, William Wallace, J. Allan, and Wm. Thomson (trustees and executors of the late W. Sampson), Kilmarnock, nurserymen. Henry Wm. }lentig aqd Henry Burstall, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant& Henry Smith, James Marshall, and Matthew Coats, Gainsbrough, Lincolnshire, seed crushers (so far as regards the said James Marshall). Richard Philpott Porter and Joseph Porter, Bromyard, Herefordshire, currier'. Elizabeth Pickering Hunt and Sarah Carlin, Kensington, school-mistresses. John P•owett and George Downing, derlien well, ironmongers. John Potter and George Potter, Charles -street, Herslydown, Surrey, corn mer chants. T. Dodd and E. Dodd, Ikrner's.street, Oxford.street. John Woolley and George Graves, blanchester, braid and lace manufacturers. R. Smith and J. Gray, Hull's -terrace, Old-street, St. Luke's, manurists. Geo. Wylam and Co. Bishop Wearmouth Panay Durham, raff merchants. Robert Whalley and Joseph Hardman, Kirham Lancashire, drapers. Thomas Jones, John Gray, and C. Briti ffe Smith, Brimmed, Flintshire, coal proprietors (so far u regards C. B. Smith). John Harris and David Hornall, bialmsbury, Wiltshire, tea dealers and drapers. Wm. Kerrod and Joseph Capon, Strand, hatters. FRENCH PAPERS. 7111011 THE BIONITEUR t JUNE 22. PARIS, Jou' 21. Department of the Minister of the Interior. Table of the average pricey of the hectolitre of wheat in various foreign markets, estimated according to the prices current most recently received at this office— JLACZ. DATE. PRICE. PLACE. DATE. PLACE. London . Nay 24 . 24f. Sic. CivitaVecchla,April 30 161.50 e. Dantak . April . . 11f. 55f. Leghorn . Ditto . 151. 15e. Stettin . . Nay 15 . llf. 24c. Geneva . Nay 17 16f. 35c. Bremen . April .. . llf. 16c. Nice . . Nay 31 191.33 e. Lubec . . April . . . 91. 26e. Santander . April 30 131. 58c. Hainburgh April 29 . 111. 16c. Barcelona . Ditto . 22f. 59c. Trieste . . April 30 . 13f. 92c. I Norfolk . March3l 14f. 71c. Naples . . April 30 . 144 10c. France . . Nay 15 211. 954. 7aom THE GAZETTE DE FRANCE, JUNZ 23. VIENNA, Jots 13. _ _ AU the Paris Journals attribute to the Precurseur de Lyon (an obscure paper which is published in that city)► the absurd fable of a Treaty of Offensive and Defensive Alliance, between the Courts of Austria and Sardinia; in which it is stipulated that the fortresses of Alexandria land Bramante are to receive Austrian garrisons. The Courrier Francais. not content with giving im plicit faith to thislie, adds to it, of its own authority, a "secret treaty" between Russia and Prussia, the reality of -which it maintains with rare impudence.— These two treaties really are to be ranked in the same class as the famous bulletin of the Russian army, first published by the Burette of Bayreuth.—Austrian 06s. PARIS; Just; MI. We have made some inquiry respecting Pirnet. whose arrest at St. Cloud was announced yesterday by the Gazette de Tribsoleaus. This individual, who labours under mental aberra tion, bas already beats arrested, and condemned for se ditious cries. The Purchaser's Protection (Ireland) BiU was read a third time and passed. The Duke of RUTLAND presented a Petition from the Tuba bitaats of Glasgow against slavery in she West Indies; and simi lar Petitioftfrom two parishes in the town of Leicester. The Earf CARLISLE presented a Petition from certain In habitants of the County of Wexford, complaining of peculation which had been carried on for the apace of five years, and to the amount of 50,0001. by the °Seen of the Constabu lary Force in Ireland, and praying redress. The Earl of DARNLEY recommended the Petitfon to the con sideration of the House. He did not possess any certain know ledge of the facts, but he trusted his Noble Friend would move for the necessary documents to enable them to form a judgment upon the subject. MISSAGE ram THE COMMONS. Sir A. GRANT, Mr. Gomm:, Mr. H. Daumwoms ' and other Members, brought up the Church Brief Abolition Bill, the County Lunatics Asylum Bill, the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Regulation Bill, and one Private Bill, which were severally read a first time. The Earl of MALMESBURY observed, that as the County Lunatics Asylum Bill, except to one single chose, was a transcript o(tbat which had already been before the House, he should not moose that kin printed. On the motion of she Noble Earl, this Bill was then ordered to be read a second time to-meerow. The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill was also ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The Cinque Pons Bill passed through a Committee, and the Report was received. The House then adjourned until to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS. Lord LOWTllift took the oaths and his seat. Mr. Curia, from the Treasury, presented an account of ma. nufactured silk goods fur the home consumption. The Retail of Beer Amendment Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. Mr. TR ANT presented a Petition from Buckland, in Kent, against Slavery. A similar Petition was presented from North Shields • from Saddkport, and Overton, la the county of Lekester.— Ord ered to be printed. Mr. CROMPTON presented a similar Petition from Derby and its vicinity. The Petitioners lamented that the measures re commended by Parliament had not been carried into effect. It was, he said, most numerously and respectably supported.—Or dered to be printed. Mr. MONCK presented a Petition from Clara, in the King's County, complaining of distress. He felt convinced that the Pe titioners were correct in attributing the present evils of the country to the want of some system of the same nature as the Poor Law. of this country. Several remedies were applied for the relief of the people, but not one had been found effectual. Much was ex pected from opening the corn trade, in 1506 ; but it was beneficial only to the rich. Reclaiming the waste lands would lead to no substantial relief, unkss it was coupled with some measure such as that prayed for by the Petitioners.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. HART DAVIS presented a Petition from the Tobacco. nista of Bristol, complaining of an intended Duty of three pence a pound on Stem Tobacco. [he wisest course would be to take off half the present duty. The revenue would thus be increased. In Ireland the revenue had become less productive when the duty was increased.—Ordered to be printed. Sir M. RIDLEY presented, a Petition from Blythe, in Nor. thumberland, against Slavery. Mr. WODEHOUSE presented a similar Petition from Swaff. ham. _ _ Sr J. GRAHAM presented a similar Petition from Redding ton.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. WILIBOT HORTON presented a Petition-from certain Ont.pensioners of Chelsea, praying for assistance to enable them . to emigrate. A similar Petition wits presented from certain heads of families lacer Paisley.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. WILMOT-HORTON withdrew his motion respecting Slavery, which stood for Thursday next. He should propose it in the way of amendment to the motion of his Hon. and Learned Friend (Mr. Brougham). The same Right Hon. Gatertment postponed to the Bth of July the motion which stood for the 54 of the same month. Dr. PH ILLIMORE 'evened regret that he could not bring on MI motion that night relative to Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. The principal reason was, that some of the Returns, which were of great importance, were not yet made. He should not proceed further with the subject this Session, but would bring it forward at an early period of the next. He was net the less deeply impressed with the importance of the question. Nothing which be had yet heard altered his opinion.—The motion was withdrawn. On the motion of Mr. ROIMISON, a Return was ordered of all Raw and Thrown Silk imported from 1824 to 1828. Sir W. W. WYNN presented a Petition against Slavery from the town of Wrexham.—Ordered to be printed. On the motion of Mr. Hums, a variety of Returns connected with Savings Banks were ordered. Mr. BARING said he rose for the purpose of no ticing a circumstance of some importance. What he alluded to was the case of Members of that House go ing out to India to fill places there. He thought it inconsistent with the principles on which that Home was constituted Out its Members should retain their places while serving in India. It was impossible they could petform their duties to their constituents. The East India Company by this means possessed the power of depriving the House and the country of the services of its Members. Canterbury was at present in effect without a representative, but he did not speak particu larly with reference to that case. He should next Session bring forward a motion on the subject. Sir JOHN NEWPORT wished to know from the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Secretary Peel) whether any Report had yet been made relative to the office of Judge of the Admiralty Court in Ireland ; and whether the queries which had been sent over relative to the Dublin Police were yet answered? Mr. Secretary PEEL said the General Report was not yet received. The Commissioners were directed to make a Special Report respecting the office of Judge of the Court of Admiralty. He did not know whe ther it was received, but should make inquiry both with respect to that and the other point alluded to by the Right Hon. Baronet. A message was brought from the Lords with their Lordships' assent to various Bills. PORTUGAL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, he rose for the pur pose of putting a question to the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Secretary Peel), aelattve to the present relations with Portugal, which appeared to him of great importance. The Regent of Portugal had, it appeared, not only destroyed the Charter granted by his brother, and violated his oath, but had also violated the oath he took to Don Pedro as Sovereign, and assumed to him self the functions of Royalty. Perhaps no individual within so short a time had ever been guilty of more crimes, both against the nation and against his lawful Monarch. In this state of things the question naturally arose, whethet the Government of this country had sent out directions to the British Ambassador to quit Portu gal? While the intentions of the Regent remained doubtful, it would not, perhaps, have been proper to withhdraw our Ambassador; Don Miguel, however, having not only convoked the Cones, but having per mitted himself to be addressed as Sovereign in the Ga zettes which were under his controul, and saluted in that character by the troops he reviewed, no doubt could any longer remain open the subject. The crime of re ' hellion was complete, and the present ruler of Lisbon was to all intents and purposes an Usurper. It would be a paltry subterfuge to say that he did not, by any public act, assume to himself the title of King, for be effectually usurped all the authority which belonged only to his brother, or to the daughter of his brother. The question he had to put was, whether the Govern ment here sent out any directions to the British ♦m bassador on the subject, and if he had been instructed. as to the contingencies under which he was to cease from his functions ? There was one circumstance which rendered it important that Government should take a decided part. That to which he alluded were certain letters addressed by a Noble Lord here (Beresford) to certain individuals in Portugal. It had been said that the tendency of those letters was to promote the esta blishment of the Constitution. They must, however, have been either misrepresented or ill understood, for in Portugal the conclusion drawn from them was, that the Government of this country was well-inclined to the measures of Miguel. What he wished to know was, whether any directims had been sent out to the British Ambassador, or any time or occasion stated in which he was to give op his functions? The SPEAKER said the question put by the Noble 'Lord was a most argumentative one: • Lord JOHN RUSSELL expressed his regret that the importance of the subject had led him beyond the usual limits of a question. He had intended to put this question yesterday, on the motion for going into a Committee of Supply, which would have been the proper occasion. Mr. Secretary PEEL said the question was certainly of rather unusual length, but was perhaps excusable from the importance of the subject, and fi om the cir cumstance that it had been the Noble Lord's intention to put it yesterday on the motion forgoing into a Com mittee of Supply. He had upon a former occasion stated, that the British Government so entirely disap proved of the ccurse pursued in Portugal, that their Minister at Lisbon received directions to suspend his functions.—(Hear, hear). Instructions had certainly been sent to him, pointing out certain contingencies by. which his conduct was to be regulated ; but the House must see that it might lead to great inconvenience if he. were to state particularly what those contingencies were.' He could assure the House, however, that when the, time should strive that a full disclosure could with propriety be made: it would then appear' that the in structions sent out were such as to manifest most clearly that the British Government highly disapproved of any attempt to overthrow the authority of Don Pedro,whom alone they could recognize as the Sovereign of Por tugal, or of any attempt to undermine his authority, The in!ti uctions were such as to mark strongly their disapprobation of any such attempt. The British Minister was accredited to Don Miguel only as Vicegerent. With respect to the correspondence of Lord Beresford. if a conclusion had been drawn from it that the British Go vernthent, or any Member of the Government, secretly favoured the views of Don Miguel, nothing could be more unfounded. It was easy to perceive, however, that certain parties might put a construction upon these letters which they did not bear, for the purpose of pro moting their own objects, and it would be most unfair if, in consequence at such misunderstanding, any con clusion were to be drawn unfavourable to the Noble Lord who wrote them. As he said upon a former oc casion, it was but the correspondence r f an individual no way charged with uttering the sentiments of the Government, and for which the Government was not responsible. Mr. HOBHOUSE begged to know whether the Go vernment of this country had adopted any measures for the preservation of British property, in the event of any reverses being suffered by the Constitutional forces ? He understood that British merchants had a great deal of property in Oporto, and the Right Min. Gentleman would see, that in the event of any reverses being suf. fered then the most dreadful consequences must ensue, if they were left unprotected. Mr. Secretary PEEL replied, that under any circum• stances of civil contests, the. British Government would never disregard what was due to the interests of its subjects. SHIPPING INTZREST. Sir JAMES GRAHAM presented a Petition from the Shipowners of Hull, complaining of the depression of Shipping. That port, he observed, had risen to com mercial eminence from its trade with the Baltic, which had now diminished to an alarming extent. It was also well known that shipping had d. creased in one year to the extent of 60,000 tons. The petitioners com plained of the alteration in the laws whereby prohibi tion had been substituted for protective duties. They attributed their disasters to three causes. The first was, the Treaties entered into in 1823 with Foreign Powers, called the " Reciprocity Treaties:' 'The second was, the departure from the principle of the Navigation Laws ; and the third cause was, the increased value of money consequent upon the measure of 1819. With respect to this last subject, it was surprising that, al though it had been stated that that measure would cause a depreciation of 30 per cent. yet the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department, who•was the im puted anchor of the measure, did not offer to contradict or disprove the statement. He hoped that next Session his Majesty's Ministers, having had time to consider the subject during the recce, would come forward with some measures respecting our commercial and mone tary system, which Might tend to avert the dreadful distress likely to ensue. _ Sir J. YORKE thought, upon a subject which was so much laboured as that of the Petition, the Honour able Baronet might have omitted bringing in the Bul lion Committee. He had done so apparently to foist in some peculiar notions of his own upon the subject. He did think, that when the Right Honourable Gentle. man (Mr. Huskisson), who was First President of the Board of Trade, then all at once Secretary to the Co lonies, and then nothing at all, very much, as he might say, since be was present, from his own folly—be did think that, in that famous long speech he made lately, he had settled the question as to the shipping interest., He thought he had made it appear that the great evil of the shipowners was, that they built and victualled their ships at too dear a rate. If so, the only chance they had of being able to compete with foreigners was the lowering of prices; and it was impossible, there fore, to complain of any measure tending to that resu t. Sr J. GRAHAM said, the petitioners themselves referred to the alterations in the currency. Mr. WARBURTON dimmed that, with the alteration in the currency, the duties open aU articles connected with the building of ships had corresrondendy risen. Colonel TRkiNCH thought the Hon. Baronet had well described the distress of the shipping interest.— It was with them as with the owners of stage coaches,