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Mtn OF LORDS, ZIARCH This Math* twit Lordships met at ten o'clock, when they pro teeded to a Comniktee of Privileges, in which the claim of Lord Mount Costal to Vute in the Elections for Representative Peers of behind was Ovatelned. Prayers 'Wee then read by the Bishop of Eirl7ll, and the LORD Committal ptseeeded with Appeals. _ _ Mr. Molnar was heard (in conclusion) in the appeal of" Codring ton V. Johnstone" for the respondent, and Mr. FULLARTOI4 in reply. Judgment deferred. " /Dunlop v. Sir Alexander Cochrane" was next called for, when Mr. FCLLARTON and Mr. MURRAY were heard for the appellant, and Mr. SHAILDWZLL and Mr. Mineasas (in part) for the respondent. Lord CARBIRRY took the oaths and his seat —Adjourned du tips pleasdre, and at half-past four the House resumed. The Earl of MACCLESFIELD presented a Petition from Basingstoke, in the County of Hams, praying for the Abolition of Slavery in the Colonies. Viscount CLIFDEN presented a Petition from Culburne, in the County of Wilts, praying for the Abolition of Slavery ; which Petition, his Lordship added, was signed by ail the inhabitants, ex cept the Clergy—a circumstance be could not account for. The Noble Viscount read certain portions of the Petition, which was afterwards laid upon the table. Mr. lavutc, from the Custom-House, delivered the Annual Ac counts respecting the Trade and Navigation of the United King dom for the last year, pursuant to the 47th of Geo. 111. Earl CA THCART presented two Petitions; one from the Town and Port of Greenock, and the other from the City and Har bour of Glasgow, both praying for an equalization of Duties on Shipping and Tonnage; which Petitions were laid upon the table. Far. BATHURST presented Returns of Sinecures and Offices held by Deputy in his Majesty's Colonies in consequence of the motion to that effect. The Recovery of Penalties Bill was read a second time and com mitted for to-morrow. Upon the motion of the Earl of Slf•Flßilit;RT, the Ileum ad journed till to-morrow morning at tew o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. There bring but twenty-eight Members present at four o'clock, the House adjourned until to-morrow. SPAIN. PRIVATE CORUESPONDF.NCE. Alimin, Mmicit The disbanded soldiers of several of the Royalist di ♦i:ions are loud in their discontents. At Saragossa they pushed thein tolerably far, for they cried out 4. Long live the Constitution." A letter from Santander of the sth inst. states, that on the nigh of the 4th, forty men, belonging to the troops commanded by Gen. Longa, deserted with aims and baggage. The Royalist l'elag,o, s‘hu was persecuted during the Constitutional regime, and who is at present second in corpora:id of the Cu , tom-house officers of• Madrid, has solicited a singular favour—viz, to be permitted (for the purpose of tepair ing the great loss he suffered under the late Govern mnit) to introduce several baits of prohibited mer cham.lize without paying any duty. This extraordinary demand has been refused; fur the pet son whose duty it was to make a report upon the memorial happened to be an honest man, and consequently exposed the odious' injustice of such a demand on the ;mit °lone especially charfrcd with preventing the introduction of contraband nierchandize. The general administration of the Cos -toms of Valencia has been given to a person of the name of Avellar, who calls himself General of Cavalry', and ho was formerly valet to the Count d'agaz. This is in lecompente of his services in the Itoyal cause during the Constitutional regime, and especially for the suc cessful manner in which he executed an order of the liing;given him at Aianjuez, the 3d of May, 18'22, to raise the province of Siguenza. The nominations to several public employments in the provinces hare cre- 1 ateal not a little scandal, and the people are beginning to cry out rather lustily against the taxes imposed by the Decree of 'February .16—that upon stamped paper seems particularly obnoxious to them. In consequence of a representation made by the Apostolic Nuncio, and the Commissary-General de la Crasada, in which they complain of the spread of impiety in- Spain, which is banitested, as they say, by the few Bulls at piesent sold, the produce of which is scarcely - sufficient to pay the expense of col . e:tion. In consequence of this, an order, it is said, will shortly appear, forbidding all per sons from frequenting the I luly Sitcrament at Easter, unless they come movided with a Bull de la Cruzada, which is to be given hi exchange, at the church, fur a ticket of conununion. ( lII.\ 1. --+- . The following is au extratt of a letter received by the I Honourable Company's ship Bombay, dated Canton, November 20:—" We have again h. d a discussion with the Chinese cm the subject of the Lin i r affair. On the arrival of the direct ships ia August last, the Viceroy demanded of us it Ivo men had been sent out from the King of England to he given up to execution, to atone for the two Chinese oho had been killed in the aff ay 1 , at Limit', by the Topaze Itigate? This occasioned renewed discussion, and as the Canton Government in dicated symptoms of going to some extremities, we made a resolute stand, and detained the ships without the river in a very fi.ie and spacious bay, in the vicinity of the Islands of Lintin and Lantao, but where our ships had never below laid. This bay has, in compliment to James B. Ut mston, Esq. Chief of tl , e lhiti , ll Factory in China, been named by the Commander s, Urmston Bay," and will be so laid down in all future charts of that anchorage. After a month's contest v. ith the Chinese Authorities, finding we were determined, they save up the point, and we came up from Macao, fol lowed by the ships, and are now going on as usual. We have thus gained another victory over our ()id antagonist the Viceroy, and has e the satisfaction of knowing that the character and honour of the British nation and the British flag have been again upheld by the steadiness and firmness of the East India Company's Itepiesenta tives in China." FROM CANTON, NOVEMBER 20, 1823.—" You have, of course, had plenty of accounts of the fire here ; it roust have been a tremendous spectacle, but everything is now, as I ever recollect it; in rebuilding the place, there are hut few instaaces where eacit man has nut erected his house or shop on the very site of the one burnt down, and built too exactly after the same fashion ; in one or two, I haveseen artidei of furniture, al a clock, Sze. in exactly the :::rn:e situation and order as before, so little prrne are tl:e Chinese to change ; in fact, they ui - courage improvement by every po,sible mcan6. If• a num wei e to project a house, or build a boat, at all de viating from the farlion of his ancestors (for I am con vinced a Chinese junk is an exact epitome of the ark), he would be most likely put to death—at any rate, a fine would be laid on hun to the amount of his whole substanci." t. The following .is an extract of a letter, sated New York, February 22 :—" The Tariff Bill, now before Congress is likely to pass the House by a large majority. and the merchants now have only to look to the Senate to avert the evils which its passage into a law would create. The effects of this Bill, it carried, would be, that the labouting classes would pay front thirty to forty per cent. additional fur clothing, working implements, and materials of every description." E EV ENINd LONDON. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1824. • LADY-DA V:— lieliday at the Bank. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 944, and got up to 4, for the Ac count. In the early pirt of the morning extensive purchases were made by several eminent Brokers. The King of FRANCE'S Speech has had scarcely any effect on the Market. 'f he fall of the French Funds, after the Speech was known, is attributed to the lowering of the interest of the French newts. The hew Alliance Shares opened this 'morning at 18 to 4, since which they have lowered to 174 18, but yet no great quantity of them tame into the Market, and it is supposed that after this week they will have a considerable rise. FOREIGN FUNDS. The business in the Market was not very extensive this morning. It was imagined that the part in the French Speech which alludri to South An erica, would have the effect of getting up all South American Securities, but it has not had that effect. Curtent l'rices: New Spanish 18 to 4, Old 203 L, Chilian 814, Colombian 644, Russian 944, Mexican Scrip 64 b, French Scrip 121 to 15, New Prussian 974, Old 1:9, Greek 3, Portuguese 34 to 4, Austrian 124 3, Alliance Shares 174 to 13. AUSTRIAN FUNDS. VIZENA, MARCH 10.—Metalliques 92 0-16. Bk. Sh. ICO2. 2-3. • MARCH 11.-sletalliques 92 4. Bk. 5h..1000. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 23.-r-OD London, 39. 6. 2 M. Z 9. 4. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. Through the means of our Pi ivate Correspondent in Paris, we were yesterday enabled to anticipate the Speech of the KING of FRANCE on tile rpening of the Session in its leading features; we now peseta a copy of the Speech itself, received this mottling by express. Dif fering as we ever must do,. as to the attack on Spain, which the French Monarch calls " the most jest of etr terprises-, we hesitate not to acknowledge, that the con duct of the French in the Peninsula was m.trked by great moderation. The most impo..ta;it part o Cie Speech to this country is that which relates to South America. " I have hopi:," says. his Majesty, " that the affairs of the Mat and those of SpiltliAl -nu! Portuguese America, will be regulated for the greatest advantage for the States and people whom they in terest, and for the greatest del/elopement of tht commercial rela tions of the w,, hl." A more direct disavowal of all intention to interfere with St uth America :night Lave been more gratifying to tl ose States; but these State documents are never remarkable for positive avowals or di>avo«als, and we are rerfectly satisfied that the avowed determination of this country will be sufficient to prevent any Foreign Pot er from intermeddling between Spain ai;d Portugal and their late Colonies, should they meditate it, IA hich we rto far from believing to be the case. The follow ing are extracts: SPEECH OF TOE KING, DELIVERED ON THE 250 OF MARCH, 1824, ON THE OPENING OF TILE CIIAAIBEILS. " Gentlemen, " I am happy to be able to congratulate you on the benefits which DivlsE PROVIDENCE has bestowed on my people, on my army, and on my family, since the last sitting of the Chambers. " The most generous as well as the most just of en tci pri%es, has been crowned with complete success. " France, tranquil at home, has nothing more to feat from the state of the Peninsula; Spain, restored to her King, is reconciled with the rest of Europe. This triumph, which offers such sure pledges to •ocial order, is doe to the discipline and bravery of a F ench ai my, conducted by my sun, with as much wis uol:l a; 17.31011 r. " A part of this army eady returned to France ; the other shall not remain in Spain, except for the time necessary to secure the internal peace of that country. It is to you, Gentlemen, it is to your patriotism, that I wish to owe the establishment of so satisfactory a state. Ten years of experience have taught all French men not to expect true liberty except from the in,titu tions which I founded in the Chatter. This experience ha; at the same time led me to recognise the inconve niences of a regulatory disposition, v filch req•viles mo difying, in order to consolidate my work. " ltepose and fixed purpose are, alter long st;u^ , b gles the first necessity of France. The present mode of re newing the Chamber does not attain this object. A project of law will be laid belote you fora septennial renewal. • N The short du:.ation of the war—the proircion3 state of the public revenue—the progress of ci edit—give me the satisfaction of being able to announce to you that no new tax, no new loan, will be necessary to cover the expense. of the year just past. , 6 The resources appropriated f,r the cumin service will suffice. Thus you will not find any obstacle in an- • terior expenses, in the way of ensuring the service of the year, the budget of which will be laid before you. The union which exists between my allies and me: my friendly relations with all other States, guarantee a long enjoyment of general peace. The interests and the wishts of States agree iu removing everything which might trouble it. • " I have hope that the affairs of the East, and those of Spanish and Portuguese America, will be regulated for the greatest advantage for the States and people whom they interest, and for the greatest developement of the commercial relations of the world. " Alleak4 numerous channels are regularly opened to the products of our agriculture and our industry : sufficient maritime forces occupy the stations most suited for the efficacious protection of this commerce. " Measures arc taken to ensure the repayment of the capital of the mites created by the State in times less favourable, or to obtain their conversion into stock bearing interest more conformable with those of other transactions. " This operation, which must have a happy influence on agriculture and commerce, "will, when it is com pleted, allow the reduction of taxes, and the closing of the last wounds of the Revolution. " I have made known to you my intentions, and my hopes.. It is in the improvement of our internal situation that I shall always look for the power of the State, and the glory of my reign. " Your concurrence is necessary to me, Gentlemen, and I rely on it. GOD has visibly seconded our efforts: you may attach your names to an era happy and memo rable for France. You will not reject such an honour." According to the Etoik, the KING was received with acclaniationE, before and after the delivery of the speech. iNIVIII wiNN-, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. BARCELONA, MARCH It is positively asserted that the French army will occupy Catalonia four years, and that it will not only gatti,on the strong places, but that the public revenues will :11,0 be under the direction of agents appointed by the French Government. It is reported here, that two battalions of the garrison of this city, %t ill embark to occupy the garrison of Palma, the Capital of the island of Maj•nca. We are every moment in expectation of the Marquis sic Campo Ssgrado, who is appointed fo succeed Baron n'Eroict. Baron has received two month's pay,in advance, in orJer to enable him to proceed to Madrid. The French Authorities have made great and success ful efforts to render the Carniv i al not only agreeable but useful. The hopital dcla Charlet derives a great por- tion of its revenues from the amusements of the Carnival ; and this year the sum received has been estimated - at 4'2,000 francs, which is much more thari in former years. The public tranquillity has not been for a moment interrupted iit the city; but without the walls there was some tumult, which the Baron d'Eroles won suppressed, MADRID, MARCH ii, The King has given general satisfaction In charging tic Duc dt•l lnlantado with nominating the C,ommis- ,ion appointed to make the purifications. We are assured :hat the utmost impartiality pesvades these operations. ROUE, MARCH 8: Tlw Sovereign Pubtifi gains strength every day ; he i, engaged six hours in the day in business, and has Ire• quer.t conferences with his Ministers. • The Alarquis of Ilaqings is about to leave lime, for :he Government of Malta. The miles on Tuesday opened at 101, and closed at 00. 55.—Cours Antirentique. . THE•' ALGERINES. The flowing informazi:,ll respecting the Algerines •sas this morning received at Lloyd's: LEGHORN, MARCH ii. A vessel arrived to-day horn Malta, in five days, btinAs advice, thlt on the s:h inst. the—ft igate car ried' in there the Sardinian vessel Murry Mortes, from hence to Algiers, with naval stores. The cargo was landed, and the vessel discharged, after payment of There was a Oiamond ct own on board for the Dey. Another vessel ha: sailed from hence, on the sane destination, and it is feat ed she tusiy also — be captme2. ALICANT, NI.kRCII G. A Dutch squadron, consiting ut - a ship of the line, :wo frigates,' and smakler ves , .eli, are ciniziuf► on this coast against the Algei ines. The ship and frigates were in sight of this place on the 4th inst. RI.111(7II I. The Lord Ilill, Gorman, from Carthagena to Bristol, pu: in here yesterday, by adverse winds. The Master reports, that he was detaineJ for several days at Car thaE,ena, with tour or five other English ships, in conse quence. of the war with Algiers which vessels sailed in company with him, and are now in sight off this place. This morning we received the file of the Austrian 06server to the 13;11 instant, and FiankfOn Papers to the 18th. It is stated in an article from Odessa, that very serious disputes had arisen betsveeirthe Prince of PERSIA and the Russian General YERMOLOFF, who commands in Georgia. ODESSA, FEBRUARY 25. Though peace ,between Persia and the Porte is con cl'alcd, the Schah having signed the ratification •at Divan on the 6th January, some sensation has been excited by the news that serious disputes had arisen be tween the Russian General Yermoloff, commanding in Georgia, and the Persian Prince Abbas Alitza, respect ing the determination, of the frontiers. Considering, however, the internal state of Persia, the Prince will doubtless give way. CARLSRUIIE, 11ARCU 14. The official Paper u: the 12th publishes an Order from the Dome Department, to the following effect : " The Russian Legation at our (bolt has again corn. municated to the foreign department the official decla ration—, that, it is nut authorised to deliver passports for Russia, except to emigrants who can 'give sufficient proolboth of their having obtained permission to emi grate, and of their possessing a sum of 400 florins, which must be deposited in a banking-house of this City, to facilitate their establishment in the Southern Nosinces of the Russian Empire; lastly, they must prove funds sufficient for the expenses of the journey.'" SWITZERLAND, MARCH 12. The Great Council of Rome, in its sitting of the 6th, deliberated on the proposal for a military convention with the King of the Two Sicilies. After a ch-bate of seven hours, it was determined that the Government would be ready to conclude with the King an agree ment for four compauipon certain cc Dutch Papers, to the 24th instant, reached us this morning. The Royal Family of the Netherlands have set out for Amsterdam, on a visit of some days. An article from Zurich, of the 13th instant, says : " This- Canton, as well as Zug, Friburg, St. Ga!len, Argovia, the Pays de Vaud, and Geneva, persist in de clining to enter into a military convention for raising troops for the service of Nakiles. Berne, Schuritz, anti . Tessinp, will negotiate. Lucerne and other Canun,s have r.ot yet declared their intentions." 'We rejoice to findihatliiiißE Capital is ending its way into channels which will direct it to the domestic improvement of the country. ,The Alliance Insurance Company has the_ great recommendatu.n that it is likely to take capital out of the county y. have ready spoken of the kat Comprory—of tre . Subways in the Metropolis—of Nit. nitwit:La ingeaions plan for a Tunnel under the Thames—of the piejecte‘l. New Docks at Sc. .Catherine's, &c. &c. Yesteeday 4 new prospectus made its appearance in the City, the object of which appears at first sight vet) , pry mi,i tig , though we do not profess to decide on its merits win,. out mote minute examination. The proposal is to harm a .Vint Stock Company, with a capital of one hunched and twenty thousand pounds, under the title of the Thames and Isis Steam-vessel Company, for the purpose( f conveying goods and passengers mote rari,lly Hiatt at present on these important rivers. The great objecticms hitherto have been the shallowness of the water, and the difficulty of passing the Locks with side-paddles.— Thefirst of these objections it is pioposed to obviate by , building ves es and barges, ;thich will r, nder so light as to weigh only one-third as much as other vessels of the 'same burthen : the other objectiou . will be removed by adopting the American mode of stern paddles. In proof of the great advantage Khich the proposed method affordF, two facts are cited by v.ay of contrast :—A barge of the common construction, laded. with 71 tons of deals, and paying 1061. Ws. freight, at the rate of 30s. per ton, took sixteen days to go front LAndon to Oxford ; whereas a steam-packet built nit. ANNEscrit and SOWERBY'S Patent, and navigated back wards and forwards between Hull and Sclby, ran on the 3 l , t of last January no less than a hunii/cdandsialp. ire miles in about twelve hours! IHE ARMY. 'llse first division of the stitli (Itutianti,ltire) Th-iment of VJit, which recently sailed from Portsmouth, arrived ..t C , ,rk ou the ttOtis instant. On the 17th instant, the Officers of the 75th Regiment, give to the Oficen of the Royal Horse Guards, a grand dinner, io r..tunt for the hospitality with which they were received on their arrivrt at Window. The party broke up at a late hour. DEATH OF Sin THOMAS PL L• Sir Timm ss PLUMER, the Master of the Rolls, died last evening. Ile had been for a long time in a declining state of health, and his retirement front the Bench was an event upon which many c dru lations had, florn time to time, been made. Ss Thomas, we belie': •, filled his high judicial station vet y reepec•ably : as a I..wyer, he has m,t left a - greater character than this behind him. In private lite he much, esteemed. When at the bar, Sir Thomas (then M:•.) Plutin r gained considerable credit for his defence of Arthur O'Connor, wins (with ('oigley and another) was tried for high treason at Mcidstene. Mr. O'Connor's deleoce was to have been conducted by Lord Er skine, but his Lord-hip considered thr he could be of more s.,•rvice - Jo the accused in the witness's box than as his Advocate. Ile was . accordingly examined on the trial, and Mr. Pl rn. r, to wlren th_ defence was confided, succeeded in procuring the acquittal of his client. This circumstance martially increased the practice ant reputation of the Advocate. In 1806, Sir Thomas was appointed Solicitor-General by Mr. Vox ; and on the appointment of a, Ysct- Chancellor he was nominated to the office, which hr tilled until tar retirement of Sir William Grant front tie: Mastership of the llulb, when Sir Thomas was appointed to that office. • rar several days past, the Learned Judge continued in a state of poignant sufferiog, situ was almost constantly attenlNl by tour or five eminent phsi cians. His decease has caused a vacant>, on the Bench, for which there will he several earnest candidates, as the Mastership of the Rolls is considered, in the profession, as at once a comfortal:lt and highly valuable appointment. THE KING. WINDSOIt, MARCH *24. Ills MAJESTY, at three oclock, lett the Palace in his travelling cariiage, and rode through the town for his. Lodge in the Great Park. Last evening his MAJESTY had a large party at din. , ner at the Palace. Among them were— The Duke of York, the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, Princess Augusta, Duke of Wellington, Marquis of Anglesey, Marqui., Marchioness, Lord Francis, and Lady Elizabeth Conyngham, Count Lieven, Marquis Graham, Earl Clancarty, Lady Jane and Sir Charles Paget, Lord and Ily illaryborough, Lord St. linen's, Sir E. Nagle, Sir W. Knighton, and Colonel Thornton. The Band of the Royal Horse Guards were in attend . - ance, and played several delightful pieces during the evening.—His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK left the Palace about one o'clock, for London. This morning, at eleven o'clock, the Duke and Du chess of CLARENCE left Frogmore, for Bushy Park. His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, Count Ltevc, Duke of DORSET, Marquis GRAHAM, Lord Sr. HELEN'S, and Mr. BRENT, left the Palace this morning, for Lon don. The Marquis of ANGLESEY, Lady JANE, and Sir C. PAGET, also left town this morning, for Southampton. Yesterday, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which sat till nearly five o'clock in close deliberation. - Tuesday night, Mr. VINCINTA CANTENA TCESI, a Foreign Messenger, left town with dispatches for the lonian Islands. Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the Last India House, when JOHN Parry Blusraarr, Esq. took the usual oath and his seat as a Director, in the room of Sir Tlionas Riuo, Batt. deceased. At an early hour yesterday morning the Duke of Yoitx arrived in town, from Windsor. The Duke of CLARENCE came to town yesterday,' from Bushy. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER Visited the Duke of CLA *INCA yesterday. Yesterday, the Cabinet Ministers dined with Mr. Ilussissos, in Somerset-place. ALEsANDER BARING, Esq. M.P. entertained Lord and Lady Km and a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his house in I'iccadiUy. THOMAS HOPE, Esq. had a grand dinner party yes'. terday, at his house in Mansfield-street. In the evening, the Hon. Mrs. Hors entertained a large party of fashionable.. Yesterday, the LORD MAYOR and LADY MAYORESS entertained a numerous party at dinner, at the Mausion-House. Mr. SPANKIE, late King's Advocate at Bengal, whose state of health caused him to resign that important office, is returned with his amiable Lady and family., apparently much recovered. MR. CONOLLY.--aliS unfortunate gentleman arrived at a quarter past seven last night, at the Flower Pot Inn, Bishops gate-street, by Norris'a Hertford Coach, accompanied by Mr. Wil son, the Governor of Hertford Gaol, and Mr. Darton his assistant. Three more convicts were on the roof of the coach. They soon after were taken to Newgate in a hackney-coach. This morning Ur. Conolly and the other three prisoners were removed by coach to Woolwich, frotn whence they will take their departure fur Ports mouth, and embai k on board one of the transports bound to New South W. 11.13. .Jr. Cot - wily appeared very much dejected.--- Two convicts, sentenced to transportation for life, arrived this morning by the'Clitster mail, and were also conveyed to Woolwit.h. • FJ 1 a N clai Sou self the pOil -rite WaS cot von of ti t o a did c IL J to sl par tVI. exe th,l of t c,bj tie( .IV2 to T My SI Q at NI En in IL SU Wi IC' an Pi ic s.