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tailre of :age Huse land. coat with letter , fide , it Ol d lean'? I nk Of r task. to:t/ -Al it is in different circutnctances, and is threatened be peculiar and greater dangers than the rest of the Em- pire ; abhorring fedemtion because they have neither means nor motives to solicit or to support it, con sidering themselves as an integral part of the Empire, from urgent necessity and notorious and evident utility, at the same time returning thanks for the portrait of his Majesty; the Secretary of Sate for the affairs of the Empire, is commanded by his Imperial Majesty, to sig nify to the most honoured Chapter how much he is flattered by the many proofs which it gis es of confidence in his person—irrefragable proofs, which bear witness to the whole world, how well governed they have hi. therto been. At the same time, his Majesty orders them to be answered, on the point of religion, that the want of tolerance h very contrary to the Constitution,and also to the Roman Catholic religion itself, because GOD has left man at liberty to believe or not, saving or condemning himself by his faith Gr his disbelief; and as for the usage's and customs, his Majesty declares th , t thole which were establis'sed by law are decreed by the Cm stitution ; that only the Assembly can change them, with his Majesty's sae c• ion; and os for those hich are not established by law, his Imperial Nl.j •sty will do wh.t he finds necessary, not only because this is one of the attributes of the Government, but because the letter of the Chapter shews how much they desire blindly to obey his M•jestv, who cannot refrain final no it)ing farther to the Chapter, that all the howince, having ' desired the oath to be taken to the Constitution, and hav ing in fact taken it, hisM imp can never deviate from ir, as he has himself sworn to it ; and that even were this not the case, his Imperial Majesty would not accept such an offer, because his sentiments are constitutional ; and it is only with a Constitution that he desires to govern. With respect to the obracles which the Chap ter sees in this form of Government, his Majesty ob serves, that by Tit. 8, Art. 179, Sec. 35. the Govern ment is authorised to suspend all formalities, and this is proved, not only dejure by the Constitution, but has not unhappily been proved de facto in the provinces of l Pernambuco and Ceura; and lastly, with respect to the . ' concluding part t f the letter, in which the Chapter. states that it was satisfied with his Majesty's portrait, his Ma jesty desires they may be informed, that he never ex pected otherwi,e, and that they may, on their part, expect from his Majesty all the benefits and favours which his Majesty can confer within the limits fixed by the Constitution, to those of his subjects who distinguish thems:lves in an hon , oarable and faithful manner. ESTEVAO ILIBEIRO RESEXDE. The Palace at Ili° de Janeiro, 7th January, 1825. The 9th of January being the anniversary of the day on which Ili, Majesty declared his intention for remain ing in 11. azil, was ob s erved with great splendour; as also the 22J, being the birth-Jay of the Empie-s. This forenoon we received United States Papers to the 18th ult. and have in another column inserted from them an account of the inauguration off' the new Paz sums?, with the sensible and tempera•e speech he made on the occasiov.. Mr. CLAY and Mr. BA 1.1101111 have entered upon the discharge of the duties of the Department of State and the Department of War, to which they have been respectively called by the Fag- SIDENT, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States. One of these Papers announces the arrival at the Ha• vannah, on the 16th of February, of upwards of 2,000 Spanish troops. The dead bodies stated to have been washed ashore at Curacoa, are now believed to have been the crew of an American ship, which had fallen into the bands of the pirates. Captain HOPKINS. of tl , e brig Dolphin, spoke by the Comet, arrived at the port of New York, states, that two r•r three days before he left Havannah, a black man bad arrived, and reported that he belonged to a brig that was taken off the Double Headed Shot Keys by a pira tical boat, full of armed men, who murdered all on board except himself. A letter from Carthagena, dated the 10th February, states, that a British frigate was off that port from England, having on board a million and a half of dol lan for the Colombian Government. Captain HALL, of the ship Armata, who had arrived from Cuba, state, that the port of Trinidad, in that island, was bllckaded by a Colombian squadron when be sailed, and no lighters were allowed to pus from the port to the River. The following is the account in these Papers of the arrival of a Spanish fleet at the Havannah, the truth of which we are inclined to doubt: FROM THZ NORFOLK PAPER, MARCH 8. SPANISH FLUX AND TROOPS.—In the ship news furnished by the Eliza schooner, arrived at Charleston on Saturday, the 27th ult. in five days, from Havannah, we find the arrival at that port on the 16th February, of the following ships of ear, with 2014 troops. This really seems to forebode something like hostile move ments on the putt of Spain : The Spanish frigate Casilda, from Ferrol, passengers, the Lady and family of General UVIA, three officers and 124 men of the Union Grenadiers ; frigate Arethusa, with 140 men ; frigate Concep ion, with .540 men ; frigateCantabria,with 423 men; frigate Boca:.o,with 414 men; frigateCinoherminos, with 321; cot vette Diamante, with fifty-two men, and the . Spanish brig Guadeloupe; this vessel ssiled from Cadiz for this Port, and was taken on the Ist of January by the Colombian cruiser Bolivar, off Cape Antonio. and retaken on the 14th, by the Sp a&sh frigate Arethuss." In another e4lemn we shave given, from the French Papers, a document of considerable importance. it is g•Petiliuss kens s sty of the principal Commercial and Banking Honses is Paris to the Km, praying %mart to follow the example of the British Gl rernment, - End send Consuls to the new States of South America, and form Treaties with them. — The Mak, in noticing this Petition, labours to prove that the commercial interests of France are protected in the New World, and that neither the United States nor the British Government has gained any advantages by recognising the new Republics. English and American merchants, however, know better. The attempt to get ---...P. up a public dinner in London, in honour of Mr. LAWLESS, one of the half-recognised members of the Ii ish Catholic Deputation, completely failed, as might have been anticipated. The din ner was fixed for yesterday, at the City of London Tavern, and instead of the four hundred persons expected to attend, there was only twenty-six, in cluding seven Gertlemen connected 'with the press, who attended professionally. Mr. HENRY HUNT was in the chair, Mr. Comm not attending, lest he should he considered " to be of a party among the Catholics." Mr. HUNT frequently addressed the meeting, as did Mr. LAWLESS and a D-. Git.cttarst. The latter Gen. tleman's address was guise a curiosity, and if correctly repotted in the •illorning Herald, proves, that to the accidental circumstance of his being a Scoichman instead of an Irishman, he owed the opportimity nuking a speech at all in the present day. " If," said the Doctor, " I had been in Ireland, I would have been one of the 1( nights of the carter, or of St. Pattick, and would hive been tacked up. If Cakdonia'sleuld be treated as Ireland was treated,and I did not become a rebel,l should deserve to be damned"—(('beets) On the conclusion of this speech, Mr. LA WLESI tendered his hand to Dr. GILCHRIST. This and the cheers sufficienly mark the cha racter of the meeting. Mr llm.xr. in the course of one of his speeches, I reminded the company that he made blacking, and boasted of pay ing two shillings a week more for " the handwriting on the wall" , of " Hunts Matchless," than the boy had who wrote " No Po pery," in characters equally legible. THE ARM Y. The Ki,o has appointed Lieutenant-General Cuwrox, G.G.B. to be Lieutenant-General o►f the Ordnance. _ _ The 7th (the Queen's own) Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussar) will, on being relieved at Hounslow, by the Bth (the King's Royal Irish) Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars), march to York. The 2d (Royal North British) Regiment of Dragoons will be ordered to march from Blanchester o Norwich. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Tbe Wellington from Jamaica, is in soundings. The Berwickshire sailed from China 18th November; Cape, 31st January ; Sr. Helena, 12th February; experienced north-east gales ever since the 19th March. Channel full of ships, in want of provisions. Fat.sromrst, Aran. 11.—Wind N.N.—Arrived the Duke of York packet, from the Brazils—sailed from Pernambuco the 3il of January ; Bahia, Bth ; and Rio Janeiro, Ist February. On the 9th inst. in Lit. 43. long. 7. spoke the Flora, of London, from Galipoli for Hull, short of providona. Sailed the Sphynx packet, for the Mediterranean; and Prince Regent packet, for Jamaica. l'issrotrrn, APRIL ll. Wind W. N. W.—Sailed the Lady of the Lake, Guar, for America • and Pollux, Baooes, for Memel. Paaysatornt, Aran. 18.— Wind W.N. W.—Passed by the Hon. Company's ship Berwiskshire, from China—landed pamengers here. I Cowes, Aram 12.—Arrived the Hope, Swart., from Manilla— sailed 6th November; and from Sincapore.Gth December. Dear, Aram N.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Bucephalus, Smelt, from Gibraltar; Fox, WHYTR, from Z ante ; and Industry, BAKIS, from Gijon. Came down from the River and remain; the Recovery, Cmurstau, for Bombay ; Wood ford, Laxaouatre., for Jamaica ; Latoua, GILZRAN, for Teneriffe ; Robert Edwards, Sueesouxue, for Philadelphia; Hampton, HAIILT)I t _fur Grenada; Orion, Hotzasto, fur Alicant ; James Dunlop, HART, for Quebec; and Margaret, Jouusou, for Lisbon. The Honourable Company's ship Minerva, for India, and St. Charles, for Quebec, turned away about 11 AAR. LIVERPOOL, APRIL W.N.W.—Arrived the Jessie, DOUULAS, from Muanhant—sailedl9th Feb. Canada, Roaeas; Franklin, HOWLAND • and Louisa Matilda, --, from New York —sailed 17th Muc h; Cambrian, M'Paaasoii, from Maeain ; William Penn, Warr, from Savannah ; G eorgian , COMMIE, from Charleston ; Balance, annum; from New Orleans ; Courier, --, from Mobile ; Africa, from Savannah ; Harriett, CAns, from Campeachy ; Emma, AP Domain, from Buenos Ayres—sailed 22d January ; the Nocton packet was to sail next day ; and Wellington Mutiniu.L, from blaranham—sailed 10th February. THE XING. WINDSOR, APRIL 12.—The KING was this morning occupied with public business at the Royal Lodge.— About two o'clock, his MAJESTY, accompanied by the Marquis CONYNGHAM.took a drive in his pony phaeton with his attendants, in the Great Pork. The day not ' being very favourable, his MAJESTY did not remain so long from the Lodge as he has lately done. Sunday afternoon, his MAJESTY paid a visit to the Castle, where he remained nearly two hours. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER paid a visit to the Prin- CUSS AUGUSTA yesterday. The Princess AUGUSTA took an airing yesterday, in her baroucbe and four in the Parks. Yesterday Pt incess SOPHIA yisiteil the Duke of Toalc. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND has hit ed for a month the Hotel du Moulinet, in the Parvis-square at Rhehns,at the price of sixty thousand francs. Only a year ago, the same Hotel was amid for forty thousand francs. Sir RICHARD and Lady BURROUON entettained the Dowager Duchess of Racnatone, the Ladles Limo:, and a distin guished Party, at dinner yesterday, at their house in Portland-place. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following ships were thus timed, viz. Duke of York, for China direct ; to be afloat 20th of April, sail to Gravesend 2d May, stay there 20 days, and be in the Downs 26th May. Coldstream, Guildford, Brozbounilmary, PA/Icahn, and Commo dore Hayes, for Madras and Bengal, and the Cambridge and James Sibbald, for Bombay direct ; to be afloat the 16th inst. The Childs Harold, Albion, and Berwick, for Bengal, and the Lady Kennaway and Maitland, for Bombay ; to be afloat 2d May. The Bussorah Merchant, Java, and Lord Himigerford, for Ben gal direct; to be afloat the 15th May. qesterday the Duke of Dossrr, the Marquis of Ali o:masa, the Bari of ROSSLTK, Sir Hooey TOMLIN% tic. waited on dm, Duke of Yenta. at the Commander to Oilers Office, in the Horse Guards. • About a quarter past four o'clock his Royal Highness held a Levee, which was attended by between fifty and slaty Mili tary Officers and others. Among those prevent.were :—Lieutenant- General L‘d Cowsaawaws , Colonel hams, Captain DAWKINS it the koyal Duke's Staff, Lieutenant-General the Bari of Romeo General Sir Wm. Hoorrown I Lord &moue Major-General STUMM klajor-General War. STVAILT, Ma j~ oarr -General Sir CSIARLiS G mous.% Major-General Gasmen% at-General See vansou, Major-General Mummy, General Sir Jona Dortx, the Earl of Lemur, Rear-Admiral Sir Qualm ItowLer. A Work of cons;dersble interest has just appeared, entitled Weis Esialussi sr, ifimseire e a Spaniard. It is, we are assured, the genuine bl4tory of a Spanish Haile of a good family, who Lai been driven from his native country by the late disastrous political events. Under the Bakken name of Dun Estsbm, the author gives a detailed history of his own life ; and though the scenes and events described are at such a nature as to bit scarcely credible, yet we are assured by the unbar to his preface, that everything be relates is perfectly true. A_ t• • 011EST4R GREAT SESSIONS, APRIL 11. • ---.6. James &mister was indicted for the murder of Mary Semister, his wife. Alice Wild, examined by Mr. Asnworrit.—l Pm tile daughter of the deceased. lam married, and live at Newton. The deceased and the prisoner live at 114- lingworth. On Saturday, the 12th February, my mo ther came to visit me. She was then better than I had seen her for several weeks before. She remained till the next day, when the prisoner, her husband, came for her. On the Saturday and Sunday the deceased drank a noggin (a quarter of a pint) of gin, but it did not take an effect on bei. Her husband came to my house about half•past two o'clock on Sunday, to fetch her. He had a lantern, which my mother said he had broken, and scolded him for it. The prisoner said, " Well, Mary, if I have broken it, I got it pieced for thee." This !un dated a slight altercation, but they soon got friends again. They left my house about half-past five in du, evening. The deceased seas then quite sober I hodievo. Croweiandned by Mr. Jonas—The prisoner came on purpose to take care of his wife. He brought the candle and Islam' to lialit her along. My mother's age was about 37. Some weeks I)..fore the deceased had tumbled down and broken her arm. I never heard where the misfortune happened,or that she was in liquor at the time. John Clarke, examined by the ATTORNEY GENERAL. —I am a publican, and live at Niottram. The orisonet and the dec'seJ were at my house a little after eight nn Sunday evening, and had a pint of beer and a noggin of gin, which tl•ey drank together, :he female tAing a glass of gin to herself, and the remainder being mixed with the beer. When thee left the In u,e, S mister had with him a blackthorn stack. The deceased wax rather intoxicat-d; so e could walk and .talk. Tke r rikonei was till in liquor. The next in , rtiirg, :ihnut seven o'clock, the prisoner came to my house to ask if his wife had taken any more drink than he had g;ven het ? lie was told she had not. Ile said, I suppose you have heard what h 'opened? and on my saying I had, .and asking how it had occurred, he 'aid he saw nothing she ailed till they had crossed a field, and come to a gap in a stone wall, where he stayed behind, and o n overtaking her, she hal fallen down and hurt herself dreadfully. Cross examined.—When they were in nay house they were very agreeable together. The deceased went into the kitchen to smoke a pipe with my wife. My house is about a mile from the prisoner's, and two from the deceased's daughter's. In their way home there were some stone steps. They were awkward steps,and have been akered since this affair happened. By the Coors:.—The steps were more than ten or twelve yards from my door. The p ce where the prisoner said the gap was, is at the other end of the Id, two hundred yards distant. There were a great many mei across the path in this place. It was a . I , dark night. William Oldham, aharter of Hollingworth, swot n,— I was going across the field home, and heard a person breathing heavily. I went to the spot, and found a per son lying on the ground with her feet in a line with the foot-path. Her body was doubled down, and her head towards a ditch. This was about a hundred yards from the gap in the wall, and three hundred from the public-house. It was too dark to see anything, and on patting my hand down, I found . the bonnet and cap were off. I asked the won in several questions w;th out receiving any answer, hut she made a move, as if to get up. I saw a light in the field, at some distance from us, and called the person to come to my assistalce., He did not come, so that I dragged the woman to a bank, and having placed her back against it, went to the man with a light, and said " Come this way, for here's a woman very tipsy, or very ill." The prisoner said" Which way ?" as if ignorant of his wife being these. I took him back to the woman, and directly the light flashed upon her face, I saw who it was, and said, " Why, Jem, it is thy wife " Tne prisoner set his light down, and said she had been to see her children, that they generally gave her money, which she often made bad use of, of en drinking it before she got home ; and he had blamed them for giving it to her several times. I then left them, and on looking back, I saw the prisoner as if endeavouring to get her up. I heard him say, " Get up, for my candle is almost done; let us go home." The woman said, " No." He repeated the same request several times, till at length he appeared to get rather angry with her. I returned to the same place afterwards, and found the prisoner and his wife still there in the dark. The prisoner was a few yards from the deceased, and said he was going to a neigh bouring cottage to get a light. I got him a light from my house, and on going to the woman, and seeing the condition she was in, I said, " I doubt whether she will ever wa k again." Semister said," Oh! I have seen her as bad before." I advised him to go to a barn close by, to get a barrow to wheel her home. He seemed not to like wheeling his wife home, as he thought she could walk : I then left him. The trial was not finished when the post was sent off. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A West Ilona 4ferehant appeared before the Loan MAYOR, ac companied by his son, about 12 years of age; and complaine d the youth, together with a brother, had been instigated by their grandmother. who kept the elder boy concealed, to rob him of some ingots of gold, which he had brought from the West Indies, and other property. The boy admitted the truth of this statement, and received an admonition from the LORD Maros, who sent an deicer to demand the detained boy of his grandmother, and or dered the parties to appear before him on a future day. BOW:STREET. • Tess TA ILolll.—Nicholos Casey was charged with having as saulted Isabella Martin, a very decent and tall young woman, who deposed, that as she was passing down Long-acre, on her way home last night, the said Nicholas Casey " obtruded his attentions upon her;" and became she requested bins to mind his own business, he endeavoured to push her down; but he did not succeed in so doing, and she gave bim in charge to the watch. Well, Mr. Nicholas Casey," said his Worship, " this was a manly feat of your's ; what have you to say in your defence?" " Your honour, 1 was drunk," replied Mr. Nicholas Casey. ." And pray what are you, Nicholas r asked his Worship. " A tailor by bade, your Honour," replied Mr. Nicholas Casey. " I thought so," rejoined his Worship, " for the tailors are now become the most troublesome people in London." Mr. Nicholas Casey, however, pleaded that it was his fist offence ; and as the young woman said she did not wish to be " hard with him," be was allowed to apologise, pay his fee, and depart in peace. Tissatkr Jenkins was neat placed before the Bench, charged by diversof the watch with singing, bellowing, and shouting, at three o'clock in the morning, in St. Martin's-lout. In his defence, be said, " May it phase your Worship, I admit the premises in piat, because I know I bad been supping with afire friends; and I hope your Worship will attribute it to thefhieriey of the liquor." " What are you, Timothy r said the llagistra te. " Your Worship, I am, by mode, a tailor," replied Timothy; and theaMagistrate directed him to pay his fee, go to his work, and be limit's/tat in his cups in future. &maid Clatteroirek, a young man more than two yards long, was next brought forward. "And.what has Samuel Clutterbuck done r asked the Magistrate. " Nothing further than lying dead drunk in James-street, your Worship," replied the watchman. " Nothing further than being unable to go further ?" said the Magistrate. " Yes, your Worship," replied the watchman, "and by which mesas I was obliged to take bins to the watch-house in a harem." " And pray riving may you be, Mr, clutterbuck r said his Irenhip. . • . " A tailor by trade, your Worship," replied 73r. Cluttethutk. " Really this is scandalous!" observed Sir Ittenaawßrasts ; " why. there are nothing but tailors! What the plague are you all shout ? Was there anything particular going un amongst you, ye-terday?" " Not that I am aware of, your Worship," replied Mr. Samuel Clutterbtick. ' I remember," said Sir RICHARD. 4 . a Coton••l Imre raised an entire regiment uf tailors—thee were ended V:!int's Dra goons, and they 'ILI gots' service—they cut up :he enemy as though they were cutting up so much broadcloth. Don't ros think, Nit. • Samuel Clutterback, that kit regiments of tsilors might Is • r in Imndon at the present slay, With great benefit to the pohlic ?' Mr. Samuel Clutterbuck blushed, and smiled, and said nothing ; and h wing been admonished and discharged, he paid his fee, an I departed, to make way for— Mr. .Prentials Snifters, a small person, whose sinister side w.ts supported by a crutch. " And are yon a tailor also ?" said Mr. Haus. " Exactly so," replied Mr. &sitters. " An plan yet WurchiN" said the watchman, " I found him hastelydinguissed with liquor under the peehnes in Cemmou.garden at two o'clock this morning. Ile had so much of it that be could or move neither leg nor limb; and so I tuck him to the watchhouse." " In a w'welbarroto ?" said Mr. Haus. " In a wheelbarry, your Honour, I did ; for he had'qt a leg of his own to stand upon !" replied the gu4rdian of the nights " Very well!" said his Worship; " by and bye, I suppose every watch-house must be furni-hed with a wheelbarrow for the accom modation of the tailoring fraternity." • Mr. Jeremiah &sitters begged to assure his Worship that he was mot a man who made a practice of qualifying himself for riding ' in such a vehicle; and upon his promising to keep himself as sober at poi/Aisle, in future, be was discharged like the rest; as were several others of hi* brethren who had been found in the same condition. KIAG'S 7 11....4711E. The Opera Season m ry becnnsideret.l as having com• menced last ni, t ht. when this truly splendid Theatre opened f r the fist time a ter the repairs it has under gone. Th.: entire wail, which backs the Gallery and the Box and Pit Saloons, has been rebuilt in a most sub stantial manner, and the roof has been strengthened hy a mass of wrought iron braces, that, it is said, are several tons in weight. All this has been done wilt wonderful celerity, but at an enormous ex,:ense ; which, hnwever, is well bestowed, as it must remove all tile doubts concerning the secnrisy of the building th it have been entertained. 1 he interior looks so we suppose the decorations have been partially ten • rated ; and the lighting was more than usually hrilhaw. The House opened with Don Giovanni, which was re - formed with great spirit. Madame \Tiara's appearc..! for the first time, in the character of Zerlina, the (pettish paysanne, and both looked and acted it a !- mirably. The simplicity of her singing in the d c with Signor GARCIA, produced a fire contrast to lA -6roderie, in which he indulges. The character iif Alvira was represented by MaJame CASTRLLI, a Lad. who is well known as A Concert singer, thougfr sh never before appeared on any stage. The boxes were very full. GRAND MASQUERADE AND CARVIVAL. Masquerades have, until lately. been much on the decline in the Metropolis, until revived within the last two or thtee years by Air. Csaauts Wastinv, of the Opera Colonade. Their failure w • attributable to the want of atsetlition, and to parsimony on the p t of the proprietors, in not providing good supper, and choice w tt. • for the company. This at present is not the case, as was verihe.l last night at the Argyll Rooms, by the taste and fancy of Mr WAUD, who provided the supper, and Mr. Watoor, who furnish... 4 abundance of excellent choice and exhilarating wines. Great sc commodation was afforded also to the company by providing ma.l; and dresses at the Rooms. The Rooms equalled in splendour ev, ry former occasion ; the music was admirable ; the company apprarr.l of superior rank, and more of real festivity was perceptible we ever before witnessed. The company began to assemble ..t tett o'clock, but it was not until after midnight, (the Italian Opera I. e . ins then over) that the Rooms displayed their utmost brillimcy. The usual variety of characters was perceptible among the festive throng—Flower Girls, Dustmen, Richards, Harlequins. Jew Turks, Nuns, Circassian., Dandies, Butchers, Devils, Quakers, Monks, Shepherds and Shepherdesses ' Haymakers, Spalpeens from the Emerald Isle, Greeks, &c. &c. As usual there was a numb. of noisy fresh-water sailors. Among other masks were a leaden. heeled Mercury and a garrulous Lawyer : happily those ssturnine gentlemen who were too dignified to enter into the commingled spirit of the scene, were amply teazed by vivacious dower girls, pleasant nuns, and by an excellent mask, as the notorious Harriette Wilson, who took the lead as priestess of a scandalous coterie. There was also some excellent dancing and good singing, and all was joy and jollity. On the whole, this entertainment fully entitled the managers to that which fotms the best meed of approbation—a very crowded and brilliant company. The House of lelrds re-assembled this morning at ten o'clock. for the purpose of proceeding with ap peals ; at five o'clock, the usual hour, the public buai ness, Bills, &c. were proceeded with. The House of Commons will resume its labours t ,-morrow. COLLIER DOCK% THZ 'SLR OF DOOS.—Yesterday Meeting of those interested in the sale, purchase, am! consumption of Coals, took place at the City of Lon don Tavern, " to take into coosideratio3 tite most ef fective steps to oppose the prohibitory clause in the Bill now before Parliament, which, by compelling the col liers to deliver in dock, must evitsbly enhance the charges on Coals to the Public:' The ChAirman en larged upon the evil consequences likely to ensue to the public interests by the adoption of the prohibitory clause, which would compel collier ships to go into docks to deliver their cargoes. That measure woulJ, in fact, enhance the charge to the Public ultimately, ror the increase of price must !•e paid by them. The plan was, besides, subversive of the principle of free trade. Ile understood that the expense to the Pub lic would be 150,0001. a year on coals ; as 2s. were to 'be charged on each chaldron delivered from the docks hear).—Several Gentlemen expres•ed their opinions on the measure, and after some Resolutions condemnatory of the proposed penal clause, a Petition founded on them was adopted by the Meeting. The greatest alarm has been excited at Bishop's Stortford, by the setting fire to houses by incendiaries : in te o instances the premises have been completely destroyed, though the wretches aro undiscovered. A Romance of peculiar interest, entitled, Faustus: his . Life, I)mth, sod Descest Mee Hell, will be published in a few days. —lt is from the German, and altogether of the Feast:huts school. Faustus being the Cower of the narrative. Ye ttrday ►he Lottery began and finished.—No. 8,185,a Prise of ,C 20,100, was sold to a Society of upwards of Forty Gentlemen, by Broom, at his Foreign and British Stuck- Mice, No. 2, Cordial, and Lenthard-street. YESTERDAY—BIBH . II Luck epics C , nsoicisous—No. 7,034. a Prize of £20,000, was linld by Bun, in Sixteen Sixteenths. Ha also Shared and Sold Ten other Capitals—viz : 7034, a Prise of X. 20.050 474 a Prize of £1.065 6,398 a Prise of it3ls 7,822 .... 1,065 No. 328 9,403 6,961 ........... 315 7,522 9,063 The Fortunate Holden, may as usual receive the value et their respective Shares on Demand, at Sire's Dices, 4, Cornhill; at 9, Charing-cross. CORN EXCHANGE, MARX-LANK APRIL 13. Our supplies (9,550 quarters of Wheat. 990 qrs. of Barley, 1,210 qrs. of Oats, and 1,380 sacks of Flour.) are unusually small, but more than adequate to the demand, ►aving very few buyers at Mar ket this ntoruit , g; and even those appear to be waiting the result of the motion of the tills inst. which is likely to affect the price of , Grain. Therefore we must quote nominally the prices of all du. millions of Grain the saute as on Monday lastl _....—..d