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lies were concerned, if the present Bill were allowed to pass.— it , fit, :.nd laid on the table. 'I he Karl of DONOUGH MORE moved that the Catholic Re lief Bill he read a first time.—The Bill was' read inAanter• The Earl of DONOUGH MORE then said, that the Roman Catholics having for so long a time en trusted him with their Petitions for relief for the griev ances under which they laboured, eves) , one of ;twit Lordships would readily acknowledge the sincerity of the satisfaction which he felt in welcoming from the other House, the signal pledge of justice anti conclia lion which they had that moment received—(Hear.. hear). He would say no more at present,.but he had not been able to refrain from saying thus much on re ceiving a Bill so thoroughly consideted and well con ceived in all its parts. It was - a measure of so much invortance, that the House ought to have the longest time possible to examine it in its detail before it was called upon to discuss them ;. hut ander the circum stances in which it stood, and at.tlie near approach of the holidays, it became necessary nut to postpone the second reading longer than Tuesday next. He under stood that that day would be agreeable to the Roble and Learned Earl on the Woolsack, and to his Friends, and should therefore fix upon it for the second reading of the Bill. After a few words front the Earl of Livicatoox respecting the course which should be followed, according to thepraetitte of the House, the Bill was ordered to be printed, and +air tordildPs to be summoned for Tuesday, the 17th instant. • . Lord EXMOUTH presented a Petition form Southampton, in favour of the Equitable Loan BiU.—Laid on the table. Visdount DUDLEY and WARD presente4 a Petition to the same effect, from the Carpenters and Bricklayers of the City of London.—Laid on the table. • Lord COLCHESTER also presented a similar Petition from Colchester.—Laid on the table. The Bishop of CIIESTEII presented a Petition from the Clergy of the Deanery of Boroughbridge, in the County of York, against the Dissenters' Marriage I.lill.—Laid on the table.—Adjourned. 110 USE OF COMMONS. It • A • • 1 ~ ~s ;~ w 4 tyt I • . Sir GEORGE CLERK brought up the Report of the Leith Dock the motion that it be received, Mr. KENNEDY objected to the measure as uncalled for in its present state. Mr. ABERCROM BY reprobated the practice which prevailed in Private Committees, namely, of Gentle men coming to a division on the rights of parties, with out hearing either Counsel or evidence. Such conduct was unjust to those interested in such Bills. • Mr. BROUGHAM concurred in the censure which his Hon...urable and Lea Piled Friend had cast upon this practice. Such a practice was at least careless, aye and corrupt too—(Hear). The fact was indisputable, and he eaptessed his opii ion of it in the hope of putting an end to so great a disgrace to the House, and so areal an injury to the Public. Sir G. CLERK defended the conduct of the Com mittee. He was no friend to. Committees deciding without hearing all sides—(/fear) —but Ire thought this Committee fairly discharged its duty. Mr. W. D U N DAS also defended the Committee. Mr. ABB RCROM BY explained. Mr. SYKES had not attended the Committee, because he Could not obtain the information which would enable him to vote. Sir it. FERGUSON said a more unfair Committee, in his intl• mina, had neva sat in either House. Mr. C. WYNN thought the . House obliged to the Honourable and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Abercomby) for having brought this subject under its notice. If a Report were brought up on the authority of a mere technical majority of the Committee, it ought to be sent back for reconsideration—Mem). Sir J. MARJORIBANKS could safely say there was no jobbing in the Committee on this Bill; or if there was, he himself, perhaps, was the only jobber, for he bad a large property embarked in the Leith Docks. Mr. J. P. GRANT, as one of the Committee, thanked his Honourable and Learned Friend for having noticed this subject with a' view to the regulation o6:Com mittees generally, the abuses of which called for some efficient remedy. Mr. CHOKER attended the Committee, and thought it had acted fairly; for in one instance, when a large majority had decided, yet they forbore to act on it be cause one of the orponents of the measure was absent. Mr. S. WORTLEY conceived it would be difficult to lay down any strict rule to govern the right or pro priety of voting in Committees. If, however, Gentle men could reconcile their consciences to vote upon sub jects of which they knew nothing, be had only to hope, such conduct would be exposed as it merited.—The Report was then laid on the table. Mr. DOWNIR presented a Petition from certain Owners of Steam Boats on the river Clyde, against the Clyde Navigation BUL Mr. SYKES presented a Petition from Kingston upon Hull o against the Hull Dock Bill.. Several other similar Petitions were presented, and referred to the Committee on the said Hill. . Mr. HUSKISSON presented a Petition from the Philosophical and Literary Society of Liverpool, praying some alteration in the law relative to dead bodies for'anatomical dissection ; also a Petition from Glasgow, and the Shoemakers of Perth, for a revision of the Corn Laws. Mr. R. COLBORNE presented a Petition from the Parish-of Bast Milan, in Norfolk, for an alteration of the Bastardy Laws. Mr. P. MOORE presented a Petition from the Journeymen Ca lenderers of Manchester against a re:enactment of the Combination • Laws; also similar Petitions from Paisley, Wigan, and two other places.—Referred to the Committee on the Combination Laws. Mr. PORTMAN presented a Petition from Dorsetshire against the Transfer of Lands Hal passing into a law in this Session ' • also a Petition from Mr. Ayre, of Bryanstone-square, against the New Street Bill.. Mr. SCAR LETT presented a Petition from the Attomies of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, complaining of the accommodation in the Judges' Chambers, at Serjesnt's Inn, and praying the same to be taked into consideration with a view to have the evil remedied. illr.o U RTEI S presented Petitions from the Ushers of the Courts pf King's Bench and Common Pleas, for compensation, in conse quence of the County Courts Bill. Mr. I. A WILEY presented a Petition from the Master Builders of Birmingham, respecting the Combination Laws; also a Petition from .the same place in favour of the Western Ship Canal. Mr. BAGWELL presented a Petition from the Roman Catho lics of Cabir, in favour of the Catholic BILL On the motion of Mr. Arwoon, a Return was ordered of Number of Country Bankers' Note. issued from October, 18207 in the latest period. Also an Account of the Gold and St'lir ex ported since 1821, and the places to which imported. Mr. T. ELI AS presented a Petition from the Corporation d Merchants of the City of Dublin, to alter the law, and to prevent a practice which had risen up in Ireland of levelling inhabitable • house.. A Noble Friend of his had hfty-one houses destroya that manner in one night. The Poor Settlement Bill wart - rad a third time and passed. WARRHOIMD CORN BILL. On the motion that the Report of this Bill be received, Mr. CU RTEts objected to this measure. particularly as con nected with she importation of Canadian Corn. Alter a few words from Mr. HEAVICOTC, the Report was re ceived, and the Bill ordered to he read a third rime on Friday. The other Orders of tke Day were tli:m disposed of and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Seven o'Clock. 1 .:. i'1114; Et'ENINt; STAR • • LONDON. .. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1825. HOLIDAYASC EN SION DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank, Stock Exchange, and Foreign Market, are closed e this morning it being a Holiday ; In consequence of which, the Brokers arc, assembled on the Royal Exchange: but up to this hour therg has not been a bargain done. We understand that Dr. %recess, the able and amiable Bishop of St. David'i, is to be translated to the See of Salisbury, vacant by the death of Dr. FISHER ; and that he will be succeeded in the Bishopric of St. atvid's by Dr. JENKINSON, the_ present Dean of Wor cester, whose elevation to-the Bench, we ate sure, will beltailed with satisfaCt;on. Last night, the-. Roman Catholic Relief Bill was introduced into the House of Lords, which was un usu tlly crowded. The Duke of You sat on the Wool• ..sick to the left of the CHANCELLOR, and the Earl of LIVERPOOL wore the ribbon aad star of tie Order of the Garter. Below the bar was much crowded, as was the space allowed to Members of the House of Commons. The Bill was carried to the Upper House by Sir iOlll4 NEWPORT, accompanied by Mr. BROUGHAM, and nearly one hundred Members. The Bill, on the motion of the Earl of DONOUOHMORE, Was Mid a first time without opposition, and the secotd reading fixed for Tuesday next, for which day the Lords are summoned, in order to ensure a full attendance. This forenoon we received Frankfort and other Ger man Papers to the 6th inst. They state that Professor COUSIN arrived at Frankfort on the 3d of May, on his way to France. The Alizenuine Zeitung is quite indig nant at the Paris Journal, the Coftstiktivand, for stating that the PRINCZ ROYAL of Prussia was on the point of . .divorcing his wife. The article, we are told, contains as many fabeheods as words ; and that, 4 , the best is that the august person who was the most affected by theta tide, heartily laughe i at it, and that the Government has adopted no measures agaiost the Paper. We see from this what progress Prussia has made of late in this' respect, since it does not even prohibit a Paper which public opinion has already condemned." In what re spect Prussia has made progress; does not appear so evident. We have received - French Papers to the 10th inst. with the Eteik of Tueselay. The Mani:air contains two Royal Ordonnances : one of which creates a Com mission of twenty-five to distribute the indemnity lately granted by the Chambers to the Emigrants—the Mir shal Duke of TARENTUM is its President. The second appoints Count MOLLIEN President of the Commission of Superintendence of the Sinking Fund, and Messrs. buy= LE Rot and Baron GUILHERUI, Members of that Commission. The Monikur also gives an account of the formal introduction to CHARLES X. of the Count D'Onaoxxo, Ambassador Extraordinary from the Km), of Portugal, appointed to be present at the Coronation. The Count, who was Ambassador at the Court of Berlin, a German Paper says, has positively declined every proposal that has been made him to take a place in the Portuguese Ministry. He has lately purchased an estate in Prussian Lusatia. It should seem that he means finally to settle there with his Lady, who is a German, daughter of the celebrated Professor MURRAY, at Got tingen.—The Courier Francais remarks, that it is for tunate for General Mostrxxo, who betrayed the Con stitutionalists in the war of 1823, that he has taken refuge in France, as the Madrid Tribunal has lately sentenced him to four years solitary confinement in the citadel of Barcelona, notwithstanding the terms of his capitulation with the Duke of ANGOULRMI. May those who profit by treachery always reward it in the same manner ! The intelligence from Greece, though vague, is some- what favourable. , The Etoik has intelligence from Constantinople to the 11th of April, which confirms the defeat of the Egyptians in several actions, and their having been compelled to intrench themselves under the walls of Modon, where the Greeks in some measure besieged them. This intelligence is confirmed by the Frankfort Papers received this forenoon : they further state, that according to advice' frcrn Oiessa s the conferences of the Ministers of the Great Powers relative to Greece had been terminated, and extraoe. dinary Envoys were on their way to the Turkish capi. Cal to negotiate with the Divan. The preparatiehe for the naval campaign are completed, and the Turkish fleet will sail' in a few days. A magnificent frigate had been launched at . Constantinople, amidst the ac clamations of the people. The Captain Pacha will hoist' is flag in it. The Brussels Uracle of the 11th inst. received this morning, contains an extract from the Oriental Spm. for of Smyrna, which, as usual, represents the affairs on Greece as disastrous. We are to! d that IBRAHIM PACHA has landed a second army of 9000 men at Mo don, and that a third army of 10,000 men was imme diately to sail from Prevesa, and that the Mainotes will not march against the Tut ks. "It further states, thatCONDLMIOTTI6 proposed the command of the theek troops to COLOCOTRONI, and gives a list of the ships the Islands in the Archipelago are to furnish to the Turks, The Brussels Paper, bower. r, well remarks, that 61 the Oriental ,Fregator. ttom which this account is takea. is the•mort inveterate enemy of the Greeks, and the apo logist of the humanity amd• mildness of the -Twits. He is probably well paid to di guise the truth." • Accounts frorp...lCeland to the it iddk of March say, ibdi *ay bad bid a long •and•sevet e seinter,.whiCh began in September. At the beginning of 1 tnuary, there were' dreadful hurricanes, which were" follosfed by inunda tions in several parts of the island. Several shocks_of an ea r thquake were- i elso felt in Norder Sossel and on . the 20th of January , a ver y ' smart. one in SOderlaed. This is about the same time•that Smut MaUra, in . the lonian Islands, was destroyed by an earthquake. Many travellers and shepherds perished in the heavy snow which fell during the violent storms in Norderland. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Duke of Gloucester had a grand dinner party yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury had a dinner and evening party yesterday, at her residence in Arlington-street. The Archbishop of York entertained the Directors of Ancient Music at dinner yesterday, at his house hi Grosvenor-square. The Bishop of Exeter entertained a large party at dinner yester day, at his house In Connaught-place. The Earl of Suffield had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Cumberland-street. Prince Estrrbazyand suite will leave town this day, for Paris. Lord and Lady Kennedy arrived yesterday at the itoyal Hotel, St. James's-street, from their seat in Scotland. Lord and Lady; Grey crrived yesterday at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Earl of Standard's seat, Envilk Hail, Staffordshire. Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart. kft town yesterday, for Paris. Arrivals at Jordan's Hotel, St. .iames's-street :—Sir Thothas Saiusbuty, Bart. front a tour; and A. F. Nuuis, Esq. from his seat in Hants. E. P. Bastard, F.sq. M.P.- and the Hon. MD. Bastard, left the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street. yesterday, for their seat in Surrey. Arrivals at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street:—Colonel and Mrs. Cooper. from their seat in Suffolk T. T. Drake, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Drake, from their seat, Amenham, Backs. ...................... MR. Mow' w.—This unfortunate Q ntlem an, who. ~.., 4 steads charged with the crime of forget y, has, it is *ought, effected his escape to the Contii,ent. lbe bills - alleged to be folgei amount to somethiag short of , I li a LIM; but kis affairs are *aid to be in a desperate state; indeed, there can be no doubt that desperation aloe, .caused. by .the iisen - mbrance of a way Large and helpless .farnily, , was the occasion of his Wt.—Dublin -, Patriot.' - . • NAVAL INTELLIUENCK. • His Majesty's ship SAPPHO arrived at Bermuda March 11.; the Bianca' sailed from Pernambuco for Rio Janeiro,•March 5; the &insane& e arrived at Nassau, March 1 ; the ALcrania sailed from Malta March 3d, the ALACRIXY the 18th, for Smyrna, and the Hntn, Manna, and Barna*, the 14th, for Corfu; the Gamier sailed from Gibraltar for Malta, April 4 ; the Lirrer arrived at Bensbay December 16. The cargo of the Francis, PATTIRSON (which vessel was lost on her passage from Bahia), has been saved, and carried into Macaio. FAI3AOaIII, HAY W.—Wind variable, light winds..--Sailed the Nassau, TILMAYWIL, for Sierra Leone; Providence, Novas, for Gibraltar; Margaret, for Lub a . ;• an d Catherine, for Alexandria. PLlmonzu, MAT 10.—Wind S.S. W.—Arrived the Mary, —, ' from Dartmouth for Newfoundland. Off the port, the Cane Grove, THOMSON, for St. Vincent's. Pommourn, MAT 11.—Wind SE.—Arrited the William and Ann, GOODALL, from kidmel ; Hope, Svliutsoan, from Gotten. burgh ; and a large Sect of colliers from the eastwa rd. Sailed his Majesty's cutter &maw's, from a cruise; and Sir Francis Drake steam packet, from Plymouth. Dzat., Pdaa 11.—W1nd R.—Sailed this morning for the River, the Honourable Company's ships Marquis punden, and Mar chioness of Ely. The Lady Melville is off Dover. Passed through from the Rifer, the Chieftain, Partaisow, for St. Vincent's ; Integrity, Wawa, for Trinidad; WellingtOri, Aitsx, for Jamaica and Eliza, Jonsson, for Autilgua. N.B. The letters by the mail coach, which should have arrived yesterday; are still unaccounted for. Ltvaatooc,. MAT 10.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Lindsay, Drton, from New Orleans--sailed 22d March, in company with the Pardons, for this port; Success,' Connuaza, from Gibrahar4 Fortuna, Law, from Oporto; Lisette, Barna ; Anu Dorothea, Damns; and Traub'', Rants, from Restock. • MOT INDI4 SHIPPING. The East India Company's ships Marquis flaniden and Lady Melville, arrived from China, the former of Brighton, the latter of the Wight,-4ailed from China January.lo, and front St. 110 e. na March 17. _ _ The Marchioness of Ely has also arrived off Brighton. She was dispatched front' Bengal, January 9, and sailed from St. Helena, l with the General Harris, March 31. She parted from Ike General Harris on the 11th of April, in lat. 5. North, long. 24.32. West. • PAINS:MOM Tilt MANCHA:WM OT ELT Carrani llaxcLes, FIOM &MAL. Mesdames Mainwaring, Itobertsen, Morris, Anstruther, Brown, and Wilken • Colonel Lktiejohn ; J. H. Bar low, Esq. G.. 1. Morris, Ea+ Ge orge Gough, Esq. Henry Nisbett, Esq. Major Dickqpn, 6th Light Cavalry ; Captain .It)hnson 13th Light Infantry ; Lieutenant Sperling, his Majesty's 16th La:seers ; IL Pearson, Esq. Mr. D. Howard ; Misses Nesbit, Lindsay, and Gough; two Misses .111'Kensie ; three Misses Mainwaring, lye Masters Mainwaring ; Miss Wiltk; two Misses Anstruther; two Misses Robertson) . _ two Masters Robertson; two Misses Mor ris; Miss Sham, and Master Sham. - Passzoozas rex LADY Met.vu.t.e, Can. 'Citreous, rook Coosa. —Lieutenant-Colonel Clifford, C.B. his Majesty's serviee ; Major Smith, Hen. Company's service • Master Smith, and one servant. The Honourable Company's ;hip Dunks, from 'China, bad not arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the 20th March, nor at Sc. Helena Ist April ; 30 gs.per cent. has been done upon her at Lloyd's. ARRIVALS AT Sr. HELENA. MO General Harris, Welstead, from China; the Cape packet, Kellie, from the Cape, (sailed the 20th March) inured at St. Helena on the .30th of March ; she states that no accounts had been received ,at the Cape respecting the Dunks. Semmes raw Sr. HIMINA.—The Tyne Warrington, for Lon don, the 17th of March; the General Har ris, Welstead. for Lon don, the Ist of April; the Lavinia, Brock*, was preparing to sail for the Cape on the lit of Sews sees= wrre.—The Bombay, Charitle, from London to China, the 7th of May, in the morning, in lat. 47 N. long. 8. 9. W. the Buckinghamshire, Gies:pool, from London to China, May 7th, at evening, in lat. 47. N. long. 9. W. The Lowther Cas tle, Baker, from London tek„China, May 8, at morning, in the Chennek Sates APPOISTED TO SAIL ram Crsura.—The Sir David Scott, January 18 ; the Princess Amelia, January 22 ; the Marquis Huntley, January 25 ; the Thames, January 28 ; and the Orwell, January 50. Warman Istarms.—The Marquis Camden and the Lady Mel ville experienced severe S. R. gales from the 22d to the 50th April, and wore detained nearly three weeks by contrary winds off the Western Wands. - The KING had a seiect party at Carlton Palace, on Tuesday, his blajwirr not being equal to the fatigue of entertaining a numerous Company. The Duke of Yogic transacted military business with the Knee yesterday. _ • Yesterday the Duke of WELLINGTON had an audience of his mAaszey. Prince LEOPOLD dined with the Duchess of KENT yes. terday, at her apartments at the Kmo's Palace, Kensington. Prince ESTERHAZY gave a ggrand Ball on Tuesday evening,. at Chandos House, Ca mare. The five drawler. rooms were most brilliantly illuminated, and were decorated with numerous pots of the rarest flowers. The principal roost was fitted up with %Alpo taste for dancing, which commenced at half-put eleven o'cloci. The supper, which consisted of every delicacy, was announced about two ; it was prepared in the dining.rooms below stairs • the wines, fruits, &c. were of the choicest description. 'llse grand Hall and staircase were decorated with Rowers, shrubs, ate. Nearly the whole of the heat tea in town were prennt. It was nearly sick yesterday morning before the company separated. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held a: the East. India Hone/. when Lieut.-General Sir Guam' WALK:a, C.C.S. appointed Commander-In-Chief of the Cohipany's Forces at Furt St. George, was appointed Second in Council at that Presidency. Yesterday a Ballot was taken at the East India House on the following question " That this Court confirm the Resolu tion of the Court of Directors of the 30th of &larch last, whereby the Commander and owners of the late ship ' Kent are fully acquitted from all imputation bf neglect or misconduct in re spect to the loss of that ship."—At sia o'clock the glasses w e re closed mid delivered to the scrutineers, who reported the question to be decided in the affirmative. Seventeen ships have been taken up by the East India Company (Os the purpose of conveying troops to India. Stone are to sail in the present month, and the remainder in June. The num ber of King's troops destined for India is 6,700. and of the Coen. pany's troops 650. A latter Isom Naples, of the 22.1, says—u For tap, days we have had a singular sight. Vesuvius CJ vered. with snow, and Ile tumur's thermometer bas s6l - fallen fronk 10 to 8." FUNERAL 0 Sas JOHN COIHIPPISL'i',BART. --. 11.1..-- This morning, at ten o'clock, the funeral of Sir JonN Cox HIPPISLET took place in the Temple Chu , ch, oidest ecclesiastical edifice in the metropolis. 'l've re mains of the venerable Baronet were attended by his son. Sir JOHN STUART HIPPISLEY, who succeeds to the title, as chief mourner, Sir Roaswr Hamm Knt. and the following Benchers: JAMBE SCA aLerr. El. Joust GURNEY, Esq. BENJAMIN JOHNSON, Esq. BA RICE BARER, Esq. EDWARD PINCH iIATTON, Ecq. Wit.? LIAM Porrs, Esq. and Roam. RAY, Esq. The hearse, which was drawn by six horses, wis followed by thief , mourning coaches, with four horses each. and ewelve private carriages. Sir Jottm COX HIPPISLCY was a Doctor of Civil LAW. a Fellow of the Royal and Anti quarian Societies, and for many years an active Meittber: of the House of Commons. • • BEATING THE BoUNDARIES. This day the boys in the several parishes of LOndon, attended by their respective officers, proceeded,' with. true parochial dignity, to beat the boundaries. The sevetal Luis of Court, which claim to be extra-parco. chial, were closed, and• officers stationed within the gates to prevent. the entrance of the perambulators, with which they were threatened, in older to aff Id an opportuui•y oUtrying the validity of the claim. The following account of beating the boundaries, %ilia, it will be seen, is a custom of great antiquitf, is copied. from the Mirror of Literature, fcc. Ascension Day is a festival well known to every schoollsoy in the metropolis, si ce it is devoted to a parochial pet areibulation of each paridr, generally. called beating the buondarief. The custom is of aon siderable antiquity. Spelman tliiiiks it was derived. from the heathens, and that it is an itraitatio►► of the feast called Terminalia, which. was übseried fn . t! e month of February, in hon►►ur t f the g ocf Ter mi who was :opposed to preside over bounds and iiiiiits,and to punish all unlawful• usurpations •of land. On this festival, the people of ;he country assembled with thc:r families, and crowned with garlands and flowers the' stones . which separated their diff rent Possessions,, and sprinkled them in a solemn manner with the brood; of a victim, generally a lamb or a young pig, which was offered to the god who presided over the bound-. aries. Libations of milk and a irte were made. • In making the parochial perambulations formerly in • this country on Ascension Day, the Minister, ace nied by the Churchwardens and Pari)hioners, used to. deprecate the vengeance of GOD, by a blessing on• the fruits of the earth, and implore' him 'to preserve the . . rights• of the parish. • This custom is thus noticed bX . Withers in his Emblems : " That every man might keep his oWn possessions, - • Our fathers lived in reverent processions, (With zealous prayers and many a praiseful cheers) To walk their parish limits once a year; And well-known marks (which sacrilegious bands Now cut or break) so border'd out their lauds, That very one distinctly knew his own, And many brawls, now rife, were then unknown." In Lyson . s Environs of London, in the Churcht: warden's books of children, here is the following sin* gular entry : • 1670, spent at the perambulation dinner ;e3 10 0 Given to the buys that were shirt 0 4 0- Paid for poynts for the boys 0 2 O . The mist •m of beating the lrundaries, an Ascension. Day, prevails in sevt.ral large tow's in England, as wet ' as in Lon.!on. 'UM" E LCOAfE. 1. is :• r t .• Among the dens of infamy which surround the two , reit %inter Theatres, is a public-house in Long-acre, known by the sign of the Queen's Heal. In this hotear• gangs of male and female thieves rendezvous every night, 1 , screwing their courage to the sticking-place, With gin, ribaldry. and tobacco, until the breaking up of the Theatres calls them forth to plunder. The Ma— gistrates have frequently cautioned the landlord against • harbouring such gentry; but Boniface has always ex;-- , cused himself by saying he did not know a thin fiona an honest man; and it was not for him to ax a &minas; for a certificate of character before he ventured to chaste him a glass of gin—public-houses were public-houses; and as long as folks paid for what they drank, he did not see what business he had to trouble his head about their characters. At length the Magistrates being de termined to put some check . upon the thing, -issued an order for a general clearing put of mine host's rookery; and the execution of this order was intrusted to Pcrr), Nicholls, and Morris, with the parties of patrol of' which they are the conductors. They entered the hou e en masse, about eleven o'clock, on Tuesdiy night ; and in a back room, which has a communication with aos obscure Court leading into Hart-street, they found twenty-three •men and women drinking, singing, and swearing, amidst a 'cloud of tobacco smoke, so dense, that the walls of the room were invisible. -A. coup le grab was immediately effected wl!hout mock trouble, and the whole company was transferred to the watch-house. Yesterday mm fling they wee brought before Sir Rion tan BIRNIII and 'Mr. HALLS, when sixteen of them were committed to thellouse of Correcti" as known thieves by profession; and the other Seven, whose profession was somewhat doubtful, were discharge Iwith . an admonition for their future government. After they had be thus disposed of, the la Alcird olthe house, who had been summoned to atteni, was " hauled over the coals," ashe called it, and though he contended, as usual, that it was 4 , none Of his business to be prying into folks's characters," the Magistrates convicted him in the penalty of 51. for harbouring thieves and prostitutes, which conviction he liery pathe tically denominated a burning shame." nonr The King of Nart.es has jutted a Decree . wisich joins all the Officers in his Atmy and Navy mho l i ve • in a state of concubinage, or have natural children, tri • contract marriage immediately with the mothers of those children, or to consider themselves dis:harged from his service. Brussels and Ghent Papers to the 8 h instant have reacheJ us. They contain a curious ankle on the at tempts which it seems are about to be made in Amster darn to raise a Loan for the Spanish Government, ail. 'Paris and London have been tried fruitlessly. Fentofri NAND is perhaps determined, upon the strength of the' ancient reputation of the Dutch (who are said at Her. gen-op-Z torn to have sold powder to their besiegers). to try whether by a new Loan they can relieve him from the necessity' of acknowledging the old ones. We see by these Papers, that at Antwerp the rare of ex change has nude gorse a slight change in' favour of this country. On the 29th of Aril the exchange on,Lons •don was quoted. at. 39.4.. short paper; on the 6th May 'lt was 39. Si. to 6. ...NW