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I 1, • scheme; but had he (Mr. Canning) announced that it was in contemplation when the Ilunout able and Learned' Gentleman gave Iris notice, it would have-been said that the object was to prevent discussion, and to shelter from inquiry the conduct of the Noble Lord (Eldon). Seeing the manner in a hick the Honourable and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Williams) brought the subject before the HOuse, it must have made his' Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Peel) mare wilting to make thus early a disclosure of his views, Ile was sure that even those who might have come down to the House charged with invective, not against the personal, but the professional chiracter of the Noble Lord (Eldon) against the delays and expenses of the Court over which he so ably pre sided, must no►v feel glad that the necessity of attack was taken away. If the duration of suits could be brought within narrower bounds, if celerity, could be achieved, expense lessened, and'some of that weight- of business transferred, whiCh now bbre so heavily upon the Chief Magistrate, everything would be gained that could be desired. Sure he was the House must feel glad that the object proposed had been attained, and that without the i int Oduction of any matter in the course of discussion that could give pain to the revered Magis trate who so long presided over the Court of Chancery, Without the slightest impeachment on his personal in tegrity. Whatever might be the result of the-inquiry, Whether LOrd Eldon was to continue Lord Chancellor or to retire, whether the duties of his high station were to be in some degree separated, or the office was to be administered without a dispersion of its functions, he would go down to posterity with the character of one . who had long filled it with ability, with uprightneis, end zeal, and with the approhaiion of all good Men— (Hear, heat.) There was only one observation of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Williams) en Which he would make any remark. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman thought that the legal and Political functions should be disjoined in that high And important office,which was as old as the Monarchy of Eng land. Being no lawyer he was not competent to discuss the legal part of the subject. It might or it might not be desirable to make some alterations in the present constitution of the Court. He opposed the Vice-Chan cellor's Bill, and declared against the dismemberment of the functions of the Chancellor. They were in his Mind essentially united. He always considered it the most splendid privilege bestowed by the Constitution, that the Clown could take the meanest individual, he did not mean to say in point of talent or acquirement, but the individual of the most humble rank who walked Westminster Hall, and place him at once at the bead of the Peerage of England—(Hear.) This was a principle essential in a mixed Monarchy to support the demo cratic spirit. It was not for the benefit of the Crown, it ivas for that of the people that the King should have the power thus to raise an individual from the most humble situation to the Woolsack. What would be the consequence of placing at the head of the law a man incapable of political functions ? He saw no evil con * nected with such a combination of duties. It was not supported by two instances in their history that politics influenced the judicial conduct of Judges. If it oc curred before, it never could occur again in the present state of public feeling and poblic intelligence. To render the Chancellor puiely and exclusively a legal character could have no other effect than to stint and destroy the energies of the man who should be en couraged to aspire to so elevated a station. With this exception, he concurred in most of the general observa tions of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman—( Hear.) Mr. WILLIAMS rose to reply. No worse Commis sion could, he said, be found than one composed of le gal practitioners. In this he was bore out by precedents. In the time of James L when it was proposed by the Crowit to inquire, by Commissioners of its own appoint ment into the state of the law, Lord Coke said they would inquire for themselves. No body of men were more likely than lawyers to be withdrawn from their object by rs oe forms. He could nut. forget the two last Commissions; neither could he forget that 'when Sir Samuel Romilly proposed an inquiry into the criminal l:ass•, the Learned Judges were the first to oppose it. S.ill he had no objection that, under the eyes of the House, the Commission pi oposed should have a trial. l lilt appeared that the object was to screen from inquiry, public opinion would revert to the subject with tenfold disposition to investigate it. He did no: propose that the political and legal functions of the Chancellor should be separated. He merely stated ' that opinions were different on that point, and that, among others, it ought to be inquired into. The Commission would be matter of sincere congratulation to the country, if the result should prove that they were sincere. We should, however, have preferred a Com mittee. The Honourable Gentleman concluded by withdrawing his motion. NOTICE RESPECTING THE FOUR PER CENTS. The CHANCF.I.LORef the E.X.CHEQUER nioved that Mr. Speaker should forthwith give notice, that the Fourper Cent. An nuities were to be redeemed, and paid offs Mr. HUNIE wished to know if a like notice had been given to certain public bodies who had lent the country £400,0003 • Mr. HUSK ISS.AN said the Royal Assurance Office and the Batik of England had each advanced aCltOO,OOO for the public ser vice. These Loans were obtained at live per cent interest. When the- rate of interest fell, be bad given notice to them to accept of a loner rate 'of interest, or be paid off. They had agreed to do the former. It might now be fit to consider whether any further re duction should be claimed ?—The motion was agieed to. ME AUSTRIAN LOAN. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the order for the House going into a Committee on the Austrian Loan Act. HUME asked why 'five per Cent. had been paid to the houses of Reid and Baring, _in the way of discount on the Aus trian Loau3 Mr. HER ItIF.S stated, that five per cent. had been allowed in consequence of the houses in question having anticipated the pay ment on these terms. The whole sum was now in the Treasury. Mr. BARING said, the interest was part of the original bar gain, and had been agreed to by 6w/eminent, as the money was paid by instalments. In consequence of this, the credit of Austria had been materially improved. Mr. CANNING said, after the Austrian Government had agreed to pay the money diplomatically, the next question was, how the-money was to be actually paid? and the 'treasury bad come to an agreement with certain Commercial Houses fur that purpose. Mr. II UME was still out satisfied, and thought £50,000 had been lost to the country. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH EQU rut stated, that the money was to be paid in Austrian Paper, and if Government had not accepted the offer of theContractors,they u ould have got nothing. Mr. WA RILE could not conceive bow two and a half millions could repay six millions, which was the don borrowed by the Ent peror of Austria. Mr. CANNING said, that succeeding as he had done to the ma nagement of the negotiation after it had attained a certain point, he neither would attempt to take credit to himself that so muck had been obtained, neither did he feel .hams because in the opinion of some. Gentlemen the amount to be received was so small. But deli he stotsW say, speaking as an indiehlual, and not as a Minister, ke.shonba have entertained gyro doubts whether be should have called upon Austri a for any payment at AL Bad the question been tried in a Court of Honour, he much doubted whether it would tot have been so decided, and further, as this was the first instance in which a farthing had ever burn returned of the many subsidies granted to Foreign runiers, it world be bad eincenragement to be too strict. Ile would the if o _ namable . Genthintan the tra 'action which, in his ophtion, had weakened our claim upon Au-tria. If, in private life, a man hiving a elAne otiassother, and when all hope of getting payment I • ' . r• ~ * s ~, ~~ s~- ' S _ r • -a • • _ - - the lisibility of the Members' hy . Fssfilag the j non j a Bill of Costs. -- flik". Mr. Secretary Pitt., in:his reply', which was full Arsi explicit, vindicated the moral and judicial character ci the present Lonn CitaxettLoit, 'left from the attack s nude on it in the House, for a sense of decorum pre. vented their being made there, but from the calskunies with which the Noble Lord had been assailed out of doors.-- The night Honourable Gentleman did not follow the Learned Member through his legal details, bat shelved the accumulating business of the Court, the laborious duties of the office, and th, unremitting attention which had been ?aid to them by the N g ht e Lord who has long presided in that Court. Ile then stated op t in consequence of the Report'ef the Committee of the 1 1604 of Lords last year en the Appellant Jurisdiction, the Lotto CRAM. cm.i.oa himself had given advioe to the Crown to appoint a C o , mission under the Great Seal, to consider of all the important su4. jests embraced by the Report. This Commission wouW into precisely the same topics as those prollosed by the Hors. Gentleman, with the exception of the union' of the *dicta! and political character of the Lotto CUANIMILLO4, which neither a Cun t , mittee of that House, nor a Commission of the kind alluded to were altogether the best fitted tot discussing. Mr. Secretary Canines; in the court.? of the evening, spoke on tie same side, and stated distinctly that the objects of the Commisi n ., 'would be—i. To Lewes Me 'tine consumed in suits in equity... -2. To lessen the expense of the proceedings.—And 3.. To inquire and consider whether any part of the business which is now throw, upon the greatest Judicial Magistrate of the Kingdom, can be tr ans ferred from hint to any other ' and to what other Officer? • ' Wit.i.sasts finding fiat Alligators bid thus anticipated the object 0(110.111ot:ion, withdrew it by consent. The Conitnisiion will, it is eXpected, include .Lerd Sir WILLIAM GRANT, the Judges who. hare recently retired, a u d some of the great Law Olken. We anticipate the most beneficial results from its inquiries. THE ARMY. • --- Yesterday, the Duke of • Volts, as CotoMangler-in-Chief, held a Levee at his Office in the Horse Guards, which was attended by General COCKBURN, Major-General Sit ROINCRT • CALLAGNAti, Ma. jor•General C4ar, lUajor.General PIGOTT, Lieutenant-General liar, Lord HILL, Lord WALLSCOURT, and about thirty others. REMOVAL OF THE GUARDS. This being the 25th of February; the annual day for the changing quarters of the Brigade of Guards that are cautoned In London, 411 was bustle in Westminster, Southwark, the Tower, atid PortmanDivisions. At ten o'clock the troops muttered on the Parade in St. James's Park, with theft- knapsacks, &c. where they were sue ctssivedy inspected and-reviewed by their Colonels. They acquitted themselves with their fronted address, and were rewarded with the just approbation oldish' Officer*. The stilitory ceremony was not over till twelve o'clock, when the Battalions marehecloltro tin it respective guards' and barracks. 'ha arrangements were as follow ; .a-The Fern, Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, front the . King's Metre tar Prsitman-street Barracks. The Second' Battalion of the ,Oretandier puards o from. Portman-street Barracks, to Knights bridge. 'the Third Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, from the _Tower"of Lapdogs to Westminster. The Second Battalion of the Coldstream Guards,- front - Westminster to the Tower of London, The Vita Battalion of thaThird Pout Guards, from Knightsbridge to the Kiog's-lienrs.--,After removing to their.fresh quarters they Are allowed* kind of jubilee for three days. NA PAL INTELLIGENCE. • • The following letter from the A.dmiraky was this morning re , calved at Lloyds Admiralty" dace, 24th Feb. 11124. Sta—l ant commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty to acquaint you, that one of his ;thirsty's ships will give convoy from Falmouth to the Trade bound to the Straits of Gibral tar and the Mediterranean, and will sail from Falmouth as toots after the Ist of March as the Trade shall be assembled there, and wind and weather allow ; and that another convoy will be di,- patched in about a fortnight after, and so on, as the state of affairs and the wants, of the Trade may seem to require. • (Signed) JOHN BARROW. To the Chairman of the Committee formanaging the Affairs of Lloyd's. Fxrasotrrn, Fasanzar 23.—Wind S.S.E.— Arrived the Duke of Kent packet, from Lisbon--sailed the 16th inst. Sailed the Mon. tague packet, ft r the Leeward Islands. Off Penzance, the Swift, WAtzza, from Tarragona. Pi.smouvm, Fxsaumtv 25.—Wind E.—Arrived the - Euphemia, Lawn, from St. Michael's. POUIMOOTH F13111.17A ar 24. Win dE. -- Pat in by contrary winds, the Ranger, May, from the South Seas; and Elizabeth, %MCKAY, from Berbice. DIAL F33AILT 24..11-Wind E."—Came down from the River and sail ed, llll the Orpheus, for the Isle of. France; Hero, Rtrcuts, for Bahia; and Viscount Exmouth, for Palermo. Ktso's THEATRE.— We lamented to see in the pit of the Opera-house last night, still some remnants of the vulgar, that bave been so much complained of this season. We mean "the fellows in the blackguard stocks. It was evident to everybody, lint these booted impertinents are personages not in the habit of dressing for dinner. Their manner and appearance shewed that they were of the grade of pawnbrokers apprentices. As some of them came in with Gentlemen's tickets, we presume the owners had been needy and pledged them; and that the striplings we 'allude to, bad, after shutting shop, come to take the benefit of this chance of being in a place from which fortune and fashion had excluded them. Yesterday morning Viscount GRA IN mut and family, attended by his Private Secretary, Mr. Jonas, and Mr. Asti eoman, left town for the Hague. Viscount MELvILI.E hai been confined for several days with a severe cold. The Noble Viscount, we regret to say, was not better yesterday. The University Club-house, at the corner of Pall-. Mall East, was opened on Saturday se'nnight ; it has been visited on several successive evenings by large parties of Indies, to whom the splendid suite of rooms afforded a delightfill promenade. The .building does the highest credit to the architct: and the task de:- played In the fittings-up and embellishments taigas no less honour upon the Committee: The club consists of .500 members of each University. No play is allowed. British vessels being now received in the Danish ports on the same footing 'as national vetaels, instructions have been issued to the Collectors of the Trinity. Hoose,clirecting them to place vessels belonging to IJenniark on the same footing as British vessels, in respect of light duties and all port charges, from the Ist day of March next. A General Court of the Highland Society of London was held pursuant .to• the Act of Parliament, at. the Free/worn' Tavern, on Saturday the2lst instant, and was score numedously attended than might bare been expected at so early a period of the season. The Officers were elected for the ensuing year. The new burlesque entertainment, entitled Rusofies• tams luansoratu or,' The Court of Quodlibet; was performed for the first time last night, at Drury-Lane Theatre: It is one at the marry Imitations to which the renowned Tort Thu osb has given rise, and It possesses the broad character which has so ,ofteu produced latunh• tee in that well-known mock heroic. CITY BUSINESS.--Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall.—The Court was specially called, for the purpose of considering the subject of an application which had Ilea made to Parliament for power to erect Poets between the Tower and the London Docks... The Bemembrancer laid before the Court a copy of the Petition which had been presented to the House of Commons, for an Act to construct additional boats. occupying the space between the; Tower of London and the London Docks. ,with warehouses and other works; which was referred to.the Ni. vigation Committee. • CORN EXCHANGE, HARK-LANE, FEB. 25. ' The arrivals of Corn this seta are only moderate. Wheat, 2,062 quarters; Barley, 1,800 quarters; Oats,. 2,400 quarters. Of Flour the quantity is large, being 6,400 sacks. The Wheat trade continueq much in the same state wi reported en Monday, titers bring not much at Market, sand but little demand at present. Sr.B ley sellt heavily at the prices las quoted. Beans avd Pen are wit& out alteration. There hasnot been much demand for Oats this mom. Mg, but*the supply being . short, llnnday's prices were emir' tpport.d. •, • • On Monday, the sad inst. at Faogrove Logy phorpri, ty Lady of .lames G. Murdoch, Esq. of a sun. • - 4 - LONVVN; rrinted and potlii4sed by Lott. i‘miT y Yisktit. • Pla‘t, "ft ritrit-I3Or I . had' vatiLhei, be sboad, on the settlement of i subsequent ac count, pay over a balance to him, that debtor would certainly feel himself acquitted of the former transaction. In 1805, to induce Austria to join the coalition against France, a subsidy was granted to her. Afterwards the Austrians made peace with France, and there being an arivar el subsidy Clue to her, this Government paid that arrest, although she was then at peace, and almost in alliance with France, and we were still at war with that country. If we conceived we had any claim aping Austria, that was the time to have made the demand- We should then have kept our "tit° alive; but paying Austria that money on a subsequent account, in duces a sort of understanding that vier gave up all former 'claims. Mr. HUDI E said; the Right Honniirable . Gentleman seemed to m have forgotten that ibis was a Loan,and that there was a very con siderab'm difkience between a Loan and a Subsidy. lie thought the House should have the account before them, that .they might to enabled to form their own judgment upon the whole transaction.— The Resolution was then agreed to, as was another Resolution for carrying the arrangement into effect.—The House then resumed, and the Report of . the Resolutions was ordered to be received to-morrow. Lord PA LhIERSTON brought up the 11Ititiny Rill, which was then read first time, and ordered for a second reading.—The other Orders wete disposed of, and the House adjourned at MALI. Pan ELAVEN. tOLO M. 13.1 A N DEBTS The Public are hereby informed, that the following is the Law finally passed by the Colombian Gover nment, formally published in the O ffi cial Gazette, and now in force; to which the Commissioners must con form, in the approaching Investigation of the Debts of the Republic: LAW. The Senate and House of Representatives of the Re public of Colombia, in Congress assembled, having examined the Message of the Executive I'owel- and the documents thereunto annexed, and in which the conduct pursued by the late Minister of Colombia, as regards his financial operations in Europe, is submitted to a Re• solution of the Legislative Body, and taking also into ccn,ideration— Ist. That even if the Ex-Minister Zea had been legally authorized for finance operations, and with competent power to.solicit loans in the name of the Repu blic of Colombia, he only could have nego elate 1 and contracted for them; but in no way definitively con cluded them, and muck less received' and disposed of the amount thereof, without having obtained the previous consent and approba tion of the Congren, or its express authority to receive and dispose of the same, without which the lenders could not advance the said amount, wi thout spontaneously subjecting themselves to the contin gency of an approbation or disapprobation which subsequently might be expressed by the Legislative Body, exclusively authorised by the fundamental laws of the Republic to contract debts on the credit of the nation, and dispose of the treasure thereof. Lilly. That the Ex-Minister lea not only contracted in Europe a loan of two millions sterling in the name of the Republic, but be has also received, distributed, and consumed the greatest part of the same on his own authority, in making compromises of anterior de mands not competently settled, and of subsequent ones which he himself has created by operations enormously burdensome to the State, either by increasing the capitals, gratuitously doubling the interest; and by acknowledging debts, some without the necessary vouchers, others purely gratuitous, and with exorbitaot additions to many; and, in One, by receiving as money theobligations and bonds which the said Zea himself had given, by virtue of an agreement entered into in London, on the lst of August, 1890, to the creditors of the Republic, without their respective accounts having been legally audited and passed; together with other obligations he also put into circulation in the same arbitrary manner, 'without having in due anti solicited, waited for, or ever obtaine d the approbation, indispensably necessary for simil ar l operations. 3dly. That the two countries of New Grenada and Venezuela beiv united into one body of a nation, under the denomination of Re public of Colombia, on the 12th of July, 1821, by a solemn act of their legitimate representatives, assembled for the purpose of sanc tioning this new political association and its fundamental institu tions; by the said Act, the powers of all the previous Functionaries and Public Agents ceased, and in conseqbence thereof also termi nated the powers conferred under date of the 24th of--Deteibbet,' 1819, in the city of Angostura, on the Ex-Minister Zea, not only so as to disable him from continuing, by virtue thereof, the diplo matic operations to which his instructions were confined, but also chicly from entering into financial negociations to which be aftei wards sought to extend the said powers, at the time be was already informed of the substantial change above mentioned, u is proved by the allusions he makes to the ne* laws, in the bonds-he issued on the 15th of March, 1 UM In short, that at the same time It is the duty of the Con gress to guard intainat the waste or malversation of the property of the nation, whew , rights are deposited in their bands; it is equally so religiously to comply with the just obligations in which their responsibility, honour, and reputation are implicated ; and wishing to consult and abide by these considerations, and not defraud pri vate individuals out of their just tights, they hereby do decree, " Art. 1. The compromises made with creditors, loans concluded, and all other financial operations carried into effect in Europe by the Ex-Minister ' Francisco Antonio Zea, are hereby disapproved. . " Art. 2. Nevertheless, all the amounts which the creditors can legally prove to have been furnished for the Republic, in money and effects, together with their respective interest, are acknowledged. " Art. 3. For their settlement the Executive Power is hereby fully authorized, so as to be able to do the same in the manner they may think most expedient. Art. 4. The Executive Power is hereby in like manner autho rized to approve and ratify, themselves, or through the medium of such person or persons to whom fee this pnrpees they may delegate their powers, the result of the said settlement, so that they may call in the obligationo, bonds, or bills, put in circulation by the deceased Francisco Antonio Zest, and issue such as they may deem necessary as far as the.amount settled and approved of, which said bonds are to be signed by the Preddent of the Republic, or the person exercising the Executive Power, or by the 'person by him duly authorised, so as to receive these new obligations or bonds as Mt. merical amounts in any other loan that may be decreed ; and, finally, in order that they may name arbitrators, or friendly and conciliating referees, in the case or cases of any disputes arising with the creditors, whether in the territory of Colombia, or in any other country of Europe. " Art. 5. The aforesaid Executive Power shall be authorized to agree as to the term for the paying off of the amount which may he thus settled, as to the mortgages by which the demadds are to be secured, and as to the manner in which the interest is to be paid, until the consolidation of the national debt has been completed, in which the Congress are engaged. • " Art. 6. Finally, the Executive Power is hereby authorjzed to remove all diflculties which may occur in the execution of the pre sent decree. " Doae in Bogota, capital of the Rapid)lie, this lit day of July, 1823,and 13th of Independence.—(Signed) " JERONIMO *MIRES, Vice-President of the Senate. " DOMINGO CAECEDO, President of the House of Representatives. " ANTONIO JOSE CARO, Secretary of the Senate. " JOSE JOAQUIN SHARES, Deputy and Secretary. " Pained Government in Bogota, this 7th day of July, 1823. Let the same be executed.—(Signed) "-FRANCISCO DE P. SANTANDER. "JOSE MARIA DEL CASTELLO, Secretary of State for the Finance Department." . It ikreported (we know not with what truth) that all the principal characters in the new Work of " Sayinp and Doings,' re drawu from originals chosen among the. Author's friends ands ,wquaintance ' their lives and actions being found to illustrate his paints more completely than his own imagination, fer tile as it is, enabled hint to do. Mr. GODWIN'S History of the Commonwealth, on which he has beets engaged some yeats, we understand will appear on Thursday nest. " There is bo part of the History of this Island," says the A u thor, iu his l'reface, " which has been so inadequately treated as the characters and acts of those leaders, who had, for the moat 'part, the direction of the public affairs of England, front 1640 to 1660. The men who figured during the interregnum were, Inuit,. diately after the Itesioratioir, spoken of with horror, and their Me. .moire were composed alter the manner of the Newgate Calendar. What was begun front party rage, has been continued from indo lence. No researtb hth butt exercised, no public measures hale been traced to their ripe authors; eyen the succession of Judges, Public Waters, and Stineenee, has been left in impenetrable cop fusion. It is the object of die present work to remedy this defect, and 'preview tit* trammetiosts of that period with the same calm- Impartialty, and lailsetible justice, as if they had preceded the Universal Deluge, or had taken place in one of the remotest Is lands of thc-South Sea." THE EVENING STAR. LON DON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, Mt THE FUNDS. • STOCK RN CH NC E. TWELVE OCLOCK. Consols opened thir morning at 91 for the Account, and 91 6 for A) - In the earlier - of the morning there little doing, I pril.. part . was but within this half-hour an eminent broker purchased 120,00 U. Consols, which has not bad much effect on th e e Market,and Consols remain steady at the above prices. The Express from Paris brings the Rentes at 100 f. 25 c. after 'Change on Monday. Spanish not known. - - FOREIGN FUNDS. • In the early part of this morning 50,0001. Austrian Scrip, wail purchased, after which little was done. Most of the Foreign Se. curities are rather dull this morning. Current Prices:p ! —French Scrip 11 %, Old Prussian 95f , New 93%, Russian 94%, Old Spanish 24% Mexican Mines par, Anglo-Mexi can 7%, New Spanish 19% to it. Neapolitan 86%, Austrian Scrip 9i fs Colombian 66%, Chilian 80, Peruvian Scrip 78, Mexican Scrip . 6 to Greet 2 to PRICK OF STOCKS AT ONE O' C LOCK. Bank Stock 238 Y 4-3 per Cent. Reduced 91Y 8 V k S per Cent. eons. 91 1 / 8 91-3 1 4 per Cent. 101s/ 8 4 per Cents. Old 102 1 / 4 3 / 8 -4 per Cts. New 1061 4 .7 1 8 Bank Long Anus. 22. 1 / 8 9 / 4 11.16 . Imperial 3 per Cents. 91 1 / B —lodic Stock 276 1 ,4 277 India Bonds 785.: O,.—South Sea Stock 103 K Exchequer Bills (1:1,000) 455.425.—5ma1l 465. 425. Cansols for Account 91% 91. This forenoon we received the French Papers of Sunday and Monday, with the Doile of Tuesday by Express. Galignani's Messenger (an English' Paper published in Paris) contains an important -letter from St. Petersburgh, stating that the Emperor of RUSSIA and the Grand Duke Attestant. are both indisposed; and that the commerce of Odessa is so intertapted by the Turks, that on the complaints of the merchants there, the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople is or= dered to demand redress. The Journal dultlidi reports that the' King of SPAIN has issued his Decree of Amnesty, but it is not believed. The Moniteur of Monday, on the *authority of letters from Madrid, states that the Decree had not been issued, but that it might soon be expected. It further states, that the second article of the Decree,-will exempt front. the Royal clemency, ‘; all the Chiefs of the revolt' ins , the Isle of Leon ; and all the Officers of the regiments sent from Ocana to combat the rebels, and who em: braced their cause ; and those who, on the 7th ofMarch forced the KING to swear to' the Constitution all the , Judges, and all the accomplices in the assassinations of VENUESA, GOEFFIEU and Etao." The following is the only extract we have room to.quote at length : PRIVATE LETTER. PETERSBURGH, FEBRUARY Y. A few days ago the EMPEROR was suddenly taken ill, `and still keeps his room. No danger, however, is AO. prehended. The Grand Duke MICHAEL is also indis • posed, and his marriage is postponed. General ARAOKTSCHAILIIN, Director• General of the Russian Mi litary Colonies, after having visited all those establish.; ments, has presented a Report to the EMPEROR, and proposed several important changes. The entire body of Merchants at Odessa, as well ay the Magistrates of that town, have just addressed to the Government a Meinorial, in which they set' forth the incessant vexations which Russian commerce in the Black Sea experiences from ' the Turks. The increasing com merce of Odessa, inspires the Ottomans with peat jealousy, and the evident object of the measures pursued for some time by the Porte, is to de stroy that commerce. We are assured that such an impression was made by this memorial, upon the minds of the EMPEROR and his Council, that very precise in structions were sent off by Count NESSELRODE to the Consul-General, NI. MiNztacny,who is supposed to haye reached Constantinople; they prescribe him to demand, as a previous, condition, a sine qua non of all treaty with the Porte, the redress of the grievances complained of by his Majesty's subjects dwelling in the town of Odessa and the other maritime places on the Black Sea. Intelligence from Constantinople to the 17th ult. repre sents the Tutkish affairs as in a most deplorable state, and derives additional credit and importance, from its insertion in a Journal avowedly hostile to the Cyreek cause. The Greeks are stated to have captured the flotilla of the ferocious AsoutanuT, left by the Captain Pacha to blockade Missoltinglii, and money was wanted to enable them to assume the offensive in all quartets, and complete the establishment of their independence. 1 1 An article from Genoa announces, that an armed flotilla had sailed front Algiers, to cruise against the Spaniards. Lisbon Papers to the 1( ---. ;reached us this fore noon. They are pi incipally filled with the accounts from Rio de Janeiro, translated from the English.Pa pets up to the 29th of January. Great hopes were en tertained in Lisbon from the EMPEROR having dissolved the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, but the anticipa tions of Brazil being again brought in subjection to ,Por tugal must be considerably diminished, when the promptitude with which the EMPEROR has given a new and liberal Constitution to his subjects ds known. Letters from Mexico, dated the 23d of December, have been. received. which state, that the arrival of the Briti)h . Consuls at the Island of Sacrificios had given the greatest satisfaction. The Casde of San Juan d'Ulloa was expected to surrender in a very short time, the Spaniards being destitute of the. means of defending it for any length of time. After considerable preparation,. research for piece., dents that does great creJit to his industry, and an application to every individual who could give the slightest information :respectiUg " the law's delay," Mr. J. WILLIAMS last night brought forw and his pro mised motiop on the subject of the Court of Chancery, and concluded a speech of considerable length; full of " wise sa xs and modern instances," by moving 'for 44 a Committee to inquire into the delay and expense of the Court of Chancery, and the causes thereof." The' Learned Gentleman marshalled a host of cases which come into Cirancery•in :I.'l a) ogainst time, and excited I ■ ::•;, J