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480,1 0 1 h c it * . 1 ; ' N . ~.~ 1 1 d - / S r .. thus almost imprilesible for a qlliet tradesman to enjoy the cenversatiou Okla friends et neighbours la the pulour a respectable victualler's," account of hat sot being able to get com pletely fretron business till the hour prescribed by this Act for she excite" of antensers. The Petitioners further stated, that Bind the Act came into force. they had lot from tea to fifteen pomades night by this regulation, out of which seven pounds at least would ►ave gone to the revenue weekly. He hoped the House, when the Hon. Member for Oxford brought in his Bill en the some object, would extend the. beer later than the one ordered by the present Act. After a few observations from Mr. K. Woonsouse. Mr. ESTCOURT assured the• House the he had thought it fit to introduce the words late in the evening, or early in the morning, merely for the purpose of pifterving the tranquillity of the neighbourhood in which such houses were situated. This order, however, dill not extend to travellers, who could be aJmitted at •ray hour without the victualler's being fined ft.r thus admitting them. He had revised his Bill, and had found it not calculated to answer all the ends he had . proposed it should do, and would therefore withdraw k, and allow the present one to go on for a year longer, at the end of which period be should have framed another, better calculated than the one he had istended to have brought forward this Session. Hs did not mean to say that the present Act was a perfect one, It was far from it bat in the present advanced state of the Session, it would be too late to frame an Act sufficiently well digested to enter on the Statute Book. He therefore begged leave to withdraw i his Bill, and at a future period would give notice of his intention to Ming in another. Mr. MONCK supported the Petition. The Order was then discharged. Mr. ESTCOURT postponed the second reading of the Ale home Licence Bill till this day three months. Mr. S. CAREW presented a Petition from the Catholics of Wexford, praying for Catholic Emancipation.—Lid so that table. Mr. CREKVSY presented a dollar Petition (rem the Inhabi tants of the parish of .4. Andeon, Dublin. Ile hoped that the unanimity which at present existed between the two countries would me ►e disturbed ►y the adoption of those measures which were ingraftesi on the Bill of last year relative to Catholic Enna cipati•o—Laill Go the table. Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition. signed by several Protes tants; Noblemen, and Landholders of Ireland, complaining of the penal enactments against the Roman Catholics of Ireland. and of the injury to that country resulting from the Penal Code. They humbly prayed the Home to devise some remedy against it. and relieve the country from the difficulty it was labouring under. The,Hos. Mite= also presented a similar Ponies from Kil kenny, and two other parishes in Ireland. The Petitions were ordered to be printed. Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from the Merchants of the town of Belfast, complaining of the rates of postage in Ireland. The letter were charged with English postage, and afterwards with Irish postage. A letter which would be carried the untie distance in England, and be charged Is. 4d. was charged as. which was a very serious difference. Sir J. NEWPORT supported the Petition ; he held in his hand a statement of the different sums charged for postage in Scotland and Ireland. He found that the postage of a letter, to the further part of the county of Kerry, was charged !s. lid. whilst a letter to the further part of Aberdeen, is Scotland (the same distance) was only charged Is. sd. Complaints had been made Session after Ses sion, but no notice had been taken of them, and be hoped ths the House would do something to check this gross imposition. Mr. GOULBURN supported the Petition. lie could assure the lion. Membtr, that as soon as the Report of the Pont-office Commission was laid on the table, that something would be done to remedy this abuse which be trusted would be to the satiifactinn at all parties. Ile did not see any reason for charging more for the carriage of a letter to Ireland than to Scotland. Ile knew, how ever, fur a fact, that the carriage of a letter for 150 miles in Ire land cost as much as the carriage ratite same for 400 miles is Scot land. He was ready to support any thing that could be devised to aboli.h this inequality of charges. Mr. C. HUTCHINSON said, he had repeatedly called the at tention of the Post-office Commission to the subject, but had never receited any satisfactory answer. Ile hoped the subject would be attended to during the summer. Sic JOHN BRY DGILS said, as one of the Members from the North of Ireland, he rose to bear testimony to the truth of the al legations of the Petition, setting forth the grievance; and he was happy to hear from the Right lion. Secretary for Ireland, that the motif would speedily be ii.vestigated, and a remedy applied. After a few words from Mr. WALLACE and another Gentleman, the Petition was read, and upon the motion of Mr. S. lime, ordered to he printed. Mr. S. It ICE presented a Petition from certain inhabitants •1 the oounty of Cork against the duty on coals.—Laid on the table. A Message front the Lords ahnouncrd that their Lordships bad agreed to various Private Bills. Also requesting leave for the at tendance of J. GLatismea, Esq. to give evidence before the Com mittee, inquiring into the system of circulating Prontiosery Notes below the value of 51. in Scotland and Ireland.—Leave was given. r. K. DOUGLAS presented a Petition from Dalkeith against any a:teration in the Stock Currency.—Referred to the Committee. Mr. OTCIC ENSON presented a Petition from the city of Wells, praying for the Aboli.ion of Slavery. COUItT vs chiasuesas. Mr. SYK ES rose to present a Petition upon a subject which had claimed much of the attention of the House. It referred to the pra.tice of the Court cf Chancery ; and althou .h he would not go so far as to exptess him self id.the language of his Hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen, he would say that the Court of Chan cery, if not a curse, was anything but a blessing. He meant Ito personal disrespect to the Noble Lord at the head of that Court, but from all he knew of it, be had no hesitation in describing it as a public nuisance.— The party from whom the Petition came was no suitor of the Court, but a Gentleman who had long practised the profession of an attorney, with great credit and respectability.• The Petitioner ass Mr. R. Garland, of Kingston-upon-H ill. The gravamen of his complaint to the House was, that in the year 1814, having been engaged professionally in a cause before the Court, hi. costs were taxed, and the items allowed to him by , the Master, and paid; and that in 1826, twelve years atter, the ca.e-had been te-opened by an order of the Court, and he ha,l been called upon to have the same bills taxed again. The documents relating to the case had been lost, and lie was in t in a situation to go into it; but he had, however, travelled up from Yorkshire, and, in obedience to the order of the Lord Chancellor, consented to have the costs re-taxed.- The result was, tam although he had attended week after week, and month after month, upon the Master, only thr.e shil lings and sixpence had been token off, and that was upon one item of eight shillings and sixpence. In consequence of the delay of these proceedings, the Petitioner bad returned home an mainly ruined man. The Hun. Member stated, that he bad put this Petition into the hands of the Sacker-Gt. rood, sad he defied him to disprove any of its allegations, or to answer the ease. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, that the Petition had been put into his hands, and be bad examined it, although he had not been able to make any further inquiries into the case. He considered it as a part of a systematic attempt to hunt down the Chancellor. The complaint here was, that because an Attorney's Bill bad been unfairly taxed, the Court had ordered it to be re-tared. The case was thus : Mr. Garland took a bond of his client, by which he was bound to pay his untaxed costs, which every Gentleman in that House knew to be illegal. In the next place, the costs were taxed when there was no adverse party remaining. As soon as the adverse party had revived in another person, an application was made to the Court, and in the judg• aunt given by the Lord Chancellor, he said that the bills had been unfairly taxed, and that upon principles of public justice he would order them to be re•taxed. This was one of the cases upon which the Court, of ataneery was declared as be a curse to the country 9 and upon which die Chow wale was libelled and calumniated. Mr. HUME said, that after taking time to re-consider what fell from hot on a former evening, he would de-, liberately repeat what be then said. Any institution' which denied justice to millions of the people of this country, and inflicted a mental torture which* no one could know but those who had to suffer it, deserved to be described as his Hon. Friend had described it, as a public nuisance. Under the semblance of a Court of Justice, it was a Court of injustice, and a Court of in equity. That House ought to have put a s'op to the proceedings of such a Court long ago. 'l'he Hon. Member for Surrey, in his zeal to suppnrt the Court of Chancery, had called it a blessing tb the country. GOD preserve him from such blessings ! (Laughter). The injustice of the Grand Unor was not so great as the injustice of the Court OT Chancery. He gave imme diate death without torture; but here a mental torture was inflicted in every possible shape. Was it n a shame that thirty-nine millions of the property of the people of this country should be locked up in Chancery while they were suffering every species of distress and piivatien? It was easy to see what would become of this money rime time or other. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, or some successor of his, would find it useful for their purposes, and it was lying there as a nice nest-egg for them. It was safe under the lock of the Lord Chancellor, and it would never come out while he remained, and the Institution continued in its present state. He mould repeat that the institution was • curse, and he could not separate from the Institution those who di rected and maintained it. The Petition having been read, • Mr. SYK ES said, that the lion. and Learned Gentleman seemed to think nothing of the time that bad passed before this case was re-opened. Twelve years was nothing to the Court of Chancery— they reckoned by generations. (Hear.) He denied that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had made out any answer to the Petition. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL expressed his surprise, that a Gentleman of the Hon. Member's judgment and d scernment, should undertake and continue to support a Petition which showed upon the face of it that the Pedtioner had acted illegally, and charged for copies which be confessed linked never made. The , Petition was ordered to be printed. Lord MILTON presented three Petitions from places in the Counties of Northampton and York, praying for the abolition of Slavery.—Laid on the table. Sir J. NEWPORT moved to postpone the Order of the Day for the further consideration the Report of the Bribery at Elections Bill, to Tuesday next.—Order The-CHANCELLOR of theIN I VIEQUER moved that the House at Its rising do adjourn to Tuesday next.—Agreed to. Mr. GOULBURN moved the bringing up of the Report of the Committee of Supply. Mr. HUME said, that the Report contained a Reso lution granting the sum of 7,0001. t- be placed at the disposal of the Lord Lieutenant for publishing Procla mations; and this he would state was used for the put. pose of bribing those papers which supported the Go:' verument. From the returns of the circulation of the Newspapers in Ireland he should be able to spew ex. amples of what he had asserted. The Patriot was started to oppose the Cortesisondent (by Mr. %V.-Pole) and pail 1.2001. a year; and, after a time, the Cores-1 pondent found it would be better to get paid in like manner ; and it received 7001. a year, and 5001. for secret service money. If a Committee were allowed, he should be able to prove these facts (by persons in the Secretary of State's Office); also the payments for pro clamations, advertisements, Ice. by the Evening Mail, &c. getting twitting for advertisenients, while Govern ment papers, although of the smallest circulation, got enormous sum'. The sums were, in fact, paid to bribe the Press. Could the House have the indecency to suffer such things to continue ? Any Government that required such support deserved not to be continued. Public bodies were supported and pant by many iimiljr means; such as the sums for the Dublin. %Vide Streets Board, &c. '1 hoc were large sums expended. He should tike the sense of the H ,use against the continua.ice of such a system, unless it could be sh:wn that there was something peculiar in the Government of Ireland that required support by such wasteful means. Sit J. NEW PORT spoilt to the like effect. The corrupt use of the many sums given for advertisements, proclamation., &c. was apparent from their being sent tdipapers of little circulation, while those of great circulation had not thoadvertisements. :Br. GOULBURN complained of the unfair way in which the Hun. Member's opposition wag urged, to establish on him ( Mr. 0.) the system of bribing the Irish Press, in referring to a paper pro- duced in 1819, not always to that lately printed. He said he knew nothing of the petty details of Newspaper Offices; when on the other side of the water, he had occupation that left him little time for such subjects. As to bribing the Papers, no one got less by it than he, for he was the victim, more than any one, of remarks that were not very complimentary. The Hen. Member ought to be cautious how be received intelligence. especially from clerks and others, whose duty it was not to be guilty of breaches of confidence. This discussion arose on the question, that the Report of the Committee of Supply be received, co►taining the Resolutions fur Proclamations fur Ireland, Ste. _ Mr. ELLIS said, that he had before complained of the Hun. Member's imperfect information, and the defective aut►orities on which be felled. His information respecting the Dublin Wide Streets Board was also untrue. Mr. HUME wished it to be understood that he had not rested his cbarses on anonymous information—not from any Clerks; they were from the documents before the Meuse, and printed. The Houie divided— For the Resolution Against it . . . 40 • • • • 12 Majority . . —22 On the motion of Mr. Secretary Palm, the Hesse resolved itself into a Committee on the Criminal Justice Bill. In discourse of a conversation on the Classes of the Dill between hlessrs Pm, Baoionass, and Danstow, Mr. Secretary PEEL stated, that it was his intention to bring in a Hill neat Sessimt which would consolidate all the laws relating to the violation of property. The Bill having gupe through the Committee, the House re sumed ;—the Report was received, and ordered to be printed, and taken into further coosideratiou un Tuesday. On the mode. of the CHANCILLOS of the Excaumust s the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Bank Charter Amend. meat Bell The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that it was his intention to introduce same amendments in order that the Notes of Honking Companies soliht be payable in London for sums under the amount .f 501. _ _ A conversation on the 'abject of the Bill ensued, in which Colunel Damn, Sir ii. 'PARNELL, and Mr. J. SNITN, bore part. The clauses of the BM having been agreed to, the House resumed, and the Report was brought up, and ordered to be received un Wednesday seat. CHURCII RATES (111 BLAND) BILL. Mr. GOULBURN moved that the above Bill be re-committed. Mr. S. RICE, previously to the Speaker leaving the chair, moved that there be inserted in the Bill a clause, empowering the Pro testant parishioners to assess the respective parishes for auditing towards the building, enlargement, and repairs of Presbyterian Meeting-houses, and Roman Catholic Cbapeis. Mr. GOULBURN opposed the motion. The Act introduced by him made no alteration in respect to the form of assignment.— The vestries premed no power before of assessing parishes for Roman Catholic chapels, and they possessed none now. There was no obstacle in the way of any individuals disposed to contribute voluntarily to Roman Catholics or Presbyterians. He did not object to any liberality on the pan of the Protestaat vestries, but they wished to be liberal at the expense of others. SirJOHN NEWPORT supported the motion. The Roman Catholics and Presbyterians were called upon to contribute largely even to the splendid Cathedrals, for which the wealthy ecelmiastia ' cal establishment possessed funds. He (Sir J. Newport) found that in three successive years the Protestants of Cloys. dal eeo.l tribute to the aid of Catholic chapels in that diocese. The power bad bees exercised there, and so dissatisfaction could have existed, or the practice would not have ameinned • long. He world heartily support the proposition, and would support the making the contribution compulo►y cm the Protestant ecopeats et land. Sir R. H. INGLIS supported the clause. - He thought the offerings of private benevolence a preferable mode of atoinlag the obiect.but ask could mot be adequately accomplished by tuc► —ems, he would sot witbield frets Vestries the power of Mr. Secretary PEEL agreed as fully as any man in' the House could do, that it was a monstrous abuse that any Protestant vestry should have the power of taxing A Catholic parish one joint beyond the limit which was strictly legal and absolutely necessary. At the sans* tittle, he took it to be a feature most essential in a mea sure like the present, that it should defile, as precisely as possible, the charges really entitled to be made. Dm was a course which would be desirable in any country; but in Ireland there would be no getting on without It. Nor would he agree for a moment in the propriety of empowering any vestry to assess a parish for the main tenance of Catholic, or any other, modes or places of worship,which were cnntrary to the Established Church. The fact was, that this proposition was mea►it for the benefit of the Catholics ; and the including the Presby terians in it was a measure little else thanvolourable.— It was well known that the Presbyterians w►nted no such assistance as this; that they were in the habit of supporting the forms and charges of their own modes of worship, and that they were competent to do so; and besides—why were the Presbyterians to he provided for rather than any other class of Dissenters from the Esta blished Church ? Why were the Presbyteri ins to have an advantage which was not given the Quakers or the Wesleyan Methodists? Those Sects, which already ' maintained their own places of worship, and contributed to those of the listabl shed Church, would think it some what unjust if they were called upon to pay fora third sy tern, and one directly opposed to that which they professed. The Right Hun. Gentleman sat down by declaring that he could not consent to this clause for the maintenance of Catholic and Presbyterian Places of Worship, because he took it to be con trary to the interests of the Established Church. He thought it highly expedient, too, that the powers of Vestties should be defined as exactly as possible, or suck meetings would become assemblies for little else than the display of party spirit, debates, and division. After a few words from Mr. W. Surat, Mr. Macrut (of Gal way), Mr. Turf, and Mr. S. Rica, in reply, the House divided, when there appeared to be For the Clause Against it . . 23 . 60 111AjorIty against the Clause • —3S The House then went into Committee on the Bill. Sir JOH N NEWPORT objected to several clauses, and par ticularly that which enables the Bishop to order the inhabitants of adjoining parishes to pay the Church repairs. The Right Hon. Baronet moved as an amendment, that the inhabitants of a parish where there is no church shall not be compelled tu pay for repairs tu the next church. Mr. GOU LBU RN said, as far as regarded himself, be was not sorry this motion was made. It had been pressed against him as harsh towards the Catholics. The Right lion. Gentleman con tenaed that it %cis a provision in favour of the Catholics. Mr. S. It ICl's said the clause compelled parishes in Ireland to be united whether they would or nut. Mr. Secretary PEEL said the Bishop had a right to ordet churches to be repaired, andjf he saved expence by ordering two parishes to attend a church which did not want repair it was a convenience to the inhabitants. Mr. GOULBURN said all they could do was to make the church expences fall equal, and the clergy do their duty. Gentlemen would find that the Clergy in Ireland did their duty in the most exemplary manner. Mr. L. FOSTER said the charchea in Ireland had long been neglected. Archbishop Laud, as early as the reign of Charles the First, complained of the dilapidated state of those churches. The repairs had been very properly made the subject of legislative roast meut. After some further conversation the amendment was negatived. Several ether clauses being disposed of, Mr. GRATTAN rose for the purpose of moving a clause to be added to the Bill, which would empower parishes to assess taxes for the benefit of their poor. lie would nut say anything as to the merits of the clause at that late hour of the evening, but he trusted the House would see the utility of it, and allow it to be added. Mr. BROGDEN was afraid that the claim- could not be added to the Bill, because it contained matter quite foreign to it. 11l- • Mr. CliOKElt made a few observations. Mr. J. SMITH (toped the Hutt. Member would postpone has clause till some future period. After some observations from Mr. CRoI and Sir It. 111111QN, the clause was withdrawn. The other clauses hcing agreed to, the House resumed, the Report WAS hrought up and ordered fur further consideration on Tuesday nest. The other Orders of the day were then disposed of, and the !louse adjourned at a Q rt PA sr OSIL THE EVENING BTAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, APRIL APRIL 22, 1825. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 791 for the Aocouist, since which they are done at 79% 1, with little fluctuation. It is not expected that any business of consequence will take place this day, owing to the major part of the Hebrews being absent from the Stock Ex change, it being a great holiday with them, the Passover. The Canso! Market appears radar heavy. In the Foreign Alarket a good deal has been doing; Colom bian, Mexican. and Peruvian experienced a rise in the earlier part of the morning, since which they have somewhat.declined. AU Shares remain in a bad state. Current Prices: Old Spanish 7a 11, Mexican 64h 65, Colombian new 431 421, Russian 761 77, Peruvian 30 51, Chili:in 45, Bra zilian Bonds 55 56, New Scrip i f, Exchequer Bills 10 II press. ONE O'CLOCK. The Consol Market continues inactive, and little is doing. Con sols have been done at 79k to j. and even as low as 79. The New Scrip is at a premium of t. PnICK OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. Balk Stock 200 S l er Cent. lied. MA I A 3 per Cent. Cons. 79 1 ,E Vs per Cent. Red. 85 % 1 / a 4 per Cent. 95 94% Long Ann. 19 1 4 3.16 India 13ondF. 6 8 prem. 1:1,000 Eicheq. liills 10 11 . prem. CIO() and I:2th) ditto 10 11 prem. £5OO ditto 10 11 prem. Ili.. for Acct. 7934 3 / 6 79 4 per Cent. New Scrip 5/ % Ih prem. FORRION FONDS, TWO O'CLOCK Millen Bonds. 6 p Ct. 41 Peruv. 11Ja. 6 p C. 311 32f Colombian Btls,G p C. 33 Do. lids 1524, 4311 11 Ditto Acet.32t Do. Ace. 43f lf Rum 8d5.11121./Ip C. 77 61 7 Danish 116,1525,3 p C. 36 Ditto Am. Ditto Acet. 56 Span. Bonds 5 p Ct. 7* Mex. Bonds 1823, 641 S 4 I Do. Acct. Ditto Acct. 64 1 4t SI I Ditto 310, S BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. /NAM YAM Anglo Me:lean Spot. 100 So !I British Iron Company 100 SO 11 General !dining Also. 100 S I u i Tlalpuzahua 400 90 771 7i Imperial Plate Glass 100 . I i New Cont Butane s 0 $ 9 itl West WM Company 100 S Se i EXCHANGE& Violin, Aram 10.—illetalliques 90g. Bank Shares 1090. This forenoon we received Lisbon Gazettes from the 3d to the 9th of April. They contain an account of the audience oar Ambassador, Sir WILLI A V ' A'Counr, had of the Palawan Rums; by which it will be seen that our fleet in the Tagds will tentain there. The following are eitracts LISBON, Aw 4. The Baron de Retidute having represented to the Prineas Regent his Inability longer to discharge the duties of the very la borious and important office of Intendant-General of the Police; and requesting permission to resign it, her Royal Highness has granted his petition and exonetated his{ frdn► that office, but he is to continue to hold his office at the Board of Finance. Her Royal Highness has appointed Mama Jose de Arriage Bruns da Judge in the Criminal Court, to the office of Inteddain of the Arr.n. 6.—On the 4th of this month, her Highness the Infants Donna Isabella Maria, gave an audience to Sir William A'Court, Ambassador from his Britannic Majesty, who complimented her Royal Highness in the name of his Government, and offered to the Government of these Kingdoms the assurance of all the tf/ppert and of the same friendship which his Majesty the King of Great Britain preserved to his old faithful ally, his late Majesty Den Johii VI. of which a proof is afforded by the stay of the British squadron; anchored in the Tagus, which is destined to afford to this Govern ment the same service that it afforded to his Majesty. We have. received German Papers CO the 16th inst. They contain no intelligence from Greece, and are pt cipally filled with an account of the enthusiasm with which the Emperor of AUSTRIA was receive] on his appearing in public on the 9th inst. His MAJEsTY, who had taken an airing at noon with the EMPRESS and the Impel ial Family, drove out again in the eveniug to see the illuminations. The people, as in the morning, accompanied his MAJESTY'S carriage with cries of joy. The Palaces of the English, French, End Russian Am bassadors were particularly distinguished by their splen did illumination. A good deal of business was last night got through in the House of Commons, but the proceedings were not of a very important character. The presentation of a Petiton from a Yorkshire Solicitor, by Mr. STltes, gave rise to a new attack on the venerable Loau CHAN• CELLOR, which was met with great spirit by the Sou. CITOR-GENtRAL. The treatment.whi c h Lord A is in the habit of meeting with, from certain Members in Parliament, is nothing less than a system of deliberate and unfeeling persecution, from which his office, his age, and his private worth, ought to protect him. The Criminal Justice Bill passed through another stage; and Mr; Secretary Pam. gave notice, that he would continue his valuable labour in the consolidation and reforming of onr Laws. The House, +t its rising, adjourned to Tuesday next. Members in the present House of Commons, Candi , dates for the nest Parliament, Electors, Returning Officers, and Borough Agents, are all very anxious to know when Parliament will be dissolved; this event will, however, depend much on the dispatch with which business is got through in both Houses, for if a debate is to be founded on everytrivial occurrence, the duration of the Session will depend on the pertinacity of a few of its /Members. The public business, unless interrupted la the way to which wt have alluded, will, we believe, be got through by the middle, or perhaps about the 20th of May, and should this be the ease, Par liameat will be Immediately dissolved, in order that the bustle of a General Election may interfere as little as possible with the pur suits of agriculture. There are no questions of very great im portance before the House, but it is lot likely the Session will elan earlier than we have mentioned, as Mr. Baononan has a motion on the subject el Negro Slavery, which is filed for the 11th of May, and which will probably be the last discussion of any import.mce is the present Parliament. Thnrsday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, Mr. Dress, the King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office, in Downing -street. with dispatches from the Duke of Wit.iptcrus to Mr. Secretary CANNIIIO, dated up to the Lth instant. Mr. McArts, the King's Messenger, who was sent off a few evening since with dispatches to meet the Duke of Weir.tue. vox, met with a serious accident on his journey. As he was entering Frankfort, the horses in his carriage took fright, ran away, and before the horses could be stopped, Mr. Misras had experienced se much injury by the overturning of the carriage, that his right shoulder was dislocated ; and he was in ether respects much bruised. The dispatches were forwarded by a Courier. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Department, from Lieutenant-General Sir O. L. Cox; G.C.B. at the Mauritius. Yesterday Prince ESTEIHAZY, the Austrian Ambits. sador, transacted business with Mr. Secretary Cannata, at his Office in Downing-street. Prince Lewin Ln arrived in town yesterday evening from Claremont. Yesterday the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the Prin. cr., Fie:moat accompanied by ber Royal Sister the Prin c ess Vi e . SOMA, visited the Princess AUOUSTA. The Princess Aucu TA took an airing yesterday in her carriage and four, in the Parks, Ste. _ _ Preparations on a magnicent scale are making for the departure of Ids Grace the Doke of INVONIINIIII4 on Ms ThhliUli to the Court of the Emperor of RUSSIA. Orders for a superb service of plate, to the amount, it is said, of 15,000/. have been given. Their Excellencies the Marquis and Marchioness Waxtutly honoured with their presence the Spring Show of Flowers in Dublin on Monday last. Her Excellency appeared in a dress of Irish worked muslin, beautifully embroidered in coloured worsted, at the Charitable Repository in Grafton-street. M. .Dll &watts has been appointed Consul-General for Colombia by the Government of the Netherlands, and is abut to proceed shortly to his destination. Monday, two married Irish women, named M , Qiiin and Donnelde, quarrelled and fought. in West Campbell's Close, Edinburgh, and after a number of wen-contested rounds, in which Mrs. Donochie was uniformly worsted, she laid bold of a fork, and plunged in into her antagonise* body. She is in custody. Official statement of the number of Lunatics, distin guishing Males and Females, which have been returned to the Com missioners for licensing Madhouses, and entered into the Registers, from 11115 to 1824, both inclusive :—Males, 4,46l—Females, 3,443. There are said to be four candidates for the repre sentation of the County of Galway—Messrs. Runs and Mar, the Sitting Members, and Mr. Si. Gnomic and Mr. lallatiCkt. They all start on Catholic principles, because It would be quite ab surd to address such a County as Galway upon any other. Not only are all the Freeholdere,but a moiety of the landed Gentry, Catholic. SCOTS CHURCH IN Swm.Low-srairr.—The right of presentation by the Presbytery of a Minister to this Church, which has been so long and so powerfully con tested, both in public and in private, and which has latterly formed the subject of an inquiry in the Court of Chancery, was set at rest on Thursday, by t!'e ordi nation of the Rev. Dr. Wonaow into the pastoral office, in a full assembly of the Presbysters, Elders, and Con gregation of Swallow-street Church. The ceremony commenced at eleven o'clock in the morning, and every seat in the church was filled long ►efore that time. so intense was the interest excited in the parish. The Rev. Mr. MILLAR, as junior Presbyster, commenced the ser vice by a prayer of thanksgiving, and then proceeded to read a portion of Scripture suitable t• the occasion. The Rev. Mr. Cacimils, as Examinant, then put the customary questions to the new candidate, touching his fitness for the sacred office on which he was about to enter. The ansu ers were characteristic of good sense, good feeling, and modesty, and appeared to gisc the highest satisfaction to the whole congregation. I 4