Star. — London, England, 1817-07-03 00:00:00

N `# I 111 , ... taci:e disaff Ltitin, diem were no &tans m 5 ef. 1 ' ;: fcr both ate by agreeing to the i resent minion. : " . L . ‘ ca d CASTLEREAGH said • he should make :-.ly a few observations. for it would he an sbusocif ~-, attention of the Hou.‘ if he were to attempt into the quettion, lot the way in which it had .„„ ia argued involved rather a new discussion upon . r. ^.11 ASl:ell%iOn • of the Habeas Corpus Act, than an tomination of the particular topic before them. He apprehended the Honourable Member who bronght w orard the motion had no ground for requiring a C om mittee that might not be equally found in every use that could be imagined. and it they acceded to e g present motion, they might, with equal propriety, ;,,:dertake an inquiry into all the prisons of the coun try. If they consented to inquire then, what secu ::y was there that some new case would not be , insi ght forward tomorrow, and so on withost any Loit? Iu point of tact, however, there was not oue ,a the gtievances mentioned in the petition, which, u pa application to the proper authority, had not :ecri relieved. He readily admitted, that the treat. r...ct and condition of prisoners were always matters f.i wriout importance, but he did not think they ought 0 occupy the exclusive attention of Parliament, es. w aally as the practice of bringing them forward o no. nad lately become so systematic. They would ta:e nothing to do but to hold Committees, to hear wes en one side or another. and in which. after all, eel would find only the most contradictory state r:ants. He presumed the Honourable Member would oct persevere in his motion, after what had fallen from his Right Honourable Friend. from which it A ppeared that orders had been given to remedy every oenplaint mentioned in the petition. Lord COCHRANE supported the motion. and %endered the Noble Lord should think it unworthy ' ' llt attention of that House to inquire into any mat ;.rs connected with the rights and liberties of the sub i:et, when vluring the greater part of the Session they aid been employed in destroying those lioerties— 'lda-, order!) He repeated it ; they had destroyed the 1.1:r ties of Englist i men— ( Cries of Order, and chair !) The SPEAKER said, he apprehended the House 'laid agree with I , that if any thing could be dis eo:erly, it was, to state that the labours of that House had been expended in destroying the liberties of the people—( Clear, hear, hear.) Lord COCHRANE resumed, and said, that his termer habits Of life perhaps had led him to use plain erpresaions, and not to be so select in his choice of versls, as to keep them beyond a lawyer's quibble. lit should rather ' then have said, that the House had been employed in:us/readies the liberties of the people, whether for perpetuity or not it was out of his poser in kilo*. The Noble Lord very pointedly ridiculed 'he whole system of the Spenceans, which he claim.' i.erized as ridiculous, absurd, chimerical, and con-' tmptible ; and expressed his astonishment that the whole liberties of the people of England were to be suspended to keep down such fanatics as these, who were just u competent to upset the Constitution as ."ohatina Sauthcote was the established Religion of the country—(4 latish, and hear, hear). The Noble Lord concluded by voting for the Committee, and condemning the species of evidence on which the people's liberties were put in jeopardy by hired spies aid inlormers.. General HOPE said, there were many things int!), Petition which were untrue. Among others, the Piti tamers complained that they were shut in ig gloomy dungeon'," and that they were "cut off from the cheering rays of the sun." Now that was wholly false. There were two windows in the prisoner's room, one looking to the west, and the other to the south, and the apartment appeared as light as 1::at House. With respect to the arcade, in which oley were permitted to take exercise, it was fifty Itet lOng, six tees tour inches wide, and ten feet high. It waserue, it, ran between two rows of cells, but ti:ere were windows above the cells always open, and raced doors to the cells themselves, which allowed free. passage to the air ; and though the windows v. - ere some vhat high, yet he understood the Petitioner ''as in the habit of amusing himself by standing on a 'tool, and looking through his telescope at the Sur. rey.hills. He was assured also that they were not denied the use of books, pens, and ink. Upon the .hole, he could not conceive any confinement less cbjectionable in its circumstances than that of the Petitioners. Mr. BARHAM, in reply, expressed his astonish r_ent- that an Honourable Member (Mr. S. Wortley) inould assert that the case stated in the Petition was 1.;:t supported. He contended, that almost every i•oiat mentioned in it—the putting those men in irons, the depriving them of fire and candle, the taking f:am Mr. Evans his flute—were clearly made out. Ater dwelling on •the other parts of the Petition, bi•ich conceived unrefined, he expressed himself reply not to press the question to a division, relying the pledge of the Noble Lord and Ries:Honour able Gentleman, that every humane and liberal in dulgence should be given to the prisoners. The motion for referring the Petition to a Com. mime wasting negatived without a division. MISCELLANIES. The Rouse went into a Committee on the English' Election Laws Amendment Bill. In the Committee, the blanks were - filled up, and several verbal Amend. meats were made. • The House then resumed, and the Report was or tiered to be received to.worrow. The Report of the East India Navigation Laws! Till was taken into -farther consideration. Lord BINNING proposed two additional clauses, which vete agreed to. The House then resumed—the Report was received, raid the Bill ordered to be read the third time to- Linrrow. The Frame-breaking Prevention Bill was read a second time.—To be committed to-morrow. Sir J. C. HIPPISLEY brought in a Bill to pre vent the pay Went of labourers in goods, and to pro.- via: for their roper payment.—Read a first, Wiw i read a second rime tomorrow, The Irish Grand Jury Presentments Bill . went through a Committee. The Report was received, and the Bill ordered to be read the third time on Friday. The Cottages Exemption Bill was read a second titre.—To be committed to-morrow. The Navy Prize-money Bill was read a second time.—To be committed tomorrow. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, tht: House went into a Committee (proforma) on the Lstents in Aid Bill. The Bill having gone through the Committee. the Rep n 40:s rezelved, ana r7dered to be taken into further comidera:itr.teinorrow. The Irish Fair Tolls Regulation Bill was read a se cond time. To be committed to•morrow. Tie other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at half past eleven. The following are the Financial Resolutions in tended in be moved by Mr. C. GRANT, in opposition to those of Mr. T:EItS?.Y, the discussion of which stanls postponed till to-morrow night: 1. That the Total Amount of the Funded Debt, of the United Kingdom, unredeemed. was, on the let itbruary 1816, • - C 810,046,036 And on the Ist February, 1817, 790,050,980 Being a diminution of - • - • X 12,995,056 1.. That the Total Amount of the Unfunded Debt, in Exchequer and Ir:sh Treasury Bits, was, on the sth January, 1816, In Exchequer Bills, • aC4t,441,e00 In Irish 1 reasury BIII•, • - 4,497,808.—X43,939,708 And on sth January, 1817 Exchequer Bills - Treasury Bills - • Being an increase of . - - S. That , he Sum fa be expended by the Corn. niissioners for the Itedempti 'nor the Funded Debt of Great iiri aln and Ireland, in the year Ist', may be erten:deal at 5?14,454,143 And that providon has been made for paying off Navy and Transport Debt, within the tame i;eitud, to the Amount of .C1,C60,000 .01 6,1.14,443 - X 14,650,900 5,304,99`...-‘41 1 ,0 1 5,2M: £6,t)1.;,584 4. That the Amount of Exchequer 11 , 11 s. Out standing, on the la hit. tit 17, WAS JE 4 4,610,31 0 And tit Irish Trea.ttry Bills, 5,304,932—.£49,955,C92 That the Amount of Esche...;:er Bills and of Irish Treasury Bids, granted in sate pr sent or fur mer deaden, which will he outstanding on the sth January, I S I to, should tee whole of the Supplies of the current year be then issued, will hc lu Exchequer Bills, - iEdO,OOO,OOO In Irish Creatury Bills, - 4,6b4 992—C64,634,992 Increase of Cant:i.e.' Debt unprovided tor (ex chiclre of any Excess of Charge upon t'te Consoli dated Fund of the United Kingdom, beyond the la conic thereof) of - - - - Being less by the Sum of 2t,29 1,743, than the Sum of X 16,1114,410, wh ch, as before stated, will be applied In the course of the year to the Relit... bon of Funded and Uniun . led Debt, viz.: Sum to applied to the Reduction of Debt, Increase of Unfunded Debt £14,729,700 4.'16,124,443 . X 14,729,700 XI,J9-1,743 THE EVENING STAR. I,UNOi ►N. THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1817. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWEI.VF. ('CLOCK s Reduced 76i I—Consols shut—Consols for Opg. 77 a 4 per Cent 94 —Navy, shut—Bank Long Anns. 1911 India Bonds 100 103 pre.—Euh. Bulb 6s. 9s. pr. Stocks e minus to advance. ,From the opening yesterday to the commencement of business this morning, Consols rose II per Cent. and the demand for Stock continues. 'The 'Addeo& coin meme paying to the Banken on Saturday and Monday nee , . and to the Pubic on l'uesday. Consols this morning opened at 76. and at twelve o'clock were at 771:—The Monied Interests are still confident that Consols will be $0 before the rising of Parliament, which, it is now stated, will be on the 16th instant. Our Readers must be generally aware that tor some time it has heen a question of serious ►nqui►y whether the Usuty Laws, as they are called, whits► limit and regulate the rate of interest on motley, should not be repealed ? Our own opinion has long been that money, like every other commercial com modity, should be leVt to find its own level, and the price for its use be left to the discretion of the parties. without any restraint whatever and we are confi dent that were this system once adopted it would soon, by its effects, enable Ministers to reduce the in terest on the National Debt. Unless something be done; and at no very remote period, to reduce either the interest or the principal of the debt, it will be ins- i i possible to restore health and vigour to the Body Po litic, and those who reason otherwise, however high their pretensions may he, are mere political quacks. We have said that either the debt or the interest of the debt must be reduced ; and vie make the assertion because without this our retrenchments on other branches of expenditure must be such as to enable I our income to meet all the annual demands : but this we hold to be impossible, for all our other ex penses are but a drop in the bucket—no economy in other branches, can reduce our expenditure to our income—nor can all the power of Parliament (om nipotent as they chose to call themselves) increase the Revenue to meet the present expenditure. This subject is brought to our notice at this time by a well digested and luminous Report by a Com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce of Glasgow, appointed to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the Abolition of those Laws which regulate or restrain the rate of Interest on Money.— The reasoning in this Report is of general application, for the wealth of the State will ever be found propor tioned to that of the different classes forming the aggregate community—whatever tends to remove or lessen the evils entailed on any class, by its removal confers a benefit upon all. and consequently any re-I duction that may, by any means, be effected in the interest of money generally. must ultimately operate to reduce the interest on the debt of the nation.—The following is the reasoning in the Report to which we have alluded, and we hold it to be unanswerable : " That the interest of money is the fair profit of stock, and a kgititnate compensation due by the borrower to the lender, for the advantage derived from the me of the principal. " That our laws which in ancient times prakibked the enjoy ment of this derivative revenue, originated in superstition, igno rer ce and poverty; and that the regulations of more recent periods which restrained its extent were founded in opposition to the principles of political econoiny. ,A 1 Pat the rate of interest, like the price of every other coin. moditT, ought to be left to its own level, and to depend on the state of the money market, with respect to saltily and demand, as the simple but Infallible test of value 14 That the prejuuices whack existed against the uncontrolled' exercise of pecuniary contracts are now, in a great measure, dis pelled; and that the public opinion generally has anticipated the sanction of the Legislature, for the same freedom that prevails in every other species of commercial transaction That the arguments which have been adduced for the con tinuance of the Laws ageing Usury are equally unsupported by reason, and unfounded to fact They do not prevent prodigality, iscause there can be no restriction to the mortgage of property or to the purchase of goods, which may be sacrificed to obtain the Object. lkg do not protect simplicity, becalm the ourreut rate of irtet.et w0..1.! he a, easi!•• ascertaired ao the vttl• other ::title•, r:-.r7t, of every de,ree in!ellve: ;-e l'e 7 * mited freely to buy. Th:y do rot bettel:c indigence, bezeme the needy are often precltubtd from accompl , hin; whir rt.:ly be the means of preareing them from de.trtic•ion; and there Is a prohibition against borrowing at a higher rate, there I, no provision for supply at a lower. They do net check im provident speculations, because the boar i, not advanced on the faith of SUCCCS4 iti the project, so much c. on the act tlity of cre dit in the burrower; and became the =vied intertst will at. ways prefer the thrifty, and may be safely evtru.ted with the I management of the r own affairs. " That the laws against usury are rct naly attended with no advantage, but are productive of extensive injury. They inter fere wail the private concerns of individuals, over which it is equally milieu and impolitic to exercise a comma. They inter rupt :he operation of mercantile policy, which, by allowing the stale of business to be reeittated by the relative wants and imareaions of the community, effectually adjusts the balance of I price. They increase the embarrassments of the country, in a time of general pressure, by rendering illegal the means of relief, and depriving the sufferer of a retuge, till the revival of confidence and the return of prosperity. They compel many who are possessed of property to thipose of it for what ever it may produce ; and, as Lord Bacon observes, " whereas usury would but gnaw upon them, bad markets do swallow them up quite." They induce others to evade the law, and to pay an etorhitant premium for the accontintelation They expose the dealers in this illegal traffic to sorb risk and infamy, as narrow, Ilse competition, and raise- :ay teens beyond all moderate bout ds. They corrupt the public morals, by hold. ins out a temptation to information, treachery and ingrailtude. They impede the prnerese of commercial emerprize and agricul tural impicntement, by restraining the free influx of money into those channel/I which might diffuse wealth, industry, and coin fon over the comm ssss it y. They divert the surplus capital of the nation from its legitimate and patriotic employment at home, to the accommodation and aggrandizement of foreign countries, who arc willing to afford an adequate remuneration for its use, and who, in the CUM of war, may subject the whole to tor friture.—That the laws against usury arc not only hurtful and .Inexpedient, but in a great measure inefficacious. at a legal door is opened for their evasion. It is perfectly known that the prac (ice u: raising Money on redeemable and determinable annuities, has of late grown to an alarming extent, and obliged the !Kira : rower, who could otherwise have relieved his necessities at the rate of Pie or seven per cent. to ply so high as tO, le, and even I 5 per cent. It is perfectly known that the interest is enhanced in the mode of supply oa heritahie securities, by the original cost of the conveyatiee, and by frequently charting it as a profit to the as ("racy. It is perfectly known that the custom of charging a commission on the discount of bilk has been prevalent among monied men and prie.ve banker:, Which, at the rate of a bast per cent. every three months, amounts to 7 per cent. per annum. " It is psi truly known, that the loss by drawing and re-draw ing on 'maim', to which many respectable houses in provincial places have been obliged to submit, for the p imposts of temporary accommodation, has been very serious. In 'short, it is perfectly known, that, till of Ire, and for many years past, it was almost impracticable to procure loans to any ceneiderable eaten., at the common rate of interest, even on the snort unexceptionable aecurity. " 'flat the repeal of the laws against e-ury would net be fol lowed by a rise of the rate of interest as a natural tontevence ; for not only is such a euppo,ition contrary to the principles eihith regulate price, but it is mitorione that iti London the rar at pre sent uu good SeCt‘titiCS is lower than the maximum: that in !disdain!, Flanders, Switzerland, and other countries where there were no Inal restraints, money was always procurable at a more moderate return ; and in fact that the very existence of such re straints defeats the object of their enactment, in exact proportion to the ea:vistas with which they are enforced. •• ri,St the repeal of the laws against usury would oat occasion that inconvenience or detriment to mortgagee" which bat been apprehended, because the rate of interest has already beets ripe- Lti d by the bond to be five per cent. and there is no reason to atiticigate more advantageous terms ka this lender at present ; and became, at ah events, there is, even under the existing system, do . impediment to the creditor calling up his truinfy, and tombs-Mg 1 the mortgages, whenever be esteems it to be for his advantage. " I hat the repeal ut the Laws against usury would not create any grea Cr flue. uation in the terms ce loan theta le exp. rise. e I in all the other daily transactions of life, or in public centrac- 5, wh• re lintel meta are .ett perfectly free; and to remove mis conception, in cases where no previous agreement 'was made, the present rate of interest might be declared to be the rule of settlement. " That the repeal of the laws against usury would not be at tended with the effaet of embarrassing Government in their con tracts for loans, because the Nairstaal security is always pre ferred to that of individuals; because the terms are nut affected by the legal rate et interest, but are dire-red by the quantity of money in t le market, by the prospect of rise in the Funds, and by the comparative advantages resulting from investments in the Stocks, and other means of employing capital; and because, on the principle, even if it were correct, of facilitating the Public engagements, by contracting the sphere at competition, there might, with equal propriety, be a restriction on the purchase of land, or thepirsuits of nolutuerce." After the Medical Gentlemen who attend Mr. PONSONBY had visited him yesterday, the following Bulletin was written, for the purpose of being shewn to inquirers : Mr. PONSONBY is rather better this morning."—Dr- 13AILLJE and Mr. TEOAHT were with hire' at halt-past eleven last night, at which time they considered him considerably better. On enquiry, this morning, we were happy to find that Mr. PON BONET had passed a pleasant eveuing, and was con siderably better. The case of the persons of the name of Evanr, fa ther and son, who are confined in Horsemonger.l.ine Jail, on a Secretary of State's warrant. was again he. fore the House of Commoes last night.' Pheic seems to be a feeling excited in favour ef dime persons in the public mind ; and we apprehend, that the vessel of the State would glide on eer collrse ns smoothly as ever if they were restored to their v..orksliopf. II Mi. nisters have ao other charges against them than these which arise from their writings, we must suppose that they never took the trouble of rending them, but formed their opinions from the report of some such personage as Oliver, the spy. Their works consist of dull prosing balderdash, with nothing to rivit the at. tendon throughout. if we except the amusement which a Logician must derive in observing that every succeeding proposition refutes its antecedent. And yet this stuff has been hitched into notoriety, andob tained a large circulation, at no eapcnee, from the severity with which its authors have been visited. —We recollect, that about a century ago a sect of Philosophers appeared, who maintained, to the great terror of regular schoolmen, that there was no smell in a rose, and no heat in fire. Precisely of this wild and extravagant character, and equally dangerous to the State, is the Spencean System. All the writings on the subject would have fallen still-born from the Press, but for the blunder which we conceive has been committed in ascribing to them a share in add ing to the stock of disaffection. We cannot but be of opinion, that Ministers would gain much more, in personal tranquillity, at least, if not in respect, by setting these untortunate Spenceans atliberty. The fatigue a hich Mr. H. AumearoN, night after night, undergoes in defending "his Noble Relative," in long orations, must prey upon his health greatly ; and all who know how zealously that Right Honour able Gentleman performs his immense public duties, amid the inroads to which a delicate constitution is sub ject, must have additional cause to lament his present thlemuta.—The motion for an inquiry into the allege etOOS of the s Petition was ultimately negatived without a division ; but not until a debate had ensued so warm and animated that two Honourable Members we= called to order in the cuurtc of it. KArifl, 1.17.71.7.1GENCE. - The William, Brt!DC FS, from Ross to London, was totally lost, rear New•h t'•en. on Tuesday night. I'ORTiMOUTH, JULY Y. Arrived the Regulus trans e cit, from Cork t and the Isabella, McAns. from the Downs for H4van nab. A large ship has anchGted Si. Helen's, buX it has blown so hard all day that it was impossible to communicate her.—Sailed the William Lush iugton, St:on:Air, for London.—Wind S.W. HARWICH, JULY Arrived the Thetis packet, with a Mail from Got tenburgh., Sailed the Lady Nepean packet for I-I:A -land, and the Castlereagh packet for Cuxhaven, both with Mails.—Wind S.W. • DEAL, JULY e. • Arrived the Duckentirld, WOe9, and Sir Godfrey . Webster, Bovec, from Jamaica, the latter has sai:rd for the River. A foreign ship was on shore last evening on the off pact f the Goodwin Sands; she was got off by the assistance of 4 Deal and Itam;- gate plot, and provv.led for Margate Roads—!e. ported to be hum 1-14mbork,lt for CAIJIZe—Wind S. W. GRA% JUIN 2. Arrived the PVhic,s4 from Rotterdim. d the Mary, Fox, f o r u,t c ll3 ; kliz L :b et h, rtEth.er, for Ail, wcri ; Draper, Cowan, tor Behast ; ar.d lutm, Eatrt.kugli, l'elican, palling, for Ehineur. A packet, the Odom arrived yesterday from 0 - e Brazils, but brings nothing new on the subject of insurrection at Pernambuco. S!,e kit Rio „Tant.U..) on the 4th, and Bahia on the I:th May. At the latter place all continued quiet. The Exped;tion which sailed from Rio Janeiro to act against the In surgents is stated to have consisted or 1,000 men but it was generally thought hot to be stronger tL?.- - the occasion requited, as the Insurgents had increw-til greatly in numLers, alai were well pter.ared to ira the attack. The following is an extract of a private letter f-ora Wthia. dated Key 17: Since I wrote you last, we have no news from Rio. We .:1- pect a 74-gun Alp, a frigate, and 10 er 11 trausports from IZido here every hour, on their way to Pernambuco, 'A i.h about troops, when we expect every thing will be put a toop tn. W' are all quiet litre at prrw•et, and every pre sptc: of core i nuin; In her, we are without ar ; every body seeing c:• here ; the Militia are dairy ill the ditty in and atlut the city, there being only about st.ee Regulars, tie rest 'ovine; ert to Pernambuco." Tuesday evening between six and !even o'clock, the Quits, aeeompanieJ by the Princess Eciz.kniof., went in her carriage to Carlton-house, where diejr were received by the PRINCE RKoEsT, wh s tiac! a party to meet his Royal Mother to dinner, consisting of the Duke and Duchess of YORK, the Duke ut GLoocsvrieu, the Princes. SOPHIA MaTtrua, :Ind others, to the number ut twen,y-two. At Latt-p.ist nine o'clock there was a party ot distinguished per sonages to meet her MAjeSty the Quss:a, amounting to between '250 a dd 3: 1 0. The ...tds of itivaptiou were issued by tht LORD CIIANI4EhLRIN. The Pui.sce. 'WANT was uuremitting in his attens•on to his Royal iMosher, during the whole of the evening. iier NIA- XasTY and the Pets( t: received the complimeots and irspects of their ois,tisiguished guests in the most affable manner. The QuEEN and has Roy al High. [less,, we were h.tppy to observe, appeared cu most, excellent health. There were a few card-tables. rho bane: of the Duke ot Yam, in fuil regimentals, at tended in the Cuntervatory, which was lighted up on the occasion, and played various pieces during the evening. The C..nservatory is at she west end of the lower suite of rooms, the whole of which are on a level with the gardens at the back of Carlton-house, and join St. James's Park. Tea, coffee, a variety of sweets, choice quits, ices, and oilier refreshments, were served up to the company by the Roy 4 House hold, in their full State unitcrins. A little before twelve o'clock her MAJFSTY and the Princess ELIZA BETH left in their sedan chairs, escot ted ti a party or' the Yeomen of the Guard and several Peke officeri. They proceeded through the Gardens into St. Jame a P I Park to the Qurts's Palace. Mr. Becta:•rv, the newly-appointed Jndge Adv-. cate-General, in the room of the Speaker, transacted business at his Office for the first time on Tuesday since his appointment. Sir B. Hushouse transacted business yesterd iv for the first time sinct Lis appointment to be Under secretary of State, in the room of Mr. Brexere. Mr. .Evaar, vbo is now a dole prisoner in Horse monger.lane Gaol, is at loss to know what L...rd SIDAILIUTII and Mr. A PDINUTON mean by saying he is confined in an Arcade. Of on thing, however, he is certain—the Gaoler, by depriving him of his flute; is determined that it never shall be an Arcadia ! A Stockwell stage was overturned on l'eerday morning, which occasioned several seriou; injuries 1., the side pas:wows.' Mr. Bannister, well knows: in tic Ciiy, bred his hip dislocated, a Gentleinan had Hs arin bri,hen, d. c_41:11. man suffered severely in his ancle, and scarcely a I ii.,et.ger e» card without bruiss.s. lute.—Estract of a letter from lialbelti:n, near Tiverton, dated .rune 29 : have to mention a very melanctaly vsrt that t 4.,..% pls-e yesterday afternuor. ut oar ell:lege: Sonny tj 6401ns were f one hour burn: to the ground. Else scene was truly distresseilt, as they belonged mostly to poor lishouring pet.pl r, wiso thus deprived. in so sh , ;rt a time, of almost ail they possess. , 11, leaving them and their helpless children wit bi•at ce nt shelter. It being nearly one third of our village, the (Jimmy is dreadidl." en Monday the 23d ultimo, five o'clock in ti*.e morning, two smart shucks of an e..rthquake telt at Inverness. The unprecedented iieqoency of this phenomenon latterly in this quarter, is the sub. ject of much conjecture, and to many of no small degree of alarw, ruder an idea that S3OllO grand con vulsion of nature may be expected to follow. It. WPI more sevetely felt in Urquhart, Dares, and oth'.r places is the neighbourhood oi LochneEs, as was .4!.x.. that of Tl:esday seek ; in some houses the bells were put in motion.—(lnvtrnar Journal.) Le Cumctittee alV!!‘ Ted by the H ouse of Commons to enquire into she state 01 the map tst Newteunds• Laid, and into ibe situ:Alen of that settlement. have KIP:INIT(40, that the evidence brought before them on these point!, has bran so uniform, so decisive, and so atilicting, that toe} lave eve ceived it 'to be t a dirty incumbent upon them immediately to lay before the House cis stifterings experienced by the great majority of the very extended population of this tetttement,.iitiotilitiog, unless speedily provided against, to the terteiNty sf "h•okite And that unless, through the intervention of tiarlianieut, seine Immediate redid shall be granted, the horrors ol the cosudig wins wr will be most Ngravatetl. It appears also, the Committee elate, that the trade itself has experienced a ,CliOUB and aia t os t sw depression; and that ussiess some aid is .dforded to the Merchant. before the House separates, the Fisheries will be most ntaterwl:y injured; the copilats emasrl rd In it by daggers withsti - awn , iao4 tits not leis Its seatt.es.„ Istteita i., jusuy vaaaed, ai - sii• let en• foray C./.1:.