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LONDON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1321. TIM FUNDS. PAICE Of STOCKS THIS DAT AT 0:11: O'CLOCK : Bank Stock 225 1 / 3 225 3 per Cent. Reduced 72 7 / 8 73 3 per Ct. Cons. 72 3 / 4 3 4 5 / 8 --4 per Cent. 90 Ts s per Cent. Navy 1035 7 / 8 % Long Annuities 18'y 4 13-16 India Bonds 41s.—Exchequer Bills 4s. ss. pr. C. ns. for Acct. 72 % Several interesting topics occupied the House of Commons last night deserving of public attention ; but the most prominent regarded the Ordnance Esti mates, which were explored through many of their intricacies by Mr. HUMS. It must certainly appear, to the uninitiated, not a little singular that, in the sixth year of peace, the expenses of this Department should still form such a tremendous aggregate, and that the only, or almost the only symptom of eco nomy that has yet-been manifested respecting this gulph of expenditure, should consist in lopping off the salaries of a few supernumerary clerks, while all the sharks and crocodiles are still allowed to gor mandize to the utmost cravings of their appetites. These Estimates are nearly 1:200,000 more than they were is the year 1819. The Civil Department, in a lime of peace, with an improved currency and low prices, still exceeds by 0,000 the sum which the Mi litary Commission of 1810 stated to be proper in a time of war, with a depreciated currency and high prices.—But how could Honourable Gentlemen re ward those by whose exertions and good-will they find their way into the Honourable House if no more hands were to be paid than there is employment for? The arrangements for the accommodation of the • P,Ablic in visiting the Britistr Museum, occasioned little cc.nversation. That the Trustees of this Insti tution exercise praiseworthy industry in securing from depredation the valuable stores of antiquity and learning therein deposited, we believe no per son will question who knows anything of the subject; but that the means for rendering the works of art as available as they might he to the Students of the Fine Arts, is not the best that might be adopted, comes within our own knowledge; but the deficiency may have arisen more from the circumstance being unknown to the Trustees, than from any want of dis position on their part to apply a remedy. The princi pal evil is this—Artists can obtain admission to pursue their studies, only between the hours of te,s and four. Now this is the very time of the day when they must be found at home, waiting for the calls and work of their patrons—otherwise they must go without a dinner. The Museum should be open to Artists (that is, the part containing the sculptures) from break of day to sun-set is summer ; and Officers should be in attendance during these extra hours. Artists could then avail themselves of six hours every morning and four in the afternoon, without encroaching on the time necessary to their business.—We will illustrate our position by a fact well known to many. Tilt ad mired miniature copies of the Elgin Marbles, so ably executed by Mr. HzuNtuo, could never have been , accomplished had they been in the Museum when Mr. HENNING began his studies of these remains of ancient Art ; but when they first reached this country they were deposited in Burlington House, and, much to the credit of those who had their superintendence at that time, the Artist was admitted by sun-rise every day for many months, and—when the busy time of the day was over—had permission to continue with his favourites till Phoebus refused to shine upon them. The hint which we have thrown out is one of great importance; and, we are hopeful, receive due attentioil ; for we cannot believe, for a moment, that the Trustees, or Parliament, are not anxiously desirous that the utmost benefits which mere mat ters of arrangement can produce, may result to the arts of this country from the possession of anti quities which are the envy of Europe. But this can never be accomplished while students can be admit ted only during the very hours that they must devote to the earning of the means of subsistence. Another topic that came before the House, the Longitude Bill, suggests an observation which may deserve attention. Till lately there were standing premiums for chronometers performing within cer tain degrees of correctness ; but in a late Act (the last, we believe) this enactment was suppressed, and a power of remuneration left with the Commissioners. —We have no doubt but the Act, in its present form, would ensure a due remuneration to any artist in this line ; but we know that the Act has been otherwise construed by chronometer-makers, and the effect has been to lessen their zeal, this stimulus to exertion having, in their opinion, ceased. This is a great evil—calculated to snake this branch of art become stationary, if not retrograde—and should'be remedied in the new Bill. The Paris Papers of Wednesday arrived this fore noon.—A Frankfort article of the 6th 01 - January says, that 44 All the reports of the Declaration of War by the Court of Vienna against the Neapolitans, and of the march of the Austrian Army upon Na ples, are premature. It is only a corps of the ad vunced guard which bas crossed the Po, to take up its cantonments for the present on the right bank of that river; ..and hitherto no Austrian camp has tonclied:the Papal territory. On the contrary, we Ilave news here, Gn good authority, that the Austrian Army has not received ?any order to advance, and that in every case It will remain in its present posi tion, till, about the middle of this month ; for, before .any decisive steps are taken, the Congress at Lay bach ‘cill wait for the answer of the I`Zeapolitan Par liament to the proposals made by Austria, which are to be delivered to it by the Duke de Gallo." A private letter from Augsburgh gives the follow ing as the substance of the most recent accounts from Laybach: • " The Kiug of the Two Sicilies has been positively invited to repair to Vienna, to remain there until tranquillity shall be restored in his States ; but it ap pears.that this Monarch has not only declared that he cannot accept that proposition, but has manifested the liveliest desire to return as soon as possible to Na ples.' His Majesty's spouse, the Duchess de Floridia, arrived at Laybach on the 'l9th of January last. " As to the motions of the Austrian Army, it had not, at the departure of the last Couri . cr, made any hostile demonstiation. " It has been remarked, that Prince Metternich, the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has fre quent conferences ssith Cardinal Spina, Count de St. Marsan, Prince Corsini, and Marquis de Molza. It is generally believed that they relate to a Confedera tion among all the Princes of Italy. " The Portuguese Ambassador has had a private audience of his Sicilian Majesty. " The report is confirmed that the decision of the Allied Sovereigns and that of King Ferdinand, upon the affairs of Naples, will be carried to Naples by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Duke de Gallo. 41 It is said that Prince de Hardenberg has re .ceived an extraordinary dispatch, announcing that his Prussian Majesty was immediately to set out to assist in the deliberations of the Coagress." The Algerneine Zeitung says, " That according to accounts that have been received from Florence, from the Duchess of Florida, the King *was resolved not to admit of any modifications in the Constitution but with the consent of his Parliament." An article dated Vienna, the 2.1 of February, says, " Letters from Laybach, received by. yesterday's courier, announce, that the conferences upon the de termination to be taken in respect to Naples, still continue. As soon as terminated, the Duke de Gallo will be invited to repair from Gorice to Lay bach, in order to be informed of the result, and to be charged with . the communication of it to the exist ing Government at Naples. As there will thus be a suspension in the negociations, the Emperor Alexan der will take advantage of the interval to visit the grottos discovered within these few years near Adds berg, the quicksilver mines of Idria, and the city of Trieste." A more recent article than any we have yet quoted, dated Frankfort, the 9th of February, states, that there are letters from Laybach, " which speak of a Declaration from King Ferdinand, which ends with investing the Duke de Gallo with full powers to con clucie the negotiations with the Ministers of -Foreign Powers. Since the 26th of January, the Duke de Gallo has been present at the conferences, and it is he who will carry, on the part of his Sovereign, to be communicated to the Neapolitan Parliament, the result of these conferences. In spite of the hopes of a certain party, it will thus be seen that war is not yet resolved upon." The following are the latest accounts from Naples: NAPLES, JANUARY 30. The Deputy Poetic, made, in the Bitting of the 22d, a Report upon the stistft s isof. The Li* e 'as to furloughs had thimeiii 40000 Men, l and the Conscription had .ttot bin able to replace more than 14,000. The Singe attgaot had in con sequence issued a Decree, beatifig that there would be immediately a further leap of Cooseripts out of the classes of 1819 and 1994 fieternsined by law. The first article declares, that aeclesiastics shall not 'enjoy any exemption. • Parliament has sent a Metall* to the Prince Re gent, denouncing Cardinal Ruff°, Archbishop of Na ples, and the Bishops of Averse, of Tertnoli, and of Cava. These Prelates have been guilty of speaking with contempt of the Revolution. General Guillaume Pepe has issued an Order of the Day, announcing that the Prince Regent will, in the beginning of February, honour the three Abrus zes with his presgnce, in order to review the twenty four thousand Militia and Legionaries which have been recently organized there, and that a supply of six thousand muskets and four millions of cartridges will be immediately transmitted to them. - Sir Thomas Maitland, Governor of the lonian Isles, has arrived at Ancona on board of a brigantine. l His Excellency set out immediately for Rome. It is presumed that the object of his journey is to know the position of the Austrian troops. French five per Cents. Tuesday, 83 fr 3.5 t. Lord Anson's fox hounds will meet on Monday, at Highballs ; on Tuesday at Burroughs; on Friday at Oldbury; on Saturday at Horns; and on Monday the 231 k, at Shutdngton Bridge. Mr. Meynell's will meet on Monday at Eton Wood; Thurs day at Canon; and on Saturday at UMW& Thf Hampshire Hunt meet on M , thol9th instant, at the New Ina, Lamm; W , at -gate; Thurs day, at bledstal-groon = and isy, at Farieigispark, at ten o'clock each day. H. Joniffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds meet on Monday, at Kennel ; Wednesday, at Betchworth ; and Saturday, at Kingsvrond hate. .The Surrey Fox-bounds meet on Mmim• at Bottley Hill; Thursday, at Codstone ; and Saturday, at Fuhry-Green. The Harriers mat every day. Lord Derby turned out a fine deer, called Ploughboy, at Mr. Meager's, at Crobam near Croydon, on Wednesday last, before a field of 200 horsemen and nearly 1 000 people on foot ;ft being a beautiful place, surrounded with hills, which were covered with people. The deer took a circuit of about four miles; then straight through Addington Park ; through the Village ; turned to the right to Addington .Lodge, by Fairchild and Tatesfield Church, to Titsay Park, the seat of L. Gower, Rag. and into the river, where he lay up : but the hounds having taught view of him, be ran up the Path ; turning to the right nearly to Limpsfield ; through the deep country to Westerluan and Beamed Charts; down the hill to Heaver and to Four Elms, where he was taken after a run of three hours, and very few horsemen in at the time. A new Farce, entitled A Figure of Fun, was pro duced last night at Covent Garden Theatre: it met with disapprobation soon after its commencement; but is to have another trial. The LORD MAYOR gave yesterday an elegant dint ncr , at the Mansion House, to their Graces the Arch bishops of CANTERIitIkY and YORC, and several shops, Aldermen,• the Sheriffs, &c. Margaret Nicholson, the unfortunate woman who ' attempted to assassinate hislate most excellent MA JESTY, in the year 1789, is still living, and is kept as a State patient, under nominal restraint, in'Bethlehem Hospital. Considering her advanced age, she is in possession of most of her faculties usual at those }ears, except that of hearing, which is quite gone. The enlightened and liberal views displayed by the Emperor of AUSTRIA, in his speech to the Professors 'of the Lyceum at Laybach, are not a solitary in stance of that august person's sagacity. A few years ago, his IMPERIAL MAJESTY vs teed his newly acquired dominions in Italy. At Bologna, he was accompanied on a visit to the Museum by a deputa tion of the Professors of the University, who sub mitted to his notice, among other objects of cu riosity, one of Sir Malraux DAVY'S safety-lamps. His MAJESTY was given to understand that the Eng lishman, its inventor, had, by his numerous disco veries, produced a resolution in science. At the word revolution the countenance of the Emperor changed ; and, turning his back on the Cicerone, he said that the King of ENGLAND would, no doubt, in time feel the consequences of his condescension to his unruly subjects; but as to himself, kg should take proper care not to suffer any of his sabjecu to make revolutions ! We are assured that more wool bas passed through , .Stamford, for Wakefield, lately, than the oldest wag. goners on the road remember at any former plias! whatever. A proof of the depression that exists in the ship ping interest of this country was afforded on Wednes day, when the contracts for tonnage to Bengal were concluded at the East India House. During the war, , the East India Company were in the habit of paying £4O per ton ; last year the terms were from £9 19s. 6d. to £l2. and they are now reduced to from i 7 to £B. The quantity tired was above 36,000 tons, of which only 3,000 have been taken up. It is not generally known, we heligve, that in pur suance of an Act passed last Session of Parliament, a Census of the population of Great Britain, is to bel taken this year, of which the returns are to be deli vered to the Clerks of the Peace and Town Clerks by the 28th of July. • An official return to an Order of the House of Commons states the amount of stock transferred from the English to the Irish Funds, from November, 1817, to sth January, 1821, at ae5,775,392 10s. 7d. It appears by an account, laid before Parliament, of the total weekly amount of Bank-notes and Bank post-bills in circulation between the 18th July, 1820, and the 6th February, 1821, that the following were the totals at those respective periods :—Jury 18, A:26,043,380 ; February 6, A:23,563,680, making a diminution of nearly two millions and a half. 'The lowest amount was A:20,785,460 on the 12th Decem ber last. The highest never exceeded that above stated on the 18th July. Wednesday last, an inquest was taken at Stanton Saint John's, Oxfordshire, by Mr. Cam, Coroner, on NiCW of the body of a female child, unknown, who Was first discovered by a dug, laying in a ditch in the said parish, covered over with hay and straw, with her throat cut, and various bruises on the face and neck. It appeared by the evidence of Mr. WINGFIELD, an emi nent Surgeon, of Oxford, that the windpip e of the child had been divided, apparently by some sharp instrument, that the left check, the side, and front, of the neck, were very much torn, land that either of those injuries were sufficient to have caused I her death. Verdict--. 0 Wilful Murder against some person or , persons unknown." . 1 4 0NDON - d and published FIAGIC, Tr- THE ARMV. At ten O l tlogic this morning, his 2 /o ra l i r. i the sp ted Dbi th e e of th T ree on ß K a , ttaaelcioonsibp:iedide b is y t 1h liee WILLINC4O and a nuinber of Military oy,,Z Guards, on,mhthiuisemapooaynradaltieii6gthf.ornJeasthms eiespras'scsielr. so ins tre c et n like appearance. • The following is to be the disposition of t h e Regiments of Guards for the ensuing i s „- commencinz on the 26th inst an t : ' ' • r . tit Batt. Ist Regiment—Front the King's hi • ewst es t r • Ditto—From Westminster Quarters to Portnanet ea . id Ditto—From Poe n-street Barracks to Ktl nh tbt lot Batt. 2d Reg.--. From the Tow e r to We-Emie"; 2d Ditto—From Knightsbridge Barracks to Wind 's ,. Ist Batt. 3d Reglment—Frena Portsmouth t o ph r , uoggi. • 24 Ditto—From Windsor to the king's Mews. The 19th Regiment, at Chatham, tut under , • to proceed to Weedon Barracks, Nerrhatop t ,,".` The 86th, at Weedon, will replace the 19 h. • The whole of the Veteran Battalions are alm a , be reduced—the 6th, 7th, 9th, a n d lo t h B,' g• lions on the 25th of March, and the rernaitule;, the 24th of June. The 6th Veteran Battalion, now at Sh er under orders to proceed to Edi n b urg h , to bss':. banded; and the 71st Regiment of Li g h t I r c re, at present in Cantet bury, will reflace them, • • t • NAVAL. INI'ELLIG ENG& We are intended, that in the course of the pr esent lets . 'number of ships which it has been determined shall behi s an effective state for commission, will be complet e d, e a general discharge of workmen from all the Dock -y am The Naval force to be kept up, is eighty sairef die its,, Si suitable proportion of frigates and sloops. Yesterday a Court of Directors was lull at the En Rowe, wh e n Ca W. Hort was sworn into the . of the ship ostishire, ennsigqed to Chau direct. A mi. Josses, IS guns, was commissioned on .... The MsKetnria, Aartiva. from Lime r i c k to pot into about the ad inst. witlrdamag e ob i , • and having been out six weeks. The Wdatigable, of tovdon, laden With timber, vas . on shore on the Island of Inn,' Sherra, near Loodosi,ery the Ist inst. without any person on board. The Guadaloupe, SarITHWAITY, from Jamaica te Was totally lost, the zd inst. off' the Is:and ef Coil The John, Berton-in, frOm Philadelphia to Galeq, r a " shore in Galway Buy, the 2d inst. but V:4l got off by d e as a, I anee of the PLWARZE gun-brig. The Friends' Increase, of Greenock, from the not an Ireland, is totally log on the.lsland of Tyree. ITresnossanticat KNowtznoc.—.-The Au) sloopdoar Ins been recommissioned at Deptford by Captain W. Is fitting with all posdble dispatch, for the purposed C to the Mediterranean, where Captain ST , YIII . • , with the Members of the Austrian and Neapolitui B erens put in effect his excellent design of continain the =Rile vey of the harbours and coasts of the Mediterranean. *. must F. W. Breese is appointed to assist Captain Sera i ' African research. Dem., Fe" 160--Wind N.F.—Arrived and Wad kr. n * River, the anclunatus, Cream's:ix, front Savannah lianas . the Downs, his Majesty's ships SEVERN and Buss, ands port from Portsmouth for Deptford. POLTSMOV7II ; Fe" 36.—Wind N.B.—Arrive his Ibierf ship Hnen, from a cruise. Fattier:ru e Fics. 14.—Sailed the Lora Hoban packet, Mails for America ; and the following veseds for Lade neesti,Wittaaws ; N real, St ureza ; Friends, Ewer; • . Jimmies ; Peter and Rebecca, Ati.e.v ; Pet:Terms, Scuola j Alice, blitLze ; Heart of Oak, Bowes: (tolden Grove, eat Betsy, Gam ; Avon, JON'S ; William and Ana,JlCr; ' BLAKE; Wellington, Thomas; and Eagle, Itisr,en. the F via, Fox, which arrived from Newf0..., , 0i.,au de 10 th wish damage, is discharging her catgutotepar. tl &MLR, FEBRUAST 13.—The Auspicious, llannw,fra, den to Waterford, got on a rock, in New Grimsby barn", • .. the 10th instant, by winch she broke part of ha ham and • with water, and is now on her beam-ends: her german . and it is expected she will be got off next spring tides. • I William, Carreusu e from Waterford to Leedom, sonde Seven Stones on tbellth instant, and broke off ha maim has been brought into Rt. Mary's Pool, with sews feet • in bee hold : the cargo is landing, in a damaged ant. • Comas-Lions; Firm 16.—Ships Entered Inwards: from Harlingen • Prospero'', from Cable; Elias, free alma.—Entered Outwards Scholfield. for Weimar); for 'Trieste; Odessa, for Genoa; Vrow Patera', for iseq Vrow Elizabeth, for Ghent ; Fame, for Prince Edward's lid ... 1 John, for Haniburgh ; Angelique, for Havre.—Aced wards: Roebuck, for Sierra Leone; Barbadoea Pbster,it badges; Vittoria, fur Jamaica; Friendship, for Oen i• recta, for Dublin; Friends, for Lisbon; Craig Whir 2. Teneriffe. Mumma —At Mired, the Sally, Rundell, from St. NM' 3: At Dublin, Hibernia, Fox, hem Messina. At 4. Wilkinson and Ann from Liverpool. At Ammo?, V ' Men, from Cluriestou ; Coromandel, 6eu 7 h0i"..1; „ and Oseille, Adamson, from Naples. At Gilmartin" , 'u from the Havannab. At Peterhead, hoe, 111.1 tram Beurdeaux, Bouibon, ken 91 • 4 * Muanzin—Yesterday. two men of the woes d r4 l and Quested, were brought to Bow-street, and miss• olo u ensnination before Racaaan baste, Fsq. clt;rgediriall concerned in the 'AM murder of Mr. James 111•Kmeinel P sidposan in his Majesty's Preventive Service. hebelliN",l • Weulloch's party, stationed between Ilythe and WO, p r county of Kent, in a desperate attack of a ninnereself: g a smugglers amounting to about 100. upon a small Itedll . King's (dicers in the Preventive Service. The DO= were stationed on the Coast Blockade Service,at house, on the sea shore, near Dungeness, in the eelailf i : and on Sunday morning, the ilth inst. between neee"7..j A o'clock, they observed a flash of Ire, which is the esee'r a sh given on the landing of a smuggling boat; the Meal' • .•1 ill number, immediately proceeded to the spot wheels' had taken place, and met a large body of smuggler's*. • e the Officers approaching within a hundred yards, food lupon them ; the Officers laid down to avoid the firiact f after the smugglers went on • the Officers fel in Int . others, who were drawn to t h e spot in consequenee 4l 7_ l and they followed the smugglers, who observed &a.' Al casionally fired on them , during which several of the"' • , were severely wounded, and were obliged to be sexw the care of several. others ; this circumstance gre•if ' • the numbers of the Officers and the smugglers csedesaf at intervals until they reach ed the road near to Lees between Romney and Rye, and then made a stoat sirs themselves on each side o f road, and waited u 5 7` CMS came close to them ; they then all of than fi red e0 ,.. ' con, when Mr. M'Kenzie received a wound which )nT After contending in a most desperate manner feem''' they made off. Several others of the Officers oeft.,,N tl wounded. During the attack, the prierioer Qd one of the Officers, who was dressed in a wore 0 ' , thinking that he was one of the smuggling pall' , r g t peos A into his hands, and desired him to blow some Of be es brains out; the Officer first secured the mosque , a.r2,7, tared the prisoner, and succedded in securing him.. f and 1— apprehended at the same time, his mouth s u 7, 7 1 ; blackened by gunpowder : it has been ascertained abet ' of the ringleaders, and he Is suspected to be the 0 • 110, Mr. M'Kenale.—They were remanded for rec . MARLICULOUdtI-STILKET.—The same Lady, in t hew pet as she appeared at Bow-street, paid this 011Ece a Thursday afternoon, in her carriage, precisely ups ticl ie ad crates, w as ho she w d ere id atbu busily engaged , begged that the Magistrates would look into the ca se . ". t yr described as an exposition of everything horrid. informed her that be would look at It, and she haT ei . , S a b ud e ru k sh a ed a fiulio'n upoll rwr_s7Th. th e Her looks - and manner displayed strong syinPouu derangement. T I ONDON Printeda4pu lc b , l inr ished ie_nL by r. l ri .eval. IC Oft r igke • was the expense of the Establishments at the Tower and in Pall-mall, which consisted of gratuities and allowances to a great number of persons, relative to whom his Hon. Friend was ready to enter into a detail. Could anything be more fair? And yet the Hon. Member said, " Do not print the Estimates," although they must form the foundation of all future disc ussion—(Hear, hear). After a few words from Mr. Clumsy and Mr. HUMS, the motion was agreed to. PRESENTATION OF ESTIMATES. Sir JOHN NEWPORT rose for the purpose of moving a Resolution, of which he had given notice on Wednesday last, -relative to the presentation of Estimates. If, however, there was any intention of opposing it, he would postpone it. He then moved, " That the Estimates of the Navy, Army, and Ordnance, ought to be presented within one weeek of the commencement of every Session of Parliament, during the time of peace." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it would be desirable to postpone the Motion until Monday. It would be necessary, be conceived, to modify the terms of the proposition. as the period of the meeting of Parliament was so very uncertain, After a few observations from Sir J. Newsear and Mr. IL Wass, the former consented to postpone his Motion tin Monday. IRISH CIIANCIRY. Mr. C. GRANT brought in a Bill for the better'adndnistra tion of justice in the Court of Chancery in Ireland. Read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Wed nesday, the Ist of March, and to be printed. The House then adjourned, at Hat.r.r•sr On o'Cracx. THE MINORITY Ns MR. DIUMN'S surnsat roe a DATAUXID ACCOUNT Or TUE °NOMADIC* ZSTIMATIM Bernal, R. GrenfeU, , Pascoe Parnell, Sir H. Benet, John Graliani, Sandford Ricardo, David Bennett, Hon. IL G. Glenorchy, Lord Rice, Hen. G. lienyon, Benj. Guise, Sr W. B. Rebuts. A. Bright, R. Harbord, Hon. Ed. Roberts, George Bieber, W. W. Hm, L o rd A. Sefton, Earl of Brougham, Henry Hobhouse, J. C. Sykes, Dan. Browne, Dorn. Ilutchlason,Hn.C.lLTresnayse, J. IL Creevey, T. Heron, Sir R. Taylor, N. A. CAulileid, lion. H. Langton, J. H. Talbot, R. V. Denison, W. J. Leonard, T. B. t Whitmore, W. W. Evans, William Martin, John 'Williams, William Fitzgerald, Rt. Hon. Macdonald, James WyvM, Id„ ' ... M. Monet, J. B. sita.eas. . • Ferguson, Sir It C. Newport, Sir J. Polkeston; Visionst Gordon, Robert Nugent, Lord Ilunse,Joselik • " THE EVENING STAR.