The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-02-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ........- HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY read his Majesty's an• saver to the Address of the House. Shortly after four o'clock there was a call of the house, pursuant to an order of last Session, enforcing the attend ance of Peers for the hearing of Appeals. Several Peers were excused in consequence of age and other circum stances. Lord a it ANI) complained that the call hail corn menceti n, and slid that Noble Lords should have snore time allovied ►hem. SOUTII AMERICA. _ _ _ The Marquess of- LANSDOWN said he wished to take that opportunity of calling their Lordship's' attention to one of the most important topics in his Majesty's Speech. lie was not disposed to eon a race with Ministers upon the question respecting the independence of the provinces of South America, provided lie found that it was to be ac knowledged at an early period ; but considering the very great importance of the subject, be conld by no means ac quiesce in any unnecessary delay. He would not, ht w eirer, at present name a day for bringing the question tor ward, as he understood, not from any thing that had pass ed there, but in the other house of Parliament, that a com munication had been made respecting it to the Government of Spain, and that an early answer was expected. A com munication of importance might also be soon expected from the Consuls who were sent out to South America in Noirember last. Aware as be eias that national reasons 'Melt have prevented Ministers from acting more decisive ly kilted°, he should not now name a day, but his object in•dilng was merely to state, that if the question. waii not tivc" . ones brought under their Lordships' consideration, be Would, on some early day in March, submit a motion for an Address to the Throne, praying that his Ma• )risity would direct measures to be taken acknowledging the independence of the States of South America. „';,' Ehe Earl of CARNARVON suggested the expediency . substituting the names of the two Peers who were to at tend on the appeals, one for the other, as it might be mutu ally convenient. She Earl of LIVERPOOL said he did not think such an inangemPutzecessary. Lord HOLLAND wished to know if any Commis sion y, bad been appointed for appointing a Deputy, Speaker ? • The lA)RD CHANCELLOR said he had his Majesty's commands to appoint Baron Gifford to that office. IRISH TRADE. •. The Mar/loess of LANSDOWN, in rising to move for certain returns .respecting the Trade and Revenue of Ire land, took occasion to °ism ve on the beneficial effects that had arisen from the abolition of some partial restrictions.— Vcor instance, the duty on distilled spirits was of itself suf ficient to show how fair taxation operated on consumption. The amount collected from that branch of the Revenue for the laid quarter of last • year was much greater at two shil- Logs the gallon, than that collected in the corresponding qitprter of the year before at five shillings. The Noble Alv . quess then moved fur an account of the quantity of cot tow 'mooned in%) Ireland, and exported thence, from the lid* July Iti'22, to the fi rst of February ISI3 ; also an ac coop' dile number of gallons of spirits in I re and the duty paid thereon, from the Illth Oct. 1322, to :Tar Ist of Jill. I te?3. —Ordered. :.'heir i.oadwhips then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MoN DAY. -- - Mr. DAVENPORT presented a petition from the Manu facturers of Snuff and Tobacco of the city of I;liester, com plaining of the high duties on those articles.—Ordoreil to be printed. COAL DUTIES. • Sir H. MARTIN presented — two petitions from the Mer atoms, Shipowners, and Manufacturers of the port of l'lr- Mott It, praying fora reduction of the duty on coals carried coastwise.—Laql tto the table. ' Mr. D. GILBERT presented a similar petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporation of Penzance.—Laid on the table. tiimilar petitions were yresented by Mr. CURTEIS from the • inhabitants and occupiers of land of the hundred of IVe.tern, in Sim:ex ; by Mr. BYNG fro:n the parish of I,imehottae ; and by Mr. (liter/rem. from the inhabitants of the borough of Penryn.—Ordered to be printed. ROLLS COURT. On the motion of Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, the order made on a former night for the Cause Paper of the Mister Alf the Rolls for cacti term from 1817 to 1523 was discharg ed, and an order made for a return of all Causes, Further Instructions, F.xceptions, and Re-hearings of Causes before the Master of the Roll., for each term, from 'Wary Term, 1817, to the end of Michaelmas Term, 1623. Sir E. KNATCIIRULL presrnted a petition, from cer tain. Victuallers of the town of Rams4ate, praying the house to take into consideration certain Excise Duties, which pressed heavily on the petitioners, with a view to give them relief.—Ordered to be printed. • FREE SCHOOLS (IRELAND). ..... On the motion of Sir J. NEWPORT, accounts were or dered of the several Diocesan Schools in Ireland, of the number of scholars ;in them, and of the Funds to support them ; also of the several Free Parish Schools under the tablishment called that of Henry the Villas, with the Funds thereunt:, belonging, and with the sums granted to them by Parliament for the last ten years. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. UOULBURN, a new writ was or dered to be issued for the borough of New Ross, in the room of F. Leigh, Esq. who has accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. LEGACY DUTY. Mr. HUME gave notice, that he would to-morrow move for'accounts relating to the Duties on Money bequeathed by Wills, &c. SUPPLY. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, the House resolved itself into a t:oiernfeteo of Supply, in which, for form sake, a supply generally was voted toltis Majesty, and the Report was ordered to be re ceived to-morrow. IRISH LAW COURTS On the motion of Mr. GOULBURN, the House went into a Committee on the Law Courts Acts (Ireland ), and Ist and 2d of George the IV. chapter 53. The Right Hon. .Gent. said, that his object was to obtain leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Judges of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas in Ireland, to grant allowances to certain clerks of their respective Courts, under the approbation of the Lord Lieutenant. Sir JOHN NEWPORT desired to know if arrange ments were made as to the allowances to the Protho • notaries. Mr. GOULBURN said that the Report presented last Session was, as far as he knew, conclusive upon the subject. Sir JOHN NEWPORT was understood to complain of the ineomplete enrollments of deeds in those Courts. Mr. GOULUURN said that be was assured by Judge Johnson, that the enrollments were complete for several ' yesrs in the Court to which be belonged. A Resolution, moved by Mr. GOULBURN, as to the propriety of the said Bill was then agreed to, and the Re port ordered to be received to-morrow. Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY moved for accounts of the value ofsilver.and copper now in circulation, estimated at the market price of silver and copper. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it would be impossible to ascertain the quantity of these coins incireulation. Ikwould be easy, however, to furnish the . . --iR t ' 1 ti , r:. : • c :It i• re t , ;': ... i : .r . ! : ' 1 . I 4 ) 1 lt. I 1 et ) • is • t . t) Arr . ..%ft THE ST.A'fIiiSMAN quantity issued from the Mint, and that would probably motet the Hon. Baronet's view. ...Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY said, that what he wanted was to know the value of each piece of those monies in cir culation, and, on the suggestion of Mr. Hume, amended his motion to that .effect. which was agreed to. Sir JOHN IV ROTTESLEY then gave notice, that on Monday he would move an Address to his Majesty, prating that inquiry might he made' how far the coinage of this country might be adopted to a decimal calculation. NAVAL AND MILITARY PENSIONS. Mr. MA BERLY rose to move for accounts relating► to the measure adopted by the Chancellor of the Fixeliequer last year for the payment of the Naval and Military Pen sions. He and those with him at that tittle opposed that bargain with the Bank, and the object of his motion now was to show that it was the most disastrous bargain for the country that was ever made. The Hon. Member then moved for several accounts of the transfers of money between the Bank and the trustees for the payment of the Naval and Military Pensions, which were ordered. On the motion of IiIr..MABERLY, several accounts were ordered of the quantity of hemp, flax, and linen yarn im ported into Great Britain anti Ireland, with the ditties on the same, from the sth Jan. 1823, to the sth Jae. 1824, distinguishing the countries where such imports Were made, and also of the quantities exported from Great Britain and Ireland, distinguishing the confides to which such ex ports were made. Also of the quantity exported from Ire land and Scotland into England,distinguishing the an►oun^ of duty paid. Adjourned at five o'clock . .w MAI DUE. I I ....Dut.lin 0 I....Waterford.. • 1 0.... G & Jersey 0 o.... Lisbon 0 o....Gotti•nberg 1 ♦RP. ILS. AMR. DL'/. 0 I....llainbro 1 ....France ....0 0 ...nanders.......o o....Nhata ' 0 consider how large a proportion of girery Went India rom mnnity is at present disrptililied from proving the crimes o! a•hitepersons. The tntsl amount of Slaves in our islands is estimated at about 7011.000, and that of white inhabitants at 50, 000 , which m sires the latter about one to fonrteen of the farmer If plantation slaves are ill 'reale& contrary to law, the m anger himself, for the most part, must be the cri minal party; and wlri, tinder these circumstances, is to give evidence against him ? His overseers are most likely his ac complices; and be Ides, if they are now made admissible witnesses, or if they are White men, he has only, when about to perpetrate any act of cruelty, prohibited by law, to send them out of the way. Now, what should we think of such a phrase, as the protection of the late, in this crowded metropolis, and of those who called that protec tion adequate and ample, where one man in a hundred only were competent to prove or give information of a crime? Should we not say, that except to that hundredth person, the deserts icor Africa would he safer than the streets of London, and that to tell . the ninety-nine of their being pro • tested by Law, was to add insult to a barbarous proscription V Let us, however, hope for better things. We have already, by the blessing of God, prevailed upon the planters to believe that a Negro is ratl►er superior to an Ourang-Outang; and we hope by mild means and gentle measures, to make still further improvements on their moral perceptions. PRICE. OF STOCKS TIII! Rank Stoek.. . 238 1 -39i 3 per Ct. Red 9211 911 S p. Ct. Cons 964 84per Cent 4 per Cents.. New Fours Long Ann 7-16 Imp. 3 per Ct DAY AT ONE OCLOCK. India Stock 2761 77 Dieu 80nd5....81 SON 13p. 81.1111114 47 53 51 pm. 1000/. , I --Ma... 47 5S ..pm. 15ma11..47 Al ..S pm. Lottery Tickets. .... 191. 19 Con. for Acct 014 IQ COt *tatttiman. TUESDA Y EVEN INO, FEBRUARY 10, 19. A. STJCKENCIIANGS, 12 0 CLOCK.—t...onsols opened at 9le t and got up to with a good deal of business doing in the early part of the morning. The price for money is 911. Foustam FUNDS.—There is very little doing in the above market, this morning. Spanish opened at 2W, at which price they remain. New Spanish, 1 to 17 —Old, 24a:—Columbian, 691 70 -Austrian, 5. —French Scrip, 9...t0 ;—Mexican Mines, 2, 7Si —Russian, 913—New Prussian 90i—Old, 92j -Mexican, 5111. We hive received this morning, by Expieqs, of yestsasy's date, of whict the foilMVist • tract : The king of Spain has signed an Art, by which be ac knowledges a debt to France of 31 *ad assigns as a security the Salt Factoriea of Arragoqi andlholip of Miranda. The departure of the body-guard is a 0.70 rd. Covernment has published the follmring official ar ticle in an Extraordinary fiar•tte of to-day:— Lieutenant Colonel liarrada, who was dispatched to Cuba with intelligence of the deliverance of the I:inv, anal to re-estaldish the authority . of his Majesty, has completely succeeded in his mission; and front the bay of Cadiz, where he performs quarantine, he has sent to the first Secretary of State the following com munication : _ _ " I arrived at Havanna the 9th Dec. and I immediately transmitted my dispatches to the Capt.General.He cowmen ced by dissolving [the revolutiOnary assembly, and brok e the Constitutional stone. The following day Deum was assumed. Great praise is due to the Captain General I his itistice and Loyalty. The 'Castle of Saint Juan D'Ulloa continues to brave all the tiforts of the Insurgents, and reliance can be placed on his zeal for his Majesty. His artillery is immense. " A Royal Decree announces that His Majesty has recom mended to ail ministers, and pa rtictilarly to that of the War, to observe the strictest economy in their respective departments. Paris, Feb. 8. It is said that the opening of . the Chambers was fixed for ith April, the day on which the llidassoa was passed. Though our first regards are due to British interests at home, yet the most conscientious dischirge of that duty will not absolve us from the obligation of watching onr in terests abroad. There is t.o subject stated in the late Royal Speech that will require more dispassionate and pro found Parliamentary investigation, than the presber tracted state of our West India Colonies. It is pretty clear, from the tone of independence assumed in the Assembly of Jamaica, that our settlements in that quarter and ap proaching a crisis, which must lead to some More permanent arrangement of the disputes between the Planters aid the Advocates • fer—thrlthelithip. of • Slavery, than has {yet taken place. Humanity, after a forty years struggle with sordid selfishness and in terested prejudice, appeared so far to have gained a victory, that the Planter and Negro-driver, whatever they at:night, were ashamed to avow any longer the doctrine of Blacks being an inferior race to themselves, and destined by Heaven to be for ever " hewers of wood and drawers of water." But though humanity succeeded in taking the outworks, the citadel of interest, continued to be defended by the most pertinacious obstinacy; and the abolition of the Slave Trade, instead of gradually leading, as was expected, to the emancipation of our Negro population is the West Indies, the latter still continues to deny them any participation in those essential rights, which alone can make them free. A work has just appeared from the pen af Mr. Stephen, a Headers's who cannot be suspected of any partial leaning, and who is every way competent to describe the actual condition 0 the. Negroes in our Islands, which places the usages a n customs now• prevailing in the Colonies in the clears* light, and whic h deserves from the English public A serious and attentive perusal. Spealciug of the legal a qualification of Negroes giving' evidence against a peen, h e sa ya,—" It is evident, that if ever the wo protecting the poor Negroes by Law against inor oppression, or lawless violence; shall' be sincerely ,a caciously entered npon,it mast begin at this polott. Get* THE KING. Barorrrosr, MONDAY, FEB. 9.—The only answer riven to enquiries a: the Palace to-day, is, in effect, " That his Majesty is well." His Majesty is expected to leave this place on %Vednes day or Thursday for Carlton House ; from whence, report isys,,be will in a few days remove to Windsor. For Use ' first time since bis late attack of the gout, his Majesty' , took dinner with his attendant suitP yesterday. HOUSE OF LOKUS- ►lO\D►T. The LORD CHANCELLOR, with the Bishop of Exprreit and Earl of SHAFTESBURY, sat to bear appeals this morn ing, it being the first day of Sitting according, to the new arrangements. Their Lordships proceeded, as had been previously announred, with the great cause respecting the estates of the late Duke of Queensberry. Mr. Symms opened the case on the part of the ap pellant, the present Duke of Buccleugh. Ile stated, that , the only question which now remained to be decided, after 1 the last decision (their Lordships being in possession of all the facts antecedent to that) was, whether or no the tenants of the estate were to pay the persons to nhom the estate had been adjudged really to belong, the fruits of the estates from the time the title of those persons accrued. if they were in bona fide possesion, they were not liable to pay ; but be contended they held male fide: if not originally so, still during the continuance of their pos session, having had full knowledge of certain acts, which showed the legal title of their lessor. The Learned Gen tleman went into the case at great leogth,stating fully that Scotch law upon the subject, which he said had always been laid down in the House In a way which met with tint approbation of all classes of people. It was their pure ab rtract love of deciding points on Scotch law, which had brought the other side here so repeatedly ; but lie con tended. that upon every printiple of equity and justice, the law of England was the sound and practical rule. Mr. JEFFBRY, the c , lebrated Scotch Barrister, followed on the same side. Ile made a very ableand argumentative speech upon the law and authorities applying to the sub ject, which we should not he able to do justice to by a short account. The Learned gentleman possesses a clear and distinct delivery, and excited much interest among the Barristers of the different Courts, a number of whom were present during the whole of the day. The argument of the two Learned Conned lasted till ti *at obeto . ek. sit which tide their Lordships 'Aimed the cause till Wednesday. LORD..—Preparatory to the attendance of Lord Chief Jeittice 'Gifford in the House of horde to hear appeals, which will be in the course of a few days, some alter-tiot:a are making at the house for his Lordship's personal ac commodation. Yesterday, Sir T. Tyrwisitt, Usher of the , Black Hod, gave directions to the officers of the House and others respecting them. The room heretofore allotted to the Master in Chancery is to he prepared for his Lordship's robins and private room. It faces the Peers' low 4 r door, and the entrance by which ,‘ strangers" arrive 1;elow the bar. The Aborts in Chancery are to lave the room under neath, commonly tailed the Queen's room, from the circum stance of her late Maj. sty passing through it on going to the Lords during the trial. • THE SPEAKER'S PARLIAMENTARY DINNERS' On Saturday and Sunday, the Speaker had his first Par liamentary Dinners, at his otliei4l residence by the House of Commons. The party on Satorday consisted of the leading Members of the " Treasury Bench" side of the House. There were twenty-four of the Members present ; amongst them were those connected with the administra tion, Mr. Canning. Mr. Peel, Mr. Huskisson, Sir C. Long, &e. They dined in the ancient and curious dining mom, which is as large as the House of Commons, and is imme diately underneath the House. The party sat down to dinner at seven o'clock•, and the Speaker rose from table at 1 1 ten o'clock. On Sunday there was about the same number of the leading Members of the Opposition Benches present ; amongst them were Sir J. Macintosh, Sir John Newport, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Denman, &c. The same hours were observed. _ _ • It is customary for the Speaker to invite about thirty Members to each of his Parliamentary dinners, till all the Members suppos , cl to be in England have been invited : and also that such dinners should be given previously to the Easter recess. As the Parliament is now assembled in February instead of November as heretofore, there is not time to give such invitations by confining then) to Satur days ; and this accounts for the Speaker doing this season what be did last Session—namely, have two dinners in one week, on Saturdays an./ Sundays. The Hight Hon. the Speaker being the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Sunday dinners may be viewed as a curious innovation, ths.lagislatam. Limonites being made parties to such observance of the S:sbbath. Mr. Plunkett, the Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr. Daly, the seconder of the Address, &c. are invited to the dinner on Saturday next, and Sir H. Parnell, kc. to that of Sunday next. After those two dinners, the tickets will he sent round (by Mr. Phillips, the Speaker's Secretary) without aoy particular reference to party. T he present Speaker surpasses any of his predecessors in the sump tuous character of his Parliamentary dinners. His plate is splendid, his wines are choice and varied, and the din ners are aided by several French cnok4! By private letters received yesterday f•om Gibraltar, dated the 19th ult, we have accountsof some interest. One of these. written by a member of the late Spanish Cortes states that accounts are daily received of the dreadful rate of Spain in the interior, and that large bands of the Con stitutionalists bad begun to shew themselves on severa I points, waiting only for a favourable opportunity of again hoisting the standard of the Constitution. It further . states that the majority of the people were ripe for a revolu tion, that the expression of opinion was openly made, and that in a very short time the people of England would hear of a most decisive blow to the cause of despotism. The want of money is stated to be so severely felt at Ma drid, that even the King'simmediate attendants hoped for for some change, by rebid' the poverty of the Wertwarm might be put an end to. The communication further adds, slat " the money and arms remitted by the English nation, •in aid of the Spanish cause, are so far from being lost, that eh/ will (more particularly the latter) be very instrumen -lal in the success of the approaching struggle. " SHIPPING INTEI.I.I4IIENUE. Dent.. February 9.—Wind W.X.W.—Came down from ti le Ricer and remain with the outward bound as before, the La. cinia, Morrison, for Faro; Bee, %Vishnu, fur Constantiw.pl e • Neptune. Waldlia-,for New Orleans ; Sir Joseph Banks. Make . for Jamaica ; Dart. Duuglas, for Sierra Leone ; and Nlsr‘, M•Chuse, for Jamaica. PORTSMOCTII, Feiwinry o.—Plymouth and Falmouth, R._ Wind S.W.—No arrivals ‘,r sailiugs.—Remain time outuar,l bound as before._ Wel - mown', Fehrnary B.—Wind S.W.—Off the Port the Voyager, Richardson, f, mm the Cape of Good trope. LivEitrool.,Februery S.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Mexiri:n, Christolviersou, from Havanna ; Alred, G ordon, from Charl.. N . ton ; end Dickens, Procter, from Wilma. GRAVESCUO, February O.—Arrived the Kinaston, Ludi e from Demerara ; and Henry Wellesley., —, from the Som.: Seas.—Sailed the St. Mary's, Burton, for Jamaica ; Symmetry, Davison. for Dmierara ; and thellri , nonia, Rabic. (or Liaboit. STANGATE CREEK, February 9.—Arrived the &init.'s, yeo man, from Smyrna; Simpson, —, from Odessa; Ariadae, Pitt, from Ithaca. Sill 1110 M Atilt:\ !ILAN!). Despatches were received on Sunday at the Colonia% office, D.iwning-street, from Naples and Malta, eonanattai eating the intelligence of the death of Sir Thomas Mai - laud, by apopbAy, which took place at Malta o tie h alt. Ile had previously been in the enjoyment of per:ec I/ go. d health. Sir Thomas was a G.C.B. and C.ll. Ile was a Colonel of the 10th regiment of foot, tiovernor of Malta, Commander of the Fort es in the Mediterranean, al I Lord High Commissioner of the lonian IslandA, xi s the brother o! the Earl of Lauderdale. Shortly aft, r the 'arrival' of the despatches, 111 r. Walsh, the Rine . s me,:sen ger, was sent off with the m.danclioly tidings to the Earl of Lavderilale, at Dunbar, in Scotland. _ ---- Sir i'lientas Maitland at the time of his death, had en teredove helieve,the 66th year of his age. His constitoti, g was originally rigorous ; but was probably injured by h a y services in such hot climates as St. Domingo, Ceylon, a n d Malta. He entered the army at an et; rl7 period of life, and served his fir t campaign, we think, in Carolina, 4t the beginning of the great American ale,. gle. Sir Thomas, notwithstanding, like his noble brat is:, distin guished lim.ra at the commencement of his poll ieal career in the House of Commons, by his zeal in the emit of teforo, as , rl did not disdain, when the vital princip!et of freed.•in were threatened by the Grotto and Aaehor Association, • n the years 1793 and 1794, to appear ay t ,, eit• champion a id defender, .at the public meeings of .he " Friends of the Liberty of the Press,' who, at that period, had formed theniseltes into a Society at the install, a of the late Lord Erskine. At one of those meetings, it hat been remembered, he took occasion, when attending to the persecuting spirit which had sprung up in Scotland,in the judgmews passed on Muir and Palmer, to observe with striking emphasis—" that whenever a Government oas inclined to stretches of arbitrary power, it coin. mei:ced its efforts at the extremities of its domi nions, where the abuses of authority excite less Sensation and remonstrance, theta when stub attempts were made at its seat. Subsequent 'occurrences, unneces sary to mention, have frequently revived, with redoubled effect, the impression of this just remark. Sir Thomas, however, retained (we know not bow long) his sympathy for persecuted patriots at home. We have only heard that at the end cd . 1794, on the evening of the day of Hardv's acquittal, when that worthy man was invited by the Debit, brother of Sir l'homas to wait upon a little party, of which the late Dr. Moore was one, forthe purpose of uabosoming his feelings and his circumstances, the gallant officer re cently deceased professed, with the rest, to take much in terest in his case, and concurred lathe liberal promises then 1 Lade tb promote bls welfere. But—cetera dervort: The gallant officer soon after quitted the ranks of the " Friends .f the Liberty of the Press," to assume a military com mand at St. Domingo, where, on the verge of the &tisk lEmpire, a wide scope va; le f t for his discretion ie ac :a; on the judicious caution he had intimated at home. Tee letter period of his life has pas ell, as is sell ktkowu, In the Government of the lonian Islands, where he enjoyed from the commencement of his Vice.R.Yeal reign, Vie' fairest opportunities of evincing his political consistency, in accommodating the liberal printiples of the British Con stitution to the circumstances of newly adopted subjects, who were desirous to be free; and, more recently, in sym pathising with the efforts made for independence, by the suffering and struggling Greeks !!! A Meeting of the Spanish Uomosittee.will he held to morrow for the purpose of voting a sword to the Spanish Henreid (,?niroga, for big gallant exertions in raising the standard of Liberty ; and to pay a similar compliment to General Mina ' who, as a partisan, so ably seconded the efforts of the Hero of the Isla. Tux Cinueas.—A very lively interest on behalf of the Greeks has recently sprung up in the United States. The following letter from the venerable ex-President Adams has been add dto the Committee for raising subsea?• tious at new York " Quincy, Dec. 29, 1823. Oentlemen,-1 have received your circular of the l 2 h instant, and 1 thank you for the honour you have dune me in addressing it to me. Be assured, my heart beats in unison with yours, and with those of your con4titnents, and, I presume, with all the really civilized part of manhinit, in sympathy with the Greeks, suffering as they are in the great cause of liberty and humanity. The gentlemen of fit s• ton have t tken measures to procure a general subscrip. ion in their favour through the state, and 1 shall contribute my mite with great pleasure. In the mean time 1 wish yo 1, and all other gentlemen engaged in the virtuous work, all the success you or they can nisi], for 1 believe no effort in favour of virtue will be ultimately lost. 1 have the honour to be, gentlemen, your very humble servant, " JOHN Alums." A curious circumstance took place at the Court of Assize at Paris at the trial of a Madame Chauvet. accused of not revealing the conspiracy of Sanquaire and others. The first witnrssess called were Mons. le Marquis de la Fayette, and M. le Comte de la Fayette, his son. The former pre tested against receivin t 3. the title of Marquis in the a cust *go and summons, having ceased to bear it ever since the Decree of the Constituent Assembly of December, .179 0 . The Comte La Fayette did oat make the same objectioo as Lis father. From the Philadelphia Aurora of the 13th of Janua ry. —Prince Louis of Wurtemherg is at r New Orleans; at he has been engaged for nearly a year to travers ing the western wilds in pursuit of object s of science. He has aseentled the Mississippi and Missouri, and role:- ed every Itardsh;p and fatigue to explore and develope the intereating natural hietore of this immense regioo. Hl5 collections are said to lie v ery numerous, and tubt greatly to the enlightened view which the German literati are taking of our young and vigorous republic. A petition is about to he -.toted to the House of Com mons, by all A. Court grout will, t Fro' been I might The tempi The season roads a fall gale evens day II;a4 lON TO T 1 Sub jahabi ' A ndo a v i 4it indePe A Rob IVe. t o aild üblist Wit; h;ve I the me adopt been, I of the We iottabi partoe al ray! piness in the the col dictate farthes profell We will ne life wi educe! given which voile( at rocti o( dal Komi e and pi [To inhabi they h peart, 67 bet above ThO HOLM heen doll Jot indioi King, three 201.. trod Lora mad, TI Iv 1 den< petition is about to be presented to the swum .i. ---- iris s, by all or some of the persons lately sent enced in the rt of King's Bench for keeping gaming - h ouses. The Coo inds upon which the sentences are to be co m p lained of. to i it is said, be rather curious.—(Morwing paper) • soot roni the length of time that sews offices in t he law have Hell i kept vacant, people way be apt to infer that they rea p lit he dispensed with altogether. he weather her. still continues unusually mild. the :u A u peraturc seldom falling so low as the freezing point.-- 4 0111 most striking proof, however. of the warmth of Rid fact on is to be found in the general state of the streets aril Ba t Is. which often become dry in less than 24 hours after • Kell II of rain. On Tuesday afternoon we had a strong mos of a ir.d from the westward, tvhich was follows.' in the. dog by trainee' and vivid flashes of lightning. Yeidet-- . ten afternoon there was a heavy shower of 1 1 .11.-46tricelo - • 1 a Nererry , ) ' sew, • • awl . • •- ~.. , • t 4s 1 I