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-i NM kft4i rowelled for, awl es it tended to convey a censure ors the system that has been so long acted spin).— He contended that, practically, there were as many takeu front half-pay as the nature of the system permitted. There were at present 4,4$ Mcers. unitalf-pay, who were tither ineligible or unwilling . SO *Ova He, therefore, feh it his duty to oppose! the resolution, because he - felt it was calculated to convey a censure on the illustrious Commander-in Chief, whose conduct; he conceived, in this par-. Menhir instance as well as all others, was above reproach. Sir It. WlLaos thought the Noble 'Lord had pot the question in rather an insidious point oT view. it was not intended by his Hon. Vriend . to convey ' - a censure on the Commander-in-Chid?; therefore, he did not think the Noble Lord hors met the motion in the manner he should have done. No man was more sensible than he (Sir R. Wilsonj ~1 the important services rendered both to the army and country by that Illustrious Personage.. Captain O'Gaanir said, there were various 'mi n ploymeots which might be given to officers on half- poi—such, for instance, as barrack-masters, foe which their profession peculiarly adapted them, sad appointing surgeons and assistants to militia,. regimens's, which would, M fact, be an aet of mercy es well as justice. r . ~ a Mr. Hums thought the motion the more called for in consequence of the statement of the Noble Lai. He could, however, have wished his Hou. Friend had postponed it until the papers he had mooted for had keen laid on the table. During the last Ave years there had been 1,105 cornets and me signs made, and only 54 raised from half-pay.— He had moved for returns of the total promotion, from which it would be seen distinctly bow the matter stood. Mr. C. HUTCHINSON said, the House had before them the authority of the year 1740, which had been alluded to, and they had the splendid services of these meritorious but suffering °Seers, which demanded, trumpet-tongued, the concession pro posed by his Honourable Friend. He could not conceive that the proposition tended to convey the slightest censure on the Commander-in-Chief.— }lot this argument he met is /imam ' for in the tirst instance he denied the fact, and admitting it . to be the ease, sod that he had to decide between wounding the feelings of an individual, uo matter how exalted, and doing an act of justice to a nu merous and deserving class of society, he should undoubtedly say, do justice where it should be done..—(Hear, hear.)—No man was more sensible thee he was of the obligation the country owed to the Illustiimis Personage in question, but he de nied completely that the proposition before the House could have, and still less was meant to have, u tendency to censure his conduct. He should, therefore, if his Hon. Friend pressed the question, give it his most cordial support. Lord PALMERSTON explained. Colonel DAVIES replied. Nothing could be far. Cher froM his intention than to convey a censure on the Commander-in-Chief, whose services no man appreciated more fully than himself. But still he must say, that the great affairs of stale are ant to be influenced by the feelings of an individual ; snd even of it did convey a censure, however poinful it might be to bigo t he still should feel it his duty to press the question to a division. Lord l'AmiteasTox sod Sir R. WILSON both briefly explained, after which the riflery was 'cleared for a divisiosi, when the numbers were— For the Resolution of Colonel Davies.... 14 Against it Majority against it.... it Das our return we found Mr. Hume on his legs, making some obstrvabous respecting the Apothe caries' Hall. On the question being put, that the House do resolve itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr. Hume wwe. He wished to call Ilse attention Id the House to the sixth Report of the Finance *Committee, as be could not refer to it if the House cent i n to • Committee. This Report stated, on the subject of superannuation, that although they should nut wish to interfere with those of long abrading, still they could recommend that those salaries should be carefully strived, and, if neces •iry.cortailed. His object then was, before the I louse resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, i!ort these clauses should be submitted to a Com mittee for their consideration. He hoped the Noble Lord, if he had any disposition to attend to the distresses of the country would not object to the proposition. lie might enumerate venous in instances to erifoice its necessity, but he would merely 'romance the case of Sir Ralph Woodforde, who was Gt•vernor of Trinidad, and at the same. time enjoyed a sup, rannuation pension. He had 1.0 invidious intention in mentioning this instance, for rio man was more impressed with the meritorious oervices of that distinguished officer. He stwold therefore [neve, in the spirit of the Finance Cast illo tree— ltesolwed—Thst as thrre are individuals in the list of Be-. prunuuions and Retired Allot/ratios, %irk, receive large 61111111 few service, of a few seers, suit who are at t►is data to ' , corral health, sn.l rerhowting duty on lucrative employ wens*, it it euttedieut that this Ignore before granting soy of the Supersousioated ur Retired A 'IOIIIIIICIIB for this year, shoutd appoint a Committee of this House conformable to the -- • • • rcuaisceulittuu of iIM lurentr Cu tttttt it let (ilth Report from Cusuautire itta Finance, IVI7, p. 195), iu the runt:twin te. m s Witter the sum has hers' granted as a Soper. Allowance to a uterine oho setertheiesa bad health r- mud strength afterwaida to bold utlwr active cod locrotive s.spadiumi, )oiit Committee feel that the pvWic have as. es sight to revive the chile of curb grants, sad iu and modify them ill a say which may answer tu be iidoutunia which would have itreinced tie original g• miters, .if the whole caw- had been' furl Wows spool. V„ ur committee thervfore fret it to be: their issellgeolebk duly to tecuounteutl, that such tevlsion shuold tabs place be. lore the auuual Estimates, in which the Grams allotted to she comprised, am agate prosecuted to Partialities's." Lord RimmeavtoN amid he mud accuse the How. Gentlemen of undeing no accretion without 1/1001 . , lot hues could lie say three prieors were caipable of performing their dust without the ctracaie of, the • Bovril of Health ? Tfpe Noble Lord i s hio teed ulj rsivoct trop • Circular issued by tlk Lads of , 11. e Treasury to 1. 1 7, frO l ut which it 14.miled that I,u person giho retains' nr was diesitiesdi from tile" set este on account eie ill-health could receive motel t•etultsmeut data hum the anti:mutt be „bat pc. aloud? , bed. • .s. t t4 111. 11011tige latnesor to the ammo .4, the (Sir. lifunt) but he me the 'Noble tient in whet lashoact fhis Circular ►as attended to Lord PA mizarrow made a fee could mot distinctly hens. Lord AlcutdsLD HAMILTON House itra totie'rather inaudible. We understood him to say, that - no part of the e'stimlttes thiltrireel more serious attention thous those wow before their consideration. The Marquis of Lotroombeasu assured the House there was et this present monient • scale constructing to regulate the salaries of all persons bolding public offices. After • few•obaer►ations from Mr. BENNETT, Sir R. WILSON, and the Marquis of LONDON DILLY, ibe House divided, when there appeared— For the Amcorlomat of Mr. Hume ft • Arias' it Majority 4l 'lle SPRAINS then left the Chair, and the Mouse went into a COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. Mr. BANK= moved that the sum of 8.4791. be granted to the Trustees of the British Museum, ,which was agreed to. Lord PA LISEILSToK moved that 31,579/. 10a. bs granted in the nature of superannuation on respect of persons having filled civil officer. Mr. Hums wished for some explanation of the difference between two papers on their table, iu one of which the whole of the retired •Ilowaseas of the Military College were stated at 1,8901., but in a retrain from the College it•rlf the whole of such allowances were suited at 1,3901. In the first paper was a charge of 500/. as a retired •llowauce to a reduced Inspector General. He 'wished to know why the Committee should be call ed upon to vote this 5001. a-year when it was not iu the last return? Lord PALIMISTaIi said, the last return made out by the College did tint include the 500/. as they were then ignorant that the services of the In spector General would be dispensed with. Mr, Hums wished to know the cameo( the officer in question. Lord PALNERITON said, it was Sir Howard Douglass, who had been placed at the head of the department at its first formation, lied at the reduc tion which took place List year. his services being no longer required, he was placed cut the retired list. Mr. Howe wished to know if that officer did not receive half-pvy also Lord PALNItarroN said, he received the half. Ray of his rank at the time be was placed in his situation in the College. Sir HINNY WARDING, said. Sir Howard Dou gime wag at the head of the College when he hap pened to be a student there. He could testify to his great Services in that situation, for which he was peculiarly qualified from his extensive know ledge. He was the author, uniesig other things, of M admired work on military bridges. Mr. Baemarr said, he had no doubt that Sir Howard Douglass was a very able mart, but that did not convince him that 5001. ii-year was not a very exorbitant retired allowance. He considered that 'who'd bad his reward. He was living at home with all his comforts about him, whilst his brother of were enduring every pri►ation of active ser vice abroad ; yet contrasting his situatiou with t h at of a General Officer who had been on foreign ser vice, it would be seen that the latter received only the miserable pittance of 1981. a-year. Sir fitttltY /11•IIDINGE said. Sir Howard Dou glass had the same allowance as every other retired Officer from the Military College, that is, one half of the salary of the office in which he had hew employed. Colonel DAVIES said, his Hon. Friend did not quarrel with the allowance to the particular officer, bet the objection was to him es he was a partaker erg that scale of extravagance applied to officers who had been serving at home, compared with the paltry pittance granted to those who might have been serving a life abroad. The Ciisitcst.Loa of the EXCHEQUER said a few words, which were not audible in the gallery. Colonel DAVIES captained ; after which the question was put, and the Resolution agreed to. The sum of 8,6861. 40. 4d. was thee granted for •'ation allowances in respect of civil offices in Ireland. Sir CHARLCS LONG moved. that the anm of 35.000/. be grunted fur Exchequer fees on money issued for army services. C. I nurimir rersocei • On the Order of the Day fir the second reading of the Metropolis Police Ball being read— BURSIAL wished !bet there should be • - ewes added to give the •Megititiates power to leant the expenses of employing police officers for the detection of robberiesto the house* of persons too poor to afford these expenses. He wished also ter other faciljtiee tr ;be Oven for (stabling the cosy. 'table ot.the night to allow persons charged with pet/ misdemeanors to go out on -bail till ithil Staining. Mr. G. BENNETT expressed his dissatilfactidi at the general tend enc y cu d provision* of e 13,11, which he thought altogether unitise and inadequate,. to. the purposes popeyed. He complained of dot unaltered system of Tata! management 41140 ehinery was the satriefaii before; that which hod bees proved to exist- before the Police Conine:On , pus left unreforinedy—greet service, greet OeMple, Am. and little pay : eireirseas the system, end wed! 'gwatit to remain. He ceidd prove it on the eviii Bence of the police people, •that there was no of fender tried st the Old Bailey who could not coin „promise if he had mosey. The pay of the first police-officer was -a genies a week ; some of them derived a trifling advantage from attending on the H.ysf Family, or occasion* of a similar nature, but besides this they had no ellisounce except their pay —no provision for their widows if they should be killed iii the performance of their duty. Ile read Vickery's evidence from the Repot t or the last Com mittee, to spew the arduous duty and small remu neration of police officers. Mulkey they mast have, however, and for sant of fair and adequate retail nerution the system hod become generally corrupt. —lt pervaded the deportment of constables, three fourths of whom served by deputy at night. The deputies were frequently no better thee thieves.— He 'mentioned the case of a constable who had ap plied to a Megistrate to be sworn, to whom he was 'known to be thief; and threate ned to sue for a manduessis, because the Magistrate refused ti swear him. To give an example of the system, he reminded the House that a Bill had pawed to do away the reward to the chief witnesses iu catlike! felonies. The witness was to swear that he had heard the confession of the criminal, cud while the reward existrd that sort of evidence was never wantiug-..since its abolition there had not been one instance of it. The heed constables were frequently bankrupts, and t h eir predilection for cool-dealing was mitaculous—they supplied ale houses, brothels, and gist-shops with them. The police was better served within Temple•bar than wetboutoie Mr. Bill SOIMICII acknowledged. The City police lied 30s. a seek. The Westminster police was very ill-proportioned to the population, and there were eieriarany officer* for the Queen , equate office, where the district coutuined twenty four thousand souls, as at the Marlborough ' street office, where the district contained upwards of *OO,OOO. He wished to see more equality in those proportions, and the officers better paid. Penury in these cases was extravagance. Ile thought that the Bill would fall perniciously on the Irish labourers ; they being guilty of poverty would be laid hold of, and brought to the offices for the sake of the reward given by the Bill for •ppre bending those who are found without means or em ployment in the public streets. He recontroend.d that the Bill should' beereut for modification to a Committee up stet's. Mr. H. CLIVE said, that the Bill was an amended edition of the Bill of 1814. A great many suggestions bad been received from Ma gistrates and offices of police, and adopted in the Bill. The saint might be said of the sugges tions of four Police . Committees which had sat. There could be now no use in sendipg ;mother Committee up stairs. If in the Committee on the Bill the Hon. Gentlecsate could propose any desir able modification they would of course be adopted. Mr. DENMAN objected to several of the clauses respecting the apprehension of vagrants. It was a power which he did ,put like to see augmented in this part of the country. Mr. 11. BATHUarr said a few words in support of the Bill. Mr. Q. BENNWIT and Mr. DENMAN explained, Mr. H. CLIVg explained. Mr. Alderman Wools spoke iu support of the army Mr. MAIL thought it • moot preposterous thing Bill. that the public should be paying 35,0001. to The Bill was read a second time, sod ordered their own servants iu the Exchequer. He torsi- to be committed this dry fortnight. dered it us a needless complicatiou of accounts, The Report of the Committee on the Spoiled and would suggest whether it would not be better Souups Bill was ordered . to be taken into further that the whole of the fees of every office should be consideration on Friday next. paid to the Coosolidated Fund, and the charges On the motion fur the third reading of the Irish thereon might then be brought regularly before Court of Chancery Bill— Parliament, and it would then he easily known 1 Mr. S. Rice inside r few remarks ou.the scale what the amount was. He thought that would be by which the compensation to the Clerk of the • simplification which would be extremely useful. Crown and Ilanaper Offices had been.calculated. Sir C. Loma observed that the Exchequer fe el s He said that the Clerk had been in the constant bud been regulated by Mr. Burke's Act, and heap- habit of charging Magistrates and Sheriffs larger prtlwnded there could be no difficulty iu knowing fees than were allowed ley Act of Parliament. the amount at any time, lithe llouourable Member M r . C. GRANT said, the fees alluded to by the chose to move fur the itiformatioo. In leis armee. Hon. Member had not been touched upon by the heusion there has no complication whatever. There I present Bill, because it had been framed upon the might be so objection to the fees themselves, but principle of not tote/fent* with any thing but what they had been recognized by Mr. Burke's Act, sod I was connected 'with the Court of Chancery as a if the services were trot paid in that way they must court of justice. he remunerated from some oilier source. After a few words from . Mr. DIXIII4B.I6.Itteg, • Mr. Hume said he treed only refer to the man- and Sir lieossit Hsu., the Bill •wos read-414 third ner iii which the 1 reentry was paid, to chew that time, and poised. there was a complication and intricacy which treed The other orders of %c o lt: were their severally Trot 11 ot exist. There were 0 less than four votes taken disposed of u\ suel. the: adjourned at twelve for the paymeut of the Treasury. • o'clock till Endo,. Mr. G. Ban n err said, be boti.ontehjectioa to the system of fees altogether. •:" Mr. Huss, said, as the Hight Hon. Paymaster The Magid:saes of the .41assily of Somerset are oft the Forces was *roe of the Commtasioners'olro - emiw itter*llltelii9r the etkifilleet a the NeePer fumed a Resort in which the abolition of feei were t Chester Goo', hod have, for the presto*, ouspetided recremmended, as regarded the CoatolitiebboOe. now.. him. Ise (Mt. Hume) could not oudieBlllllll6- why that Ass account of the number of country Bankers' which was bad ro one department sbsuM4s so l d stamped in each rear, from the 10th October ed in another. • •!. - , 1•! or" 1804. to the sth April 1841, hair beta printed'by Sir C. Lotride rad. that kismet' *Lennon wit; Miter ureter of the House of Centaurus. The uumber of in fort.ur of fees, and he had weed double if the said mites ant exceeding U. Is. fur the year end . abulttioo uftlient would be bemoaned to she public. not the lush of (hither iaos, was 3,104.643, dot, The Report wok by the Colorful..., wrooloth ha 39,0004 00. 9d.; and fur the year eliding 10th loos a Member, had, itr feet, not , at : all October 1820, 4154! 1,1112 . ,614 —July ppm the subject of fee!. r . I - . 3•3 5961. 1.. Pt i l ? , od m., * mad ue. euoure ;4. • . ---• et , been lignlaily After a few words Irma Mr. , Huta, the , Resolu- tion was agreed to. observations we 249.5001, was then voted Ise the Disembodied • Militia of Great Britain, and 11,3 teethe maw eddteseed the service in !reload. • ' We understood The Howe then resumed: ...p. s'•• ~r ientilit lotielltrite, +4 itio Vail s y. V, 13 it PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 3, I. • The two Houses of Parliament adjourned fast night distil Friday. The Drawing-room at Such inghant Palace this day, and the ball and sapper at Carlton House Palace at night, bare rendered this arniogeszteut necenary. There is no circumstance in our domestic affairs that demands so imperatively the anxious attention of the Ministers of the 'Crown, of Parliament, and of all hunisne and good men in the empire, as the very eroding extent to which the sports of weng gling prevails in parts of the country. Smuggling is no longer the timid liesitsting attempt of few poor and irresolute fishermen to erode the sceitiny of tide-waiters and customhouse officers, it hos assumed the bold and impudent front of a system rego6rly-organised and well-supported, and pro ceeds with a confidence which nothing cosld inspire but the assurance not only of ready markets sod large gains, but slao of receiving protection sod assistance from numerous bands of armed men. Along the coasts of Kent and Sussex in particular smuggling prevails to • most alarming degree; ves sels ere equipped, armed, and well manned fur this particular service, while on shore there are land forces trained and disciplined to effect the detiarks tioir of the merchandise, amid to defeat the efforts of the officers and seamen employed on the preventive stations, should they attempt to seize the suspected articles. We reed continually of severe actions fought between the seamen and the smugglers, and ' we have had occasionally to perform the melancholy task of announcing the premature death of some gallant officers and men who have fallen in this in glorious strife about casks of brandy and rolls of tobacco. In the latest of these actions, Mr. Snow, • promising young officer of the Severn, was mortally wounded, iod we have this thy to record his untimely death ; he died on the morning of Friday last, leaving to his friends the inoursifel consolation of thinking that he displayed • courage worthy of a better quarrel, and which under happier auspices might have given to his name a conspicuous place iu the annals of his country. The smugglers, we perceive, can on say occasion of emergency assemble bodies rof from 150 to 400 armed men; these are usually di- ; vided into three distinct parties. ape being sta-' , boned on the right of the debarltatiOn, and In-!: other on the left, for the purpose of keeping off the King's men, while the remaining party are actively employed iu bringing the merchandise to hood, and in finally bearing it off in triumph, in spite of their autagonists, but under the fire of the two flanking parties. The numbers employed by the smugglers in these outrages against the laws of their country, pore satisfactorily that notwith standing the boasted efficacy of the preventive ser sive, very large quantities of contraband articles most be clandestinely introduced into the country; for all these armed men must be ,paid for this double risk of their lives, incurring as they do, besides their immediate personal danger, *guilt little short of high treason in opposing the King's forces; and after this payment, which is no doubt considerable, enough must still remain to rearing pense in a pecuniary way the smuggler. themselves for their own personal danger, and the chance they incur of forfeiting their vessels and cargoes, should they be encountered by one of the numerous revenue cruisers that are continually on the watch for them. ft would be impossible to praise too highly the courage, promptitude, zeal, and energy of the officers acrd men employed on the preventive service ; but who does net lament to see qualities so eminent, and which exist no where is a higher degree than iu British seamen, employed in a service so utterly unworthy of them t They have, no doubt, checked in • great degree the amount of smuggling along the coast, but it is obvious that this offence still exists very eiFtensively i i and what is still worse, the very means devised to check the one evil have given birth to soother immediately connected with the former, but in its nature far more injurious to society. The establishment of preventive stations has occsaioued these dangerous associations along the coasts to which we have alluded—associations which resemble in spirit and character the very worst classes of banditti which Spain or Italy could present—which contain within theta the 'prolific seeds of every species of individual crime of the darkest sod deepest dye—which teach the young and thoughtless to despise the sanctioner law, and to set at defiance the very power of the State, familiarizing them to violence and bloodshed,. and provoking that restless and uneasy spirit of enterprise which is wholly inconsistent with their eau hisistaiwesuswl the general welfare of the caw. meant,. The severity of the laws that now exist against smuggling, the extent of the power employed to povent it, and still more, the desperate (stingy and fidelity with• which these armed banditti sup. port . the criminals against the King's officers. prove that it is swir by increasing the river of the laws that "a elohliare to see this crime, which is the s J , \a ipotesi or other 'tribes ► effectually correettd neither eau we hope to plate •ny serious rettraii.t epos it by reading morel lee:tures to the numerous retailers and consumers Of contraband merchan dise. To increase the members employed in the preventive service, would, we fear, but increase the dreadful evils arising from these bsuditti, for while some articles of foreign produce are totally prohibited, and others charged with duties eiceed iug by 100 or 400 per cent, their primary value, the premium upon smuggiing is too large and tempting not to induce those who now pursue the system still to practise it, even amidst greater and more ap palling dangers; nor should the very serious expense of the service be overlooked. and how great a draw back from the revenue. which is sought to be pro. tested and ilaproved, mia.t any further incree.e of the numerous liners alrtitdy employed along whole line of our coasts. The only means of giving a deadly blow to smuggling, and of dissolving these formidable associations the now ineintaiu a con stant warfare with our sailors, used keep the coasts of „England in a continued awn! of alarm and danger, would be. for the Governinent to remove all absolute prohibitions of foreign articles used in this country—to place upon them is fuir protective duty wherever such stay be necessary, and to re duce, generally, the thin's upon all articles of Frequent and ordinary consumption, until the tax bear something of a proportion to the primary value of the article. In graduating the duties with a view to the prevention of sinuggliog, reference might be had to the balk of the article, so that theditliculty of the illicit importation arising from the inconvenient magnitude of the merchandise might counteract the temptation arising from the diffennice between • the amount of the duties and the primary cost. Every sound principle of political ecot any teaches the wisdom of encouraging rather than c.f . preventing the importation of all articles of foreig n produce ; but without entering at prevent into th is great and extensive question, we submit that • ven in it. spect to the interests of the revenue of t Ire Crown, and of our domestic insnufactorers and traders, it would be wise to reduce the duties on but .h foreign merchandises as are the principal objects of the contraband trade, to such a point as words] destroy the profits of the smuggler. The Go vernment would, iu the first instance, save a large it, roportinn of the expenses incurred by the newly-est ablisheil preventive stenciler ; it would also derive ;from all increased consumption an amount of duty probably , not much inferior to theaet total now paid i ata the Treasury ; and it would moreover derive a certain duty from the whole of the public consumption of these articles, instead of being cheated, es at pre sent, out of the duty which ought to be paid' upon the large quantities that are clandestinely imported. The absence of all contraband goods from the home market would enable the dometic manufacturer to compete on better terms pith his foreign rival, and the fair and honest trader and retri!-4ealer—. one of the most important classes of perilous-in-the State—would be protected from the peini6oes4 effects of the smuggler's activity. There would be no inequality nor clandestine preference, all persons would enjoy equal advantages so far as the foreign trade was concerned, and an increased commerce would enlarge the sources of individual end general prosperity. The existing system of prohibition and extravagant restraints upon the mutual inter course of independent nations is unnatural, and we cannot be surprised if we find excrescences arising from it grating to our moral perceptions, and injurious in their consequences to the general welfare of mankind. This is a subject which we hope will be investi• gated carefully and anxiously by the Parliamentary Committees that are now engaged in an inquirr, into the means of promoting the foreign commerce* of the empire. • Paris Papers of Saturday and Sunday last! have arrived at our office. The probable inten tions and movements of the Allied Emperors have become unfortunately of too much importance to. Europe Dot to give a considerable degree of interest: even to the rumours that relate to theti. Their Imperial Majesties still remain at Laybach, where it is supposed they will contioue for about mother month ; they wilt then, it is and, visit Italy. that they might estimate the effects produced is that country by their energetic interference in its domes-. tic concerns. The 'hurries Observer asserts that the insurrec tion in Moldavia and Wallachia has subsided. but private letters from these countries, on the con trary. affirm that the spirit of the Greeks in favour of their independence is more animated thin ever. The Freud. Funds continue to prove the Kerber*, confidence entertained by the monied o..en of Paris in the stability of their own Governs:seat and the tranquillity of Europe. No fears seem to be ester-. mined in the Ekchaoge of Paris that France will be required by the Allied Sovereigns to suffer the march of foreign troops through her dominions. for ths purpose of astucking Spain,. and at all events. it courit.t be forgotten that the K :NO has already Loma hiatiorlf` wet to aceerld to such a recintst.— Thllf Preuch Five per Cerrt s. on Saturday were f. 113. Bank Stuck. 1,31:7 f. 50 c. The East India Coaspani-'s Ship General Byrd, was ell well at see on the 14 th February. latitude and laugitude not ateetissetil. Yesterday a Coast et Dineeters wan held at the East India Mew, ale* Feast:. Wsapsa, Ea I t was appoi n t e d a Proviaissal Iklember of Council 4I Busboy. , s ~~~ ..~,. *gl ./ de.