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"3- lime to hove driven the shipping of this country iesticely out of tho trade, whams. it had con tinned to have its full proportion even under • rest increase of the trade in general. The question to which he was come resolved itself into two points t first s , what proportion of dutie s the synod trade could bear—and recoadly, what de grea,of protection it required. With the excep lion• of the ship-owners, the generality of the wit vetoes of every description examined by the Com -*nee thought that some reduction of the duties on Ake Baltic timber wits necessary. It appeared that Alm were some purposes for which American *Whet was preferable to Baltic ; that there were ' others for which the Baltic was better adapted ; sd,that there were again others to which both were 111 PAY applicable. The result of a comparison of thimirriand for each of these descriptions of service •appeared to be, that for two-thirds of the consump • lion of this country, American timber was prefer 'amble; the scale of the duties, therefore, should he N calculated as to secure that proportion in the cessmniption ; and a duty of about thirty shilling., b, t, would be best adapted for that pur ism: The measure he was about to propose, he did not consider as • perinauent measure; he wish ed it to be understood as a step towards a better 'system. It was true it was but • short step. but he thought it would appear to go as far as, under present circumstance., they could, consistently with the regard they were bound to pay to existing interests. Placed as the Colonies were at present, under a restrictive system, which lad encouraged the formation of establishment., .ud the investment of capital in them, he could not but think that they had a fair claim to a rea sonable degree of protection—and he therefore con ceived it would be admitted that the Resolution s be was about to propose. if not commercially wise, were yet upon the whole morally just and politi cally expedient. The Right Hpn. Gentleman then proceeded at much length to stale the grounds of his meetsl resolutions, the calculations upon which his proposed scale of duties was founded, and the reasons which had led to the adoption of those calculations; but owing, as it appeared to us. to the slate of exhaustion under winch he laboured from the length of his speech, the close of every sentence was completely lost to those in the gallery, which rendered such part of his observations as we could collect nearly unintelligible. He con /jaded by moving the following Resolution : * . tilat it is the epinioe id I his Committee, that the exist emirs sad mama epos the several merle or timber - tas eeme and determine, and that the following d u ti es t sel/ be mibetileted in their mead." a t \ Lord A LTHORP then rose to offer some observe ltions upon the statements and arguments of the iltigl.t Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down. He contended that the Canada trade operated as an immense tax upon this country ; end it seemed to be protected and encouraged for no other purpose than that of working ships, which were worn out and rotten, and unfit for any other ser vice. With respect to the argument of the Right Ilea Gentleman, that encouragement was due to the Camila trade, as a protection to the interest of those whom the established system had induced to invest their carpingl therein, he begged to remind the Right Honourable Gentleman that there wore heavy balances due to British merchants from the northern traders, the only hope of a recovery of which rested in the encouragement given to the Baltic trade, and that to the interests of these parties an equal degree of protection was due. He recommended that the duty on Baltic timber Shield be gos. per load, and 10s. on that of Ca nada. He also recommended that the duty on deals should be levied according to their cubic contents in the raw state, as it could be no profit te the country to tax deals for the sake of eitcous raging the home sawyer, when they could import ready cut dents at a cheaper rate than they could saw them here. Mr: MARaYATT said, that this was the first step towards the establishment of those liberal principles of trade which had become very fashionable of late. He contended that the timber trade was entitled to protection while there were such henry taxes to he raised for the interest of the national debt. If they adopted this principle in one in stance, they ought in all ratters. The country paid the landholders full 30.000,0001. a year ai.- Dually more than they would have to give for e i gn growers for the same quantity of agricultural pro duce. The transit duties on Irish linens bad been preserved with great tenacity, and had caused a very mischievous retaliation on the part of Russia. He thought the settlements of Canada entitled to pro tection, and he was very sure that they must be distressed by the loss of trade, which this measure would occasion. He corrected some misconcep tions as to the quality of American fir timber. He begged the House to remember that every shilling paid' for American timber was paid to British merchants and ship-owners. He would agree to the duty of 10s. per load on Canada timber, but he would oppose the reduction of duty ou Baltic timber. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER supported the Resolutions. He recommended that the Remilu tiont should be agreed to pro foram. end on the re consideration of the question lion. Gentlemen would come to the discussion with the advantage of a printed schedule in their Bands. Sir 1-1. PARNELL gave notice that he would, on the ermisidrnoton of the Report, propose Reso lutions relative to the duties on deal,. Mr. Douai—to spoke in support nf the Resolu tions. Mr. DIRIIIO approved or the recommendation the Chancellor of the Exchequer to postpone the discussion of this measure. Mr. GLADSTONE said r few word'. M►. RICARDO said, that lie would take another opportunity ()floating his opinions upon this subject. After a few observations from Mr. G. BENNETT, Mr. WALLACE, and Lord ALTHORP. the Rests. knolls were agreed to. The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to he received to-morrow (this tiny). The other orders were then disposed of, end the House adjourned et ORB O'CLOCK. The Earl of Fire and the Eul of EGEIMONT }wife reduced their rents 20 per cent.. and the Earl of' AsusuaN lux inteuds to do so at his next audit. 'l'l►er e are 101 prisoners for trial it the Lancaster Asoiees. BR 30411 D, Lixonrs lint, Tkllapplit Will Nett Oil TUESDAY Irm , lb* Srd of Aprllb N Clair to be take. it Two &Clock precisely. I ei, fib .b.• • Secretary. .. ..•.. 1•. ins All irevebeis in Lemke, *r width' rtee► et the Meta polio, we porthole/17 requested to atteeil. BRITISH PRESS. LONDON ''' • ..4 led nor FRIDAY, MARCH 30; . i 921. REPORTED SUBMISSION OF THE NEAPOLITANS. We are seriously apprehensive that the brilliant hopes in which the friends of freedom and heaaanil in this country hove been indulging, with regard to the triumph of Naples and the independence of Italy, are not to be realized. There is too much reason to fear that the Neapolitans have abandoned the struggle in which they had embarked, and have consented to submit themselves and the hest interests of their country to the in bitrary control of the Allied Sovereigns. The following information upon this subject has been received from Paris : " SUPPLEMENT Ti) THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE OF FLORENCE. " FLORENCE. NUMB 17. " After the publication of the Gazelle of this day, we have received from Rome, dated the 15th, the following news, which appears to us of the greatest importance : " On the evening of the 11th, three dispatches arrived at Naples to his Royal Highness the Duke Or CALABRIA. The first, coming from the Abruzzi, announevd that General Pere had been abandoned by his troops after his first rencontre with the Austrians; the second, that st Gaeta the army had revolted against General BRRGAMI the third brought a request to his Royal Highness from General Czaitzscosa, to proceed immediately to Averse, in order that be might have an inter view with him. His Royal Highness thought it better, instead of going himself, to send General FARDRLLA, with the Minister of War. On the 12th'theae two personages returned to the capital, mod after having replanted the nature of things, the Parliament assembled, ■nd ordered the Duke of CALA/Rik to address • Message to the KtNO, in the mine of the Assembly, to declare their re spect sod submission to his Mammy, and to invite him to retorts to the capital. " The towu of Naples is quiet. 44 Other letters from Terracina, dated the 14th, announce that the war is ended, and the Parlia ment dissolved, after having surrendered all their power into the hands of rite PRINCE Roam. 46 Lieut.-Gemmed FA ROBLLA, dispatched by the Doke of CALABRIA, arrived me the 16th at half past nine in the morning at Rome, and presented himself at the Peirce Farneses, is the hope of finding the 'Liao. Being informed that his MA JUTE' was at Florence, he continued his journey fur that capital." Accounts had previously arrived from Turin, dated the 21st, announcing the retreat of General C•imiscos4 to Averse, in conseqoence, as it was said, of a defeat sustained by the Neapolitans, and that at Averse General CA RILASCONA was compelled to spike all his cannon to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Austiians ; but if the state ment in the Florentiwe Gazette be correct. it satis factorily disproves the supposition of • battle hew ing been fought previous to this counter-revolu tion in Naples, for General FRINONT had not ad vanced from Frascati on the Ittli, end the dis patches from the Abruzzi, froni Gaeta, and from Generul CAIRN/MORA. to the PRINCE REGENT, appear to have reached his Royal Highness ou the 1 I oh. It is, however, to br also observed, that the PRINCE REOINT, by a message dated the 7th of this month, announced to the Parliament his in tention of setting out immediately to the head quarters of the army. This message was publish ed in the Neapolitan Journals, which further state that his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Prince of SA /ARNO, actually left hie capital on the sth. We find it extremely difficult to reconcile this po sitive assurance by the Prince of his immediate de parture for the army, and the subsequent statement of his actually having left Naples on the Bth, with the assertion of his bring still in that city on the 11th. We moat, however, still confess, that the intelligence to the tlorestiee Gazette bears a cha ricter of authenticity which seems to entitle it to I _ _ no slight degree of credit. Sht.uld this news prove true respecting the ge ne►al defection of the Neapolitan army, we shall despair of the future prosperity of that part of Italy. We shell confess that thee late revolution WWI merely the result of a political intrigue, in which the great body of the people really felt no interest, and that the Neapolitans are unworthy of enjoying the blessings of freedom. For it matters not whether they suffered their courage to sink in proportion as the danger advanced, or were influ enced by political feelings unfavourable to the in dependence of their country ; in either case they shew themselves devoid of the ennobling principle that leads mankind to grt at achievements fur the 'aititittaltatt of liberty, Mid Mist therefo►e be fleet• ed unfit for the powesaion of • good which they are utterly incapable of ',predating. The accounts from Turin of the 21st, to which we have alluded, elsat jetiesate that a counter-re volution was expected 'to take place in Piedmont, sod it was feared that it would be attended with bloodshed. It is further stated, that on the 10th • large mob proceeded to the Palace of the Prince de CARIGNAN, sod with loud elite demanded that the Austrian Ambassador, Baron de BINDER, should be sent away from Turin. The Prince replied in the most positive terms, that he could not comply with the demand ; that, besides being an act of injustice, it would be perfectly witless; that it would he considered as a declaration of war. The mob then proceeded to the residence of the Austrian Ambassador, which they evinced an intention of attacking. They called for his Excellency, but he had taken the precaution of removing to the Russian Ambassadors house. M. de BINDER, after the attempt upon his house, demanded pass ports, which were granted him, and lie left Twin for Milan. Paris Papers of Monday and Tuesday have ar rived at our Office. They contain news from Na ples of the 11th, the day nit which it is said in ilie Ilarentine Gazette that the PRINCE REGENT re ceived such an accumulation of bad news from his armies, but there is nu intimation of any such intel ligence in these Papers. lu our extracts from them will be found the substance of the First Bulletin of the Neapolitan army, giving an account of the affiiir at Wei. This, as we had anticipated, re presents the engagement as an affair of very trifling importance, deserving, in no respect, the character of a general battle. General PEPE having understood that the Austrians were collect ing in force at Rieti, sent a strong reconnoitring party against them, which sustained the attack •f the Austrians for seven hours, as was admitted in General FEIMONT'S bulletin. The Neapolitan account differs in one remarkable point from that of the Austrian, in saying that the Austrians were the assailants. The charge of commencing Ito•- tilities is thus thrown by the opposing armies upon their antagonists respeetvely. General P►Pa says tha► he lost about 30 turn in killed and wounded. Private accounts from Paris inform us that not at Lyons and Grenoble alone were the symptoms of revolutionary principles manifested, but that the towns of Strasburg, Rennes, Nantes, and Brest, also suffered some partial disturbances. The troops, however, uniformly conducted themselves with firm ness and fidelity, and quickly suppressed every tendency to riot. A private letter, dated Paris, three o'clock, Tuesday afternoon, says—" The reifies have reached 7* f." A Flanders mail arrived last night with papers to the 27th instamt; but they contain no news or any interest. Spanish Papers of the 15th inst. have arrived. They contain some particulars respecting the rival candidates for the throne or Morocco. A Lisbon Mail has arrived, ■nd brought Papers from that city to the 16th instant, from which we have copied a sketch of the proceedings of to Cortex. ... - Intelligence was received at Lloyd's yesterday that three Tunisian frigates, three corvettes, a brig, a schooner, and another vessel of war, with nearly two-thirds of their crews, were lost in the bay of Tunis during a violent gale on the 7th and Bth alt. ; and twenty merchant vessels were lost or driven on shore there at the same time. Letters from the different sea-ports state that considerable damage has been done to our shipping by the late gales. The kingdom of Naples, comprising the whole southern part of the Indian Peninsula, contains, according to the last census, a population of 5,114,613 souls, of which 2,163,538 are males. The Clergy and Nobles are very numerous.— revenues amount to seventeen millions of ducats. lu the tune of peace its armed force consisted of 42 044 men in active service, and 80,500 reserve. Its strong places are Gaete, Scills, Amandea, Reggio, Blindest. Manfiednioa, Capita, sled Pescara.. Its navy consists of three ships of the hoe, five frigate., and several armed vessels of less size. Naples, the capital, is sitnate three days journey from the booties, and five days journey from Route. It is surrounded by innanstains stud theses; nothing can surpass the beauty of the Bay of Naples. It is the most opulent and best peopled city of Italy. Its population is estimated at 350.000 souls, of which 60,000 are Luzzsroni, and 4,000 men of the law. Six strong castles defend the city, and the entrance of the port is protected by an excellent mole or jeter. It was under the Government of MURAT that Queen Csitort a a of Austria, who knew the spirit of independence that animated the nation, instituted the society of the Carboxisri, with a view to have him considered a foreign usurper who must be driven away. She promised them to establish Government founded upon a wise liberty, sod all the initiated bound themselves by a solemn oath to preserve the most inviolable secresy with respect to the object of the society. These ideas of liberty have not ceased to grow among the members of this secret society con sisting of citizens of every class. It was a fire covered with ashes, ready to burst forth on the first favourable unguent. The Proclamation of the Spanish Constitution of 1814, made last year at Madrid, was the signal for it. This tame Pro. chiniation was proclaimed at Naples. 1.1 ' •• AL . 1 ./ 41 7 r• A • r . A GO'N - 4 , • OA OP PASHIONA BLit MOVEMENTS. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford IA lairs Jr 'Made& for their seat, Woobsien Abbey. The Countess de Grey has arrived at her bossalliat James's-square, from her seal in Surrey. The Earl anti Countess of Surrey left town yesterday mad for Paris. Departures from Brunet's Hiatt, Ltiivester.sgusre t—the Chevalier Rodriguez. A mbsuadur from the Court of Portugal lit his hardisdari Allajestv, for Paris; Count Joles de Sales, fur ditto; and Wm. Rubinson, Esq. for his seat is Scotland. The .Earl And Countess of Illerrnwhy have arrived at their house in Grusreousnquare, frees Bath. FASHION AR LE PARTIES. The Itarchiestes of Hertford will give a splendid rout this evening at Hertford House, Illauebester-square. The Duke of ?India eaten doted a select party sit dieser yesterday in Norfolk Home. Si. Jasts's-square. Count and Countess Munster entertained • large party of distinction un Wednesday, at their house in Grosvenor place. Viscount and Viscountess Granville had • dinner party yesterday, at their house in Bruton-street, Berkeley.square. The Earl and Countess of Pembroke will biker a large party at dinner as Sunday neat, at their house in Privy. garden'. ~, ~. • PORBIGN iNrittLrGitifeEa . a PARIS PAPERS: )1 1 41t19. 111 A SCR q t The King ottmsrii 6 '.Fx s ected here. Perris rations are making{ at the Elysee de Bourbon Int his reception. His Majesey's brother, the Doke de Genevois, has peotested against the late pro. ceedings at Turin. The several garrison* in Savoy are ordered up to Turin. Baron nervier. the Asiatrisn Ambassador in Piedmont, palmed Mood-Cents on the 21. t. A leiter from Turin, dated Mardi 20, Oates that on the 17th a divisio n of artillery marched for the frontiers. The citadel was to be occupied byithe national guard, A Journal maliciously remarks that the Nettles Gazerrer had not arrived beet Priddy at Pant. This Jourtiel probably does not know that the ordinary couriers coming from that kingdom arrive at Paris on Monday and Wedneulay only in each Mark. [From the Journal des I)elafs.] NAPLIPS, MARCH 11. TI e Government has just published the fire bul letin of our army. It is an-sobstatice a. follows: " General Pepe having heard that the Austrians were concentrating themselves in force at Rieti, sent a string reconnoitring party against three.— An engagement ensued, and the Austrians were the attackers. Our soldiers sustained the attack for seven hours. The General, perceiving new re inforcement. arrive to the Austrians, ordered a retreat. The enemy returned to their positions. They had many men killed. We had about thirty killed find wounded." On the Bth, at four in the afternoon, their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Calabria and the Prince of Salerno left this capital for the army. The Prince Re,gent's departure has here re nounced to the Parliament by the following out ✓age, which has this day been posted in the streets:— " Tire events of the war render my presence -Willie army necessary. lam about to repair to it, and shall make fre quent jimmies thither, dividing my time between the camp and the capital, in order that the various affairs of the State may not be neglected. " During my absence my mind is tran q uil. I lesee amidst you all that I hold most dear is the world—my beloved family. I confide in the affection which has been comiantly shown me by the poprobasem of Naples, and in the excellent con. duct and teal of the wallertal guard, which has enabled me to render the insp. of the line disposable for the &fusee of the country. My confidence in the Neapolitans is unlimited, in the same meaner as I see that theirs in me is equally so. This reciprocal eentintest will certaiely he jestifie.i. (Signed) " FRANCIS, Repot." Naples, March 'l. The Prince Regent has appointed for his officers of ordnance, the Duke of Casoli, the Rance of Allieno, the Prince of Tomtit., the Marquis Bran cacchin, Couut Niscerni, sod Count Porten*. A decree of the Prince Regent orders all land. holders and farmers, as soon as they see the enemy advancing, to remove every kind of provisions and forage behind the lines of the army. An account will be taken of their !oases. Our troops occupy Ascoli, under the orders Of Crimp-Marshal Verdiacci, and maintain good disci pline, with which the Pontifical Authorities have expressed their patitfaction. [Front the ConsfinstfoneLl Snme of our readers reproach as for our sitcom on the actions between the Austrians and Naimoli tans. Our 'deuce *peeks for itself. A letter front Turin, dated the 16th, soys that the new Kiag of Stanton' has written to the Prince of Carignan*, that he will accept the Crown, if his brother's abdication be free, and if he persist in it; but shut he will annul whatever has been forted from the Regent by revolotionary influence, and wall freely give a ceestitutine suitable and conform-. able to the waste of the country mad to enlightened opinion s. Letters from Genera state that the late events io Piedmont have produced &novena onisfsetion in the western Swiss Cantors, the trade of which suf fered extremely from the prohibitory syrptern adopt by the Sardinian Government with repect to As reign oberchouelise. The inhabitants of Savoy hav ing been long deprived of at literary cominunim tion with France, have eagerly written to their cow. respondents at Lyons and Geneve, so send them political and constitutional works, of which they are completely destitute. TIRTIIITS, MARCH 12. The war with Naples occupies, at t i ns moment, all our commercial men utmost exclusively. T exert themselves eagerly, in order to profit as mot+ as prostble by the present state of' affairs, and to avoid the unfavourable changes which may arid.. All the armed ships ore fitted nut to reinforce the Austrian fleet, which is its the port of Ancona. W. see large detrecbmetsts of artillery and other owateriel of war arrive in succession, to be transported by see to A 11C0011, but there is nothing said about ens.. harking troops, although the report has Imes current. Political circountsoces have canoed a rise in several productions of the South. Corneae. tors purelinci them in considerable quantities , . Our maritime commerce languishes, and will pro bably cease altogether in a little time, saner we lase the newt that the Neapolitans squadron *tattooed its the Adriatic Gulf gives chase to all &ustrisn Yes *els. It is also said that it has made several prises. The interruption of our navtgastiou sill prove very injurious to us, if not quite destructive. We are asessreel that the former Paeha of Jsuioa has beau for acme time succesrfel. INTRLLIGRIVCE FkOM ITALY. The following intelligence concerning the . sAiro in the South of Italy hes been communicated Ity a gentlemen who left Pesaro on the 17th. Bologna on the 18th, sad Turin on the 41st, who intritred anxiously and believed with caution—one who is perfectly conversant with the people and event, of Italy, end who is uttrely iaespelsla of tnurraprt... 'gating or garbling what he ksiessa:— " At Pawn, wher• ho harl.taiienthaa. • abort time Won** left Italy, great care had boon sko. 10 bcci , . fie. 4 4 ash tic all news of the asovesnents of lite array. The Aoashatt °facial accounts of the ,Alit of Rieti, and thr si•bsetrapt samosas of reef divisions of Wahanden at l Stutteriterna is Ovals. eansiiltated their whole taitalhgeaun. flea dr^. int at Bologna, however, on the 111 b„ he truly Irsai authority is which he was led to plate mourn credit, the true state of the campaign, su far as naganged the ope- A LIVACIrS BALL. These elegant roosts were snore fully Wended on Wed nesday cerium% 'hen any preceding bad 'his reason. Up wards of WO distinguished fasbionables were p I, among whom were— Proneesed Prioress Esterhasy. The Rugaiao Ambassador. Dokes—Wellingion and Derooshire. Duchess of Bedford. Marquis of Anglesey. Rarls—Jersey, Uxbridge, Rosalyn, Rearberry, Coreervoo, Winchileea, Westmorland, sad Derby. Countesses—Sefton, Uxbridge, Fortestree, Roseber►y, War wick, Lieren, &wore, Bellmore, Maasield, Wsterpark, Sandwich, Pembroke, Derby. Lords—.W. Paget, C. Fitzroy, Loughborough, Ellen borough, Lowaiste, G. Bereal'ord, Dateria Valkturt, J. Hay, W. Lennox. Bligh, G Greish 11, Monnesta G. Petri, Furiescue, A. Beckett, J. St. Claire, Eirskiae, A. M. Elliott, Pole, two Herbert'', tau Grerilleg, Tbeodosia Vyner, Ca.. tier. nes, Pratt, G. Fane, Lasalle', J. Bistelifewr, Radatock, F. Stanhope, Brownlow, Murray, E. FAgessibe, Mary Ram, Carringtun. E. Palk, E. Murray, J. Hay, Grey, Druids*, Hampden, E. Stanhope, C. Thymic, T. Foiquhar, Mary Stanley. leas—Thonsts Farquhar, Was. de Creeping, H. D. Ha milton, J. Ilargoyee, and G. Hangpson. Cosete—Worusiow sad Colonels—V. Stanhope, Davies. and Hon. Rice. CapPains—Coat, Long, Waldegrave, White, d'Este, sad Han. Needham Pellew. Messrs—J. Mills, Basle', Hon. Temple, Macdonald, Hun. G. F.dgcumbe, A. Pitaclartore, Hoes Trefoils, and F. Byug. llessdases—Dawson, Mitchell, Beaumont, Stuart, and Arbuthnot. Minse—Nugrat, two Fitnclarences, klittreekCsrearlesh, Palk, Calera,. Hon. Smith, Beaumont, Stuart, Strait, Dyads', Arbuthaot, and Trelusis. AFRICAN INSTITUUTION. Our report of the General Mania of thg African Usti lotion, held on Weduesday at the Freemaaons' T mated the object to Le to afford educatiou to poor Africa at a abstainer from their own country. Now, this is not carrel. The object of the Institution is rather to promote the civilisation of Africa, by last/sitting its natives in their awes pantry in the arta of civilised life, by introducing a IMMIIe garde of culture, furnishing them with seeds or ma gpl pieket, ; though, from the went of fund►, this part ofthe object of the Institutive has bees. necessarily in a great messier. suspended. The only education gives to ' Africa*. in this tooestry has bees to a few African youths of orspeetahle conamilons, with t►e view of lifting them to act as sobastamatent in their own country. Asether object of she Institution, and one w►ich hos necessarily occupied the largest portico of its attention, is the total supp►emion of the slave trade, w►ich no. unfortunately rages on the Coast of Africa lv an enormous event; and to details on this sub- ject most of the Report read yesterday was devoted. Ou► account, which stated that it ►elated enteily to the exertions of the Society for offending religions and other isetruction to poor Africans, who otherwise. would have appeared wretched objects about our street., is therefore without foundation ; se is also the account of massy tech iodividuals having attended the Meeting. There rertaiuty was not au Africa. or coloured person p 5, t xeept the messenger M the loatitntion, ear was any subscription whatever entered into at the Meeting. The Princess AUGUSTA spent Wednesday even ing with the Prnicers SOPHIA, at her house in Connaught-place. Yesterday the Princess AUGUSTA visited the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, said the Dneheas of KENT. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE. visited Princess SOPHIA yesterday. Yesterday Prince LEOPOLD had a dinner party, and also a numerous party in the evening. A letter from Brighton. dated March 47, say*— " In the intervals of line weather yesterday and to day. the King took good garden walks ; his MA assrY enjoys excellent health and spirits. The Duke of Dolor'. joined the Royal Suite this afternoon ; Count 111uNterEa departed for London iu the morning.•' The nuptials between HUGH BALL, Esq. and Lady Jana PAGET. dosesgisirr of the Marquis of ANGLEsET, we understand are to be solesunixed on Wednesday next. We regret to learn that a letter received yes terday from Dublin announces the death of Mrs. PLUNKETT, wife attic Right HOG. WILLIAM C. PLUNKETT. We leant from Paris that the celebrated vocal performer, Madame Funtia, died nu the lgth in strut. —1 Evenitag Paper./ A Crier. Con. case of great interest will be tried at the ensuing Gloucester Assizes. The Plaintiff it Mr. W— a highly resp e ct a bl e c i t i zen o f Lon don, and Ilia:Defendant is Colonel a gen tleman of lase fortune, and well-known in tie fashionable circles.—The damages are laid at 10,0004 F—_—, the young gentler,. who was wounded in • duel at Ascot-heath, on Moodily, in consequence of a dispute at the Argyle-rooms, as already stated, died on Wedueaday night. The ball, which had lodged in the left /shoulder, was extracted; but mortification ensued, and healed all medical aid. The deceased was of a most re spectable family iu Devonshire, on the staff of the army, sod twenty-four years of age. - Ali AO _AM _._~~i~ 4 1 I i .: :_ -- -I ■