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I di ii. t 1 t 1 ~` i i ~~ rtl7, lt • ,Aoz- - GUERNSEY trul JERSEY PATENT SHIP BUILDING COMPANY. CAPITAL, £200,1100. Ia 10.000 Shares of lOL each ; 21. to be paid down, and the residue as wanted. TIUSTEEIS. Samuel lames Capper, Esq.; Charles Herring, Esq.; Benjamin Shaw, Esq. •untroni. Stephen Nicholson Barber, Esq. ; Henry Norcott Ward, Esq. TREASURERS. Sir John Petting, Bart. Shaw, Barba., and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. William Beetham and Son. K a. Builder on the Islands—Henry Brindley. Engineers—William Oilman and James Sowerby. Omeral Superintendents—Josh . Brindley and Thomas Brindley. Manlier in London—James William Sowerby. A List of the Directors will be published forthwith. Part of the advantages are, the low price of labour, and the abundance of it ; all the materials exceedingly cheap ; and the yes. ads having British registers. The use of the patents for ship-building, patent stunt and patent straoi.engines, are secured to the Company. The Company will build all descriptions of vessels, and fit up steam-vessels with engines, either by previous contract, sell them when ready, or keep them as shipowners. One.tburth the Shares to he reserved for the residents in the Wailes and maritime ports, in order to secure their support, re. specs, and attention. The Head I.:stablislimeat to be in London, where all the affairs will centre. Those dispovA to subscribe upon these plain facts, may apply at the Treasurers', Solicitors', or the Provisional Of fi ce, 1, CowPer's cam, Corahill, where forms of tender may be had. London, April Y. A T a numexous and highly respectable MEETING of aA large CONSUMERS of COALS, BUYERS, FACTORS. SHIPOWNERS, and others. interested in the COAL TltA DE of the PORT of LONDON, held this 12th day of April, 1825, at tile City of London Tavern ; CHARLES BA RCL AY, Esq. in the Chair ; IT WAS RESOI,Yrn tigtvglllooSLT, Ist. That in the Isle of Dogs Collier Dock Bill, now before the House of Gonanions, • Penal Clause is introduced, for removing the Catlett from the Stream of the River ,_- it is expedient there fore, that the sentiments of the Consumers of Coals in gener al be expressed (with those of the Trade) on so great • change in the manner of carrying on the same. 2d. That the Coal Trade of this Por is one of the greatest mag nitude. in an article of the most indispensible nature, and hu been carried on in the Stream of the River from time immemorial. 31. That experience has proved the convenience, despatch, and econottty. with which it has been hitherto conducted. 4th. That if the statements of the Projectors of Collier Docks, averred in the Preamble of their Bill, be correct, of " affording be:- ter accommodation for Ships and Vessels laden with Coals," they ought to mak:: the Docks at their own risk, and on the principle of free competition in trada, and to exclude all Penal Enactments. f.th: That a Petition be presented to the Honourable House of Commons ; and that the one now read be adopted, and signed by the parties present, and lie for signature at the City of London Ta vern until rhurwfay next. 6:h. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Members far the City of London, for their attendance this day, and that they be respectfully requested to support the Petition in Parliament. ith. That a Committer be now appointed, with power to add to their number, tin opposing the same, by evisy prop= and conscitu tianal means. Bth. That a Subscription be now entered into for defraying the expenses of such epposnion. Tiiat the Thanks of the large Consumers of Coals in the Port of London be given to the Members of the Coal Trade fur calling their attention to this important object. 10th. That the foregoing Resolutions, signed by the Chairman, be advertised in the 31orning l'apere. CHARLES DARCLAY,Chairman. The Chairman havirg left the Chair, RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY—That the Thanks of this Meet in; be given to Charles Barclay, Esq. for his able and impartial co admit an the Chair this day. .. P.l - R - I.I4MENT.4ITY INTELLIORNCE. ROUSE OF COMMONS TOMORROW. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Sir Henry Parnell—To refer Linen Bounty Laws, and Irish Linen Laws. to a Committee of the whole Howie. Sir John Newport--Bill to limit the power of holding a plurality of Benefices, and to repeal the Statutes granting to the Archbishops and Bishops the power of forming Episcopal Unions in Ireland. Mr. Spring Rice—Select Committee on the state of the Papers printed by Order of the House of Commons, from the year IWO to tie accession of his present Majesty. Mr. Hume—Return of the past and present expense of Siena 1100 Tie, and the liberated Negroes there;—of the Crown Estates in Lisequiho and Berbice, and of the expense for captured Negroes; --and of sums paid on account of the Slave Trade. ORDERS OF THE DAY. Seamen's Wages Bill—Second Reading. Fisheries IVI--Secund Reading. Quarantine Laws Bill—Committee. Police Magistrates Bill—Third Reading. Felonies Pardon Bill—Third Reading. Innkeepers Bil I --Comm i t tee. :Ts Majesty's Property Bill—Committee. Soundaries of Townlands, &c. (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. PRICES OF ViiITInH Bank .iterk 2:81 , 1 33 Ditto Acct. 3 pet Cent. Red. 924 92 per Pent. lions. 93 921 Ditto Acct. 99e 3A per Cent. lied. 99i II 4ew 4 per Cont. 196 104 106 India Bonds 89 prn STOCKS YESTERDA Y. India for Arm. MI Lorg Ann. 22 5-16 61 62 66 G 2 65 pm 5001. 68 62 66 62 65 pm Small 66 62 C 6 62 65 pm PRICES 01 1 0 01tEltIN Brio-114m Bonds Ditto Scrip (1225)2; pm Ditto Acct. 24 4 pm Buenos Ayres Bonds 904 CL:llian Bonds 264 IJolombian Bonds 91 Ditto B , mds (1.524) 69$ 9089 i Ditto Acct. *.t9j Danish Bonds 1014 Ditto Scrip (1825) Ditto Acct. 24 dis Ytenth Monte% 102 f. 7sc. HP/change 26f Ilk. Greek Bonds 614 2 Ditto Scrip 11320 64 di 4 4 die Dino A eel.. 5 44 4 4 dis STOCKS YESTERDAY. Mexican Bonds7B/ a a Ditto Aect. 781 1 Ditto Scrip .(102) par $ 1 pm Per 1 Date Acct. 01 1 mn par 1 pm Peruvian Bonus 87k 7 6i Ditto Aoct. 861 Portuguese Bonds 901 1 Ditto Acct. 901 1 Prussian Bonds 99 ex die Runisn Bonil. 951 1 Ditto Aect. 954 I 1 Spanish Cons. 231 / Ditto Acet. 23 Ditto Cons. (1823) Ditto Acct. 18} LIALit. 0 ZJI Litta,--k t - COUlit; LAtit Allisterdam C. F. 12 2 Ditto at sigh , 11 14 Rotterdam ... 2C. 12 3 Antwerp 12 3 ilern4orge 2i U. 36 V A lions 2I U. 36 19 Yells, 3 days' sigh t 9 3 15 th , to 2 U. 23 43 13attrJeaus 23 45 Rerun 7 0 Creek. on Alain Ex. 31.151 i • Petetsburprh, role. 3 L's. Vireos, efeetivi. IL 2 31. Ii 56 Tneste ditto V 65 Ardrid 361 --.... Leghorn_ 404 Genoa 4Si Venice -I Malta U .aplee 41 Palermo... ..... ...per oz. 121 Lisbon 514 Oporto Sit Rio Janeiro 46i Bahia 50 Dublin Cork 991 Gacitz 311 BULLION, pzi oz. .C. a. d. Portugal Goldin coin 0 0 Foreir Gold in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 U 0 New Dollars 0 4 11} Silver in bars, stand 0 5 I Babas) Bawelon * S:ville uraltar PRICES OF SHARES YESTERDAY. MINES. share. Paid. Premium Per Share. Arglo-3lexican. SIIIO lo 82 85 Auglo-Clultvz BrAr.lian loll S DS Grnodnaad PetilViatiCu,,pany 5 6i 6 Gt-etal I.ning Association Pasco Peruviar. Peruvian loll S It I Rto de la Plata IOQ S IV 18 rialpuxaboa. 4OO 20 MI We'th Iron and Coil '23 5 l¢ AiSeItANLE c:rira . ..qui?. Palladium .',o 2 par Praettor F:r. 2O 2 t ri.a . G is LIGHT AND LOI:IL COMPANIES. leo 8 1 t i atLiCELLA:4EOVS. British I ron Compsny IOU 5 Si i Bei.lati !lock And Sd!: Lon IOU 5 It fit I:W.-21031 Erigilie ttl 1 2 Colombian Arica'. CGrApany 11.0 5 II r 44itable Loan. Bank fli 1 i I igiewlicrai sttin k nivi A 3tlon ]CO 5 4;,. i Conat AsAotiatinn lO4 5 1 ' alb. Jtint.Stoc: Bank A:geom —.— It 2 Irish Ylanuficturing Company 1 a 4i A i Imperial Plate Glaris lOO 2 2 . 2; 1; • Imperial Distillery to 5 i ths leulon Brick Company 4O I Lor.dun Drug Company al 1 Muzigan Company POI 10 4i 64i Metropolitan Alderney Dairr 25 4 A llirla ay Lime and Coke Comp. 1 -- - Contlcental. E.J'FIU ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Thla Evening, WEDNESDAY, April 13. will be Perforwod THE FATAL DOWRY. Roshfort, Mr. Terry; Chore's's. Mr.Wallaek; Itotnent, Mr. Maszestly. Browne's, bire.W.Weet. —____, After which, ABON MM.:3AM. The Overture and Mum composed by K. W. Von Weber. Tbst CsHata, Mr. Bedford; Abon Hassan, Mr. Horn; Zabouc, Mr. Harley. Zulima, Miss Oraddon. Tomorrow, The Siege of Belgrade, and Abon Hassan. TIIE.47'RE ROYAI„ COVEW7'-GARDEN. The Evening, WEDNESDAY, April 11 will beprformod THE erLirs STRATAGEM. Sir George Touehrrond, Mr. Cooper: Dorieourt. Mr. C. Itemble Hardy, Mr. Fawcett t Flatter. Mr. Joues. Letitia Hardy, Mies Foote: Lady Frances Tuuehwood, Miss F. H. Reify ; Mrs. Rasher, Mrs. Gibbs. After which, ALADDIN; Or, THE WONDERFUL LAMP. Aladdin, Mrs.Viaing Satin: Asack, Nr. T. P. Cooke: Abanasar, Mr. Farley: Earrack. Mr. J. S. GrinutidL fumorrow, The Hebrew FamtlY, The Irish Tutor, and Cent. per Ceat. ADELPHI THEATRE', STRAND. This Evening, WEDNESDAY. April 13, lite& M. HENRY will repeat his SECOND ANNUAL LECTURE, under the title of TABLE-TALK; or, SHREDS AND PATCHES. Introductory of his astonishing Illusions, Metamorphose.. MUALC&I Glemses, he. Ask& by particular desire, he will rive his Gas Erperiments, during which he will administer THE LAUGHING OAS: In the course of the evening M. Henry will attempt several Melodies on the Musical °lanes. To eonolude with Optical Illusions, and the Flying Heads and Danes of Witches. rile BRIT'S* razes commenced publistung yesterday manlier' at five o'clock. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 13u. THE - We have received the Paris Papers of Sunday. The foreign news they contain is principally copied fr3m the London Journals of last week. On Monday, after hearing the report relative to the pensions of the surviving Swiss, who defended the Tuileries on the memorable 10th of August, 1792, the discussion of the Law of Sacrilege was to commence in the Chamber of Deputies. It appears by the Constitotionnel, that the Powers of the Holy Alliance begin to perceive the necessity of relaxing the system of oppression they have practised towards the smaller States of Germany. They foresm that the en- lightened and independent policy of the English Govern ment may be productive of some inconvenience to them, by inducing the oppressed States to look abroad for their de liverance. With these feelings, the Courts of Russia and Austria have consented to restore the Court of Wirtemberg to their Imperial favour, and Ministers have accordingly been appointed to proceed to Stuttgardt, and resume the friendly relations f4merly subsisting between these Courts. The King of WIIITEMBEIG, it will be remembered, was in disgrace, on account of the stand he had made in defence of the constitutional liberties of his people. The most important article in these papers is that which we have extracted from the Courrier Francais. The prin cipal bankers and merchants of Paris, to the numbers of sixty, have addressed the KING, for the purpose of soli citing his Majesty to follow the example of England with regard to South America. Similar addresses are expected from Bordeaux, and all the Chambers of Commerce in the kingdom. The address of the bankers and merchants of Paris, which we have given at full length, is a document of great importance at this moment. It is written with ability and temperance, and reveals some interesting facts as to the trade between France and the New States of America. On the subje:t of this address the Etoile of Monday has a aeries of remarks, of which the following are the principal : " We do not blame.tbo step they have taken, but we wish to make them easy respecting the future. " The Government has said to the merchants, ' Go to America, you are permitted to which they reply—' We do go, but protect us there as everywhere else.' " This is very well, and it seems clear that the Government does protect them. We learn from the English journals that a French ship of BO guns and other vessels had been to Ls Guayra to demand the restoration of the Urania, a French vessel taken by a Colombian privateer, on pretext of having a Spanish cargo on board. " The message of M. Santander speaks of the arrival of some Frenchmen, whose object seems to be to visit Colombia, and exa mine the state of affairs ; which indicates that our Government has its eves open to all that part of the Continent. The French squadron in the South Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and wherever they are wanted, surely protect our merchantmen ? Do not agents in Brazil and wherever they are useful, afford our trade support and defenders ? Has not the French Government obtained from King Ferdinand a Royal Decree, opening to all nations the Spanish Co lonies; and is there in all the stipulatiors of the new Republics anything particular to any one Power? " Neither the United States, who have recognized these Repub lics these two years, nor England, which has made treaties and sent Consuls to the Authorities that might be established (the terms of his Britannic Majesty's letter), have obtained any advantages ; the tariff is the same for English, French, and American vessels." Quoting the statements in the address relative to the commerce actually carded on, the Etoile says— " 11, ado not see any reason to be alarmed for our new relations with the Spanish, or dread their interruption. " What remains then but the desire of protection by Consuls and treaties ? But this is the political question, for we have shown that the commercial interests are duly . protected. In this case we may observe to the persons who have signed the Address, that this part of their application is a question of Government, which must be left to the wisdom of the Blimarch, whose royal soul, wholly engaged in the welfare of his subjects, knows all that must be done for the interest of France and for its dignity, which is also an interest of j first order." The arrival of every foreign mail confirms more strongly the opinions we have expressed as to the effvct that would be produced on the Continent by the late speeches and measures of Mr. Hv SKISSON for the general reduction of duties on the importation of foreign commodities. The suspicions that were entertained against the liberal system pursued by his MAJESTY'S Government are rapidly fading away before the continually accumulating proofs of their sincerity. The important truth that all nations are directly interested in promoting each other's prosperityiis felt and understood by the whole commercial world; and the mer chants of other countries are beginning everywhere to be desirous especially of an unshackled intercourse with Eng land, which, as containing the richest population, must be williag awl. able to exchange the greatest amount of saki, able goods.. Some of the Continental Governments seem to be far behind their subjects in appreciating the benefits of free trade ; but supposing them to remain, as they appear to be at present, ignorant of the first principles of political economy, the influence of .public opinion and the example of the States that follow the liberal system of England, will not allow them to persevere for many years in their absurd and bigoted views. Meanwhile, we shall reap the advanstges of the improved and extended intercourse with the nations that may be disposed to art on principles of re ciprocal liberality. A 'larnburgh Mail arrived yesterday, bringing letters and papers from different parts of the North of Europe. At Hamburgh, the proposed alteration in our commercial system appears to have given great satisfaction. From Stockholm it is stated that negotiations are supposed to be on foot with England, as to further modifications of the prohibitory laws respecting British goods, and also colonial produce. At Brussels, and throughont Flanders and Hol land, there is a perfect unanimity of opinion, that the re daction of the import duties will prove advantageous to the manufactures of tire Netherlands. • ' 13 - 11ITISII PRESS. decessors, he delivered on being sworn into office, is, like 1710111 of the American state papers, written in a clear, mo derate, and impressive style. A consid.rable portion of it is devoted to a comprehensive review of the nature and history of the Federal Government. The principal mea sures of the Administration of the late President are then recapitulated, and followed by a declaration that the same general course will be pursued by his successor. Mr. ADAMS dwells with great earnestness on the desirableness and duty of discarding every remnant of party rancour, and he particularly recommends Congress to proceed in their great system of internal improvement. He con cludes with a very delicate and appropriate allusion to the circumstances under which his election took place ; and he observes, that being less possessed of their confidence in advance than any of his predeces sors; he will stand more and oftener in treed of their indulgence. After the oath of office had been alminis tered to him by the Chief Justice of the United States, we observe with pleasure that his late antagonist, General JACKSON, was among the first who offered his congratu lations to the new PRESIDENT. The other unsuccessful candidate, Mr. Ca awroßD,has resigned his office as Secre tary of the Treasury, and retired altogether from public life. On the day after his inauguration, the PRESIDENT nomi nated Mr. CLAY to be Secretary of State, Mr. RuSH Secre tary of the Treasury, Mr. BASSO un Secretary of NVar, and Mr. EYSRETT Minister to Spain. These appointments have been all confirmed by the Senate. Mr. Jost. Pot 8- SETT has also been appointed Minister to Mexico. Mr. Da WITT CLINTON, It Is stated, has declined the appoint ment of Minister to London. The Session of Congress closed on the 9th of March, on which day the Senate re jected the Convention lately formed with Colombia in re lation to the African gave trade, having, by a vote of '2B to 12, stricken out the fist article, giving the mutual right of search on the seas andcoasts of Africa and the West Indies. The news in these Papers from South America has been anticipated by the direct arrivals from that quarter. In a New York Paper of the 15th of March, we find it stated, that the port of Trinidad, Cuba, was blockaded on the 28th of February, by a Ctiombian squadron ; but the particular object of the blocked., was not known. We observe, by the Order Book of the House of Com mons, that the Committee on the Quarantine Laws Bill is fixed for to-morrow evening. In determining respecting the propriety of maintaining or abolishing sanitary laws, of which Quarantine and Lazarettos are a branch, the ques tion at issue is not what are the real causes of plague and other epidemic diseases, bet whether a specific contagion be the cause or any part of the cause of those maladies? This question is of course to be decided by facts, not by opinions or authority ; and it appears that there exist abun dance of incontrovertible facts, each of which, taken sepa rately, may be considered as conclusive, and when com bined, as irresistible. Of these we need advert only to a few. The first fact, or rather principle, is, that plague and other epidemic maladies obey laws which are not only different from, but opposed to, those of contagious general diseases, with which alone they can be confounded. It has been proved in detail, in Dr. 31.scaemes works, that pes tilential diseases observe exclusively the laws of epidemics, of which they are but the higher degrees: this, were there no other proof against the existence of contagion, as the cause, or any part of the cause, of this class of maladies, would alone be sufficient ; but there are many. The attendants on the sick in the Greek Pest Hospital at Con stantinople, where the Doctor made his experiments in 1813, although in intimate contact with a constant succes sion of patients, neither took the disease themselves nor communicated it to others, in their daily visits to the bazaars or market places. This also is a fact which alone must be deemed to be conclusive, unless the saute disease may be sometimes contagious and at other times not. A similar result was observed in the town of Larnica in 1739, where many persons ill of the plague, who had landed from a wrecked vessel, died of pestilence, without any of the inhabitants, with whom they had free intercourse, being at all affected. The plague ravaged Larnici the fol lowing year at the usual season, without any importation of shipwrecked persons. In the Levant, the unwashed unpurified clothes of persons who have died of the plague are worn without any ill effects by persons in full health. No plague case has ever arrived in England or in Holland, the two greatest commercial depots, by ships, goods, or per sons, during the centuries of intercommunication between these countries and the Levant : they were more frequently afflicted with the disease at periods when no intercourse existed with that part of the world. It has never been introduced by Turkish caravans into Persia, or by Turkish merchandise into India. The absence also of all affirma tive proof is alone a sufficient support of the negative pro position. The obvious conclusion from the whole is, that Quarantine Laws are without either foundation or object. But this is by no means their worst result; for they are positively and highly pernicious to many of the best inte rests of communities, and more especially destructive of that health and life which it is their professed object to preserve. And by what evidence are we called upon to believe in the existence of such an agent? By assertions calculated to operate on our fears, and to silence our reason. But the most extraordinary circumstance is, that the advocates of contagion should appear blind to the inconsistency of recommending any diminution of the quarantine restric tions, for the accemmodation of commerce, whilst it follows directly and obviously from their own principles, that these restrictions, if of any use, ought to be universally extender" Tate antikiiirof their creed, as deducible from their evidence before the Committee on Foreign Trade, is this: " We believe in the existence of pestilential con tagion : we believe that the virus of epidemic diseases may remain in an active state in goods for months or years: we believe that quarantine restrictions are necessary, and effi cient to prevent its importation am! diffusion through the community: yet we believe a quarantine of a file days to be sufficient precaution against a contagion that may re main in an active state iu goods fur months or years!"— Credo yuia incredibile est. %Ire are further told of the ex perience of persons who have been in the Levant, in mat ters of plague contagion. As well might we be told of the " experience" of children educated by nurses in the High lands of Scotland, in matters of ghosts, witches, warlocks, and Ben-sheae. A residence in the Levant, so far from giving experience in this matter, has hitherto generally disqualified the multitude of travellers from judging cor. reedy of the nature of the plague, because they almost invariably derive their whole information from persons who have too much apprehension of the malady ever to approach it, or to be able to form any correct judgment respecting its origin. In fact, experience of the practice ff quarantine is, in Christian eountriea, confounded with experience of the nature of plague. Of this we have seen striking instances in tb.e medical evidence adduced before the Committee on Foreign Trade last year. 'Live the . I I Turks, then, no experience of plague? Oh! but they are fatalists! And have they no desire to live? Or have they been exterminated? Such undoubtedly would have been their fate long ago, had the plague, which is un doubtedly a disease capable of affecting. the same person repeatedly, depended upon a specific contagion. There is, we are happy to perceive, a certainty that his MAJ orgy's Government will adopt efficient measures for promptly verifying the state of this question, in order that full justice may be done, on the one hand, to the commer cial and other interests, which suffer from the existing restrictions in so many parts of the world ; and that, on the other hand, the public mind may be completely tran qu:llized respecting the absence of all danger from the total abolition of the system. But it is, we must say, not creditable on the part of some of the medical advocates of the doctrine of pestilential contagion, instead of fairly and openly meeting the facts and arguments of their opponents, to endeavour, by clamour, unnecessarily to excite the ap prehensions of the multitude. CITY, TVISDAY EVEXIYO. This was settling day in Consols, and, contrary to ex pectation, they were considerably depressed. One cause for the decline was attributed to the reported Congress of Allied Sovereigns at Milan ; but we incline to the belief that the Buil account was the principal reason for it. However, the day went off smoothly, and we believe there was no defaulter. The transactions were 92ii for Money, and 9311 for the Account. In the Foreign Market there was a continued dulinosi, and but few bargains were concluded in it. South Ame rican Securities were languid; Colombian Bonds were at 90 801, and Mexican Scrip at par to 1 premium ; Brazilian ditto was at 211, and Danish 2i 2. The Greek Bonds were at 511 52, and the Scrip qi ; Old Spanish Bonds were firm at 2311, and those of I 523 at 184. A new Peruvian Loan is expected out in a short time. It is stated that a large part of it is to be sent to Colombia, for the re payment of the expenses of the campaign ; the balance is to be employed in the settlement of the affairs of that country. The Mining Shares may be quoted generally lower, and the market was heavy ; the' e was a little business doing in the Pasco Peruvian Company, at 151. The Rio de la Plata Agricultural Shares were lower this morning, but a rise in diem was confidently expected. The Imperial Plate Glass Shares steadily maintained yesterday's price; they were sought after at 2 premium, under the impression that they would be better. The Honduras an , ' Yucatan Com pany's Shares came out this morning, and at one time reached 3 premium. There is a great deal of interest ex cited in the City respecting the Borneo Association, which is expected to come out at a high premium, from the advantages that are anticipated from it. In the Colonial market, Havannah Coffle was sold at from 2s. to 3r. per cwt. lower than the nominal price; good ordinary was sold at 70s. and 715.; fine ordinary at 735. and 755.; and some were sold at 775. 6d. There was a good deal of business done in the Sugar market, at prices a shade lower than before the holidays, but buyers seem more inclined to come forward than at that period. Yesterday the Duke of Dorset, the Marquis of Anglesea, the Earl of Rosslyn, Sir Henry Torrens, Ike. waited on the Duke of York, at his Office in the Horse Guards. About a quarter past four o'clock his Royal Highness held levee, which was attended by between fifty and sixty mili tary officers and others. Among those present weee— Lieuterani-Genend Lord Combermere, Colonel Finch. Captain Gau tins, of the Royal Duke's Staff; Lieutenant-General the Earl of Rosalyn, General Sir Wm. lloustown, Lord Stanley, Major_ General Stuart, Alajor-General Win. Stuart, Major-General Sir Charles Greville, Major_General Griffith., Lieutenant-General Stevenson, 11Iajor-General Murray, General Sir John Doyle, des Earl of Leitrim, and Rear-Admiral Sir Chutes Rowley. The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday in the Palk'. The Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit to the Princess Augusta yestenlay. Lord Kingston has taken an eleganthousc in Whitehall place, the late residence of Baron Fagel. It is said among the haul ton that William Tighe, Esq. will lead to the hymeneal altar, on Monday next, Lady Louisa Lennox, fifth daughter of the Dowager Duchess of Richmond. The Catholic Primate, the Most Rev. Dr. Curtis, and the Right Rev. Dr. Alacgowran, arrived in Dublin on Fri day, from England. iVe hear that there is no truth whatever in the report of Miss Chester's being about to retire from the stage at the expiration of the present season ; that lady has signed articles of re-engagement for three years. We understand there is no truth whatever in a state ment which appeared in an Edinburgh Paper lately, that on Mr. Murray announcing the engagement of Mr. Kean to perform here, a gentleman stood up in the boxes and protested against his appearance. Such an announcement was never made by Mr. Murray, and of course what is de scribed to have followed could not have taken place.— Caledonian llfereury. The city of Gothenburg has accepted the proposals of the English company to light the city with gas. Letters have been received in town from Milan, contra dicting the rumour of an intended congress in that city. The visit of the Emperor of Austria is positively asserted to be wholly unconnected with political objects. Ilia Majesty's residence at Milan is not expected to exceed two months; after which the Emperor and Empress will pro ceed to Ilungary, where her Majesty is to he crowned. A private letter fromlima, received at New York, dated December 2V, gives a report that Bolivar had appeared the preceding evening in a citizen's garb, considering his services as a soldier at an end. Extract of a letter from Alexandria, dated the 7th of March : " The Turco-Egyptian squadron, commanded by Ibrahim Pa cha, on leaving Marmora for Suda, and carrying with it all its troops, so efll.et a landing at Motion and Coron, was overtaken by a violent tempest, and dispersed on all sides. Part took refutre at Cyprus and Hhodes, anti another part on the cast of Africa.-- Eighteen or nineteen vessels are returned here, and about twenty are off 31odon. According to what is related to us by an Austrian Captain, who has reached here from Motion, and who himself be. longed to the expedition, the squadron in general suffered consider. ably, and especially that part which sought refuge off .Modon. The troops which were landed at this latter place, to the number of three thousand men, were in a miserable condition. Ismael Gi braltar, after having suffered considerably from a chronic disease, and also from the fatigues of the campaign, is dead. The reptvt is spread at present, that forty Greek vessels, having quitted hastily Hydra anti Spezzia. have surprised the Egyptian vessels off Illodon, and keep them blocked up there. We are utipaderte se leave the results of this movement." The Hanoverian Government has prohibited the use of foreign titles without the permission of the Ministry. Tha King of Saxony has ordered that all persons who have taken part in secret associations shall be excluded from public employments. An epidemic malady at present rages with great violence in Paris among the horses. One horse-dealer alone has loss 20 in two days. When the malady first seizes the horse, I it may be perceived by the relaxation of the muscles of the neck, so that he is no longer able to raise his head. The numbness then descends to the legs, and death ensues in less than twenty hours. The most efficacious remedies yet tried have been copiour, bleedings from the time the first symptoms are perceived, and also setons applied to the chest and thighs.—Journal des Debets. A very dangerous epidemic has broken out in Scania among the horars, which has already extended to the horses of the cavalry in Stockholm. In order to prevent its spreading, the intended encampment of troops in Ladu gartlagaertie will not take place this year. 'f he Magian:tea and Council of Stirling, at their meeting on Saturday last, agreed to petition both Houses of Parliament against any farther concessions to Roman Catholics. A potition to Parliament, from the Ladies of Edin burgh, against cruelty to animals, is at present receiving signatures. ROAL4N CA7WOLIC LVTOLERANCE. The most strange r-ports see in circulation relative to- a pastoral letter of the Grand Almoner, the Archbishop of Rouen. This curious document, it seems, is confidential, for printed copies CA nnot be obtained. The city of Rouen is in a complete uproar, and each reports in his own way the contents of that lean or ordinance. Among others, the report is, that every one who did not keep the fast of Easter shoed be excommunicated and put out of the pale of the church; and it is even asserted that this threat was delivered from the pulpit. Women must have their chil dren baptised within eight days after their birth ; under pain of excommunication ; and the godfathers and god mothers must declare that the have received the commu nion. Public functionaries are subjected to a patticular furred/awe, and those who do not regularly attend church will be reported in the higher quarters. Many other things of the same nature are reported, which we will not repeat, as we hope that the Archbishop will give these re ports the lie. Besides, these inquisitorial measures, copia from Spain, will be a worthy accompaniment to the Law of Sacrilege.—Cons:iluticnnel. FRENCH PAPERS. J ~~ 1? .1 ; 6 k! r . i' 1 .4, $ f I . ~! Ditto, Ditto, Tut. A rtuv.—The 7th (the Queen's Own) regiment of Light Dragoons (Ilussatal will, ou being relieved at Hounslow, by the 8;h (the King's Royal Irish) regiment of Ugh' Dragoons (Hussars), march to York. The 941 (Royal North Britain) regiment of Dragoons will be or dered to march from Manchester to Norwich. T' der ( From the Carrier Fraistois of Surlay.l Pants, Aram. 9. Sixty of the first banking and commercial houses in Pads hare just presented an Address to the King, in which they solicit his Majesty to send, SS England has done, Consuls to South America, and to make treaties of commerce with all those nations to which the French hare free egress. It is affirmed, also, that the chants of Bordeaux hart signed a similar Address, and that all the Chambers of Conintercej in the kingdom act simultaneously for tha same purpose. The Eluile and the Drapeas will not fail to say, to-morrow, all the merchants of France are seditious. The following are the words of the Address : TO THE RING. " Si RE,—The slenthants of Paris will never forget the memo. cable words pronounced by your Majesty, when you lately came to visit the monumental edifice which is consecrated to commerce They explain the confidence which brings us to the foot of the throne—they dictate the request which we venture to stake. Sire.—lmmense countries in America, which Spain alone formerly supplied, have opened their ports to all the other nations of the globe. France, which holds so high a rank as a com mercial and manufacturing nation, naturally should participate in these new relations_ so immediately useful, so promising for the future. The Government, far from opposing them, seemed to encourage them by legitimating them. They were also power. fully encouraged by the people of these countries, whom religion, language, and manners, singularly attach to the French. But while a rival nation, by its policy, its marine, its succour, and its treaties, endeavours to form the cloaca ties with Arneri. a, it is only at long intervals that a French frigate is seen in ins ports; and the French, when they arrive, have no Consuls to pro: tact them. Yet the French merchants are not inactive; and if their interest in these new relations is not what it might be, it still merits the attention of the Government, and the powerful sugport of your Majesty. The ntomont is besides come when urgent considerations threaten these relations with total interruption, if they are lorg treated in France with as much rescue and timidity as England shows publicity and pride in protecting hers. Bordeaux and Havre alone sent fifty ships to these parts of America last year, laden with French produce and manufactures to the value or 25 millions, besides GO ships from the same ports to Cuba and Brazil; whereas 200 ships for Martinique, Guadeloupe, Newfoundland, Cayenne, Scacgal, and Pondicherry, have not ex ported half the valor. " All our agriculture/ producs and manufactures suit America. These of Parisian manufacture in particular are certain of a cast sale. We possess an equivalent of what it used to receive fru rs Spain, and most of the productions of America, which England receives directly from its Colonies, find in France a certain market almost without competition. " Your wisdom, Sire, forbids us to dwell on facts so important, aed considerations so striking ; and your Majesty, whose royal soul cannot but be powerfully moved by the great interests of France, bat already comprehended our wishes. " Yes, Sire, we supplicate your Majesty to order that offichil agents, in all respect' worthy of so important a mission, be sent wherever the French commerce can penetrate, and particularly to the American Continent, to legalise and protect its relations, that the vesselsof the State may follow its shics ; lastly, that treaties of commerce may stipulate for its interests all the securities and advantages which a great nation can have a right to pretend to. It is by such dispositions, Sire, that in this great social move ment, which draws all nations nearer together, which multiplies their relations and increases their happiness, France, governed by your Majesty, will maintain herself in the first rank of the mos; civilised nations of the world. " We are, with profound respect, Site, " Delessert, Terme: and Sons, Gros Davellier, Odier and Co., J. P. Chevals, J. Lafitte, Andre and Cotner, Guerin de Fakirs and Co., Perier and Brothers, J. Ch. Davillier and Co., J. . 1. Outerquier, J. G. Caccia, floilinguer, 51euron,Jacqyies Lefebre and Co., Thum and Co., Pillit Will said Co., F. F. Feravel and Co., Joins Hagerman, J. A. Blanch. enlin, and Co., Alallant and Co, L. Durand, A. Santene, R. Vassal and Co., Carnets sod 51inguet, Le Viscount Chaptal, S. Beard and Co., Oppennan, Mandrot, and Martin Celine and Co., P. Fo urc h on an d C o., Ador, Vernes Co. ,d Dottier A. Fenian , J. R. Icard, E. Laffun Ladebat, Sons, Ai ne , Bose, F. Illowsset, Lusol, Bormarie Aline and Co., Chevalier Neveu and Allele, L. lienard, Garoier, Gris and Baguet, V. Vanard and Sons, Cogniard, Tremean and Esti enne, P. Blthiol, P. Aubin, Lebaudy, Coulon and Martin, Brin dean and A:Fievet, Ch. Temeaux. J. Gandoiphe and Co., Louis Roy, Legoues Pere and Sons, J. Renard, Ancelot, Cobble, Oa, dird, Jesse Fiera, Delecour and Clsye, Lep/a-idle, Debra! Peres, Piquet, Bonvaist, (idiot and Co., heron and Co., Lepage Peres, Bossange, Richard Lenoir, Tiromise Feuchere and Colley, Rey, A. Jacob, Sons, and Co., Firmin pitied." ABSTRACT of Me UNITARIAN DISSENTERS' MARRIAGE BILL. The Bill " for granting relict to certain persons dissenting front the Church of England in relation to the Solemnisation of Mar riages " has been printed, as amended by the Committee. The preamble sets forth, that "many of his Majesty's good and faithful subjects, being Protestant Dissenters from the Church of England as by las established, entertaining conscimtioas scruples with re spect to the doctrine of the Trinity, and commonly called Unitarians, regard on that account the necessity of Solemnising Matrimony in a parish eintre:i or chapel, according to the rules prescribed by toe Rubric in the Book of Common Prayer, as a grievance repugnant to their religious feelings, and have at various times petitioned Parliament to be relieved therefrom ; and that it is expedient to grant ease to scrupulous consciences in this respect, without in fringing on the general policy of the law relative to Clandestine Marriages. The Bill then proceeds to enact, that places registered for re ligious worship, and used by Protestant Dissenters of the Unitarian persuasion, may be specialty registered for solemnising Marriages under this Act, provided such places shall have been registered as a place of worship for one year. The number of places to be so registered, is limited to six, within the Bab of Mortality, two in Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham. and Leeds, respec tively, and one in every other city or market town in England and Wales. No two pieces shall be registered within six miles of each other. But this limitation is not to preclude the ordinary from registering any additional place, upon reasonable cause shown to kis satisfaction. l'ower is given to surrender the certificate of regiatra. tion on the removal of any congregation, and to register the new place of worship of such congregation. A notice, in the following sortie, " Licensed for the Solemnisa tion of the 3larriagcs of Unitarian Dissenters," is to be placed in sonic conspicuous part of such registered places. The officiating ministers of such places may be recorded in the court of the ordinary, as ministers qualified to solemnise marriages. Ministers so recorded, may solemnise marriages in any places re gistered under this Act, subject to certain provisions. Certificates of the publication of banns arc to be given to persons desirous of taking the benefit of this Act, on signing 1 declaration, set forth in the schedule to this Act, and on pay miens of the usual fees. Marriages may be solemnised by licence in such plates. For such purpose, the licences must be countersigned by the parochial minister, and the usual fees paid. Alairittiony is not to be solemnised in these registered places, un less upon exhibition of certificates of banns, or of a licence counter signed, as bethre stated. 3larriages solemnised according to this Act, shall be as binding as it solemnised in the parish church. Persens solemnising marriages contrary to the provisions of this .Ist, shall be deemed guilty of f.lony, and transported for fourteen years. The marriages of persons wiLully intersnerrying in places not duly registered, shall be void. A notice of the intended solemnisation of marriages under this Act, shall be given to the minister of the parish. for the purpose of registration in the register book of the parish. The printed form* for the purposes of this Act arc then set forth, in which the minister is authorised to make any necessary alterations. In case of neglect of registry, the Court of King's Bench may order such entry to be made in six months. Tbc entries of marriages under this Aet, shall be equally available in evidence thereof, as entreaties of marriages in the Church of England. None of the provsions of this Act are to affect 4 Geo. IV. e. 76, or any other Act, relative In the publication of banns, or granting of licences nor is this Act 1 3 extend to the Royal Family. The Ecclesiastical Courts Abell exercise their juriadietion as fully with respect to marriages, under this Act, as it solemnised in the Church of England. Finally, the Act is declared a public Act and limited to Eng land and 'Vales. and Ilene ick-upon.Tweed. Two printed copies of the Act arc to be sent to the ministers of the several perishes, &c. of which one to be kept in the parish chest. f t.c• printeu cOptes of the Act are to be sent to the ministers of Th 7th the _ the several perishes, &c. of shish one to be kept in the parish ' signatures. the manufactures of Netherlands. " . respecting its . origin. 1 . 2 fact ,. experience of the practice ff . .Tne Artu v.— e t t s Own) regiment of the Slew% ;Oilcan Wish Company - Z . 25 1 1 4 4 rsositieisl Dent of Ireland ll.O 5 6i ci Light Dragoons (Ilussatel will, on being relieved at Paten: steam Carriage ion hslow, by the 8;11 ( t h e Ki ngs !loyal Irish) regiment Th e following. entry is said to exist i n t h e Ch urchwar- Pawn du-am Wash:a3 25 2 2 2 {l In another column we have given an account of th e r oan - experience of Me mature of plague. Of this we h ave seen ! ugh . Dragoons (Ilreem- 9 ), m a r c h t o Y or k. Th e 2 d d ens accounts of St. Mar,:orees, Westiririver, for the v t or Pearl and Clral Flex , (Royal North Britain) re g i me nt o f D ra g oons w ill b e or- 1476 :—" Also, paid to RO !T er Fyl oott , ]earned i he ia Rio de r Pl ata Avic eompar y ICD 5 524 I .1 . 1 guratian of the new President, Mr. QvINCY mans. Tile striking instances in s l ue medical evidence adduced b e f ore dis Addrecs, which, it conformity with the usage of his pre- the Committee on Foreign Trade last year. 'Live the timed to march from Msnehester to Norwich. for his con" heel giving. 3s. BJ., with 44. for his dinner." r • rihe r; 4