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searatisnes amounts to • considerable sum—at other times, it Is very trivial ; but we have no such thing among us, except in a very few parishes. it is chiefly confined to the South of Ireland ; be s where it doss mead, it is • source of very considerable eniolu ltepen not Wad sod understood, that in many instances the limilerna of ellninip is very considerable ?...-1 have understood dUailliginsr Insisness. the amount is vet,' considerable. ba• bees die greatest amount, u far as you have been in terned T—The gesstest ameunt that I have ever heard was 401.• • What is tbs asieunt of fee on a burial ?—ln some instances there is aa Aim eelebrated for the repose of the soul of the do. essaird t this ides in my diocese cannot be celebrated unless at 'WA elrnelergyessus attend ; then the parish priest is entitled to get Ii Lied mei of the assistant priests 10s. each ; and if the person lie gamy may erne priest attends to perform the service; at each as(rise hi generally gets 10s., and if it be the parish priest half and sometimes 15s. as ing of masses for the repose of the souls of the dead a source of income also?—lt is on account of saying lel assisting at the funeral, that the priest receives this con. which I have mentioned. . . .. what, fees do you ozsaceive the parish priest receives the 11? t iume part of his income; from the fees upon marriage, baptisms tea: or from the Christmas and Easter fees ?—From the aid Easter fees much the larger pint r: .m ..,'scare id the y average ni. i i ne l ev e of cl a r d aris ti t prier pairsh i e n s, you r i caused a return to be mad* to me of the Income of each ; Whet lime some largo parishes in the diocese, all of which, except R . r 71:14 h erl v ; e th b e e r e : nie I sca en n a t t s p ince present , appointment , and thoseises th# priest's income is about 4901. a year; there are, as I re. may be mistaken), fourteen parishes where the parish 's income earned. 2001. by something ; in all the other eiriebeCof the diocese I think it is less, and may amount to from Mt to Mt . ifow many parishee are there?--Porty .two. ;row Is the appointment to a Romm Vatholie parish arranged? ...When the Incumbent die, the Bishop his the power of appoint ing any priest of the diocese to succeed him. We have two classes • of clergymen—die one are incumbents or parish priests, and the otter the coadjutors, or assistant priests. 'When • parish becomes • •• meant, if it be • place where we wish a man of experience and : i • - .r-ielt - • ‘.., . Affirmation and pious habits of life to reside, and that we have ..; ...- not a person of this description amongst the curates, we take him - feel some other parish, where he has shown himself to be pos .* isissid of those qualities, and we appoint trim to the vacant living; NOV It be a paints where a point) not specially gifted is neces. elm we take from amongst the curates some man who has laboured fa several years, and whose morals have been good, and who has • la airnacitr for giving instruction in public, and place him there. Bat if a curate should at any time have. been immoral, or net be tecable of preaching, we leave him i• 'the rank of curate all bar lellitime. , • Dr. Doyle elsewhere states, there Is almost in every diocese in 'keine a sum Geed more by usage than by a positive regulation; as to a SUM to be paid witen;s marriage is celebrated, a pauper pall nothing at all; a person in little better circumstances pays for .r.ctance ss. ; one little more advanced in circumstances may pay vety often IS,. 3d., sometimes a guinea. Ido not know that diocese in Ireland any person, of whatsoever rank he may be, rids or poor, can be obliged, by usage, to pay more than a guinea; but it often happens that an opulent person being mat• tied gives more tban that. COURSE OF EXCIf Amsterdam C. F. IV 2 ' aktut at sigh! 11 19 sletterdam ....2 U. 12 S Agtwerp 12 3 tfamburo 24 U. 36 10 Altana 24 U. 38 11 eatis, 3 days'stgb . 20 aitte 211. 25 46 Seuedeau IS ail 12 7 2 Frank. on Main ha. M. 1616 s'etereburgh, rble. S Lis. 9 Sesua,effeetire S. SM. 9 57 Trieste —...i.. 9 56 ;Pi atlnd iliibao 4. . 334 ‘etre.Je.. 36 11 ;GE pN - TBURBDA Y. Leghorn .... .:»..»».» 191 Deno& 4si Veniee...............—. 27 Malta 0 Naples 41/e Palermo —.per oa. 120 Lisbor..... 5l 0p0rt0........... 511 Rio Janeiro 46i Bahia 50 Dublin 9i Cork.... 9 BULLION, PEI OX. 2. s. d. Portugal Gold in coin 0 0 Foreign Gold in bars 3 17 0 New Doubloons...— 0 0 0 New Dollars U 4 Ili Silver in bars, stand 0 6 1 Vitt Writtolt aireos. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. On MONDAY NEXT. April 4. will be performed PIZARttu. PAtert., MV.Vcianda: Rolla, Mr. Waltzer; Alonzo, Mr. Archer. Elvin. Mrs. Bunn; Cora. Mrs.W.West. Aftor which (Bret time) a new Drama. called ASO"! HASSAN. The Overture and Music composed by K. M. Von Weber. The OeLph, Mr. Bedford; *bon Hassan. Mr. Horn; Zabouc, Mr. Healey. ZWima, Miss Graddon. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. On MONDAY NEXT. April 4. %11l be performed PIE eR RO. Timer% Kt. Bennett: Rolla, ellr.Yotins; Alonzo, Mr. Cooper. Mrs. fetich; Cora, ellu Lacy. After which, ALADDIN; Or, THE WONDERFUL LAMP. Aesiddro, Mrs. Vining; Kaztm Mack, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Abanasar, Mr. Farley; Karrack, Mr. J. S. Grimaldi. rifEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE, STRAND. NR. MATHEWS AT HOME. Oz. MONDAY NEXT. April 4, and every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. MR. MATHEWS' MEMORANDUM-900X _ . rot Peal ar, Cbaraetest, and Manners, collected during MS various Trips. flegoa—.• Memoranda In Confusion"—"Night Coach'—"Bubbles," a eli Hsit Sorg—•' Sailing Mateb"—'• Old and New Tinsee"—'• Publie SieSte, Sow-street." Pear 111.—A Monopolylogue, to be called THE CROWN INe DANGER. Doan open at Seven; the Performance to commence at Eight. Cs.vricor.—The new Entertainment wall not be printed; and all Huck, professing to contain any parts of it are grow impositions and ffliada 411 the ADE LPH I 1"H EA i'Rli, STRAND. POSITIVELY THE LAS T NIGH f. Tait Evening. SATURDAY. April 2, If2S. 11 HENRY announces, that in euneequenee of numerous inquiries tot THE LAUGHING OAS! He will Exhibit It on the above Evening. Alban he will repeat ha SECOND ANNUAL LECTL RE, under the title of TABLE-TILE; or, SHREriS AND PVICHES, Introductary of his new and uncommon Illusions, wonderful Met& itimphoses, Musical (Hanes, die.. In the course of which he will intro. lnt• several new Deceptions, which have never beau performed. In the course of the evening M. Henry will attempt several Melodies on the Musical Glasses. conalude with Optical Illusions, and the Flying Heads and Dante of Witches. ••• The Seventh Lecture of Dr. Spur:heim on Phrencdopy is again unavoidably postponel. Tt.Batiitx rain commenced publishing yesterday mortis( at five o'clock. LONDON, SATURDAY, Arm 2, 1813. The Paris Papers of Wednesday contain a good deal of news, but it is of very little importance to us on this side the Channel. The Chamber of D. puties on that day was c::upied with the discussion of a proposed law for the re galation of nunneries. The Coronation, we are now in ttrtned, is positively postponed to the 12th of June. The reason assigned for the delay is the length to which the %salon of the Chambers will probably be extended. The mcnth of June too, it has been lately discovered, " offers a l c VIM chance of fine wcatlwr both for the solemnity and :he fetes that are to folios it." The Oppuition Pap: give a translation of the Bill for r-rrcving the disabilities of the Roman Catholics, and con t:e.st its provisions with the new law of sacrilege now before the French Chamber,. The two Goverrments are certainly conducted on very opposite principles. In Eng larel legislation proceeds in conformity with the changes required by time, circumstances, and public opinion, übek in France the welfare of the people is sacrificed, and their feelings disregarded, if not outraged, by almost every fresh act of authority, whether legislative or executive. The health of the King of the NZTHERLAND• is still represented as in a very precarious state. Prince Far antes, his Majesty's seemul son, was r ent for by express frean Berlin, before the Prince of ()sauce set out fur St. Petereteirgh. the lodieateur de Bordeaux publishes a good exposition of die late mode of fabricating American news in the Madrid Gazette. A schooner from the United States arrived at St. Sebastian ; immediately the Commandant of the Mariam writes to the Ministry that the Captain of the - *boater had brought information confirmatory of the total c'eftot of &Liras, and the pretended news is then sent f:rth to the world on the authority of the American mariner, who, however, has since thought it due to his ecwroit to deny the statement attributed to him. It is hardly worth while, perhaps, now to expose these wretched artifices; but it is right that it should be known what takes place where the liberty, of the press does not exist. Fa/NCH Fur/Ds—Pears, P.l *arm 30.—Five per Cents. 102 E bbc. ; Bank Stuck, 2,032 1.60 c. ; Rents de Naplee, Ceredicat. lel connet, 90f. ; Revue d'Eapag. 19f. ; Ruyal Spanish Loan, 1823, 11011. Recharge on London, one mouth, 26E ; three ditto, 24f. 86e.—Corry Arthetitiqbe, March 30. The Cunstitutiornel has a private correspondent in Lon don, from whom that paper professes to have received the following article, which we pricer to lay before our readers without any observations of our own:— The following fact, the authenticity of which may be relied on, will not appear, perhaps, without interest :—Mr. Canning. who takes pleasure in openly declaring his policy, in order to offer a greater contrast to the obscure system followed by other Cabinets, speaking of the last despatches received from St. Petersburgh, and the departure of Sir Charles Stuart for Lisbon, made at a party the fullawing remarkable observations : " We are reproached," said he with warmth, " with having been too complying towards some friends on the Continent. We have not interfered in the least, perhaps too little, since 181 i. The result is known to the whole world. It is, in short, time for Great Britain to endeavour to exercise, at least a part. of that influence which was heretofore so useful in maintaining a just equilibrium, and putting an end to the oppression and subjection of the minor powers. With respect to the Old Spanish Colonies, we have done nothing more than acknowledge an existing fact, after haring had our mediation, cffered at different and proper times, haughtily refused. It is the counsellors of Ferdinand IV., and not England, that has pushed the quarrel of the Mother Country with South America to the present extremity. .The example of what was done to the members of the national representatirn, and the heads of the principal civil and military administrations of the state, as sembled in 1823 in the city of Cadiz, with the royal family and court, has produced the effect that might hare been anticipated on the minds of the men alto are at the head of affairs in the different states of South America. Regrets are Dow too late, for the die is cast." The intelligence respecting the Greeks, in the foreign Papers received yesterday, is decidedly favourable to the cause of independence. The reports of the fall of Patna seem to have been premature, but that place is invested so closely that the news of its surrender may be expected every day. It is known to want provisions; and unless it can be relieved very shortly, it must capitulate through absolute distress. It was reported at Constantinople, when the list advices left that city, tfiat the Greeks had carried the outworks. The Anglo-lonian Government had ordered the fugitive rebel Stamm to leave Zante, where he had taken refuge. The Greek Government had resolved to punish the insurgent generals with severity. LONDp and the others at Anatolie° were to be removed for trial to Napoli, where proceedings had been actually commenced against CoLoco- TRONI and DSLCJANT. These steps manifest vigour and firmness in the Executive Authority of Greece ; and we observe with satisfaction that there is a corresponding spirit of confidence and union among the people. Greet preparations, it is reported, are making by the Turks for the approaching campaign ; but in the very out set the SULTAN finds himself unable to procure seamen in sufficient abundance for the projected expedition. How could it be otherwise ? The Greeks formerly constituted the strength of the Turkish navy ; and the few other sea men that remained in the imperial service have been nearly all destroyed during the four last campaigns. An open quarrel a:-r nu about to break out between the SULTAN and the Viceroy of EGYPT, who is suspected, and we dare say justly, of having fomented the insurrection in Syria. We can positively assure the holders of Spanish bonds 'lst the negociation for a new loan is not at an end; and we understand that there is every probability of its having a successful issue. The French Government continue to take great interest in the negociation, in which they have used their good offices to the utmost to re-etablish the public credit of Spain on the most sure and honourable foundation, by the full recognition of the bonds issued ' under the Cortes. The Times of yesterday has another of that strange series of articles by which it has either ig norantly or wilfully attempted to mislead the public with respect to this affair. This day fortnight it asserted, that a communication had been received from Madrid, in which it was stated that FERDINAND had reiterated his former declarations never to acknowledge the bonds of the Cortes, eves for the value of paper on which they were printed. On the Tuesday following the Times announced that another express had arrived from Madrid, confirming , " almost to the letter," what it had stated on the previous Saturday. On the next Friday, however, only two days intervening, it observed, as if for the first time alluding to the subject, and then as if merely repeating the current rumours of the city, that it was " said" that attempts were making to renew the negociation between FERDIYAND and certain great capitalism During this week the Times has deemed it advisable to be silent, until yesterday, when i t put forth an article in which, in substance, it affirms that, " according to letters received from Madrid, dated the 17th ultimo, M. Gatooste still remained incognito in that city, and that all chance of his success in any mission for a loan was considered at an end (we beseech our readers to mark the reason) through the secession of his relation, UGARTE, from then Spanish Cabinet." The Times adds—" M. GREGOR' E is we believe the brother-in-law of the Minister Uc Aare, those gentlemen having married two sisters," and it sub sequently declares its doubt whether " to adopt or reject an insinuation that the extraordinary exertions of the Mi nister and his relation had been stimulated by the enor mous commission which, in so large a transaction as that proposed, would have put them in possession of half a million sterling." To waste a word for the purpose of showing the gross inconsistencies of these several state ments—which all remain without the slightest explanation —recorded in the leading article: of the " Leading Journal," would be a pure work of supererogation. The statement of yesterday fully admits the fact of the negotiation between the Spanish Cabinet and the English capitalists, which a fortnight ago die Times absolutely denied ; but now it user's that " all chance of success was considered et an end, through the secession of UGARTE from the Spanish Cabinet." The writer proceeds, in his own felicitous style, to express his belief that M. Gar:come (as lie is pleased to call that Gentleman—his name is Ga►conv) is the brother-in-law of 1.70.111 TL, because of the fact which he adjoins, of their " having married two sisters." This cautious writer, however, who only " believes" that the husbands of two sisters may be brothers-in-law, is so careless in other respects, that after putting an end to the negotiation, " through the secession of UGAkTE," he a little further on remarks that " it is evident that the rupture of the negociation was owing to the fortunate in flexibility of FERDINAND on the recognition of the Spanish Bonds." How, we ask, is this evident ? If the Times wan worthy of belief, Me reverse u•as evident, for the rupture of the negociation was said (only nine lines chore) to be through the dismissal of the Minister, who, with his relation, was to make half a million sterling by the con tract. But here again we have another instance of the regard to be paid to the former statements of the Times on this subject. In the article on the Tuesday, to which we have before referred, it declared that the amount of money offered by the English capitalists was " five millions." We de nied that statement the mat morning, and affirmed that lb. MINI f I " , • THE BRITISH PRESS. the intended loan was for a much larger amount ; and now the Times admits that the loan was to be so large, that the commission alone would have been half a million ! At the highest rate of commission then, the Joan must be at least of four times the amount stated by the Times. The resig nation or dismissal of UGA arc has taken place long since the 7'imes " pledged its character" to the fact of the arrival of an express, from Madrid, confirming, "almost to the let ter" all it had previously stated. Under any circumstances, therefore, the Times must be wrong, for all its statements have been inconsistent with each other ; but the last we again say, is no more t:ue than any of its predecessors. The negociation is not at an end, nor was (Jetsam dismissed on account of it. The late change of Ministry in Spain is ascribed to very different causes. He was the creature of Russian influence at Madrid, and his disgrace is understood to be the result of FERDINAND'S revenge fur the disap pointment he has sustained in the assistance he expected from Russia for the reconquest of his Colonies. The KING'S displeasure was at first so great, that he bad resolved to banish LTG ART 1, on pretence of sending him to Turin, but it appears that he has relaxed a little from this severity. A private letter from Madrid states, that M. UOARTT had had an audience of the KING, in which he represented to his MaJesry that his loyalty alone was the cause of his disgrace—that true to his resolution of never quitting the royal person, he had refused the office of Envoy to Turin ; he concluded by beseeching his MAJESTY to appoint him some spot distant from the residence of the Court, to take up his abode in. Yielding to his wish, the KING fixed upon the city of Segovia, where he passed three months in exile before he took die oath to the Constitution. , We have given, in another part of our Paper, an extract front the evidence of A. R. BLAKE, Esq. given before the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the affairs of Ireland. This gentleman is a Catholic, and Chief Re membrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Dublin. His appointment to this situation is of itself a proof of the libe ral policy of the Marquis WELLESLEY, and of the s;ncere desire that he has so long entertained to bring about, by klegrees, that desirable event, which all wise and candid men must think so fundamentally and essentially necessary to the true interests both of Great Britain and Ireland. Thia gentleman's evidence is given with great candour, and his answers to the respective questions put to him show that the practical results of the present system have been long under his contemplation, in all their bearings upon the tem per and condition of both parties, Protestant and Catholic. No time could be more for:unate and proper for bringing the evidence of the different persons examined before this Committee under the attention of the public. It will ena ble those who wish well to the Catholic cause to fortify their opinions by the strongest confirmatory testimony ; while it will give opportunities to those who are hostile to it, to weigh their objections against the arguments drawn from justice and expediency, which they will find detailed in this body of evidence. Let only the fair claims of this class of our fellow-subjects be examined fairly and without prejudice, and there will be but one sentiment as to the propriety of conceding them. Fortunately, the liberal and enlightened disposition of the leading members of the Go vernment is favourable to every claim 'which has sound poiicy and a constitutional sanction for its basis ; and to every measure which, like that of Catholic Emancipation, is not only just and honourable in itself, but will be attended with the most signal advantages to the country. If the proposed Bill shall pass the House of Commons with such a majority as to show that the general opinion of the public inclines that way, we have no reason to believe that it will meet with any very strenuous opposition in the other House. The Select Committee appointed to reconsider the Act passed last Session for the repeal of the COMBINATION LAws, have a task of extreme importance before them, and one connected, in its results, with the vital interests of the manufacturing classes. That the Combination Laws were unwise in principle and oppressive in practice there can be no doubt. They were unwise, because they controlled the freedom of the artisans on occasions where they could never usefully interfere : they were oppressive, innmoch as they subjected them to the confederate interest of their employers, while they took away from them all means of effective counteraction. There was no reciprocity: the power was all given to one side. Such a system contained' the seeds of evil : it led, necessarily, to all the contention, discontent, and violence, which arose out of it. But the remedy was one of very difficult application. A sudden and sweeping repeal of the obnoxious laws was one way of getting rid of the mischiefs which grew qt of them ; but there were other ill consequences of a very positive cha racter, and, in their way, quite as prolific of mischief, .which lay in the train of the remedy. It was to be foreseen' that these ill consequences would arise ; and in prudence they ought to have been guarded against. The Committee who framed the repealing statute either did not foresee'' them, or did not think themselves warranted in legislating by anticipation. In this perhaps they were not altogether wrong. Generally speaking, it is wiser to wait till the evil, whatever it may be, that is apprehended from the repeal of a statute, actually appears ; the disorder to be provided against is then sees in its true size and shape; the wrong to be redressed may be measured with the means of cure ; it may be met without that excess of punishment, and without all that complex apparatus of prerentires whiell load our Statute-Leek, and -whit* arise out of the over-anxiety to guard beforehand against all probable and possible evils. If, in this great commercial nation, our manufacturers are left wholly at the mercy of their employers, it is not diffi cult to say eventually which will be masters. Journeymen have, at all times, the opportunity of extorting an increase of wages, by insisting on their demand at a moment when their employers cannot dispense with their services. All our great manufacturers would be utterly ruined were they, under peculiar circumstances, and with a great extent of unexecuted orders on hand, to be exposed, with out remedy, to a combination on the part of their workmen to strike unless they received an advance of prices. It sounds very reasonable to urge that every man should be left at liberty to ask what wages he pleases for his labour, and to refuse to work for less than he conceives to be the fair esti mate of its value ; and taken as an abstract proposition, it is perfectly correct. If a workman requires that his wages should be raised so much per week, or his work so much per piece, it is undoubtedly in the option of his employer to comply with this demand or refuse it, and neither side has cause to complain. To this course there can be no reasonable objection. But the case is quite different where a number of workmen, belonging to an extensive manu factory, associate together to demand an increase of prices, resolving, in case of refusal, to strike, and to deter other hands from seeking employtnent in the manufactory, and thus 'care the owners no option but to y ield or be ruined. This is a state of things which can never be suffered ; it manifestly pat! in hazard our existence as a commercial people. Among other protective enactments which the exi gency of such a situation calls for, it seems expedient that no workman should be permitted to leave his employer without a certain previous notice in writing—that he should not be allowed to quit his service until the particular order which he is employed upon is executed, without some due cause shown for so quitting his employ—and that to pre vent the effect of all sudden combinations, no workmen, beyond a given number bearing a certain proportion to the whole number employed, be permitted to leave the service of their employer, until the places of those who have so previously given warning are supplied. Some special enact ments of this kind, simple in themselves and of ready ap plication, would effect every purpose that might be fairly required for the protection of the masters, without throw ing undue restraints on the freedom of labour. Much fur- ther than this, Parliament, we think, cannot usefully in terfere. In the conflicts of such interests, the parties are, in mo•t cases, best left to adjust their own differences. But that legislative treasures of some kind are strongly called for, to relieve the great northern manufactures from the subserviency under which they are placed, and to rescue then. from the ruin which must await them if combina tions may be entered into with impunity, every one must admit. The former was an unwholesome theory, and the provisions which the repeal of it may render necessary, will come recommended by the experience of the past, which is always the best instructor of the future. The departure of the Emperor of Austria from Vienna for Italy seems to be fixed for the Gth inst. His Majesty will not arrive at Mantua till the end of this month, white he will meet the Empress, who, with the Archduchess Sophia, goes to Munich to visit their august parents. From Mantua their Majesties will proceed to Milan. The Frankfort Papers announce the aniral in that city of Mr. Cathcart, Minister Plenipotentiary from England to the German Confederation, on the Oil ult. By the Piedninntese Ga:lrtte, it appears that the assertior in the Ghent Journal, that the Pope had refused to recog nise the King of Naples, is totally unfounded, as on the 9th of March, the Archbishop of Petra was admitted to a private audience of his Majesty, in which he presented his new credentials,:hy which his Holiness confirms him in the character of Apostolic Nuncio to his Majesty. . . , The mortal remains of the Princess de Metteniich passed through Mayence on the 9.3 d ult. nn their way to Johan nisberg. There a solemn funeral service will be cele brated, and it will not be till acme days afterwards that the procession will move forward towards Keeniswarth. A subscription is raising in France to build a new church at Fancy. It is said that the real object of this measure is merely to pull down the present church, which having been built by Voltaire and given to the town, is therefore disliked by the Jesuitical party. We learn from Rome that the statue of Copernicus, undertaken by the celebrated sculptor, Tetwaldsen, has just been finished, and will be transported to Warsaw in the spring. Mr. Martin, of Galway, has given notice of the follow ing motion, for the 13th of May next:—" To increase the Salaries annexed to the Great Officers of State, and to high judicial situations of the country, so as to render them more adequate to the labour and importance of the duties to he discharged, and more worthy of the justice and liberality of the nation." SILK TX A DF.—A pretty satisfactory proof of the pros perity of the silk trade is to be found in the Macclesfield paper, wherein we perceive an advertisement addressed " To Overseers, &c." for 4,000 er 5,000 persons, from seven to twenty years of age, who are wanted immediately in the town, to be employed in the silk trade. In the course of last year, fifty thousand saints of oil, and forty thousand salmi of corn, were exported from Sicily. The expense of obtaining a patent in America isonly .50 dollars-61. 15s. sterling. Goon FRID•N .—Yesterdo y was, as usual, commemor►ted by the suspension of business. and the performance of di vine service at all the churches and most of the chapels throughout London. Those belonging to the Roman Ca tholics were much crowded, particularly fhe Spanish Am- bassador's Chapel, and the splendid edifice in Moorfields. At these places High Mass was performed, and 7'e Deem sung, aecompanied by the usual impressive and solemn pageantry. 'f he audience, fort the most part, was of a very genteel character; but it lets evident that of these a part had been attracted by curiosity to witness the spec tacle, and to hear the singing, which was of a very superior order.—The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor gave orders to the City Marshals and officers under them to see that all business was suspended, and the shops and public houses closed during the time of divine service. WESTERN CURRENT OF THE AT LA NTlC.—Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Stornoway, dated March 17 : " A bottle wa. found on the 12th instant, on the Sands of Dell, near the Batt of the Lewis, with a card in it, of which the follow. ing is a copy : " Enact' brig Ardent, from Hamburgh to Newfoundland, September 22, 11124, Ist. 6G. 58. N. long. 24 30. W. Whatever hands this may fall into, I will thank them to give it publicity, to ascertain, if possible, the direction of the prevailing current in this part of the Atlantic. (Signed) " JOHN DUNCAN.'" The direction in which this bottle has come confirms the general opinion of a westerly current, which, with the heave of the sea from the same point, accounts for the many fatal accidents that happen to our shipping crossing the Atlantic in the fall of the year, by running ahead of their reckoning. However strange the following proposition may appear, the Advertiser will exhibit to any respectable gentleman the cause, in action, which will move, against wind and tide, with any velocity required, a vessel upon the water, without strain, sails, oars, levers, paddles, or machinery whatever. The expense to complete the largest hull in Liverpool will not exceed soot. To bring this system to maturity will require the assistance of two individuals at least. One or two respectable gentlemen may participate in all its benefits equal with the Advertiser, on a mutual un derstanding taking place.—Address by letter, post-paid, to W. Parr, care of J. Gore and Son, Castle -street, LiverpooL —Liverpool Advertuer of Thursday. Hoe iNTELLIOLNCE.—WORPESTER, Mason 30.—0 n Saturday twenty-one pockets of Hops were weighed in our market. Little or nothing doing in the Hop trade. Prices as per last quotation. Saturday, about half-past one o'clock, an appalling ac cident took place at a power loom factory, Bishop -street. Anderatem, near Glasgow. A draw-boy, thirteen yenta of age, was looking into a window, when one of the coupling boxes of the main lying shaft caught hold of his left sleeve, and drew him on the shaft, where his body was carried round till it was intercepted by the wall, and there being only a space of about two inches for his body to pass through, his limbs were immediately separated, and the trunk was forced through, mangled in the most dreadful manner ever witnessed. The engine was of course stopped on the first alarm, but it was too late, as the first turn of the shaft cut his body in two. On Tuesday night last, between nine and ten o'clock, as the watchman stationed near the Southwark Bridge wax on duty, he heard a noise in the water, as if some person had thrown themselves in. He immediately ran down the' steps leading to the river, and saw a woman in the water, who had just risen to the surface; he caught her by the hair just as she was sinking, and pulled her out, and from thence conveyed her to the watchhouse, where she at first refused to disclose her name, or to give any reasons for her attempt at self-destruction. She, however, at length, after repeated solicitations. said that her name was Mary Cook ; that she was a married woman, and had four children, and that having had a quarrel that morning with her husband,' she bad resolved upon destroying herself. So determined was the unfortunate woman on effectually drowning her self, that on the watchman's rescuing her, he found a piece of cord tightly twisted mumd both her legs, au as to prevent the poasibihty of saving herself after she had once thrown basal' in. THE FRENCH ARMY. The following is a plan oe new organisation of the French Army, extracted from a royal ordinance in the last number of the Bulletin des Luis:— _ The French infantry of the active army shall be com posed of six regiments destined for the service of the guard ; sixty-four regiments of the line and twenty of light infantry. Each regiment shall consist of a star and three battalions, eight companies in a battalion ; a battalion shall be 957 men effective, on the war esta blishment, and reductd to 601 in time of peace. The cavalry shall be composed of two regiments of grena diers, two t.f cuirassiers, one of dragoons, one of lancers, and one of hussars, forming the two divisions of the royal guard ; of two regiments of carabincers, ten of cuirassiers, twelve of dragoons, eighteen of chasaeurs, and six of hus sars ; each regiment, both of 'he guard and of the line, shall consist of a staff and six squadrons. The force of each squadron shall be—for the royal guard 162 men and 133 horses, on the war tatab!isinnent (reduced in peace to 120 men and 119 horses); for the heavy cavalry 150 men and 141 horses in war; 119 men and 101 horses in peace; and for the light cavalry 166 men and 137 horses in peace. The Brigade of artillery of the Royal Guard shall con sist of one regiment on foot, one on horseback, and one I regiment of the train. The first of them to have 916 men in time of war, and 669 in peace ; the second, 454 men and 470 horses in war, and 382 men and 337 horses in peace; the regiment of the train, 1474 men and 2416 horses in war, and 324 men and 636 horses on the peace establishment. T:ie artillery of the line to consist of eight regiments on foot and four regiments of horse artillery : the foot regi ments, 2139 in war, and 1339 in peace ; the regiments of horse artillery, 891 men and 856 horses in war, 651 men and 4.58 holies in peace. The battalion of Pontooneers, 1571 men in war and 995 in peace. Each of the twelve companies of workmen, 101 men in war, 71 in peace. Each of the eight squadrons of the train of artillery shall be composed of a staff and sixteen companies in time of war, and of eight in time of peace. The complete force of a squadron, 1958 men and 3180 horses in war, and 691 men 364 horses on the peace establishment. FRENCH PAPERS. From the Efoik dated Thursday.] PARIS, MARC!' 30. It is confidently stated that the Coronation of his 3dsjesty is Positively postponed to the 12th of June. It was riot the time re quired to complete the preparations, as some have seemed to think. that caused this resolution. The greatest activity prevailed as well at Rheims as at Paris. and workmen were employed both day mail night to get every thing ready by the 15th of May. As it is now seen that the Session of the Chambers will not be terminated by that period, we need seek for no other cause for this delay. The month of June offers a greater chance of fine weather, both for the solemnity and the fetes which are to follow it. It is said that M. Ouvrard is engaged in writing memoirs of great interest, of his political and financial life. His participation iii all the great undertakings prior to the Restoration, the influence which he exercised in 1816 and 1817, on raising the Loans, which have established public credit, and his explsnations relative to the report of the Commission of Inquiry, are, they say, very in teresting. Mr. Cromwell Disbrowe replace* Sir Charles Begot as Minister Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty, at the Court of Russia. He passed through Frankfort on the 21st, on his way to his poet. A NUOULEM E, Marten 24. laxity of discipline, followed as it always happens, in public schools, by quarrels, has occurred lately among some pupils of the Royal Marine College. Order was soon re-established, all returned ro their duty, and those who had offended most were punished, and their names forwarded to the Minister of the Marine. ',From Galignani's Messenger of Wedneodm.l Pools, lloacm 29. Extract of a private letter of the 2lst instant from'Nuremberg : We learn from Corfu, that intelligence had been received there of Prince 3lavrocordato, after the repeated solicitations of the central Government of Greece, having determined to quit Missolonghi and proceed to Napoli di Romania, to take upon him the office of Secretary of State, to which he was nominated some time ago. He will nevertheless retain the Important post of Director in Chief of Western Greece. A special Committee, consisting of three members, is charged with the affairs relative to the administration of that part of the Peloponnesus, during the whole time of Prince blavrocer dato's absence. The Egyptian fleet, under Ibrahim Paths, has ex perienced fresh disasters from a violent hurricane. The Anglo lonian Government, alter having received despatches from Napoli di Romania, has commanded the Greek General Sissini, one of the principal leaders in the rebellion of Colocotroni, who had taken refuge at Zante, to quit that Island immediately. The other insurgent leaders, such as Lando, Nikitat, Zaimt, &r. arc still detained at Anatolico. We are assured that Prince Marroeordato has received orders from the Greek Government to cause them to be transported to Napoli di Romania, in order to be tried. General Krnynofr, a Dutch officer, seventy years old, will les,. Brussels towards the end of April for Curacoa, with a numerous staff; to take the superintendence of the working of the gold 111111 MI recently discovered in that part of the Dutch possessions. (From the Constitution's(' of IVedneaday.l The Indict:tear of Bordeaux contains the following letter, which shows what degree of confidence is to be placed in the assertions of the official Gazette of the Spanish Government, which the Eloik is so eager to copy :-- "St. Sebastian, March 19. " Having observetriti the Madrid Gazette of the 15th inst. that the Commandant of the Marine has thought fit to make use cf my name In the despatch whid) he has addremted to his Government ; and as it is not probable that that Gazette would insert my answer, I hare recourse to roue journal to inform its readers that I have not given any news to the Commissioners of the Marine at this port, either directly, it through an interpreter. and that if I had been interrogated respecting the affairs of Peru, my answer would have been diametrically opposite to that which this officer attributes to me in his despatch,, e honour, ite, 'JOHN 31. SMITH, " Commanding the American schooner the General " Jackson ei.Baltimore." The article in the Afadriel Gazette, of which Captain Smith complains, is in the following terns:— " The naval Commandant at St. Sebastian has written. under date of the II th of this mouth, to the Minister as follows :--• Sir, on the lith of this month there arrived in this port from Baltimore, after a voyage of 32 day., with a cargo of sugar, cocoa, and other articles for the place, the American schooner the General Jackson, who has brought the news (after those of Baltimore) that Bolivar. since his late defeat. was pressed by 211,000 Royalist troops, and not . .n a condition toescape them.' "—Note of Constitutionrril. (From the Journal des Debit!. of Wednsedat Af•Ditth. :Basica 17. For some time past our Court have reoeived a vast number to claims for indemnity for houses demolished and woods felled by the French for the fortification of Cadiz and its neighbourhood ; the public wait with great impatience the decisions on these claims, for they will show us what will he the ultimate fate of Cadiz. Nothing Is talked of at the Palace except the great favour Ge neral Quesada enjoys, who seems destined to fill the mom of Ugsrte in the mind of the King; it Is even asserted that M. Que. sada is no strange/ to the fall of the ex-favaurite. Letters from Lisbon announce that the English are there forming vast magazines of provisions, which they assert to be destined foe the supply of the English station in the Tagus, but which seem more fitted to be destined for some body of troops of the line than for the provision of ships of war. The trial of the ex.vegidors of Madrid is finished, and the see. tenet has just been submitted to the King's approbation. It has been remarked, that in a passage of his speech, the Attorney-tie nerd said, that in not calling for any punishment against the cul prits, he might draw on himself the anitnadversion of a great null. bee of good and loyal Royalists ; but that if he should call for one, ft would fall on all the men in the kingdom who had filled muni cipal offices, against which men a dangerous precedent would he established, inasmuch as almost all had signed similar acts to those which formed the heads of the accusation against the ex-segidors of Madrid. (From the Corrrier Fresteais of Werinesd!!.l LteLon, MARCH The Comte de Porto Santa arrived here l evieriley from Madrid. Fmm this day he holds the porteinalle of Minister be Foreign Aehirt._ _ _ . M.Pinheiro Ferreyra, who has refused the department for Fe. reign Affair., sill accompany, n is reported, M. Paldtella to London. The maritime forces of (heat Britain stationed at the mouth of the Tagus increases daily. Sir Charles Stewart is expected to arrive at this capital every moment. The current report is, that a ronsti. tutional regime will be established. Our intercourse with Algiers is broken off. and withr.ut doubt the Cabinet of St. James's sill interfere in this business, and offer our Cabinet its high and pow. erful protection. A Swt NDI.FR.—On Saturday last, a tall, thin, middle aged man, dressed in a blue frock coat, called at a gentle man a in Arlington-street, Camden -town, to look at apart ments. After having seen them, he agreed to take them for a lady and her daughter. Being informed that it was customary to leave a deposit as security, he replied, he had nothing less than a M. country note, of the Oxbridge and Somersetshire Hank, Messrs. Liscombe, Padden, Self, and Co., payable in London at Messrs. Whitehead, Howard, and Haddock's, and said if the owner of the house would change it, he would leave a deposit of If.; ; the former accordingly gave the difference, at. When, however the note was presented, it was found that the country ban k had stopped pa y ment for some time. -.s..r~a~e~ ~- P 11 I I ~~ G F ri Ilk.. I