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ehe e mber in the forests of this country, and give up foreign tim ber l • the IITZI MARTIN repeated his assurance to the lion. Gent. that t h e thy rot was disappearing. There was not so much of it irOw as when English timber was much more used. 01:GEORGE CLERK then moved-- 40,0001 foe The expenses of pilotage. 62,000 L for the expenses of forelfa yar d, M r . MUM): asked if the works in Bermuda were going on, and If spy frroll hail been made upon them ? Sir G. CLERK replied, that the Admiralty had received a re- Part from Mr. Jew* on the subject. Mr. lIRIGHT thought no time ought to be lost in strengthen ing Bermuda. lu 14 or 15 year' this country might be engaged in , a naval war, and in such case that Island would be a most im point g a ther. As he was upon his legs he would take that op portunity of asking the gallant officer opposite if the Lords of the Admiralty had turned their attention to any station south of the Fl or id" winch he thought would be a most important acquisition for the British navy. Ile would also ask if attention had been paid to the American twttlernents in that quarter ? Sir G. COCKBURN answered, that they could not object to the Americans making settlements ; but admitted that it was ne cessary to keep an eye upon that point. 72,9041. was then moved for the salaries of officers in the Victual fing.yards, and other contingent expenses for lli24.—timnteLL 52,4061. fur the Naval Medical Establishment for the year IM4. Granted. 6,1771. lb. &I. for the Naval College and School for Naval Ar chitecture--Oranted. 103,000 L for the salaries of ship-keepera.—thanted. h 5,00.11. for ship-keepers and victualling vessels in ordinary, fur 1 lat.-1 :ranted. 44,tagli. foe hired packets, formerly paid by the Post-office, but now by the Navy Board. Mr. HUME protested against this item coming as a charge': against the Navy. Ile disapproved of mixing up the expenses of different departments in this way. Sir G. CLERK thought the arrangement wool(' have been satis factory to the Honourable Gentleman. The object of the change was, that as the contracts drop men of war might be substituted instead of packets. Mr. 1.1U31E in reply said, that the Post Office was a Revenue Department, and the expense of the packets ought not to have been taken from its accounts to swell the Navy Estimates. Sir G. CLERK answered, that in case of war there would be a saving by the Navy Board taking the expense upon itself, as it was intended to use small men of war which could defend them selves, by which the expense of sending out men of war with the packets would be saved. Mr. ROBERTSON Approved of the plan adopted by the Ad miralty. A sum of 911,0001. was then moved for the half-pay of officers in the Navy. Mr. CALCII.IFT begged to advert to the ease of midshipmen, who he thought were placed under peculiar hardships. It was cruel, after long s.i•rviee or meritorious conduct, that it was out of the power of he Admiralty to give them promotion. By that means many fine young men were lost to the service, as they sought other arocuions, rather than continue in a service where promotion was denied to them. He considered that it was but good policy to give these officers a moderate half-pay, as a retaining fee. Sir G. CLERK admitted that it was • subject deserving of at tention. The Admiralty had given employment to all persons who had passed their examination fur Lieutenants, to 3lidsummer 1814. Mr. CALCR AFT said. that 3 or 6,0001. a year would pro bably be 'efficient to afford half-pay to this deserving class of persons. Sir G. COCKBURN oillicd his thanks, as a naval man, to the Honourable Gentleman for his suggestion. It was a subject of gnat importance, bat it was &question with which the Admiralty could not interfere. Mr. di Uhl E asked games in the navy were permitted to com- ' mend merchantmen ? Fir G. CLERK answered, that Lieutenants were permitted to command merchantmen. Mr. Ill:31E wished to ask, if there were not fees to pay by officers on going 011 Want ? Sir O. CLERK replied, that there was a fee to pay when officers vent aboard. Mr. Ali ME corisidered that practice as a gross injustice. 138,2991. were then moved for superannuations, pensions, and al lowances for the year lOU—Granted. 1,3001. for bounties to chaplains.--Orastad. 7,11001. for the Widows and Orphans' Compassionate List— &sated. ........._. 80,0%1 to make good deficiencies in charitable funds, &c.— °canted. 19,0001. to defray the expenses of the out-pensioners of Green wieh.--tiranted. . . 167,0001. for superannuation, and pensions to naval officers. Mr. HUME complained that the lists did not mention the age and length of 'mice of the objects of these pensions, and adverted to an officer of the name of Boswell. Mr. HI'SKISSON admitted that it would be desirable that the services of officers enjoying pensions and superannuations, should be set forth. With regard, however, to the gentleman alluded to by the Hon. Member, he could state that he was 75 years of age, had been in the service a great number of years, and was the near relation of the biographer of Johnson. 10,0001. were mowed for to defray the expenses of a ship building in the East Indies.—(hatted. 127,4001. for dock-yards. 255,0 0 .001. for provisions foe foreign stations.--Granted. MINA for the Transport service for 1tt94.--Granted. The CHAIRMAN then left the Chair, reported progress, and the Report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. FOUR PER CENT. ACTS. The CIIANCEIICiIi of the informed the !louse that he should make the financial statement, of which he had given notice in the Committee, for the consideration of the Four per Cent. Acts, M a more convenient course than to make it In the Committee of Ways and Means. USURY LAWS. Mr. Sergeant ONSIA/H 7 moved the second reading of the Bill fertile repeal of the I'sury Laws. Mr. CALCRAFT hoped, that, late as it was (eleven o'clock) hi, Learned Friend would not press his motion. He was desirous of offering his opinion on the Bill, as he had the misfortune to differ with several of his friends on the subject ; but he could not discuss the merits of the Bill at that late hour, which he was anxious to do, although hsconfestord that he had but little expecta tion of defeating the measure in that House. Ile would take the liberty of proposing to his Learned Friend to name an early day for the second reading, and then it might be committed. when a namable time afterwards might be given for its consideration, and his Learned Friend might then proceed as rapidly with it as he pleased. Mr. Sergeant ONSIA)W, in reply, said, that if it got over the period for going the Circuits, it would lose many of its opponents as well as supporters, for he could assure his lion. Friend that he lied been pressed to bring the question early forward, by those who were hostile to the measure, as well as those in favour of it. They might go into the Committee, and take the debate on the Report. Mr. C,ILCRAFT wished the debate to take place before going into the Committee. r. Seri( can t ONSLOW observed, that on Monday the state ment of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was to be made; on Tuesday an important discussion on the Court of Chancery ; but that if iriday would suit gentlemen, he would postpone the second reading to that day, which was finally fixed. SURVEY OF HOUSES. Mr. MOIIHOUSE moved for the copy of any letter which might have been issued from the Board of Taxes to the Surveyors of Taxes, ordering a survey of houses.—Ordered. Mr. II ERRI ES moved for a copy of a Treasury minute, dated December, 11W, on the subject of the survey of houses. The Hon. Member also moved for a copy of a letter from the Commissioners of Tucson the same subject, dated the Alth December, 182 . TOBACCO DUTIES. Mr. HUSKISSON presented $ petition from the tobaceo-manu faeturas of Liverpool, praying the Dome to lower the duties on tobacco.—Laid on the table. THAMES ARCHWAY. Mr. HERRIES presented a Petition from certain gentlemen making an archway under the River Thema, which was referred to the I :emulate sittiog on the subject. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the Mouse adjourned, at eleven o'clock, to Monday. A UST OF THE MAJORITY OF TIIIRTY-EICIIT, Who Toted, on the Ilith of February, against the Production of a List of the Number of Catholics appointed to Office in Ireland, in Twenty-six 1 ts wider Government, since the e au. Ingot the Act in 193, which opened the door to ()theta of Emo lument and Honour to all Classes of Catholics, except to the par ticular Offices under that Act enumerated : Astir', Sir J. I). Gilbert, D. G. Phillimore, Jos. Brogden, James Harvey, Sir Elitib Phipps, E. Brownlow, Charles Heber, R. Portman, C. B. Burgh, Sir Ulysses Dill, Rt. Ho. Sir G.F.Robin s on, Rt. Ha. F. Canning, George Buskisson,R.Hn.W.Ross, Charks Cholmley, Si r NI. Berries, J. C. Sandon, Viscount Clerk, Sir G. Horton, Robt. W. Somerville, Sir It. M. Cooper, R. B. Enatchbull, Sir E. Tremayne, J. H., Copley, !IrJ. S. Long, Rt. lin. Sir C. Trench, F. M. Counenay, T. P. Method, Sir S. B. Wallace, Rt. Hn. T. Denison, _ Ommanney, Sir S.W.Wetherell, C. Solid. Vorbes, Sir Charles Palmerston, Lord tor-General Fremantle, W. 11. Peel. Right Hon. R. Wynn, Sir W. W. TELLEits—G. R. Dawson and Right Hon. 11. Goulburn. A LIST OF THE MINORITY OF ELEVEN, Who voted with Mr. Orattan for the Production of a List of the Number of Catholics holding Office in Ireland in Twenty-six Departments : Brown, Do m . Hamilton, Lord A. Lamb, lion. O. Cavendish, Lord Hobhouse, J. C. Monk, J. B. H. F. C. Hume, Joseph Newport, Sir John MU, 0..1. W. A. Hutchinson, l In. C.H. Wood, Matthew TELL': as—Viscount Althorpand James Grattan. 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LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 182.1. The Paris Papers of Wednesday, and the Etoile of Thurs day, reached our office last night. The Journal des Debuts, and th , r other French Ministerial Papers, triumph at the rise of their rentis above par. Such an occurrence, the former paper says, is new in the annals of French Finance. Thus Ville•le has thrown Louvois and Necker completely into the shade. Under the ancient regime, this Minister's journal asserts, the renles never passed eighty-four; and, under Napoleon, never were higher than ninety:fbur. It was reserved (this journal, with singular modesty, adds) for a Constitutional Regime ! anda Royalist Minister (what a contrast!) to see the renter at par. How much of this great consummation hss been accomplished by a fete ener getic holders on the Stock-Exchange here, and the gentle men of another religious persuasion, we shall not attempt to say ; but the French journals will acknowledge no auxiliaries,—all, accordii.g to them, is due to the constitutional regime and the royalist minister. The Moniker has no intelligence of any importance. The Etude contains Ferdinand's last Decree on the trade of South America. But this is mere waste paper. How can the Spanish Tyrant, or his Ministers. regulate the trade of a Continent, over which he has no longer any control ? How can he establish Cus tom-houses " where duties on importation anti export ation shall be imposed," where, with the exception of, the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, Spain has not in all Mexico a single strong place or possession beside In the same spirit of assumption, the fifth article of tilt Decree declares, " That there shall be determined by jegulatlons " on this matter, what advantages, preferences, and fran " chisel, should be granted to Spanish trade, navigation, " agriculture, and industry." The conclus of this' Decree is equally imbecile:—" The American Spaniards " (it says) will see in these measures a fresh proof of my strong desire to increase their prosperity ; the European " Spaniards, the firm resolution to secure to them the " franchises and preferences to which they have a 1" " right; the bona fide traders of all countries, the, " intention of preserving and favouring existing mer " cantile relations, and the advantageous employ " ment of their capitals ; and lastly, friendly and allied " States and Sovereigns, a public testimony of the price I " attach to the preservation of the harmony and good " understanding which unite us." This Decree, and those which have preceded it, are an idle and vain-glorious assumption of authority over Southern America, which will never be realized. That Continent is now beyond the power of Spain. But these manifestoes have been con certed with the French Cabinet, and not put forward with out deliberation and purpose. The supremacy of Spain will not be abandoned without a struggle ; an effort to recall it, of some sort, under the Councils and with the aid of France, will ultimately be made. These impotent Decrees arc but the heralds of such a measure, which, when made, will be completely powerless and unavailing. The Estimates have been put in motion unusually early this Session; but the Speech delivered from the Wool sack, on the opening, announced that that they were already made up. Lord Palmerston, last night, moved the different Army Estimates, an abstract of which we gave in our paper of yesterday. The numerical increase pro posed by the Secretary at War, was 4,360 men. The increase of charge attendant on this additional levy, the Noble Lord stated would be - - - From this sum he stated, he hoped to be able to make a £158,000 reduction of - - Leaving a total inereme on the estimate of only . 65,000 - 103,000 From which awn, there was a further deduction to be mode of 60,000 Which the East India Company agreed to pay, on the contract for their proportion of the half-pay and pensions. Thus, Lord Palmerston stated, the increased charge, by these deductions, was diminished so low as 43,0001., on an effective increase of force of 4,560 men. The vote pro posed by the War Secretary, met the opposition of Mr. Hume. The tranquillity of the Colonies, he stated, formed the alleged ground fur increasing, in a time of peace, the military force of the country. He contended, that while peace prevailed at home, and our foreign rela tions continued friendly, the proposed increase was unne cessary. Any increase in the Colonies might, Mr. Hume contended, be supplied out of the present disposable force of the country. Our military establishments, he added, were now es large as in 1817, when the elements of a protracted war still existing, formed some excuse for the heavy expense. The ferment in the Colonies was created, Mr. Hone con tended, by the indecision of Ministers. They k pt (he said) the population in these islands in a state of suspense, and would not declare whether they would emancipate the slaves or not, or yet indemnify the proprietors; they thus were the creators of the discord which t he y now consis tently called on the House for forces to suppress. Mr. Hume stated his protest against the principle of making this a military nation, in place of what nature had intended it to be—a great civil and naval power. If, however (the lion. Gentleman stated), increase was necessary, why not add fifty men to each regiment already embodied, and thus the heavy expense of staff and bands, agency, and other charges, would be spared the country ; or if an additional force be essential in the colonies, let it be sent from the force already in this cotrntrt, where no necessity existed for its maintenance, in the present state of internal quiet. The number cf men moved for by the Secretary at War, for the sereicetlf Ate present year, was 73,000 and odd; and Mr. Hume moved, as an amend. ment, a diminution of 10,000 nicts;—thus• making the esti mate for the year only 03,000, exclusive of the forces in India. General Gascoyne declared his opinion that the system of reduction had been carried too far. Several regi ments, be said, had been absent from the country seven teen, twenty, and even twenty-five years ; this lengthened absence, be contended, arose from the impossibility of sending out forces to relieve them.—Colonel M'odehouse instanced a case, which appeared to make a deep impression on the House, of one regiment, which, during its residence in Barbadoes, had lost twenty officers and five hundred men.—Mr. llobhouse declared himself strongly against the mischiefs of a standing army. ('harks the Second, the most arbitrary of Sovereigns (the Hon. Gentleman stated), was suffered by his Parliament only to retain about him .5000 men. ('onciliatory measures, Mr. Hobliouse stated, ought to be tried in Ireland ; and if that policy were pursued, the large force now kept up in that country might be sensibly diminished. We do not conceive the present military force proposed, of about 70,000, men at all diapro portioned for so great a country, and with such extensive possessions, as this. Prussia, comparatively a second-rate Power on the Continent, has at this moment four times that force on foot ; but her disjointed provinces are kept in subjection merely by military tyranny. Great Britain never can bear the waste of human life, or become a great and ambitious Military Tower; in this way she cannot contend with the despots of the Continent: her military renown now stands deservedly high, purchased in many a glorious and well-fought field ; but her power and safety consist in her insular situation, in her navy, end the indomitable spirit of her people: they nre her great and best protection. Further conquest she does not want ; her possessions now extend throughout the globe, and are watered by the dews of both hemispheres. To consolidate her power, and make her people happy, should be the great object of her Government. If a different policy were pursued towards Ireland, the force in • that country might be sensibly reduced ; a few constables, as in England, would keep the peace, where a regiment now is necessary. Ireland costs this country near four millions sterling above her own revenue, the entire of which might be saved, if Ministers would only sincerely enter on a just and necessary course of conciliation in that fine island. We wish, now that Mr. Canning is in power, and with the whole influence of office around him, that he would introduce some of those measures which I filled up his leisure hours, while free from the cares of Government. With how much more effect, and more i apparent sincerity, might he not propose them now! When his distant and splendid exile to India was contemplated, a legislative measure of this sort was the last act of his political life, and the parting bequest he sought to con summate. His second year of office is now passing away, with profound tranquillity in every part of Europe, and nothing of the sort has yet been thought of. Does high office act like the chill of the torpedo, and benumb every former feeling of the. Foreign Minister ? Or is he so sur rounded by hostility and religious Prejudice, that he sees his best efforts would be in vain? If so, what can Ireland hope for? What an hereafter i predicted to that country ! Her legislation is to be that of bayonets, and force the only argument made use of. Twice twenty thouannd men will not, under such circumstances, keep 1 that country tranquil ; and Mr. Canning may live to see the policy his ambition advocates as fruitless as it iA ruinous. It is needless to say that Lord Palmerston's reso lutions were carried by a large majority. There is such a thing as hedging a bet, and there is likewise such a thing, it would appear, as hedging a pies tiun. The process is not precisely the same in both cues, but it is pretty near it. In the former case, the Better so contrives to cover his stakes, as, be the result either way, he can neither win nor lose. So the Debater—when he finds himself committed on any great political question, which beings his " nearest and dearest" interests into jeopardy, contrives so to manage the discussion as to edge out of it (that is, to slide out edgeways, for that is the genuine term, and not hedge, which is a corruption)—that let the debate take what turn it may, neither party can claim anything from him; he slips out of the promises given to the one, without embroiling himself with the pledge given to the other. A very exemplary specimen of this dialectic skill was exhibited by Mr. Canning, on Mr. Grattan's motion respecting the religious persuasion of per-, sons holding offices in Ireland. The subject was too grave for a well-timed witticism; it was too solid for an attk joke to make any impression upon it. There was no alter native but to cut and run ; and he did both, but not with his usual adroitness. His speech was like one of those made dishes, in which the eight or ten ingredients which it contains are so equally compounded, that the dish tasks of nothing. Mr. Canning distributed the zest of his argu ments with such even-handed justice, that no flavour was predominant ; it suited equally the guests on both sides the table, each being left to season it to his own palate. No honest or candid man affects to believe, at this time of day, that any concession made to the Catholics will endan ger the Protestant Establishment ; the Orange party themselves have no such apprehension. It is hardly pos sible to instil terror now into the mind of an old nurse, as to the papal supremacy ; but the Protestant Peers, and their patronage—the sycophants, pensioned and promised— the holders of unknown and unknowable sinecutes—the host that feed and fatten on the perfidious prodigality of the Irish Church Establishment ;—these are the pest de positaries of that persecuting and exclusive spirit by which Ireland has so long been governed. It is, as we have said again and again, that Government is the patrimony of a particular class—it is here that the evil exists. Certain Protestant families possess the patronage of all appoint ments to office; their right is pussrssian, and their principle isforce. They do not declare this in terms, but they main tain it in effect. And all this is defended, not by appealing to the good sense, but by practising on the weakness and prejudices of the majority in this part of the kingdom. But the delusion is fast wearing away; and the many, who on this subject have been misled into error, are beginning to retrace their steps. The truth is not so remote from observation as once it was. The state jugglers in Ireland have exhausted all their art. We would support with our best wishes, and with all our means, the Protestant faith; but we would also support, with equal warmth, the rights of the Catholics, as British subjects, to all the franchises under the Constitution, to which, by the rules of justice and their own deserving, they are entitled.—" I love the I Church," says PETER PLYINLEY, in his admirable Let ters to his brother Abraham, on the subject of the Irish Catholics. —" I love the Church as well as you do, but you totally mistake the nature of an Establishment, when you contend that it ought to be connected with the military and civil career of every individual in the State. It is quite right that there should be one Clergyman th every pariah, interpreting the Scriptures after a particular manner, ruled by a regular hierarchy, and paid with a rich propor tion of haycocks and wheatsheeves. When I have laid this foundation for a rational religion in the State—when I have placed ten thousand well-educated men in difhrcnt parts of the kingdom to preach it up, and compelled every body to pay them, whether they hear them or not—l have taken such measures as I know must always procure an im mense majority in favour of the Established Church ; but I can go no farther: I cannot set up c. civil inquisition, and ray to one, ' You shall not be a butcher, because you arc not orthodox;' and prohibit another from brewing, and a third from administering the law, and a fourth from defending the country. If common justice did not prohibit me from such a conduct, common sense would. The advantage to be gained by quitting the heresy would make it shameful to abandon it ; and men who had once left the Church would continue in a state of alienation from a point of honour, and transmit that spirit to their latest posterity. This is just the effect your disqualified laws have produced."—There is a force in these observations that takes our judgment captive. A man's religious creed is no ground to exclude him from the acknowledged ad vantages or distinctions of the government under which he lives. Our Constitution is no respecter of persons; it places every man on an equal and equitable footing with his fellow-subjects ; it knows nothing of that proscriptive spirit which has been for centuries exercised over the Irish people, and which insults their understanding as well as their sufferings. The present Lord Lieutenant, we are well convinced, is no party to this system. If left to the guidance of his own liberal and manly mind, he would change its nature, its object, and its principle. But to be effectively serviceable to Ireland, he must be effectively supported in the Cabinet. The double and deceptive sys tem that at present prevails, is neither wise nor honest. When the path of political rectitude is so widely open be fore him, it is beneath a mind like Mr. Canning's to pause upon his course even for a moment. Let him call to his classic recollection, the writer who has said, and with great truth, "In ipad dabitatione et deliberatione scelus eat, etiamsi ad scelas non perreneril." THE KING. WINDSOR, Fen. 19.—Ilis Majesty arrived at his Royal Castle last evening about seven o'clock, from London, to dinner, escorted by a party of the 3d regiment of Light Dragoons. The escort changed at the Magpies and near Kew Bridge, the places where the late King was in the habit of changing. This morning the King, after breakfast, rode out in his phaeton in the Park, and proceeded up the Long Walk to Inspect the various alterations and extensive improvements which are making in the Park. his Majesty returned to the Castle to dinner. Yesterday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, the Duke and Duchess of Clarence left Bushy Park in their travel ling carriage, and proceeded to the King's Palace at Ken sington, where the Royal Duchess alighted on a visit to the Duchess of Kent. The Royal Duke proceeded to his residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. In a short time after, his Royal Highness received visits from the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta. At three o'clock the Royal Duke left town for Greenwich, on a visit I to Sir Richard Keats. Wednesday the Cabinet Ministeri dined with the Duke of Wellington at his house in Piccadilly. Yesterday the despatches for Bengal and China, by the ship Sir David Scott, were closed at the East India House, anti delivered to the Purser of that ship. There was an arrival yesterday from Rio Janeiro, bringing letters of the 18th December, which is thirteen day later than those received by the packet. At the latter period the public confidence seemed partially restored, and trade 'Vas carried on with regularity. The Emperor had issued several proclamations, containing assurances of at tachment to the national independence, which had pro duced a favourable effect upon the mass of the Brazilians, although it was the opinion of the well-informed classes that that he only waited for an opportunity to betray it. The course of exchange at Rio on the 18th of December was 49. THE Garr Ita.—Very interesting information relative to the affairs of Greece has been received in London. The lion. Leicester Stanhope, who had been for some time at tempting to form a corps of artillery, has at length suc ceeded to the utmost extent of his wishes, and now boasts that the Greeks have a force more than sufficient to reduce all the fortresses in the hands of the Turks. Mr. Stanhope was receiving assurances of support from all parts of Greece, with earnest requests that he would intercede with England to procure pecuniary and other means for the establishment of national schools throughout the country. Lord Byron continues the soul of the Greek cause, and 18 everywhere popular. The Primates of Alissoloughi have elected him a member of their Council. His Lordship has undertaken to provide for the expenditure cf the war in Greece, until the produce of the Loan shall have been re ceived; and for this purpose has sold an estate in England, the amount of which is placed in the hands of Mesas. Ransom and Co., to be remitted to Greece according to his order.—Eeening Paper. SMITII .TFIE MISSIONARY.—We are now enabled to make public the sentence which was pronounced by the Court-martial at Demerara on the Missionary Smith; and have the task at the same time, of announcing the exten sion of the Royal clemency to this individual. The Court found him guilty, and condemned him to death ; but ac companied their sentence with a recommendation to mercy. His Majesty, taking the whole circumstances of the case into consideration, has been pleased to remit the punish ment of death, anti to direct that Mr. Smith should be dismissed from the Colony, and be called upon to enter into recognizances not to reside within any of his Majes ty's Colonies in the West Indies. •FASIIIONABLR INMLLICENCE. The Duke of Gloucester had a grand dinner party yesterday, at ilouce►ter House. Park-lane. The Marquis of Lansdown will entertain a distinguished party at dinner to-morrow, at Lansdown House, Berkeley-square. Lord Ellenborough will entertain a party of friends at dinner this day, at his seat at lioehammon. Lord King had a grand dinner party on Wednesday, at his house in Dover -street, among whom were Kul Clare, Lord Ellen borough, the Hon. Agar Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Baring, &c. George Bankes, Esq. had a dinner party at his house in Bryan stone-square. Lord St. Ilelens left town yesterday for Windsor Castle. The Bishop Worcester has arrived in town from liartlebury Castle, Worcestcr hire. Arrivals at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street :—Mr. and Mrs. Waldron, from Bath ; Major and Mrs. Williamson, from South ampton; and Mr. and Mrs. Becher, from their seat in Berks. I)epartures :—The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Small, for Herts.; Captain and Mts. Symes ar.d Mr. Malthus, on a tour. Departures from the London !fowl, Albemarle-atrect :—Mr. Mrs. and Mini Mains, for their scat in Scotland; and Mr. Mrs. and Miss Towers, fur Chelmsford, Essex. Arrivals at the St. George's Hotel, Albemsrlestreet :—Mr. and Mrs. Owen Smythe, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Dronnuell and family, from Essex ; and Captain Tortple, from a tour. Arrivals at Read's !total, Lower Grosvenor-street Johndieau moat, Esq., front the scat of Lord G. H. Cavendish. in Sussex ; Sir John Frederick, Bart., from his sett, Durwood Park. Surrey ; the Honourable Thompson Vanneek, front his teat In Sultialk • the Honourable Andrew D'indsor, front Brighton ; and Col. Aubrey, from his seat in llucks. Arrivals at Longs Hotel, Bond-street :—Captains Kelley and ,Maclean, from Ireland ; Thomas Parsons, Esq., from the Coati. next; and John Fuller, Es 9., from Oxford. Departures from ditto :—Captain Purvis, H. N., for Portsmouth ; Thomu AUsup Kul., for America ; and Mr. and Mrs. Cole, fur their scat in Norfolk. The Earl of Cimarron has arrived in town from his seat in Baia. - - Arri Vats at lAffig's Hotel, Bond-street : LIST OF TIIE MINORITY OF TEN, slaves or not, or yet indemnify the proprietors ; they thus best wishes, and with all our means, the Protestant faith; Maclean, from Ireland; Thomas Parsons and John Fuller, Ell., from Os Who voted for Reducing the proposed regular Military Establish- were the creators of the discord which del now consis- but we would also support, with equal warmth, the rights I !P t ; malt from 73,00 to Cro,ollo Alm . ditto :—Ca in Purvis, H. IS., for l'ortan Grattan J. lngilby, Sir W. Williams, W. told). called on the House for forces to suppress. Mr. of the Catholics, as British subjects, to all the franchises Esq. , , for Amer i ca; and Mr. and Mrs. Guise, Sir W. B. klonck, J. B. Wilkins, W. i Hume stated his protest against the princii le of making under the Constitution, to which, by the rules of justice I i Norfolk. Earl of Cimarron has arrived in t ic 'hhimtv. J. C. Palmer, C. F. TELLER- . OnsOn f Col. IVcioci, Matthew Hume, J. this a military nation, in place of what nature had intended and their own deserving, they are entitled.—" I love the Baks. Milli II ItULLIOif. I. s. d. Portugal Gold in coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold In bars 3 17 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 91 Silver iu bars 0 1 11 FOREIGN mrrELLicENTE. iFtEr%TirrATERS. Vestcrtlay we reccivell the Paris Journals of IVcdnesday and the Etude of Thursday. The following are extracts: I From the ifonitcric of W•dnesday.l The official part containeonly a Royal Ordinance relative to the number of Joie. Audi fen rs in the jurisdiction of the Royal Court o f Justice; they are never to be more than double the r.tunlitt of the Tribunals of the First Instance in the Department over which the jurisdiction of Mc Royal Court cf Jus..i7e extends liatomus, EEL I". By the latest letters from St. Jago, in Gallic* it NOW that the slight tumult which occurred Mere wee from the boastings of the Revolutionists with regard to the Royal Volunteers. The affair was less serious than was at first supposed, only a confectioner, shop being injured: but by a strange sr,d distressing coincitici.:: the military Governor died of an apoplexy, jest when the dispute was growing warm. This, however, uitinot affect the public WU • quiihty, which was speedily restored by Coe ilitiipidter-lieneral, who becomes :Military Governor. Nothing farther is said in the letters from St. Jago of the 211th Jan. and codling MlN:runt in those from Corunna. [From the noile of Thumlsy. I 31anarn, PER. 19. 'The King has ratified, by a Decree of the Ist of this month, the Treaty concluded on the Sth of January. between Count Ofalia, First Secretary of State, and the Slarguis Talaru, relative to the prices made by the two maritime nations, during the war. The King issued a Decree on the Nth to the following purport —" By the present Decree I abolish in my Trans-Atlantic Domi nions, the Constitutional regime. and I re-establish my Govi.tro ment on the same footing as before the 7th March, 11121. " Art. 1. A direct commerce shall be maintained in my Arne, ricer States with stianrets, subjects of my Allies, end friends to' spain, and the merchant vessels of the said Allier, can be admittel to trade in the said ports, as they are in the pons of my European dominions. " Art. 2. There shall be a decree or law to zegulate the said corn. merce, and to name the ports alter.: it will bt_ permitted, as well ir i the Northern Sea and Islands as in the Pacific Wean. There shidl be established eustom.honses, where duties for Importation and es. portation NW be received, on an equal footing between the intliects of the said' rowers. " Art. 3. It shall be like Wise determined by the regulations OA that subject, what advantage and preference shall be given to the commerce, navigation, agriculture, and industry of the Spaniartla. " Art. 4. Until the two preceding articles shill be perfectly exe cuted, there shall be no innovations in the acts e! state of the coins mere! of America, and it shall also be carried into dect as soon as possible, at other points. The same shall be put into ctlea in regard to Cuba." The American Spaniards will see in these measurt s a fresh proof of my strong desire to increase their prosperity; the European Spa- niards, the firm rt ,,, olution to secure to them the franchises and pro : ferences to whicii they have a right ; the Lona Air traders of all countries, the intention of preserving and fsvouripg existing incr. candle relations and the advantageous employment of their capitals; and, lastly, friendly and allied mates and Sovereigns, a public tett, timony of the price kattach to the prftervation of the harmony and gaud understanding which unite ua. PARIS. Ott CORIES:'OICDEN T.l FARIS, FEP. IG. The weather here continues fine, and we go joyously on, throwing the cares of the world behind us, as during the season of the Carnival we arc bound to do. It is well, even for a single month in the year, that the populace should dress their faces in smiles. Sufficient for the clay is the evil thereof : between ourselves it is very oftcn rne.e4 mon. than sufficient; but we must float with the stream ; if we are carried away with the flood, we shall be brought back by the ebb. A Frenchman always confidtc in this sort of good fortune, and there is no precept which he obeys more conscientiously than that which enjoins him to " take no heal for to-morrow." At present we collect the materials of amusement from all quarters. The Carnival of this year lasts for a month, but this honey-moon is already on the wane ; pleasure, however, is a commodity which may be comprssed into a small space. " The pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful' —et eel ern, present here a very pretty epitome of their empire. Every thing, however, . evinces the air and aspect of hospitality, which , ender all circumstances, is impressive and captivating, and covers multitude of sins ; and there are many persons irlso consider virtue, whether that of charity or any other, es of no further value than u it may serve as a set-Iron the g're2f day of account against the sins which a long IM may score up against its postessor. There are innumerable instances in proof of this. Henry IV. of France staked the Spanish Ambassador, had his King no mistress? "Igo,' says the Ambassador, " he is a religious men, anti loves only his Queen." " What !" answered Henry, " bas not your master virtues enough to. ezecie one vier?" This senti ment, however, variously modified, is very ptersient every where ; it is by no means a new theory of morals ; it is ita the rudiments of our every-day philosophy, both in Church snd State. The aspect of public affairs at pres"nt is promising anti peaceable • but the absence of the French soldiery from Spain would be the signal, I suspect, of very convulsive moments. Were they once more on this side the Pyrennees, the Bourbon dynasty in that kingdom would be dear at three months' purchase. Pacific policy is the wisest for England, both as it respects Spain or anv other of the continental nations. Peace ought to be at all times the ob . - ject of a wise and enlightened government : it is the laws, the industry, the commerce, and, above all, tha national spirit, thatconstitute the true strength and greatness of a people. What can war gain towards these? What arc troops, and armies, and contracts, and commissariats, and all the retinue which ride in the train of blood and Waugh, ter—what are they tit for but to slake the Thirst of ambi tion, and to multiply throughout the world the miseries of life and death ? The olive branch of peace, anti " The halo-crown of silver light." that encircles the throne of mercy, are a orth all the spears that ever glittered in the sun, and all the victories for which the dupes of tyranny have sung Te Deism, from the be ginning of the world to this day. Believe me, if there were to be another deluge, and the wise amongst us only were to be saved, the ark would have an uncommonly light freight. Among the novelties of Paris may be reckoned the re: opening of the celebrated Cafe Mile Colonnes, in the Pa leis Royal, which was opened to the public en Sunday last. This establishment has been closed for some months, having undergone very considerable alterations ; and the public waited with the utmost impatience to behold a spec. tack, which had been privately announced as uniting all that original genius. corrected by true taste, could offer to the admiration of the eleganles of Paris. On Sunday even ing Fens-d'armes were stationed at the doors (nothing of pubhc curiosity here is complete without these guar dians of good order), and at an early hour the staircase was crowded ; it was equal to the rush which takes place when Telma plays his 7'ancred. At the entrance, the first object that arrests admiration is a grand geometries! stair case, leading to two billiard-rooms over the coffie-room ; this staircase is light, elegant, and unique of its kind. On ' entering the coffee-room—which is composed in two pieces, divided by three arches, and surrounded by columns Fainted to imitate white marble, fluted half.ray, ter minating in a light capital, the flut.ui and capital richly gilt„—the effect is inconceivable; from each pillar projects a gilt scroll, terminating in a swan, front the crane of which issues a brilliant gas flame, which reflect in endless miroirs, artfully arranged round the walls. The nicht: are filled with classical %rives ; the decorations are white and gold, with curtains of green and orange silk, tastily festooned below the cornice, and hoidered with rich fringe. The throne, pr eumploire, is particularly magnificent, though rather too massive; and therefore not in good taste. It is in opposition to that of the iirchiteet, Monsieur Le !',run. In the front of the throne is a counter, composed entirely of looking-glais, richly ornamented in gilt bronze; the chair is very hand. , ogne ; the covering is of mazarine blue velvet, richly embroidered, surnionntei with a rich festoon of the same material, lined with silk. and splendidly friii t ,msl. The tables are round slabs of dark marble, on mahogany pillars ; the seats green plush. .1 he whole of the service of the coffee-room is silver ; the drinking glasses are of elegantly cut crystal; the billiard tables above are superb. and of an extra size. The eafei house is distinguished from the garden of the Palate Royal, by six antique lanterns, the pattern of the lamp or dat genes ; the pillars are of cut cryetal, the dome richly gilt. The lout ensemble is indescribable ; though areiertotned to grand :preludes, I have never seen an- •`-- - it might compare. in beauty to the c c c The Limonad;er Comptalre some ti wirers by a pleasing a pair of fine ey, and mildest manner Cafi• Turk opened temple is a tine 9 send you a descripti e to indescribable ; th4E4 :terns-toured ,1 have never sawn any thilig with which k The Lieionadiere, thoogh nat equal . ekbrated fair one who presided at the time since, does not fad t., attract ad- 1g unaffected mile, whi:7l pl ty: beneath yes, and adds grace to her obitging rs, which render her fr,'":..iirwhic. The a few weeks ago on the Bou!evarts: the 4 1 1 ;reinsert of uchitectursl taste. 1 shall lion, in detail, in ray I i