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PRICE'S OF BRITISH 2' Bank Stock 234 3per cent. Red. 921 ) 3 per cant. t 'nne. d Ditto Acct. 934 31 per Cent. Red. 9Of Nett 4 per Cent. leGi 1 lettis Bond& 117 R 9 pm 70CES ON SATURDAY. India fox Acct. 4111. South Sea Neer Amt. 931 E.r..13,14,14i1.1.006/. 6466 63 pm Ditto. 31101. 64 86 63 pm Ditto, Small 64 66 83 pm Lottery Tickets, 1711.195. I'HiCES OF FOHEItiN STOCKS ON SATURDAY. Aus , trisn Bonds 99 1 Ditto Sctip (1899) 41 6.1 dui Brazilian Bonds Ditto Acct. 45 dis Ditto Scrip Mexican Bonds 79 5 9 Diu° Acct. 115 pm Ditto Acct. 79 Ditto Scrip (1826) 25 g 5 pm Ditto Scrip (MIA) 84 pm Ditto Acct. 25 pm Ditto Acct. 05 5 pea Colombian Bonds 914 Neapoltan. Bonds . . Ditto Bonds OMNI 9t4 8 Ditto Bonds (1824) 925 f Danish Bonds 1015 Portuguese Roods 115 Ditto Scrip (1824) 2 5 dis Russian Bonds 965 Pencil R Incas 1091. 59c. Ditto Acct. 934 Exchange 261. M. Spanisb Cons. 235 I I 5 II 5. Oteek Bonds 69 Ditto Acct. 235 1 a i 4 Ditto A cct. 614 i' Ditto Acct. 08M) 191 PRIC Ms Ux sitA:t r s ON SAILIKUA 1. JUNKS. - - --- c Awe. Paid. Anorlo-Mealcan. MN le Anglo-Chilian IN 5 Brazilian IN 5 Cbilian and Prri.vian Company 5 General :tlining Association PASCO Peruvian lOO 5 Peruvian ....... 100 5 United Mexican 45 20 Ditto New Welch Iron and CoaL 25 5 Premium Per Share. R 44 00 1 17 ,„,17f 1 17}17 2r it 24 I ♦SSURANCE co.nrAxixs Alliance 31arins lOO Palladium 5O 2 ptr %Is LlUtlf AND OgE COMPANIES. Cor.tiaental M IBC LLA NE C I'a. Briti►h Iron Company IUV 5 Canal Gn Engine 5O 1 Colombian Apical. Company 100 5 Equitable Loan Rant... ...... „. NO 1 Gold Gni.: Association London thick Company.. tO 1 London Drug Company 3O 1 Mexican Company lOO 10 ;Metropolitan Fish Company 23 1 Peal Fishery (Yellow) 25 2 Prorir.cial Bank of Ireland lOO 5 Patent Bricks 5O 2 Patent Steam Carriage 5 24 Riode In PiataAgric. Comr my 100 - Royal Stannary 4 3/ 1, 2I I4j lj 44 1 6 17 1 f 7 3j lf j 5 . 1 6 7 61 f 4 dts COLOMBIAN LOAN, HlM—The Half-yearly Divi dead due on the lit MAY NEXT on the Bonds issued by the Hon. Manuel Joss Hutted° will Le paid on that and every suc ceeding Day, at the Counting-house of Meters. Herring, Graham. and Powles, 3, l'reetuan's-oourt. Cornhill. between the hours of Teo and Three o'Clock. The Dividend Warrants, with a List tnereof in numerical order, are to be left one day previous, for • examination. 51,1 fto egs TIIRATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. This Evening, MON PAY, Apvllll. will be rinformeg mk: FATAL DUR RV. It °effort, M:. Romani. Mr. Maeready Ibis f.rAt appearauer sines his late Indr.canttlon). Beau. male. Ws. W. V 1 est. After which. After which (::11 tialei a new Drunk caked A!!()N HASSAN. The Overture an 4 FUN!t composed by K. M. Von Welty. The ; Abon Massari.Mr. Horn; Zaboue, Mr. Marley. ZuHrna, Mlss Graddon. To4aarrow, Der Fralsdlutz, onn Alx:n Hasson. THE. 47111? ROYAI„ COVENr-GARDEN. This Sinning, DIONDkti. Aprll 11, will be performed KING JOHN. Vag John, Mr. Young; Hubert, Mr. n nnnnnnnn ; Faulconbridge, Mr. C. lamble. The Lady Constance, sgE!. Bergey. A:ter tt hlvh, ALMON; Or. THE WONDERFUL LAMP. Aladdin, Mrs.Vintng: Realm Azad:, Mr. T. P. Cooke: Abanakar, Mr. Parley; KazraAt, Mr. J.':. OrPnaldi. To-morrow, The Hebrew Family. and Aladdin. THEATRE ROYaL: - 1. 7 . - i*T7 - 14sH OPERA HOUSE, STRAND. MR. MATHE`A'S AT HOME. This Evening, MONDAY, Ar:nU, ant every Monday, Thursday, .stUtday, MR. MATI!FAVs' MOR.V:111111-IOOK . . Of '' his various TrrPs• Essos—o. Memoranda In Couto slu, —'• Night Coach"—"Wabbles,* a eaprat Sorg—•• Vtling Mateli''—'• Oil and New Time'—" Public now.stret!." ['Aar 111.—A Monopolylogne, to be called • THE cn!)%r N IS DANGER. Door:Vett et Ses en; thr Performance to cc r' mance at FJght. CAL72O7I.—TM new Entern!nment will not be printed; and all Do..lris professing to contain any parts of It arc gross Impceitlons end triode on the hells. TO-BIORROW—ALL FOUR PRIZES OF TWENTY THOUSAND—ALL THE THIRTY OTHER CAPI TALS—ALL THE TWO 11l NDRED THOUSAND POUNDS WILL BE DECIDED TO-MORROW. The BR:T1311 ritEmi coinlocumd pnbiishicg on Saturday morning at dye o'clock. LONDON, NIONDAY, A,*u. 11, 1845. The Paris Papers of Friday are filled chiefly with dis sertations on subjects of donustie interest. The proceed ings in the Chamber of PeptitLs on the two preceding days, were quite unimportant. Among other reports, by which the Paris Stec!: Exchange has been agitated, it was confidently stated that a telegraphic despatch had ecn transmitted to the French Government, announcing the sudden death of the King of ENGLAND. The evacuation of Spain is no lengcr doubtful. The movement of the French troops began on the 2d instant. The places in which French garrisons will remain are Fampeluna and St. Seharrian, in the North, Figueras and Barcelona, in Catalonia, and Cadiz in the South. Madrid will be occupied by two Swiss re,;iments. The disgrace ut UGARTE thca 110 t Fe.nn to have Indium] any change in the character or the :7-panisli Government. The Apos tolical Junta still have the direction of affairs by mans of the Camara/a, from which orders are issued to M. Z:*, whose utmost influence can only (In et some eight modification in the &tails of the measures which he is obliged officially to carry into execution. A quadruple alliance between Russia, Austria, France, and Pruia, is mentioned in these Papers. The professed object of this measure is to watch over the tranquillity cf Europe. We see no purpose. it can accomplish, eitLcr cf good or evil, which could not be perfectly effected by the -already subsisting compact cf the Holy Alliance. The Qucti4l;fnne suggests that by 711n119 of the pew project France may contrive to exclude English manufactures fr:nn the Cmtinent, ant substitute her own. We think Itr...r of thejltlF . lnsnt of M. D 7 VI: Lk, than to sepnese (rat he re-thl be I_,y a raps:Aeration so uttC:y greurilles:. The l'e”. he can obtain for the re deem of French h‘il...try :ha! v.hich he wenid fiva in lin t ;land; and he hnow that the mere corn r.cdicies tee e:.-ynt tc the CatonDent, the bener able we sittall be in retoin to ,Y.1!.1)7y vith thrre of Fr-rec. By) arpears that the. L ti on u: entirely easieg the S.l:ines of the German I.,•Osia:itt Aseembliea i etpliel:m-.1. The questi..4) has been ths ctlasetl in Ps:a.ia, art . ; it has been t!ecitied that tile u: a:- Jury business dinliime to he tr.tmacted in public, though on . 1 -Kill t 72VAISthe Cnisreberti may, on the re quitition of the Al:rivers, L; a:.y Cve Alembcra, be formed into a secret Co:loin:et% The Mrnitcur ecrrs:cs and Lo foreign revvs, but the Address cf the •_ , .tatc; f Hanover, to the Daite of CAMBRJDOI , and tie 11:yal Highness's answer, en the relief atl4dkd t h e Fitilert:rl by the inundations, r.h:eh have been pucCOltd ka the Harnburgh papers. FRENCH FCMD3 —Paso?. Areal. B.—Five per Ctit.. or,ened et it.2e. Itaiik Stock, 2,ecor. Itente d'lstiwne, P.zwe Cer ideates F:.lconne. 90f. 20c. bic%al Spanish Loss it 34, Mt. Exchange or. Loxion—one a•it:ll.9.o! * ; Itememat..ta. 05;.—C'aurs Asthentiqac, April 8. re:o:7e,l Gazettes of the 26th and ss;:t. Thtb:. r•kreetat the Reya! Clint in i ' nuas sailing onwards in an uninterrupted career of success ; but as we have already, we hope, satisfied the curiosity of our readers with samples of the mendacity of the official intel ligence of the Madrid Gazette, we do not feel disposed to give currency to the useless fabrications we have now be fore us. The Viceroy LA SERN A, who, according to his latest honour, is styled Conde de Los ANDES, gives a pompous account of the preparations he was making for the campaign, which he intended to direct in person against " the rebel Bouvisa," over whom he hoped to triumph " as in the glorious campaign of 1823 over the insurgent Chief SANTA CRUZ." Unfortunately for LA SEAN A'S boasting, he has, since he penned these despatches, found Borman a very different person from SANTA Cauz. The Viceroy little suspected how soon he and his valorous troops would be in " the rebel Bo I.lv aa'i' custody. These des patches, which seem to be published now only to magnify the glory of the Patriot victors, state, that after thej unction of L • SKIINA and VALDEZ with CA NTARAC, the KING'S army consisted of 14,000 veteran troops, well disciplined, with several regiments of cavalry, of which the Revolutionists were sail to be destitute. The Madrid Gazette concludes in excrlle•rs kecptu;, with stating the contents of a letter of the 12th November from Quilcs, "written by a French Captain," in which he affirms that a report was then current that General Vaunt had defeated the vanguard of the r.:!lel army, commanded by General Secas !" It is really iniliossible to go beyond this, unless (at which we should not he surprised) the next Gazette should contain the official despatches of LA SEINA, announcing the capitula tion of Bourse and the rebel army, and the universal restoration of the Royal authority. The question of the Spanish loan is, we believe, sub stantially decided at this moment, and the result will be known by the arrival of the next express from Madrid. We say substantially, because some time will elapse before the propositions can be formally accepted, and the contract definitively concluded ; but in all probability the terms will be settled by the information communicated by the next messenger. The propositions on each side have approximated so nearly, that there can be little doubt of an agreement having been obtained. In this case the bonds of the Cortes will be acknowledged at thirty with interest. This is lower than we had expected, and we think the contractors do unwisely in conceding so much to the prejudices of the Spanish Court. The success of the whole transaction will be exposed to great hazard. That the negociation will terminate with a contract, however, there is every reason to expect. There is, we repeat for the twentieth time, no invincible repugnance in FERDI.• NAND to admit the bonds. The only question for some months has been at what rate they should be received. We have received Barbacloes Papers to the 18th of February, from which we make the following extracts:— [From the Barbadoes Globe, February 171 Yesterday morning arrived his Majesty's ship Eger's, 26 days from Plymouth, last from Madeira, having on board 2 Commis. sinners and 2 King's Messengers, destined for. South America. The mail boat Mary, which arrived yesterday, passed Guadaloupe on the 10th instant, and Martinique on the 12th instant. Saw lying at the firmer place a 38 gun frigate ; at St. Fine, a 62 gun ship, and a 22 gun corvette ; at Fort Royal, 1 line of battle ship, 1 vessel of 64 guns, 2 small frigates, and 2 brigs. - [From the Barbadian of 15th Feb.] An ordination was held on Sunday last by the Lord Bishop of Barbedoes, at the cathedral and parish church of St. Michael, when Mr. Mark Thomas, lately from England, was ordained Deacon, and the Rey. Bryan Morse (son of the late Eooch Morse, Esq. of this island), lately arrived from Demerara, was ordained to the priesthood. An excellent and well adapted ordination sermon, describing the origin and progreas of the Christian church, and the several offices of the ministry, and exhorting the ministers and people to a due performance of their respective duties, was preached by Archdeacon Parry. The very, numerous congregation assembled on the occasion were gratified by witnessing a ceremony perfectly novel in this part of the world, and of a highly interesting and impressive character. The Lord Bishop of this Diocese has been pleased to appoint John Chase Eversley, Esq. to the office of Episcopal Registrar. Sir Henry Warde has left the Island of Barbadoes one tour of inspection of the garrisons in the Leeward Islands. J. B. Skeet, Esq is sworn into the administration of government. The execution of D'Egville, convicted of the murder of his wife, took place yesterday in the jail-yard. He expressed great contrition for the sins of his past life, but persisted to the last moment In declaring his innocence of the crime for which be was about to suffer. _ _ _ The Rev. Uri Warn Marshall Hart, Rector of the parish of St. Lucy. and the Rev. J. B. Pindar, A.M. are appointed Domestic Chaplains to the Lotd Bishop of this diocese. (From the Barbadian of February 4.] The Clergy of this island waited upon the Lord Bishop on WedLesday last at his residence (Gibraltar), when Mr. Garnett, the Senior Rector, read an address, congratulating his Lordship on his appoit.iinent to the See of Barbadoes, and his arrival amongst us. To their address his Lordship replied in an extemporaneous effusion, with considerable feeling, acd in so gracious a manner as to aflOrd the highest gratification to the Reverend Gentlemen. His 11a)esty's yacht Herald, Captain Lecke, sailed yesterday morning for Jamaica, with the Lord Bishop of that Diocese and suite, and would, we understand, touch at Martinique. CITY. SATURDAT EVLWIXO. The holidays have been kept up throughout the week, and there was as little business doing to-day on the Stock Exchange as oa any pre•cetlint• one of the week. In the English Market, Consols were at yesterday's prices, :end the transactions for money and time did not vary, viz. 931 i. The business in this Market is now at all times so limited, that settling days are not much thought of. Ilowtver, the Jobbers and Brokers are making up their accounts for next Tuesday; the differences must be very trifling. Ite the Foreign Market there was but little variation from yesterday's prices, with the exception of Spanish Bonds, which rose considerably; the old ones being done at 2Sil, and those of 1823 at hs 101. Greek Scrip may M. be quoted at 4 1 discount, and the Bonds at SM. In South American Securities there were scarcely any trans actions, and the prices as compared with yesterday rather languid. Colombian Bonds were bO4, and Mexican Scrip if. Brazilian Scrip was 2H, and Danish 211 discount. In the Share Market there were a few bargains in Pasco Peruvian at 17, and in Anglo-Mexican at loeb 105; but the great proportion of the business done in this Market to day was in the Rio de la Plata Company's Shares, which went off lightly at 51 61. Sev..ral new Companies for Agricultural Purposes were announced this morning, viz. a Halifax and Nova Scotia, a Mexican and a South American Association. The capi tal of the latter is stated at five millions. A Ship Building Company and an Atiglo-Peruvian Mining Association are also talked o". 'fire private bargains in the Colonial Market this morn ing confirm, as far as they go, what we stated yest'rday as to the probability of improved prices there next week. The Rapid, which has arrived at Liverpool, from Mon tego Bsy, from which she sailed on the 23d of February, brings accounts that apprehensions were entertainA for the safety of the packet from Carthagena to Kingston, a vessel having arrived at the latter port, which sailed from the loaner nine days after the packet. Letters from Demerara, dated the 26th February. have been received. They state that the Colony still suffered severely from excessive drought. Such a succession of sultry weather had not been experienced for twenty years: the crops were absolutely burnt up. The report as to the public defaulter is confirmed, but we are happy to say the amount is not so great as was previously reported. appears to be abundant in Paris, if one may judge from the extensive buildings now going on there. New streets arc forming every where that land was to be had. In a back street near the Boulevard de la Madeleine, a piece of ground has recently been purchased for 1,700,000 franc., which twelve years ego was sold for 200,000. In the Champs Elysees the rise - hes been still greater—a piece of I Ind which, twenty years ago, sold for about 2COI. sterling, last week fetched T3,',09!. THE BRITISH PRESS. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. PARTIES FOR THE WEEK. THIS fIAT. Mrs. Tighe's rout, St. James's.plare. The Countess of Sandwich's party, Dover-street. TO-SIORIOW. Mrs. Boode's bat], Bryansum•Bqure. WEDNESDAY. A I tnack's grand hall. The Countess of Essex's party, Hill street. THURSDAY. The Marchioneas of Cholmondeley's rout, Piccadilly. YRIDAT. The Countess of Sandvrieb's party, Dover-street. The Marquis of Lansdown's party, Lansdown House. 511 )(DAY. Lady Hyde Parker's party, Great Cumberland-place. Mrs. enutta entertained the Duke of St. Alban's and a select party at dinner yesterday, at her rills, Holly Lodge, Highgate. The Dowager Duchess of Richmond entertained a distinguished party at dinner on Saturday, at her house, Waterloo-place. Lady Melville has issued cards of invitation for a rout on Mon. day, the 18th, at the Admiralty. The Duke of Portland left Newmarket on Saturday, for his seat, Welback, Notts. The Duke of Rutland and Lords Charles and Robert Manners left Newmarket on Saturday for Relvoir Castle. The Alarquis of Aylesbury and family (and not the I'llarquis of Salisbury, as stated by mistake) are expected in town this wed front Paris. Lord and Lady Gwydyr arrived in town on Saturday from Brilthtun. The Earl of Falmouth left town on Saturday for his seat, Wool hampton, near Newbury, Berks. Hudson Gurney, Esq., M.P., left town on Saturday for his seat, Keswick Hall, near Norwich. The Bishop of Chichester and family have arrives at Miller's Hotel,Jermyn-street. from Sussex. Colonel and Lady Eleanor Lowther arrived on Friday at their housetn Bruton -street, Berkeley-square, Rom the Earl of Lora dale's seat, Cottesmore, %Wendslure. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith left town on Saturday for their seat, Gayhurst, Sussex. Wm. Tighe, Esq. has arrived in town from Ireland. Charles Brownlow, Esq. baa left the Clarendon Hotel, Bond. street, for the Earl of Darnley's seat, Cobham Hall. Departures from Fenton 's Hotel, St. James's-street :—A. F. Nunis. Esq. for his seat in Hams ; Capt. Pattison, for Brighton ; and Win. Holmes, Esq. for Paris. Arrivals at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street :—Mr. and Mrs. Protheroe and family, from their seat near Bristol ; and Captain Lewis, front Cheltenham. The Countess of Sandwich has returned to town from her seat, Hinchinbrooke, Huntingdon. Arrivals at Batt's Hotel, Borer-street :—Major and Mrs. Sim mons, from Ireland; Mr. and Me,. Walker, from Paris. Ikpar tures from ditto :—Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Sm7th, for Bath; Mr. and Mn. Collinson, for Hastings ; Captain and Mrs. Thornton, for (havesend. _ • r I r 1•d ~~:. ~ -_ LITERATURE. A Letter to Cusarits BumEn, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, in •in dication of English Protestants, from his Attack upon their Sincerity, in the " Book of the Roman Catholic Church." By C. J. BtoostriELD, D.D. Bishop of Chester. It is refreshing to those who are familiar with matters of theological controversy, to remark thegradual ascendancy of that candid and manly spirit which extends the influence of Christian charity, while it upholds the interests of re ligious truth. Our attention was drawn to the letter before us, not only from the knz , .iin talents of the writer and his I distinguished station in the church, but from the equally eminent ability and high professional eminence of the indi vidual to whom it is addressed. We admire the acuteness which it displays; but we are pleased, still more, with the exemplary tone which pervades it. It is a vindication conducted without the least alloy of bitterness, and while it defends the Church as a body against the aspersions cast upon it, it at the same time pays a willing tribute to the virtues of the individual from whom it proceeded:— " Having frequently," says the Bishop, " had the pleasure of meeting you in society, and of profiting by your instructive and agreeable conversation, it is not without reluctance that I address you in this letter of expostulation • nor should I do so at all, but that toy station in the Church enables me, and therefore, I think, requires me, to oppose the evidence of actual observation and ex perience to an unfounded, and, 1 believe, an unguarded state. ment, in which you have severely reflected upon the Clergy of the Established Church. In doing this I hops 1 shall not employ any argument, nor use any expression, which may justly give offence tom person, whose Went' and learning entitle him to respect, and whose general candour and moderation deserve that a single deviation front them should be met with remonstrance rather than rebuke." _ The insinuation thrown out against the clergy of the establishment by Mr. linri.ta, in his " Book of the Roman Catholic Church," is, that they have no serious and sincere belief in the Articles to which they subscribe. It is from this grave imputation that the Bishop of Chester defends the English clergy, it being not merely unjusti fiable, but one of those illiberal and common-place accusa tions which any adversary, of whatever sect, may, at any time, bring againsthis opponent. “ I know not what answer can be given to such Insinuations as these, except a positive and indignant denial. What other answer could your own Cler gy give, supposing we were to retort upon them the same charge ?' It is quite clear that any general charge of this kind can only be met by a general denial. It is, from its very nature, incapable of proof, and is th.;refore out of the reach of reasoning. Nothing would be easier, for instance, than to accuse the Catholic Clergy with obtaining an ascendancy over their flock by keeping their minds in bondage, and training them—not in the broad day-light of religious free dom—but in the darkness of an abject and slavish super stition. But what would such an a:cusation prove And if it proved nothing, what would it be worth? As a general position, it may truly enough be asserted, that as long as the Catholic priesthood can keep their votaries in such a state of ignorance as to work upon their faith by any forged miracles, or upon their credulity by any gross imposture, so long they must be the enemies of a free Go vernment—of ajree press—in a word, of freedom in every shape; because the effect of public discussion would be to enlighten the multitude, and their craft, with all its gain, would then soon come to an end. In all this, the kingdoms of the Continent, in which the papal hierarchy prevails, have a deep interest, and should look well to it. If the question with as, were as to the supremacy of the Catholic Church, we should urge these truths against it most strenuously, and all the fair inferences deduceable from them. IVe should urge them, too, were we contend ing against the temporal claims of the Vatican. But in a discussion as to the justice and policy of putting all British subjects on a level with respect to those rights to which they are born under the Constitution, argu tnents of this kind do not apply. The question is, how, with reference to the Catholic Claims, can the Government be best administered with equity as to them, and with sale& to itself: It is to be lamented that so able an advocate of the Catholic cause as Mr. Berrcea should have gone out of his way to make an attack so un called for, and so unwarranted, on the Clergy of the Esta blishment ; but it is an error which we need not dwell upon, since it has been the means of producing this tem perate and effectual vindication. The Duke of York arrived at his temporary residence, Audley House, on Saturday, from Newmarket. Yesterday the Duke of York and the Princess Augusta atttnded Divine Service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Duchess of Gloucester anti the Princess Sophia vl sited the Princess Augusta yesterday. Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta rode out together in the Park. Divine Service was performed as usual, yesterday, at the King's Household, at his Palace in Pall-mall, by the Re verend Dr. Blomberg. Mr. Secretary Canning was so much recovered on Satur day afternoon, as to leave Gloucester Lodge, Brompton, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Clanricarde, who are staying at Sudbrooke, the seat of Mr. IVilmot Horton. Mrs — . Canning left her residence at Bromptoa on Friday, for the residence of the Duke of Portland, where Mrs. ('. is expected to remain fur a few days. Mr. Meates, a King's Messenger, was despatched from the Foreign Office. Downing-street, on Friday night, to Brussels. On Wednesday last the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Peterborough arrived at the Diocesan Palace from London. Madatne — Ronzi and Signor De ilegnis are engaged for the grand Musical Meeting at Hertford, in September. It is said that Miss Tree and Mist; Love will, ere long, be married; and that Miss Chester retires from Covent-garden at the end of this season. There will be a Masquerade at the Argyll Rooms to-morrow. We congratulate our townsmen upon the probability of having a Mechanics' Institute speedily established in Li vtrpool.—Gcre's Liverruul Altert;ser (f Sufi!: tlJ.c. ~_.. .~ ,~m~= FRENCH PAPERS. [From the Etoik, dated Saturdayl PARIS. APRIL 11. Soma Journals announce a movement of Russian troops in Bess arabia, of reviews to be made by the Emperor, of the departure of couriers, &c. &c. All these reports are wholly destitute of foun dation, as well as the departure of the Count de Tolstoy from Park who is still here, and who, notwithstanding the obstinate asaurances of the Journal des D e b u t s , i s n ot a Russian General Officer, bu only • Captain. On the 16th of this month, when the Court-mournihg fi,r the death of his Majesty Louis XVIII. will expire, the hangings of the Royal apartments will be changed. Ills Majesty was to here gone to St. Cloud during the time necessary for these alterations, but the apartments in that palace not being in order to receive his Majesty, he will reside in the Pavilion Munn only on the 15th and 16th, after which he will return to his usual apartments. I From the Journal des D,:bols of Friday.) Muxicu, Aram 2. Th• fears which had been entertained respecting the publicity of the debates of oar Chamber of Deputies are happily dispelled. The regulations witilt have been discussed and adopted in a secret sitting, do not impose any new restrictions, either on the liberty or the publicity o r th e d e b ats so f t h e Chamb er they are, on the whole, on the model o f t h e F renc h Chambers. When five Members re quire that the Chamber shall form itself into a Committee, this re ()Mahlon is debated and decided in the public sitting. The Mi nisters have a right to eeeret a secret Conimiuee, to make commu nications which they think cught not to be made in public. The spectator. admitted to the gallery have to provide themselvta with tickets of admission. [From the Quotidienne of Friday.) PARIS, APRIL 7. For some days past several German Journals have spoken of a Quadruple Alliance, or Allia nce of Central Europe, projected between France, Russia, Austria, and Pru.sia, the object of which is stated to be, to watch over the preservation of tranquillity in Europe, and guarantee to each Power the integrity of its possessions. • England, we see, would not form part of this Alliance, whence it might be Inferred that its policy is not in harmony with that of the great Continental Powers. France could only be a gainer by such a confederation ; because, by her taking under her protection the Powers of the middling , order, the commercial system of England, which tends to Impose its manufactures upon all nations, would at length meet with obstacles favourable to the Fiend' commerce. [From the Comrricr Francais of Friday] Mannin, Manta 28. M. Ugarte is still here, and it Is asserted that the Reverend Fathers, Martine:, Cirilo, and Velez, have not lost all hope of having him reinstated in favour. They will not only have the pleasure of supporting one of their own creatures, but of being re venged on a diplomatist whom they look upon as a heretic, on sc. count of his not belonging to the Latin Church. Our Military Commission has just condemned Jnan-Ftederico 3lecage to suffer the same punishment as parricides. lie was ac cused of endeavouring to poison the waters of the fountain of Berm, from which alone the Royal Family is supplied. R hst is strange in this affair is, that the indictment does not even specify what species of poison is asserted to have been found en him. A courier who comes from the camp at St. Roche has brought the news that a guerilla Land, well mounted, infests the mountains of Ronda, alwaya observing the strictest order and best discipline In the village' through which it takes its course. It is composed of about 100 men, and is commanded by a man named Callejas, who bas under him M. (tortes, both of them discharged officers. Each man is armed with a sword, carbine, and pistols; they wear a grey pair of pantaloons, red vest in hussar style, a cap with a red cockade, and red and yellow feather. The receive which they in. sist on receiving in the different villages small headed by them.... " Ist Free Squadron of National Independence." GERMAN PAPERS. FRANKFORT, MARCH Pl. In the eighth sitting of the German Diet, held the 24th :tiara. the President gave notice that his Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland had appointed a new Mmister Plenipotentiary to the Confederation, who had delivered his credentials sealed up, besides a copy in English, and a translation in French, which the President laid before the Diet. The French translation being read, to which no objection was made, the original was then opened, and the Diet resolved— Ist. That Mr. Frederick Cathrart, Lieutcnant.Colonel in the service of England, is recognised as Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King (46m:it Britain, and the President is ordered to give him notice In due form. 2d. The credentials, dated li - incisor, April 2, 1821, shall be communicated to the Government, and the original deposited in dm archives. It was in the same sitting that M. de Pfeffel, the Bavarian ltli nister, presented the report of the Committee on the petition of 31 Goethe. the object of which was, t h at, by the intervention of the Diet, a licence should be granted him, free of expense, for a new and complete edition of his works, that lie may be thus assured of effectual protection against pirated editions in all the States of the Confederation. The Committee was of opinion that this matter was not strictly within the attributes of the Die:, but, convinced that all the German Governments will he happy to gir: a testimony of esteem to so distinguished a writer as M. Goethe, by granting the prayer of his petition, it proposes that all the Members of the Diet shall undertake to communicate the petition to their respec tive Governments, and to reetnntnind it to their favourable notice. All the Members of the Diet, without exception, spoke in favour of the petition in high terms, and of the services rendered to Ger. man literature by M. Goethe. The proposal of the Committee was unanimously adopted, and the Ministers of Hanover, Bruns. wick, Baden, Hesse Darmstadt, and Nassau, deel wed themselves already authorised to state, that M. Goethe should have the licence be sought. LIVERPOOL MEETING RESPECTING THE CORN LAWS. Friday, pursuant to notice, a meeting was held in the Court. room, at the Town.hall. Liverpool, to take inm consideration il.e propriety of petitioning the Legislature relative to some alterations In the Corn Lowe. There appeared a very crowded meeting. The Mayor presided. lie opened the meeting with a few words. Ile said he was gratified to see so numerous and so highly respectable an assembly on this occasion ; for the subject to be taken into consideration was one offering interests of the community of the very highest importance. Ile doubted rot that gentlemen had come there prepared with reason and argument. lie requested latent to all; by discussion only could right reason and wise conclusion result from the discussion. Mr. TOTIIAM read the requisition, which was signed very nu merously, and by persons of ..11 commercial interests in the town. Mr. W. W. Guitars, in moving the first Resolution, said he deemed it a favourable circumstance for any subject to be consi dered, that the consideration of it should be marked by a propriety of time and occasion. This subject was so favoured at present. The rage of party, the rancour of political violence, were cool; all hearts were warns in self-congratulation upon a period of great ar d growing prosperity. A judicious discussion, therefore. might well have place of measures in %Melt was suppled or believed to be deeply interested that prosperity. It must have been observed that a great and growing conviction was felt of the necessity of sonic alteration in Me system of the Corn Laws. The manufamurer, the merchant, the landowner, were all interested in this; and he be lieved it might, without difficulty, be proved that their interests in the matter were alike, and alike looked to the change desired or contemplated by the meeting. Another favottaable circumstance was worthy of notice, namely, the moderation which was observed in the Resolutions. We feel that a change ought to he made, hut we dictate nothing. We shall not, theieforc, be accused of pre sumption. Doubtless it is rot expected that things shall rest fast where they are; but the precise result we do not presume to poOli out. Two points, however, were. he might affirm, held in slew as indispensable. Foie, the miaeldevoul and abortive system of averages must be abolished. It gr.re rise, besides its evils in re spect of trade, to fraud and perjury without end, and it was there fore the nart of Parliament, and indeed of every honest man, to do all in his power to have the system altered. Second, whatever change may be made, it is to be hoped that a constant importation, at a fixed duty, will be allowed. This will do away with the ruinous uncertainty which he was consumed could not, with a just regard for the interests of the country, be tilerated. It lay like a nightmare, pressing upon the energies and industry of the country. Ile had no interest personally in the matter ; but he conceived that every link that was taken from the fetters that confined the motions and action of commerce, might lie said to form a new chain to bind together the nations of the earth in cordial amity. On the motion for the second resolution, Mr. IraroarE rose to oppose it. Ile asked how it way conceivable that the poor could be benefited by taking off the reatrictioas upon the importation of corn P—the farmera would be ruined—with that would he thrown out of employment a quantity or labour ; which, expressed in value, might be equal to 1.20 0 ,00 0 /. soyear. 11 hat goin to the country, by the export of manufactures, could compensate to the poor this loss 7 A difference of 20a. a quarter in wheat might; he believed, be calculated to annum to lid. a week, entering into the cost of subsistence, to the labourer and his family ! .tut this was nothing at all comparable to the injury that must be done him by throwing him out of employment. lie believed the poor or labouring classes would be beat benefited by allowing to the farmer, the einphivrr of labour, a fair remunerative priee. Things were going on well ; thus the agricultural interest was just recovering from extreme de pression. lie prayed that this good . condition of things might n o t be tampered with, for a doubtful gam to another class of the co munity. Ile moved, as an amendment, that the resolution do not pass. Mr. BUYANII supported the motion for an amendment. He read from a paper his opinion. The agricultural interest, he read, is only beginning to revise front a burg season of distress: the Speech front the Throne, at the opening of the present Session of Parliament, had thus spoken of it, and had characterised it ,justly as the most important interest of the community. WWI the change only of the system of averages, the present corn laws are al. together the best system far the several imerests of the country._ fear L from scarcity. A. 4.1. is the highest average price of the last several years, which at a price of . hick no one can complain. Such are h th a improve mentsevenowari proves that we can produce all that is necessary for our consumption. Tlieco ' n n t elfcrt tluarnedst,hsathwi:lt havete &not no thin g supplied t t long have a e eh» ntienued imports» m , been thrown out of cultiva. twit ; bit it at nmon become importers, we shall again encourage thin ;;-• WU: Ur , ../96 lore•gi.ers of turn for our supple, and tbtn re duty would be su ffi cient to voted us from the produce of that lands. Ireland, too, which was so much indebted to the market of this country for encouraging her agricultural industry, would he seriously injured. The manutacturera find their best customers in the home market, as a comparison of ths home and foreign trade proves : let them not then seek to injure their best customers. As tt a avowedly the end in view to reduce wages, it may reasonably be wondered how there can be pretended any good in prospect to the labouring part of the community. Political economy has in it good, but it han also mischief if pressed too far. Mr. Jon x SMITH made a statement of the general abstract ar gument for a tree trade of corn, in answer to the last speaker. It could not be. he said, that labour to the amount stated by Mr. Lafone •nd Mr. Dryer's could be thrown out of employment, for then it must be supposed that we were to get the can from our continental neighbnurs for nothing. But no: it must be pur. chased by manufactures, and these manufactures must employ, in their pnxlnetion, the labour disengaged from the production of er . Is there then a greater preht from the o employment of labour than the other? Is that profit in favour of agricultural labour? No ; on the contriq, the e was a comparative loss ; for the labourer, whose produce we would, in case of an importa tion of corn, exchange for that corn, was formerly expended to a disadvantage, beirg employed upon bad soil. If by labour on !manufactures we coed purchase 20 bushels of coin from the foreigner, whilst by the same labour in agriculture we could . produce only ten hushe's of corn, surely the former were the better. This, then, is the tact in principle, if not precisely in terms. It is 1101. moreover, Mr. Smith said, the whole truth, to say that by a difference of .Os. a quarter the injury to the poor is only Is. 2d. on the week's expense of subsistence, as far as corn is concerned, for this 20s. entered into all things produced be labour in the country r the poor had, therefore, out of the wages of labour to pay not only Is. 2d. a week more for his bread and meat, but a like amount for his shoes, clothes, &c. It is not, he said, wiilvd to injure any class of the community; a protecting duty will still be desired ; but we are desirous of correcting a great evil in our national economthe expending a portion of our labour on bad soils. The good soi ls — will still be neared in a remunerating price ; the bad only will be thrown out of cultivation. Why should we compel ourselves to rear all our corn for consumption, any more than to rear grapes and tea, for our wine and our gossip beverage ? The error is the same in both cases, though lees glaring in the one. When we consider how we are embarrassed with debt, it is surely wisdom in us to cherish commerce, to enable us to bear or to pity thit debt, just as it is the interest of a shopkeeper who is involved to mind his business more earnetely than ever, in hopes of reliev in,i, himself. 'What should we think of him if he were to shut up his shop ? Suchlike is our conduct, in cramping our trade. The increase of trade would at ones go to the elevating the country in the scale of nations, enriching the rich, and giving comfort to the poor. A protection will still be upheld by a duty, gradually, how ever, decreasing; in the certainty of price, which will result, will be found, greater and more solid advantage than in the present system of precarious prices. Ireland, said Mr. Smith, as an in. tegral pan of the kingdom, must ne:essarily benefit by what would benefit England. Mr. RATHDONE Iade a statement in refutation of an argument of the Agriesslinral Journal, respecting, we believe, the compara tive capitals employed in agricultural and other industry. On the subject of Ireland, he called attention to the fact, that she was aiming to get from a state of sericulture to a state of manufactures. Mr. ILaroste replied. He urged again, that the loss of employ ment is of mire consequence to the labourer than the cost of sub sistence, of which he took no heed when fully employed. Ile MI. tended, in ansser to an argument of Mr. John Smith, that if land be converted into pasturage . the pasture farmer would be ruined. He reiterated, that at was visionary to suppose, that by throwing a por.irn of our soil out of cultivation, we could benefit the co.n munity. We are doing well—every industry is flourishing and remunerated. Let not this good estate be thrown into jeopardy to serve the foreigner. The amendment was negatived, and the original resolution Fated.. Mr..i. SMITH. in moving the next Resolution, said, in pur suance f the opi; iat he already had expressed, if trade is open we take corn from other countries, not seeking their henotit, but our own. There It a perfect reciprocity, otherwise we will certainly not import. The good land would still be cultlvated at home— we could only du 1-jury to our interest to a certain point— we would protect their interest up to that point at which protection is cons:s:ent with the general Interest; an Impetus sill be given by the new system to all the industry of the country. II a country refuses to import any of its corn, the inh,liunts must suffer misery in very high pnces, and the landed interests he rui• e 1 in very low prices. in time of famine we cannot look to other countries (unused to prepare for us) for any supply ; it is not probable they can supply us, and we have no cent for a surplus i n ti me o f the extremest c heapness ; but V we open 'lie trade, that general equality which will always befound Lion the large scale of the world, will secure us from any chance of famine. There is also, said Mr. Smith, a more general subject of consideration : if we admit Importation, we add a new pro bability or security to peace w i t h other countries. This is obvious ; it will be the interest of those States from whom we import, to keep at peace with their customer. The population win favour this amity in which they have their gain, and the public interest and feeling may often thus force it upon their governments to have respect to the civilized argument of reason, instead of the vude argument of force, when subjects of difference arise that threaten war. Mr. Smith took occasion to compliment Ministers upon the sound principle of free trade upon which they were acting—a free corn trade would be the consummation. Ile would not stop to inquire whose thunder this was. Whosoever it be, he prayed that it might roll on, and dissipate the fog of ignorance and mistaken interest, and usher in the sun of peace, and reason and good will, illuminating all the nations of the earth in one common radiance. Mr. BRYAN/ spoke spin. In answer to something on that subject, which Mr. Smith had said, he contended that the expense of freight and other charges, on importation, wu no protection to the home grower. lie compared, to illustrate this, the expense of importation from several parts of Ireland, with the expense ofiso_ portation f.om several parts of the Continent. These he showed to be nearly equal; and it wets obvious then there could be found no protection there, since we imported largely from Ireland. As to the manufactures of Ireland being fostered, he said there was no such thing to tester. As to the peace and plsasant calm to arise from the thunder of which Mr. Smith had spoken, he was content to trust rather to our stout yeomen for the security of the peace of the country. -- - 31r. Alderman CASE said, the g entleman appeared to run awa y with the idea thst.no duty at all is to be preserved, and that we are to dictate particulars. No such thing. The Committee re. commend an import duty, and only pray Parliament to take the subject into consideration, lie seconded the commendation of Ministers, especially Mr. Huskisson, whose talents fur business, and knowledge of the true principles of trade, he highly lauded. As to the injury to the labourer, he avowed a conviction that the fickleness of price was the source of greatest injury to him. The yeoman, the farmer, had been often grievously injured by this in. constancy of price; and he believed the landlord had not been benefited. The farmer sometimes got high prices —then he in creased his expenditure : pits n.ly they fell—then he was ruined. 31 - sera SMITH, Rev ANS. and LAFONE, than engaged in s ome din:cession ahem prices. We must pass on without noticing every word said by these very frequent speakers. 3lr. ADAM Hopiases, in moving the fourth resolution, said it had been put into his hands since he came into the morn. What he had heard from others made it unnecessary fpr him to say much. The principle appeate I to be fully recognized by the meeting, that the Com Laws were mischiesous. One eircuinstance alone, said Idr. If edgsor, obscures the fair prospect of the national Prosperity —the low rate of profit on all trade and empl. yore it cf a twenty. Profits had been regularly declining for a lorg per od ; he nti ler. stood no remedy fir this evil but the repeal o the Corn Laws : on that ground was he solicitous for their ltyeal. He congratulated the assembly on the sound views which appeared to be entertained. If the rine tees of political economy were true, they cannot be car. tied ton far. They are the but guide of trade, and, of course, of national prosperity. Mr. 31orttLy made some statements of the average prices in foreign ports. for a caries of years, with a slew to show thee., pre. tecred by a du;' . and by the various charges of importation, the Lome grower had in fact nothing to fear from importation. He stated also. that the recent Aireriain tariff law had been enacted chiefly in disgust with our system of prohibition of the American staple artiem corn. Ile urged also, tt combinatiens among th e 1 boners in manufactures, aro se attain: f frem the fl uctuation s i n the mice of food wising from the cons laws. Mr. BATH DONE con fi rm e d t h e statement of Mr. Mosel!, on the subject of the temper of h ost ili ty to E ng l an d , in which the American tariff had passed. It is urged, said Mr. Rathbone, that we have A - wished under our present system : true said be, but in spite of, not by means cf it. • Mr. BILTNNELL moved, without any comment, that a petition, enibodyirg the sentiments of the resolutions, be adopted as the pe tition of the Alerting. Mr. Re sn TON urged one single remark only, in seconding this motion. He heartily applauded 31in:seers for their liberal and en lightened views in regard of commerce; and the only reason, he said, why this pernicious s; stem, the Co.-n Lases, yet remained an exception to the principles a lii . ch Minis:vs held and avowed, was becanse of that inert fcrce of unreasoning opinion which was to be found in the legislature, which was to be moved only by the levers of ir ternst a nd in fl uence . I t b ecame us to press upon Ministers to carry their win principle forward, in despite 4:f the opposition of the dead weight of Parliament, and to encourage them in this course by the assurance of the sum rt, of the opinion, and appro bation ct the whole commercial and manufacturing interests a the conntry. 31r. HATIIBONE wished that the names of' die requisitionists should be published, in order that this matter might not be sup posed to originate with corn dealers only, but with the genteel, mixed commercial interests of the town. Mr. J. A. YATES supported this proposition. The 31sir oil thought it superfluous, and be knew it to be ern. usual. On that part of the motion for giving the Petition to certain rer ,on- to preicnt, which respecte.i Lord Derby 31r. lt I'SIiTON moved th? suistitutio:i of the name of Lord Li •erpool for that of the Earl of Derby, on the ground that Lord D,rby was seldom found in ( - opacity to present petitions, he, in fact, havirg ahuost entirely withdrawn from attendance in Par liament. The MAY o a deprecated any thir.g like diereipeet to Lord Derby, whose conduct as Lord Lieutenant o: the district, far a Wog period of time, merited ill respect. Both names were accordingly adopted in the Resoktion. Thanks were Toted to the Mayor, who replied. in scknowledg. ment of the compliment, that on every occasion, he begged to say, he would be fcund ut his post I • E s. Pi x ' `~~I ~. I I