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I length, and five miles iu breadth—he meant liish miles, which covers a much greater space than English miles. Under these circumstances he felt it n ecessary, as a niesonre essential to the s oeserss. Con of the Church of Ireland. to no , ve that aii Address should be presented to his !Coral !Ugliness the Prince Regent, praying that he might be pleas ed to direct sit inquiry into the state of the Church of Ireland. similar to the inquiry of 1806. in order to give to the members of the Protestant religion in that country the meansof performing their parochial duties. He was, he said, the more induced to press for this inquiry, hectic,e since he ineutiosied the circum stance io that House, he had hero favoured with letters, certainly from most respectable aothority. containiog statements which he believed to he true, and which the House would hear of with extreme ostonishinesit and with deep regret. fir did not, he maid, think it right to state the mimes of the parties, but he would state the facts, recoi sssss ended as they were by respectable authority. The letter cont• usenced by saying, that the writer understood that he (Sir John Newport) was about to bring forward a motion on the state of the Established Church in Ireland. He (the writes) resided in a parish which hael been united to en adjoining parish. These two parishes were united about eight yews ago. and the clergyman who had been presented, holds another bent fice. In 1807, the union of the polishes took Place. About seven years ago the roof of she church fell in, soil the entire building because a heap of ruins. The parishioners were anxious to a new church on • moral and convenient site. A piece of ground was granted, which was eligible for that purpose, SIMI a sum of 9001. was granted for the building of the church—yet since that . titue to the present, notwithstanding the situation of the parish. wetwitlistaliding a pressing correspolideuce with the Bishop, Ni) church had been built—for that period no clergyman resided in she wish —for thut period sin religious duties hod b, eu performed wtiliiii the parish, if lie excepted that about two years ago, fur two or three Sundays, the clergyman lead prayere at the house of the writer ; but this lie discontinued, considering it too troublesome, and too inconvenient to attend to. Thus was the perish 111011W1 a church—thus were the waist s i iiii 111 • flat and extensive parish, without religious instruc t ; and the letter adds, that the clergyman now orrer visits the parish, unless fur the follfileoe of collecting tithes. The pressing correspondence withthe Bishop having failed of 'mistiming its desired rift et, au applicatiosi, says the writer, was made to the Archbishop, rod an order was issued requiring the clergyman to reside iii his parish, and his Lordship also promised to see that the church should be built. No church, however, had been yet built, and the miler hauled by the Archbishop had nut beets com plicit with—s° that the parishioners remain precisely in the susie state as before. The writer states, that he heel before resided in England, where those dos lieu are more regularly performed, mail that front the long-esitablishert habitsof himself mod his faintly regularly attendit.g divine worship. they feel more scut. ly the incrust errielice uf living in a countrywhere r in tact, there is HO 11:11UICII to receive, and sin vier pylonn to instruct them. The letter states, that %Mist the writer had resided in Ireland, lie lost eleven Protestant servants, in consegiience of their not having any house of worship to go to, the church of the adjoining parish beisig five miles distant (ruin his house. Vetting that his cuminionication was important from the facts it contained, and not be ing personally acqueinted with the writer, he (Sir J. Newport) inquired as to his coararter, and he found it to be of the first respectability. He lied been a Colonel in the army, a ho havii.g retired from military service, placed his finuily iii Ireland. Fruits the tesiour of the counininication, he appears to be a moo of religious feelings, lamenting the want of religious instruction fur his family. Now he (Sir John) would ask, whether they were in rams nest on the subject ? A sum sit 500,0001. had been granted since 1807 for the purpose of huilding churches and gleheahouses in Leland. Let it now be seen whether parochial residences in Ireland have been established. He would only add, that dif ferent parts iif that country (he was sure) was very differently circumetaliced. Its many places the Bishops 'deiced the residence of their clergy, mud, in particular, he could not brut notice in terms of warm and well-inerited applause. the conduct of one distinguished Prelate of the Church of Ire. land, lie me.ot the Archbishop of Cadiel, who strictly enforced the residence of his clergy ; mid out of the sit pariduai that had been disunited in 1807, four oat of the six belonged to the diocese of Cashel. In other instanter, he had it as well from private information as from the Report on the table, that other parts of the country were dilfereotly treated. It did not happen in one solitary instance, nor in two or three instances, that seven, eight, nine, ten. and eleven virishes, have been united i n to one vicarage—that in ensue instances these molted parishes covered the a in.le face of the coun try, nccupt ing a space, to one instance particularly, ii' twenty miles from north to south, and ten miles f east to west. Iti another place, no less than ten polishes had been previously united into one, and io the year 1812, an eleventh parish was added to the other ten united parishes, sod this part-h was situated in soother county. The parislitoneis‘, iadignant at this voodoo, applied for legal advice to au eminent lawyer, oust one of the Judge., in Ireland, to know whether they had any uterus of ridress, and he gave it as his o p inion that they h a d now. He hoped he had stated sufficient to induce the House to agree to the motion he was about to make. He wished to tee the Church of Ireland, where the number of Protestants were but few, where the revenues of the church were so great— lie wished - .hat where religious duties are so ' , airs, so sacred and so faithfully performed instead of spending in a foreign land, the alike the duty of a t would wish to see instructing by their their example, those the peculiar i.hji-eta of Baronet concluded presented In !Its Royal theh. • be wctilil be plra.ril lu the psrviit taut, ut the eotbninuicatkm the d, In ass ',Nuts) , Much bait b. eta laid hr. July, INO7, los HIP par. Mom Once et discovering, by a comparison, how far the Report hail !wen acted uu , sad bow far the gracious intentionsof bis Majesty had lwen acted on for 11w protection and support of the Established Church in lieland, and particularly for scooting to the piopir of Irehord the bent flu of a con stantly resident body of Clergy. Air. GIANT said, that agreeing, as he did, with the ;tight Honourable Bartioet. as In tie import wire of the motion, lie did not feel himself called upon to occupy the tune of the House further than to express a hope that the proposed inquily would lead to beneficial results. l'he letter cited by the Hight Honourable Baronet was certainly calculated to produce an effect, if its s t a l e nients were well founded. He would wily say that though lie did not feel called 031 to pledge himself to ail• specific proceeding, yet feeling that much of the peace and prosperity of Ireland must depend upon tile constaitt residence of au enlightened, a liberal, and a pious clergy, lie would willingly concur in any measure likely to accomplish that desirable rod. Mr. FOSTER commenced by complimroting the Right lion. Baronet for the inatairr in which he intrialiii,d the question. Ile did not rise to oppose •the mutton—the inquiry would afford iin ofsporto oily to the House of ascertaining what lied betii 'street) , dune—and he would now give a short buns.. Mary of *he will be the result. 11' lien the first re turn Wee made its 11507, there were 1,159 benefices; 951 were provided with Clergy ; 23R land none. A Ore/system was then introduced. iliMll Al Krilltil• %vete m.de by the Board nl First Fruit. to supply the deficiewy. and, he wro happy to say, flint that ar rangement W i le first suggest-,' by a Right Ilion Geode-wan near loon, who war then the Charicellor of the Exchequer fur Ireland. Silic.r that period there were -433 churches actually built, and * Con siderable number are now in construction, so that taking the minutes of elnirciirs actually built, and the her in progress. there have been more than the deficiency complained of supplied. He did not, however, mecia to ray that these eiiiikes have hero tin!%lit..l, or that the work had beets &me. The Board of First Fruits did not confine their efforts heir—churches were built, but clergy were wanted. And here lie willingly agreed with the observatitm of Cie Right Hon. Barouet as -to the residence of the clergy ; he considered the rein. deuce of the clergy a subject of pareeuourd im purtat --their residence mad activity would pre vent a west evil, it would preveut members of the Protestant persuasion from esubtaciog the religiou of any other sect. But the first thiug, in order insecure the residence of the clergy, was to provide them with a place fit fur their abode. lis the Report it was stated, that hi 'rebind 531 parishes had glebes, and 64 - 4 had none. Since that time the Board of First Fruits had built 239 glebe houses, sod 63 are in the progress of building. The number sJf glebes amount to 835, and 346 parishes have Aso. lutrly no glebes whatever; hut the Board of Enid Fruits had purchased 95 glebes. That* exertions were ant only great its thernaeleee, but exceeded every reasonable expectation. As to the subject Gl ' 000•rreid, oye s it should be recollected, that until the year lOUS the process of compelling View resi. detour, was so tedious. so difileult, and so repen sive, that few Bishops undertook it. The law, 'weever, un this head, had beets wisely altered, mod he might now ear that no clergyman was now absent unless where he has no +Aare house to lodge in, or where a eTergyinan has two benefice"! to attend. As to the letter which the Right Hon. Baronet hood read, it gave a very melancholy picture indeed. but there was no means of disproving it. The Hon. Baronet loud not stated names—he had not mentioned the name of the Bishop, nor the name of the parishes, nor any particulars that might lead to further inquiry. Mr. WlLszeiroace ?aid, that public gratitude was due to the. Right Hun. Baronet for biiiiging this subject before Parliament. The supineness of the clergy, and the neglect of their duties, would be justly considered is a public misfortune ; he could mot but lament that whilst particular atten. 1 - front to time was paid to our different este blisliments, ecclesiastical matters were not attended to, though, from their psramont.t importance, they were entitled to the first attention, and a vigilant jealousy should always guard them from abuse. The residence of the clergy was one great object to effect-40r how could a clergyman discharge his duty at one plsce, whilst lie iesided at another ? or how could he be said to be the clergy. mail of a parish where lie was seldom peen ? The pioceeditigs already taken hail a good effect ; and they should by every means compel the residence of the clergy—they should call those who were placed in high situ 'lions in the church to •account for the exercise of the discretionary power placed in their betide; and when those persons were themselves apprehensive of being called upon, they would feel the less ieluctarice in refusitr4 leave or alssecce t . the clergy under their control. It wools' not be considered itividitnia in them to withhold 1ea..., if it were once understood, that for the abuse of their power they would br called to a severe account. lie concluded by expressing hit determination to support the suotinit. S.r Joon NLYIPoRT said, that as to the author of the letter, the contents of which he bad already stated to the House, he always felt with. nut authority, to mention names. The House, on the present 111:1.101011, went- anxious that names should be stated, and lie would riot withhold that necessary information. The Geritlemais who wrote the letter is a Colonel Bagwell--the Dso ce-ais was the Bishop of Kildine—the parishes are those of Kilt/alb:an sod -- (we did not dis tinctly hear the name of the other narisli), in the county of Kildare. Kildalgan church ts M. the 00100 chort.h, which fell into tail ,r two in the short spate of four years after it was reported to be in p•rfect repair. The insole of the nicunibent was Alr..Cox, a friend to the ISishup, who lied, ex elusive of those parishes, also belonged to the Cathedral Church of Kildare. The (tight 110. i.ot.rable Baronet said, that in many parts of Irelaid Protestant churches were seven, eight, and nine miles distant, and it war not to be won. der. il at that Protestants, particularly those of the tort's* rank of life, without time or ability to attend a distant church, finding a chapel at their door, shoot,' lie induced to enter it, and finally re. • nounce their own altogether. He described the Agistinent Low passed by the Irish Masse of Coon. Move its' must unjust and tibuntinable, lo which the people owe much of their Miami, the coon. killailiel try much cf its discontent, and the church irrucit of its decay. The s itio,diron of tl.it church de manded the most cotost.slit litteodion. ll~eh 111• emollients should not he permitted to live out of their parishes, leaving its hogh duties to the Precarious oitentionts of a curaor, who rece►ve* a stinoll pittance; and thus whokt the rich hem.- ficAl clergymau, holden;,• many parishes ultrogelier, neglects hits duties, clergymen may be tumid, eminent for their learning a►.d their piety, qualities' and competent in every way, a►e yet left for years will a parish, toiling for a snooty sum, whilst the rich incumbent lives himself, nut only mot of his parishes, but out of the kingohni of Ireland. The question was then put end carried neon. eon. ABSENCE FROM BALLOT. Mr. Toro!ilium. Sir Godfrey IVebster. and Mr. Maherly, were ordered to be discharged from the custody of the Serjeant at Arms, on payment of their Ire,. Mr. HOLME SUMMER moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the Regulation of the Price of Bread. —Agrved to. CONDUCT OF AN IRISH JUDGE. Mr. MARTlNaatile felt anxious to bring on a motion, which stoodfor this night, respecting tl e conduct of au Irish Judge. He was 11t11( ou,, he emit!, to bring forward that motion, because 11110111 in. tiOIIS had been thrown on his own character, and he could lint but feel thAt it was not the cha racter or the conduct of that Learned Judge that was alone at 11.Nille, but that los (Mr. Martin's) cha racter war also concerned. Ile was isow prepared to pro( e•li w ith the titutlvii—he was how prepared to submit to the House and to the w44;141 grounds to prove that Cult Judge acted in a most cii iii i i ;al and uncoostitutional manner. lie was, 110WrVer, willing to give him every means of defe.4ce, and he would Consent to postpone the motion, hut he would (.10 so only on this uisderstandu.g, that lie consented so to postpone it at the ►ryurst of Gentlemen who are anxious to attend the discussion, mid who are disposed to defend the conduct of the ',caroled Juilv.,...—The notion was isio+11)011ril rt Aluniday. Alr. Ilut.ut; Suutf ER brought up a Bill fur she regulation of the Price of Bread, a hulk was real it first time, and ordered to be read a second tiaie ou Tuesday next. FEVER IN IRELAND. Mr. CHARLES GRANT sssss vrti- " That the Report of the appointed by the Lord Lieutenant of Irelaud io •collar. the •late of the Fever i• tin protium of Itelantl, *humid be into brought •p."—Agreed to. Mr. GRANT acco►dingly brought up the Report, which wee ordered 'to he on the table, sod to be priuted. SCOTCH SATING DARKS. 'the Committee on the Scutcl, SAting Bias Ameudinent Bill was postponed tilt Tnursday, May 10. _ _ be sighed to see that where reli amply vend for, that those (loth necessary, should he fully and —lie wished to see the clergy, i thew time and their revenues in worst of absentees, deserting i citizen and of a clergyman, he them residing in their parishes, i knowledge, and edifying by tl tehu are, or who ought to be the Their care. The Honourable . by inovoig— . That nos humble Address be reseal nee the P.iori. Regent, praying that I order au inquiry to be wade onto II Church of 1.. Imo!, by weans of a coo Archbishops and Riabops of Ireland, instituted in 1806, a full Report of wl lure both Houses of Podium' is Ju IL L e • 9 I• iFt . • . _ EXCH EQU ER RILLS. Mr. I.VSHINGT.ON moved, tit tt there h. I lid be. fore the I It.llar an Account of t'sr total amount of iExcheiloo-r T 3 llr nutstmoting :no! o.wprovi,lr .1 fur uu the sth April, 11318. and 5111 Aim!, 1819. NNW WRIT, kc. A new w , it watt ordered to ur iti4oeif for the rough n 1 Westbury, in the runin of Ralph Frinco, EN. who had accepted the office 4.1 the Chiltern H undredo. Mr. E•'dwards. from the Navy Office, presented en Accouni of Stone pill ellgtell Wider the direction of the Navy Board, d g ettitnitt perinti, up to the Ist of Januasy, 1819 —The House then ad journed. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS PAPERS. PARIS, APRJI. 19. The Kull; yesterday heard mars 111 1114 apart • mews. At half-past one o'clock the Persian Ambassador attended an toidience of his XLijcsity. Ms Ex cellency took leave of the King, as also of Mon sieur, Madame, and the other inaitthers of the Royal Family. The proprietors of the daily papers of Paris have joined in presenting to the two Chambers some esh servatiosis on the three projects of laws relative to the Liberty of the Press. They repsire, among other matters, that the penalties preisciibed against injurious language should not • xceed its their maxi mum the nrisiirauni of penalties desiouliced against defamation—that they should not be compelled to OHMIC two proprietors for one paper—and that the amount proposed for the security should be reduced. IVe learn lawn Germany that the physicians who have undertaken the cue of !M. Kotzebite'a assas sin, were desirous of making an incision iu the stale of the chest, to bring on a suppuration, which if it did not promote a cure, might at least prolong the life of their patient. Sandt, however, violently opposed this operation. The German Papers ask, whether hr might Hot with justice be coustramed to subunit to it ? The ship Fortune, Captain Fournier, from Mar. seines to the Havannah, has been enenuniereil by an Insurger.t cruiser and plundered. The supercargo was thsuou into the sea. COPENHAGEN. APRIL Accounts from the I.l.ind of Sent Thorne,, of the e3d of February, owe, that according to intel hgence from Le Guaira, of the 7th of the same month, the South American Independents h a d re tired into the interior, and that the Royalists were masters of San Fernando-de-Apure. General Murillo had passed the Apura with the greater part of his stymy, and it wee generally expected that he would be enabled to retake ull Guiana this year.— All the accounts concur iii saying, that the future presents a very brilliant perspective fur the Royalists. DUTCH PAPERS. APRIL 11. Be•idee the line of ((trireme* which are electing from the Mace to the North Sea, on the southern (strutters, et is to tended to raise the wreessary works to cover the Scheldt. The east cud of Ghent win be covered to ibis god by some twit, aiol it if rwen said that Ttren..n.le i• to I>e areovhen ail. In the fir,t hne (Nikon/11c ail! have an impottaat place autwig the r 'Omits which are to ruver IVflbi Etruderi. GUCCI, APRIL 12. We learn from gond audios , that a t•Jrl la to be elected without line city, mar the Courtesy Gate. Oudenarde and Dendermonde die also to Le strengthened. 1114 "MVOS.; APRIL 11. It i. affirmed that all the young Russians wLu are now studying in Gelman Universities, have received orders to leave thi in and finish their sleuth , sin Friiire, the Nether lands, 'or Swilzeriand. It is supposed that this measure is to be ascribed to what has lately occurred with M. Stourdsa. immix, *Putt. S. The Rhenish Papers huge reproached the l't 'titian Govern ment with having hitherto dune so little an the liquidation and Ilse distribut ttttt of the 52 millions of francs whirls Emote has to pay re the private C 141.111 of PrusiGus sub jrcts. The Stale Gazette has sit fools 11 our Government. The Con u ui►sion t•f Arbitratiois enet herr sap, this Ga zelle I. 01 decided lie five months above 1 hooded eases more than that at Nos did in two yeast Of 34,153,826 fiaurs, roptioing which the examinations have been on foot since Novenae r last, 36,1'10,332 francs are already decided upon. It is true that the al t•aal payment to the cla;maots Las hero in some instatiet, delayed by mom voids ble circonisitances ; for in stance, by the net. .. .... y communications Isetwern various per- anus lisinq at :prat distances from cads other, but no com plaint has hitt,e been made, and it may be "'scot d, post. lively, llust the a hole affair with be terminated us Ilse course of tits year.— . 'thatch L'npe►s, April 17.) sswitcts, APRIL 3. The isshalsitaista of Nos emberit have delivered an addrram ra inc.Cuambcr of Deputies, complaining of the decline of Ditto matstifatt ors and trade, in which they Ante that in former years that iaiusemberg exported to the atnunat of above tied millions, and that now the trade has "learned so much that the export. can hardly be estimated ut a mil. lion and a half; that massy manufactories which employed 150 workmen can now scarcely Rod employment fur 60 or 60 mess, and that the manufactories mint soon cease iss n. tirely, miles* tine importation and exportation is The addrtss further requests that his Majesty may use his iuAuenre its Mr Diet to obtain this freedom of commerce.— Amsterdam C'ourant, April 17.) AMERICA. FROM THE BOSTON PAPERS. NEW YORK, MARCH 22. AMERICANS /N SPANIAM DUNGEONS.—Ciapt. Swaim., who arrived in this port, reports that the following Americas)* are imprisoned in the Castle of St. Jim, de Luz, in Vera Cruz:—Edward La rogue and Augustus !hind, of Baltimore ; James Lovegrote, of the State Of New York ; Sara. ; of Connecticut ; and Philip Chews' and Jelin Meja, place of birth not recollected. BO.TON. MARCH 17. Accounts from Aux Cayes to the 20th February that all General Nl`Gregor's troops had de serted Inus, owing to want of funds for their sub sistence. MARC!' 17. THE NAVAL DEPOT. —We . learn that the Navy Corn iniv•ioners have combined in the eptahlishment of the Grand Naval Depot for the southern section of the Union, two distinct sites, Gosport as a fitting, reirdring, and docking yard, and Burril Bay us the y.ird ; the latter idace is in the county of the l-le cif White, on the south side of the James River, aril about thirty inks distant from Norfolk ; it heads the long bar which extends from the %Var. wick shore, front the bay of Hampton Roads, is almost a straight course, arid the depth of water is sufficient fir ships of the largest draft; at every point u.ces•ary to erect works of delence, nature has provided a foundation of solid rock, and the entrance may lie so fo►tified as to render it impreg [wide to an enemy. We presume no public work will be commenced there until after the next Sea• mon of Congress. Msncx 18. 'file Chevalier de ()nis, Spanish Minister to the United State., has obtained leave to return to Spain, d will prob.ibly leave this country iu Alay next. Ms successor has not been named. MARCH 26. STOPPAGE OF SPECIE PAYMENTS.—We have it from the best authority, that all the Kentucky Banks have suspended their specie payments; and we are further informed, that these Banks will not resume the payment of specie until the Ohio Batiks shall have done so. This information may be relied on. WASHINGTON, MARCH Mellish's map has been referred to in the late negociations with Spain. riom that map it ap. pears, that the whole domain of the United Sister, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, is about equal to two millions two hundred and fifty-six thousand nine hundred and fifty-five square miles ; of which that part lying East of the 6lusis•il pi, and including the Florida,, is equal to nine hundred and forty-two thousand one hundred and thirty square miles. If the whole domain were as populous as Connecticut at the last census (1810), it would contain a populetiou of one hundred and thirty-five ►aillions four hundred and seventeen thousand three hundred persons; and, if ns popu. Isms as Italy now is, the number would be five hundred and one seilhons forty-four thousand and ten ! Give but the imagination play, and there is no limit to the grandeur we may anticipate for our country. Noy, ►f arithmetic be true, a very few brief years will find this the must powerful nation on the globe. We have only to wish that it rosy be as enlightened as it will be puwetfal.--(Nuinntal Intelligencer.) COMMERCE OF CHlLl.—Letters from St. Jsgo do Chili state, that iu consequence of the success ful operations of the Patriots in that quintet, trade has revived in a •u►prising manner; it enumerates aminvz other articles that would entnnlind ;nice. and ready sake, India cotton goods of I riv and middling ; German, French, 4101 Irish linens ; and cabinet furniture. From the Charleston City Gazette, of March 16. C.ipt. Ilauschililt, of the ship Gertrude, err yesterday from St. Utos, states, 0111 the ddy pre. sinus to his sa;livig, a Portuguese t)ificer him, that accounts had been received I,l' toisuii. derstanding which tuck place at a ha:l nr Paris, lativreen the Portuguese Minister, avid the British Mini,ter. Lord Stewart, in consequence or which challenges passed ; the parties met and fought with small words. Lord Stewart was run thrwegb the body, and immediately expired. "Captain Moore, of the Jane, •irri, ~1 st Norfolk from St. Bartilolornevei, on the IO 6 Ma.o 4 i n 30 days ; reports, that the lociargents had been fr. ceii , ly reinforced by the arrival of a considerable slumber of troops from England, who had b een la n ded on he Ormioko. That part of Biioo's iviadrun, tioler the command of Commodore Julie, coitsisiii.g of one 10.011 thy, an 14.4;13 brig, and four large schooner', were contiu.Py cruising between St. Martin's and St. ii.irtholn. mew's, against vessels bearing the Artigan flag, kc I were very successful. The trig Republican, formerly from pierced for 14 guns, and under the Aitigaii fh, r , ran into St. Bartholomew's, where she was seized and sold by the Government. Rumours were various as to the direction thn sylvadron under Julie would take; some wu(l they would cruise off Cadiz, others that they would pro. ceed off the O►onoko. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, FItIDAY, APRIL 23, 1819. THE PRINCE REGENT. Sir MATTHEW TIERNEY continues irl Colioane. attendance upon the PRINCE REGENT Ht Brighlmi, and on Wednesday issued the fullowing BuHenn respecting his Itoyal Hi4liness's state : " The Prince Regent suffered considerable pain in the right foot during the early part of the night, but his Royal Highness had some refreshing sleep this morning, cud is in all respects better. " Pavilion, April 21. M. J. TIERNEY " The private accounts of yesterday were very 'mumble. We have received Boston Papers to the 27 0 1 last. Congress being closed, they contain no poli tical intelligence of any interest. and any 'WWI which they afford relating to South America, does not hear an authentic character. A very extensive fire had taken place at Sava. nab, on the 17th of March. Several lives e'er! lost. and property to a large amount was destroyed. The private corresponderv'e from Europe men tions a duel between the Portuguese and English Ambassadors at Paris. This i. the first intimation of the quarrel received iu tils country; but we have uu fight to complain of this mistatement—tt great deal of the Paris private correspondence in the London Papers is not better entitled to notice. The Paris Papers of Suriday and Monday, which have arrived at our office, notice a rumour which prevail:fit in that city respecting a remarkable occurrence which was said to have taken place in Berlin on the 2d or 3d of this mouth. This ru mour rests, as it appears, solely on the authority of a letter inserted in the Gazette of Augsburg, of the 12th, and is stated iu the following words in the Journal des Debar : " The rumours %%Inch have been circulated re specting an attempt at violence against the person of the Kiug of Paussta, appear to have had some foundation. A letter, inserted in the Gazette d'Augs burg of the 12(h of April, says, that early in April, a crowd of persons, about 1,500 in number, sur rounded the King's carriage as his Majesty was airing in the Park, arid presented to him petitions, signed by each perscu, all having for their object to demand a Coustitution. His Majesty patiently read a great number of these petitions, but seeing that there was no end id them, the KING wished to proceed on his way. The lwtitiouers threw themselves before the horses of the carriage. The KING then sent an order to a neighbouring post of the Landwehr to di,perse this crowd, which was done without difficulty, the petitioners retiring peaceably, and protesting that they entertained no bad intentions. The circum stauces of this event are varied, some making it to have taken place on the 2d of April, others on the 3d, other. affirm that the Landwthr evinced some hesi tation, and others that the Petitioners threatened to appear again, to the number o 30,0u0 men. The Gazette of Augsburg fi lially sers the whole of account as apocryphal, or at lkast as very much exaggerated." 1. Iu this latter supposition we are inclined to con cur-40f accounts from Berlin. not oily by the public papers. but in private letters of dates tVCII to the 10th of this mouth. are utterly silent respect ing this occurrence; and it is quite impossible l believe, that an event so remarkable. if it had oc curred, wou!d not have found its irsy into seise of