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~., 4 ~- _ ~E► I,\ • ,~~ . PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. uousr. OF LORDS, MONDAY, MAsteu 14. Mr. Green, and several Members of the House of Commons, hroaght up the Glebe Lauda Rill, wida the auseadmenta.— Agreed to. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MowDas, Maims T 4. GENERAL. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. kr. JOLIFFE brought in a Bill to incorporate the General Steam Navigation Company.—lt was real • fi rst time. Lord STANLEY moved the second reading of the Rochdale sad Oldham Road Bill. Mr. PHILLIPS objected to this Bill, on the ground that there pm another for precisely the same line' f.road now in pmgreas through the House, and that the great majority of the Trustees were in its favour. He concluded by moving, as an amendment, that the Eill be read a second rime this day six months. After some observations from Sir JANIES AIACLINTOSA and Lord ST•stt..er, the House divided upon the amendment— Ayes 16; Noes 17; Majonty for the Bill, I. There not bang forty Members present upon the division, the Hain necessarily adjourned, at half-past four o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS THIS DAY. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. Wilmot Horton—Bill to amend Aet of last Session for the Abolition of the Slave Trade Mr. °ratters—Bill for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland. Mr. Wilmot Horton—pill for the Sale and Improvemeot of Wawa Lands in the Province of Upper Canada. Isr. Wilmot Horton—Bill for the Cultivation and Improvements of Waste Lands in the Settlements of Van Diernen'oLsed. Sir George Hill—Bill for the Regulation of Co.partnerships certain Bankers in Ireland. Sir Henry Parnell--Copy of Memorial presented to the Treasury, relating to the Batter Trade of Ireland. ORDER OF THE DAY. Impcnnding Distresses (Ireland) Bill—Sewed Reeding. PRICES OF RitITISH STOCKS YESTERDA Y. 3 per Cent. Cents. Long. Ann. Ditto Acct. 931 I j_ Er. Bills,lid.l.ooo/. 566364 pm New 4 per Cent. IN Ditt o , SOO/. 66 64 pm India Bonds MU pus Ditto. Small 67 53 pm Midis for Acct. Ni I Lottery Tickets, 111. IS,. PRICKS OF FOREIUN Ausman Bonds 974 Ditto Acct. 984 Brazilian Bonds 884 Wet° Scrip (1821) pm raw Acct. 34 pm Buenos Ayrea Bonds 914 Clilian Bond. 904 Djst• Acct. 904 Colombian Bond% 92 Ditto Bonds (1821) 91 904 1 at.f Disco Acrt. 91 Dottish Bonds 101 1004 Ditto Marks Banco 1004 1 French R . e. 105 f. e4k. Bitching* 21. 10c. (Mask Bemis 02 111 504 1 04o_A. 314 .qo &ri ftet p 0826) 414 4 144 54 •844 di s SHARES YES! iht!xEs. _ Stare. Pald. Prlee Per SW*.re. Anglo-31exican 1110 1.1 1124 11174 110 Anglo-Chilian lOU 5 112 i 12 *l3 Brazilian 100 6 21 204 20 Cliiiian Ogonibian 100 6 41 4Q 39 40 General NI ining Aseowiation 100 6 17 16 15 Hibernian 5O 4 9 Ili Plow Peruvian 100 5 3632433313229 30 Royal Irish ol_4 i i Pm Real de! Monte.-- 4OO 120 1690 Rio de la Plata 100 5 31 4 30 *3O United Mexican 4O 211 120 140 Lino New 4O 6 36 Welch Iron and goal 2h 5 9849 8* SioRSURANCE COSPANIEi. Athaoce Brit. and For .........£ lOU 10 I 9 Ditto ►latine 100 5 8 Protector OAS LIGHT A/41:1 COKE cour•srxts. Coatlnenttl 100 8 0 PAlllocial Portable. 100 1 IKON RAILWAY/I. Birmingham and Liverpool OO 3 4 .London and Bristol 2O 1 1 Lord= and Nortberr 100 1 1 al iscELLANEous. Atlantic and Pacific.. 109 10 104 91 10 Australian lOO 1 26 27 26 British Iron Company 104 6 104 10 4 Ilf 10 9 , 1 Canada Company 100 10 404 41 Chills,' end Peruvian Company 544 4 6 pot Colombian Co!onial Company 16 pm Equitable Lan Bank 6O 1 1i 4 Gold Coast Association 100 5 74 4 Hibernian Joint Stock Company 4.4 1i pm iliwalcan Company..... 100 10 16 54 17 Metropolitan Fish Company 26 1 24 4 i Pearl flattery (Yellow) 26 2 23 1 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100 6 124 134 13 124 4 Patent Bricks la) 2 41 3 Patent Steam Carriage — 24 43444 4 Royal Stannary 3 544 j gitt 3riti 1t ,!irtol4. THEATRE R()YA1„ DRURY-LANE. TbM Evening, TUESDAY. March us. will be Performed DER FREISCHU rz. (Atone, the Prinee, Mr. Mercer: Bernhard. Head Ranger, Mr. Bed ford Hermit, Mr. O. Smith: Adolph., Mr. T. Cooke; Caspar, Mr Illatt lc !Var., Kinsman to the Head Hanger. Mr.Fitzwilliam; Demon of the Hartz, H;. Howell: &mit!, Mr.O. Smith; Witch ot the Olen, Wt. Blanehard. Linda, Illss Graddot.; Rose, Mlie Posey. After which. HARLEQVIK ANT) TIIE TALKING HIRT% THE SINGING TREES, ANn GOLDEN WATERS. legatn, M. Rowell; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Blanchard; Clown, Mr. Kirby. Coltnnbine, Ml!/ 13ernett. THEATRE ROY AL. COVENT-GARDr.V. TLL Ev sum? T 1.7F.Q0A V. Marsh 16. will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mardraels, Mr. Fawcett ; Young Marlow, Mr. Jones : Tony Lompaln, Mr. Keeley. Miss Htudeastle, Miss Foote. After which. TWELVE PRECISELY. Bran, Yr. Yatei ; Amelia WlWove, Mn.s Chattericy. To conclude with CENT. PER CENT. .ennyfarthine, Mr.W. Farren ; Dr. trEafferty. Mr. Connor. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. ORATORIOS. T2-taorraw, WEDNESDAY. March 16, under the Direction of Mr. H. R. Riabop, who will preade at the Ornanand Piano Forte, aGRAND aILECTION of VOCAL and INSTIII MFMTAL MUSIC, from the W , .eits of eminent Meiners and comprising rations Pieces from Kui Maria Von W eber's Silvana, 2.ius yanthe, Abu Hassan, Der liehrrischer. Du Meister, and Preciosa. PaltT L—To commence with Karl Maria Von Weber's Overture to Der/re:echos. After which, for the 4th time In this country. and by pauestfrslon of his Moat Gracious Majesty, Weber's celebrated Cantata, ed " Kampf and Site; In commemoration of the Baffles of La • Alliance and Waterloo. With the admired March from Mozart's berdate ; and Selections from Handel's Judas Maceabeus and the itedirropticn. Ind of Part I. a Concerto on the Plano Forte by Master Mitekorkell. Pair IL—Overture to Weber's Der Beherracher Dec Cheistet. A Selection from Haydn's Seasons. Selections from Welber, Jackson, JAC•2III, Rosin:, and biewitt i and front Webel'e Abu Hassan. Grand Skate from Handers Joehnn Dinneen the end and Third Parts a Concerto on the Oboe by 24r. Alvarez. _ ..... . . _ . . _ . _. Pate 111.—Overture to Weber's &mynah.; and &I:cations from Weber's Preclosa, it. se. Principal Vocal Pe:formers—Madame ("trader!: Alles Cooke: Miss Love; Mrs. Pedtord ; ar.d Mies Graddon; Mr. graham: ytenor Oinks : Want Horn. BedfOrd, Robinson. and 'Pinney : Master Edmonds : and Xt. Bellamy. Tha Orcheafra will heves He asaisaußire male !mat oti we% ores. nor.: ' and hid by Mr . T. Cooke. The under the Suptrit• ri telecitt of Mr. Watson. The Dramatis Rex List does not extend to these Oratorio,. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA .11()I*SE, STIIAND. MR. lIATHEWS AT nom - . Oa THURSDAY EVENING, ',darn 14, and ca Mondays, Thnrsdayr, and Saturdays, MR. lIATHEWs , al ENlttlt A NDUM.M.Iciii of Postale:Hies. Characters, and Mamie; csoilected during tits various Tr:pe. soxaa—" Memoranda In Confusion"—" Night Coach"—" Rubbles.' • s,Mol 9ong-- .. Balling Much•—•• Ote and New 'limos'—. Public Bow street. PART 11I.—A Monnpolylogue, to be called THE CROWN IN, DANGER. Doral open at Seven. the Performance to commence at Eight. Place, to be taken of Kr. Stevenson, at the Bot.othce, Strand Entrance, from Ten fill Fine. Ditettox.—The new Entertainment will not be yr nted ; and all 14,1tiljogofening to tontaln any yens of It are grunt I.l4usit:,,ns and 1,2.111 r..= the Pa..Lc. Die BRITISH PRESS commenced publle6in6 yestetday morbing at bre o'clock. LONDON, PUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1823. Py the Pars rapers of saturilay, we find that the pro ceed'ngs :1 the Chamber of Deputies continued to be of the sync tu:nulturras character as fcr several preceding days. Asnonr; tl:e amendments prcposed on Friday was one fa granting compensation to the proprietors of the ~~.; . houses destroyed at Lyons during the revolutionary siege. General For, and several of the Liberals, supported this amendment, but it was rejected by a considerable ma jority. An amendment was also rejected, by which it was proposed to allow the former proprietors of the confiscated property now belonging to hospitals and other public es tablishments to re-purchase it by transferring to them an amount of funded income equal to the net revenue de rived from it. The rest of the discussion, whatever in terest it may excite in the political circles of Paris, would not here be worth the trouble of perusing. The 17th article was under consideration when the Chamber ad journed. The Mode announces that King FLADINAND has agreed to the departure of the French troops which had remained in Spain at his instance. Let us hope he is at length willing to seek for repose and safety in a moat just and liberal system of government. We believe there is some reason to suspect that he has felt it necessary to con cede one point on which he was to all appearance invin cibly obstinate: having broken in upcn his system, he may perhaps be disposed to relax in other respects. The Paris journalists seem to be amazed at the splendour of the preparations for the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND. The Monileur contains two Royal Ordinances of no general interest. [From the Doile, dated Sunday.] Putts, Mmten 11 It is announced - drat the troops width, at the desire of King Fer dinand, had remained in Spain after the time fixed for the evacua do; will depart on the lat of April. Two French squadrons will be stationed on the coasts of Gallic4a and in the Bay of Biscay. The Duke of Northumberland, Ambassador Extraordinary from his Britannic Majesty for the ceremony of the Coronation, has just hired, It is said, the Hotel of Gallifit to receive him, and his numerous suite. If we may belleve the accounts that are circulated, nothing can be compared to the magnificence which hie Grace will display on this occasien. Resides the riches. furniture, &c. • splendid ser vice of plate, which is valued at above 100,0001. sterling (2,500,000 francs) he brings in the suite of his family, and of several eels riot's of the Duchess twelve gentlemen and lour Secretaries, twelve ilsitres d'Hotel, an a number of domestics, in proportion to the state he means to display. A Ministerial Order of the 21st January dismisses the Assistant Surveons and Apothecaries who have been attached since the cam paign In Spain to the military hospital in the 10th and 11th mili tary divisions. The nusibers of the young men so dismissed in the two divisions, including those attached to the hospital at Tou lon, is 22. Since the 4th of this month the Rhine has risen 7 feet: it is now at 14 feet 2 inches. It is feared that the towing-paths will be over flowed. Encsrctt Ft:Nos.—P*lw, MARCH 12.—Five per Cents. J. du 22 Man, 1824, opened at lOU 43e.; closed at 103 t. 60e. Bank Stock, 2,059 f. Rente d'Espaime, 204 f. Rente de N■pples, Cer tif. Falconnet, 91t. 40c. Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 006. Ex. change on London—one month, 25f.; three ditto, 24f. 83c.—C'otir Aathrtaique, .March There is an opinion on the Continent that, the English Government is secretly negociating with the Greeks and giving support to them. Our readers will observe by a paragraph in the next column that the Brussels Papers as sert the fact positively, and we find it mentioned also in a letter we received yesterday from a correspondent at Paris. That it is the interest of England to have an independent Power in the east ofEurope capable of resisting the advance of Russia in that direction, there can be no doubt ; but we do not believe that his Msreirry's Government have, in any act yet done, stepped beyond the bounds of the strict neutrality which their faith is pledged to observe. The following is the letter to which we allude : _ _ PARIS, MARCH 11. " The King, I em sorry to say, is growing daily more unpopu lar. On account of his frequent hunting's he is now called Robin des Boil, in allusion tothe Enchanted Hunter in the dramatic Opera of Der freisehutz, which passes under that title here. The state of politics seems pretty well complicated ; the palace is preparing at Milan for the reception of the Emperors of Austria and Russia. The Austrian Cabinet has written a circular to all the Italian Princes to make a confederation under its pro tection. The King of Naples refused to make part of it, and de manded the evacuation of his dominions by the Austrian troops. The Greek cause is rather in disfavour here with some of the Ultras, since it is believed that the English Government are at the bottom of it. I have just learned by letters from ?Arms, that the Em pras Maria Louisa is well satisfied with Dr. Autommarchi's pub lication." By the Amsterdam Papers of Saturday, from which we have given extracts in another column, we are glad to per ceive that the system co! free trade is making rapid progress among the Constitutional Governments in the South of Germany. By the adoption of the project now under con sideration, the inhabitants of the five States of Bavaria, Wirtemburg, Baden, Nassau, and Hesse Darmstadt, seven millions in number, will at once enter into the enjoyment of the benefits resulting from an unrestricted commercial intercourse between them. The narrow-minded and mis chievous policy which formerly set people against people, and made each envious of the other, is now every where yielding to more enlightened views. We may hope that, before many years pass away, all nations will be induced to adopt the sound principles on which we are building the brilliant fabric of our astonish ing prosperity. As the first commercial State in the world we are especially interested in the welfare of all other countries; and if they thoroughly understood their own in terests, they would know that they have equally strong reasons to rejoice in the growth of our wealth, and the con sequent increase of our ability to meet their demands and supply thcir wants. By a igew York Paper of the 12th ult. arrived at Liver pool, we learn that the Presidential Election has been de cided in favour of Mr. ADAMS. The following is the pas sage stating the important fact:— " John Quincy Adams was on 'Wednesday elected President of the United States at the first balloting, by thirteen States out of the twenty-four. The following particulars are from the National In telligences of Thursday : "` Contrary to all previous expectations, our election of Presi dent hen been effected by the House of Representatives at the first balloting—Mr. Adams having received the votes of thirteen States, General Jackson the votes of seven States, and Mr. Crawford the votes of four States.' " This result will, we hive no doubt, give as much satis faction to the sound and reflecting part of the citizens the United States, as it will be gratifying to the people of this country, who will see in it the earnest disposition of the House of Representatives to carry on the American Government on the mild and pacific principles by which it is now guided, and to continue the cultivation of those relations of amity which happily subsist between the two nations. Mr. ADAMS bas spent his life in the service of his country. He possesses great natural talents and an ample store of those acquirements which qualify him to fill the high station to which he is elected. He is well acquainted with diplomatic affairs, and thoroughly conversant with the state of European politics. According to the usual course of the American Statesmen, he resided as Minister of the United States at several Courts on the continent, and finally came to England, where he remained as Ambassador some years. Since his return home, he held the office of Smretary of State, which he fills at this moment. It was known to be the wish of the retiring President, Mr. Mo N toe, that Mr. ADAMS should succeed him. The opinion of the Senate was manifest by their confirmation of the PSESIDEN r's appointment, and the House cf Representa tives have on the first ballot unequivocally demonstrated their approbation of the previous choice of the executive. Under the Government of Mr. ADA Ks, we may fairly cal culate upon the best understanding with the United States, and it is peculiarly satisfactory that the Congress should have had this opportunity of testifying their desire to draw closer the friendly ties which at this period bind together the two great commercial Powers of the Old and New World. Mr. ADAMS is the son of the venerable JOHN ADAMS, the second President of the United States. The patriarch yet survives, having lived to enjoy the rare felicity of seeing olds son raised to the highest honours of the State. Of the other candidates, it is not necessary to say much now. General JAcssox was the most powerful com petitor of Mr. ADAMS. Of the votes of the electors who are specially chosen by the several States to decide the Presidential contest, General JACKSON had the largest number, but not the absolute majority required, and as it appears by this instance wisely required by the Constitution. The chief recommendations of Gene ral JACE SON arc his democratic opinions, and his military exploits. He has filled no civil office, and does not seem to have possessed under any circumrtances in a peculiar degree the confidence of the Government, except as a mere soldier. His conduct has been always violent, and he has in several instances shewn an indecent contempt for the principles of public law, which utterly disqualifies him to direct the complicated policy of a federal Re public. As to England his feelings of hatred are undisguised. The fate of our unfortunate countrymen ARBUTHNOT and AMBRISTED. cannot be forgotten. He hurried them to death contrary to the rem- - ‘ndatioi of the Court hich of tht 'lv martial by wi . they had been corr._ ie newly invented crime of supplying munitions of war to some In dians with whom the United States were carrying on hostilities. Yet this man who, when in power, has always manifested the most feverish impatience of controul, was the democratic candidate ! Mr. CRAWFORD is, we believe, a highly respectable man. He has filled seven. diplomatic commissions abroad with credit to himself and benefit to his country, and is now a Member of the- Cabinet of Washington. He will most probably continue in office under Mr. ADAMS, and he may eventually attain the object of his ambition. The new Vice President is Mr. Catnous, who ob tained the votes of a requisite majority of the electors for that offi.c. The Bill at present passing through the House, on the subject of the QUAIIANTINE LAWS, is one of ex treme concern to the commercial world; and we feel that we *•all render an acceptable service to the public by draw ing attention to the most interesting sources of information on a subject so important to its interests. The petition of Dr. MACLE•N, presented by Mr. JOHN SMITH on Friday evening, contains a statement of farts respecting the nature of epidemic disease, as distinguished from contagion, which well deserve the earnest attention of the reader, and which will lead his mind to the most satisfactory conclusion. It is averred in this petition, and the averment cannot be refuted, that " In principle, quarantine laws very much resemble, our ancient laws against witchcraft, recently repealed, with this material difference in practice, that whilst they are in finitely more destructive, they have not however fallen into disuse; that, as the petitioner has proved at large in works which are before the public, these laws are in times of pestilence a powerful additional cause of sickness and mor tality, as well as in other respects highly injurious to many of the best interests of communities ; that they impede science, produce immorality, obstruct travelling, restrict commerce, navigation, and manufactures, occasion the failure of expeditions and the destruction of armaments, are injurious to the general consumer and the public reve nue, and are capable of being, as they have sometimes been on the Continent of Europe, rendered subservient to the purposes of despotism ; that the detriment which has been sustained by this nation in direct charges of quarantine, in losses by detention of ships, goods, crews, and passengers, and in consequence of restraints upon com merce and navigation generally, during the one hundred and four years that this singular system has been in oper ation, must have been enormous; that at home only the annual direct charges of quarantine have for the last 20 years averaged nearly 30,000/., and that the losses by de tention of ships and carves, according to the number (857) detained last year, may be computed at about 200,0001. annually, independent of similar charges and losses, probably in a greater degree in the Colonies." The policy of continuing in force those laws, which not only give an effective sanction to all this evil, but actually in flict it, can hardly, we think, in this enlightened era, be much longer matter of actions deliberation. Thc same subject is likewise most ably discussed in the last number of the Westminster Review, in an article from which we formerly made some interesting extracts, and which we would strongly recommend to the perusal of every one who is anxious to infcrm his mind fully upon the facts. In this article, and iu Dr. Arse LEAN'S petition, he will find all the matetials put before him which can furnish the means of investigation, and accompanied with such evidence as will carry conviction to every inquirer who comes to the examination with his judgment unbiassed, and with no other desire than to embrace that side of the question which reason and science shall be found most decidedly to support. The subject has undergone so com plete an investigation since the Report on Quarantine of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Foreign Trade, published last year, and the evidence, which was then considered insufficient, has been since strengthened by such an accession of medical authorities, and such an accumulation of determinate facts, that we trust the Q,nassirtine Law will not be permitted to survive the present Session, and that the foreign trade of the country will be relieved from those oppressive and vexatious restrictions which are so severely felt, and the mischievous results of which have been so forcibly pointed out. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. The depression in the Money Markets, which we have had occasion to notice for the last three or four days, rather increased to-day. The English Market was very heavy, but still comparatively better than the Foreign due. CPI* cols for money were done at 931.3, and the Account price was 93; I._ _ _ _ In the Foreign Market the only Stock that was at all buoyant were the Spanish Bonds, and they, both Ohl and New, were a shade better at one time than at the Ooze of the day ; the former were done at 25, and they con. tinued firm at 2141 ; the latter in the course of the morn ing reached 20, and they closed at 194 20. The South American Securities were extremely heavy—Colombian Bonds declined to 904! ; Nlesican Scrip, 1925, was at 34! ; and New Brazilian Scrip was as low as 2i 3. The party confederated against the Greek Scrip succeeded in causing a further decline in the price of it to-day ; it was done latterly at 5 discount, and this too in the teeth of the most encouraging news relating to that cause. Letters have ar rived only this very day from the seat of Government at Napoli di Romanis, confirming in the most positive and rf• THE tRITIS - H . ~~~. -. • satisfactory manner all the favourable intelligence we have laid before our readers. The most absolute confidence is felt by both the Government and the people, as to the certainty of establishing their independence. The hostility of the cabal on the Stock Exchange can only be successful for a short time against a Loan raised for the purpose of ' supporting a cause so just and prosperous as that of the Greeks. We felt it our duty this morning to contradict a statement that appeared in the Times of Saturday, relative to the new Danish Loan. The information we have obtained to day upon this !abject confirms in every material point what we stated this morning. The parties to whom the Times gave the contract have declared to us distinctly, that under present circumstances they would not be justified in send ing fcrth any statement to the public upon this question. By another of the parties interested, we are informed that the contract is not as yet, to their knowledge, conclt.ded. The fact is, we understand, that the business is still in abeyance ; but there is very strong reason to believe that Messrs. Thomas Wilson will ultimately be the contractors. The Share Market was as much depressed as the Money Markets. Pasco I'eruvians were as low as 29 30. The New Mexican Company's Shares were at 64 7. The Atlantic and Pacific was sometimes at par, and sometimes at premium. There was nothing doing in Rail-roads. It is announced that a new Pacific and Atlantic Com pany is shortly coming out. In the Colonial Market Catena have advanced. There was nothing doing in Sugars, Coffees, or Spices amongst the jobbers; and Monday is not a regular market-day. Letters are in town from Lisbon, dated the 28th Feb. They contain no news: but all the writers express anxious hopes for the speedy arrival of Sir Charles Stuart, who, we believe sailed yesterday. The agent to Lloyd's at Lisbon, under date of the 28th ultimo, mentions that his Majesty's ship Lively had re turned from Algiers with the Portuguese Deputies, who bad entirely failed in their efforts to arrange the differences with the Dey. There was in consequence the greatest bustle in fitting out a squadron to the Straite s and to Al giers. The Reused, Oracle state; upon the authority of a Cor respondent at Trieste, that it is generally reported and believed that a secret negociation is on foot between Sir F. Adam and the Greek Government. The Lord High Commissioner, who went from Zante to a place near the coast of the Mores, had there a long conference with two members of the Greek Government. On the 20th of Jan. the blockade of the important fortress of Patras was a ga in complete, both by sea and land. On the land aisle it is formed by a numerous corps, partly crinposed of the troops that contributed to subdue the rebellion of Colocotroni ; thirteen ships of war are stationed before the fortress, and render all communication with the Ottoman garrison im possible. We are informed that the ports in the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe have been thrown open for the admission of rum from the British Colonies. Should this intelligence prove correct, and we have received it from the most respectable source, the measure will pro bably be found to have reference to the removal of British prohibitory colonial commercial restrictions, which Mr. Huskisson the other day stated would be retnoved in the course of the present Session. It will be another outlet for rum, which will find its way from the French Islands into France—Glasgow Courier. We find by letters from Bordeaux, that a great deal of business was done there on the receipt of the English let ters and papers of the Ist instant. Wines in general rose considerably. Some very fine Lafltte, 1819, was paid as high as 1,500 f. per hogshead ; on other qualities the rise was about 15 per cent. Colanial produce, but particularly coffee, experienced also a great rise. Letters from Hamburgh, dated the Bth inst. state, that the sensation occasioned by the great rise in colonial pro duce in London was indescribable; the first merchants and brokers were busy up till twelve o'clock at night entering into cantracts for the sale of sugar, coffee, and other ar ticles. The advance is stated generally at 10 to 30 per cent. on the previous prices. Letters from Maranliam state that Lord Cochrane had allowed several of the Portuguese vessels lately captured to proceed on their voyage, un the payment of 13 per cent. on the value of the ships and cargoes. .Tee INDIAN Attuv.—The general disposition of the Indian army cannot be better exemplified than by the promptitude and zeal with which the Madras detachment undertook the Rangoon expedition. When Sir Thomas Munro, in March last, announced this service to the army, it was found that every man on furlough, every regiment in distant cantonments, eagerly contended to be allowed to partake in it • and that, although the order permitted any soldier to exchange without incurring reproach or dispa ragement, only three individuals out of 11,000 men availed themselves of the permission, and these only on the score of age and infirmity. It further appears, that one corps of Infantry made the astonishing march of 360 miles in fifteen consecutive days, under a burning sun, in order to be ready for embarkation. A letter from Barrackpore, of the 4th of November, gives us reason to believe that the number of killed in the late mutiny of Sepoys has been much exaggerated. Six of the ringleaders were hanged on the evening of the 3d, and forty others hail been brought to trial and sentenc:ll to transportation for life. A steam vessel is expected to leave this country early in the month of May next for Calcutta.. . . The Board of have it in contemplation to attempt the recovery of the Partridge brig, which was wrecked on the north-west coast of Holland a few months back. Proper persons from the Dock-yard will be sent for the purpos:, ~11:1 the Tweed, Captain Hunn, is expected to be employed on this service. At the moment Ministers are relieving houses under 10!. a-year from payment of the Assessed Taxes,thc large parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George, Middlesex, have a Bill before Parliament to charge such houses with poors' rate, alleging that the amount of rent has been found no criterion of ability to pay, and by excusing such houses the landlords only have been benefited, they getting to the amount of the tax in the shape of higher rent. It seems bad policy (sap a Correspondent) to enercase the number of Houses not chargeable to the Assessed Taxes, which must be the consequence of relieving those under 101. per annum rent, or with less than seven windows: besides, such rent or number of windows must affect houses very differently, in London and other parts of the kingdom: in many country places 101. a year is a high rent, and only paid by shopkeepers, and others, compara tively opulent. Among other new projections a Company is forming in Liverpool, for the purpose of cutting a ship canal across Ireland, to avoid the dangerous passage from the western coast of England, round Cape Clear. It has been esti mated that the annual loss of property to and from America, on the coast of Ireland, amounts to Sso,ooot. and it is pre sumed that the greatest part of this loss weuki be avoided, and the voyage to America be considerably shortened, by means of a canal from the Bay of Dublin to Galway Bay. The intention is to deepen and enlarge the grand canal, which at present runs to the bounds of the county of Gal way, and to cut across that county, for about twenty miles, to the Bay. The estimated expense is 800.000/. A Mechanics' Institution has been established for the towns of Plymouth and Devonport. At a judicial sale lately, before Lord Medwyn, au estate extending over three-fourths of the island of Lewis, was set up at 136,0001., and sold for 160,0001.—Edinbarg4 Star. On Monday last, Shenstone Hall estate sold for 37,310!., which, if the buildings be left out of the calculation, averages more than 961. per acre. The timber was to be taken at a valuation. A new translation of the Bible into French, in twenty tire volumes, by M. de Genotide, has just made its ap pearance in Purls. The principal value of this publica tion consists in the notes, which contain refutations of all the objections drawn by the sceptics of the last century from history, geography, chronology, physics, and ma thematics. Altxmo INTELLioaNcr.—The Copper Ores sold at Retinal' last week amounted to 4,361 tons. Average pro duce 7i.—Quantity of fine Copper, 190 tons 7 cwt. — Amount of sale, 17,7171. 3a.—Average standard, 127/. 9s. There are 9,360 ton; of Copper Ores for sale at Truro next week. * . -04.. 'Dr i 1 4 ,. FRENCH PAPERS. [From the ConsaftadMingerard•ri 41115,MARCH 11• h is positively asserted that the Court of ltsrate demands M io. eetnnit• for the comtat of Avignon. What will the Ministry do, down "the • other aidw bowed d 0.., undo the yoke of r.re congregations on die - of the Alps ? If he satisfies them, he again loads the country with those enormous burthens, the voting which is matter of such regret to M. Breton, but which seem light to M. N'illele, in coo sideraridh that France has paid many others, and that the more money that is drawn from her the ?Scher she becomes. If by any chance the Ministry 'Muhl make any difficulty in sufficiently making tip for this spoliation of the church property, it might risk them loss of place. There is no doubt that this consideration will determine their acquiescence. The treaty of Tolentino ought to be suf fi cient to rebut the pre tensions of the Court of Rome ; but it would, perhaps, be said that that was not core binding oo her than the civil code on the aril grants. s .• DUTCH TAPIRS: 1 _ F AAAAA 01T, Mancn 4. • •An important project it under the Consideration of the Camila,- tlonal States in the South of Germany, namely, reducing of he import and export duties of Bavaria, Wirtemburg, Baden, Nas sau, and Hesse Darmstadt, to one system, and a proportionatedis tribution 01 the produce of the duties, with the entire liberty of the internal commerce between those States themselves. This project, uniting seven millions of men under the same commercial system, - would pave the way to a particular union between these five States, and perhaps some others. PETERSBCRGM, FEB. 19. The Emperor has addressed the following l'kase to the Senate : " Con.idering that several productions of Turkey prohibited by the existing Tariff have become indispensable to those of our sub jects who profess the Mahornetan religion, in consequence of their leaving been so long habituated to the use of them, and desiring to prevent all attempts to introduce them clandestinely—We ordain. the articles of Turkish origin specified in the annexed list may be imported by the ports of Theodosia and Kertsh, on p a y me n t of the duties of customs fixed in the same list. " The Senate will not neglect to take such measures as are pro per for the execution of this Ordinance. " ALEXANDER." AMSTERDAM, MARCUM .• Our papers continue to be filled with the list of subscriptions for the sufl'aers ; the amount collected is very large. Great exer thins are making every whete to repair the dikes, and in most places they are already so high as to afford protection against ordi nary tides. The water mills in the district of Waterland hive now begun again to work, and the two sluices called the great and the little 'Wilhelm** sluices have, since the beginning of the week, been emptying the water day and night into the y, so that it is hoped that the lands which are still overflowed to a great depth may be dry by the beginning of the slimmer. OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE STATE OF GREECE. (Concluded from our Paper of yesterday.) Avast's:B von BORROWIXO.—The extraordinary situation in which Greece is placed obliged her to have recourse to loans. If flourishing States have often exhausted their finances in long wars, and have in consequence been under the hard necessity o f having recourse to that expedient, it could not be expected that Greece; who had only engaged in war to relieve herself from oppression, should not take advantage of the resources which were open to her. Their slow progress may be attributed to their not having availed themselvas at the beginning of these means. Their brilliant suc cesses in the course of last autumn, when they were able to make use of a part of their ban, are incuntestible proofs of this fact. It is erroneous to suppose that the Greek Government sustains this war at little or no expense: they have a land and naval force to keep up. The expense of the latter. in which consists their prin cipal strength, is known to be extremely great. Besides all which, the Government feel the necessity of raising the country to a level, in point of civilisation, with the rest of Europe. In pursuance of this plan they have, even amidst the bustle of the war, founded a University, opened schools—and, at the intervals of their leisure, they have been occupied in the establishment of post-houses, the opening of roads, and other works of public utility. Notwithstanding their pressing want of money, the Greek Go vernment only wishes to contract for very moderate loans ; not that they have not good security to offer, for seven eighths of the Conti nent is at theb disposal. This territory, under the Turkish Go vernment, belonged to the Mosques, the Ottoman Crown, the Beys and Ages, &c. ; they at present form the national property of Greece. Besides these estates, the Greek Government can offer as security the territorial resources of the country, of which we will now give a short account. Pionuerrows OY GREECE.—Those who have studied statis. tics are aware how uncertain the results of that branch of political economy generally are, even among the most highly civilsed na. tions it cannot therefore be wondered at, that the statistical ac count of Greece we are about to present should be imperfect in its details; but we can answer for the exactness of the general account we are about to give. We will begin with the most important of their exportable com modities; such as oils, wines, currants, silks, wool, cotton, to. bacco, vermillion, and southern fruits. Otis_The islands and coasts of Greece are covered with olive trees. This plant is indigenous to Greece ; at any rate it is to be found in a wild state neat the sea. Io some of the island*, but es pecially in Candia, olive trees die only frost age. It has been asserted that if the growth of olives was properly encouraged in the latter island, from the favourable nature of the soil and climate, it would be able to supply all Europe with oil. The olive tree in Greece yields fruit from the twelfth year. NVix ES.—Almost the whole of Greece produces wine. Those most known in commerce come from Cyprus, Samos, Scopelos, &c. If their mode of making it were improved they would gain consi derably, and many common wines would become excellent. Part of the Greek wines is exported to Germany'by way of Trieste; but Russia consumes by far the greater part, which is conveyed by way of the Black Sea. CURAANTS.—This fruit grows only on the wrat and north coast of the Peloponnesus, in Etolia and bocris, and particularly the coast of Achaia, also the neighbouring islands of Zante and Ce phalonia. The English buy up the greatest quantity. In 1817 the sale of currants in the district of Patna alone yielded 9,000,0t10 francs. SILKII.—The mild climate and serene air of Greece are particu larly favourable to silkworms. If the practice of grafting the mulberry trees were introduced, and greaten. care taken in the choice of leaves as food for the worms, the silks would be prodigi ously improved. WOOL.—Under the Greek Emperors the breed of sheep was much improved by crosses; but since the conquest of the country by the Turks those cares have b een di scourage d an d abandoned. But notwithstanding this negligence, the Greek sheep has not lost all his beauty. The sheep of Livadia is more-beautiful titan many of the French and other European breeds; but it is the sheep of Arcadia which, even now-a_days, unite the good qualities of the neighbouring races without their defects. But the fleece is in general badly managed, so that their wools, when wrought, are generally speckled. COTTONS—The Greek cotton is not so generally esteemed as that of the West Indies, being less pure and silky. The cottons of the Levant improve as we proceed southward. The cotton of Cyprus is superior to that of Smyrns, and that of the Peloponnesus bears the palm from that of Thessalia. TOBACCO.—The low lands of Greece, from the alluvial nature of the soil, and other accidental circumstances, produce great luxuriance in all manner of vegetation, and is particularly favour able to the growth of tobacco, which is an extremely hungry plant. In general, the tobacco of Greece is considered the best in Europe. VERMI.I.ION.—What is called in Mediterranean commerce vermilltae, is a reddish seed, vulgarly called scarlet seed. The Greeks call it prinocoevi, that is to say, oak seed, from its growing on a species of that tree. From its colour, and the insect it is drawn from, vermillion evidently belor.gri to the same species as cochineal. Its colour is beautiful and durable. It is chiefly gathered in Phocis, Bootie, Locris, Etolia, and the Peloponnesus; that found near the sea shore is the best. 801/THEIIN FRUIT/. —Under this designation are included oranges, lemons, citrons, &c. The greater part of the islands of the Archipelago, and the coasts of the continent, produce them all in abundance. The greatest exportation is to the northern part of Turkey, in Europe and Asia; and also to Ruuta, by the Black Sea. Greece produces a quantity of other exportable commodities, sack ea madder or olizari, the gall-nut, honer, was, skins, opium, gum-dragor, carpeting, timber, tar, rosin, &c. &c. The countries which compose independent Greece are the Pelo ponnesus, Attica, &rods, Phocis, Locris, Etulia, Ammonia, and Agrapha.• The whole of the islands, amounting to one hundred, with the exception of about a dozen, are under the Greek Government. PELOPONNESUS—Sinee the revolution severs' enal mines have been discovered ; and there is no doubt but that there are mines of all sorts, both in the Peninsula aid the Mends. which in happier times will be worked. The wet of this part of Greece before the revolution amounted to 6,001010 franca. During the revolution the Turkish population has all perished, except a few families who have, upon capitulation, been conveyed to Asia. But the popula tion has nevertheless been doubled by the emigration of Greeks from Asia Minor. In the flourishing periods of Greek history this peninsula reckoned 3,000,000 of inhabitants—it as yet support that number. ACARNAVIA, ETOLIA, AND Locats.—Then• three provinces, comprehended . under the general name of Western Greece, pro duce all the necessaries and many of the luxuries of life. Timber of a superior quality for ship-building is found in their mountains. The other productions common to the whole of Greece abound here. PHOCIa. TF.OrrA, AND ATT IC A.—These provinces a • called in modern geography Eastern Greece. BIWA% is celebrated for its corn; Phocis for its vermilion and madder; and the honey of Athies r so famed among the ancients, still preserves its delicious flavour. A RCIIIIPELAG o.—We have already mentioned that the islands subjected to Greece amounted to nearly a hundred. Forty of these are of more or Ica importance, by their marine, their extant, or their productions. 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