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THEATRE ROYAL I)RURY-LANE. "XXII. LISTON respectfully informs his Friends and .1011. the Public in general, that his BENEFIT is fixed for THURSDAY NEXT, the 10th instant, when THE COMEDY OF ERRORS will he performed; after which, DEAF AS•A POST ; and, by permission of the Proprietor, the tint representa tion of the new splendid Drama, entitled, THE REVOLT OF (MEEKS. Tickets and Places to be procured of Mr. Liston, Greek-street, Soho ; and of Mr. Spring, Box Bookkeeper. PAI2I.I.4MENTART INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE Or LORDS, FRIDAY, Jrxr 4. ROVA L CO3! 31.ISSION. At a quarter before four o'clock the Speaker of the Moose of Commons, attended by several Members, appeared at the Bar, to bear the Royal Assent given, by Commission, to the Beer Duties BBL and several Private Bills. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, and the Earle of Shafievbury and Ilarrowby. BEER DCTILS BILL . "The Earl of HAREWOOD presented a petition from the beermad victuallers of Leeds, against the Beer Duties Bill.—Laid es the table. AIESSAGE FROM VIE COMMONS. Sir J. Griiii;;; -- inioTh;r;7;; the Commons brought up several Private Bills, which were ram' a firm time. Mr. Hume and others also brought tp the Report of the Arti. sans Committee. COUNTY COURTS BILL. Load REDESliitiiiresenteilaP;titionfrnTit the inhabitants of Llteitenham, in favour of the County Courts Bill.—Laid on the tabie. EXCISE OATHS. Oo the motion of Cl3eiarloi I;IVEPOOL, their Lordships went into a Committee on the Excise Oaths Bill. The Noble Earl observed, that, as an amendment, be had proposed to extend the principle of the Bill to all officers excepting those of the General Boards.—Th: Bill was then reported, and the thin; reading fixed for Wednesday . TITHE COMPOSITION BILL ..... . . . On the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL the !tune resolved itself into a Committee on the Tithe Composition Bill, which was VIVIINSURRECTION ACT CONTINUANCE BILL. Irish Inencrection Act Continuance Bill, on tl.c motion of the Earl of HA RROWBV, was ensnmitted and reported. HIDES AND SKINS BILL, &c . The hides and Shins. tlieTaal Eielhes, the Exchequer Bill, lateen millior.), and the Scotch Illicit Distillery Bills, were read a third time and passed. ATTAINTED PEERAGES. _ _ The Earl of LIVERPOOL. moved the wsprnwn of the Stand. ing 91ders, for the purpose of reading • second time. and rom an:nag on the same day, the Bill for the restoration of the Earl. dom d Man to Francis Erskine.—Ordered. The Bill wreathed read a second time, and committed. The Noble Earl then moved that rh; precedents in the cages of the &minted Peerages be referred to a Committee to sit on NVednes day next. CLERGY RELIEF BILL. The Clergy Relief Bill was committed and repotted. The Earl of DARNLEY presented a petition from a . place in the county Moult, against the Tithe Composition Bill, as it origi •:.ally stood. The noble Earl thought the objection of the peti tioners had been materially removed since the Bill had Leen amended.—Laid on the table. OREAT SESSIONS IN WALES BILL. Lord KENYON moved the second reading of the Great Ses sions in Wales Bill. LOW CAlflfiok objected to the principle of the Bill, and thought that the better course would be, to move that a humble Address be presented to his Majesty, pmying him to appoint a Commission to inquire into the state of the Courts of Justice in Wales. After some further observations, the Noble Baron said, that he should not then move the amendment he had suggested, but propose that the Bill be read a secor.d tote that day six months. . . Their Lordships divided on this amendment, when there ap peared-- Contents - Not-Contents - - Majority against the Amendment - The Bit was then read a second time. EQUITABLE LOAN BILL. it'llits.t 'we were excluded from the House, we understand that The Earl of HARDWICK proaented a petition from the tragers of the parish of St. James, il'esdminster, against the Equitable Lean Bill, which was laid on the table. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS' BILL. - 8 - 21 1 evil CA LTHLORPE moved the snood reading of the Cruelty to Animals BilL The Earl of ROSSLYN was not aware that there Was such a Bill in existence, and strongly objected to multiplying the penal statutes in this manner. A man, even for docking a horse, might be brought under the enactments of this Bill. He would not now further oppose the Bill, but would certainly do so in a future stag e. Lord SUFFIELD supported tl:e Bill. LORD CHANCELLOR said, that he should oppose the BM in a future stage. The Bill was then read a Mend Onus. Adjourned to Wednesday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Filo4r, Juaix 4. ROYAL %SSENT. At ten minutes beforelotiio r ClSCitheSi was summoned I House of Peers. to hear the Rnyal Assent given by Coin. motion to several public and private Bills. On his retum he se. wainted the House with the names of the Bills which had received the Rays'. Assent--(for which see Lords). BRITISH GAS BILL. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from Leeds, against the British Gas BILL--Ordered to be printed. AIR. SMITH, 'IHE MISSIONARY. Mr. PANE presented a petition from Henley-upon-Thames, praying that the me of the Lite Mr. Smith, the Missionary to Demerara, might be investigated. Malta: petitions etre presented from Alnwiek, by Mr. S. Rice; froze Mahon. by Mr. Rameden ; and front Casde Comber, by Mr. Dawson.—Ordered to be printed. NEGRO SLAVERY. . . Lord MILTON pt ted a petition front a town in 'Yorkshire, against the slave trade. Similar petitions were presented—by Mr. Evans, from Broad. stairs; from Dublin, br Mr. S. Rice; from Melburn, by Mr. Munster ; and from Ayfeabury, by Lord Nugent.—Ordered to lie on the table. FREEMASONRY IN IRELAND. Mr. DAWSON presented a petition from the freemasons of he. /acd, praying to be exempted from the Act of last year relative to necressocteries, and to be allowed the same privileges as the Free masons of England and Scotland. i m After a con ion, in which Mr. GIATTAS, Sir J. New. /OAT. Mr. J. mils, and Mr. Daiweow participated, the pea -.ion was•ord to be printed. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Mr. S. RICE presented a petition from the Roman Catholics of Limerick. praying to be admitted to the same rights and privilftes as their Protestant fellow-subjects. The lion. Member begged to observe, that the petition confined itself to the Catholic Question only, and it was drawn up in language at once so moderate and so decorous, that he had nothing to add or to diminish. The peti tionors stated, that there were peculiar characteristics to the pre tent time which would allow the MR fur Catholic Emancipation without giving the Prominent,' any alarm. Sir I. NsoPoRT and Mr. C. iII;TC/ISNSON said a few words in asopirresce with the petition, observing, that several millions of MI Mejsates subjects were excluded from the privileges of the Constitutusn, without any substantial reaaoc.—The petition was talkie! CS be printed. IRISH SOCIETIES. ietJ. NRWPORTgare notice, that on Thursday next he should moss to refer the petition stalest the Orange Societies established In Ireland, to the Committee upstate, • sir* suss to inquire in what a.toirw the Act of last Sevier+) relative to secret societies had been enforced. WAREHOUSING BILL. Sit R. SII A W presented a petition from the Chamber of Corn. mom in Dublin, against the Warehousing Dia.—Ordered to lie on the mtge. TRISH LEATHER TRADE. Sir R. SHAW presented a petition from ;be currier' of Dublin, praying that the tradefr. 'lreland might be put on the same footing as the trade in Engter.d.-.ovdemil to lie en the table. T 88? AND CORPORATION ACTH. Mr. nulls presented a petition front the Diumters of Chi. chaos, praying for a repot' of the Teat and Corporation Acts. Mr. J. skitTif remarked, that numerous effort" had been mric by diviaguishad individuals in that House, at various times, for the repeal of dune Acts. It was absurd to continue them, as they never meld he justified by reason. After some ftither observations from Mr. W. SaITTII, Sir J. N.:Wren:C. Mr. Detour, and Lonl J. Par vsztt., the petition was ordered to he printed. IMPRESSMENT OF SEAMEN. Mr. presented a petition from the shipwrights, block r'akers, Re. of the port of tendon, against the Impressment of Seamen fear the Navy. The Hon. Member remarked, that the grievsnee oompiabred of wait a violation of the liberty of the sub ,;ect, and he siaeurely hoped, that in the existing prospect of a long peace, sone means would be set on foot to supersede the ne cessity of so odious a practice, either by enrolment or any other plan that might be devised, as the present system was a blot upon t!..e country. He would fili) nothing further on the subject then, as on the 13111 inst. he meant to bring the matter formally before the House. Sir I. CrIFFIN said, that is early life he had had a deal 2f cf. perience in the way of impressment ; his head had been slice like .t Cheshire cheese while engaged in the service (laughter); yet he :eft oinvincesi that it was the test node of ananaing the navy, and ! . .iP salters thought SO too. The petition was ordered to be minted. RESTORATION (,F pEEtemw.g. Bill ion the restoration of four forfeited t'cutelf POrligei having been sent dawn from the lionla, Ms. PEEL rose for the purpLae of seggesting, that the House s'iould proceed to madder them immediately. He begged to state •o t'le House. that in .:re ease of the Earl of Mar it ass proposed to dispnri with the otAlgetion ci.ftweed by rite Art of James the ''east, tv!".cit compelled every Peer, within a month after the restur zee!' el sis rights, to take Certaiii oaths at Weste.vister, but by reason of the Earl of Mare's great age and infirmities, this wet ren dered almost impossible, and there was therefore a dispensing clause. whit& would, he hoped, form no obstacle to the passing of the Bill. He therefore moved that the Bill should be read a first time. Mr. BROUGHAM said, that it was with great satisfaction that he seconded the motion of the Right itio.mitrable Gentleman : the question of the policy of those attaindrts was tkot now before the House, but he was glad that the titles And honours were to be re stored to those families. With regard to the Earl of Marr, he was desirous of expressing the high esteem and veneration that he en. tertained towards that distinguished Nobleman, for the honour and integrity that regulated his conduct, and he regretted that the in firmities attendant on his old age should have rendered the dis pensing clause necessary. The Bill then passed through all its stages, and Mr. BROODE was appointed to reconvey it to the Lords. ATTORNEYS TAX. Mr. SCA RLETT presented a petition from the attorneys and conveyancers of Newcastle, praying for the reduction of the tax on attorneys.—Ordered to he on the table. TRANSPORTATION ACT. Mr. PEEL moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Transportation Bill. The Right lion Gent. observed, that its object was to continue the law, which would otherwise expire at the end of the Session. He would also state to the House, that arrange ments had been made with the authorities in New South Wales, to render transportation a very different punishment to that which it ' had born hitherto eonsiderei, by making distinctions between con victs on their arriral in that country proportionate to the offences for which they had been transported, as, at present, transportation was a very unequal punishment. Mr. SCARLET!' objected to this part of the Bill, as it vested in the executive Government a power to alter the sentence of the Judge, which he thought was a power that it ought not to be en ' trusted with. _ . 111 r. PEELreplied, that the sentence of the Court was no more than „ Transportation beyond seas," without any comment on it. The present Bill added no additional power to the crime. Persons like Dlr. Conolly, for example, should not be treated in the same manner with persona of no education ; and, at all events, there should be some qualification in the punishment. Mr. SCATLhTT explained. Mr. WILMOT HORTON raid, that no convict could be sub. jetted to more punishment than that to which he was already sub , yeete.l. Under the late regulations, the severity of transporation would be increased, and persons transported scattered over the island, from the worst part of New South Wales. The public should be informed that this subject had received the minute and 1 deliberate attention of the Government. Mr. WA RRE said, he understood that some few yeah sgo con. yids wete sent from Botany Bay to Norfolk Island. M u that system to he revived ? Mr. WILMOT HORTON—Not revived, but placed under new regulations directed to make transportation a certain secondary punishment. After a few words from Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Cripps, and Mr. Peel, the Bill was reed a first time, several clauses were agreed to, the Report was brought up, and ordered to be received to morrow. IRELAND-EDUCATION COMMISSION. 1 Sir be gge dto ask if the Commission for examining into the state of education in Ireland was to be speedily I sent to that country ? Mr. PEEL said there was no reason whr the Commission should not be speedily prepared, and offered for the signature of his Ma jesty. The whole of the objects of the Hon. Baronet's address would be embraced in the inquiry of the Commission. Mr. S. RICE hoped all interested persons would be excluded from the Commission. Mr. PEEL said the Hon. Member would find the names highly satisfactory. NEW CHURCHES. On the motion that the Report of the New Churches Bill be brought up. Colonel DAVIES objected to it as unnecessary, and a waste of public money. If the sum proposed were to be voted, he had much rather apportion it to those clergymen who were now so ill paid. He should therefore move, that the Report be brought up this day six months. Mr. LEYCESTER said, we wanted good preachers, not large chUrches ; and when the people called for bread, they received but stones. The incumbents should not have the patronage of the churches ; and churches, he was sure, would not be wanting if a better arrangement took place ; in fact they would rise around us like exhalation. Ile objected to the reception of the Report ; it imposed an unfair burthen on our Dissenting brethren, merely to add to the dignity or gratify the cupidity of the church. 31r. COOPER contended, that this grant was by no means pro. iligate, as its object was to provide places for the moral improve ment of the people under the principles of the Established Church. If Dissenters were allowed seats in this House, they should have judgment and delicacy enough to keep their peculiar sentiments to their' own breasts. (Cries of Question !") Mr. HUME said he was surprised at the last remark of the lion. Member. The Dissenters paid taxes as well as others, and should not allow themselves to be fleeced of their property by the Church. The lion. Alember seemed to think that no man but a High Churchman should deliver his opinions in this House. He (Mr. Hume) considered the grant a profligate grant, because it was not applied to the general use of the State, but only fer the advantage of (he few. All unequal taxes were unjust, and on that score the rant was pectiligue. Abney would not produce as lIHNOSIMP to the Churth ; mike contrary, the richer the Clergy the less they gene. rally labour. Those who did most for the good of religion were those whose seal prompted them to build churches, and give moral instruction almost gratis. The fee simple of the Church property wss already near two hundred millions, and they, that was to say the House, should see how that was appropriated before they were ready to give fresh grams. With such an income as the Church enjoyed it was unfair to call on the Pi.senters (one half of the whole population) to vote for Ch re es for the well paid Protestant other half of the people. lie would not hesitate, and he was satisfied that Members on the opposite side of the House would agree with him, that if the vicarage of churches was given to those who built them, there would be no need of contributing a single penny of the public mo ney to such s purpose. The money paid for the very seats in some churches was amply sufficient for building churches and defraying all expenses attendant on them. This was the case of the wealthier churches. The religion of the country was not improved by these grants, neither by the former million nor the present 500.0001. it incurred patronage, it did not benefit religion; and that increase 'of patronage was peculiarly dangerous and objectionable. It had been said by • great man, that there could not be a more dangerous instrument - lin the hands of the Govetninent than a servile priest. hood. This object, and this alone, was promoted by the present grants. He would be glad to see clergymen hold their parishes by their good behaviour, and not by the tenure by which they at pre. sent held them. This was the opinion of many Members on the opposite side out of deers; but it was well known that Members were wont to speak one language out of the House and another in it. (Hear, and a laugh.) On these grounds he would support the motion of his Hon. Friend. Mr. C. WILSON supported the Bill, and contended 'that the measure was highly necessary and acceptable to a majority of the people of the country. There was no more salutary mode of ap plying the public money than by the application of it to the sup.. port of the religion of the country. Mr. LENTESTER explained. Mr. GURNEY was apprehensive that these would be unequally and partially distributed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that this money would be subject to the provisions of the Act under which the former grant of a million was made disposable. Its dis tribution would be placed in the hands of Commissioners pursuant to that Act, who would exercise their discretion in lending in some instances—in giving a part and the parish giving a part also ; and in those cases where the whole sum should be given or withheld, and gauntly to guard against the apprehension of abuse thrown out by the Honourable Member. Sir J. NEWPORT complained, that the majority of the churches in Ireland were built, not by Parliamentary gift but by Parliamentary loan, which was repaid by taxation on Roman Ca. - tholic parishioners. (Hear, hear.) It was most unconstitutional and unfair to grant and extend this money in the shape of gift to a Picturant population, and place it as a tax on Protestant Dissent. erg and Roman Catholics, who hsduer hum-Freer - advantage in the loan. When the subject of education was introduced it was said, let the object be erected by contributions ; if the people were sa. tisfied that they wanted churches u much es education, they would then do re ; but the truth was, no real necessity existed. Time country bo asted of its liberal principles ; but, in our treatment of Catholics and Dissenters, we were worse than the most bigotted nations of the Continent. Mr. V. FITZGERALD supported the BM, and defended it from the charge of inconsistency imputed to it by the Honourable Member for Waterford. Mr. GRATTA'N ngttedin the sentiments of his Hon. Friend (sir J. Newport). Mr. PHILLIPS had not berate offered his opinions on this sub jeet ; but it struck him very forcibly, that the petition which was last night presented b the Hon. 3lember for Kerry, contained matter peculiar/L am to the present question. That petition stated, that the Catholics of Ireland were without churches, or horses of worship; new it appeared to him extremely unjust to oblige thaw persons to pay for the erection of buildings to which they did not resort, whilst they were themselves left wholly un provided with accommodation for their religious worship. This was the very extreme of illiberality. Notwithstanding what had been said of the bigotry of Prance, he would say that it was Rot exceeded by such illiberality es this, which was a shame both to the Parliament and the Church. To add to the abuse, this 500.0004 was to be expended where it was not wanting. Mr. MONCK was desirous of offering a few words before the House proceeded to a division. He was as anxious as any person could be to support the Protestant Establishment; for, as kng as a religion was supported by the State, he would be the last man to lend himself to the spoliation of the noses necessary to maintain it suitably. At the same time he could not approve of the conduct we adopted towards Dissenters, and of the unfairness of the burden imposed upon them in contributing to the building of our churches. As an instance of the advantage derivable Loin free contributions to such purposes, he would mention Aloorlields, which was a most commodious house of worship, and one into which no person, no instter of what religion, could enter without feelings of veneration. He (Aft. Monek ) would approve of the plan et' giving the patronage of such houses of worship, which they themselves built, to Me thodists and sectaries. By this means they might be included in the Church, for the Twenty-nine Articles sere so general as not to pre. vent Methodists or Arkin', or any other sectaries from being in cluded in it. As to the premed measure, there was no immediate I ncee:siiv for it, and It might at all events be with propriety post poned till the next Session of Parliament. The gallery was thele i l o : t c y d for a . division . The numbest mans.. For the Amendment . 9 Against it . d The Report was then brought up,tand the Bill read a third time. COCOA NUTS BILL. The Report of the Cocoa Nuts Bill was brought up, and ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow (this day). NEWFOUNDLAND JURISDICTION BILL. The Report of the Newfoundland Jurisdiction Bill was brought 1 1 up. and the Bill was recommitted. Several amendments were agreed to, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. COMBINATION LAMPS. The Report of the Combination haws Repeal Bill was received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. QUALITHATION OF JURORS BILL. Mr. W ESTERN pustponed, until Monday se ' nnight, the further consideration of the Report ow the Qualification of Jurors Bill. Mr. CIII PPS was extremely desirous that this useful Bill should pass this Session. Sir E. KNATCHRULL did not eoreur in the opinion or wish of the Hon. Gentleman who had spoken last. He thought it would be more material by permitting it to stand over until next Session. Mr. Alderman WOOD thought the utility of the measure was so obvious as to require its speedy adoption. Report postponed till Monday se'nnight. MASTERS AND WORIsMENS' BILL. The Masters and Workmens' Bill passed through a Committee. The Bill was reported, with some verbal amendments, to the House. The Report was brought up, read a second time, engrossed, and ordered to be read a third time to.mormw. HORSES SLAUGHTERING BILL. The Horses Slaughtering Bill went through a Committee pro foento. On the motion that the Report should be brought up, Mr. WYNN objected to the measure. It Win quite absurd to suppose that every man was to be compelled to keep a journal of every feed of corn he gave his horse, which was one of the wise provisions of this Bill. Mr. SMITH thought asses ou jtat to be included in the provisions of the Bill. Mr. MARTIN said, the Bill might be defective ; its provisions might possibly be imperfect, and the wit of the Hon. Member might perhaps be deemed by some peculiarly pungent. To him, however, it seemed that it would be much more worthy of the good feeling usually displayed by the Hon. Member to substitute • re medy for that which was defective, than to labour a joke the the entertainment of the unthinking. Mr. SMITH explained, that nothing was farther from his inten tion than to undervalue the humanity of the Hon. Member for Galway, but he thought this was not a subject fit for legislative enactment. Mr. JOHN SMITH concetrad that the evil of the injurious treatment of homes was attributable to the want of education of the lower orders of the community. Mr. MARTIN thought that some legislative measure should be ' I adopted, to cause the immediate slaughtering of the horses by those persons to whom they were consigned, when qualified for no fur ther exertion. The Bill, with its amendment, was reported to the House, and ordered to betaken into further consideration on Wednesday next. LANCASTER COUNTY COURTS BILL. The Committee on the Lancaster County Courts Bill was de (erred until Wednesday next. EAST INDIA TRADE BILL. The Order of the Day for the Hcuse resolving itself into a Corn mittee on the East India Trade Bill was read. The House went into Committee. The Report was brought up and received, the Bill read a second time, and ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday next. SALT DUTIES REPEAL BILL. On the motion of Mr. HERMES, the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee on the Salt Duties Bill was then read. The House went into Committee, the Report was received, and the Bill read a second time, and ordered to be read a third time on Friday next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter before Eleven o'Clock. PRICES OF BRITISH Rank Stock 236 37i 3 per Cent. Reduced, 941 12 3 per Cent. Cons. Old 31 per Cent. 101 New :4 per Cent. 101 i 1011 4 per Cent. Long Ann. trnperill 3 per Cents. Dank for Act. Cons. for Act. 9j India Stock STOCKS YESTERDAY. India Bonds, 71 73 pm India for Account South Sea Stock South Sea Old Annuities South Sea New Annuities Ex. Bins, 1,0011/. 38 32 pin Ditto, NM 28 34 um Ditto, Small, 29 36 pm Indorsed ditto, Lottery Tickets ~~ PRICES OF FOREWN Austrian Bonds 933 Ditto Acct. 954 6a Chifian Bonds 744 4 5 Ditto Acct. enktnb. Booth 814 2 14 Ditto Acct. Ditto Scrip 213 1 211 dis Ditto Acct. 21 11 2 14 4 4 2 11 die • Danish Bonds Ditto Marks Banco 1024 Greek Scrip 103 dis Ditto Acct. 10 is Mexican Bonds 581 1 Ditto Scrip 14 24 11 24 14 24 j dis Ditto Acct. 14 2 14 24 11 24 dis Peruvian Bonds Ditto Scrip 9 dis COURSE OF EXCH., Amsterdam C. F. 12 34 Ditto, at sight . 19 1 Rotterdam - 12 41 Antwerp . - 12 6 11*mburgh - 37 6 Alton* . . 37 7 Patio, 3 days' sight 25 45 Ditto - - 93 76 Bourdeaux . 90 75 Berlin - 716 Frankfort-on-the-3146n 1:44 Petersburgh •- * Vienna . 111 Trieste - • 10 V 37 - Co t lis - Birt;eta - . Barcelona - Seville . - 35 Gibraltar • . 9-3 0_ STOCKS YESTERDAY. Portuguese Bonds 911 2 13 Diuo Acct. 92 1 2 1 11 l'russian Bonds 981 Ditto Acct. Ditto Bonds (1022) Ditto Aect. Russian Bonds 9& 3 1 6 51 Ditto Acct. 1163 6 51 IFCons. 24 Aeet. to 510 Bonds 201 Ditto 170 & 253 Bonds Ito 85 Bonds Ditto b per Cents. (1823) 143 French ftentes 103 f. 50c. 103 f. Exelrenge 241.15 e. Ditto Scrip 161 17 161 pm Dhow Aces. Dim Bank Shares • NOE YESTERDAY. Oman . . 43t Ven. . . 27 Malta . - 43 kl aPiel io • . 114 Lisbon 50 Oporto - - 601 Rio Janeiro - 49 B4%bin • - - M 1 Dublin - 9 Cork . . 91 lULLIOX. X. s. d. Portugal Gold in ec:n 0 U 0 roreign Gold in bars 3 17 6 Now Doubloons U U U New Dollars 0 4 04 Silver in bars 0 4 111 trite Nrittfi WOO. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. ter( On MONDAY June EVENING, Ju 7. will be armed the First Part of KING HENRY THE OURTH. WIRE Henri , the Fourth. Hr. Effierton: moot Wales, Mr. Cooper; Hotspur. Mr. Young 1 Sir John FaLtaff, .C. Rouble. Lady Percy. Miss F. H. Kelly. After wid r e g HARLEQUIN AND R itOBIN: Or, THE HOUSE THAT ars; BUILT. . ".. • _ THEATRE ROYAL, ENOZLSH OPERA-HOUSE. MR. MATHEWS AT WOMB I This Evening, SATURD.HroJeW S. With his ANNUAL LECTUREssnPFX.IXIARITIES. CHARACTER. •~ d r4T Lrz; Founded oa ObservirtiZteitii7 "-- iuns during Ms late TRIP To A A. In Three Parr lII M A onopot . called ALL LL AT NATCHITOCHES. AG she Characters the 'retain Enter meat to be rerseetned Irp er MATH 6. Doors to be opened at Is at Wen Which. Sores to be taken et ter at blerOtfiee. Strand En trance. (rum Ten till Flre. N E IV7IITIIM TR F: . THIS EVENING. the Meks-Drallta of JOHN of LORNE MID HELEN Of ARGYLL After whit% ZULUEA AND THE RIVAL WARRIO/U# a/r. TM TIGER HUNT. To easehee w HATE; or. TIM CladlidOT 0 THE MOUNTAIN. A —A .... The DIUTIIIR Pa au cointaaacad pubklaking yesterday mooing at pis o'clock. LONDON, SATURDAY, Jm 5, 1824. The Paris Papers of Wednesday reached to yesterday evening. The Etuile contains the proceedings in the Chamber of Peers in the sitting of the 2d, on the new finance law for the reduction of the /genies. An amend ment was proposed by one of the Piers, which was sup ported by M. Roy, and opposed by the Duke de Narbonne and the Minister of Finance. Upeit a division "ea scrvitin" taking place, the umbers ran m close, that it was lost by a majority of only two-112 voting for the amend ment, and 114 against it. Another amendment was then proposed, which the Chamber was to dime; on Thursday. The mode in which this great financial operation is to be carried into effect is stated as follows: The operation shall be successively e'er* by fifths, upon each portion of renter ; each fah may be appropriated to the convmion or liquidation in the quarter which fdkws that is which the opera. tlon shall have been effected, for another llth. To provide for the liquidation of each fifth, the Minister will open a loan upon the new funds, in 3 per amts. sad 4 pa cents. by the medium of public bidding. The 6 per emits. will be reeet . ved in payment at par, and by pre ference au faux dradjsdicalkm, The surplus of the fund will be supplied by tip capitalism ad mitted by adjudication, to charge themselves VIII the payments which may be required: The Elude is still harping on South America. It states that the accounts from Mexico to the 20th February, re present that capital, with the whole country, to be in com plete anarchy. Lohat's troops (according to this journal) had threatened ta pillage Mexico, if their arrears were not paid. Two hundred thousand piastres were given them, furnished by British residents, on which this banditti wen. again tranquil. Various bands of other descriptions, it adds, were roaming about the country, and had pillaged a courier, who was the bearer of so,tiuo piatres, escorted by merchants of the United States. Campcachy, it con cludes by saying, disobeyed the orders of the Executive. Little reliance can be placed on these statements of the Etoile, and they are utterly contradicted by the last ac counts from Mexico, which came direct to this country. The Allgemeine &dung of the V7th of May rtaelicd our office yesterday. It contains the Austrian Emperor's no tification from Prague on the 19th, appointing Count Na dasdy President of the Aulic Chamber, to the provisional direction of the Finance Department, vacant by the death of Count Stadion. This Joutnal states, that the Ottoman fleet passed the Dardanelles, on its destination against the Christians, on the 213:i. of April. Under the head of Trieste, to the 18th of May, it is stated, that the Pacha of Egypt's armament continued at Alexandria, but not a sol dier had been embarked. The plague was raging in the viciwty of Cairo, and among the Pacha's troops, in a dread ful manner. We may now consider the Egyptian expedi tion as at an end. The wily Mahmoud had no idea of affording the Porte any effectual aid from the commence ment ; he has other vies a, and looks to his own security too closely, to strip Egypt of his armed followers and send them into the Mores, from whence he knows they would be likely never to return. AUSTRIA. His Majesty the Emperor having received notice of the death (on the 15th May) of his Excellency,rount Stadion, Ministtr of State for the Department of the Finances, has been pleased to address the following letter to Count Nadasdy. President of the Imperial Antic Chamber, respecting the provisional direction of the Finance De partment : My dear Count Nadasdy—l am moat profoundly afflicted by the loss which the State has just suffered by the death of Count Stadion. In the expectation that you will proceed in the path laid down by him, which I hereby impose on you as a duty, I confide to you the provi sional direction of the finance department, while you at the sante rime retain your functions as President of the Antic Chamber, as I have very much at heart the maintenance of the system of finance as it now exists, and the execution of the preliminary measures re quisite for the completion of the plan that has been adopted. You will have most strictly to follow the regulations which have been approved and ordered by me in the management of the affairs of the department of the finance. " Prague, May 19, 1824." (Signed) "FRANCIS. TRIESTE, MAY 18. By a vessel which arrived here yesterday, from Alexandra, which place it left on the 25th April, we have not received any fur ther intelligence respecting the events at Cairo. At Alexandria the !Niche's armaments continued, but up to that day not a man had been embarked in the vicinity of Cairo, and even among the Pitches troops the Plague raged in a terrible manner, iu consequence of the confusion occasioned by the fire. KRONSTADT, MAY 10. The relations of the Boyar, Pillar°, have just received positive information that he has at length been restored to liberty. At the same time we learn from Constantinople that the Ottoman fleet passed the Dardanelles on the 28th April. The Lisbon Gazettes of the 22d and 24th of May, which we received yesterday, present striking and melancholy details of the monstrous excesses committed in Lisbon by the insane and profligate Don Miguel and his partisans, during their short possession of unrestrained power. The documents contained in these Gazettes will be found in our columns. From them it will be seen, that several most respectable and tmoffending individuals, partners in British commercial houses in Lisbon, had been suddenly torn from their business and families, on the mandates of the vile Miguel, and flung into dungeons. The British merchants resident in that city had presented a strong re presentation to our Ambassador, Sir Edward Thornton, who immediately addreaed a Note to the Marquis de Pal mella on the subject, expressing his hope that the King would give the most positive orders to put an end to these illegal arrests, and adding his wishes for that regular and legal administration which had for so many years happily consolidated the interest a l l the subjects of Pcrtugal with those of Great Britain. The French Ambassador, Baron Hyde de Neuville, much to his credit, bad also protested most strongly against the monstrous proceedings of the Portuguese Prince and his armed followers. His Note of the 6th of May to the Marquis de Pahnella (who was himself arrested by the orders of this boy), states the alarm felt by the French resident then in Lisbon, from the extraordinary events, of which they, with the Ambassador, were witnesses; and he then asks, whether such a state of things was to continue? His Note also adds, that should it not cease, he would de mand passports for many families, who would rather em bark for France, and abandon every thing, their commerce and their fortune, than live in the midst of tears and anarchy. A declaration from the Ambassador follows this Note to the Justice of Peace, Joao Antonio Meyer, re monstrating warmly on the outrage committed by him in the violation of the French Church of St. Louis, and the illegal arrest of the Chaplain who was attached to the Embassy. This declaration makes the Portuguese Officer of Justice responsible personally for that illegal act, and for the neglected state in which he left the Church and its treasure, which was in the care of the imprisoned Chaplain. The Ambassador adds, that lie has caused the seals to be affixed, by the French Consul, for the safety of the valu able articles in the Church, and to save it from profa nation. This Gazette contains the Marquis de Palinella's circular letter, thanking the Foreign Ambassadors for their spirited conduct in the late fearful transactions. had it not been for the firm ksondaet and judicious atice 9i, the diplomatic corps, the timid Dan John would have sunk under the menaces of his profligate son and wife, and Lisbon to this day would have been a scene of anarchy and alarm. fhe Vittoria, from Jamaica, has brought letters and papars from that Island to the 20th of April, and Co lombian papers and letters to the 9th of March. The British Commissioners hail, it appears, arrived at Bogota, and they met with the most cordial reception. The Go ' vernor of the Province of Marequita entertained Colonel Hamilton and Lieut.-Colonel Campbell at a dinner, at Honda, at which toasts of respect for the British Sove reign and nation, and for the Government and people of Colombia, and their independence, were severally drank, ' with the utmost feelings of cordiality. The gentlemen appointed Consuls or Commercial Agents from this coun try to the ports of Guayra and Carthagena, had also ar rived, and met the most friendly rect ption, and the Executive Government at Bogota hail approved of the d!wonstrations of respect and friendship shown by the Magistrates of these departments to the Commissioners and Co►►suls. It appears, that on the night of the 10th of April, at a few minutes before ten o'clock, one of the severest shocks of earthquake experi enced for many years, was felt at Kingston, and in several other parts of the island of Jamaica at the same time. The shock was preceded by a rushing wind, and lasted more than thirty seconds, accompanied by a subterranean rumbling roise. A few houses were destroyed and injured on the northern side of the island, but happily no lives were known to have been lost. Several =anis. shocks were felt between the 10th and 15th of April, when they fortunately ceased. The Kingston Adrei Use, of the 19th April states, that the apprcheni:on o' the inalz*) " Baptiste," an emissary of insurrection from St. Domingo, and who, with Loceyne and Escoffery, was chatted with inciting the negroes to revolt previous to the last insur rection in that island, supplying them also with aram This Baptiste appears to be a most dangerous and gan gs ,. nary wretch ; a reward of 1001. was offered for bis &pp m . hension on the revolt breaking out. He speals French. English, and Italian fluently. Whatever dampest& of any importance he possessed, Baptiste contrived 0) get rid 'of previous to his apprehension, and nothing wastbund on him but part of a French prayer-book in manuscript jlu ' capture may lead to discoveries of importance, and traCe communication with the negroes of St. Domingo. L oce i g „ and Escoffery, who were banished from Jamaica, are now in this country. Dr. Lushington presented a petnionfrom them some nights since, praying for redress as natire-bom British subjects, forcibly sent out of Jamaica by de Duke of Manchester, the Governor, who of course had pod rel . sons to warrant their deportation. The Brazilian Loan has certainly been arrange]—ti e contract for it has been completed—and the City Member, Mr. Wilson, is one of the contractors. Mr. ItottschiLl has been named as the principal negcciator, but, ►e be lieve, without any authority. The details of the Loan have not yet transpired ; but there is no doubt thtt the contract has been completed. Policies were opened aready at Lloyd's, on specie to the amount of a million, to be shipped from the Bank of England, on board the Spwrow hawk sloop or war or other vessels, from Portsmaihth to Rio Janeiro. The premium of insurance, from the pried of its quitting the Bank of England till landed Alt Rio Janeiro, taking all risks, was so low as 10s. ad. percent. The specie was getting ready at the Bank, and the ship ment was to be made immediately. There is now scarce a country, either in Europe or America, with wlich a loan has Do been entered into by British capitalists. While peace continues all may be fair and wall ; but on a war breaking out, these Loans must rest, we fear, on a most uncertain security. Last night we received New York Papers to the let of May, but they are destitute of interest. The Tariff Bill wa3 before the Senate, where it was expected to receive such amendments as would render its ultimate success ex tremely doubtful. We give in another calumn an article from a New York Paper, pointing ont the evils likely to result from high protecting duties to the commercial and agricultural interests of America. The Report on the parliamentary grant of 500,0001., proposed early in the Session by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for building additional churches, was brought up, and read a third time, in the House of Commons, last night. A desultory conversation followed, of little interest; but, in the course of which, the Chancellor of the Exche. quer said, that the parliamentary grant would be placed at the disp:sal of Commissioners, for its application, in the same manner as the former vote of a million; and they would exercise a just discretion, in either lending the money or making absolute grants of it, according to the circumstances and situation of the different parishes in which it would be expended. Colonel Davies thought proper to oppose tte grant, and moved an amendment, that the Bill be read that day six months. The gallant Colonel pressed his amendment to a division, and it was lost by a majority against it of 42. Strong opposition by Mr. Hume, the watchful guardian of the public purse, and others, has been made to this vote ; and yet the want of places of public worship, in this gnat city in particular, is generally acknowledged. London, within a few years, has swelled to an immense extent. The pariah of Mary. la-bonne includes within itself near a hundred thousat d inhabitants, one-fifth of whom could not now find accom modation in the few churches it contains. Many other parishes are in the same condition. Several of these vent. rable buildings, independent of the sacred purposes of re ligion to which they are devoted, form striking ornaments of this great metropolis; we may instance the tine etnrc't of St. Pancras, lately erected near Euston-square, and many others built within a few years, whose spires lift their tall heads within our city's walls. The fact is, if the Established Church of this country is to be supported at all, such grants are indispensiblc to its maintenance ; nu merous places of worship must be provided for the rising population of the country. Independent of these consider ations, the progress of these fine structures affords con stant employment to hundreds of mechanics and labourers, and gives a sensible impetus to industry. Under every view that can be taken of the question, we cannot see any fair or reasonable opposition that can be made to this necessa; y and meritorious grant, which we are glad to KO sanctioned by the final approbation of the Legislature. WINDSOR RIDA an , JUNE 4.—The King took a airing in his p ha eton this morning, in the Ride, in the Park. His Maksty stopped at the Royal Lodge for some time, the alterations in which are nearly completed. A new grand gate-way and entrance to the Castle, from op posite the Long-walk, is beginning to be built, which when finished will have a grand effect... The Ducllcts of CiareiiCc dined with the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her apartments at the King's Palace, Kensington. Yesterday the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leinin gen, and the Princess Feodore, paid visits to the Duchess Yesterday afternoon, about six o'clock, Prince Leopold, attended by Baron Stockmar, arrived at Marlborough House, from Claremont. His Royal Highness gave a grand dinner to a select party in the evening, among whom were the Earl of Bristol, Lord Harvey, the Right lion. IV. Huskisson, Re. Parliament, we umlerstand, not expected to be pro romd before the 425th instant. _ _ Sr.pio, we learn, has been engaged at Drury-lane. A Morning Paper observes, " We are authorised to say, that Mr. Dallas, Lord Byron's first literary friend, is in poa.ession of some very interesting papas relative to the earliest period of his Lordship's youth, and it is Lis intention to favour the public with them." Very extensive and valuable arrivals may be daily ex pect:Al from the westward. The vessels lately arrivtd spoke great numbers of merchantmen in the mouth of tho . ,• Channel. which had been kept out by the late prevalent: t.f easterly winds. It is said that Colonel Campbell, one of the COMMIS.. sioncts it Mexico, is so well satisfied with the state of ' thiusrc there, that he has sent for his wife and family t.) join him. We hope this is true. The amount of specie received by the Blossom sloop of war, from South Xtneric is about two millions, a great . • s ' proportion shipped in May 1823. The merchants In the 'city complain loudly of the delay which has taken place. Fr NI HAL or Sin J. Hit. L.—The funeral of the late venerable am! highly revered Baronet took place on Friday last, at Pra s, in Shropshire. The principal mourners wcr,: Lord llill, Sir Francis Brian Hill, Sir Robert ('hambre Bill, and Cal. Clement Hill. All along the line of the, melancholy procession, for upwards of three miles, the road was lined with spectators: the church-yard was filled with others—all anxious to testify their esteem and regard for the deceased, and sincere sorrow for his loss. The shops and bourns of Prees were closed, as was tlone !at Whitchurch, thongh at the latter place it was the market-day. k II 1 ri : I' r