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i l . 1 1 .4RI.LIMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. IIOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY it. . Mr. Tomlin', from the Treasury, presented Accounts of all Veva.ls laden with Corn and other Grain that had entered the port of London during the year 1824. On the motion of the Earl of LIMERICK those Accounts were ordered to be printed. Mr. Farren, from the East India Company. presented an Ac count of the Number and Rates of the Ships that had entered the East India Docks during the Tenn 1823 and 1073. QUARANTINE LAWS. The Earl of PARSLEY wisheu to know why the accounts re lative to the Quarantine Laws, for which he had moved on a pre. elan evening, had not been laid upon the table. The Earl of LIVERPOOL 'aid that the matter WAS not Con nected with hta departm ent , and therefore he could rot tell the reason, but he woooke inquiries on the subject. The Earl of DA RNLEY.observed that he should not trouble their Lordships farther on this subject, until the Bill to which he had referred Came down Prom the Commons. Colonel Lygon and some other Members from the House of Commons brought up three private Bills, which were read a first nate. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. The Marquis of ANGLESEY presented a petition against the dorms of the Cau.olies, nom the (entry, Clergy, and Dissenters of the county of Anglesey ; and another from a borough is the county of Stafford. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition to the same effect, from the borough of St. Ives. in the county of Cornwall. The Right Reverend Prelate observed that the petition was most re. spectably signed, and among others by the Mayor of the borough. The hORD CHANCELLOR presented a similar petition from the town of Denbigh. The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented a petition to the same effect from the Merchants, Bankers, Atuficers, and others of the city and eidnity of Glaagow. signed by 13 ; 0110 persons; and surothet perinea from the liiloderators and Members of the Pro. %incite! Synod of Ross, assembled on the 19th April 11.26. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S presented peutions to the same 'Feet from Cardigan, Narbon, Fishgunril. Whitehurch, and several perishes in the counties of Pembroke and Cardigan. ffrI,OROSVENOR said that he bad Testerday presented a petvbon from Congleton, in support of the Catholic claims., bio he had b-en erroneously stated to have presented such petition from Alsnellester. Now he only alluded to the petition )hat had been previously presented from Manchester, and did not present any petition from that place. Toe Bishop of CHESTER said he had a petition to present I - 0.11 the town to which the Noble Earl had just alluded—the town otCongleton, to which the names of almost all the respectable in heitants, amounting to $OO, were attached. It contained the sig natures of the whole of the corporation, with the exception of the Mayor and one Alderman, He felt it necessary to allude to the observations of the Noble Earl who presented the petition lest night, and to state. that the petition he Oise Bishop of Chester) new presented was agreed to at a public meeting, which was sum. monfd by widely-serecd laand.bills, and was far from being a r-otiggled petition as the Noble Earl had said. lie had reason to believe that the petition the Noble Earl presented contained. the alnatures of many children employed at the mills, and that it !Tamely contained one respectable name out of the 270 affixed to it. i!e had reason to know that the sentiments of the people of Con- WCIOO were hostile to the claims of Catholics, at least in the pro portion of six to one, and that it was the same through the great manufacturing district in which this town was situated. The Right Reverend Prelate then presented the petition. Earl 0141)SVENOR said that he knew there would have been many more signatures to the petition he had presented if more time had been allowed to sign it. 'The Earl of SRA F'ftISBUILY presented a petition to the same from Linlithgow. Lord AUCKLAND presented a petition in favour of the claims c' the Catholics., Irvin the Protestants of Tipperary. Laud KENI'ON prentoted a petition against the claims of the Cesholies, from the Rev. Thomas Sibthorp. The Noble Lord said that the petitioner was err. individual connected with the University ut Oxford, and that the petitioner stated, that if tl.e Bill now before Parliament were allowed to paw. into a law, he mild not mice the oath of supremacy, and should be consequently deprived U+' that chance of preferment which lie might otherwise expect. Pe prayed, that if their Lordships did pass this Bill into a law, they would add a clause to exempt the clergymen of the Church of Eogland front taking the Oath of Supremacy; and lie added. that the plowing of such a law would be robbing the Established Clergy of their coestitutional rights. The peutiCio was then read. Time petitions were severally laid upon the table. CORN LAWS. The Earl of 81 A LMESBURY moved for returns relative to the Importation of corn front Canada during the years 1823 and 1824 ; els* for a copy of the minutes of agreement between Earl Bathurst and the proposed Canadian Company; also for accounts of the crown lands exchequered ; and also for accounts of the quantity of Canadian corn disposed of since the year 11320—Ordered. EQUITABLE LOAN BILL. Lord EXMOUTH presented a petition from Southampton, In favour of the Equitable Loan Viscount DUDLEY and WARD presented a petition to the same effect from the journeytnen bricklayers and carpenters of the C:ty of ben I ie. Lord COLCHEs'FIiR presented a petition of a similar nature from the borough of Colchester.—Laid upon the table. DISSENTERS' MARRIAGE BILL. The Bishop of CHESTER presented a petition against the Dis senters' Mani age Bill, from the Clergy of the Deanery of Borough bridge, is the Diocese of Chester.—laid on the table. Mr. S. Wortley. Lord Stanley. Lord Binning, Mr. Spring Rice, and other Members from the House of (;ounrnoos, brought up :several Private Bills, which were lOW 4 first time. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. Sir John Newport brought tip the. Catholic Relief Bill. The Honourable Baronet was accompanied lw Mr. Brougham, Mr. Plunkett, Lord Milton, Lord Stanley, Mr. Wynn, Sir-11. Par tall. Mt. Spring Rice, aid several other alembers of the House se. Commons. On the motion of the Earl of DONOUCHMORE, the Ca tholic Relief Bill was resit a first time. The Eirl of DONOUOH MORE then said—My Roman Cs thOlie fellow subjects have for a long time placed petitions in my complsinlng of the disabilities under which they laboured, It':Cl praying of your Lordship , to remove them. I ani sure, then, that your Lordships will believe the sincerity of my satisfaction in welcoming from the other House of Parliament the signal prof of j cstioe and conciliation which I now behold upon your table. I aril not at the present time trouble your 'Lordships with any farther observations, but I could not forbear saying so much at receiving a Bill so thoroughly anti so well conceived in all its parts. On so important a subject I know your Lordships ought to have as much time as possible to consideration ; but ss the circumstances are somewhat peculiar, and as the recess is drawing so near. I feel the necessity of not postponing the second nntling of this Bill longer than Tuesday next. That day. l understand, will be agreeable to the Noble and Learned Lord on the IVonbuick, and equally no to me Noble Friends, and on that day I shall move it. 'The Earl of LII'ERP(4)I. said that the usual course was to move first that the Bill be printed, and to give notice that if thei prints were oo the table, the second reading would then be moved. ' The Earl of DONOUO}hMORE then moved that the Catholic Re ter Bill be printed, and that their Lordships be summoned for Tuesday neat. The LORD CHANCELLOR put the question, and the Bill was accordingly ordered to be punted, and the Peers to be sum moner tor Taesday nest. The House then Adjourned. HOCSE OF CO3I3IONS, WEDNESDAY, MAY LEITH DOCKS BILL. Sit G. CLERK brought up the Report of.the Committee on the Leith Locks Hill. On the question that it be laid on the table, Mr. KENNEDY said he thought it was a partial Report and ought not to be received. The Bill itself was objectionable from bong an interested speculation of private persons, without the st.ghtest proholatlity of public good, and the Report, as his Honour aLie Friend below (Mr. Abereremby) could inform the house, was not the resole of fair examination. Ala ABERCROM BY said that in the Committee upon this ' r.:11, the majority of those who voted on the lust day had not heard either the eindence or the Counsel employed by the parties. He .hourht it his duty to state this, after being referred to by his honourable Friend, because he considered such methods of coo oucting public business.; tognly prejudicial to the country, and very le,tortous to individual Interests- Mr. BROUGHAM thuoght his Honourable Friend deserved the thanks of the House for ininging under their notice a tog of ibis description, vtte% be mid nu limitation an d tig to be one of 170., injustice. Hut it was not the first instance of the xind which had occurred in Use. present session, and he now gave moth), of his ititention to introduce son c measure which might pro tett the country from the cattlewncs, or it might be (fur he thought he ought to use the word) the corruption (11=0 of those who managed the paldic butineati m Committees. hue G: CLLItK agreed with the Hanoureble and Learned Oen ticoleti its to the impropr;ety of conducting public business in the muntier de robed ; but he could at the same tome assure him, that no Committee could we more tree from such imputations than that' one whose Report he bad just brought up, and he thought the Learned tietuteman ought to hare waited to hear the facts of the are before tie indulgri nonsell in such general censure. On the i.,.t day of attendm,te, 25 3lernhere hart se,teil for the Report and sly S agionst i s ; and he :child assure the House, from its personal knooknlge, that a greet proporti,m of those who voted then had at tended pretty generaby the sittings of the Committee. AB/UK:ROM BY to expLination observed, that lie had Atletaitti us. an last day to cute nis objections to the course which /144.1 been pursued. bat be (moist. !row Lt,t number of Members in ,itendmice. that it would be I:l:poceible to cffeet any thing against tar opinions of each a majority. Ali. Lc NDI.3 auil .31r. SedZs condemned the conduct of such I totatuitteos, and eapressed their opinion that it was highly prrju whial to public interests. air R. ICRUCSON objected to the Htport, not only because t)cntleinen t... 1 voted upon the Committee who never attended be ioti, but bemuse ttseCammittei ins composed of Gentlemen from the sister kingdom, at.d frosts the c'entre of Enghand, who could not be sapposei to - understand any thing of the affairs of our sew-ports, we cots , przliend thoroughly th.: evidence, et= if they bad taken the . trouble to become acquainted with it. Above 14 or 15 Gentlemen l of that desaiption voted on the last day, without having heard one word of the evidence. Mr. C. W. 11' YNN thought it right that the House should, on every occasion, be put in poasenion of any suspicious circumstances attendant upon the passing of a Report, because he apprehended there was no doubt that they could, if a charge of that kind were ! made out, send the Report b a ck, to be considered by another Com ! mittee. In the present instance. however, as it appeared that the Gentlemen who voted in the majority had attended occasionally in ! the comae of the inquiry, he thought that it was not one of the cases which called for the correction of the House, although he hoped be was expressing the general sentiment when he said, that whether a Committee decided right or wrong, if the majority calm to that de. cisien without having heard the evidence, that /louse would not allow the Report to be received. He thought the objection of the Gallant General (Sir R. Fergas‘in) to the appointment of Members for Ireland upon Committees for the examination of private local Bills, was not tenable, because Members upon such Bills were not called upon, as in Election Committees, to decide upon questions of I law and justice, but upon questions of policy as well as justice. Sir R. FERGUSON explained. Sir J. MARJORIBANKS defended the Committee. Mr. J. P. GRANT thought it was very unfair for any Member to vote upon a Cornniittee when he hail not heard the evidence. Mr. CHOKER said, that the fact of the Committee having ad journed for two days, that they might not continue their inquiries in the absence of a Gentleman who opposed the Bill, was, he thought, quite sufficient to relieve the Committee from any imputa tion of partiality or injustice. Mr. S. WORTLEY was very glad that the proceedings con. netted with that Report had been brought under the notice of the House, because lie thought the practices complained of could only be checked by appealing to the feelings of Gentlemen connected with such Committees, and that appeal could not be made anywhere so effectually as in that House. The Report was then laid on the table. HULL DOCK BILL. Mr. SYKES presented a petition from the Mayor and Corpora tion of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying that the Hull Dock Bill be allowed to pass into a law. ROCHESTER GAS BILL. The Rochester Gas Bill was read a third time, and passed. COMBINATION LAWS. Mr. BERNAL _presented a petition from the journeymen woollen-weavers of Rochdale, praying compensation tor their at. tendance on the Combination laws Committee.—Laid on the table. ANATOMY. Mr. HUSK ISSON presented a petition from the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, complaining of the difficulties thrown in the way of acquiring anatomical knowledge, from the scarcity of subjects, and prayinc that the House might adopt such measures, would ensure a sufficient supply of dead bodies. (Great laughter.)—Ordered to be printed. COMBINATION LAWS. . ' Mr. lITUSKISSON presented a patinae tram the corporation of weavers in Glas gow , praying for a revisitstlf the Combination Laws ; and a similar one from the masa elimemakers of Perth. shire. Air. P. BIOORE presented a petition from the calico printers of Manchester, against a re-enactment of the Combination laws. The lion. Member presented three similar petitions, one of which was from Wion in Lancashire. Mr. LAWLEY preseutad a petition from the master builders of Birmingham, praying for a revision of the Combination Laws. The petitions were referred to the Committee on the Combine tion 1411/11. SALMON FISHERIES. Col. BAGAVELL presented illoetition from the corn millers of Clonmel and Carrick-on—Suir, against the Salmon Fisheries ILI— Referred to the Committer on the Bill. BASTARDY LAWS. Mr. R. COLBUIINE presented a petition from the overseers of East Hawley, in Norfolk, against the Bastardy Laws.—Ordered to be printed. DIVISION OF COUNTIES. Mr. PORT3IA N presented a petition from a parish in Bedford shire, against the l'ounties' Division Bill. Mr. N. CALVERT thought the Bill one deserving a great deal of consideration, and one which ought not to be hurried through the House. Mr. F. PALMIER was disposed to attend to the Hon. Member's suggestion. lie had nu wish to pram the measure this Session, if sufficient information could not be acquired on the subject. On the question that the petition be printed, Mr. PORTMAN expressed himself satisfied, if sufficient time were afforded for a due consideration of the Bill. Ordered to be printed. ATTORNEYS. _ . ' Mr. SCA RLETT presented a petition from the Attorneys of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, complainiug of the inadequate accommodation afforded them whilst attending the Judges' Chambers.--Ordered to be printed. COUNTY COURTS' BILL. Mr. CURTF.IS presented a petition from the Ushers of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, praying compensation fir losses to be sustained by them under the provision of the County Courts Bill.—Referred to the Committee on the Bill. WESTERN SHIP CANAL. 31r. LA WLEf presrnted a petitiutt front the merchants of Air. mingthint in favour of the Western Ship Canal Bill.—Ordered to to be printed. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. Col. BAGWELL presented a petition front a parish in Deland in favour of the Catholic Claims.—Ordered to be printed. COUNTRY BANK NOTES. Mr. ATT WOOD moved for a Return of the bomber of Conn. try Bank Notes issued since January, 1512.—Ordered. GOL D—S I I N On the motion of Mr. ATTWOOD, a Return wu ordered of the quantity of gold and silicer exported since the lit of January, WM, distinguishing the countries to ahteh it wu exported. WAREHOUSED CORN. . . Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report of the Warehoused Corn Bill. Mr. CURTEIS expressed himself decidedly hostile to the Bill. Afters few words trom Mr. HEATIICOIE, the Report, with the amendments, was agreed to, and the Bill 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 to Seven o'Cluek. IE COMMONS, THIS ORDERS OF THE DAY. Special Juries (Ireland) BillLSecond reading. Stealing in Mines Rill—Committee. Exchequer Court (Ireland) Bill—Committee. Apothecaries Bin—Committee. Chancery Court (Ireland) Bill—Committee. Sealing of Writs (Ireland) Bill—Committee. Excise Stamps—Committee. Colombia Postage Bill—Second reading. Disembodied Militia Bill—Committee. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Sir Matthew Ridley—Motion relative to the Revision and Con. solidation of the Statutes. - Mr. Wallace—Assimilation of the English and Irish Currency. Sir George Hill—Select Committee on the Laws respecting the Butter Trade of Ireland. Mr. Itlonek—Bill to prohibit, in certain cases, the payment of any part or portion of the Wages of Labourers out of the Poor Rates. PRICES OF FORKION Attstroan Ronds (10 Ou. per .0 STI WES YESTERDAY. Mexican Bonds 77f Ditto Acct. 774 I Ditto Scrip (1823) 1 4 1 dis Ditto Acct. 1 4 Of 1 94 If f dis Peruvian Bonus di)/ 110 Ditto Aect. 794 Portuguese Bonds 904 f 91904 1 Ditto Acct. 901 1 904 91 Prussian Bonds 1094 f Russian Bonds 934 Ditto Acct. 934 . Spanish Cons. 24 4 Ditto Acct. '241 1 4 Ditto Inscription 82 Exchange 13f I Ditto Cons. (1823) 184 19 Ditto Acct. 49 Si. tlfil Ditto Acct. 87 Brazilian Danis Ditto Soil) (182. i) 11 pm Ditto Acet. 1 i# put Buenos Ayres Bonds 91 Chilian Bends nit Colombian Booths 874 Ditto Bonds l 824) 89/ Ditto Acct. 894 Danish Bonds 1014 Ditto Scrip (1823 t Ditto Aect. 21 dis Greek Bonds Id Ditto Scrip ( 41 Ditto Acct. 4; Ms PRICES OF SHARES YESTERDAY. 11EE9. 161;7 Paid. Premium Per Share. A ngla.Mcelean .0100 20 66 675 AngloXhilian Anglo-Peruvian Association.— 100 6 1 }die Brstilian lO4l 6 101 91 10 Coliantian lle 6 20 21 Cbilian and Peruvian 6 23 Cornwall and Devonshire. 6O d 1 4 1 die General Mining Aseeciation 1410 6 I 91 visioi Pasco Peruvian 10 Potosi, La Pas, and Peruvian 60 6 4 34 4 4 Lie de la Plata lOO 6 12 United Mexican......... Ditto New 4O 10 20 ASIUMANCE Guardian lOO IV 10 Palladium 3l/ 2 4 die IRON 111.1111.W•TII. London •nd Bristol 2O i die AMC ELLA II got's. British Iron Company lOO 6 Bristol Ship Canal 1 British Rock and Selt Corn— 5O 6 Brunswick and Nova Scotia 5O 3 Canal Gas Engine 5O 1 Equitable Loan Bank 5O 1 bold Coast Association lOll 3 imperial Plate Glass lOO 2 Imperial Distillety 5O 5 Mexican Company lOO 10 Metropolitan Fish Company 25 1 Pearl Fishery (Yellow) 25 2 Provincial Bask of Ireland lOO 6 Peruvian lOO Pearl and Coral Fishery... 4O 4 Royal Stanoary United Pacitie 30 Won India Company lOO I di. fi lm" f dis 13 , 4 4 j dig II die 1 dis 1 1 I 1 3 1 DRURY-LANE THEATRE. This Evening, TilliltSDAV, May Id. will be performed DEll FREISCHU l'Z. Hlnr. Mr. Horn; Adolph, Mr. T. Cooke; Bernhard. Mr. Bedford : , r , Mr. Sheriff; Kilian, Mr. Fitawilliam. Linda, Miss lentil dou ; Hese. Miss Povey. After which. AEON HASSAN. The caupo. Mr. Bedford; thou Tkirsaii, Mr. Horn; Zabouc, Mr Harley. Zulhua. Wise Graddon. Tomorrow, William Tell. CO WT-(;AItDeN l'H EATR P. This E% ening. THURSDAY. May Id. will be performed THE BELLE'S S ritATAGEsi. Sir Mario TgllIC1314..)(1, Mr. Wallow': INoricourt, Mr. C. Cooper: Hardy. Mr. Fawcett: Flutter, Mr. Jones. Letitia. Hardy, Miss Foote: Lady Frances Touchwood, Miss V. H. Kelly: Mrs. Racket, Mrs. Gibbs. After Which. THE BARRER OF SEVILLE. Count Airnaviva, Mr. Jones; Doctor Bartolo, Mr. Fawcett; Figaro, Mr. Dilruirt Fiorello, Mr. PeOrniall. Manna, Miss M. Tree. To-morrow. Every Man in his Itun o our, and Aladdin. --- ---- --- HArtIARKE7' THEATRE. mu Evening, THURSDAY ' May IS. will be Performed THE LADY AND Tut DEVIL. Wildlove. Mr. P. Farren 7.ephyrina. Mrs. Waylett. After which. THE tivrocltirr. Doctor Cantwell, Mr. thAtton: flaw.worm, Mr. J. Rum.ll; Charlotte, Mrs. 'nelson. To conclude %Rh YOUTH, Lott:, AND FOLLY. Damn de Drlineman, Mr.Willistus; Louis de Lineal. Mr. Malmo, ; Floritnood, Mr. Iliatifig; Antoine, 11rAIMManson. Arinette, Ws. Mumbr; thew "f. inn. L ar i• 1 To-utorrnw. Lord of the Manor. , and Intrigue. aS.FI OPERA 'SE. MY. MATHEWS AT Win. This "Evening, THURSDAY. Mar IL es.* on Mondays, 7hursdays. and Sagurdars, during the ',Month of May, MR. MATH E Ws' al F. SIO/HIPI DU11.130.0K of Peeulibitles. Characters, and Manuersielloched during hls various Trios. SAVOY —"Memoranda in Conf,l4l.ni"-AVlght Coach"—"Dabbles; a capital Song—" Sailing Match" —.• Old and New Times'—" Public I.Mlce, Bow-street." PART 10.—A Morsopo.ylogne, to be called THE CROWN INx DANGER. Doors open at Seven; the Performance to e iiiiiii letter at Right. CACTIOV.—The new Entertainment will not be printed; and all Books profeasins to *obtain any plaftfAtitoatie gross 11111.4,601,0116 and Muds on the Pula*: The EINITI1111 1 t(Mega eornnotivUttlishing yesterdey morning 1' i st half-past dock. SC -- ----,--. LONDONOPHURSDAT;II( Ay 12, 1896. —..........50rt• - -- _ - By the Paris Papers of ildisaly we learn that the Madrid Gazette still continues to publish accounts of the triumph of the Royalists in Peru. According to these absurd fabrications, Bouvaa and his army are on the verge of destruction. The fanatical party has the most complete ascendancy in Spain. General Motu Lim has in his absence been condemned to four years' solitary confine ment, in spite of his capitulation with the DAUPHIN. This judgment, however, is of little consequence to him, as he has taken refuge in France. The news from Greece is confirmatory of the repulse of the Egyptians. Instead of making themselves mastersof Calmat' and Navarino, they have been confined entirely to the defensive. It is stated in the Aug:burgh Gazette, that the Great Powers had resolved to interfere in the sanguinary contest, but they have so long deferred their 'Mediation that the ques tion will now most likely be decided by arms. The official part of the Mon tear contains two Royal Ordinances:— 1. Appoints a Commission, consisting of twenty-five members, for the liquidation of the indemnity due to the French whose estates were confiscated or sold by the Revolutionary Government (revolutunmairentent). The Marshal Duke of Tarentuin is Pre sident of this Commission. 'This Committee is subdivided into five sections, each consisting of five members ; each section is charged will: the liquidation in a certain number of departments. 2. Appoints Count Mollien Presitleot of the Commission of Superintendence of the Caine d'Amortissement ; and Messrs. Olivier and beroi, of the Chamber of Deputies ; and Baron God hcnni, Pre?itient of one of the Chambers of the Court of Ac. counts, members of tie same Commission. The official part contains also the account of the formal intro. duction of the Count d*Orcolla, Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of Portugal, appointed to be present at the Coronation. The address of the Ambassador, and the King's answer, arc thus given by the Quothlitner : The PortugueseAmbassailor Extraordinary expressed himself as follows : . . " I am charged by the King, my master, to reiterate to your Majesty the felicitations which he has already addressed to you on your accession to the throne of your ancestors, and to express to you the cordiality of the sentiments of affection and attachment which his Most Faithful Majesty entertains for your august person, and of the wishes which he constantly makes for the ploxperity of your reign." The King replied— " I am Very sensible of this mark which the King, tour Master, gives me of the friendship he entertains for me. I attach the highest value to the preservation of the relations of friendship and harmony which happily subsist between the two crowns. As for you, Sir, I congratulate you on the choice which his Most Faithful Majesty has made of you, by appointing you his Ambassador to be present at the ceremony of my coronation." [From the Etuik, dated Tuesday.l CONIT•NTIXOPLU t A PRIL 10. According to the latest accounts from the 31orea, Ibrahim Pacha is not only not master of the Calamatatuut Navarino, but has been obliged, after several fruitless attempts, to penetrate into the interior of the county. to return and entrench himself before Modon, and to confine himself to defensive measures. The Ottoman fleet will sail in a few dart. A frigate has been launched for the Capitan Pacha. To-morrow the Janissaries will receive double pay. It is hoped, therefore, that all will pass quietly. ODESSA, APRIL 0. According to authentic accounts from St. Pctersburgh, the con ferences of the Ministers of the Great Powers relative to Greece, have just been concluded ; and it is pretended that Extraordinary Envoys are going to Constantinople to negotiate with the Divan. But there is every reason to believe that the question will be de cided by arms before they can commence their negotiations. It is therefore not without reason that we said, and that we repeat, that this campaign will be decisive.—.4axerberk Gazette.. Fztam Cl 4 FL' DS.—PA 113. M • Y 9.—rive pee Cents. opened at hill. tihc., closed at 11.11 r. 35c. Three per Cents. opened at 7if. ic., closed at 71f. 91k. Bank Stock. 2,1951. Neopolitan Five per Cents. Certif. Falooonet, W. 81k. Reute d'Espagne, ?tii. Royal Spanish Loan, 1023, 58t. Exchange on London—One month, 25f. ; three months, 21f. 85e.—Cosrs Aathcatiyae, May 9. The Brussels Papers of Sunday state that a courier from Madrid had arrived unexpectedly at the residence of Count DL NAvta, the Spanish Minister at the Court of the Netherlands, with wham the courier departed the next morning to Amsterdam. The journalist adds, that " it it more than probable that this courier was the bearer -of despatches to M. Mavis, which enjoined him to use all possible means to obtain a loan in Holland for his Catholic Majesty." Why this conjecture is " more than probable" the Brussels Paper does not attempt to show. We think that, under present circumstances, it is by no means probable that this sudden journey, supposing it really to have taken place, is connected with an en deavour to raise money for the King of 6ra tu in Holland. It is true, that M. NAYIA was appointed under the Cortes, and has been neglected since the restoration of FERDINAND to absolute power. .Bat it does not follow that the renewal of his diplomatic character arises from the desire to nego tiate a loan with the Dutch capitalists, any more than the fall of M.VoARTa arose from 1,4 e resolution of the Spanish Government not to borrow from English capitalists on the . terms proposed .by then. The fact is, that the latter negotiation has been continued without interruption, though, like all matters of Spanish business, it has "_dragged its slow length along" with the usual tardiness that distin guishes the transactions of that nation. It is now, we have good reason to believe, near its conclusion, and we may, in all probability, very soon have to make the iniportaut an nouncement that it is completed. Calcutta Papers to the 4th of January were received yesterday. We have in another column given some extract: from them, and the ()coeval Order issued by the Govtaxoa-GewENAL in honour of the victory at Rangoen. The total lose of the enemy is officially estimated at 5,000 killed and wounded, 250 pieces of cannon, and the greater part of the military stores. The grand army of the Bur mese, before their defeat, consisted of nearly 50,000 men. There is no truth in the revolution said to have taken place at Ave. The report appears to have originated in a super st:tious trick, on the part of the barbarian Kixd, to break the spell by which he Supposed his disasters to have been occasioned. In order to get rid of the bineful influence, he has paced his s,,n temporarily on the throne, and this circumstance probably gave rise to the report that the KiNG was dead. It was expected that the Burmese would speedily sue for peace. The Roman Catholic Relief Bill was last night ca - 7 -- rted up to the House of Lords by Sir Join NEWI'ORT, ac companied by Mr. PLeNKETT, Mr. Virvi:\i, BROUGHAM, and many other Members of the House of Commons. So great was the apparent anxiety to be present on the occasion, that not more than twenty Mem bers remained, out of perhaps a hundred, who were in the House when Sir Jou x NEMI.ORT left it with the Bill. Ou the motion of the Earl of Doisounlistoar, the Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. The second reading was fixed for Tuesday next, when the de bate on the principle of the measure will take place. Several petitions had been previously presented against further concessions to the Catholics. CITY, XrrDVESDAY EVE *11(0. There was some extensive business in Consols this morning, and the prices of yesterday continued throughout the day, viz. 91i for Money, and the same for the Account. Although the sales were heavy, the market was tot shaken by them. In the Foreign Market there was a good deal of bustle, which was considerably increased by the expectation of two new American Loans, one for Peru and the other for Buenos Ayres. It is stated that they will speedily be - annour.ced. South American Securities materially advanced during the early part of the day; and although they afterwards declined, they still left off at an improved quotation to yesterday: Colombian Bonds opened at 80t, and closed at 4 ; Mexican Scrip commenced at I, and ended at 11 discos nt. The Greek Bonds were 62, and the Scrip, notwithstanding the payment on it was firm, at 4i discount. The Spanish Bonds, both old and new, fully supported yesterday's prices. The anxiety respecting the new Spanish Loan creates a lively Interest on the Stock Ex change at this Moment. The Bonds of 1821 were 214, and those of 1823, 19. Brazilian Scrip was I premium, and Danish ditto 2 24 discount. 1 great deal of Misincis has done in the Share Market in the Potosi Company, at 4g. The G. - metal Mining Shares also attracted a good deal of attention at 9 10, and some bargains were done in the Pasco-Peruvian Company at 10g li. To-morrow (being Holy Thursday) will be a close holiday on the Stock Exchtmge. There were no transactions in Coffee, in Mincing-lane, of any consequence. The sales in Sugar were somewhat extensive, at fair prices. Letters from Lisbon assert, in positive terms, that a Commission authorising Sir Charles Stuart definitively to conclude a treaty with the Brazilian Government, upon such terms as were considered unobjectionable, had re ceived the Royal signature ; from which it was concluded that little difficulty would occur to the completion of an amicable adjuctt»ent of the pending differences between Portugal and her former and most important Colonial pos sessions. The accounts from Greece received yestenlay, though not so late as those contained in the French I'apets, Show that the account of the reverses of the Greeks, received through Smyrna, are quite unfounded. The Emperor of Russia left St. Petersburgh on the 16th ult. for Warsaw. A Royal Decree has been issued at Naples, enjoining all Officers of the Army and Navy who live in concubinage, and who have natural children, to contract marriage both before the civil Magistrate, and at the Altar, with the mothers of those children, or to consider themselves as discharged. An article from Berlin, in the Allgemeine Zenung, states that Professor Cousin is about to return to Francei it having been announced to him that " no criminality sults from the information against him." It is lidded, that M. Cousin has conducted himself with great propriety since his arrest, and that he has made no demand for compensation, not even for the delay to which he has been subjected. At Antwerp, the rate of exchange has undergone a slight ehartge in favour of this country. On the 29th of April the etchange on London was quoted at 39. 4. short paper; on the 6th May it was 39. si. to 6. Mau Lae WA IL—A letter from an Assistant-suigeOn in the Indian army, to a gentleman of this city, says, speaking of the Burmese war, that it is.the " bloodiest, perhaps, ever carried on." "No quarter," the letter continues, "is given by these cannibals. Every prisoner they take of ours is crucified, and a cut made down his belly, his bowels let out, and in that state he is left to die. /am sorry to say many of our people haie already suffered this death. We however, in our turn, mow them down in thousands, and take their stockades, or mud forts, as fast as we get up with them. Sometimes forty or fifty of them, on being ap proached by our troops, will stand stone still, blind their eyes, and be shot. Phis has frequently happened. At other times, excessive numbers will make a rush out from a jungle, and succeed in cutting off some of our troops ; but if they see a tolerable body of Europeans, they make off direct again for the jungle. A shell was thrown, some weeks ago, and about fifty or sixty men, women, and chil dren, got close to it, amused for a few seconds at the fusee, when it went off ; and killed el around."—L•'dinburgh vb seecer. The following is an extract of a letter from Lima, dated 4th Jan. 1823 :—" We have been very much harassed here between one party and another for the last six months. However, we have at kugth, at the expense of hard tight. ing, obtained the liberty and independence of Peru, autf with it that of the South American continent. Our only' thorn now is the Castle of Callao, which still holds ow, and Gen. Rodil, the Governor, resists all terms, and ranee' to furl() the capitulation mask by Canterae. Gen. Me 4 one of the vanquished Spaniards, has been down to C to-day-to endeavour to force an admittance, and gain :blitz tetview with Gen. Roth!, but to no effect. lie was Alit permitted to approach within half a mile, but had a interview with one of Rodil's Aides-de-Camp. Thus tit are situated in Lima, with only about 2,500 men, and Callao there are as many, and we are liable to their-etc lions whenever they choose to come . out. The bloellittlteby land has been until this period pretty effectual, but sea we have at present none, however, the principal one Ro dil has to encounter is the want of money, and therefore the sea being open to him will be of little avail, for if he cannot pav, and well teo, there are few that will like to sell to him under present circumstances, for even Jonathan will not put his finger into the fire. The victory gained by the Colombian army in the plains of Ayacucho w as t h e most ' complete one ever fought in South America, and has had the most ruinous consequences on the Spanish authority in these parts. It has quashed it eternally and everlastingly. Never can the Spaniards raise their heads again in South America, let them send what armaments they choose. I suppose we shall soon have a drove of adventurers, and goods sufficient to supply a few millions more than exist in Peru. however, they will not br ee d a f am i ne i n t h e ' land, fur, thank Go:I! there will be enough to eat for them all, though I think employment will be found rather, scarcer than some may imagine. The 64-gun ship Asia is! in a most horrible state, making eight inches water an hour . ; and although she is ordered to leave this coast for Europe in a limited ,time, I am afraid she will have to remain here as a hulk or guard-ship, fur which only she is adapted." HaLT-PAV.—The three months' half-pay to the reduced Officers of his Majesty's Land Forces, due the gith of March, including those heretofore borne on the Irish Nati blislunent, will, after to-fiaS, be payable on Monday, Tuesday, and IVednesday only, in each v. vk. THE ifitlTlSt l . PltES.s.„ PRICES Or BRITISH STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 pot Cent. Red. 921 4 4 f India Bonds 71 72 fFin 3 per 4 'ent. l'..ns. 914 491 14 I Long Ann. 22 21 15-16 Ditto Acct. 911 4 4 South Sea Stock 1031 per Cent. 9t . , Ex. 8i115,10.1,000/.54 53 pm £4 per Cent. Red. 91,1 4 Ditto, 5001. 53 55 pm New 4 per Cent. 105 i 4 Ditto, Small 53 55 pm India Stuck 2HU Lottery Tickets, 194.19 i. Zhe iiratoti pr' L. fAsHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ---.--- The Glouceste r The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury bad a dinner and even. ing Tarte yesterday, at her residence in Arlington -street. The Archbishop of York entertained the Directom of Ancient Music at dinner yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. The Bishop of Exeter entertained a large party at dinner yester. day, at his house in Connaught-place. the Earl of Suffield had a &tint r party yes erday, at 1,1.1 house in Cumberland-street.. Prince P.sterhazy Lave a grand ball on Tuesday evening at Chandos Halm, Cas<ndish-sguare. The hie drawing.rum:, most brilliantly illuminated. and wire deiora id with rstnet'ous pot* of the rarest floaters. The principal mom was fitted up with unique taste for dandng, which commenced at halt...put eleven o'clock. The supper, which umsis:ed of eve-y delicacy, was an nounced about two; a was prepared in ti•e dining-morns below stain; the wines, fruits, Sm. were of the chticeit description. Th.: grand hail and staircase were decorated with flowers, shrub s , Nearly the whole of the haul ow in town wTe preiett. It was nearly six yesterday morning bcfo e the whole o f the company separated._ . . Prince Esterhazy and suite will leave town this Jay for Park, Lord and Lady Kennedy arrived yesterday at the Itoyal Hotel, St. James's-street.. from their seat in Sic,cliani. lord and Laiy (ire) arrived yestar ay at Thomas's Hine). Birk. ley-square, from the Far' of Staniforu's scat, Envipe 141% fordshire. Sir Watkin W. Wynn Bart. left town yesierilay for Paris, Arrivals at Jorslab's Hotel, St. James's-street :—sir Thomas Sainsbury, Bart. from a tour; and A. F. Nunis, Esq. horn his seat in. Hants. E. P. Bogard, Esq. AI.P. and the Hon. Mrs. Bastard, left the %Vainlots Hotel, Jertuyn-stitet, yesterday, :or their seat in Surrey. Arrivals at the London Hotel, Albemarle -street :—tolonel and Mrs. Cooper, from their seat in Suffolk ; T. T. Drake, E N . 31. p. and Mts. Drake, from their seat, Autershaw, Lucks. LITEOARY Pt IAD SOCIETY. Yesterday the Ann t Faiths' of this So c i e t y rag held at the Freemasons' Tenth, reat Queen-atreet. At hair. past six the Chair was taken by Savittr Oxte'r, Esq P. a Trustee and Auditor of the Society ; and about two buitetral gengemen, distinguished for rank and talent, sat down to dinner. fhe Chairman was supported on the right by lard Stranefo r d and Sir S. Radice, and on the left by Dr. Copeland and Sir Wm. (Ilayton. Among the company present we noticed Mr. Smote of the Russian Embassy, , ergeant Bosanquet, Mr. Shaded!, 31r. Arhitaker, Dr. Sout'ley (brother to the Laureate.) Sir A. Crichtoo, Mr. Fitzgerald, Ate r Jackson, R.A. Sir Thomas Tomlin*, dr.e. to After the cloth was withdrawn, and Yon Nobis Doming hag by the professional gentlemen present, The Cu/knot/off proposed the health of "the King," w hi t e was received with enthusiasm, and drunk with the usual Mahar. " God save the King." " The Duke of York." (flee—" Hail Stalling Marti." " The Navy and Army." Air—" Rule Britannia." • The CIIAIRMAN then rose and said, in proposing the g et s wan the Meeting, in common with himself. would have to regret the absence of the Hors and Learned Individual (Sir J. Mackintoth) who was ehtpectel td have presided on the Resent occasion. Moo, however, _as they night all regret the absence of th at di st i nguaried individual; lie (the mig ht thought the toast he was afloat to propose would be sufficient to carry its own recommendation with it. Ile was about to give—" Progperlty to the Literary Fond So ciete" --a toast which could not tail to be received wit - lithe wannest sentiments of approbation by the present assenthly., He t h ois i n we owed it to ourselves, and to the high character we possessed as a nation, to make some provision for those individuals who had ehh; tributed by their literary labours to exalt that character; alo ha th ey had, ty unforeseen and other casualties, unfortunately Allen into a state that made the benevolent interterence of the present Society necessary. We owed it equally as a debt to them and ourselves to step forward with the necessary relief; and not with a Inc and posthumous acknowledgment, such as that of the ancients— " ' t even Grecian cities fought for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer be)p& his bread," but with a kind and enlarged liberality, which could be experienced by them while yet alive and an ormantnt te their country. Th e Hon. Chairman conclude 4 by giving " Prosperity to the Literary Fund Society," which was drunk with three times three. Mr. FI9IIOIIIIALD then rose, and recited the following stanzas written to the occasion : " When barbarous Nations sack'd imperial Rome, And She World's 3listreas yielded tp her doom ; Oblivion o'er that Land hde Poppies flung, Where Patriot Sages sought, and Poets sung ! Science deplor'd her Tully's prostrate Bust. And Genius dropp'd o tear on. Maro . ll Dust ! O'er Europe's face a gloomy darkness ipreatl, And ,Learning deep in cloisters veil'd her head. A Willie ~Age no Patrons coyl4 afford, AWlialre ev'ry Klan was Vassal; or was Laid Fierce was the Temper, barren was the Mind, And War the only business of Mankind : 'Till Leo rose to foster every Art Thas charms the Fancy, and delighti the Mean ! On him each Muse was eager w attend s And Learning found a Patron and a Friend. RillWegen atertiWinter mire, all Nature sighs, Theebeerful green of Vqpietien slits; One dreary waste the Eyes of Man behold, Deluged with Rain, or blamed with the Cold ! But when the glorious - Sun velumes the Sphere, The Trees bud forth, and tender Plants appear, Nature no longer feels the Winter's gtorm, Cheer'd by the Rays that ripen while they warm. Enlighten'il Science soon her radiance bore From fair Italia to our Northern Shore: Where Genius breathed his soul in Shakspeare's Paze ! And Milton shone the Homer of his Age! Vet in this Soil, where all the Virtues grow, And, ere the Poor can ask. the Rich bestow ! Atithois have often inoum'd their hapless lot. Their works remembered, but themselves forgot ! Hard is his the Task who writes for daily bre;al, And pillows on a couch of cares his head— Can Fancy charm the Poet's tever'd Brain, When Thought serves only to engender Pain ? Can Passion animate his torpid breast, By Hope deserted, and by Want oppress'd ? Anil yet, though wretched Envy's constant aim, '!'he sport of Fortune, and the slave of Fautt ! If he a 'Patron seek in time of need, With Giant's weight he leans upon a reed— AS'hkt can his Muse from Pride of Wealth expect. But ostentatious aid, or cold neglect? Towering Ambition scarce can look so low, And !elfish Pleasure shuns the nice of 11'oe. In Lift's more private scenes those Virtues shine, Where Human Nature proves her source divine; 'Tie there the Great to sUffering Worth attend. And Men's misfortune finds in Man a Friend ! Your plan, which Princes might be proud to own. Long blessed in ....Henn, and was little known, Early you saw, beneath your fostering care, GENIUS and LEARNING rescued front Despair: At first, lis true, you could but just l•estow • A Dew of Comfort upon letter'd Woe: Vet did tbat Dew a lingering Life sustain, Chase the last pang, and soothe the bed of pain ! i ,b A radual, bit' sure, your purpose steitk'd its way. n ample Bounty consecrates this day— ...L:. e kitreamlet thus obscurely glides along, 'Till made by tributary Waters strong, -Bub drooping Plant rcfresli'd, new vigzur shews. • T. the Bring River as it flows; Downy( it rolls to meet the Ocean's tide. And sreads a general Blessing far and wide ! • other climes more genial Suns supply, A purer Atniospliere, and clearer sky, Amidst our gloomy Days anti wnitory Storms, Bounty protects, and godlike Pity warms ! Though stern in War, and oft by Factions cross'i.l. • The Nation's character is never lost ; ~ I Humane and manly, liberal, brave, and free, " Gontetaling Parties in one point agree, To feel the pathos of Misfortnne's sighs, And wipe the tear front pallid Misery s eyes ! Here Truth and Justice prompts the Muse to bring Praise to our PAT RON-.-lIGIUSge to our Kt YU ! Whose feeling heart has always wished to dry The secret tear that dims .alisfortune's eye; Who, with a polish'd Taste and liberal Hand, Spread* wide improvements through his Nltitt Land ! And, like Attottstrus, who embellished Rung, Makes Grecian Arts his Denizens at home. Where uncouth buildings met the public eyes, Long spa:ious streets awl payees arise ; And TIIASINS may soon behold, with conscious pride, Another A TH Ems rising on his side ! Arts cannot droop, nor Sciences despair, When Er:GLAND'S M ONAIICH makes their cause Itis cart: Nor GE st tits pine neglected, and alone, His all.aecomplished PATRON on the Throne; Whose Sceptre's bonour'd, as his Sword was feed, In War triumphant ! and in Peace revered! The Tau All'S F. tt raid an abstract of the cash &coots ot I!.e Society, and stated, that in the last year sixty-five cases of Etrisry distress had come before the Society, and bean adequately ram!. Since the commencement of the present year they had been en abled, by the increased liberality of their supporters, to &third re:lei in twenty-seven different instances, and to a greater degree than at any previous period. Many of these cases were those of the wi dows and orphan families of literary persons ; but the Soisetv did not publish the names of the individuals relieved, through • feeling or delicacy towards the parties. Several complimentary and other toasts were then drank. and ap propriate songs sung by Messrs. Broadhurst, Collier, &c. noun after ten o'clock the Chairman retired, attended by the ma jority of the company, after an evening spent is the best spirit et good feeling and festive hilarity. We observed a nutubt•r of elegant and farkionibly-dresatil fema!es iti the gallery. r' `I! Al heal bee a nd net whit she their raid' of It Pt wha, OTCr if Old the h blot, FOR le the nett (bed mite Erna a — nd i now; A tr and 0 arch not 1 *et iis ono boy baad of o: for 1 MU silly (id Arbil Me an no exr he til