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France ; recnnciliatiou LP:coics unpos,ible ; ybu onsecrate as far as in you lira the fatal prejudice (lan aristocracy of colour— (Unieersal laughtcr)— the most absurd of all aristocracies, and the must destructive to the prosperity of the Mother Cowl try and of the Colonies. I know that in cherishing the desire of recover ing St. I)omingo, you are too wise, too humane, too enlightened, to think of humbling beneath the yoke of slavery the victorious brows of 500,000 Pumingims. It is by your respect for the equality proclaimed iu the Charter, by the maintemnice of public liberty, that you will form the foundations of a reconciliation between Saint Domingo and 'France. Pardon this digression. The Govern ment of the 'King is a stranger to the frightful crimes which attended the expedition of Iso2. Heaven, in hurling destruction upon that army, took to itself the cure of punishing its plunder and its atrocities against the inhabitants of Saint Domingo, who had so valiantly repulsed the English. Already hail the flags of those Islanders Iva from the coasts, leaving the carcasses of 30,000 warriors to enrich the lands they had devirsiired. Already was every thing at peace, the genius of despotism, anxious to reign ever ruius, sowed death and dissentious. But let us repel these sorrowful images. The as surance to the Blacks of the liberty and pro perty they have acquired, with some compensa tion to the former colonists; a Constitutional Char ter, end the right of defending themselves without au European garrison ; these are the means of bringing beck the people of St. Domingo. I pro roe that this Petition be sent to the Minister of I the Interior, and an humble address to his Majesty, praying him to revoke the circular alluded to, as contrary to milordl right, the Charter, and the prim. tildes of 4:4.1 M. Parip..t I—When I held the poriefe mi lie of Justice. I ant certaiti t h at positive orders were issued to revoke the circular of the year I I ; this Petition, therefore, has SRI 011 . 1 el t. The Chamber passed to the Order of the Day en this Petition, and also on one from the Sint,. Chevalier, who propobea to meet the expenses of the Stale by means which he has. a« he says, conceived in kis wisdom. They consist of imposing a duty earrillpf, cabriolets, owl even an dogs. COHN LAWS. M. Benoist, Reporter from the same Committee. proposes to send to the Nlinister of the Interior Petition from r Sieur Nbertio, who requires that the intp.ttattuts of corn he prohibited, and the exports -11141 permitted. after some obseevatious from M. Lamle tie Villevtiir, on the extreme misery siifirteci by the !boor in forwer years of l ogh prices of corn, Wile agreed to. LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1819. We have received Paris Papers of %Vetlnesilay alai Thursday last. We awaited their uirival re. osactierly with considerable anxiety, in eiise iluelice of a fk111)0111 1 winch hail prevailed in town un Satuiday, that private litters had been re. eeived, statiog that apprehensions were entertained 11 the Ph)sicians of the King of riteNcz, that 1111 NI AJESTY Was thiridened with a mortification in the leg., and that los Isle was considered in im mediate danger. The Papers of Vi'ednrhd.iy are Silvia on the subject of the KING'S health; but ilie Animal des DeGuis of Thursday, trot has. ing I WVVi4/11111y given any intimation of his illness, informs us " That bia MAJESTY'S health is daily improving," and that loupes are entertained of his being in a short time enabled to resume his - usual airings." It would be a serious blow to the I tranquillity and prosperity of France, were she, tinder existing ciremustances, W lose her present King. Tile Munitear of Thursday contains an article, written defence of the KIN ti's Government, from a charge brought agai►st it by the. Ultra- Royalists end forgoer Emigrants. His ►M*jt:i I T is accused —not, as the Monitrur okiserves, of iii fringiog the laws, of devising arisitrary measures, or of oppressing ally individuals—but of c{rq►ency, h i permitting the exiles Under the the I,ttli of July, to revisit their native country. How happy must the ►Monarch be whose apologists have to defend only his excess of virtue ! We can, however, at the same tune, excuse the feverish amnety with which those who suffered front the horrors of the Revolution watch their stew, iu whose if.euroce Or souivity their suffering, urigionteol. 11111 if the remembrance uf their own exile cam excite uu leeling of sytupat it) , fur the late of others, who, rn beim; banished from their country, lose tither the means of existence or the power of enjoying it, let it be some consolation for thew rr irtlect, that these few individuals uotv returned, trill were they able or willing to disturb the Go verunieht, are under the constant surveillance of an active police, sod are thereby rendered less ennoble ut f,tiplopiig their talents and power to the injury of their country, than if suffered to carry on thri r the Chamber of D, retitle,. lull', 1.11wIt) of tbe Pe r u.; o ne esc,thonileg the power or Joeirs, another repreil*iug the criincg of the Press getierelly, and the third confined more particularly to the Journal►. The project for libeling the mri:cenieiit of the linalic,al year wa• OD Tuesday adopted by u majority of 131 to 100. In the proceedings of the Chamber of Deputies on IVednesday, mention is made of a Petition from an individual complaining of a ftliiiisterial Ordi nance in the year 11, prohibiting intermarriages between white mid black persons., A Member, M. 'AISNE LIE VI I.I.EVEQUE, in Pl;llking on the Petition, adverted to the desire stilt felt in France of i erovering St. Domingo ; but he disclaimed all idea of re-establishing slavery within the island, and seemed to contemplate it as a free wormer of the Empire. Its liberty woo to be guaranteed, the present rights of property confirmed, a Consti tutional Charter granted to it, with a right of de fending itself independent of an European gar rison. Ills observation•, however, could nut induce any other Member to deliver his ►entiments on the ►ante subject. A Petition wis presented from a person named MARTIN, praying that the importation of corn might be prohibited, and the exportation of it permitted. Such a Petition is excusable in a country which is .entially agricultural; au that if the Petitioner, who, be it remarked, is not supported by others, took the idea of his demand from recent proceed ings in this country, his conduct is not guile so im politic and cruel as that which we have here wit nessed. 'rite stores of Marseilles are over-burdened with foreign corn, sent immense quantities from the ports in the Black Sea, on speculation founded on the demand of preceding years, The poor of France, and other countries of the Continent, will have the advantage of this superfluity; hut it has pleased our legislators, in their wisdom, to debar Gorr the saute eicjoyinent the working classes of tins country, which is essentially manufacturing, and of which even the agricultural labourers depend ou the markets fur their provisions. Who caw wonder that a large proportion of our working classes is reduced to the hard•necessity of eating the bread of public charity, and of having their finer principles of proud independence beaten down and obliteratetl, when by a public art of the Legislature their provisions- are kept up in years of plenty at a famine price, while their wages, isistcad of keeping pace with their artificial wants, are reduced even below their former nominal amount ? We fear it will at length be hound that the agriculturist* and lauded proprie tor* have deceived themselves in promoting this state of things ; for the poor's rates, which in 1799 excited general astonishment, by having reached two mill* a year, are now very little short of eight millions. They have increased considerably since the enactment of the Corn Laws, and are still hicrevaing. A Flanders Mail has arrived, with Brussels Papers to the I.9th instant. It if stated under the head of ilanihurgh, that among the negro slaver; brought from the interior of Africa to Tripoli, theme were several belonging to Christi+u► tribes in that count ry. A number of outward-hound merchantmen have put into Portsmouth during the week with foul aliok A :47 thew are—the Waterloo, Attar. 11.milney, General KO, Herefordshire, and Atreus ham. fur the East Indies and China. The Mar ch' 1111 l sii of IiASTINGS is a pit&striger for Calcutta. atthe Waterloo. The number of vessels detained Portsmouth, waiting liir u fur wind, amounts to ut 80 sail, r h clusive of th e trauspo i ts with th e 5111 and 9111 regiments on board. The Carron, 36,Captain FUILNEAUX, with specie for Calcutta, strived at St. Helena en the Bth of December. The Hyena and Hardy arrived at the Cape on the 7th December to take on hoard live stock for St. Detroit. The Casar. TAYLOR, is arrived in the Downs; left St. !Helena on the 23d December. The Queensbury pecker, from Jemoies, brought frright of i7o,onot dollars for werehuotit. The Be (nevi), will be Winched frotn Pembroke 3•aril in April ; and the firgurd (new), fruit tlie same yaid in May. The Melia', 18, and ijritoinuri, 14, have been sold out of the service. The I find, lAistle, and Snapper, it Portsmouth, are marred to he fitted for eommisston. Detachments nt . t he 58th and Gist regiments em barked on Saturday moiling, in the Serapis, for Janialca. By a letter dated Carlisle Bay (Barbadoet.), littuary 15, 1819, we learn that the London. of London, %nil part or the Yd, or Queen's regiment. on Iward, which wiled Iron. Spithead on the 9th December, arrived there ins tl4e 12th Jatinary, all %%ed. The Euryalets, Captain IlusvassoN ; Captain Tomititisuds ; and Raleigh. Capt. HAum- G itwr, had joined the Anfelupe, Admiral HARVEY, on that station. The squadron was particularly healthy. Admiral CAMPBELL, in the Solittury, was daily expected to arrive, to relieve Admiral HARVEY. ' • Tote last instalment on tile Loan was paid on ' Frisky, *lure *lnch Exchequer Hills, bribk no Imigrr aektihade rur the intvittesit to Guyer 1111 l ent, Dave declined its value. They vat!" its price from 64. to ins. premium. The preseut isccuutit Conant% closes on Wednesday next. Sown' 11'aLia Mistrons. —Great disorder again prevails anumg the miners in the iron-works at Dusslats, near Merthyr Tytivil, who, to the num her tot' several hundreds, have leers' out of work fur alonte pato, tat ID oet'&01011 the stoppage sit the. Woeka Ito some haunches , allot to threaten reels PA I: LIAI.II S TA:: Y P F No I. f o an account laid befoie the Lionel. of C. rninnes the 11111 how the 'tut+ of and of 9.50.0001. granted in the la , t Session of Pa. liantent, to elialtle Ilio Majesty to provide for tut expentire as do not form le part of the oialinary charge* of the Civil we find the following item*. winch are particularly &tie& ring of the atten tion of the public, at a time when the deficiency f nor public socome unwind* to nu leis a bum than 13.tmo,uoul.:— 1. Co'diligent anytime' and Messengers Inns iii the departments of 'she Treasury and three Secre. Wire or Side; and larted . Chemberiain, 64.1471. As no particitl•n' are gibes of this charge, it is not easy to say bow fir it is& is not en extraragent one; but when it is reinembered that this charge in over and Amite ell the salaries mid incidental eltyestnes of an iminemer attiouot, which are paid to ihie itinnerosis linliaidisolo who I►ekus to these departments. it Would appear to hr its r;peudstuse skids Iseuld bear considerable retrenchment. TLr Charge fur the Foreign Deperiniesst slow.. is 12,000/. though ins subsegdent part of the palter there A Charge of 36,011/. for extraortlinar) Ili horsemen, 'A to Mini - air. at Foreign Courts abide iocludei 1.119 f. for Lord Castlereagh'. mi.sioii to Aix-la- Chapelle. To these charge., and behoigiog to the same department, is to be athird a charge 1.1 1t),3(.1. for presents of gold sotiff.hoxes .Ic,c. to 5111'141er. of Foreign ahogether 4 charge of V4.453i. for coutingent expenses belong ing tO the Foreign Departinelit, over and mhos., the regular eipetutiture for t:tsid.ip4 to ircretar roe; and desks, to Ambassador+, Envoys, a n d a eel lung list of established incidental expense,. ifseliairs of public hiuldiors, 111111iOsiting to 21,4704 In which is isicludril 6.121/. for the Mira building► *lnch. at Our tune or other, in the course of the hit fifteen years, has cult the public Something not far short of a million of tummy. 3. it appea:s the intik of ihr Grand Duke Nicholes cost the country 11,000/. Cos it Impose. slide that there was no waste or improper apillien. tioti of no pert of this most extravagant expen diture ? 4. Thrre is a charge of 12,636/. for the Com missioners employed io investigating the Fee. of Courts in England sod S :Alum'. A standar stn.* will soon be called fur the Irish Co ml em ployed ou the same duty. This is the third or fourth year they halve ouar rd to spread their labours over, a ithout being at all sear a close of them. 5 She' Conviction:and overimy tnesits,24,soo:. What is the nature of this , charge ? 6. Priming public records 14001. Ought not the stile of throe interesting works to provide tits means of s.tvi;ig the public front Ibis espenite? 7. 1,059/. to the Society caile.l " Flo Itpruge for the Destuute." Why wive out 11114 grata brought before Parliament, awl voierl ow estimate ? It is obviotufly a very great defect itt the finnan e system of the country, to have so large • HUT MS 370,0001. a year to pay for contingeffeies, alter all that is laid out wider the head of incidental ex. penes and miscellaneous services. The practice opens a door to great extravagance.., and admits of ate opportunity of *mew hog much expe n s e , w btt:i, would rie%er .be attempted, if the finestioa of io eurring it was itt the first instance brought berme the (louse of CWIIIIIOIII6 What 'louse of CUT.. mous would ever venture to vote tor gold soa-boxes, or 1,000/. fur the honour of a vigil from a Russian Grand Duke t !! The next Paper that comes from the !louse Ll Coininuns is on account of the sum that will be wanted to make good Ike deficieacy ttf tke pipit Ir . Site gforesaid J 70,0001. hot civil contingencies, MO which deficiency we bud amounts to 79,1541. here we hove.' our Foreign Office again upon us: Plate for Foreign 11Iiiiiders and Governors, 7,6791. —further extraosiliiiary disbursements by Foreign Ministers, 35,1181. including 4,9071, fur more GOLD SNUFF BOXLS s . For the Royal yatch there is a e!Hilge of:11,195/. for funtilui c way, to illesars. Tatham and 520. From the two accounts it up, peare, that the total contingent mares for the Fu• reign Department, for lBll , h is 117401., and f at gold 11114 . (luxes 32,349/. ! ! ! Tll6 FUENCIf AGC....01101.0 who have not bail the advantage or residing iii Prance fur the ac quirement of the language, will derive moth benefit from little work that has just **peered, cutitlrd " 11.• A r t o f Preask Conversation." It is constructed on so hew nnil relieut o Ono will, no do6lo, h•obo it, to sup( tAttle tto net of all %sucks of a siwillir mauve 1114 have. 11itteerto av rarest. A Sectlntl Edition of the admirable Letters r!' ihruce ll'oliede to George Montagu has appeared. , which the ice{ smiles of ♦ll the diqinasitelted persons 014444 to are restored. Caoll.tir MONTAGU taw the sun of Reis/ado, General Faissatsts alowracu, and nephew to the eccuo Earl of Ilatmelt. Jle was Member u( PatiiiMeal 5.4 Northampton, Usher of the "Stark Rod in Ireland dam. ! the lututeneney of the Earl of Hahires, Private Secrete,: to laird NORTH, when Chancellor of the Exchequer, any *bemuse isitiasste friend of Hoases W*Lpnit. A beautiful blar.k Tiger and ati tairligrial Sr.. pent, originally Intruded for the King of Ow PlFTNiaLArips, has fait beta peraesered by a gitliaewass t . Mt. Cial/Si, Cruprielor *), the Royal Menagerie. at piste, Change, al a prat mark of renewals fur leap siurslassimir. ts . eatouna in pr n.S (isg.srdlcsa of rpossease) s eery sirodurriun of tocrier. cliole.. Sucb r rournr:so n:44v tnriruciloo to the reshot gtherattiust. se well as tu Is afforded by this truly grarld &wt. far uctris..it t rm? stmalillidrinrist of the kind mum eitstli, tud joatly d.-....•. pattimagr t:mt maws 1,11 carklit 4 to r !i. :r e ./ • ' , es.' • • 1.%11,2 ti 3 .•C i ,"fr'" • . orie 4; 4~ • f 34' 4•11:%.4 LORD CHANRERLAMS OFFICE, Fmn 20, 1819. Orders for the Cnort's coin?, into mourning, on to-morrow, the 21st Moans, fur her late Majesty tilt Queen Maria I.ollllita, mother of his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand the Seventh, viz.— The Lathes in wear black silk, frilitteil or linen, While gloves, llPtklaCel and ear-wigs, Mack or white bilirt . ll, fans and tuners. Undreas—White or grey lostrlor, tabbies or damasks. The Gentlemen to wear black, Gill trimmed, triaged or plain linen, black swords and buckles. Undress—Grey frocks The Court to change the mourning on Sunday the 28th instant, vit. The Lectors to wear black silk or velvet, colonrcii rib bons, fins and tippets, or plain white, or white and gull, or white and silver sitars, with black ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and Mark or plain white, or white snit gold, or white and silver stuff waist. coats, full trirning 41, rolonrell swords sod hiirkles. And us, Thursday, the 4111 March next, the Cuurt to go out of mourpi tag. FASMONJBLE AMU r. 445. . The Dowager Marlow* of Norihumherlsod, and Ihr 31.4rehioness of Earfer. 111 Privy Gaok env Lind and Lady FoMalone, al the Earl of Radnor's, io Lower Grosvenor-alma. Mr. sod Lady Charlotte Lemon, in Whitehall-yud. FASII lONA BLS PA ftri ES. The Countess or Man►tield entertained a large party of fashlouahles on Friday evening, at ha r house iu tis o.ur• place. Mrs. William Frermantle has issued curds of invitation fur a rout un Finlay escalator, at losr house in Staashope falreet,May-fair..... Lord Somers will give a grand entertainment on SAlnrilay next to a large party or distinction, at his bowie in Clitlind slier I. Bond-street. 'ilionias Deuison. Esq. M.P. give a grand entertainment on Saturday to the Marquis of Lansitunei and a large party of distinguished personages, at his house in Kuutell.srpiare. Lady Hyde Parker has issued cards of invitation for a grand rout on the 14th March, at her house, Great Cutp berland•place. The Earl of Westmorland entertained the Duke of York, and a large party, uu Saturday, at his house in Grosvenor aqu•re: Earl Bathurst gave a grand entertainment yesterday to the Duke of Wellington, most of the Ministers, and a large party of distinguished per4onages, at his bouae tu slansfield. street. The Earl of Shaftesbury gave au elegant entertainment on Saturday to the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Win chases, the Earl of Roseberry, Lord Sidmouth, Lord Mel ville, the Earl of Huntingdon, the Attorney-General, Mr. Peel, Mr. Arbnihnut, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Grevn wood, and several tither distinguished personages, at his bonne in Grosvenor-square. The Right Hon. G. Cunning entertained a large party of distinction on Saturday at Gloucester House. The Marchioness of Salisbury will give her grand card party this evening, at her 'muse in Arlingtoa.street. SRIGHTON, FEBRU4RY 41, THE Mall S PRESS. The PRINCE REGENT hes not appeared in public this week. His Royal Highness's state of health is excellent. His departure, we are assured, will be at the hitter end of this mouth, it being the in tention of his Royal Highness to attend the Phil- Harmonic Concert, in Lot.dun, which takes place on the Ist of March. It is i•aid that, immediately on th• departure of the [Janice REGENT, Marlborou' use will be taken down. Never did the rides and promen...,es appear more brilliant. Beauty, rank, and fashion, continually arrest and delight the eye. Brighton, in her proudest autumnal day, could not have surpassed the splendour which she now di.plays, Friday evening Mrs. MicHELL, the lady of the rich nutrition merchant, gave a grand bell and sup. per at her house, Pavilion-colatiade. Yesterday Mrs. A WON, at Devonshire-place. and Mrs. MITCHFI.I., CM the New Steyne, had evening parties; and, on Monday, the former lady gives a ball rod supper. The races instituted by the gallant Officers of the Lancers, on Monday, were attended by all the beauty, youth, and gaiety of the town. Sport, in the usedl ►ense of the word, was not so much the object of the promoters of the thing, as the desire to please the fair, and to assemble on one spot all that is lovely and cheerful iu Brighton. This end was completely attained, for a more charming coop &ail was ►carcely ever presented to human view. Mauy dashing equipages were an the hill. Among others we observed those of the Earl of Warwick, Countess St. Antonio, Miss Wykeham, and Mr. H. F. Lewis. The following statement will shew what was performed by the horses:— A Sweepstakes of yen guineas each, for Horses sot *borough bred, bona fide the property of Subscribers. 11 stone each. Mile heats. Mr. Whyte Mehrill4 cl,. g. Beppo Mr. Knight's be. g. Infidel Three others started, wit. Mr. Wrighes h. g. Pickle, Major itlayeadish's b. g. Doubtful, and Mr.Tyrwhitt Jooes's gr. g. What's kis Name. A Match for 50 guinem—Half a Mile. Captain d'Este's b. g. Allan nide. beat Mr. Ellia's br. m. Fidget —A good race. A Handicap Sweepstakes of in guineas emit, for bones of all ages—Mile heats. Mr. Tyrwhill Jones's hr. ou. Queen Mil) 1 1 %Vuu easy.—four others started hat were not placed. A 3latch fur b 0 guinear—Halt a Mile. Mr. Knight's br. E. Infidel, beat Mr. Tyrwhitt Jones's ch. R. Win if He Can.—This was au excellent race; they dis puted every inch with each tither, and the ' er had nut half a neck tit ware. Thursday the Duke of YURIL went to Windso►. Oii Saturday evening his Royal Highness arrived in town front %Vind,or. The terms Vune. Tempest, &c. denote something changeable. A certain amatory change, however, has come iu good time. It is better before than qfter. Viscount CaseLeattinn left town on Saturday. for his vent at North Cray. Kent. The Chian cet.t.us of the Exciteques, also left lawn s at the same time, for Blackheath. The Aldermen of London repress great surprise at the opposition in Westnnionte to Lomb tit this early season of the year. Atn , •tig the last arrivals at Bath are— The Earl and Countess of Cork, Lord and Lady Climes, Lord • the Countess of Ely, Sir -•••••• •• •—•-- ill sir . worse lu venire 'Kimm el , timi tnrra'eu creil und Colville, Baron ihr custom. Ely, sir ver y consiowruble mown. ihe actual oui u r u ' Worded by 11116 truly gown afpur. jar 71.; ,,, /"I. I •‘." a ilit.iitunis abroad without wily riiterruptiiiii. ! Ike eittioction of the W- Ji t.ruiu s e t . t ,tshre t esentry a J . p o li t „ , sir. J.. 1•• Shiabrwokir Sir W. Waits's" GiwtOrr, cu.timetre it i s t h st, so fr„, sini t! s r :wissiiliiitaiirwigt of the kind upon eiirtli, and platly TI r d projeCtv of i sp-3 wlll s h ort ly be preprint t o Y uper.f Gnu Puukti ; &c. t fUlliti hrvtt OCCAlrlttl, ever pitoutoge c•it • irlrCal 041111 111 carklPirf • RINGS THEATRE. The Opera of La Mui fella Itegeratrice (the In triguing Milliner) was performed for the second time on Saturday night. The music. which is by PALSIELLO. is highly wrought. and extremely brilliant. The principal female part was sustained by Madame lksi.ociat. who gave a descriptive song. wherein !lie enumerates the qualities she expects to find in a husband, with happy effrct. She also sang it bravura, in the second act, with great richness of tune, Mid powerful exetu. titbit. Signor 64 acIA, who is nor or the fit.t tenor singers of the age, supported the clii.f mat character with rtpial success. A new iiitterti“etnent wits isdroiluceil ltet wren the act• of iltr °per.% : It 1146 no plot, but, through the med ofit masque. rade, supposed to he given at the house of ii Noble nt4n, 111 r principal dancers are brought forward in micermtion : BAPTISTE and Mademoiselle Mt ha executed the ,Ilinart Ile la Cou►, and Mod 'itt!lrs Uussii and iitil.l.lX a Cossack Dative in a finished *vie. After the displays of individual skill had terminated, a whole corps was united in one group, iu a manner that was striking and tasteful. TO TUE INIMPEvDENT ELECTORS OF IV RSINI.VSTEft. GstenvisiN—Understatidiaig that Sir Francis Burdett. in his .prerh from the hustiugs, ion Saturday, led, that 1 had canvassed the Electors of Westosiuster, conjointly with Lord William Russell, iii favour of the Honourable Mr. lAmb, I beg leave most distinctly to deny the le oils of the uhservnion alltukd to, from my not having, either pre viously o/f since the coutmeieremesel the. contest, riviested the rote of on individual in favour sit either of the Cando dates; and from not having associated myso if, in the most remote manner, with the portent Elven nn , 1 little expected that my name would have been Obirlll , lrd Ull your 'entice. See [mantis Burdett has lialsolsoottly expressed has regret that Ise WM. 90 grossly imposed upon by the worsens who officiously rave him such information of my inlet ference; and I beg to assure you, that lit Id have considered that I had committed a truss viola! of those iiiolriondent principles which it has beeu the pride of my life to main tain, had I made use of the humble inflotesice which, from my public situation, I might polawss anuses; you, in endea vouring to destroy site fret. plink's., of El et iti o li by ;to at to tempt to prejudice your opinion of either of the.Geut knoll before you. It would be iusulting its me to suppose that, iia the present occasion, or on any other, the Electors of West minster require dictation in the selection of a Candidate for their suffrages. I cannot conclude without sincerely lamenting the dissentious amid disunion; which, at a iiiii nient so truly critical to the welfare of our country, unhappily subsist between the Friends of Freedom and Rebirth. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, obliged humble Servant, MATTHEW WOOD. 77, South Audley.ctreet, Sunday Evening. STOC'KIIOLM. FLISRVARY 4. Lnrd.Strangford, the British Envoy at this Court. has succeeded in negociating a new tarif for duties on exportation ; in virtue of which, the ancien system of Bestrictions is removed, and all article of Swedish produce may be freely exported from thi s country in British as well as in Swedish vesiels, without any limitation as to quan►ity, which was heretofore the cane. The Swedish Government was desirous that these privilege■ should be purchased by reciprocal modifications of the Navigation Act on our part, but we are happy to find that bud Stratigford has successfully resisted all changes of that nature. IVe are now beginning to hope that the British influence here, and the indefatigable ex ertions of our I ite Minister, may produce the adop tion by tl►is Government of more liberal principles iu matters of commerce ; which would be equally beneficial to itself, and to the fair and honourable trader. Saturday the Archduke MAXIMILIAN attended a grand field-day of the 2d regimeiet of Life Guards, commended by Colonel DANCE, in the Five Fields, Chelsea. We understand that, in addition to the bills of indictment previously found against Mr. WuOT TESLEY and Mr. DYNEECY, two of the Commis ))))) ers, M►. CARTER, the Solicitor, and John BJEEING. the Messenger to the Commissioners in the bankruptcy of BoucE, Baow is, and Scorr, fur wilful and corrupt perjury, on affidavits sworn by them, to induce the Loup CHANCELLOR to commit Mr. BRUCE to prison for contempt of the authority of the Comtpissioners, another bill of indictment against the third Commis►ioner, the Honourable CHAet.Es gitrAN LAW, was on Satur day presented to the Grand Jury at Clerkenwell, and by them found and returned—" A True Bill ;" and that the following letter has been addressed by Mr. BRUCE'S Solicitor, to each of the Commis.. sinners, and their Solicitor " SIR—I take the earliest opportunity to inform you, that an indictment for wilful and corrupt perjury was prelerre.t against you by Alexander /truce, Esq to the Grand Jury of the county of Middlesex, this morning, and they hare te turned the same A Trite Bill.' It is the wish both of the Prosecutor (my client), and myself, to put you to as little inconvenience u possible, ao that the ends of justice be an swered. You will, therefore, excuse nee recommeuiling you to put in prom/ bail immediately, to answer thesaid indict. menu, and inform inn of the bail, to avoid any rupleasant immures. " I remain, sec. (wiped) PARTINGTON. " 22, Carsitur-stred, Ckaarery-lane." Mr. Htt.Tow, junior's painting of the Rope of Europa, done for Sir J. B. LEIckasTER, lias added considerably to his former :ugh reputation s litu amid. We hear that W. Esq. M.P. is in a Nit way of recovery from his revere accident in hunting. Ile came down stain, for the Ow time since on Tuesday. On Sunday seinnight a giantess, lately exhibited in a caravan upon the Coale Ditcher at Norwich, eloped Irani that place teeth the beef-cater employed as bawler to the show. On the evening oi the 6th inst. as the Earl of ILcittrun's game-keeper at Redlynch, wus set tiiiK a spring-gun, Ile accidentally trod upou the wire, when the grin went off, and its contents lodi,eed in Ins body : lie died the stem morning. Four lisflures were made wake op &sturdily in• the comturrend world; two of thew hove happened W houses closely connected with each other in law operations of trade, and are therefore to be traced to an itiilividual source; the others ore in dis►inct departments of business. The houses urn riot of the first rauk, neither are their deficiencies to very considaruble amount- In the actual este of