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!*ICES OF BRITISH Bank Stock per Celli Reduced, per Cent. t:ima. 33i I j alb pet Cent. e g pet Cept. Xer 4 per Cent. 101 l f h og Annuities, Imperial 3 per Cents. Bank tur Account t'ana for Aet. j 4 Imlia Mock iTOCKS YESTERDAY. India Bonds, 82 BO pr. India for Account, South Sea Stock, South Sea Oki Annuities South Sea New Annuities 6‘. Hills. 1,0001. Al 48 50 pr. Ditto, 5001. 51 48 50 pr. Ditm, Small, 51 48 511 pr. Indorsed ditto Lottery Tickets, 211. Ils. X 1.111.5. I 1...5. AitRIVED-3 II aniburgh and I French. Dv a•.-2 Outtenburgh. gtti Pre%O. THEA 7 RE ROYAL, COVENT-I:ARDEN. COllllllllllllOll UP SATITS ?Aimee. This Keelung. YRID.AI, March 111. A GRAND PEItpoRMANCE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN MUSIC. reins INN DIROITION UP MR. INUCHAA. PART t. A SELECTION of SACRED MUSIC, in which RU the Moiety& Singers sill perform. By particular desire, and nw the la Rraloun. st tune thi, Season, Luther's 11)1110, Mr. Between the first and rennid Parts A new Concerto. Flute. SR. Nicholson: Duet, frit. Salmon and Miss steplicits, " Sweet Echo." VIIRT 11. Wee the second time In this tmuntryi In consequence of the gnat appiluse with whieb It was received on Wednesday Meat. The S ti'llF.D ORATORIO, entitled JERI. sALEM DELIVERED. translated from the German ; the Musk by the Abbe Stadler, Metro+ oi Mule to the Emperor of Austria. Between the seemid and third Parts, Fantasia, Horn, Mr. HMI; Duet, Mrs. Salmon end Mr. *. perdona." PART 111. A GRAND MISCELLANEOUS ACT. In which all the Pieces that were rapturously encored on Wednesday lest will he repeated. Performers—Mrs. Salmon, Miss s Mice Paton, Miss M. Tree, Miss Goodall, Mow Vetoes, and Miss le let Mr. Brabant, Mr. WWl°, Mr. Sinclair, Mr. leellarm, Mr. T. Welsh. Mr. T. Cooke, Mr. Dawes, mid Master lonshurst. The Grand Performance on Wednesday the 14th, will take place at the Theatre Royal, Lirury-Lann NEW THEATRE ROTA!., DRURY-LANE. To-niorruwAvennot, sATURDAV, March ti), will be performed THK MERRY 1111 ES OF WINDSon. Fenton, Yr. anthem; ?sir John FOAMY, 11r. Dorton. Wm Ford, Uwe Stephan,: Mr* Pm*, Ideritime Yantis. After which, SPANISH ti kLLANTS. To conclude with the Farce of DULLING NO 111.1110111. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDE.V. Tu-morrow keening, SATURDAY. Math 20 , will be performed 1.111 DP: SHALL HAVE A FALL. Cuuut Aentuen, Mr. N. nuren; Stefano, Mr. b4erton; Loreusu, Mr. Cooper ; 0 1 orreutu. Mr. Juin*. %Wilms, Mum; ratuu. Tu euuclude with the upers ut CLAM. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. MR. MATPENS AT HOME! On THURsDAN, Waren 23, 1W 4, WHIM Ids ANNUAL LecrumL un PECULIARITIES. CHARACTER, *lll MANNERS; Its A an en IPtirely new Lastertainineut, entltled TR To AMERICA. The Box OElee I. open (roil Ten ml Four Daily. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. Un Wednesdays mei Ft Mays In Lent. LECTURE on ASTRONOMY ENS and and he EARTHN the PHEOMENA of the lILAV of t. The Leeson to bedellvered by Mr. Bartley, THIS EVENING. To besln at Seven; and conclude at Ten. Tloltels of . Adumoson fur Emil Lars to be had tall moderate terms at the lac-uillce. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. IT 1111LX111.11011 UV TIM LOUD CIIIMSIMALAIN. _NEDNIESDAI AND PRIDAYS DURING LENT. Mr. 111CLWALL'S ORATORICAL and CRITICAL Le.CTURES un aIIAKAPEARE and the DRAMA. We. This lvetelftrtlDAT. March IP, e URI IV. SUILIMPEARCS and GARRICK'S RICHARD THE THIRD con trasted with that id Modern Drawatiets and .\etun. Deuce open at Seven. Begin at Hall-past Seven precieely. Sewer 46, sialnerlytkod foe 'Ten Tickets. Z. de. PO Ss.. Subscrip tion tor Ten Tickets. IL 45.; (Salary de. Plaerieand.Tlekete to be had of Mr. M..ashighara. at the eou•Odice. tined Teu W Pour. Tease* saw to be had of Mr. Eters. Bed-street; Vt. Wale, Mr Ridgway, Mkpdill ; Mr. Rolderyis, New pitsWeet Renee. Bowdery and herby. awl Mr. Reynold*. °llford- street i Mr. retituiii, Strand; at Boyles Court Guide °Mee. 1. LeICOSTef-11qUIVIVS and of the Lecturer. North Wilton Cuttase. where Privets inerusuone cot us to be Orin. in cease of Impediment, and in the blocutlon ..I the Pulpit. Vac. and Senate. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are compelled to postpone the Second Article on the Report of the Artisans Committee till to-morrow. The DRITISU Puss coomienead publishing yesterday morning at Firs o'clock. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAECH 19, 1821. Lord Liverpool last night, in answer to a question from Lord Grosvenor as to the Intentions of Shoat(-rs respecting the total abolition of slavery, said that the only way to at tain that object was by ameliorating the condition of the slaves, and affording them religious instru:tion. The de sire of Iliuisters, the Noble Lord added, was to can iorth the powers of the negroes, and chew them that peaceful industry was the only sure coarse to the acquirement of free dom, not only for themselves, but for their wives, their chil dren, and their near connections. Lord Liverpool concluded by saying, that if the hopes of Ministers should nut be re alised as to this plan laying a safe foundation for abolition, it would then become the duty of Parliament to interfere. We shall ourselves indeed be deeply disappointed, if the plan for gradual amelioration introduced by Ministers shall ultimately prove abortive. If we look to our own history, and that of civilized Europe, we will sec that all improvement in society, and the situation of the people ge nerally, was slow and progressive. Slavery still exists universally in Russia, where the great majority of the peasants and mechanics are all serfs. In Bohemia and many parts of Poland, the cultivators are still trans ferred with the soil. In this very country, whose name is now proverbial for its freedom, general slavery among cur baxon ancestors long prevailed, and its gradual decline and disappearance were almost imperceptible through successive centuries. In the beginning the Eng glieh peasantry were vendible, as the serfs in Russia and Poland are at this day, and were then termed " villeins in grim." Their poverty was so general that they seldom even hid cottages; but were sheltered in large bodies, in the castles of their despotic masters : at this stage of their servitude they were not attached to the soil. In the next improved period of their condition, marriage became more general amonGst them ; and cottages being atfordid them, for their residence, thoy became, " adscripti glebe.," at tached to the soil, and not removable from it though the .property was transferred to other hands. They even then, however, had no legal title to the cottages they inhabited, OT the patch of ground they tilled for their own subsistence. They worked at the latter, like the present negrues of the • West Indies, only in hours of relaxation from the toil prescribed by their owners. A lengthened interval elapsed before any further improvement took place in their situa tion, or they arrived at the third stage of " villeinage," during which they tilled a proportion of the soil for their own benefit, and paid the rent partly in produce and Pertly by their labour. This was the situation of our peasantry, long Lefore and subsequent to the Norman Conquest. M the state of society gradually im proved, that of the " villeins," or a:rfs of the soil, improved alto. One of the earliest concessions made thou was that of rendering their crirknee admissible in a court of justice, u now proposed in the case of the negroes, under necessary restrictions. It was not until the end of the 13th century, that the " villeins" of Eng land vr,:re allowed to sit in judgment on their fellows, and decLuvil capable of being put on the Inquests of the Hun dred (;hurts, in case of a deficiency of freeholders. As int- Provement and civilization increased in this country, the " villeinage" of former days became only a name— the ex change of commodities throughout the country became mare general—manufactures were brought over by emi grants from Flanders—villages everywhere multiplied with industry —and th e peasants were enabled, from finding a mart fur their surplus produce, to commute their personal service for a small money rent. In this gradual way, the emancipation of the " villeins" of England was accom- Plisbed b the increase of improvement and civilization , sided by the joint interests of the master and his serf, and not by any legislative enactments; for the laws relating to villeinage remain on the Statute Book unrepealed to this (lay. The great change produced consis ed, in fact, not in any for mal grant of rights, so much as in paying the peament for his labour by wages, and not by mere maintenance. The pro grt ss to freedom of the lower orders through the Netherlands, France, and Italy, has been almost the same. The negroes through the Northern States of America have been emanci pated much in the same manner. These few historical facts may be fairly applied to the present condition of the ne gra... through the West Indies. They may gradually be brought to exchange their labour, not for a maintenance, but for rent and wages, and rise to the rank of free labourers, gaining imperceptibly a beneficial interest in the soil. As the advantages of education and religious instruc tion are more generally diffused amongst them, their owners I will find it the best and wisest courec to relinquish their pro perty in the negro 's person, and pay for his labour by wages, and not by maintenance. Several of the planters, we I know, look to such a consummation, as the probable result of the improved condition of the negroes under the new , system. The dissemination of Christian principles and instruction amongst them must be attended with human izing effects, and will fit the mind of the negro for the duties of a husband and parent. Among the females of that race even now, in the midst of ignorance and the worst examples, many of them betray the strongest , solicitude to adhere to a single attachment. Religious instruction will also he mu.t useful in extinguish ing the pernicious influence of the Obeah men and women, who act with such superstitious terror on the minils of the unhappy negroes. No system for ameliorating the condition of the African population in the West Indies can be safe or effective on any other foundation than those of religious instruction and educa tion. The improvement of the moral and religious cha racter of the negroes is the first effectual step in fitting them to receive the important benefits now prospectively held out to them : without both twore can be no safety to the proprietors, or lasting benefits to the negroes themselves. Slavery, we are persuaded, cannot be made perpetual in the West Indies, and the only question now is, whether the eight hundred thousand negroes, resident through the Bri tish West Indies, and their descendants, shall gradually be transformed into free and peaceful labourers, industrious and contented with their lot ; or whether discontent and insurrection shall sweep these islands like a hurricane, bring ing a train of horrors, and an incalculable loss of lives and valuable property with them. We think the system now proposed by Ministers calculated to arrest the latter dread ful results; and once put in general practice, its conse quences will be, we are sure, most beneficial. Lord John Russell, at the close of a lengthened *Web. in which we thought be did not treat the affairs of Spain with that knowledge and discrimination that mark the highly cultivated mind of this distinguished young Noble man on other occasions, brought forward last night his motion for " Copies of all Communications made by this Government to that of France respecting the evacuation of I Spain by the French troops." Mr. Canning's speech, in reply, was one of the happiest efforts of his eloquence. His allusions to the chivalrous crusade of Sir Robert Wil son (whom the Right lion. Secretary, with the urbanity that distinguishes him in debate, called all through his lion. Friend), and to the warlike expedition of Lord Nugent to the shores of Spain, and the formidable panoply prepared by him for his Iberian battles, were in the best style of playful " badinage," and called down irresistible laughter. ll'e are afraid, that from the first moment Lord Nugent's campaign had something Quixotic about it. The blowing up the French vessels in the bay of Cadiz savoured strongly of the La Mancha Knight ; and we fancy the veteran Valdez, then in com mand at Cadiz, thought so too, and in consequence re strained the Noble Lord from risking his valuable person with a single boat and a " catamaran," to " sink, burn, and destroy" a whole fleet. Such a plan certainly was strongly in the style of the valorous " Bobadil," who pro claims annihilation to an entire army of 20,000 men, in a few successive encounters, by his single rapier. We do not think, however, of impeaching, for a single moment, the high spirit and character of Lord Nugent ; both are un questioned ; and his motives, when he engaged in the de fence of Spanish liberty, were, we are sure, most honour able and disinterested. Sir Robert Wilson's generous de votion of his services to Spain, in her hour of trial, were of a different cast, though at Corunna, and in his unfortu nate treaty with the renegade Morillo, he committed, we fear, some unhappy errors; but be possessed high mi litary character and experience. He had fought on the soil of Spain before, and with equal gallantry and success; and had the Spaniards rallied to the combat for their independence as was expected, Sir Robert IVilson's devotion to their cause must have been most valuable. Air. Canning, in the course of his brilliant address, stated, that at the period a neutrality was promised by this country between France and Spain, three express stipulations were made: the first, that no attempt should he made on Portugal, the ancient ally of this country, whom we were bound by treaty to defend; the second, thkt South America should not be interfered with ; and the third, that no permanent military occupation should be taken by France of Spain. Portugal (the Right Honour able S.cretary added) had not been attacked; South Ame rica was not hit rft red with ; and the occupation of Spa'n was d. fined by treaty. and would not be permanent. The French troops (he stated) were now the great protection of the remaining friends of liberty in that unhappy country. said the most powerful enemies the fanatics possessed. Lord John Russell's speech last night was desultory and ineffective, and did not appear to carry any impression with the House. There is no man of any principle or inde pendence who must not regard the attack made by France on Spain as most atrocious ; it was uncalled for in every way, anti brought a host of horrors in its train ; but it would have been madness for this country to have rushed into a war for the mere preservation of a Constitution full of deft'ets and visionary errors, and to which a large party of the Spaniards themselves were hostilely opposed. Every thing now chews that Ministers acted wisely, and that in preserving peace they took that line of policy beat suited to the character anti interests of the country. The debate which sprung up on the discussion was a most animated one ; at the close, Mr. Lyttleton's amendment, which will be found in our columns, was carried with the coincident of a vast majority. WINDSOR, Till'itZAV, NIARcn itl.—The King rode out this morning in his phaeton, for some time, in the rides in Windsor Cr( at Park. _ His Niaje‘ty, we anderwantl, will arrive at Calton Pa lace, from IVilidsor, this day, to receive the Recorder's Report. The Duke of York, the Princess Atemsta, Lord St. Helena, and Lord Palmenton, are expected to dine with the King this afternoon at the Castle. Prince Leopold honoured Sir George Talbot with his company, on Wednesday night. Yesterday aftenioon, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council I was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-strevt. agree able to summons, which was attended by the Earl of Bar rowby, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Westmorland, Mr. I'ecl, Mr. Canning, Farl Bathurst, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Bexley, Mr. Bushmen, and Mr. Wynn. The Council sat in de kberation till half-past four. Viscount Melville continues indisposed. ‘Vednesilay the Cabinet Ministers dined with the Earl of Liverpool. Messrs. Bailey, Goldsmid, and Oxenford, have issued prospestuses ter a new Brazil Lean. OrENHAGEN, Matti' 6.—Mr. Browne, Secretary to the English Legation her:, hut arrived from London. We have seen an extract of a private letter written by an officer on hoard the Windsor Castle, when that vessel was mak ing the land of China, on the Slat October, which states the writer's belief that the misunderstanding with the Chines: had been adjasta.!. This letter was gin= to a ship met at sea. FASHIOYABLE INTELLIGEVCI. I , The Marquis of Lansdown entertained a distinguished party ti dinner yesterday, at Lansdown House, Berkeley-spume. Lord Healey had a dinner party yesterday at his house in Great George -street, Watminmer. Mrs. Stewart Nicolson had a musical party yesterday evening, at her house in Portland-place, which was very fashionably at tended. _ _ . Emily, Marchioness of Londonderry, wi:l give another rout oil Monday neat, and intends having a rand dinner party on the 6th Aril. Toe Marquis of Camden will have a grand dinner party to morrow, at his house in Arlingtuo.street. The Earl and Countess of Rosebeery will entertain Lord and Lady King and a large party at dinner this day, at their house in Piccadilly. Lady Hyde Parker has issued cards of invitation for a dinner part/ on the 29th inst. at her house in Great Cumberland-place. 'I he Hon. Mr. and Ales..lgav Ellis will have a rand dinner and evening party on Monday next, at their house in Spring.gardens. W. ()rd, Esq. M.P. lies issued cards of ii.citakion fur a dinner party on Sunday, at his house in Ilerkeley.!quarc. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford arrived yesterday at their house in St. James's.square, front their seat, R obum Abbey. The Duke of Norfolk has left town fur his seat, Arundel Castle. Sussex. The Earl and Countess of Oarsman, Lord Porcheater, and Lady Herbert, have arrived in town from Brighton. Lord Prudhoe arrived on Wednesday, at Grillon's Hotel, Albe. marle.street, from his seat, Stainwiek. near Richmond, Yorkshire. Mr. Greville and the Countess of Masunield and family have arrived at their house in Lower Brook.street, from their seat, Richmond Park. Lady Caroline Lamb left town yesterday, for her seat, Bracket Hall. John Smith, Esq. M. P. and family have rernovrd front New. street, Spring Gardena, to their new residence in tirosvenoe.square. John Jones, Esq. arrived yesterday at the St. Petersburgh Hotel, Dover-street, from his seat in Wales. Departures front Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook.street t—Lord and Lady Mandeville, foe Kiinbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, fur Canterbury; Sir William Napier, Bart. for Scotland ; Digby, Esq. foe Ireland. Departures front Blake's Hotel, Jertnyn.street:—Captain &mitt, for Scotland; the Earl of Oosfort, foe his seat in Suffolk; and J. W. Stewart, Esq. for his seat in Berks. BANK OP • ENGLAND, Toulon AT, MA act, IS. A very crowded meeting assembled by twelve o'clock, when the dovtxxoa lusted that the Diveston eecommentled that a dividatd of four per cent. interest and profits be made toe the half year ending the Sth of April next. Mr. CIUNDRY, after some previous statements, moved an amendment, that the dividend be dye per cent. In answer to a question by Mr. Vou ma. The CHAIRMAN said, that the Court bed determined to not more than 2,600,05 W. on mortgage. in sums not lens shah 10,0001.; and not more than 300,11UW. at four per cent., power to repay upon notice, in sums of SOK There wee question of the reduction of discount at present before the Court of Directors. Ile believed there had been no increase of issues within the last two years. The present bank-notes issued amounted to between eighteen and nineteen millions. Upon a show of hands, the original motion of a dividend of four per cent. was carried by a groat majority. Mr. Dv %DRY rote naticerofa ballot on his Amendment. Some other Motions of Course. were nett carried, and the Court was dissolved. STAFFORDSHIRE LENT ASSIZES. Before Mr. Justice PARK. EXTRAORDINARY CASE. MATHEWS r. KNIGHT. Mr. Castrawt.t. stated the case to the Jury on the part of thi plaintiff, beiug an action breught by him, a poor working man, by trade a joiner, Ike., against Edward Knight, M.D. late Mayor, and ' preseat Jastiee and Alderman of the Borough of Stifird, to re. cover the sum of 21 ds. ed. fur work and labour done by the plain. tiff for the said defendant, and materials found &c. The particu lars of this most important and extraordinary case—as important it truly is to the public, in givieg another instance to them of the discharge of Magisterial daties by the County Magistrates— will appear by the evidence. Mr. M'sa. Orattage, a timber-merchant, residing at Stafford (an a decree witness) proved that the plaintiff purchased some timber from him, with which be did the work and repairs for the defend. ant Knight, which constituted the demand for which the action was brought; that the defendant came to him respecting the plaintiff having had this timber from him. and per:added hint to fetehia War rant against the pluintir far stsladliog hint (the witness) out of the timber.—LThe witness hesitated and behaved most equivocally in this part of his evidence, evidently wishing to conceal it ; and it was not until the intiot d eclared, if he did not state the whole facts, he would instantly commit him for gross prevarication, that the facts could be &taloa from Mina The beamed JITIME here su4ested to Mr. Russell as to the propriety of his allowing the cau4 to proceed, for the sake of his client and the harm of the Town Clerk, &c. and throwing out an intention to make some obsematbas theredel if the cause went on; but Mr. Rosati., under the drzetisto of his employer, the Town Clerk, Mid he was advised toga on, i 0 prove the plaintirs daossstd to be under 41is. The witness then proceeded, ant roe* that to mempsetwe of such permission, he went with Me defendant to tae Town Clerk's office, and wait a deposiiiinLaktotoage down by the To** Creek, and was swots thereto by r.Jisttae*Tuntoek (one of the other Justices present on that occasion); that tke defaidant knight took swan the warrant from the Town Clerk's, and delivered if to the con;tabk.—fThe witness hesitated much in giving this part of his evidence, when Mr. Castrisima. very impressively observed, "Come, sir, you are not in the Mayor's office now ; you are before one of the Judges of the bind, who will take we that justice is duly administered."]—That he went again to the Town Clerk's and met the plaintiff with the eonstabk, the defendant rtt e At, the Town Clerk, &c., there; that the defendant said the plaintiff' claimed upwards of 71., but he (the defendant) woukl giro him M., and no nwre ; that the plaintiff at first refused this, saying Ise had a Large family, and eawld not 4dlbrd it ; that the Magistrate then told him, if he did not take the M. he :maid commit hiss to gaol upon the warrant so obtained on de application of Graftage, at the instance of knight ; and in consequence the (poor) plaintiff vas obliged to accept the 5.1. in satiefiction of his claim, and out of which he Veil en. for visitant, die. t that Ml6', this transaction the witness gave the plaintiff 3a, being the usual allowance for die. count in the trade • and that previous to his (the witness) fetching the warrant for the plaintiff, as before mentioned, he made oat d hi/I of parcels to the plaintiff; charging him as his debtor for this timber.-11 be witness here hesitated very much, and would not say for some time whether the bill was delivered to the plaintiff bee or oilier the transaction; and it was not until after the JUDGE had pointed out the impossibility of it being delivered after ke had token the ;Achill" tip for swindling him out of the timber, and threatened to deal with him in a summary way, that he admit ted the bill was made out to the plaintiff' before the issuing of the said warning Mr. }twist 1.1. immediately rose, std said be must submit to a verdict against his client; and espremed a hope that his Lordship would nut attach any blame of the ease to him to which his Lord. ship immediately replied," Not h'y any means, as lie had only acted professionally from the Instructions he had received." The reamed JUDGE, after directing the witness not to leave the Court, as he had not mad! up his mind respecins him, then directed the Jury to find their verdict for the plaintiff for the amount sought to be recovered by him, via. the ditrereacc of the 51. which the defendant imposed span the phriatif to accept, and the real amount of his account, viz. 21. cis. ow. The Learned JUDGE then addressed the Court and Jury (amongst the former sat the defendant, by the side of his attorney, the Town Clerk of Stafford), and declared, that as one of the Judges of the land, he felt it his duty to make some animadvemions on the case, notwithstanding the verdict that had been passed ; for that never in the whole course of his expertence at Westminster' ' Hall or elsewhere , both as Counsel and since he h ad the honour of sitting as Judge, which was upwards of thirty years. slid he ever recollect a case of such a nature as the present. Never did he remember the fat fictions of Magistracy so disgrarefally abased and remicred subservient to improper practiees, notwithstanding the sacred oath taken on entering in the office of a Magistrate, to hapirtially administer justice. And how the ;vicars: could mon 61e It to his conscience and his God, fluttering himself to be pee -1 ',laded to take the awful responsibilty of an oath against a man, for r.rita/heg him oat if the timber, when he had himself proved that day that hr had purchased it from him—that he had made him oat a bill of parcels, charging him as a debtor for the same timber, and actually allowed hint the usual tradesuuttes diger - m.l on papal:art— ' he was ate loss to &cover; and expressed an opinion that the witness had committed gross petits'''. And as to the defendant, • who hod bee n proved to hove so higi :cad respeetalk an Viler I as he had within the borough of Sbcycrd, and a member also of a most honotrrable profession, for which he had the greatest respect— sane part of his own family being medical men—he was most sorry ' and surprised to see him capable of such conduct ; and concluded I with coneeyinLa most impressive reprimand. A treaty, concluded between this country and the Netherlands, regulating some territorial arrangements in the East' Indies. mutually beneficial in a commercial point of view, was signed on Tuesday. with the accustomed lomialities, atjthe Fo reign Office. The recent mission of 11. Foleie to this country was for the purpose, we believe, of conducting the above no_ I guciation. l'Ent , --A vessel arrived in the Clyde brings letters from Lima of the 4th of December, by which it appears that Bolivar, wno had been compelled to march against Rita Aguero, the in.l dependent chieftain, who had broken his connexion with the Peru., van Government, had been completely succe.sful. Rica Aguero, and his principal officers, were taken prisoners, and this intestine difference, which operated as a diversion in favour of the Royalists was completely !settled. Bolivar was returning to Lima, and would be able soon to commence operations against the Royalists. TII t A imE at !I F. S-1 ntelligcnee was yesterday received from CarMagena. dated Feb. 24. Two merchant vessels, bound to Trieste, have been se v into that port by British vessels of war, the Corkin of which stated there was great danger from the Algerine cruisers if they proceeded on their voyage. :seven English vssaels were in the port, waiting convoy. Vie regret to state that a re port has b..en current, that some Algetine cruisers have landed nut. in Catriuria, and have committed great excesses. INDIA. Madras Papers have come to hantl to the lith of Wis her, from which we extract the following articles :- 1 From the Medlar Coaritr of Oct. 17.1 Oor accounts from Singapore state, that land was considered of , so little value there, that every person was at liberty to take as much as they liked. The population of Singapore was increasing very fast, and free traders were flocking in great numbers to that settlement. European gbods were plentiful and cheap, bat pro. duce bail risen considerably. Tin was 23 dollars per bankul, and opium was very high, on account of little being in the market. [Frain the Paper of the OVILEVCIPOPE, SEPT. R. Yesterday a sudden inundation took place in that pan of thli district, through which the Kuwannah River nins. The flood, in three hours, swept away two hundred villages, and a sad 'mortality elks amongst us. Grain has risen very big!, ; iu fact, it is scarcely to be met with. CALCUTTA, SW.I.T. 20. We learn that the cholera mnrbu* is raging in several pats °II India with great virulence. Our letters front the Upper Provinces state, that a deluge of rain has caused the rivers to ovrillow, by which many hundred villages have been satin away, and property to a great eatent le•L AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. The following is the clause of the Bill note before Park Bement, for " the more efft.ctual suppression of the African Slave Trade," which declares the dealing in Slpves on the high seas to be piracy : • Whereas, it is expedient to make further provision for the I 1 suppression of the African slave trade, by enacting, that persons committing the offences hereinafter specified, shall be deemed and adjudged to be guilty of piracy ; " Ile it therefore enacted by the King's Most Errant jesty, by and pith the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Teluporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled. and by the authority of the sante, that if any subject or subjects of', his Majesty, or an person or persons residing or being any , of the dominions, settlements, factories, or territories, bow or ' hereafter belonging to his Majesty, or being in his Majesty's occu pation or possession, or under the government of the United Com pany of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies, shall, except in such cases as are in and by the laws now in force per. twitted, after the , upon the high seas, or in any haven, river, creek or place, where the admiral has jurisdiction, ktiowingly and wilfully tarry away, convey, or remove, or aid or assist in carrying away, conveying, or removing, any person or per sons as a slave or slaves, or fer the purpose of his, her, or their being imported or brought as a slave or slaves into any island, colony, country, territory, or plan whatsoever, or fur the purpose of his, her, or their being sold, transferred, used, or delft with as a slam or slaves; or shall, after the said , except is such cases as are in and by the laws now in force permitted, upon the high sou, or within the jurisdiction aforesaid, knowingly and wilfully ship, embark, receive, detain, or confine, or assist in ship. ling, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining, on board any vessel, or boat, any person or persons, for the purpose of his , Sher, or their, being earned away, conveyed, or removed as a slave or slaves, or for the purpose of his. her, or their being imported or brought as a slave or slaves into any island, colony, country, terri tory, or place whatsoever, or for the purpose of his, her, or their being mold, transferred, used, or dealt tkith as a slave or slaves, then_, and beery such case, the person or persons so offending -shalrbe deemed and adjudged guilty of piracy, felony, and rob bevy jo a s i:d et bisi li tg d‘ corivlct s ed , an thytg l f i . t , tte sr u suffer and p i rates, felons, and rob ben upon the seas ought to suffer." DRURY-LANE THEATRE. After the play of Mucked& last night, a new ballet, called Spanie4 Gallants, was performed, and to speak at once OUT judgment, we will say, well and moat pleasingly perform ed. The awry is a simple one. Frabririo and Vaccutio (Mr. Oscar Byrne and Mr. Noble), two Spanish gentlemen, are in love, 'the one with Censtantia (Mrs. 0. Byrne). the other with LIIIIIIII (Mrs. Noble). Seignior Don Pompeii() (Mr. Blanchard), an old ' doting lover, is discovered by these gallants to be serenading at Constantia's window ; they interrupt his holy worship at the shrine of bandy, and by way of scheme, insist upon his giving the same love-inspiring strain beneath the window of Laura. He afterwards writes to - the Tattier of Gong intim', propotarg maa:lc; the letter is banded loth* lady, who soon has an oporatuolty 'tig it to Fran as widch they concert with Valenti* Laura, to play a trick upon the old Don: they copy the latter and address it to Pan, the father of Loma, and thus involve the old po dding* in a dilemma, and the fathers too. The latter prepare wt. cordisally for the marriages ; sod some pretty dancing occurs here_ The Milt may easily be guessed ; an explanation ensues, and the fathers, as in duty bound, yield to the impulse of the lorcrs.— TM place bad some very fine passages In it, breathing a sentiment purely afectioruite ; and the music, though by nu means original, was well calculated to sustain the Interest of the piece. The house wan crowded to excess, and received the ballet with evident plea sant. - MA G. H. ROBINS'S, ROOMS COVE-Y7-GARDEN. We called in at these rooms last Might, to look at the splendid furniture, &e. which Mr. Robins is exhibiting to Mlle inspectors, previously to a sale, and we certainly derived a most uireaggeted treat. The paintings alone were a su ff icient gratlielition r we noticed some few originals amongst then), and particularly one of Lemparello's, which attracted the attention of • most nwpacsabls sad anans company.— 2:146- itriaitva• is truly superbt a very varied ..tion of curiously wrought vases were much admired, and the superb chased and computed gold l and silver plate excited the rulintration of the tympany, by the highly finished manner in which they were executed. The curiosities were not numerous. but very select and iwnique. There are a great number of French time-pteces, and sideboards with marble tablets, and others most admirably ornamented with I Inlaid work of brass and steel. We observed our or two very fine geological specimens, and a collection of curiously manufactured china, which formed a prominent feature in this choice assemblage °fart, and was much and deservedly admired. We regret our in ability to enter more 'descriptively into the various objects ex hibited, which the want of apses alone prevents as from doing. SHIPPING INTE bLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MARLS 18. INTERED INWARDS. Luaitania, Lane= (Buckles, broker), from Van Dieman's Lana. Prhseess of Wales, Gibbs (Spier, N, from Calais. Three Sisters, Frost (Symonds), from Rotterdam. Duke of York, Finlayson (Burnett), Iron , SL Dlichul's. Agnes, Stewart (3lruzetti), Irons Lisbon. Female, Chapman (itentley), Charente. Active, Whitnall (Redhead). from Dunkirk. Prince of Waterloo, Page, (Drinkald), from Ostend. =Cover (Leake), from Oporto. h, Wickham (Cheap), Berbice. MANera 17. ENTZIED OUTWARDS.,—ThE FISTS, for Cubs t Florida. for Malts ; Tre Vssiner, for Elsineur ; Hugh Johnson, for St. John's ; Fairlie, for Madras; Gond Intent, for Cape Breton; and Agin court, foe Haniburgh. CLISARING OUTWARDS.—The William, for Dominica; Cal. thorpe, for Elsiaeur ; Alexander, for Quebec ; and Frier, for Stettin. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. FALMOUTH MARCH 16.—Sailed the Bee, Wilson and Me ridian, Salisbu ry, for London. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH I7.—Arrived the Rawlins, Rigoiadeo g and Killingbeck, Smith, from the Downs. Put back, the Cam den, and remains, with the Exeter, Thetis, Larkins Ihwn, Ladles, Sarah, Spanish Patriot, Richardson, and Killinibeck. DEAL, Maack! 17.--Sailed the Old Maid, for Sierra Leone ; Cessnock, fur Dontilica ; Osprey, Bishop, for Boston ; and Hottentot, Sinclair, for the Cape of Good Hope. Arrived his Majesty's ship Gloucester, from Ilavannah, last from Purtsmou . b. GRAVESEND, MARCH 17.—Arrived the Duke of York, Fin. layson, from St. Michael's ; Lady Mackworth, Capes, from Hon. duns ; Oporto, Covey, from Oporto ; Elizabeth, Wickham, from . Berbice ; Halley, from Cadiz ; Norfolk, Grig fromßen gal. Sailed the Burdon, Pearson, for St. John's ' N.ll'. ; Lanark, West, foe the Isle of France; Wilhelmina, Schultz, for the Baltic; Albinia, Shadforth, for Demerara; Lady Combermere, Sandford, for Trinidad; Catherine, M'lnto.h, for Madeira ; Bell, Waters, for Rio Janeim. LIVERFOOL, MARCH 15.—Arrived the William Wise, Winder, from Demerara ; Thomas Fowler • David Shaw ; and Adeline. Martin, from Savannah; Ann, Re nd, from Charleston : and Thorn, —, front Demerara. MARCH 16.—Arrived the Frederick, flume, from Wellington ; and Diana, 1111• Lean. from St John's, New Brunswick. WHITEM•VEN, MARCH 16.—Front part of a mast and sail cast on shore near Lancaster, fears are entertained for the safety of the Amity, Mackinnon, from Dublin to Lancaster. The Brothers, Graham, which was on shore at Harrington, has been got off with considerable damage. BEAU Isaiah, al 16.--The Matilda, from Jamaica to Liverpool, is on shore at Alaltreath, Carnarvon Bay ; all hands arc safe, and the vassal has taken no harm. CARTHAGENA, FEB. 24.—The Britannia, bound to —, is loaded and ready to mil, but in con.equenee of two vessels tthe Eagle, nom Pernambuco, and the Roseville), bound to Trieste. being ordered in here by a British .loop of war, stating that war was declared by the Algerian against West Britain, it is danger ous putting to sea. There are seven British ships here. The Criterion Paine, front New York, is off listings. The Vigilant, from Nevis ; and the Henry, from Danerara, are suppos.d to be arrived, letters having been received marked by them. The Three Ftrothm, from Boston to Newcastle, toning a leak and wink in Whitby Roads oo Monday. Crew sawed. Th• Chevy Chase, Iluripphy, has put back to Maeaio, leaky. The Portsmouth, Woodman.. WO was abandoned by the crew 4th inst. off the Flemish Mb. The Ocean, Heron, front 'Newcastle to Memel, was driven oo share the 4th inst. near the Scow, but expected to be got off. A letter front Sir John Doyle, of the Royal George stein, vessel. at &arias, dated 7th February, has been received at Lloyd's, wherein be mentions having soM his vessel at that place. The Royal George, we untlersumd, is sold to a committee of Spanish merchants. LONDV CHAN BEk CONAliiirkt A denend Meedhg of the Men:Lents, Dude" Atipailtillni and netters of the City of Londe*, was held yeetindsyeAt that City of London Tat ern, for the purpose of receiving the repenter a Committee, appointed in August lest, to consider the = of establishing a Chamber of C o mmercein the City of The meeting was mott respectably attended Amami:w og the men present *eft, John Smith, Ert. M. P., Pause M.P., and Thome! Wilson, Esq. M.P. At two o'clock, the Rout flied for the elennesseeineet w thd business, Mr. Jchn Smith was, by the general voter, WI WI as the chair. The CHaIItPIAN, having taken hik beet, mldteleed the fib erg to the following erect ig--Oentlemen, at you have dew me the hetL Dour to call me to the chatt the duty devotees upon me to state, that era large Meeting of Merchants, Bankers. and Ttellete, held in this room, it was determined to consider bow he the ameneretal interning of this tnetrepolis would be benefited b$ tier mteldish ment of a Chamber of Commerce, in imitation if whet leMite: tions of a similar nature in variant pent of the easelm A Car mittee was then formed, to take the important wheels hers deration, and I, from my own peraonel obeentedee, eies heat witness tb the Incessant end anxiou s labour, bf MAI gendeMen be longing to that Committee, and penicularly Awe Hal, absence this day, I much ,ear, will be unavAlleililp heAdlebei indisplisitiont The report will be laid on the seMe, r teleethat gentlemen may take it borne with them, and esethhAr the elbject at their leisure. A future day, not Say distant, AB, I tub it fur granted, be appointed, when the Al erdianta NA Medal of that City Of London may have a full opportunity Of dieenotiog that question, and of confirming or rejecting the reminmeelledeee of the report. I feel it my duty to state this psnitolastis WWI Mar: tainly it appears to the gentlemen who advocate the el well es myself, that till the report has been weal ' ally aa it Is obvious that the details will require meek any debate In the prlesent state of the question will,' it AM; say, be superfluous: I can hardly imagine that dlblindediag She be at once prepared to discuss the report,se fully as It Immo as sue its melts requite. I trust, that if 1 have In any empeet enmesh.i ceived the object*, or etisreresented the designs of the Oseneette 4, that I shall be coneetedby the gentlemen who steed we rte. and who have been Active on this occasion. Mr. WOLLASTOL who acted o ettMlirr, •FOS dioh data le raid the following REPORT: " The Committee beg leave is ropoits-That, (Win twin rte: menu to which your Committee have had access, the odvoistagise tb be derived from the estantishinent of a Chamber of Otomoreos iw the City of Londe*, appear to have tamed the atulladel of *Wong of its leading mercantile dm/eters toe some tines plain "In the year lftl private nieettasi were holds it Whitt the =hien conitidersd and discuseed, the es pcsamap of seeing such an institutidil was Unanimously admit teN mil did FM/party of convening a general meeting Of merthantS, banhoess and others, at moo contenient period, for the putpate ll = the object into effect, was determined open. " Front a variety of circumstances, onus of Ithith Width' hew been influethed by any charge of opinion as to the unpothamey at the measure, the convening of nmeet , .^ hes bow blohniet ',depended ; the delay has nevertheless opersbAtio give niallisaal force to the sentiments which no* so g6enerally preyed, id wain et the forming an association of to s and others, iMoilianid id the trade, manufactures, Oavigation, and ectament of tin awe tool* the objects of which shall be to promote thy thiseases of those ellen *Me *immunity in general, and of the ecummeree of she poet of London in particular. ' "In the expectation that mash useful infbralatido Inlet be acquired from the several Chrtnbers of Commerce, and ocher Men motile Aisocintions already esuiblisbed in the prinelp4 pone end 'manufacturing Districts of the united empire, your lininsmittur applied for and obtained the rules and regulatious by which melt of them ate governed, accompanied by detailed Reports elf their tenective procetengs : from t he moth highly importact and valuable information has been colleted ; and your Committet take the earliest opportunity of expressing their ants of obligation to. wards those gentlemen who have been instrumental la poseurbig it for them, and also to the fespeetive offices of the strand sets blishments In the folloiring place! for the readiness with ithich they hale furnished the desired info rmation, Olas. gow, tireenock, Edinbargh, Newarde, Live/peel, pesareae Marehester, Birmingham, and Plymouth. •• in the consideratio n of the "object your Codunltteli Mtn de. .rived much ormistsnee from the proseldingi detailed in than does. meats ; they furnish conclusive evidence of melt impotent dem: tape having been derived by the cOmmerelal loterosts through the medium of those institutions, sod establish proses beyond contras diction, in support of an mention of the system to ether pent of the United Kingdom, " Your Committee, hi the code* of their Innen/0116m Kind lesson to regret that the merchants and others commend With doe ommerce of the metropolis, impressed as they appear to have Wei etch the importance of the benefits WIN derived frau web am as sociation, should not more sealously and effectivelg hose esereed themselves to secure those advantages to the et? of boades. Am institution eothpriaing id Itself fen tinlon of every dedirlAth me candle interest, possessing a Faded !equations, 01111 Ale trade and mitigation of the empire, and an intimate bileditholgt all that locally concerns the port of Lundell lama MI is lit be. tended with great and ;oculist advantages: " Placed sear the seat of Goverarestn, It woe* IR villkly Ii famish to his Majesty's Ministers .*date mud pfolleall lion on all points csmisseted with the commerce of the 111110., awl to submit, as occasions arise, socb sitggeresse mussy neat lloode improve the regulations, and the municipal and flotai he twee. ing the trade, manufactures, and navigstkst of the Unts4 Kings don ; it may oho pont out inch resumes and bunters sefteme ing to operate injunously upon any branch Misr enneseneu •• In lookiog for a period favourable to the estyttithateet death an institutiod, it would be difficult to find one la whitli misled ornmilareti more to the public advantage that the limm The attention cf the Legislature, and of his bleiesty's Pievaiie w ent, has lately been particularly drawn to the sultiosse gloms niece, trade, and navigation. The defects roue WOK dm system arising out of our code of commercial law has have been clearly demonstrated ; and the invaluable =it Parliamentary Committees on foreign Trade have k 4 masts aunt of laws distinguished by a mote enlarged MA policy, which have thus given • new eharucter and Imposed Om. nide to the ortemtime of the country, as well es in its sielesselie relations with Foreign States. Important advantages Mee OW resulted from the inquiries of the Conmaissioners into the boandsoo of the revenue of the Customs and have Excise , bwhich Riff and new facilities, in the operations of neje, been and remedial measures are in pregrers in rerpest of the bud me lotions by which those branches of the revenue are govonaL Ia the further prosecution of similar objects of great nathilloi he. purtance, such an institution must be of value to the Ofindentainst itself. The Board of Trade, and other of the public depelome. ' would find it advantageous to posses the means, as aseenesseee might require, of resorting to those, who, from their Woo sod experience, would be qualified to afford the best infonnotion, and which being furnished by an associated public body embeedoi iri Loeb**, many interests, would not be exposed to the suipieles of interested or partial motives t but retitle their opinions as veareet, and aid molt yoweifit I in resisting importunities which knee flu their ohjcct undue protection in favour of particular classes, or the I establishing of regulations fee partial purposes, in matters of corn. ohne manufacture, or na vi gation--a system, which has been th. sauna of all those restraints falsely called protections, that up to a r cent period had, by degree, so interwoven itself with our e numercial legislation, as deeply to affect the best intermits of the British Empire. •• The association would likewise afford an easy mode of convey ing to the councils of the nation the deliberate opinion of the great mercantile body upon any . public commercial question which might core under its consideration ; and, if rquireu, furnish inanediate evidence on any particular points to either of the Ranges of Par !lament. hien:hoots, and others desirous:of making representa tions to his Majesty's COVCV.IIII:I3t or to the Boards of Revenue, touching commeiclal matters of Importance, might avail them selves of the practical knowledge so respectable and useful a body would be supposed to possess, and resort to it in the first instance for information and advice . The Chamber might, in many caws, remove misconceptions, satisfy parties by explanation, and thereby render such representations unnecessary I whereas, In cameo in which it might be expedient to memorialise the Doveramen, the applicants might derive the advantage of such suggestions as the Chamber could alford ; and where conflicting pretensions of pee -1 nes, involving commercial questions of a general character, appear dangerous to the public interests, the Chamber might also advantageously lend its assistance to conciliate or reduce those pretensions within just and proper limits. " Your Committee, in the progress of their inquiries, have also availed themselves of such information as they were able at the moment to acquire, touching the Chambers of Commerce in foreign Europe. They find that the establishments in France and Holland are in each country regulated and governed by legislative enact ments; they are also invested with a power of hearing and deter. mining matters in dispute between parties relating to trade and na. sigation, and of undertaking, under certain regulations, reteremos which are confided to sworn arbitrators selected by the Directors or Boards of Management of the respective ChambCrs. " To the advantages which such a regulation presents, en coon. tries in which the parties engaged in any suit, whatever may be i. i ssue , see compelled to pay their own costs, your Committee am in many cases bear testimony : at the same time they ate 'crib,: that a system which unavoidably exposes panics to have their coni :medal differences adjusted by judges, Kama whom frequentle have an indirect interest in the question propounded, and other woo from local connections and prejudices must find it next to irr.- possible to administer justice impartially or with satisfaction to the litigants, is open to serious objection. •• It appeus indited to have been complained of ; and the fact • lines of appeal which exist in those countries, frequently &pro e the sorrowful party of the benefit of the judgment he may hat: obtained. An attempt has been model's some of the British con, torrid! Associatioas to establish a regulation founded upon a si milar principle, with a view to the more speedy and ecommit.il settlement of disputes arising nut of commercial transactions. •• Your Commute cannot but approve of that principle, y.i consider it in pen:tine surrounded by gnat difficulties; and thisy are confirmed in that opinion by the fact, that the measure do, not appear to have been actually brought into practical operatic by any of the institutions before referred to. Some insurance con, panics indeed, lately established in the n.rtropolis, have adopted eeruhatich of the like deer ip:ion in the adjustment of dispute: demands, the entimants being entithd to the option of having them determined by arbitratihn. " The subject however is one of considerable importance, your Committee entertain a confident opinion, that great advance r might be derived from the no hinatioo of referees, miner suita regulations, to whom recourse might be hail, particulcrly in qt, lions involving matters of account and the usages of commie e the subject may therefore usefully occupy the consideration o' propcnil Chamber of Commene ; but it should rather be We, and Narita!! Anita in qi: on*K cats- z: e of 0.8 SS! Ig I L-4 I!