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t were they to refuse proceeding with the election ? \Vas any hope held out that they could esta blish a case which would render it unlit that the borough ;Wulf' be represented until an investiga- lion took place ? No such hope was held out— sold, therefore, the vacancies sii the representation might to be tilled up as P 01111515 possible—vacancies which, in fact, laid been caused, toot by any acts of corruption that were disclosed before the Commit- Ire, but by the circumstance of the numbers on each side being equal. Mr. K. Doutmas said, as a Member of the Committee lie had recommended that they should pass a resolution on the evidence that /tad been laid before them. A resolution (that which caused the present discussion) was submitted to the Commit- Ice, by a Member whose experience in that House entitled his opiiiion to re,pect and consideration. lVhen that resolution was laid before the Commit tee, he felt that a Case was made out, which Imam. rised them to declare, that corruption did exist in this borough, to such an extent as demanded the serious atteution of the [louse of Commons. It appeared that die number of electors in the bo sough of Cionelforil wies confined to ilorre•and- Itcruly ! The would at once perceive, that ;dace like that, the power of corruption, if exercised at all, would be very easily exercised. It appeared on the evidence before the Committee, that corrupt influence, as was stated in the reirolu lion, did exist in the borough, Boni that through it, Nlessibtrs wrre returned to 'wive 111 Parliament. No Irgal evidence was adduced of specific sets of briber); lint it ass mo-t clear that the Members owed their return to an utmost .directly corrupt influence, to which every elector willingly bowed. On the other side, it seemed that money had beeii introduced into the borough, and disseminated amongst the electors, in order to mate an opposit against the Mongers ago were ultimately returned. The Cd+e, 11l tilt' Cunuuitlre, was a strong one—and he concurred in the re-ohition, which was proposed by so Gentleman of greater weight and authority than he possessed. Whet' the ea*e was distinctly h.-fore the Committer, he (lid uut thud( the evi driive wos such as would rouble them to state spe cilic acts of brihety, so as to place there plainly and decidedly before the House. lie felt that a middle coins.. ought to be takeii--aird that the (louse ought to lie left to adopt whatsoever steps 'night set iii 141 -slut the circumstances of the case. Au II"' 1111 l table Nleinlwr of the Committee said, lie hail sign , * it in the propriety of the resolution-- tor, though there was sio legal evidence of particu lar farts, vet it appeared to hini that the Committee we ir ilastilied in stetilig, that gross and scandalous bribery was encouraged in ibis borough. lie was of 1101111111, 1110 it was tut desirable that the six or eigli , -atobtwriity electors of Casnelford should sand Nlenibtr. to that I louse. There was scarcely our of them that dal out seem perfectly willing to ion a livelihood through the medium of the elec tive franchise. _ _ _ Mr. Sr. JOHN MEDWAY wished, as a Member of the ('ommittee, to state Isis reason' for bestow •uppositd she root: lotion. It appeared, that the s ) stein of COlruption in the borough Or Catnelfurd was kepi so wetly within hounds, that not a single stet of biilwry could be specifically 'brought home to the parties, in order to entitle the Committee to call on the House for its interference.—( They had MI nicely prepared their course, and act ed so completely, ,isithin it, that not a case, except that of Is illigle voter, could the Committee lay hold of—and even that was on so unimportant a point, that they thought it hardly worth while to lay it before the Mouse. Ile conceived the minutes ought to he printed—and, if they were, he was sure the House would see, that it required some strong 1111'011TP, on the part of the Committee, and on that of the House itself, to mark to the electors of Canielford, the indignant sense they entertained of their piovetilings, and to warts them ft such a course in future. Mr. S. Routine said, the House would recollect that the retool was mint void on account of corrup tion—hut because ■ greater number of electors did nut vote fur the P e titiorwrs.—(Hear.)—Did ally (4e.eitlemati ever know an instance, where, on au oc cas ttttt of this kind, the House took it on themselves to stay the election ?—( Hear.) Mr. B. WIIDEAHAII said, he knew nothing of the circumstances connected with this borough—but be thought this Special Report had placed the House iir a situation of considerable difficulty. It stated, as the result of the investigatam of this C tee, which hail sat fur near a fortnight, aid made every iiiquiry and investigation, respecting the borough of Came:ford, which-eimmined only 23. electors —s' We casuist Iliad any specific act of bribery proved—if we had discovered such an -act, we would, as in duty bound, Issue reported it—but we, who examined every witness on oath, and could not discover soy such proceeding. seud the case to the House at large, which has not the power of exa mining on oat li."—( Ilear.)—He concurred in what one of the Mu. Nominees under the gallery (Mr. Alacilunald) had said, and hoped the writ would inn be delayed. Mr. MACDONALD Said. SW attempt was made to establish au act of bribery, but the witnesses brought forward to support it, conducted them selves so badly, that they were both taken into cur wily, rod sent to Newgate. Mr. K. DOUGLAS hoped that what appeared be fore the Committee would be communicated to the House, who would then be able to judge why those persons were sent to Newgate. Lord F. Osaows E requested the Special Report to b e pp m read—which having been done, his Lordship, as we understood, declared his ititentiou of votisig for the motion. Mr. F. DoUGLAs said, that, to act on a Report of this nature, founded on mere surmise, would not add to the credit, or to the appearance of so lemony mid certainty, which ought to mark their judicial procetdings. If a case had been made oat in eraidence to support the first part of this resolution, it ought to have been followed by other resolutions of a specific nature. But, if there were not evideoce sufficient to uphold the first part, then thr Report ought not to have been sooJe. It was an entire nullity, unworthy of cc/moderation.— /near. lunar.) The House then divided, when there appeatell Fa the original motion Amrodracut Majority Mr. MANYttut presented •' Petawo from Jolts Evelyn. who had been committed to Netvgate, On ' the 6th inst. for giving false evident•o , before ;be Cainelford Election Coittniittev. 'flye Petitioner stated, that he was confused and alarmed when examined before the Committee. That he had denied, truly, lila having received money for his vote—but did lint think that money which lie had borrowed in the month of June, receding this election, was referred to by the loiestions that had been pot him. He prayed to be liberated, having • wife and four children depending on his personal exertions.—Laid on the table. Mr. MANNING moved— " That John Evelyn be brought forthwith to the Bar, in order to his being reprimanded, and then dischas ged." Mr. V. Moontt wished to know, whether the obstruction occasioned by this nian's false testi mony, was such as prevented the Committee loon going further into the inquiry ? If such were the fact, lie did not think the punishment way suffi cient to answer the ',mitoses of justice. Mr. NIANNING a very low tone of voice, that there mall lie too doubt the Petit ar had given false evidetwe—and the qu estion was, whether they would rooline km for ea fortnight toirger, 'particularly when it was decided that a flew election bliotild take 'dare ? Tut. triOlioll was then tigreeil to. Mr. NIA N KING next presented a Petit/101l 6.0-11 Join' Chapus3ll, nllO had been committed to New. gate for prevarication behere the Caotielfortl Elec tion Committee. The Petitioner expressed his deep regret that my circuonstatoace should have. or.. cured to draw ou lion the displeasure of that !lino. House, most humbly begged version for say tailor or 4•lte..Ce he might li:lvy 11):11111111ril, aliel prayed to he loberated from cooliorintrit.-I.sid oil the table. Mr. MANNING made a motion, similar to that which he proposed in the former case, which was agreed to. Shortly afterwards the two individuals were brought up in the custody of the Serjeant at Arius, and placed at the har. The SPEAKeR reprimanded them 1111 fullness .I,plut Chapman and John Evelyn—You hive been both reported to this House by the Select Committee appointed to try and determine the merit. of the election sent return of Members to serve in the prevent Parliament for the borough of Cineelford, as having Wen goilty of giving false ev,eleisee before sham. You weir by them for this offence e , ,itnnitnot to the custody of the Seijesed at Arms, and from thence you were delivered by this House into Ihr custody of the Keeper of Ins Majesty's gaol of Neergatr. Your humble Pelitious to this House have been since received, its which you both sp. ess your deep regret and contrition at the misc ttttt Inct of which you have been guilly. Much is it to be regretted that the feelings which you now express in your Petitions did not anggesi themselves to you eagle r, and induced you to have aped with something inure of fairness towards your own characters, anal much mole, of proper obedience to the übligatico of 'miring.' oaths. You, Julio Clisionno, plow, the inexperience of your youth, anal your IftlOrallee of the forma of the House, in extenuation of the offelece of which you have been guilty. You, Julio lively,., stale, that your answers which led to your corn tttt 911 originated in your not correctly understanding the nature of the questions iliat were put to you. Neither the one • the other of these excuses is sufficient to some for your misconduct. If, how• ever, your repentance is sincere, your own ft-thugs will be sufficient to impress ii offence. They will remind you of the disgrace and infamy you have brought upon yourselves ; and mark flee blond contrast Isetweeu the lenity of this House and the enormity of your guilt. The recollection of what you have dune will convince you that truth and honesty its your future acts are the only awaits by which the stain you now bear can be re niuveel from yourselves, mud your chaeseters re-established in society. You are now discharged, on the payment of your fees." Oa the motion of Mr. Lustitaitron, the Speaker's reprimand was ordered to be entered on the Journals. Mr. P. 3loottE moved, " That the minutes of evidence taken before the Select Coin 11l l tre ap pointed to try and determine the merits of a Peti tion, complaining of an undue election and return for the borough' of Camelford. be laid before this House." Mr. WitOTTEsLEY hoped the Hun. Mcmlnr would not press the illUilUll 114IW. He was sure the House would not come to a hasty derision on it. The Flout. Member had better give notice of a mu tion on this subject. Mr. P. MooaL said, lie could see lot reason, for withholding the evidence. The Report said, that great corruption existed in the IntrotiKli, but that the Committee could not j'oint out any specific act of bribery. The Howe ought, under these circum stances, to he put in possession of the evidence, it, order that some regulation bight he adopted to put down this corrupt system. • Mr. F. I/out:LAS could see no reason whatever for calling for this evidence. Could they proceed to adopt particular measures with regard to this borough, after they had just decided, by voting fur the issuing of the Speaker's warrant, that tio new measures were necessary ?—/!inks./—After that vote all further proceedings were useless. Mr. H. SUMNER said, if lie had succeeded in the amino* he had made, lie would have !allowed it up with the present—but, as it MU negatived, lee could not see the use of laying the evidence before the House. Ile agreed with the Ilim. Member oppu. site (Mr. Nlacelortald) that amore lame Report was never made to that Hume. It was all entirety new precedent, and a worse lee thought could not have been laid clown. Bin it stated one broad fact, that, " la the borough of Carnelian', practices of the most gross corruption prevailed." Now, lie con tended, when t h e Committee repented that such practices were prevalem, it was the dory of that House to look into theta, and' exercise their own judgment un them. Mr: VERNON said, the Hon. !Weather had quoted the first pert of the Report, and stopped there— whereas lie should have gone on with the Premed The Report stated first, that great corrupt existed—and ‘2,d, that there was no legal evidence' to support a single case of bribery. !low then coed(' the House interkre ? Mr. K. Dort:Las hoped the House would look to the circumstances in which the Committee were placed, whets they made the Report. It wan aslt• ed, " flow cart you make any regulation, when sou curruptsior la proved—aud the two sitting Menthe's, if the bers had been sufficierit, mast have beep returned as dilly elected under the elective fran chise of the borough ?" The fact was, that pro credirigs to a certain extent hail taken place, which ended in strewing, that the elect,,,,, must be void, in consequence of the two tennis' having. equal The question then came to a mutual litigation between the parties, to see to whom the retorts belonged. The Counsel, however, on each side, deelinettyursuing the busiiie!s f.pther, therefore it was that the Cossunitttate came to tilos Report. • Mr. MANNING said, hr never saw • body of Gentlemen apply their minds more intensely to any tiling, than the Committee did, for twelve dais, to the subject hod before them Ityla , llim-r. They were most 31111109 S to do their duty—hut, at the end of that time. they found that the nuni hers were espial, and that there was no chance of deciding in favour of either side. If persons esti'. • g witnesses on oath, could not cosine at all the fcts that House, tint having such a power, would not be able to do it. Mr. P. Moottr. explained. Mr. lIIACDONALD said, there was one cite of bribery attempted to be proved. That solitary ca%e was, whether a farm taken off a hinds, for the same value lie gave for it, and which was proved not to be excessise, was or was not uti act of bribery ? The Gallery was then cleared, but the motion was negatived without a division. GAOL DELIVERY. Mr. ‘VvvrEsla gave ounce that hr would, after the hohclos, asehoot a 'notion to the [foliar, lOr the purpoar of increasing ihe number of g.,01 dehverier in the courste of the year. COAL DUTI ES. Mr. li. SUMNER. gave stance that he would, on the .28th onoaiii, submit o aoint) In the Mayo., for the repeal of certain Aria relative to Dieies on Coal. Lord A. HAMILTON preaented a Petition front certiiii Coal Owneni ill the C y of I,onas k, ttg►ant*t ally alteration in the Coal Dutiev.—Lind OH the table. TRELAWNY'S DIVORCE BILL. lUr. TRN N Ysom moved, " That Or ilonae tlo res"lve own a Committee of the Whole Ilou.r, nu the above Bull." . . . Lard A HAMILTON intimated, that Notices had Thin day the precedence of Order*. The SPEAKER" The Noble Lord wil! oh-erve, that all Divorce lulls are private 811.. Except that they must go throng's a C tee of the whole Donne, they are in eseey other respect. pri vate. It should also be recollected, that, of all other &script of private Hills, the expense on these 16 the largent, hecaune inu.t he iu nt tchdance. Counsel attended enttrilay, and are waiting again to-day." The (louse then resolved itself into the Com mittee. _ _ Alr. 1110650 u appeared as Counsel for Mr. Tre lawny. Mary IVliite stated that she d the copy of the ord.r of the !louse of Commons—and a copy of the 13111. ou Mrs. Tarlawny, at Boulogne. W. Ilaydurt, clerk of the parish of Vorlilmgton, produced the tegister of the marriage of John Tre las et(' with 11.7aroliiie Anderson, in May, 1813. IVi'lrani Clarke stated that lie was present at the Elllarl'lteXe. Peter Carlisle produced the judgment of the Court of King's Bench in the action "Try lawny v. Colman." The damages for the Plaintiff were 500/. 'they had nut been recovered. lie issued several writs agamist Captain Colman, but could not serve thew. lle also produced the sentence of divorce ))))) unifier(' by the Ecclesiastical Coml. Sarah !'rout stated, that Mr. and Nlrti. 'Ere lawny came to her house iu "limo!, in 1815. She knew Captain Colman, who 'wigs(' in the house at the pause timc.—She saw Captain Colman no d Mr.. Trtlowssy in bed together. Chairman of the Commitlee—" That's enough. —1 Langlaier.)—Witiar.o may withdraw." The (louse then resumed—mid the Report was orders(' to be received. COURTS OP JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND._ Lord A. IIAMIETON rube for the purpose of with drawing, for the piebent, his limier of motion Ida. live to references made to any Juil ; :cs or Law Officers of Ilse Croon in Scot laird, with res p ect oily Ileionts of the Conininirionerb on the Courts of Justice, and the au•wrss thereto." Ile knew dna Reports hid been made by the Commibbioiseib sp imitated to exa iii ill e into the biste of Courts of Justice in Scotland, and he believed thrwe Co iiiiii stollen reconsitiendvd a varirty of alteratiiii.s to the rxirtilig Ile uulde,stimoul, from the Learnt ii Lord, that left renceb hail hero made to the Juries reburcting the teconsinroilatssins contaiiwil iu those Reports, sod lie bliould be gb.rl to know what the at:berets were The LOUD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND when the Noble Lord thought fit to utilise his mown the question would be drbateil, and, until thus, he most be silent on the subject. Nutice The LOAD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND grislied to know when the Noble Lord intended to bruit; for wAesl loos 'notion for the opinion of the Logos Officers of the Crown, relative to the Burgh of Aberdeen ? Lifill A. HAMILTON said he could not then fix the laicise period. lie would, after the tame a day, or withdraw the notice altogether. Mr. KENARDY inquired oh the Lord Aolvocate, whether it way intended by his Majesty's Aloinsteos to submit any niotiou to l'atlionsent, founded on the recummentlatioros contained In the Report', of the Corninisconers, to which his Nubile Friend's notice refrrord ? The LOND ADVOCATE. Or SCOTLAND regretit4l that the question wise ;I,IW in the absence nt i n , hlajesty's Nlinisteta, since it was lint in ba power to answer it, ALIEN ACT. Mr. C. H. Fluircutrrsori postponed from the 7th to the 18th of May, the hotter he.hatl given reli 7 live to the Alien Act. lie would now move, with- Out notice, fur certain papers connected with the subject, the production ut which would init, lie be lieved, be opposed. lie throb moved for— " A return of all mynas employed under the Alien Art, In Great Britain and Ireland, at the prraent period, with their saltines; and also, an account of alt wagons pent gout of England and Ireland, under. the said Act, from January 1818 tu January 1819, thstiageisbiug, the number Igg each year." Mr. F. Rom NvoN suggested that the more usual and moms- course war, to give notice of a motion of this kind, to which these might Ire genie objec.. nom thorrAli Ira korw of hoot.. After a few words from Mr. C. ['titan NsoN and Mr. 13811.111GOAM, the loaner gave malice of ilia motion for the first day after the Ivolitia)*. • CRIMINAL LAW. Mr. C. IiAILVLY RlCl4tlited 8 Petition from Mil lord upitist the severity of tint Criminal Law.— Loki ens the table. EXCHANGE. BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. Sir 11. PA RN EL L wive notice that he would, after the holidays, e that a Committee be appointHl to inquire into the state of the exchange between Estglatol and Irrlaiirl. IRISH CHARITABLE GRANTS. Sir If. PARNELL begged to move for certain Recount• from Ireland, respecting the disposal of Charitable Grants in that country. limier the first head of grants of this kind stood that for the use of Proiertant Charter Schools, which amounted to 40,0001. a year. Au opinion, however, prevailed, that if this sum were diverted to a more proper course, a mach more extended and effective tysteu► of education might be made available lir the poorer classes of society in that country. Ile ',pre !wilder! that, ors inquiry, it would he found a nucli larger part of such gruiits was applied to the 'my meit of salarie., and ►o the expense of bitildiags, than was justifiable on charitable occasions. In some cases thr.e sums amounted to one-third of the entire grant. His object in moving for these returns was to my:irate the salary arid budding part of the ex penses front the actual charitable part of the grants, and then consider what steps it might be advisable to take on the subject. lie concluded by moving for— " Returns from Ireland of the amount of all Grants to the Proh•.t:ntl Clisieter-schouls, the I..andhng H oxputml, the Stpeicty for the Education of the Poor, and MIK. Institutions in Ireland ; togriher with the Accounts uf x,dai ies, Pensions, &e. on these Establishments during the last ten years." ;Lir. CII Alt 1,1:44 GRANT :441(1, that the subject had uot escaped she iittriition of the Irish Government. EASTER A DIOUR M ENT . ..... . Mr. itmiiNsusi moved, that the House at its rising tin adjourn mail next 11'elluesalay Air. liaucidifm could not allow this motion to pass ;IN a mutter of comae, without recurring to what had Loren the usual lulu.- of former adjourn ments. An Act (the Bank Restriction) hail been brought in two or three cl i)a ago, of so imperative a nature, that discussion was almost precluded, froth the haste in which that measure was passed ; it was said by Niinifters that it would be nugatory if not invoiegi in one night, yet from the neglect of form of their colleagues elarwhere, three dal.. hail elapsed, though one could hardly be allowed fur discussing the int:mire in that [louse. ROYAL COMMISSION. Mr. Rrnugh.son's speech was interrupted by the arrival of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, who summoned the immediate attendance of the I foliar to the House of Peers, to hear the Royal Coinnii4sion read. 'rite lionise then obeyed the summons, and on their return the SPEAKER informed three. that the Royal Assent had been g.ven to several Bills—(fur whack see Lords' leeport.) BROUGHAM resumed, and said lie would not trouble the House with ally additional observations. Hr merely ittratit to remark on the delay which the Bill had got in its progress, though only one night could he allowed fur its discussion in that Howe. The quemi-o of boljourument on the rising of the ifou.e mail Wednesday week, was then put and trill rlt'd, CHURCH BENEFICF-S IN SCOTLAND. The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND obtained leave on bring in a Bill In prohibit the •ale of any right of Presentations to Church Benefices in Scot land. The Ball was then brought in, and read a first time. QUALIFICATION OF mEmprAts. The third reading of the Qualification of Mem bers' Bill was ptotpotied until Friday, April .3. AGRICULTURAL. PETITIONI Sir E. lin ATCHEU Lt. presented r Petition from certain Oeuvre of Laud to the comas of Kent. pitying Tor protecting duties fur the agricultural tutteret. The Hone Baronet intimated that, in consequence of the expresmon of public dna t•uhject, he meant to ground no ulterior motion upon the Petition.—Liid on the table. NUMBER OF PRISONERS TRIED. On tbe motion of Mr. WvsgestN, in Address io his Royal Highness the Mince ltrgvnt was agreed to, praying for accountant' the number of persons tried at the last Epiphany and Michaelmas Quarter Session. in England and Wales, specifying the number of committals and convictions, as well as of Ihn.e who were discharecd without being prusecuted, or having bills fowl.' against them. ILLICIT DISTILLATION. On the motion of Mr. Cuu•xtstrn, amounts were order ed of tlw number of Infurmeiiuns laid before the Clerk of the Peace in Ireland, P.m the Ist Jannitry, 1816, to Oar Ist April, 1419, fur Illicit Divti ; and also of the number of Fines levied, imposed, and eollected uu Town Lends, specifying the sinuout in retch year. Accounts were el the sane time ordered of the number of Licensed Stills in Scotland, tipteifying their sizes, gross revenue, ice. PROTECTING FRIENDLY SOCIETY BILL. 011 the motion of Mr. Awry Lt., the Protecting Friendly Society Bill W3ll brought in. read a first time, and ordered fur a second reading on the 26ili April. HUSBANDRY 11011 SE DUTIES. Ou the n.otiun or Lord FlutttsGros, accounts were or dered of the Surcharges tot the Huslraudry Horse Duty, 'luting the last year. SILK BOUNTI flu the moti )))) of Blr. Fd.hice, accounts were ordered of the quantity of raw and grown Silk imported and exportial to moil from Great Britain, finin the sth January. 1817, to the Lib Jaiivitry, 1819, ststiing the 11111utilli of bULIUIiCaI paid Upull 11u same during; each )enr. HAYMARKF.T REMOVAL BILL. Mr. Latin torinight on the Report of the Committee on the ilaemitresti Removal lictitiou, and obtained leave eti bring in • Hilt for.the Kroiiital of the Haymarket to the rust hide of the Regent's k PRF.WERs' PETITION, Mr. WIMP . presented the Minutes of the Evidence on the Brewers' Peloiou.—Orderi .1 to he printed. The Home 'lieu adjourned until IVednesday im'onight. FORkIGN INTELLIGENCE. P.I RIS PAPERS. PARIS, APRIL 5. Lord Whitworth. A►nbassador from. Englund to Pruner in o'i3, and .ince Viceroy of Ireland, is expected this (by iii ratio, with the Ductless of Dorset, his Lady, mid his numerous suite. Hat Lordship will make ...bole stay in P:►rir. The family of blar►lirl Mown& is about to erect a motiouielit of white inartile to his Memory. It ~:: will be in the form of au oho hal( or p}oluteill, tour. mounted by military trophies. Thot 111111:thnelit will be erected in the ce►netery of 1.,c I'e►e I, Chaise. Letters f Constant isiop:e shoe. that the Mor. quis de Riviere, the French A tittin- 1 , dor to the Porte, having succeeded in seizin g no veral ban ditti, who attempted to rob his pal ice, eolith:id them for the purpose of tryitig them for the 0 11.. ; , c ., and punishing them. The Marquis tobtaiised tky consent of all the other Ambd•satlwre; but ;l, t! Grand Seignior being apprised of the circaunsto,p•r. charged the Reis-Effendi to notify to the I''n.t:/•It and other Legations, his express prohibition to their usurping in future the ri-,tht which exclusively belonged to his Highness of administering jostl er . In consequence of this intimation, all the I.•ga. tions transmitted, on the '7tls of January, to the Porte a note, in which they cited the A riiclessif 'he several Treaties by which this right was conesstsst to them, and in which even the very care that h. now happened was provided for. The reply of the Porte to these representations had tint been received when the latest accounts left Cu.!' Z33tinaple. CARLIat:IIE, MARCH 30. Our ~lini~try has n li d rr , eas l ril a: i vige letoit.i e he d ui i , pta. g t l icn of t of fintzebue. The ftuv2.ian Charge il'Affain... immediately sent off au exprem to St. Peterldnirgli. The pats transmitted to our Government by the hightht authorities were communicated to tins diplomatic Inacouse NI. Knizebue was in the service of the Emperor Alexander. ANTWERP, MARCH 31. We understand tint tt great commercial hou►e a t Aini.terilain has failed, while the principal of so. other !iuu•e, which had played a great part in 11;M.. culntioloi of the public funds, and had GAM some time since, lots been condemned to a year's in. prim fffff eta for inaccuracy in keeping his comas...v.. cis! registers. Ili general commeice and the public sectuities are declining in the ex change of Amsterdam. HA3IBURGII 31AI IS. 111ANOVLR. imArtcn 31. Last night the body of the infant P lA% daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Clarence - , W:l4 ',mutely buried in the vault of the chapel 1.1 . the Palace; the little coffin was ir very cm icus of workmanship. The Assembly of the Stairs has presented RII dress of Congratulation to los Royal 11)glimss the Duke of Cambridge, oil the hullo of the }out% Prince, his sou. Of the t ,u Chambers into wh'ich our Assett►bly of States will in future be divided, the first wilt r.- present the Prelates and Knights, the other the Citizens and tl►e Peasantry. coer.tillAGENT, MiltCH 27. We hear that two En4ltsli merchants hive oh. tained permission to establish a great corn magatirns iti Calleincl burg. The intention is said to be to have at it'll tunes a large stock of corn in this maga. line, purchased in the ports of the Baltic, its order, when the importation of corn in England is permitted for a time, to hr able immediately to scud large supplies to that kingdom ; herauee when the supplies are drawn directly front the ports of the Baltic, the vessel• cannot artive mith their erp:oes in England till it is too late, and the most favour. able time of the cure market is over, SfOLKIIOI.SI. MAU( II The day before yesterday. at noon. the K►ug's Pal .ce of Johaimisthal, in the Park. was vet on fire by carelessness in hcating the stoves. ilia Ma jesty came out to the spot on lioraelisek. Happily the greater part of the furniture ►ud p aiutings was saved. lu many parts of Sweden they extract sugar from potato starch. It is calculated that a ton of potatoes (about 240 lbs.) yields 40 Rh of Moscuvatio sugar. COPENHAGEN, MARLII 29. Last week, during the v►olent storms, four slops, namely, three English and one Swedish, were wrecked off Skagen and in the neighbourhood ; the crews of two of these vessels were happily raced, but of the two others the greater part perished. It is ferrod that still more accidents may have hap petted ou the dangerous west coast of Jutland. JENA. M:IRCN This forenoon a letter carne Irwin 51.iiheini, to the Limousiur of the University, with the news that M. Augustus von Kotzebue had been rfinid inur. dered in his chamber, and nut far front him a Student expiring, who was found to be Salida, from Bavaria, Student of Theology at Jeria. The Senate immediately caused Satith'• rttont to be opened, and found among other a letter to a Student of this place, which lie was to read to the Students. The l'rosutor broke it open. Satoh de. chires in it "'That he felt indeed that it was dreadful to murder a man, but that he could not itt4ibly longer withstand the voice within hint, % . t hick inces santly urged him to dustroy the betrayer of Ilia coun try ; that lie had long brooded over t hie plan, which ori ginated with himself, and would now proceed to the execution of it ; that they should not be une,:sy about him, for that he knew a safe place to of icii be could escape." CARLSRUHC. stautat 26. A report has been spread of an intended marriage between the Hargrave Leopold (the eldest of the Counts of Hochberg) with the eldest Princess, daughter of Queen Frederica of Sweden. The affier seems to be quite determined ou ; it 16 even affirmed that they are actually betrothed, but that